1850 Wapello County, Iowa, District 13 Census: HH 40 William B. Kincaid, a. 35 b. Ohio Susannah Kincaid, a. 31 b. Indiana Sarah Kincaid a. 12 b. Virginia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Liedtke" <seleaml@actionnet.net> To: <kincaid@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 11:45 AM Subject: Re: [KINCAID] Vetting Post for #129770 to Mathew Kincade > Barbara, thank you. This helps a great deal not only in the quest for > Mathew's father but for others who have an Indiana family who might tie > in. > > This lets Mathew out as a son of Thomas as he was born 1807/8 so would > have > been an heir to Elizabeth. Eliminating a possibility is valuable. > > The next step then in discovering his father would be to find out who > Francis's children were which may prove more difficult. > >>From the "Illustrated history of Lane County, Oregon" published in 1884. > This was published during the lifetime of Thomas's son Harrison Kincaid > who > was founder and editor of the Oregon State Journal newspaper. The level of > detail indicates that someone with a great deal of family knowledge was > the > informant. > > "Thomas of Oregon b July 27, 1800.... was the second son of Francis and > Nancy Kincaid, who had 7 sons and five girls...His mother's maiden name > was > Murdock......January 9 1831 Thomas Kincaid married Miss Nancy > Chodrick...At > the age of 17 years Thomas Kincaid emigrated with his parents from > Greenbrier Co. VA in a canoe and flat boat down the Great Kanawha and Ohio > Rivers in the year 1817 to Indiana and settled eighteen miles northeast of > Indianapolis on Fall Creek just below the mouth of Lick's Creek...He > continued to reside in that neighborhood near where Madison, Hamilton and > Hancock counties corner...In the fall of 1844 Thomas and Nancy...left > their > old home in Madison Co. Ind...at St Louis (MO) they were induced by the > glowing description of a relative to go to Iowa Territory...They went to > Wapello Co. Iowa and remained during winter and part of the next summer > about three miles north of Des Moines River near Iowaville....Not liking > the > cold winter they started in the summer of 1845 for Texas (after traveling > through Arkansas and Kentucky they ended back in Indiana in 1846)...In > 1852 > Thomas and Nancy started for the Oregon Territory but stopped for one year > in Benton Co. Indiana." > > Wapello Co. Iowa is slightly north of but between Wayne Co. and Van Buran > Co. It is closer to Van Buran. Any of the counties mentioned could be > where > siblings may be found though as a double cousin to the children of > Thomas/Elizabeth Murdock, one of them might be why he wintered in a > particular place. > > Sue Liedtke > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Barbara Allen" <bhallen@sbcglobal.net> > To: <kincaid@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 1:24 PM > Subject: Re: [KINCAID] Vetting Post for #129770 to Mathew Kincade > > >> Sue, >> I do have the estate papers for Elizabeth Murdock Kincaid, widow of >> Thomas >> Kincaid (b.abt. 1775 VA- d.abt.1844 IN). Here is the court order from >> Boone Co, IN May term 1854. >> "In the matter of the estate of Elizabeth Kincade, dec'd. Distribution to >> heirs. >> Comes now said Andrew Kincade and on proof to the court orally made, it >> is >> ordered that the money and notes found to be due is ordered to be >> distributed and paid to the following persons, heirs to said estate in >> equal proportions, viz James Kincade, Elizabeth Frazier, Thomas Kincade, >> John Kincade, Margaret Vangorder, Andrew Kincade, Sarah Whitecotton and >> William Kincade and upon calculation it is found that after paying >> expenses accrued since last term, there is $65.80 for distribution whiuch >> will pay to each of said heirs, and the clerk of this court is ordered to >> make distribution accordingly by Oct. 11th, 1855. >> Rec'd of Kise Clerk on an order from Madison G. Walker, guardian of the >> minor heirs of Thomas Kincade decd. $8.22 his share above my distributive >> share in above estate. signed James Kincaid, Wm. B. Kincaid, May 2, 1854, >> S.C. Doughtery, Judge." >> Note: The punctuation from the handwritten copy may be faulty, but I >> think >> one can get the idea of the heirs of Elizabeth Kincaid (and notice that >> Kincaid is not always spelled the same in this document) . The son, >> Thomas, died in Feb 1846 in Madison Co, IN. His sons were James and >> Madison. The $8.22 distribution would come out right for 8 children of >> Elizabeth. I have not found any Matthew Kincaid in the lineage of Thomas >> and Elizabeth Murcock Kincaid in Madison Co, IN or Boone Co., IN. >> Elizabeth's Bill of Sale for her estate lists buyers, and most of them >> are >> children and grandchildren--known names in the family, but there is no >> Matthew. >> >> I really don't know about the children of Francis and Nancy Murdock >> Kincaid. I've seen the names Rev. Nathaniel Francis Kincaid and Thomas >> Kincaid who died in Oregon. But there are probably others. >> >> I hope this helps in some way. >> Barbara Allen >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ---- >> From: Sue Liedtke <seleaml@actionnet.net> >> To: kincaid@rootsweb.com >> Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 8:45:24 AM >> Subject: Re: [KINCAID] Vetting Post for #129770 to Mathew Kincade >> >> Barbara, >> Thank you. Do you have copies of her estate papers or know who the heirs >> are? We do not have a listing of the children of Thomas/Elizabeth. This >> would help tremendously in sorting out Indiana families. In particularly >> I >> am wondering whether Mathew/Elizabeth Kincaid from the 1850-1860 Wayne >> Co. >> IA census belonged to her. There are only 2 counties between Wayne and >> VanBuren. >> >> Another possibility for his father is Francis/Nancy Murdock. I believe >> when >> Francis's son Thomas was wondering about he mentioned going to Iowa to >> see >> relatives. >> >> Sue Liedtke >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Barbara Allen" <bhallen@sbcglobal.net> >> To: <kincaid@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 11:34 AM >> Subject: Re: [KINCAID] Vetting Post for #129770 to Mathew Kincade >>> >>> Sue wrote: >>> "It would be very interesting to know where the date and place of death >>> for >>> Elizabeth Murdock came from. >>> Sue Liedtke" >>> >>> Sue, I assume you are referring to this message: >>>> "Looking for Elizabeth MURDOCH b.abt 1774 Augusta, Va., Elizabeth >>>> MURDOCH >>>> married Thomas KINCAID in May 1798 Greenbrier Co, VA, USA., Elizabeth >>>> MURDOCH died 15 May 1851 Van Buren, IA, USA >>> >>> I think I can help you with this one. After the death of Thomas Kincaid >>> in >>> Madison County, IN, his wife,Elizabeth Murdoch Kincaid, and some of her >>> children moved to Boone County, IN. Elizabeth Murdoch Kincaid's estate >>> was >>> settled at Boone County, IN although she was visiting (or living) with >>> her >>> daughter, Elizabeth Frazer, in Van Buren County, IA, when she died. Her >>> estate papers mention where she died and her heirs, etc. >>> >>> Barbara Allen >> To see the Kincaid of all spellings DNA chart in Excel: >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~adgedge/Research/April%202004/Kincaid%20%20DNA.xls >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> KINCAID-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > To see the Kincaid of all spellings DNA chart in Excel: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~adgedge/Research/April%202004/Kincaid%20%20DNA.xls > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KINCAID-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Could someone please check the 1870 census of Appanoose County, Iowa for Joseph Kinkade and/or other Kinkades (any spelling). I thought I could find the census on the Internet but no luck so far. Thanks for the help, Mary Hart