SAMUEL MEHARRY, who is now living a retired life at LaFayette, is a native of Adams County, Ohio, the date of his birth being December 7, 1810. His parents, ALEXANDER and JANE (FRANCIS) MEHARRY, were born in the north of Ireland, of Scotch ancestry. They were reared in Ireland, where they lived until after their marriage, coming to America in 1794, and locating in Pennsylvania. They subsequently left Connelsville, Pennsylvania, going by river in a flat-boat to Manchester, Adams County, Ohio, where the father lived until his death, which was caused by a tree falling on him as he was returning from a camp-meeting, June 20, 1813. Three of his sons, HUGH, THOMAS and JAMES, came to Indiana, in 1827, and entered land in Montgomery County, on which they settled in 1828. JAMES MEHARRY was twenty-nine days in making the trip from Ohio to this county. SAMUEL MEHARRY, our subject, brought his mother to this county in 1843. She lived in Indiana until her death, which occurred in Tippecanoe County, in August, 1844. SAMUEL MEHARRY was reared in Adams County, Ohio, on a frontier farm. In 1834 he entered land in Tippecanoe County, within three-fourths of a mile from Shawnee Mound, his first entry consisting of forty acres. In 1846 he came to the county to settle on this land, which he found to be raw prairie, entirely unimproved. The fall of his arrival in the county he saw thousands of people in La Fayette, the canal having just been completed, but only two faces he saw that were not pale with ague. He came to the county with a small capital, and by his industrious habits and good management, he accumulated a large amount of property. When but seventeen or eighteen years of age he took a deep interest in the slavery question, often debating it at school, taking the prohibition side. His brother, REV. ALEXANDER MEHARRY, who was a preacher in Cincinnati, informed MR. BRADEN, president of the Central Tennessee College, that SAMUEL was a strong abolitionist. MR. BRADEN called on our subject, and after informing him of the condition of slaves in the south, SAMUEL MEHARRY gave him $100 for a nucleus toward the building of a medical college in the South for the education of negro physicians. The college was located at Nashville, and the medical department named the Meharry Medical College. Since his first donation toward this worthy object he has given several thousand dollars, and his brothers have donated even more. MR. MEHARRRY was married in Adams County, Ohio, January 20, 1836, to MISS MARY SAMSBERRY, who died June 29, 1840. Two children were born this union, both now deceased. MR. MEHARRY was married a second time May 9, 1844, to MISS REBECCA BOWER, a native of Brown County, Ohio. They have no children living, but have reared a number of poor children. They lived on their farm in Tippecanoe County until November 14, 1882, when they removed to La Fayette, where they are classed among the honored and most esteemed citizens. MR. MEHARRY has been a Methodist from his boyhood, and for many years connected with the Shawnee Church. Biographical Record and Portrait Album of Tippecanoe County, Indiana pp 565

CYRUS QUINN KIRKPATRICK was born in Adams County, Ohio, Sept. 8, 1822, and is of Scottish descent. His great-grandsire, WILLIAM KIRKPATRICK, resided in Scotland from the date of his birth until the year 1750, when he crossed the North Channel to Ireland, making his home on that island until the year 1756. In the year last named, he, with his wife and family of three sons–ANDREW, ROBERT and WILLIAM, embarked for the American Continent in order to better their condition in life, as well as to gratify an innate taste for travel and adventure. They settled in the wilderness of Virginia, east of the Alleghany Mountains. It would be difficult to portray the wild state of the region in which they settled. The most necessary articles were scarcely to be obtained by any means, and the luxuries of life were marked by a total absence. The father was by trade a blacksmith, and brought with him a small number of implements with which to carry on his trade. This proved fortunate, as he was compelled to erect a forge and manufacture a supply of nails sufficient to secure the roof to his new house. The hammer used by him on this occasion is still in possession of the subject of this sketch, and is a valued heirloom. Here the family continued to suffer under the hardships incident of their isolated situation for a number of years. Finally, the struggle for American independence began. The three sons, having inherited from their ancestors a love of country and an unconquerable spirit of heroism, determined to stand or fall with their adopted country. They accordingly enlisted in the American army, and like their great ancestor, ROGER KIRKPATRICK, of Scotland, proved themselves valiant advocates of the cause of freedom. ROBERT fell at the battle of Brandywine. About the close of the war, ANDREW married ELIZABETH BROWN, a lady of Welsh descent, much younger than himself–he being at that time about 45 years of age. To them were born seven sons, the second of whom–Absalom, was the father of the subject of this sketch. ANDREW acquired a comfortable estate east of the mountains, which he subsequently sold and removed to what is now West Virginia. Shortly after his removal to that point he he returned on business to his former home, and during his journey he met with the family of a former neighbor who had fled from home to evade the payment of his debts. The family and goods were in the custody of a son-in-law, who was arrested and held to bail for his appearance at court, to answer the charge of conveying away the property of the debtor. The family were in great distress, being among strangers and without a protector, and besought MR. K., as an old friend, to assist them. Being naturally of a kind and confiding disposition, he was induced by fair promises to sign the bond. The man was released, and stole away during the night, leaving MR. K. to pay the bond and the amount of the debts which would have been liquidated by a sale of the property, which obligation he discharged with characteristic honor. After discovering the whereabouts of the swindler, and believing him possessed of plentiful means, he instituted suit and expended a large sum of money in a vain endeavor to recover what he had lost. This consumed the greater portion of his property, and in order to make a new start he determined to remove to Ohio. About the year 1800 he constructed a family boat in which he placed his household goods, three horses, some poultry and his family, setting sail on the Monogahela River, about the mouth of Cheat, floating down this river to the Ohio, and down that stream to the mouth of Brush Creek, in Adams County, Ohio, where he disembarked and settled. But the infirmities of age had worn sadly upon his vigorous constitution, and he was greatly discouraged. Thus he never recovered the fortune so rudely swept away. In 1810, ABSALOM KIRKPATRICK married ELIZABETH VANPELT, whose father was from Holland, and whose mother was of French descent. They started in almost abject poverty, but with vigorous constitutions, clear consciences and a firm resolution to gain a competence. After struggling a few years against the hardships of their position, they amassed a sufficient sum to enable them to purchase fifty acres of land. The father erected a cabin, made a small clearing, and began to prosper. As the years sped, eight children were born to them. They became gradually more prosperous; the small cabin of earlier days was superseded by one more pretentious, built of hewed logs, two stories in height, with stone chimney and a stairway on the exterior. The father, having entered upon married life in circumstances nearly akin to indigence, felt an overruling desire to spare his children the same experience, and be able to assist them as they arrived at maturity. His Ohio farm, however, offered but little opportunity for consummating this desire, and he recognized the necessity of removing to a region where the land was more fertile. Accordingly, in 1828, he disposed of his farm for four dollars per acre, taking a portion of the amount in trade. One of his friends, MR. WHEELER, had removed two years previously to Tippecanoe County, Ind, and returned to Ohio on business. He expressed a desire to have some good men join him in his neighborhood, and induced MR. KIRKPATRICK to accompany him on horseback to see the country. He was so heartily pleased with the sight which met his eye, that he determined to make it his future home. He entered 160 acres of land at $1.25 per acres, $60 of which was loaned him by his friend WHEELER. He returned to Ohio, and late in the same year collected his household goods and a few farm implements, and with his family and aged mother (his father having died a short time previously) started for his western home. On the first day of December, 1828, he moved to his new farm in Montgomery County, Ind., near the boundary line between that county and Tippecanoe. He left his family with a brother at Shawneetown, and immediately began to prepare his own farm for occupancy. He first dug a well, then built a "camp" of poles, with a stick chimney, in which the family resided until the father was enabled to hew logs and build a cabin 18x26 feet, with a clapboard roof and loft, a puncheon floor, and stick chimney plastered with mud. After the completion of the new house, new furniture was next in order. The father borrowed the necessary tools of JOB HAIGH, near Pond Grove, and constructed bedsteads, tables and stools from walnut and wild cherry lumber, unadorned by paint or varnish. The father never became wealthy, but was enabled to realize the desire which prompted him to settle in Indiana; and as his sons arrived at manhood, each was presented with a small tract of land by him, thereby enabling them to make a fair start in life. He enjoyed the utmost confidence of his neighbors, and was ever ready to render assistance to the unfortunate poor. His house was always open to the homeless and to ministers of every denomination. For many years, it was the place where religious meetings were held by the Methodist congregation. CYRUS QUINN was but 6 years of age at the time of his father's removal to Indiana, but remembers distinctly all the circumstances connected therewith. At that time, the prairie wolves were to be heard nearly every night, and large numbers of deer and wild turkeys were to be seen during the day. Here CYRUS grew to manhood, and continued to work on his father's farm until 24 years of age without any compensation save a knowledge of the fact that he should gain possession of a certain tract of land when he should embark in life upon his own responsibility. At the age of 24 years he began teaching school, and in this occupation remained engaged through seven consecutive Winters, achieving great popularity as an instructor. At the age of 32 years he married MISS SUSAN K. SAYERS, a lady of Scotch-Irish descent, who has proved herself a helpmeet: and to her excellent management and cooperation, MR. K. is largely indebted for his success in life. In the Spring of 1869, MR. KIRKPATRICK was elected Trustee of Jackson Township, which position he filled until the Fall of 1876. This position presented opportunities for a wider field of usefulness in a sphere in which he loved to labor. He always employed the most competent teachers, and made it a rule to visit the several schools of his township, and, by his presence and advice, to stimulate both teachers and pupils to more active exertions. He was personally acquainted with each scholar, and made himself familiar with them, thereby winning their regard and affection. His object was not so much to build expensive graded schools as to elevate the existing district schools to a high standard. He enjoys the consciousness of having done much by his labors as Trustee to improve and build up the schools of his township, and that his influence and example in that capacity were largely instrumental in elevating the schools throughout the county. Combination Atlas Map of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, pg. 48 Kingman Brothers, 1878 The following paragraph is from a biography on CYRUS QUINN KIRKPATRICK from the Biographical Record and Portrait Album of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, pp. 644-645. Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1888 CYRUS QUINN KIRKPATRICK...was married February 7, 1855, to SUSAN K. SAYERS, a daughter of ROBERT K*. SAYERS. deceased, who was one of the pioneers of Vermillion County, he having come from Tazewell County, Virginia, in the year 1830. To Mr. and Mrs. KIRKPATRICK were born four children–IDA A., MARTHA, SAMUEL S. and SUSAN. IDA A. married WILLIAM A. McBETH, of Jackson Township, and they have two children, named WILLIAM Q. and REED S. MRS. KIRKPATRICK died March 28, 1884. *Robert Sayers' middle name was Floyd, the K. was a typo. He was my 3rd great-grandfather. Adina

I'll make an educated guess that Cornelius McCollum, who came as prt of a colony in 1803 from just on-shore modern Atlantic City NJ. cORNELIUS,WHOSE wife was a Leeds Point,NJ leeds, had 400 acres all now in East Fork State Park,or\and under Lake Harsha.The stone part of his house of about 1807 survivied til the 1970's Corps of Engineers bulldozer. Your people are most likely buried in Old Bethel Methodist,in the park,a couple miles west. I am 2 miles,house to house,south. ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

Hej! I have (had) a great grandfather Olof Erick Lundgren born at Åmot in 1845 emigrated to US in 1866 or thereabouts and settled in Iowa. If this is the one I have much more info Jerry Lundgren

I'm searching for my great-grandfather, Hugh MCCOLLUM b 1807 in Clermont Co., OH. In 1843 he married (Minerva) Jane Maxwell b 1821 in Adams Co., OH, in Augusta, Bracken Co., KY. In the 1870 census he and his family were living in Augusta. Children include Joseph William (b 1843), Emma Louise (b 1845), Anna Belle (b 1847), Charley C. (b 1850), Clara Jane (b 1853), James Leslie (b 1855), H. H. (b 1857 my grandfather), George Thomas (b 1860), Sallie Josephine (b 1860, twin), Frank Siegel (b 1862), and Frederick Winans (b 1865). He died at the home of Prof H. H. McCollum in 1900 at Geneva, Ashtabula Co., OH. The obituary said his home was Berea, KY. Can anyone help me find his parents and siblings? Doug Garber Researching GARBER/GERBER (SWITZ>PA>OH) HOPKINS (ENG>MA>CT>VT>NY>OH), HENRY (SCOT>VA>PA>OH), MCCOLLUM (NJ?>KY>OH) http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/g/a/r/Douglas-M-Garber/

Were your Lundgren family from Helsingborg, Skane Sweden? Or did they living in the Philadelphia, PA area? The Olaf Lundgren I am researching is the son of Bengt Lundgren from Helsingborg, Sweden. He had 11 children and I have been told that some of them came to America.

Hi, Just 2 messages before this one came in, someone on the Adams Co. list was discussing McCollums! I deleted the messages since I don't know anything about McCollums, so I'm forwarding this message, which mentions Adams and Clermont Co. OH, to the list in hopes that it will be seen by the right party. Herma Armstrong Buffalo, NY --------- Begin forwarded message ---------- From: "Doug Garber" <dmgarber@ac.net> To: MADKY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MADKY-L] Dr. H. MCCOLLUM of Berea Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 11:33:51 -0400 Message-ID: <000501be8755$5e38c020$ea378acd@douggarb> I'm searching for my great-grandfather, Hugh MCCOLLUM b 1807 in Clermont Co., OH. In 1843 he married (Minerva) Jane Maxwell b 1821 in Adams Co., OH, in Augusta, Bracken Co., KY. In the 1870 census he and his family were living in Augusta. Children include Joseph William (b 1843), Emma Louise (b 1845), Anna Belle (b 1847), Charley C. (b 1850), Clara Jane (b 1853), James Leslie (b 1855), H. H. (b 1857 my grandfather), George Thomas (b 1860), Sallie Josephine (b 1860, twin), Frank Siegel (b 1862), and Frederick Winans (b 1865). He died at the home of Prof H. H. McCollum in 1900 at Geneva, Ashtabula Co., OH. The obituary said his home was Berea, KY. Can anyone help me find his parents and siblings? Doug Garber Researching GARBER/GERBER (SWITZ>PA>OH) HOPKINS (ENG>MA>CT>VT>NY>OH), HENRY (SCOT>VA>PA>OH), MCCOLLUM (NJ?>KY>OH) http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/g/a/r/Douglas-M-Garber/ ==== MADKY Mailing List ==== Madison Co. KYGenWeb Page - http://www.rootsweb.com/~kymadiso/madison.html --------- End forwarded message ---------- ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

thanks, Betty, I will try that. appreciate the help Linda -----Original Message----- From: Betty Lou Riley <chipmunk@zoomnet.net> To: OHADAMS-L@rootsweb.com <OHADAMS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, April 15, 1999 10:25 AM Subject: [OHADAMS-L] Re: Unidentified subject! >Hi, > I have a Sarah McCollum in my dataabse born 1 jun 1798 and died 24 jun >1864. no spouse listed. Parents are David And Sarah(Moore) who resided in >MORGNTOWN, PRESTON CO, VA . they had 14 children, but no Martha (this could >be a nickname or a middle name)I do not have a VAn Pelt or a Axtell listed, >but I do not have the spouses of the children, except for my ancestor! >They lived in Adams Co. OH. I got my info from Oscar McCollum at >clan-mccallum@csn.net You might try sending your queary to them and to the >McCollum list a Rootsweb! Hope this helps!! > > > >At 12:12 PM 4/14/99 -0400, you wrote: >>I am seeking info. on the parents of ITTIA VAN PELT and SARAH MC COLLUM, >>married 1823 in Adams Co. >> >> I believe Ittia's father was TUNIS VAN PELT who died about 1804 in Adams >>Co., but cannot prove it. On some census records, Ittia says he was born in >>VA, and on others he says he was born TN. >> >>The only thing I know about Sarah Mc Collum Van Pelt is that she was born >>about 1800 in PA (so she says on the census) and that she had a sister named >>Martha McCollum and that there may be AXTELL's related somehow. >> >>thanks, >>Linda Bowman >> >> >> >>==== OHADAMS Mailing List ==== >>Help Instructions at: http://www.zoomnet.net/~chipmunk/SurnamesMail.html >>or contact Betty at: chipmunk@zoomnet.net >>Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?surname=OHAdams >>Your gracious donations to RootsWeb makes this all possible!! >>Rootsweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/ >> >> >> >************************************************************************* >Betty Lou Riley () >chipmunk@zoomnet.net ~(_)/ ICQ#26749649 >Check out my Web site (Riley's Camp) at: > http://www.zoomnet.net/~chipmunk/ >*Look in the "Forest" for my Family trees.* >Southern Ohio, USA > > >==== OHADAMS Mailing List ==== >Help Instructions at: http://www.zoomnet.net/~chipmunk/SurnamesMail.html >or contact Betty at: chipmunk@zoomnet.net >Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?surname=OHAdams >Your gracious donations to RootsWeb makes this all possible!! >Rootsweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/ >

Hi, I have a Sarah McCollum in my dataabse born 1 jun 1798 and died 24 jun 1864. no spouse listed. Parents are David And Sarah(Moore) who resided in MORGNTOWN, PRESTON CO, VA . they had 14 children, but no Martha (this could be a nickname or a middle name)I do not have a VAn Pelt or a Axtell listed, but I do not have the spouses of the children, except for my ancestor! They lived in Adams Co. OH. I got my info from Oscar McCollum at clan-mccallum@csn.net You might try sending your queary to them and to the McCollum list a Rootsweb! Hope this helps!! At 12:12 PM 4/14/99 -0400, you wrote: >I am seeking info. on the parents of ITTIA VAN PELT and SARAH MC COLLUM, >married 1823 in Adams Co. > > I believe Ittia's father was TUNIS VAN PELT who died about 1804 in Adams >Co., but cannot prove it. On some census records, Ittia says he was born in >VA, and on others he says he was born TN. > >The only thing I know about Sarah Mc Collum Van Pelt is that she was born >about 1800 in PA (so she says on the census) and that she had a sister named >Martha McCollum and that there may be AXTELL's related somehow. > >thanks, >Linda Bowman > > > >==== OHADAMS Mailing List ==== >Help Instructions at: http://www.zoomnet.net/~chipmunk/SurnamesMail.html >or contact Betty at: chipmunk@zoomnet.net >Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?surname=OHAdams >Your gracious donations to RootsWeb makes this all possible!! >Rootsweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/ > > > ************************************************************************* Betty Lou Riley () chipmunk@zoomnet.net ~(_)/ ICQ#26749649 Check out my Web site (Riley's Camp) at: http://www.zoomnet.net/~chipmunk/ *Look in the "Forest" for my Family trees.* Southern Ohio, USA

I am seeking info. on the parents of ITTIA VAN PELT and SARAH MC COLLUM, married 1823 in Adams Co. I believe Ittia's father was TUNIS VAN PELT who died about 1804 in Adams Co., but cannot prove it. On some census records, Ittia says he was born in VA, and on others he says he was born TN. The only thing I know about Sarah Mc Collum Van Pelt is that she was born about 1800 in PA (so she says on the census) and that she had a sister named Martha McCollum and that there may be AXTELL's related somehow. thanks, Linda Bowman

Trying to locate a marriage for a Phoebe Jane Evans born 1846 so possibly married 1855-56 .... I have no idea of whom she married.. Just that she died during childbirth of her first child...... Any information would be greatly appreciated.... Jeannie <><

Looking for information on the parents and siblings of Elizabeth SATTERFIELD b. abt. 1780 d. aft 1860. Wife of John HAYSLIP. I have been told her father was a Benjamin SATTERFIELD b. abt. 1735, possibly England. I have found information regarding a Benjamin SATTERFIELD b. 1765 who married a Mary Francis GROOMES b. 1760, who did have a daughter named Elizabeth b. abt. 1798,all from Adams Co, but the dates lead me to suspect they are not my Elizabeth's parents. Appreciate any assistance. Thanks...

Hi everyone, This is a chain letter and is considered SPAM, Do Not reply to this through the list ! This is definately not acceptable material for Genealogy research! Betty Lou Riley In Southern OH, USA List Owner for: OHAdams-L, KYGreenu-L, KYLewis-L, and McGovney-L Instructions at: <http://www.zoomnet.net/~chipmunk/SurnamesMail.html> CC:/CCA:KY Greenup Co. CCA:KY Lewis Co. Boards Admin.for Adams Co.,OH

-----Original Message----- From: LiL Buchta <soccerstud77@yahoo.com> To: nicole b <hilfigergal@yahoo.com>; Alex Baumann <superslash69@yahoo.com>; Alexis Baumann <soccer6713@aol.com>; nicole Baumann <hoonie2269@aol.com>; Nick Buchta <xtreme08@yahoo.com>; Baumann Family <baumannhc@aol.com>; nate Fox <foxfive@cvzoom.net>; Allie Lane <softballchick13@hotmail.com>; Tommy McIntyre <macdaddysoldier69@yahoo.com>; Jessica Mitchell <janelane83@yahoo.com> Date: Saturday, April 10, 1999 9:47 AM Subject: Fwd: Fwd: Re: Are You Superstitious? 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(fwd) >> >Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 13:27:54 PDT >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >>From: "Kelly McGowan" <kyrie_x@hotmail.com> >> >>To: Saturn_two@hotmail.com, emesia@hotmail.com, >> drum88@sprint.ca, >> Heather_14@hotmail.com, Jeff.Durkin@cwixmail.com, >> RHK03@hotmail.com, >> smileyface_j@hotmail.com, kristin_32@hotmail.com, >> mullyx@hotmail.com, >> mcgowan@hotmail.com, liko_iluv2swim@hotmail.com, >> SatyaK108@hotmail.com, sheila_86@hotmail.com, >> Tom@Rees1039.freeserve.co.uk, >> lindsay_auld@hotmail.com >> >>Subject: Fwd: Re: Are You Superstitious? (fwd) >> >>Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 18:05:25 PDT >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>>From: "Lindsay Auld" <lindsay_auld@hotmail.com> >> >>>To: kyrie_x@hotmail.com >> >>>Subject: Fwd: Re: Are You Superstitious? (fwd) >> >>>Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 13:17:08 PDT >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>>>From: "jen cameron" <cameron_jen@hotmail.com> >> >>>>To: adam32@hotmail.com, cindyc@sprint.ca, >> brendaw@pbb.com, >> >>>jrross@cgocable.net, jeffauld@hotmail.com, >> lindsay_auld@hotmail.com, >> >>>c013848@lundy.niagarac.on.ca, judyc@cgocable.net, >> >> >>blade6@hotmail.com, >> >>>sharron_auld@hotmail.com, sixkids@cgocable.net, >> >>tyler_auld@hotmail.com >> >>>>Subject: Fwd: Re: Are You Superstitious? 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(fwd) >> >>>>>Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 23:15:33 EST >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>>Forwarded Message: >> >>>>>From: Danielle Doxtator <yu174228@YorkU.CA> >> >>>>>Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 00:57:12 -0500 (Eastern >> Standard Time) >> >>>>>Subject: Re: Are You Superstitious? 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Is there anyone in Adams County that could get a copy of the marriage certificate on the following people for me. Rheinold Elwood Weghorst & Gladys Cook 1940. Rheinold Elwood Weghorst & Dorothy Ellison ?? I would appreciate it. Let me know & I will give you my address to snail mail it to me. I will pay for the copies & postage. Marlene

Even the ferry from Maysville,Ky to Aberdeen,Ohio was named "Gretna Green" for all the Ky couples boated across the Ohio River to marry in Aberdeen,Oh . Only 'most" of the records of Thomas Shelton J.P. have been found,and none of MASSIE BEASLEY J.P. who followed. Some of the young couples did record their marriages in their home counties. Many thanks to June Jacobs Jordon. the Marrying Kind - (1 of 2) Date: 4/9/99 10:12:48 AM Eastern Daylight Time From: jordanaj@gte.net (June Jacobs Jordan) Reply-to: jordanaj@gte.net (June Jacobs Jordan) To: HFAGLEY@aol.com Pat Donaldson,pro genealogist of Georgetown,Oh,found,and published many of Thomas Shelton,J.P's 4000 MARRIAGES-at least she left a copy in the Mason Co Ky Hist Soc Library,Sutton St,Maysville,Ky. Pat has a G EORGETOWN OH P.O.Box .Maybe somebody at a distance will find some of Massie Beasley's 10,000-30,000. We had a discussion on this subject on KYNICHOL-L@rootsweb.com a few months ago. We thank JUNE JORDAN. 1 place I have seen mention of the marriages was the Paris,Ky newspaper- AS REPORTED IN "KY ANSCESTORS" The Marrying Kind by Randy McNutt A hundred years ago, little Aberdeen, Ohio, was a mecca of matrimony, presided over by two squires who would do anything to accommodate the flocks of eager couples, even row out into the middle of the Ohio river and perform the ceremony in a boat. The village of two thousand people is known for one thing: the Simon Kenton Bridge, built over the Ohio in 1931. It seems a one-way route: Ohioans cross the river to shop, work and entertain themselves. A century ago, however, generations of Maysville people came to little Aberdeen just to say, "I do." Ever since, genealogists on both sides of the river have been trying to untangle their conjugal roots. Aberdeen, Ohio, and Maysville, Kentucky, are linked by a steel bridge and a shaky family tree. The smaller Aberdeen, on U.s. Route 52 in Brown County, never culminated in a typical nineteenth-century business district, as did Maysville and neighboring Ripley, home of Ohio's burley tobacco market. Maysville and Ripley are red brick and Southern in appearance, but Aberdeen is more informal, all white and sprawling, as if its founders had to keep their options open. Aberdeen, meanwhile, has spent the last century trying to live down-or live up to, depending on your family's perspective-past of shotgun marriages and twenty-dollar brides. Some flowed across the river in yellow velvet gowns; others sneaked across at night in homespun dresses. They al sought temporary relief on Aberdeen's muddy shore, where anybody could be hitched for the right price.> Because marriage itself is a gamble, Aberdeen became a rural Las Vegas, and Ohio's number one marriage market. So many couples were married there in the nineteenth century, in fact, that the states lost count. Aberdeenians exploited their town's strategic location on the river by bringing in boatloads of couples and offering low-cost witness service. Brides were Aberdeen's cash crop. In Margaret's Kitchen, a little white restaurant on Route 52, the old counter and knotty pine seats look comfortable enough on a quiet early afternoon. I ask where a guy can marry quickly in this town, and people stare as though I were an undercover cop. One of the waitresses says, "Aberdeen was the home of the marryin' squires." People stop in here all the time to ask about the old boys, who must have hitched everybody's ancestors. We hear about the stuff all the time from genealogist. Yeah, Squire Beasley-oh, gracious, he> married a lot of couples. An old man seated at the counter looks up from his serving of pie and says, "Uh, thousands". "Tens of thousands," his friend adds. And he is not exaggerating. In the 1800's Aberdeen was called "America's Gretna Green," referring to a village in Dumphries, Scotland, once known as a runaway lovers' haven. The nickname came honestly enough, for Thomas Shelton, a Huntington Township justice of the peace elevated the holy bonds to cottage industry status. His successor, Massie Beasley, too the tradition to new heights. If a couple wanted to elope, all they had to do was go to Aberdeen. No other town entered their minds. After all, in Aberdeen nobody worried about<BR> marriage's minute details-license included. Steamboat companies and, later, railroads, made Aberdeen a regular stop on the Cincinnati-to-Pittsburgh route. Shelton's pockets bulged. Keeping his work at a minimum, he stood before each couple and said loudly: "Marriage is a solemn ordinance, instituted by an all-wise Jehovah. Jine yer right hands. Do you take this woman to nourish and cherish, to keep her in sickness and health? I hope you live long and do well together. Take your seats." In the squires' time, townships were powerful local governments that controlled the schools, taxed, built roads and kept the peace. There were no real "squires", but local people used the term endearingly to refer to their justices of the peace-influential country magistrates elected by the townships. They not only married people, but also served as court officials and worked with township constables to prevent breaches of the law. (continued in next e-mail)< for <HFAGLEY@aol.com>; id JAA02671 Fri, 9 Apr 1999 09:12:44 -0500 (CDT) Reply-To: "June Jacobs Jordan" <jordanaj@gte.net From: "June Jacobs Jordan" <jordanaj@gte.net> To: <HFAGLEY@aol.com> Subject: the Marrying Kind - (1 of 2) Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 10:12:20 -0400 The Marrying Kind - (2 of 2) Date: 4/9/99 10:13:46 AM Eastern Daylight Time From: jordanaj@gte.net (June Jacobs Jordan) Reply-to: jordanaj@gte.net (June Jacobs Jordan) To: HFAGLEY@aol.com (continued) Shelton did all these things-and more. Shortly after his appointment in 1822, he determined that marrying couples could be a lucrative sideline to politics. From then on, the good squire concentrated on matrimony. He'd marry anybody who could pay-and do it with or without a license. Beasly was worse. He falsely told grooms he could face a long prison sentence for marrying couples without a license, but, for a fee commensurate to the risk, he'd cooperate. The squire invested his considerable earnings in gold and bank notes. As word of easy marriage spread in the 1820's, Shelton married couples from all over the South, and from Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, New York and other states. Thousands flocked to Aberdeen. Each morning, Shelton followed a ritual: He's walk down to the wharf to watch for steamboats bringing more happy-and sometimes desperate-couples. Shelton used to say, "The early squire gets the wedding." He preferred payment in cash, of course, usually twenty dollars, but, if that wasn't possible, he'd take a pocketknife or anything he considered valuable. Twenty dollars was a large fee in the 1800's, but Shelton knew his customers had few options. If they were poor, he'd accept payment in pork, potatoes, apples, turnips and other vegetables to stock a large produce house that he operated as another<BR> sideline. He was an entrepreneurial wedding machine. He even married slaves escaping through the Underground Railroad. He accepted whatever payment they could offer. "In thousands of cases, the squires didn't bother to record the marriages," says Dorothy Helton, s member of Brown County's genealogical and historical societies. "They married couples under the table, you might say. Other times, the squires intended to file marriage certificates in the courthouse, but they didn't go over to Georgetown, the county seat, too often. When they finally went the forgot to take the certificates. Most of the 'lost marriages' involved Kentuckians, who came to Aberdeen to avoid an 1800's Kentucky law requiring couples to produce a bondsman-usually a family member with cattle or some other form of security-to assure that the<BR> marriage would hold together. The funny thing is Ohio in the early part of this century made couples wait three days before they could marry. That's why during World War Two a lot of Ohioans went to Kentucky to be married> fast." The squires' casual attitude has caused much trouble across the river ever since the 1800's. "Some families wonder if their ancestors eve did bother to marry," says Molly Kendall of the Mason County Museum in Maysville. "In my own family, the squires married a number of people, so I can tell you from experience that this is a tough genealogical pursuit. Shelton turned in some of his marriages to the courthouse, but Beasley didn't bother much. He was so eager to marry people, though, that he'd row out into the middle of the river if necessary and marry them right there in rowboats." Years of<BR> ignoring the law finally caused trouble, however, when the Civil War ended in 1865. Seeking pensions for themselves and their children, widows of veterans applied to the state of Kentucky, only to be told that their<BR> marriages were invalid and their children illegitimate. After thousands of widows complained, Molly Kendall says, the Kentucky legislature was forced to recognize marriages performed in Aberdeen before the war. Despite the criticism, Shelton did not slow down. In fact after the controversy his marriage business increase. More eager couples arrived in Aberdeen, many wearing fancy clothes and riding in carriages. Some were married on horseback, for quick escape. By the time Shelton died in 1870, it was apparent that Aberdeen's business of matrimony had become too big-and necessary-to stop cold. Shelton estimated, conservatively, that he had married ten to fifteen thousand couples in 47 years. The question naturally arises as to why these men were never prosecuted and why the people of the town stood by and suffered their laws to be ignored. The apparently perplexing query is readily explained by the old adage, 'A kind heart covers a multitude of sins.' A more popular man than either of these rollicking, careless old squires never trod the earth, and if they made money easily and in a questionable way, they in turn spent it just as freely among their neighbors. for <HFAGLEY@aol.com>; id JAA03222 Fri, 9 Apr 1999 09:13:43 -0500 (CDT) Reply-To: "June Jacobs Jordan" <jordanaj@gte.net>> From: "June Jacobs Jordan" <jordanaj@gte.net> To: <HFAGLEY@aol.com> Subject: The Marrying Kind - (2 of 2) Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 10:13:20 -0400 ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. 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Even the ferry from Maysville,Ky to Aberdeen,Ohio was named "Gretna Green" for all the Ky couples boated across the Ohio River to marry in Aberdeen,Oh . Only 'most" of the records of Thomas Shelton J.P. have been found,and none of MASSIE BEASLEY J.P. who followed. Some of the young couples did record their marriages in their home counties. Many thanks to June Jacobs Jordon. >Subj: <B> the Marrying Kind - (1 of 2)</FONT><FONT SIZE=3 PTSIZE=10></B><BR> Date: 4/9/99 10:12:48 AM Eastern Daylight Time<BR> From: jordanaj@gte.net (June Jacobs Jordan)<BR> Reply-to: jordanaj@gte.net (June Jacobs Jordan)<BR> To: HFAGLEY@aol.com<BR>- Pat Donaldson,pro genealogist of Georgetown,Oh,found,and published [?] many of Thomas Shelton,J.P's 4000 MARRIAGES-at least she left a copy in the Mason Co Ky Hist Soc Library,Sutton St,Maysville,Ky. Pat has a G EORGETOWN OH P.O.Box .Maybe somebody at a distance will find some of Massie Beasley's 10,000-30,000. We had a discussion on this subject on KYNICHOL-L@rootsweb.com a few months ago. We thank JUNE JORDAN. 1 place I have seen mention of the marriages was the Paris,Ky newspaper- AS REPORTED IN "KY ANSCESTORS" <The Marrying Kind<BR> by Randy McNutt<BR> A hundred years ago, little Aberdeen, Ohio, was a mecca of matrimony,<BR> presided over by two squires who would do anything to accommodate the flocks<BR> of eager couples, even row out into the middle of the Ohio river and perform<BR> the ceremony in a boat.<BR> The village of two thousand people is known for one thing: the Simon Kenton<BR> Bridge, built over the Ohio in 1931. It seems a one-way route: Ohioans cross<BR> the river to shop, work and entertain themselves. A century ago, however,<BR> generations of Maysville people came to little Aberdeen just to say, "I do."<BR> Ever since, genealogists on both sides of the river have been trying to<BR> untangle their conjugal roots.<BR> Aberdeen, Ohio, and Maysville, Kentucky, are linked by a steel bridge and a<BR> shaky family tree. The smaller Aberdeen, on U.s. Route 52 in Brown County,<BR> never culminated in a typical nineteenth-century business district, as did<BR> Maysville and neighboring Ripley, home of Ohio's burley tobacco market.<BR> Maysville and Ripley are red brick and Southern in appearance, but Aberdeen<BR> is more informal, all white and sprawling, as if its founders had to keep<BR> their options open.<BR> Aberdeen, meanwhile, has spent the last century trying to live down-or live<BR> up to, depending on your family's perspective-past of shotgun marriages and<BR> twenty-dollar brides. Some flowed across the river in yellow velvet gowns;<BR> others sneaked across at night in homespun dresses. They al sought temporary<BR> relief on Aberdeen's muddy shore, where anybody could be hitched for the<BR> right price.<BR> Because marriage itself is a gamble, Aberdeen became a rural Las Vegas, and<BR> Ohio's number one marriage market. So many couples were married there in the<BR> nineteenth century, in fact, that the states lost count. Aberdeenians<BR> exploited their town's strategic location on the river by bringing in<BR> boatloads of couples and offering low-cost witness service. Brides were<BR> Aberdeen's cash crop.<BR> In Margaret's Kitchen, a little white restaurant on Route 52, the old<BR> counter and knotty pine seats look comfortable enough on a quiet early<BR> afternoon.<BR> I ask where a guy can marry quickly in this town, and people stare as though<BR> I were an undercover cop. One of the waitresses says, "Aberdeen was the<BR> home of the marryin' squires." People stop in here all the time to ask about<BR> the old boys, who must have hitched everybody's ancestors. We hear about the<BR> stuff all the time from genealogist. Yeah, Squire Beasley-oh, gracious, he<BR> married a lot of couples.<BR> An old man seated at the counter looks up from his serving of pie and says,<BR> "Uh, thousands". "Tens of thousands," his friend adds.<BR> And he is not exaggerating. In the 1800's Aberdeen was called "America's<BR> Gretna Green," referring to a village in Dumphries, Scotland, once known as<BR> a runaway lovers' haven. The nickname came honestly enough, for Thomas<BR> Shelton, a Huntington Township justice of the peace elevated the holy bonds<BR> to cottage industry status. His successor, Massie Beasley, too the tradition<BR> to new heights.<BR> If a couple wanted to elope, all they had to do was go to Aberdeen. No other<BR> town entered their minds. After all, in Aberdeen nobody worried about<BR> marriage's minute details-license included. Steamboat companies and, later,<BR> railroads, made Aberdeen a regular stop on the Cincinnati-to-Pittsburgh<BR> route. Shelton's pockets bulged. Keeping his work at a minimum, he stood<BR> before each couple and said loudly: "Marriage is a solemn ordinance,<BR> instituted by an all-wise Jehovah. Jine yer right hands. Do you take this<BR> woman to nourish and cherish, to keep her in sickness and health? I hope you<BR> live long and do well together. Take your seats."<BR> In the squires' time, townships were powerful local governments that<BR> controlled the schools, taxed, built roads and kept the peace. There were no<BR> real "squires", but local people used the term endearingly to refer to their<BR> justices of the peace-influential country magistrates elected by the<BR> townships. They not only married people, but also served as court officials<BR> and worked with township constables to prevent breaches of the law.<BR> (continued in next e-mail)<BR> < for <HFAGLEY@aol.com>; id JAA02671<BR> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 09:12:44 -0500 (CDT)<BR> Reply-To: "June Jacobs Jordan" <jordanaj@gte.net><BR> From: "June Jacobs Jordan" <jordanaj@gte.net><BR> To: <HFAGLEY@aol.com><BR> Subject: the Marrying Kind - (1 of 2)<BR> Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 10:12:20 -0400<BR> <HTML><FONT SIZE=3 PTSIZE=10>Subj: <B> The Marrying Kind - (2 of 2)</FONT><FONT SIZE=3 PTSIZE=10></B><BR> Date: 4/9/99 10:13:46 AM Eastern Daylight Time<BR> From: jordanaj@gte.net (June Jacobs Jordan)<BR> Reply-to: jordanaj@gte.net (June Jacobs Jordan)<BR> To: HFAGLEY@aol.com<BR> </FONT><FONT SIZE=3 PTSIZE=10><BR> </FONT><FONT SIZE=3 PTSIZE=10>(continued)<BR> Shelton did all these things-and more. Shortly after his appointment in<BR> 1822, he determined that marrying couples could be a lucrative sideline to<BR> politics. From then on, the good squire concentrated on matrimony. He'd<BR> marry anybody who could pay-and do it with or without a license. Beasly was<BR> worse. He falsely told grooms he could face a long prison sentence for<BR> marrying couples without a license, but, for a fee commensurate to the risk,<BR> he'd cooperate. The squire invested his considerable earnings in gold and<BR> bank notes.<BR> As word of easy marriage spread in the 1820's, Shelton married couples from<BR> all over the South, and from Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,<BR> Missouri, New York and other states. Thousands flocked to Aberdeen. Each<BR> morning, Shelton followed a ritual: He's walk down to the wharf to watch for<BR> steamboats bringing more happy-and sometimes desperate-couples. Shelton used<BR> to say, "The early squire gets the wedding." He preferred payment in cash,<BR> of course, usually twenty dollars, but, if that wasn't possible, he'd take a<BR> pocketknife or anything he considered valuable. Twenty dollars was a large<BR> fee in the 1800's, but Shelton knew his customers had few options. If they<BR> were poor, he'd accept payment in pork, potatoes, apples, turnips and other<BR> vegetables to stock a large produce house that he operated as another<BR> sideline.<BR> He was an entrepreneurial wedding machine. He even married slaves escaping<BR> through the Underground Railroad. He accepted whatever payment they could<BR> offer. "In thousands of cases, the squires didn't bother to record the<BR> marriages," says Dorothy Helton, s member of Brown County's genealogical and<BR> historical societies. "They married couples under the table, you might say.<BR> Other times, the squires intended to file marriage certificates in the<BR> courthouse, but they didn't go over to Georgetown, the county seat, too<BR> often. When they finally went the forgot to take the certificates. Most of<BR> the 'lost marriages' involved Kentuckians, who came to Aberdeen to avoid an<BR> 1800's Kentucky law requiring couples to produce a bondsman-usually a family<BR> member with cattle or some other form of security-to assure that the<BR> marriage would hold together. The funny thing is Ohio in the early part of<BR> this century made couples wait three days before they could marry. That's<BR> why during World War Two a lot of Ohioans went to Kentucky to be married<BR> fast."<BR> The squires' casual attitude has caused much trouble across the river ever<BR> since the 1800's. "Some families wonder if their ancestors eve did bother to<BR> marry," says Molly Kendall of the Mason County Museum in Maysville. "In my<BR> own family, the squires married a number of people, so I can tell you from<BR> experience that this is a tough genealogical pursuit. Shelton turned in some<BR> of his marriages to the courthouse, but Beasley didn't bother much. He was<BR> so eager to marry people, though, that he'd row out into the middle of the<BR> river if necessary and marry them right there in rowboats." Years of<BR> ignoring the law finally caused trouble, however, when the Civil War ended<BR> in 1865. Seeking pensions for themselves and their children, widows of<BR> veterans applied to the state of Kentucky, only to be told that their<BR> marriages were invalid and their children illegitimate. After thousands of<BR> widows complained, Molly Kendall says, the Kentucky legislature was forced<BR> to recognize marriages performed in Aberdeen before the war.<BR> Despite the criticism, Shelton did not slow down. In fact after the<BR> controversy his marriage business increase. More eager couples arrived in<BR> Aberdeen, many wearing fancy clothes and riding in carriages. Some were<BR> married on horseback, for quick escape. By the time Shelton died in 1870, it<BR> was apparent that Aberdeen's business of matrimony had become too big-and<BR> necessary-to stop cold. Shelton estimated, conservatively, that he had<BR> married ten to fifteen thousand couples in 47 years. The question naturally<BR> arises as to why these men were never prosecuted and why the people of the<BR> town stood by and suffered their laws to be ignored. The apparently<BR> perplexing query is readily explained by the old adage, 'A kind heart covers<BR> a multitude of sins.' A more popular man than either of these rollicking,<BR> careless old squires never trod the earth, and if they made money easily and<BR> in a questionable way, they in turn spent it just as freely among their<BR> neighbors.<BR> for <HFAGLEY@aol.com>; id JAA03222<BR> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 09:13:43 -0500 (CDT)<BR> Reply-To: "June Jacobs Jordan" <jordanaj@gte.net><BR> From: "June Jacobs Jordan" <jordanaj@gte.net><BR> To: <HFAGLEY@aol.com><BR> Subject: The Marrying Kind - (2 of 2)<BR> Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 10:13:20 -0400<BR> ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

Thomas Sheldon JP married the 1st 4,000 and his records,in part,were found and PAT DONALDSON put a copy in the MAYSVILLE-MASON CO KY HIST SOC LIBRARY. About 1820-60-70 fot SHELTON. He was followed by JP MASSIE BEASLEY,AND THE NUMBER RUN UP TO 10-30,0000 Hermon Brown Fagley , 2679 St.Rt.125 ,Bethel,Oh 45106 HFAGLEY@aol.com On Thu, 18 Mar 1999 19:20:20 -0500 "Kellie Bertrand" <EDBERT@prodigy.net> writes: >I am originally from Aberdeen, Ohio. I thought it was Squire Beasley >who >married hundreds of couples in Aberdeen. He married my Gr Grandparents >there >in 1891. > >Kellie >edbert@prodigy.net > >-----Original Message----- >From: jderald@jaws.greatwhite.com <jderald@jaws.greatwhite.com> >To: OHADAMS-L@rootsweb.com <OHADAMS-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Thursday, March 18, 1999 1:14 PM >Subject: Re: [OHADAMS-L] Marriages in Aberdeen,Adams County >question??? > > >>I think that you are referring to Squire Shelton. He would probably >be a >>lawyer or justice of the peace. There is a book of some of his >marriages >>and there are many. >> >>My understanding is that the KY people would cross the river to marry >to >>avoid the $50 bond required in KY and Squire Shelton was willing to >oblige >>for a small fee. >> >>Derald Morgan At 01:06 PM 3/18/99 -0500, you wrote: >>>At one time I saw a list of people who were married by a preacher in >>Aberdeen, >>>Ohio back in the mid 1800's. Apparently this preacher would marry >about >>anyone >>>even without a license. I think a lot of folks would cross the >river from >>Mason >>>and Lewis counties, KY. and get married by him. Does anyone know >about >>this list >>>or situation. I think I recall that they called Aberdeen a "gretna >green" >or >>>something >>>similar. >>> >>> >>>Duane Riggs >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>==== OHADAMS Mailing List ==== >>>Help Instructions at: >http://www.zoomnet.net/~chipmunk/SurnamesMail.html >>>or contact Betty at: chipmunk@zoomnet.net >>>Archives: >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?surname=OHAdams >>>Your gracious donations to RootsWeb makes this all possible!! >>>Rootsweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/ >>> >>> >> >> >>==== OHADAMS Mailing List ==== >>Help Instructions at: >http://www.zoomnet.net/~chipmunk/SurnamesMail.html >>or contact Betty at: chipmunk@zoomnet.net >>Archives: >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?surname=OHAdams >>Your gracious donations to RootsWeb makes this all possible!! >>Rootsweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/ >> > > >==== OHADAMS Mailing List ==== >Help Instructions at: >http://www.zoomnet.net/~chipmunk/SurnamesMail.html >or contact Betty at: chipmunk@zoomnet.net >Archives: >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?surname=OHAdams >Your gracious donations to RootsWeb makes this all possible!! >Rootsweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/ > > ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

I have just been informed that there are DRYDEN's in Adams and Brown counties so. If any one is researching the DRYDEN name I have started a DRYDEN sur name list we would love to have you join us... DRYDEN-L-request@rootsweb.com Have a great day...and thanks, Jeannie <><

REVOLUTIONARY WAR MILITARY DISTRICT Following the Revolutionary War, the newly formed republic needed a system to compensate soldiers for their services. King George III of England had used a bounty land system to pay soldiers in the French & Indian War. As monies in national coffers could not meet the demand for cash payments to veterans, the states decided to use the same bounty land system for Revolutionary War veterans. Each state determined a land allotment based on the soldier’s rank and term of service. Each state paid her own veterans—usually with land in the western territory. Generally those states without available land did not participate in a bounty land warrant program for veterans. To research states and military districts, we recommend "Revolutionary War Bounty Land Grants Awarded By State Governments," by Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck, published by Genealogical Publishing Company, ISBN 0-8063-1511-3. VIRGINIA LAND LAW & THE LOCATION OF THE MILITARY DISTRICT Before June 1, 1792, Kentucky was a part of Virginia. A Resolution to the Virginia General Assembly dated December 19, 1778, proposed the location of the Military District as follows: "That it is the opinion of this committee, that a certain tract of country to be bounded by the Green river and a southeast course from the head thereof to the Cumberland mountains, with the said mountains to the Carolina line, with the Carolina line to the Cherokee or Tennessee river, with the said river to the Ohio river, and with the Ohio river to the said Green river, ought to be reserved for supplying the officers and soldiers in the Virginia line with the respective proportions of land which have been or may be assigned to them by the general assembly, saving and reserving the land granted to Richard Henderson and company, and their legal rights to such persons as have heretofore actually located lands and settled thereon within the bounds aforesaid." The Virginia Land Law of May 3, 1779, confirmed the location proposed in the resolution. After separating from Virginia, the Kentucky General Assembly opened the military district to settlers meeting age and residency requirements. Although the Act of December 21, 1795 was amended several times, the premise was the same—military claims needed to be filed or they would be void. The 1795 law stated lands not claimed by the military before January 1796, faced forfeiture to settlers filing under the South of Green River Series of patents. In 1818, lands west of the Tennessee River were purchased from the Chickasaw Indians. A number of Revolutionary War veterans had settled on the lands prior to the sale. On December 20, 1820, the Kentucky General Assembly approved an Act for surveying the military claims west of the Tennessee River. It reads in part: "Be it enacted by the General Assembly….That the surveyor of the lands set apart for the satisfaction of the legal bounties of the officers and soldiers of the Virginia line or state establishment be, and he is hereby authorized and required by himself or his deputies, to secure chain carriers and markers, and to survey without delay, all entries made in his office, prior to the first day of May, 1792, on warrants for military services aforesaid; and shall make out a full and fair connection of the surveys so made, showing where & how they interfere with the townships and sections of the land as laid off by William T. Henderson…..That the surveys made in pursuance of this act, shall contain the quantity of land specified in such entry, and no more…..If the person or persons entitled to any plat & certificate of survey directed to be made by this act, shall not take the same out of the surveyor’s office, and cause the same to be filed with the register of the land office, on or before the first day of January, 1823, the right of such person ..shall be considered lapsed and forfeited to the state." Records with the Secretary of State’s Land Office indicate 242 patents were issued to Revolutionary War veterans in the West of Tennessee River area (the Jackson Purchase). Not all Virginia veterans had used their Warrants before 1792. Where would the veterans locate if they couldn’t use Kentucky? Virginia had reserved land in Ohio as part of a cession compromise with Congress. A portion of that area was deemed the Virginia Military District. The district lands are found in 23 counties from the Ohio River northward, between the Scioto and Little Miami Rivers, as far as 141 miles inland. Warrants used in the Kentucky Military District end with #4627. If research indicates a veteran received a higher number, it was most surely used in Ohio. We have also found earlier numbers might have been used in both states. If the "Authorized" field in our Revolutionary War Warrants Database is blank, we suggest you contact the Ohio Historical Society, 1982 Velma Avenue, Columbus, OH 43211 to research warrant usage. By Acts of Congress dated May 30, 1830, and August 31, 1852, Virginia military warrants could be exchanged for land scrip. Land scrip could be used to acquire any public lands open for entry at private sale, according to research on the Western Reserve. For further information, visit this website: http://www.rootsweb.com Click on the Ohio GenWeb Project then "Ohio Lands". HOW MUCH LAND DID THE SOLDIERS RECEIVE? Each state decided the veteran’s land allotment. Legislation by the Virginia General Assembly & research by Bockstruck indicates Virginia paid the following bounties for service in the Revolutionary War: Sailor who served his 3 yr enlistment or to the end of the war -- 100 acres Soldier who served his 3 yr enlistment or to the end of the war -- 100 acres Noncommissioned officer who enlisted & served his 3 yr enlistment -- 200 acres Sailor who served throughout the war -- 400 acres Soldier who served throughout the war -- 400 acres Noncommissioned officer who served throughout the war -- 400 acres Subaltern-Cornet -- 2000 to 2666 acres Subaltern-Ensign -- 2000 to 2666 acres Subaltern-Lieutenant -- 2000 to 2666 acres Surgeon’s Mate -- 2666 to 8000 acres Surgeon -- 2666 to 8000 acres Chaplain -- 2666 to 8000 acres Captain -- 3000 to 4666 acres Major -- 4000 to 5333 acres Lt. Colonel -- 4500 to 6666 acres Colonel -- 5000 to 8888 acres Brigadier General -- 10,000 acres + Major General -- 15,000 to 17,500 acres And where any officer, soldier, or sailor shall have fallen or died in the service, his heirs or legal representatives shall be entitled to, and receive the same quantity of land as would have been due to such officer, soldier or sailor respectively, had he been living. Click here to research the number of warrants issued to each rank. Remember, this table does not indicate the number of different individuals who received warrants; some veterans received several warrants. RESULTS OF DATABASE RESEARCH Creation of the Revolutionary War Warrants Database has enabled Land Office staff to determine the following information: 4748 military warrants were issued by Virginia for the Kentucky Military District. James Askew received Military Warrant #1 on August 8, 1782. Henry Bedinger received Military Warrant #4627 on October 29, 1793. Three numbers were skipped and there were 121 duplicate numbers issued. Warrants were assignable, meaning they could be sold or transferred—particularly if the veteran preferred cash to a Military District relocation. For that reason some veterans chose to accept their bounty land in small denominations. For example, a veteran allowed 4,000 acres might accept the payment in one warrant; another veteran may chose four warrants of 1,000 acres each. This fact makes it difficult to determine how many different veterans received bounty land warrants—one veteran could receive several. Some veterans chose to serve longer than their three year enlistment. Although they had received a previous warrant, they were given a second warrant for additional service time. The largest tract (15,000 acres) was issued to Major General Baron Friederick Wilhelm Von Steuben for his service at Valley Forge. The smallest tracts were for 100 acres. The Military District was reserved for veterans of the Virginia Continental Line (national troops) and the Virginia State Line (equivalent of the National Guard). We have determined 3247 Military Warrants were issued to Continental Line veterans and 1444 Military Warrants were issued to veterans of the State Line. One warrant was issued for service at Valley Forge, one warrant for the Director of the Virginia State Hospital, unit of service was unknown for 52 warrants, and 3 numbers were skipped. Branches of service, based on information from the warrants, are as follows: 4263 Unknown 21 Identified by Regiment 4 Crockett’s Regiment 1 Valley Forge 253 Navy 8 Light Dragoons 4 Garrison Regiment 1 Continental Hospital 102 Artillery 7 Army 2 Illinois Regiment 71 Cavalry 6 Infantry 2 Maj. Neilson's Cavalry Soldiers from Kentucky who served with General George Rogers Clark did NOT receive bounty land warrants for the Kentucky Military District. Their warrants had to be used in Indiana. Contact the Clark County Surveyor’s Office in Jeffersonville, IN, for further information. MILITARY LAND OFFICE On July 20, 1784, the Land Office for the Virginia Military District was opened near Louisville. (ref: Collins’ HISTORY OF KENTUCKY) Colonel Richard Clough Anderson was the Principal Surveyor for veterans serving in the Virginia Continental Line. Major William Croghan & General George Rogers Clark were appointed Principal Surveyors for veterans serving in the Virginia State Line (or Militia). Due to the size of the Military District, a number of deputies assisted the Principal Surveyors. Each Principal Surveyor kept a separate Entry Book. The first Entry filed by Major Croghan was on August 2, 1784. It reads in part: "John Montgomery, William Croghan, Mayo Carrington, and John Rogers, Trustees for laying off a Town on the River Mississippi, enter 4,000 acres of land on the Iron Banks." The first Entry filed by Col. Anderson was on July 20, 1784. It reads in part: "William Brown enters 1200 acres part of a Military Warrant #712 beginning at the confluence of the Ohio & Cumberland River." Anderson concludes his book after 2224 entries by stating "I do certify that this book contains copies of all the entries that are in my book of entries that were made on the southeast of the Ohio River in the state of Kentucky. Given under my hand this second day of November, 1798." (ANDERSON’S MILITARY ENTRIES, Kentucky Land Office) Croghan concludes his book as follows: "I do certify that the foregoing 1,468 copies of Entries are truly copied from the original books of entries in my possession. Signed May 14, 1798, by W. Croghan, Surveyor of Virginia Military State Lands." (MILITARY ENTRIES, VOL. II, Kentucky Land Office) In 1879 the Kentucky General Assembly abolished the office of surveyor of military lands. The "present incumbent of that office" was ordered to send all books, papers and documents pertaining to his office to the Register of the Land Office "by the safest and cheapest mode of conveyance". (ref: ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 1879, Chapter 105, Article IV.) Kentucky State Home / Kentucky SoS Home Remember, few Va vets settled on their own military warrent lands. And I disagree with the 1st paragraph. Paying vets with lands was an old custom-not "Following the Revolutionsry War" -and the lands were offered to get recruits. Once Va offered a private 100 acres, "and a slave" to serve. Anderson Twnsp,Hamilton Co Oh has some of the 1st survey's in Ohio-1787- and the contential congress was out-lawing slavery about then. ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]