Does anyone have access to the 1830 Belmont Co. census head of household. On page 203 of the index w345 there should be a John Woodland. I would like to know the ages and number of people listed. Would greatly appreciate your help. Thank you. Connie

Bonnie, <Just wanted to thank you for such a great job you are doing helping people. Just read what you did for John W. Knight. Wish I could find my people mentioned that many times. They just kept breezing through to places farther west. Anyway a big thank you as I know the time involved to go through several books. Jerilyn> I second this opinion and want to offer to you my thanks as well. The Belmont County list has become one of my favorites!!!!!! Thanks for all your hard work. Charlotte macslewin@aol.com

Don I have a Judith Knight, daughter of William and Elizabeth. Parents died in Cecil Co., Maryland. Judith married Joseph Kirk and died in Fayette Co., PA. They were Quakers so you might look into the Quaker records for some clues. I haven't traced any of this Knight family forward so don't know they some of Judith's siblings came on west with the Kirks. Judith's daughter ended up in Belmont Co., and maybe a brother but don't know if a brother or a cousin. Just a thought. Jerilyn Jerilyn Lappin Koskan Cook Co., Illinois jlktrees@aol.com FTM user Searching BREWER, COOK, DAVIDSON, DUSATKO, DYE, FISHER, GRAY, GREENE, HANNA, KIRK, KOSKAN, LAPPIN, LEAK/LEEK, MITCHELL, MONROE, MONTGOMERY, OATES, PORTER, PUFFENBARGER, SLUSHER, SMITH, STARBUCKS, STARKEY, TODD, WADSWORTH, WILSON, and many more.

Bonnie, Just wanted to thank you for such a great job you are doing helping people. Just read what you did for John W. Knight. Wish I could find my people mentioned that many times. They just kept breezing through to places farther west. Anyway a big thank you as I know the time involved to go through several books. Jerilyn Jerilyn Lappin Koskan Cook Co., Illinois jlktrees@aol.com FTM user Searching BREWER, COOK, DAVIDSON, DUSATKO, DYE, FISHER, GRAY, GREENE, HANNA, KIRK, KOSKAN, LAPPIN, LEAK/LEEK, MITCHELL, MONROE, MONTGOMERY, OATES, PORTER, PUFFENBARGER, SLUSHER, SMITH, STARBUCKS, STARKEY, TODD, WADSWORTH, WILSON, and many more.

John, In "Centennial History of Belmont Co. by A. T. McKelvey, pub. 1903 there is this: Businessburg is a little village located on Pipe Creek, hemmed in by hills that are almost as precipitous as mountains. It contains an old-time water mill, erected in 1848 by Archibald McGREW and Robert HAMMOND. In those days Pipe Creek supplied ample water power and for seven years the mill was thus operated. In 1855 staeam was introduced, and thereafter the mill was successfully operated for a period of 25 years by Allen RAMSEY, James SHIPMAN, Sylvester CREAMER, David McGREW, Isaac RICHNER and Thomas McNIECE, respectively. The great flood of 1884 nearly destroyed Businessburg. The waters of Pipe Creek rose to a height of 15 feet, and the town was practically submerged. Many houses were carried away and the loss was very heavy. There are three churches in and near Businessburg, namely: The Methodist Episcopal Church of Businessburg which is included in the circuit of Rev. Mr. BEVINGTON, with a membership of 30. About one and a half miles down Pipe Creek there is another Methodist Episcopal Church in charge of Rev. Thomas McGUIRE. In Businessburg there is also a Christian Church, with a membership of 25 or 30, under the pastorate of Rev. Mr. LUCAS. -- Bonnie Burkhardt <burkhard@flash.net> <bburkhardt@juno.com>

Don Thomson wrote: > I JUST SIGNED ON TODAY. A RELATIVE, JOHN KNIGHT, WAS A RAILROAD ENGINEER > WHO WAS BORN IN BELMONT COUNTY, OHIO, ABOUT 1850 AND DIED ABOUT 27 FEB 1885 > IN DECATUR, ILL., AS THE RESULT OF INJURIES HE RECEIVED IN A TRAIN WRECK. > HIS OBIT MENTIONED THAT HIS BODY WAS TAKEN TO HIS OLD HOME TOWN OF > LLOYDSVILLE FOR BURIAL. HE LEFT A WIDOW MARY AND TWO CHILDREN. > > WOULD ANYONE KNOW WHERE JOHN KNIGHT IS BURIED EXACTLY? > > DON THOMSON > STEVENSVILLE, MD > Don, From "Tombstone Inscriptions and Family Records of Belmont Co., OH" by Esther Weygandt Powell Lloydsville Cemetery - Richland Twp. - Near Union Twp. at west edge of Lloydsville. Knight, John (very, very, very old stone) Knight, Rebecca (very, very old stone - illegible) Knight, Rebecca 1837 age 23 w/o John Also in the book is: Pultney Twp. Pioneers M.M. KNIGHT D. S. b. 1847, son of Thomas and Nancy of Greene Co., PA. Came to this township and m. in 1874 Emma LINGO, dau. of Jesse LINGO. Boston Christian Church Cemetery - Somerset twp, - At the northwest edge of town across from an old church (1968) Knight, James 1858 age 22 s/o J. and N. Mead Twp. - Knight Private Cemetery - Near a township road off State Route 7 established 1832; .009 acres Knight, Thomas - War of 1812 BTW, most of the readings done for this book were for people born before 1840. So that John Knight in the Lloydsville Cemetery is prob. not your John...I don't think the stone would have looked that old as described. Could this be John W.'s family? In the 1850 Belmont Co. census transcribed by Wes Cochran Richland Twp. 436-444 Selphen (Stephen?) Knight 35 PA Blacksmith Suzannah 42 OH Joseph 5 OH Abagaile 3 OH William 2 OH Would John's middle name be William? There is an explosion of Knights in Belmont Co. in the 1860 census. (Wes Cochran's transcription) Richland Twp. - City of St. Clairsville 597-605 Stephen Knight 41 PA Blacksmith Jane 36 PA Joseph 15 OH Abel 13 OH William 11 OH Bailey 10 OH And then there is a John W. Richland Twp. - City of St. Clairsville 651-659 Thomas White 61 VA Farmer Sarah 51 VA Isaac 20 OH John W. Knight 15 OH Mary Ollon 20 OH Perhaps Sarah is his mother and Thomas his step-father? Or he could be their grandson. I could not find a marriage of a Thomas White to a Sarah Knight in the marriage records I have for Belmont Co. In the 1870, John W. is not around...but the Stephen Knight family is: (Also from Wes Cochran's transcription) Richland Twp. 67-67 Jacob Neff 63 OH Farmer Mary 63 OH Keep House Lucinda 20 OH Mary 19 OH Jacob Day 10 OH William Knight 21 OH Farm Laborer 108-108 Stephen Knight 54 PA Blacksmith Jane 44 PA Keep House Sarah Rose 80 PA No occupation 126-126 William King 29 OH Farmer Emeline 21 OH Keep House James 1 OH Bailey Knight 20 OH Farm Laborer I think Stephen married 2 times as taken from Wes Cochran's "Belmont Co., OH Marriages" series: Stephen R. Knight m. Susan Bailey 11 Apr 1843 Stephen R. Knight m. Jane Rose 14 Oct 1857 Thomas White was still alive during the 1870 census, but his wife is gone. Is there anything with this family that seems to come together with John W.? What was his wife's Mary maiden name. I wonder about that Mary Neff that was in the family he was enum. with. Perhaps they went to IL and he followed cause of Mary. I found no marriage for John W. or William in Belmont Co. to a Mary. There was a marriage of a John W., but that was in 1885 AFTER your John W. died. This is from "Genealogical Records in Belmont Co., OH" Vol. 5 (GRBC) From the Belmont Chronicle 12 Mar 1885 John W. Knight of Decatur IL, born and raised in Loydsville, d. on Feb 27th from injuries received in Jan in a collision on the Wabash RR upon which he was working as an engineer. He learned the machinist trade in the B. & O. shops in Bellaire. He had lived in the west about 15 years. Maybe there is something else you can use in that obit. He probably left Richland Twp. just before the 1870 census, so perhaps the John W. I found was he. Have you checked out the 1870 IL census to see if he was on it? -- Bonnie Burkhardt <burkhard@flash.net> <bburkhardt@juno.com>

John and Elizabeth were in that area in 1860 Had son Robert who was in Civil War Other siblings but I dont know their names Any hellp appreciated

Does anyone know, or know of the History of Businessburgh.......Mead Twp ? When I visited the area this June, I talked to a gentleman up Pipe Creek from the townsite, and he said it (the town) was washed out in a flood in about 1921....What was the reason for its founding? Was it a coal town.....how long was it there? My G-G- Grandfather, John Lewis, came to Pipe Creek near Businessburgh in 1811 and died there in 1888....He was a Carpenter there in 1853 or so....We asked a couple of antique dealers in Barnsville, about Businessburgh, and they said they had never heard of it!! Is their a book I might buy giving a history of various towns in Belmont County? Any help would be much appreciated! John Lewis in Modesto, Ca

I JUST SIGNED ON TODAY. A RELATIVE, JOHN KNIGHT, WAS A RAILROAD ENGINEER WHO WAS BORN IN BELMONT COUNTY, OHIO, ABOUT 1850 AND DIED ABOUT 27 FEB 1885 IN DECATUR, ILL., AS THE RESULT OF INJURIES HE RECEIVED IN A TRAIN WRECK. HIS OBIT MENTIONED THAT HIS BODY WAS TAKEN TO HIS OLD HOME TOWN OF LLOYDSVILLE FOR BURIAL. HE LEFT A WIDOW MARY AND TWO CHILDREN. WOULD ANYONE KNOW WHERE JOHN KNIGHT IS BURIED EXACTLY? DON THOMSON STEVENSVILLE, MD ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

Trying desperately to find out anything about Ludwig Gust in Belmont Co. (probably around York Twp) about the turn of the century. His wife was Mary Sawyers. He had a son named Carl (born about 1920) who married Lucille McIntire. Would like to pinpoint where he lived and any other children's names. Any help on this will be greatly appreciated. Nancy Peoria, IL

I would also be interested in such a History of Businessburg. There's a white block building there that people of the area use as a visual for where Businessburg was - they say it's a mine entrance. It doesn't sound like it was ever a large, bustling place but they talk about a couple of general stores that are no longer there. I've heard talk of at least 2 floods along Pipe Creek that swept houses, etc. away - one more recent - like in the 80's or 90's. Also heard about a once-popular nightclub type place - the Zanzibar (sp?) that is long-gone. I know there are some of list-members that reside there along Pipe Creek - can you help us out? Nancy Peoria, IL

Does anyone know where I would write to get a copy of a marriage record in Belmont Co., and how much it cost? Thank you, Foster Barnes

Marriages recorded at the courthouse from 1803 to the present date are available from the Belmont county probate court. You must give them the date of the marriage, as they will not do a search. Charge for certified copies is $3.00, and they accept only cash or money orders made payable to Belmont Co. Probate court. the address is Court house, St. Clairsville, Ohio 43950 Sandra -----Original Message----- From: Foster Barnes <Foster@iab.com> To: OHBELMON-L@rootsweb.com <OHBELMON-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, July 13, 2000 11:30 AM Subject: [OHBELMON-L] marriage records? >Does anyone know where I would write to get a copy of a marriage record in >Belmont Co., and how much it cost? > >Thank you, > >Foster Barnes > > >

Hi Still hunting for descendants and parentage of Nicholas Monroe who died in Belmont Co., Ohio 1853. Born about 1777 in PA. Children include: Samuel (Lydia Loller), George W. (Lydia Barrett), Richard (Rosannah ? ), Miller Nicholas (Amanda Martin), Curtis (Phebe ?), Eleanor (Moses Maring), John (Matilda Lambert), William (Margaret Anna ?), Rebecca (James Murphy) and Mary (William Hendershot). Mary, George, William and Eleanor went to Appanoose Co., Iowa. Miller's wife died, he remarried and was back in Monroe Co., in 1870. John was last found in Washington Co., OH. Samuel may have gone to Missouri. Curtis' wife died before 1843 and he died before 1869 but no record of him found during the intervening time. Richard died late 1849 or early 1850 in Somerset Township and family remained in Belmont Co., OH. Rebecca remained in Monroe Co., Ohio. Eleanor Monroe Maring descendants are well documented. One child of Curtis well-documented. His other son Martin Van Buren Monroe went to Roane Co., West Virginia. Have some information on William and George as well as some on Richard's family, but all very sparse. Would like to connect with descendants to share information and add to the data base for the descendants of Nicholas Monroe. Jerilyn Lappin Koskan Cook Co., Illinois jlktrees@aol.com FTM user Searching BREWER, COOK, DAVIDSON, DUSATKO, DYE, FISHER, GRAY, GREENE, HANNA, KIRK, KOSKAN, LAPPIN, LEAK/LEEK, MITCHELL, MONROE, MONTGOMERY, OATES, PORTER, PUFFENBARGER, SLUSHER, SMITH, STARBUCKS, STARKEY, TODD, WADSWORTH, WILSON, and many more.

My family emigrated to Belmont from Chester Co, PA, and I've noticed, while researching my own family, that many others left Chester for Belmont too....I've always wondered what the attraction was. My own family owned a large successful farm and mill, so they weren't moving for land of their own. Although the family had been Quakers, arriving with Penn in the 1680 (Nicholas NEWLIN), this branch of the family were no longer Friends. I've always wondered why they left. So, check Chester Co, too, while looking in PA. Sandra -----Original Message----- From: Jlktrees@aol.com <Jlktrees@aol.com> To: OHBELMON-L@rootsweb.com <OHBELMON-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, July 13, 2000 8:11 AM Subject: Re: [OHBELMON-L] Davis>Before 1800 >I don't know if this will help or not, but my ancestor Marium Davis Smith >came from Bucks Co., PA. Many of the settlers in Belmont Co., were Quakers >and came from Bucks Co., PA. There was also a lot of people from Indiana >Co., Westmoreland Co., and Fayette and Washington Co., PA. Your Davis family >might not be the same one as I am working on, but I would try that county at >least. Jerilyn > >Jerilyn Lappin Koskan >Cook Co., Illinois >jlktrees@aol.com > > > > >FTM user > >Searching BREWER, COOK, DAVIDSON, DUSATKO, DYE, FISHER, GRAY, GREENE, HANNA, >KIRK, KOSKAN, LAPPIN, LEAK/LEEK, MITCHELL, MONROE, MONTGOMERY, OATES, PORTER, >PUFFENBARGER, SLUSHER, SMITH, STARBUCKS, STARKEY, TODD, WADSWORTH, WILSON, >and many more. > >

If anyone here can help this person, please reply to this address: Trapperpa@aol.com > Hello, > > We are searching for information on James Kinney. He is listed on the l830, > l840 and l850 census for Goshen Township in Belmont County. Did he have a > son name James?. What was his birth date? > > Thank you for your help and assistance. > > M Reibel >

Need information on William H. Weeks born in Sept. 1834 somewhere in Virginia. Believe he married Arminta Higgs in Virginia. Know they were in Ohio Co., WV possibly Tridelphia in the 1860's. He owned a grist mill in Businessburg, Ohio after that & is in Bellaire, Ohio in the 1870 census. He died in approx. Aug., 1902 & is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Bellaire, Ohio. Have not been able to find William's parents or siblings. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

I don't know if this will help or not, but my ancestor Marium Davis Smith came from Bucks Co., PA. Many of the settlers in Belmont Co., were Quakers and came from Bucks Co., PA. There was also a lot of people from Indiana Co., Westmoreland Co., and Fayette and Washington Co., PA. Your Davis family might not be the same one as I am working on, but I would try that county at least. Jerilyn Jerilyn Lappin Koskan Cook Co., Illinois jlktrees@aol.com FTM user Searching BREWER, COOK, DAVIDSON, DUSATKO, DYE, FISHER, GRAY, GREENE, HANNA, KIRK, KOSKAN, LAPPIN, LEAK/LEEK, MITCHELL, MONROE, MONTGOMERY, OATES, PORTER, PUFFENBARGER, SLUSHER, SMITH, STARBUCKS, STARKEY, TODD, WADSWORTH, WILSON, and many more.

Hi, I'm looking for information on the Richard Powel family. Richard Powel was born about 1810 in Ohio (probably Belmont County). He married Elizabeth LNU about 1832. Elizabeth was born about 1812 in Virginia. Richard and Elizabeth moved to Wood County, (West) Virginia sometime between 1833 and 1840. Their children include: 1) John M. Powell born about 1833 in Ohio. John married Delilah Dobbins April 19, 1854 in Pleasants County, (West) Virginia. Delilah was the daughter of James and Mary Ann Dobbins. 2) Alexander born about 1843 in Virginia. 3) William born about 1846 in Virginia. Living with them in Wood County in 1850 was R.D. Hinds who was born about 1838 in Virginia. Any information would be greatly appreciated!!!!!! Thank you. Charlotte Lewin macslewin@aol.com

I believe my Davis's were in Belmont County by 1800 (give or take a few years). I wonder if anyone else researching that name in Belmont County knows where their Davis's were prior to moving there. Our family always thought Pennsylvania, but I don't know which county. I would appreciate hearing from anyone researching Davis's in Belmont County around 1800 (or prior) and whether they know their family's prior migration pattern. Thank you, Carolyn Davis Seattle *********************************** David P. Davis married Levina Clifton in Belmont Co., OH in 1824. The family move westward, Vermilion Co., Illinois 1830 - 1849. By 1850 they showed up in the Black Hawk & Benton County, IA census. Surnames Researching: Hites, Orvis, Reed, Ritchey, Niccum, Sanders