This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: EPainter8305 Surnames: Martin Painter Redd Strait Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.ohio.counties.franklin/18329/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Who were the children of Franklin County, Ohio, settlers Isaac Painter and Elizabeth Redd? Candidates, based on time and location, include Nathaniel, John, and Andrew Jackson Painter enumerated in county censuses beginning in 1840, plus Sarah Painter, who married John C. Martin in 1826, and Mary Painter, who married Abraham Strait in 1836. Are there any records that connect Isaac and Elizabeth with the younger generation of Painters? Isaac Painter and Elizabeth Redd were married on 13 August 1799 in Frederick County, Virginia. [A] Isaac, a son of Isaac Painter and Sarah Hains, was named in his father's 1805 will. Elizabeth, a daughter of Andrew Redd and Elizabeth Hollingsworth, was named in her father's 1818 will. Isaac was an early settler of Jefferson Township, Franklin County, Ohio, and was a justice of the peace there in 1821 and 1835. He was enumerated in the township in the 1830 census, but does not appear in the 1840 census. Elizabeth reportedly died on 11 November 1847--does anyone know the source of this information? In the 1840 U.S. Census for Jefferson Township, Franklin County, Ohio, the households of John Painter and Jackson Painter are listed on successive lines. And Nathaniel Painter was enumerated in the county's neighboring Truro Township. John Painter remained in Jefferson Township in the 1850 and 1860 censuses, and Jackson-as A. J. Painter or Andrew J. Painter-was enumerated there in 1860, 1870, and 1880. In the 1850 census for Truro Township, the household of Andrew J. Painter immediately follows that of Nathaniel Painter. (While Andrew's name was recorded as "David" J. Painter, his identity is confirmed by his wife Rachel, who tracks consistently from the 1850 through 1880 censuses.) The late Harold Painter in "The Painter Family" (1975), p. 42, identifies only one child of Isaac and Elizabeth: son John Painter, born 1809, plus grandchildren including Lewis Painter. The source of Harold Painter's information is not indicated. The "History of Franklin & Pickaway Counties, Ohio," (Williams Bros., 1880), p. 399, gives the following account of the early settlers of Franklin County's Jefferson Township: "In the same year [1814] came Isaac Painter, John Inks, and Joseph Compton, all of them from Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. Isaac Painter located at the crossing of the Black Lick road and Broadway pike, where J. Milburn now lives. A son Lewis Painter, is in the township, and is one of its large farmers, and representative men." The account is partially correct, but the Lancaster part is wrong. Isaac Painter had no connection at all with Pennsylvania. The correct Lancaster is the county seat of Fairfield County, Ohio. Before settling in Franklin County, Isaac and Elizabeth Painter probably lived for a time in Fairfield County, Ohio, where Isaac Painter was a witness of the 1808 will of wife's brother, "George Reed." Sergeant Isaac Painter served for a few weeks in a militia company probably from Fairfield County during the War of 1812. Isaac's brother, Abraham Painter spent the winter of 1810-11 in Lancaster, Ohio, when he migrated from Frederick County, Virginia, to Logan County, Ohio. As for Lewis Painter, he was born in 1838, possibly when Isaac Painter was no longer living and Isaac's wife Elizabeth would have been age 55. Lewis was enumerated in 1850 in the household of John Painter, and appears to be John's son-and thus possibly a grandson of Isaac Painter. EEP [A] Marriage license: Isaac Painter and Elizabeth Redd, 13 Aug 1799, Frederick Co., Virginia. (John Vogt & T. William Kethley, Jr., "Frederick County Marriages, 1738-1850" (Athens, Ga.: Iberian Publishing Co., 1984), p. 400.) Cross posted to: Painter; Redd; Fairfield County, Ohio; Frederick County, Virginia; and Franklin County, Ohio message boards. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.