You don't mention family so I can't check but are you searching Wil*? There are a number of William Wilsons in the county in 1840 and one William Willson. Eliz On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 10:49 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I recently found this indenture in a book of Monroe County Genealogical > Records published by Catharine Foreacker Fedorchak (on bottom of email). It > places my ancestor (William WILSON and his wife Sarah HILL) in Monroe County > in  1835 but I can't seem to locate them in 1840. I cannot map him to any > census records in Monroe at the time. William Wilson and family show up in > Tyler  County, (West) Virginia in 1850 and in Meigs County OH in 1860. They > are from PA  originally but where I am not sure. > > My Wilson family is associated with RIGGS, DYE, and REEVES families in > Meigs County Ohio and these families came from the Monroe and Washington County >  OH areas prior to Meigs. My Wilson family is also associated with the > following  families in Monroe: > > HILL, William of 1840-1880 (Adams, Sunsbury, Malaga Twps) - brother to > William Wilson's wife > WRIGHT, Robert of 1830-1870 (Green Twp) - father of William Hill's  wife > CUNNINGHAM, James of 1830-1870 (Woodsfield) > > Other related families, who married into William HILL's family include > BOOTH, GRATIGNY, STEWARD, RICHNER, THORNBERRY. Other families associated with > the WRIGHTs indlue HENTHORN. > > I know there are a lot of Wilsons in this area but can anyone offer any > suggestions on how to sort through them all? > > Thanks in advance, > > Rick Wilson > New York, NY > [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) > > =========================== > > This indenture, made this 12th day of August in the year of our Lord, One > Thousand, Eight Hundred and Thirty Five by and between Catharine Eckleberry > of  the one part, and William Wilson of the other part, both of the County > of  Monroe, in the State of Ohio. Witnesseth that the said Catharine > Eckleberry hath  this day placed and bound her son, Martin Eckleberry, aged 2 years, > 5 months,  and 16 days, and as an apprentice to the said William Wilson to > learn the art  and mystery of a farmer, which the said William Wilson now > follows and said  Catharine Eckleberry agrees that  the said Martin Eckleberry > shall dwell  with and faithfully serve the said William Wilson as an > apprentice for and  during the term of 18 years, 6 months, and 14 days from the > date hereof, at  which time said Martin, if he lives so long, will be of the > age of 21 years  during all of which time said Martin shall serve his said > master diligently and  to the best of his ability and said William Wilson doth > agree with said  Catharine Eckleberry to teach and insturct the said Martin > in the art and  mystery of a farmer and further the said William Wilson > will provide for and  allow the said Martin meat, drink, washing, lodging, and > apparel, and all other  necessaries during the term of his apprenticeship > and will also  teach or  cause said Martin Eckleberry to be taught to read and > write and so much  arithmetic as will include the single rule of three, and > at the expiration of  said term to give said Martin Eckleberry one hourse, > saddle, and bridle, worth  $50.00, one new bible, and at least two suits of > clothes of common wearing  apparel, and one of the suits to be new. Signed > in the presence of William  Hopton and Isabella Hopton by Catharine > Eckelberry and William Wilson. Received  the foregoing indenture the 2nd day of > February 1836 by Horace Holland,  J.C. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > To contact the OHWASHIN list administrator, send an email to [email protected] > > To post a message to the OHWASHIN mailing list, send an email to [email protected] > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >