Contributed by William L. De Coursey
IT'S ABOUT TIME
VOLUME IV (1800-1849)
CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH NOTES
ON SOME OF THE PATERNAL ANCESTORS, DESCENDANTS,
AND COLLATERAL LINES, OF
FREDERICK PERRY DECOURSEY (1900-1978)
Including notes on the families of DeCoursey, Barney, Fleming, Franks, Helmick, Manning, Mills, Pennel, Racer, Reed, Schoonmaker, Van Aken, and collateral lines.
compiled by
WILLIAM L DECOURSEY
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New Brighton, Minnesota 55112-5441
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ANCESTORS and DESCENDANTS OF LESLIE EUGENE DECOURSEY (1873-1949)
Note: to see notes for ancestors of these families prior to 1800, go to http://www.teachout.org/du/
1800 - Federal Census of Allegheny Co., PA, p.59 lists Dinis DECORSY, age between 16 and 26.
1800 - Census of Allegheny Co., PA, p.75, MIfflin Twp. lists Peter DECORSY, 2 males under 10, 1 male 10-16, 1 male over 45, 2 females under 10, 1 female 10-16, and 1 female 26-45.
1800 - James CHESNOR is listed on the 1800 census of Chestnut Hill Twp., Northampton Co., Penna., page 180, with 1 male 26-45, 2 females under 10, and one female over 45.
1800 - On the 1800 census of German Twp., Fayette Co., Penna. Michael FRANKS appears with 1 male 10-15, 1 male 16-25, 1 male over 45, 1 female 16-25, 1 female over 45.
1800 - Michael HELMICK, son of Nicholas and Mary (FRANKS) HELMICK, was born 14 Oct 1800, Fayette County, Penna.
1800 - There is a deed recorded,1800, in Elkins, Randolph Co., W.Va. for one hundred acres to a Nicholas HELMICK. Randolph County Deeds Bk.2,p.226,1800.
1801 - The will of a Nicholas HELMICK of Springhill Twp., Fayette Co., Penna. was probated in 1801. He named wife Fanny and 3 minor sons - David, George and Joseph HELMICK.
1802 - Peter DECOURSEY was one of 7 or 8 families that settled on Duck Creek in Newton Township, Trumbull Co., Ohio, ca.1802. In that year a child of Peter DECOURSEY was the first death in the township. - Harriet Taylor Upton's HISTORY OF TRUMBULL CO., OHIO, Vol. 1, p.559
1804 - Peter DECOURCEY, Thomas REED, John VANETTEN, Joseph DEPEW, Ezekiel HOVER, Manuel HOVER, Daniel DULL, and Alexander SUTHERLAND were among the first settlers of Newton and Milton Townships in Trumbull Co., Ohio - HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS of the MAHONING VALLEY - Trumbull and Mahoning Counties. (1876). 1977 Reprint p.180,456-459,480-483. Also see YOUNGSTOWN and the MAHONING VALLEY, p.580
1804 - Among the early settlers in the vicinity of Price's Mills, Milton Township, Trumbull County, Ohio, were Captain VANETTEN, Joseph DEPEW, Peter DECOURCEY, the ORRS, Thomas REED, the WINANS, Alexander FRENCH, John PENNELL, John JOHNSTON, Robert RUSSEL, Alexander CAMPBELL, Daniel STEWART, Samuel BOWLES, etc. HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS OF THE MAHONING VALLEY (1876), p.480-483.
1805 - Harman BLENNERHASSETT (1765-1831), co-conspirator in the Aaron BURR scheme to invade Mexico and establish a Southwest American empire, was related to the Irish Kingsale deCOURCY family both in the direct line and by marriage. When the conspiracy collapsed, he was aided in his exile from the U.S. by his brother-in-law, Admiral Michael DeCOURCEY of the British Navy, brother of John DeCOURCY, the 26th Baron Kingsale. (See Hildreth's LIVES OF EARLY SETTLERS, p.492). Harman Blennerhassett's sister Anne married, 1786, Admiral Michael deCOURCY; and his aunt Susanna BLENNERHASSETT married, 1763, John DeCOURCY, the 25th Baron Kinsale. Coincidentally, Harmon BLENNERHASSETT had made his home on an island 15 miles down stream from Marietta, Ohio near the area where RACER descendants of Dennis DECOURSEY settled. The family pedigree chart of Grace RACER at the Campus-Maritus Library in Marietta includes the names of PUTNAM, RACER and PORTER, early prominent settlers of Marietta, friends of the Harmon BLENNERHASSETT family, and associates of Aaron BURR, who had earlier served in the Revolution in northern Pennsylvania and Orange co., NY, the area from whence the DECOURSEYs and RACERs came. W. William POSEY, a descendant of Benjamin RACER, states in a letter dated 13 Jan 1974, "A CORNER ancestor of mine left the title to his Kentucky land with BLENNERHASSETT. The Blennerhassett house burned along with the title left in his care. From a county history. --- I read somewhere that General Thomas POSEY was a counsel for Aaron BURR."
1805 - Adam HELMICK and Hannah TEETER were married, 26 July 1805, at Pendleton County, Virginia. Jonathan TETER was bondsman. The Pendleton Co. Virginia branch of HELMICKS intermarried with the families of BORER, CHAMP, FULL, GRAHAM, HEDERICK, KETTERMAN, LAMBERT, LANTZ, MARRICLE, PRINE, REXRODE, SIMMONS, SMITH, TEETER, THOMPSON, TINGLER, VANCE, VANDEVENTER, WAYBRIGHT, and WESTFALL. HELMICK given names include: Abel, Adam, Anthony, Enos, Cornelius, George, Jacob, Jeremiah, Jesse, John, Josiah, Mathias, Miles, Moses, Nathaniel, Phillip, Robert, Uriah for males; and Ann, Catharine, Elizabeth, Mary, Phebe, Rachel, and Susan for females.
A number of HELMICK marriages can be found in Mary Harter's, PENDLETON COUNTY, VIRGINIA MARRIAGE BONDS 1791-1853 (1979), p.13; and Mary Harter, MARRIAGES OF PENDLETON COUNTY VIRGINIA 1788-1853 (1978), p.29.
1805 - John Van GORDON, son of Benjamin and Elisabeth (VANDERMARK) Van GORDON, was born 10 December 1805 and baptized 23 August 1805. - ANTIQUE WEEK (AUG. 1, 1988), p.9b.
1806 - Peter DECOURSEY was taxed 40 cents for 100 acres of land in range 5, twp. 3, section 16, Trumbull Co., Ohio in 1806.
1807 - "In 1807 the GILMORE family settled at Duck Creek, Trumbull County, and had as neighbors Thomas REED, Peter DeCOURSEY, Alexander SUTHERLAND, and his father John S.; George SHEFFELTON, John MACHMAN, John M., Jr., and his brother, Alexander; Jacob CUSTARD, and E. HOVER." HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS OF THE MAHONING VALLEY (1876), p.456-458.
1807 - Hannah DECORSEY married, 29 January 1807, to John PENNEL in Trumbull Co., Ohio. "John Pennel was an early settler in the eastern part of Milton (then Mahoning County). He afterwards bought a farm in the northwestern part where he died quite early (in 1817). His family scattered." HISTORY OF TRUMBULL & MAHONING CO., OHIO (1882), v.II,p180,459. Their children on 22 March 1818, at the time of John PENNEL's death, were Jonathan PENNEL under age 14; John PENNEL under 5; Mary, under 12 (She married, 1835, Daniel BOYD); Dianna, under 12 (She married, 1831, Enoch Van WYE); Hannah, under 12 (she married, 1822, Burden OWEN); (and possibly Rosanna, Laura, and Lucy?). Trumbull County, Ohio Guardianship Records, Book.3,p.1, Book.7,p.444; Mahoning Co., Ohio Deed Bk.G, p.432 (1819); Mrs. Grace Marvin Winnagle, ABSTRACTS OF PROBATE RECORDS, TRUMBULL COUNTY, OHIO, (1986), p.153.
1807 - A church (Presbyterian) was organized in 1807 or 1808 near Price's Mills, and was composed of citizens of Milton and Newton Townships, Trumbull Co., Ohio.
1808 - "In 1808, Leonard Miller and family arrived (at Newton Falls, Ohio) from York County, Pennsylvania and rented the DECOURSEY house at Duck Creek Corners."
"Some of our earliest families (at Newton Falls) were: Alexander SUTHERLAND, John LANE, Bildad HINE, John GILMER, Thomas REED, Peter DECOURSEY, George SHEFFLETON, John MARSHMAN, Alexander MARSHMAN, John CUSTARD." OUR LIVING HISTORY (Supplement to NEWTON FALLS HERALD), Issue 1, March 1976, p.4; Issue 9, July 1976, p.6.
1809 - James CHESNOR signed a quitclaim deed at Nescopeck Twp., Luzerne Co., Penna. in 1809.
1809 - "Peter DECOURSEY settled in Milton Township prior to 1809. Three sons remained in the township, after their father moved on but did not become permanent residents." ref.: William's HISTORY OF TRUMBULL AND MAHONING COUNTIES (1882), v.2, p.180,459.
1810 - Peter DeCORSEE was on Trumbull co., Ohio, Newton twp., Tax List for 1810. Esther Powell, OHIO RECORDS AND PIONEER FAMILIES, v.5, p.153.
According to Alma Beatty of Reno, Nevada, "the RIVER SETTLEMENT where Peter DECOURSEY lived is now under water, a lake. Peter died in Trumbull County."
1810 - James CHESNOR is listed on the census of Nescopeck Twp., Luzerne Co., Penna, page 7, with 1 male 16-26, 1 male over 45, 2 females 16-26, and 1 female 26-45, Occupation Laborer.
1810 - In the 1810 census of German Twp., Fayette Co., Penna., Michael FRANKS appears with 1 male 10-15, 1 male over 45, 1 female over 45.
1811 - Jonathan DECORSEY and Betsey PRIGMORE were married, 7 Mar 1811, in Trumbull Co., Ohio. She died and he married second to Harriet BANGHAM of Michigan.
1811c- Benjamin REED, son of Thomas REED married Jane DECOURSEY, dau. of Peter DECOURSEY. They settled in Allen co., Ohio. OHIO RECORDS and PIONEER FAMILIES (1964), Vol.5.
1811 - "The surveyor who laid out Milton and Chippewa townships, Wayne County, Ohio, in the summer of 1807, was Ezekiel HOOVER, who lived in Milton Township of Trumbull County. Several families from that place, including some HOOVERS, moved here later." Lindsey Williams, ARISE WILD LAND (1982), p.11.
Ezekiel HOOVER (1771-1851), the surveyor of the Western Reserve, was son of Emanuel and Maria (SCHOONOVER) HOVER. He was born 13 Sept. 1771, Sussex Co., N.J.; died 5 May 1851, Allen Co., Ohio. He married, 16 Aug. 1807, Trumbull Co., Ohio to Sally ADGATE (1784-1841), daughter of John Hart and Sally (FITCH) ADGATE from Norwich, Connecticut. Ezekiel HOVER kept a diary of his trip from his home in Penna., 1801-1802, to Trumbull County, Ohio, where he was one of the first settlers of Duck Creek, Newton Township. Ezekiel HOVER was Trumbull County Surveyor, 1806, Justice of the peace, had a mill, and was a charter member of the Erie Masonic Lodge, Warren, Ohio. He came to Allen County, Ohio, ca.1833, with brothers Joseph and Manuel HOVER. - No.44 in the series of articles "The Pioneer Families of Northwestern, New Jersey," HACKETTSTOWN, NEW JERSEY GAZETTE (1935); John Elmer Breese, THE HOVER FAMILY (Typewritten Manuscript at Minnesota Historical Society Library, 1938).
1812 - Isaac DECOURSEY enlisted in Capt. Daniel DULL's Company, Col. John S. EDWARD's Infantry Rgmt., Ohio Militia. "The news of the surrender of General William HULL at Detroit reached Newton's Falls on Sunday, during an open air sermon by the Reverend James BOYD. Services were immediately dismissed, and all hurried home, blew their horns, and rallied for the march to Cleveland under Captain DULL to defend the frontier against the Indians." ROSTER OF OHIO SOLDIERS IN THE WAR OF 1812 (1916), p.89. Also National Archives Pension File #SO34842.
1812 - In 1812 Luther BARNEY (1757-1844) moved with his family to Nestead, Erie Co., New York and lived there for about 21 years. While at Newstead he held the position of Justice of the Peace and was highly honored and respected by all who know him.
1812 - The first settlers of the site of Chippewa Twp., Wayne County, Ohio were Nicholas HELMICK and his sons, John, Adam, and Michael, in about 1812. WADSWORTH MEMORIAL, p.151.
1812 - Nicholas HELMICK (1760c.-1844) enlisted in Columbia County, Ohio, about 1 July 1812, and served six months as private in Captain Wilber FULK's company in Colonel John HINEMAN's militia regiment. Pension.#W489; Blwt.#36736-160-55.
1813 - Luther BARNEY (1790-1859), son of Luther and Niber A. (WINSHIP) BARNEY, married 1813 at Niagara, New York to Lavina LOOMIS. They had eight sons probably including: Hiram m. Adeline --?--; John BARNEY m. 1842 Mary Ann TRACEY; and Cornelius BARNEY m. Sarah --?--.
1813 - Sarah, dau. of Jonathan and Betsey (PRIGMORE) DECOURSEY, was born about 1813.
1813 - According to Alma Gilliland BEATTY of Reno, Nevada (a descendant of Abraham DECOURSEY 1798-186?), Isaac DECOURSEY, son of Peter DECOURSEY, married first, about 13 Nov 1813, to a daughter of Martin FRITZ of Wayne Co., Ohio. (The author and other researchers have not been able to locate this record.) Isaac DECOURSEY married (second?), 21 Jan 1815, at Stark Co., Ohio, to Sally HELMICH, daughter of Nicholas and Mary (FRANKS) HELMICK.
1813 - John HELMICK served as a private in Col. Rees HILL's regiment, Capt. John McCLEAN's company, Pennsylvania Militia, 1813. Joseph HELMICK served as a private in Col. HILL's Regiment, Capt. Isaac LINN's company. Franklin Ellis, HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA (1882), v.1, pp.186,188.
1813 - Michael FRANKS, Jr., of German Twp., Fayette Co., Penna., made his will 4 May 1813. He named wife, Elizabeth; sons Henry FRANKS, Abraham FRANKS; Michael FRANKS, John FRANKS, Jacob FRANKS, George FRANKS; daughters Charlotte FIRST, Mary HELMICH, Elizabeth FLUHARTY, Dorothy MILLER, and Catherine HATFIELD. He named as executors Henry CORE and Zadock SPRINGER. See Franks, Alice A., and Sublette, Donald J., THE MICHAEL FRANKS FAMILY HISTORY AND GENEALOGY (Uniontown, Pennsylvania 1979), pp.169-170.
1814 - Michael FRANKS, Jr. died 3 Feb 1814 in German Twp., Fayette Co., Penna. His wife, Elisabeth (LIVENGOOD) FRANKS survived him. His will was admitted to probate 3 March 1814 at Fayette Co., Penna.
1814 - The will of Peter LEVENGOOD was probated in Fayette Co., Penna in 1814. He names a daughter Sarah.
Peter LEVENGOOD was son of Jacob and Anna Margaretha LOWENGUTH of Berks Co., Penna.
Peter LEVENGOOD married Eva LINDERMAN of Berks Co., Penna.
1814 - Nicholas HELMICH of Stark Co., Ohio, recorded a deed for land in Section 22, Chippewa Twp., Wayne County, Ohio on 14 March 1814. He is recorded as "a resident of Stark County, Ohio" in the Wooster, Ohio Land Grant record. RITTMAN PRESS, Rittman, Ohio, Aug 18, 1976.
1814 - On 14 March 1814 John FRANKS of Columbiana Co., Ohio, recorded a deed for land in Section 4, Chippewa Twp., Wayne County, Ohio. On the same date John FRANKS, Jr. of Columbia County, Ohio recorded land in Section 22; George FRANKS of Fayette County, Penna. recorded land in Section 5; and Nicholas HELMICH of Stark County, Ohio recorded land in section 22, Chippewa Twp., Wayne County, Ohio.
On 22 September 1814 Jacob MILLER (he married Dorothy, dau. of Michael FRANKS) of Mifflin Co., Ohio recorded land in Section 25, Milton Twp., Wayne Co., Ohio.
On 10 October 1814 Isaac DECORSEY of Trumbull Co., Ohio recorded land in Section 3, Chippewa Twp., Wayne County, Ohio.
On 21 October 1814 Jacob FRANKS of Wayne Co., Ohio recorded land in Section 7, Chippewa Twp., Wayne County, Ohio. From RITTMAN PRESS, Rittman, Ohio, Aug 18, 1976.
1814 - Jesse DECOURSEY, son of Jonathan DECOURSEY, was born 12 May 1814, in Trumbull Co., Ohio.
(Note: Jesse probably was son of Jonathan DECOURSEY by his first wife, Betsey PRIGMORE; however the informant on Jesse DeCOURSEY's death certificate, in 1901, named his mother as Jonathan's second wife, "Harriett BANGHAM, born Michigan". It is believed that this second marriage took place sometime after 1814, which would mean that Jesse's mother was Betsey (PRIGMORE) DECOURSEY. - More evidence on marriage dates is needed.)
1814 - Betsey DECORSEY married, 2 Aug 1814, to Jacob FLEMING at Trumbull County, Ohio. Jacob FLEMING purchased land in Allen Co., Ohio, in 1836, from Isaac and Sally (HELMICH) DECOURSEY.
1814 - On 10 October 1814, Isaac DECORSEY purchased the SE quarter of Sec.3 in Chippewa twp., Wayne Co., Ohio from the federal land agent at Wooster, Ohio. Wooster Land Office entry, Canton, Ohio. Lindsey Williams, ARISE WILD LAND (1982), p.14-16,19.
1814 - In 1814 George RASOR, Christopher RASOR, and William RASOR recorded land in Wadsworth, Medina Co., Ohio. It is of interest to note that this was also the township in which Isaac DECOURSEY and Jonathan DECOURSEY resided in ca.1815. Were they cousins? Or was this coincidence? George RASOR married, 1807, to Polly SMITH in Medina County, Ohio. A Christopher and George RASOR were earlier (1780-89) on the tax list of Culpeper Co., VA. (Were these descendants of Jacob RESER, son of Dennis RACER alias Dennis DECOURSEY?)
1815 - "The first settler in Milton Twp., Wayne Co., Ohio was Isaac DECOURCEY, perceptibly possessed of Indian blood, who, with his wife and two children, was living on the Knupp farm as early as [sic] 1813. --- He devoted much of his time to hunting and fishing." Ben Douglas, HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO (1878), p.629-631. See also: Lindsey Williams, ARISE WILD LAND (1982), p.14-16,19.
1815 - Isaac DECOURSEY (1793-1884), son of Peter and Magdelena (VAN AKEN) DECOURSEY, married, 21 January 1815, at Stark County, Ohio to "Sally" HELMICK, daughter of Nicholas and Mary (FRANKS) HELMICK of Wayne County, Ohio. Lewis ROGERS, J.P., of Tuscarawas Twp., Stark Co., officiated at the wedding. Isaac and Sally (HELMICK) DECOURSEY had two children: Peter DECOURSEY married first, 1836, Elizabeth CALBRITZER, m. 2nd, 5 July 1846, Larissa MILLS; and Mary DECOURSEY m. first, 31 Dec. 1840, Ambrose Lewis COMSTOCK, m. 2nd Mr. LUKER. Stark County Marriages Vol.A, pg.13; LDS Film #897622; Lindsey Williams, ARISE WILD LAND (1982), p.14-16,19; EARLY MARRIAGES OF STARK COUNTY, OHIO, p.29.
1815 - Jacob HELMICK, of Randolph County, Virginia made his will in July 1815. He names sons - Abraham, Adam, John, Jacob; daughters - Hannah, Elizabeth WESTFALL, Sarah BOERS, Molly BUFFINGTON, and Barbara CLARK. Maxwell's HISTORY OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA, pg.209-212 is said to list the marriages of seven of Jacob HELMICK's eleven children. See also: Ross B. Johnston, WEST VIRGINIA ESTATE SETTLEMENTS, (1977), p.128.
1815 - Peter DECOURCEY, son of Isaac DECOURSEY, was born about 1815/16 in Medina County, Ohio.
1815 - Chippewa Twp., Wayne County, Ohio was organized 4 Sept. 1815. "This is the great coal township of the county." Jacob HATFIELD was "of the opinion that the first election was held where Nicholas HELMICK lived." Douglas, Ben, HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO (1878), pp. 850-852.
1815 - Among the earliest settlers in Chippewa Twp., Wayne Co., Ohio were Nicholas HELMICK and sons Adam, John, and Michael; old Henry FRANKS and his sons John, Michael, Henry, Abraham, and Uriah, and his brothers, John and Jacob FRANKS; Jacob and William HATFIELD; John ROUTSON; John BROWN; Stephen FISHER; Mr. REED; George, Christian, Jacob, Joseph, Michael and Andrew WHITMAN; John MILLER; Peter WALTZ, Sr. and sons John, and David; et.al. Douglas, Ben, HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO (1878), pp. 850-852; WADSWORTH MEMORIAL, p.151-152.
1816 - On 20 December 1816, Conrad FRANKS patented land in East Union Twp., Wayne Co., Ohio. The same day, Jacob FRANKS patented land in Chippewa Twp., Wayne County. OUR WAYNE COUNTY HERITAGE No.4, p.25.
1817 - Jacob FRANKS patented land in Salt Creek Twp., Wayne Co., Ohio, on 10 January 1817.
1817 - The Knupp Church (known as the "Church of Good Hope") was constructed in 1817 on the site of the original DECOURSEY clearing in Rittman, Ohio. This church was restored by the Rittman Historical Society in 1960 and a street was named in 1970 in honor of Isaac DECOURCEY, Rittman's first settler. A bronze plaque has been erected in Rittman that reads as follows:
ISAAC DECOURCEY
This tablet erected in memory of
Isaac DeCourcey, colorful, rough
frontiersman, who was Rittman's
first settler. He and his family
made their home on land which is
now part of the Rittman cemetery
in 1812 or 1813. He later moved
to Western Ohio, Wisconsin and
Minnesota.
Rittman Bicentennial Commission
June 1976
Wayne County Historian, Clarence Kunkler, and Rittman Press editor, Lindsey WILLIAMS, did much research on Isaac DECOURCEY, founder of their town. Williams featured a series of articles in 1976-78 on this pioneer. See RITTMAN PRESS, Rittman, Ohio, Mar 31 1976, p.2; Apr 14 1976, p.2; Apr 21 1976, p.1; Jun 2 1976, p.2; Oct 4 1978; Oct 11 1978.
1817 - Grace RACER, dau. of Benjamin RACER and grand-daughter of Benjamin DECOURSEY-RACER was born, 29 Aug 1817, in Marietta twp., Washington Co., Ohio. She married, 20 Apr 1837, to James STANLEY. Her chart is on file at the Campus Maritus Library in Marrietta, Ohio and shows the DECOURSEY-RACER connection.
1817 - In March 1817, Reuben S. CLARK was administrator of the Estate of John PENNEL, late of Milton, Ohio. Appraisers were William FRENCH, Manuel HOOVER, and Thomas FRENCH. Surety was Ezekiel HOVER. In June 1817 it was ordered that Jonathan DECORSEY be appointed administrator of the estate of John PENNEL, late of Milton, Trumbull County, Ohio. Surety for bond was Benjamin REED and John HINMAN. Appraisers were Reuben S. CLARKE, Francis WINDLE and James WININGS. Mrs. Grace Marvin Winnagle, ABSTRACTS OF PROBATE RECORDS, TRUMBULL COUNTY, OHIO, (1986), p.153.
Hannah (DeCOURSEY) PENNEL was cited to show cause why Administration should not be granted on her husband's (John PENNEL's) estate. Dismissed at her cost, November 1817. Trumbull County, Ohio Probate Records, Book.2, pp.309,325,358,384, 388,410,495,504.
1818 - Mary DECOURCEY, dau of Isaac and Sally (HELMICH) DECOURSEY was born, 15 Feb 1818, in Medina Co., Ohio.
1818 - John FRANKS, Jr. patented land in Chippewa Twp., Wayne Co., Ohio, 18 December 1818.
1818 - Nicholas HELMICK was living in Wayne County, Ohio in 1818. Pension.#W489; Blwt.#36736-160-55.
1818 - The inventory and settlement of the estate of Michael FRANKS #2, German Twp., Fayette County, Penna. was dated 22 Dec. 1818, and the original is on file at the Courthouse at Uniontown, Penna. Among a number of heirs and creditors mentioned in this accounting as receiving disbursements out of the estate is "Nicholas HELMICK who is intermarried with Mary - dau. of deceased." See also Franks, Alice A., and Sublette, Donald J., THE MICHAEL FRANKS FAMILY HISTORY AND GENEALOGY (Uniontown, Pennsylvania 1979), pp.169-172.
1819 - In November 1819, John VanETTEN was appointed guardian to Mary, Ivaima, Hannah, Jonathan, and John PENNEL, minors & heirs of John PENNEL late of Milton, with permission to bind them out. Trumbull County Guardianships Book.3,p.1. (Hannah DeCOURSEY married, 29 Jan 1807, to John PENNEL who died, ca.1817.) Mrs. Grace Marvin Winnagle, ABSTRACTS OF PROBATE RECORDS, TRUMBULL COUNTY, OHIO, (1986), p.153.
1819 - John H. BARNEY (1819-1855), probably son of Luther and Lavina (LOOMIS) BARNEY, was born about 1819 in New York.
1820 - Elkanah BARNEY is listed on the 1820 Census of Mead Twp., Crawford Co., Penna.
1820 - Nicholas HELMICK patented land in Chippewa Twp., Wayne County, Ohio, 13 May 1820. OUR WAYNE COUNTY HERITAGE No.4, p.26.
1820 - Federal Census, Wayne Co., OH, Chippewa Twp., p.169 lists:
Isaac DECORCEY and Nicolas HELMICK as a heads of households.
1820 - Federal Census, Trumbull Co., OH, Milton Twp., p.85 lists Peter DECOURSEY as a head of household with 1 male under 10, 1 male 10-16, 1 male 16-20, 1 male over 45, 1 female 16-26, 1 female 16-45, and one female over 45.
On p.84 of same census is listed:
Jonathan DECOURSEY with 2 males under 10, 1 m. 16-26, 1 m.26-45, 1 female under 10 and 1 f. 26-45.
1820 - The census of Trumbull Co., Ohio for 1820 lists Gideon VANAKIN with 1 male under 10, 1 male over 45, and 1 female over 45.
1820 - Federal Census of Washington Co., Ohio for 1820 lists Benjamin RASER and Benjamin RASER, Jr. in Marrietta Twp.; and Dennis RASER in Newton Township.
1820 - Federal Census of Wadsworth twp., Medina Co., Ohio for 1820 lists William RAZOR (relationship, if any, unknown).
1820 - Daniel DEPEW married, 1820, at Trumbull Co., Ohio to Polly DIAMOND. Joseph DEPEW, Jr., married, 1821, at Trumbull Co., Ohio to Mary VanETTEN.
1820 - Abraham DECOURSEY, son of Peter DECOURSEY married Margaret PIERCE, 13 Nov 1820, in Trumbull Co., OH. She was born, 1794, in New Jersey. They settled in Allen Co., Ohio. LDS Film #896,820.
1820 - Mary "Polly" HELMICK, dau. of Nicholas and Mary (FRANKS) HELMICK, was married, 23 Nov 1820, to George CRUMBAUGH, at Wayne Co., Ohio by William DOYLE, J.P. MARRIAGES OF WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO, Bk.2, p.18; OUR WAYNE COUNTY HERITAGE No.10, p.75.
1820s- Adam HELMICK (1788c.-1873), son of Nicholas and Mary (FRANKS) HELMICK, married Christina WALTZ, dau. of Peter and Eva (MILLIRON) WALTZ. He died 21 March 1873 at Hillsdale, Michigan.
1820 - SCHOONMAKER family records were extracted from Kingston, New York Newspapers (1820-1872) by William HEIDGERD of New Paltz, New York, and published in YESTERYEARS, v.19, pp.31-34,78-80.
1821c- James L. Van GORDER (1785-1858) was born in New Jersey, and came to Warren, Trumbull Co., Ohio in 1803 or 1804. In 1811, having previously married Miss Elizabeth PRIOR, he removed to Suffield, where he remained for ten years. He was for many years connected with a number of the most prominent flour-mills in the country, and he built four locks and made one mile of excavation for the Canal Company. James Van GORDER was for twenty years proprietor of the Pavilion Hotel on Market Street, Warren, Ohio; that was formerly the old "Castle William". It was "Castle William" that was the meeting place of the first Masonic Lodge in Trumbull County. Ezekiel HOOVER was one of the charter members. HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS OF THE MAHONING VALLEY (1876), pp.220,256.
1821 - David DECOURSEY, son of Peter DECOURSEY, married, 20 January 1821, at Trumbull Co., Ohio, to Nancy EDDY.
1821 - Mary MANNING, dau. of --?-- and Katherine (HELMICK) MANNING, was born about 1821. She married Christopher WHITMAN, and had children: George, John, Catherine, Mary C., William, Levi, Elizabeth, and Benjamin.
1821 - Nancy HELMICK (1803c.-1850) married first, ca.1821, to John MONTGOMERY. She married 2nd, ca.1825, to Aaron SMITH.
1822 - On Aug 8, 1822, Lucy DECORSEY, probably a daughter of Peter DECOURSEY, married at Milton Twp., Wayne Co., Ohio to Samuel FRITZ, son of Martin FRITZ. They were married by William DOYLE, J.P. Wayne County Marriages, Bk.2, p.39; LDS Film #317527; Lindsey Williams, ARISE WILD LAND (1982), p.19; OUR WAYNE COUNTY HERITAGE No.12, p.92.
1822 - Burden OWEN married, 25 December 1822, at Trumbull County, Ohio, to Hannah PENNEL, daughter of John and Hannah (DECOURSEY) PENNEL.
1823 - William G. MANNING, son of --?-- and Katherine (HELMICK) MANNING, was born 3 November 1823 at Wayne County, Ohio. He was mentioned in the will of his grandfather, Nicholas HELMICK in 1844. He married, ca.1848, to Lydia Jane HOUGHTON, and removed to Ranson Twp., Hillsdale Co., Michigan where he died 3 December 1901. They had sons William MANNING, Ardie MANNING, and Adam Augustus MANNING.
1823 - Benjamin RACER (Benjamin DECOURSEY), born 13 Nov 1752, son of Dennis CORSA, died 20 May 1823, in Washington Co., Ohio. His wife Mary (CHESNOR) RACER, died 10 Sep 1823, @ age 70. They are buried in Sheets Cemetery in Lower Newport Twp. - Marietta Chapter, N.S.D.A.R. Bible and Cemetery Records. Also see the article "Hoosier Traces 'Roots' to a Cemetery in County", THE MARIETTA TIMES, Marietta, Ohio (Aug 2, 1977).
1824 - The will of Manuel HOVER, of Newton, Trumbull Co., Ohio, was proved in November 1824. Mrs. Grace Marvin Winnagle, ABSTRACTS OF PROBATE RECORDS, TRUMBULL COUNTY, OHIO, (1986), p.93.
1824 - A John BARNEY, son of George and Rhoda M. (LUTHER) BARNEY, was born 9 December 1824 at Collins, Erie Co., New York. He moved with his parents to Wisconsin in 1840. This John BARNEY married 23 August 1848 to Abigail ALLEN, and they settled in Medford, Steele Co., Minnesota. They had children: George W. BARNEY; Manley H. BARNEY; Hattie BARNEY m. 1878 Mr. GIBSON; Minna BARNEY m. 1886 Charles JOHNSON; and Milton BARNEY. HISTORY OF STEELE AND WASECA COUNTIES, MINNESOTA (1887), p.307. See also Census of Medford, Steele Co., Minnesota (1870), p.646-647. (See also Forward - 1848)
1825 - Peter BUSSING (1792-1864), born 10 October 1792, at Fordham, Westchester Co., New York, son of John and Sarah (VALENTINE) BUSSING, married, 12 October 1825, to his cousin, Martha CORSA, daughter of Andrew and Mary (POOLE) CORSA. James Riker, REVISED HISTORY OF HARLEM (1904), p.488,491.
1825 - In the 1820's with the commerce developing from the opening of the Ohio canal, a man by the name of James BROWN formed a counterfeiting ring, "the blacklegs," in the Akron, Ohio area. Historian Samuel A. LANE, sheriff of Akron, Ohio and editor of THE BUZZARD wrote under the pen name of "Jedediah Brownhead, Esq.," in 1825, about James BROWN and his followers. "---For your own protection, you should note the stature of the men who have taken up storekeeping in the little neighboring town of Boston. They are William G. TAYLOR of Cleveland; Abraham S. HOLMES, Col. William ASHLEY of Boston; William LATTA of Bath; Jonathan DECOURCEY and Thomas JOHNSON of Norton; Joshua KING and Joe KEELER of Portage. --- These men are counterfeiters; and on a vast and damaging scale."
William Donohue Ellis, THE CUYAHOGA, p.133-142; Karl H. Grismer, AKRON and SUMMIT COUNTY, p.108-112.
"During the early times in Norton township, much counterfeit money was in circulation and suspicion pointed to persons then living at Johnson's Corners. One DECOURSEY was generally considered to be the ring-leader of the whole crookedness. He was a sharp, shrewd man -- one who seemed to know all that was going on in the whole neighborhood; for no sooner did the justice issue a warrant for his arrest, than he took to the woods, where he would remain until the storm had blown over, when he would again make his appearance. At one time, when the constable came to arrest him, DECOURSEY spied him coming and quick as thought he pulled off his coat, tossed it to George Beach, who was with him at the time, saying 'Put on that coat and streak for the woods.' Beach did not wait to be told a second time but 'streaked.' The constable and posse took after him full speed. Beach ran until he thought he had carried the joke far enough, when he turned around and faced the music with the remark: 'What do you want?' 'Sucked by----!' said the constable. DECOURSEY in the meantime had time to escape.---"
From P.P. Cherry's THE WESTERN RESERVE AND EARLY OHIO (1921), p.293-302. Also See Perrin's HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY, OHIO, p.584.
There is some speculation (without hard evidence) that some of the counterfeit money circulated by James BROWN and his gang might have been used to reimburse the loses of Harmon BLENNERHASSET who earlier had helped finance Aaron BURR's planned invasion of Mexico. This may have been a possibility, since Jonathan DECOURSEY'S uncle, Benjamin RACER of Marietta, Ohio, was a neighbor and acquaintance of Harmon BLENNERHASSETT, one of the co-conspirators with BURR and the one that furnished much of the financing for the ill fated scheme. See also: HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS OF THE MAHONING VALLEY (1876), p.512.
1825 - Charloty HELMICK, daughter of Nicholas and Mary (FRANKS) HELMICK, was married, 27 Jan 1825, to John HOLMES, at Chippewa Twp., Wayne Co., Ohio by John FRANKS, J.P. MARRIAGES OF WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO, Bk.2, p.73; OUR WAYNE COUNTY HERITAGE No.12, p.92.
1826 - Daniel LAFFERTY married, 8 June 1826, at Trumbull Co., Ohio, to Nancy PENNELL.
1827 - George C. MILLS, son of Harvey W. and Eunice MILLS, was born 12 December 1827 in Lime (Lima?), New York. He married (1) Ann E. GENANT, (2) Caroline M. BRINK, (3) 23 Feb 1884 Azubah Permela TAYLOR. He settled at Oakdale, Monroe County, Wisconsin where he died 30 July 1907 at age 79 years 7 mo., 18 days. His father, Harvey W. MILLS was born in July 1803 in New York and died January 1871, age 67 yr. 6 mo., and is buried in an abandoned family cemetery north of Camp Douglas on County Trunk C to Oakdale on left side of road. - Information from Mrs. Richard P. Sager, Roscoe, Illinois.
1827 - Thomas MILLS was born 26 December 1827, in New York. He came to Wisconsin in 1841, locating with his father in Watertown, Jefferson County, Wisconsin. He went to California in 1852 during the gold rush; but returned to Milford, Wisconsin in 1857. Thomas MILLS married, 5 March 1860, at Milford, Wisconsin to Selesta RAND. HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, WISCONSIN (1879), p.727.
1827 - Dorothy HELMICK, dau. of Nicholas and Mary (FRANKS) HELMICK, was married, 6 February 1827, to George MANNON (MANNING), at Wayne Co., Ohio by John FRANKS, J.P. She died before 1844 in Michigan. MARRIAGES OF WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO.
1828 - Nicholas HELMICK was a resident of Chippewa Twp., Wayne County, Ohio in 1828. Pension.#W489; Blwt.#36736-160-55.
1828 - Larrissa MILLS (1828-1881) was born in New York (probably the daughter of George MILLS). She married, 5 July 1846, at Ixonia, Jefferson Co., Wisconsin to Peter DECOURCY. While a resident of New Hartford, Winona Co., Minnesota, she died, 17 May 1881, in or near Lacrosse, Wisconsin.
1828 - Benson GREEN married, 19 April 1828, at Trumbull Co., Ohio, to Rosannah PENNEL, probably daughter of John and Hannah (DECOURSEY) PENNEL.
1828 - Benjamin REED, Joseph DEPUE, James WINANS, Jacob WINANS, et.al. appeared at the sanity hearing of Mary LOVELESS, wife of John LOVELESS of Milton, Trumbull County, Ohio, November 1828. Alexander SUTHERLAND was appointed guardian. Mrs. Grace Marvin Winnagle, ABSTRACTS OF PROBATE RECORDS, TRUMBULL COUNTY, OHIO, (1986), p.119.
1829 - Abraham DECOURSEY, Jr., son of Abraham and Margaret (PEARCE) DECOURSEY was born 26 Jul 1829, in Trumbull Co., Ohio. He died 28 June 1892, in Middleport, VanWert Co., Ohio. He married 6 June 1849, to Sarah YOUNG.
1830 - James DECOURSEY (son of Jonathan) married 23 May 1830, to Elizabeth ELLIS in Geauga co., Ohio. LDS film #41094, pt.87.
1830 - Elkanah BARNEY is listed on the 1830 Census of Randolph Twp., Crawford County, Penna.
1830c- Reminiscences of Philip FRITZ. "---Samuel and John FRITZ, Isaac DECOURCEY, John HUFFMAN, and myself went up to Chippewa lake to hunt, and took our provisions with us. I was left in charge of the eatables, and the balance went to the woods to hunt. While I was watching the provisions eight Indians approached me, and I was terribly frightened. They at once commenced laying off their knives, guns and tomahawks, and advancing to where I had a large fire built, one of them, who could speak English, said, 'White man foolish; makes big fire and sits away off; Indian makes little fire and sits up close.' They then went to the edge of the lake and began jumping on the muskrat houses, and just as fast as the inmate popped out they popped him, and so they kept on until out of one of these largest mud-houses sprang a beaver, which was instantly killed, and then they whooped and danced and drank.---" Douglas's HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY, p.631.
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