In the last post, I used the tax and census records of Washington County, Ohio to get close to figuring out when Lydia stopped paying taxes in Washington County on the land in Knox County and came to conclusion that it happened about 1820.
Solomon Goss, her father, was on his own again on the land in Fearing Twp. in 1821. Daniel Goss, the son and brother, appeared on the same page or not, depending on the year. Solomon Goss (Jr) doesn’t appear till 1826. Solomon Goss (Jr) was to inherit the land. I refer you to the post on the will of Solomon Goss, dated December 2, 2012: The Will of Solomon Goss 1810!
In the last post, I presented a study of the early years of the Solomon Goss family using the U.S. Census and Ohio Tax records at Ancestry.com and Familysearch.org. This is the post dated March 14, 2013: John and Lydia (Goss) Spracklin Migrate to Knox Co., Ohio!
The post dated March 6, 2013: Lydia and John Andrews Spracklin Family, I shared a summary of the their children. In that post I presented the 1830, 1840 U.S. Census and several Tax Records for Ohio 1825 and 1835.
Let’s revisit these and review them again with additional information:
1825 Ohio Tax Duplicate record
Index of the Ohio 1825 Tax Duplicate.
pg. 36 –
Sylvanus Cook WN (Wayne) C 13 (There are several columns of Cooks listed pg. 36-37.);
pg 64 Beder Goss PG (Portage) C 45;
Daniel Goss KX (Knox) N 20;
Daniel Goss WS (Washington) N 59;
David Goss MN (Medina) N* 32;
David Goss PG (Portage) C* 44;
George Goss – See Fricker (maybe Pricker), John;
Henry Goss HC (Hocking) A 4;
John Goss PG (Portage) C* 44;
Levi Goss KX (Knox) N 19;
Martin Goss HC (Hocking) C 4,
Mary Goss KX (Knox) N 20;
Solomon Goss WS (Washington) N 59;
pg. 44 there are 8 Delano names but no Stephen;
pg. 89 there are many Kellar/Keller names listed, there are 10 John Kellers noted. One is listed in Keller, John MO (Monroe) C 20;
pg. 155 is listed a Spraelin, John KX (Knox) C 49.
Index of the Ohio 1825 Tax duplicate, compiled by Gerald M. Petty, 1981, FHLBook#977.1 R42 p. FHL#1597666.
We do find John Spracklin in the 1830 U.S. Federal Census in Liberty Twp. which I presented below. There is a woman between the ages of 30-40 living with him. I believe that it is reflecting three of their children: Mary 6, Peter 4, and Solomon Goss is 2 years.
John Spracklin is listed as head 4th down from top. This is a statistical census and does not give the names of the family members living with him but it does give age ranges for male and female.
NOTE: The comments following the numbers are my speculations, if you disagree that is okay with me. Please comment if you have any thoughts.
Free White Persons – Males:
under age of 5 – lists 3 – Mary, Peter, Solomon Goss?
10-14 – lists 1 – Ida?
20-29 – lists 1 – I do not know who this might be
40-49 – lists 1 – John himself, age 35?
Females:
5 to 9 – lists 1 – Ida?
30-39 – lists 1 – This is probably Lydia, age 34?
Under 20: 5
20 – 49: 3
Total: 8
Total of All – (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 8
1830 Peter and John Spracklin Appear
There is a listing for a Peter Spracklin in the 1830 U.S. Census living in Liberty Twp., Ohio. Peter is on the first line. John Spracklin is on the 4th line down.
Is this Peter the father or Peter the son? Well I believe it is the father before he moves to Hardin County, Ohio and settles there. The Peter who is John’s younger brother is living in Kensington, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania in 1830 with 11 people and will later migrate to Trenton, New Jersey.
I will post in the future about Peter and Elizabeth’s children. My focus is on John and Lydia then each one of their children. Here is a quick list of Peter and Elizabeth’s family: John, Sarah, Mary, Elizabeth, Parmelia, Anna, Peter, Alfred and George.
Peter Spracklin (SR), 1830 U.S. Census Liberty Twp., Knox. Co., Ohio
Males:
Males 15-19: 2 – George is in this age group. Alfred would be 22 years old so he doesn’t fit? So who is the 2nd child?
Males 50-59: 1 – Peter Spracklin the father
Females
Females 50-59: 1 – Elizabeth Spracklin the mother
Under 20: 2
Total Free White: 4
All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 4
Source: 1830 U.S. Federal Census, Liberty Twp., Knox Co., Ohio, pg. 251, Roll #M19_134, Film#0337945, Image 505, Ancestry.com. Peter Spracklin pg. 251, NARA #M19, Roll #134, FHL #0337945. Peter Spracklin – Kensington, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Page 236, NARA M19, Roll #157, FHL #0020631.
Index of the Ohio 1835 Tax Duplicate Record has this information:
Sylvanus Cook WNESGC C 17;
Daniel Goss WSHBLP C* 25;
David Goss PRTRND C 209; – Ebenezer Goss’ son living in Portage Co., Ohio
John Keller KNXWNE 7 235;
Spracklin, John KNXLBR C* 161.
Source: Index of the Ohio 1835 Tax duplicate, compiled by Gerald M. Petty, 1987, FHLBook#977.1 R42 pg.
I did tax record research at the Ohio Historical Society on my trip in 2011 and found John Spracklin in Liberty Twp., in 1835, 1836, 1837. When you look at the Tax Record films you get more detail. There are two pages to these tax records. This photo is page 1 and only a portion.
John Spracklin 1835 Tax Record
Caution: These films were very difficult to read, I was having trouble keeping the years correct. I reviewed the film twice but still I am not happy with my recording of the data. I would like to go back.
The most important part is the land description and it is the same one for all tax records for this time period for John Spracklin. He adds more land in 1837 as he accumulates more.
1835 Tax Record: John Spracklin, No. 18 Liberty, R 14, T6, Qtr. 2, E pt 3, 050 acres, value 075. 2nd line Lot 2, 100 acres, 2.2.5 – 2nd page 161 covers the taxes for a total of 0.63.8.
1836 Tax Record – No. 18, Liberty Twp., Knox Co., Ohio, R14, T 6, Qtr 2, E pt 3, 050 acres, 075 value, R14, T6, 2, lot 2, 100 acres, 2.2.5 value, 2nd page 143 total taxes: 0.84.6.
1837: John Spracklin, R14, T6, qtr 2 E pt 3, 050 acre, 075 value, 2nd line R14 T6, qtr 2, 2, 100 acres, 225 value. 3rd line R14, T6, qtr 2, E pt 1, 050, 075, pg. 150 total tax 1st line 0.84.3, 2nd 2.53.1, 3rd line total tax 7.31.2
Source: Ohio Historical Society – Tax duplicates (microform) 1809-1814, 1816-1838 Film #GR2532 1835-1837.
1840 Census, Liberty Twp., Knox Co., Ohio. Again this is statistical and only shows number of males and females living in the house, John is the 9th from the bottom of the page.
Males:
5-10 lists 1
10-15 lists 2
30-40 lists 1
40-50 lists 1 – John Spracklin about age 45?
Females:
under 5 – lists 1
5-10 lists 1
15-20 lists 1
40-50 lists 1 – Lydia about age 44?
Source: John Spracklin, 1840 U.S. Federal Census, Liberty Township, Knox Co., Ohio, Roll 406, Page 241, Image 486, FHL#0029169, Ancestry.com.
In 1850 we finally get to a census that tells us something about the family.
Sadly this is the only census we see Lydia listed in. She will die very soon in January of 1851.
Try searching using this spelling, “Spacklin,” to find him on Ancestry.com.
John Spacklin age 55, no occupation given, born in England
Lydia Spacklin, age 54, no occupation given, born in Ohio
Mary Spacklin, age 26, no occupation given, born in Ohio
Peter Spacklin age 24, Farmer, born in Ohio
Solomon Spacklin, age 21, blacksmith born in Ohio
*Daniel Spacklin, age 20, farmer, born in Ohio
Olive Spacklin, age 19, no occupation, born in Ohio
John, age 15, no occupation, born in Ohio
Lydia, age 12, no occupation, born in Ohio
Source: John Spacklin (Spacklin) Family, 1850 U.S. Federal Census, Liberty Twp., Knox Co., Ohio, No.84, 157, #79, [9] of Sept. 1850. L. V. Parke, NARA Roll M432_700, page. 79A, Image 682, Ancestry.com Image 28 browsing in Knox Co., Liberty Twp.
So we know that John and Lydia (Goss) Spracklin migrated and settled on the land in Knox County, Ohio about 1820-1821 and raised their family. The land in Knox County was bequeathed to Lydia in 1815 by her father Solomon Goss in a deed. This land was to be bought and sold among the Spracklins, Goss and those families that married into these families. The land was sold after the death of John in 1862 in deeds and in his estate papers. More to posts to come about John and Lydia (Goss) Spracklin.
BJ MacDonald
Solomon Goss of Fearing Township in Ohio 1754-1825 