John Spracklin’s Estate: Sale Bill

John’s personal possessions were sold at auction and the Sale Bill was reviewed on March 23, 1863.

The State of Ohio, Knox County

This day personally came T.F. Cole, Administrator of the estate of John Spracklin deceased, who being duly worn deposes and say that the written inventory hereunto attached is in all respect just and true and contains a true statement of all the estate and property of the deceased which has come to his knowledge being assets & co. and particularly of all money, bank bills or other circulating medium belonging to the deceased, and all just claims of the deceased against affiant or other persons according to the best of his knowledge.

T.F. Cole

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 23^rd day of March A.D. 1863.

T.V. Parke, Probate Judge

Portion of the Sale Bill

Source:  Sale Bill Estate Record: Vol. J., pg. 103 FHL #1294319

BILL OF SALE

The State of Ohio, Knox County

Be it remembered that heretofore to wit on the 23^rd day of March A.D. 1863, T.F. Cole, Administrator of the Estate of John Spracklin late of said County, deceased, filed in the office of the Probate Court of said county a Bill of Sale of the personal property of said deceased which said “Bill of Sale” read in the words and figures following to wit:

SALE Bill

Estate of John Spracklin, deceased

A Bill of the property sold by T.F. Cole, Administrator of the state of John Spracklin late of Knox County, deceased at Public Vendue (auction):

A list of the items sold, the amount paid for such, and who the buyers were – see attached list:

The State of Ohio, Knox County

This day personally came T.F. Cole, Administrator of the estate of John Spracklin deceased, who being duly sworn according to law deposes and said that the annexed Sale Bill is in all respects correct to the best of his knowledge and belief.  T.F. Cole

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 23^rd Day of March A.D. 1863

T.V. Parke, Probate Judge

Here is my crude version of the Sale Bill and you will see it is several pages long.  It is very interesting to me to see the names listed who purchased items.

No. of Item	Description as Inventoried	Value as Inventoried	To whom sold	Paid
1	1 Bwetch,3 Coverlets, 1 quilt	3.50	Drusilla Spracklin	4.00
2	Coverlids	5.00	Richard Kenner	5.00
3	Tables	.50	D. Spracklin & Henry Glancy	.25 and .50
4	Lantern Or Northon ____Flat Iron	.30	D. Spracklin	.15
5	Knives, Forks, Table & Ten Spoons	.60	D. Spracklin	.75
6	Table cloth	.62.5	D. Spracklin	1.75
7	Queensware	.62.5	R. Kenner	1.25
8	Glassware	1.00	D. Spracklin	.65
9	& Wooden ___Chop Knife	.20	D. Spracklin	.35
10.	Table 2 flange	.45	R. Peril	.30
11	Clock	.23	D. Spracklin P. Peril	.21
12	Set of Chairs No. 1	1.00	Henry Glancy D. Spracklin	.85
13	Set of Chairs No. 2 Rocking Chair	1.00	John Keller Henry Glancy	1.70
14	Ch	1.00	John Keller	.10
15	O Bureau contents to	1.00	D. Spracklin	1.05
16	Contents of Drawer No. 1	1.00	Henry Glancy	.50
17	Contents of Drawer No. 2	1.50	R. Kenner	2.20
18	Contents of Drawer No.3	.12.5	H. Slack	.20
19	Apple Parer	10.00	J. Brokaw
20.	2 bed pillows without ____		John Brokaw	.25
	12 pillows		A.F. Mitchell	.46
	12 pillows
PAGE 105
49	Old Wash Machine & Contents	.25	R. Kenner	.20
50	Godale	.10	R. Kenner	.05
51	Barrels	.50	J. Brokaw	.60
89	Forks &	1.25	J. Hardesty	.75
	Bar		W. Dunham	.60
	Do Do		W. Dunham	.23
90	Wheat thrasher in Barn	50.00	J. Fronche 10 Bs	11.90
			D. Spracklin Do	12.00
			R. Hulse balances	12.00
			As of 12/100 prs buchels	14.72
91	Flax Stram	5.00	H.E. Slack	2.00
92	Flax Stram	2.00	F. Hulse	2.00
52	Cider Barrel	.20	S. Fletcher	.75
53	Grindstone, Frame & Rick	1.00	C. Wolfe	.75
54	Pozts	.50	R. Kenner	.30
55	3 Kettles	.25	S Cochran	.55
56	Bee’s & Hive	6.00
	One Hive		J. Keller	1.65
	One Hive		J. Wunderhall	4.08
	One Hive		C. Wolfe	6.50
57	Tub	.25	P.D. Jones	.25
58	Seta hay	12.00	D. Spracklin	12.00
59	Black Cow	10.00	D. Cochran	10.12.5
60	Second Cow	10.00	C. Coneat	14.00
61	Heifers	8.00	W. Allen	7.00
62	Sheep First Choice	66.00	J. Wolfe	63.25
	Sheep Second Choice		J. Wolfe	46.20
63	Bay Filly	41.50	W. Hyatt	66.00
64	Brown Filly	35.00	O.  Cotton	51.00
65	Gray Filly	35.00	W. Phillips	42.25
66	Wagon No. 1	2.00	H. Slack or C. Griffin	1.00
67	One Horse Wagon	16.00	J. Scarboro	11.25
68	Two Horse Wagon	60.00	J. Yokam	55.00
69	Plow	1.75	W. Allen	.25
70	Shovel Plow	1.75	O. Shirtles	2.00
71	Shovel Plow	1.75	W. Allen	2.40
72	Harrow	5.00	H. Bricker	3.90
73	Long Log Chain	1.50	W. Allen	2.00
74	Short Log Chain	1.25	A. Bricker	2.03
75	Broken Log Chain	.37.5	W. Allen	.45
76	Black Mare	65.00	W. Kenner	83.00
77	Sorel Mare	35.00	Jon Cochran	38.00
78	Five Calves	20.00	C. Wolfe	15.50
79	Nine Hogs	20.25	J. Scarboro	25.85
80	Sow & Pigs	9.00	M. Lyon	11.44
81	Bales wheat	15.00	R. Kenner 78C per Brd
82	½ Wheat in West Field	20.00	W. Allen	12.00
83	Corn in Shack	12.50	W. Allen 12 shock @25cts	3.00
PAGE 106
			W. Allen 12 Shocks @ 32 cts	2.64
			Iac Bochure 24 @ 22.	5.28
	Match	4.00	H. Glancy 12 do @ 22.
84	Wheel Barrow	2.50	Jon Coe	2.50
85	Saddle Harness & Collar	.50	Noah Meilick	.46
86	Buggy Harness	3.00	Jon Coe	7.55
87	Timonthy Seed	2.50	Wolfe & Phillips	12.50
88	Cradle & 2 Scythes	1.00	Allen, Sherman & McKustry	2.25

page 106 Vol. J

The State of Ohio Knox County fs)

This day personally came T.F. Cole Administrator of the estate of John Spracklin deceased who being dully sworn according to law de____says that the _____Sale Bill is in all respect correct to the best of his knowledge. T.F. Cole.

Sworn to an subscribed before me this 23 day of March A.D. 1863                 T.V. Parke Probate Judge

So in the course of one day of work at the courthouse, T.F. Cole presented the inventory and appraisal of the personal property of John Spracklin deceased and followed it up with the itemized Sale Bill to various members of the family and friends.

Apparently bee hives were a big deal back in 1863.  This inventory and bill of sale seems leaning towards farm equipment what happened to all of Lydia’s things?  She died 12 years earlier in 1851 just before a lot of the children left for Iowa?

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John & Lydia Spracklin: The Land In Liberty Twp., Knox Co., Ohio 1839

In the year 1839, John Spracklin bought and sold land in Knox County, Ohio.

Lydia Spracklin appears on this deed to a Wm. Stevens.  The witnesses are Joseph Shaw, JP and Wine Rood.

7X

John Spracklin of the Co. of Knox in the State of Ohio

Wm. Stevens county and state aforesaid

Mar 7, 1839; Rec. Dec 11, 1839

#314047 LDS; Deeds v. V-W 1839-1941

V, pg. 213-214

Deed – ($180) see description below.

John & Lydia signed this deed. States Lydia is John’s wife.  Witnesses:  Joseph Shaw JP and Wine Rood

(Note:  Grantee index does not have same info as individual deed vols. V., pg. 3 pg. 133, 213 #314028) Nothing found on pg. 3 of Deed vol.

7.  …certain parcel or tract of land lying and being in the second quarter of the sixth township and fourteenth Range of the United States Military Lands in the County of Knox and State of Ohio, which tract or parcel of fifty acres of land is bounded and described as follows viz beginning at the Northeast corner of said tract of land Thence west twenty four chains Thence South twenty chains 33 1/3 links Thence East twenty four chains Thence north twenty Chains 33 1/3 links to the place of beginning…

This is a copy in the court clerk books and not original, but it is still great to see Lydia participate.

Stevens sells to John and Lydia Spracklin with Wine Rood witnessing 1839 page 2

One of the witnesses above was a Wine Rood and then something very curious happens on 13 May, 1839.  John Spracklin buys land from Wine Rood.

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Wine Rood of the Co. of Knox in State of Ohio

John Spracklin

May 13, 1839;Rec. Oct 21 1839, Appeared June 1, 1839.

#314047 LDS, Deeds v. V-W, 1839-1941

V, pg. 135 & 136

Indenture ($600) see description below

Witnesses were John (X his mark) Kellar and Joseph Shaw J.P as well.

(Note:  Grantee index does not have same info as individual deed vols. V., pg. 3 pg. 133, 213 #314028)

  …that parcel of land lying and being in the county of Knox and State of Ohio and more particularly described as follows to wit situate lying and being in the fourteenth range sixth township and second quarter of the United States Military lands and containing fifty acres be the same more or less-bounded as follow beginning at the Northwest Corner of said lot and on the line of William Hoggs? Land thence east twenty four chains thence south twenty chains 83 1/3 links thence west twenty four chains thence north twenty chains back to the place of beginning and is bounded on the north by lands of Cyrus Howett? thence by lands owed by James Thatcher?.  To have and hold the said lands with all the privileges…..

Wine Rood sells land to John Spracklin 1839

Who is this Wine Rood?  He cannot be the one that immigrated with John Spracklin to Washington Co., Ohio in 1817, because that Wine Rood, husband of Ann (Andrews) Rood, died in 1823 in Washington Co., Ohio.  He had a son Wine Rood Jr. could it be him?  John would have known him as a child.

There is no grave record for the son Wine Rood Jr. in Washington County that I know about, he is not buried with the family in Mound Cemetery.  Various online family trees have a Wine Rood dying in Wyandot Co., Ohio in 1870.  There is a Wine Rood buried in Burkes Cemetery on Find A Grave but there isn’t much detail.

An interesting biography of a George Rood in the History of Wyandot Co., Ohio 1884 appears on page 727:

http://archive.org/details/historyofwyandot00legg

This article states that this Wine Rood is the son of Ann and Wine Rood who immigrated in 1817.  It also mentions that his father had land in Marion and Hardin Counties. Apparently I have more research to do in those deeds under the R’s. I think it is the son.

George Rood bio, History of Wyandot

Another interesting item about this deed between John Spracklin and Wine Rood (JR) is that a witness is named  John Kellar.  Is this the John Kellar that I seek who is the father of Elizabeth Keller, first wife of Daniel D. Spracklin, son of John and Lydia Spracklin?

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John and Lydia Spracklin settle on Solomon Goss Land in Knox Co., Ohio

John and Lydia settled on the land in Knox County, Ohio, purchased by Solomon Goss, Lydia’s father, from Zaccheus Biggs on 28 July 1802.

Mr. Biggs has a patent for land for Knox County at the BLM Land website as well as many others. On the patent it states that he obtained the land, “4000 acres, appropriated for satisfying Warrant for Military Service.”  The Biggs family was very busy in Ohio buying and selling land.  They were not the only ones.

The link below to the BLM will take you to the search page.  I used in my search, Ohio, Knox Co., and “Biggs.”  This search will get you to the patent Biggs had for Knox County.  It showed up at the bottom of the search page.  If you just search for Zaccheus Biggs you might not get the one you want.  Also be aware that they spell the name most creatively especially the first name in many abstracts and documents.

The Biggs Patent before Solomon Goss

http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx#searchByTypeIndex=0&searchTabIndex=0

Title Transfer:  3/20/1800

Land Office:  Ohio,

Authority:  June 1, 1796 United Brethren Warrant (1 Stat.480)

Survey:  Ohio

Acres:  4000

Accession/Serial Nr.: OH2100

BLM Serial Nr.: OH No S/N

Sec. 2, Twp. 6-N, Range 14-W, US Military Survey, OH, Knox 2nd quarter of Township

There is a deed at the Washington County Historical Society in Marietta in the stacks in books. It is down the hall and around the corner.  This society was given a great many records from their county courthouse so you may have to check with them for older records.

Zaccheus Biggs is selling 450 acres of land to Solomon Goss in 1802.  The deed is very hard to read and of course the book contained only a copy of the original deed handwritten by the court clerk. It was very faint in certain parts of the document where the ink had faded.

Zacch* Biggs)

Deed)

Sol. Gofs) 

Know all men by these presents that I Zaccheus Biggs of Jefferson County in the Northwest Territory, Esquire. For and in consideration of the sum of Four hundred and fifty dollars to me paid in hand before the ensealing hereof, by Solomon Gofs of the County of Washington in said Territory, husbandmen, the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge and myself therewith contented and satisfied, I do hereby give grant bargain sell and convey unto the said Solomon Gofs his heirs and asfsigns forever a certain tract or parcel of land lying and situate in the County of Fairfield in the Territory aforesaid containing four hundred and Fifty acres, bounded and butted as follows viz:  beginning at a post at the Northeast corner of Section Number Two in the Sixth Township of the fourteenth range of the United States, Military Lands ___ called, thence [west ] Seventy two chains [courfing a small branch of Owl Creek  thirty Links upside of a post, thence south sixty two chains & thirty links to a post Thence east Seventy two chains to a post thence North Sixty ___ chains __________to place of beginning.  To have and to hold the gr____and bargain premises with the privileges and appurtenances thereof to him the said Solomon Gofs, his heirs and asfigns forever as of Fee Simple and ____ said Zaccheus Biggs _____any heirs, executors and administrators.  Covenant with the said Solomon Gofs his heirs and asfigns that I ____lawfully Seized is free of the premises that they are free from all impediments _____ that I will so warrant and _____the same.  To the said Solomon Gofs his heirs and asfigns forever, against the lawful claims and _______of all persons claiming __________________.

In witnefs whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal the 28^th day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & two.  Signed and sealed by Zac’hs Biggs

Singed Sealed & delivered in the present of ___Rufus Putnam and So____Putnam

Washington County __ Personally appeared this twenty eight day of July, Eighteen hundred & two Z___ Biggs signer and sealer to the witnessed Instrument and acknowledged it to be his act & deed Before me.

____Rufus Putnam Justice of the Peace.

412 Washington County __ January 15, 1803 __________is a true copy and text Dudley [Headbridge] Rec’d

Page 1 of the Zaccheus Biggs deed of Land to Solomon Goss 1802

In 2007, I was traveling in the northern part of Ohio.  I had attended the FGS (Federation of Genealogical Societies) conference in Fort Wayne were the Allen County Library is located.  After that conference I headed east to Ohio which is about two hours to get to Kenton, Ohio and then another hour to Mt. Vernon, Ohio.  I couldn’t pass it up.  Knox County was part of Fairfield County till it broke off after this deed was written and recorded in March 1, 1808.

The Recorder of Deeds in Knox County is in the Records Center and they had this huge map of Knox County dated 1847.  Yes, before three of the townships were annexed to Morrow County which was established in 1848.  I purchased the large map for $5.00.  I do not know if they are still selling them?

The Knox County Genealogical Society is in the basement.  If you visit stop by.  Their hours are limited so check their website.

The deeds are on the main floor and the court records are in the basement of the Records Center near the genealogical society.

This website is for all government offices in Ohio so be careful if you start exploring, they do have a map to the location, I have identified Knox for you:   http://www.ohiorecorders.com/knox.html

Knox County Records Center, Ohio, Go here for the Records for Knox Co, Ohio

Lovely Courthouse but it is not where the records are!

Here is a portion of that map featuring the townships of Liberty and Bloomfield Twps. Remember South Bloomfield was part of Knox in 1847 but became part of Morrow County in 1848.  The area in yellow highlights the Spracklin land and a little more.

Knox County before Morrow is formed 1847

NOTE:  This map is not only important for Spracklin Research but for anyone who had family in Knox Co., Ohio in 1847.  This is also important to me for my John and Mary Keller research. The parents of Elizabeth Keller who married Daniel D. Spracklin a son of John and Lydia Spracklin.

Interesting stuff:  In the past I have mentioned Rufus Putnam and the deed above is signed by a Rufus Putnam. He was a Justice of the Peace in Washington County.  I visited his land in North Brookfield, Massachusetts where he lived before he left for Marietta, Ohio.  I visited Campus Martius and viewed the house that he lived in.  They had it indoors inside the museum to preserve it.  The land office building is outside this museum.  He knew the Goss family.  He knew Capt. Philip Goss and Judith and probably Philip Goss and Keziah Cooley.

Try this link to his papers at the Marietta College Library Special Collections.  Who knows you might get luckier than me and find something about your family.  Click on the finding aid to see all the people he interacted with in his life.  Does the name Timothy Pickering mean anything to Goss researchers.  Also try the search engine.  Enjoy.

http://drc.library.marietta.edu/handle/2374.MARIETTA/428

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John and Lydia Spracklin’s Life in Knox County, Ohio

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 come on John and Lydia (Goss) Spracklin.

*My 2nd great grandfather.

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Mt. Gilead County Seat of Morrow County, Ohio – Est. 1848

Morrow County was in the title of my last post but I didn’t really mention it.  It stands on its own even though it is right next door to Knox and a portion was part of Knox.  

Morrow County was created from four other counties.  Bloomfield township was part of Knox County and is now South Bloomfield.  Morrow was established in 1848 but apparently it takes time to create a county and it was formally a county by 1849.  Where are the records?  Well the volunteer at the Morrow County Genealogical Society Library told me that the original books are still at the courthouse in Knox County.  So if you are researching ancestors from 1803 to 1848 you will need to include Knox in your Morrow County research on your list to study both counties and there records or other counties that were parents of Morrow like:  Richland, Delaware, Knox and Delaware.   I asked several times about records and whether they had been moved to the new county but it was not a clear cut answer so check the parent counties as well. 

Mt. Gilead Center round-about

I visited Mt. Gilead on August 30th a Tuesday during my trip.  The center of Mt. Gilead has an obelisk in the center yet it is still a lovely town.  I found it easy to drive from Mt. Vernon up Hwy 13 and then turned left onto Hwy 95 heading west to Mt. Gilead.  Mt. Gilead is the county seat of Morrow County.  The road took me through Chesterville where I stopped at the Maple Grove Cemetery to search out a Keller Monument.  I found the Keller tombstone in the far back area to the right.  Maple Grove is huge with this very large brick entrance which you cannot miss.  They do have a map on the board at the entrance but the writing is very tiny so bring your magnifier. 

Morrow County Genealogical Library Annex

After parking in the back of the Genealogical Library Annex in Mt. Gilead, I discovered that the Morrow County Genealogical Library Annex was open a bit earlier than 10 am so that was cool.  I spent a great time studying their family histories, Morrow County sources, and other county information.  There was a Sells/Lacy book that was new (not there in 2007) and I found Harriet Keller who married John Lacy in this book but not their children.  This is a very nice library with a nice collection and publications.  I found several obituaries one for Martha (Kees) Keller and another for Peter Keller.  Not all the newspapers in their collection are on microfilm.  A lot of the same publications and information is at this library that I had found for Knox so it made it nice for double checking something if I wanted. I like one stop shopping.  I tried to find the burial location of Harrison and Amarilla (Keller) Barr but they were not showing up in Crawford County information.  I did find some of their children?  More on this in a future post.

Morrow County Library Annex - next door to Main Library

After I finished up at the genealogical library I headed to Sames and Cook for lunch and had French Onion soup and homemade cherry pie which was delicious.  They are located on the main street in Mt. Gilead.  They are on Facebook so click the link on the name.  The proprietor wanted me to sign their guest book because I had come a long way.   They had the most wonderful tin ceiling.

Sames & Cook Restaurant (A little fuzzy)

Well, I got lost and headed west instead of east back to Mt. Vernon and couldn’t figure out why I was entering Marion County.  Giggle…I finally righted myself.  I seem to do that when I get tired.  I found the Rivercliff Cemetery tucked in off Center Street at the west end of town.  It is huge.  I was again looking for Keller monuments and found one this time with no writing on it.  However there were two tombstones in front of it about 3 feet or more?  This is a very big cemetery and you need a map which I found in a cemetery publication.  

On the way back from Mt. Gilead I turned south on Hwy 314 in Chesterville and headed south to Hwy 229.  I wanted to take a picture of the area that was John and Mary Keller’s land and John and Lydia Spracklin’s land.  I found John Keller’s off of Hwy 194 down to the Keller Road which was unmarked but a deadend.  I might be slightly to north but it is the general area for John and Mary’s land. 

John and Mary Keller's land approximately!

John Spracklins land was more tricky.  I east and back up Cochran off Hwy 229 and about the middle before the Wayne Township sign I took several photos.  Green Valley Cemetery is in Wayne Township while John and Lydia’s land is just on the border of Liberty and Wayne townships. 

Wayne Township Sign - Cochran Road

 

 

John and Lydia Spracklin's Land - approximately!

I will share my findings for Maple Grove and Rivercliff in a future post with more photos.  I am on the trail of Keller’s trying to see if I cannot figure out who John Keller’s parents are and collecting more information.  I was told by a man doing research at the Morrow County Genealogical Society Library that finding parents in the early 1800′s in Ohio was very hard to do?  Sigh!

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Welcome!

Welcome to this blog about my 4th great-grandfather Solomon Goss. 

Solomon was born near Granville, Massachusetts on June 16, 1754.  He died in Fearing Township, Washington County, Ohio on July 1, 1825.  This blog will cover his ancestors and his descendants.

Granville Town Circle and Public Library 2011

I have been studying and researching Solomon his descendants and ancestors for over 12 years.  That may not seem like a lot, but I have worked on this almost every day during that 10 years.  I left my job at the end of 2000 and recently officially retired.  It has been an intense 12 years.

As you known genealogy is a never-ending quest and one is never done.  You finally find that one clue and it answers some questions and then opens up a whole set of new ones.  So I will do my best to share what I do know and what I don’t know and hopefully it will open a door for someone else.

Solomon Goss is a pivotal ancestor.  By that I mean, if he had not come from Pennsylvania to Ohio my family lines might have been very different.  He left his family and friends in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.  His mother and father were Philip Goss and Mary Kendall Goss.  Mary is buried in the Scott/Waterton Cemetery in Huntington Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.  Philip’s parents were Philip and Keziah Cooley Goss and they lived in Brookfield, Massachusetts.  Going back another generation we have Capt. Philip and Judith Hayward Goss who are buried in the Old Indian Cemetery in West Brookfield, Massachusetts.  The next generation back is Philip Goss of Roxbury and Lancaster who married first Hannah Hopkins and second Mary Prescott.

I visited in April 2011 the towns and the cemeteries where Solomon’s ancestor lived and died and wrote about that in my Massachusetts Meanderings and More blog at: 

http://massmeanderings.blogspot.com/

Solomon and Olive (Scott) Goss had eight children of which their youngest daughter Lydia married John Andrews Spracklin.  They moved up to Knox County, Ohio and lived on land that her father deeded to her in 1815. 

John and Lydia had Daniel, along with 8 other children, and Daniel married Elizabeth Keller whose parents were John Keller and Mary Anne Delano. 

We now have a Spracklin marrying into the Goss family and a son of a Spracklin marrying into the Keller and Delano family.  The Goss and Delano families go back to the American Revolution and to Mayflower.  Keller is still a mystery and hopefully one day John’s parents will be discovered.  

Daniel D. Spracklin and Elizabeth Keller had four children and their youngest daughter Amarilla is my great-grandmother.  Amarilla’s life is being featured in my blog:  The Barclay’s of Pine River, The Life of George and Amarilla Barclay:  

http://barclayspineriver.wordpress.com/

There will be some cross posting and a little duplication with my other blogs but I have decided that it works better if I separate out the different family grouping and target them in separate blogs. It makes more sense to me.

Where is Fearing Township?  It is in Washington County, Ohio.  It is north of  Marietta which is located on the Ohio river in the southeastern part of Ohio on the border with West Virginia.   I turn to Wikipedia for a little help in defining this township: 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fearing_Township,_Washington_County,_Ohio

This blog will be a big undertaking and hopefully I will be able to do justice to the families of  Goss, Spracklin, Keller and Delano. 

Come join me!

Hint: Please understand when using a source like Wikipedia, or any source for that matter, it is always good to seek out additional information to verify.     

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