Vermillion County Indiana Connections

SKIDMORE, JOSHUA. Born ca. 1740 (in New England, removed to Nova Scotia 1760+/-, died 1787-1797 in Kentucky according to various family histories. Joshua is first found in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. His wife was Catherine __, born Germany 1740-1750, died 1830 at age of 96, and whose parents died at sea. Following are the children of Joshua and Catherine Skidmore, however George Skidmore and Jennie Skidmore are NOT proven children of Joshua and Catherine, but are only probables at this point.

1. George Skidmore, Blacksmith, born October 01, 1772 (9) in Nova Scotia and died July 13, 1855 (9), at the age of 82 years, 9 months, and 13 days, Franklin County, Ohio. George Skidmore was married to Isabella McGahee who was born May 01, 1784, died 1855+, and was one of two daughters of Andrew McGahee who was killed in the Vincennes, Indiana Territory in 1788-1790. George Skidmore and wife should be in the 1850 Census, but I have failed to find them thus far. The will of George Skidmore implies that he is a relative of John Skidmore, and thus a quite probable son of Joshua Skidmore. The children (10) of George Skidmore include: William, James M., Joshua, Andrew, George W., Martha Galliger, and Mary L. Say. The Will of George Skidmore makes mention of William M. Skidmore, one of the heirs of John Skidmore, deceased, and a Mary C. Anderson.
2. Joshua Skidmore, Farmer, born ca. 1776 in Pennsylvania, married Eleanor "Nelly" Hopper (Nelly 1792-1859), Aug. 30, 1810, Franklin County, Ohio, died 1860+ in Vermillion County, Indiana. [unconfirmed research of a Howard Skidmore, relayed to us states that Joshua and Nelly were married by James Marshall, a brother-in-law to Joshua. If this proves out, we've another sister to add to the family]
3. Mary Skidmore, born Aug. 10, 1779 in Pennsylvania, married John Rogers, August 30, 1810 in Franklin County, Ohio, died May 28, 1851 in Vermillion County, Indiana.
4. Hermina Skidmore, born January 01, 1779 in Pennsylvania, was married to Matthew Stokes, and died 1835 in Vermillion County, Indiana.
5. Jenny Skidmore, married January 09, 1800 in Ross County, Ohio, to Maches ___ (I can't read). no further record.
6. John Skidmore, Farmer, born August 27, 1783 in Pennsylvania, died December 07, 1863 in Vermillion County, Indiana, married first to Mary Hopper on May 26, 1807 in Franklin County, Ohio, and secondly to Jane Hopper, sister to Mary, on April 02, 1822, Franklin County, Ohio.

1776 - 1783. Our Skidmore family is in Pennsylvania according to the places of birth as given by four of the children of Joshua and Catherine.
1779 - Bedford County Tax list has Joshua S. Skidmore taxed for 100 acres, 2 horses, 2 cattle.
1780 - Pennsylvania Records Volume 39 page 41. Joshua Skidmore signs a petition submitted to the Executive Council of the Commonweath of Pennsylvania, whereas the inhabitants of Bedford County on the frontiers, especially Frankstown, Fort Robison, Huntingdon, and Hopewell, were asking for protection against the savages so that the men could plant crops and so that the people would not starve for the lack of food. Read in Council March 27, 1780.
1786 - Northumberland County, PA., Bald Eagle Township Tax List has Jos. Skidmore, 300 acres, 0 horses, 1 cattle, tax of 0.11.0.
1787 - Northumberland County, PA., Upper Bald Eagle Township Tax List has Joshua Skidmore, 100 acres, 2 horses, 2 cattle, tax of 0.4.9.
None of the Counties in this area have any Skidmore deeds. How did Joshua buy this land, get taxed, sell out, and leave no deed records?
1788-1796 - Our Skidmore family is missing, and according to the stories recorded in the History books in Vermillion County, Indiana, Joshua Skidmore died in Kentucky during this time frame. I continue to search records of early KY. in hopes of finding our family.

1797 - The Skidmores settle in Franklinton. Other first settlers were: Joseph Dixon, Robert and Jeremiah Armstrong, William Domogan, James Marshall, John Brickell, John Lisle, William Fleming, Jacob Grubb, Jacob Overdier, John Blair, John Dill, Arthur O'Hara, the Deardurfs and the Sells.(1,2,3)
1799 - Court Held 2nd Thursday after 4th Tuesday December 1799. John Waller vs George Skidmore, filed June term 1799. Note dated August 26, 1797 in State of Kentucky, that is to say at Chillicothe, Ross County. Defendant relinquishes plea at December term. (Recorded on pages 315-317 of Territorial Court Order Book of 1798-1799. (8)
1801 - George Skidmore receives a free lot on Gift Street. (2)
1801 - February 20th, a petition from the settlers on the publick land between the waters of the Muskingum and Scioto River, in the Northwest Territory to the Senate and House of Representatives, contains the signature of one Joseph Skidmore, some Overdiers, and Arthur O'Hara. (7)
1803 - Franklin County formed from Ross County.
1803 - George Skidmore is appointed viewer of road. (3)
1804 - August 24, The will of Robert Young, Will Book A page 4, is witnessed by George Skidmore and others.
1806 - Franklin County Ohio 1806 Tax List. - "A List of Residents Lands - George Skidmore R19 T3 S4. "Additional Resident Proprietors" - George Skidmore R19 T3 S2. (5)
1806 - Franklin County Ohio 1806 Tax List - "Lands of Non-Resident Proprietors for Refugees" - Joshua Skidmore; John Skidmore. (5)
1806 - George Skidmore, original member of Presbyterian Church. (3)
1807 - October 10, Thursday. The Scioto Gazette and Chillcothe Advertiser, Volume II, #77. Lt. Col. E. Langham anf Lt. Col. James Dunlap give regimental order, mention of George Skidmore, ... (4)
1810 - Franklin County ohio Tax List : George Skidmore; Joshua Skidmore; John Skidmore; Edward Hopper; ... (5)
1811 - March 13, Wednesday. Scioto Gazette and Chillicothe Advertiser, Volume XI #533, "George Skidmore, in Franklinton, reports a runaway blacksmiths apprentice named Jo. Hamilton. (4)
1812 - Ohio Statewide Index of Taxpayers, Franklin County, Ohio - John Skidmore; Joshua Skidmore; Edward Hopper; ..
1814 - Tax List of Lands of Non-Resident Proprietors for Refugees - John Skidmore.
1814 - March 02, The Probate of Estate of Robert Hopper. Admx include Alexander Hopper, John Skidmore, David Dearduff, ..
1817 - March 31, The Estate of Alexander Hopper, Admx were Agnes Hopper, William Hopper, William Domigan, and George Skidmore.

References:
1. History of Franklin and Pickaway Counties Ohio
2. Historical Collections of Ohio
3. History of Franklin County Ohio - Kiwanis Reprint
4. Pioneer Ohio Newspapers, 1793-1810, by Karen Mauer Green.
5. Early Ohio Tax Records, Esther Waygandt Powell
6. N.G.S. Volume 26 page13
7. Petition to Congress from Citizens of the Northwest Territory.
8. Gateway to the West, by Bowers and Short, page 481.
9. Saunders Graveyard, Franklin County, Ohio
10. Will Book C, Page 427, Franklin County, Ohio, signed 06 July 1855, and proven 23 July, 1855.

LT. JOHN SKIDMORE, Born August 27, 1783 in Pennsylvania, died December 07, 1863 Helts Prairie, Vermillion County, Indiana, buried Helts Prairie Cemetery. (Photos of Johns tombstone and monuments are on hand) Married to MARY HOPPER, May 26, 1807 Franklin County, Ohio, and second to Jane Hopper, on April 02, 1822, sister of Mary. This family was Methodist Episcopalian. Children:

1. Agnes Skidmore, born September 03, 1808, Franklin County, Ohio, died April 24, 1869 in Vermillion County, Indiana, and married to William Kearns.
2. Catherine Skidmore, born Ohio, married to William Downing, and secondly to Robert Tweedy.
3. Jane Skidmore, born October 05, 1812 in Franklin County, Ohio, married John Ford on March 24,1831 in Vermillion County, Indiana.
4. ELIZABETH ANDERSON SKIDMORE, born 1816 in Knox County Indiana, died December 26, 1890, Vermillion County, Indiana, married to JOHN POTTER on August 04, 1834, Vermillion County, Indiana.
5. Eleanor "Nelly" Skidmore, born in Knox County, Indiana.
6. William Skidmore, born February 19, 1819, being the first white child born in Vermillion County, died May 27, 1881 Vermillion County, Indiana, married first to Elizabeth Pearman, and secondly to Amelia Anderson. See Photo
7. Alexander Skidmore, January 01, 1821, Vermillion County, Indiana, died May 05, 1863 and was married to Martha Leiton.
8. John Rogers Skidmore, born about 1827, Indiana, married Sarah Leiton
9. Mary Skidmore, married Milton Langston, and secondly to Highram Helt.
10. Joshua Skidmore, born August 02, 1829 Vermillion County, Indiana, died March 23, 1851 in Vermillion County.
11. Josiah Skidmore, born March 31, 1831 Vermillion County, died October 26, 1903, Vermillion County, Indiana, married Phebe White on February 25, 1855.
12. George Skidmore, born August 09, 1834 Vermillion County, Indiana, married Amanda Goodwin.
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Miscellaneous Records of John Skidmore Bounty File - War of 1812. Photocopy of application papers on file. Following are brief excerpts from these papers.
1. December 03, 1850 - John Skidmore applies for land bounty.
2. August 05, 1851 - Land Bounty application of John Skimore is rejected for failing to prove discharge.
3. December 23 , 1851 - A letter from George Skidmore, Franklin County, Ohio, that John Skidmore served under him.
4. June 04, 1853 - John Skidmore applies for land bounty.
5. March 29, 1855 - John Skidmore has received his 40 acre bounty.
Sum. - John Skidmore, LT., Joshua Skidmore, and John Rogers all enlisted August 25, 1812 for the term of one year, serving as minutemen. Upon their discharge on October 10, 1812, they were told they were to remain in a stand-by reserve status til completion of their one year. They all served under Capt. George Skidmore's Rifle Company, Regiment of Ohio Militia commanded by Col. James Renick. All were stationed near the Indian boundary and the Scioto River.

Roster of Ohio Soldiers in War of 1812, Volume 2, page 55. Roll of Capt. George Skidmores Company (from Franklin County.) includes: Capt. George Skidmore; Lieut. John Skidmore; Ensign William Marshall; Sergt Joseph Skidmore; Privates - John Rodgers, etc...

Note: Joseph Skidmore is listed, and it was Joshua Skidmore who served. Researchers are assuming these "Jos." initials to be Joseph in many causes. This calls for a total review of all "Joseph" Skidmores in the area previously disregarded.

1820 Census of Vigo County, Indiana, parent County of Vermillion, page 193.
John Skidmore, 1 male 0-10; 1 male 26-44; 2 female 0-10; 2 female 10-15; 1 female 26-44.
Matthew Stokes is listed in an index - need info.
no other Skidmore families, no John Rogers, no John Potter listed in index.

J. Rogers, 1 male 0-5; 1 male 5-10; 1 male 15-20; 1 male 30-40; 1 male 40-50; 1 female 10-15; 1 female 40-50.
Matthew Stokes, 2 male 10-15; 1 male 15-20; 1 male 30-40; 1 male 50-60; 1 female 5-10; 1 female 15-20; 1 female 20-30; 1 female 50-60.
Joshua Skidmore, 1 male 0-5; 1 male 5-10; 1 male 10-15; 1 male 15-20; 1 male 50-60; 1 female 15-20; 1 female 40-50.
John Skidmore, 1 male 0-5, 2 male 5-10; 1 male 10-15; 1 male 40-50; 1 female 5-10; 1 female 10-15; 1 female 15-20; 1 female 30-40.

John Skidmore, Clinton Township, page 923, Farmer;1 male 5-10; 2 male 10-15; 2 male 15-20; 1 male 20-30; 1 male 50-60; 1 female 10-15; 1 female 40-50.
John Rogers, Clinton Township, page 925, Farmer; 1 male 10-15; 1 male 15-20; 1 male 60-70; 1 female 20-30; 1 female 50-60.
Joshua Skidmore, Helts Prairie Township, page 941, Farmer; 1 male 0-5; 1 male 10-15; 1 male 15-20; 2 male 20-30; 1 male 60-70; 1 female 40-50.

1850 Vermillion County, Indiana, Household 288.
John Skidmore……..67..Farmer…………born Pennsylvania
Jane Skidmore……..56.............…………….....Ohio
George Skidmore….26..Farmer……………......Indiana
John Skidmore…….23..Farmer…………….….Indiana
Joshua Skidmore…..21..Laborer (blind)…….…Indiana
Josiah Skidmore… ..19..Laborer………………Indiana

1850 Vermillion County, Indiana, Household 294.
William Skidmore….36..Farmer………….….…Ohio
Lydia Skidmore…….36………………………..Maine
Samuel Skidmore…...15…………………….….Indiana
John B. Skidmore…...14……………………….Indiana
Coridan Skidmore…...7………………………...Indiana
Amanda K. Skidmore..2………………………..Indiana

1850 Vermillion County, Indiana, Household 307.
Joshua Skidmore……74..Retired……………….Pennsylvania
Elener Skidmore…….58………………………..Pennsylvania
Ace Skidmore……….14………………………..Indiana

1850 Vermillion County, Indiana, Household 399.
John Rogers………….71..Farmer………………Ireland
Mary Rogers…………64……………………….Pennsylvania
John Rogers………….23……………………….Indiana

1860 Vermillion County, Indiana, Household 294.
Mary Rogers…………74……………$800 / $525.....Pennsylvania
John Rogers………….32..Farmer…...$1440/ $0…....Indiana
Others

1860 Vermillion County, Indiana, Household 487.
William Skidmore……41..Farmer…………..…..Indiana
Amelia Skidmore…….40…………………….…Indiana
Serena Helt…………..15…………………….…Indiana
Thomas J. Skidmore…11…………………….…Indiana
Henry Skidmore………7……………………….Indiana
George F. Skidmore…..5…………………….…Indiana
Jasper F. Skidmore……3………………………Indiana
Mary E. Skidmore…….1……………………….Indiana
Sarah J. Skidmore…….28……………………....Indiana
Alexander Murphy……23……………………....Indiana

1860 Vermillion County, Indiana, Household 488.
Alexander Skidmore….38..Farmer……………..…Indiana
Sarah Skidmore……….26……………………......Ohio
Andrew Skidmore…….13………………………...Indiana
Nancy J. Skidmore……11………………………...Indiana
Elmira Skidmore……….8…………………………Indiana
Edwin Skidmore……….6…………………………Indiana
Clara B. Skidmore …….3…………………………Indiana

1860 Vermillion County, Indiana, Household 512.
James Skidmore……….21..Carpenter…………….Indiana
Lydia E. Skidmore…….21………………………...Indiana
Lodena D Skidmore……6…………………………Indiana
Mary C. Skidmore……..4…………………………Indiana
Indiana Skidmore………2…………………………Indiana
John F. Skidmore………4 months………………...Indiana
Asa C. Skidmore……...24..Ferryman……………..Indiana
Joshua Skidmore 85..Farmer………………..Pennsylvania

1860 Vermillion County, Indiana, Household 551.
John Skidmore………...77..Farmer…..$3500 / 1456….Pennsylvania
Jane Skidmore…………65………………………........Pennsylvania
Josiah Skidmore……….29…………………….......…..Indiana
Sheba Skidmore……….24………………….......……..Indiana
John Smith…………….24…………………./$120..…..Indiana

1860 Vermillion County, Indiana, Household 550.
George Skidmore……...36..Farmer……………….Indiana
Amanda Skidmore…….29………………………...Ohio
Samuel Skidmore………6…………………………Indiana
John Skidmore…………3…………………………Indiana
Josiah Skidmore………..6 months………………....Indiana
John Shooke…………...20………………………...Indiana

1860 Vermillion County, Indiana, Household 567.
Lydia Skidmore………..46..Farmer…………….…..Maine
Corydon A. Skidmore 16………………………...Indiana
Mary J. Skidmore……...15…………………………Indiana
Amanda C. Skidmore….12…………………………Indiana
Sarah E. Skidmore……...9…………………….……Indiana
George M. Skidmore… 8…………………….…….Iowa
William Skidmore……..5………………….……..….Iowa

1870 CENSUS

Helt, Vermillion County, page 93A
ELIZABETH A. POTTER, Keeping House / Head; Female, Widow; White; 63 years of age; born Indiana, father born Pennsylvania; mother born in Virginia. See POTTER.

SKIDMORE,ELIZABETH ANDERSON

The History of Vermillion County (Indiana), Biographical Sketches, page 509.
JOHN SKIDMORE, deceased, was one of the first pioneers of Helt Township, Vermillion County, and during his life was an active and enterprising citizen. He was born in Pennsylvania, August 27, 1783, his father being of English descent, and a soldier during the Revolutionary War. His mother was a native of Germany, coming to America when five years of age. Her parents and the rest of her family died of cholera on shipboard while enroute to America. Our subject was taken to Kentucky by his parents in his boyhood, his father dying in that State. The family then removed to Columbus, Ohio, where the mother died at the advanced age of ninety-six years. Mr. Skidmore came to Indiana with a colony. they building a keel boat at Columbus in which they floated down the Scioto River to the Ohio River, thence to the mouth of the Wabash River, and from there to Vincennes, where they remained two years or untill the year 1818. In the fall of that year they came to Helt Township our subject having preceded them in the spring of 1818 and raised a crop. His house was the furthest north in the County, and no house was between his and old Fort Dearborn, now Chicago. Mr. Skidmore was first married May 26, 1807, to Mary Hopper, and of the six children born to this union are still living - Mrs Catherine Tweedy, Mrs Jane Ford, and Mrs Elizabeth Potter. His son William, who is now deceased, was the first white child born in Vermillion County. Mr. Skidmore married for his second wife Jane Hopper, a sister of his deceased wife, April 2, 1822. Of the seven children born to this marriage three are yet living - Mrs Mary Helt, John of Douglas County, Illinois, and Josiah. On coming to the county Mr. Skidmore entered 160 acres of land on section 22, Helt township, which he owned until his death. Here he kept a public house for forty years, which was the traveler's stopping place between Vincennes and Fort Wayne or from Chicago. He served as justice of the peace several years, and was quite a prominent man in the early history of the county. He died December 7, 1863 his widow surviving until April 2, 1870. Both were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and consitent Christians.

The History of Vermillion County (Indiana), Biographical Sketches, page 378.
Josiah Skidmore biography tells basically the same data as found in his fathers biography above.

The History of Vermillion County (Indiana), Biographical Sketches, page 328.
Robert Ballentine Stokes, a worthy representative of one of the old pioneer families of Vermillion County, was born in Franklin County, Ohio, the date of his birth being September 15, 1810. He is the only surviving son of Matthew and Harminah Stokes, the father born June 27, 1774. Nathaniel Stokes, the grandfather of our subject, was a native of North Carolina, from which state he removed to Kentucky. Later he settled with his family at Columbia, near Cincinnati. In 1791 when St. Clair was defeated by Indians at Fort Recovery, Ohio, Matthew Stokes assisted in burying the dead slain by the Indians. He was married in Ohio to Harminah Skidmore, a descendant of a prominent Kentucky family. They had a family of nine children,... (a very long biography) .. Their daughter, Mrs Mary Skidmore Winsett, of Edgar County, Illinois,...,and Robert B. Stokes, the subject of this sketch are the only two survivors of this family at the present writing. (1883)....

The History of Vermillion County (Indiana), Biographical Sketches, page 327, & 333.
The biographies of John O. Rogers and James S. Rogers, sons of John Rogers, born Ireland, to America in 1789, to Kentucky, to Chillicothe, Ohio, to Vermillion County, Indiana, "then a wild and uninhabited tract". etc..

Biographical History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, 1891, a lengthy biography for Samuel T. McFall states that he married in Mahaska Co, Iowa, March 18, 1866, to ISABELLE SKIDMORE, who was born Franklin Co, Ohio, daughter of JAMES M. SKIDMORE (also a native of Franklin Co, Ohio). Her grandfather was GEORGE SKIDMORE, a native of Kentucky, soldier in the War of 1812, and Captain in the Mexican War. James M. Skidmore married Eunice Hendricks (b. Ohio), daughter of James and Elizabeth Hendricks. James and Eunice Skidmore moved from Ohio to Mahaska Co, Iowa when Isabelle was 18 years old; at the time the bio was written, James and Eunice Skidmore were residing in Sheridan Co, Kansas. Taken from a posting on Genforum.com by Mona Knight.

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MUCH more to come ..................

THEORY #1
Reference: Franklin County, South Columbus and Refugee Tract History. Colonel John McGown's June 16, 1814 Patent. Plus coverage of the entire Refugee Tract. Original owners were Cajuns from Canadian Accadian Nova Scotia. Ohio Genealogy Center, Columbus, Ohio. Copyright 1974 Fay Maxwell, Revised 1988.
Land Laws, page 2. 1796. Refugee tract for British subjects in Nova Scotia, Canada. Most were Scotch-Irish Protestants, some were French - all cajuns. Congress set aside 50,080 acres of land east of the Scioto river as site for homes for refugees.... These Scotch-Irish Nova Scotia Accadian Refugees joined the colonists army in exchange for land in Ohio.... Claimants must prove residency in Canada prior to July 4, 1776, had been forced to flee their homes there because of aid given to colonies during the Revolutionary War and had not returned to Canada to live prior to November 25, 1783.....Only half was claimed. Unclaimed land was sold at Chillicothe land office to highest bidder at $2.00 an acre.
Page 85. George Skidmore 84 acres, Section 13, 3rd rate land.
Page 87. ....Those who drew lots for land in Ohio's (Refugee) tract are partially listed in National Daughters of American Revolution, December 1969 Issue. Page 115. McGown's Patent shows that he was originally of Augusta County, Virginia, prior to removal to Nova Scotia.
The supplier of this data from Ohio G.S. emphasizes that these settlers, including the Skidmores were Nova Scotia Accadians.
The biography of John Skidmore in Vermillion County, Indiana states that his mother was born in Germany, and his father was of English "descent". He does not state his father Joshua Skidmore was born in England, however, .....

THEORY #2. A note from Frank Skidmore, Feb. 7, 1999, states that he believes our Joshua Skidmore was the one born 21 April 1749 at Ashford, Derbyshire, England, the son of a Joshua Skidmore, and migrated to Pennsylvania by 1770 when he married Catherine ____? Mr. Skidmore does dangle a few items of interest which we have thus far been unable to find in our research thus far. - "He took his family down the Ohio River soon after to Bourbon County, Kentucky, where he died by 1790 leaving a large family mostly minors. In the fall of 1799 a group of seven families (including the Marshalls, the Coolidges, and the Rices) and the widow Catherine Skidmore and her children unhappy with slavery in Kentucky went back up the Ohio in a pirogue* and thence up the Scioto River to a small settlement now Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, where they stayed for the winter. A Skidmore daughter married here on 9 January 1800."

*Pirogue - a cajun canoe, flat bottomed hull with a shallow draft - dcm.

THEORY #3. I'm not ready to buy either of the two theories. We need more information especially on the alleged Kentucky years and we need input from descendants of the other children of Joshua as to what they have uncovered in their searches.

--------, CATHERINE, born 1740-1750 in Germany, died 1830+ in Franklin County, Ohio at the age of 96. Married to JOSHUA SKIDMORE prior to 1772, probably in Pennsylvania. At the age of 5 years, while enroute to America, both of Catherine's parents died of cholera.

HOPPER, MARY, born October 17, 1786 in Virginia, died June 23, 1821 in Vermillion County, Indiana. Married to LT. JOHN SKIDMORE May 26, 1807 in Franklin County, Ohio. Re-buried at Helts Prairie Cemetery.

RALSTON, JAMES A. , born 1851 in Bono, Vermillion County, -Indiana to parents of Ohio birth. (un-named source says the A is for Ammerman) In 1910, he was a Carpenter in Dana, Indiana. A neighbor girl was ALICE FIDELLA SMITH, 1864-1938, and off-spring of this union was NEVA CELIA RALSTON, born March 19, 1885, died February 04, 1961 in Vigo County, Indiana, buried Crown Hill Cemetery, Marion County, Indiana. The proof of descent of Neva Ralston is found on her marriage application, death certificate, two old letters, personal admission of Neva Celia Ralston, Bible record, etc. This lineage has not been pursued, tho I should do more for my Grandmother.

POTTER, James. Alleged father of John Potter (sr.) according to "sources" on the internet. If really existing, he was born about 1750, and a resident of Virginia.

POTTER, JOHN (sr.), ( son of James Potter ??) born about 1780 in Virginia; died 1842 in Vermillion County, Indiana, married to Lucy SHARP.
Children of John Potter and Lucy Sharp:
1. Isaac B. Potter, born 1799, married Semiah Seymour, 1824 in Vermillion County, Indiana
2. Julius Potter, born 1800-1810, died May 24, 1851 in Vermillion County, Indiana, and married to Sarah Southard.
3. JOHN POTTER, born 1810 in Ohio, died 1862-1866 in Vermillion County, Indiana, and was married to Elizabeth Anderson Skidmore.
4. Catherine Potter, born 1814 in Ohio, married Samuel Vannest
5. Washington Potter, born 1815 in Ohio, a carpenter by trade, married Lucinda Southard. In the History of Vermillion County, Clinton twp., page 231, Washington Potter will claim he was 8 years old, when in 1823, his father brought him here (Clinton) from Ohio.

POTTER, JOHN (jr.), Farmer, (son of John Potter and Lucy Sharp), was born 1810 in Ohio, died 1862-1866 Vermillion County, Indiana, and buried at Helts Prairie Cemetery. John Potter married August 04, 1834 in Vermillion County, Indiana to Elizabeth Anderson SKIDMORE ( daughter of John Skidmore and Mary Hopper). Recorded in Marriage Record Book #2 page 5, Circuit Court, Vermillion County, Indiana. Elizabeth Anderson Skidmore was born 1816 in Knox County, Indiana, and died December 26, 1900 in Vermillion County, Indiana.They were Methodist.
Children of John Potter and Elizabeth Skidmore:
1. William Skidmore Potter, born 1837 Vermillion County, died September 21, 1909, Vermillion County, and married Roseanna McKimmey in 1862. Married second to Schallotte Foos, July 04, 1872.
2. MARY CINDERELLA POTTER, born November 01, 1842 Vermillion County, Indiana, died May 19, 1866, Vermillion County, Indiana, married NELSON ANDERSON SMITH on January 23, 1862 in Vermillion County, Indiana.
3. Julia Potter, born 1842
4. Jasper Potter, born 1846, married Mary E. Stalker.
5. George Franklin Potter, born 1849 in Vermillion County, Indiana.
6. Amanda Clarendine Potter, born February 2, 1852 in Vermillion County, Indiana, died June 10, 1934, and married Jacob Clouse, June 24, 1871
7. Joseph Michael Potter, born June 18, 1855 Vermillion County, Indiana, died February 8, 1949 in Phoenix, Arizona.

POTTER, MARY CINDERELLA (daughter of John Potter and Elizabeth Anderson Skidmore) was born November 01, 1842, and married to Nelson Anderson SMITH.

Misc. Census Returns

1830 Vermillion County, Indiana, Volume 15 page 466
Isaac Potter, 1 male 00-05; 1 male 20-30; 1 female 00-05; 1 female 30-30; 1 female 50-60.

1840 Vermillion County, Indiana, Clinton Township.
Page 909 - Isaac Potter, Farmer. 1 male 00-05; 1 male 05-10; 1 male 10-15; 1 male 40-50; 1 female 00-05; 1 female 05-10; 1 female 10-15; 1 female 30-40;
Page 917 - Washington Potter, Farmer. 1 male 00-05; 1 male 20-30; 1 female 20-30;
Page 917 - Julius S. Potter, Farmer. 1 male 00-05; 2 male 05-10; 1 male 30-40; 1 female 00-05; 1 female 30-40;
Page 917 - John Potter, Farmer. 1 male 15-20; 1 male 60-70; 1 female 15-20; 1 female 20-30; 1 female 50-60;
Page 919 - Isaac Potter, Farmer. 1 male 00-05; 1 male 30-40; 1 female 00-05; 2 female 05-10; 1 female 20-30;
Page 923 - John Potter, Farmer. 2 males 00-05; 1 male 20-30; 1 female 20-30;

1850 Census Vermillion County, Indiana, Helts Prairie Township.

pg 20 house 278 Samuel Vannest, age 39,Farmer, valuation of property - $3,000, born in Ohio; wife - Catherine Vannest, age 38, born in Ohio; children then listed; last person listed: Lucy Potter, age 65, relationship - mother-in-law, birthplace - Virginia

pg 21 house 289 John Potter, age 39, Farmer, born Ohio; wife Elizabeth, age 35, born Indiana; William Potter, age 13, born Indiana; Mary Potter, age 8, born Indiana; Julia Potter, age 6, born Indiana; Jasper Potter, age 4, born Indiana; George F. Potter, age 1, born Indiana.

1860 Census Vermillion County, Indiana, Clinton Township

pg 119 796/801. Catherine Vannest, age 46, born in Ohio, & family with a Lucy Potter, age 73, born in Virginia.

pg 128 857/862. John Potter, age 51, Farmer, born in Ohio; Elizabeth Potter, age 44, born Indiana; William S. Potter, age 23, laborer, born in Indiana; Mary Potter, age 18, born Indiana; Joshua Potter, age 14, born Indiana; Amanda C. Potter, age 8, born Indiana; Joseph Potter, age 5, born Indiana;

1880 Census Vermillion County, Indiana

Page 93. Elizabeth A. Potter, age 63, Widow, born Indiana, father born Pennsylvania. Mother born Virginia; John (?Joseph) Potter, age 25, born Indiana, father born Ohio, mother born Indiana; Amanda Clouse, age 28, Widow, Born Indiana, parents born in Indiana; plus one male and two female Clouse children;

Hopper, Alexander. Born County Cork Ireland, resident of Hardy County, Virginia. The 1800 Tax list of Hardy County shows Alexander with two taxable males. Children:

1. Edward Hopper, born 1781 Ireland, died Nov. 1820 Franklin County, Ohio, married August 01, 1805 in Hardy County, Virginia, to Susanna Neff who was born 1781 in Hampshire County VA. Proof of Edwards descent from Alexander is found in "History of Columbus and Franklin County Ohio" by Lewis Publishing Company, 1901, pages 828-831. This will also state that Edward Hopper came to Franklin County in 1806.
2. Ann Hopper, born 1783, married John Fowler in Hardy County, Virginia on May 24, 1806.
3. James Hopper, Farmer, born 1785 in Virginia, is believed to have died in October 1850 in Vermillion County, Indiana.
4. Mary Hopper, born October 17, 1786 in Virginia, died June 23, 1821 in Vermillion County, Indiana, married May 26, 1807 in Franklin County, Ohio to John Skidmore
5. William Hopper, born 1790 Virginia.
6. Jane Hopper, born August 08, 1794 in Virginia, died April 02, 1870 in Vermillion County, Indiana, buried Helts Prairie Cemetery, was married April 02, 1822 in Franklin County, Ohio to John Skidmore, being John's second wife.
7. Alexander Hopper, born 1796 Virginia.

HOPPER, MARY , born October 17, 1786 in Virginia, died June 23, 1821 in Vermillion County, Indiana, married May 26, 1807 in Franklin County, Ohio to John Skidmore Mary is buried just off of Highway 63 in Helts Prairie Township, but the gravesite has yet to be located.

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SHARP, LUCY, born 1785 Virginia, died between 1860-1870 in Vermillion County, Indiana. Married to John Potter Sr.

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