aged 86 yrs 9 mos and 5 days
The Genealogy and History of the Shreve Family from 1641 by L. P. Allen, 1901,Pg 123
Jon (Jonathan) Shreve, child of Samuel Shreve and Sophia ____ married Polly Butts. He died in Ripley Co. Ind
John Shreve was born in one of the eastern States, and four children were born to him and his wife while yet in the east. About 1790 he emigrated to the Ohio Valley, floating down the river in a boat with a party of sixteen. While on this trip, they were captured by the Indians, and his two sons, Samuel and William were put to death by having their brains beaten out with a club. Those that escaped from the savages settled at Georgetown, Brown Co. Ohio. He and his son John, served in the Indian war of 1816.
See Samuel Gibson
Samuel Gibson married Elizabeth Baird. John Baird enlisted in the Revolution at White Plains, N. Y. Later he moved to a location near Pittsburgh, Pa., where he was engaged in bateau service. In 1790, with his family and possessions on a flatboat, they floated down the Ohio River, landing at Limestone (Maysville), Kentucky. It was on this trip that the younger daughter met the guide, Samuel Gibson. The Bairds had two older daughters who husbands were also veterans of the Revolution. Sallie, who married Andrew Cochran and Mary, who became the wife of James Wasson. As early as 1791, Simon Kenton made an entry for four military tracts, consisting of 500 acres, on Rocky Fork Creek, for his personal friend, Samuel Gibson. Simon Kenton (April 3, 1755 – April 29, 1836) was a famous United States frontiersman and soldier in West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio. He was a friend of Daniel Boone, Simon Girty, Spencer Records, Thomas S. Hinde, Dr. Thomas Hinde, and Isaac Shelby. He served the United States in the Revolution, the Northwest Indian War and the War of 1812. Surviving the gauntlet and ritual torture, in 1778 he was adopted into the Shawnee people. He married twice and had a total of ten children.
1850 Census: Brown Twp, Ripley Co, Indiana, Family # 25/26 page 285
John Shreve 80 Farmer $400 Virginia
Mary Shreve 73 Pennsylvania
Jonah Shreve 38 Farmer $200
Amanda Shreve 36 Ohio
Martha Johnson 14 Indiana
William L. Gilmer 11 Indiana
[Note: Family #26/27 is dau Sophia and Thomas Glaze]
The Genealogy and History of the Shreve Family from 1641 by L. P. Allen, 1901,Pg 123
Jon (Jonathan) Shreve, child of Samuel Shreve and Sophia ____ married Polly Butts. He died in Ripley Co. Ind
John Shreve was born in one of the eastern States, and four children were born to him and his wife while yet in the east. About 1790 he emigrated to the Ohio Valley, floating down the river in a boat with a party of sixteen. While on this trip, they were captured by the Indians, and his two sons, Samuel and William were put to death by having their brains beaten out with a club. Those that escaped from the savages settled at Georgetown, Brown Co. Ohio. He and his son John, served in the Indian war of 1816.
See Samuel Gibson
Samuel Gibson married Elizabeth Baird. John Baird enlisted in the Revolution at White Plains, N. Y. Later he moved to a location near Pittsburgh, Pa., where he was engaged in bateau service. In 1790, with his family and possessions on a flatboat, they floated down the Ohio River, landing at Limestone (Maysville), Kentucky. It was on this trip that the younger daughter met the guide, Samuel Gibson. The Bairds had two older daughters who husbands were also veterans of the Revolution. Sallie, who married Andrew Cochran and Mary, who became the wife of James Wasson. As early as 1791, Simon Kenton made an entry for four military tracts, consisting of 500 acres, on Rocky Fork Creek, for his personal friend, Samuel Gibson. Simon Kenton (April 3, 1755 – April 29, 1836) was a famous United States frontiersman and soldier in West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio. He was a friend of Daniel Boone, Simon Girty, Spencer Records, Thomas S. Hinde, Dr. Thomas Hinde, and Isaac Shelby. He served the United States in the Revolution, the Northwest Indian War and the War of 1812. Surviving the gauntlet and ritual torture, in 1778 he was adopted into the Shawnee people. He married twice and had a total of ten children.
1850 Census: Brown Twp, Ripley Co, Indiana, Family # 25/26 page 285
John Shreve 80 Farmer $400 Virginia
Mary Shreve 73 Pennsylvania
Jonah Shreve 38 Farmer $200
Amanda Shreve 36 Ohio
Martha Johnson 14 Indiana
William L. Gilmer 11 Indiana
[Note: Family #26/27 is dau Sophia and Thomas Glaze]
aged 86 yrs 9 mos and 5 days
The Genealogy and History of the Shreve Family from 1641 by L. P. Allen, 1901,Pg 123
Jon (Jonathan) Shreve, child of Samuel Shreve and Sophia ____ married Polly Butts. He died in Ripley Co. Ind
John Shreve was born in one of the eastern States, and four children were born to him and his wife while yet in the east. About 1790 he emigrated to the Ohio Valley, floating down the river in a boat with a party of sixteen. While on this trip, they were captured by the Indians, and his two sons, Samuel and William were put to death by having their brains beaten out with a club. Those that escaped from the savages settled at Georgetown, Brown Co. Ohio. He and his son John, served in the Indian war of 1816.
See Samuel Gibson
Samuel Gibson married Elizabeth Baird. John Baird enlisted in the Revolution at White Plains, N. Y. Later he moved to a location near Pittsburgh, Pa., where he was engaged in bateau service. In 1790, with his family and possessions on a flatboat, they floated down the Ohio River, landing at Limestone (Maysville), Kentucky. It was on this trip that the younger daughter met the guide, Samuel Gibson. The Bairds had two older daughters who husbands were also veterans of the Revolution. Sallie, who married Andrew Cochran and Mary, who became the wife of James Wasson. As early as 1791, Simon Kenton made an entry for four military tracts, consisting of 500 acres, on Rocky Fork Creek, for his personal friend, Samuel Gibson. Simon Kenton (April 3, 1755 – April 29, 1836) was a famous United States frontiersman and soldier in West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio. He was a friend of Daniel Boone, Simon Girty, Spencer Records, Thomas S. Hinde, Dr. Thomas Hinde, and Isaac Shelby. He served the United States in the Revolution, the Northwest Indian War and the War of 1812. Surviving the gauntlet and ritual torture, in 1778 he was adopted into the Shawnee people. He married twice and had a total of ten children.
1850 Census: Brown Twp, Ripley Co, Indiana, Family # 25/26 page 285
John Shreve 80 Farmer $400 Virginia
Mary Shreve 73 Pennsylvania
Jonah Shreve 38 Farmer $200
Amanda Shreve 36 Ohio
Martha Johnson 14 Indiana
William L. Gilmer 11 Indiana
[Note: Family #26/27 is dau Sophia and Thomas Glaze]
The Genealogy and History of the Shreve Family from 1641 by L. P. Allen, 1901,Pg 123
Jon (Jonathan) Shreve, child of Samuel Shreve and Sophia ____ married Polly Butts. He died in Ripley Co. Ind
John Shreve was born in one of the eastern States, and four children were born to him and his wife while yet in the east. About 1790 he emigrated to the Ohio Valley, floating down the river in a boat with a party of sixteen. While on this trip, they were captured by the Indians, and his two sons, Samuel and William were put to death by having their brains beaten out with a club. Those that escaped from the savages settled at Georgetown, Brown Co. Ohio. He and his son John, served in the Indian war of 1816.
See Samuel Gibson
Samuel Gibson married Elizabeth Baird. John Baird enlisted in the Revolution at White Plains, N. Y. Later he moved to a location near Pittsburgh, Pa., where he was engaged in bateau service. In 1790, with his family and possessions on a flatboat, they floated down the Ohio River, landing at Limestone (Maysville), Kentucky. It was on this trip that the younger daughter met the guide, Samuel Gibson. The Bairds had two older daughters who husbands were also veterans of the Revolution. Sallie, who married Andrew Cochran and Mary, who became the wife of James Wasson. As early as 1791, Simon Kenton made an entry for four military tracts, consisting of 500 acres, on Rocky Fork Creek, for his personal friend, Samuel Gibson. Simon Kenton (April 3, 1755 – April 29, 1836) was a famous United States frontiersman and soldier in West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio. He was a friend of Daniel Boone, Simon Girty, Spencer Records, Thomas S. Hinde, Dr. Thomas Hinde, and Isaac Shelby. He served the United States in the Revolution, the Northwest Indian War and the War of 1812. Surviving the gauntlet and ritual torture, in 1778 he was adopted into the Shawnee people. He married twice and had a total of ten children.
1850 Census: Brown Twp, Ripley Co, Indiana, Family # 25/26 page 285
John Shreve 80 Farmer $400 Virginia
Mary Shreve 73 Pennsylvania
Jonah Shreve 38 Farmer $200
Amanda Shreve 36 Ohio
Martha Johnson 14 Indiana
William L. Gilmer 11 Indiana
[Note: Family #26/27 is dau Sophia and Thomas Glaze]
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