War of 1812 veteran, Illinois pioneer.
Isaac Painter, junior, son of Sarah (née Hains) and Isaac Painter, senior, was born in 1799 in the vicinity of Nineveh, then in Frederick County, Virginia. Isaac Painter, junior, and Miss Elizabeth Redd, daughter of Elizabeth (née Hollingsworth) and Andrew Redd, were married on 13 August 1799 in Frederick County.
Nathaniel, probably the couple's eldest son, was born in 1800 in Virginia, and sometime afterwards the Isaac and Elizabeth Painter family moved to Fairfield County, Ohio, where at least two of Elizabeth's brothers, George and Nathaniel Redd, had settled. Isaac Painter witnessed George Redd's 1808 will in Fairfield County, and volunteered in that county during the War of 1812, serving as a sergeant.
Isaac Painter was among the settlers of Franklin County, Ohio, who arrived in 1814, according to a county history. The same history states—incorrectly—that he had come "from Lancaster county, Pennsylvania," but he had come from Lancaster, the county seat of Fairfield County, about 22 miles away. He was a Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Franklin County's Jefferson Township from 1821 to 1824, was enumerated in the township in the 1830 census, and re-elected a J.P. for the township in 1835, completing the 3-year term in 1838.
Isaac Painter's wife Elizabeth appears to have died sometime after the 1830 U.S. census. Isaac Painter married Mary Richardson on 7 September 1836 in Franklin County. Mary (née Saurs)—also called "Polly"—was the widow of William H. Richardson. From this second marriage, Isaac had a daughter, Parmelia Jane, born about 1837 in Ohio.
According to grandson Lewis Painter's biography, Isaac Painter was among the first settlers of Franklin County, and resided there "until about 1840, when he removed to Illinois there spending his remaining days." Isaac Painter was enumerated in 1840 in LaSalle County, Illinois, and county probate records identify his date of death and second wife. At least one son, Isaac Painter, III, also migrated from Franklin County, Ohio, to LaSalle County, Illinois, reportedly in 1837.
Notes
Parents, siblings, date of birth in: Iona Lupton, A Record of Birth and Burials for Crooked Run Monthly Meeting 1785 (manuscript), p. 8.
• The Crooked Run Meeting was in Nineveh, then in Frederick County, Virginia. Nineveh became part of Warren County, when that county was created in 1836.
Marriage license: Isaac Painter and Elizabeth Redd, 13 Aug 1799, Frederick Co., Virginia. (John Vogt & T. William Kethley, Jr., Frederick County Marriages, 1738-1850 (Athens, Ga.: Iberian Publishing Co., 1984), p. 400.)
Will of Isaac Painter, 26 May 1805 (proved 2 Sep 1805): "I give and devise unto my wife Sarah the Plantation whereon I now live for and during her natural life and widowhood [...] I give and devise about 224 acres of land [...] the money arising from the sale thereof to be equally divided between my three eldest sons to wit Isaac, Abraham, and Mahlon..." (Harold Painter, The Painter Family (1975), pp. 45-46)
Signed as a witness to will of brother-in-law "George Reed of the county of Fairfield and the state of Ohio [...]" dated 7 Jul 1808, proved 21 Sep 1808.
• That George Reed is the same as George Redd is established by a Frederick County, Virginia, property cited in the will.
War of 1812 service—
According to George Sanderson in A Brief History of the Early Settlement of Fairfield County (Lancaster, Ohio: Thomas Wetzler, 1851), pp. 30-31, Sergeant Isaac Painter was among the 1-year volunteers in Captain George Sanderson's Company, organized on 19 April 1812 in Fairfield County, Ohio. The company "was captured with the whole of the American army at Fort Detroit, on the 16th August, 1812, by the British army [...] and suffered to return home on parol[e] and not serve against Great Britain until exchanged [...] A few of the men were so exasperated at the disgraceful conduct of [the American commander] Gen. [William] Hull [...] that they disregarded their parol[e], and joined General [William Henry] Harrison in the spring of 1813." Sanderson's account explains entries in: The Adjutant General of Ohio, Roster of Ohio Soldiers in the War of 1812 (Columbus, Ohio: Press of The Edward T. Miller Co., 1916):
• "Sergt. Isaac Painter or Winter," roll of Capt. George Sanderson's Company, Fairfield County, served from 13 Apr 1812, for one year (p. 71); and
• "Sergt. Isaac Painter," roll of Capt. William Sumner's Company, probably from Fairfield County, served from 31 Jul until 6 Sep 1813 (p. 18).
Settlement in Jefferson Twp., Franklin Co., Ohio—
• "Among the heads of families who came into and settled in Jefferson township between 1816 and 1858 were Henderson Crabb, William Dean, John Inks, Isaac Painter, Andrew Allison, George Beals [...]" (William Alexander Taylor, Centennial History of Columbus and Franklin County, Ohio, vol. 1 (Chicago-Columbus: S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1909), p. 433.)
• "Jefferson was largely settled by pioneers from New Jersey, a portion of the lands being bought in a body by a citizen of that State. The first settlers came into the township as early as 1802, or the following year, and located along Black lick [...] Later than these pioneers, but still at an early date, arrived [...] John Kelso, Richard Rhodes, Isaac Painter, John Inks, Joseph Compton, John Davenport, William Havens, William Armstrong, and others [...]" (History of Franklin & Pickaway Counties, Ohio (Williams Bros., 1880), p. 398.)
• "John Kelso came in 1814, and from that time until his death, was a resident of Jefferson [...] In the same year came Isaac Painter, John Inks, and Joseph Compton, all of them from Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. Isaac Painter located at the crossing of the Black Lick road and Broadway pike, where J. Milburn now lives. A son [sic, grandson] Lewis Painter, is in the township, and is one of its large farmers, and representative men." (History of Franklin & Pickaway Counties, Ohio (Williams Bros., 1880), p. 399.)
• The village of Blacklick in Jefferson Township is 22 miles northwest of Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio.
• The former Painter property was less than a mile south of Blacklick.
• 1821-24 and 1835-38: Isaac Painter, Justice of the Peace, Jefferson Township. (William T. Martin, History of Franklin County [Ohio] (Columbus, Ohio: Follett, Foster & Co., 1858), pp. 241-42.)
• 1830 U.S. Census, Jefferson Twp., Franklin Co., Ohio; p. 39 (line 2): Isaac Painter. Males 10-15, 2; 15-20, 1; 20-30, 1; 50-60, 1 [Isaac]; Females 5-10, 1; 15-20, 1; 50-60, 1 [presumably Elizabeth].
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1994," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XD5H-Y3P: accessed 02 Dec 2012), Isaac Painter and Mary Richardson, 1836; citing reference p 159, FHL microfilm 285142.
Settlement in LaSalle Co., Illinois—
• "Lewis Painter is a prominent farmer of Jefferson township [...] He was born February 4, 1838, upon the farm which is yet his home, his parents being John and Almira Beals Painter. His father, also a native of Franklin county, was born in December, 1809, and was a son of Isaac Painter, who emigrated from Virginia among the first settlers of Franklin county and resided here until about 1840, when he removed to Illinois there spending his remaining days." (Bio. of Lewis Painter in: William T. Martin, A Centennial Biographical History of the City of Columbus and Franklin County Ohio (Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1901), pp. 151-52.)
• John Painter was born probably in Fairfield Co., and went to adjacent Franklin Co. when very young.
• 1840 U.S. Census, LaSalle Co., Illinois; p. 117, line 4: Isaac Painter. Males aged 5-10, 2 60-70, 1 [Isaac]; females under 5, 1 [probably daughter Parmelia Jane]; 10-15, 1; 40-50, 1 [probably wife Mary]--total 6.
• 1848 probate records for LaSalle County show that Isaac Painter died intestate: Polly Painter and Peter Schoonover were administratrix and administrator, respectively, of his estate.
State of Illinois)
LaSalle County.).....Polly Painter
having first duly sworn and sayth [?]
that Isaac Painter late of the County
of La Salle and State of Illinois
died intestate to the best of her
knowledge on or about the 12th day
of May A. D. 1847 and that she
is the wife of said deceased.
Subscribed & Sworn .....).......her
to this 19th day of June)..Polly + Painter
A. D. 1847..................)......mark
Tho. Larkin
P.J.P. [probate justice of the peace]
Isaac Painter, junior, was buried in the graveyard of the family of his daughter-in-law Nancy Painter (née Springer) (wife of Isaac, III). Date of birth calculated from headstone inscription: 27 Mar 1779.
Bio. by blueheron14, 6 January 2024.
Isaac Painter, junior, son of Sarah (née Hains) and Isaac Painter, senior, was born in 1799 in the vicinity of Nineveh, then in Frederick County, Virginia. Isaac Painter, junior, and Miss Elizabeth Redd, daughter of Elizabeth (née Hollingsworth) and Andrew Redd, were married on 13 August 1799 in Frederick County.
Nathaniel, probably the couple's eldest son, was born in 1800 in Virginia, and sometime afterwards the Isaac and Elizabeth Painter family moved to Fairfield County, Ohio, where at least two of Elizabeth's brothers, George and Nathaniel Redd, had settled. Isaac Painter witnessed George Redd's 1808 will in Fairfield County, and volunteered in that county during the War of 1812, serving as a sergeant.
Isaac Painter was among the settlers of Franklin County, Ohio, who arrived in 1814, according to a county history. The same history states—incorrectly—that he had come "from Lancaster county, Pennsylvania," but he had come from Lancaster, the county seat of Fairfield County, about 22 miles away. He was a Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Franklin County's Jefferson Township from 1821 to 1824, was enumerated in the township in the 1830 census, and re-elected a J.P. for the township in 1835, completing the 3-year term in 1838.
Isaac Painter's wife Elizabeth appears to have died sometime after the 1830 U.S. census. Isaac Painter married Mary Richardson on 7 September 1836 in Franklin County. Mary (née Saurs)—also called "Polly"—was the widow of William H. Richardson. From this second marriage, Isaac had a daughter, Parmelia Jane, born about 1837 in Ohio.
According to grandson Lewis Painter's biography, Isaac Painter was among the first settlers of Franklin County, and resided there "until about 1840, when he removed to Illinois there spending his remaining days." Isaac Painter was enumerated in 1840 in LaSalle County, Illinois, and county probate records identify his date of death and second wife. At least one son, Isaac Painter, III, also migrated from Franklin County, Ohio, to LaSalle County, Illinois, reportedly in 1837.
Notes
Parents, siblings, date of birth in: Iona Lupton, A Record of Birth and Burials for Crooked Run Monthly Meeting 1785 (manuscript), p. 8.
• The Crooked Run Meeting was in Nineveh, then in Frederick County, Virginia. Nineveh became part of Warren County, when that county was created in 1836.
Marriage license: Isaac Painter and Elizabeth Redd, 13 Aug 1799, Frederick Co., Virginia. (John Vogt & T. William Kethley, Jr., Frederick County Marriages, 1738-1850 (Athens, Ga.: Iberian Publishing Co., 1984), p. 400.)
Will of Isaac Painter, 26 May 1805 (proved 2 Sep 1805): "I give and devise unto my wife Sarah the Plantation whereon I now live for and during her natural life and widowhood [...] I give and devise about 224 acres of land [...] the money arising from the sale thereof to be equally divided between my three eldest sons to wit Isaac, Abraham, and Mahlon..." (Harold Painter, The Painter Family (1975), pp. 45-46)
Signed as a witness to will of brother-in-law "George Reed of the county of Fairfield and the state of Ohio [...]" dated 7 Jul 1808, proved 21 Sep 1808.
• That George Reed is the same as George Redd is established by a Frederick County, Virginia, property cited in the will.
War of 1812 service—
According to George Sanderson in A Brief History of the Early Settlement of Fairfield County (Lancaster, Ohio: Thomas Wetzler, 1851), pp. 30-31, Sergeant Isaac Painter was among the 1-year volunteers in Captain George Sanderson's Company, organized on 19 April 1812 in Fairfield County, Ohio. The company "was captured with the whole of the American army at Fort Detroit, on the 16th August, 1812, by the British army [...] and suffered to return home on parol[e] and not serve against Great Britain until exchanged [...] A few of the men were so exasperated at the disgraceful conduct of [the American commander] Gen. [William] Hull [...] that they disregarded their parol[e], and joined General [William Henry] Harrison in the spring of 1813." Sanderson's account explains entries in: The Adjutant General of Ohio, Roster of Ohio Soldiers in the War of 1812 (Columbus, Ohio: Press of The Edward T. Miller Co., 1916):
• "Sergt. Isaac Painter or Winter," roll of Capt. George Sanderson's Company, Fairfield County, served from 13 Apr 1812, for one year (p. 71); and
• "Sergt. Isaac Painter," roll of Capt. William Sumner's Company, probably from Fairfield County, served from 31 Jul until 6 Sep 1813 (p. 18).
Settlement in Jefferson Twp., Franklin Co., Ohio—
• "Among the heads of families who came into and settled in Jefferson township between 1816 and 1858 were Henderson Crabb, William Dean, John Inks, Isaac Painter, Andrew Allison, George Beals [...]" (William Alexander Taylor, Centennial History of Columbus and Franklin County, Ohio, vol. 1 (Chicago-Columbus: S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1909), p. 433.)
• "Jefferson was largely settled by pioneers from New Jersey, a portion of the lands being bought in a body by a citizen of that State. The first settlers came into the township as early as 1802, or the following year, and located along Black lick [...] Later than these pioneers, but still at an early date, arrived [...] John Kelso, Richard Rhodes, Isaac Painter, John Inks, Joseph Compton, John Davenport, William Havens, William Armstrong, and others [...]" (History of Franklin & Pickaway Counties, Ohio (Williams Bros., 1880), p. 398.)
• "John Kelso came in 1814, and from that time until his death, was a resident of Jefferson [...] In the same year came Isaac Painter, John Inks, and Joseph Compton, all of them from Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. Isaac Painter located at the crossing of the Black Lick road and Broadway pike, where J. Milburn now lives. A son [sic, grandson] Lewis Painter, is in the township, and is one of its large farmers, and representative men." (History of Franklin & Pickaway Counties, Ohio (Williams Bros., 1880), p. 399.)
• The village of Blacklick in Jefferson Township is 22 miles northwest of Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio.
• The former Painter property was less than a mile south of Blacklick.
• 1821-24 and 1835-38: Isaac Painter, Justice of the Peace, Jefferson Township. (William T. Martin, History of Franklin County [Ohio] (Columbus, Ohio: Follett, Foster & Co., 1858), pp. 241-42.)
• 1830 U.S. Census, Jefferson Twp., Franklin Co., Ohio; p. 39 (line 2): Isaac Painter. Males 10-15, 2; 15-20, 1; 20-30, 1; 50-60, 1 [Isaac]; Females 5-10, 1; 15-20, 1; 50-60, 1 [presumably Elizabeth].
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1994," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XD5H-Y3P: accessed 02 Dec 2012), Isaac Painter and Mary Richardson, 1836; citing reference p 159, FHL microfilm 285142.
Settlement in LaSalle Co., Illinois—
• "Lewis Painter is a prominent farmer of Jefferson township [...] He was born February 4, 1838, upon the farm which is yet his home, his parents being John and Almira Beals Painter. His father, also a native of Franklin county, was born in December, 1809, and was a son of Isaac Painter, who emigrated from Virginia among the first settlers of Franklin county and resided here until about 1840, when he removed to Illinois there spending his remaining days." (Bio. of Lewis Painter in: William T. Martin, A Centennial Biographical History of the City of Columbus and Franklin County Ohio (Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1901), pp. 151-52.)
• John Painter was born probably in Fairfield Co., and went to adjacent Franklin Co. when very young.
• 1840 U.S. Census, LaSalle Co., Illinois; p. 117, line 4: Isaac Painter. Males aged 5-10, 2 60-70, 1 [Isaac]; females under 5, 1 [probably daughter Parmelia Jane]; 10-15, 1; 40-50, 1 [probably wife Mary]--total 6.
• 1848 probate records for LaSalle County show that Isaac Painter died intestate: Polly Painter and Peter Schoonover were administratrix and administrator, respectively, of his estate.
State of Illinois)
LaSalle County.).....Polly Painter
having first duly sworn and sayth [?]
that Isaac Painter late of the County
of La Salle and State of Illinois
died intestate to the best of her
knowledge on or about the 12th day
of May A. D. 1847 and that she
is the wife of said deceased.
Subscribed & Sworn .....).......her
to this 19th day of June)..Polly + Painter
A. D. 1847..................)......mark
Tho. Larkin
P.J.P. [probate justice of the peace]
Isaac Painter, junior, was buried in the graveyard of the family of his daughter-in-law Nancy Painter (née Springer) (wife of Isaac, III). Date of birth calculated from headstone inscription: 27 Mar 1779.
Bio. by blueheron14, 6 January 2024.
War of 1812 veteran, Illinois pioneer.
Isaac Painter, junior, son of Sarah (née Hains) and Isaac Painter, senior, was born in 1799 in the vicinity of Nineveh, then in Frederick County, Virginia. Isaac Painter, junior, and Miss Elizabeth Redd, daughter of Elizabeth (née Hollingsworth) and Andrew Redd, were married on 13 August 1799 in Frederick County.
Nathaniel, probably the couple's eldest son, was born in 1800 in Virginia, and sometime afterwards the Isaac and Elizabeth Painter family moved to Fairfield County, Ohio, where at least two of Elizabeth's brothers, George and Nathaniel Redd, had settled. Isaac Painter witnessed George Redd's 1808 will in Fairfield County, and volunteered in that county during the War of 1812, serving as a sergeant.
Isaac Painter was among the settlers of Franklin County, Ohio, who arrived in 1814, according to a county history. The same history states—incorrectly—that he had come "from Lancaster county, Pennsylvania," but he had come from Lancaster, the county seat of Fairfield County, about 22 miles away. He was a Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Franklin County's Jefferson Township from 1821 to 1824, was enumerated in the township in the 1830 census, and re-elected a J.P. for the township in 1835, completing the 3-year term in 1838.
Isaac Painter's wife Elizabeth appears to have died sometime after the 1830 U.S. census. Isaac Painter married Mary Richardson on 7 September 1836 in Franklin County. Mary (née Saurs)—also called "Polly"—was the widow of William H. Richardson. From this second marriage, Isaac had a daughter, Parmelia Jane, born about 1837 in Ohio.
According to grandson Lewis Painter's biography, Isaac Painter was among the first settlers of Franklin County, and resided there "until about 1840, when he removed to Illinois there spending his remaining days." Isaac Painter was enumerated in 1840 in LaSalle County, Illinois, and county probate records identify his date of death and second wife. At least one son, Isaac Painter, III, also migrated from Franklin County, Ohio, to LaSalle County, Illinois, reportedly in 1837.
Notes
Parents, siblings, date of birth in: Iona Lupton, A Record of Birth and Burials for Crooked Run Monthly Meeting 1785 (manuscript), p. 8.
• The Crooked Run Meeting was in Nineveh, then in Frederick County, Virginia. Nineveh became part of Warren County, when that county was created in 1836.
Marriage license: Isaac Painter and Elizabeth Redd, 13 Aug 1799, Frederick Co., Virginia. (John Vogt & T. William Kethley, Jr., Frederick County Marriages, 1738-1850 (Athens, Ga.: Iberian Publishing Co., 1984), p. 400.)
Will of Isaac Painter, 26 May 1805 (proved 2 Sep 1805): "I give and devise unto my wife Sarah the Plantation whereon I now live for and during her natural life and widowhood [...] I give and devise about 224 acres of land [...] the money arising from the sale thereof to be equally divided between my three eldest sons to wit Isaac, Abraham, and Mahlon..." (Harold Painter, The Painter Family (1975), pp. 45-46)
Signed as a witness to will of brother-in-law "George Reed of the county of Fairfield and the state of Ohio [...]" dated 7 Jul 1808, proved 21 Sep 1808.
• That George Reed is the same as George Redd is established by a Frederick County, Virginia, property cited in the will.
War of 1812 service—
According to George Sanderson in A Brief History of the Early Settlement of Fairfield County (Lancaster, Ohio: Thomas Wetzler, 1851), pp. 30-31, Sergeant Isaac Painter was among the 1-year volunteers in Captain George Sanderson's Company, organized on 19 April 1812 in Fairfield County, Ohio. The company "was captured with the whole of the American army at Fort Detroit, on the 16th August, 1812, by the British army [...] and suffered to return home on parol[e] and not serve against Great Britain until exchanged [...] A few of the men were so exasperated at the disgraceful conduct of [the American commander] Gen. [William] Hull [...] that they disregarded their parol[e], and joined General [William Henry] Harrison in the spring of 1813." Sanderson's account explains entries in: The Adjutant General of Ohio, Roster of Ohio Soldiers in the War of 1812 (Columbus, Ohio: Press of The Edward T. Miller Co., 1916):
• "Sergt. Isaac Painter or Winter," roll of Capt. George Sanderson's Company, Fairfield County, served from 13 Apr 1812, for one year (p. 71); and
• "Sergt. Isaac Painter," roll of Capt. William Sumner's Company, probably from Fairfield County, served from 31 Jul until 6 Sep 1813 (p. 18).
Settlement in Jefferson Twp., Franklin Co., Ohio—
• "Among the heads of families who came into and settled in Jefferson township between 1816 and 1858 were Henderson Crabb, William Dean, John Inks, Isaac Painter, Andrew Allison, George Beals [...]" (William Alexander Taylor, Centennial History of Columbus and Franklin County, Ohio, vol. 1 (Chicago-Columbus: S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1909), p. 433.)
• "Jefferson was largely settled by pioneers from New Jersey, a portion of the lands being bought in a body by a citizen of that State. The first settlers came into the township as early as 1802, or the following year, and located along Black lick [...] Later than these pioneers, but still at an early date, arrived [...] John Kelso, Richard Rhodes, Isaac Painter, John Inks, Joseph Compton, John Davenport, William Havens, William Armstrong, and others [...]" (History of Franklin & Pickaway Counties, Ohio (Williams Bros., 1880), p. 398.)
• "John Kelso came in 1814, and from that time until his death, was a resident of Jefferson [...] In the same year came Isaac Painter, John Inks, and Joseph Compton, all of them from Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. Isaac Painter located at the crossing of the Black Lick road and Broadway pike, where J. Milburn now lives. A son [sic, grandson] Lewis Painter, is in the township, and is one of its large farmers, and representative men." (History of Franklin & Pickaway Counties, Ohio (Williams Bros., 1880), p. 399.)
• The village of Blacklick in Jefferson Township is 22 miles northwest of Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio.
• The former Painter property was less than a mile south of Blacklick.
• 1821-24 and 1835-38: Isaac Painter, Justice of the Peace, Jefferson Township. (William T. Martin, History of Franklin County [Ohio] (Columbus, Ohio: Follett, Foster & Co., 1858), pp. 241-42.)
• 1830 U.S. Census, Jefferson Twp., Franklin Co., Ohio; p. 39 (line 2): Isaac Painter. Males 10-15, 2; 15-20, 1; 20-30, 1; 50-60, 1 [Isaac]; Females 5-10, 1; 15-20, 1; 50-60, 1 [presumably Elizabeth].
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1994," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XD5H-Y3P: accessed 02 Dec 2012), Isaac Painter and Mary Richardson, 1836; citing reference p 159, FHL microfilm 285142.
Settlement in LaSalle Co., Illinois—
• "Lewis Painter is a prominent farmer of Jefferson township [...] He was born February 4, 1838, upon the farm which is yet his home, his parents being John and Almira Beals Painter. His father, also a native of Franklin county, was born in December, 1809, and was a son of Isaac Painter, who emigrated from Virginia among the first settlers of Franklin county and resided here until about 1840, when he removed to Illinois there spending his remaining days." (Bio. of Lewis Painter in: William T. Martin, A Centennial Biographical History of the City of Columbus and Franklin County Ohio (Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1901), pp. 151-52.)
• John Painter was born probably in Fairfield Co., and went to adjacent Franklin Co. when very young.
• 1840 U.S. Census, LaSalle Co., Illinois; p. 117, line 4: Isaac Painter. Males aged 5-10, 2 60-70, 1 [Isaac]; females under 5, 1 [probably daughter Parmelia Jane]; 10-15, 1; 40-50, 1 [probably wife Mary]--total 6.
• 1848 probate records for LaSalle County show that Isaac Painter died intestate: Polly Painter and Peter Schoonover were administratrix and administrator, respectively, of his estate.
State of Illinois)
LaSalle County.).....Polly Painter
having first duly sworn and sayth [?]
that Isaac Painter late of the County
of La Salle and State of Illinois
died intestate to the best of her
knowledge on or about the 12th day
of May A. D. 1847 and that she
is the wife of said deceased.
Subscribed & Sworn .....).......her
to this 19th day of June)..Polly + Painter
A. D. 1847..................)......mark
Tho. Larkin
P.J.P. [probate justice of the peace]
Isaac Painter, junior, was buried in the graveyard of the family of his daughter-in-law Nancy Painter (née Springer) (wife of Isaac, III). Date of birth calculated from headstone inscription: 27 Mar 1779.
Bio. by blueheron14, 6 January 2024.
Isaac Painter, junior, son of Sarah (née Hains) and Isaac Painter, senior, was born in 1799 in the vicinity of Nineveh, then in Frederick County, Virginia. Isaac Painter, junior, and Miss Elizabeth Redd, daughter of Elizabeth (née Hollingsworth) and Andrew Redd, were married on 13 August 1799 in Frederick County.
Nathaniel, probably the couple's eldest son, was born in 1800 in Virginia, and sometime afterwards the Isaac and Elizabeth Painter family moved to Fairfield County, Ohio, where at least two of Elizabeth's brothers, George and Nathaniel Redd, had settled. Isaac Painter witnessed George Redd's 1808 will in Fairfield County, and volunteered in that county during the War of 1812, serving as a sergeant.
Isaac Painter was among the settlers of Franklin County, Ohio, who arrived in 1814, according to a county history. The same history states—incorrectly—that he had come "from Lancaster county, Pennsylvania," but he had come from Lancaster, the county seat of Fairfield County, about 22 miles away. He was a Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Franklin County's Jefferson Township from 1821 to 1824, was enumerated in the township in the 1830 census, and re-elected a J.P. for the township in 1835, completing the 3-year term in 1838.
Isaac Painter's wife Elizabeth appears to have died sometime after the 1830 U.S. census. Isaac Painter married Mary Richardson on 7 September 1836 in Franklin County. Mary (née Saurs)—also called "Polly"—was the widow of William H. Richardson. From this second marriage, Isaac had a daughter, Parmelia Jane, born about 1837 in Ohio.
According to grandson Lewis Painter's biography, Isaac Painter was among the first settlers of Franklin County, and resided there "until about 1840, when he removed to Illinois there spending his remaining days." Isaac Painter was enumerated in 1840 in LaSalle County, Illinois, and county probate records identify his date of death and second wife. At least one son, Isaac Painter, III, also migrated from Franklin County, Ohio, to LaSalle County, Illinois, reportedly in 1837.
Notes
Parents, siblings, date of birth in: Iona Lupton, A Record of Birth and Burials for Crooked Run Monthly Meeting 1785 (manuscript), p. 8.
• The Crooked Run Meeting was in Nineveh, then in Frederick County, Virginia. Nineveh became part of Warren County, when that county was created in 1836.
Marriage license: Isaac Painter and Elizabeth Redd, 13 Aug 1799, Frederick Co., Virginia. (John Vogt & T. William Kethley, Jr., Frederick County Marriages, 1738-1850 (Athens, Ga.: Iberian Publishing Co., 1984), p. 400.)
Will of Isaac Painter, 26 May 1805 (proved 2 Sep 1805): "I give and devise unto my wife Sarah the Plantation whereon I now live for and during her natural life and widowhood [...] I give and devise about 224 acres of land [...] the money arising from the sale thereof to be equally divided between my three eldest sons to wit Isaac, Abraham, and Mahlon..." (Harold Painter, The Painter Family (1975), pp. 45-46)
Signed as a witness to will of brother-in-law "George Reed of the county of Fairfield and the state of Ohio [...]" dated 7 Jul 1808, proved 21 Sep 1808.
• That George Reed is the same as George Redd is established by a Frederick County, Virginia, property cited in the will.
War of 1812 service—
According to George Sanderson in A Brief History of the Early Settlement of Fairfield County (Lancaster, Ohio: Thomas Wetzler, 1851), pp. 30-31, Sergeant Isaac Painter was among the 1-year volunteers in Captain George Sanderson's Company, organized on 19 April 1812 in Fairfield County, Ohio. The company "was captured with the whole of the American army at Fort Detroit, on the 16th August, 1812, by the British army [...] and suffered to return home on parol[e] and not serve against Great Britain until exchanged [...] A few of the men were so exasperated at the disgraceful conduct of [the American commander] Gen. [William] Hull [...] that they disregarded their parol[e], and joined General [William Henry] Harrison in the spring of 1813." Sanderson's account explains entries in: The Adjutant General of Ohio, Roster of Ohio Soldiers in the War of 1812 (Columbus, Ohio: Press of The Edward T. Miller Co., 1916):
• "Sergt. Isaac Painter or Winter," roll of Capt. George Sanderson's Company, Fairfield County, served from 13 Apr 1812, for one year (p. 71); and
• "Sergt. Isaac Painter," roll of Capt. William Sumner's Company, probably from Fairfield County, served from 31 Jul until 6 Sep 1813 (p. 18).
Settlement in Jefferson Twp., Franklin Co., Ohio—
• "Among the heads of families who came into and settled in Jefferson township between 1816 and 1858 were Henderson Crabb, William Dean, John Inks, Isaac Painter, Andrew Allison, George Beals [...]" (William Alexander Taylor, Centennial History of Columbus and Franklin County, Ohio, vol. 1 (Chicago-Columbus: S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1909), p. 433.)
• "Jefferson was largely settled by pioneers from New Jersey, a portion of the lands being bought in a body by a citizen of that State. The first settlers came into the township as early as 1802, or the following year, and located along Black lick [...] Later than these pioneers, but still at an early date, arrived [...] John Kelso, Richard Rhodes, Isaac Painter, John Inks, Joseph Compton, John Davenport, William Havens, William Armstrong, and others [...]" (History of Franklin & Pickaway Counties, Ohio (Williams Bros., 1880), p. 398.)
• "John Kelso came in 1814, and from that time until his death, was a resident of Jefferson [...] In the same year came Isaac Painter, John Inks, and Joseph Compton, all of them from Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. Isaac Painter located at the crossing of the Black Lick road and Broadway pike, where J. Milburn now lives. A son [sic, grandson] Lewis Painter, is in the township, and is one of its large farmers, and representative men." (History of Franklin & Pickaway Counties, Ohio (Williams Bros., 1880), p. 399.)
• The village of Blacklick in Jefferson Township is 22 miles northwest of Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio.
• The former Painter property was less than a mile south of Blacklick.
• 1821-24 and 1835-38: Isaac Painter, Justice of the Peace, Jefferson Township. (William T. Martin, History of Franklin County [Ohio] (Columbus, Ohio: Follett, Foster & Co., 1858), pp. 241-42.)
• 1830 U.S. Census, Jefferson Twp., Franklin Co., Ohio; p. 39 (line 2): Isaac Painter. Males 10-15, 2; 15-20, 1; 20-30, 1; 50-60, 1 [Isaac]; Females 5-10, 1; 15-20, 1; 50-60, 1 [presumably Elizabeth].
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1994," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XD5H-Y3P: accessed 02 Dec 2012), Isaac Painter and Mary Richardson, 1836; citing reference p 159, FHL microfilm 285142.
Settlement in LaSalle Co., Illinois—
• "Lewis Painter is a prominent farmer of Jefferson township [...] He was born February 4, 1838, upon the farm which is yet his home, his parents being John and Almira Beals Painter. His father, also a native of Franklin county, was born in December, 1809, and was a son of Isaac Painter, who emigrated from Virginia among the first settlers of Franklin county and resided here until about 1840, when he removed to Illinois there spending his remaining days." (Bio. of Lewis Painter in: William T. Martin, A Centennial Biographical History of the City of Columbus and Franklin County Ohio (Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1901), pp. 151-52.)
• John Painter was born probably in Fairfield Co., and went to adjacent Franklin Co. when very young.
• 1840 U.S. Census, LaSalle Co., Illinois; p. 117, line 4: Isaac Painter. Males aged 5-10, 2 60-70, 1 [Isaac]; females under 5, 1 [probably daughter Parmelia Jane]; 10-15, 1; 40-50, 1 [probably wife Mary]--total 6.
• 1848 probate records for LaSalle County show that Isaac Painter died intestate: Polly Painter and Peter Schoonover were administratrix and administrator, respectively, of his estate.
State of Illinois)
LaSalle County.).....Polly Painter
having first duly sworn and sayth [?]
that Isaac Painter late of the County
of La Salle and State of Illinois
died intestate to the best of her
knowledge on or about the 12th day
of May A. D. 1847 and that she
is the wife of said deceased.
Subscribed & Sworn .....).......her
to this 19th day of June)..Polly + Painter
A. D. 1847..................)......mark
Tho. Larkin
P.J.P. [probate justice of the peace]
Isaac Painter, junior, was buried in the graveyard of the family of his daughter-in-law Nancy Painter (née Springer) (wife of Isaac, III). Date of birth calculated from headstone inscription: 27 Mar 1779.
Bio. by blueheron14, 6 January 2024.
Inscription
[Willow tree]
ISAAC PAINTER.
Died
May 12, 1847
Aged
68 ys. 1 m. & 15 ds.
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