Meigs-Washington-Muskingum County OhArchives History .....Byrams In Ohio October 15, 2011 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Dee Stoney deeski@beyondbb.com October 16, 2011, 12:11 am The Byram Lines William Byram and Ann Ball Gibson From the western frontiers of Pennsylvania and Virginia, settlers moved westward with offers of bounty lands, homestead lands and federal land grants. Ohio, Indiana and Illinois were settled in the early 1800’s as well as West Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee. They came by wagon, horseback and walking along the trails left by native Indian tribes and frontiersmen. The families of BYRAM, GIBSON, FRISBEY, HAND, CHEADLE, DORRIS, BALDRIDGE AND SMITH were among those who pushed westward to clear the forests, build log homes and raise their families. Ohio counties of Washington, Meigs, Athens, Morgan, Muskingam and Gallia were the first areas we locate the names on our family tree except for DORRIS, SMITH AND BALDRIDGE who came through Tennessee and Kentucky from North Carolina finally ending up in Illinois. Meanwhile the BYRAM’S, GIBSON’S FRISBEY’S, HANDS and CHEADLES migrated from Pennsylvania and Wood County, Virginia, then West Virginia into Ohio, then Illinois and Indiana. Two FRISBEY families were first seen in Pennsylvania, Connecticut and (southwestern New York,) via Branford CT and then Eilenberger Springs, PA or NY whichever land boundary was within the timeframe that each of these states had jurisdiction. It is not known if William and Jonathan Frisbey were related, it is suspected they could have been brothers, however both moved their large families to Morgan, DeWitt and McLean Counties in Ohio about the same time (Prior to 1820). They are often confused as the same person. However, they are two separate individuals with two families, as documented by 2nd generation children, and some of the names of their children are the same to add to this confusion. Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia had many boundary changes from 1700 through the early 1800’s as new Counties were formed and states kept or gave up lands to other states jurisdiction. The 1790 Census for Branford, CT, page 196 shows Jonathan Frisbie head of household with 4 males and 1 female (Spouse). Page 190 of this census shows William Frisbie head of household, 2 males and 3 females including his spouse. Our BYRAM, GIBSON, and FRISBEY families, so far, can be traced into the early 1700’s in these respective states. Pittsburgh and much of southern Pennsylvania challenged these families for their very existence, and indeed they survived faithfully and loyally as they left their mark. All were threatened by the various Indian tribes wherever they moved pushing the frontier further west and the native Americans along with it. Many of them participated in the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812 and many Indian skirmishes through the years. The federal government gave bounty lands to those soldiers who had participated in these wars encouraging affordable settlement of the western frontier. Some were taken hostage by the Indians, the English and French, who came up the Mississippi, and into the Ohio River Valley claiming lands for their respective countries. They experienced death within their families not only from the Indians but also those who would seize lands for their foreign countries. Some of our ancestors were related to and participated in the “Trail of Tears” in the 1800’s that pushed the great Cherokee nation and many of the smaller Indian tribes, west across the Mississippi River. Their homes and lands taken by the U.S. Government who had broken treaty promises with the Indians. The SMITH & BALDRIDGE family of North Carolina were part of this movement, ending up homesteading in Illinois, settling in Kansas, Iowa and Oklahoma. The Dawes Indian Rolls show several names that are directly related to our family and who incidentally received stipends from the government in payment of past injustices. Beyond the above factors, our pioneer ancestors were plagued with fevers, small pox, cholera and a variety of diseases from which family members perished. They cleared the land, built homes, farmed and hunted their food and sustenance and built churches and cities. Survival was a great motivator for our strong and resilient ancestors. They were hardy from the hardships they endured, they were tenacious in their pursuits and they each contributed their own trail of tears to settle the cities and towns of the then, ‘western frontier’. The DORRIS family brought with them a history steeped in Baptist Ministry and they too left their impressions on the frontier towns in Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois and eventually Missouri. Many of the families of this history were not only productive in caring for their large families, but gave of their time and efforts to the communities in which they lived, some were sheriff’s, judges, lawyers, justices of the peace, ministers, politicians, law makers, doctors, morticians, decorated soldiers and men of determination. They accumulated lands and left estates, they kept records and made wills. Generally the eldest son inherited most of the land, and settled the deceased parent’s estate. Sometimes he would be in charge of younger siblings, or a parent who needed care and a place to live out their last days among family environs. Orphans Courts provided for children left uncared for when parents died, these children were often awarded into the custody of an upstanding citizen or neighbor, for their care and education until they became of age to care for themselves. All in all, life was as orderly as circumstance permitted. Elisha and Sally HAND, brother and sister were among the first to migrate to Roxbury Township, Washington County Ohio in 1807. They married into the CHEADLE family, in 1809. This family stayed in the Ohio area as indicated in the 1830 census and had migrated again, to Vermillion County, near Perryville, Indiana by the 1840 census. Elisha Hand born 1784 married Sally Cheadle, in Marietta, OH. Their daughter Sarah Hand married 22 Dec 1831, Adam BYRAM . Her father moved to Indiana and soon after she and Adam moved to Vermilion County. Elisha and Sally Hand had another daughter Mercy Hand who married William BYRAM, the younger brother of Adam Byram in 1837. The GIBSON line came originally from Ireland/ Scotland with the arrival of brothers George, William (possibly our preceding relative), Robert and John Gibson and each raising large families in Pennsylvania &Virginia. This family settled the frontiers of western and southern Pennsylvania; they fought in the Revolutionary war, war of 1812, were Colonels, General’s and infantrymen, some serving with General George Washington. John and James Gibson his brother (2nd generation) were noted frontiersmen and Indian traders of Pittsburgh area. Chief Justice John Bannister Gibson, General John Gibson, Colonel John Gibson were among the early notables in this line. James and John Gibson the Indian traders and interpreters, made friends with Chief Shickallamy, and his son Chief Logan. They were instrumental in obtaining treaties with the Indians and were sympathetic to and saddened by the Moravian Massacre. To further confuse the Gibson issue: There is a James Gibson, distiller, Moyamensing listed in will of Patrick Connelly dated 1812, Moyamensing, PA lists James Gibson’s daughter Ann Ball. Census shows a James Gibson in 1810,1820, 1830, 1840 as Distiller, in South(W)ard, (Moyamensing) PA and also a James Gibson II same census, same area. Cannot yet locate daughter Ann Ball. 1820 & 1850 Census shows James Gibson md to Mary? Yet another - James Gibson b – will dated 15 April 1856. Mentions wife Elizabeth, and children: not listed. Lived at 638 South Front Street in the late District of Southwark, now City of Philadelphia. A large family of Gibson’s moved from Westmoreland PA to Morgan Co, OH. James Gibson son of William Gibson, was born before 1717 in Stewartstown, Ireland. He died January 1771 in Newton Twp., Cumbeland Co., PA. He married Margaret Unknown. ( For more information on William Gibson, go here.) -their children are: Robert, b. bet. 1740-1747, Lancaster Co., PA. John, b. bet. 1742-1749, Lancaster Co., PA. (served in Cumberland Militia 1777) William, b. bet. 1744-1751, Lancaster Co., PA. Jannett, b. bet. 1746-1753. Ann, b. bet. 1748-1755. Charles, b. bet. 1750-1769, Cumberland Co., PA. This Charles Gibson may have lived from abt 1750-1803, married Esther Graham, and removed to Westmoreland Co., PA, by the time to be included in the 1790 Census. George, b. bet. 1750-1769, Cumberland Co., PA. Gideon, b. bet. 1750-1769, Cumberland Co., PA. This Gideon Gibson may have lived from 1764 to 1843, married Abigail C. Crawford, and removed to Armstrong Co., PA. James, b. bet. 1750-1769, Cumberland Co., PA. Samuel, b. bet. 1750-1769, Cumberland Co., PA. . Unknown Child, b. 1771, Cumberland Co., PA. Ann Ball Gibson * The following information is yet unproven -The William Byrams of Ohio: Information about Ebenezer Byram Jr. Ebenezer Jr. was the first recorded genealogist of the Byram family. ... +Anna Byram, b. January 12, 1750/51, Mendham, Morris County, NJ, d. ... LEWIS BYRAM (father of William Byram) Our line ?? View Tree for William Byram (b. 1780, d. December 23, 1873) William Byram (son of Lewis Byram and Elizabeth) was born 1780 in Morgan, Illinois, and died December 23, 1873 in Dudley, Wapello County, Iowa. He married Diana Sarah Ann Ball Gibson on 1799, daughter of John Gibson and Ann Ball. Byram families came from England and Scotland originally. They came for religious freedom to the colonies. A large group of Byram family members lived in Mendham New Jersey, then moved to Kentucky before 1785. Some of these Byram’s brought slaves and stock from Virginia to Mason County, Kentucky. A William Byram was a soldier of distinction in the Revolutionary War, a Major, and, also in the Indian Wars. William Byram and Ann Ball Gibson William Byram. Born in 1780 in ?VA. It is thought he died in Funks Grove, McLean, Illinois in 1848; he was 68. He bought land in Athens Co, and Meigs Co, OH in 1824 from Benjamin Stout. Dinah shows up in Meigs Co, with a deed of property to a Levi Stedman, 1824. In 1825 William Byram and Dinah bought land in Chester, Meigs Co Ohio Co. purchase. Sold to Edmund Bridges 6 Dec 1825. Also land in Meigs on the OH purchase sold to Benjamin Stout 27 Nov 1826. Land Grants: 1810 Virginia, Wood, Newpoint William Byram (the closest match to Bryan) Males: 1 under 10; 1 26 to 45 Females: 3 under 10; 1 16 to 26 1830 Census shows William Byram bought land in McLean County, Illinois. His daughter Sarah Ann and husband George Pack Frisbey moved to McLean Illinois 18 years later. William married Diana Ball Gibson, daughter of James Gibson & Elizabeth. Born in 1782. Diana Ball died aft 1810; some say she was 28 however the ages of children disagree unless she died before Charlotte was born in 1823. They had 8 children. 1. Adam Byram, b. 1801/2, Point No Point, (renamed Parkersburg),Wood County, West Virginia, d. date unknown. 2. Susan Ann Byram, b. 1803, probably West Virginia, d. Bet. 1841 - 1907. 3. Elizabeth Byram, b. 1806, Virginia or Ohio, date unknown. 4. Rebecca Byram, b. 1807 in Ohio, d. date unknown. 5. Sarah Ann Byram, b. 1810, Washington County, Ohio and died 1879, Independence, Jackson County, MO. 6. William Byram, b. 1811, Athens County,Ohio, d. December 23, 1873, Dudley, Wapello County, Iowa. 7. Angeline Byram, b. Abt. 1813, d. date unknown. 8. Charlotte Byram, b. May 04, 1823, Ohio, d. May 30, 1887, Onawa,Monona Co., , Iowa. In 1810 and 1820 we see a James and John GIBSON, Ann BALL, John William and William BYRAM in a town called New Point, (Now part of Parkersburg) Wood County, Virginia, which later became part of West Virginia. They had large families and also slaves. These two families are confused with children being mixed. It is not known their exact relationship, (theory) John William is older than William is. They lived next door to each other and each had large families. Wood County is located on the Ohio River directly across from the Counties of Athens and Washington in Ohio. The travel across the river, mostly by ferry, into Ohio was made many times by these ancestors and eventually we find all but Ann Ball moved into these Ohio counties. George Pack FRISBEY son of William Frisbey, whose father migrated to Ohio about 1815, was a ferryboat captain on the Ohio and nearby Muskingham rivers. (Perhaps that is where he first set eyes on Sarah Ann Byram, who in 1829 would become his 2nd wife.) ________________________________________________________________________ Notes for William Byram: 1. Source 1830 Census Morgan Co., Illinois are listed William Byram Film 7659 Page 80 Line 10. Wm. Byram, 1m-5-10, 1m-15-20, 1m-40-50, 1F-5-10-1F-15-20, 1F-40-50 This more or less consistent with the family group sheets that I have on William and Diana Sarah Ann Ball Gibson. The adults were born in 1780's. The male 15-20 could be our William (b. 1811). The three girls could be Susan, Angeline, and Charlotte. The birth date for Charlotte (or Charlotta) has been from 1809 to 1823. Rebecca was married 1824, Sarah Ann 1828, and Elizabeth Feb. 1830. Adam married Sally Hand 22 December 1832, in Morgan Co., Ohio, and moved to Indiana after that to be near the Hand family. Also is listed the Gibson children. More About William Byram: Burial: Unknown, Fremont Cemetery, McLean Co. Illinois. Census: 1830, Morgan Co., Illinois. William Byram and Diana Sarah Ann Ball Gibson we married about 1799. She could have been as young as 14 years of age, the 1820 census puts William’s age at over 45 so he would have been in is mid 20’s in 1799 when he and Diana were married. No occupation for William is given, he probably was a farmer, clearing land and trying to provide for a growing number of children. The family moved from West Virgina to Ohio before 1810. They sold land in 1824-1826 in Meigs, Ohio. As a family they do not appear on the Ohio census. They had eight known children. It is not known when Diana died, her last child (Charlotte) was born 1823 in Ohio. Diana could have died in childbirth. Supposition: if Diana was 15 when she first gave birth, she would have been born about 1786/7 since Adam was born 1802. She would have then been 37/38 years of age (which is pretty old to be still having children). Someone guessed Diana was 28 when she died, this would have been impossible for her to be the mother of Charlotte born 1823. Also a typo from 38 to 28 seems more plausible. At this point in time, Adam the eldest son would have been 21 years of age. He became the figure head of several member of his family when he married in 1931 Sarah ‘Sally’ Hand in Morgan County, Ohio. He moved his then family to Indiana about 1834 where he and Sarah lived next door to his in-laws the Elisha Hand family. Joining Adam in Indiana were his brother William then in his early teens, who would marry his brother Adam’s sister-in-law, Mercy Hand in 1837 in Vermillion Co.,IL; sisters Angeline married David Moses in 1837 in Danville, Vermillion Co., IL and Charlotte married Peter Silas Rutledge in Danville, Vermillion, IL. Adam signed for Charlotte who was under marrying age at the time. His sister Rebecca had married Dougal Walker in 1824, in Athens County, Ohio; and sister Sarah Ann Byram married in 1829 George Pack Frisbey. Father William lived close to Sarah Ann and George for a short time and then moved to McLean County IL about 1830. In 1848 to Sarah Ann and George followed William to Funks Grove, McLean County Illinois, William moved to Downs Township, McLean Co, IL and is buried there. In 1835 sister Susan married William Winchell in Ohio. Family records of the Byram line as given by Carey Clay Frisbey son of George Pack Frisbey and Sarah Ann Byram are as follows: William Byram married Ann B Gibson prior to 1800 and their firstborn, a son named Adam was born in 1802 in West Virginia, probably Woods County. After Adam came Elizabeth 1805 and Rebecca, Sarah Ann 1806/10, William 1811, Angeline 1813, Susanna 1815, and Charlotte 1823 (may not have been Ann Ball’s child). “Children of John William Byram (not ours) and wife Sarah according to his will are: my five sons and two daughters viz. David, Jeremiah, Andrew Jackson, Jacob, William Henry and Sarah and Eliza. Wood Co census of 1820 shows John and wife, with 5 sons and 3 daughters. At the time of the will date in 1845 perhaps one daughter was deceased. 1830 Census, Homer Twp, Athens Co, OH shows John Byram and wife 60-70 years old with 1 son 5-10, 4 sons 10-20 1 female 10-15, 3 females 15-20. Both Byram families migrated to Ohio and Illinois. They both owned property in each state. Research is oft times confusing because of the names of the parents and also the deeds. The exact relationship of John William and William are not known but it is thought that after William’s wife Ann Ball Gibson died John William and his wife Sarah took in several of William’s children for a time to help raise.” 1 ADAM (abt 1802) Pt. No Pt. (Parkersburg),Wood Co, WVA md 1st Delilah (Sp Delelah more commonly used). COLLINS on 26 Oct 1827 in Gallia, County, OH. She was from Maysville, Mason Co. Kentucky. He married 2nd Sally Sarah/HAND 22 Dec 1831, Windsor Twp, Morgan Co. OH He sold his land 22 March 1832, probably date of move to Indiana. Children of Adam Byram and Sally Hand: Eliza Jane Byram Pamela or Parmelia Byram born 1832 IL; md Henry CARR 13 Jul 1854 Hancock Co, IL Mercy Sophronia Byram born 1835 IL; Elisha Hand Byram b 1837 John or George Byram born 1840 md a woman named Ellen Washington Byram born 1842 Ann or Lucy Ann Byram born 1845 md Frederick BOLLEN Sarah E. Byram b 1 Feb 1848/9 Iowa, md 18 Apr 1869 Poontsuck, Hancock Co, IL; Julius CABERN/COBURN Julia (Juliette) E. Byram b May 1851,d 1932, md Matthew BOLLEN Charlotte md POWELL Christina married MERRITT William Benton Byram md Margaret Adam and Sally Hand bought land in March 1831 in Roxbury twp Athens Co., Ohio on Wolf Creek The family stayed in Ohio until 1833 then moved next door to his Hand in-laws in Indiana. In 1836 Adam and William bought land in McLean Co, IL *1830 Census shows William Byram lived in McLean IL prior to Adam and Williams move. They then show up in Danville,Vermillion Co, IL. Adam shows up in the 1840 census in Highland twp, Vermillion, Indiana. By 1845 Adam, William had relocated to Wapello Co, Iowa where William remained and raised a large family. Adam and Sarah returned to Illinois prior to the 1850 census. They lived in Hancock County, IL. Adam died in Dallas City, Hancock County, Illinois on 2 April 1867. His legacy was one of struggle, survival and familial responsibility. He and his wife Sally instilled in his brother, sisters and children the importance of family, and supporting each other through all of life’s trials and hardships no matter what the cost to personal well being. He lived a hard challenging life and I do not sit in judgement of his failures, I respect and wonder at his enduring example to his posterity of caring, service to family, loyalty, and love. While raising and caring for children of his own, he and his wife took his younger brother and two younger sisters to raise filling the void left by his own mother’s death and an absentee father. Adam joined the Greybeards when he was 60 years old. The Greybeards were a group of over age 40 volunteers who were charged with guarding Civil War prisoners. The hardships endured by this group of ill equiped men proved to be too much for Adam and for undocumented reasons, he went AWOL. 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