OHIO STATEWIDE FILES OH-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List Issue 113 *********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 01 : Issue 113 Today's Topics: #1 Miscellaneous info: Hixon, Hixson, ["Ralph W. Cokonougher" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: Miscellaneous info: Hixon, Hixson, Hickson family, 1763-1900, Ross & Highland Co Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed From page 148, "Pioneer Record and Reminiscences of the Early Settlers and Settlement of Ross County, Ohio" by Isacc J. Finley and Rufus Putnam. Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co., 1871. : "Paint Township Early Settlers. .... Timothy and Daniel Hixon, farmers." ******************************************************************** From "Abstracts of Will Books A,B,C, and D of Ross County, Ohio, Including Records of Administrations of Estates in Back of Will Book A and Abstracts of Inventory Book No. 1 of Ross County, Ohio." by D.A.R. Washington C.H. Chapter. Washington C.H., Ohio: D.A.R., 1961. : Daniel Hixson was a witness to the will of Hamilton Rogers. July 11, 1801. No. 39, p. 38. Daughter Susannah Hickson and son-in-law John Hickson are mentioned in the will of Griffith Pierce. Sept. 24, 1804. No. 23, p. 22. John Hixon inventoried the estate of William Francis. Oct. 22, 1804. Ross County Inventory Book 1, p. 101. *************************************************************** From page 336 of the "History of Ross and Highland Counties, Ohio with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches"; Cleveland, Ohio: Williams Bros. Publishers, 1880. : "Daniel Hixon married Peggy Cunningham in February, 1807, and settled on survey 4139, where they made a home and died. Joseph Hixon lived on the same place in 1811." ************************************************************* Inscription from Daniel Hixon's tombstone (the stone has an 1812 war veteran's marker) in the South Salem Cemetery, South Salem, Ohio: "Hixon, Daniel. d. Mar. 21, 1848 in 77th year" *************************************************************** The following information is contained on the 1830 Federal Census record for Buckskin Township, Ross County, Ohio, page 323: Name of head of household - Daniel Hixon, free white males under 5 - 1, free white males 5 to 10 - 1, free white males 15 to 20 - 1, free white males 50 to 60 - 1, free white females under 5 - 2, free white females 10 to 15 - 2, free white females 15 to 20 - 1, free white females 30 to 40 - 1, grand total - 10. ************************************************************** From page 148, "Pioneer Record and Reminiscences of the Early Settlers and Settlement of Ross County, Ohio" by Isacc J. Finley and Rufus Putnam. Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co., 1871. : "Paint Township Early Settlers. .... Timothy and Daniel Hixon, farmers." ******************************************************************** Hixson information from a 15 April 1980 letter written by Majorie Gant; Kalamazoo, MI to Ralph Cokonougher, New Holland, OH: "Dear Mr. Cokonougher, I'm delighted to hear from another Daniel Hixon descendant. There are a lot of people researching the Hixons, but I have heard from very few who are descended from Daniel. I do not have a lot of time today to go into much detail, but I know what it is like to wait for an answer to a genealogical query. Also, I have a habit of procrastinating if I don't answer immediately. So I will send a little, and then if you will write me again, I will go into more detail. First of all, I was told many years ago by an aunt of my husband's that their ancestor was buried (where Timothy is buried - - is it Turkey Run Rd.?) and that he had come to Ohio because his father was a slaveholder and he objected to it). I have never been able to either prove or disprove this. So I did research on Timothy for a short time. There was a lot of confusion among Timothy's descendants for many years, and people even joined D.A.R. under the wrong name. But it was finally straightened out when a lot of unrecorded deeds and leases were discovered in Loudoun. Timothy, Jr. (b. 1763) and Daniel were the sons of William Hixon and wife Alice ____. (It was the use of the term Jr. that misled people for so long.) John Hixon who was in Jefferson Twp. in Ross Co. was the son of Timothy Hixon Sr., a captain in the Revolutionary War. Sarah, the wife of your Timothy, Jr. was a daughter of Timothy, Sr. (Capt.). I hope you can follow this. (And to make it even more complicated, Timothy, Sr. had a son Benjamin, Jr. I have information on Capt. Timothy Hixon and will send it to you later. Your relationship is really complicated with the Hixon-Hixon marriages. I suppose you have the marriage and death records for Nancy, and the census records. If not, I will be glad to send them. I do not have the 1880, but will be looking at the 1900 soon. But evidently you do not have the Quit Claim Deed dated Apr. 12, 1849 signed by the heirs of Daniel (which of course documents Nancy's relationship). I seem to be unable to find the first page today, but signatures are: (Signed) David M. Hixson, Mary Jane Hixson, William Hixson, Matilda C. Hixson, Thomas G. Miller, Nancy C. Miller, John Melson, Margaret A. Melson, Elsey Hixson, Sarah Hixson. By the way, if you ever get down to Ross Co. armed with a camera, perhaps you would take a picture of Daniel's grave? He is buried in the South Salem cemetery, Row 7, Grave 2. Rebecca is beside him and there are two graves at right angles, Simon and Caroline. I cannot establish their relationship - - but Simon, age 32 could be his son by his first wife, Margaret (Peggy) Cunningham. Caroline, aged 16, I have puzzled over for years. Perhaps Daniel's stone is not still standing. It wasn't in the best of shape when I was there last - - had intended to take a picture - - but it was about six o'clock in the morning (too dark). Since my husband's death 4 1/2 years ago (and we were in Puerto Rico the year before that), I have not been down there. I would like to spend about a week there - - have a new car now - - but with the price of gas !!!! Almost forgot - - Daniel was a veteran of the War of 1812. I have his record from the Archives. It's not much - - he only served 3 months. I also have Timothy's will (Capt.) and information on the earlier Hixsons (Hixons, Hicksons). There is a lot and would require making copies, as it would take too long to type. I think William and Capt. Timothy were the sons of Matthew Hixson (Hickson) and wife Phebe. And Matthew was a descendant of William(s) Hickson, and original landed proprietor in New Jersey in the 1600's. Will you please send me information on your part of the family? I like to have the whole family as far as possible. Is your Amelia I. the oldest child of Thomas and Nancy (the one I have listed as 'Almira L.', age 2 in the 1850 census and the same name, no age in 1860. By the way, besides one Canadian census entry, this is only the second time I have ever seen a maiden name on a census entry: Nancy Hixon Miller, age 30. Also, which of the six daughters of Timothy and Sarah Hixson is your mother descended from? Timothy Hixson (Capt.) had a very large family. Most of his children and also most of William's went to Ohio. All those in Ross, Fayette, Highland, Greene and Madison (and several others) are their descendants. I hope this isn't too confusing. It's difficult to write such a letter which isn't. At least, I find this to be so. Please let me know just what else I can do to help you, and thanks for your offer of help. So far, the Devosses are a puzzle, but probably were from the family who went from New Jersey (and or Penn.) to Kentucky (and perhaps then to Brown Co. Ohio before going to Ross.) I would like to find more about them. Sincerely, Marjorie M. Gant P.S. Please excuse terrible typing!!" ******************************************************** _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 14:56:37 -0400 From: "Sherrie Neff" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: emma Simpson, Application for Letters of administration, Fairborn ohio Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Applications for Letters of Administration, no. 7675, doc. 16, page 205, filed August 1955. The State of Ohio, Greene County. Probate court. Perry W. Simpson being duly sworn, says that Emma Simpson, late a resident of City of Fairborn in said County, died on or about the 7th day of July 1955, at Fairborn, Ohio, leaving Perry W. Simpson surviving spouse, of the age of (left blank) years, whose post office address is Fairborn Ohio, and the following persons her known next of kin: Goldie McDermitt, Letart WVA Adult daughter, Freda Neal, Point Pleasant, WVA, adult daughter, Ruby Oliver, Chillicothe, Ohio adult daughter. Lididan Donoahue Letart, WVA. adult daughter, and Macel Clonch, Crystal Lake, Ohio adult daughter. The undersigned askes to be appointed Administrator of the Estate of said decedent and on his oath aforesaid says, that the Estated consists of : Personal Propertyof the pobable value of $286.75, Real Estate of the probable value of $5,000.00, Annual Real Estate rentals withill come into his hands of none. total $5,286.75. The Amount of all indebtedness had against the undersigned is (blank)for (blank)included int the amount Personal Property above stated. The undersigned further states that the decedent at the time of her death was engaged in the business of none under the name of (blank) located at (blank) There is not to his knowlage any last Will and Testament of said intestate. Signed Perry W. Simpson po address fairborn, ohio. Sworn to before me and signed in my presence, this 27th Day of August 1955. Sherrie R. Neff srooker@greenapple.com ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 21:46:59 -0000 From: "Ralph W. Cokonougher" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: Hixon, Hixson,Hickson family info from M. Gant- part 1 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Part 1 of a letter written by Majorie Gant; Kalamazoo, MI to Ralph Cokonougher; New Holland, OH: August 11, 1980 Dear Ralph, I am so sorry you had to wait so long for this letter. I rarely do any genealogy during the summer (too much yard work). But this has been an exceptionally busy summer, and I haven't even had time to answer the letters received - - at least, I do that! I will just send you this time the information I have on William Hix(s)on the father of Daniel and of Timothy, Jr. Most of what follows is quoted from letters from Mrs. Jeannette Pearson of WallaWalla, Wash. I could send you copies of the letters, but there are a lot, and I think the cost of duplicating would be rather much. I corresponded with her from 1967 until her death in 1977, and her letters were delightful. She is a descendant of Timothy Jr.'s daughter Rachel who married John King. Following are what I consider pertinent parts of her letters starting from September 25, 1975. They will be in order according to date - - somethings may be repeated, but I will copy them as they are. " I was compiling information about our KING ANCESTORS (also of Loudoun Co., Va., and a lady in Leesburg was doing research for me. She knew my Hixson connection, and she was a desc. of James Hixson, son of Benjamin Hixson Jr. of Prince William Co., Va. She sent the long lost Hixson deeds, that were the key to the information I now have. I have no idea when they were found, or by whom. I rather doubt that she had just found them. She has never given me any details about that. The heirs of William Hixon deeded their share of his estate to one who MAY HAVE BEEN A brother-in-law. No proof of that, but he bought up all the land from six sons, and provision was made in case the other son ever appeared to claim or deed his land, BUT this man apparently had the 8th share. Nothing to show how he had attained that. Only thing I can figure is - - his wife may have been an heir, but it is not mentioned any place. These deeds were signed and witnessed, but not recorded, ever. The deeds were all in a big envelope, and left in the Clerk's office. So, they do not appear in the Index of Deeds and Leases of Loudoun Co. I haven't explained even that much to too many people, altho I may have mentioned it to you. The information may have been given to others, but I know of no one who has it. WHY I was elected, or selected, by FATE to get it, I do not know. It is a big undertaking for me, and I would rather not do it, but I feel it is a story that must be told, and no one I know is willing to take it on. The lady in Leesburg has followed thru, and I have photocopies of other recorded deeds and will that are necessary to prove, and extend the information given in the unrecorded deeds. So many have been content to just try to follow their own lines of the family. I have always been interested in all Hixson lines, as I felt the only hope of success in that family was to segregate and eliminate the various lines - - and hope to eventually come up with some information of my own lines. Also, I have tried to find information for others, and so have added to my notes. I have also tried to trace allied families, as I think you have done. It has paid off in many ways, and especially now as I have a great deal of information of some of the Hixon families that have been a mystery until now. I have some of the lines right up to NOW, but I am not putting that in UNMIXIN' HIXSONS, because I do not have that information for ALL. I know people who know about my book are growing impatient, and I don't blame anyone for that. Also, I did reveal some of my news to a very dear lady, who I was afraid would not be with us as long as it was taking me to finish the work. She has been so desperate to know who her DAVID HIXSON was, for years and years. So I wrote that part of my news to her, and asked her to keep it between us for awhile, till I could get the book written. I knew I was making a mistake, but I did want her to know about her David. Well, she immediately wrote the news to" [Mr. S, full name withheld, in the interest of privacy], "and he went right to work on it. His book is probably just about to the press but I do not know that for sure. I know he had his book almost completed, and then held it up hoping to add more to it - which he now can. I was rather upset, to say the least, as it seemed like he had stolen my thunder, but on the other hand, goodness knows, when if ever, I can finish my work. One thing I especially regret, he doesn't have all of the proof that I have. I have been tempted to turn over everything to him, but - I haven't. Don't ask me why because I don't really know why. I still have hopes of completing my book, somehow???, and it will still have much more information, and the proof, than Mr" S. [Full name withheld, for privacy] "has. Anyways, I am not angry about it anymore. Since it will no doubt be published soon, you might as well know all about your Daniel - and no strings on the information. I can't tell you all about the Hixsons, as it would take more time than I can spare today. It is all rather odd as I have been so near the truth for a long time. I have sent what information, and guesses, I have had to many people, including Mr." [S. Full name withheld, for privacy], "over the years, but no one has taken up that search. WILLIAM HIXON who died INTESTATE in 1798, in Loudoun Co., Va. was the father of eight children: Benjamin (c. 1760-1807); TIMOTHY JUNIOR (1763-1850); James; Joseph; DAVID; DANIEL; Matthew. Their mother was ALICE HIXON, and she was living in 1799, but her dower rights are not mentioned in deeds dated 1806. However, an Alice Hixon, living in the right neighborhood, was mentioned at a much later date. I can't believe that was Alice, wife of William, but I have no proof one way or the other. The HICKSON name first appears on the Tithable List in Loudoun Co. in 1765 - Matthew with a son Daniel; and William Hickson, head of a household. Timothy's name does not appear on that list, but he was dismissed from the Baptist Church of Hopewell, N.J. in Oct. 1765 to go to Ketoctin Baptist Church in Virginia. In 1764 Matthew Hickson bought 464 acres of land, from 3 Mercer men (recorded). In April 1774 Matthew divided that 464 acres between William and Timothy Hixson, as evenly as the meander of Ketoctin Creek permitted. No relationship was shown, but it most surely LOOKS LIKE a father dividing land between two sons. BUT THERE IS NO PROOF OF THAT. Sometime before that, DANIEL HIXON is shown as head of a household, and in 1774-5 (I forget which year) Daniel has moved to the other parish. My memory? But I think? they were in Shelburne Parish first, and Daniel moved to Cameron parish - - I will let you know about that for sure later. Any way, Daniel is shown paying tax for two, but the 3rd tithable is not named. Matthew does not appear in either district from then on. Neither can we find any probate papers, or sign that he died in Loudoun Co., but it seems he must have. William and Timothy continued to live on the land Matthew 'sold' to them (at a very small charge it seems to me?) in 1774. William's share of the land was divided into 8 parts for his heirs. One man eventually gathered up all of William's land. Only Matthew was not accounted for. The others made deeds, bonds, etc. These were found in an envelope in a drawer of an old desk in the Clerk's office (at least, in the court house) but they were never recorded. They were dated and witnessed, etc. The son, Matthew, was mentioned in other deeds - of the other sons. I think? William's son Matthew was the one who married Mildred Worley in Highland Co., Ohio - and the rem. to Indiana. WHAT Co. in Indiana? WHAT township in what county? NO Proof I am right about Matthew, though. In 1799 James Hixson was living in Nortumberland Co., Pa. In 1806 Daniel was living in Ross Co., Northwest Ter. The others were living in Loudoun Co., Va., except no accounting of where Matthew was, as his land was still more or less reserved until a much later date. Benjamin, with wife Elizabeth, died in 1807 in Loudoun Co., Va. William's son, Timothy Junior rem to Ross Co., Ohio and he is my ancestor. That is why I have wanted ALL the information and PROOF to be made available all at one time. Timothy's wife, Sarah, has been entirely unknown, as I think you know. Well, I now have proof that Timothy Jr. and Sarah were cousins, and she was the dau. of Capt. Timothy. If this seems strange to you, Capt. Timothy and his SECOND wife, deeded land to his son, Benjamin Junior. Timothy Hixson who married Leah Hanks was really the son of Capt. Timothy. You can see how amazing and revolutionary all information is, and why I didn't want to tell it piecemeal. As you know, my g-g-g-grandparents, Timothy Jr. and Sarah, had six daughters, and no sons. Most of their many descendants who belong to D.A.R. claim Capt. Timothy as their D.A.R. Ancestor. They can still do so, but thru the line of dau. Sarah (Hixson) Hixson. The desc. of Timothy and Leah (Hanks) Hixson are really eligible thru the line of son, Timothy. Without proof of dau. Sarah, you can see what a mess it would be if just the Timothys were to be straightened out. And this is only a small part of what I have proof of. Do you wonder I have tried so hard to get this darned book written? If only I could have kept my vision a little longer, it would have been done at least a year ago. Now??? The deeds, wills, court orders, etc. cover Hixsons in Pennsylvania and Kentucky, besides all of the Ohio Hixson. No - that isn't true, I meant the Ross Co. and Highland Co. Hixsons, altho I did find Timothy Hixson, son of Elijah in Trumbull Co. Almost forgot to mention a very important deed made by (Capt.) Timothy Hixson and his 3rd wife, Margaret. They deeded land to son Reuben part of a larger tract that had been deeded to Timothy BY HIS FATHER MATTHEW HICKSON. So we do know Matthew was Timothy's father. The tract Timothy deeded to Reuben bordered on the land of heirs William Hixson. But it does not say 'son' William, any place as yet found. Well, I know you will spend some time digesting all of this news, and rest assured I have proof of everything unless I mention 'no proof'. - - - - - MATTHEW HIXON was the only one of William's heirs who did not deed his share of the estate to anyone. I think it was a Wm. Paxson who bought most if not all of the William Hixon land. Eventually Wm. Paxson? sold the land but he made provision in his deed that the claim of Matthew Hixon should be honored, IF he should ever claim his land. You may remember that in 1964 we visited Loudoun Co., Va. and a Mr. John Divine (now dec'd) took us to see the Timothy Hixson house, etc. He told us about an elderly man, named David Hixon, who returned about the 'turn of the century'. There were no Hixons left there, but a family named NIXON took the old man in. He still had a deed for some of the Hixon land. It seemed NIXON got that land and deed away from old David Hixon. There was a big suit, that lasted for many years, but Nixon eventually won out. That old David Hixon died there. Mr. Divine had been Loudoun Co. Historian until his 90th birthday (recently, in 1964) and remembered the law suit very well. Mr. Divine's mind seemed very clear and alert. One of the reasons for this was an old mill on that David Hixon's land. It was of stone, and three stories high, with a corner fireplace on each floor. There was a very old family cemetery near the mill. That mill and cemetery had been a favorite land mark of Mr. Divine's. Very recently (in 1964) the Nixons had sold that land, and the mill, to two men from Wash., D.C. The new owners had fenced the property, and posted it against trespassers. Mr. Divine was fenced out, and he resented that very much. Not long after we returned from that trip, I received what appeared to be a surveyor's map of the Hixson land. There was no letter with it, and no return address on the envelope, but the postmark was Leesburg, Va. All of the places we had discussed with Mr. Divine were marked on that map. I am sure Mr. Divine sent it to me, but I have no proof of that. Among other things, the old mill was marked on the map. Mr. Divine claimed all the land we could see was the land of Timothy Hixson. However, I now have a deed showing that land, 440+ acres was bought in 1764 by Matthew Hixon from three Mercer men. In 1774, Matthew divided that land and sold half to William, and half to Timothy. Timothy had about 20 acres more due to the meander of Ketoctine Creek, which was the boundary between the two parcels of land. No relationship between the men was shown. But according to my map, and the deed, that mill was on William Hixon's land. In 1804, Timothy Hixson and his 3rd wife, Margaret, deeded land to Reuben Hixson and wife Mary, land 'a part of a larger parcel of land that Timothy Hixson got from HIS FATHER, MATTHEW HIXSON'. I am sure William was also the son of Matthew, but I have no real proof of that. But the fact remains that in about 1900 that old David Hixon still had the deed to that mill and land of William Hixon's. He has to be a son, or grandson of Matthew Hixon, son of William & Alice Hixon, Loudoun Co., Va. My researcher in Leesburg, has tried to find the records of that long, old lawsuit over that land, but can find nothing. Mr. Divine was past 90, but I am sure he knew what he was talking about. If I could, I would go back there and search for myself, even if it stirred up a hornet's nest. After all, William Hixon is my ancestor, as well as Timothy Hixson." (CONTINUED IN NEXT SUBMISSION). _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V01 Issue #113 *******************************************