Fleming Web End Notes

1790-1840 CENSUS AGE CATEGORIES (except for 1790, pertaining here to "free white males and females").

1790: (1) free white males 16 and over, (2) free white males under 16, (3) free white females, (4) all other free persons, (5) slaves.

1800 and 1810 (males and females): (1) under 10, (2) 10 and under 16, (3) 16 and under 26, (4) 26 and under 45, (5) 45 and over.

1820 (males and females): (1) under 10, (2) 10 and under 16, (3) 16 and under 26, (4) 16 to 18 (males only),* (5) 26 and under 45, (6) 45 and over. *The extra category was for males, to determine the total manpower that could be called up in times of war. Besides confusing people interested in their ancestors, this category apparently confused census takers, resulting in many reports of (3) and (4) that are suspect.

1830-1840 (males and females): (1) under 5, (2) 5 and under 10, (3) 10 and under 15, (4) 15 and under 20, (5) 20 and under 30, (6) 30 and under 40, (7) 40 and under 50 (8) 50 and under 60 (9) 60 and under 70, (10) 70 and under 80, (11) 80 and under 90, (12) 90 and under 100, and (13) 100 and over.

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1.: Daniel was listed in “Patrons of Edward Hale,” as compiled in his ledger, 1798-1800, and reported in Newton (1789), p. 121.
2.: As reported in the early histories of Venango County, Pennsylvania: Bell (1890), p. 724 and Babcock (1919), p. 874. I have not seen documents supporting this statement. These early histories do not give sources. I can only speculate on who might have furnished information on the Fleming family of Oil Creek. A guess would be that Samuel L. Fleming (#26) provided the information for both Bell and Babcock.
3.: Fayette County, Pennsylvania. Taxpayers," 1785-1795, cited from T. L. C. Genealogy, P. O. Box 403369, Miami Beach, Florida, page. 54.
4.: The Miller farm Cemetery is described in detail at the end of the Fleming section.
5.: Calculations from her stone (died 20 February 1812, 63 y-1 m-1 day) and supported by the “Heald Manuscript” (no date), see “References.”
6.: . 1810 federal census for Allegheny Township, p. 477: 00300-00001.
7.: Cited from Venango County Records (Published by the Venango County Genealogical Club, 1987).
8.: . Sharon Boggie, Parker, Colorado, told me of Sarah’s maiden name when passing through Edmonton in July 1997. She had been informed of the name by David Weber of Pleasantville, Pennsylvania, who found the information in Jordan. I had suggested in Clifford (1985), p. 46, that Sarah’s maiden name might be Reed, based on her son Daniel naming one of his sons James Reed Fleming.
9.: Lafayette’s The History and Genealogy of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, Vol. 8, no. 2, p. 271, in Calendar of Transactions, Fayette County, Deed Book A. This information including the map showing John Fleming’s tract was sent to me in 1996 by Sharon Boggie and in part is from Boggie (1996), p. 343.
10.: Westmoreland County (Pennsylvania) Deed Book 8, p. 508, instituted 1793, recorded 1809.
11.: Heads of Families of the First Census of the United States taken in the year 1790—Pennsylvania, p. 110. United States Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1908. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland, 1992, 426 pages.
12.: Tax list information from Fayette County, Pennsylvania. Taxpayers, 1785-1795, cited from T. L. C. Genealogy, P. O. Box 403369, Miami Beach, Florida, p. 54.
13.: Grantors Index F-1, 1784-1911 Fayette County Deed Book N, Item #630, pp. 388-389: Uniontown Courthouse Pennsylvania.
14.: Fayette County Deed Book N, pp. 388-389, instituted 24 January, recorded 25 August 1825 (FHL film 863554).
15.: I have not been able to locate John Fleming’s will.
16.: A joiner is an occupation. I have also been informed by a worker in Westmoreland County , but without additional source, that at least in Westmoreland County the term might apply to a person who rents.
17.: According to Bell (1890), p. 524, and Babcock (1919), p. 397.
18.: As calculated from his stone: died 14 October 1832, 54y/8m/28d.
19.: Miller Farm Cemetery list, compiled 1983 by Alice E. Morrison. I also saw his stone in 1963
20.: Miller Farm Cemetery list, compiled 1983 by Alice E. Morrison. I also saw his stone in 1963
21.: Ann McClintock’s dates, 1785-1880, have been reported in several manuscripts that I have seen on the early McClintocks. I believe all these reports can be traced to an undated McClintock manuscripts by Arden and his brother Gerald McClintock. Their records were apparently from records in family bibles and from contributions by other workers. See “References” for more information on this manuscript.
22.: Eaton, J. M. (1876). Venango County, p. 17, apparently is wrong in reporting that Andrew and Daniel Fleming came to Venango County in 1802.
23.: 1800 federal census for Allegheny Township, p. 166: 00200-00000.
24.: 1810 federal census for Allegheny Township, p. 476: 00010-00000.
25.: 1820 federal census for Allegheny Township, p. 8A: 100210-30011.
26.: 1830 federal census for Allegheny Township, p. 36: 11010001-0111001001} and 1805 tax list, same township.
27.: Venango County Deed Book V, pp. 484-485, instituted 20 March 1848, recorded 20 March 1863 (FHL film 864552).
28.: Venango County Deed Book Y, p. 192, instituted 24 June 1850, recorded 20 February 1864 (FHL film 864554).
29.: Venango County Orphans Court, 1840, Docket 1, no. 2, p. 129 (FHL film 857352).
30.: Venango County (Pennsylvania) Courthouse, Registers Docket 1, p. 108.
31.: Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Orphans Court Docket 5, page 378, 15 February, 1814. Cited from Rogers (1973/1995).
32.: 1840 federal census for Allegheny Township, p. 100: 000201-000020 01.
33.: 1850 federal census for Allegheny Township, dwelling 829, family 849, page 202.
34.: 1860 federal census for Allegheny Township, dwelling 307, family 299, page 38.
35.: Venango County Deed Book UU, p. 300, instituted 14 April 1865, recorded 22 April 1865 (FHL film 864570).
36.: In July 1805, Andrew signed an article of agreement with the Holland Land Company. Venango County Deed Book B, p. 364, dated 11 July 1805.
37.: Letters of administration were filed for Andrew Fleming’s estate, late of Allegheny Township. Dated 29 October 1832. Venango County (Pennsylvania) Courthouse, Register Docket 1, p. 108.
38.: Recorded 23 June 1838, (Venango County, Pennsylvania, Will Book 2, pp. 45-47) (FHL film 857351).
39.: Venango County, Pennsylvania, Orphans Court Docket 1, 1840, no. 2, p. 129 (FHL film 857352).
40.: Venango County, Pennsylvania, Will Book 2, p. 695-697, written 3 February 1844; recorded 17 February 1847 (FHL film 85735).
41.: Venango County Deed Book Y, pp. 194, 196, and 198, (FHL film 864554); Venango County Deed Book X, pp. 447-448 (FHL film 864553).
42.: Venango County Deed Book X, p. 449?, instituted 17 September 1852, recorded 20 February 1864 (FHL film 864553).
43.: From Venango County Orphans Court Docket 2, p. 616, 15 November 1865 (FHL film 857352).
44.: Throop (1987), p. 41.
45.: Date from the 1850 federal census for Allegheny Township, Venango County, dwelling ?, family 786, page 198, in the household of John H. Fleming.
46.: For example, Bell (1890), p. 724.
47.: 1810 federal census for Cherrytree Township, p. 461: 30110-00100; 1820 federal census for Cherrytree Township, p. 8A: 230010-20010.
48.: Bell (1890), p. 593.
49.: . Venango County Appearance Docket 4, February term 1824, p. 427; cited from the Venango County Genealogical Club Newsletter, Winter 1990.
50.: 1830 federal census for Allegheny Township, p. 33: 01011-0001001.
51.: 1850 federal census for Allegheny Township, dwelling 758, family 786, page 198.
52.: Leeson (1890), p. 842.
53.: Venango County Deed Book H, p. 230 (FHL film 864542).
54.: Childs’History of Forest County, 1867 -1967, p. 55; Leeson (1890), p. 842.
55.: Venango County Deed Book QQ, pp. 25-26, instituted 2 August 1864, recorded 8 February 1865 (FHL film 864568).
56.: Venango County Will Book 3, pp. 229-230 (FHL film 857351).
57.: 1850 federal census for Deerfield Township, Warren County, dwelling 1809, family 1812, 348.
58.: Here is the 1850 census entry for Enoch Jewett, Deerfield Township, Warren County: Enoch Jewett, 35, born New York, farmer; Martha Jewett, 37, born New York; Lovina Jewett, 11, born New York; Lucinda Jewett, 10, born Pennsylvania; Irvine Jewett, 5, born Pennsylvania; and Oscar Jewett, 1, born Pennsylvania. Living nest door Was Samuel Jewett, age 70, born in Massachusetts, ??lizabeth (not Elizabeth) Jewett, age 69, born in Massachusetts.
59.: 1870 federal census for Summit Township, Erie County, 167, dwelling ?, family 167, 392.
60.: Venango County Deed Book QQ, pp. 25-26, instituted 2 August 1864, recorded 8 February 1865 (FHL film 864568).
61.: Venango County Orphans Court Docket 2, p. 616, 15 November 1865.
62.: 1830 federal census for Harmony Township, Venango County, p. 33: 01011-0001001.
63.: Miller Farm Cemetery list, compiled 1983 by Alice E. Morrison. The name was still legible on the weathered stone in 1997.
64.: Miller Farm Cemetery list, compiled 1983 by Alice E. Morrison. The name was still legible on the weathered stone in 1997.
65.: “Heald Manuscript,” p. 3.
66.: The birth and death dates of Samuel, the birth date of Jane, and the names and dates of their children were from a list of Fleming dates and names kept in a special box, including also clippings, by my Fleming grandparents, William and Josephine (Lytle) Fleming. The list (I will call it “Fleming Family Records”) was probably started by my great grandparents, John S. (#27) and Hannah (Jamison) Fleming. I do not know who now has possession of this list. I feel these records, which I copied in the early 1960s, are equivalent to family bible records. The dates and names are the same as those reported amongst the much larger number of dates and names in the “Heald Manuscript.”
67.: Bell (1890), p. 647.
68.: Babcock (1919), page 396.
69.: 1820 federal census for Allegheny Township, p. 10A: 000010-30100.
70.: 1830 federal census for Allegheny Township, p. 36: 1200002-111101; 1840 federal census for Allegheny Township, p. 100: 01120001-1210301; 1850 federal census for Allegheny Township, dwelling 854, family 884, page 203. In one of the LDS Family History Library’s films of the 1850 census for Venango County (LDS film 444800) a page is apparently filmed out of order. Dwelling 854, Family 884 of Allegheny Township begins, as it should, with Samuel Fleming, age 64 (sic), farmer, with $3000 real estate. His name is at the bottom of the page. The next page (p. 204) continues with Betsy Byles and her children, giving the appearance that Samuel is living with Betsy Byles and her family. One must search further on the film to find the remainder of Samuel’s family, starting with Jane (giving the appearance she is head of household), but there is no dwelling-family numbers. Further search would find a Mr. Byles and the Byles’ dwelling-family numbers.
71.: Venango County Deed Book U, p. 229, instituted 17 February 1825, recorded 26 November 1861 (FHL film 8645551).
72.: Venango County Deed Book U, p. 231, instituted 21 August 1832 (FHL film 864551).
73.: Holland Land Company Sales in the Meadville District, by Joan Search Hanson and Thomas L. Yoset; the article appeared in the Crawford County Genealogical Society, Volume 18, Number 1, page 53 (February 1995):
74.: From an 11 October 1999 article “Land ownership in early Crawford County” in PACRAWFO-L@rootsweb.com by Peter M. Wilson, who cites his source as “Holland Land Company: A Bedrock of Meadville,” appearing in The Meadville Tribune, 12 May 1988.
75.: Munger (1991), p. 133.
76.: Munger (1991), p. 133.
77.: Munger (1991), p. 143.
78.: Holland Land Company Sales in the Meadville District, by Joan Search Hanson and Thomas L. Yoset; the article appeared in the Crawford County Genealogy, Volume 18, Number 1, page 53 (February 1995).
79.: Ibid.
80.: Venango County Deed Book B, page 364.
81.: All information in this paragraph is from Munger (1991), pp. 144 and 173.
82.: According to Merle W. Kuhn (October 1999), the museum contains much information and is staffed by dedicated personnel.; The information in this paragraph is from Bell (1890), p. 1104.
84.: federal census for Allegheny Township, Venango County, dwelling 854, family 884, page 203.
85.: Venango County Will Book 3, pp. 225-226 (FHL film 857351).
86.: . This according to a 26 March 1984 letter from Alice E. Morrison, genealogist of the Venango County Genealogical Club.
87.: The specific birth dates for all their children and death dates for some children (Mary, Ann, John S., George, Hamilton, and Samuel L.) are from the “Fleming Family Records,” see under Samuel [Sr.] for more information on these records. . “Heald Manuscript” and “Fleming Family Records.” In 1997, Mary’s stone was upright and apparently had been placed against a tree; the inscription was still readable. Various Miller Farm Cemetery Lists incorrectly report Mary dying 2 March 1847.
88.: “Heald Manuscript” and “Fleming Family Records.” In 1997, Mary’s stone was upright and apparently had been placed against a tree; the inscription was still readable. Various Miller Farm Cemetery Lists incorrectly report Mary dying 2 March 1847.
89.: As calculated from the 1840 federal census, Allegheny Township, Venango County, p. 100: 00000001-0000
90.: 1820 federal census for Allegheny Township, p. 9A: 000010-00000; 1840 federal census for Allegheny Township, p. 100.
91.: Venango County Deed Book GG, pp. 451-452, instituted 26 January 1842, recorded 30 November 1864 (FHL film 864560).
92.: FHL film 857352.
93.: County Orphans Court, Docket 2, p. 127, 23 August 1864 (FHL film 857352).
94.: Venango County Deed Book FF, pp. 438-439, instituted 5 September 1864, recorded 1 December 1864 (FHL film 864559)
95.: Vol. F-H, Register’s Docket 1-239, Allegheny Township, Venango County.
96.: 1810 federal census for Cherrytree Township, p. 461.
97.: As calculated from age distributions of the 1820 (p. 8A), 1830 (p. 33), and 1840 (p. ?) federal censuses for Cherrytree Township, see below.
98.: Venango County Will Book 2, p. 725 (FHL film 857351).
99.: 1810 federal census for Cherrytree Township, p. 461.
100.: Bell (1890), p. 271,
101.: 1820 federal census for Cherrytree Township, p. 8A: 200101-00100; 1830 federal census for Cherrytree Township, p. 33: 0220001-0011; 1840 federal census for Cherrytree Township, p. ?: 00021001-00002 [or 3].
102.: Venango County Orphans Court, Will Book 2, p. 725. . Breedtown Cemetery list, 1958, of the Venango County Genealogical Club.
103.: Breedtown Cemetery list, 1958, of the Venango County Genealogical Club.
104.: In 1850, Roswell, Ann and family were enumerated in Cherrytree Township (1850 federal census for Cherrytree Township, dwelling 617, family 643). Roswell was described as a yeoman in his will (Venango County Will Book 7, p. 375-376, written 28 July 1887, recorded 25 January 1892). The will mentions wife Ann Breed, sons James R. Breed, [William] Judson Breed, Charles Breed and daughter Ann Amelia Breed. James and Charles Breed were executors and Marshal Kerr and William W. Lewis were witnesses.
105.: Venango County Orphans Court Docket 1, 1860, no. 3, p. 552.
106.: Venango County Will Book 3, p. 1 (FHL film 857351).
107.: Bell (1890), pp. 766-767.
108.: . Bell (1890), p. 271.
109.: Bell (1890), p. 593.
110.: Bell (1890), p. 148.
111.: Bell (1890), p. 151.
112.: Bell (1890), p. 151.
113.: Cherrytree Township, Venango County, tax assessment records, 1838-1846.
114.: Venango County Deed Book 1, p. 418, 27 November 1840 (FHL film 864539). “By Treasurer” means Edward probably had not paid his taxes, and when the taxes were paid, he received title to his land again. Another special-case Grantor is “by Sheriff," which did not pertain to Edward. “By Sheriff” indicates that someone is foreclosing by going to a judge; usually the person is owed money, and the sheriff is unable to collect from the grantor. For this case, a court order is usually needed.
115.: Cherrytree Township, Venango County, tax assessment records, 1847-1848.
116.: Venango County Register Docket 1, p. 239.
117.: Venango County Deed Book R, p. 1, instituted 29 November 1851, recorded 22 March 1860 (FHL film 864549).
118.: Venango County Deed Book R, p. 2, instituted 10 December 1851, recorded 23 March 1860 between James R. Fleming and wife Mary Ann to Smith Jones (FHL film 864549).
119.: Venango County Deed Book R, p. 2, instituted 10 December 1851, recorded 23 March 1860 between James R. Fleming and wife Mary Ann to Smith Jones (FHL film 864549).
120.: 1850 federal census for District 11, Wayne County, Illinois, dwelling 119, family 120.
121.: Not enumerated in the 1855 state census for Wayne County, Illinois.
122.: 1840 federal census for Wayne County, Illinois, p. 7, file number 7644.
123.: 1850 federal census for District 11, Wayne County, Illinois, dwelling 119, family 120, taken 14 August 1850, 192.
124.: Clay County Illinois Genealogical Society, P. O. Box 94, Louisville, Illinois, 62858. Wayne County does not have (1998) a genealogical society.
125.: Bell (1890), p. 272-273. Also: War of 1812 Service Records, on line at Ancestry.com; original data from National Archives and Records Adminstration. Index to the Compiled Military Services Records for the Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War of 1812,M602, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records (sent to be by France Olivarez.
126.: Bell (1890), p. 272-273.
127.: 1830 Vanderburgh County, Indiana, census, p. 205, dwelling 119, family 120, which lists Ezekiel Fleming, male: 30-40 = 1.
128.: 1840 federal census for Wayne County, Illinois, p. 7, file 7644: three males under 5, one male (5-10), one male (40-50), one female (5-10), and one female (40-50); 1850 federal census for District Eleven, Wayne County, Illinois, dwelling 119, family 120.
129.: Venango County, Pennsylvania, Land and Property Grantor Index, Vol. E-F, 1800-1925 (FHL film 863695).
130.: Venango County Deed Book C, p. 380; instituted 1819, recorded 19 September 1820; Plum [Township], 1/2 tract of #1087.
131.: Venango County Deed Book C, p. 370; instituted 15 February 1820; recorded 4 July 1820, p. 370 (FHL film 86450).
132.: Venango County Deed Book I, p. 249; recorded 31 August 1822, for 100 acres in Allegheny Township. Tentatively I am taking the “by Treasurer” to mean the Grantor, namely Ezekiel Fleming, did not pay his taxes and the land was sold by the Treasurer.
133.: See the article in the Miller Farm Cemetery section, at the end of the Fleming section.
134.: Venango County Deed Book C, p. 661; instituted in 1823, recorded 26 May 1823 (FHL film 864540).
135.: This information from Munger (1991), pp. 133 and 163. There is also extensive discussion of Donation Lands specific to Venango County in Newton (1879), pp. 99-106.
136.: In the 1830 federal census index for Missouri, no Ezekiel Flemings are listed. For the 1830 census index for Ohio, there is one Ezekiel Fleming: Ezekiel Fleming, Jeffers (?Jefferson) Township, Preble County. The census page lists him as “of thirty and under forty,” with a female also of 30 and under 40, and two children, one a male of 5-10, and one a female of 5-10. No Ezekiel Fleming was listed in the 1840 and 1850 censuses for Ohio. Fleming marriage records, from various sources, and sold on compact disk, show that this Ezekiel Fleming married 6 January 1820 Margaret McCastin in Preble County, Ohio. The Preble County Ezekiel initially looked promising, however the Preble County marriage records listed at least 26 Fleming marriages in Preble County Ohio, between 1819 and 1840. Apparently this Ezekiel Fleming was from Kentucky, born circa 1800 in Kentucky. In 1830, he and family were still in Preble County Ohio. In 1850 the family was enumerated in District 52, Huntington County, Indiana (dwelling 761, family 761); this census reported Ezekiel born in Kentucky. Two other early Ezekiel Flemings were listed in federal censuses. One was Ezekiel Fleming, 1860, Clinton County, Dunstable Township, Pennsylvania, no family, born circa 1839, in Pennsylvania (1860 federal census for Dunstable Township, Clinton County, Pennsylvania, dwelling 51, family 51). The other was Ezekiel Fleming, 1850, Johnson County, Perry Township, Arkansas, born circa 1826 in Virginia, living in Samuel Leonard’s (dwelling 67, family 69) household. The only other Ezekiel Fleming enumerated in 1840 and 1850 who might have been pertinent was Hezekiah Fleming in the 1840 federal census (Canandaigua Township, Ontario County, New York, #031) and 1850 (#220). I have not seen the 1840 and 1850 census pages for this Hezekiah Fleming.
137.: Miscellaneous Newspapers, 1852-1865. “List of letters remaining in Fairfield, Illinois Post Office.”
138.: Names and dates of Sarah, John and Andrew are known only from 1850 federal census for District Eleven, Wayne County, Illinois, dwelling 119, family 120.
139.: Circa 1811 according to his obituary, see text; circa 1813 according to his stone.
140.: Miller Farm Cemetery list, compiled 1983 by Alice E. Morrison.
141.: Her given name known from several deeds, see text.
142.: Birth year estimated from a statement in Venango County Orphans Court Docket 1, p. 105 (FHL film 857352). See text for entire document.
143.: The Hazen Family in America, a Genealogy (1947), 1163 pp., by Tracy Elliot Hazen, pp. 704-707 (FHL microfiche 6046919)..
144.: Venango County, Pennsylvania, Will Book 2, pp. 45-47, recorded 23 June 1838 (FHL film 857351).
145.: Register’s Docket 1-147.
146.: FHL film 857352.
147.: On the same page, same date, Andrew and Ann’s sons John and Andrew, minors over the age of 14, petitioned the court to appoint guardians for them, requesting Ninian Irwin be appointed. The court appointed Ninian Irwin. Zibiah Fleming (another child of Andrew and Ann) was listed as one of the petitioners but was not mentioned in the body of the petition.
148.: Venango County Orphans Court, 1840, Docket 1, no. 2, p. 129 (FHL film 857352).
149.: Venango County Orphans Court, 1840, Docket 1, no. 2, p. 129 (FHL film 857352).
150.: Venango County Orphans Court, 1840, Docket 1, no. 2, p. 129 (FHL film 857352).
151.: Crawford County Orphans Court, Docket B, p. 181.
152.: Venango County, Pennsylvania, Orphans Court, Docket 1, page 128, number 2, 1840
153.: 1840 federal census for Allegheny Township, Venango County, p. 100.
154.: 1840 federal census for Cornplanter Township, Venango County, p. ?.
155.: 1850 federal census for Cornplanter Township, Venango County, dwelling 4, family 4. Page 93; 1860 federal census for Richland Township, Jackson County, Iowa, page 20?.
156.: Hazen (1947), p. 362.
157.: 1850 federal census for Allegheny Township, dwelling 855, family 885.
158.: Some information on Samuel and Sarah Ann Fleming Shreve and family is from the book by Luther P. Allen, 1901, The Genealogy and History of the Shreve Family from 1641, as cited from Terry Bodkin, a Shreve worker (San Jose, California), in January 1997 emails.
159.: 1850 federal census for Allegheny Township, dwelling 855, family 885; 1860 federal census for Allegheny Township, dwelling 274, family 267, page 33.
160.: Venango Deed Book M, p. 410, instituted 9 August 1851, recorded 1 September 1852 (FHL film 864545).
161.: Miller Farm Cemetery list, compiled 1983 by Alice E. Morrison.
162.: I have not been able to find the title or author of this map, nor did I record who sent me the map.
163.: Venango County Land and Property Grantor Index, vol. E-F, 1800-1925 (FHL film 863695).
164.: Birth dates and names are in part from the 1850 federal census for Allegheny Township, dwelling 855, family 885; 1860 federal census for Allegheny Township dwelling 274, family 267, page 33. Except where indicated, other information including spouses and locations from pages 142-143 in Genealogy & history of the Shreve family from 1641, by L.P. Allen. 672p. 1901. Reprinted by Higginson Book Company, Salem, Massachusetts.
165.: Miller Farm Cemetery list, compiled 1983 by Alice E. Morrison.
166.: Died 11 May 1861, 12 years/23 days; this is from Miller Farm Cemetery list, compiled 1983 by Alice E. Morrison.
167.: 1860 federal census for Allegheny Township, in the household of George Shreve, dwelling 307, family 299, page 91.
168.: Dates from her stone.
169.: Miller Farm Cemetery list, compiled 1983 by Alice E. Morrison.
170.: His surname is on three documents, cited under Andrew Fleming (#2).
171.: Heinen (1992), p. 467.
172.: This is according to a list of stones in Miller Farm Cemetery, copied 29 July 1992 by Bernie Maier.
173.: Died at 7m/3d. This from her stone, from a Miller Farm Cemetery list, compiled 1983 by Alice E. Morrison.
174.: Old Pleasantville (Memory Acres) cemetery index provided by the Venango County Genealogical Club.
175.: His name as husband of Zibiah is from several deeds, for example, Venango County Deed Book V, pp. 484-485, instituted 20 March 1848, recorded 20 March 1863 (FHL film 864552).
176.: Newton (1879), p. 622.
177.: Heinen (1992), p. 366.
178.: The Parshall family is mentioned in Newton (1879), p. 622; Schenck (1887), p. 458; and a GenServ report (visited May 1999, database ROBQ7GA) of Dave Robison (Concord, California). According to Schenck (1887), Samuel Parshall was a child of Samuel and Elizabeth Goutcher Parshall. The Parshalls were from Massachusetts. Samuel [Sr.] (died 1839 according to Schenck or 1827, in Ellsworth, Ohio, according to Dave Robison’s GenServ report) moved to Trumbull County, Ohio, where he married in 1806 Elizabeth Goutcher (1783-1865) (Goucher according to Dave Robison’s GenServ report), then to Erie County, Pennsylvania, to present-day Forest County, Pennsylvania, to Deerfield Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania. The account in Schenck (1887) has Samuel Parshall, Jr., marrying Lucy Henderson, but Schenck does not mention Samuel Parshall’s first wife, Zibiah Fleming; whereas Newton (1879), p. 622, has Samuel marrying in 1843 “a daughter of Andrew Fleming, deceased. ” In addition to Samuel (Jr.), other children of Samuel (Sr.) and Elizabeth (Goutcher) Parshall were John P. Parshall, born 1809, married Elsie McGuire (lived in Crawford County, Pennsylvania); Eliza Parshall, born 1812, married Robert Henry (lived in the Tidioute area, Warren County Pennsylvania); Nancy Parshall, born 1817, married Joseph Richardson (lived in Mercer County, Pennsylvania); Jennette Parshall, born 1822, married James Kinnear (lived in the Tidioute area; his biography is on p. lv of Schenck, 1887; he was a founder of a Tidioute bank); and James Parshall, married Henrietta Shugert (lived in Titusville). According to Warren County, Pennsylvania, Cemetery Records, 1750-1935 (FHL film 895183), Henrietta was born 1839; died 1881; married [—?—]; buried in the Shugert-Rogers Lot in the New Tidioute Cemetery, Deerfield Township, Warren County. Her will is in Crawford County Will Book E., p. 504, written 2 October 1881, recorded 1 March 1882; mentioned in the will are son Samuel H. Parshall and daughter Maude Parshall. On p. 91 of Giddens (1948) there is a picture of the Parshall House in Titusville, “built by the wealthy James Parshall,” opened in 1870. Could this James be the husband of Henrietta Shugert? George Stranahan Parshall, another son of Samuel and Elizabeth Parshall, was not mentioned in Newton (1879), and Schenck (1887).
179.: Warren County, Pennsylvania, Cemetery Records, 1750-1935 (FHL film 895183).
180.: Venango County Deed Book K, p. 204, instituted 10 May 1844, recorded 9 December 1845 (FHL film 864543).
181.: 1850 federal census for Allegheny Township, dwelling 819, family 849, page 202.
182.: This from Heinen (1992), p. 372.
183.: 1850 federal census for Allegheny Township, dwelling 819, family 849, page 202.
184.: 1860 federal census for Pleasantville, Venango County, Pennsylvania, page 424.
185.: Most of the information on John Fleming and his descendants come from Boggie (1996), the dates and locations of John being from page 344.
186.: Venango County Orphans Court Docket 1, p. 105 (FHL film 857352).
187.: 1850 federal census for Allegheny Township, dwelling 819, family 849, page 202.
188.: 1860 federal census for Harmony Township, present-day Forest County, dwelling 584, family 569, page 274.
189.: Boggie (1996), p. 17.
190.: 1870 federal census for Portland Township, Chautauqua County, New York, page 615.1880 federal census for Portland Township, Chautauqua County, New York, page 13B.
191.: 1900 federal census for Portland Township, Chautauqua County, New York, page 170.
192.: Unless otherwise indicated, from Boggie (1996), p. 344.
193.: Bell (1890), p. 728.
194.: Birth year known first from an August 1839 petition of Ann Fleming for a guardian of John and Andrew, “minors over the age of 14 . . . ” Ninian Irwin was appointed guardian—Venango County Orphans Court Docket 1, p. 105.
195.: 1860 federal census for Allegheny Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania, household of Thomas Stevenson, dwelling 328, family 318, page 423; 1865 New York state census for Portland, Chautauqua County, New York.
196.: 1840 federal census for Allegheny Township, p. 100: 000201-000020 01.
197.: 1850 federal census for Allegheny Township, dwelling 829, family 849, page 202.
198.: 1860 federal census for Allegheny Township, dwelling 328, family 318, page 423. I have 20 and 21 April 1998 emails from Robert Wedding), whose ancestors were Thomas and Ellen Stevenson. The maiden name of Ellen was McIntyre, Ellen being a daughter of Samuel (born circa 1800 in Pennsylvania) and Sarah (Watson?) McIntyre of Allegheny Township. Sarah was born circa 1800, died 4 October 1852. (She would be the “Sarah, wife of Samuel McIntire, died 4 October 1852, 49y 10m 11d,” buried in Miller Farm Cemetery, Oil Creek Township, Venango County.) Robert Wedding had conjectured that Alice, wife of Andrew Fleming, was also a daughter of Samuel and Sarah McIntyre, in part because in the 1840 census Samuel had a daughter who would have been circa 10-15 years of age and can not be accounted for. Robert Wedding reported that all of the other children of Samuel and Sarah McIntyre are known from Allegheny Township censuses, e. g. 1850, dwelling 806, family 835. The other children were Ellen McIntyre (Stevenson), born 1832, died 8 February 1869; Elizabeth Jane McIntyre, born 1835, died 15 September 1914; Watson McIntyre, born 1838; Rachel May McIntyre, born 1840; and Araminta McIntyre, born 1842.

199.; If Elizabeth McClintock was her married name, one candidate would be Elizabeth Davidson, daughter of Moses and Ann (McClintock) Davidson. This Elizabeth Davidson, born circa 1836-1837, married a Joshua McClintock, who I can not place. But Joshua and Elizabeth had three children, and they would probably have been with Elizabeth in 1860, and the Elizabeth McClintock enumerated with the Stevensons was without children at the time.
200.: The Venango County Land and Property Grantor Index, Vol. E-F, 1800-1925 (FHL film 863695), lists a transaction from Andrew Fleming to Sarah A. Shreve, instituted 1850, recorded 1 September 1852, for property in Allegheny Township. There is one transaction from Samuel Shreve to Andrew recorded in Venango County Court House Records, Vol. Y, p. 92, instituted 1850, recorded 20 February 1864, for land in Allegheny Township, part of Tract 61-400. Another transaction has Andrew Fleming selling land to James Shreve, probably he was James Shreve, father of Samuel Shreve (Venango County, Deed Book Q, 1858-1860, p. 588, instituted 8 October 1850, recorded 7 February 1860) (FHL film 864548).
201.: 1865 New York state census for Portland, Chautauqua County, New York.
202.: This is a well-known Portland name according to Lois Barris, Chautauqua County Genealogical Society, Fredonia, New York.
203.: 17 July email from William A. Mills.
204.: 1870 federal census for Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, page 183
205.: 1880 federal census for Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, page 192C.
206.: 1900 federal census for 4th Ward, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, page 251.
207.: Venango County Deed Book FF, p. 678 (FHL film 864559).
208.: Venango County Deed Book MM, instituted 23 September 1862, recorded 16 February 1865 (FHL film 864565).
209.: Bates (1899), p. 735, has a short biography on apparently this John Binney. John, a son of Robert Binney, died 29 July 1862 at Irving, New York. His second wife was [—?—] Culver; they had eight children, five being alive when Bates book was published in 1899: Charles R. Binney, Mary Binney Fuller, George W. Binney (who married Cynthia French) and a son in Marietta, Ohio. There is no mention of an Alice Binney Fleming.
210.: 1850 federal census for Allegheny Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania, page 204.
211.: 1860 federal census for Tionesta Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania, page 644.
212.: 1860 federal census for Allegheny Township, Venango County, in the household of Thomas Stevenson, dwelling 328, family 318, page 423; 1865 New York state census for Portland, Chautauqua County, New York; 1870 federal census for Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, page 183.
213.: Date from Caroline Wise’s (Mt. Vernon, Oregon, see “Acknowledgments”) Family Group Records sent to me 13 January 1997. Caroline descends from John H. Fleming.
214.: From Venango County Orphans Court Docket 2, p. 616, 15 November 1865.
215.: Wise’s (1997) FGR report John H. is buried in the Fleming Cemetery, but he is not listed in Throop (1982) as being buried there.
216.: Elderkin (1888), p. 50.
217.: Elderkin (1888), p. 50.
218.: Elderkin (1888), p. 50.
219.: Venango County Deed Book KK, p. 347, instituted 15 April 1856 (FHL film 864564).
220.: This information on the Elderkins and Zuba’s spouses is from Elderkin (1888).
221.: This is from biographical sketches in Elderkin, 1888, pp. 54-55 and Bell (1890). pp. 1087-1089. P. H. Siverly’s father was Abram G. Siverly who came to Venango County from New York City in 1819. He initially settled in present-day Pine Grove Township, and then removed to the Oil City area that became known as Siverly. P. H. and Clarissa Mary (Elderkin) Siverly were the parents of Walter Siverly, born 29 January 1832 in Newton Flat, present-day Forest County. Walter Siverly was a distinguished mathematician, contributing scholarly papers to learned journals in North America and Europe. He was also an active member of the Oil Exchange in Oil City. Walter married Lucy L. Dimond, born 18 November 1841; apparently they did not have children.
222.: As listed in Venango County Grantee Index, Vol. F, 1800-1925 (FHL film 864532). One was for land in Harmony Township, instituted 23 September 1859, recorded 31 August 1860 (Venango Deed Book R, p. 573); one was for land in Tionesta Township, instituted 1859, recorded 10 September 1860 (Venango County Deed Book R, p. 622); and another was for land in Harmony Township, instituted 1863, recorded 24 August 1863 (Venango County Deed Book W, p. 368). The page 573 deed lists John B. Elderkin from Eldred Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania.
223.: Elderkin (1888), p. 22.
224.: 1840 federal census for Cherrytree Township, p. ?: 212001-00101001.
225.: 1850 federal census for Allegheny Township, dwelling 758, family 786, page 198.
226.: For example: Daniel Fleming (brother of John H.) and wife Loretta sold land in Tionesta Township, to John H. Fleming, all of Tionesta Township (Venango County, Deed Book M, p. 7, written 4 August 1847, recorded 10 February 1857). This land was originally purchased by Daniel from his brother Andrew Fleming and wife Nancy (Venango County Deed Book J, 20 February 1843, p. 315). Andrew Fleming and wife Nancy of Tionesta Town sold land in Tionesta Township to John H. Fleming, of Tionesta Township, (Venango County, Deed Book M, p. 8, instituted 8 February 1850, recorded 10 February 1851). John H. Fleming sold land in Cherrytree Township to Noah Richardson (Venango County Deed Book M, p. 274, instituted 12 October 1844, recorded 20 February 1852). This land was bordered by land of James R. Fleming (brother of John H.) and land of Edward Fleming (#7) (uncle of John H. Fleming).
227.: Venango County Will Book 3, pp. 229-230, written 6 December 1859, recorded 11 February 1860 (FHL film 857351).
228.: Venango County Deed Book BB, p . 8, instituted 13 January 1864, recorded 13 April 1865 (FHL film 864570).
229.: Marriage date is from Caroline Wise (Mt. Vernon, Oregon), 1984.
230.: Dates are from her stone: Throop (1987), p. 41.
231.: Query of Stanley E. Ross (deceased by 1999), 12642 Iron Mt. Rd., Redding, California 96001.
232.: Warren County, Pennsylvania, Cemetery Records, 1750-1935 (FHL film 895183).
233.: Forest County Orphans Court Docket 1, 11 March 1871, pp. 98-99 (FHL film 864557).
234.: Information from Caroline Wise (Mt. Vernon, Oregon), 1984.
235.: An abstract of Samuel Thompson's estate, dated, 1857, in the files of the Warren County Historical Society, indicates Ruth was a daughter of Samuel and his third wife, Electa (Eldred), but if dates are correct Ruth and Martha would be daughters of Samuel's second wife Margaret (Van Alstyne) Thompson. Family World Tree Project (Ancestry.com): "Descendants of John Butterfield and Abigail Morse," contact person: Sherrie Risch, updated 11 November 2004, lists Ruth and Martha as two of nine children of Samuel and Margaret (Van Alstyne) Thompson; one of their sources being William Baker Thompson's "Thompson lineage with mention of allied families," 1911.
236.: 1850 federal census for Allegheny Township, Venango County (present-day Forest County), dwelling ?, family 786, page 198.
237.: 1860 federal census for Harmony Township, Venango County (present-day Forest County), p. 278.
238.: Dates and spouses given name from 1850 federal census for Cherrytree Township, dwelling 636, family 662.
239.: Venango County Deed Book QQ, pp. 25-26, instituted 2 August 1864, recorded 8 February 1865 (FHL film 864568).
240.: 1840 federal census for Cherrytree Township, p. ?: 010001-00001; 1850 federal census for Cherrytree Township, dwelling 636, family 662.
241.: 1860 federal census for Cherrytree Township, dwelling 668, family 653, page 70.
242.: Venango County Deed Book T, p. 513, instituted 1861, recorded 2 July 1861 (FHL film 864551).
243.: Venango County Deed Book U, p. 49, instituted 1861, recorded 30 August 1861 (FHL film 864551).
244.: Venango County Deed Book I, p. 290, instituted 26 June 1839, recorded 28 November 1839 (FHL film 864542).
245.: Venango County Deed Book R, p. 1, instituted 1851, recorded 22 March 1860 (FHL film 864549).
246.: Venango County Deed Book R, p. 2, instituted 10 December 1851, recorded 23 March 1860 (FHL film 864549).
247.: 1850 federal census for Tionesta Township, Venango County (present-day Forest County), dwelling ?, family 1196, page 225.
248.: Death date from his obituary, see later.
249.: Birth and death dates from her stone, re Throop (1987), p. 41.
250.: Venango County Deed Book J, 20 February 1843, p. 315 (FHL film 864543).
251.: 1850 federal census for Tionesta Township, Venango County (present-day Forest County), dwelling ?, family 1196, page 225.
252.: 1860 federal census for Tionesta Borough, in the household of William Wright, dwelling 1258, family 1258, page 472
253.: 1870 federal census for LeBoeuf Township (P. O. Mill Village), Erie County, Pennsylvania, page 246.
254.: Leeson (1890), p. 842.
255.: Date and location from Caroline Wise’s (Mt. Vernon, Oregon) 13 January 1997 Family Group Records.
256.: Her maiden name from Jordan (1913), p. 250, who indicates the Kings were from Tioga County, New York.
257.: Dates from her stone, from Throop (1987), p. 4.
258.: From Caroline Wise’s (Mt. Vernon, Oregon) 13 January 1997 Family Group Records. She cites her Loretta Copeland source as Donald and Carol Adamavich, 7164 Coachwood Road, Woodbury, Minnesota 55125.
259.: Date and location of death from family group records of Daniel Fleming, sent to me June 1999 by Gina Matthews, Council Bluffs, Iowa.
260.: 1850 federal census for Tionesta Township, Venango County (present-day Forest County), Pennsylvania, page 218. 1860 federal census for Harmony Township, Venango County (present-day Forest County), Pennsylvania, page 274. 1880 federal census for Grand River Township, Decatur County, Iowa, page 209C.
261.: 1850 federal census for Tionesta Township, Venango County, dwelling ?, family 1055.
262.: Venango County Deed Book QQ, pp. 25-26, instituted 2 August 1864, recorded 8 February 1865 (FHL film 864568).
263.: Venango County Orphans Court Docket 2, p. 616, 15 November 1865.
264.: Dates and name of spouses from Caroline Wise’s (Mt. Vernon, Oregon) 13 January 1997 Family Group Records.
265.: Information on William Harrison Fleming is from Richard A. Fleming, P. O. Box 756, Boone, Iowa 50036 0756. In his material to me, Richard also included the Nationwide Gravesite Locator for Loudon Park National Cemetery (http;//gravelocator.cem.va.gov/j2ee/servlet/NGLMap?ID=941831).
266.: From Caroline Wise’s (Mt. Vernon, Oregon) 13 January 1997 Family Group Records. She cites her Loretta Copeland source as Donald and Carol Adamavich, 7164 Coachwood Road, Woodbury, Minnesota 55125; also in part from the 1860 federal census for Harmony Township, then Venango County, p. 274.
267.: Copeland (1937), pp. 240-241.
268.: Copeland (1937), p. 240, and from a 3 August 1998 letter and family group sheets of Joyce Taylor (La Luz, New Mexico). Joyce Taylor descends from Alden and Rachel Fleming Copeland.
269.: Dates from his stone in Stewart Run Cemetery, Harmony Township, present-day Forest County, Pennsylvania, from Throop (1987), p. 26. Also reported in Copeland (1937), pp. 240-241.
270.: Venango County Deed Book QQ, pp. 25-26, instituted 2 August 1864, recorded 8 February 1865 (FHL film 864568).
271.: 1860 federal census for Harmony Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania, page 281.
272.: 1870 federal census for LeBoeuf Township (P. O. Mill Village), Erie County, Pennsylvania, page 246.
273.: Copeland (1937) and 3 August 1998 letter and family group sheets of Joyce M. Taylor (La Luz, New Mexico); and Copeland family group records sent to me June 1999 by Marilyn Copeland.
274.: Copeland (1937), p. 241 (FHL film 896953).
275.: Copeland (1937), p. 241 (FHL film 896953).
276.: FHL film 857357.
277.: This information on the Copelands is from Copeland (1937), spp. 14, 22, 59, 104 (FHL film 896953).
278.: Names and dates of Aldens are from the “John Alden’” web site (, visited September 1999) and The Alden Family in the Alden House by Dorothy Wentwort as cited from Bob Alden’s “Story of John Alden.” Besides several interesting web sites on the Aldens and the Mayflower and the Pilgrims, there are numerous excellent books, one with verified genealogical information being Families of the Pilgrims, compiled by Hubert Kinney Shaw, 1955, published by the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. 279.; This information on the Copelands is from Copeland (1937), spp. 14, 22, 59, 104 (FHL film 896953).; Joseph Adams’s brother was John Adams. One of John’s grandsons was Samuel Adams, Boston politician, Revolutionary War patriot and of Boston Tea Party fame.
280.: There are of course many books on the Adams family. Four that I used were (1) Adams. An American Dynasty, by Francis Russell, published by the American Heritage Publishing Company, Inc., New York, 1976, 385 pages; (2) Diary and autobiography of John Adams, edited by L. H. Butterfield, 4 volumes, Belknap Press of Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1961, 403 pages; (3) The Founding Fathers. John Adams. A biography in his own words, edited by James Bishop Peabody, published by Newsweek, New York, 1973, 416 pages; and (4) The Adams Family, by James Truslow Adams, Literary Guild, New York, 1930, 364 pages.
281.: There was an Alden Copeland, age 28, in the 1850 census Tionesta Township, dwelling 1067, family 1097, page 217. He would have been too old to have been Alden, son of Alden and Rachel. Others in the household were Almira Copeland, age 25, Rhoda Copeland, age 9, [—?—] Copeland, age 7, and William Copeland, age ?. Confusing matters, there was a James A. Copeland, age 28, with Almira, age 28, Rhoda, age 7, Clarissa, age 5, and William, age 1, at dwelling 1043, family 1073, page 216, in Tionesta Township also in 1850. This apparently is a clerical census error.
282.: In part from 1998 family group records of Joyce Taylor (La Luz, New Mexico) and in part from photocopies of birth and death listings in an old Copeland family bible sent to me 3 August 1988 by Joyce Taylor. She credits one of her sources on Copelands as Copeland (1937). I could not find the 1850 federal census listing for Alden and Rachel Copeland; presumably they were in Tionesta Township, then part of Venango County.
283.: Her name is from Caroline Wise’s (Mt. Vernon, Oregon) 13 January 1997 Family Group Records.
284.: Copeland Family Bible records sent to me 3 August 1988 by Joyce Taylor, La Luz, New Mexico.
285.: Nancy’s husband, Lafayette Patten, was named in a 27 May 1879 petition in Forest County Orphans Court Docket 1, p. 158.
286.: For information on “The Monk-Rohrer Letters,” see under James Harvey Copeland (#85).
287.: Copeland Family Bible records sent to me 3 August 1988 Joyce Taylor, La Luz, New Mexico.
288.: The 1853 death date is from a 27 May 1879 petition in Forest County Orphans Court Docket 1, p. 158: “The said Parcus A. Copeland [son of Alden Copeland] died 1853, intestate, without issue” (FHL 870472).
289.: Date is from his stone, from Throop (1987), p. 27.
290.: Copeland family group records sent to me June 1999 by Marilyn Copeland.
291.: 27 May 1879 petition in Forest County Orphans Court Docket 1, p. 158 (FHL 870472).
292.: Copeland Family Bible records sent to me 3 August 1988 by Joyce Taylor, La Luz, New Mexico.
293.: Copeland Family Bible records sent to me 3 August 1988 by Joyce Taylor, La Luz, New Mexico.
294.: 1850 federal census for Tionesta Township, Venango County dwelling ?, family 148, page 215.
295.: Mary Ann’s birth date and the name of her husband, William Fleming, from Jameson (1901), p. 112.
296.: The “Heald Manuscript.”
297.: 1850 federal census for Tionesta Township, present-day Forest County dwelling ?, family 1480, page 215.
298.: 1860 federal census for Tionesta Township, present-day Forest County, dwelling 592, family 579, page 275.
299.: 1870 federal census for Summit Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania, dwelling 167, family 167, page 392.
300.: 1870 federal census for Deerfield Township, Warren County, dwelling 57, family 57.
301.: 1880 federal census for LeBoeuf Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania, page 126D.
302.: They are listed in Venango County Deed Book O: pp. 77-78 (purchased land from Perry Cleland and wife Sarah Jane, recorded 2 August 1855); pp. 78-80 (purchased land from Albert Pollock and wife Margaret); p. 85-86 (purchased land from Abraham Shaw and wife Rachel); and p. 87 (purchased land from Frederick Gallop and Montgomery Milford and his wife Mary) (FHL film 864547).
303.: Venango County Deed Book O: p. 86, instituted 25 July 1855, recorded 27 August 1855 ( FHL film 864547).
304.: 1870 federal census for Allegheny Township, dwelling 343, family 341, page 392.
305.: These dates are from Throop (1987), p. 41.
306.: 1860 federal census for Harmony Township, Venango County (part of present-day Forest County), dwelling 592, family 579, page 275; 1870 federal census for Summit Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania, dwelling 167, family 167, page 392.
307.: 1870 federal census for Summit Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania, dwelling 167, family 167, page 392.
308.: “Fleming Family Records.”
309.: Venango County Register of Deaths, 1893-1906.
310.: Fairview Cemetery list provided by Ed Waddell, President of the Fairview Cemetery Association, 1997.
311.: William’s stone in Miller Farm Cemetery and Newton (1879), p. 622.
312.: 1860 federal census for Allegheny Township, dwelling 93, family 90, page 12.
313.: 1880 federal census for the newly formed Oil Creek Township (previously part of Allegheny Township), Venango County, dwelling 283, family 294, page 433B.
314.: Venango County Will Book 9, p. 304, written 8 Oct. 1897, recorded 14 March 1899 (FHL film 912282).
315.: “Fleming Family Records;” “Heald Manuscript;” her stone in Miller Farm Cemetery via Miller Farm Cemetery list, compiled 1983 by Alice E. Morrison.
316.: This date is from the “Heald Manuscript.”
317.: Date calculated from information in a October 1981 letter to Mrs. Alice Morrison from Lucille Dale Ponder, see text.
318.: 1850 federal census for Allegheny Township, dwelling 804, family 833, page 201.
319.: 1860 federal census for Allegheny Township, dwelling 91, family 88, page 12.
320.: “Fleming Family Records;” and the “Heald Manuscript.”
321.: Venango County Register of Deaths, 1893-1906.
322.: Fairview Cemetery list provided by Ed Waddell, President of the Fairview Cemetery Association, 1997.
323.: Various sources including George Washington Fleming’s obituary, see text.
324.: Cherry Tree Cemetery index provided by the Venango County Genealogical Club.
325.: 1850 federal census for Allegheny Township, dwelling 804, family 833, page 201.
326.: April 1996 letter of Charlotte Stewart (Windber, Pennsylvania); dates from Newton (1879), p. 566, and a Cherry Tree Cemetery list of the Venango County Genealogical Club, compiled by Alice Morrison, Ruth Gilson, and Elaine Peeples, 27 June 1977.
327.: Venango County Deed Book M, p. 604, instituted 20 May 1853, recorded 22 August 1853 (FHL film 864545).
328.: Venango County Deed Book P, p. 404, instituted 7 January 1858, recorded 2 February 1858 (FHL film 864547).
329.: Venango County Deed Book P, p. 404, instituted 7 January 1858, recorded 2 February 1858 (FHL film 864547).
330.: Venango County Index of Wills, F-H, 1806-1968 (FHL film 857345).
331.: Clifford, H. F. (1985). "The ancestors of Ralph Zinn Clifford and Edith Marie Fleming," privately published, 240 pp.
332.: 1860 federal census for Allegheny Township, dwelling 94, family 90, page 12.
333.: 1860 federal census for Allegheny Township, dwelling 94, family 90, page 12.
334.: 1880 federal census for Oil Creek Township, Venango County, dwelling 283, family 293, page 12.
335.: 1900 soundex for Fleming of Pennsylvania.
336.: Month is from the 1900 federal census for Cooke Precinct, Park County, Montana, page 273.
337.: 1860 federal census for Allegheny Township, dwelling 93, family 90, page 12.
338.: "1900 federal census for Cooke Precinct, Park County, Montana, page 273.
339.: 1910 federal census for Sunlight Township, Park County, Wyoming, page 133B.
340.: “Fleming Family Records;” “Heald Manuscript.”
341.: Tidal Cemetery (Madison Township, Armstrong County) list provided by the Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Historical Society.
342.: Her maiden name is from Armstrong County Pennsylvania. Her people, past and present (1914), p. 754. (See References section for full citation.)
343.: 1850 federal census for Sugarcreek Township, Venango County, dwelling 263, family 284, page 160, in the household of Samuel Holmes.
344.: Tidal Cemetery (Madison Township, Armstrong County) list provided by the Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Historical Society.
345.: There was also a Hamilton Fleming, born circa 1837, of Fairfield Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania. In 1850, this Hamilton Fleming was enumerated in John and Mary Yost’s household in Fairfield Township. John Yost was a cooper born in Germany. Also in this household a Rachel Fleming, born circa 1842 and William Fleming, born circa 1845. Also in Fairfield Township, Crawford County, there were other early Flemings of this apparently German line.
346.: 1850 federal census for Allegheny Township, dwelling 854, family 884, 203.
347.: 1860 federal census for Allegheny Township, dwelling 88, family 85, page 12.
348.: Venango County Deed Book V, pp. 199-200, instituted or recorded 19 June 1848.
349.: Armstrong County Pennsylvania. Her people, past and present (1914), p. 754.
350.: 1870 federal census for Madison Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, dwelling 234, family 247, page 237.
351.: Venango County Deed Book V, p. 200, instituted 22 September 1862, recorded 14 November 1862 (FHL film 864552).
352.: Venango County Deed Book FF, p. 441, instituted 20 November 1864, recorded 1 December 1864 (FHL film 864559); and Venango County Deed Book SS, p. 487, instituted 20 December 1865, recorded 23 January 1866 (FHL film 864569). It is difficult to say where this John W. Potter lived at the time. Hamilton’s deed above lists Potter’s address as Deerfield Township, Crawford County [sic]; a deed of John S. Fleming reports John W. Potter from Titusville, Warren County [sic]; and Henry (1873), pp. 497-499, has Potter from Tidioute, Warren County. There is an 1865 deed in Deed Book FF, p. 678, between George W. Binney (possibly the father-in-law of Andrew Fleming) and George (not John) W. Potter of Pleasantville.
353.: Venango County Deed Book FF. pp. 443-444, instituted 22 September 1864, recorded 1 December 1864 (FHL film 864559).
354.: 1850 federal census for Sugarcreek Township, Venango County, dwelling 263, family 284, page 160.
355.: The only mention of a Samuel Holmes in Bell (1890) is on p. 729, where a Samuel Holmes is mentioned as a charter member of the Aaron Benedict Post No. 429, G. A. R., which was mustered 24 April 1884. In 1870, a Samuel Holmes was enumerated in Allegheny Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania, page 345, as a lawyer, age 47, born in New York, dwelling 157, family 167, living next door to James Solley, born circa 1820, lawyer, with Samuel Solley, age 86, born in Ohio, and Albert Solley, born in New York. Could this be James Solley, blacksmith (turned lawyer?), born 1820, and therefore widower of our Lucinda (Fleming) Solley, see #25.
356.: Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Will Books 7-8, (1904-1912), pp. 130-133 (FHL film 1317302). .
357.: From 1860 federal census Allegheny Township Venango County, dwelling 88, family 85, page 12; the 1870 federal census for Madison Township Armstrong County, page 237; the 1900 soundex for Pennsylvania Flemings; and Tidal Cemetery records provided by the Armstrong County Historical Society, 3 January 1997. Name of spouses are from p. 755 of Armstrong County Pennsylvania. Her People, Past and Present. 1914.
358.: 1860 federal census Allegheny Township Venango County, dwelling 88, family 85, page 12.
359.: p. 755 of Armstrong County Pennsylvania. Her People, Past and Present.
360.: 1910 federal census for Bradys Bend Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, page 67B; 1930 federal census for Bradys Bend Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, page 5B.
361.: 1880 federal census for Madison Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, page 301D.
362.: 1900 federal census for Madison Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, page 94.
363.: 1880 federal census for Madison Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, page 301D.
364.: “Fleming Family Records” and the “Heald Manuscript.”
365.: 1 January 1862 according to the “Heald Manuscript;” but her stone reads 1826-1863. Possibly her death date should be 1 January 1863.
366.: Miller Farm Cemetery list, compiled 1983 by Alice E. Morrison.
367.: His last name from various sources, for example in the “Heald Manuscript;” also on Lucinda’s stone.
368.: 1860 federal census for Allegheny Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania, dwelling 92, family 89, page 12.
369.: 1860 federal census for Allegheny Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania, dwelling 92, family 89, page 12.
370.: 1870 federal census for Pleasantville Borough, Allegheny Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania, dwelling 156, family 167, page 345.
371.: Venango County Deed Book L, p. 349, recorded 16 July 1849 (FHL film 864544).
372.: Venango County Deed Book O, pp. 59-60, instituted 8 June 1855, recorded 27 August 1855 (FHL film 864547).
373.: 1860 federal census for Allegheny Township, dwelling 92, family 89, page 12.
374.: Venango County Orphans Court Docket 3, no. 10, p. 340.
375.: Grantee Index, Venango County Court House Recorder of Deeds: Deed Book 148, p. 45, instituted 1883, recorded 1884 .
376.: Dates from “Fleming Family Records;” “Heald Manuscript;” his obituary, see text.
377.: Fairview Cemetery list provided by Ed Waddell, President of the Fairview Cemetery Association, 1997.
378.: Pennsylvania Division of Vital Statistics, File No. 131588.
379.: Venango County Deed Book OO, p. 316, instituted 21 July 1857, recorded 28 October 1864 (FHL film 864557). Another deed instituted the same day, 21 July 1857, recorded 28 October 1864, p. 317, shows Sinia and husband Z. [Zachariah] H. Watson sold the land.
380.: 1860 federal census for Allegheny Township, dwelling 91, family 88, page 12.
381.: 1870 federal census for Pleasantville, Oil Creek Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania, page 431.
382.: “Heald Manuscript.”
383.: Birth date and location from Babcock (1919), p. 875.
384.: Fairview Cemetery list provided by Ed Waddell, President of the Fairview Cemetery Association, 1997.
385.: 1900 Pennsylvania soundex for Fleming (FHL film 1247877). The 1910 federal census for Oil Creek Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania, page 270A. 1920 federal census for Oil Creek Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania, page 88, enumeration district 136, dwelling and family 14.
386.: 1880 federal census for Allegheny Township, Venango County, dwelling 143, family 149, page 426A.
387.: Babcock (1919), pp. 875-876.
388.: 1880 federal census for Allegheny Township, Venango County, dwelling 143, family 149, page 426A: Enos Stahl, age 62; wife Lydia age 47; and children: Calvin?, age 24: James E., age 2?; Ida S., age 18; Fanny, age 14, Charles R., age 1?; Henry, age 1?; Grant U. S.?, age 9, and Hannah (dau.), age 28.
389.: Venango County Will Book 21, p. 331.
390.: Fairview Cemetery list provided by Ed Waddell, President of the Fairview Cemetery Association, 1997.
391.: “Fleming Family Records;” and the “Heald Manuscript.”
392.: Marriage date from the “Heald Manuscript.”
393.: The Venango County, Pennsylvania, Registry of Deaths, 1893-1903; (FHL film 135306).
394.: FHL film 912282.
395.: Shamburg occasionally is found on modern-day road maps, but its location varies widely from map to map.
396.: From an undated clipping of the Titusville Herald: “Shamburg Christian Church Started as Sunday School.” The article also has a picture of the church.
397.: Mead, F. S. (1975) Handbook of Denominations in the United States, Abingdon Press, 320 pp. (6th ed.).
398.: Elbert L. Johnson, Rapid City, South Dakota.
399.: “Fleming Family Records;” and the “Heald Manuscript;” 1860 federal census for Allegheny Township, dwelling 89, family 86; page 12.1880 federal census for Oil Creek Township, dwelling 244, family 255, page 432B.

The Oil Creek Flemings

and related families

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