Henry Spray Colvin

Other Events:

• Name: Hen Colvin
• Census: 1880, Hamer Township, Highland County, Ohio, United States; as Henry Colvin, son in the household of Samuel Colvin
• Census: 1900, Miami Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Henry S. Colvin, son, in the household of Samuel S. Colvin
• Census: 1910, Blue Ridge Township, Piatt County, Illinois, United States
• Physical Description: 12 Sep 1918; medium height, medium build, grey eyes and brown hair
• Military: 12 Sep 1918, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States; registered for the WWI Draft; Address:
  Local Board
• Occupation: 12 Sep 1918, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States; Papermaker for Vegetable Parchment Co.; Address:
  River Road
• Residence: 12 Sep 1918, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States; Address:
  R.R.D. #1
• Census: 1920, Kalamazoo Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States; Address:
  River Road
• Occupation: 1920, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States; as Henry Colvin, paper machine tender at a paper mill, head of household
• Census: 1930, Kalamazoo Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States; as Henry S. Colvin, paper maker at paper factory, head of household; Address:
  Mount Olivet Road
• Census: 1940, Kalamazoo Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States; as Henry S. Colvin, foreman in paper mill, head of household; Address:
  1685 Mount Olivet Road
• Occupation: 1940, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States; Foreman at a paper mill

Henry married Emma Marie Fordyce on 28 Jan 1900 in Middletown, Butler County, Ohio, United States. Emma was born on 5 Sep 1880 in Marion Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; died on 2 Mar 1952 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States; was buried in Mar 1952 in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Lewis Andrew Colvin was born on 15 Mar 1900 in West Carrollton, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; died on 26 Feb 1989 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States; was buried in Feb 1989 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States.
2. Marie A. Colvin was born on 30 Oct 1901 in Blanchester, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; died on 2 Oct 1977 in Vicksburg, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States.
3. Ronald H. Colvin was born on 31 Mar 1906 in West Carrollton, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; died on 1 Jan 1997 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States; was buried on 3 Jan 1997 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States.
4. Robert Eugene Colvin was born on 5 May 1914 in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, United States; died on 23 Oct 1962 in Cloverdale, Barry County, Michigan, United States; was buried on 26 Oct 1962 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States.

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Hamer Township, Highland County, Ohio, United States; as Saml. Colvin, in the household of Elizabeth Colvin
• Census: 1860, Hamer Township, Highland County, Ohio, United States; as Samuel Colvin, in the household of Abraham Colvin
• Physical Description: 22 Apr 1862; height 6'1-1/4", dark complexion, hazel eyes and dark hair
• Military: 22 Apr 1862, Nevin, Highland County, Ohio, United States; Civil War as a Private in Co. A, 89th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
• Occupation: 22 Apr 1862, Highland County, Ohio, United States; farmer
• Residence: 22 Apr 1862, Hamer Township, Highland County, Ohio, United States
• Military: 19 Sep 1863
• Military: 5 Apr 1864; promoted to Corporal
• Military: 7 Jun 1865, Washington, District of Columbia, United States; discharged from the military
• Military Pension: 9 Dec 1879; filed an Invalid Claim For Pension for loss of use of left arm
• Census: 1880, Hamer Township, Highland County, Ohio, United States; as Samuel Colvin, farm laborer, head of household
• Newspaper: 13 Sep 1882; The Highland Weekly News (Hillsboro, Ohio), 13 September 1882, p8
• Newspaper: 7 Mar 1883; The Highland Weekly News (Hillsboro, Ohio), 7 March 1883, 5
• Newspaper: 28 Nov 1883; The Highland Weekly News (Hillsboro, Ohio), 28 November 1883, p5
• Newspaper: 20 Dec 1884; The Highland Weekly News (Hillsboro, Ohio), 20 December 1884, p8
• Newspaper: 28 Jan 1885; The Highland Weekly News (Hillsboro, Ohio), 28 January 1885, p3
• Newspaper: 27 Jan 1886; The Highland Weekly News (Hillsboro, Ohio), 27 Januaryy 1886, p5
• Newspaper: 12 May 1886; The News-Herald (Hillsboro, Ohio), 12 May 1886, p5
• Census: 1890, Martinsville, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Samuel Colvin, Corporal, Company A, 89th Ohio Inf
• Census: 1900, Miami Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Samuel S. Colvin, farm laborer, head of household
• Medical Condition: 8 Feb 1901; chronic rheumatism and ventral hernia and admitted to Soldiers Home
• Newspaper: 25 May 1905; The News-Herald (Hillsboro, Ohio)
• Medical Condition: 22 Jan 1907; chronic rheumatism of left shoulder and re-admitted to The National Military Home in Dayton, Ohio
• Census: 1910, West Carrollton, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Samuel Colvin, laborer/odd jobs, head of household; Address:
  240 West Pease Avenue

Notes:

Military:

He was shot in the left shoulder while in the line of battle, at Chickamauga. He was treated in a hospital at Nashville, Tennessee, then furloughed home for 30 days. While recuperating at Hillsboro, Ohio he was given an extension of 20 days more by the provost, Surgeon Noble.

Military Pension:

VETERANS RECORD
National Archives file #204892
Declaration For Original Invalid Pension
State of Ohio, Highland County
On December 9, 1879 Samuel Colvin filed for an Invalid Pension. He declares that "he is the identical Samuel Colvin who was Enrolled on the 22nd day of August, 1862, in Company "A" of the 89th Regiment of "O.V.I." commanded by Capt. Samuel A. Glenn, and was honorably Discharged at Camp near Washington D.C. on the 7th day of June, 1865."
He also states "That while a member of the organization aforesaid, in the service and in the line of his duty at Chickaimauge in the State of Georgia on or about the 19 day of Sept., 1863, he was shot in left shoulder blade--while in the line of battle. From said wound, I have partially lost the use of my left arm-and I experiance pain in shoulder and arm from the effects of said wound, and it also causes atrophy of the muscles."
"That he was treated in hospitals as follows: in No. 3, Hospital at Nashville, Tenn. then furloughed home for 30 days, then got an extension of 20 days more given by provost, Surgeon Noble at Hillsboro, Ohio. That he has not been employed in the military or naval service otherwise than as stated above. That since leaving the service this applicant has resided in the Counties of Montgomery, Fayette, and Highland in the State of Ohio, and his occupation has been that of a Farmer. That prior to his entry into the service above named he was a man of good, sound, physical health, being when enrolled a farmer. That he is no in part disabled from obtaining his subsistence by manual labor by reason of his injuries, above described, received in the service of the United States; and he therefore makes this declaration for the purpose of being placed on the invalid pension roll of the United States."
"He hereby appoints, with full power of substitution and revocation, A. D. Wiggins of Buford, Highland County, Ohio, his true and lawful attorney to prosecute his claim. That he has not received nor applied for a Pension. That his Post Office Address is Nevin, county of Highland, State of Ohio."
(Claimant's signature) Samuel Colvin
(Attest) Hugh Leslie and W. T. Gruber
Included in this record: A document asking him to state his wifes full name and maiden name has Louisa Colvin, Louisa Benham. Married July 17th, 1873 in Dayton, Ohio. It lists his three children.
A copy of the marriage record from Montgomery County that states Samuel Colvin and Louisa Benham were married on 16th day of July 1873. (Note: The family bible record says the 16th)
Affidavit: 25 February 1907 - Declaration for Pension. This states he is a resident of National Military Home, county of Grant, Indiana--that he applied for a pension Certificate #204892. It also has a physical description of Height: 6 feet 1/4 inches; complexion, dark; color of eyes, hazel; color of hair, dark; and that his occupation was farmer.

CIVIL WAR INFORMATION
89th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Organized at Camp Dennison, Ohio, and mustered in August 26, 1862. Ordered to Covington, Ky., September 3, 1862, and duty there until October 5, during the threatened attack on Cincinnati, Ohio, by Kirby Smith. Ordered to Point Pleasant, W. Va., October 5. Attached to Army of Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, September-October, 1862. 2nd Brigade, Kanawha Division, District of West Virginia, Dept. of the Ohio, to February, 1863. Crook's Brigade, Baird's Division, Army of Kentucky, Dept. of the Cumberland, to June, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to September, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Reserve Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to June, 1865.

SERVICE: --Advance to Falls of the Kanawha, Va., October 10-November 3, 1862, thence moved to Fayetteville Court House November 17, and duty there until January 6, 1863. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., January 25-February 7. Relief of 83rd Illinois Infantry, at Dover, from attack by Forest's Cavalry February 3. Expedition to Carthage, Tenn., February 22-25. Duty at Carthage until June 5. Ordered to Murfreesboro, Tenn., June 5. Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7. Hoover's Gap June 24-26. Tullahoma June 29-30. Occupation of Middle Tennessee until August 16. Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Expedition to Tracy City and destruction of Salt Peter Works at Nickajack Cove August 20-September 10. Reconnaissance from Rossville September 17. Near Ringgold, Ga., September 17. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-21 (most of Regiment captured). Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 24-November 22. Reopening Tennessee River October 26-29. Brown's Ferry October 27. Near Chattanooga November 6. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Orchard Knob November 23-24. Mission Ridge November 25. Pursuit to Graysville November 26-27. Duty at Chattanooga until February 22, 1864. Demonstration on Dalton, Ga., February 22-27. Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge February 23-25. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1-September 8. Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Advance on Dallas May 18-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Utoy Creek August 5-7. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Fayetteville, N. C., March 11. Battle of Bentonville March 19-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20. Grand Review May 24. Mustered out June 14, 1865.

Battle of Chickamauga
September 18-20, 1863
Estimated Casualties: 34,624 total (US 16,170; CS 18,454
Description: After the Tullahoma Campaign, Rosecrans renewed his offensive, aiming to force the Confederates out of Chattanooga. The three army corps comprising Rosecrans’ s army split and set out for Chattanooga by separate routes. In early September, Rosecrans consolidated his forces scattered in Tennessee and Georgia and forced Bragg’s army out of Chattanooga, heading south. The Union troops followed it and brushed with it at Davis’ Cross Roads. Bragg was determined to reoccupy Chattanooga and decided to meet a part of Rosecrans’s army, defeat them, and then move back into the city. On the 17th he headed north, intending to meet and beat the XXI Army Corps. As Bragg marched north on the 18th, his cavalry and infantry fought with Union cavalry and mounted infantry which were armed with Spencer repeating rifles. Fighting began in earnest on the morning of the 19th, and Bragg’s men hammered but did not break the Union line. The next day, Bragg continued his assault on the Union line on the left, and in late morning, Rosecrans was informed that he had a gap in his line. In moving units to shore up the supposed gap, Rosencrans created one, and James Longstreet’s men promptly exploited it, driving one-third of the Union army, including Rosecrans himself, from the field. George H. Thomas took over command and began consolidating forces on Horseshoe Ridge and Snodgrass Hill. Although the Rebels launched determined assaults on these forces, they held until after dark. Thomas then led these men from the field leaving it to the Confederates. The Union retired to Chattanooga while the Rebels occupied the surrounding heights. Result: Confederate victory

Newspaper:

Pricetown
Samuel Colvin, formerly of the Dayton Home, is here visiting friends and relatives. He is a true blue Republican, you bet.

Newspaper:

Work of the Pension Examining Board.
The following named persons applied at the last meeting of the Board for either an increase of or for an original pension:
Increase—Samuel Colvin
Original—Isaac Florea

Newspaper:

How "Uncle Sam" Cares for His Soldiers, Their Widows, Orphans, and Dependent Relatives. A Full List of U. S. Pensioners in Highland County.
Nevin
Samuel Colvin, gunshot left shoulder, 4 per month, March, '82.

Newspaper:

Danville - December 18, 1884
Stock hogs scarce in this vicinity
Thermometer 3 degrees below zero
Sam Colvin has put in his appearance once more with us.

Newspaper:

Court opened on Monday, Judge Huggins presiding. Docket was called, and the following assignments were made.
Tuesday, Feb. 3
3924. Samuel Colvin vs. J. W. Pence

Newspaper:

Dodsonville - January 23d, 1886
Samuel Colvin, one of the pioneers of New Market township, visited Joshua Shaffer, of this place, on Tuesday.

Newspaper:

Pricetown—May 10th, 1886
Mr. Samuel Colvin is wanted, as there is a pension lying in wait for him at Pricetown postoffice.

Census:
Samuel Colvin
Corporal, Company A, 89th Ohio Inf
Enlisted: 9 Aug 1862
Discharge: 6 June 1865
Post Office Address: Martinsville, Clinton County, O
Disability Incurred: Wounded in left shoulder.

Newspaper:

Russell—May 22, 1905
Samuel Colvin, of West Carrollton, was in our village last Friday.

Samuel married Louisa Benham on 16 Jul 1873 in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. Louisa (daughter of Aaron Benham and Martha J. Kearns) was born on 17 Apr 1852 in Centerville, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; died on 30 Apr 1921 in West Carrollton, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; was buried on 2 May 1921 in West Carrollton, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Mollie Benham
• Census: 1860, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Rachel Benham, in the household of Adam Benham
• Census: 1880, Hamer Township, Highland County, Ohio, United States; as Louisa Colvin, wife, in the household of Samuel Colvin
• Census: 1900, Miami Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Rhael L. Colvin, wife, 3 children born-3 living, in the household of Samuel S. Colvin
• Military Pension: 30 Sep 1908; filed a Declaration of Wife for one-half of Samuel Colvin's Military Pension
• Census: 1910, West Carrollton, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Louisa R. Colvin, keeper of boarding house, 3 children born-3 living, in the household of Samuel Colvin; Address:
  240 West Pease Avenue
• Military Pension: 15 Dec 1914; filed a Declaration for Widows Pension
• Census: 1920, West Carrollton, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Louisa R. Colvin, widow, keeper of a boarding house, head of household; Address:
  34 Geiger Lane

Notes:

Louisa Benham ran a boarding house in her home in West Carrollton, Ohio. At different times her sons and daughter-in-laws lived with her and helped in the day-to-day work.

Military Pension:

Affidavit: 30 September 1908 - Declaration of wife Under Act of March 3, 1899 Louisa states she is Mrs. Louisa Colvin, aged 56 years, a resident of West Carrollton County of Montgomery, State of Ohio, who being duly sworn according to law, makes the following declaration under the act of March 3, 1899, in order to obtain one-half of the pension due or to become due her husband, Samuel Colvin who is a resident pensioner of the United States, and who is an inmate of National Military Home, Dayton, O. That her husband served as a Corporal in Co. A 89, Reg. Ohio Vol Inf.
16 February 1909 General Affidavit In the matter of Louisa Colvin under the Act of March 3-1899 in order to obtain one-half of the pension due her husband Samuel Colvin. We make the affidavit that Louisa Colvin is not divorced from her husband Samuel Colvin and that she is a woman of good moral character, always commanding the respect of the community. We further make affidavit that Louisa Colvin is in necessitous circumstances. She maintains her family by keeping a boarding house. She also has the care and maintenance of her husband Samuel Colvin's aged father. Signed: J.B. Shannon and W. M. Shade
2 March 1909 General Affidavit State of Ohio, County of Montgomery In the matter of Louisa Colvin receiving one half pension of Samuel Colvin. We declare that affidavit of the said Louisa Colvin is true and correct. We have known her for several years and are her neighbors and know she is in needy circumstances. She keeps a boarding house and the income scarcely gives her a living. Signed: A. H. Manning and Harvey Gassert

Military Pension:

5 January 1915 - Pensioner Dropped Certificate No. 204892, Pensioner Samuel Colvin, Service A 89 Ohio Inf. I have the honor to report that the name of the above-described pensioner was last paid at $18- to Sept 4, 1914 has this day been dropped from the roll because of death Dec. 1, 1914.
15 December 1914 Declaration for Widow's Pension. The final paper is a copy of a returned check with the information that the pensioner died Apr 30-21 (Last paid at $30 to Mar 4 1921.

Other Events:

• Beneficiary: 20 Apr 1840; in the will of his father, John Colvin
• Census: 1850, Hamer Township, Highland County, Ohio, United States; as Abraham Colvin, in the household of Elizabeth Colvin
• Census: 1860, Hamer Township, Highland County, Ohio, United States; as Abraham Colvin, Constable, head of household
• Military: 12 Jun 1863, Hamer Township, Highland County, Ohio, United States; registered for the Civil War Draft
• Occupation: 12 Jun 1863, Highland County, Ohio, United States; farmer
• Newspaper: 12 Nov 1868; The Highland Weekly News (Hillsboro, Ohio), 12 November 1868, p3
• Newspaper: 2 Dec 1869; The Highland Weekly News (Hillsboro, Ohio), 02 December 1869, p3
• Census: 1870, Danville, Hamer Township, Highland County, Ohio, United States; as Abraham Colvin, laborer, head of household
• Census: 1880, Danville, Hamer Township, Highland County, Ohio, United States; as Colvin, Abraham, laborer, head of household
• Newspaper: 27 Feb 1884; The Highland Weekly News (Hillsboro, Ohio), 27 February 1884, p8
• Newspaper: 18 Mar 1885; The Highland Weekly News (Hillsboro, Ohio), 18 March 1885, p6
• Newspaper: 16 Nov 1893; The News-Herald (Hillsboro), Ohio, 16 November 1883, p4
• Newspaper: 14 Oct 1897; The News-Herald (Hillsboro), Ohio, 14 October 1897, p2
• Census: 1900, Hamer Township, Highland County, Ohio, United States; as Abraham Colvin, widowed, head of household
• Newspaper: 16 Apr 1908; The News-Herald (Hillsboro), Ohio, 16 April 1908, p5
• Obituary: 11 Sep 1909; The Dayton Herald (Dayton, Ohio) 11 September 1909, p9

Notes:

Mentioned in the will of John Colvin as Abraham Colvin.

Newspaper:

Transfers of Real Estate in Highland Co.
For the Week: ending Tuesday, Nov. 10, 1868
Levi Roush to Abraham Colvin, In-Lot NO. 12, Dodsonville, $225.

Newspaper:

Transfers of Real Estate in Highland Co..
For the 2 Weeks ending Tuesday, Nov. 30, 1869
Abraham Colvin to Jacob Pollard, 1 acre, Hamer tp., $325.

Newspaper:

Danville
Abraham Colvin is on the sick list.
The wheat crop is not promising being badly winter killed.

Newspaper:

A. D. Wiggins v. Abraham Colvin et al. Dismissed at plaintiff's cost. No further record.

Newspaper:

Pricetown—November 13th 1893
Abraham Colvin and lady visited uncle John Colvin and family, Saturday and Sunday.

Newspaper:

Nevin—October 11, 1897
Abraham Colvin has returned from an extended visit at Martinsville.

Newspaper:

Abraham Colvin et al to Lewis Pence Danville, lot, $1.

Obituary:

Abraham Colvin, father of Samuel Colvin and a former resident, died at the infirmary Thursday, Mr. Colvin was over 90 years old, the oldest citizen of the town.

Abraham married Cecelia A. Smith on 10 Feb 1843 in Highland County, Ohio, United States. Cecelia was born between 1822 and 1827 in Highland County, Ohio, United States; died before Jun 1900. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Hamer Township, Highland County, Ohio, United States; as Cecelia A. Colvin, in the household of Elizabeth Colvin
• Census: 1860, Hamer Township, Highland County, Ohio, United States; as Celia Colvin, in the household of Abraham Colvin
• Census: 1870, Danville, Hamer Township, Highland County, Ohio, United States; as Cecelia Colvin, in the household of Abraham Colvin
• Census: 1880, Danville, Hamer Township, Highland County, Ohio, United States; as Selah A. Colvin, wife, in the household of Abraham Colvin

Other Events:

• Census: 1840, Wayne Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Aaron Benham
• Census: 1850, Chester Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as A. Benham, wagon maker, head of household
• Census: 1850, Wayne Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Aaron Benham, wagon maker, married within the year, head of household
• Census: 1860, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Adam Benham, wagon maker, head of household
• Beneficiary: 21 Jun 1862; in the will of his father, John Benham
• Census: 1870, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Aaron Benham, journeyman carpenter, head of household
• Occupation: 1870; carpenter

Notes:

Mentioned in the will of John Benham as Aaron Benham.

Aaron married Martha J. Kearns on 23 Apr 1850 in Clinton County, Ohio, United States. Martha was born in 1828 in Virginia, United States; died in 1860 in Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Chester Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as M. J. Benham, in the household of A. Benham
• Census: 1850, Wayne Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Martha J. Benham, married within the year, in the household of Aaron Benham

Other Events:

• Military: War of 1812 - Private, Ohio Volunteers
• Tax Record: 1807, New Market Township, Highland County, Ohio, United States
• Census: 1820, Salem Township, Highland County, Ohio, United States; as John Colvin, farmer
• Will: 20 Apr 1840, Highland County, Ohio, United States; James and John Colvin were named as executors
• Will: 2 Aug 1848, Highland County, Ohio, United States; Codicil to will
• Probate: 21 Sep 1848, Highland County, Ohio, United States

Notes:

...John and James Colvin, Jr., brothers of Thomas, arrived in New Market in the late fall of 1805. John Colvin taught in a log cabin school until 1807. Later, he moved to a farm on the west side of the Danville-Hollowtown Pike, southwest of the site of Danville. He sold out to Joshua and Mary M. Hawk and he purchased another farm in the township. Mary Hawk passed away in March, 1893, and he survived until Dec. 11, 1903. (Source: Elsie Johnson Ayres, "Highland Pioneer Sketches and Family Genealogies", Springfield, Ohio: H. K. Skinner and Son, 1971, pg. 671).
...The three brothers John, James and Thomas all served in the War of 1812. Land distributions became part of the veteran's estate. That is how the brothers ended up in Ohio. Ohio was part of the Virginia Land Distribution to veterans of the Revolutionary War.
...Researchers Note: Highland County was formed in 1805 from Ross, Adams and Clermont counties.


Will:

Last Will and Testament
In the name of God Amen, I John Colvin Senior, of the county of Highland and State of Ohio - Considering the uncertainty of this mortal life and being of sound mind & memory blessed be Almighty God for the same do make and publish this my last Will and Testament in the manner following that is to say
First I give and bequeath unto my wife Elizabeth Colvin one black mare and colt, four head of Hoggs, all my household goods and all the grain on hand and all my share of the grain raised on the place this present year after my just debts is paid. I do give and bequeath unto Lucilla Colvin one brindle cow & two sheep.
I give and bequeath unto Rachel Puckett my Grand Daughter one black & white cow & three sheep.
I further give and devise unto my two Eldest sons James Colvin & John Colvin their heirs and assigns except as herein after excepted all that my messuage on tenements situate lying out being in Highland county, Salem Township, Ohio one hundred acres of land to be divided equally between them. Beginning at a stake in the land between me and Wm. Sanderson running Southerly with the line of John Wood & John Jones 120 poles to three stones in the Line at Chobe thence easterly with the line at sd Chobe & Joseph Swain 134 poles to 2 Gums thence northerly 120 poles to a hickory fallen down corner to Eakins thence with his line and Wm. Sanderson 134 poles to the Beginning also a bond I hold on Benjamin Brown and others also a tax receipt for Eleven acres of land as the other & the sd James & John is to pay their mother one hundred dollars as t she needs it & to provide her clothing & boarding her natural life & further to pay Elizabeth Baker one hundred dollars and also Margarett Davidson one hundred dollars also Abraham Colvin one hundred dollars also Lucilla Colvin my youngest Daughter one hundred dollars also Rachel Pucket my Grand Daughter one hundred dollars making in all six hundred dollars to be paid when they shall on otherwise dispose of sd land. I appoint James Colvin & John Colvin Executors of this my last will & Testament hereby revoking all former wills by me made. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 20th day of April 1840.
John Colvin Senr
Signed sealed published and declared by the above named John Colvin to be his last will & Testament in presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses in presence of the Testator.
Isaac Chapman
Sarah Chapman
Rachel Chapman.

Will:

Codicil to will
In the name of the Father of all amen - whereas I John Colvin, Sen. of Highland County, Ohio on the 20th day of March 1848 make my last will and Testament of that day do hereby declare the following to be a codicil to the same .
I do hereby give and bequeath to my Daughter Hanah Stroup one hundred dollars also to my Daughter Minah Walker one hundred dollars also to my daughter Frances Walker one hundred dollars this to be in addition to what said will bequeaths.
In Testimony whereof I Have hereunto set my hand and seal this 2d day of August AD. 1848.
John (his mark) Colvin Sen
Signed & acknowledged by said John Colvin in our presence & witnessed by us in his presence.
Robert Mc Laughlin
William Sanderson
Wm W. Malcom

John married Elizabeth Acre on 10 Jan 1800 in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. Elizabeth was born between 1783 and 1785 in Pennsylvania, United States; died after 1851. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Elizabeth Aber
• Beneficiary: 20 Apr 1840; in the will of her husband, John Colvin
• Census: 1850, Hamer Township, Highland County, Ohio, United States; as Elizabeth Colvin, head of household

Notes:

Mentioned in the will of John Colvin as wife Elizabeth Colvin.

John Colvin was a private in Capt. George Washington Barrere's Volunteer Rifle Company, 1 Reg't Militia, State of Ohio, War of 1812. He appears on the company muster roll from 30 Apr to 10 June 1812, his discharge date, although he originally signed on until 6 May 1813. Company Pay Roll for advance for clothing for six weeks, agreeable to Secretary of War's letter of 2nd May 1812 - John Colvin, 16 dollars.

The State of Ohio, County of Highland.
On this 3rd day of April A.D. One thousand Eight hundred and Fifty one...apeared before me William M. Malcom, a Justice of the Peace...Elizabeth Colvin aged Sixty six years, a resident of highland County in the State of Ohio Who...declares that she is the widow of John Colvin Deceased who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain George Barrere in ;the Regiment of Ohio Volunteers commanded by Colonel Duncan McArthur in the war with Great Britain of 1812. That her said husband volunteered at hillsboro in highland County, Ohio on...the (blank) day of April A.D. 1812 for the Term of Twelve Months and musterd into service about the 2nd day of May 1812 and continued in actual service in said war for the Term of Forty five days or more, and was honorably discharged at (blank) on the (blank) day of June A.D. 1812...She further states that she was married to the said John Colvin in Fayette County, State of Pennsylvania on the (blank) day of July A.D. 1800 by one___Adams a Presbyterian Minister of the Gospel by publication on 2 different days of Church Meeting and that there was no License or any other record kept of her marriage or husband's Death. That her name before her said Marriage was Elizabeth Acre. That her said husband Died at Highland County in the State of Ohio on the 1st day of August A.D. 1848 and that she is still a widow.

She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act of Congress passed September 28, 1850.
(Signed) Elizabeth (her mark/) Colvin
(Source: The National Archives Bounty Land Files, Act of 50-160-17014; Veteran, John Colvin, 1812, private, Ohio Vols., Capt. Geor. Barriere, Col. Duncan McArthur, Can No. 366, Bundle No. 214. Info received from Marilyn Solari)

Other Events:

• Military: War of 1812
• Birth: Jul 1785
• Property: 12 Oct 1813; purchased 49 acres for $200 from Aaron Nutt
• Census: 1820, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as John Benham, farmer
• Census: 1830, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as John Benham, farmer
• Census: 1840, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as John Benham, farmer
• Census: 1850, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as John Benham, farmer, head of household
• Census: 1860, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as John Benham, farmer, head of household
• Will: 21 Jun 1862, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States
• Probate: 7 May 1870, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States

Notes:

Property:

Signed: Aaron Nutt and Mary (her mark) Nutt
Witness: John Price and I. George Reeder
vC, p273

Will:


Last Will and Testament of John Benham
—In the name of the Benevolent Father of All:
I, John Benham Senior, of the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio do make and publish this my last will & testament.
—Item 1st - I give and devise to my beloved wife Abigail Benham , in lieu of her dower, the farm on which we now reside, situate in Washington Township Montgomery County, Ohio, containing about fifty acres, during her natural lifetime.
—Also, all the good and chattles belonging to me at the time of my decease, she however selling so much thereof as may be sufficient to pay just debts.
—Item 2nd - I will and devise my grandchildren, being the children of Sarah Hatfield, deceased; Richard Benham, deceased; John Benham, deceased, ten dollars each, to be paid to them by my Executors after the decease of my said wife.
—Item 3rd - After the decease of my said wife, I direct that my said farm be sold by my Executors hereinafter named and the proceeds thereof, together with the proceeds of chattle property that may be unconsumed by my said wife be equally divided amongst my children as follows: Mary Silver, Aaron Benham, Ivens Benham, Samuel Benham, Charlotte Blair, Lydia Meterd, Tildia June Surface, William P. Benham, and Levi Benham, provided any of the above named children should decease before they should receive their shares, then I direct that their share be divided between those that may be living, and that their children be paid ten dollars each as the grandchildren before mentioned.
—I do hereby nominate and appoint David Thatcher and Sydney D. Maxwell, Executors of this my last will and testament hereby authorizing them to sell, and deeds to make and to purchasers for the Real Estate before mention in such manner either private of public sale at any time after the decease of my said wife. I further authorize and impower them to adjust and settle all business of any nature whatsoever. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal this twenty first day of June A.D. 1862.
John Benham (seal)
—Signed sealed and acknowledged by said John Benham as his last will and testament, in our presence, and signed by us at his request in his presence.
W. G. Ewing, Jr.
S. L. Clutch

Died:

OBITUARY
Dayton Daily Journal
26 April 1870 - Pg 3, Col 5
Another of our Pioneer Fathers Gone
—John Benham, son of Richard and Lydia, (maiden name Robins) was born in Monmouth county, New Jersey, August 11th, 1784, and died at his late residence, three-fourths of a mile north of Centreville, Montgomery county, April 23d, 1870, after a long and lingering illness, aged 85 years, 8 months and 12 days. Whilst a child, his parents moved to Pennsylvania - from there to the West, landing on the banks of the Ohio river where Cincinnati now stands, on New Year's day, 1790.
—He said the place at that time contained only one log cabin. Fort Washington was occupied by the army, and in a small fort, or stock-house, lived three or four famiies. His father tore up their boat and built a shanty against a large elm tree, in which the family spent the remainder of the winter. This was on the bank of the river at the foot of Main street. His father then bought one acre of land on the second bottom fronting on Main street for ten shillings - built a log house on it, and moved there in the spring of 1791; some time afterward, one half of the lot was sold for ten dollars to Jas. Kemper. His uncle, Robert Benham had the first shingle roofed house in Cincinnati.
—The first brick house there was built by James Gruniman, also the first mill on Millcreek. The building of both he distinctly remembered. He saw the armies of Harman, St. Clair and Wayne leave Cincinnati for the Indian counrty. Fort Washington was a four-square building with a block-house at each corner, making it then an eight-square fort.
—He lived in Cincinnati seven years, and saw the three first burials. The first was a soldier from the fort; the other two died at his father's house. Their names were Sullivans and Samuel Dugood. He moved from Cincinnati to a creek near Montgomery, now in Hamilton county, his father's object being to open a farm. But they had neither horses or plows. The first corn crop was put in entirely with hoes - corn-hills being made here and there, where an opening could be found. The crop was tended by himself and two sisters. One day he and one of his sisters were hunting rushes, when their dog was attacked by a bear, and was about to prove too much for the dog, when he fell to work on the bear with a club, killing him! He came to this county in 1804, and was married to Abigal Nutt, July 11, 1805, and they were the parents of 15 children, 9 of whom are still living. At the time of his coming into this county, hunting parties were very common, in whch he took a liberal part, with the follwing remembered persons: The Becks, Irwins, Dunkins and Baileys. On his first visit to Dayton, he found a few log cabins surrounded by hazel bushes and quite a pond of water on Main street. The most prominent men in Dayton at that time were Compton, merchant, and Cooper, who owned a Tub Mill, which stood about where the Patterson Saw-mill now stands. The millers name was Holt. In the war of 1812 he served two terms, one in Captain McClellan's company in 1812, in 1814 he served in Captain Joseph Ewing's company. In politics he was a Democrat, in religion a Universalist, and by profession and practice an honest man.

John married Abigail Nutt on 12 Jul 1805 in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. Abigail (daughter of Aaron Nutt and Mary Archer) was born on 24 Sep 1790 in Versailles, Woodford County, Kentucky, United States; died on 6 Jul 1868 in Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Jul 1868 in Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Obituary: unknown
• Birth: 24 Sep 1790, Dry Ridge, Bourbon County, Virginia, United States
• Census: 1850, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Abigail Benham, in the household of John Benham
• Census: 1860, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States; as Abigail Benham, wife, in the household of John Benham
• Beneficiary: 21 Jun 1862; in the will of her husband, John Benham
• Death: 30 Jul 1868, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States

Notes:

Bourbon County was formed on October 17, 1785 from sections of Fayette County, Virgina. Bourbon became part of the new state of Kentucky when it was created in 1792. Dry Ridge is now in Grant County, Kentucky.

Obituary:

OBITUARY
Death of a Pioneer -- One by one, and rapidly, the pioneers are passing away. On the 6th of July Mrs. Abigail Benham, wife of Mr. John Benham, of Centerville, in this county, closed her mortal career, at the ripe age of seventy-eight years. About eleven years ago she was struck with the palsy, and during that long period she was confined to her room--an almost helpless invalid. The maiden name of Mrs. Benham was Abigail Nutt. She was born in New Jersey, October 24, 1790. Her parents emigrated to Kentucky, then a wilderness, in 1796, and kept a public house at Dry Ridge.
—In 1800 they removed to Centerville, Ohio, and there, at the age of fourteen years, Abigail married John Benham. Her wedded life thus continued during a period of sixty-four years. She was the mother of fifteen children, now living. Her grand children number seventy-two; great grand-children, forty-one; great great grand, one. Her funeral took place on the 7th of July. The sermon on the occasion was preached by a member of the Society of Friends, her parents having been members of that denomination. (Dayton Journal) Note: Some dates and locations seem to be incorrect-pbh