Abram Colvin

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Salem Township, Highland County, Ohio, United States; as Abram Colvin, in the household of James Colvin, Jr.

Other Events:

• Beneficiary: 20 Apr 1840; in the will of his father, John Colvin
• Executor: 20 Apr 1840; James and John Colvin were named as executors in the will of their father, John Colvin
• Census: 1850, Salem Township, Highland County, Ohio, United States; as James Colvin, Jr., farmer, head of household
• Census: 1860, Salem Township, Highland County, Ohio, United States; as James Colvin, farmer, head of household
• Census: 1870, Salem Township, Highland County, Ohio, United States; as James Colvin, invalid, in the household of Jasper Colvin

Notes:

Mentioned in the will of John Colvin as my two eldest sons James Colvin and John Colvin. Both were Executors.

10 children known.

James married Mary Scott on 7 Aug 1827 in Highland County, Ohio, United States. Mary was born on 22 Aug 1802 in Pennsylvania, United States; died after 1870. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Polly Scott
• Census: 1850, Salem Township, Highland County, Ohio, United States; as Mary Colvin, in the household of James Colvin, Jr.
• Census: 1860, Salem Township, Highland County, Ohio, United States; as Mary Colvin, in the household of James Colvin
• Census: 1870, Salem Township, Highland County, Ohio, United States; as Mary Colvin, in the household of Jasper Colvin

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)

Notes:

...Family stories say that James was born in England in 1740 but raised in Dublin, Ireland and was a tailor. Not proved, but possible. Family stories also credit James Colvin with having served in the Revolutionary War during all 8 years of it, and state that his death was the result of his exposure during that war. However, no proof of any such service has ever been found.
...By 1787, James Colvin and family, and a number of the Salisburys had moved to Fayette County, Pennsylvania (then Westmoreland) where they appear in tax records, and James is listed in the 1790 census in Georges Twp. of Fayette County. He does not appear in the 1800 Fayette County, Pennsylvania census although his sons were still living there at that time. Shortly after 1800, the Colvin sons with their widowed mother removed to Highland County, Ohio after a short sojourn in Mason County, Kentucky.

James married Frances Salisbury about 1768 in Virginia, British Colonial America. Frances (daughter of James Salisbury and Frances Hawkins) was born in 1747 in Virginia, British Colonial America; died after 1807 in Hamer Township, Highland County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Fanny Salisbury
• Beneficiary: 16 Aug 1758; in the will of her father as daughter Frances

Notes:

...The Salisbury family were early inhabitants of Maryland. As early as 1671 a William Salisbury had land surveyed for him for a 200 acre plantation called "Falmouth". It was located in Kent County, from which later Queen Anne's County was formed (1706). The County was named for Queen Anne who had begun her reign in 1702. The area is located along the Eastern Shore of Chesapeake Bay. The original inhabitants of the area were Matapeake, Ozinie, and Monoponson Choptank Indians. in the beginning, land was purchased from the Indians, and for some time the relationship was good between the two cultures. The major crop used as a form of barter in the early days was tobacco. Most of the settlers in Colonial Maryland were from the British Isles and came as servants or convicts. Ship Captains brought many immigrants over under the "headright system" where there was an exchange of land in return for transportation of the settlers. This method of obtaining land was in effect until 1683, after which land could be acquired only by purchase.
...William Salisbury was the immigrant ancestor for our line it is believed. One of his sons was James who was born about 1705 in Queen Anne's County, The Vestry Proceedings and Records of Births, Deaths and Marriages for St. Luke's Parish, Church Hill, Queen Anne's County, Maryland, records the marriage of James Salisbury to Frances Hawkins on August 4, 1730. Births of two of their sons, James and John are also recorded in the Parish Records. Many records for the Salisbury and Hawkins families were included. Other children were born to James and Frances, but not found in St. Luke's. in the April 11, 1751 Vestry meeting, James Salisbury gave possession of Pew #30 to John Atkinson. It is likely this was when James moved to North Carolina.
...In the September court for Pasquotank County, North Carolina, Thomas Taylor presiding, was recorded the will for James Salisbery, planter who had died August 16, 1758. In his will he named his daughters Elizabeth and Frances, and sons James, John, Joseph and William. His wife Frances was not named and so it is assumed she had died earlier....After the death of James, the family began to migrate from North Carolina, through Virginia and into Southwestern Pennsylvania. By 1783, William Salisbury, son of James is found in the tax list of Springhill Township, Westmoreland County (now Fayette County). Again in 1789 and in the 1790 Federal Census, William Salisbury was listed in Georges Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
...By 1787, James Colvin was in this Township and also in the 1790 Federal Census for Fayette County. He had married William Salisbury's sister, Frances, date and place unknown. The families migrated again to Kentucky and some to Ohio as William's brother John made oath in 1803 in Mason County, Kentucky that James Colvin, Jr. was over the age of twenty one and was also one of the witnesses to the Consent of Lewis Gidding that James Colvin had permission to marry his daughter Catron, April 11, 1803