Isaac Richard Colvin

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Salem Township, Highland County, Ohio, United States; as Isaac Colvin, in the household of Amos Colvin

Other Events:

• Census: 1840, Salem Township, Highland County, Ohio, United States
• Census: 1850, Salem Township, Highland County, Ohio, United States; as Amos Colvin, farmer, head of household

Amos married Elizabeth Holden on 13 Dec 1830 in Highland County, Ohio, United States. Elizabeth was born on 24 Jan 1813 in Guernsey County, Ohio, United States; died on 30 Jul 1891 in Jeffersonville, Wayne County, Illinois, United States; was buried in Aug 1891 in Geff, Wayne County, Illinois, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Betsy Holden
• Census: 1850, Salem Township, Highland County, Ohio, United States; as Elizabeth Colvin, in the household of Amos Colvin

Other Events:

• Census: 1800
• Tax Record: 1806, Highland County, Ohio, United States
• Census: 1820, Salem Township, Highland County, Ohio, United States; as Thomas Colvin

Notes:

...Thomas and Hannah Ashcraft Colvin were born in Virginia,, later moved to Uniontown, Pennsylvania and then, in 1803 to Kentucky. The next year they joined a party going to Ohio.
...Thomas's mother, Fannie Salisbury Colvin,, was with them. She was the widow of James Colvin who fought in the Revolution and died before they moved to Kentucky.
...Thomas located his father's land grant on what is now known as Caleb's Hill.
...Hannah, Thomas Colvin's wife, came from the Ashcrafts who were early Welsh emigrants. Born in 1775, she died 28 July 1829. Eleven days later, son Andrew died and, a week laer, daughter Anne succumbed--all to the disease "cholera morbus." (Reference: Compiled by Joy Cochran Gabriel, "Jacob G. Cochran, Jr. and Jane Colvin Cochran" (Wilmington, Ohio 1999))

...In 1804 Thomas Colvin and Gideon Jackson settled in Hamer. Colvin came from Kentucky and settled east of Danville. He built a cabin on an ancient mound, and improved the place by making a little clearing and fencing in a corn patch. Here he spent the remainder of his days. The next year, 1805, came John and James Colvin, brothers of Thomas. (Source: Martha Ashcraft Neal, The Ascraft Family: Descendants of Daniel Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc., 1994, pg. 442)

THE COLVINS' HILLTOP RETREAT
...Thomas and Hannah (Ashcraft) Colvin were born in Virginia. They moved to Uniontown, Pa., then to Kentucky in 1803. The next year they joined a party who were going to the "wilderness in the new State of Ohio." They were accompanied by his mother, Fannie (Salisbury) Colvin, widow of James Colvin who had fought in the Revolution and died before they moved to Kentucky. James Colvin was a native of England, who was reared in Dublin, Ireland. He arrived in America in time to join the Continental Army. His death occurred as a result of exposure during his war service.
...The Colvins remained in New Market for a time. After looking over the countryside, Thomas Colvin located his father's land grant on what is known today as Caleb's Hill. He constructed a round log cabin on the very top of the highest spot. In time, he cleared over 300 acres of land. He was certain, by evidence he found, that the hilltop land had been used as a lookout station by the Indians. The land around the cabin home was cleared the first year and planted in corn, pumpkins and other vegetables. He built a high rail fence completely around the home to keep out the wild animals. He was a great hunter, had been an Indian scout and was said to have been one of the best trackers on the border.
...Hannah, Thomas Colvin's wife, came from the Welsh family of Ashcrafts, who were the emigrants to America. Born in 1775, she succumbed July 28, 1829. Eleven days later, Andrew, sixteen year old son of the the Colvins, died. A week after Andrew's death, the twenty year old daughter, Anne, succumbed to the same disease, called by oldtimers, "Cholera Morbus."
...Thomas Colvin, grieved by the death of his wife and children, became a recluse in the lonely hilltop cabin, rarely seen unless he needed fresh meat or supplies. his lonely life ended Feb. 21, 1841, at the age of 72. The family were buried on a plot on the farm which is known today as the Chapman Cemetery.
...Sarah, daughter of Thomas and Hannah (Ashcraft) Colvin, born in 1806, was thought to be the first white child born within the limits of the present Hamer Twp. She married Caleb Chapman and survived until Oct. 11, 1875. They took over her father's farm and became well known in Southern Ohio. His death occurred Dec. 30, 1882, when he was in his 78th year. A son, Isaac Chapman, born in 1826, passed away in June, 1859.
...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)

...List of White Male Inhabitants of the Twp. of New Market, OH above the age of 21 on June 6, 1811 included - Thomas and John Colvin, Gideon Jackson, Andrew Charles and Archibald Walker.
...At the time of Thomas' death he owned 100.25 acres on the waters of Oak Creek, Highland County, in addition to his home farm. Rachel and Isaac Chapman inherited the home place. (Source: Martha Ashcraft Neal, The Ashcraft Family: Descendants of Daniel (Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc., 1994), pg. 62.)

Thomas married Hannah Ashcraft in 1793 in Pennsylvania, United States. Hannah was born in 1775 in Virginia, British Colonial America; died on 28 Jul 1829 in Highland County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Jul 1829 in Danville, Highland County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Parents: Ichabod Ashcraft and Sarah Elizabeth Coleman

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