Horace Dakin Hormell

Other Events:

• Religion: Methodist
• Census: 1860, Chester Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Horace Hormell, in the household of Milton J. Hormell
• Census: 1870, Chester Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Horace Hormell, works on farm, in the household of Milton Hormell
• Census: 1880, Chester Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Horace Hormell, runs a sawmill, head of household
• Occupation: 1880, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; operator of a sawmill
• Newspaper: 19 Nov 1891; The Western Star (Lebanon, Ohio), 19 November 1891, p4
• Census: 1900, Chester Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Horace Hormel, farmer, head of household

Notes:

Newspaper:

~page 4
Oakland
Horace Hormell was the loser of a nice yearling colt last week. A rope swing was in the woods where the horses were kept, and in some manner the colt became entangled in it and choked to death.

Horace married Emma Lydia Dakin on 18 Feb 1875 in Clinton County, Ohio, United States. Emma (daughter of Simon Dakin and Rebecca Harlan) was born on 5 Aug 1855 in Clinton County, Ohio, United States; died on 23 Dec 1945 in Jefferson Township, Greene County, Ohio, United States; was buried on 26 Dec 1945 in Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Raymond M. Hormell was born on 18 Nov 1875 in Clinton County, Ohio, United States; died on 9 Dec 1875 in Clinton County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Dec 1875 in Clinton County, Ohio, United States.
2. Mary Ada Hormell was born on 25 Dec 1878 in Chester Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; died on 16 Oct 1935 in Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio, United States.

Other Events:

• Religion: Baptist
• Misc: Between 1847 and 1850; was Justice of the Peace
• Census: 1850, Harveysburg, Wayne Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Milton J. Hormell, phyisian, married within the year, head of household
• Graduation: 1853, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States; Address:
  Ohio Medical University
• Property: 18 Sep 1858, Harveysburg, Warren County, Ohio, United States; purchased 15.5 poles for $75.00 from the estate of Robert E. LaFetra; Address:
  (part of lot #14)
• Census: 1860, Chester Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Milton J. Hormell, phyisian, head of household
• Property: 16 Mar 1861, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; purchased 41 and a fraction acres for $1800 from M. W. Shidaker; Address:
  (survey 2230)
• Military: 20 Apr 1862; 49th Ohio Volunteer Infantry as Assistant Physian
• Property: 15 Jun 1863, Harveysburg, Warren County, Ohio, United States; sold 15.5 poles for $250 to Merribah Hormell; Address:
  (part of lot #14, the same lot conveyed to Milton J. Hormel by G
• Military: 2 May 1864; served in the Civil War - Company K, 149th Ohio National Guard Infantry, Private
• Physical Description: Aug 1864; height 5' 11", fair complexion, dark hair and blue eyes
• Military: 30 Aug 1864; was discharged
• Property: 18 Apr 1868, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; purchased 80 acres for $5600 from heirs of Tylee W. LaFetra; Address:
  (survey #1994)
• Property: 26 Jun 1868, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; sold 18 acres for $1500 to Clara LaFetra; Address:
  (part of Survey #2230)
• Newspaper: 1 Jul 1868; Real Estate Transfers
• Census: 1870, Chester Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Milton Hormell, phyisian, head of household
• Census: 1880, Chester Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Milton J. Hormell, phyisian, head of household
• History / Bio: 1882; The History of Clinton County, Ohio, v2 (Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882), p938
• Property: 7 Mar 1884, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; purchased 51.55 acres for $4319.75 from George W. McKay; Address:
  (part of Survey #2230)

Notes:

.....Milton John Hormell, the fourth son of Henry Jr., attended District School and completed the course in Harveysburg Seminary in two years. He began the study of medicine at the age of 21 under Dr. Corlis of Harveysburg and completed this course of study and reading in three years, and for five years practiced medicine in Warren County, and Clinton County,. He graduated from the Ohio Medical College in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1853.
.....Milton moved from Harveysburg to Oakland in 1860. In 1862 he joined the 49th O.V.I. as Assistant Surgeon, but was compelled to return home after four months service because of illness. In the spring of 1864 he was instrumental in forming a company of volunteers which was attached to the 149th O.N.G. (100 Days Men) and from this organization he received an honorable discharge.
.....He was one of the founders of the Masonic Lodge at Harveysburg, and at various times he held the office of Justice of Peace, Township Trustee, Road Supervisor, Director of Oakland School and was a member of the Babtist Church. [Source: Stanley Wright Aultz, "Chronicles of a Griffis Family". Miamisburg, Ohio: S. W. Aultz 1981 and Letter written by William G. Hormell, not dated]



.....Milton John Hormell, son of Henry and Margaret Fry Hormell, married first Almira Dakin and then he married Emeline Hisey who was born in 1826. They had at least one daughter, Mary Clara hormell, who was born in 1859.
.....Milton John Hormell was a "Physician." He died in 1885 and his wife, Emeline Hisey Hormell, died in 1900. (They were married in 1848.) Their daughter, Mary Clara Hormell married in 1878 Oscar F. McKay who was born in 1855. We have no dates of death for them. They had at least one daughter, Helen McKay, who was born in Loviland, Colorado. Se became the wife of Stanley R. Mauck. [Source: Gillis, W. Floyd, ""Hormell Family"," pg. 23]

Property:

Signed: James H. Lafetra, Executor of the last will and testament of R. E. Lafetra, dec'd.
Witness: R. B. Edwards and Ephraim Maille
v39, p56

Property:

Signed: Milton J. Hormell and Emeline Hormell
Witness: Eliza J. Macy and J. H. Lippincott
v42, p176

Military:

149th Regiment, Ohio Infantry (National Guard)
OVERVIEW:
Organized at Camp Dennison, Ohio, May 8, 1864. Left State for Baltimore, Md., May 11. Attached to Defences of Baltimore, 8th Army Corps, Middle Department, to July, 1864. 1st Separate Brigade, 8th Army Corps, to July, 1864. Kenly's Independent Brigade, 8th Army Corps, to August, 1864.

SERVICE:
Duty in the Defences of Baltimore, Md., and at different points on the eastern shore of Maryland till July 4. Moved to Monocacy Junction July 4. Battle of Monocacy Junction July 9. Moved to Washington, D. C., July 13. Advance to Snicker's Gap, Va., July 13-20. Operations in the Shenandoah Valley July 20-August 23. Action with Moseby at Berryville August 13. Mustered out August 30, 1864.
Regiment lost during service 4 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 38 Enlisted men by disease. Total 42.

Newspaper:

Real Estate Transfers
Clarrissa M. Lafetra and others, to Milton J. Hormell, 80 acres of land $5-600.
Milton J. Hormell to Clara M. La Fetra, 18 acres of land $1,500.

History / Bio:

MILTON JOHN HORMELL, physician, Oakland, was born October 8, 1820, in Warren County, about five miles north of Lebanon. His parents were Henry and Margaret Hormell. He received the rudiments of an education in a district school, and afterward attended the Harveysburg Seminary, for about two years, where he completed a higher course of study. When about twenty-one years of age, he began the study of medicine with Dr. Corlis, of Harveysburg, with whom he remained as a student for about three years. After completing his course of study he bean to practice, which he did successfully for about five years in both Warren and Clinton Counties. He then attended the Ohio Medical University, at Cincinnati. From which institution he graduated in 1853. He resumed the practice of his profession, with headquarters at Harveysburg, Warren County, where he remained until 1860, in which year he removed to Clinton County, Chester Township, near Oakland, and attended to the duties of his profession. In October, 1845, he married Almira Dakin, daughter of Judge James Dakin (deceased). She died in November, 1846. On November 1, 1849, he married Miss Eveline Hisey, born November 9, 1826, daughter of Jacob and Amelia Hisey, who settled in Warren County, about 1810. They are the parents of four children--Fremont N., Horace D., Mary C. and William. In 1862, after the breaking out of the war of the rebellion, he went with the Forty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry as Assistant Surgeon, with which regiment he remained about four months, when having contracted an illness, he returned home, where he remained until the spring of 1864. At that time he was instrumental in forming a company of volunteers which afterward belonged to the One Hundred and Forty-ninth Regiment of Ohio National Guards, or the hundred day men. He was engaged in the battle of Monocacy, and received an honorable discharge in August of the same year. He then returned home and began to attend to the duties of his profession. In 1847, he was elected Justice of the Peace for Massie Township, Warren County, and served three years. He also served as Township Trustee for one year. He was member of the Baptist Church and the owner of 121 acres of land.

Milton married Emeline Hisey on 1 Nov 1849 in Warren County, Ohio, United States. Emeline (daughter of Jacob Hisey and Amelia Williamson) was born on 9 Nov 1826 in Ohio, United States; died on 5 Mar 1900 in Caesarscreek Township, Greene County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Mar 1900 in Corwin, Warren County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Harveysburg, Wayne Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Emaline Hormell, married within the year, in the household of Milton J. Hormell
• Census: 1860, Chester Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Emaline Hormell, in the household of Milton J. Hormell
• Property: 15 Jun 1863; sold 15-1/2 poles to Merribah Hormell
• Property: 26 Jun 1868, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; sold 18 acres for $1500 to Clara La Fetra; Address:
  (part of Survey #2230)
• Census: 1870, Chester Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Emaline Hormell, in the household of Milton Hormell
• Census: 1880, Chester Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Emeline Hormell, wife, in the household of Milton J. Hormell
• Military Pension: 2 Jul 1885, Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; filed a Declaration for Widows Pension
• Census: 1890, Chester Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Emmaline Hormell, widow of Milton J. Hormell
• Newspaper: 25 Jan 1900; The Western Star (Lebanon, Ohio), 25 January 1900, p1: Real Estate Transfer

Notes:

On July 2, 1885 Emeline Hisey filed a Declaration for Widow's Pension. The certificate was granted in May 4, 1890

Property:

Signed: Milton J. Hormell and Emeline Hormell
Witness: Eliza J. Macy and J. H. Lippincott
v42, p176

Property:

Signed: M. J. Hormell and Emeline Hormell
Witness: Jacob Hollingsworth and John W. Steele
v4, p105

Newspaper:

Emeline Hormell to Ed. McFarland, 40 feet off west side of lot 13 and 40 feet off west side of lot 15 in Harveysburg, $700.

Other Events:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Religion: Methodist
• Land Patent: 19 Jul 1824, Miami County, Ohio, United States; purchased 81.30 acres (Land Patent Number CV-0059-137); Address:
  West of the Greater Miami, West Half of North East quarter, Sect
• Probate: 1 Nov 1830, Warren County, Ohio, United States
• Newspaper: 15 Oct 1831; Margaret Hormel, executrix of Henry Hormel, deceased

Notes:

Henry Hormell, Jr., the sixth child and second son of Henry Hormell, owned a 33 acre farm across Clear Creek, opposite his father's farm. He was for many years a Methodist class leader. [Source: Stanley Wright Aultz, "Chronicles of a Griffis Family", Miamisburg, Ohio: S. W. Aultz 1981]

Henry was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania. He owned a thirty-three acre farm on Clear Creek, Warren County, Ohio, opposite his father's farm. He was a leader in his Methodist Church. He was buried in the old Baptist Cemetery north of Ridgeville, Warren County, Ohio. Margaret was born at Hagerstown, Maryland, She died at Sharon, near Oakland, Ohio, and is buried in the Sharon M.E. church yard. [Source: Jack T. Hutchinson, "A Quaker Migration to Southwestern Ohio", (March 1996), pg. 18]

Henry Hormell died in Clear Creek Twp., Warren County, Ohio and was interred in the Baptist Cemetery there. His date of death was Oct. 10, 1828. his wife, Margaret Fry Hormell, died in 1859 and was buried in Clinton County, Ohio. [Source: Gillis, W. Floyd, ""Hormell Family"," pg. 14]

Note: At a Court of Common Pleas begun and held at Lebanon in the County of Warren and State of Ohio on this first day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty...
Margaret Hormel executrix of Henry Hormel decd. files in Court here an account current and vouchers for settlement at next term. B.3.422 Will records, vol. 4, pg. 178, November Term 1830, Warren County.

Henry married Margaret Fry on 1 Sep 1813 in Warren County, Ohio, United States. Margaret (daughter of John Fry and Margaret Boyd) was born on 16 May 1793 in Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, United States; died on 20 Apr 1859 in Warren County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Apr 1859 in Clinton County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Appointed: Apr 1829, Warren County, Ohio, United States; Administratrix in the estate of Henry Hormel
• Census: 1830, Springboro, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Margaret Hormel
• Beneficiary: 27 Aug 1830; in the will of her father-in-law, Henry Hormell, as Margaret Hormell, widow of Henry Hormell, deceased
• Newspaper: 15 Oct 1831; Margaret Hormel, executrix of Henry Hormel, deceased
• Census: 1840, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Margret Hormel
• Census: 1850, Wayne Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Margaret Hormell, head of household

Other Events:

• Occupation: Blacksmith
• Residence: Between 1816 and 1818; moved from Virginia to Warren Co., Ohio
• Census: 1850, Wayne Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Jacob Hisey, farmer, head of household
• Census: 1860, Wayne Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Jacob Hysey, farmer, head of household
• Will: 8 May 1865, Warren County, Ohio, United States
• Probate: 14 May 1869, Warren County, Ohio, United States
• Newspaper: 20 May 1869; The Western Star (Lebanon, Ohio), 20 May 1869, p5: Death
• History / Bio: 1882; The History of Warren County, Ohio (Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882), p853

Notes:

Jacob Hisey was reared to manhood and married in Virginia, where he resided till the fall of 1818, when he, with his family, emigrated to Ohio and located in Warren County, in Wayne Township, and opened out right in the woods, living a true pioneer life, enduring all the hardships and deprivations of those early days. Mr. Hisey was a blacksmith, which trade he followed through life, employing others to do the work on the farm. He first settled on 60 acres of land, and from time to time added more to it by purchase till he became owner of 400 acres of good land; here he resided till his death. Mr. Hisey was a very industrious, economical man; one who started in life a poor man, but by his own labor and good management, became quite wealthy. They were parents of fourteen children, nine now survive--Jemima, now Widow Ridge; Hannah, now Mrs. Gard; Amelia, now Mrs. Carr; Rhoda, now Widow Harlan; Emiline, now Mrs. Harmell; Maria, now Widow Banes; Mary Jane, now Widow Terry; Christian and John. [Source: The History of Warren County, Ohio. A reproduction by Unigraphic, Inc., Evansville, Indiana 1972. Reproduced on Broderbund Software's Family Archive CD #450 (County, and Family Histories: Ohio, 1780-1970). Original by W. H. Beers & County, Chicago, Illinois. Biographical Sketches, Massie Township, pg. 1005]

Jacob Hisey was a son of Christian Hisey, a native of Germany, who settled in the Shenandoah Valley, Va., in a early day. Jacob Hisey was born and grew to manhood there, and there married Emiline (Amelia?) Williamson. In the year 1816, he moved with his family to Ohio and settled in East Wayne Township, Warren County, where he purchased a small tract of land, which he cultivated in connection with working in and carrying on a blacksmith shop for many years. He raised a large family of children, and lived to see all those who survive well settled in life. By the industry and frugality of himself and wife, besides raising his family he acquired a considerable amount of property. He was for many years a member of the Free-Will Baptist Church, and was a worthy and exemplary member, and contributed liberally for the support of the church of his choice. In October, 1854, his wife, the partner of his younger and advanced years, departed this life. He was again married, and at his death left a widow. He departed this life May 6, 1870, age 84 years, at peace with all mankind, and in full hope of a blissful immortality--the noblest work of God, an honest man. [Source: The History of Warren County, Ohio. A reproduction by Unigraphic, Inc., Evansville, Indiana 1972. Reproduced on Broderbund Software's Family Archive CD #450 (County, and Family Histories: Ohio, 1780-1970). Original by W. H. Beers & County, Chicago, Illinois. Biographical Sketches, Wayne Township, pg. 853]

Will:

WILL
Dated May 8, 1865
Transcript of Probate Records, Warren County Ohio
Vol. 20M, pg. 83-84
Recorded May 11, 1869
I Jacob Hisey of the County of Warren and State of Ohio Being now of sound memory and disposing mind do make and publish this my last will
Item 1st - After my death it is my will that all my just debts and funeral expenses be fully paid.
Item 2nd - There is a marriage contract existing between myself and my wife Susan Hisey (late – Susan Kindle) which I have fully paid. Should the she survive me I give and bequeath to he (sic) fifty Dollars.
Item 3d - After my death I direct that my Executors here after named or the survivor of them Sell and dispose of all my property both real and personal without appraisement or valuation either at public or private-sale and either for cash, or upon such terms of credit as they shall deem best for all concerned and for any or all real estate by them sold, whether it shall be whole or divided tracts I hereby authorize them to execute necessary and sufficient deeds and deliver them to the purchasers for the same .
Item 4th - After my estate has been reduced to money I direct that my executors shall divide the proceeds among all my children that may be living and the heirs of those that have died and the heirs of any one that may be dead one share) share and share alike. After deduction the costs, charges and expenses.
Item 5th - I hereby constitute and appoint my sons Joseph Hisey and John Hisey Executors of this my last Will and I direct that they shall not be required to give Security in accepting the trust.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this 8th day of May A.D. 1865.
Jacob Hisey [seal]
Executed by Jacob Hisey in our presence and by me in his presence and at his request.
S. W. Rogers
J. W. Keys

Newspaper:

The Gazette also contains a notice of the death of Jacob Hisey, who came to Ohio in 1817. He died on the 6th of the present month. He was the father of fourteen children, ten of whom are still living.

History / Bio:

Rev. John Hisey, farmer and minister; P. O. Waynesville; is a son of Jacob Hisey, who was a son of Christian Hisey, a native of Germany, who settled in the Shenandoah Valley, Va., in an early day. Jacob Hisey was born and grew to manhood there, and there married Emiline Williamson. In the year 1816, he moved with his family to Ohio and settled in East Wayne Township, Warren County, where he purchased a small tract of land, which he cultivated in connection with working in and carrying on a blacksmith shop for many years. He raised a large family of children, and lived to see all those who survive well settled in life. By the industry and frugality of himself and wife, besides raising his family he acquired a considerable amount of property. He was for many years a member of the Free-Will Baptist Church, and was a worthy and exemplary member, and contributed liberally for the support of the church of his choice. In October, 1854, his wife, the partner, of his younger and advanced years, departed this life. He was again married, and at his death left a widow. He departed this life May 6, 1870, aged 84 years, at peace with all mankind, and in full hope of a blissful immortality--the noblest work of God, and honest man.

Jacob married Amelia Williamson on 21 Mar 1808 in Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States. Amelia (daughter of William Williamson and Didema _____) was born on 24 Jun 1785 in Maryland, United States; died on 8 Oct 1854; was buried in Oct 1854 in Corwin, Warren County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Millie Williamson
• Census: 1850, Wayne Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Emelia Hisey, in the household of Jacob Hisey

Other Events:

• Military: Revolutionary War, 5th Battalion, Ensign
• Name: Henry Hormell
• Property: 16 Feb 1786, East Bethlehem Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States; filed an application for a Warrant to purchase 400 acres
• Tax Record: 1789, East Bethleham Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States
• Survey: 8 May 1789; in pursuance of the warrant granted to Henry Hormell the tract of land called Peach Garden was surveyed on 1 June 1786 and returned
• Property: 12 May 1789, East Bethleham Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States; was granted a Patent for a tract of land called "Peach Garden" containing 414 acres 56 perches for the price of 15 Pounds 3 Shilling
• Tax Record: 1798, East Bethleham Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States; Tax List
• Census: 1800, East Bethleham Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States; as Henry Hormel
• Property: 19 Jul 1824, Miami County, Ohio, United States; purchased 81.3 acres by Patent CV-0059-137; Address:
  (West half of the North East quarter, Section 12, Township 6 Nor
• Census: 1830, Springboro, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Henry Hormel
• Will: 27 Aug 1830, Warren County, Ohio, United States
• Newspaper: 9 Mar 1832; Sale at the House of Henry Hormell
• Newspaper: 22 Mar 1833; Public Sale
• Probate: 21 Apr 1834, Warren County, Ohio, United States
• Newspaper: 2 May 1834; Executor's Notice
• Newspaper: 30 May 1834; Public Sale
• Newspaper: 9 Oct 1835; Executor's Notice

Notes:

Henry Hormell was a soldier in Lord Dunmore's War (a campaign promoted by Virginia Royal Governor John Murry) that proceeded the Revolutionary War. Henry and his two brothers, John and Jacob were paid off at Fort Pitt (present Pittsburgh.) This indicates they were Virginians, and Virginia and Pennsylvania both claimed the lands along the Monongahela in what is now southwestern Pennsylvania. The Virginians created a separate county in the area called Yohogania. The Hormells were of French Huguenot heritage. These French Protestants had suffered much for freedom of conscience at the time of the infamous Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day and again when Cardinal Richielieu revoked the Edict of Nates, which for a century had guaranteed the Protestants freedom of worship in France. The brothers probably were from the sizable Huguenot settlement near the James River in Goochland and Powhatan Counties, Va. - the so called Manokin settlement.

The three brothers established farms on the west bank of the Monongahela River in what is now the East Bethlehem Township of Washington Co, Pa. The land holdings were named in the Virginia manner, Henry's being called "Peach Garden." Henry settled on this land in 1770, five years before the Revolutionary War. The 414 acres and 56 poles was warranted to Henry Hormell by the land office in Philadelphia on February 16, 1786. It was surveyed on June 1, 1786 and a patent issued to Henry Hormell on May 12, 1789. The two other brothers also owned adjacent land known as "Garland" and "Eutaw".

The Huguenot Hormells in the Monongahela Va joined another group of dissenters, the "Quakers". The Quakers had established meeting houses in Monongahela valley and when the Hormells came from Pa to Ohio they brought the Quaker
tradition with them to Warren Co.

In 1777 during the Revolution, Henry took as his bride Eleanor Lee. Eleanor was the daughter of William Fairfax Lee and was living on his plantation "Point Pleasant" near the Hormell properties. In around 1808 Henry and Eleanor pioneered to Warren Co, Ohio and acquired land in Clearlake Twp.

It appears that there was a large migration from the Monongahela Valley to Warren Co, Ohio that included Henry's brother John who had came west in 1797 around the same time that John Lee, Eleanors brother had came with his family.

Henry was a farmer. He and Eleanor shared a marriage for fifty-six years and produced eleven children. Many are buried near Ridgeville, Oh in Warren Co. Henry's grave is marked with a bronze marker placed by the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Earliest known residence, Fayette County, Pa. probably near Brownsville. Moved with his family to Ridgeville, Warren County, Ohio in 1808. Revolutionary Soldier, Ensign in Captain Swaney's Company, 5th Battalion. In the certificate showing his appointment on February 14, 1782, his name is given as Henry Hormill. Source: Letter from William G. Hormell]

Henry Hormell was thirty years old and Eleanor Lee was fourteen at their marriage. Henry and his brothers John, Sr. and Jacob (perhaps half-brothers or cousins?) fought in Lord Dunmore's War and later they served in a militia company in western Pennsylvania on behalf of American freedom from Great Britain during the American Revolution.

John Hormell, Sr. came to Warren County, Ohio about 1797. Jacob Hormell married Jane Miller and became a Quaker. They lived out their lives in Washington County Pennsylvania.

Henry Hormell and his wife Eleanor Lee came to Warren County, Ohio from Washington County Pennsylvania about 1808. Their farm was along the east side of the "Dayton Pike" north of Lebanon and a bit north of Merrittstown and Pekin in Clear Creek Township. [Source: Jack T. Hutchinson, "A Quaker Migration to Southwestern Ohio", (March 1996), pg. 16]

John and Henry Hormell raised their families on the Pennsylvania frontier, but did not stay there to die. But, before they could answer the call of the Ohio frontier, they were caught up in the political events and wars of their times which made it possible for the early west to be settled. Western Pennsylvania was no sooner settled than the Americans were looking for more lands to settle which could be easily reached by traveling down the rivers which lead westward to the Mississippi. The Shanondoah (sic) Valley in Virginia and the Kanawha River valley in what is now West Virginia were next. Both the Cherokee of Tennessee and the Shawnee of Ohio considered Kentucky as their hunting ground although no tribe actually occupied it. By 1774, the Indians, who had heard of the settlers that would be coming soon, were ready to fight to defend what they believed to be theirs. In April of 1774, a minor Shawnee attack on a surveying party was used as an excuse for a fiery proclamation which urged the frontiersmen to defend themselves. The excitement of the war alarm swept through the West. Such able-bodied men as Henry, Jacob, and John Hormell signed up at Pittsburgh to be in the militia. The Indians sent messengers to Pittsburgh to plead for peace, but these men were attached and killed on orders from the commander Dr. John Connolly. With this, Shawnee patience reached its breaking point, and young warriors started attacking outlying settlements to avenge the 13 Indians who had died in other skirmishes. On June 10, 1774, Governor Dunmore of Virginia sent word to the frontier settlements all over the West that war had begun.

The conflict that broke out then, known as Lord Dunmore's War, was a struggle for land between two antagonistic civilizations. The area in question was Kentucky, land wanted by the Indians for a hunting ground, and by the Americans for homes and farms.

We can imagine what the Hormells thought as they travelled down the Ohio River to the mouth of the Hocking River with Lord Dunmore's troops and saw the fabulous lands that were to be had merely by staking out a claim on them. As the army proceeded through what is now Athens, Hocking, and Vinton counties toward Chillicothe, the Hormells must have realized that these rolling hills could be even more profitable and fertile that the fields they plowed back in Pennsylvania. Their first glimpse of the wonderful, well watered Ohio country must have started them thinking about migrating farther west in quest of greater land possessions. We know from the "Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution, 1775-1783" that they returned to Pittsburgh where they were paid off in 1775 for their service in the Colonial Militia. If, upon return to their homesteads along the Monongahela River, any of the Hormell boys contemplated moving farther west, those plans were quickly terminated by the beginning of the American Revolution. The American Revolution stopped practically all migration west for the next eight years while most of the men became involved in one way or another, for or against, in that great struggle for independence in North America.

By autumn of 1789, a new war with the Indians had developed. By 1790, the urge to move west was growing stronger and stronger. For frontiersmen living in western Pennsylvania, taxes were getting too high, land was too expensive, and for some, it was getting too crowded. The lure of land "northwest of the Ohio" became even stronger as land speculators advertised in the east, telling of the "cheaper" more fertile lands that were to be had if a farmer were willing to take a year off from farming to move by taking a raft down the Ohio River to one of the new settlements. However, there was one problem preventing most frontiersmen from moving northwest of the Ohio River. The land still legally belonged to the Indians. Lord Dunmore's War, only freed land south of the Ohio River to white settlement.

In 1795 the Treaty of Greenville was signed. In it, the Indians surrendered all of Ohio except a strip along Lake Erie, a triangle of land in Indiana, and some trading posts. They agreed to move farther west and break their alliance with the British. A new stretch of territory was opened up for American settlement.

With the Indian problem out of the way, the Hormells still had one problem to overcome before they could go west - transportation. Up to this time, almost everyone floated down the Ohio on a raft. This could be dangerous, especially when it came to moving a whole household because of the numerous rapids on the way. In 1796, the first road across Ohio, Zane's Trace, was built from Ft. Henry, Virginia, (now Wheeling, West Virginia) to Zanesville, down to Chillicothe and onto Maysville, Kentucky on the Ohio River. From Chillicothe, another road was built through Williamsburg to Columbia, Ohio. These roads were impassable stretches of mud in wet weather, but in the winter, the surfaces were covered with deeply packed snow and ice which smoothed the road to a relatively easy transportation route. After Zane's Trace was completed, the pioneers could migrate during winter, moving their household goods by sled from Ft. Henry to the Cincinnati area in about two weeks. It is unknown whether the Hormells came to the Miami Country by raft on the Ohio River or by winter sled over Zane's Trace.

Henry and Eleanor Hormell moved to Warren county in 1808 where they settled on a 113 acre farm in Franklin Twp. on the east side of the Dayton Pike. Henry died in 1834 and Eleanor died in 1835 and both are buried in the Clear Creek Baptist Cemetery north of Ridgeville in Warren County,. Henry's family did not all follow him to Ohio. Many of them married in Pennsylvania and remained there to raise families. However, at least two children did come to Ohio. Mary, the first daughter, and Henry Hormell, Jr., the sixth child and second son. [Source: Stanley Wright Aultz, "Chronicles of a Griffis Family", Miamisburg, Ohio: S. W. Aultz 1981]

Henry Hormell, son of Henry and ____ Hormell, came to the Brownsville, Pa. area around 1770 with his brothers, Jacob and John. He purchased a farm called "Peach Garden" on the northwest boundary of John's farm. We find that he was a trustee of the Taylor Methodist Church in 1790. Taylor Methodist Church's first log building was constructed in 1784.

Henry Hormell, as before stated, served in Dunmore's War and the Revolutionary War. He served in the revolutionary War as an Ensign in Capt. R. Sweeney's 5th Bn. Washington county Militia Thomas Cook, Lt. Col.

Henry Hormell married Eleanor (Ellinor) Lee (Lanah-?) in the late 1770's. she was born December 24, 1765 (some records show 1763).

Henry and Eleanor moved to Ohio in 1808 according to a letter written by Mrs. Benjamin Smith of Stockstone, Calif. early in the 1940's. they took up land from the government three miles west of Lebanon on the Dayton Pike living on the east side of the road. This was in Clear Creek Twp., Warren County, Ohio.

Henry Hormell was listed as a farmer the same as his brothers, Jacob and John.

Henry Hormell died on February 16, 1834. Eleanor Lee Hormell died March 4, 1835. Both were interred in the Baptist Cemetery (Churchyard), Ridgeville, Ohio.

Notes: Vol 1I P. 255 dated Aug. 6, 1791 Henry Hormell sold to Robert Sweeney 50 acres. Consideration 100 Pounds. Vol IT P. 681 dated April 25, 1807 Henry Hormell sold to Thomas Bell 103-1/2 Acres. Consederation $1, 086.75. Vol 12L P. 354 dated April 11, 1808 Henry Hormell sold to David Wood of Frederick County, Maryland 236 acres (balance of "Peach Garden"). Consideration $3,899.56. [Source: W. Floyd Gillis, ""Hormell Family", pg. 5-6]

Property:

Patent Book 16, page 3
The Supreme Executive Council of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: Know ye, that in consideration of the monies paid by Henry Hormell into the Receiver Generals office of this Commonwealth at the granting of the Warrant herein after mentioned and of the Sum of Fifteen Pounds three Shillings lawful Money now paid by him into the said office there is granted by the said commonwealth unto the said Henry Hormell a certain tract of Land called "Peach Garden" situate on the West Side of Monongahela River Washington County. Beginning at a Hickory on the bank of Monongahela River thence by land of John Hormell north forty seven Degrees and an half West four hundred and Sixty perches to a post thence by land of John Jenkinson north thirty three degrees East Seventy three Perches to a White oak thence by land of Joseph Woodfill South fifty two degrees East one hundred and fifty four perches to a white oak and north thirty eight degrees & an half East ninety perches to a post thence by land of Edward Dorsey South fifty one degrees & an half East one hundred and fifty five Perches to a White oak North fifty five degrees East Seventeen perches to a Spanish oak & White oak south thirty eight degrees east twenty seven perches to a heap of Stones Past Seven perches to a White oak South Sixty degrees East Sixty six perches to a Walnut & Sugar Tree on the Bank of Monongahela River thence up said River the several courses thereof two hundred and thirty three Perches to the place of beginning, containing Four hundred and fourteen Acres & fifty six Perches and allowance of six per cent. for roads, &c. with the appurtenances (which said tract was surveyed in pursuance of a Warranty granted to the said Henry Hormell dated the 16th February 1786. To have and to hold the said tract or parcel of land with the appurtenances unto the said Henry Hormell his heirs and assigns forever free and clear of all restrictions and reservations as to mines, royalties, quit-rents or otherwise, excepting and reserving only the fifth part of all gold and silver ore, for the use of this commonwealth to be delivered at the pit's mouth, clear of all charges. In Witness whereof His Excellency Thomas Miflin Esq, president of the Supreme Executive Council hath hereto set his hand and caused the state seal to hereto affixed in Council the Twelfth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred Eighty nine and of the commonwealth the Thirteenth.

Will:

WILL… Henry Hormel
Will dated 27 August 1830
Transcript of Probate Records, Warren County, Ohio
Court of Common Pleas, April Term 1834, pg. 82
Recorded 21 April 1834

The last will and testament of Henry Hormel in the name of God amen. Not knowing the day of my death and for the better peace & satisfaction of my heirs I will as follows: First the funeral charges and lawful debts be paid. Second my will is that my beloved wife shall have all my property both real and personal during her life and after her death my will is that the residue of my property be disposed of according to law by my executors and divide the proceeds between my children and grand children as follows. 1st I will to Rebeca Merritt late Rebeca Hormell the sum of fifty dollars. 2nd I will to Henry S. Ross, Samuel Ross & Eleat Hormel the sum of ten-dollars each and after paying the above legases and lawful charges to divide the remainder equally between John Ross and Mary his wife late Mary Hormell, Joel Hormell & Lidda his wife late Lidda Hormell, Kirby Allen and Matildah his wife late Matildah Hormell, Isaac Gudgel and Sarah his wife late Sarah Hormell, Joseph Carter and Eleanor his wife late Eleanor Hormell and to my grand daughter Ellen Gudgel daughter of Isaac and Nancy Gudgel late Nancy Hormell an equal share after deducting the different sums of money which I have paid the above mentioned heirs to be divided equally share and share alike. John Ross has received the sum of seventy nine dollars Joel Hormel sum ten dollars, Isaac, Gudgel sum thirty dollars, Kirby Allen sum twenty five dollars, Joseph Carter sum ten dollars and Ellen Gudgel sum ten dollars: the remainder of my children (towit) Joseph Norton, Elizabeth Barms late Elizabeth Hormell, Margaret Hormell widdow of Henry Hormell deceased and Phebe Hormell widow of John Hormell deceased, by this my last will are not to receive any part or portion of my property as aforesaid they having received in my life time land and other property to more than and equivalent to the above legatees a reference to the records if necessary will more fully show. And lastly I do appoint Daniel Crane & Joel Hormell to be my executors to this my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this twenty seventh day of August A.D. 1830
In presence of Henry (his mark) Hormell
Kirby (his mark) Allen
Fenton Carter

Newspaper:

SALE
At the house of Henry Hormel will be offered at public vendue, on Saturday 24th March inst. the following property to wit:
4 Head of Horses,
3 Head of Cattle,
some stock Hogs, of good quality,
20 Head of Sheep,
1 Wheat Fan,
1 Patent Plough,
2 Harrows,
1 set Leather Harness for two horses,
1 Cross Cut Saw,
Besides some other articles of farming utensils. A credit of nine months will be given for all sums over three dollars - under three, cash
Henry Hormel

Newspaper:

Public Sale.
There will be sold at public vendue at the house of Henry Hormel in Clearcreek township one mile south of Ridgeville on Saturday 6th of April next, the following property, to wit:
2 head of Horses,
2 Milch Cows, one fresh,
24 head Stock Hogs, 9 Sheep & 6 young lambs,
6 Sugar Kettles, 1 large Pot,
Between two & three hundred Sugar Crocks,
Wheat, Rye, Corn, Oats and hay,
Some Bacon and salt Pork,
100 or 150 lbs. of good Sugar, 1 Bureau,
1 Table, 2 Stands, 1 Chest,
1 Weavers Loom with Reds and Gears, and a variety of other articles not here named. A liberal credit given. Sale to commence at 10 o'clock.
Abraham Merrit
Joel Hormel

Newspaper:

Research notes:
Executor's Notice.
All persons having claims against the estate of Henry Hormel late of Clearcreek township, Warren county, dec. are hereby notified to produce them legally authenticated for settlement, to the subscriber, within one year. And those indebted to said estate are required to make immediate payment to
Joel Hormel }
Daniel Crane,} Exectrs.

Newspaper:

Public Sale
On Saturday the 14th of June next
There will be offered at public sale at the late residence of Henry Hormel, deceased, in Clearcreek township, the following described chattel property, to wit:
1 First rate Brass 8 day Clock,
1 Bureau,
Beds and Bedding,
Kitchen Cupboard, Chairs, Table, Etc.
A credit of six months will be given by the purchaser giving note and approved security
Joel Hormel
Daniel Crane
Exrs

Newspaper:

Notice
Is hereby Given, that the following executors, administrators and guardians, have filed in the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Warren and State of Ohio, their accounts and vouchers for settlement, to-wit:
Joel Hormel and Daniel Crane, executors of Henry Hormel, dec.

Henry married Eleanor Lee in 1777 in Pennsylvania, United States. Eleanor (daughter of William Lee and Cathern Ross) was born on 24 Dec 1763 in Frederick County, Virginia, British Colonial America; died on 4 Mar 1833 in Ridgeville, Warren County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Mar 1833 in Warren County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Elinor Lanah
• Name: Elizabeth Eleanor Lee

Notes:

Elizabeth is a cousin of Richard Henry Lee, signer of the Declaration of Independence. [Source: Stanley Wright Aultz, "Chronicles of a Griffis Family", (Miamisburg, Ohio: S. W. Aultz, 1981)]

Other Events:

• Census: 1790, Washington County, Maryland, United States; as John Fry

John married Margaret Boyd about 1770. Margaret was born about 1755 in Frederick County, Maryland, British Colonial America; died after 1827 in Warren County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Military: 2nd Battalion, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Militia
• Name: Christian Haisey
• Census: 1820, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States; as Christian Hisey

Christian married Rosanna Fultz in 1781. Rosanna (daughter of John Martin Fultz and Living) was born in in Germany; died in 1827 in Virginia, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Didema _____. Didema and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Didema Williamson