Sarah Ann Cree

Notes:

Mentioned in the will of Robert Cree as Sarah Johnson's heirs of the State of Illinois.

Birth:
Prob. Warren Co., Ohio

Sarah married John Johnson on 26 Aug 1847 in Warren County, Ohio, United States. John was born on 22 Jan 1827; died on 21 Nov 1883; was buried in Nov 1883 in New Windsor, Henry County, Illinois, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Occupation: Farming, flat-boating, wagoning and smithing
• Beneficiary: 21 May 1831; in the will of his mother as Robert Cree
• Census: 1850, Washington Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Robert Cree, farmer, head of household
• Census: 1860, Clarksville, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as Robert Cree, farmer, head of household
• Property: 1 Feb 1862, Vernon Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; purchased 40 poles for $150.00 dollars from Levi Collins; Address:
  (part of Survey No 2245)
• Will: Aug 1869, Clinton County, Ohio, United States
• Census: 1870, Clarksville, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; as as Robt. Cree, invalid, in the household of Mary Loain
• Probate: 8 Oct 1870, Clinton County, Ohio, United States

Notes:

Robert Cree was born in Greene County, Pennsylvania, April 2, 1790; came to Ohio in 1811 and married Eleanor Barkley, November 27, 1811. He settled where Ephraigm Castello now lives set up a blacksmith shop, and followed farming, flat-boating, wagoning and smithing. In 1828, he removed to the Montgomery road. His wife died September 23, 1845, and he married Ann Mitchell; he was enterprising and respected. [(Source: "The History of Warren County, Ohio". Evansville: Unigraphic, Inc., 1972. Reproduced on Broderbund Software's Family Archive CD #450 (County, and Family Histories: Ohio, 1780-1970). Original by W. H. Beers & County, Chicago, Washington Twp., pg. 692]

WILL
Will dated August 1869
Transcript of Probate Records Clinton County, Ohio
Vol. 2, pg. 298-299
Filed: October 8, 1870
.....In his name of the Benevolent Father of All
I Robert Cree of the Village of Clarksville in Clinton County of Ohio do make and publish this my last will testament.
.....Item 1st - I give and devise to my beloved wife Ann Cree my house and lot in which we now residde in the Village of Clarksville Ohio well known as No. 4 in Amelia? Morrow's addition to said village. I give to her also out lot to said Village the same I Bought of J. K. Compten. I give to her also all the household furniture now in our house also my mare and buggy with cover?
.....Item 2nd - I give to her also all the notes in my possession amounting to about five hundred dollars also the proceeds of my farm in Warren County, on the year AD 1870. I give to her also twelve hundred dollars $1200.00, out of the proceeds of the sale of my farm which I desire sold after my death.
.....Item 3rd - I devise and bequeath to my two grand daughters Hulda Sever of the State of Illinois and Rachel D. Shank of the State of Indiana forty dollars $40. Taken out of the proceeds of the Sale of my farm when Sold.
.....Item 4th - I devise and bequeath to my grandson John M. Cree of Warren County Ohio One hundred dollars out of the proceeds of the sale of my farm.
.....Item 5th - I devise and bequeath to my two grandsons Samuel A. Cree and Jacob C. Cree of the State of Illinois One dollar each out of the proceeds of the Sale of my farm.
.....Item 6th - I devise and bequeath all the residual of the Sale of my farm after expenses are paid, to be equally divided between my children James H Cree, Jane Garrison, Sarah Johnson's (heirs) of the State of Illinois Ann Bogan of Warren County Ohio Robert Cree of the State of Iowa and Moses Cree's heirs of the State of Kansas.
.....Item 7th - I do hereby nominate and appoint my wife Ann Cree and John B. McCray executors of this my last Will & Testament hereby authorizing and enpowering them to compromise adjust release and discharge in such manner as they may deem proper the debts and claims due me.
.....In Testimony hereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal this day of August AD 1869.
Robert Cree (seal)
.....In presence of
J. B. Patterson
J. W. Compton

Property:

Signed: Levi (his mark) Collins and Margaret (her mark) Collins
Witness: J. W. Compton and Sarah E. (her mark) Collins
v6, p301

Will:

In the name of the Benevolent Father of All
—I Robert Cree of the Village of Clarksville in Clinton County of Ohio do make and publish this my last will testament.
—Item 1st I give and devise to my beloved wife Ann Cree my house and lot in which we now reside in the Village of Clarksville Ohio well known as No. 4 in Almelia Morrow’s addition to said village. I give to her also out lot to said Village the same I Bought of J. W. Compten. I give to her also all the household furniture now in our house also my mare and buggy and cow..
—Item 2nd I give to her also all the notes in my possession amounting to about five hundred dollars also the proceeds of my farm in Warren County, for the year AD 1870. I give to her also twelve hundred dollars ($1200.00) out of the proceeds of the sale of my farm which I desire sold after my death.
—Item 3rd I devise and bequeath to my two grand daughters Hulda Sever of the State of Illinois and Rachel D. Shank of the State of Indiana forty dollars ($40.00) each out of the proceeds of the Sale of my farm when Sold.
—Item 4th I devise and bequeath to my grand son John M. Cree of Warren County Ohio One hundred dollars out of the proceeds of the sale of my farm.
—Item 5th I devise and bequeath to my two grandsons Samuel A. Cree and Jacob C. Cree of the State of Illinois One dollar each out of the proceeds of the Sale of my farm.
—Item 6th I devise and bequeath all the residual of the Sale of my farm after expenses are paid, to be equally divided between my children James H Cree, Jane Garrison, Sarah Johnson’s heirs, of the State of Illinois Ann Bogan of Warren County Ohio Robert Cree of the State of Iowa and Moses Cree’s heirs of the State of Kansas.
—Item 7th I do hereby nominate and appoint my wife Ann Cree and John B. McCray executors of this my last Will & Testament hereby authorizing and empowering them to compromise adjust release and discharge in such manner as they may deem proper the debts and claims due me.
—In Testimony hereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal this __ day of August AD 1869.
Robert Cree (seal)
In presence of
J. B. Patterson
J. W. Compton

Robert married Elinor Barclay on 26 Nov 1811 in Clinton County, Ohio, United States. Elinor (daughter of John Barkley and Victoria Villiers) was born on 16 Nov 1791 in Kentucky, United States; died on 23 Sep 1845 in Warren County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Sep 1845 in Middleboro, Warren County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Eleanor Barkley

Other Events:

• Census: 1790, Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States; as Robert Cree
• Beneficiary: Bef 6 Apr 1813; heirs of Robert Cree, Jr. in the will of his father Robert Cree

Notes:

Robert Cree, Jr. followed his father to Western Pennsylvania after serving in Captain James Fisher's Cumberland County Militia Company in 1782. Here he met and married Elizabeth Villiers, daughter of John and Mary Villiers. She was born October 12, 1763, and they were married about 1786. They continued the westward migration by removing from the Tenmile Country to Harrison County, Ohio. [Reference: Howard L. Leckey, "The Tenmile Country and Its Pioneers", (Apollo, Pennsylvania : Closson Press, 1993), pg. 545]

Very little is known about the life of Robert Cree, Jr. He was born in County Down, Northern Ireland and came to this country at an early age, sometime prior to 1770. He was one of the older children of Robert and Janet Hamilton Cree. Robert Cree, Sr. and his family were living in Cumberland (now Perry) County, PA. during the years of the Revolutionary War. Several of his children including Robert, Jr. served during this war. Robert Jr. was a member of Capt. William Crawford's Co. of the Washington Militia in the fall of 1781. After this term of enlistment had expired, he evidently remained in Washington County and soon thereafter, he was followed there by his parents and the rest of his family.

Robert Cree, Jr. married Elizebeth Villars in Washington County in 1786. They were the parents of eight children. The exact date of Robert's death is unknown, although according to the Washington County records, the inventory of his estate was made on November 12, 1795. It was customary at that time to inventory the estates as soon as possible after death so he evidently died in the fall of 1795, possibly in the month of October. The place of his burial is unknown although obviously it would have been at some location in Washington County.

Sometime shortly after 1820, his widow, Elizebeth Villars Cree and some of her younger children moved to eastern Ohio, where she settled and bought property in Harrison County. She died there in 1841 and is buried in the Methodist Cemetery at Freeport, Harrison County. [Source: Robert H. Cree (Cree Family Notes, 1999)]

Robert married Elizabeth Villars in 1786 in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. Elizabeth (daughter of John Villars and Victory Muskeroy) was born on 12 Oct 1763 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America; died on 7 Mar 1841 in Freeport Township, Harrison County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Mar 1841 in Freeport Township, Harrison County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Elizabeth Villars
• Census: 1800, Cumberland Township, Green County, Pennsylvania, United States; as Elizabeth Cree
• Tax Record: 1828, Freeport Township, Harrison County, Ohio, United States; Ohio Tax Record
• Will: 21 May 1831, Harrison County, Ohio, United States
• Census: 1840, Freeport Township, Harrison County, Ohio, United States; as Elizabeth Cree
• Probate: 12 Apr 1841, Harrison County, Ohio, United States

Other Events:

• Name: John Barclay

John married Victoria Villiers. Victoria (daughter of John Villars and Mary Dakin) was born on 29 Jan 1766 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America; died on 1 Sep 1842 in Clarksville, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Sep 1842 in Clarksville, Clinton County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Victory Villiars

Other Events:

• Census: 1790, Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States; as Robert Cree
• Census: 1800, Cumberland Township, Green County, Pennsylvania, United States; as Robert Cree
• Will: Bef 6 Apr 1813, Cumberland Township, Green County, Pennsylvania, United States
• Probate: 6 Apr 1813, Green County, Pennsylvania, United States

Notes:

Sometime before 1781, Robert Cree, Sr., left his home in the Eastern part of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania and settled in the Tenmile Country near Shepherd's church, where he was living when serving in Captain William Crawford's Militia Company in the arraingment for October 15, 1781. It is quite evident that he was an elderly man when he migrated to this part of the frontier, for some of his grown up children with their families accompanied him. There is not enough evidence to say that Robert Cree,Sr., was the ancestor of all the Cree Family of this section, but such could be case. if not, then William Cree of Muddy Creek, the Revolutionary soldier buried on the home place, and Patrick Cree, listed in the tax lists for Cumberland Township in 1784, would be the exceptions. A William Cree is mentioned in the will of Robert Cree, Sr., but Patrick Cree disappears from local records. It is evident that all of his children followed his migration and eventually located for a time near, before moving further west. In his will, which was probated in Greene County on April 6,1813, he mentions his wife, Janet, whose maiden name was probably Hamilton, as the Hamiltons were near neighbors in Cumberland County, and he perpetuated this name in one of his sons. He is probably buried in Shepherd's Church Cemetery, where at least two of his children are buried. [Reference: Howard L. Leckey, "The Tenmile Country and Its Pioneers", (Apollo, Pennsylvania : Closson Press, 1993), pg. 544]

Robert married Janet Hamilton in 1754 in County Down, Ireland. Janet was born in 1734 in County Down, Ireland; died after 1813 in Cumberland Township, Green County, Pennsylvania, United States; was buried in Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Beneficiary: Bef 6 Apr 1813; in the will of her husband Robert Cree
• Executor: Bef 6 Apr 1813; wife Gennet Cree and son Hamilton Cree were named as executors in the will of Robert Cree

Other Events:

• Will: Will Book 1 page 284 No.524
• Military: Between 1776 and 1779; Revolutionary War-served at Ft. Pitt in Lt. William Wither's Rangers
• Census: 1790, Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States; as John Villars

Notes:

In the old cemetery on "Manfield,: a tract of land warranted on May 7, 1789, and patented June 13, 1794, to John Villis, there has been erected in late years a modern tombstone marking the resting place of the original warrantee of the land. Beside it is an old stone partly legible which was the original marker. Unfortunately the persons who erected the new stone did not examine the records, which show that the will of John Villiers was probated May 25, 1826 as the new stone bears the inscription placing the death date as 1836. The old stone must then have read that he died in 1826 at the age of 92 years. Thus John Villiers was born in 1734 and died in 1826, and is buried on the tract of land near Jefferson, which had been warranted to him. The new stone says that he served at Fort Pitt in Lieutenant William Wither's Rangers in the Revolutionary War in the years 1776-1779. He must have been on the Tenmile prior to 1780 as his name is among those who signed the petition for the new State of "Westsylvania" in 1779. In the tax list for 1784, he refused to turn in a list of his property to Washington County, still claiming Virginia Allegiance. John Villiers was twice married, his first wife being Mary _____, who died in October 22, 1807, at the age of 64 years. His second wife was Elizabeth _____, who died July 26, 1834, at the age of 59 years, who remarried after the death of her husband, her second marriage being to Archibald Ewart. (O. C. Docket 1. pp. 281.) Both wives are buried with John Villiers. The marriages of his children suggest he lived in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, before he came west.

John married Victory Muskeroy about 1754 in Pennsylvania, British Colonial America. Victory was born about 1734; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Victory Muckelrod

Other Events:

• Will: Will Book 1 page 284 No.524
• Military: Between 1776 and 1779; Revolutionary War-served at Ft. Pitt in Lt. William Wither's Rangers
• Census: 1790, Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States; as John Villars

Notes:

In the old cemetery on "Manfield,: a tract of land warranted on May 7, 1789, and patented June 13, 1794, to John Villis, there has been erected in late years a modern tombstone marking the resting place of the original warrantee of the land. Beside it is an old stone partly legible which was the original marker. Unfortunately the persons who erected the new stone did not examine the records, which show that the will of John Villiers was probated May 25, 1826 as the new stone bears the inscription placing the death date as 1836. The old stone must then have read that he died in 1826 at the age of 92 years. Thus John Villiers was born in 1734 and died in 1826, and is buried on the tract of land near Jefferson, which had been warranted to him. The new stone says that he served at Fort Pitt in Lieutenant William Wither's Rangers in the Revolutionary War in the years 1776-1779. He must have been on the Tenmile prior to 1780 as his name is among those who signed the petition for the new State of "Westsylvania" in 1779. In the tax list for 1784, he refused to turn in a list of his property to Washington County, still claiming Virginia Allegiance. John Villiers was twice married, his first wife being Mary _____, who died in October 22, 1807, at the age of 64 years. His second wife was Elizabeth _____, who died July 26, 1834, at the age of 59 years, who remarried after the death of her husband, her second marriage being to Archibald Ewart. (O. C. Docket 1. pp. 281.) Both wives are buried with John Villiers. The marriages of his children suggest he lived in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, before he came west.

John married Mary Dakin about 1764. Mary was born on 6 Jan 1742 in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America; died on 22 Oct 1807 in Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States; was buried in Oct 1807 in Jefferson, Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]