Martin Myers, from Yoncalla (Douglas County).. shown above with the lovely Tara, recently asked for assistance in outlining his family tree and looking for any historical information regarding his family.
A few of our favorite Martin Myers Family Tree findings:
1. Martin is a seventh generation Oregonian.
2. Charles Myers, husband to Endora, is listed as an early Teamster on the 1880 census. The family will move to Oregon and commence to raise livestock in Umatilla County by the turn of the century.
3. See "Genealogical History of the Families of McConnells, Martins, Barbers, Wilsons, Bairds, McCalls and Morris", by Newton Whitfield McConnell, Pages 73 through 77.
The contents of this book have been superbly presented by Ernest E. Hunt IV (eehiv@mindspring.com) at his website mindspring.com/~eehiv/martin/index.htm
"John Martin was a prisoner of the French and Indian war. Deed executed in Superior Court, Lincoln County, North Carolina in 1786. "Sometime after Peace in 1763, but not later than 1766, John Martin emigrated from Pennsylvania to North Carolina with his family and settled on the waters of Crowder's Creek in what was then Tryon County. The place where he settled was right under the shadow of King's Mountain, near the South Carolina line. In 1778, Tryon County was divided into the counties of Lincoln and Rutherford; and Tryon as a County name ceased to be used. Lincoln County embraced the territory of the waters of Crowder's Creek so that John Martin and family became residents of that county. In 1847, Gaston County was created out of that portion of the territory of Lincoln, which lay next to South Carolina; so that Crowder's Creek is now in Gaston County. The records of the old Tryon County as far back as 1769 are now a part of the records of Lincoln County. These records contain various real estate conveyances made by JM and his son James and his grandson, William Martin..."
4. JOHN JONATHAN KEENEY (b. 25 Dec 1750, d. 1 Jan 1805)
Fought in the American Revolutionary War; his records are in Raleigh, NC;
received land grant in WV for his services. Baptist minister & farmer.
Data from Carol Keeney:
Land grants in Tennessee were made by North Carolina until 1800. As a Revolutionary War veteran he received GRANT ..2265, 67 acres in 1788 on the north side of French Broad River, Greene Co., Tennesse, this area became Jefferson Co., in 1792 & Cocke Co., in 1796.
John & Ann joined the Big Peigon Baptist Church in 1794 & and were dismissed by letter in 1799.
From the Keeney Update VOLUME XI, Number 1 January 1994
KEENEY UPDATE, PO Box 5519, Charleston WV
Pioneer Keeney Family
REV. JOHN JONATHAN KEENEY
JOHN JONATHAN KEENEY (b. 25 Dec 1750, d. 1 Jan 1805 in Jefferson Co., TN,son of JOHN (some records say DAVID) KEENEY. who settled in GreenbrierCo., VA (now WV) about 1756, received 67 acres on the north side of French Broad River, Greene Co (now TN); grant was given by state of North Carolina, since borders had not yet been agreed upon. He is listed in a 1783 assessor's listing with 14 horses and 9 cattle; in February 1797 he was appointed road overseer from Indian Creek to Big Pigeon; he was listed in Cocke County history as one of the founders in 1797. He was married to Annie Elizabeth Poets (b.1754).
Children of John Jonathan & Annie Elizabeth Keeney left Tennessee aboutthe time of the War of 1812, as western lands were becoming available andsettled first in Indiana, but then scattered to northwest Missouri andthe Polk and Warren County areas of Iowa. Almost all of the family of John, Jr. made their way to Oregon and scattered out from Idaho toCalifornia. Many stories of their trails to the West have amused andpleased their offspring.
SOURCES: History of Warren Co., IA; Bowen's History of Montgomery Co.; Beckwith's History of Indiana Counties; Walters History of Montgomery Co. Churches; Indiana Newspapers Vital Records Service; Mormon Library, Sissonville, WV; Iowa Genealogical Society, Des Moines; Census records 1820-1920 from Boone, Montgomery & Hendricks counties, IN; Polk, Warren,Dallas & Lucas Co., IA; and state census records of Kansas, Illinois,Idaho, Utah & California.
5. Noah Cross (1750 - 1811)
[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree #2884, Date of Import: 12 Apr 2000]
Served in Revoloution.on, pvt. 3rd NY regt ULSTER COUNTY IN THE REVOLUTION. Further verified in NEW YORK IN THE REVOLUTION AS COLONY AND STATE VOL.1
Marriage recorded in the First Dutch Reformed Church of Rochester, Ulster Co N.Y.
b. Great Britain 1750, d. Marbletown p. 1811, m. Rachel, pvt. 3rd NY Regt. (DAR-W); 3rd Ulst3er (R-196, C1) /Capt. Hardenbergh (CP 1/806, 1/842)
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6.
Name: Jan Jansen OOSTERHOUT
Given Name: Jan Jansen
Surname: Oosterhout
Sex: M
Birth: 1632 in Oosterhout, Brabant, Holland
Death: 1696 in Saugerties, Ulster, New York
Immigration: 1660 On the Ship "Bonte Koe" (Spotted Cow") with the Roosa family.
Burial: 1696 Saugerties, Ulster, New York
Burial: 1696 Kaatsbaan Dutch Reformed Church
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