Joseph Snodgrass1
b. circa 1799
Father | Joseph Snodgrass d. bet Oct 1827 - Mar 1828 |
Mother | Ann Hutton b. say 1766 |
Birth-Say | circa 1799 | Joseph Snodgrass was born circa 1799. |
Marriage | 20 Jan 1821 | He married Eleanor Hutton, daughter of James Hutton and Isabel Orr, on 20 Jan 1821 in Washington County, Virginia.1 |
Eleanor and Joseph were first cousins. Eleanor's father and Joseph's mother were siblings. The Hutton and Snodgrass families had lived on adjacent land in Washington County since the mid 1780s. | ||
Land-Sell | Joseph and Eleanor both inherited land from their respective father's estates. However, they chose to sell their interest in both parcels. On Nov. 10th 1828 they sold their interest in the lands of James Hutton to Eleanor's brothers John and Arthur. On March 1, 1833 they sold their share of Joseph Snodgrass' land to Moore Robinson.2,3,4 | |
Migration | They then migrated to Anderson Co., Kentucky accompanied by Eleanor's brother John and her sisters Jane and Sarah. Eleanor's brother James Hutton may have settled in Anderson County before 1830. | |
Cens-1840 | 1840 | The 1840 Anderson Co. census enumerated Joseph's household to include: 1 male 5-9; 1 male 15-19; 1 male 40-49 [Joseph]; 2 females under 5; 2 females 10-14; 1 female 15-19; 1 female 30-39.5 [Eleanor] |
Migration | Joseph's brothers Abraham and William settled in Indiana in the 1830s. In the mid 1840s Eleanor and Joseph left Kentucky and moved on to Indiana. | |
Children | Joseph and Eleanor's family may have included: James, Sarah, Margaret, Joseph, Martha, Susan, John, Lucretia, Silas and Arthur.6,7,8 |
Charts | Descendants of John Hutton and Jane Dickson |
Last Edited | 4 Jan 2014 |
Citations
- [S4] D.E. Brown, Marriages of Washington Co., VA 1781-1853, p. 57. Joseph Snodgrass and Eleanor Hutton marr 20 Jan. 1821.
- [S1044] Washington Co., Virginia Deed Book 11: 167.
- [S2301] Washington Co., Virginia Deed Book 16: 305.
- [S1044] Washington Co., Virginia Deed Book 11: 271.
- [S2776] Joseph Snodgrass household, 1840 U.S. cens., Anderson Co., Kentucky, p. after 108 stamped, line 5, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Oct. 2011. Household includes: 1 male 5-9; 1 male 15-19; 1 male 40-49; 2 females under 5; 2 females 10-14; 1 female 15-19; 1 female 30-39.
- [S2778] Joseph Snodgrass household, 1850 U.S. cens, Owen Co., IN, pop. sched., p. 5 stamped, dwelling 59, family 59, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Oct. 2011. Household includes: Joseph Snodgrass, 50, farmer, owns land worth $2,500, b. VA; E. Snodgrass, (f) 38, b. VA; Joseph Snodgrass, 18, farmer, b. VA; M.E. Snodgrass, (f) 12, b. KY; S.M. Snodgrass, (f) 10, b. KY; J.S. Snodgrass, 8 (m), b. KY; S.W. Snodgrass, (m), 2, b. IN; L.E. Snodgrass, (f) 4, b. IN; A. Snodgrass, 2/12, b. IN; James Evans, 32, b. KY, waggoner.
- [S2801] Joseph Snodgrass household, 1860 U.S. cens, Putnam Co., IN, pop. sched., Cloverdale Township, p. 147 (added script), dwelling 51, family 51, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Nov. 2011. Household includes: Joseph Snodgrass, 61, farmer, owns land and pers. property valued at $500 each, b. VA; Ellener, 57, b. VA; Susan M., 21, b. KY; Jno, 17, b. KY; Lucretia, 15, b. IN; Silas W., 11, b. IN; Arthur, 9, b. IN.
- [S2800] Charlou Dolan, "Descendants of John Snodgrass and Mary of Berkeley Co., Virginia/W. Virginia", Snodgrass Clan (http://www.snodgrass-clan.com/source-books/ALLdesc.txt).
- [S2760] James Hutton heirs to Arthur Hutton deed dated 10 Nov. 1828. Hutton Family Papers, 1782-1904. Personal Papers Collection, The Library of Virginia. Image provided by Grant Hutton.
- [S2301] Washington Co., Virginia Deed Book 16: 305. James Hutton heirs to Arthur Hutton for $579.50, their interest in 2 tracts of land belonging to the estate of James Hutton, dec'd, one tract being 66 acres of 129. Second tract being 15 acres of 53 acres conveyed by James Clark to James Hutton. Deed dated 10 Nov. 1828. Acknowledged 2 Sept 1843 in Anderson Co. KY by Thomas McCall, John Hutton, James Hutton and Joseph Snodgrass. Recorded in Washington Co., VA 11 Oct. 1843.