Individual Details

Daniel RHOADES OR ROTH

(5 Oct 1755 - 26 Apr 1839)

The Heritage - Vol 17 No. 1 - Jan, Feb, Mar, 1995 Original Muhlenberg Settlers

The following article is part of Chapter XI of "Two Centuries of Brothervalley" by trhe Rev. H. Austin Cooper. It concerns the migration to Muhlenberg county from Pennsylvania of members of the hurch of the Brethren, commonly called the Dunkers. The migration was headed by Captain Henry Roth, Jr., (brother to this Daniel ... see his notes for the full story). who later changed his name to Rhoads. He became Muhlenberg's first representative in the Kentucky General Assembly and named this county for Gen John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg, his commanding general in the Revolutionary War.

Now for the heads of families in Captain Henry's band:
1. Captain Henry Roth, Jr. and wife Wlizabeth Stoner, of Pipe Creek, MD., duaghter of Elder John Stoner. 2. Solomon Rhoth (Rhoads), brother of Henry, later to become a famous Elder of the Church. 3-13. ....... 14. Henry Moore (Mohr) settled in Logan County, Kentucky, thence to Logan, Ohio. 15-48. ... 49. Daniel Roth (brother of Capt. Henry) first wife, Eva Faust, died in Nelson County, Kentucky. Second wife was Elizabeth Newman, married March 10, 1794, daughter of Thomas and Mary Newman.

Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Land Claims 1801-1806 - LDS FHL #976.9832 R29m v.1 Page 12 March 23, 1801- #23 - Daniel Rhoads this day clamed a right to two hundred acres of land by virtue of his having settled and improved the same agreebable to the law in that care made or provided.... and located as follows town Daniel Rhoads enters two hundres acres of land in Muhlenberg County on the waters of Cainy adjoining the creek beginning at a sugar tree and white oak marked DR Ruing south and by thense south westwardly for quartely as the law directs including the imrpovemenmt. Daniel Rhoads.

Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Land Claims 1801-1806 - LDS FHL #976.9832 R29m v.1 Page 96 July 27, 1801 #217 Isaac Newman, Thursday claimed a eight to ninety five acres of land by virtue of his having settled and imrpoved the same a recable to law in that o? made and provided ne... (next to Daniel Rhoads.)

Events

Birth5 Oct 1755Probably Pennsylvania, United States
Marriage10 Feb 1777Turkey Foot, Brother's Valley, Pennsylvania - Eve FAUST
Alt. Date10 Mar 1794Muhlenberg Kentucky - Elizabeth NEWMAN
Marriage15 Mar 1794, Nelson County, Kentucky - Elizabeth NEWMAN
BurialApr 1838Pisgah Cemetery, Sugar Creek Twp., Vigo, Indiana
Death26 Apr 1839, Edgar, Illinois
Ancestral File Number3RZ7-6N
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Alternate nameMuhlenberg Kentucky

Families

SpouseElizabeth NEWMAN (1773 - 1855)
SpouseEve FAUST (1761 - 1792)
ChildDavid RHOADS (1777 - )
ChildElizabeth RHOADS (1779 - 1828)
ChildRachel RHODES (1780 - 1823)
ChildSusannah RHOADS (1783 - )
ChildJacob RHOADS (1786 - 1857)
ChildCatherine RHOADS (1789 - )
ChildSarah RHOADS (1789 - )
ChildHannah RHOADS (1791 - 1792)
FatherHenry ROTH OR RHOADS (1712 - 1774)
MotherCatherina RINEHART (1710 - 1774)
SiblingCaptain Henry RHOADS (1739 - 1814)
SiblingJacob RHOADS (1741 - 1784)
SiblingBarbara RHOADS (1743 - )
SiblingSolomon RHOADS (1744 - 1840)
SiblingCatherine RHOADS (1745 - )
SiblingJohn RHOADS (1747 - 1816)
SiblingSusannah RHOADS (1749 - )
SiblingGabriel RHOADS (1751 - 1818)
SiblingJoseph RHOADS (1753 - 1799)
SiblingDavid RHOADS (1758 - 1814)

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