Individual Details
Colonel Garret Van Meter
(Feb 1732 - 11 Apr 1788)
Events
| Birth | Feb 1732 | New York, British America |  | ||
| Marriage | 3 Apr 1757 | now West Virginia, Hardy Co., Fort Pleasant, Hampshire Co., Virginia - Ann Markee | | ||
| Will | 1 Apr 1788 | Virginia, United States |  | ||
| Death | 11 Apr 1788 | killed by Indians - near Fort Pleasant, Old Fields, Hardy, Virginia, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Ann Markee ( - ) |
| Child | Isaac Van Meter (1757 - 1837) |
| Child | Henry Van Meter (1759 - ) |
| Child | Henry Van Meter (1761 - ) |
| Child | David Van Meter (1762 - ) |
| Child | Colonel Jacob Van Meter (1764 - 1829) |
| Child | Abraham Van Meter (1766 - ) |
| Child | Ann Van Meter (1768 - ) |
| Father | Isaac Van Meteren (1692 - 1754) |
| Mother | Annetje "Hannah" Wyncoop (1698 - ) |
| Sibling | Henry Van Meter (1725 - 1754) |
| Sibling | Jacob Van Metre (1725 - ) |
| Sibling | Sarah Van Metre (1725 - ) |
| Sibling | Catherine Van Metre (1725 - ) |
| Sibling | Rebecca Van Metre (1725 - ) |
| Sibling | Helita Van Metre (1725 - ) |
| Father | Isaac Van Meter (1710 - 1757) |
| Sibling | Henry Van Meter ( - 1759) |
| Sibling | Mary Van Meter ( - ) |
| Sibling | UNK Van Meter ( - ) |
Notes
Will
1788 WillItem - I give unto my Son Jacob Vanmeter my Slaves Will, Jack, Nice and Leah to him & his heirs forever. I also leave unto my Son Jacob Vanmeter such a part of my stock as will be equal to what I gave my Son Isaac.
Item - I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Ann Seymour My Slaves Bose and Gride Daughter of old Gride to her and her heirs forever. Also stock or a young Negro to the Amount of one Hundred Pounds when added to the value of what stock she has had already. Item I do hereby Order and direct my two sons Isaac Vanmeter and Jacob Vanmeter to pay unto my Daughter Ann Seymour such a Sum of money as will amount to six hundred Pounds, when added to what I have paid towards Abel Seymors Land which will appear by my Book.
Item - I leave my Stills and Still House to stand where they now do and the Profits to be equally Divided between my two sons
My Will and Desire is that if any of my Children Should die without Lawful issue in that case their part of my Estate shall be equally divided between the Survivors — And my will and Desire is also that the Land given my wife Ann shall be taken from the tract whereon I now live and given to my two sons that is to say they shall each furnish an equal part — And I do hereby Direct and order that all the Rest of my Real or Personal Estate of Whatsoever kind may be sold. Except as much Household furniture as I gave my Son Isaac, which my Son Jacob is to have and after the payments of my Debts and Legacies. I desire that my _____ may Pay unto my Wife Ann the Sum of One Hundred Pound and the remainder to be equally divided between my two Sons Isaac Vanmeter and Jacob Vanmeter And I do hereby Nominate Constitute and Appoint my said two sons Isaac Van Meter and Jacob Vanmeter Executors to this my Last Will and Testament revoking all former Wills or bequests by me made ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my Last will and Testament In witness whereof I have hereunto let my hand and seal the first Day of April in the Year of our Lord One thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty Eight
Garrett Vanmeter SEAL
Signed and selaed publsihed and pronounced by the
Said Testaor as his last willand TEstament
in the presence of us
Daniel M. Neal Tabith Inskeep
Henry Hawk John Sibley
Endnotes
1. Anonymous, Biographical, genealogical and descriptive history of the First Congressional District of New Jersey (New York: Lewis Publishing Co., 1900, 1368 pgs. ), p. 37.
2. Anna Hunter Van Meter, "A Glance at the Van Meter Family in the United States of America." Salem, New Jersey, March 1902. (Papers held by the Western Kentucky University Library in Bowling Green, transcribed by John H. Ross).
3. Van Meter, Benjamin Franklin, Genealogies and sketches of some old families who have taken prominent part in the development of Virginia and Kentucky especially, and later of many other states of the Union (Louisville Ky: J.P. Morton, 1901, 207 pgs.).
4. McClure, Daniel E. Jr., Two Centuries in Elizabethtown and Hardin County, Kentucky. Including Biographical Sketches of Some of Their Prominent Citizens of Past and Present Times. (Elizabethtown: KY. The Hardin County Historical Society, Inc. 1979.), p 193.
5. Van Meter, Benjamin Franklin, Genealogies and sketches of some old families who have taken prominent part in the development of Virginia and Kentucky especially, and later of many other states of the Union (Louisville Ky: J.P. Morton, 1901, 207 pgs.), p. 50.
6. Anna Hunter Van Meter, "A Glance at the Van Meter Family in the United States of America." Salem, New Jersey, March 1902. (Papers held by the Western Kentucky University Library in Bowling Green, transcribed by John H. Ross).
7. McClure, Daniel E. Jr., Two Centuries in Elizabethtown and Hardin County, Kentucky. Including Biographical Sketches of Some of Their Prominent Citizens of Past and Present Times. (Elizabethtown: KY. The Hardin County Historical Society, Inc. 1979.), p 193, has 1756.
8. Jeannette Holland Austin, Virginia Bible Records (Westminister, MD: Heritage Books, 2008), 246; digital images, Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed 7 December 2009.
9. Anonymous, Biographical, genealogical and descriptive history of the First Congressional District of New Jersey (New York: Lewis Publishing Co., 1900, 1368 pgs. ), p. 37.