Individual Details

Isaac Van Meter

(24 Sep 1794 - 8 Oct 1854)

His (John Milton) father, Isaac Van Meter, a native of Hardy County, Va., removed to Clark County, Ky., when a young man, where he engaged in farming and stock breeding, and was among the first to introduce shorthorn cattle into the State. He was for many years a deacon in the Presbyterian Church, an old line Whig, and died about 1855, at the age of sixty-four years. He married Rebecca, daughter of Capt. Isaac and Sarah (Harness) Cunningham, of Clark County (born in 1800, died in 1804) and their union resulted in the birth of Solomon, Isaac C., Jacob, Susan (Allen), Sarah A. (Hall), Rebecca (deceased), Eliza C. (deceased), Amanda B. (deceased), Benjamin F., Thomas C., William (deceased), Abram, Lewis M. and John M.
Copied from: "Kentucky: A History of the State" by Battle-Perrin-Kniffin, 1866.

Events

Birth24 Sep 1794now West Virginia, Hardy Co., Fort Pleasant, Hampshire Co., Virginia
Marriage11 Jun 1817Winchester, Clark, Kentucky, United States - Rebecca Cunningham
Census (family)7 Sep 1850Clark, Kentucky, United States - Rebecca Cunningham
Death8 Oct 1854Clark, Kentucky, United States
BurialVanMeter Cunningham Family Cemetery, Winchester, Clark, Kentucky, United States

Families

SpouseRebecca Cunningham (1800 - 1864)
ChildSolomon Van Meter (1818 - 1859)
ChildIsaac Cunningham Van Meter (1820 - 1898)
ChildJacob Van Meter ( - )
ChildSusan Tabitha Van Meter (1827 - 1907)
ChildSarah Ann Van Meter ( - )
ChildRebecca Van Meter ( - 1866)
ChildEliza C. Van Meter ( - 1866)
ChildAmanda B. Van Meter ( - 1866)
ChildWilliam Van Meter ( - 1866)
ChildBenjamin Franklin Van Meter (1834 - 1927)
ChildThomas C. Van Meter (1835 - 1904)
ChildAbram Van Meter (1839 - 1911)
ChildLewis Marshall Van Meter (1841 - 1924)
ChildJohn Milton Van Meter (1842 - 1925)
FatherColonel Jacob Van Meter (1764 - 1829)
MotherTabitha Inskeep (1767 - 1851)
SiblingHannah Van Meter (1791 - 1878)
SiblingAnne Van Meter (1793 - 1891)
SiblingSolomon Van Meter (1796 - 1818)
SiblingRebecca Van Meter (1797 - 1798)
SiblingRebeckah Van Meter (1799 - 1882)
SiblingJoseph Inskeep Van Meter (1802 - 1805)
SiblingBenjamin Franklin Van Meter (1803 - 1805)
SiblingAbraham Van Meter (1804 - 1863)
SiblingGarrett Van Meter (1806 - 1865)
SiblingSusanna Van Meter (1807 - )
SiblingSarah Inskeep "Sally" Van Meter (1810 - 1878)

Notes

Marriage

Isaac Vanmeter son of Jacob Vanmeter and Rebecca his Wife Daughter of Isaac Cunningham was [sic] joined together in marriage by the Rev’d Wm. W. Martin in Clark County Kentucky June the 11th 1817


Census (family)

577, 577, Isaac Vanmeter, 55 M, Farmer, 8000, Va
Rebecca " , 51 F, Va
Benjamin Vanmeter, 16 M, none, Ky
Thomas " , 14 M, KY
Abram " , 12 M, Ky
Lewis M " , 10 M, Ky
John M " , 8 M, KY
James Doyle, 21 M,Laborer, KY

Endnotes

1. 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.), pg 64.

2. Vanmeter Bible Records, Scott Van Metre online http://www.vanmetre.com/Bible%20Records/Bibles%20records.htm], accessed Oct 2007.

3. Jeannette Holland Austin, Virginia Bible Records (Westminister, MD: Heritage Books, 2008), 246; digital images, Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed 7 December 2009.

4. 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.), pg 67.

5. Vanmeter Bible Records, Scott Van Metre online http://www.vanmetre.com/Bible%20Records/Bibles%20records.htm], accessed Oct 2007.

6. , "Find A Grave," database, Van Meter Cunningham Cemetery (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 7 October 2011), Van Meter family.

7. , "Find A Grave," database, Van Meter Cunningham Cemetery (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 7 October 2011), Van Meter family.