Individual Details
Abraham Van Meter
(17 Aug 1786 - 22 Apr 1855)
Elizabeth b: 8 AUG 1808 m. Hiram Carlton
Miles Haycroft VAN METER b: 6 MAR 1810
Susan b: 1812
Matilda b: 4 MAY 1813
Isaac Newton b: 14 JUN 1815
Jacob Rhoads b: 16 SEP 1817 or 14 APR 1820 in Grayson co, Kentucky, USA
Mary Jane b: 1822
Jeremiah b: 1824
Hubbard b: 1825
Martha b: 1828
Sarah Palestine b: 29 JAN 1830
Events
Families
Spouse | Sarah "Sallie" Van Meter (1788 - 1873) |
Child | Miles Haycraft Van Meter (1810 - 1898) |
Father | Isaac Van Meter (1759 - 1840) |
Mother | Martha Hubbard (1759 - ) |
Sibling | Frances Van Meter (1784 - 1860) |
Sibling | Jacob Van Meter (1789 - 1832) |
Sibling | Nancy Ann Van Meter (1791 - 1824) |
Sibling | Elizabeth Van Meter (1794 - ) |
Sibling | Isaac Hoagland Van Meter (1796 - ) |
Sibling | Mary "Polly" Van Meter (1798 - ) |
Sibling | Letitia Van Meter (1800 - ) |
Sibling | Hubbard Van Meter (1802 - ) |
Sibling | Matilda Van Meter (1807 - ) |
Notes
Marriage
At the courthouse in Elizabethtown is recorded "Nov. 7th, 1807, License granted to Abraham Van Meter and Sallie Van Meter." "Nov 8th, 1807, Abraham Van Meter and Sallie Van Meter, married by B. Ogden.They were cousins
Census (family)
dwelling #42Abraham Vanmeter M 63 Kentucky farmer $1235
Sarah Vanmeter F 62 Kentucky
A J Wilkerson M 32 Kentucky farmer
Sarah P Wilkerson F 31 Kentucky
Lettitia Vanmeter F 50 Kentucky
Burial
Inscription:S/O Isaac & Martha Hoagland-VanMeter
Endnotes
1. , "Prewitt Cemetery ," database, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 5 January 2012), .
2. Smyth, Samuel Gordon, A genealogy of the Duke-Shepherd-Van Metre family : from civil, military, church, and family records and documents (Lancaster, Pa.: New Era Print Co., 1909, 480 pgs.), p 400.
3. 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 194.
4. Vanmeter Bible Records, Scott Van Metre online http://www.vanmetre.com/Bible%20Records/Bibles%20records.htm], accessed Oct 2007.
5. "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org: accessed 6 April 2015), Abraham Vanmatre and Sally Vanmatre, 07 Nov 1807; citing Hardin, Kentucky, reference bk A pg 27.
6. , "Prewitt Cemetery ," database, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 5 January 2012), .
7. , "Prewitt Cemetery ," database, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 5 January 2012), .