Individual Details
Abraham Van Meter
(13 Jun 1744 - 1781)
Abraham had at least one slave he brought with him from Virginia. This was "General Braddock," who became well-known on the frontier and who earned his freedom through killing nine Indians. He moved from the Severns Valley settlement to Goodin's fort in the Rolling Fork when Abraham's widow, who had inherited him, married Samuel Goodin. The slave was appraised at 100 pounds. On March 19, 1797 he was "set free forever." He afterwards married Becky Swan and lived on a small farm near Elizabethtown. This verifies that the Swans, who came out with the Van Meter party, also brought slaves to Kentucky.
Events
Families
Spouse | Elizabeth Cline (1746 - 1800) |
Child | Catherine Van Meter (1770 - 1835) |
Child | Letitia "Lettie" Van Meter (1772 - 1845) |
Child | Sarah Van Meter (1773 - 1853) |
Child | Elizabeth Van Meter (1780 - 1846) |
Father | Jacob Jansen "Valley Creek Jake" Van Meter Sr. (1723 - 1798) |
Mother | Letitia "Letty" Strode (1725 - 1799) |
Sibling | Eleanor Van Meter (1742 - 1811) |
Sibling | Rebecca Van Meter (1746 - 1821) |
Sibling | Elizabeth Van Meter (1752 - 1848) |
Sibling | Susanna "Susan" Van Meter (1750 - 1798) |
Sibling | Rachel Van Meter (1754 - 1841) |
Sibling | Mary M. "Polly" Van Meter (1757 - 1832) |
Sibling | Isaac Van Meter (1759 - 1840) |
Sibling | Margaret Van Meter (1759 - 1843) |
Sibling | Jacob "of Otter Creek" Van Meter Jr. (1762 - 1850) |
Sibling | John Van Meter (1764 - 1806) |
Sibling | Alcinda "Alsey, Aisley" Van Meter (1766 - 1828) |
Sibling | William Van Meter (1766 - 1808) |
Notes
Probate
estate appraisalEndnotes
1. Wood, Melba, Loper-Keller-VanMeter and allied lines : Rhoads, Keele, Searles, Haynes, and many other pioneer settlers of Macoupin County, Illinois (Godfrey, Ill.: Illinois Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1969, 57 pgs. ), has b. 6-13-1744.
2. Unknown. A Story of a Van Matre Family. (Eleven pages copied by Shirley Lillie,
3. Howard L. Leckey, The Tenmile Country and Its Pioneer Families: A Genealogical History of the Upper Monongahela Valley (1977; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Com, 2009), 199; digital images, Google, Google Books ( : accessed 6 April 2015.
4. Howard L. Leckey, The Tenmile Country and Its Pioneer Families: A Genealogical History of the Upper Monongahela Valley (1977; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Com, 2009), 199; digital images, Google, Google Books ( : accessed 6 April 2015.
5. Howard L. Leckey, The Tenmile Country and Its Pioneer Families: A Genealogical History of the Upper Monongahela Valley (1977; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Com, 2009), 199; digital images, Google, Google Books ( : accessed 6 April 2015.