Individual Details
William Van Meter
(Abt 1766 - 1808)
The 1831 bible of Kathy's great, great grandfather shows them having a child by
the name of Valeriah VanMETER, born 1812 in Indiana. She would have been a sister to William, born 1807.
Events
Birth | Abt 1766 | Frederick, Virginia, British America | |||
Marriage | 15 Dec 1795 | Monongalia, West Virginia, United States - Phoebe Harp | |||
Death | 1808 | Pendleton, Virginia, United States |
Families
Spouse | Phoebe Harp (1775 - 1857) |
Child | Isaac Van Meter (1795 - 1857) |
Child | Peggy Van Meter (1795 - ) |
Child | Achsey Van Meter (1795 - ) |
Child | Rebecca Van Meter (1795 - 1882) |
Child | William Van Meter (1807 - ) |
Child | Phillip Van Meter (1795 - ) |
Child | David Van Meter (1795 - ) |
Child | Henry Van Meter (1800 - 1880) |
Child | Jesse Van Meter (1803 - 1868) |
Father | Jacob Jansen "Valley Creek Jake" Van Meter Sr. (1723 - 1798) |
Mother | Letitia "Letty" Strode (1725 - 1799) |
Sibling | Eleanor Van Meter (1742 - 1811) |
Sibling | Abraham Van Meter (1744 - 1781) |
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) |
Notes
Marriage
The court records of Monongahela, West Virginia have a record of William's marriage to Phebe HARP, 15 Dec 1795. The service was performed by James Fleming.Endnotes
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. ), William is not listed as a child in this source..
2. Unknown. A Story of a Van Matre Family. (Eleven pages copied by Shirley Lillie,
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.), Two Centuries... does not list William as a child..
4. Lillie, Shirley., Van Meter genealogy emails and group sheets. (Montezuma, Iowa: Shirley Lillie,
5. Kathy, "Phebe HARP/HART & William VanMETER, 1755-," e-mail message from
6. Lillie, Shirley., Van Meter genealogy emails and group sheets. (Montezuma, Iowa: Shirley Lillie,