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| Birth: | 29 Mar 1777 in Mispillion Hundred Kent County Delaware 1 |
| Death: | 2 May 1845 in Holmes County Mt Hope Ohio 1 |
| Sex: | M |
| Father: | Benjamin Downs b. About 1741 in Mispillion Hundred Kent County Delaware |
| Mother: | Nancy Owens b. About 1740 in England |
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| Fact 1: 1820 census Ohio, Stark county, Perry twp. 1 |
| Fact 2: list Curtis " Downer" also John" Downes" 1 |
| Fact 3: in Brown Twp. 1 |
| Fact 4: Bet 1800 and 1810 listed in tax assessement of Jefferson 1 |
| Fact 5: county Ohio(twice) or was there two 1 |
| Fact 6: Curtis's ? 1 |
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From History Of Stark Co. edited by William Perrin 1881 pp 515. Pegeon Run Baptist Chuirch formed as about 1810 in the southern portion of Tuscarawas Township. Curtis DOWNS along with Jacob COX Jonathan WOOD Thomas, Charles, and John RIGDON were members.
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1810 Tax List Ohio Washington County OHS1a916586
After Curtis and Ann were married they moved to Stark County, Ohio and later went to Holmes County
Form Book Old newspapers of Ohio. Volume IX, Friday, 3 January 1817, No. 52 A list of letter left at the Post Office in Steubenville includes Curtis Downs
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Holmes Co. was not created until 1824/25. While I suppose it is possible
your ancestors may have been living in the area that early, you will need
to look in other counties.
Holmes was created from Coshocton, Tuscawaras, and Wayne Co., which in turn
were created:
Coshocton 1810/11 from Muskingum and Tuscawaras
Tuscawarus 1808 from Muskingum
Muskingum 1804 from Fairfield/Washington
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1810 OH Census Index, Page 175
WAYNE TWP 050
1810 TAX LIST Downs, Curtis OH JEFFERSON CO. WAYNE
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HOLMES COUNTY
The area of Salt Creek township, south of the treaty line ( Greenville Indian treaty Line of 1795 ) before 1825, was a part of Berlin Township ( Berlin was organized as a part of Coshocton County, on March 20 , 1820 and its tax was paid in and it was under the jurisdiction of authorities at Coshocton until 1825.
That part of Salt Creek Township north of the treaty line was a part of Salt Creek Topwnship in Wayne County, which had been organized on March 15, 1816. the organization of Holmes County, in 1825 included the part north of the treaty line thus creating present Salt Creek Township, and retaining its former name of Salt Creek, and leaving both Wayne and Holmes Counties with a Salt Creek Township.
Salt Creek Township icnluded surveyed township 14 and part of township 15 in range 12, as the party lying north of the treaty line. South of the treaty line, it is in surveyed township 10, renges 5 and 6, and is divided into quarter townships: in renge 5, lots 7 to 28, inclusive: in range 6, third quarter, lots one to eight, including and in fourth quarter, lots one to 24, inclusive. All of Salt Creek Township lying south of the treaty line is in Military Lots. All notrh is in surveyed township and ranges are numbered differently on both sides of the treaty line.
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COUNTY FORMATION: formed in 1824 from Coshocton, Wayne, and Tuscarawas Counties; locally organized in 1825.
CURRENT TOWNSHIPS: Berlin, Clark, Hardy, Killbuck, Knox, Mechanic, Monroe, Paint, Prairie, Richland, Ripley, Salt Creek, Walnut Creek, Washington.
CITIES/TOWNS/VILLAGES: Baltic, Becks Mills, Benton, Berlin, Big Prairie, Bunker Hill, Calamoutier, Centerville, Charm, Clark, Farmerstown, Fort Fizzle, Fryburg, Glenmount, Hard, Holmesville, Killbuck, Lakeland Beach, Lakeville, Limpytown, Martinsville, Miley Crossroads, Millers Corners, Millersburg, Mount Hope, Nashville, Neapolis, Paint Valley, Saltillo, Spellacy, Stillwell, Trail, Unionville, Walnut Creek, Welcome, Winesburg.
HISTORICAL TOWNS/VILLAGES: Baddow Pass, Carpenter, Charlesburg, DeWitt Ridge, Grade, Huston, Johnville, Jones Corners, Lafayette, Mount Union, New Wheeling, Portersfield, Salt Creek, Tulhillas, Wardsville, Wilmington.
LINKS: -- Ohio State University Extension Exurban Change Project: Holmes County Reference Map
OHGenWeb at rootsweb.com: Holmes County; "Township Map"
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From History Of Stark Co. edited by William Perrin 1881 pp 515. Pegeon Run Baptist Church formed as about 1810 in the southern portion of Tuscarawas Township. Curtis DOWNS along with Jacob COX Jonathan WOOD Thomas, Charles, and John RIGDON were members.
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1810 Tax List Ohio Jefferson County, WY. Twp.
1810 Tax List Ohio Washington County OHS1a916586
After Curtis and Ann were married they moved to Stark County, Ohio and later went to Holmes County
Form Book Old newspapers of Ohio. Volume IX, Friday, 3 January 1817, No. 52 A list of letter left at the Post Office in Steubenville includes Curtis Downs
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Holmes Co. was not created until 1824/25. While I suppose it is possible
your ancestors may have been living in the area that early, you will need
to look in other counties.
Holmes was created from Coshocton, Tuscawaras, and Wayne Co., which in turn
were created:
Coshocton 1810/11 from Muskingum and Tuscawaras
Tuscawarus 1808 from Muskingum
Muskingum 1804 from Fairfield/Washington
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1810 OH Census Index, Page 175
WAYNE TWP 050
1810 TAX LIST Downs, Curtis OH JEFFERSON CO. WAYNE
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1835 Curtis sold lot #10 in Middletown (now Mt. Hope) Lot #10 is the southeast cornor lot one block North of Jackson and Adams Sts. in Mt Hope.
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Holmes Co. was not created until 1824/25. While I suppose it is possible
your ancestors may have been living in the area that early, you will need
to look in other counties.
A will does not exist to my knowledge for Curtis and not a lot is known about him. Nothing is known of him his first 32 years of his life at which time in 1808 he married Ann Hall. I'm guessing but it is very possible that this was not his first marriage, but I have no proof. He is mentioned again in "Stark Co. History 1881" as being a character member of Pigeon Run Baptist Church in Tuscarawas Township in about 1810. Luckily in 1976 I literally stumbled across his grave in an abandoned graveyard near Mt. Hope Ohio. I had found information concerning him being buried there while at the Ohio State Library in Columbus. Again luckly the stone had been face down in the dirt and his birth and death dates were saved.
-------------------------------MT. HOPE CEMETERY (aka Downs Cemetery)
located 1/2 mile due east of mt. Hope, Holmes Co., Saltcreek Twp., Ohio on the top of a hill in
corner of woods----north of route 160.
list found in HOLMES COUNTY BURIAL RECORDS by Holmes Co. Library
Fritchel, August G.A.R. no stone ?
Berger, J.-------------------d. Oct. 9, 1860 51 yr 8-27
wife Jeann-----------d. June 5, 1898 71 yr.
Bevington, Samuel wife Elizabeth (McBriar) daughter. Ruth d. Sept. 9 1835
Buroway, Levi 1854-1914
Downs, Henry------------d. Dec. 31 1846 37 yr 10-13
wife Anna M. d. April 9 1894 84 yr 1 mo 5 days
Downs Alfred------------d. June 13 1836 8 yr 3-15
Nancy------------d. Nov. 26 1836 2 yr 5-5
Matilda----------d. Mar. 26 1842 2 yr 10-19
James------------d. Feb. 28 1841 3 yr 3 mo
Ellen-------------d. Dec. 7 1854 17 yr 6-9
Downs, William wife Elizabeth (Shidler) Children
John-------------d. Sept. 8, 1850 6yr 6 mo
dt Elizabeth-------d. Jan. 15, 1852 24 d
Lloyd-----------d. Mar. 30, 1889 5 mo 3 d
dt Turah-----------d. Nov. 3 1887 2 mo
Downs, Curtis------------d. May 2, 1845 68 yr 1 mo 3 d
wife Ann Hall d. Jan. 27, 1856 66 yr 9-9
R & H dt Sarah-d. Jan. 7 1849
Dunmire,Peter------------d. Mar 27 1857
Engel, John G.------------d. Feb. 20, 1899 85 yr 11-26
wife Margaretha--d. Jan. 11, 1894 78 yr 3-16
Fisher, N.W. wife Elizabeth d Oct. 27, 1856 27 yr 2-4
son ?--------------------d. Mar. 23 1855 7 mo 4 days
Hall, John-----------------d. Mar. 20, 1886 89 yr
wife Sarah---------d. May 12, 1853 49 yr
dt Mary---------d. May 21, 1855 15 yr 9-8
dt Harriet-------d. Sept 25, 1855 19 yr 3-26
McBrier, Samuel 1861-1920
Royce, J. & H.E. child--d. Oct. 29, 1887 ?
William----------d. May 9, 1888 ?
Russell. C.I. & S.M. dt--d. May 1 1862 1 yr 7-17
Wengard W.O.--b. July 11, 1883--d. Nov. 30, 1905 22 yrs.
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list above as found in "Cross Roads of Our Nation Record and "Pioneers and Families" by
E. Powell (copied Nov. 1961 after recent vandalism)
This cemetery was rediscover in 1977 by me a descendent of Curtis Downs and Ann his wife. It
was overgrown with brush, ivy, and trees. Many of the stones were broken and face down and
only the bases remained. Through the efforts of many including the trustees of Saltcreek Twp.,
Holmes Co., Ohio the cemetery has been restored with many stones reconditioned or replaced.
Starting in 1998 and every other year there after there has been a Reunion held in Holmes Co.
We hope you will join us this year 2002, June 21-22-23. Contact the writer for details.
For more information on the ancestors and descendents go to homepage:
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/d/o/w/James-M-Downs/index.html? Welcome02333820
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