| Birth: | 23 Jun 1784 in Sandisfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts 1 2 3 4 |
| Death: | 27 Sep 1862 in Leavittsburg, Trumbull County, Ohio 1 5 6 |
| Sex: | M |
| Father: | Abraham Downs b. 1729 |
| Mother: | Sarah |
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| Census - 1820: 1820 Howland Township, Trumbull County, Ohio - Farmer 7 |
| Military Service: Sep 1814 Veteran of War of 1812 - Enlisted in Granville, living in Hartford, NY - Cpt. Jehiel Dayton's Co, LTC Adam's Reg NY - Two weeks service in 1814 - listed as sick on muster 2 6 3 8 9 |
| Burial: After 27 Sep 1862 Warren, Ohio 10 |
| Census - 1850: 1850 Weathersfield Township, Trumbull County, Ohio 11 |
| Property: 1850 Listed on Map as owning 123 acres in Warren, Ohio - neighbors are N. Dunbar and Dan'l Downs 12 13 |
| Settler: About Sep 1816 Southington, Trumbull County, Ohio 3 |
| Residency: Bet 1818 and 1835 Warren, Ohio 3 |
| Census - 1860: 12 Jun 1860 Living next to sons in Warren Township, Trumbull County 14 |
| Home: 1814 Hartford, Washington County, New York - enlisted in Granville but noted in petition he lived in Hartford. 9 |
| Property ownership: 3 Jan 1814 3 Jan 1814 - Hartford, Washington County, NY - Mortgage by Joel and Lois Downs to William Downs 10 |
- Title: RIN Sorted List
Author: Ruth Herbig
Publication: 25 Dec 1990
Media: Manuscript
- Title: Western Reserve Chronicle
Publication: Microfilm - Warren Trumbull County Public Library, Local History and Genealogical Center
Media: Newspaper
Page: 8 Oct 1862
Text: Joel Downs died - resided in this area 27 years - 80 years - 3 months - born Sandersfield, Mass. Here in 1816 - Vet of 1812."
- Title: History of Mahoning & Trumbull Counties, Ohio
Author: Extraction done by John for Ruth Herbig in 1990
Publication: Author is Williams, Published in 1882
Media: Book
Page: Vol 1 - Pg. 350
Text: Joel Downs was born in Sandersfield, Berkshire County, Mass in 1772. He married in New York Lois Mansfield and came to Ohio in the fall of 1816. He settled in Southington, Trumbull County, where h
e resided a short time, also in Howland, coming to Warren in 1818. He lived in Warren in the south part of the town until 1835 when he removed to the place on Parkman road known as Hard-scrabble, and cleared up a place there. He raised a family of seven children of whom three sons survive. He died in the fall of 1862, his wife surviving him some nine years and dying aged about seventy seven. Mr. Downs was a soldier in the War of 1812."
Wilson Downs, son of Joel
Born 16 May 1826 - stone mason and brick layer
Married 25 Nov 1852 - Elizabeth Harding, she born 13 Sep 1831 in Wesathersford Twp
Children: Mary M.
Francis C.
Charles W.
Add E.
Bert B.
- Title: Vital Records of Sandisfield, Massachusetts to the Year 1850
Author: Transcribed by: Kenneth D. Mattson
Publication: From 1936 ed. of book
Media: Electronic
Text: DOWNSJoel6/23/1784Abraham & Sarah DOWNS
- Title: Obituary
Media: Book
Page: Trumbull County Ohio Newspaper Obituary Abstracts 1812-1870 by Michael Clegg
Text: Western Reserve Chronicle dated 8 October 1862 - DOWNS, Joel - resident in this township, 27 u, 80 y, 3m, b. Sandersfield, Ma, here in 1816, War of 1812." Miss Martha Ann Theis, 5935 120 Auburn Blvd.
, Citrus Heights, CA 95621 - Letter to Ruth Herbig dated 4 Mar 1990.
- Title: Index to Grave Records of Servicemen of the War of 1812
Author: Ohio --- U.S. Daughters of 1812 -- Pub. 1988
Publication: Extraction done by John for Ruth Herbig in 1990
Media: Book
Text: "Downs, Joel, patriot, b. 1782 d. 1862 bur. Warren, OH; Cleveland Herald 10-10-1862 (1954)"
John's note: This means, to me, that some old girl wanted to join Dau of 1812 and proved Joel was a patriot - not perhaps a veteran. I can find no grave record for Joel.
- Title: 1820 Census
Page: Extracted by Ruth from 1820 Census film M 33, #89
Text: 1820 Census extract - Howland Township, Trumbull County, Ohio
Joel Downs - 2 white males --- 1 2-10 yrs; 1 26-45 yrs;
(farmer)4 w. females --- 1 2-10 yrs; 1 10-16 yrs; 1 16-18 yrs; 1 25-45 yrs
- Title: Muster Cards
Page: NARA
Text: Pliny Adam's Regiment, NY Militia
On company pay for part of September 1814 as a Prvt in Capt Jehiel Dayton's Co., LTC P. Adam's Regiment, NY Militia.
Listed as being sick/absent - "Name in present column crossed out."
- Title: New York Military Equipment Claim, War of 1812
Author: New York State Archives
Media: Official Document
Text: United States of America
State of Ohio, Trumbull County, ss.
On this 17th day of May A.D. 1859, personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the county and state aforesaid, Joel Downs, age 77 years, a resident of Warren Township in the sa id county of Trumbull and State of Ohio, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the identical Joel Downs who was a private in a company of New York Militia commanded by Capt Jehial Dayton in a Regiment commanded by Col. Pliney Adams in the War with Great Britain declared by the United States on the 18th day of June 1812. That he volunteered at Granville Washington County New York on or about the 23rd day of April 1813, and remained in readiness for service from that day till about the 1st day of September following, when he was ordered into the service by general orders from the Governor of the State of New York, for the defences of Plattsburgh, he marched from Granvill to Burlington in the State of Vermont and from Burlington to Whitehall, NY where he was discharged with the rest of Capt Dayton’ Company, a few days after the battle of Plattsburgh in September 1813.[*] that he received no written discharge, but was honorably discharge at Whitehall as aforesaid for which he has received from the United States his land warrant for 160 acres of land, which warrant he has sold to one Samuel Downs, and cannot now have reference to the same to give its date or number, but he annexes to this application the original notice of the Pension Office that declarants application was received at said Office on the 11th day of April 1855, and was number 62,042. and, that he has not received any portion of the sum directed to be paid him by the Act entitled “An act for the relief of certain Volunteers and Militia called into service for the defence of the frontiers of the State of New York and for other purposes, passed April 21st 1818, and the Act of 9th April 1819.
- Title: Research of Wendell F. Lauth
Publication: 4934 St. Rt. 45 NW, Bristollville, OH 44402-9656
Media: Manuscript
Text: Buried in the "Lovers Lane" cemetery outside of Warren - Lovers Lane NW that runs adjacent to Mahoniing River. South of North Leavitt and U.S. Route 422 (Parkman Road). For history of cemetery, se
e Warren Tribute Chronicle, 8 Sep 1925, Pg. 3.
- Title: 1850 Census
Text: M432, 733 - 22 Jul 1850, Warren, Trumbull, Ohio - Pg. 394, Dwelling No. 299; Family 337
Joel Downs, 68, M, Farmer, Mass.
Lois Downs, 64, F, NY
Wilson Downs, 24 Mason, Ohio
George W. Downs, 17, M, Laborer
- Extraction done by John for Ruth Herbig in 1990, 1850 Map
Shows Joel Downs with farm of 123 acres - south side of what is now U.S. Route 422 in wat is now City of Warren.
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- Title: Trumbull County Ohio Cadastral or Land Ownership Maps 1830 - 1840 - 1850
Author: Ruth Allen, comp. & ed., for the Trumbull County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society
Publication: Evansville, IN:Whipporwill Publications, 1985
Media: Book
Page: 113
Text: Via Debbie Rider
I added the notations in red and the ca 1850 at the top of the map. I didn't realize until looking at the map again this morning that Nathan Dunbar was the next door neighbor of Joel Downs. I hope y ou can open this in one of your programs and enlarge it to see the detail.
- Title: 1860 Census
Media: Book
Page: NARA M653; Roll 1041, Pg 231 (Pg 65 of the Trumbull County)
Text: Joel Downs, 76, m, farmer, - , $150
Lois, 74, f,
Jonathan Downs, 46, m, farmer, 2,000, 300, farmer, born in Mass,
Susan, 27, f,
Julia, 14
Elizabeth, 10
WN, 8
Jefferson, 5
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