Person:Josiah Osborne (1)

Watchers
m. 1749
  1. Rev. Josiah Osborne1749/50 - 1845
  2. George OsborneBef 1756 - 1779
  3. Isaac OsborneBef 1760 - Aft 1826
  4. Solomon Osborne1766 - 1839
  5. Francis Osborne1770 -
  6. Deborah OsborneBet 1775 & 1780 - Aft 1810
  • HRev. Josiah Osborne1749/50 - 1845
  • WMargaret AldersonBef 1762 - Bet 1822 & 1829
m. 1778
Facts and Events
Name Rev. Josiah Osborne
Gender Male
Birth? 6 Mar 1749/50 South Fork of South Branch of Potomac River, Virginia
Marriage 1778 Virginiato Margaret Alderson
Death? 3 Feb 1845 West Liberty, Monroe Twn, Logan County, Ohio

Will of Josiah Osborne

Will of Josiah Osborne Logan Co., OH Administrator's Dockets Vol. D/380 (SLFHL 0545337)

I Josiah Osborne of Logan county in the State of Ohio being in good Health of body and of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding considering the certainty of death and the uncertainty of the time thereof and being desirous to settle my worldly affairs and thereby to better prepared to leave this world when it shall please God to call me. Hence do therefore make and publish this my last will and Testament, in manner and form following. That is to say. First and principally I commit my soul into the hands of Almighty God my body to the Earth to be decently buried at the descretion of my executors herein after named and after my debts and funeral charges are paid I devise and bequeth as follows.

Item First I give and devise unto Thomas Osborne my grandson a son of Jacob Osborne my son two hundred dollars to be paid by my executor when it comes into his hands by virtue of said office.

Item second I give and devise unto George Osborne my grandson a son of Jacob Osborn[sic] my son two hundred dollars to be paid by my executor when it comes into his hands by virtue of said office.

Item 3d I give and devise unto Jacob J. Osborn my grandson a son of Jacob Osborn my son two hundred dollars to be paid by my Executor when it comes into his hands by virtue of said office.

Item 4th I give and devise unto John Osborn my grandson a son of Jacob Osborn my son One Hundred dollars to be paid by my executor when it comes into his hands by virtue of said office.

Item 5th I give and devise unto Sarah Stanang my granddaughter a daughter of Jacob Osborn one Hundred dollars to be paid by my executor when it comes into his hands by virtue of said office.

Item 6th I give and Devise unto Marquis Osborn my grandson two hundred dollars to be paid by my executor when it comes into his hands by virtue of said office.

Item 7th I give and devise unto Elizabeth Munsal my granddaughter a daughter of John Kelly One Hundred Dollars to be paid by my Executor when it comes into his hands by virtue of said office.

Item 8th I give and Devise unto Josiah Kelly my Grandson a son of John Kelly One Hundred Dollars to be paid by my Executor whin it comes into his hands by virtue of said office.

Item 9th I give and Devise unto Harriet Kelly my granddaughter a Daughter of John Kelly One Hundred Dollars to be paid by my Executor when it comes into his hands by virtue of said office.

Item 10th I give and devise unto Margaret Osborn my Great granddaughter a daughter of Marquis Osborn One hundred dollars to be paid by my executor when it comes into his hands by virtue of said office.

Item 11th I give and devise unto Josiah Osborn my Grandson a son of Jacob Osborn one hundred dollars to be paid by my executor when it comes into his hands by virtue of said office.

Item 12th I give and devise unto William Osborn my grandson a son of Jacob Osborn One Hundred dollars to be paid by my Executor when it comes into his hads by virtue of said office.

Item 13th After all charges is paid if there should be any money left it shall be equally divided between John Kelly as my son-inlaw and Mary W. Osborn as wife of Marquis Osborn to be paid by my Executors.

Item 14th I give and devise the all Books that is in George McColloch's hands for his own use.

Item 15th I give and devise all the personal property of mine that is in my children or grandchildren's hands at my Decease to them where it is at that time.

And lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint William Henry to be my sole executor of this my last will and testament Revoking and annulling all former wills by me heretofore made. Ratifying and confirming this and none other to be my last will and testament. In testimony whereof I Josiah Osborn have to this my will consisting of one sheet of paper set my hand and seal this the Seventh day of June in the year of one thousand Eight Hundred and thirty Eight. Josiah Osborn


Signed sealed and delivered and declared by Josiah Osborn the above named testator as for his last will and testament in the presence of us who at his request and in his presence have subscribed our names as witnesses thereunto George Henry, Joel Henry. The State of Ohio Logan County --. Personally appeared in open court George Henry and Joel Henry the two subscribing witnesses to the will of Josiah Osborn have produced in open court for probate who being duly sworn says that the said Josiah Osborn signed the same in their presence and at his request as witnesses that said Osborn was at the time of sound mind and of disposing memory of lawful age and not under any restraint. George Henry Joel Henry

Sworn to and Subscribed in open court June 3, 1845

Information on Josiah Osborne

?"Josiah married Margaret about 1778 before he moved from Hardy County to Greenbrier County in 1794. In Morton's History of Monroe County WV but no supporting evidence has been found. If so, the only possibility seems to be that she was the youngest child born about 1750/55 to the baptist minister Rev. John ALDERSON Sr. Cole's history of GreenbrierCo WV states that the elder ALDERSON's only daughter Mary married a Mr. ORTON and moved to western Pennsylvania."

Source: Osborne Ancestry of the Jansen Daughters Online at: http://revolution.3-cities.com/~gjansen/famosb.htm

Source: http://www.riverwye.us/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I5992&tree=watkins