Person:Solomon Joy (5)

Moved to Ohio in 1815 with his cousin Wilder.

Delaware Co, OH, Deed Index Grantee B 1845-1861: Risher, John, grantee from Solomon Joy, Grantor Vol 38 page 460 Delaware Inlot 235, Pettibone's Addition.

1820 census, Troy, Delaware Co, Ohio Solomon Joy, with 1 male age 16-26, farmer, one female age 16-26

1830 census, Troy, Delaware Co, Ohio Solomon Joy, with 1 male age under 5, 1 male age 5-10, and 1 male age 30-40 3 females under age 5, 1 female age 5-10, and 1 female age 20-30

1840 Census, Troy, Delaware Co, Ohio; Solomon Joy, with 1 male age 10-15, 1 male age 15-20, and 1 male age 40-50 1 female age 5-10, 1 female age 10-15, 2 females age 15-20, and 1 female age 30-40.

On the 3d day of March, 1855, a petition, signed by some fifty residents of the village, was filed with the Auditor of Delaware County, praying for the incorporation of the village of Ashley. At their June session, in 1855, the Board of Commissioners heard and granted the petition, and on the 30th day of the following August, 1855, the first election for officers was held at the school. house. James Culbertson was elected Mayor; A. Pater, Recorder, and Jesse Meredith, S. Joy, Levi Shisler and Samuel Shisler, Councilmen, who served until the following regular spring election. At this time, L. D. Benton was elected Mayor; J. M. Coomer, Recorder, and Solomon Joy, Samuel Shisler, S. B. Morehouse, A. G. Hall, and George McMaster, Councilmen. Benjamin F. Fry was the first Marshal, and Solomon Joy the first Treasurer. The first ordinance passed by the council was for the suppression of intemperance. In the spring of 1857, B. F. Fry was elected Mayor. From "History of Delaware County" Chapter XXIII, pg. 540

Coming soon after the Worlines, on the same side of the river, and a little north of them, was William Sweetser. He bought out John and Henry Worline's property and built an addition to a single-roomed cabin he found standing on the place. Mr. Sweetser came from Dummerston, Vt.. in the fall of 1815, after a forty days' journey through the wilderness. He had a family of five boys and three girls, the youngest child only six months old, when he came into Delaware. The journey was full of such mishaps as breaking the wagons or harness, causing at times a tedious delay of days to effect repairs. The family came in two wagons, Mrs. Sweetser driving a single horse all the way from the East, caring for her young babe beside most of the time. When they arrived in town, they went to the house of Thomas Butler, which stood about where Mitchel & Vogt's store now stands, where they remained during the winter. The next spring they moved on to their farm, where but little clearing had been done. In 1823, he laid the foundations, and partially completed a brick house on the river road. There is nothing now left of the original buildings to mark the spot save an old stone spring house. With the Sweetser, family, came the family of Hosea Miller, and two young men, Solomon and Wilder Joy. From "History of Delaware County" pg. 318

1. ↑ 1850 Census, Ohio, Delaware Co, Troy Twp.

   Solomon Joy Jr., age 23, farmer (b. OH), with Jerusha, age 23 (b. NY)
   Next family is Solomon Joy, 52, farmer (b. VT), Eliza, 49 (b. VT), Eliza A., 17, (b. OH), Sarah A Foust, 2, (b. OH)

2. ↑ Cemetery Records.

   Peoria Cemetery, Peoria, Mahaska Co, IA