Person:Joseph Melvin (1)

Sources

Melvin Burials Glade Hollow Cemetery, Madison County Ohio

Death

Findagrave

Findagrave shows a Joseph Melvin buried in Glade Hollow Cemetery, madison County Ohio, 16 jan 1764-7 Nov 1817.

Findagrave also shows a Phebe Melvin buried in same cemetery, 31 Dec. 1765 - 19 July 1821.

Notes

From:BBaldwin1953, on Ancestry

Joseph and Phebe Van Vacter married 18 Aug 1785 in what was then Berkeley Co VA, now Jefferson Co WV. His parents had moved to Reedson in Berkeley Co shortly after their own marriage in 1760. Joseph and Phebe soon removed to Washington Co Tn, where many of their children were born. By 1804 they moved again, this time settling in the "Glade" in Madison Co OH. Their youngest child is said to have been born in 1804 in Madison Co, though Anonymous 1883 suggests that the move to Ohio occurred somewhat later than this. Joseph died there in 1817, and Phebe died there a few years later, in 1821. History of Madison County, Ohio Anonymous, 1883 identifies Phebe as Joseph's wife. This work seems to be based on interviews with local family members, and seems to represent a reasonable oral tradition about the family history."Phebe Melvin" appears as HOH in the 1820 census, which seems to confirm the first name of Joseph Melvin's wife.

From: History of Madison County Ohio, p 357, Evidence for another Melvin in Madison County Ohio--possibly the same John Melvin buried in Glade Hollow, and conjectured to be brother of Joseph Melvin.

The regular annual election took place October 9, 1810, when William Frankabarger, Thomas Gwynne and William Blaine were Judges in Deer Creek Township, with John Pepper and Charles L. J. Atchison as Clerks. In Darby Township, Samuel Mitchell, Luther Cary and Samuel Robinson served as Judges, with James Ewing and Thomas Robinson as Clerks. The Judges of Jefferson Township were Thomas Foster, David Bradley and James Moore ; the Clerks, Paul Alder and Nehemiah Gates. In Union Township, the Judges were John Melvin, Benjamin Kirkpatrick and Andrew Cypherd ; while the Clerks Avere Elias Langham and Patrick McLene. The Pleasant Township Judges were Forgus Graham, Enoch Thomas and John Smith ; the Clerks, Samuel Dawson and David Long. In Stokes Town- ship, the only name we find on record is William Kelso, who acted as Judge.

Ibid p. 377
Evidence that John Melvin was related to Joseph. His second wife was Abigail Melvin born 1796 in TN, daughter of John Melvin. This is consistent with data showing the Joseph came from Greene/Washignton County TN about 1804. Presumably he and John came together.

PHILIP LEWIS.

The history of Madison County would be incomplete without a brief sketch of the career of Philip Lewis, who, during the first thirty years of his residence therein, took a leading place in its affairs. ... He was married, in Adams County, July 4, 1805, to Miss Nancy Umble, and in 1809 located temporarily on Deer Creek, in what is now Somerford Township, Madison Co., Ohio. ... Mrs. Lewis died about 1814. and [in March 1816], he married Abigal Melvin, daughter of John Melvin, of this county. She was born in Tennessee March 25, 1796, and by this union became the mother of seven children, viz.. Augustus. Jane, John, Elias L., Minerva (who married Richard Acton), Joseph R. and Mis- souri (who became the wife of Thomas Acton).