Person:Zephaniah Dunn (17)
Zephaniah Dunn
b.Abt 1775 Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States
d.1846 Lewis , Missouri, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Abt 1760
  1. Sophia DunnAbt 1762 - 1835
  2. James DunnAbt 1765 - Abt 1842
  3. Jeremiah DunnAbt 1768 - Bef 1846
  4. John DunnAbt 1770 - Abt 1857
  5. Zephaniah DunnAbt 1775 - 1846
  6. Robert DunnAbt 1780 - Abt 1855
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Zephaniah DunnAbt 1775 - 1846
  • W.  Anna HarrisonEst 1784 - 1847
m. 25 Sep 1808
  1. Cynthiann (Syntha Ann) DunnAbt 1816 - 1836
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Zephaniah Dunn
Gender Male
Birth[1] Abt 1775 Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States
Marriage 25 Sep 1808 Highland, Ohio, United Statesto Anna Harrison
Property[8] 29 Nov 1821 Daviess, Indiana, United Statesapplied for US land grant
Property[8] 1 Nov 1822 Daviess, Indiana, United Statesapplied for US land grant
Property[2] 24 Jul 1823 Daviess, Indiana, United StatesRec'd US Land Patent
Property[3] 25 Aug 1823 Daviess, Indiana, United StatesRec'd US Land Patent
Census[4] 1830 Daviess, Indiana, United States
Residence[5] 1836 Lewis, Missouri, United States
Census[6] 1840 Lewis, Missouri, United States
Death[1] 1846 Lewis , Missouri, United States
Probate[7] 29 May 1849 Lewis, Missouri, United Statessettlement of estate
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Christensen, Anthony J. A branch of the Piscataway Dunn family: a few members of the Dunn family whose branches spread from Pisctaqua, New Hampshire, to Piscataway, New Jersey, to Southwestern Pennsylvania, to Harrison County, Kentucky, and to points West. (Salem, Utah: Mac Anthony Corp., c1998)
    pp 5-9, 5-47.

    Zephaniah Dunn, the son of Jeremiah Dunn, born circa 1775, most likely in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. As a youth he moved to northern Kentucky with his parents and family then later to the area of Fayette and Highland County, Ohio, where he married Ann Harrison. They resided in Highland County for a time then moved to the area of Greene County, Indiana, and Daviess County Indiana, then later to Lewis County, Missouri, where they both died.
    Zephaniah died intestate in the year 1846 leaving his widow Ann, a large estate, and no surviving children. . . . The petition for partition [settled October 1848] named the heirs at law of Zephaniah Dunn as follows:
    Zephaniah Dunn left the following persons his heirs, to wit: Robert Dunn and John Dunn, surviving brothers. The descendants of James Dunn, a deceased brother, to wit: Alvin Dunn and the infant heirs of Hannah Dunn, a daughter of said James Dunn, deceased, who intermarried with one Buriah Dunn. The descendants of Sophia Harrison, a sister of said intestate, to wit: William Harrison and the descendants of Elizabth Harrison, a daughter of said Sophia, who intermarried with one John Seaman, to wit: Harrison Seaman, Sophpia Seaman and Robert Seaman a minor, children and heirs o said Elizabeth. Also the infant heirs of Jackson Seaman, a son of said Elizabeth, who died leaving a widow who is entitled to dower in the said Jackson Seaman's interest, whose name is unknown.

  2. ↑ Document Nr.: 333, in United States. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records.

    Patentee: ZEPHENIAH DUNN of Green County, Indiana
    Acres: 77.35 State: INDIANA
    Issue Date: 7/24/1823 Land Office: Vincennes
    E1⁄2NE Sec 3/ Town 5-N Range 6-W 2nd PM IN Daviess Count

  3. ↑ Document Nr.: 507, in United States. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records.

    Patentee: ZEPHENIAH DUNN
    Acres: 77.35 State: INDIANA
    Issue Date: 8/25/1823 Land Office: Vincennes
    W1⁄2NE Sec 3/ Town 5-N Range 6-W 2nd PM IN Daviess County

  4. ↑ Daviess County, Indiana, in United States. 1830 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M19).

    Zephaniah Dunn 1 male 50-60, 1 f 10-15, 1 f 40-50

  5. ↑ LDS #1000296, in History of Lewis, Clark, Knox and Scotland Counties, Missouri: from the earliest time to the present...family records... (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974)
    p. 155.

    p. 155 - settlement of Sec 15, T61, R6, 1836 = Calvin G. Jones, Zephaniah Dunn, Hiram Harrison
    Sec 32 = Zephaniah Dunn in 1832

  6. ↑ Lewis County, Missouri, in United States. 1840 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M704).

    Zephaniah Dunn 1 male 50-60, 1 female 50-60
    On same page: Hiram Harrison, Harrison Seaman, James Dunn

  7. ↑ Probate Settlement Records (LDS #1015339), in Missouri. Probate Court (Lewis County). Probate records, 1833-1917; indexes, 1833-1976. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1977, 2000)
    Volumes 1-3, 1834-1857.

    Among those receiving payment were:
    Paid John Dunn $5.00
    paid Wm Harrison distributor per receipt $150.50
    paid Robert Dunn $301.01
    Paid Wm. Seaman & Alfred & S of [] Moore $60.18
    Paid Robert Seman $30.09
    Paid executors of Ann Dunn $1058.22
    Amount in my hands uncalled for by heirs of James Dunn $301.00
    Paid Guardian of J. J. Seamon & heirs $30.09
    Amt due Harrison Seamon and Heir $30.09

  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Indiana Land Entries, by Margaret R. Waters; LDS #6046718, in Waters, Margaret R. (Margaret Ruth). Indiana land entries. (Indianapolis [Indiana]: [s.n.], 1948-).

    Vol 2, Part I, Vincennes District 1807-1877
    p. 49 – Davies County, T5N, R5W
    Zephaniah Dunn, Gn, E-NE-S3, 11/29/21; W-NE-S3, 11/1/22

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