The Documented Genealogy of Curtis Lynn Older

96. Documentation for Pritchett Gouty
(04 Jul 1765 to 12 May 1837)
father of Thomas Gouty
(1802 to 10 Jun 1863)

Pritchett Gouty, Fourth Great-Grandfather of Curtis Lynn Older:

1) Pritchett Gouty, husband of Mary Griffith, parents of Thomas Gouty
2) Thomas Gouty, husband of Nancy Kerr / Carr, , parents of Elias B. Gouty
3) Elias B. Gouty, husband of Elizabeth Shute, parents of Joseph P Gouty
4) Joseph P Gouty, husband of Mary Luella Hartman, parents of Robert William Gouty
5) Robert William Gouty, husband of Ethel Belle Fox, parents of Mavis Lorene Gouty
6) Mavis Lorene Gouty, wife of Truxton James Older, parents of Curtis Lynn Older

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(Note: The Gouty name is spelled with the following variations in historical records Gouty, Gowty, Gootee, Gottee, Goutee, and Goutty. The name will be spelled Gouty in this writing except when reference is made to an historical record, in which case it will be spelled as in the original document.)

Pritchett Gouty was born July 4, 1765, in Maryland.(1) Pritchett was a son of John Gouty and Elizabeth Pritchett.(2) John Gouty was born in 1738 in Dorchester County, Maryland.(3) John married Elizabeth Pritchett on November 17, 1769.(4) He died August 4, 1818.(5)Gouty Tree - Jason N. Gouty) Elizabeth Pritchett was the daughter of Phunback Pritchett and his wife, name unknown.(6) The will of Phunback Pritchett names Elizabeth Gouty as one of his daughters.(7)

Pritchett Gouty married Mary Griffith, a daughter of Alexander Griffith and his wife.(8) Mary Griffith was born about 1765 in Caroline County, Maryland.(9) No marriage record with date of marriage has been found. Alexander Griffith and his wife, Elizabeth (Unknown), were the parents of 12 children, including Mary Griffith.(10)(will of AG) The wife of Alexander Griffith is not known other than the name of his wife at the time of his death was Mary.

A sister of Mary Griffith, Nancy Griffith, married William Todd on June 2, 1798, in Caroline County, Maryland.(11)(6B) A brother of Mary Griffith, Aaron Griffith, married Nancy Ann Collison on January 4, 1802, in Caroline County, Maryland.(12)(6C)

An Alexander Griffith owned land in Caroline County, Maryland.(13)(7) He was born about 1745 in Maryland and died between August 11, 1810, when his will was written, and March 5, 1811, when his will was probated in Caroline County, Maryland.(14)(8) The 1800 Caroline County, Maryland census record for Alexander Griffith listed the following: Census-1800 Caroline County, Maryland, 1 male 10-16, 1 male 16-26 and 1 male over 45: 1 female 16-26 and 1 female over 45.(15)UT) (6B) An Alexander Griffith was a witness to the will of John Stanton of Caroline County, Maryland, on January 6, 1818, and may have been the brother of Mary Griffith.(16)(9ABC)

The 1790 Maryland census records list two families named Gouty, both in Caroline County. Those two families are the ones of Able Gouty and John Gouty. The census images for those two families are not available so the detail is unknown.(17)(3) It is likely other records, particularly from Dorchester County, existed for other members of the Gouty family. Perhaps these records have been lost or for some reason other Gouty or Gootee families were not recorded. The Able (or Abel) Gouty of the 1790 Caroline County, Maryland, census was the second child and oldest son of John and Elizabeth (Pritchett) Gouty.(18)

In the 1800 US Census for Maryland, the only Gouty names that appear in Caroline County are: Abel, John, Zachariah, and Prichard (i.e., Pritchett).(19) Abel, Zachariah, and Pritchett Gouty were three sons of John Gouty and Elizabeth Pritchett Gouty.(20)UYT)

Pritchett Goutee is listed at age 26 through 44 in the 1810 census.(21) If he was born in 1765 as some records indicate, he would have been about 35 years old at the time of the 1800 census.(22)(10) The Pritchett Gouty family in the 1800 census consisted of one male under 10 years of age, possibly a son named John Gouty who may have been born that year.(23)(11) Also listed are a son age 10 through 15 whose name is unknown. One male listed as age 26 through 44 should have been Pritchett Gouty. One female is listed as under age 10 and perhaps this was Elizabeth Gouty who was born December 15, 1796, in Caroline County, Maryland according to a record in the Family History Library.(24) Also listed is a female age 26 through 44 and this should have been Mary Griffith Gouty, wife of Pritchett.

In the 1810 US Census for Maryland, the only Gouty names that appear in Caroline County are: Gabril, Thomas, Zachariah, and a P Gouty which we can assume is Pritchett Gouty.(25) The only information we found about Gabriel Gouty was that he married a Nancy Griffith on January 2, 1798, in Dorchester County, Maryland.(26) Gabril Gouty is somewhat of an unknown. He married a Nancy Griffith, possibly related to Mary Griffith, in January 1798.(27) Perhaps Gabriel Gootee lived in the same neighborhood as the family of John Gootee.

The Thomas Gouty of the 1810 Maryland, Caroline County, census was not the same Thomas Gouty as the one who was a son of Pritchett Gouty and Mary Griffith. The Thomas Gouty of the 1810 Maryland, Caroline County, census was listed as age 16 through 25 and he lived with three females. One female was under 10 years of age, one was age 26 through 44, and one was 45 and over.(28)

The Pritchett Gouty family in 1810 consisted of 2 males under age 10. These two males should have been Henry Gouty who was born about 1800 and Thomas Gouty who was born about 1802. One male age 10 through 15 may have been John Gouty who was born about 1800. The one female under 10 might have been a Delilah Gouty. Elizabeth Gouty probably was age 10 through 15 in 1810. The female aged 16 through 25 is unknown and the female aged 26 through 44 should have been Mary Griffith Gouty.(29)

An evaluation of Federal census records and other data, such as marriage records, show that Pritchett Gouty and his children moved from Caroline County, Maryland, to Pickaway County, Ohio, sometime after 1810. Pickaway County was created in 1810 from portions of Ross, Fairfield, Hocking, and Franklin Counties. Other neighboring counties are Fayette and Madison. Circleville is the county seat. Pickaway is a Native American word meaning "man risen from ashes."(30)

GOWTY, Henry to WHITSELL, Rebecca on Oct 22, 1823
GOWTY, Pritchard to DONOVAN, Mary on Jan 30, 1817, by John Scott, J.P.
GOWTY, John to EARHART, Elizabeth on Oct 16, 1822
LOWLY, Elizabeth to Cheesman, Samuel on Jan 14, 1818

Mary Griffith Gouty, the first wife of Pritchett Gouty, died sometime before January 30, 1817, when Pritchett Gouty (i.e., Prichard Gowty) married Mary Donovan in Pickaway County, Ohio.(31) They were married by John Scott, J.P. Two sons of Prittchet and Mary Griffith Gouty also married in Pickaway County, Ohio, as did one daughter. Henry Gouty (i.e., Gowty) married Rebecca Whitsell on October 22, 1823.(32) John Gouty (i.e., Gowty) married Elizabeth Earhart on October 16, 1822.(33) Elizabeth Gowty (i.e., Lowly) married Samuel Cheesman on January 14, 1818, in Pickaway County, Ohio.(34)

Samuel Cheezum. CA Lower Choptank District Hundred, p. 44. MSA S 1161-3-6 Location:   1/4/5/46
William Cheezum. CA Lower Choptank District Hundred, p. 44. MSA S 1161-3-6 Location:   1/4/5/46
William Cheezum, Jr. CA Lower Choptank District Hundred, p. 44. MSA S 1161-3-6 Location:   1/4/5/46
Daniel Cheezum. Doncaster, pt, 150 acres. CA Lower Choptank District Hundred, p. 45. MSA S 1161-3-6 Location:   1/4/5/46

Mary Donovan was born after 1775 in Delaware.(35) Her parents are not known. The 1820 US Census for Pickaway Township, Pickaway County, Ohio, lists the Pritchett Gouty family (spelled Prechet Goutty in the census records).(36)

The Pritchett Gouty family consisted of the following:

1) one male under age 10 - this should be Zachariah Gouty, born 1815 to 1817
2) one male age 10 and under 16 - perhaps Thomas Gouty
3) two males age 16 and under 26 - perhaps John and Henry Gouty
4) one male 45 and upwards - Pritchett Gouty
5) two females under age 2 - unknown
6) one female age 26 and under 45 - Mary Donovan Gouty

According to the booklet, Gessie, Indiana, The First One Hundred Years 1872-1972, "The Gouty family came from France (name originally Goutier) to Dorcester County, Maryland, in 1670. Prichard Gouty was born July 4, 1766 and died May 12, 1837. He is buried in a cemetery near the Squire Shute farm. Pritchard's three sons, Henry, Thomas, and Zechariah came to Indiana in 1820. Henry to Parke County and Thomas to Vermillion County. Zechariah brought their father here in 1830. There was a fourth brother John but he settled near Rossville, Illinois. Henry had 9 children but all died young and he left no descendants. Zechariah moved to Iowa. Thomas Gouty was married 3 times and had children by all three. His first wife was Nancy Carr, his second wife was Elizabeth Stutler and his 3rd wife was Catherine Hoobler. Everyone called her Aunt Katie. She was a charter member of the Gessie United Brethren Church. Thomas was the great grandfather of Dale Gouty. Elias Gouty (son of Thomas) was Dale's grandfather. Lewis was Dale's father. Dale lives in the homeplace."(37)

In History of Vermillion County, Indiana, Biographical Sketches we find the following: "Thomas Gouty settled in Vermillion County in 1833 or earlier. He died June 10, 1863, aged sixty-one years. Elias, his son, was born here in 1833. Henry Gouty may have settled in this township a year or two later, he died in 1864, and his wife, Rebecca, died in 1874, at the age of seventy-five years."

Pritchett Gouty and Mary Griffith Gouty were the parents of at least six children that we can document and perhaps several others:

1. Elizabeth Gouty, born December 15, 1796, in Caroline County, MD, married Samuel Chezem January 14, 1818, in Circleville, Pickaway County, OH.(38) She died May 29, 1859, in Parke County, IN. (39)

2. John Gouty, born in Caroline County, MD, March 31, 1800, and died January
24, 1879; buried in Rossville, IL, Mann's Chapel Cemetery, Rossville, Vermilion
County, IL. He married at least two times.

3. Henry Gouty, born about 1802 in Caroline County, MD, and died October 14,
1858, in Highland Township, Vermillion County, IN.

4. Thomas Gouty, born about 1801 in Caroline County, MD, died June 10, 1863, in
Highland Township, Vermillion County, IN. He married three times. He is
buried with his third wife at Hicks Cemetery in Perrysville, IN.

5. Zachariah Gouty, born about 1815 in Pickaway County, OH.

6. Delilah Gouty, born in Pickaway County, OH, about 181?, married William
Cossey. She died in Highland Township, Vermillion County, IN, about 1840.

Perhaps other children, including a Mary (Polly) Ann Gouty. Perhaps a James Gouty born about 1823 in Pickaway County, Ohio. The Talbert Family Tree on Ancestry.com states that Nancy Kerr died March 31, 1840. It lists her year of birth as 1804. It lists the children of Pritchett Gouty and Mary Griffith as: Jane, Rachel, Polly born in 1789, Elizabeth born in 1798, John born April 1, 1800, Henry born in 1802, James born in 1804, Thomas born in 1806, and Zachariah born in 1815. Pritchett born July 4, 1765 and died May 12, 1837. Mary Griffith born 1774 and died January 30, 1817. (40)

We were able to trace the Pritchett Gouty family from Caroline County, Maryland, to Pickaway County, Ohio. We will now review the move of the Pritchett Gouty family to Indiana. We can do this by reviewing data about the individual children of Pritchett Gouty.

Sometime after 1820, Pritchett Gouty, his wife, and their married children headed to Parke and Vermillion counties in Indiana. A summary of the Pritchett Gouty family movement and what is known about each of Pritchett Gouty's children and their spouses will be presented to trace the families from Pickaway County, Ohio, to Vermillion and Parke Counties in Indiana.

The will of John Gouty(Gowty), father of Pritchett Gouty, reveals much valuable information about the brothers and sisters of Pritchett, as well as identifying Pritchett as the son of John Gouty. It also helps point out the significance of the name Zachariah as one that would be used to name other Gouty family children.

"Laws of Maryland, Nov. Sess. 1812, page 192, "to sell the said lands for the use and benefit of the said orphan children of Zachariah Gouty." "4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to defeat any just claim that may be against the said Zachariah Gouty, nor in any wise to deprive the widow of the said deceased, of her right of dower. "to appoint a trustee and order the sale of all the right, title, interest and estate of the said James Gouty, Mary Gouty, Lucretia Gouty and John Stevens Gouty, minors and orphan children of the aforesaid Zachariah Gouty, deceased, in and unto the aforesaid tract of land "called Church Grove, containing seventy three acres, and that the same is unoccupied and very poor, and that it will in a very short time become entirely useless to the heirs, and prays that a law may pass authorising the orphans' court of Caroline county to appoint a trustee to sell the said lands for the use and benefit of the said orphan children of Zachariah Gouty"

James Gouty, son of Zachariah Gouty and Lucretia Andrews. Zachariah died in 1812. James was born in February 1807 in Maryland according to One World Tree. He died in 1850. He is listed in the 1830 Ohio, Pickaway County, Williamsport Township census as age 20 to 30 and living with a female age 10 to 15. (41) Perhaps William Cook was the father of Ketterah Cook. William Cook is on same census page in 1820 as Pritchett Gouty. Also a Jesse Cook and a Marke Cook.

A Mary Gouty as well as a James Gouty are listed in the 1830 Pickaway County, Ohio, census. Mary Gouty is listed as age 40 and under 50. One male in the household is listed as age 30 and under 40. James Gouty married Keturah Cook on July 20, 1830, in Pickaway County, Ohio.(42)

Land tract acquisitions by the members of the Pritchett Gouty family is an easy way to trace their movement to Indiana. See APPENDIX FIVE for a listing of all the land tracts acquired by members or in-laws of the Pritchett Gouty family in Indiana. One characteristic these families had was to name their children by using as their first name the maiden name of the wife, i.e; Price Chezem; Pritchett Gouty.

Pritchett Gouty and Mary Griffith Gouty were the parents of at least six children that we can document and perhaps several others:

1. Elizabeth Gouty appears to be the oldest child of Pritchett and Mary Griffith Gouty. She was born December 15, 1796, in Caroline County, Maryland.(YTR) She died May 29, 1859, in Parke County, Indiana.(43) Elizabeth married Samuel Chezem on January 14, 1818, in Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio.(44) Elizabeth Gouty died May 29, 1859, in Parke County, Indiana. She married Samuel Chezem (aka Cheesman) on January 14, 1818, in Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio. She is buried in the Montezuma Cemetery in Parke County, Indiana.(#* David R. Cheesman, Marriage Records of Pickaway County, Ohio, 1810-1862]

Samuel Chezem was the son of John Chezem and Melvina Price. He was born January 3, 1795, in Caroline County, Maryland. He died June 1, 1857, in Parke County, Indiana, and is buried in the Montezuma Cemetery, Parke County, Indiana.(17C) (17C) Family History Library, Submitter Nancy E. Davidson. John and Melvina Price Chezem were the parents of Samuel, Price, and William Chezem. Price Chezem was born September 14, 1801 and William Chezem was born in 1804.

Samuel Cheezum. CA Lower Choptank District Hundred, p. 44. MSA S 1161-3-6 Location:   1/4/5/46
William Cheezum. CA Lower Choptank District Hundred, p. 44. MSA S 1161-3-6 Location:   1/4/5/46
William Cheezum, Jr. CA Lower Choptank District Hundred, p. 44. MSA S 1161-3-6 Location:   1/4/5/46
Daniel Cheezum. Doncaster, pt, 150 acres. CA Lower Choptank District Hundred, p. 45. MSA S 1161-3-6 Location:   1/4/5/46
James Chezem, a brother of Samuel, was born December 23, 1799, in Maryland and was a son of John Chezem. James Chezem married Mary Mitchell on November 20, 1819, in Pickaway, Circleville, Ohio.(45) Family History Library, submitter Janet Jones.
James Chezem died June 23, 1848, and was buried in West Union Cemetery, Parke County, Indiana.(46) Family History Library, submitter Janet Jones.
Price Chezem, also a brother of Samuel Chezem, was born September 14, 1801, a son of John Chezem.(47)
In 1824 all Parke County, Indiana, land west of the Wabash River was ceded to Vermillion County, Indiana.(48)

The 1830 Vermillion County, Indiana, census lists Samuel Cheeseman, age 20 to 30, and what we can assume to be his wife as age 20 to 30. Boys are two under 5 years old, one girl under 5, two girls 5 to 10, and one girl 10 to 15.

The 1830 Parke County, Indiana, census lists a Price Chezem as age 20 to 30, what we can assume to be his wife as age 20 to 30, one boy under age 5, one boy age 5 to 10, one girl under age 5, and one girl age 5 to 10.

The 1840 Parke County, Indiana, census lists Samuel Chezman as age 40 to 50, what we can assume is the wife of Samuel Chezman is 40 to 50, one boy age 5 to 10, one boy age 10 to 15, one boy age 15 to 20, two girls under age 5, two girls age 5 to 10, 2 girls age 15 to 20, one girl age 20 to 30.

The 1850 Parke County, Indiana, census, enumerated on September 28, 1850, lists Samuel and Elizabeth Cheezum in District 85. Samuel Cheezum is listed as age 54 and born in North Carolina and Elizabeth is listed as born in Maryland and her age is given as 53.(17D) Also listed are Lydia age 26, Jane age 19, Samuel age 17, Dil? age 14, Delila age 13, and Milo age 9. All the children are listed as born in Indiana which means the family was in Indiana by 1824 approximately.

The 1850 Highland Township, Vermillion County, Indiana, census lists Price Chesem as age 52 and born in North Carolina, and he cannot read or write. Also listed in the Price Chesem household are George age 19 who was born in Indiana and Mary age 12 who was born in Indiana.

John Chezem, the father of Samuel Chezem, was born in 1760 in Baltimore, Ann Arundel, Maryland and died October 21, 1850, in Highland Township, Vermillion County, Indiana.(49) The 1850 Highland Township, Vermillion County, Indiana, census, enumerated October 21, 1850, list John Chisem, age 90, born in Maryland, Comfort Chisem, age 55, born in Maryland, Jean Chisem age 14, born in Indiana, and Margaret E. Chisem age 8 and born in Indiana. Neither John nor Comfort Chisem could read or write.(50) Family History Library, submitter Janet Jones. Since John Chezem, the father of Price and Samuel Chezem was born in Maryland, it seems probably that Price and Samuel also were born in Maryland. He appears in the 1850 Vermillion County, Highland, Indiana, census.(51)

Elizabeth (Gouty) Chezem died May 29, 1859 in Parke County, Indiana.(52) Name:  Samuel Chezem , Birth:  3 Jan 1795 - Maryland, USA, Death: 1 Jun 1857 - Parke, Indiana, USA, Marriage: 14 Jan 1818 - Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA, Parents: John Chezem , Melvin Chism, Spouse: Elizabeth Airhart Gouty

The following book might be helpful: Chezem genealogy, 1700-1973, Author: Stetler, Ethel Ridgway. Publisher: Herdell Print. Co., Pub Year: 1973, Pages: 190 numb. L.

Samuel Chezem owned land adjacent land owned by John Gouty on the First Land Owners of Highland Township Map.(53) This land was a short distance south of land owned by Henry Gouty and Thomas Gouty as indicated on the map.(54)[First Land Owners of Highland Township Map].

Samuel Chezem and Elizabeth Gouty were the parents of the following children and perhaps others who are unknown:

i. Mary Ann, born July 22, 1821. She first married John H. Woody. She
married second Joseph L. Porter, December 31, 1840, in Parke County, Indiana.
ii. Lydia, born about 1824 in Indiana
iii. Jane, born about 1831 in Indiana
iv. Samuel, born about 1833 in Indiana
v. Dilbernna, born about 1836 in Indiana
vi. Delila, born about 1837 in Indiana
vii. Milo, born about 1841 in Indiana

Before we proceed with our discussion of the four Gouty brothers, John, Henry, Zachariah, and Thomas Gouty, we point out the map in the Indiana State Library entitled, Original Land Owners in Highland Township, Vermilion County, Indiana. The map shows that Henry Gouty acquired land in 1829 in Highland Township, John Gouty acquired land in 1826 in Highland Township, and Thomas Gouty acquired land in 1829 in Highland Township.(55)

Please refer to APPENDIX FIVE after the REFERENCES section at the end of this document for a list of the Gouty and Gouty related family land purchases in Vermillion and Parke Counties, Indiana.

2. John Gouty. The Pape Funeral Home in Danville, Illinois, website lists an obituary for John Gouty that appeared in the Danville Daily News on March 2, 1879.(56) His father was listed as John Gouty (Sr.). John Gouty died in Rossville (Illinois). His age was listed as 79. The date of death was given as January 23, 1879. He was buried at Manns Chapel in Ross. His place of birth was listed as Maryland. His date of birth was listed as March 1, 1800. (57)UU) [Date of Birth 3/1/1800, Place of Birth MARYLAND, Father GOUTY,JOHN (SR.) d:rossville. Mother Danville Daily News 03/12/79, Spouse W-? age:79, Wedding Date, Date of Death  1/24/1879, Cemetery - MANNS CHAPEL]

John Gouty married first Elizabeth Earhart on October 16, 1822, in Pickaway County, Ohio.(58) She was born about 1802 and died in Vermillion County, Indiana, in the 1840s. (From: "Marriage Records Pickaway County, Ohio, 1810-1862" GOWTY, John to EARHART, Elizabeth on Oct 16, 1822)

John Gouty married second Margaret Elizabeth (Talbert) Moore on March 8, 1849, in Vermillion County, Indiana.(59) She was born February 8, 1814, in Pennsylvania and she died May 18, 1884, in Alvin, Illinois. Margaret Talbert had first married a Thomas Moore about 1836 in Vermillion County, Highland Township, Indiana.(60)

John Gouty acquired land in Vermillion County, Indiana, as early as 1826.(61)

John Gouty and his first wife, Elizabeth Earhart, were the parents of the following children and perhaps others who are unknown:

i. Mary Ann Gouty probably was the female 5 years of age and under 10 who was listed in the 1830 Vermillion Cty, IN, census for the John Gouty family. Mary Ann Gouty was born December 25, 1823. She married Henry Talbert on February 28, 1841, in Vermillion Cty, IN. She died September 10, 1864.(62)
ii. Rachel Gouty probably was the female under 5 years of age who was listed in the 1830 Vermillion Cty, IN, census for the John Gouty family. Rachel was born May 28, 1826, in Highland Township, Vermillion Cy, IN. She married William T. Talbert on November 29, 1846, in Vermillion Cy, IN. She died February 22, 1891, in Perrysville, Vermillion Cty, IN.(63)
iii. Sarah Gouty, probably the female age 5 and under 10 in the 1840 census. She was born August 6, 1833, in Vermillion Cty, IN. She married Horatio T. Talbert. She died December 23, 1907, in West Lebanon, Warren Cty, IN.(64)
iv. Rebecca Gouty, probably was a female age 5 and under 10 in the 1840 census. She was born January 29, 1834 in Ross Township, Vermilion Cty, IL. She married Josiah Bivans on December 23, 1852, in Vermilion Cty, IL. She died November 23, 1911, in Rossville, Vermilion Cty, IL.(65)
v. William Henry Gouty was born October 20, 1840, in Highland Township, Vermillion Cty, IN. He married Mary Ann Bailey on April 23, 1872, in Perrysville, Vermillion Cty, IN. He died February 23, 1928, in Covington, Fountain Cty, IN.(66)
vi. Irvin P. Gouty born 1852, he died August 23, 1876, buried at Mann's Chapel at Rossville, Vermilion Cty, IL. He married Delilah Jane Clawson on October 10, 1872, In Vermilion Cty, IL. Delilah Jane Clawson was born February 3, 1852. Delilah J. Clawson Gouty died December 9, 1874 and is buried at Manns Chapel at Rossville, Vermilion Cty, IL.(67)
vii. Ella Gouty, born 1859, she married an N. S. Crane.(68)

The 1830 Indiana census for Vermillion County, Highland Township, lists the John Gouty family with 2 males age 20 to 30, 2 females under 5 years of age, one female 5 years of age and under 10, and 1 female twenty years of age and under 30. It seems clear that John Gouty was married sometime after the 1820 census in Ohio. It also seems obvious that Thomas Gouty must have been the other male age 20 and under 30 who lived in the 1830 John Gouty household.

The census thus indicates John Gouty was born before 1810 and perhaps another brother was living with him at that time.(69) John Gouty was the father of at least two females born between 1824 and 1830. He was the father of one female born between 1820 and 1825.

The 1840 Indiana census for Vermillion County, Highland Township, lists the John Gouty family with one male age 5 and under 10, one male 40 and under 50, one male 50 and under 60, 2 females under age 5, 3 females 5 and under 10, and one female age 30 and under 40. This census page lists all four Gouty brothers, Thomas, Henry, Zacariah, and John.(70) John Gouty was living close to the Samuel Cheeseman (Chezem) family and also near the Henry Gouty family and near the John Ricketts family.(71)

1850 US census for District 21, Vermilion County, Illinois, lists John Gouty as age 50, born in Maryland, wife Margaret born in Pennsylvania and all of his children, John 19, Rebecca 14, Nancy 12, William 10, Jane 7, and Ellen 8 months as born in Indiana. (72)

Also living with the family in 1850 were John Moore, born about 1836; Webster Moore born about 1838, Anan Moore born about 1840, Amanda Moore born about 1843. Living nearby the John Gouty family in 1850 were several Hoobler families. Thomas Gouty married a Hoobler in 18??. 1850 Illinois census for Vermilion County, District #21. It seems obvious that the first wife of John Gouty died sometime after the 1840 census and before he married Margaret Talbert Moore in 1849.

3. Henry Gouty was born about 1802 in Maryland. Henry Gouty married Rebecca Whitsell on October 22, 1823, in Pickaway County, Ohio.(73) (From: "Marriage Records Pickaway County, Ohio, 1810-1862" GOWTY, Henry to WHITSELL, Rebecca on Oct 22, 1823)

Included in a History of Vermillion County, Indiana, Biographical Sketches: Under David Gouty, Henry Gouty was born in Maryland in 1800. He died October 14, 1858, at the age of 58. He went from Maryland to Ohio where he married Rebecca Whitsell. They had eight children. From Ohio, Mr. Henry Gouty emigrated with his family to Parke County, Indiana, and later removed to Vermillion County, where he lived until his death."(74)

One Internet listing indicates Henry Gouty and Rebecca Whitsell married on October 22, 1823, in Pickaway County, Ohio. She was born in 1800 in Ohio.(75) She died November 24, 1874 at Gessie, Vermillion County, Indiana and is buried in the Howard Chapel Cemetery.(76)

The 1850 Vermillion County, Indiana, census lists Henry Gouty as age ?? and born in Maryland.(77) Henry Gouty wasborn about 1802 in Maryland, and died October 14, 1858 in Vermillion County, Indiana.(International Genealogical Index, North America, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah) His father was Pritchett Gouty.(78) Henry Gouty was buried at the Howard Chapel Cemetery near Gessie, Vermillion County, Indiana.(79)

Henry Gouty and Rebecca Whitsell were the parents of the following children:(80) (One World Tree, Ancestry.com)

i. Jane Gouty, born January 20, 1827, and died in 1906. She married Daniel Shute on January 4, 1844 in Vermillion Cty, IN. He was born September 22, 1820 in Scioto Cty, OH, and died in 1899. He was a son of Richard Shute and Hannah McCartney. They are buried in Hopewell Cemetery, Highland Township, Vermillion Cty, IN.
ii. David Gouty, born December 9, 1828, in Highland Township, Vermillion Cty, IN. He died January 7, 1902, in Vermillion Cty, IN. He was buried at Howard's Chapel Cemetery, Highland Township, Vermillion Cty, IN. He married first Minervia Shute on January 2, 1851. She was the daughter of Richard Shute and Hannah McCartney. She was born July 24, 1829 in Scioto Cty, OH She died October 19, 1852. Minervia Shute Gouty is buried at Howards Chapel. David Gouty married second Eliza J. Cossey on May 3, 1860, in Vermilion Cty, IL. She was born April 13, 1841, in Indiana, and she died July 15, 1864. Eliza J. Cossey Gouty is buried at Howard's Chapel Cemetery. He married third Catherine Hoobler, February 27, 1865, in Vermillion Cty, IN, daughter of John Hoobler and Rebecca Fetterhoff. She was born November 6, 1825, in Montgomery Cty, OH, and she died January 5, 1915. She is buried at Hicks Cemetery, Perrysville, Vermillion Cty, IN.
iii. Henry Gouty, born about 1831. He married Marintha Cossey in 1860.
iv. Thomas J. Gouty, was born November 17, 1832, in Vermillion Cty, IN. He died December 22, 1863. He married an Elmira Jane Draper December 22, 1853, in Vermillion Cty, IN. She was born about 1837 and she died after 1860.
v. Jeremiah Gouty, born about 1834. He died about 1860.
vi. Zachariah Gouty, born April 25, 1838, in Vermillion County, Indiana. He died May 21, 1863. He married Julia Ann Draper on January 5, 1862, in Vermillion Cty, IN. She was born September 6, 1844, and she died March 7, 1863. Zachariah was a twin of Minerva. Both are buried at Howard's Chapel Cemetery, Highland Township, Vermillion Cty, IN.
vii. Minerva Gouty, born about 1837. She was a twin of Zachariah.
viii. Elizabeth Gouty, born January 31, 1840, near Gessie, Indiana. She married Philander Goff. She died April 24, 1863. Children included Edward Goff, David Henry Goff, and Jeremiah Goff.
ix. Eliza Gouty, she married William Howard on March 15, 1842, in Vermillion Cty, IN. Burial at Old Baptist Cemetery, Highland Township, Vermillion Cty, IN.
Rebecca Gouty was listed in the 1870 U. S. Census for Highland Township, Vermillion County, Indiana, as 69 years old, born in Ohio, Post Office: Perrysville.(81)
Original land owners in Vermilion County, Indiana, included Henry Gouty in 1829 in Highland Township, John Gouty in 1826 in Highland Township, and Thomas Gouty in 1829 in Highland Township.(82)

4. Thomas Gouty, married first Nancy Kerr on October 14, 1830, in Vermillion County, Indiana.(83) They were married by Thos. Chenoweth, J. P. Nancy Kerr was born about 1810 in Franklin County, Ohio.(84) She was a daughter of Samuel Kerr and his wife. The wife of Samuel Kerr probably was Nancy Gwynne.(85) Samuel Kerr and Nancy Gwynne were the parents of the following children, all born in Franklin, Ohio(86): Orson Kerr, born about 1806; Joseph Kerr, born about 1808; Nancy Kerr, born about 1810; Clarissa Kerr, born September 27, 1813; Samuel Kerr, born about 1815; Robert Kerr, born about 1818; Elijah Kerr, born about 1821; Jackson Kerr, born about 1823.

  Orson Kerr was one of the first landowners in Highland Township, Vermillion County, Indiana. He owned land adjacent to Thomas Gouty as shown on that map. In the 1885-1891 Lafayette, Indiana, Directories, Orson Kerr is shown as: Location Odell, Years 1885, 1886, 1891, Tippecanoe County, Indiana.

An Orson K. Kerr served as a private on the Union side in the Civil War. He was in the Veteran Reserve Corps, 2nd Battalion, Company 59.(87)(Film Number M636 roll 22). This Orson Kerr probably was a son of Orson Kerr Sr.

According to the 1880 Jackson Township, Tippecanoe, Indiana census, Orson Kerr(Curr) was born about 1805 in Pennsylvania. He was a farmer and widower in 1880. Both of his parents were born in Pennsylvania. He was 75 years old. He was the head of household.

Orson Kerr married Cynthia Clawson on December 5, 1828, in Fountain County, Indiana.(88)

A key document that identifies the children of Thomas Gouty is the Vermillion County, Indiana court case of Rebecca Gouty versus Elias Gouty et al, Book 20, page 261, Vermillion County Court In Partition. The children born to Thomas Gouty and his three wives listed below are based on this court record.(VV)

Thomas Gouty and Nancy Kerr were parents of five children:

i. Clarissa Gouty, born July 5, 1832 in Highland Township, Vermillion Cty, Indiana.(89) She married John Sampson Chezem, a son of James Chezem and Mary Mitchell. James Chezem was a son of John Cheesman Chezem who was born in Baltimore, MD in 1760 and died Oct. 21, 1850. Clarissa Gouty Chezem died Apr. 7, 1875, in Deerfield, Vernon, MO. Undoubtedly Clarissa Gouty was named after the only sister of her mother. Clarissa Kerr was born Sept. 27, 1813, and she died Feb. 11, 1880. Clarissa Kerr married Isaac Demorest, his second wife, on Oct. 24, 1833, probably in Franklin County, OH.(per John H. Bell, born April 28, 1925, of Lafayette, LA 70501)
ii. Elias B. Gouty, born Sept. 11, 1833, in Highland Township, Vermillion Cty, IN, and died Apr. 18, 1915, in Vermillion Cty, IN.(90) Elias B. Gouty married Elizabeth Shute on Sept. 1, 1853, in Indiana.(91) Elizabeth Shute was the daughter of Richard Shute and Hannah McCartney who were married Sept. 1, 1814, in Ohio.(92) Elizabeth (Shute) Gouty died Mar. 30, 1915, and was buried at the Hicks Cemetery at Perrysville, IN.(93)
iii. Mary Gouty, born about 1836 in Indiana and died Apr. 4, 1857.(94) She married William O. Hoobler on Oct. 12, 1853, in Vermilion Cty, IL. It was not uncommon for people around the Gessie, Indiana, area of Vermillion Cty, Indiana, to marry in Danville, Vermilion Cty, Illinois. He was a son of John Hoobler and Rebecca Fetterhoff. He was born Mar. 25, 1830, in Fountain Cty, Indiana. Both are buried at Phillips Cemetery, Manville, Livingston Cty, IL.
iv. Eleanor Gouty, born about 1838 in Indiana(96)
v. John Russell Gouty, born about 1840 in Indiana and died in 1907(97) He married Ruhama Davis (Dennis) in 1859 in Gessie, Vermillion Cty, IN. She was born Oct. 3, 1840, and she died Feb. 25, 1882. Both are buried in Hopewell Cemetery, Highland Township, Vermillion Cty, Indiana.
Elias N. Reynolds, who was born in Maryland, lived next to Thomas Gouty in 1850. Elias was age 46 and Thomas was age 44 in 1850. Perhaps Thomas named one of his sons Elias after Elias N. Reynolds? The wife of Elias N. Reynolds was Rebecca who is listed as age 42 and born in Ohio. However, since that would have been the year 1808, she might have been born in Maryland instead. (?Elias N. Reynolds?) Married Rebecca Craig on May 6, 1828, in Pickaway County, Ohio. Perhaps Rebecca Craig was a sister of Minerva Craig who married Zachariah Gouty.
Nancy (Kerr) Gouty, the first wife of Thomas Gouty, apparently died sometime before May 31, 1840, the date when Thomas Gouty married his second wife, Elizabeth Stutler, in Vermillion County, Indiana.(98) Vermillion County, Indiana, Marriage Records, 1838-1844 include the following: Volume III, page 43, May 31, 1840, Thomas Gouty and Elizabeth Stutler.
According to the Gessie Centennial, 1872 - 1972, "William Stutler came from Ohio in 1830 and settled in Highland Township west of Gessie. He died in 1831 leaving six children. Joseph S. a son was two years old when they came to Vermillion County, with his parents."(99) According to a listing of First Landowners of Highland Township, William Stutler first owned land there in 1829. History of Vermillion County, Indiana, Biographical Sketches: Lists James C. Stutler who was a son of Joseph S. Stutler and a grandson of William Stutler. William settled in Highland Township in 1830, where he died one year later. Joseph S. Stutler was born in Ohio in 1820. The second wife of Thomas Gouty was related to this Stutler family.(100) J. S. Stutler, farmer, 2 miles north of Gessie, born in Ohio in 1820, settled in Vermillion County, 1829.

Thomas Gouty and Elizabeth Stutler were the parents of two children:

vi. William Gouty, born about 1844(101)
vii. Amos B. Gouty, born about 1845 in Danville Township, Vermilion Cty, IL.(102)
Elizabeth Stutler, the second wife of Thomas Gouty, apparently died sometime before June 28, 1849, when Thomas married his third wife, Catherine Hoobler.(103) They were married in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.(104) She had married a William Villars in 1845, in Vermillion County, Indiana. She was a daughter of John Hoobler and Rebecca Fetterhoff. John Hoobler was a minister of the U. B. Church. He was born in Pennsylvania, in 1801, and settled in Vermillion County, 1832.(105) According to a listing of First Landowners of Highland Township, John Hoobler first owned land there in 1831.(106) Catherine Hoobler was born November 6, 1825, in Montgomery County, Ohio.(107)

Thomas Gouty and Catherine Hoobler were the parents of seven children:

viii. David Henry Gouty was born Mar. 16, 1850, in Vermillion Cty, IN, and died Mar. 25, 1888.(108) He married Axa M. Chapman on Sept. 12, 1872, in Livingston Cty, IL. She was a daughter of Sonum and Elmina Chapman. She was born Aug. 12, 1851, in Trumbull Cty, OH, and she died Nov. 9, 1922. Both are buried at Spring Hill Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion Cty, IL.
ix. Frederick Smith Gouty, born Jan. 18, 1853, in Vermillion Cty, IN, and died
March 27, 1913, in Gessie, Vermillion Cty, IN.(109) He married Sariah I. Prather on Aug. 15, 1872, in Vermilion Cty, IL. She was the daughter of Jonathan Prather and Nancy Martin. She was born Nov. 16, 1855, in Vermillion Cty, IN, and she died Aug. 23, 1882, in Vermillion Cty, IN. Both are buried at Hopewell Cemetery,
Highland Township, Vermillion Cty, IN.
x. Sarah R. Gouty, born Mar. 6, 1856 in Vermillion Cty, IN, and died Jan. 23, 1861.
Sarah R. Gouty is buried in Hicks Cemetery, Perrysville, IN.(110)
xi. Lillie Belle Gouty, born Nov. 6, 1857, in Gessie, Vermillion Cty, IN, and died Mar. 10, 1890, in Gessie, Vermillion Cty, IN.(111) She married John Hughes on Oct. 1, 1874, in Vermillion Cty, IN. He was a son of William Hughes and Cynthia Smith. He was born July 2, 1851, in Gessie, Vermillion Cty, IN, and he died Dec. 29, 1930, in Gessie, Vermillion Cty, IN. Both are buried at Hopewell Cemetery, Highland Township, Vermillion Cty, IN.
xii. Charles F. Gouty, born Dec. 1, 1858, in Vermillion Cty, IN, and died Sept. 18, 1859.
He is buried in Hicks Cemetery, Perrysville, IN.(112)
xiii. Mary Ann Gouty, born Sept. 1860. She married Newton R. Smith on Nov.24,
1878, in Vermillion Cty, IN.(113)
xiv. Lydia A. Gouty, born July 8, 1862; died May 19, 1863. She is buried in Hicks
Cemetery, Perrysville, Vermillion Cty, IN.(114)

Thomas Gouty died June 10, 1863, and was buried in Hicks Cemetery, Perrysville, Vermillion County, Indiana. The tombstone of Thomas Gouty indicates he was "age 61". Therefore, Thomas was born after June 10, 1801 and before June 10, 1862. Catherine Hoobler Gouty died January 5, 1915. She is buried with Thomas Gouty in Hicks Cemetery, Perrysville, Vermillion County, Indiana.(115)

5. Zachariah Gouty, son of Pritchett and Mary Griffith Gouty. Zachariah was the youngest of the four Gouty brothers, i. e., John, Henry, Thomas, and Zachariah. Perhaps the most significant aspect of Zachariah Gouty is the fact the name Zachariah was used by his grandfather and grandmother, John Gouty and Elizabeth to name one of their sons. Pritchett Gouty and his wife apparently named one of their children Zachariah after Pritchett's brother who died in 1812.

Zachariah Gouty married Minorney Craig on November 2, 1837, in Vermillion County, Indiana.(Indiana Marriages to 1850) She was the daughter of David Craig and Sarah Gowman.(116)(One World Tree) Zachariah brought his father, Prichett Gouty, to Indiana in 1830.(117)

Zachariah Gouty and Minerva Craig were the parents of five children:(118)

i. John W. Gouty, born about 1839
ii. Freba Jane Gouty, born about 1841
iii. Sarah B. Gouty, born about 1843
iv. Polly A. Gouty, born about 1845
v. Elias N. Gouty, born January 1850

Zachariah Gouty is not found in the 1830 census records but he is in the Vermillion County, Indiana, census of 1840.(119) Zachariah Gouty appears in the 1850 census for Highland Township, Vermillion County, Indiana.(120) He is listed as age 35 and born in Ohio.

In the 1840 Vermillion County, Indiana, census in the Zachariah Gouty (Zacariah Goutty) household there is a female between the ages of 70 and 80 years of age. This census entry is presumed to be Mary Gouty, the widow of Pritchett Gouty. Zachariah supposedly is the one who brought Pritchett and Mary Gouty to Highland Township, Vermillion County, Indiana.(121)

6. Delilah Gouty was born about 1805 in Maryland and died in 1838 in Vermillion County, Indiana. She married William Cossey(122) in 1827 in Vermillion County, Indiana, son of Nehemiah Cossey and Anne Peters. He was born about 1798 in Maryland and died April 10, 1875 in Laclede County, Missouri.(123)

Delilah Gouty and William Cossey were the parents of eight children:(124)
i. Thomas Cossey, born December 29, 1824, in IN. He died Oct. 25, 1891, in Laclede
Cty, MO. He married Sarah Ellen Latimer on Sept. 30, 1847.
ii. Mary Ann Cossey, born 1827, in Indiana.
iii. Elizabeth Cossey, born 1829, in Indiana.
iv. Katurah (or Kitturah) C. Cossey, born 1832, in Indiana; died Mar. 4, 1874, Green Cty, MO. Married Benjamin George Whitfield Jones on Feb. 13, 1851, in Convway, Laclede Cty, MO.
v. Eliza Jane Cossey, born 1834, in Indiana.
vi. Delilah Cossey, born 1836, in Indiana. (124A)
vii. James Cossey, born 1838, in Indiana; married Martha Huff, Feb. 25, 1858, Laclede Cty, MO. Twin to William.(124B)
viii. William Cossey, born 1838, in Indiana. Twin to James.

William Cossey was born in 1798 in Maryland.(125) Delilah Gouty married Wlliam Cossey in 1827 in Indiana.(126) He died in April 1875 in Conway, Missouri.(127) William Cossey and Delilah Gouty had a daughter, Katurah or Kitturah, who was born in October 1832 in Vermillion County, Indiana, and who died March 4, 1874 and was buried at John Chapel Cemetery, Missouri.(127) William Cossey married second Sarah Drake on July 26, 1840, in Vermillion County, Indiana.(128)

Delilah Gouty: Cause of Death: Consumption (Tuberculosis) at age 33.

1850 census records for Highland Township, Vermillion County, Indiana, show Peter Cossey, age 35, born about 1815, born in Maryland, male. 1850 Vermillion County, Highland, Indiana census – Peter Cossey born in Maryland, Age 35 or 55, wife Sarah 31 born in Ohio.(129) Nehemiah Causey father of Peter Cossey in Carolina County Maryland in 1810 US Census.(130) Nehemiah Causey, 1770 - 1847, and his wife Anna Peters, were the parents of Peter Cossey in Carolina County Maryland in 1810 US Census.

Peter Cossey was born in 1812 in Maryland and died in 1882 in Vermillion County, Indiana.(131) He married Sarah Ann Shute on November 17, 1835, in Vermillion County, Indiana.(132)

The earliest know tract of land in Parke County, Indiana, of William Cossey is dated 26 Apr 1826.(133) Several of the tracts owned by Thomas Gouty lie just south of present day Interstate 74 and just east of Gessie, Indiana, as indicated on the map of First Land Owners of Highland Township, Vermillion County, Indiana.

The following excerpt is from a book started by Isaac Sheridan Jones about 1898 and completed by Carl Jones in 1953:

William Cossey was born in the state of Maryland, near the coast, about the year 1798. His parents were of thrifty Yankee stock. When a young man he pitched his tent westward and landed in Vermillion County, Indiana. There he married Miss Delilia Gouty, who was the daughter of a wealthy farmer. They had eight children: Thomas, Mary Ann, Elizabeth, Kitturah, Eliza, Delila, and William and James (twins). They lived happily together for many years (14). She died of the dreaded disease of consumption after a lingering illness.

Two years later Mr. Cossey was married to Miss Sarah Drake, who had been employed in the family, for some time previous to Mrs. Cossey's death. To them were born eleven children: Almira, Robert, Lydia Jane, Susan (died at age 16 years), John Wesley, Vina, Sadie, Frances Marion (died at age of 9 months), and Rhoda.

Reverend Thomas Henderson preached the funeral sermon in the presence of a large concourse of people. His remains were laid at rest in the family cemetery a few hundred yards from his home.

Located at Twilight Church, between Phillipsburg and Conway, with access from old Rt. 66. There are approximately 97 unmarked graves there. Row 3: Cossey, William Age 77 yrs. 1798 - 10 Apr 1875.; Burial: Twilight Cemetery, Laclede County, Missouri; Cause of Death: Pneumonia; Marriage: Abt. 1823, Vermillion County, Indiana

7. ?Polly Gouty? A Polly Gouty married and a Benjamin Busack in Pickaway County, Ohio, on February 26, 1811.(KJ) [PICKAWAY COUNTY, OHIO MARRIAGES 1810-1814, Busack, Benjamin to Polly Gouty -26 Feb 1811 (license).](134)

Was Mary Ann Gouty who married Henry Talbert on March 28, 1841, the widow of Pritchett Gouty? No, was daughter of John Gouty.

Prichard (Pritchett) Gouty was buried in the Old Baptist Cemetery, Highland Township, Vermillion County, Indiana.
Mary Donovan Gouty was buried in the Old Baptist Cemetery, Highland Township, Vermillion County, Indiana.

In the 1840 Vermillion County, Indiana, census in the Zachariah Gouty (Zacariah Goutty)household there is a female between the ages of 70 and 80 years of age. This is presumed to be Mary Gouty, the widow of Pritchett Gouty.

Elhanan Stevens, born March 11, 1816, Caroline County, Maryland, died January 11, 1902, Perrysville, Vermillion County, Indiana, Marriage February 6, 1838, Vermillion County, Indiana, Spouse - Elizabeth Craig, Parents: William Stevens and Violetta Gootee, One World Tree

In 1850 Indiana census for Highland Township, Vermillion County, Sarah Craig age 63, born in Pennsylvania?, apparently the wife of David Craig and mother of Elizabeth Craig, is living in the Elhanan Stevens household. Price Chesem is living nearby, born in NC in 1798.

Mary Gouty, born about 1820 in Delaware, Residence 1850 - Eugene, Vemillion, Indiana

James Gootee, born February 1807, Maryland, death 1850, Marriage July 20, 1830, Pickaway, Ohio, spouse - Keturah Cook, Parents - Zachariah Gootee and Lucretia Andrew, One World Tree

ORIGINAL SOURCE MATERIAL to support the RELATIONSHIP between
PRITCHETT GOUTY and his son THOMAS GOUTY

1) Gessie, Indiana, The First One Hundred Years 1872 - 1972, "The Gouty family came from France (name originally Goutier) to Dorcester County, Maryland, in 1670. Prichard Gouty was born July 4, 1766 and died May 12, 1837. He is buried in a cemetery near the Squire Shute farm. Pritchard's three sons, Henry, Thomas, and Zechariah came to Indiana in 1820. Henry to Parke County and Thomas to Vermillion County. Zechariah brought their father here in 1830. There was a fourth brother John but he settled near Rossville, Illinois. Henry had 9 children but all died young and he left no descendants. Zechariah moved to Iowa. Thomas Gouty was married 3 times and had children by all three. His first wife was Nancy Carr, his second wife was Elizabeth Stutler and his 3rd wife was Catherine Hoobler. Everyone called her Aunt Katie. She was a charter member of the Gessie United Brethren Church. Thomas was the great grandfather of Dale Gouty. Elias Gouty (son of Thomas) was Dale's grandfather. Lewis was Dale's father. Dale lives in the homeplace;" also see History of Vermillion County, Indiana, Biographical Sketches: "Thomas Gouty settled in Vermillion County in 1833 or earlier. He died June 10, 1863, aged sixty-one years. Elias, his son, was born here in 1833. Henry Gouty may have settled in this township a year or two later, he died in 1864, and his wife, Rebecca, died in 1874, at the age of seventy-five years."

2) Indiana State Archives, Indianapolis, Indiana, GENEAL. PAM. 977.201 Vuncat. No. 9, Old Baptist Cemetery, Vermillion County, Indiana, Highland Township. Source: Illiana Genealogist, Vol. 26, No. 4, December 1990, page 111. Located in Vermillion County, Highland Township, Indiana on County road 1550 N. From Danville, Illinois, take Interstate 74 east to Highway 63. Turn and go south until you come to the first road that goes west. Go about 1 and ¼ mile down this road, 1550 N. There is a small lane that turns to the south. Lists the following: Prichard Gouty, died May 12, 1837, aged 71 years 10 months 8 days; Minerva Gouty, daughter of H. & R. died January 31, 1841, 3 years 11 months 6 days; Elizabeth J. Gouty, daughter of J. & E. died April 20, 1856, 12 years 9 months 5 days; Elizabeth Gouty wife of J. died January 29, 1845, 43 years 1 month 10 days; also see Grubb-Griffith and Related Families, Ancestry.com, which gives the birth of Pritchett Gouty as July 4, 1765, in Maryland.

3) Marriage record for John Goutee and Elizabeth Pritchett, Maryland Marriage References by Robert Barnes, MSA S 1527, "Elizabeth, dau. of P. Pritchett of DO Co., m. by 17 Nov 1769, John Goutee."; Individual record at Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, submitter Marsha Lloyd Howell, 3141 Cori Court, Turlock, CA 95382; also individual record submitted by Ernest H. Grubb, 561 S. Sunnydale Way, Hendersonville, NC 28792.

4) Will of John Gottee, 28 October 1815, Caroline County, Maryland, Liber JR #C, Folio 332-333 "Item. I Give and bequeath unto my son Pritchel Gowty one Shilling and no more", Maryland Will Book 37:406, Maryland Administration Accounts 65:9; Maryland Indexes.

5) Maryland, Caroline County Wills, Page: Libre JRC Folio 188, Text: Will written August 11, 1810 and probated March 5, 1811, Heirs in will of Alexander Griffith, Sr.: wife Mary; Sons: Alexander, Abraham and Abel; Daughters: Sophia (wife of Aaron Lewis), Sarah (wife of Joshua Hobbs), Mary (wife of Pritchett Gouty) and Nancy Todd; Grandchildren: Henry and Thomas Griffith (sons of Thomas Griffith, deceased), John and Levi Griffith (sons of Abel Griffith), Alexander and William and Betsy Griffith (children of Aaron Griffith, deceased); Daughter-in-laws: Dorcas Griffith (widow of son Thomas Griffith) and Nancy Griffith (widow of son Aaron Griffith), Elihu Shearman, son of Mary Shearman.

6) 1800 Maryland census, Caroline County; 1800 US census records, Caroline Co., MD, Pritchard GOUTEE, p.10, 11010-10010-00.

7) 1810 Maryland census, Caroline County, P. Gouty, 2-1-0-1-0 1-1-1-1-0-0-0 Males under 10 = 2; Males 10 thru 15 = 1; Males 26 thru 44 = 1; Females under 10 = 1; Females 10 thru 15 = 1; Females 16 thru 25 = 1; Females 26 thru 44 = 1; 1810 Maryland census, Caroline County, Zachariah Gouty, 1-0-0-1-1 2-0-2-0-0-0-0 Males under 10 = 1; Males 26 thru 44 = 1; Males 45 and over = 1; Females under 10 = 2; Females 16 thru 25 = 2

8) Elizabeth Gouty, born December 15, 1796, in Caroline County, Maryland, married Samuel Chezem January 14, 1818, in Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio. She died May 29, 1859, in Parke County, Indiana.

9) Marriage Records Pickaway County, Ohio, 1810-1862, GOWTY, Pritchard to DONOVAN, Mary on Jan 30, 1817, by John Scott, J.P.

10) Marriage Records Pickaway County, Ohio, 1810-1862, GOWTY, Henry to WHITSELL, Rebecca on Oct 22, 1823.

11) Marriage Records Pickaway County, Ohio, 1810-1862", GOWTY, John to EARHART, Elizabeth on Oct 16, 1822.

12) Marriage Records Pickaway County, Ohio, 1810-1862", GOWTY, John to EARHART, Elizabeth on Oct 16, 1822.

13) Marriage Records Pickaway County, Ohio, 1810-1862, LOWLY (?GOWTY?), Elizabeth to Cheesman, Samuel on Jan 14, 1818.

14) 1820 US Federal Census, Ohio, Pickaway County, Pickaway Township, Prechet Goutty.

15) 1840 US Federal Census, Indiana, Vermillion County, Highland Township, John Gouty, Thomas Gouty, Henry Gouty, Zacariah Gouty, John Ricketts, and Samuel Cheeseman.

REFERENCES

1. Grubb-Griffith and Related Families, Ancestry.com, July 4, 1765, in Maryland.

2. Will of John Gottee, 28 October 1815, Caroline County, Maryland, Liber JR #C, Folio 332-333 "Item. I Give and bequeath unto my son Pritchel Gowty one Shilling and no more", Maryland Will Book 37:406, Maryland Administration Accounts 65:9; Maryland Indexes; Marriage record for John Goutee and Elizabeth Pritchett, Maryland Marriage References by Robert Barnes, MSA S 1527, "Elizabeth, dau. of P. Pritchett of DO Co., m. by 17 Nov 1769, John Goutee."; Individual record at Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, submitter Marsha Lloyd Howell, 3141 Cori Court, Turlock, CA 95382; also individual record submitted by Ernest H. Grubb, 561 S. Sunnydale Way, Hendersonville, NC 28792.

3. OneWorldTree, Ancestry.com, John Gootee was born in 1738 in Dorchester County, Maryland.

4. Maryland Indexes. Maryland Marriage References, by Robert Barnes. MSA S 1527, Elizabeth, dau. of P. PRITCHETT of Dorchester Co., m. by 17 Nov 1769, John GOUTEE (MD Will Book 37:406; MD Administration Accounts 65:9); Elizabeth Pritchett and John Gouty: Elizabeth, dau. of P. Pritchett of DO Co., m. by 17 Nov 1769, John Goutee (MWB 37:406; MDAD 65:9).

5. "1818 John Gootee deceased 4 Aug. 1818.", The Note Book of Silas Nicols, from the notes of Miss Ruth Jones, Family Record, Ancestry.com.

6. Will of Phunback Prichett - Source: Maryland Prerogative Court, Book 37, Liber Wd2, Sheet 406, Maryland State Archives, MSA Sm16, Roll No. Sr4431; Written: August 26, 1769, Recorded: November 17, 1769. Also see, From Dorchester County to Baltimore, Maryland, Laura (Pritchett) Leineman's 1963 "Pritchett Family History".

7. Phunback Pritchett, 1763, Addition to the Irish Hope, Dorchester County, 30 acres BC&GS#24 folio 639, Patent 30 acres BC&GS#23, folio 381; Will of Phunback Pritchett - 26 Aug, 1769 and 17 Nov, 1769. Childeren: Thomas, Zebulon, Jabus, Rachel Willin, Edward, Arthur, Elizabeth Goutee, John and Keziah. Grandchildren: Thomas Wingate. Tracts: "The Hope," "The Irish Hope," "Timothy's Prevention" and "Apes Hill." Ex: Son Jabus. Wit: Robert, John, and Robert, Jr. Scott. 37. 406.

8. Maryland, Caroline County Wills, Page: Libre JRC Folio 188, Text: Will written August 11, 1810 and probated March 5, 1811, Heirs in will of Alexander Griffith, Sr.: wife Mary; Sons: Alexander, Abraham and Abel; Daughters: Sophia (wife of Aaron Lewis), Sarah (wife of Joshua Hobbs), Mary (wife of Pritchett Gouty) and Nancy Todd; Grandchildren: Henry and Thomas Griffith (sons of Thomas Griffith, deceased), John and Levi Griffith (sons of Abel Griffith), Alexander and William and Betsy Griffith (children of Aaron Griffith, deceased); Daughter-in-laws: Dorcas Griffith (widow of son Thomas Griffith) and Nancy Griffith (widow of son Aaron Griffith), Elihu Shearman, son of Mary Shearman.

9. OneWorldTree, Ancestry.com, Mary Griffith born about 1765 in Maryland. An Alexander Griffith was a witness to the will of John Stanton of Caroline County, Maryland, on January 6, 1818, perhaps the brother of Mary Griffith.

10. Maryland, Caroline County Wills, Page: Libre JRC Folio 188, Text: Will written August 11, 1810 and probated March 5, 1811, will of Alexander Griffith Sr.

11. Marriage Records 1780-1867 Dorchester County Maryland (Alpha order by husband F - J) JAN 1798, GOOTEE, Gabriel, GRIFFITH, Nancy; also see Marriage Records, Caroline County Maryland, 2 June 1798, TODD, William, GRIFFITH, Nancy.

12. Marriage Records, Caroline County Maryland, 4 January 1802, GRIFFITH, Aaron, COLLISON, Nancy.

13. TO DO - ?? Alexander Griffin. Worlds End, pt, 258 1/2 acres. CA Lower Choptank District Hundred, p. 48. MSA S 1161-3-6 Location:   1/4/5/46.

14. Maryland, Caroline County Wills, Page: Libre JRC Folio 188, will written August 11, 1810 and probated March 5, 1811, will of Alexander Griffith.

15. 1800 Maryland Census, Caroline County, Alexander Griffith.

16. Will of John Stanton, Caroline County, Maryland, January 6, 1818.

17. 1790 Maryland census, Caroline County.

18. Will of John Gowty, 28 October 1815, Caroline County, Maryland, Liber JR #C, Folio 332-333; Will of John Gottee, 28 October 1815, Caroline County, Maryland, Liber JR #C, Folio 332-333 " Item. I Give and bequeath unto my son Abel Gowty one Shilling and no more.", Maryland Will Book 37:406, Maryland Administration Accounts 65:9; U.S. Census for Maryland, 1790, Caroline Co., MD, census, Able GOUTY, p.37, 01 00 03 00 00 ??); Abel (i.e., Able) Gouty is listed as a son of John Gootee in the will of John Gootee.
http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/stagser/s1500/s1527/html/ssi1527.html#list.

19. 1800 Maryland census, Caroline County; 1800 US census records, Caroline Co., MD, Pritchard GOUTEE, p.10, 11010-10010-00.

20. Will of John Gowty, 28 October 1815, Caroline County, Maryland, Liber JR #C, Folio 332-333.

21. 1810 Maryland census, Caroline County, P. Gouty, 2-1-0-1-0 1-1-1-1-0-0-0 Males under 10 = 2; Males 10 thru 15 = 1; Males 26 thru 44 = 1; Females under 10 = 1; Females 10 thru 15 = 1; Females 16 thru 25 = 1; Females 26 thru 44 = 1; 1810 Maryland census, Caroline County, Zachariah Gouty, 1-0-0-1-1 2-0-2-0-0-0-0 Males under 10 = 1; Males 26 thru 44 = 1; Males 45 and over = 1; Females under 10 = 2; Females 16 thru 25 = 2.

22. 1800 U.S. census records for Maryland, Caroline Co., Pritchard GOUTEE, p.10, 11010-10010-00.

23. Ibid.

24. Elizabeth Gouty, born December 15, 1796, in Caroline County, Maryland, married Samuel Chezem January 14, 1818, in Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio. She died May 29, 1859, in Parke County, Indiana.

25. 1810 US Federal Census, Maryland, Caroline County, Thomas Gouty family, 0010010011004. One male age 16 thru 25, one female under 10, one female 26 thru 44, one female 45 and over.

26. Marriage Records 1780-1867 Dorchester County Maryland (Alpha order by husband F - J) JAN 1798, GOOTEE, Gabriel, GRIFFITH, Nancy.

27. See Maryland Marriages, 1655-1850, also Marriage Records 1780-1867 Dorchester County, Maryland. Name: Gabriel Gootee; Gender: Male; Marriage Date: 2 Jan 1798; Spouse: Nancy Griffith; Spouse Gender: Female; State: Maryland; County: Dorchester.

28. 1810 US Federal Census, Maryland, Caroline County, Thomas Gouty family, 0010010011004. One male age 16 thru 25, one female under 10, one female 26 thru 44, one female 45 and over.

29. 1810 Maryland census, Caroline County, P. Gouty, 2-1-0-1-0 1-1-1-1-0-0-0 Males under 10 = 2; Males 10 thru 15 = 1; Males 26 thru 44 = 1; Females under 10 = 1; Females 10 thru 15 = 1; Females 16 thru 25 = 1; Females 26 thru 44 = 1; 1810 Maryland census, Caroline County, Zachariah Gouty, 1-0-0-1-1 2-0-2-0-0-0-0 Males under 10 = 1; Males 26 thru 44 = 1; Males 45 and over = 1; Females under 10 = 2; Females 16 thru 25 = 2.

30. Pickaway County, Ohio, OHGenWeb website. County seat is Circleville.

31. Marriage Records Pickaway County, Ohio, 1810-1862, GOWTY, Pritchard to DONOVAN, Mary on Jan 30, 1817, by John Scott, J.P.

32. Marriage Records Pickaway County, Ohio, 1810-1862, GOWTY, Henry to WHITSELL, Rebecca on Oct 22, 1823.

33. Marriage Records Pickaway County, Ohio, 1810-1862", GOWTY, John to EARHART, Elizabeth on Oct 16, 1822.

34. Marriage Records Pickaway County, Ohio, 1810-1862, LOWLY, Elizabeth to Cheesman, Samuel on Jan 14, 1818.

35. Mary Donovan was born after 1775 in Delaware(?)

36. 1820 US Federal Census, Ohio, Pickaway County, Pickaway Township, Prechet Goutty.

37. Gessie, Indiana, The First One Hundred Years 1872 - 1972, Gouty. Gessie Centennial 1872-1972 Family Histories Booklet. Cossey Family History within prepared by Mabel LaTourette, Gessie, Indiana.

38. Marriage Records Pickaway County, Ohio, 1810-1862, LOWLY, Elizabeth to Cheesman, Samuel on Jan 14, 1818.

39. Elizabeth Gouty Chezem died May 29, 1859, in Parke County, Indiana.??

40. in 1810 Maryland census? Mary Griffith must have died between 1810 and remarriage date of Pritchett January 30, 1817.?

41. 1830 US Federal Census, Ohio, Pickaway County, Williamsport Township, James Gouty.

42. Marriage Records, Pickaway County, Ohio, 1810-1862, GOUTY, James to COOK, Ketterah on July 20, 1830, by Rev. William Baker.

43. she died May 29, 1859 in Parke County, Indiana ??

44. Marriage Records Pickaway County, Ohio, 1810-1862, LOWLY, Elizabeth to Cheesman, Samuel on Jan 14, 1818.

45. James Chezem married Mary Mitchell on November 20, 1819, in Pickaway, Circleville, Ohio. Family History Library, submitter Janet Jones.

46. James Chezem died June 23, 1848, and was buried in West Union Cemetery, Parke County, Indiana. Family History Library, submitter Janet Jones.

47. Price Chezem, also a brother of Samuel Chezem, was born September 14, 1801, a son of John Chezem.

48. In 1824 all Parke County, Indiana, land west of the Wabash River was ceded to Vermillion County, Indiana.

49. John Chezem, the father of Samuel Chezem, was born in 1760 in Barltimore, Ann Arundel, Maryland, and died October 2, 1850, in Highland Township, Vermillion County, Indiana.??

50. 1850 US Federal Census, Indiana, Vermillion County, Highland Township, John Chisem.

51. 1850 US Federal Census ??

52. Elizabeth (Gouty) Chezem died May 29, 1859, in Parke County, Indiana. ??

53. First Land Owners of Highland Township Map. Indiana State Library?

54. Ibid.

55. Ibid.

56. www.papemortuary.com, Pape Mortuary, 10 E. Williams St., Danville, Illinois 61832

57. Ibid.

58. Marriage Records Pickaway County, Ohio, 1810-1862, GOWTY, John to EARHART, Elizabeth on Oct 16, 1822.

59. John Gouty married (formerly Mrs.) Margaret Moore, March 8, 1849, in Vermillion County, Indiana. County Court Records at Newport, Indiana. Margaret Talbert, March 8, 1849.

60. John Gouty married (formerly Mrs.) Margaret Moore, March 8, 1849, in Vermillion County, Indiana. County Court Records at Newport, Indiana. Margaret Talbert March 8, 1849. To Do

61. John Gouty, 12 Sept 1826, Section 30, Township 19-N, Range 9-W, Meridian 2nd PM, State Indiana, Counties Vermillion.

62. She died Sept 10, 1864. to do

63. She died February 22, 1891 in Perrysville, In. to do

64. She married Talbert to do

65. She died Nov 23, 1911 in Rossville, Il. to do

66. He died Feb 23 1928 in Covington to do

67. Delilah J. Clawson Gouty died to do

68. Ella Gouty married an N. S. Crane to do

69. 1830 US Federal Census, Indiana, Vermillion County, Highland Township, John Gouty.

70. 1840 US Federal Census, Indiana, Vermillion County, Highland Township, John Gouty, Thomas Gouty, Henry Gouty, Zacariah Gouty, John Ricketts, and Samuel Cheeseman.

71. Ibid.

72. 1850 US Federal Census, Illinois, Vermilion County, District 21, John Gouty family.

73. Marriage Records Pickaway County, Ohio, 1810-1862, GOWTY, Henry to WHITSELL, Rebecca on Oct 22, 1823.

74. History of Vermillion County, Indiana, Biographical Sketches, David Gouty, discusses Henry Gouty family.

75. to do

76. to do

77. 1850 US Federal Census, Indiana, Vermillion County, Highland Township, Henry Gouty.

78. International Genealogical Index, North America, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.

79. to do

80. OneWorldTree, Ancestry.com.

81. 1870 US Federal Census, Indiana, Vermillion County, Highland Township, Rebecca Gouty.

82. First Land Owners of Highland Township Map. Indiana State Library - to do; also see Vermillion County, Indiana, Land and Marriage Records, compiled by Lowell M. Volkel.

83. Thomas Gouty - Nancy Kerr marriage record - to do

84. Estate Papers of Samuel Kerr, October 8, 1823, Franklin County, Ohio. Administrators of the estate of Samuel Kerr were Reuben Golliday, Lawrence Foster, and William Beatty.

85. Nancy Gwynne - per other book on Kerr of Ohio

86. Estate Papers of Samuel Kerr, October 8, 1823, Franklin County, Ohio. Administrators of the estate of Samuel Kerr were Reuben Golliday, Lawrence Foster, and William Beatty.

87. Orson K. Kerr, private, Union, Veteran Reserve Corps, 2nd Battalion, Company 59. Film Number M636, roll 22.

88. Indiana marriages to 1850: Carr, Orson, Clawson, Cynthia, 05 Dec 1828, Indiana, Fountain County.
89. to do - Clarissa Gouty

90. Tombstone of Elias B. Gouty at the Hicks Cemetery, Perrysville, Vermillion County, Indiana. Photograph by Curtis L. Older taken July 1, 2000.

91. Index to Marriage Records, Vermillion County, Indiana, 1850-1904, Vol. 1, A-Z, Newport, Indiana, County Clerks Office, date of license: 8-30-1853, date of marriage: 9-1-1853, Book 3, page 315, page 90, Elias Gouty and Elizabeth Shute.

92. Family Tree Maker, Family Archive #400, Marriage Index: Selected Counties of Ohio, 1789-1850, Richard Shute married March 31, 1814 in Scioto County, Ohio, spouse: Hannah McCartney.

93. Tombstone of Elias B. Gouty at the Hicks Cemetery, Perrysville, Vermillion County, Indiana. Photograph by Curtis L. Older taken July 1, 2000.

94. 1850 Federal Census for Indiana, Vermillion County, Highland Township, page 63, enumerated October 25, 1850, by Thomas C. W. Lake, Dwelling 234, Family 234, Thomas Gouty household.

95. Illinois Marriages, 1851-1900, William Hoobler, Mary Gouty, Oct 12, 1853, Vermilion. This record can be found at the County Court Records, Film #1298746 - 1298749.

96. OneWorldTree, Ancestry.com ?? to do

97. OneWorldTree, Ancestry.com ?? to do

98. Indiana State Library, Genealogy Database, Marriages through 1850, spouse number 1 - Gouty, Thomas, spouse number 2 - Stutler, Elizabeth, county - Vermillion, date - May 31, 1840.

99. Gessie, Indiana, The First One Hundred Years 1872 - 1972, William Stutler. Gessie Centennial 1872-1972 Family Histories Booklet, prepared by Mabel LaTourette, Gessie, Indiana.

100. History of Vermillion County, Indiana, Biographical Sketches, James C. Stutler, discusses William Stutler family.

101. Rebecca Gouty versus Elias Gouty et al, Book 20, page 261, Vermillion County Court In Partition.

102. Rebecca Gouty versus Elias Gouty et al, Book 20, page 261, Vermillion County Court In Partition.

103. Illinois Marriages to 1850 Record, Spouse 1: Goudy, Thomas, Spouse 2: Villars, Catharine, Marriage Date: 28 Jun 1849, Marriage Location: Illinois, Vermilion County; Indiana Marriages to 1850 Record, Spouse 1: Hoobler, Catherine, Spouse 2: Villars, William, Marriage Date: 13 Nov 1845, Marriage Location: Indiana, Vermillion County.

104. Ibid.

105. Ibid; The Peoples' Guide, a business political and religious directory of Vermillion County, Indiana, by Cline and McHaffie, Indianapolis, Indianapolis Printing and Publishing House 1874: John Hoobler, minister U. B. Church, born in Pennsylvania, 1801, settled in Vermillion County, 1832.

106. 1st Landowners of Highland Township, map in Indiana State Library.

107. to do

108. OneWorldTree, Ancestry.com.

109. Ibid.

110. Ibid.

111. Ibid.

112. Ibid.

113. Ibid.

114. Ibid.

115. Tombstone of Thomas Gouty and Catherine (Hoobler) (Villers) Gouty, Hicks Cemetery, Perrysville, Vermillion County, Indiana; Name: Katherine Gouty; Date: 5 Jan 1915; LOCATION: Vermillion County; Age: 89 yr; Gender: Female; Race: White; Source Location: County Health Office, Dana; Source Notes: The source of this record is the book H-5 on page 73 within the series produced by the Indiana Works Progress Administration; also Hicks Cemetery listing, Section #3, Row 28 continued, Catherine Gouty, Nov 6, 1825 - Jan 5, 1915, Thomas Gouty - died June 10, 1863, 61 y, Lidia A. Dau. of Thos. & C. Gouty Died May 19, 1863, Aged 10 M & 11 D, Sarah H., Dau. of Thomas & C. Gouty, Died Jan. 23, 1861, Aged 6 Y 3 M 11 D, Charles F., son of T. & C. Gouty, Died Sep. 18, 1859, Aged 9 M & 17 D.

116. OneWorldTree, Ancestry.com.

117. Gessie Century book??? to do

118. OneWorldTree, Ancestry.com.

119. 1840 US Federal Census, Indiana, Vermillion County, Highland Township,

120. 1850 US Federal Census, Indiana, Vermillion County, Highland Township, Zachariah Gouty, p. 63, age: 35 [cal 1815] Ohio.

121. 1840 US Federal Census, Indiana, Vermillion County, Highland Township, Zacariah Goutty[Zachariah Gouty], Roll: 96; Page: 448.

122. Marriage record not located for Delilah Gouty and William Cossey. The second marriage of William Cossey was to Sarah Drake and that record is at: Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941, 26 Jul 1840, Vermillion County, County Court Records at Newport, IN. Also note: Janice Rowley janicerowley@comcast.net I descend through their daughter Delilah Gouty. (Thomas Gouty was her brother) Then her son Thomas Cossey. His son William H Cossey. His daughter Ella May Cossey. Her son Frank Simmons Huber.

123. See APPENDIX ONE which follows this Reference section, William Cossey Biographical Information, Author: Daniel Thomas Harnden (Delilah Gouty), 129 Lady Bug Lane, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, Actual text: 26 JUL 2004; also US Federal Census, Ancestry.com Master File Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc 2005, Year 1850, Nov. 14. Census Place: District 45, Laclede, Missouri Roll: M432 403 Page: 135 Image: 271, William Cassey (Cossey) born about 1802 in Maryland; US Federal Census, Ancestry.com Master File Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc 2003, Year 1870, August 23. Census Place: Union, Laclede, Missouri Roll: M593 786 Page: 109 Image: 221, William Cossey born about 1800 in Maryland.

124. Ibid.

124A. US Federal Census, Ancestry.com Master File Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc 2005, Year 1850, Nov. 14. Census Place: District 45, Laclede, Missouri Roll: M432 403 Page: 135 Image: 271. , Delilah Cassey (Cossey) born about 1836 in Indiana.

124B. US Federal Census, Ancestry.com Master File Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc 2005, Year 1850, Nov. 14. Census Place: District 45, Laclede, Missouri Roll: M432 403 Page: 135 Image: 271, James Cassey (Cossey) born about 1838 in Indiana.

125. Ibid. (?)

126. Ibid. (?)

127. Ibid; also Individual Record, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, submitter not identified.

128. Ibid; also Author: Daniel Thomas Harnden (Delilah Gouty), 129 Lady Bug Lane, Chapel Hill, NC 27516) Actual text: 26 JUL 2004 [William Cossey, Born: 1798, [city], [county], Maryland, USA; Died: 10 Apr 1875, [city], Laclede, Missouri, USA]

129. 1850 US Federal Census, Indiana, Vermillion County, Highland Township, Peter Cossey.

130. 1810 US Federal Census, Maryland, Caroline County, Nehemiah Causey (sic Cossey).

131. ?

132. Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941, Peter Cossey, Sarah Shute, 9 Oct 1835, Vermillion, County Court Records at Newport, IN.

133. William Cossey, dated 26 Apr 1826, Section 21, Township 16 North, Range 8 West, 2nd Prime Meridian, Parke County, Indiana, 80 acres, Accession Number: IN0930__.115, Document 3175.

134. [Polly Gouty and Busack?] [PICKAWAY COUNTY, OHIO MARRIAGES 1810-1814, Busack, Benjamin to Polly Gouty -26 Feb 1811 (license).](134)

APPENDIX ONE

William Cossey Biographical Information

Author: Daniel Thomas Harnden (Delilah Gouty)
129 Lady Bug Lane
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Actual text: 26 JUL 2004

William Cossey, Born: 1798, Maryland, USA 
Died: 10 Apr 1875, Laclede County, Missouri, USA

From a book by Isaac Sheridan Jones and completed by Carl Jones, 1962: William was born near the coast of Maryland. His parents were thrifty Yankee stock. When a young man, he moved west and landed in Vermillion County, Indiana and married the daughter of a wealthy farmer. William had eight children with her and she died of consumption after a lingering illness. He then married Miss Sara Drake who had been employed to care for Mrs. Cossey during her illness. With his second wife he had eleven more children.

Located at Twilight Church between Phillipsburg and Conway with access from old Rte.66 is the cemetery where William is buried.

Facts about this person: Burial: Twilight Cemetery, Laclede Co. Missouri. Located at Twilight Church, between Phillipsburg and Conway, with access from old Rt. 66. There are approximately 97 unmarked graves there. Row 3: Cossey, William Age 77 yrs. 1798 - 10 Apr 1875.


Cossey Related Census

1830 US Federal Census Parke County, Indiana:
William Cossey household of 8: 1 male 5 - 10 / 2 males 20 - 30 / 2 males 30 - 40
2 females under 5 / 1 female 20 - 30
Listed on same page is his brother Robert and possibly his father Nemire (Nehemiah).

1840 US Federal Census Highland Township, Vermillion County, Indiana:
Wm Causey household of 9: 2 males under 5 / 1 male 15 - 20 / 1 male 30 - 40
1 female under 5 / 1 female 5 - 10 / 2 females 10 - 15 / 1 female 20 - 30
2 persons employed in agriculture. 1 person cannot read and write.
Also listed on same page is his brother Robt Causey.

APPENDIX TWO

Causey (Cossey) Family

Nehemiah Causey was born about 1770 in Caroline County, Maryland and died about 1857 in Vermilion County, Illinois. Nehemiah is mentioned in the will of Thomas Causey, Sr. (Solomon's father). Land records in Caroline C. Md. mention the transfer of property and the relationship of those involved in the transactions. These land records also mention his first wife Susannah by which he had two children. The name "Cossey" does not appear until after the arrival in Vermillion Co., Indiana. Other family researchers believe the family is of Scotch descent. His father was Solomon Causey who was born about 1750 in Grant's Causeway, Ireland. He married Anne Peters on June 25, 1798, in Caroline County, Maryland. Their children were: Katurah COSSEY b: 1800 in Caroline Co. Maryland; Peter COSSEY b: ABT. 1812 in Maryland; Nehemiah COSSEY b: ABT. 1824; Ellen COSSEY b: WFT Est. 1797-1825; William CAUSEY b: WFT Est. 1797-1825; Robert CAUSEY b: WFT Est. 1797-1825; Susan COSSEY b: WFT Est. 1797-1825; Lavinia COSSEY b: WFT Est. 1797-1825.

Katurah Cossey was born about 1800 in Caroline County, Maryland. She died September 13, 1867, in Vermilion County, Illinois. Her father was Nehemiah Causey and her mother was Anne Peters. She married Abraham Strawser Sr. on January 28, 1819, in Ross County, Ohio. He was born July 1, 1796, in Berks County, Pennsylvania.($# Gessie Indiana Centenial Book, Pgs 15--16 Census records: 1850 Vermillion Co., Indiana Census records 1860 Vermillion Co. Indiana, Headstone inscription Hopewell Cemetery, Vermillion Co., Indiana and Family Bible Records, NS DAR Index to Marriages in Ross Co., Ohio)

A son of Abraham Strawser Sr. and Katurah Cossey was David Strawser who was born November 17, 1845, in Rileysburg, Indiana. He died November 23, 1930, in Danville, Illinois. He married Sarah Elizabeth Jones, born February 16, 1853, on July 9, 1871, in Danville, Illinois.

Peter Cossey, a son of Nehemiah Causey and his wife Anne Peters, married Sara Ann Shute in 1835. She was born September 30, 1818, in Vermillion County, Indiana.(unlikely - probably Pickaway County, Ohio) She died December 21, 1891.

Nehemiah Cause was born about 1770 in Caroline County, Maryland. His wife was Anne Peters who was born about 1785 in Caroline County, Maryland.

Made 30 March 1754, Recorded 12 April 1754, Folio 61, Thomas Causey Jun. and Rosannah his wife to Jeremiah Pritchet land called "Hardship" containing 155A in woods on the uppermost fork of the main branch of Cornelius's Branch that issueth out of the west side of northwest fork of the Nanticoke River. Witnesses: Wm. Murray, Cha. Dickenson, Rosannah Causey gives up dower rights

APPENDIX THREE

Cossey Endnotes

1. Isaac Sheridan Jones and Carl Jones, Book, (Book started by I S Jones 1898-1900 and completed by Carl Jones 1953), Portion of the book sent via email by ccossey@austin.rr.com.

2. Gessie Centennial 1872-1972 Family Histories Booklet. Cossey Family History within prepared by Mabel LaTourette, Gessie, Indiana.

8. Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, Comp, Missouri Marriages, 1851-1900 (database online) Provo, Utah, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc. 2000 .

10. Isabel (Latimer) Montgomery & Charles Wesley Latimer, Day-Latimer Genealogy 1795-1955. published 1956..
20. Missouri State Archives, Missouri Birth & Death Records Database. Online database, www.sos.mo. gov/archives/resources/birthdeath , www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/birthdeath/births.asp?id=13914 Roll No. C 10316 , Date of Record= 1885. Full Name of Father = Wm H Cossey. Age 38. Copy in possession of Janice Rowley.
23. Green Hill Cemetery, Muskogee, Oklahoma (database online) www.muskogeeonline.org/cemetery/ghc , William H Cossey, Block 117-0, Lot 046-0, Space 003-0.

28. Green Hill Cemetery, Muskogee, Oklahoma (database online) www.muskogeeonline.org/cemetery/ghc , Susan Cossey (Price), Block 117-0, Lot 046-0, Space 001-0.

35. Robert M Randles & Family Records, compiled by Michael S Kerstetter & William M Richardson, msk@halcyon.com.

53. Shannie Chaffin, litachaf@yahoo.com, December 2000.

56. Isaac Sheridan Jones and Carl Jones, Book, (Book started by I S Jones 1898-1900 and completed by Carl Jones 1953).

APPENDIX FOUR

Terms used in the Township and Range System

Section______Basic unit of the system, a square tract of line one mile by one mile containing 640 acres. Sections are numbered beginning with the northeast-most section, proceeding west to 6, then south along the west edge of the township and to the east.

Township____36 sections arranged in a 6 by 6 array, measuring 6 miles by 6 miles.

Range_______Assigned to a township by measuring east or west of a Principal Meridian

Range Lines__North to south lines which mark township boundaries

Township____East to west lines which mark township boundaries
Lines

Principal ____Reference or beginning point for measuring east or west ranges.
Meridian

Base line____Reference or beginning point for measuring north or south townships.

APPENDIX FIVE

Gouty Related Land Purchases in Western Indiana
US General Land Office Records

James Chezem: earliest he owned land in Parke County, IN, 5 Oct 1826 - Section 21, Township 16 North, Range 8 West, 2nd Prime Meridian, Parke County, IN, 80 acres, Accession #: IN0950_.143, Document 4193
Price Chezem: earliest he owned land in Parke County, IN, 15 Apr 1825 - Section 18, Township 16 North, Range 8 West, 2nd Prime Meridian, Parke County, IN, 80 acres, Accession #: IN0920_.122, Document 2686
Price Chezem, 3 Apr 1829 - Section 18, Township 16 North, Range 8 West, 2nd Prime Meridian, Parke County, IN, 80 acres, Accession #: IN0990_.190, Document 6185
Samuel Chezem: earliest he owned land in Vermillion County, Indiana, 10 Nov 1824 - Section 20, Township 18 North, Range 9 West, 2nd Prime Meridian, Vermillion County, IN, 80 acres, Accession #: IN0910__.046, Document 2107.
Samuel Chezem, 12 Sep 1826 - Section 20, Township 19 North, Range 9 West, 2nd Prime Meridian, Vermillion County, IN, 80 acres, Accession #: IN0950__.103, Document 4153.
Samuel Chezem, 10 Apr 1829 - Section 20, Township 19 North, Range 9 West, 2nd Prime Meridian, Vermillion County, IN, 80 acres, Accession #: IN0990__.267, Document 6262.
Samuel Chezem, 10 Apr 1829 - Section 20, Township 19 North, Range 9 West, 2nd Prime Meridian, Vermillion County, IN, 80 acres, Accession #: IN0990__.268, Document 6263.
William Cossey, earliest he owned land in Parke County, Indiana, Section 21, Township 16 North, Range 8 West, 2nd Prime Meridian, Parke County, IN, 80 acres, Accession #: IN0930__.115, Document 3175, Land Office - Crawfordsville, Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566). Also bought tracts on 20 Feb 1827 and 3 Jan 1828.(YT1)
Henry Gouty, 5 Jan 1831, Section 17, Township 19-N, Range 9-W, Meridian 2nd PM, State Indiana, Counties Vermillion.
Henry Gouty - earliest he owned in Parke County, IN, 25 May 1825, IN, 80 acres, Section 17, Township 16-N, Range 8-W, Meridian 2nd PM, Parke County, US General Land Office Records, 1796-1907, Accession #: IN0920__.250, Document 2813.
Henry Gouty - earliest he owned in Vermillion County, IN, 12 Sep 1826, IN, 80 acres, Section 19, Township 19 North, Range 9 West, Meridian 2nd PM, Vermillion County, 1796-1907, Accession #: IN0950__.078, Document 4128.
Henry Gouty, 5 Jan 1831, Section 17, Township 19-N, Range 9-W, Meridian 2nd PM, State Indiana, Counties Vermillion
John Gouty - earliest he owned in Vermillion County, Indiana, 12 Sept 1826, Section 30, Township 19 North, Range 9 West, Meridian 2nd PM, State Indiana, Counties Vermillion, Accession #: IN0950__.080, Document 4130. John also had Section 21, Township 19 North, Range 9 West, Jan 30, 1828.
Thomas Gouty - earliest he owned in Vermillion County, Indiana, 5 Jan 1831, Section 5, Township 19 North, Range 9 West, Meridian 2nd PM, State Indiana, Counties Vermillion, Accession #: IN1060__.079, Document 9351.
Orson Kerr - earliest he owned land in Vermillion County, Indiana, 10 Apr 1829, 80 acres, Section 17, Township 19-N, Range 9-W, Meridian 2nd PM, State of Indiana, County of Vermillion, Document 6378, Accession #: IN0990_.03, Crawfordsville land office, authority April 24, 1820.
Orson Kerr, 1 Nov 1830, 80 acres, Section 35, Township 21-N, Range 7-W, Meridian 2nd PM, State of Indiana, County of Vermillion, Document 8897, Accession #: IN1050_.125, Crawfordsville land office, authority April 24, 1820.
Orson Kerr, 5 Apr 1837, 40 acres, Section 27, Township 21-N, Range 6-W, Meridian 2nd PM, State of Indiana, County of Vermillion, Document 6378, Accession #: IN3170_.158, Crawfordsville land office, authority April 24, 1820.