Notes:

Bride Glenn Viola Porch Color White Born Van Wert OH Date 30 May 1883 Residence Columbia City Occupation home Father Francis Marion Porch Color White Born Fredericktown OH Father's Occupation Minister Residence Columbia City Mother Amanda Minerva Hatcher Color White Occupation Home Her birthplace Saltilla OH Residence Columbia City Inmate no First Marriage yes How Often ? Dissolved ? How ? When ? Disease no Unsound no Witness Walter F McLallen Dated 27 Dec 1907 For License see Marriage Record Volume 7 Page 323

Family/Spouse: David Charles Caldwell. David was born on 20 Apr 1882 in Louisville, KY; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Peter Francis Caldwell

Francis married Amanda Minerva Hatcher on 17 Aug 1876 in Springfield, OH. Amanda (daughter of Isaac Miller Hatcher and Matilda Moore) was born on 15 Feb 1854 in Saltilo, Pickaway County, OH; died on 9 Apr 1942 in Los Angeles County, CA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Richland Co., Ohio
RICHLAND SHIELD & BANNER:? 02 November 1895, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 25
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David Porch, aged 85 years, died at his home on Spring Mill Street, yesterday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock.? The deceased leaves a wife and nine children to mourn his death.? They are:? Charles H., Eli F., Jesse W. of this city, Hiram, of Crown Point, Ind., Joshua of Iowa, Luke of Iowa City, W.H. of Marion and Frank of Louisville, Ky.? Funeral services will be conducted at the residence by Dr. Wiles at 9 a.m. tomorrow.? Interment at Ankneytown, Knox County.

His tombstone lists his birth as 17 Sept 1809.
1840: male 3 < 5, 2 = 5-10, 1 = 30-40; female 1 = 20-30.
Moved to Holmes Co, OH in 1836, bought land there in 1842 from Joseph Robeinson and sold in 1845.
Listed in 1850 census in Pike Twp, Knox Co, OH
Listed in 1860 as age 50, a farmer with $5,160 of land and $1,316 of property. In 1870 he is listed as age 60, a farmer with $8,385 of land and $2,000 of property and a US citizen. With him is his wife and son Frank. Living next to him is his son Joshua?s family.
In 1880, he and Catharine are living alone, with him listed as a laborer at age 70.
Richland County Courthouse records show a date of death as Oct 25, 1895 stating age as "86yrs, 1mo, 8 days"
[Obituary] Richland Shield Banner - Saturday, 2 November 1895:
"David Porch, age 85 years died at his home on Spring Mill Street yesterday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. The deceased leaves a wife and nine children to mourn his death.. They are Charles. H., Eli F., Jesse W. of this city, Hiram of Crown Point, IN., Joshua of Iowa, Luke of Iowa City, IA, W. H. of Marion and Frank of Louisville, KY. Funeral services will be conducted at residence by Dr. Wiles at 9 a.m. tomorrow. Interment at Ankneytown, Knox Co

Birth:
given 1810 in family records

David married Catherine Hess on 12 Jan 1832 in Pleasant Unity, Donegal Township, Westmoreland C., PA. Catherine (daughter of David Hess and Catherine Boyer) was born on 12 Jan 1812 in Donegal Township, Westmoreland Co., PA; died on 11 Aug 1898 in Richland Co., OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Spelt Catherine in family records.

Birth date from her headstone. Daughter of David HESS and Catharine BOYER.
Her will was written on 21 Sep 1893 and her estate was probated on 23 Aug 1898 in Richland Co, OH.

Isaac + Matilda Moore. Matilda was born on 2 May 1829; died on 23 Dec 1871. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

?Man was wicked. She died young of galloping consumption, children thrown to winds.? Note on photo of husband and wife by Virginia Dawson.

Notes:

Porch History (1923) says he was born 1778, consistent with his obituary, while his headstone says he was born 1782.
1820: Jacob PORTCH; male 2 < 10, 1 = 10-16, 1 = 26-45; female 1 < 10, 1 = 16-26.
They sold land in Lancaster Co, and purchased land in Westmoreland Co in 1814.
[obituary] - Westmoreland Intelligencer 28 April 1853
"d 4-18 Jacob Porch of Unity Twp., aged 74 yrs." listed in the book, "Marriage and Death Notices from Weekly Newspapers 1818-1865 Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Vol. 1" p. 223 copied and compiled by Della Reagan Fischer (Mrs. Frank Christian), McKeesport, PA 1963, 974.881/G1 V21 and FHL film 0844896, item 2.
Jacob's will dated 20 May 1852 indicates he was a resident of Unity Twp. in Westmoreland Co. Heirs named in the will: Henry Porch of Findlay in Hancock Co, OH, Frederick Porch, David Porch of Knox Co, OH and Sophia Lose. Frederick Porch and Henry Lose were the executors of the estate, probated 25 April 1853. (Westmoreland Will Book 3, pp. 405-6)
A deed dated 21 May 1853 in Vol. 35, pg 366 of Westmoreland Co, PA only identifies four (4) children. Per this deed, Henry is
living in Findlay, Hancock Co OH and David is in Knox Co, OH.
The family has erected a memorial to him at the Ridge Churches Union Cemetery in Trauger (near Mt. Pleasant). It is next to the old stone for his son, Frederick Porch, who died in 1880.

Jacob + Catharine Hersh. Catharine was born in 1789 in Lancaster Co., PA; died in 1856 in Westmoreland County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Catharine HERSH was born about 1787 in Pennsylvania. She died in Westmoreland Co, PA. Possible burial in St. John's Lutheran Reformed Church Cemetery, Unity Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA.

David married Catherine Boyer on 26 Oct 1801 in Westmoreland Co., PA. Catherine (daughter of Michael Boyer and Margaret Clapper) was born on 8 May 1784 in Westmoreland Co., PA; died on 12 Oct 1835. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

This chapter is about Jesse Hatcher who lived in Northern Virginia from 1781 until about 1818 before moving to Muskingum County, Ohio.? His story must be viewed in relation to the times and events that were shaping this new nation.? Jesse was born during the time of the Revolutionary War; George Washington was inaugurated president in 1789 when Jesse was 8 years old.
Jesse was born to George and Prudence Woodward Hatcher on March 13, 1781.? They had three children, Joseph, Jesse and Nancy.? This was a Quaker family living in Loudoun County in northern Viginia located at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains.? ( Today a modern landmark in the county is the Dulles International Airport.).
Jesse grew up and lived with his family along one of the branches of Goose Creek on land grandfather William was granted by Lord Fairfax.? Nearby his uncles had taken up land, some they inherited, some purchased.? His aunts Sarah and Mary after they married also lived near by.
This section of Virginia was referred to as the Quaker Colony as many Quaker families had relocated here from Pennsylvania.? They came in part because good land in Pennsylvania was becoming too expensive and it was becoming crowded due to the influx of immigrants also seeking land.
Epidemics of scarlet fever swept through Loudoun County several times during the 1790's George's family was fortunate, other branches of the family lost loved ones to the dreaded disease.
Jesse's father, George, died in1807 when Jesse was 14.? Grandfather William, in his will left 200 acres to George which at his death was willed to Jesse, Nancy, his sister, and brother Joseph.
Jesse appears on page 316 of the Loudoun County Federal Census for 1810 as head of household.; he was 29 years old.? His brother Joseph married Hannah Miller in 1802, he also appears as head of his household.? On page 313, their mother Prudence appears as head of household with one White Male age 16-26 and herself only.
Jesse was 30 years old when he married Mrs. Anna Marie Miller in 1811.? They were married by the Reverend John Littlejohn, a Methodist pastor? Gradually other members of this family married out of the faith which was cause for "disownment" by the Friends Meeting.? Jesse's brother Joseph and Hannah Miller were married by the same minister so also were most likely disowned.? Quakers were very strict about "mou", marrying out of unity, a cause for discipline and dismissal.
In the Loudoun County Book of Marriages:
Elizabeth Hatcher 1800
John Hatcher 1801
Joseph Hatcher 1802
Jonah Hatcher, 1804
Jesse Hatcher 1811
Thomas Hatcher 1816
Methodist Missionaries were very active though out the region and had made many converts among the Quakers and other denominations.
Jesse applied to the Bureau of Land Management in 1816 as an original entryman, landholder, and was granted a half section of? land in Pikes Twp, Perry Co., Ohio.while still living in Loudoun Co.? I found no record that he ever lived in Pikes Twp.? The next year they sold the property.
Jesse, Anna Maria and Prudence with children, Jonathan, Matilda, Anna Maria and Mary came to Ohio before 1820 to settle near Fultonham in Muskingum, County.
What route they took isn't certain.? The most likely and the most popular route to Ohio from northern Virginia at that time was by the Old Cumberland Road later called the National Road which ran from Baltimore, Maryland to Wheeling, Virginia on the east bank of the Ohio River.? On the west bank Zane's Trace continued for the next 75 miles to Zanesville.? This was a heavily traveled road often deeply rutted especially following the rains.? Families and groups often traveled together walking along with their slow moving ox carts.averaging 15 miles a day six days a week.? Canvas topped, heavy Conestoga freight wagons with the capacity of 5000 pounds were commonly used for hauling cargo long distances, some using 12 oxen.? The journey from Goose Creek to Fultonham a distance of 340 miles one can only imagine, as we have no written account of it.
The terrain they crossed we do know about.? It is possible to make a profile of the section of the Alleghenies the road would cross using the Cumberland Road Commissioner's calculations of elevation based on Cumberland at the base of the mountains as ground zero (actually 688 feet above sea level); then rising to 2,022 at Savage Mountain; falling to 1741 feet at the Savage River, rising to 2,026 at Meadow Mountain; falling to 1,322 at Casselman River; rising to 2,328 at Negro Mountain; falling to 645 feet at the Youghiogheny River; rising to 1550 at Laurel Hill and falling to 274 at Uniontown--all within a span of 50 miles.
The National Road reached Wheeling in 1818 and stopped.? The last 75 miles of their journey was over Zanes Trace, which had opened in 1797.? "The road west of the Ohio River was built by the state and was much inferior to the federally built road east of Wheeling.? It was only twenty feet wide and to expedite construction the contracts had allowed for leaving stumps up to a foot high in the roadway." . Their destination was Fultonham Town, located in Newton Township. the oldest and largest township in Ohio, having been organized in 1800.
Jesse's uncle William Hatcher Jr, died childless.? He remembered the children of his deceased brothers and sister and was very generous to them.? His estate was settled in 1820, from this Jesse received a legacy of $913.
With Ohio now open some of Jesse's cousins settled in Highland, Columbiana and Belmont Counties.? About this same time Jesse, his mother Prudence and children moved to Fultonham in Muskingum Co. near Zanesville.
Prudence married John Harkness on September 17, 1820 in Muskingum County.
?Anna Marie and Jesse lived the rest of their lives here.? Anna Marie bore nine children between 1812 and 1829, some of them in Virginia and some in Ohio. . Jonathan, their first child was born in Virginia in 1812, from him this family descends.? About 1820 he was enrolled in the Maysville Pike School, Muskingum Co. a subscription school (public schools hadn't arrived yet)? Maysville Pike is now known as U.S.Rt.22.
In a news item dated 1828, the Sunday Times Signal of Zanesville mentioned "the Hatcher Farm a cluster of log cabins."
?Jesse appears on the 1830 census with nine children one female age 40-50 (Anna Marie) and another 70-80 ( unknown).
On the 1840 census two boys and two girls are still living at home.
The 1850 U.S. Census for the first time listed every one by their full name and asked several questions.? From this we learned that Jesse was 63 years of age, he checked the question for a "Person Over 50 Years of Age Who Cannot Read or Write., which I doubt, as Quakers believed in educating their children.? None of their children remain at home.? His real estate was valued at $450 and that he was a farmer.? Anna Marie gives her age as 62.
Jesse engaged in buying and selling real estate over the years.
Prudence died in1843, she was 98 years old.
Anna Marie died in 1862, Jesse in 1866, he was 85; they had 51 years together.? They all are buried in the "Old Hatcher Burying Ground" near Fultonham, formerly known as Old Uniontown, Ohio with other family members.
Fultonham? is called Uniontown on the 1866 Muskingum County Atlas. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ - ??????????????????????????????????????????????????? The Bible of Jesse Hatcher ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? (1781-1866)
??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 9 Children: ?
1. Jonathan Hatcher, b 22/12* Jul 1812, d 1904; m.1, 1 May 1834 Elizabeth Gardner,
???????? m.2?? Roberta Moss___.?????????????????????????????? 6 Ch:
??? Jesse, William, Amanda (1 Feb 1835- 10 Feb 1905) m James Taylor, Edmund m Julia
?? McCoy, Carrie m ___ Johnson & had dt Edith, Isaiah ("Zed") m Nira Chandler.
2. Malinda Hatcher, b 8 Jan 1814, d 10 Sep 1873, m Andre Fauley (1808-1890).
3. Anna Maria Hatcher, b 2 Feb 1816, d 3 Aug 1885, m 21 Apr 1836 Isaiah Gardner.
4. Mary Hatcher, b 24 Feb 1818, m Greenberg Hammond.
5. Jesse Hatcher, b 7 Apr 1820, d 27 Jan 1895, m 15 1840 Alcinda Hammond.
6. Elizabeth Hatcher, b 15 Sept 1822, m Eli Gardner. ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 6 Ch. Minerve m ___Kennard, Alcinda, Singleton, George, Carrie m1 George Townsend m2 Thomas Tingle,Corringeton.
7. George W. Hatcher, b 10 Sep 1824, m 25 Dec 1849 Ellen Smook. ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 4 Ch: ?????????????????????????????? Singleton, Jesse, Ella, John Craten.
8. Isaac Miller Hatcher, b 2 Nov 1826, d 1 Sep 1909, m 3 May 1849 Matilda Moore, b 2 May 1829, d 23 Dec 1871, m2. ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 4 Ch: Dorinda F (1851-70), Amanda (1851-76), James (1867-1902), Charles Gilbert ( - 1920).
9. Harriet Cornelia Hatcher, b 29 Jan 1829, d 22 Feb 1894, m 2 Mar 1845 in Uniontown OH John H. Lauck ( -3 Jul 1876).
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Prudence Woodward b 5 Aug 1751, d 6 Feb 1843, m2** ___ Harkness. Buried
in "Old Hatcher Burying Ground" near Fultonham, Old Uniontown, Ohio. * typed in
Jesse's family page as 22, typed on Jonathan's family page as 12.
**Muskingum Co Marriages dates this 17 Sep 1820, to John Harkness. The typing
of this book is heavily inked, and some numbers are hard to distinguish. A "5" may be
a "6" etc.
The Bible references are from the? "Family Bible" now in the possession of Mrs. David C. Caldwell, Topeka, KS - Nov. 23, 1930.
?There may be some errors in my transcription of the above.? (Evelyn Avery)

Jesse + Anna Maria Miller. Anna was born on 30 Mar 1788 in Loudoun County, VA; died on 24 Feb 1862 in Muskingum County, OH; was buried in Old Hatcher Burying Ground near Fultonham, Muskingum County. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name given as Anna Marie in note on Jesse.