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- 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) [1]
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