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Descendants of Sylvester Ott

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7. Henry Ott (Frederick , Sylvester ) was born 1, 2, 3 about 1779 in prob, Montgomery County, Virginia. He died 4 after 1855 in Harrison County, Indiana.

RESIDENCE: 1807 Tax Lists;1807; Pulaski Co KY;NOTE: also the
years 1809, 1811-1814
!RESIDENCE: 1820 Fed Census,Harrison Co IN; 1820; ; NOTE: Also the
years 1830 & 1840
!Menard Co History talks about two Mr. Ott's, confirms David Ott's history.

Henry married 1 Abigail Lacefield (Lacewell) daughter of Joseph Lacefield (Lacewell) and Lydia Perkins on 22 Jan 1806 in , Lincoln County, Kentucky. Abigail was born 2, 3 in 1789 in , , Virginia. She died 4 after 1850.

They had the following children:

+ 28 F i Joannah Ott was born in 1809.
+ 29 M ii Nimrod Henry Ott was born in 1810. He died on 10 Aug 1897.
+ 30 M iii Hezekiah Ott was born on 3 Sep 1811. He died on 29 Aug 1881.
+ 31 F iv America Ott was born in 1813.
+ 32 M v Saul Whitley Ott was born in 1820. He died in 1849.
  33 F vi Mary Ott was born in 1823 in of, Harrison County, Indiana.

WEST, Luellen (Dougherty) (Mrs. J.J. West), b. 1867, d. 1911 (Daughter of J.L. and Mary O. Dougherty. Cousin of Walter Knott. Luellen married James Jefferson West and divorced him.) G.A.R. Marker
http://www.cagenweb.com/~re/losangeles/langec2.htm
        Mary married James Daugherty on 26 Aug 1842 in , Harrison County, Indiana. James was born in of, Harrison County, Indiana.
+ 34 M vii Joseph Davis Ott was born on 25 Aug 1826. He died on 20 Sep 1907.
  35 F viii Martha Manda Ott was born in 1831 in of, Harrison County, Indiana.

RESIDENCE:School Census, Harriso Co IN; 1846; FHL film3922,283.
+ 36 M ix Horatio M. Ott was born in 1833. He died before 1866.

9. Elizabeth (Betsy) Ott (Frederick , Sylvester ) was born 1 about 1784 in Virginia. She died after 1860.


!weaver.
!Ellizabeth's line is just beginning to come together. Jeff Renner
had been a great help and is working on the early McClures Daniel, Moses, and Holbert from Lincoln county, Kentucky. Jeff@jeffrenner.net <http://jeffernner.net/genealogy> If you have info on
the McClures plese contact him.

Elizabeth married 1 Daniel W. McClure on 2 Jun 1803 in , Lincoln County, Kentucky. Daniel was born about 1775 in , , Virginia. He died before 1850.

In Rockcastle County in 1810.
!in Knox County in 1820.
!in Laurel County in 1840.

They had the following children:

  37 F i Mary McClure was born on 16 Nov 1806. She died on 26 Dec 1867. She was buried in McHargue Cemetery.
  38 M ii Elizabeth McClure was born 1 about 1811 in Kentucky.
  39 F iii Martha McClure was born 1, 2 on 4 Mar 1810 in Kentucky. She died 3 on 16 Dec 1861. She was buried in McHargue Cemetery.
  40 M iv William McClure was born 1 about 1815 in , , Kentucky.
+ 41 F v Sophia McClure was born on 7 Oct 1815. She died on 25 Jun 1874.
  42 F vi Polly McClure was born about 1820 in Kentucky.
  43 M vii Daniel McClure was born about 1821. He died on 9 May 1849 in Laurel County, Kentucky. He was buried in McHargue Cemetery.
  44 M viii Thomas McClure was born about 1825.
  45 F ix Matilda McClure was born about 1826 in Kentucky. She died after 1870.
  46 F x Delila McClure was born 1 about 1828 in , , Kentucky.
+ 47 M xi Wesley W. McClure was born about 1828. He died after 1880.
  48 F xii Mahala McClure was born 1 about 1830 in , , Kentucky.
  49 F xiii Nancy McClure.

Notes for NANCY MCCLURE:
There is a Knox County marriage record for Nancy McClure and Samuel Glass. However, it's not certain Nancy is daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (although they were the only McClures in the area at the time). I've been unable to find Samuel or Nancy in the census records.

More About SAMUEL GLASS and NANCY MCCLURE:
Marriage: February 17, 1842, Knox County, KY
        Nancy married Samuel Glass on 17 Feb 1842 in Knox County, Kentucky.

10. Frederick Ott (Frederick , Sylvester ) was born 1 about 1785 in , , Virginia. He died about 1819.

RESIDENCE: 1806-1812 Tax Lists; 1806-1812; Pulaski Co KY.
!RESIDENCE: 1813-1817 Tax Lists; 1813-1817; Rockcastle Co KY.

NOTE: Age calculated from census and tax lists. He was 16-26 in 1810. He
is in the tax lists first in 1806. Men usually were on the lists at 21.

His father was in Montgomery Co, Va in the 1780's.

He is not on the 1820 census. But he did buy land in 1818 in Harrison
County, IN.

Frederick married 1 Nancy Lacefield (Laswell) daughter of Joseph Lacefield (Lacewell) and Lydia Perkins on 13 Dec 1805 in Lincoln County, Kentucky. Nancy was born 2, 3 about 1784 in of, Lincoln County, Kentucky.


!RESIDENCE: 1818 & 1821 Tax Lists; 1818-1821; Rockcastle Co
!NOTE: Age calulated from 1810 Census. Nancy was 16-26 at that time.

ANDREW HENSON ESTATE - Martin Co. IN Zimri Henson and Thomas Shirley administrators of estate - sale of items: 15 May 1850 1 pr. drawing chains to Jesse Henson, pd. .50 1 iron wedge & 1 axe to Charles A. Marshall for .50 each on note 1 peacock plow to William Henson for $6.50 1 rifle to Dosnell Holt for $10.75 2 horse wagon to Barnabus Payne for $35.25 1 lot of hogs to John Payne for $3.75 1 yoke of steers to Charles H. Marshall for $55.05 1 set of shingles to " " " " for $1.00 1 razor to John Henson for .55 1 lot of lumber to M. A. Purdy for 4.15 1 lot fo clothes to John Henson for $1.00 1 lot of clothes to Jesse Henson for $2.50 Andrew Henson late of Martin County departed this life intestate and being at the time of his death, siezed of certian real estate and of a large amount of personal property of about the sum of $600.00, lying and being in the sd. county of Martin. After paying the debts and charges against the estate amounting to the probable sum of $200.00 will remain for distribution amongst the next of kin and heirs at law of deceased. Said Andrew Henson at the time of his death was of mature years, that is to say, was over the age of 21 years but was sole and unmarried and died without children or issue of his body or any lineal descendants surviving him. And that he also left neither father nor mother surviving him, his father Joel Henson and his mother Nancy Henson being both dead at the time of and previous to the death of him the said Andrew Henson, dec'd. Surviving him in the right line ascending is his paternal grandmother being the mother of the said Joel Henson, deceased, who is expected to be still living and a resident of the state of Iowa and that the said Andrew Henson at the time of his death, left no brothers or sisters of the whole blood or their descendants surviving him. At the time of his death, Andrew Henson left the petitioner and Sarah Hyslop formerly Sarah Ott intermarried with one James Hyslop; Polly Summers, formerly Polly Ott and Nancy McKinney formerly Nancy Ott, married to Turner McKinney as his 1/2 brothers and sisters, being also children of the said Nancy Henson, the mother of the said Andrew Henson, deceased by a former marriage with Frederick Ott who died previous to her intermarriage with Joel Henson. Petitioners then being Stewart Ott, Sarah Hislop, Polly Summers, Malachi Ott and Nancy McKinney, the nearest of kin and they demand the remaining portion of the estate. William Niblack, Lawyer November term 1851, Comes Jemima Henson and files petition in this cause praying to be admitted a party to said proceedings and process issue against Jesse Coneley on purchase of the land. Jan Term 1852 all parties and their attorneys agree to continue until next term. July 1852 came said Ott by his attorney and comes the said administrator by Baker & Simpson, his attorney and comes also by J. Baker, his attorney and files his answer; also comes Jemima Henson by Simpson, her attorney to order and decree that John Baker Esq. be appointed a commissioner to prepare and execute a good and sufficient deed of conveyance for the lands - NE quarter of NW quarter also the NW quarter of the NW quarter of section 29 in Twp. 4, n range 3 west to the said Jesse Conerly for the purpose of being delivered to him on the payment of the purchase money . Nov term 1853 stayed until decision from Supreme Court is made - Aug term 1854; Jesse Conely has made full payment for land.....for deed see pages 162 & 163 in order book #1 Com Pleas Probate May Term 1856 - the decision of the Supreme Court is filed ..under the statue of descents governing this case, the petitioners and the brothers and sisters of the half blood are the only heirs of sd. Andrew Henson and are entitled to share of 2/5 each. That the land had been sold in the lifetime of Andrew Henson to Conerly - the land having been inherited by Andrew Henson from his father Joel Henson and it is claimed the Jemima Henson the mother of Joel and grandmother of Andrew is under the statue the sole distributies and not the other. Thus by rules of distribution of personal estate goes to the Ott's as brother & sister whether of the whole or 1/2 blood and is preferred to the grandmother. Had the land not been sold, it would have went to the

They had the following children:

+ 50 M i Stewart T. Ott was born about 1809. He died on 28 Mar 1878.
+ 51 F ii Nancy Ott was born about 1810. She died after 1860.
+ 52 F iii Mary (Polly) Ott was born about 1811. She died after 1880.
+ 53 F iv Sarah Ott was born about 1812. She died after 1880.
+ 54 M v Malachi Ott was born in 1814. He died after 1889.
  55 M vi Ott was born in of, Rockcastle, Ky.

CENSUS: 1820 Fed Census, Rockcastle Co KY; 1820;;;;NOTE: 3 Males, 3 Females.

11. Isaac Ott (Frederick , Sylvester ) was born 1, 2, 3, 4 on 18 Mar 1792 in of, Wythe County, Virginia. He died after 1860.

Wheelright.
!RESIDENCE: 1814 Tax List; 1814; Rockcastle Co KY;;; NOTE: also the
years 1816 & 1825.
!RESIDENCE: 1820 Tax List; 1820; Whitley Co KY; Note: Also the
years 1821 & 1822, Issac Oats.

Isaac married Sarah. Sarah was born 1, 2 about 1796 in , Tennessee. She died after 1860.

Couldn't read or write.
!1860 census gives bp as Kentucky.

They had the following children:

+ 56 M i Frederick Ott was born on 26 Jul 1818. He died on 13 Jan 1845.
+ 57 F ii Sarah Ott was born about 1821.
+ 58 M iii John Ott was born about 1822. He died after 1880.
+ 59 F iv Ellenor (Ellen) Ott was born about 1825.
+ 60 F v Elizabeth Ott was born about 1826. She died after 1880.
+ 61 F vi Catherine Ott was born about 1829. She died after 1880.
+ 62 F vii Louisa F. Ott was born on 16 Aug 1832. She died on 26 Nov 1916.
  63 M viii Isaac G. B. Ott was born 1 about 1836 in Of Clay County, Indiana. He died on 17 Feb 1890 in Richland County, Wisconsin.

1850 Fed Census, Vermillion Co, IN;NOTE: Age14, attended school within year.
        Isaac married 1 (1) Mary N. Newton on 29 Aug 1861 in , Vigo County, Indiana. Mary died before 1869.

MARRIAGE: Marr Rec; 1861; Vigo Co IN dtd 27 Aug 1861; Book #2, p.447.
        Isaac married 1 (2) Elizabeth J. Strain on 2 Dec 1869 in , Vermillion County, Indiana. Elizabeth was born 2 about 1846 in , , Indiana.

12. David Ott (Frederick , Sylvester ) was born 1, 2, 3 about 1794 in , , Virginia. He died on 17 Mar 1857 in , Boone County, Missouri.

Wheelright.

Emigrated first to KY; then to MO; in Boone Co. in 1826 (Switzler 1882, 669). !1830 census, UTT David 5-114, Missouri Township. About 1830, original member of Goshen Church, Primitive Baptist, Sec. 26, Township 46, Range 13, Cedar Township, Boone Co., MO (Evans and Thompson, Tombstone Records 1934, 52). 1840 census, UTT David 6-88, Missouri Township. NARA M-432, Roll 392, 1850 U.S. Census, Boone Co., MO, Dist. No. 8, p. 433, #1450/1450: David Utt, 58, m, farmer, $400, Kentucky; Susanna, 56, f, KY; Isaac, 14, m, Missouri; Nimrod Pearman, 13, m, MO; Rachael, 11, f, MO; Nancy A, 10, f, MO. NOTE: Based on identification of neighbors, his residence was probably Cedar Township.
!Living with David in 1850 are Nimrod, Rachel and Nancy A. Pearman. I haven't determined if they
are family.

Rev. David Ott Jr. David Ott, Sr., father of the subject of this sketch, was a native of Virginia. He emigrated first to Kentucky and then to Missouri, landing in Boone County in 1826. He first settled about six miles southwest of Columbia, where he remained two years. He then moved to Perche bottom, where he remained until 1844, when he removed to a place northeast of Columbia, remaining there two years, thence to a farm below Burlington, where he lived until his death, March 17th, 1857, aged sixty-three. He was a wheelwright by trade. The Subject of this sketch was born May 13th, 1830. His mother’s maiden name was Susanna Perkins. She was a native of Virginia, moving first to Kentucky and then to Missouri. She was married to David Ott in Rock Castle County, Kentucky. David Ott, Jr., lived in Boone county until 1859, when he removed to Carroll county, Missouri, where he resided until 1862, when he moved to Linn county, where in 1870, he was ordained a minister of the Baptist church, and was engaged in the ministry until he came to Burlington. Went to Texas in 1877, where his first wife died in 1878. Was in Texas about a year and a half. Returned to Carroll county and engaged in the ministry for a while as a missionary, then returned to Boone. While in Carroll County, was pastor of Coloma and Bethlehem churches and supplied the church at DeWitt. After returning to Boone, he preached for the Burlington Church for one year. Was first married September 21st, 1853, to Miss Matilda A., daughter of William and Mary Risk, natives of Kentucky. Have five living children by the first wife: Nathan B., A. L. , J. B., M. f. and John P. The first four named are living in Carroll, the last mentioned is with his father. Mr. Ott was married the second time January 8th, 1878, to Mrs. Sarah (Nichols) Chase. Mr. Ott was in the Union army about twelve months, being a member of Company C. Forty-third regiment, Missouri Volunteers. He was for a while a lieutenant in the “Bobtail Militia” of Carroll county. He is a Mason and a Granger. Was a constable and justice of the peace while a citizen of Carroll county. He is of German origin. – Switzler, History of Boone Co. p. 669-70

David married Susanna Perkins on 14 Jul 1813 in , Pulaski County, Kentucky. Susanna was born 1, 2, 3 in 1796 in , , Virginia. She died after 1850.

They had the following children:

+ 64 M i Samuel Ott was born in 1813/1816. He died on 13 Jul 1904.
+ 65 M ii King Herod Ott (Utt) was born in 1814. He died after 1880.
  66 M iii Riley Ott was born 1 in 1827. He died before 1870.
        Riley married Dicy. Dicy was born 1 in 1829.

SOURCE: UTT-ventures: a genealogy and history of the Ott-Utt family in America
By Clair Utt 929.273/UtBuc
+ 67 M iv David Ott was born on 13 May 1830. He died on 3 Nov 1917.
+ 68 M v Richard Ott was born in 1832. He died in 1875.
  69 M vi Isaac Ott was born about 1836 in , , Missouri.
        Isaac married 1 (1) Mary N. Newton on 29 Aug 1861.
        Isaac married (2) Mary M. Newton.

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