The Welty Chronically August 2003
500 Year History
Ancestral Data Earliest direct ancestors are Bold,
underlined, and
italicized
1500's The Welty, Weldi, Waelti, Welti, family from
which we
descend appears to
originate in
of
Another group of Weltys
was in the Canton of Zurich.
early 1500's
The
heresy, following the
teachings of Ulrich Zwingli.
Stoffel Waelti a peasant
from Ruegsau, is brought
before the authorities
for listening to Anabaptist sermons.
1537 Bernhard Waelti, a peasant from Ruederswil,
becomes a
Anabaptist martyr.
1539 Margreth Waelti, a peasant woman from
Ruederswil becomes
a martyr.
1600's The Bernese Anabaptists become followers of
Menno Simon,
and become known as
Mennonites.
ca. 1655
Hans Heinrich Hunsacker
is born. He will marry Barbara
Neunlistin. Their son
Johannes Jacob Hunsacker b.
ca. 1675,
will marry Margretha Buss. Their child Hartman Hunsacker
b. ca. 1690, is the line we
descend from.
1664
Karl Ludwig, Elector of the Palatinate in
immigration of a limited
number of Swiss Mennonite families.
1671
Persecution of the Mennonites in
intolerable, and several
hundred leave for the
devastated by the 30 years
war, 1618 – 1648, and workers are
needed to reclaim the
land. The Mennonites are forbade to
baptize or build
churches. Each family has to pay an
annual fee
as "protection
money."
1672 Hans Welte, 30, wife dead, is
in Spressum, (Spiesheim, a village
north of Alzey). His protection money is 12 Reichsthaler.
1672 census of Mennonites in
the
A Hans Welte was imprisoned
in
for being an Anabaptist in
this year. It is probably the same man.
Peter Welte, 38, wife, 2
children, a third on the way, is living in
Weynum, (Weinheim, a village
slightly west of Alzey) His
protection money is 5
Reichsthaler. 1672 census of Menonites
in
the
grandfather, of our ancestor
Peter Welde, who will be born in
1695.
ca. 1695
Peter Welde born-
the Palatinate,
1696
Catherine, (Catharina)
Hunsacker? born, probably in
1717
Peter Welde marries Catherine, probably in
ca. 1721
Gasper Roland, (Rowland) is born. He will marry Mary
Hunsacker.
They will have eight
children. Joseph will be our connection
to the line.
1724
A Peter (Velde) Welty, a Mennonite living at Rodenbach, a
village near
entire livelihood of 50
florins/ year.
Oct 1727
Peter and Catherine Welde arrive at
"Friendship of
is changed to Welty. Peter is believed to be in
County,
John and Abraham I, and 5 daughters.
ca. 1730
John (Johannes) Welty, Abraham
Welty I's brother, is born.
He will marry Eva
Gochnauer, Jacob Gochnauer's daughter.
They will have at least 13
children.
Gochnauer, sometimes
(Cocghnower,
Cochenauer, Kegenower,
Coughenour, Kochenhauer)
1731
Mary Hunsucker, daughter of Hartman Hunsacker and Anna
Stirtz is born. She has at least eight brothers and
sisters.
She will marry Gasper
Roland, father of Joseph Roland.
A sister, Magdalena will
marry a Gochenour. Another
Elizabeth, will take
Jacob Gochenour as a second husband.
1732
Abraham Welty I is born,
probably in Lancaster, County, Penn.
19
Jan 1733 Peter Welty
receives a land warrant for 135 acres, in York
County, Pennsylvania.
26
Feb 1745 Peter Welty
receives a second land warrant in York County,
Penn. The land in the area is also claimed by
Maryland,
causing a jurisdictional
dispute.
1740's
Gochnauer's are listed as among the first settlers of
Page
County, Pa.
ca. 1750
Joseph Roland is born.
He will marry Catherine Dobbin.
He will father Mary
Roland Welty, and five other children.
30
June 1755 Peter Welty writes his will. He gives his wife,30 pounds, his
house, 12 bushels of wheat,
and 5 bushels of rye annually, a
hundredweight of pork, 2
cows, and "fouther toed" and 2
"yearders with
fleece". Abraham I, and John get 2 pieces of
land, which they have to pay
the estate for.
1755 Peter Welty, (Welde)
dies in Mannheim Township, York
County, Penn, at about age
60.
22
Aug 1755 Peter Welty's will is proved.
23
Nov 1756 Abraham Welty I marries Maria (Mary) Magdalena
Gochnauer, Eva's sister, both daughters
of Jacob Gochnauer.
The Welty brothers, John and
Abraham, have married
Gochnauer sisters, Maria and Eva.
Abraham and Mary will have at least twelve
children.
Catherine, m. Jacob Crouse,
Mary, m. John Hendricks,
David, m. Mary Brown,
Jacob, m. Rachel, Fanny (Francis,
Frena), Peter, m.
Elizabeth, Abraham II, and John.
1760 Peter Welty, son of Abraham I, is born in York,
Pennsylvania.
7
July 1761 Abraham I acquires two
tracts of land, 195 &1/4 acre, and
59 acres in Shrewbury
Township, York County, Penn. These
tracts border land owned by
his brothers in law, Abraham Beery,
and John Kochenauer.
9
Sept 1763 Abraham I, living in
Manchester Township, Penn. buys
180 acres in Manheim
Township, York County, Penn. from
John Huntzacker and wife,
for 450 pounds. At some point he
leaves the Mennonite
religion and becomes a Dunker, i.e.
German Baptist.
1766 Abraham I moves to a Dunker colony in Frederick County,
Maryland.
20
June 1766 Abraham I buys two tracts,
"Good Spring", containing 100
acres, a draft of Great Pipe
Creek, and "Small Hoope" containing
13.5 acres, in Frederick
County, Maryland. The seller is a
Dunkard minister, Gasper Roland and his wife Mary, whose
granddaughter, Mary,
will marry Abraham II, son of Abraham
I.
14
Nov 1768 Abraham I sells his land in
York County, Penn, to Abraham
Beery, for 450 pounds.
1
Aug 1770 Abraham I, farmer, buys
"Level Glade", in Frederick County,
Maryland, from Phillip Greenwood,
Blacksmith for 840 pounds.
It has 114.25 acres, and is
near a little valley that descends to
Little Pipe Creek.
20
Nov 1770 Abraham I sells "Good
Spring" and "Small Hoope" in Fredrick
County, Maryland to Abraham
Roland for 450 pounds. He also
buys 8 acres of
"Leonard's Range, on Sam's Creek, from Casper
Devilbiss for 32 pounds.
1 June 1773
Abraham I buys 4 acres of "Deeps"
from Adam Lemmon for 13
pounds, 10 shillings. He also sells two tracts on Sam's Creek, to
Christian Haas, for 200
pounds. These were 90 acres of
"Level
Glade", and 10 acres of
the "Deeps".
16
Nov 1773 Abraham Welty I sells "Level Glade", 87 acres, and "Leonard
Range", 8 acres, and
with other Dunkard
families, moves to Rowan
County, North Carolina.
As part of the sale, (Mary) Magdalena Welty, Abraham I, wife
relinquishes her right of
dower to land in Frederick County.
Maryland. The sale brings in 1,700 pounds of
Pennsylvania
money. The sale includes buildings, merchant mills,
grist mills,
and saw mills, so Abraham I was definitely a merchant and
mill owner. The buyers are
Christian Haas and Henry Landis.
1776 John Welty, son of Abraham I is born, probably in
North Carolina.
Aug
1777 Abraham Welty I, has settled on Dutchman's Creek near other
Dunkers, and some
Quakers. He first appears in the records
of
Rowan County, North Carolina,
at this time. This area will later
become Davie County.
1778
The Dutchman's Creek congregation is strictly pacifist.
Abraham I signs a oath of allegiance to the Colonial Cause,
in Rowan County, and appears
on that counties tax role.
Start
of the Abraham Welty II Chronicle
Grandparents
and great grandparents are in italics, Parents are in bold italics. Children in Bold Type, grandchildren of Abraham
II are underlined.
21
March 1780 Abraham I is claiming 640 acres of land near Bear Creek,
bordering land owned by
Benjamin Bently.
1780 Abraham Welty II is born,
in Rowan County,
North Carolina.
1782
Abraham I is helping a
Dunkard, John Crouse, with a land
claim.
The pacifist dunkers are having trouble competing
for land.
late 1786
The state orders the Rowan County sheriff, Hugh Torrence,
to seize two stills and
three brass kettles from Abraham
Weatty. They had belonged to
John Latshaw, of Baltimore,
Maryland, who has been
murdered.
1787 Mary Roland is born,
Rowan County, North Carolina..
10
April 1787 Abraham Welty I buys 393 acres on Bear Creek, from Daniel
Lewis for 40 pounds.
17
July 1787 Abraham Welty I writes his will, and signs his mark.
He leaves Mary two horses, three cows, her bed and
bedding,
her clothes, his largest
iron pot, a basin, two pewter plates, and
six spoons. She also is left the land and plantation, as
long as
she is a widow. If she remarries, the land is to be sold, and
she
will get a child's
share. Everything else is to immediately
sold,
and split between the
children, with his wife getting a child's
share. He gives John Hendrick, the Dunkard minister?
100
acres, and rights to some
other land. The 80 pounds from this
deal is to be split
equally between his wife and children.
before
6 Aug 1787 Abraham Welty I dies, in North Carolina. Abraham II is
17 years old. His brothers are Peter, Jacob, David, and
John.
His sisters are Fanny
Welty Hendricks, Catherine Welty
Crouse, and Mary Welty
Hendricks. There may be other
siblings.
9 Aug 1787
The state of North Carolina grants the Abraham Welty I, estate,
63 acres in the fork of
Dutchman and Cedar Creek.
Grant # 1563.
24
Sept 1787 The heirs of Abraham Welty I, buy 520 acres on Bear
Creek
for 500 pounds.
2 Feb 1788
The heirs of Abraham Welty I
sell 150 acres on Bear Creek for
200 pounds to John
Roland. They also sell 160 acres on Bear
Creek to Daniel Hendrix,
for 200 pounds.
1790
The census lists the Gasper, Joseph, and John Roland families
in Rowan County, North
Carolina. They own no slaves.
Gasper's family includes one son under 16, and two daughters.
Joseph's family includes 1 son over 16, 1 son under 16,
4 daughters, and one
apparently unrelated person. There are
no
Welty's listed, so the
family apparently has moved on to
Kentucky. Kentucky did not have a 1790 census.
26
Oct 1790 The heirs of Abraham Welty I,
sell 78 acres to John Hendrix Jr,
for 95 pounds.
pre
16 Aug 1794 Abraham's brother, John (Joannes) Welty dies in
Mannheim Twnshp, York
County, Penn. He was an elder in the
Mennonite Church.
1795-1796 Mary
Welty is listed on the tax rolls of Bourbon County,
Kentucky. The family may be there until 1802.
1799
Major Christopher Clark visits the town spring at what will
become Troy, Lincoln County
Missouri, and finds a small
Indian village with their
wigwams placed in a circle around the
spring. These are reported to have been Sac and
Fox. The area
is officially the Province
of Upper Louisiana,
and is commonly called New
Spain. Its capital is St Louis.
1800
Spain cedes France the area that will later become Missouri.
3
May 1800 The heirs of Abraham Welty I, sell 241 acres on
Buffalo Creek,
on the East side of
Dutchman's Creek in Rowan County, North
Carolina, to Davis Sparks.
1800
Census Mary Welty and Joseph Roland are in Bourbon County
Kentucky, just north east of
Lexington. Peter Welty, Abraham's
brother is in Clark County,
Kentucky, adjacent to Bourbon, and
to the South. David Welty, another brother, is in Warren
County
Kentucky, south east of
Bowling Green. Four other Weltys,
Jacob, Casper, John and
Frederick are in Maryland. Three more
George, John and fnu, are
in Pennsylvania. Some of these may
be relatives.
1801
The first cabins are built at what will become Troy, Missouri.
During this year Joseph Roland and Abraham Welty II move to
Warren County Kentucky.
18
July 1801 Moses Bond is born in Spottslyvania county, Virginia.
3
May 1802 Abraham Welty II marries Mary (Polly) Francis Rowland, in
Warren County,
Kentucky. She is the daughter of Joseph and
Catherine Roland, (Rowland). Joseph is an ordained Dunkard
minister, and the son of Gasper and Mary Roland. He is 22, she
is just 15. Abraham and Mary will have ten
children. Zillah,
Elizabeth, Fanny, Mahala, Christina "Catherine",
Mary "Polly", Rosanna, Rachel, and two
sons, R. Elisha,
and Joseph R. The Rolands have obviously been moving with
the Dunkard
community. Abraham is the great
grandson of
Hartman Hunsacker and Anna
Stirtz. Mary is their great
granddaughter.
From this point on in this
chronology Abraham Welty II,
will be referred to just as
Abraham Welty.
after 1802
John Welty, Abraham's brother dies in Kentucky.
1803
Thomas Jefferson makes the Louisiana Purchase, and the
area that will become
Missouri becomes part of the United
States. Abraham appears on the Warren County
Kentucky
tax rolls through 1818.
30
June 1803 Elizabeth "Betsy" Welty is born in Warren County?
Kentucky. Another source says 20 June.
1804
Frances Mary "Fanny" Welty
is born in Warren County?
Kentucky.
1805
There are many settlements of the Sac and Fox within what
is now Lincoln County. It is a favorite hunting ground for the
two tribes, which are
primarily located in the Rock River
country of Illinois. Black Hawk, who would later lead the
tribe to war, liked to
drink and dance at Adam Zumwalts
distillery, at Zumwalts
spring, (Big Springs Mills), near Flint
Hill, Lincoln County. At this time he was quite friendly.
4 Nov 1806
Abraham receives warrants for 200 acres on the Lick Fork of
Drakes Creek, and another
for 33 acres, in Warren County,
Kentucky.
28
July 1808 Sophia "Zillah"
"Tolah" Welty is born in Warren County,
Kentucky.
7
April, 1810 Mahala Welty is born in Franklin, Warren County,
Kentucky.
1810
Census Mary Welty, is living next to David Welty, son of Abraham I,
in Bourbon County,
Kentucky. He appears to have moved
back from Warren
County. Abraham's brother Peter
is living
in Warren County,
Kentucky. Abraham is in Warren
County,
living next door to his
father in law, Joseph Roland.
Abraham's family consists
of his wife and 4 daughters. John
Roland is also living in
the County.
Late 1810-Early 1811 R.
Elisha Welty is born in Warren County Kentucky.
3
(13) March 1812 Christina "Catherine" "Tene" Welty is born in
Warren County,
Kentucky. There are several birth dates,
the
latest being 13 Nov. 1812.
12
June 1812 War with Great Britain and their Indian allies is declared by
Congress. Woods Fort is built at Troy, Stouts Fort near
Auburn,
and Fort Howard was built
near Cap-au Gris. Five tribes
consider Lincoln County
their hunting grounds. Black Hawk
has been commissioned a Brigadier General in the
British
Army, and brings a war party
into Lincoln County. A number of
people are killed on both
sides, and the fight ends up at the "sink
hole" near Black Hawk
spring, near Fort Howard. The Indians
are trapped in the sink
hole till dark, then escape. A number of
the Lincoln County Rangers
will serve under Daniel Boone's
two sons, and a grandson,
from St Charles County. Col. Daniel
M. Boone, one of the sons,
did most of the U. S. Government
surveys in Lincoln County.
Daniel Boone has
been a judge for the
Spaniards in this area, and has built a
massive house designed as a
fort. The Pottowatomies massacre
a family near
Clarksville. A significant number of
settlers and
Indians were killed in
Lincoln county during the war.
1813
Lt Zachary Taylor, who will one day become president, takes
command of Woods fort. Daniel Boone reportedly also visits
the fort. The Story of Troy, 140th Anniversary Program.
Joseph R.Welty, Abraham's
son is born in Warren County,
Kentucky, in either 1815,
17, or 19.
1814
The Treaty of Ghent brings the War of 1812 to an end.
Feb 1816
Mary Welty is born in Warren
County, Kentucky.
5
Jan 1818 Rosannah (Rose Anna) Welty is born in Warren County,
Kentucky. Another source says the date is 15 Jan.
14
Dec 1818 Lincoln County, Mo. is formally
named and established.
1818
Elizabeth Welty marries
Samuel Howell in Barren County
Kentucky. Obituary.
He was born in Franklin Co. Georgia.
Barren County is next to
Warren County. They will
immediately move to Allen
County, Kentucky, which was
formed in 1815 from Warren
and Barren Counties..
Their children are Abraham,
Robert, Sarah A., and Mary, who
married and divorced Calvin
Smith. Samuel, and Warren,
who
died in the Civil War, at
Rock Hill, Mississippi, on 19 June
1862. Rose Ann, and Logan, who served
in the Civil War in
the 5th Iowa Cavalry, and
survived Andersonville prison.
Allen, Moses, Benjamin,
who appears to have died as a child in
Kentucky, and James
Madison Howell, who will
die of wounds suffered in the Civil War, on 6 Jan 1866.
28
Jan 1819 Simpson County, Kentucky is
created from Warren County.
The Abraham Welty land is now
in Peterburg Township,
Simpson County,
Kentucky. Abraham will appear on
the
Simpson County tax rolls
till 1825.
1
Jan 1820 Frances Mary "Fanny" Welty marries Heinrick
"Thomas" East
in Simpson County,
Kentucky. They will be the parent of 12
to
14 children, one of which
will marry William Smith Jr.
1820
Rachel Welty is born in
Simpson County, Kentucky.
1820
Census Abraham Welty is in
Simpson County, Kentucky. His family
consists of his wife, two
sons, under 10, One is R. Elisha,
who
has to be almost 10, and the
other named Joseph R. . Three
daughters, between 10 and
16, and three daughters, between 16
and 26. He owns no slaves.
24
April 1820 Authority is enacted to sell
land in Missouri.
April 1820
A John Welty, relationship unknown, is buying a town lot in
Monroe, i.e. Old
Monroe. N.W. Circuit Records p. 42,
1820.
1823-
1826 John and William S. Welty are
paying taxes in St Charles
County, Mo. Their relationship to Abraham is unknown.
1825 Peter Welty, Abraham's brother dies in
Simpson County,
Kentucky.
1
Jan 1826 Zillah (Zilla) (Zella) Welty marries Moses Bond. They will
have a daughter Elizabeth
E. Moses was farming in Stokes Co.
N. Carolina, in 1820.
April
1826 Samuel Howell and Elizabeth Welty Howell, move from Allen
County, Kentucky, to St
Charles County, Missouri. Samuel will
work initially as a
storekeeper. Part of Allen County is
fought over by Tennessee and
Kentucky, and will eventually
become part of Sumner
County, Tennessee.
28
May 1826 Abraham, acting as a ordained Dunkard Minister, witnesses a
certificate of Ordination to
Isham Gibson. He is a Bishop of the
Church of Brethern. The certificate is also signed by Joseph
Rowland . (Roland).
June
or late 1826 Abraham Welty moves his family to
Lincoln County,
Missouri. He is a farmer and a Dunkard Minister, i.e.
German
Baptist. They travel in covered wagons.
June
1826 Samuel and Elizabeth Welty Howell move to Lincoln County.
Samuel is suffering from
the chills. To get a cabin built he
spent
his last half dollar on two
gallons of whiskey, and gets a pig on
credit for a barbecue. He promises to break flax to pay for it.
That was enough to treat
the neighbors who helped raise the
cabin. Corn is $.15/bushel, wheat $.30/bushel, bacon
$.015/pound, best horses,
$30-40. best cows, $5-7. all mostly
used in barter deals.
20
Feb 1827 Thomas East, Fanny Welty's
husband, files on 80 acres in
Lincoln County, Mo. It is the E ½ SW of Sect. 17, T 49N,
R 1W. This transaction and the others that
followed,
apparently required travel
to Palmyra Mo. some 65 miles N of
Troy, to the Land
Office. This means two or three days on
the
road to get there, a day to
do business, then two or three days to
get home. Since it takes a week, they are picking times
of the
year when they aren't busy,
and several family members
go at a time in most cases.
9
Aug 1827 Mahala Welty marries David Presley Jr in Lincoln
County Mo. They will have four sons, Anthony, Franklin,
Elias, and Ransom,
and eight daughters, Rhoda, Mary, Almina,
Ellen, Melvina,
Elizabeth, Mae P., and Barbara. The story of
Barbara's tragic
life with Sydney Smith is told in the William
Smith Sr Family
History. Another source says 5 Aug.
1828
Joseph and Catherine Roland, Mary Roland
Welty's parents,
move to Sangamon County,
Illinois.
1
June 1829 David Presley, Mahala Welty's husband files for 80
acres in
Lincoln Co. Mo. It is the E ½ NE of Sect. 21, T 49N, R 1W.
Abraham Welty also files
on 80 acres of land in Lincoln Co.
Mo. It is the W ½ SE of Sect. 21 T 49N, R
1W. His wife will
sell this land to William
Smith Sr, Mary's second husband
when her father dies.
1
July 1829 Samuel Howell, Elizabeth Welty's husband files on 80
acres
in Lincoln Co. Mo. It is the E ½ NW of Sect. 20, T 49N,
R 1W. He pays $1.25 per acre.
1829
Samuel Howell, Elizabeth Welty's husband,
encounters a
Indian at his deer hunting
camp on the banks of the Mississippi.
He has to show him his gun
and his kill. After a scary start,
they part on good
terms. History of Lincoln County 1888
1829
Samuel Howell, Elizabeth Welty's
husband, and friends,
encounters a Indian camp
with a old man, old woman, and
young woman near the mouth
of Cuivre River, on the
Mississippi. They share some talk and dried venison and
salt,
which Samuel doesn't
like. He thinks the young Indian woman
is the handsomest woman he
ever saw. She covers her head
with a deer skin to hide
from them. History of Lincoln
County 1888. Samuel Howell was baptized unto the
Universalist Church in
Troy during the year. By 1837 this
church is know as the
Dunkard Universalist Church. Any
participation by Abraham
Welty in this church is
undocumented, but
probable.
1830
Abraham and family are listed in the Lincoln County Missouri
Census. His family consists of his wife, 1 son
between 10 to 15,
probably Joseph, 1 son between 15 and 20,
probably Elisha,
who believed to be 20, and
an older unidentified man between
70 and 80, perhaps a
relative, and 4 daughters.
They own no slaves. Samuel Howell, Moses Bond and their
families are also listed.
1Sept
1831 Christina "Catherine" Welty marries Young Howell,
Samuel's brother, in
Lincoln County, Missouri. They are
married by her father Abraham. Lincoln County Marriage
records. They have 10 children, 7 boys, and 3 girls.
One of their sons, Francis
Marion Howell will serve in
the 3rd Reg. Cavalry.
1832
Samuel Howell, Elizabeth Welty's
husband, and Thomas East,
Fanny Welty's husband are drafted into the army, from
Lincoln County, to fight in
the Black Hawk war. The fighting
is along the Mississippi
River in Illinois and Wisconsin.
Abraham Lincoln is also a
veteran of this war. History of
Lincoln County 1888.
1831-1832 Col. David Bradley, the agent for the Seneca
Indians from Ohio,
camps with the whole tribe
in Monroe township of Lincoln
County. They are being moved to Indian
Territory. History of
Lincoln County, 1888.
15
Oct 1834 Moses Bond, Zillah Welty's
husband files on 40 acres in
Lincoln Co. Mo. It is the W ½ NW of Sect. 29, in T 49N, 1W.
It will later be part of
the William Smith Sr homeplace.
1835
The Lincoln Academy is chartered in Troy.
13
Oct 1835 Young Howell, Christina Welty's
husband files on 80 acres in
Lincoln Co. Mo. It is the W ½ SE of Sect 20, T 49N, R 1W.
On this same date David
Presley, husband of Mahalia Welty,
files on 80 acres of land
in Lincoln Co. Mo. It is the W ½ of
Sect. 4, T 49N, R 1W. Also on this date, Moses Bond, Zillah
Welty's husband files on 80 acres in Lincoln Co. Mo. It is the
NENE part of Sect. 30, T
49N, R 1W. It will later be part of
the William Smith Sr
homeplace.
14
Oct 1835 David Presley, files on another
40 acres in Lincoln Co. Mo. It
is the NWSE of Sect. 4, T
49N, R 2W.
21
Oct 1835 David Presley files on two more
pieces of land in Lincoln Co.
Mo. The first is 40 acres, the NESE of Sect 4, T
49N, R 2W.
The second parcel is 40
acres, the SWSW of Sect. 3, T 49N,
R 1W.
15
Feb. 1836 Samuel Howell, Elizabeth Welty's
husband files on 40 acres
in Lincoln Co. Mo. It is the NWNW of Sect. 20, T 49N, R 1W.
20
Aug 1836 Abraham, Moses Bond and
Samuel Howell sign legal
documents so the can
handle Abraham's son, Joseph R.
Welty's estate. He has died at an age between 16 and 21.
1836 Moses Bond and wife Zillah now own 120 acres. Abraham
owns 120, and is second
owner on 80 acres under Francis
Parkers name.
Another 80 acres are in his sons Elisha
and
Joseph R. names. Joseph R. is a co-owner with Rosannah
Welty Early's family.
25
June 1836 Elisha files on 40 acres of land.
He is given a certificate of
entry on this date. The transaction is not completed until 28
Aug 1838.
1837 Universalist history states the Troy church
was being revived
by Dunkard Universalists
in this year. Universalist services
have been reported in
Troy as early as 1812, at Woods Fort.
It was the earliest
Universalist church in Missouri. Abraham
Welty's association with this
church is unknown.
31
May 1837 Abraham advertises the Joseph R. Welty land in the
paper. It is to be sold in August.
Aug 1837
Abraham buys Joseph's
land for $80 from his estate.
2
Nov 1837 Young Howell, Christina Welty's husband, files on 40
acres
in Lincoln Co. Mo. It is the SESE of Sect. 20, T 49N, R 1W.
Joseph R. Welty, Abraham's son, files on 40 acres of
land in
Lincoln Co. Mo. It is the NENE of Sect. 10, T 49N, R. 2W.
This must have been a
action in progress before he died, which
Abraham completed.
22
Feb 1838 Rosannah Welty marries Charles Early, in Lincoln County,
Missouri. They will have 11 children, 4 sons and 7
daughters.
One of the daughters Mahalia
will marry back into the Welty
line when she marries
James Madison Howell, the grandson of
Young Howell and Christina Catherine Welty.
2 Aug 1838
Thomas East, Fanny Welty's
husband files on 40 acres in
Lincoln County Mo. It is the NWSW of Sect. 17, T 49N,
R 1W. On this same date David Presley, Mahala Welty's
husband files on 160 acres
in Lincoln Co. Mo. It is the NW ¼
of section 10, T 49N, R
1W. Moses Bond, Zillah Welty's
husband also files on 80
acres of Lincoln Co. Mo. land. It is
the E ½ NW of Sect 29, T
49N, R 1W. It will later be part of
the William Smith Sr
homeplace. Thomas East, Fanny
Welty's husband also files on 40
acres of land in Lincoln Co.
Mo. It
is the NW SW Sect. 17, T 49 N, R 1W.
This is
shorthand for the NW ¼ of
the SW ¼ of Section 17.
28
Aug 1838 Samuel Howell, Elizabeth Welty's husband files on 40
acres
in Lincoln Co. Mo. It is the NWNE of Sect. 18, T 49N, R 1W.
Young Howell, Christina Welty's husband also files on
40
acres in Lincoln Co. Mo.
on this date. It is the NESE of Sect.
20, in T 49N, R 1W. Abraham Welty also files on 40 acres
of
land in Lincoln Co.
Mo. It is the SWSW of Sect. 21, T. 49N,
R. 1W. His wife will also sell this piece to William
Smith Sr at
a later date. Elisha
Welty, Abraham's son files on 40 acres in
Lincoln Co. Mo. It is the SWNW of Sect. 21, T. 49N, R. 1W.
He is between 23 and
28 years old. His signature is
recorded on the
document. The 1836 land map shows Elisha
owning this land, so the
1838 filing is apparently the final step
in a process that took
several years to complete when acquiring
land. All other land dates in this log should all
reflect this final
acquisition date, rather
than the date of first possession of their
properties.
30
Aug 1838 Rosannah Welty's husband
Charles Early, files on 40 acres in
Lincoln County Mo. NWSW Sect 35, T50N, R1W.
1 April 1839
Thomas East, Fanny Welty's
husband, files on 40 acres in
Lincoln Co. Mo. It is the SWNE of Section 17, T 49N, R 1W.
21
July 1839 Mary Welty marries John Hamilton Trail, in Lincoln Co. Mo.
ca. 1839
David Welty, Abraham's brother dies in Salem, Ohio.
1840
census The Lincoln County census show Abraham's
family as two
young men, one between 20
and 30, one between 30 and 40.
One is R. Elisha Welty, aged 30. The other man is
James Thomas Johnson, a
runaway, bond servant,
from Kentucky. He was born in Kentucky, and ran away from
his bondage at age 14,
which may have been in Adams County,
Illinois. He crosses the Mississippi River when it is
frozen.
Abraham also has two
young women in the home, one in the 15
to 20 year range, one in
the 20 to 30 range. One is Rachel who
is 20 and will marry in
November. The other is Nancy Ann
Johnson, James Johnson's
younger sister. She was also
indentured and treated as a
slave, in Adams Co. Ill. Her
brother James after making
his escape, comes back and rescues
her. She will later go back and marry John E.
Thomas These
Johnson children had
obviously know the Welty's during their
years in Kentucky. The children’s father, John B. Johnson, had
been murdered, and to keep
the farm, the family indentured the
two youngest children. James brother Garret stayed and took care
of mother Rhonda, the farm,
and sister Malissa. Malissa fell in
love with (fnu) Petra, the
son of the man who shot her father, and
ran away with him. The family turned her photo to the wall,
showing they had disowned
her.
Abraham owns no
slaves. Samuel Howell, Young
Howell, Moses Bond, Thomas
East, and David Presley Jr are all
listed. This is the last time Elisha shows up in the records.
5
Nov 1840 Rachel Welty marries Joseph C. Hunter in Lincoln County,
Missouri.
Early
1840's Samuel Howell, Elizabeth Welty's husband is called up
by
the Missouri Militia to
serve on the border with Iowa, in a
dispute over the location
of the border. Congress settles the
issue without fighting
breaking out.
12
Feb 1842 Abraham writes his
will. He gives all his estate to his
wife
Mary, "Polly",
and says she is to provide for his children.
Elisha is not given anything specifically. He has some land.
A lot of relatives will
begin heading out the Oregon Trail. He
may have headed west with
them.
Mar 1842
Chancery Court of Lincoln County rules in favor of Mary
Welty Trail's divorce petition. It
is finalized during the next
session of the court.
7
April 1842 Abraham Welty has died in
Lincoln County Missouri.
On this date his will is
probated. His grave has not been
located.
Feb 1844
Elisha has died. The County Court appoints Moses Bond,
Administrator of his
Estate. He is ordered to sell to the highest
bidder, Elisha's 40 acres, on 29 April
1844. There is some
delay.
28
Sept 1844 Elisha's land is sold at the courthouse to Richard H. Woolfolk.
Filed for the record 12
March 1845, Recorder of Deeds, Book
G, Page 192.
9
May 1844 James Thomas Johnson Jr marries
Elizabeth Bond in Lincoln
Co. Mo. She is the daughter of Moses Bond and Zillah Welty
Bond. James is a run-a-way bond servant from
Kentucky
who the Abraham
Welty's have taken in. Thomas
and
Elizabeth will have five
children, two of which die as infants.
In 1850 they go out the
Oregon Trail. Elizabeth dies on
11 May
1852 in Salem Oregon. The family erects a tombstone in
Lincoln County, Mo. in her
memory. Following her wishes,
James returns to Lincoln
County, Mo. via Panama, and New
York, City.
Following the wishes of Elizabeth,
on 17 Nov 1853,
he marries Sarah Ann
East, the daughter of Thomas East and
Francis Welty East. They
will have eight children.
The new family will move
to California in 1864.
7
Mar 1844 William Smith Sr. marries Mary "Polly" Welty, in
Lincoln
Co. Mo. They will have seven children. Welty, Britton, and
Columbus, and Cordelia,
Artilla, Druscilla, and Phoenia.
See the William Smith Sr.
log for full details.
8
May 1844 William Smith Jr. marries Mary
"Polly" East, daughter of
Heinrich Thomas East and Fanny Welty, in Lincoln County
Missouri. They will have 11 children. See the William Smith
Sr log for details on this
marriage.
18
Feb 1848 Mahala Welty Presley writes Elizabeth
Welty Howell. The
letter is short and about
family.
1848
David Presley and Mahala Welty
Presley leave Independence,
Missouri, where they have
been living, and hit the Oregon Trail
for the far west.
1 June 1848
Joseph C. Hunter, Rachel Welty's
husband files for 40 acres
in Lincoln Co. Mo. The land is 3SW of Sect. 18, T 49N,
R 1W.
13
Feb 1849 Sydney Smith marries Barbara
Presley in Linn County,
Oregon. They will have three daughters and a
son. See the
William Smith Sr log for
details on this family.
22
Aug 1849 Zillah Welty Bond dies in Lincoln County, Missouri.
Prior
to 1850 Rachel Welty Hunter dies in Lincoln County Missouri.
1850
William Smith Sr and Mary Welty
Smith buy their home
place from Moses Bond and
his wife Zillah Welty Bond,
Mary's sister.
17
Feb 1850 Moses Bond, Zillah's husband, marries Sarah
Price.
Lincoln County marriage book. She is the widow Mrs Sophia
Bruce. It appears her maiden name was Sarah Sophia
Price.
1850 Mary Welty owns one female slave,
age 19. Rachel Welty
Hunter has died and her children, Mary E., Margaret,
and John
W. Hunter are
living with her. There are no male
Welty's listed
in the 1850 census of
Lincoln County.
June
1850 Thomas East and wife Fanny Welty Smith, and family are
living four miles west of
Troy.
Oct 1850
A partially completed building on Main Street of Troy, now
part of Hechler's
Hardware, is purchased by the Universalist
Society to be completed as
a church. The walls have been
standing since 1837. It is finished in 1851, with the upper floor
becoming the Masonic Hall
and Sons of Temperance meeting
place. The minister preaches against slavery and the
church is
dead by 1856. Since Mary Welty owned slaves, it is
unlikely
that she was interested in
this church.
11
Dec 1850 Rachel Welty's husband Joseph C. Hunter remarries. He
marries Elizabeth East,
the sister of Mary East, William Smith
Jrs wife.
20
Feb 1851 Calvin Smith marries Mary
Howell, daughter of Samuel
Howell and Elizabeth Welty Howell, in Lincoln
County,
Missouri. They will have one son. See the William Smith Sr
log for details of this
marriage.
1851 Moses Bond's daughter Elizabeth and husband
James Johnson,
with three children, head
out the Oregon Trail for Oregon.
1 Dec 1851
Charles Early, Rosannah Welty's
husband files on 40 acres of
land. It is the NWNE of Sect. 10, T 49N, R 2W, in
Lincoln
County.
11
May 1852 Moses Bond's daughter Elizabeth
Johnson dies in Salem,
Oregon. At his late wives behest, James Johnson packs
up his
three children, and heads
for Missouri, via the Panama Canal
and New York City, to
marry Sarah Ann East, his wives 1st
cousin in Troy, Mo.
1852-1853
Moses Bond has his three grandchildren living with him until
their dad, James Johnson,
marries Sarah Ann East on 17 Nov
1853. They will move to Adams or Pike Co ill. in
1862, then
head for California again
in 1864, by horse team and wagon.
1856
Fanny Welty East dies in
Lincoln County, Missouri.
15
Nov 1857 Charles Early, Rosannah Welty's husband, dies in
Lincoln
County, Missouri. He is buried in the Sulphur Lick Cemetery.
20
May 1858 William Smith Sr, Mary's husband buys 199 acres from
Zillah's husband Moses Bond to add to the home place. The
price is $1,300.00/
28
Jan 1860 William Smith Sr buys the final
80 acres of the home place from
Moses Bond.
1860
Moses Bond, Zillah's husband,
is Junior warden, of Troy
Masonic Lodge #34. He is promoted to senior warden.
William Smith Jr. is a
member. Yearly report of the Masonic
Lodges of Missouri.
18
June 1860 Moses Bond, Zillah's
husband, has lost his second wife.
1860 census. The census also shows Mary
Welty has a slave
cabin and 5 female slaves.
Dec? 1860 Moses Bond marries the widow
Zillah Powell. They will have
a daughter Donna M., born
15 Aug 1861. She will marry
Robert C. Brown.
12
April 1861 The civil war begins.
9 Oct 1861
Mary "Polly" Welty writes her
will. Her slave, Julian, is set
free. Julian's daughters, Emily, Niargarehla,
Adelone, and
Barbara, are given one each to her daughters,
Elizabeth Howell,
Rosanna Early, and Christina
Howell, respectively. For
Mary Welty Smith, who
gets $5 only, "as a result of the
treatment she has received
of late from her." This section
will
be dropped from a later
version of the will. Her grandson
Abraham Howell gets the
slave Barbara. She also makes
provision for the
possibility her slaves may be emancipated
before she dies. She also says that "In as much as my
children
are all daughters"
verifying that her sons have died.
3
July 1863 William Smith Jr. and Mary
East Smith, arrive on Medicine
Creek, south east of
Kirwin, Kansas. They staked out a
homestead in Dorr township,
in Smith County Kansas. Other
Smiths, Easts, Kinions, and
Claggerts were with them.
Christmas
1863 Richard East, Fanny Welty East's son, has been staying
with the William Smith Jr
family, i.e. Mary "Polly"
Welty
Smith, since he got mustered out
of Co. C, 2nd Provisional
Enlisted Missouri Militia.
15
Oct 1864 Mary Welty's estate pays Daniel
Howell $1.00 for cleaning out
her well. This is a claim to her estate.
15
Oct-10 Dec 1864 Mary Welty dies in
Lincoln county, Mo. She is 77
years old. She is buried in the Howell Cemetery, Tucker
Graveyard.
10
Dec 1864 William Smith Jr takes Mary
Welty's Negroes to Wright City
to be sold. Mary's probate pays him $10.80 for
doing this.
Jan 1865
Missouri abolishes slavery within the state.
10
Feb 1865 Mary Welty's will is
probated. Probate will drag on until
1872.
26
May 1865 The Civil War is over.
1865
–1866 Cholera is present in the
county. The recent death of Mary
Welty may have been from
her contaminated well. Cholera is
waterborne disease.
1868 Moses Bond has lost his third wife. He marries the widow of
Col Wm Brunk. Her name is Jane.
Oct 1872
The probate of Mary Welty's estate is finished.
The estate, which included
40 acres of land is valued
at $1,026.00. There are no disbursements to any descendents
named Welty, as the sons
have died.
17
July 1877 David Presley Jr. Mahala's husband dies in Oregon.
14
Oct 1877 Joseph C. Hunter, Rachel Welty's husband dies, in Lincoln
County, Missouri.
16
April 1880 Squire Moses Bond, Zillah Welty's husband dies while
visiting with his son in
law who is working cutting stalks in
a field at Moses's home,
5 miles west of Troy, Lincoln County,
Missouri. The son in law leaves the field for water,
and returns
to find he has died. Obit.
The son in law would have been
Robert C. Brown. Tombstones for him have been found in the
Troy City Cemetery, next
to his daughter Donna and her
husband Robert C. Brown,
and the Brunk Cemetery.
Both have the same
information.
20
April 1880 Moses Bond is buried with Masonic
honors by the Troy lodge. He was a past
Master.
5
May 1882 Samuel Howell, Elizabeth Welty Howell's husband dies in
Lincoln County, Mo. He is buried in the Howell Tucker
Cemetery.
1882 The St Louis and Hannibal Railroad reaches
Troy.
1886
Mahala Welty Presley is
living in Salem, Marion County
Oregon, with her husband
David.
24
Jan 1887 Rosannah Welty Early dies in Lincoln County, Missouri.
Another source says the
date is 24 June.
22
Jan 1888 Elizabeth Welty Howell dies
in Lincoln County, Missouri.
She is buried in the Howell Tucker
Cemetery.
5
Feb 1892 Mary Welty Smith dies in
Lincoln Co. Mo. She is buried with
husband William, in the
Slavens Chapel Cemetery.
18
Feb 1893 Christina Catherine Welty Howell dies in Lincoln County
Missouri. She is buried in the Howell Tucker
Cemetery.
Also listed as Hunter
Cemetery. Tombstone data.
23
Feb 1893 Mary East Smith, William
Smith Jr's wife dies in Lincoln Co.
Mo.
1894 Buchanan College is founded in Troy.
28
Jun 1898 Professor W. F. Welty, formerly
principal of the Olney Institute,
at Olney, Lincoln County,
Mo, is currently President of the
college at Siloam Springs
Arkansas. He has married Emily
Gaylord, of Sandoval,
Ill. Troy Free Press. His relationship to
Abraham is unknown.
7
April, (July?) 1898 Mahala Welty Presley dies in Jefferson, Marion
County, Oregon. Another source says 1 April.
1908
William Smith Jr, husband of Mary "Polly" East Smith
dies near
Winfield, Lincoln Co.
Mo. Obituary
The
data in this event log was acquired and shared by numerous cousins and
friends. The primary contributors were
cousins Mrs. Patsy Brown Creech, and Mr. Kirby Ross. Mrs. Audrey Kinion identified and supplied a
major source of Welty data. Mr. George
Giles has contributed time and items to the chronicle. To all other contributors, my sincere
thanks. This log was compiled by Willard
Smith Bacon,