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