We are researching Peter Winebrenner, son of Christian Winebrenner and Mary Adam.
1818 On 28 October, Peter Winebrenner Jr. and his wife Mary sold to Conrad Martin their 1/7 part of the Adam property. Peter was an heir of Mary Winebrenner, daughter of John Adam. The land was adjacent to land of Christian Winebrenner Sr. [1]
1820 Peter Winebrenner lived in Woodbury Twp, Bedford County, Pennsylvania with males: one age 0-10 [David], one age 16-26, and females: one age 0-10 [Hetty], one age 16-26. Nearby listings included Mary River [sister], Christian Winebrenner [father], and Edward Cowan. [2]
1830 Peter Winebrenner was taxed in Woodberry Twp, Blair County, Pennsylvania. [3]
1840 Peter Winebrenner was taxed in Blair Twp, Blair County, Pennsylvania. [4]
Peter Winebrenner was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Greenfield Twp, Blair County, Pennsylvania. [5]
1843 Peter Winebrenner was one of the twelve original members of the Christian Church in Noble County, Indiana. [6]
1850 Peter Winebrenner (age 50) and Mary Winebrenner (age 49) lived in Wheatfield, Indiana County, Pennsylvania with Matilda Winebrenner (age 14) and William Hill (age 4). [7]
1859 Peter Winebrenner died on May 16, 1859 and was buried at Burr Oak, Noble County, Indiana. [8]
Research Notes:
1892 The heirs of Mary and Peter Winebrenner were named in a series of court cases brought by Eli Rivir. Peter Winebrenner had died in 1858 leaving widow Mary Winebrenner, who died in 1860, and eight children. Many of the defendants in the case were described as heirs of Peter and Mary Winebrenner, although some of the defendants might have been purchasers of land from the heirs. The relationship of the individual defendants to Peter and Mary Winebrenner was not always specified clearly in the court proceedings. The children included (only 7 have been identified from the proceedings, so far) Peter Winebrenner (administrator of the estate) and wife Mary, Jacob Winebrenner and wife Rachel, Andrew Winebrenner and wife Mary A., Henry and Hettie Dale, William H and Mary Longsworth, William Winebrenner and wife Matilda. David Winebrenner, deceased was named as a child or Peter and Mary, and David's heirs were named as defendants, but it is unclear if David was counted among the eight children. Defendant Byron Gray, guardian of John Rivir, a person of unsound mind, was also named as a defendant. William Hill and Emma Hill were named as defendants. Note that William Hill (age 4) lived with Peter and Mary Winebrenner in the 1850 census. The original list of defendants named Jacob Winebrenner and wife Lydia, Matilda Laswell, Joseph Winebrenner and wife Amelia, Henry Winebrenner and wife Maggie, Eliza and Frederick Frances, Mary and James Conlon, John Winebrenner and wife, David Winebrenner and wife, the heirs of Hattie Keithly deceased who was a daughter of David Winebrenner deceased, William and Emma Hill, and Byron Gray guardian of John Rivir. [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22]
Other researchers have reported the children named here. It appears that these notes might involve more than one person named Peter Winebrenner, who lived in Indiana County, Pennsylvania in 1850, but may have lived in Noble County, Indiana before and after that time. We show the children and spouses of children here as placeholders for research notes. We are not confident about the children listed here, nor their spouses.
[1] Bedford County, Pennsylvania, Deed L-404, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[2] United States Federal Census, 1820, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[3] J Simpson Africa, History of Huntingdon and Blair Counties, Pennsylvania, [Blair] (Philadelphia: Louis H. Everts, 1883), 243, [InternetArchive], [HathiTrust].
[4] J Simpson Africa, History of Huntingdon and Blair Counties, Pennsylvania, [Blair] (Philadelphia: Louis H. Everts, 1883), 49, right column, [InternetArchive], [HathiTrust].
[5] J Simpson Africa, History of Huntingdon and Blair Counties, Pennsylvania, [Blair] (Philadelphia: Louis H. Everts, 1883), 121, [InternetArchive], [HathiTrust].
[6] Ira Ford, ed., History of Northeast Indiana LaGrange, Steuben, Noble and DeKalb Counties, Vol. 1 (Lewis, 1920), 372, [HathiTrust].
[7] United States Federal Census, 1850, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[8] Find A Grave Memorial 20673071, no photo, [FindAGrave].
[9] Indiana, Will and Probate Records, [AncestryImage].
[10] Indiana, Will and Probate Records, [AncestryImage].
[11] Indiana, Will and Probate Records, [AncestryImage].
[12] Indiana, Will and Probate Records, [AncestryImage].
[13] Indiana, Will and Probate Records, [AncestryImage].
[14] Indiana, Will and Probate Records, [AncestryImage].
[15] Indiana, Will and Probate Records, [AncestryImage].
[16] Indiana, Will and Probate Records, [AncestryImage].
[17] Indiana, Will and Probate Records, [AncestryImage].
[18] Indiana, Will and Probate Records, [AncestryImage].
[19] Indiana, Will and Probate Records, [AncestryImage].
[20] Indiana, Will and Probate Records, [AncestryImage].
[21] Indiana, Will and Probate Records, [AncestryImage].
[22] Indiana, Will and Probate Records, [AncestryImage].