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Notes for Adam Meiser

1788 Adam Meiser was taxed in 1788 in Potter Twp, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. [1]

1806 "The land on which the village [New Salem/Annapolis, Jefferson County, Ohio] stands had been entered by Henry and Adam Miser, whose descendants still live in the neighborhood.". [Henry was Adam's nephew, the son of Henry]. [2]

1806 Henry Maiser and wife Margaret, of Jefferson County, Ohio, sold land in Jefferson County to Adam Myser. Dated November 1. Henry Miser had received a patent for the land in 1806. [3]

1819 Adam Myser received two patents for land in Holmes County, Ohio, on October 23. [4] [5] [6] [7]

1820 Adam Misor lived in Paint Twp, Wayne County, Ohio in a household with males: 1 (under 10), 4 (10 thru 15), 1 (16 thru 18), 3 (16 thru 25), and 1 (45 and over); and females: 1 (under 10), 1 (10 thru 15), and 1 (45 and over). Henry Misor and John Misor were listed adjacent. [8]

1824 Adam Myser died on May 22, 1824 and was buried at the Myser Family Cemetery, Winesburg, Holmes County, Ohio. [9] Notes report:

Married to 1st to Anna Catharine Haas, 2nd to Mary Eckhart

Revolutionary War veteran, served in Captain John Sneider's Company in the Northumberland County Militia.

1824 Adam Miser, of Waine [Wayne?] County, Ohio, purchased land in Jefferson County from Kramer Johnston and wife Christiana Johnston. [10]

Research Notes:

DNA [11]


Footnotes:

[1] Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[2] Joseph Beatty Doyle, Twentieth Century History of Jefferson County, Ohio (1910), 518, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[3] Jefferson County, Ohio Deeds, B-59, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[4] United States Bureau of Land Management Patent, [US_BLM image].

[5] U.S. General Land Office Records, 1776-2015, [AncestryRecord].

[6] United States Bureau of Land Management Patent, [US_BLM image].

[7] U.S. General Land Office Records, 1776-2015, [AncestryRecord].

[8] United States Federal Census, 1820, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[9] Find A Grave Memorial 92361227, [FindAGrave].

[10] Jefferson County, Ohio Deeds, J-192, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[11] The family tree of a person who has a DNA match to Robert suggests a lineage to this sibling of Robert's ancestor. The lineage is through a descendant shown on our website, [Link].