Thomas Sheldon^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1789 - 1871  (~ 81 years)

• Name	Thomas Sheldon  [5, 6]
  Born	Nov 1789	Morristown, Morris, New Jersey, United States
  Gender	Male
  Died	1871	Point Pleasant, Hardin, Iowa, United States
  Buried	Point Pleasant Cemetery, Pleasant Township, Hardin County, Iowa
  Person ID	P-108077056	SheldonTurner
  Last Modified	14 Feb 2011

  
  

  Family 1	Huldah Tharp-Thorpe,   b. Abt 1792, Morris County, New Jersey? ,   d. 3 Sep 1853, Holmes County, Ohio  (Age ~ 61 years)
  Married	1810-1811	, Muskingum, Ohio
  Children	+ 1. Asher I. Stillwell,   b. 31 Jul 1811, Morris County, New Jersey? ,   d. 31 May 1890, Holmes County, Ohio  (Age 78 years) + 2. Catherine C. Sheldon,   b. 14 Jan 1812, Licking Co?. Ohio ,   d. 24 May 1895, Point Pleasant Twp Hardin Co. Iowa  (Age 83 years) + 3. William Putnam Sheldon,   b. Jan 1815, Muskingum County Ohio ,   d. 21 May 1902, Monroe Township, Coshocton County, Ohio.  (Age ~ 87 years) + 4. Mary (Polly) N. Sheldon,   b. 1818, Ohio. USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown + 5. Harriet Sheldon,   b. 4 Jun 1819, Licking Co?. Ohio ,   d. 10 Feb 1888, Hardin County Iowa  (Age 68 years)   6. Phoebe Ann Sheldon,   b. 1824, Ohio. USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown + 7. Hester Jane Sheldon,   b. 1827, Ohio. USA ,   d. 31 Jul 1909, Hardin County Iowa  (Age 82 years) + 8. Thomas Jefferson Sheldon,   b. 31 Aug 1828, Muskingum County Ohio ,   d. 20 Aug 1922, Eldora, Hardin County Iowa  (Age 93 years) + 9. Sarah Sheldon,   b. 1830, Ohio. USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown + 10. Martha R. Sheldon,   b. 11 Feb 1832, Ohio. USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown + 11. George Washington Sheldon,   b. 16 Jun 1834, , Holmes County, Ohio ,   d. 19 May 1906, Hubbard, Hardin, Iowa, USA  (Age 71 years) + 12. Susan M. Sheldon,   b. 18 Sep 1837 , Holmes County, Ohio ,   d. 4 Jun 1923, Palisade, Hitchcock, Nebraska,  (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F75	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Rebecca Richardson,   b. 1813, Sugarcreek, Tuscarawas Co., OH ,   d. 21 Jul 1863, Knox County, Ohio  (Age 50 years)
  Married	1 Apr 1854	Knox, Ohio, United States
  Children	+ 1. Isaac Putnam Sheldon,   b. 1855, Richland Twp Holmes Co., Ohio ,   d. 5 Feb 1908, Baldwin, Burleigh, North Dakota, United States  (Age 53 years)
  Family ID	F76	Group Sheet

  
  

• Headstones

  Headstone of Thomas Sheldon Patriarch of the Family

  
  

• Notes

  Point Pleasant, IA Cemetery. Taken by Roy Sheldon, ggg grandson. New Jersey Rateables Kenn Stryker-Rodda 1778-1780 page 94 Roxbury Township lists a Thomas Sheldon 30 acres, 1 horse 2 cows, 1 pig, 1780 38 acres 0 horses 0 cows 0 pigs (could be relation). Asher Tharp is listed in same book on page 92. Thomas listed in 1850 Holmes County, Ohio census page 255 assets of $300.00. Son William listed below. Thomas J. and Huldah (Thorpe) Sheldon, both natives of New Jersey, where they were married. They settled in Ohio before the war of 1812, and the father entered the service from that state. They cleared up a timber farm in the wilderness. About 1831 they moved to Holmes county and opened up another timber farm and lived on it about eighteen years Thomas Sheldon Chris has marriage in New Jersey about 1812 LAND: Ellen Thomas Berry & David A. Berry, "Early Ohio Settlers-Purchasers of land in East and East Central Ohio 1800-1840" (?, Genealogical Pub.,?) p. 258. Land Ohio: Thomas Sheldon from Blair, Elizabeth and James vol 13 page 558 have photocopy of article dated 1847 FHL film 043025 and photocopy of general index to deeds page 76 Land records Ohio vol 12 page 611 Thomas Sheldon from Jonas Stanberry 40 acres VETERAN: WAR OF 1812-PRIVATE in Capt. Isaac Van Horne's 27th Regiment of Infantry commanded by Col. Croghan. Enlisted at Zanesville, Muskingum Co., OH on or about 12 Sep 1813. Discharged at Detroit, MI on or about 12 Sep 1814 (Possible service in McConnel's Regiment & DeLong's 1st Regiment, Ohio Militia per NARA microfilm of service cards.) MILITARY-LAND: BLW of Thomas Sheldon. HISTORY: Hardin County Historical Society, "Hardin County Iowa" (Dallas TX, Taylor Pub. Co., 1981) Have Copies Family group sheets of Patricia Hunt of Seattle, WA. Have Copy of deed from Newton Stilwell to Thomas Sheldon in Holmes County Ohio dated 10th of August 1853 Source: 1828 Muskingum County Ohio Tax Duplicate Falls Twp Land and Houses Sheldon Thomas range 8 twp 1 Qr3 W side 123 acres Falls Twp Personal 1 horse 2 cows Thomas and Huldah are also listed in the Muskingum County Official Roster of First Families formed in 1982. Family numbers are 150 and 151 year proved by Patricia Hunt. But has Thomas proved in year 1813 and Huldah in 1809 Have land record certificate #10397 purchase from Jonas Stanbury august 15 1837 New Jersey Rateables Kenn Stryker-Rodda SOURCE: Family group sheets of Patricia Hunt of Seattle, WA. Have Copy of deed from Newton Stilwell to Thomas Sheldon in Holmes County Ohio dated 10th of August 1853 Paper were filed in 1825 regarding Guardianship of Asher(3) Tharp and Thomas Sheldon Guardian book A Page 40 Case 627 Muskingum County Guardian Records 1816-1830 Asher the father in law died 1826 New Jersey 1793 militia enrollment The following was taken from the microfilmed handwritten transcribed registers of the militia enrollment for Burlington, Camden, Essex, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Sussex counties as found in the Joint Free Public Library of Morristown and Morris Twp. On November 30, 1792, a law was passed in the New Jersey State Legislature which was aimed at the reorganization of the New Jersey State Militia. One of the first requirements of the law was to have a statewide census taken of all eligible males between the ages of 18 and 45. The census was to determine manpower potential and to organize those listed into militia bodies. Exception being made to certain persons who have done Revolutionary War service or others previously enrolled in a state militia; these exemptions are often listed and herein enumerated. Exemption was also made by payment of a $3.00 yearly fee. [Assuming that no one was younger than 18 or older than 45, then everyone would have been born between 1748 and 1775.] The last page of this contains the following statement: This May certify that the above is a true Return made to me by Several Deputies in the County of Morris - - as witness my Hand this 28th Day of May 1793 Ellis Cook Commissioner George Shaver Pequanack Peter Shea Roxbury Thomas Sheldon Roxbury Loenard Shem Roxbury Abraham J. Shenk Morris Daniel Shiner Roxbury Jehial Stillwell Hanover John Stilts Roxbury William Stilwell Morris Baker Tharp Roxbury George Tharp Roxbury John Tharp Roxbury (Research):Thomas moved from Muskingum to Holmes County about 1830. Then to Hardin County Iowa after 1860. He appears in the 1860 Ohio census then in the 1870 Iowa Census. Rebecca Richardson Lohr 2nd wife died 1863 and was buried in Knox County in the workman cemetery in union township by first husband Henry Lohr who was Aleva's Father. From Roy Sheldon: Thomas SHELDON birth & death dates from Hardin Co. Cemetery Records War of 1812 destroyed many NJ records so he has not been able to be traced back further. Some say he came to OH with a brother, (an early census implies one in the enumeration), but no Sheldon brother has been found. There is a Thomas Sheldon listed in the 1793 NJ militia of Roxbury, Morris Co. (http://www.rootsweb.com/~njmorris/military/militia/militia-d.htm by rick Is he the father of Thomas Sheldon, born 1789? Or perhaps he was adopted, an orphan, etc. We don't know Thomas's origins. The name Putnam was used as a middle name for two of his children, Wm. Putnam & Isaac Putnam. Perhaps his mother was a Putnam, or married one, and he came to OH with a brother named Putnam. Rufus Putnam was a famous figure in OH history at the time, so that could account for the name, rather than a familial association. However, an I. Putnam did own land in Tiverton Twn., Coshocton Co. in 1872, according to an atlas of that date. Dr. Isaac Putnam (1824-1873) lived in Holmes and/or Coshocton Co., OH. His wife was Sarah Cunningham (d. 1878) and they had at least two children: David E. (1857-1885) & Robert, an MD (1852-1933). I believe there is a connection with the Sheldon family. Thomas Sheldon (1789-1871) named a son born in 1855 Isaac Putnam Sheldon. William Sheldon, one of Thomas's grown sons, a year later, named his newborn son William Putnam Sheldon (1856-1939). I'm not too sure how often people named their children after the doctor who delivered them, but there may be a closer family tie. There was a Wm. Putnam listed as living in Hanover Twp in the 1788 Census Index of Morris Co., NJ. The Tharps were from Morris Co., NJ. Perhaps Thomas's parents were from there too. From the Hardin Co., IA history (1911) entry on son TJ Sheldon: "His parents were Thomas J. and Huldah (Thorpe) Sheldon, both natives of New Jersey, where they were married. They settled in Ohio before the war of 1812, and the father entered the service from that state. They cleared up a timber farm in the wilderness. About 1831 they moved to Holmes county and opened up another timber farm and lived on it about eighteen years" (http://www.rootsweb.com/~iabiog/hardin/pp1911/pp1911_s.htm #Thomas Jefferson Sheldon). Pat Hunt has Huldah as a witness to a transfer from Asher to Moses Tharp on 28 Sep 1809 in Musk. Co. Wilmer Bechtel, Pat Hunt, & Chris Rumbaugh have done extensive work on the Sheldon lines. I am indebted to them for information, especially Wilmer's "Sheldon Family Tree" & Pat's charts. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: http://www.open.org/~rumcd/d0001/g0000000.htm#I121: Thomas Sheldon: VETERAN: WAR OF 1812-PRIVATE in Capt. Isaac Van Horne's 27th Regiment of Infantry commanded by Col. Croghan. Enlisted at Zanesville, Muskingum Co., OH on or about 12 Sep 1813. Discharged at Detroit, MI on or about 12 Sep 1814 (Possible service in McConnel's Regiment & DeLong's 1st Regiment, Ohio Militia per NARA microfilm of service cards.) Wife 1: Huldah THARP. The research of Wilmer Bechtel & Pat Hunt, et al has uncovered Huldah's origins in NJ. Huldah's father, Asher Tharp, served as a quartermaster sergeant in the NJ militia during the Revolutionary War. The Tharps lived in the Morristown, NJ area. Wife 2: Rebecca RICHARDSON LOHR: 2nd wife of Henry Lohr. Rebecca is buried in Workman Cem., Danville, OH, as Rebecca Lore, with 1st husband Henry Lore. Info from website: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/5957/workman-l.html Her parents from Barbara Richardson: http://worldconnect.genealogy. rootsweb. com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=barbarar&id=I690 New Jersey Census, 1772-1890 about Thomas Sheldon Name: Thomas Sheldon State: NJ County: Morris County Township: Roxbury Year: 1793 Record Type: June Tax List Database: NJ Tax Lists Index 1772-1822 New Jersey Census, 1772-1890 about Ivory Sheldon Name: Ivory Sheldon State: NJ County: Morris County Township: Hanover Township Year: 1812 Record Type: October Tax List Page: 013 Database: NJ Early Census Index New Jersey Census, 1772-1890 about Jeremiah Sheldon Name: Jeremiah Sheldon State: NJ County: Morris County Township: Hanover Township Year: 1816 Record Type: August Tax List Page: 015 Database: NJ Tax Lists Index 1772-1822 1837 Thomas Sheldon Land Deed http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=b7d7c17d-1135-4297-9f37-0437cf5e567f&tid=13204573&pid=-108077056 Speculation About Thomas Sheldon's Father's Name/Tharp Ties to Morris & Sussex, NJ Counties http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=db4f3a3d-4c11-4a99-912d-0eefdffea0c3&tid=13204573&pid=-108077056 Thomas Sheldon land deed http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=d90459b3-855e-453e-8b1d-19178994c1cc&tid=13204573&pid=-108077056 Thos. Sheldon (1789-1871) Marker http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=e3e2c5d4-84af-4917-8c67-8632dd0bbbd4&tid=13204573&pid=-108077056

  
  

• Sources

  [S1017492665] Early Ohio Settlers:; Purchasers of Land in East and East Central Ohio 1800-1840; 977.1 r22b, Ellen Thomas Berry & David A. Berry, (Genealogical Publishing Co; Baltimore, Maryland; 1989), page 258 (Reliability: 3). Shelden, Thomas (Z-M) 1836 June 6 HolmesCo Ohio (R) 09 (T)08 (S)21 (Z-M) after a name designates that the purchase was completed in the Zanesville office for land located in the United States Military District Z indicates the transaction was made in theZanesville office [S1017492660] Muskingum County, Ohio Guardian Records 1816-1830, (Muskingum County Footprints Volume 2). [S1017492665] Early Ohio Settlers:; Purchasers of Land in East and East Central Ohio 1800-1840; 977.1 r22b, Ellen Thomas Berry & David A. Berry, (Genealogical Publishing Co; Baltimore, Maryland; 1989). [S1018088622] Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Trees. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=13204573&pid=-108077056 [S1020819752] War of 1812 Service Records, Direct Data Capture, comp., (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999.Original data - National Archives and Records Administration. Index to the Compiled Military Service Records for the Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War of 1812. Washington, ). [S1036599208] U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907, Ancestry.com, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2008.Original data - United States. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records. Automated Records Project; Federal Land Patents, State Volumes. Springfield, Virginia: Bureau of). Residence date: Residence place: United States