Micajah Dunn (abt. 1767 - 1844)

Born about May 1767 in New Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Torrence) Dunn — married 1799 in Columbia Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died 12 Jan 1844 at about age 76 in Manchester Township, Dearborn, Indiana

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Biography

Micajah Dunn was born in New Jersey about May 1767 per his grave stone, which listed his age as 76 years and 8 months, when he died in January of 1844. He was the son of Captain Hugh Dunn and was one of the first settlers of the Ohio River Valley near what became Hamilton County, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Micajah married to Sarah Torrence about 1799. He and Sarah first resided west of Cincinnati at Elizabethtown, where it is believed he erected a log cabin which still stands today. It is possible this was his father's home, which has been moved from it's early location to nearby Shawnee Lookout Park, but local legend has recognized this as Micajah Dunn's cabin for many years.

Micajah moved his family into Indiana Territory by 1813. They first resided in Lawrenceburg Township "near Guilford" in Dearborn County, Indiana. Eventually, Micajah purchased a farm, about 1823, in Manchester Township of Dearborn County, where he resided until his death. He was buried in the nearby Platt Cemetery. Sarah Dunn died the 1st of September in 1849. Micajah and Sarah had nine children live to adulthood.

Mercy, d. Dec 1863 m1. Richard Prest m2. Shoemake m3. Davis

Nancy, b. 21 April 1803 d. 8 Jan 1880 m. 9 March 1826 to Samuel McMullen

Elizabeth, m. Samuel Hughes

Samuel,

Gershom, b. 4 Aug 1809 in Hamilton Co., OH m. Jane Freeland

Letitia, m. Enoch Dean

Mary Jane,

John,

William, b. 23 Feb 1819/20 d. 4 Aug 1904 (see note)

Per F. E. Weakley's "History of Dearborn County" Micajah's son William and daughter Letitia resided in Nebraska in 1885. William inherited Micajah's land in Manchester and there raised his family. Letitia was residing with her daughter in Kansas during the census of 1880. It is possible the siblings traveled to Nebraska at the death of William's wife, in 1881, but William died in Ripley County at the home of his son Charles. His father "Cage" Dunn was listed as father on his 1904 death record in Ripley County. There is a discrepancy between his birth of Feb 1819, listed in the 1900 census, and the year 1820 listed on his death record. Informant was his son Charlie Dunn.

Sources

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• Residence of Micajah Dunn "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYYR-37?cc=1803955&wc=3L7F-W76%3A1586987703%2C1586987456%2C1586987459 : 16 July 2015), Indiana > Dearborn > Lawrenceburg > image 4 of 15; citing NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• Residence of Micajah Dunn "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBM-93VH?cc=1786457&wc=31SK-N76%3A1588665919%2C1588666098%2C1588667382 : 24 August 2015), Indiana > Dearborn > Manchester Township > image 8 of 29; citing NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• Will of Micajah Dunn. Dearborn County Wills Vol 2 pp. 150 & 151.

• Dearborn County Complete Probate Records Vol. 3 pp. 508 thru 519.

• [1] History of Dearborn and Ohio counties, Indiana. Chicago, F. E. Weakley & co., 1885.

• [2] Ferris, Ezra. The Early Settlement of the Miami Country. The Bowen-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1897.

• [3] Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 December 2018), memorial page for Micajah Dunn (unknown–12 Jan 1844), Find A Grave Memorial no. 43397245, citing Platt Cemetery, Dearborn County, Indiana, USA ; Maintained by dhintx (contributor 47160808) .

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Dunn-1603 created through the import of Keller-Freeland-Ferris Family .ged on Feb 27, 2012 by Elizabeth Tapia. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Elizabeth and others.