Lydia (Layton) Myers (abt. 1820 - 1884)

Born about Dec 1820 in Rockingham Co., Virginia, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Emanuel Myers — married about 1847 in Licking Co., Ohio, USA

Descendants

Died 27 Feb 1884 at about age 63 in Hartford Twnp., Licking Co., Ohio, USA

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Biography

Lydia Layton was born in Dec 1820 in Rockingham Co., Virginia. She was the daughter of John Layton and Grace Phillips.

1830 census -- Rockingham Co., Virginia, USA

Name: Grace Layland [Grace Layton]

Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Rockingham, Virginia

Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14:1 (James)

Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19:2 (?,?)

Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29:1 (Abraham)

Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9:2 (Sally, Lydia)

Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14:2 (?, ?)

Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19:1 (Elizabeth)

Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59:1 (Grace)

Free White Persons - Under 20:8

Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:1

Total Free White Persons:10

Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):10^[1]

Lydia is mentioned in an 1846 petition, Abraham Philips Adm vs Elizabeth Philips et al., filed by Charles Condit, Administrator of Abraham Phillip's estate. The petition appears to list the Phillips' siblings and their children. Lydia appears to be the niece of Abraham Phillips -- as her mother had already died.^[2]

She married Emanuel Myers sometime about 1847 in Licking Co., Ohio. (source needed)

1850 census -- Hartford Twnp., Licking Co., Ohio, USA

Emanuel Myers, age 26, male, , farmer, $800 real estate, born Ohio; Lydia Myers, age 27, female, , born Ohio; Sophia Myers, age 1, female, , born Ohio.^[3]

1860 census -- Hartford Twnp., Licking Co., Ohio, USA

Amanuel Myers, age 38, male, , farmer, $1550 real estate, $450 personal property, born Ohio; Lydia Myers, age 40, female, , born Virginia; Sophiah Myers, age 11, female, , born Ohio, attended school; James Myers, age 7, male, , born Ohio, attended school; Tompson Myers, age 5, male, , born Ohio, attended school^[4]

1870 census -- Hartford Twnp., Licking Co., Ohio, USA

Emanuel Myres, age 47, male, , farming, $3850 real estate, $1600 personal property, born Ohio; Lydia Myers, age 48, female, , keeping house, born Virginia; Sophia Myers, age 21, female, , at home, born Ohio, attended school; James Myers, age 17, male, , at home, born Ohio, attended school;^[5]

1880 census -- Hartford Twnp., Licking Co., Ohio, USA

Emanuel Myers, white, male, age 57, married, farmer, born Ohio, father born Virginia, mother born Virginia; Lydia Myers, white, female, age 58, wife, married, housekeeper, born Virginia, father born Virginia, mother born Virginia; Sophia Myers, white, female, age 28, daughter, single, at home, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Virginia^[6]

She died 27 February 1884 in Hartford Twnp., Licking Co., Ohio.^[7] She is buried in Hartford Cemetery in Croton, Ohio.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH5N-P5C : 19 August 2017), Grace Layton, Rockingham, Virginia, United States; citing 235, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 199; FHL microfilm 29,678.
2. ↑ Court records, 1809-1811, 1816-1854 Licking County, Ohio, Chancery record v. Q 1844-1846, www.familysearch.org, p 648
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX3S-5XR : 12 April 2016), Lydia Myers in household of Emanuel Myers, Hartford, Licking, Ohio, United States; citing family 827, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCGV-6WN : 13 December 2017), Lydia Myers in entry for Amanial Myers, 1860.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M62Y-P61 : 12 April 2016), Lydia Myres in household of Emanuel Myres, Ohio, United States; citing p. 18, family 145, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,731.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M89N-8ST : 27 August 2017), Lydia Myers in household of Emanuel Myers, Hartford, Licking, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district ED 168, sheet 66C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1040; FHL microfilm 1,255,040.
7. ↑ "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6FJ-B38 : 9 March 2018), Liddie Myers, 27 Feb 1884; citing Death, Hartfird Township, Licking, Ohio, United States, source ID v 2 p 242, County courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 912,555.
8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158619254/lydia-myers: accessed 04 July 2023), memorial page for Lydia “Liddie” Layton Myers (4 Dec 1820–27 Feb 1884), Find A Grave: Memorial #158619254, citing Hartford Cemetery, Croton, Licking County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Flo Hoover (contributor 48056541).