Samuel M Lockhart (1812 - 1893)

Born Jun 1812 in Adams County, Ohio, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Malinda (Wright) Lockhart — married 12 Apr 1832 in Vermillion County, Illinois, USA

Descendants

Died 3 Aug 1893 at age 81 in Iowa, USA

Biography

This profile is part of the Lockhart Name Study.

The following submitted by Patricia Sheldon^[1]:

Vinton Eagle; Friday, August 4, 1893 Obituary of Samuel M. Lockhart

Samuel Lockhart

Samuel M. Lockhart of Polk township, accredited with being the first white settler in Benton County died at his home last Wednesday night. Mr. Lockhart was born in Adams county, Ohio May 17, 1812 and was united in marriage to Malinda Wright April 12, 1832 in Vermilion county, Illinois and in the fall of the same year he removed to Green county, Missouri where he resided for eighteen months and then moved back to Macon county, Illinois. In the spring of 1838 he removed to Johnson county, Iowa where his father then resided. He remained there but one year and in the spring of 1839 he removed to Polk township where he resided until his death. The deceased was the father of eleven children several of whom preceded him to the better land. His father before him being a pioneer, his means to obtain an education were limited but was an honest man always trying to do right to his fellow man. At one time he owned a section of land in Polk Twp. but had given the greater portion of it to his children. In the early days the deceased took great interest in political and public affairs. He had always been an oldline Democrat and had served as county commisssioner for six years. Mr. Lockhart was a member of the Old Settler's Association and always took great interest in its meetings. His recitations of the trials and tribulations of the early pioneers were always interesting. The present high development of the county seemed hardly possible to Mr. Lockhart in his life time yet it became an accomplished fact and received his encouragement. He was a consistent member of the Christian church. The funeral services will be held today.

{Submitter comment: Samuel Lockhart was the son of Thomas Lockhart and Mary [Brown] Grimes, the widow of Thomas Grimes of Adams County OH. Samuel and his family are recorded as the first settlers of Benton County. Although there were single men who arrived in the county before 1839, Samuel's family were the first to be considered "stayers" in the area and credited with being first white settlers in the county. Until the land was surveyed and the State of Iowa was formed in 1846 Samuel and his family lived among the friendly Indians. He rode his horse to Dubuque to file claim on the land as soon as the land opened for settlement. His g-granddaughter still lives near the site where Samuel built his home and descendents still worship in the Christian church where he was elder.}

SAMUEL M. LOCKHART. The gentleman whose name heads this biographical notice was the first to make settlement within the present boundaries of Benton County, and since locating here has been prominently identified with its agricultural development, being one of the county's most respected and honored citizens. Mr. Lockhart was born in Adams County, Ohio, May 17, 1812, and is a son of Thomas and Mary Lockhart, natives of Pennsylvania, the former of whom came to Johnson County, Iowa in 1838 and the following year moved to this county. The mother died when our subject was about eight years of age, and his father was again married, his second wife being Mrs. Nancy Steece. Thomas Lockhart departed this life in 1867, at the home of Samuel M.

Our subject was united in marriage with Malinda Wright, April 12, 1832, in Vermilion County, Illinois, and in the fall of the same year he went to Green County, Missouri, was there a resident for eighteen months, and then moved to Macon County, Illinois. In the spring of 1838 he came to Johnson County, Iowa, and in the spring of 1839 moved on the farm where he is at present residing, located on section 24, Polk Township. His educational advantages were limited, and he has devoted his life to the labor of an agriculturist. His union with Mrs. Wright has been blest with the birth of eleven children, as follows: Thomas G., born in January, 1833, married Lucinda Remington, and they reside in Wisconsin; William, born in October, 1834, deceased; Mary Jane, deceased; Nancy Ellon, deceased; Milton S. married Mary Jane Kidner, and is living in Phillips County, Kan.; Malinda became the wife of Harlan Eastman, and they resided in Linn County, Iowa, until his death, when she was a second time married to John M. Howser; Cass is living in Macon County, Mo., having selected as his companion for life Miss Harriet Wheeler; Greer was united in marriage with Miss Alvira Wheeler, and they are living on a part of the old homestead; Parmelia, deceased; Mahala, deceased, and Clarinda, deceased.

Politically, Mr. Lockhart votes with the Democratic party. He and his wife are members of the Christian Church. Mr. Lockhart at one time owned 640 acres of land. He has given to his children until he now has 276 acres, 150 under plow. He has a fine one-and-a-half story brick house, forty acres in the grove and other fine improvements. He served six years as County Commissioner.^[2]

Parents

Thomas Lockhart and Mary Brown Grimes

I finally connected Thomas Lockhart to Major Robert Lockhart as his son based upon several factors. Thomas was reputed to be a lawyer by Aristotle Smith^[3].

This would explain the how Samuel became learned in the law and was able to hold the court positions that he did even though he was a farmer.

There are other reasons, see Thomas's profile.

Children

Thomas Lockhart, William Lockhart, Mary Lockhart, Nancy E. Lockhart, Mahala Lockhart, Milton S. Lockhart Born 1844 Iowa Died March 19, 1932 in Basin, Big Horn County, Wyoming, Malinda Lockhart, Clarinda Lockhart, Cass/Cap Lockhart, Greene/Greer Lockhart, Samuel Lockhart, Elizabeth A. Lockhart, Thomas Lockhart and John F. Lockhart ^[4]

Timeline

1812 Adams County, Ohio Birth

1832 Vermillion County, Illinois Marriage 1832 Fall Green County, Missouri for 18 months [Per Obit] 1833 Thomas born IL 1834 Spring Macon County, Illinois [Per Obit] 1835 William Born Missouri

1837 Mary Jane born Illinois 1838 Johnston County, Iowa (Thomas Sr. living there) 1839 Spring Benton County, Iowa 1839 Nancy E born Iowa

1842 Mahala born Iowa 1844 Milton Samuel born Iowa

1846 Iowa became organized, Samuel filed for property rights 1846 Malinda born Iowa 1847 Permelia Born Nov, Died Dec

1850 Jan/Feb Clarinda born Iowa 1852 Cass born Iowa 1854 Greene/Greer born Iowa

NOTE: Obit states eleven children,

1856 Samuel Born (Are these four grandchildren? Because Samuel, Elizabeth and Thomas are in William and Sarah Lockhart's household in 1860 Census but appear in the 1870 Census with Samuel and Malinda Lockhart...John not proven yet) 1857 Elizabeth A Born 1859 Thomas Born

1862 John F Born

Marriage

April 12, 1832, in Vermillion county, Illinois^[5]; ^[6]

Possible brother? Louisa Chandler Joseph Lockhart 19 Apr 1831 ^[7]

Property Records

Image of Polk County right side of image, lower three quadrants.

NAME SECTION ACRES TOWNSHIP NAME TOWNSHIP RANGE Lockhart, S. 36 20 Polk 86 North 9 West Lockhart, S.M. 24 280 Polk 86 North 9 West Lockhart, S.M. 25 36 Polk 86 North 9 West Lockhart, S.M. 36 60 Polk 86 North 9 West

Total acres in 1872, 396

Possible relation: Lockheart, E. P. 28 160 Bruce 86 North 12 West^[8]

First Entries Property Records

Polk township (86—9), Abner N. Spencer, part of Sections 2, 10 and 11, September 27, 1848; Malinda Lockhart, southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of Section 24, May 1, 1846; Barney D. Springer, south half of the southeast quarter of Section 26, June 15, 1846; Joseph Remington, west half of the northeast quarter of Section 34, April 7, 1846; William Mitchell, part of Section 34, June 19, 1846; Jacob Remington, October 3, 1846; Caleb S. Hendrys, southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of Section 36, November 3, 1845; Samuel M. Lockhart, west half of the northwest quarter of Section 36, November 17, 1845.

Public Positions Held

County Commissioner

6 years.

Abstract of an Election

Held on the first Monday in April, A. D. 1846, in the county of Benton, Territory of Iowa, for the purpose of electing three County Commissioners, one Sheriff, one Commissioners’ Clerk, one Coroner, one Recorder, one Surveyor, one Judge of Probate, one Collector and Treasurer, one Inspector of Weights and Measures, one Assessor, three Justices of the Peace and three constables:

For County Commissioners – Edwin B. Spencer had 35 votes; Samuel M. Lockhart, 22; Stedman Penrose, 35; Samuel K. Parker, 33.^[9]

Election of August, 1846

The officers elected in April could only hold until the first Monday in August following. The orders above quoted in relation to the survey of Northport, the county seat, could not be executed before that election, which resulted in placing in office an almost entire new Board of County Commissioners, as will appear from the following "Abstract of the votes polled at the August election in Benton County, for the purpose of electing county and precinct officers, August 6, 1846." At this election there were three voting precincts. No civil townships had yet been made:

For County Commissioners – S. M. Lockhart had 53 votes; Charles Cantonwine, 31; L. F. North, 51; J. R. Pratt, 17; S. K. Parker, 12.

The Election of 1849

On the 2nd day of April, 1849, Joseph Rouse was elected Recorder and treasurer, probably to fill a vacancy, over Aaron Haines, by a vote of forty-seven to forty-two.

The election in Canton Township was held at the house of Jacob Cantonwine, and l. F. North had eight votes and Charles Cantonwine seven votes for Justice of the Peace. "David Cantonwine had six votes, E. R. Buchanan had two votes, William Fish had four votes, William Saws had two votes, P. Kislinger had one vote," but for what office does not appear.

The abstract of the number of votes at the election for county officers on Monday, August 6, 1849, shows a slight increase of voting population:

For County Commissioner – Samuel M. Lockhart had 40 votes; L. D. Bordwell, 16; I. D. Simison, 1.

The First Court House

Having a county seat, it became essential that a court House should be provided. The Commissioners were equal to the emergency, for the following order immediately follows the above:

Ordered. That the Commissioners’ Clerk cause notices to be posted at three places in the county for contracts to be received for building a hewed log Court House at Northport, in Benton County, of the following dimensions, viz: 20x24 feet, two stories high, eight feet between floors; white oak, maple or ash floors – laid in a workmanlike manner – one door below, three windows, of twelve lights each, one in each side of the house and one in the end; one pair of stairs three feet wide – joist white oak timber 4x7 inches, twelve in number, twelve sleepers of good, hard timber; three twelve-light windows of the same size upstairs; oak shingle roof with lath or sheeting. The upper floor to be divided by partitions into three rooms, and to each room a door and window; plastered inside and out with lime. The letting of the contract will be by sealed proposals to be sent to the County Commissioners’ Clerk previous to Saturday, 24 (June 3), when the lowest bidder will be declared. Bond for the faithful performance of the contract will be required. For further information apply to the County Commissioners’ Clerk.

Judge of Election: The Commissioners appear to have made three election precincts in the county, and appointed Judges of Election as follows:

No. 1 Precinct – E. B. Spencer, S. M. Lockhart and James Downs.

Immediately following this action is the following entry:

Ordered. That the court for receiving bids for the Court House be held at _______.

The fact that at the election, August 6, 1846, there were three precincts voting, and that very soon after the precincts were erected into townships, is a further indication that the above action was in June or July, 1846. The walls of the log Court House were laid upon the site selected at Northport in 1846 or ’47. The town plat was recorded February 12, 1848, by Samuel M. Lockhart, Loyal F. North and Thomas Way, County Commissioners; I. D. Simison, County Surveyor (who laid out the town of Northport in 1846), and named Vinton, it is said in honor of the Hon. P. Vinton, a Member of Congress from Ohio, who sent $50 to be invested in town lots, provided the name of the county seat should be changed from Northport and called Vinton, which was done. ‘Squire Bordwell says the $50 was invested, but not in Vinton town lots. The plat of Vinton, as originally recorded, shows a nice public square, in the center of which is rudely portrayed, with a pen, what is supposed to be intended for the representation of the Scales of Justice. The term of court in September, 1848, was held, according to the record, in the log Court House at Vinton.

Administer of Estate of F. J. Rigaud

The first act of Judge D. S. Pratt, who succeeded Mitchell, is dated March 22, 1848, being the appointment of Samuel M. Lockhart, of Benton County, as Administrator of the estate of F. J. Rigaud, which inventoried at $221.01.

First Court, Grand Jury, appointed foreman

The First Court

The first term of the District Court was appointed to be held at the house of Thomas Way, about two miles northeast of the present Court House, on the last Monday in August, 1846. It is said that Way's log cabin was then the best house in the county, and was selected as Court House for that reason. Grand and petit jurors were summoned, and on the day appointed James Downs, Sheriff, and Jonathan R. Pratt, Clerk of the Court, with eighteen grand and seventeen petit jurors, assembled at the house of Thomas Way; but, for some reason not now apparent, the Judge, Carleton, did not put in an appearance, and the Clerk proclaimed an adjournment until the next day. On the second day the Judge was still absent, the Clerk adjourned the court without day, and the assembled settlers dispersed to their homes disappointed that the "show did not come off."

By an act of the first General Assembly of the State of Iowa, approved Feb. 17, 1847, it was provided that "the District Court in and for the county of Benton shall be held at such place within said county as the County Commissioners may direct." The county had a seat of justice, but there was no Court House or any other house there; and, presumably, the County Commissioners directed court to be held at the house of Thomas Way; for on the 31st day of May, 1847, court was opened there for the first time in Benton County. Present, Hon. James P. Carleton, Judge of the District Court; James Downs, Sheriff; James Mitchell, Prosecuting Attorney, and Irwin D. Simison, Clerk of the District Court. Way's cabin was in the midst of thick timber, and to make room for the august assemblage, Mrs. Way removed her pots, kettles and other household utensils to the shelter of a neighboring tree. Having done this, she coolly seated herself on a stump near the open door of the cabin, and gazed with respectful wonder at the collection of learned heads assembled within to administer the law to the backwoodsmen of Benton County. The judge was perched on a three-legged stool, behind a rough deal table (the only one in the house) at the farther end of the little room. At the left of His Honor, seated on a low mill-bench, with his books and papers spread out before him, was Simison, the Clerk. There were also present, Norman W. Isbell (subsequently Judge of the Supreme Court), Isaac N. Preston, John David, D. P. Palmer, John P. Cook and Stephen Whicher, members of the bar from other counties. Benton County had no lawyer then. The court was formally opened by the Sheriff, and dispatched business with a rapidity that would startle some more modern courts.

The grand jury summoned was sworn, as follows: Fielding Bryson, James Harmely, Joseph Remington, John Bryson, Charles Graham, Stephen Brody, Jesse Brody, Josiah Helm, David Jewell, William Mitchell, Samuel M. Lockhart, James Polly, Chauncy Leverich, Anderson Amos, James M. Denison, Joseph Bryson, Lyman D. Bordwell and Samuel Stephens. Samuel M. Lockhart was appointed foreman of the Jury, which, after being duly charged, retired to the timber to deliberate, in charge of Beal Dorsey, Bailiff.

Prosecuting Attorney

Election of 1847

The abstract of the votes polled at an election held in Benton County on the 2nd day of August, 1847, signed by D. S. Pratt, Commissioners’ Clerk, and Stephen Holcomb and Charles Cantonwine, Justices of the Peace, was as follows:

For Sealer of Weights and Measurers – Aaron Hains had 9 votes; Thomas Lockhart, 11; D. S. Pratt, 5. Note: This is Samuel's son probably.

For Prosecuting Attorney – Aaron Hains had 11 votes; John Hendershott, 1; Stephen Holcomb, 5; Samuel M. Lockhart, 13.

Commissioner of Roads

State Roads in Benton County

Section 5 of "An act for laying out and establishing certain roads therein named," approved February 18, 1847, appointed James Leverich, of Linn County, Charles Cantonwine, of Benton, and William Hunt, of Black Hawk County, Commissioners to lay out and establish a State road, beginning at Cedar Rapids, thence to or near the house of Mr. Strawn, in Linn County; thence to the county seat of Benton; thence to the Falls of the Cedar.

By act approved February 25, 1847, E. B. Spencer, Samuel M. Lockhart and William Belles were appointed Commissioners to establish a State road from the county seat of Benton County to Quasqueton, Buchanan County.

The Iowa Protection Company

under the operation of which, society was much improved, although afterward it is said that acts were committed under the name of the association that could hardly bear the light of legal investigation. But it must be remembered that the laws hardly reached Benton County at that time, and something must be pardoned to the spirit of the times.

As the constitution of this organization is a somewhat curious and important document, pertaining to the early history of Benton County, the historian has thought best to reproduce it with the names of the originators and members in this county.

The document reads as follows:

This Society shall be called the Iowa Protection Company. Click here to read more.

J. S. Epperson, W. W. Hopkins, Robt. Osborn, John S. Vanclave, John D. Vanclave, Alex. Wood, Joseph Remington, Abel Cox, S. M. Lockhart, Wm. Bells, Elijah Evans, Harrison Berry, Jacob Remington, Sanford Moberley, A. H. Johnson, Albert Johnson, Jacob Fouts, John McCoy, J. M. Broad, C. M. Moberly, Joel W. Miller, Thomas G. Lockhart, Groty Osborn, Elmyrrh Howard, John Osborn, Charles Stewart, John Sauks, Wm. A. Bryson, Hiram Roselle, Wm. A. Griffin, Wm. Riley, Spencer Johnson, James Downs, Charles Epperson, Alex. Johnson, David Jewell, George McCoy, John R. Speak, Lewis W. Bryson, Stephen D. Jewell, Davis Fouts, John C. Rouse, Martin Johnson, Lanslot Johnson, Edwin C. Hall, James Johnson, Hiram T. Epperson, and A. Taylor. The organization was perfected by the election of J. S. Forsythe as President, Elijah Evans, Secretary, and George McCoy, Treasurer.

From the organization of this company, the condition of the county began to improve. Many of the gang that had been so prominent, left the county for scenes of operation farther West, while those that remained generally abandoned their old habits and became respectable citizens. The "Lynchers" too, finding their occupation gone, quietly subsided and attended to their business.

Census Records

1850

District No 11 Benton, Iowa Sept 7 1850

Name: Samuel M Lockhart

Gender: Male Age: 38 Birth Year: abt 1812 Birthplace: Ohio

Home in 1850: District 11, Benton, Iowa Family Number: 112

Household Members:

Name Age Birth Occupation

• Samuel M Lockhart 38 Ohio Farming Property Value 1000
• Malinda Lockhart 35 Iowa Cannot Read/Write
• Thomas Lockhart 71 Penn Farming
• Thomas Lockhart 17 IL Farming Attended school in past year NOTE: Birth Location not clear
• William Lockhart 15 MO Farming Attended school in past year
• Mary J Lockhart 13 IL Attended school in past year NOTE: Birth Location not clear
• Nancy E Lockhart 11 Iowa Attended school in past year
• Mahala Lockhart 8 Iowa Attended school in past year
• Milton S Lockhart 6 Iowa
• Malinda Lockhart 4 Iowa
• Clarinda Lockhart 8/12 Iowa [Jan/Feb 1850]
• Mary Henline 11 Attended school in past year^[10]

1860

Polk Township, Benton, Iowa, United States

S M Lockhart

Event Type: Census Event Year: 1860 Event Place: Polk Township, Benton, Iowa, United States

Gender: Male Age: 48 Race: White

Birth Year (Estimated): 1812 Birthplace: Ohio

Page: 27 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: M653

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace

• S M Lockhart M 48 Ohio Farmer Property Value 9000 Personal Property 900
• Marinda Lockhart F 45 Ind House Keeper
• Milton S Lockhart M 16 Iowa Farming
• Marnda Lockhart F 14 Iowa
• Clarinda Lockhart F 12 Iowa
• Cass [Looks like Cap] Lockhart M 8 Iowa
• Greene Lockhart M 6 Iowa ^[11]

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Several houses away are: Thomas Lockhart 27 Farmer Illinois Property Value 1000 Personal Property 319 Lucinda Lockhart 24 Keeping House Indiana Malinda W 4 Iowa Mary A 1 Iowa

1870

Polk Township, Benton County, Iowa, United States

Name: Saml Lockhart

Event Type: Census Event Year: 1870 Event Place: Iowa, United States

Gender: Male Age: 58 Race: White Race (Original): W

Birth Year (Estimated): 1811-1812 Birthplace: Ohio

Page Number: 183

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace

• Saml Lockhart M 58 Farmer Ohio Property Value 10000 Personal Property 910
• Malinda Lockhart F 55 Indiana Keeping House
• Cass Lockhart M 18 Iowa At Home
• Greene Lockhart M 15 Iowa At School

NOTE: The following three children are William and Sarah's, John not proven at this time.

• Saml Lockhart M 14 Iowa At School
• Elizabeth A Lockhart F 13 Iowa At School
• Thomas Lockhart M 11 Iowa At School
• John F Lockhart M 8 Iowa At School^[12]

To view the image click the following link: "United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11663-97272-56?cc=1438024 : accessed 23 March 2015), Iowa > Benton > Polk > image 25 of 32; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Son, Thomas and family are several houses away. See: "United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11663-97196-79?cc=1438024 : accessed 23 March 2015), Iowa > Benton > Polk > image 24 of 32; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

1880

Polk, Benton, Iowa, United States

Name: Samuel Lockhort

Event Type: Census Event Year: 1880 Event Place: Polk, Benton, Iowa, United States

Gender: Male Age: 68 Marital Status: Married

Race: White Race (Original): W

Occupation: Farmer

Relationship to Head of Household: Self Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Self

Birth Year (Estimated): 1812 Birthplace: Ohio, United States

Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania, United States

Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: T9 Affiliate Film Number: 0327

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace Parents/Born

• Samuel Lockhort Self M 68 Ohio, United States Farmer Pennsylvania/Don't Know
• Malinda Lockhort Wife F 65 Indiana, United States Keeping House KY/KY
• Frank Lockhort Grandson M 17 Iowa, United States Assisting on Farm MO/OH [WILLIAM'S SON?]
• Dellie Parson Granddaughter F 13 Iowa, United States At School IN/IO [MARY'S children?]
• Violy Parson Granddaughter F 8 Kansas, United States At School IN/IO Hooping Cough (at time of enumeration)
• Edith Parson Granddaughter F 6 Iowa, United States At School IN/IO Hooping Cough (at time of enumeration)
• Malinda Lockhort Wife F 65 Indiana, United States KY/KY^[13]

Death Records

Son, Greer/Green/Greene

Greer Lockhart

Event Type: Death Event Date: 27 Oct 1928

Event Place: Washington, Washington, Iowa, United States Gender: Male

Age: 71 Birth Year (Estimated): 1857

Father's Name: Samuel Lockhart Mother's Name: Melinda Wright ^[14]

Find A Grave Memorial# 76045261

Samuel Lockhart

Birth: unknown [1812] Death: Aug. 3, 1893

81yrs 2mo 20d

Family links: Parents: Letita Osborn Lockhart (1820 - 1899) NOTE THIS IS INCORRECT, this is Thomas G's spouse. Correction submitted.X-7424 05:21, 24 March 2015 (EDT)

Children: Permelia Lockhart (____ - 1847)* Mahalah Lockhart (____ - 1847)*

Siblings: Mary Lockhart (____ - 1881)* Samuel M Lockhart (____ - 1893) Thomas G Lockhart (____ - 1884)* Moses Lockhart (1839 - 1911)*

• Calculated relationship

Burial:

Davis Cemetery Urbana Linn County Iowa, USA ^[15]

To view images of the gravestone, click HERE. NOTE: This link will take you to the Findagrave Memorial.

Sources

1. ↑ Patricia Sheldon, Wed Mar 22 2000, http://iagenweb.org/benton/obits/lockhart.htm
2. ↑ Patricia Sheldon, http://iagenweb.org/benton/history/1887/lockhart.htm, see complete source below
3. ↑ http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/w/i/l/M-B-Wilson/FILE/0007page.html
4. ↑ Re: Sam'l Lockhart, b 1812 OH to Iowa, wife Malinda Wright by arlockhart http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.lockhart/604.1.1/mb.ashx and http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.lockhart/rss.xml
5. ↑ Patricia Sheldon, Wed Mar 22 2000, http://iagenweb.org/benton/obits/lockhart.htm
6. ↑ Vermilion County, Illinois Early Marriages Transcribed by Barb Ziegenmeyer FHL FILM 1298747 http://www.genealogytrails.com/ill/vermilion/marriages1.html
7. ↑ Vermillion County Records
8. ↑ http://iagenweb.org/benton/1872_atlas/atlas_l.htm
9. ↑ http://iagenweb.org/benton/history/1878/benton_history.htm
10. ↑ Year: 1850; Census Place: District 11, Benton, Iowa; Roll: M432_182; Page: 58A; Image: 118 IMAGE, login required page 15, and 16 of digital image
11. ↑ Household ID: 194 , GS Film Number: 803311 , Digital Folder Number: 004218032 , Image Number: 00397 "United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M82G-6KY : accessed 23 March 2015), S M Lockhart, Polk Township, Benton, Iowa, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," Fold3.com; citing p. 27, household ID 194, NARA microfilm publication M653, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 803,311.
12. ↑ Household ID: 1341 , Line Number: 4 , Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) , Affiliate Publication Number: M593 , GS Film number: 000545875 , Digital Folder Number: 004263522 , Image Number: 00465 "United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDJJ-6VL : accessed 23 March 2015), Saml Lockhart, Iowa, United States; citing p. 183, family 1341, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,875.
13. ↑ District: 36 , Sheet Number and Letter: 291D , GS Film Number: 1254327 , Digital Folder Number: 004240672 , Image Number: 00206 "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDKP-YPV : accessed 23 March 2015), Samuel Lockhort, Polk, Benton, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
14. ↑ Certificate Number: 6284 Page: 236 GS Film Number: 001533612 , Digital Folder Number: 007590668 , Image Number: 00058 "Iowa, County Death Records, 1880-1992," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVMN-2YL3 : accessed 23 March 2015), Samuel Lockhart in entry for Greer Lockhart, 27 Oct 1928; citing Death, United States, page , county archives, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,533,612.
15. ↑ Created by: colette harrison Record added: Sep 05, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 76045261

• "HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS OF ADAMS COUNTY, OHIO", 1982 Thompson, page 84
• "1887 Benton County, Iowa Biographies" [database online] Benton County IAGenWeb Project. <http://iagenweb.org/benton/>

Original data: "Portrait and Biographical Album of Benton County, Iowa." Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1887, p. 262. Transcribed by: Pat Sheldon. Submitted to the Benton County IAGenWeb Project on October 21st, 2007. Copyright © 2007 by Pat Sheldon. http://iagenweb.org/benton/history/1887/lockhart.htm

THOMAS:

The Courts in 1848

April 24, 1848, the court was again held in the house of Thomas Way. James P. Carleton was Judge; John Royal, Sheriff*; John Alexander, Prosecuting Attorney; I. D. Simison, Clerk; and the court records show that I. M. Preston, S. A. Bissell, William Leffingwell and William Smyth were present as attorneys. The second grand jury was impaneled as follows: E. B. Spencer, John S. Forsyth, Jacob Remington, Samuel Osborn, Joseph Bryson, Beal Dorsey, Charles Cantonwine, Loyal F. North, George Cantonwine, William Ball, Stedman Penrose, Michael Cantonwine, Jacob Cantonwine, Elias H. Keyes, Michael Zimmerman and Frederick Zimmerman. John S. Forsyth was appointed Foreman, and the jury retired to the timber as before for consultation, in charge of the Bailiff, David S. Pratt.

At this term, the first petit jury was impaneled as follows: James Downs, Joseph Sanders, William Mitchell, James M. Denison, Price Kendrick, Lyman D. Bordwell, Thomas Lockhart, David S. Way, David Cantonwine, William Davis, John Hendershott, James Worley, Welcom Martin, George B. Pratt, Nathaniel Adams, Chauncy Leverich, Charles Hinkley, Thomas Way, Samuel Stephens, William Davis Jr., and John Mason.