Isham Meador (1762 - 1840)

Born 20 Mar 1762 in Bedford County, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Obedience (Bradshaw) Meador — married 25 Nov 1782 (to 1816) in ,Bedford,Virginia,USA

Husband of Martha (Craighead) Meador — married 9 May 1817 (to 1840) in Smith County, Tennessee

Descendants

Died 2 Mar 1840 at age 77 in Smith, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Private Isham Meador served with Bedford County Militia, Virginia Militia during the American Revolution.

Isham Meador is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A076842.

Isham Meador lived in Virginia.

Military Service Served in the Virginia Militia, and fought in the Revolutionary War.

Burial: Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Lafayette, Macon County, Tennessee Plot: GPS Coordinates: N36 34.400' W086 04.225 Elevation: 955' Memorial ID Find A Grave: Memorial #64207315 Has a photo of gravestone.

Birth

Birth:

Date: 20 MAR 1762

Place: Bedford County, Virginia

Death

Death:

Date: 02 MAR 1840

Place: Smith County, TN

Military Service

Military Service: Served under Lt Nathaniel Rice, Virginia State Regiment, Bedford Militia

Date: ABT 1778

Place: Bedford County, Virginia, USA^[1]

Marriage

Husband: Isham Meador

Wife: Obedience Bradshaw

Child: William Meador

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Allen Meador

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Ephriam Meador

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Elizabeth Meador

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Deaton Meador

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Ambrose Meador

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: John Moses Meador

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Jesse Meador

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Jason Meador

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Pleasant M Meador

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Matilda Jane Meadows

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Eli Meador

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Jobe Meador

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Peter Meador

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: 25 NOV 1782

Place: ,Bedford,Virginia,USA^[2]

Husband: Joel Meador

Wife: Susannah Clark

Child: Isham Meador

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Milla Meador

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Anna (Hannah) Meador

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Mary Meador

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Joseph Meador

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: James Meador

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Jonas Meador

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: John Meador

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Rhoda Meador

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Susannah Meador

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Frances Meador

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Jobe Meador

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Jesse Meador

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: 25 NOV 1750

Place: Franklin,,Virginia,USA^[3][4]-->

Notations on Isham Meador and his two wives, Obedience “Biddie” (Bradshaw) Meador and Martha (Craighead) Sullivant Meador:
“ Victor [Meador] states “Isham Meador, son of Joel (5) Meador of Franklin Co. VA. Isham migrated to Tennessee and died in Macon Co. It is only through his application for a pension, due on his service in the Revolution (Note by Janet. On Meador II is his Pension), that a few of his children are reliably known. According to a scribbled document left by on his grandsons, Isham had 16 Children by his two wives. Isham had 8 boys and 6 girls by his first wife Biddy Bratcher/Bradshaw and 1 boy and 1 girl by his 2nd wife Widow Sullivan. In the 1820 and 1830 Census Isham is found in Summer Co., TN. His widow Martha applied for a widow’s pension Apr 4,1854. In 1850 Census Martha age 60 living with her son Peter (age 27) and his wife Mary (age 23) By other data, those ages should have been about 71 for Martha and Peter should be 32. “.......https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/theadventuresofpoorpoorer/more-t4571.html

Name: Isham Meador. Given Name: Isham. Surname: Meador. ^[5]

Born 20 Mar 1762. Bedford, Virginia. ^[5]

Died 2 Mar 1840. Smith, Tennessee. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S00003 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for William MEADOR
2. ↑ Source: #S00003 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Obedience Bradshaw
3. ↑ Source: #S00003 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Joel Meador
4. ↑ Source: #S00003 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Joel Meador
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Source: S1046954727 Ancestry Record 2204 #1016013

• "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZH8-WXZK : 28 June 2022), Isham Meador, 25 Nov 1782; citing Marriage, Bedford, Virginia, United States, Circuit court clerk offices, Virginia. [Spouses name: Biddy Bradshaw]

• Franklin County, Virginia Deed Book 4, p. 154; 2 April 1801, Isham Meador and Biddy his wife to John Saunders, 4 1/2 acres adj. John Meador, Joel Meador Senr., and Isam Meador, it being part of tract whereon Isam now lives.

• Franklin County, Virginia Deed Book 4, p. 582; 31 March 1804, John Meador, Isham Meador, Jobe Meador and Joseph Meador of Franklin and James Bashem of Bedford to Joseph Wright of Bedford, 132 acres on Staunton River adj. Wright, Ball, Brown, Hook, Bruff's Br. Wit: Cary Bandy, Thomas Meador, Ephraim Meador.

• Franklin County, Virginia Deed Book 5, p. 646; 28 September 1809, Isham Meador and Biddy his wife to Bowker Preston, 196 acres on waters of Indian Run adj. Saunders, Jesse Meador, John Meador, Dunn (now Early's and Wysong's and John Meador's), Hook. Wit: Jesse Meador, Job Meador, Joseph Meador.

• The Descendants of Jonas and Frances Meador of Essex, Caroline, and Cumberland Counties, Virginia

• Find-a-grave

• Source: S4 Record ID Number: MH:S4 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Repository: #R1 Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=22373421&pid=1280552670
• Repository: R1 Record ID Number: MH:R1 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com

• Source: S00003 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Public Member Trees Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: #R00001 NOTEAncestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA, The Generations Network, Inc., 2006).
• Repository: R00001 Name: www.ancestry.com Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:

• The Descendants of Jonas and Frances Meador of Essex, Caroline, and Cumberland Counties, Virginia: http://www.ajlambert.com/robinson/desc_jfm.pdf

• Meador Families of Virginia and Points West, Vol 1, Victor Paul Meador, Location: Independence Missouri; Date: 1989;, Page number: Page 26 to 31 discuss: Joel Meador.

• Pension Application S.W25697, shared by Fold3.com

Acknowledgements and Merges

• WikiTree profile Meador-92 created through the import of FISCUS Family Tree.ged on Jun 6, 2011 by Liisa Small. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Liisa and others.

• WikiTree profile Meador-478 created through the import of Cato Family Tree_book_EN.ged on Sep 21, 2011 by Linda Cato. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Linda and others.

• WikiTree profile Meador-159 created through the import of Clayton Burton_2009-10-26.ged on Jul 4, 2011 by Clayton Burton. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Clayton and others.

Notes

Most of the boys in the Meador family had either I or J names, for many generations. This was during a time period that "I" and "J" were used interchangeably.

"As mentioned in foregoing, three or more sons of Joel and Susannah, served in the Virginia Militia. A portion of their services were together. The Military Records of Jonas, Joel, Jr. and Isham are in the National Archives and also in the Court Records of Smith County, Tennessee. Those brothers as well as members of connecting families, moved from Franklin County, Virginia, to Smith (Macon) County, Tennessee, during the period 1800-1810. There was a continuing movement of families between Southwest Virginia and to North and South Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia in this period, searching for less crowded and more fertile pastures, on which to locate. Bounty land for war service, also entered into the changing locations."

"ISHAM MEADOR National Archives W – 25697.

The son of Joel Meador, Sr. and Susannah, was born in Bedford County, Virginia 20 March 1762. His first wife was Beddy (Bitty or Betty) Bradshaw of Bedford, and they were married 2 November 1782. She died ca. 1812 – 1815. The second wife of Isham was a widow, Martha Sullivan of Smith County, Tennessee, whom he married on 9 May 1817. He died in Smith County 2 March 1840, and his widow Martha after 8 September 1855. There appears to be no issue from this second marriage. The known children from the first marriage of Isham and Beddy are: Jobe, born 1785 born 1799; Peter and Eli. Other sons may have been William and Ambrose.

Mr. Edgar E. Weston, presently of Copan, Oklahoma, formerly of Barry County, Missouri, furnishes some family history of Eli, son of Isham and Beddy;

Eli was born in Bedford County, Virginia in 1789 and moved with his father and family to Smith

County, Tennessee, where he married 31 August 1807 Sarah Turner. Sarah was also born in 1789.

After their marriage Eli and Sarah purchased land on Drakes Creek in Sumner County. During the War of 1812 Eli served in the Tennessee Militia. About 1840, Eli and family moved to Allen County, KY, near present Meadorsville, where Eli died 10 January 1847. In 1870 at age 81 his widow Sarah was still living in Allen County, but died soon thereafter.

• Source: S1046954727 U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2011 Provo, UT, USA Record Collection 2204 Note: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970