John
Osburn
aka Osborn, Osbourne
Born about in Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Edmund Osburn
and Mary (Noe) Osburn
Brother of
Elizabeth (Osburn) Ferguson, Nancy (Osborn) Workman [half], Walter Osburn, Thomas W. Osburn, Sarah (Osburn) Edwards, Charles Osburn and Marissa (Osburn) Reed
Husband of
Cynthia (Ferguson) Osburn
— married
30 Oct 1817 (to 1831) in Cabell, Virginia, United States
Husband of
Susannah (Jackson) Osburn
— married
5 Jul 1832 in Cabell, Virginia, United States (West Virginia)
Descendants 
Father of
Edmund Osburn, Margaret (Osburn) Ferguson, John James Osburn, Mary (Osburn) Napier, Samuel Osburn, Rebecca (Osburn) Dickerson, Martha (Osburn) Hale, Thomas Osburn, Joseph Osburn, Henry Osburn, Robert Osburn, William T. Osburn, Lafayette Osburn, Susannah (Osborne) Witcher and Mack Osburn
Died about
at about age 61
in Wayne, Virginia, United States [uncertain]
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Biography
John Osburn was born about 1798 in Virginia.[1] [2] [3] He was the son of Edmund Osburn and Mary (Noe) Osburn.[4]
He was an early school teacher in Wayne County, Virginia (currently West Virginia). He taught school in one of Wayne County's earliest log school houses between Wayne and East Lynn, West Virginia (Two mile Road where he is buried in an unmarked grave with 3 others, one of them probably Susanna Osburn Witcher). Per the late Howard Franklin Osburn who started the Wayne County, West Virginia Genealogical and historical society.
On 30 Oct 1817 in Cabell County, Virginia (currently West Virginia),[5] John Osburn married his 1st wife, Cynthia Ferguson.
In 1820,[6] John Osburn was living in Cabell County, Virginia as head of household, which included (age range) [probable names]: a) males - 1 (<10) [Edmond Osburn], 1 (16 - 25) [John Osburn]; b) females - 1 (<10) [Margaret Osburn], 1 (16 - 25) [Cynthia Osburn].
In 1830,[7] John Osborn [sic] was living in Cabell County, Virginia as head of household, which included (age range) [probable names]: a) males - 1 (<5) [Samuel Osburn], 1 (10 - 14) [Edmund Osburn], 1 (30 - 39) [John Osburn]; b) females - 1 (<5) [Rebecca Osburn], 1 (5 - 9) [Mary Osburn], 1 (10 - 14) [Margaret Osburn], 1 (30 - 39) [Cynthia Osburn]. [See Research Notes below about child missing from census.]
Between 1830 - 1833 in Cabell County, Virginia (currently West Virginia),[8] John Osburn married his 2nd wife, Susan Jackson.
In 1840,[9] John Osbourne [sic] was living in Cabell County, Virginia as head of household, which included (age range) [probable names]: a) males - 1 (10 - 14) [Samuel Osburn], 1 (15 - 19) [John James Osburn], 1 (40 - 49) [John Osburn]; b) females - 2 (<5) [Rebecca & Martha Osburn], 1 (10 - 14), 2 (15 - 19) [Margaret & Mary Osburn], 1 (20 - 29) [Susan Osburn].
On 14 Nov 1849 in Wayne County, Virginia,[4] John and Susan Osburn relinquished to Joel Ferguson their rights of a certain tract(s) of land that John Osburn had inherited from his late father, Edmond Osburn.
In 1850,[2] John Osburn (age 53, born Virginia) was living in Wayne County, Virginia as head of household with his wife, Susan Osburn (age 36, born Virginia), with their Osburn children, born Virginia (age, sex): i) Samuel (20, M), ii) Rebecca (14, F), iii) Martha (11, F), iv) Thomas (9, M), v) Joseph (7, M), vi) Henry (5, M); also in the household was Gooden Noe (age 8, born Virginia. John's occupation was a farmer; he owned real estate valued at $2000. Samuel's occupation was a farmer.
On 3 Sep 1855 in Wayne County, Virginia (currently West Virginia),[10] Susan Osburn, wife of John Osburn, gave birth to a daughter, Susan Osburn.
John Osburn passed away about Dec 1859 in Wayne County, Virginia (currently West Virginia). The date and location of his death are estimated based on his estate being probated in Wayne County, Virginia starting no later than 23 Dec 1859.[11]
Probate of Estate of John Osburn (deceased)
On 23 Dec 1859 in Wayne County, Virginia,[11] Attison Adkins, C. W. Ferguson, and John Bloss gave oaths that they would appraise and sell the personal estate of John Osburn (deceased). The sale price for all items was $374.03
Research Notes
In the 1830 federal census,[7] where was John James Osburn (born about 1821), who would have been about 8 - 9 years old?
Sources
- ↑ Wayne Co., Courthouse, W.V. Virginia Archives and census records.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-D1ZS-4CC?cc=1401638&wc=95RQ-VZZ%3A1031351901%2C1031568501%2C1031916601 : 9 April 2016), Virginia > Wayne > Wayne county, part of > image 60 of 109; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ Osborne Origins, "http://www.osborne-origins.org/linkrecs/f10867.htm#R10867 John OSBURN-10867" (cites: 1850 Wayne Co., VA Census; Cabell Co., VA (now WV) Marr.; & Partition of land of John Osburn, Wayne Co., WV Deed Book C/183)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Wayne County, Virginia, Deed Book B", abstracts, Osburn Orgins (https://osborne-origins.org/va/valand.htm); accessed 14 Mar 2022, citing page 215: "John Osburn and Susan his wife to Joel Ferguson, all of Wayne Co., VA; Their interest in the undivided tract or tracts of land in Wayne Co., VA owned by Edmond Osburn when he deceased."
- ↑ "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FRX4-R9X : 11 February 2018), John Osburn and Cynthia Ferguson, 30 Oct 1817; citing Cabell County, West Virginia, vol 1 p 13, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 559,887. Original data: "Returns of Marriages", West Virginia Archives & History (https://archive.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view2.aspx?FilmNumber=559887&ImageNumber=27); accessed 14 Mar 2022
- ↑ "1820 United States Federal Census", database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7734/images/4433178_00174); accessed 14 Mar 2022, citing Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Fourth Census of the United States, 1820. (NARA microfilm publication M33, 142 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.; Census Place: Guyandotte, Cabell, Virginia; Page: 88; NARA Roll: M33_130; Image: 174
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "1830 United States Federal Census", database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8058/images/4411234_00055); accessed 14 Mar 2022, citing Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Fifth Census of the United States, 1830. (NARA microfilm publication M19, 201 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.; Census Place: Cabell, Virginia; Series: M19; Roll: 190; Page: 25; Family History Library Film: 0029669
- ↑ "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FRX4-BMB : 11 February 2018), John Osburn and Susan Jackson, 1830 to 1833; citing Cabell County, West Virginia, vol 1 p 46 see index, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 559,887.
- ↑ "1840 United States Federal Census", database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/3064979:8057); accessed 14 Mar 2022, citing Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Sixth Census of the United States, 1840. (NARA microfilm publication M704, 580 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.; Census Place: Cabell, Virginia; Roll: 555; Page: 52; Family History Library Film: 0029685
- ↑ "West Virginia Births, 1853-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMW9-YPF : 10 March 2018), John Osburn in entry for Susan Osburn, 03 Sep 1855; citing Wayne County, West Virginia, United States, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 583,485. Original data: "Register of Births, West Virginia State Archives (https://archive.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view2.aspx?FilmNumber=583485&ImageNumber=55): accessed 14 Mar 2022
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "West Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1724-1985", database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9087/images/004715407_00209); accessed 14 Mar 2022, citing West Virginia. County Court (Wayne County); Probate Place: Wayne, West Virginia
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I've completed your merge request. I see we're going to have to merge our Susan's and a few other ancestor profiles along the way (lots of work ahead). There seems to be quite a few John Osborne's that we need to merge with (and others). A strange thing happened -- As I was merging our John 813 & 767, the older duplicate John (Osborne-305) was listed as an unmerged match beneath them -- I went ahead and adopted him to correct the LNAB, etc. -- After the merge was completed for 813 & 767, 305 somehow disappeared? I'm not sure what happened? I have no idea where Osborne-305 could have disappeared to as I only merged 813 & 767. Apparently after 813 was merged away, 305 merged away with it???
This is a little unnerving/upsetting as I intended to merge our 767 with 305 next -- because 305 was the lowest number/oldest profile and because merges always go in the direction of the lowest number/oldest profile. At any rate, it seems as if 305 somehow got merged into 767 although I never initiated a merge for 305? *sighs* Before I merged 813 & 767, I changed 305's LNAB from Osborne to Osburn. Even if 305 was a pending unmerged match, I don't see how that could affect a merge for 2 other profiles. I'm not sure if I need to contact admin@wikitree to see if they can figure out what happened. I have no clue how he could just disappear. I just hope it can be fixed so our John Osburn becomes Osburn-305. I'm mentioning this here to let you know, to keep track of it (so I don't forget & so it can somehow be corrected), and as a public record.
Btw, I went ahead and corrected the LNAB on as many of those Osborne/Osburn profiles as I could. I had to adopt their profiles in order to change the LNAB. I know you mentioned the spelling of their name was Osburn instead of Osborne. I'm not sure if I'll have time to work on all of them but I will certainly add to them in the future. If you're interested in managing some of the ones I've adopted, just let me know. I usually only adopt family profiles that are in my direct line of descent (Mother, Father, Child, Repeat...and so on) because it helps keep things simple and more manageable for me. There are times when I'll adopt siblings or Great Aunts & Uncles (Grandparent siblings) & additional ancestors but not often. I usually just leave them in case their descendants come along and wish to manage them.
I'm currently researching and working on my Mother's ancestor profiles so I've taken a short break from working on all of Dad's Virginia/West Virginia line for now. I don't like to bite off more than I can chew, so to speak ;-) When I have time in the future, I'll begin adding/updating siblings for all my Grandparents and adding any additional relationships that may be missing (for both my paternal & maternal line of ancestors). I'll let you know when I get ready to merge some of our duplicates :-). Hopefully we can make sure they're all eventually merged into the oldest/lowest number of the known duplicates that we can find. In the meantime, I have to figure out what happened to Osborne 305 and hopefully go about getting him back. Please holler if you need me.
Thanks and have a wonderful day! Lea
edited by Lea Isaacs
I've contacted admin@wikitree to see what can be done about Osborne 305 & 293. They were apparently swallowed during the merge between our John's. I'll keep you posted with any info they provide me with. Thanks & Kind Regards,
Lea :-)
I think I realize what happened to those older profiles -- we lost the lower numbered profiles as a result of LNAB changes made. They're all okay and still there, they just now cannot be merged to the lower number. I know you wanted their LNAB spelling changed from Osborne to Osburn. I see now that I should have waited to make those LNAB changes because this inadvertently creates a NEW profile. Not realizing that LNAB changes prior to and BEFORE a merge takes place can skew the direction of the final merge, some profiles are now sitting at higher numbers. In hindsight, the spelling of the last name should have waited until AFTER the merge took place. This happened to my Rebecca Osburn and several other profiles for Osborne's that I manage as a result. I've now lost her as an original Osborne-299. A hard-earned lesson for sure...we live and learn, yes? For future reference on merging profiles for which there are many duplicates, here are some important info and links below:
See here: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Moving_Accounts_to_New_Names
here: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Project_Protecting_and_Merging#Background:_The_multiple_redirects_problem
And here: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/351484/requested-merge-accounts-they-were-merged-however-wrong-way
I've merged quite a few profiles and never had a problem until today. A lot of redirect issues can happen when you change last name spellings AND decide to merge all in one go. I hope this info helps you, too. All of our Osborne/Osburn profiles are all okay. Just some are no longer reflected as having the lowest number (i.e., 293, 305 or 299 for my Rebecca). It's frustrating but I'm waiting to hear back from wikitree Admin.
Kind Regards, Lea
edited by Lea Isaacs