Rosamond (Wallen) Weddle (abt. 1777 - aft. 1850)

Born about 1777 in Montgomery County, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas W. Weddle — married about 1796 in Hawkins, Tennessee, United States [uncertain]

Descendants

Died after Nov 1850 after about age 73 in Brown County, Indiana, USA

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Biography

Early Life

Rosamond Walling was the daughter of Joseph Walling and Millicent Jones.^[1][2] She was most likely born between 1777-1780. There are conflicting records concerning the exact date as explained in the Research Notes below. She was born in Virginia, most likely in Montgomery County on the southwestern frontier, where her father and many related Wallen families moved from Pittsylvania County between 1770-1775^[3] and where her father obtained a land grant in 1777.^[4] By 1787, her father had obtained a North Carolina land grant in what was then Sullivan County. This area was ceded to Tennessee in 1790 and later became Hawkins County, Tennessee.^[5]

Marriage

Rosamond Wallen married Thomas W. Weddle, most likely in Hawkins County, Tennessee.^[6] She was one of three Walling sisters in this family that married Weddle brothers. The marriage of Thomas and Rosamond likely occurred in about 1796 based upon their ages and the date of birth of their first known child Nancy in 1797. Shortly after their marriage, Thomas and Rosamond settled in Lee County, Virginia, in the far southwestern corner of Virginia along the Tennessee border. Thomas appears on the tax lists of Lee County beginning in 1799,^[7] and later census records report that their first child Nancy was born in Virginia.^[8] As explained in more detail in Thomas' profile, this family and related Weddle and Wallen families appear to have moved back and forth between eastern Tennessee and southwestern Virginia between the 1790s-1810s.^[9] By 1815, Thomas and Rosamond Weddle were living in Scott County, Virginia, which was carved out of Lee and Washington Counties in 1814. Thomas appears on the tax lists in Scott County, Virginia, from 1815-1819.^[10]

From Virginia to Indiana

Soon after that, Thomas and Rosamond Weddle took their family north from Scott County, Virginia, to Indiana, along with many other Weddle and related families who migrated from Tennessee and Virginia to Indiana around that same time. Thomas appears as the head of his household in Jackson County, Indiana in 1820.^[11] By 1830, this family appears in Monroe County, Indiana.^[12] Brown County was carved out of Monroe in 1836, and Thomas W. Weddle is listed as one of the earliest settlers in the area which later became Jackson Township, acquiring a tract there in 1836.^[13][14]

Later Life

Her husband Thomas died in Brown County, Indiana, in 1838.^[15] Rosamond appears twice in the 1850 census, living in the households of two of her children (Stephen and Daniel).^[16][17] The later of these two census counts occurred on November 20, 1850.^[16]

Death

Rosamond most likely died not long after that census was taken on 20 November 1850. Her modern gravestone indicates that it was in 1850.^[18]

Research Notes

There are conflicting original birth records of Rosamond (Walling) Weddle, which have caused researchers to provide inconsistent birth dates for her. These are (1) an old Wallen record book discovered in the 1950s in the papers of Thomas J. Wallen, a great-grandson of James Carr Walling (Rosamond's brother); (2) the 1881 diary of David D. Weddle, Rosamond's son; and (3) entries for Rosamond in the 1850 census. The old Wallen record book gives a birth date for Rosamond of April 2, 1777.^[6] The D.D. Weddle diary gives a birth date of February 22, 1780.^[1] The February 1780 date is the one reflected on Rosamond's modern gravestone.^[18] Rosamond appears twice in the 1850 census (in the households of her sons Daniel and Stephen), and both entries imply a birth year of about 1773.^[16][17] Based on all of this, the birth year is estimated at 1777 for the purposes of this profile.

The D.D. Weddle diary also states that she was born in "Grason Co, VA" [sic], most likely referring to Grayson County, Virginia.^[1] However, Grayson County was not formed until 1792. It is located in an area that was part of Montgomery County in 1777, so it may be that Rosamond was born in that part of Montgomery County.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Joe E. Wallen, "Diary of David Dolling Weddle (Transcribed by Joe E. Wallen verbatim from a copy of the original provided by Pat Smith, Vancouver, Washington)," (Johnson City, TN: c.1990), 2-3; citing Diary of David Dolling Weddle (1881), found by Joyce Lloyd, Yakima, WA, pps. 23-26; image, WikiTree, (https://www.wikitree.com/photo.php/6/6b/Weddle-280-1.pdf : accessed 20 Sep 2020).
2. ↑ Maribelle Wilder, A Wallen-Walling Genealogy (Gateway Press, Baltimore, 1985-1991), 161 & 324-25.
3. ↑ Wilder, A Wallen-Walling Genealogy, 171.
4. ↑ See profile of Joseph Walling.
5. ↑ See profile for Joseph Walling
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Old Wallen Record Book brought from Tennessee to Missouri in 1850 & discovered in personal papers of Thomas J. Walden in 1951; Kenneth Walden transcriptions & images at 28-29; Joe E. Wallen images at 13.
7. ↑ Family Search, “Personal property tax lists, 1795-1829,” Personal Property Tax Lists of Lee County [Virginia], 1795-1850, images, (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQK-5JP7 : accessed 2 Oct 2020), image 121 (1799, Thomas Waddle); FHL microfilm 2,024,603, DGS 7,849,145.
8. ↑ 1850 U.S. census, Monroe County, Indiana, population schedule, Marion township, pp. 288 (stamped), dwelling 896, family 896, Nancy Hubbard; image, FamilySearch.org, (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-67K9-ZPS : accessed 11 Aug 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 161.
9. ↑ See profile of Thomas W. Weddle.
10. ↑ Family Search, “Personal property tax lists 1815-1829,” Personal Property Tax Lists of Scott County [Virginia], 1815-1863, images, (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-FS81-J : accessed 27 Sep 2020), image 46 (13 Apr 1815, Thomas Weddel), image 68 (30 Mar 1816, Thomas Waddle), image 89 (1817, Thomas Widdle), image 111 (1818, Thomas Waddle), image 132 (1819, Thomas W Waddle); FHL microfilm 34,186, DGS 7,898,808.
11. ↑ 1820 U.S. census, Jackson County, Indiana, [township not stated], p. 266 (stamped), Thomas Weddel; image, FamilySearch.org, (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YYR-1R : accessed 22 Sep 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication M33, roll 13.
12. ↑ 1830 U.S. census, Monroe County, Indiana, [township not stated], p. 169 (penned), Thomas Wedle; image, FamilySearch.org, (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YYN-99ZC : accessed 28 Sep 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication M19, roll 30.
13. ↑ Charles Blanchard, ed., Counties of Morgan, Monroe, & Brown Counties, Indiana. Historical and Biographical, (Chicago: F.A. Battey & Co., 1884), 736; images, Internet Archive, (https://archive.org/details/countiesofmorgan00blan : accessed 20 Aug 2020)
14. ↑ Bureau of Land Management, "Land Patent Search," database with images, General Land Office Records (https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx : accessed 2 Oct 2020), Thomas W Weddel (Brown County, Indiana), document no. 27103.
15. ↑ See profile of Thomas W. Weddle.
16. ↑ ^{16.0 16.1 16.2} 1850 U.S. census, Johnson County, Indiana, population schedule, Hensley township, p. 130 (stamped), dwelling 1197, family 1197, Rosannah Waddle; image, FamilySearch.org, (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DYVQ-MSJ : accessed 26 Oct 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 156.
17. ↑ ^{17.0 17.1} 1850 U.S. census, Brown County, Indiana, population schedule, Jackson township, p. 297 (stamped), dwelling 30, family 30, Rosannah Weddel; image, FamilySearch.org, (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6959-VDJ : accessed 26 Oct 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 137.
18. ↑ ^{18.0 18.1} Amber Reyes, "Bear Creek Cemetery," A Walk Through the Tombstones, (http://walktombstones.blogspot.com/2015/09/bear-creek-cemetery.html : accessed 1 Nov 2020).

See also:

• Ancestry, Find a Grave, database with images, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61550993 : accessed 26 Oct 2020), memorial 61550993, Rosamond Wallen Weddle (1780-1850), Bear Creek Cemetery, Trevlac, Brown County, Indiana; gravestone images by Forget Me Not.

DNA

• Paternal and maternal relationships are confident based on a triangulated group on MyHeritage consisting of Michael McClain; "GHG," daughter of Rosalie (Cameron) Moore; and "DLG" grandson of William Keen Goodman, all sharing 22.4 cM on 1 segment on chromosome 3. MRCAs of the group are Joseph Walling and Millicent Jones. The parental relationships are marked as "confident" rather than "confirmed" per this guidance.