Ira Meador (1769 - 1847)

Born 25 Sep 1769 in Bedford County, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Winfrey) Meador — married 2 Jun 1791 in Bedford, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 25 Jul 1847 at age 77 in Macon, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Ira was born in 1769. Ira passed away in 1847.

He was the son of John Meador and Jane Holloway.

Ira married Sarah Brown Winfrey 2 June 1791 in Bedford Co. The marriage bond was dated 23 May 1791, Surety by Lewis Turner, and they were married by John Ayers.

According to Victor Paul Meador, Ira moved his family to Smith Co. in 1806. He is confirmed there by the 1820 census.

Ira Meador passed away in 1847. Again, according to Victor Paul Meador, Ira settled on the Dry Branch of Goose Creek in Smith Co. That area is now in today's Macon Co. formed in 1842 from Smith. The area is just south of the town of Lafayette, TN.

Sources

• Marriage Bonds of Bedford County, Virginia, 1755-1800, p. 46; Ira Meador and Sarah Winfrey, 23 May 1791, Surety Lewis Turner.
• Bedford County, Virginia Personal Property Tax Lists, 1782-1805, Binns Genealogy, 2009
  

1790 Matthew Pate (White & Black tithes, Black >12, Horses)
June 23, Ira Meador, 1,0,0
1791 Matthew Pate (White & Black tithes, Black >12, Horses)
May 3, Ira Meadow, 1,0,1
1792 Matthew Pate (# Tithes, # Blacks, Horses)
May 28, Ira Meadow, 1,0,2

• Bedford County, Virginia Deed Book 9, p. 212-213; 5 November 1792, James Buford of Lincoln Co., KY to Ira Meador of Bedford, 30 acres adj. Meador & Hix’s corner, John Meador. Wit: Joel Leftwich, Samuel Hancock, Henry Jeter, George Dooley.
• Bedford County, Virginia Deed Book 9, p. 205; 20 July 1793, John Meador of Bedford Co. to Ira Meador of same, son of John Meador, 100 acres in Bedford on Molly Day’s Run and part of the track on which the said John Meador now liveth, adj. Ira Meador, John Meador’s old line, William Hix. No wits.
• Bedford County, Virginia Personal Property Tax Lists, 1782-1805, Binns Genealogy, 2009
  

1795 Matthew Pate (# Tithes), Black >12, Horses)
April 27, Ira Meador, 1,0,2
1796 Matthew Pate (# Tithes), Black >12, Horses)
May 12, Ira Meador, 1,0,2

• Bedford County, Virginia Deed Book 10, p. 119; 20 February 1796, Jesse Hix to Ira Meador, 25 acres on waters of Molly Day’s Run adj. Joel Preston, Ira Meador, Jesse Hix.
• Bedford County, Virginia Personal Property Tax Lists, 1782-1805, Binns Genealogy, 2009
  

1797 Matthew Pate (# Tithes), Black >12, Horses)
June 22, Ira Meador, 1,0,2
1798 Matthew Pate (# Tithes), Black >12, Horses)
May 17, Ira Meador, 1,0,3
1799 Matthew Pate (# Tithes), Black >12, Horses)
April 25, Ira Meador, 2,0,3
1800 Matthew Pate (# Tithes), Black >12, Horses)
April 28, Ira Meador, 2,1,4
1801 Matthew Pate (# Tithes), Black >12, Horses)
June 15, Ira Meador, 1,1,2
1802 Joseph Holt ((White males >16, Black >12, Black <16, Horses)
Ira Meador not enumerated.
1803 Joseph Holt (White >16, Black >12, black >16, Horses)
August 27, Ira Meadow, 1,0,0,3
1804 Joseph Holt (White >16, Black >12, black >16, Horses)
August 15, Ira Meadow, 1,0,0,3
1805 John Holt (White >16, Black >12, black >16, Horses)
March 10, Ira Meadow, 1,0,0,4

• Bedford County, Virginia Deed Book 12, p. 141; 1806, Lewis Turner and Ira Meador of Bedford Co., Power of Attorney to John Turner for sale of unspecified property.
• Bedford County, Virginia Deed Book 12, p. 239-240; 20 June 1807, Commonwealth of VA to Samuel Hancock and William Hopkins Gentlemen Justices of Bedford Co., whereas Ira Meador and Sally his wife by Indenture of Bargain and Sale dated __ September 1806 sold to Thomas Squires and Levi Squires 182 acres & whereas Jinney Meador wife of John Meador having never relinquished her right of dower to the said 182 acres sold by her husband John Meador to Ira Meador….[Justices asked to examine Jinney Meador].
• Bedford County, Virginia Deed Book 15, p. 306; 22 September 1817, John Turner under power of attorney from Ira Meador to Benjamin Ellis, 60 acres on waters of Maladay’s Run in Bedford Co. adj. Capt. Board, Quarles, patent line of Meadow.
• 1820 Federal Census, Smith County, Tennessee; Ira Meadow, Sen.; 1 male <10, 2 males 10-15, 1 male 16-18, 2 males 16-25, 1 male >45, 2 slaves.
• Bedford County, Virginia Will Book 6, p. 281; Will of John Meador, written 6 June 1824, proved 23 January 1826. Includes .... to my son Ira Meador, one ninth part...
• 1830 Federal Census, Smith County, Tennessee; Ira Meador; 1 male 15-19, 1 male 20-29, 1 male 60-69, 1 female 10-14, 2 females 40-49, 4 slaves.
• 1840 Federal Census, Smith County, Tennessee; Ira Meador; 1 male 30-39, 1 male 70-79, 1 female 15-19, 1 female 60-69.
• Meador Families of Virginia and Points West, 3 Volumes, by Victor Paul Meador, 1989.

*Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Source number: 35.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: EJD

Acknowledgement

William Roark, firsthand knowledge. See the Changes page for the details of edits by William and others.