Decatur County MAPLEs

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A number of descendants of David Maple Sr migrated to Salt Creek Township, Decatur County, indiana in the mid 19th Century, Most of these families moved on to the states of Kansas, Missouri, Illinois and Iowa by the beginning of the 20th Century.

There has been uncertainty and confusion about the ancestry of the Maples who lived in Salt Creek Township. This page attempts to briefly summarize what is known about Maples of Decatur County, Indiana.

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Families Present in 1850 US Census:

Family #25:^[1] Henry Maple (age 36) - born in Ohio

Matilda ... (age 36) - born in Ohio

James J. ... (age 10) - born in Ohio

Ellen ........ (age 8) - born in Indiana

Daniel N. . (age 6) - born in Indiana

Cyrus G. .. (age 5) - born in Indiana

Family #57:^[2] Isaih Maple (age 27) - born in Ohio

Nancy A. (age 20) - born in Indiana

Family #82:^[3] Benjamin Maple (age 48) - born in Pennsylvania

Rhoda ............. (age 40) - born in Pennsylvania

Sarah .............. (age 12) - born in Ohio

Charlotte ........ (age 8) - born in Indiana

Wilson ............. (age 6) - born in Indiana

Annett ............. (age 3) - born in Indiana

Martha ............ (age 2) - born in Indiana

Family #98:^[4] William Maple (age 40) - born in Ohio

Margaret .... (age 42) - born in Virginia

Elizabeth .... (age 17) - born in Ohio

Franklin ...... (age 6) - born in Ohio

Virginia B. ... (age 1) - born in Indiana

Milla ............ (age 12) - born in Indiana

Additional Families Present in 1860 US Census:*

Family #181:^[5] Thomas Maple (age 30) - born in Ohio

Matilda .......... (age 28) - born in Ohio

Charlotte ....... (age 8) - born in Kentucky

Mary .............. (age 6) - born in Indiana

Thomas J. ...... (age 4) - born in Iowa

Martha J. ........ (age 1) - born in Missouri

Henry S. ......... (age 14) - born in Kentucky

Family #192:^[6] Joseph Maple (age 21) - born in Ohio

Mary .......... (age 26) - born in Ohio

Seneth U. .. (age 2) - born in Indiana

Thomas M.? (age 60) - born in Ohio

Family #194:^[7] David Maples (age 59) - born in Pennsylvania

Daniel B. .... (age 17) - born in Indiana

Margaret E. (age 16) - born in Indiana

James K. ..... (age 11)

Family #195:^[8] Jasper Maple (age 26) - born in Ohio

Lydia ........... (age 30) - born in Ohio

David .......... (age 5) - born in Indiana

John J. ......... (age 3) - born in Indiana

George H. .. (age 1) - born in Indiana

Family #236:^[9] John Maple (age 40) - born in Ohio

Hannah ... (age 39) - born in Ohio

William .... (age 7) - born in Indiana

Jane ......... (age 5) - born in Indiana

Lucinda ... (age 2) - born in Indiana

Mariah Mahorn (age 17) - born in Ohio

Mary E. Mahorn (age 16) - born in Indiana

Louisa J. Mahorn (age 12) - born in Kentucky

• Some of these records are nearly illegible online. These were read from microfilm.

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Alphabetical List of Maples who lived in Salt Creek Township

Benjamin Maple, heir of Elizabeth Maple, married Rhoda Reed in Jefferson County, Ohio in 1829. in 1839, Benjamin purchased 40 acres in Salt Creek Township from Daniel Merrick. He lived there until his death in 1874.

David Maple of Boone County, Kentucky (son of the David Maple who died in Coshocton County, Ohio in 1839) purchased 40 acres in Salt Creek Township from Isaiah Maple in 1850. David and wife Hannah sold that land in 1855, but David continued to live in Salt Creek Township through 1860. No record of him is found after the 1860 US Census. David may have also lived in Salt Creek Township around 1841-1845, prior to moving to Boone County, Kentucky, as his son Daniel B. Maple and daughter Margaret Ellen Maple were born in Indiana.

David Maple Jr of Carroll County, Ohio purchased land in Salt Creek Township in 1838. David inherited the family farm in Carroll County, Ohio from his father, John Maple, who died in 1846, and David was living in Carroll County, Ohio in 1850. David sold his land in Salt Creek Township in 1852 to his brother in law, David Marshall.

Francis Marion Maple - heir of Elizabeth Maple

Hannah Maple, sister of David Maple, was living with her second husband, John Maple in Salt Creek Township in 1860. Hannah married her first husband, Ezekiel Mahon, in Coshocton County, Ohio in 1839. Around 1847, Ezekiel and Hannah moved to Boone County, Kentucky, where Ezekiel died before 1850. Hannah married John Maple there in 1851.

Henry W. Maple in 1840 purchased 40 acres in Salt Creek township adjacent to land of Benjamin Maple. In 1854, Henry patented land in Appanoose County, Missouri.

Isaiah Maple, grandson of John Maple, patented 40 acres in Salt Creek Township in 1848. Isaiah and wife Nancy sold this land in 1850, and they purchased land in Saline Township, Jefferson County, Ohio in 1852.

Jane (Maple) Lockhart - heir of Elizabeth Maple

Jasper Newton Maple - lived in Salt Creek from 1850 (when his father David purchased land there) to his death in 1899.

John Maple, heir of Elizabeth Maple married Hannah (Maple) Mahon in Boone County, Kentucky in 1851. John and Hannah were enumerated in Salt Creek Township in the 1860 US Census.

Joseph Maple, son of David Maple, married Mary Maple, daughter of Thomas Maple.

Thomas Maple, who married Mary Rider in Harrison County, Ohio in 1827, sold his land in Carroll County, Ohio in 1852. He was living in Salt Creek Township with his daughter Mary, wife of Joseph Maple, in 1860.

William Maple purchased 40 acres in Salt Creek Township in 1850. William & wife Margaret sold this land in 1855, and they patented land in Putnam County, Missouri in 1857.

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Heirs of Elizabeth Maple

On 5 July 1854, Elizabeth Maple of Decatur County, Indiana purchased land from John and Hellen Rapp^[10]:

1 acre in: E½ NW¼ Sec 14 – Twp 10 – R10E for $200.00; Recorded 1 Dec 1854.

On 17 February 17 1857, Benjamin Maple of Decatur County, Indiana sold interest in this one acre to Joseph Maple of Decatur County, Indiana for $80.00 (Recorded 16 March 1871).

On 20 March 1858, John and Hannah Maple of Decatur County, Indiana sold interest in this one acre to Joseph Maple for $3.00 (Recorded 16 March 1871).

On 17 March 1866, Francis M Maple sold interest in this one acre to Joseph Maple for $10.00 (Recorded 16 March 1871).

On 16 March 1871, Jane Lockhart of Ripley County, Indiana sold interest in this one acre for $10.00 (Recorded 20 March 1871).

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Sources

1. ↑ 1850 US Census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6MZZ-6Q?i=5&cc=1401638&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMHV2-2MX
2. ↑ 1850 US Census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6MZX-S9?i=37&cc=1401638&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMHVL-DVV
3. ↑ 1850 US Census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6MZ8-1Z?i=12&cc=1401638&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMHVL-N47
4. ↑ 1850 US Census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6MZ6-Y2?i=15&cc=1401638&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMHVL-13T
5. ↑ 1860 US Census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBY-4XS?i=23&cc=1473181&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AM4F6-5DZ
6. ↑ 1860 US Census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBY-4LJ?i=24&cc=1473181
7. ↑ 1860 US Census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBY-4WL?i=25&cc=1473181
8. ↑ 1860 US Census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBY-4WL?i=25&cc=1473181
9. ↑ 1860 US Census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBY-43B?i=30&cc=1473181&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AM4F6-RRB
10. ↑ Decatur County Deeds: Book W, pages 25-26