John Vestal (1770 - 1804)

Born 2 Aug 1770 in Cane Creek, Orange County, Province of North Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Carter) Vestal — married 2 Feb 1795 in Chatham County, North Carolina, USA

Descendants

Died 1804 at about age 33 in Clinton, Ohio, United States

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Biography

John was born on August 2, 1770 in Cane Creek, Orange County, North Carolina. ^[1] He was the son of Thomas Vestal and Elizabeth Davis. ^[1]

In 1795 he married Elizabeth Carter in North Carolina. ^[2]

Name: John Vestal

Gender: Male

Spouse Name: Elizabeth Carter

Spouse

Birth Place: NC

Spouse Birth Year: 1769

Marriage Year: 1795

Marriage State: NC

Number Pages: 1

"John Vestal, came to the neighborhood of where Portsmouth now is in the spring of 1799 and raised a crop there. Jow long he stayed there is not known, but he was at Waynesville in the spring of 1803, and soon after came to Todd's Fork and cleared a few acres, nine or ten. But he did not live long to enjoy his new home. While living on the Scioto, he had been greatly afflicted by diseases arising from stagnant water and decaying vegetations and although he sought relief in the new location in Clinton County, the disease had too firm a hold upon him and he died in the fall of 1804. His burial was the second in the old graveyard at Centre.^[3]

He passed away in the fall of 1804 in Clinton County, Ohio. John was laid to rest in the Center Friends Burying Grounds in Clinton, Clinton County, Ohio, United States. ^[4] His estate was probated in Warren County, Ohio. ^[5]

Birth

His date of birth of August 2, 1770 has been recorded in many sources.^[4][6][7]

Marriage

Spouse: Elizabeth Carter ^[2]

Death

His date of death is only given as the year 1804. ^[4]

Burial

His burial took place In 1804 in Center Friends Burying Ground, Clinton, Clinton County, Ohio, United States. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes. Hege Friends Historical Library, Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina.

   Name: John Vestal

   Birth Date: August 2, 1770

   Birth Date on Image: 02 Eighth 1770

   Birth Place: Orange, North Carolina

   Father: Thomas Vestal

   Mother: Elizebeth Vestal

   Event Type: Birth

   Monthly Meeting: Cane Creek

   Monthly Meeting Historical Meeting Data: Search for this monthly meeting in the 'Quaker Monthly Meetings Index'

   Yearly Meeting: North Carolina Yearly Meeting

   Meeting State: North Carolina

   Meeting County: Alamance.

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, querie.
3. ↑ Durant, Pliny A. The History of Clinton County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County : Its Townships, Cities, Towns ... Etc. : General and Local Statistics ; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men ; History of Ohio : Map of Clinton County : Constitution of the United States ... Etc. Chicago: W.H. Beers & Co, 1882. Internet resource, pg. 599.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 June 2020), memorial page for John Vestal (2 Aug 1770–1804), Find A Grave: Memorial #104806962, citing Center Friends Burying Ground, Clinton, Clinton County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by DAnderson (contributor 47595230) .
5. ↑ Ancestry.com. Ohio, Wills and Probate Records, 1786-1998 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Ohio County, District and Probate Courts.

   Name: John Vestal

   Probate Place: Warren, Ohio, USA

   Inferred Death Place: Ohio, USA

   Case Number: 5

   Item Description: Will, Estate, and Guardianship Records, 1800-1860; :Index, 1803-1970; Probate Court Dockets

6. ↑ Hinshaw, William Wade, et al., compilers. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. 6 vols. 1936–1950. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1991–1994. Hinshaw, William Wade. Marshall, Thomas Worth, comp. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Supplement to Volume 1. Washington, D.C.: n.p. 1948.

   Name: John Vestal

   Birth Date on Image: 02 Eighth 1770

   Translated Birth Date: 2 Aug 1770

   Birth Place: Orange

   Monthly Meeting: Cane Creek Monthly Meeting

   Volume: Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy Vol. I [1]

7. ↑ Source: LDS FHL, Ancestral File # 227B-7H. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:S547-1V4 : accessed 2015-07-28), entry for John /VESTAL/.

See also:

• Chatham county was formed in 1771 from Orange County. In 1907, parts of Chatham County and Moore County were combined to form Lee County.

• Janice Hardin, firsthand knowledge. C

• Source S-2076851630 Repository: #R-1645048415 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. 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.

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Cathy Dickerson for creating Vestal-17 on 20 October 2010.

• This person was created through the import of 236-Cathy.ged on 20 October 2010.

• Thanks to Find A Grave memorial.