Josiah Wade (1765 - bef. 1860)

Born 1765 in Maryland

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Biography

Josiah was born in 1765. He passed away between 1850 and 1860.

Josiah had settled in Limestone, Bourbon county, Virginia (now Maysville, Mason county, Kentucky) by 25 Oct 1787, when he signed a petition to divide Bourbon County. Those who signed the petition are described as living "in the Limestone Settlements near the Ohio River."^[1][2][3]

On 1 Dec 1790, Josiah, along with his father and two of his brothers, Zephaniah and George, signed on with Nathaniel Massie in the founding of "Massie's Station," in what later became Adams county, Ohio.^[4][5] This was the first permanent white settlement in the Virginia Military District. The settlement later became Manchester, Ohio. He remained in that location until at least 1810, appearing in the tax lists from 1806 to 1810.^{[6][7][8][9][10][11]}

By 1820 he had relocated to Fayette county, Ohio,^[12] and by 1830 he was in Darke county, Ohio.^[13]

On 1 Aug 1836, Josiah entered 80 acres of land in Jay county, Indiana, near the 80 acres which his son Edmund had purchased a few months earlier. This area, owned by Josiah and his sons (including his unproven son Joseph) was known as the Wade Settlement. Josiah's land is currently part of what is now the city of Redkey: "This land extended west from Meridian Street to the west side of the schoolhouse, and south from Main Street to the first alley north of Grandview Avenue."^[14]

Josiah appeared as a head of household in the 1840 census.^[15] In the 1850 census, Josiah is residing in the household of his son William Harrison.^[16] By the time of the 1860 census, Josiah has died. His exact date of death has not yet been found.

Research Notes

Josiah's connection as the father of Joseph Wade is likely, but unproven at this time.

Sources

1. ↑ Bourbon, Virginia, Legislative Petitions Digital Collection, Accession Number 36121, Box 287, Folder 62, Inhabitants of Bourbon County: Petition (Division of County/New County)petition kentucky counties&adjacency=N&application=DIGITOOL-3&frameId=1&usePid1=true&usePid2=true, 25 Oct 1787; digital images, Library of Virginia, Virginia Memory (www.virginiamemory.com : accessed 10 Jan 2021).
2. ↑ G. Glenn Clift, History of Maysville and Mason County (Lexington, Kentucky: Transylvania Printing Co., 1936), 1: 69-71.
3. ↑ James Rood Robertson M.A.Ph.D., Petitions of the Early Inhabitants of Kentucky to the General Assembly of Virginia 1769 to 1792 (Louisville, Kentucky: John P. Morton & Company, 1914), 117-119.
4. ↑ Genealogy Trails, Adams County, Ohio History and Genealogy: part of the Genealogy Trails History Group (http://www.genealogytrails.com/ohio/adams/index.htm : accessed 12 Mar 2014), "History of Adams County, Ohio," transcribed by JRICE 2008. Original source: A History of Adams County, Ohio by Nelson Wiley Evans, Emmons Buchanan Stivers.
5. ↑ Nelson W. Evans and Emmons B. Stivers, A History of Adams County, Ohio From its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time Including Character Sketches of the Prominent Persons Identified with the First Century of the County's Growth and Containing Numerous Engravings and Illustrations (West Union, Ohio: E. B. Stivers, 1900), 51-52.
6. ↑ Ronald V. JacksonAccelerated Indexing Systems, "Ohio, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890," database, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 Mar 2014), Josiah Wade (1806); OH Early Census Index.
7. ↑ Ronald V. JacksonAccelerated Indexing Systems, "Ohio, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890," database, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 Mar 2014), Josiah Wade (1807); OH Early Census Index.
8. ↑ Ronald V. JacksonAccelerated Indexing Systems, "Ohio, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890," database, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 Mar 2014), Josiah Wade (1808); OH Early Census Index.
9. ↑ Ronald V. JacksonAccelerated Indexing Systems, "Ohio, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890," database, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 Mar 2014), Josiah Wade (1809); OH Early Census Index.
10. ↑ Ronald V. JacksonAccelerated Indexing Systems, "Ohio, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890," database, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 Mar 2014), Josiah Wade (1810); OH 1810 Washington Co. Census Index.
11. ↑ Genealogy Trails, Adams County, Ohio History and Genealogy: part of the Genealogy Trails History Group (http://www.genealogytrails.com/ohio/adams/index.htm : accessed 12 Mar 2014), "Index to Tax List of 1810, Thelma Blair Lang," submitted & transcribed by Rita Bergendahl.
12. ↑ 1820 U.S. census, Fayette, Ohio population schedule, Jackson, p. 28, line 7, Josiah Wade; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 28 Apr 2012); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M33, roll M33_92.
13. ↑ 1830 U.S. census, Darke, Ohio, Harrison Township, p. 21, line 20, Josiah Wade; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 13 Sept 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M19, roll 130.
14. ↑ Lucille Thomas, "3 Families Settled 1st Part of Redkey [1]," The Star Press, 4 July 1976, p. 47, col. 1; digital images, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 26 Dec 2018), clipped by jandktownsend on 11 Dec 2018.
15. ↑ 1840 U.S. census, Jay, Indiana, p. 76 (printed) or 147 (handwritten), line 7, Josiah Wade; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 Apr 2012); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M704, roll 83.
16. ↑ 1850 U.S. census, Jay, Indiana, population schedule, Richland, p. 358 (stamped) or 715 (handwritten), dwelling 48, family 48, Household of William H. Wade; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 28 Apr 2012); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll M432_153.