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Elihu PALMER239,240,2167,2168,2169 was born in 1805 in South Carolina.2168 He lived in Jackson, Owen, Indiana in 1850.2170 He lived in Sullivan, Missouri in 1860.2168 He lived in Taylor, Sullivan, Missouri in 1870.2169 He died on 16 Jan 1875 in Taylor Township, Sullivan County, Missouri.2167 At least one uncle of Elihu Palmer's are buried in Shrock Cemetery in Sullivan County, Missouri. Joshua. His mother, Fanny Palmer, is also buried there. Parents: Joshua PALMER JR and Frances STILES.
Spouse: Amy E ARMSTRONG. Elihu PALMER and Amy E ARMSTRONG were married on 9 Dec 1830 in Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, USA.239 Children were: Capt. John Runion PALMER.
Elizabeth PALMER was born on 15 Aug 1812 in , , Indiana, USA. Parents: Joshua PALMER JR and Frances STILES.
Ernie PALMER.
Spouse: Lily Constance HYMUS. Ernie PALMER and Lily Constance HYMUS were married.
Florence PALMER.
Spouse: Bert Earl Jr ABEL.
George PALMER was born on 6 May 1855 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa. Parents: Minor Thomas PALMER and Caroline TUEL.
Horace PALMER was born on 16 Jan 1868 in , Mercer, Illinois, USA. He died on 6 Jan 1954. Parents: Minor Thomas PALMER and Caroline TUEL.
Hose PALMER was born on 26 Apr 1803 in Laurens County, South Carolina, USA. He died on 10 Nov 1803 in Laurens Co, South Carolina; Residence: untill. Parents: Joshua PALMER JR and Frances STILES.
Reverand John Runion PALMER239,240,1012 was born on 18 Dec 1857 in Parsons, Sullivan, Missouri USA.239 He lived in Taylor, Sullivan, Missouri, United States in 1880.2171 He lived in Grand Island Ward 2, Hall, Nebraska in 1910.2172 He died on 14 Apr 1938 in Holdredge, Phelps, Nebraska. He was buried on 17 Apr 1938 in Prairie Home Cemetery, Holdredge, Phelps, Nebraska. He died on 26 Dec 1938 in Holdrege, Phelps, Nebraska, USA.239 John Runion Palmer was a minister and a circuit rider who dispensed both medical care and preached.
He was extremely tall, standing at 6 feet 7 inches and family history states that Martha was a tiny woman, standing only about 4 foot 11.
Later, the Reverand Palmer established a church in western Nebraska and owned a monument company that still exists.
Parents: Elihu PALMER and Amy E ARMSTRONG.
Spouse: Martha Jane JACOBS. Children were: Ada Evelyn PALMER.
Joshua PALMER JR240 was born on 9 Nov 1784 in South Carolina, USA.2173 He lived in Union, South Carolina in 1790.2174 He lived in Laurens District, South Carolina in 1800.2175 He lived in Union, South Carolina, United States in 1820.2176 He
Rev. Joshua Palmer had three children: William Palmer who lived in Franklin Co In, Mary who married Zachariah Sparks in South Carolina and settled in Bartholomew Co, In and Joshua Palmer who married Fanny, daughter of Richard Stiles.
In 1805 the congregation decided to remove to the north. They chose the White Water River area of Hamilton County, Ohio. The journey north was interrupted by the illness of Rev. Palmer's wife and they spent the winter in central Kentucky. Upon arriving at the White Water River area, the congregation settled in. Richard Stiles went just north of Hamilton County to Butler County and proceeded to die in 1806. His wife, Elizabeth, bought land in Butler County and stayed there until 1811, then moved across the border to Franklin County (later Union County) Indiana with the Palmers. By this time her daughter Rebecca had married a young James Armstrong who had moved with them. There is a strong opinionthat many of the people who opposed slavery moved north at this time fearing that a civil war would come. This is true of many of the North Carolinian Quakers.
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-1 214 3-1 m 29Sep1802 LaurensCo SC Joshua PALMER b 9Nov17
CherawDist SC son Rev Joshua PALMER and Mary ?______,
in FranklinCo IN 1814, ShelbyCo IN 1830, BartholomewCo
IN 1840; d 1845/8 BartholomewCo IN
Married to Frances Stiles in 1802
Records of Baptist Churches are available at Baptist Historical Collection, Furman University Library, Furman University, Greenville, S.C. 29613, and records of the Presbyterian and Reformed Churches are available at the Historical Foundation of the Presbyterian and Reformed Churches, P.O. Box 849, Montreat, N.C. 28757, (704) 669-7061.
The South Carolina Historical Society
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From file of descendant, Wesley Cherry, of Elihu Palmer's son Henry Clay Palmer.
Rev. Joshua Palmer had three known children: William, Mary, and Joshua, who were all born in South Carolina. William was born about 1774 and died in 1840; he married Jane Gill.(23) Mary was born in 1779 and died in 1848; she married William Sparks.(24) Joshua was born in 1784; he married Fanny Stiles.(25) All three children married in South Carolina and moved to Indiana with their father. William's family later moved to Illinois and Iowa. Mary Sparks and her family stayed in Indiana. Joshua Jr. probably died in Bartholomew County, Indiana between 1840 and 1850; some of his descendants went to Sullivan County, Missouri.
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My notes;
On census of 1820 Franklin Indiana
It shows Joshua Palmer and James Armstrong, who were brothers-in-law. James Armstrong married Rebecca Stiles, b. 1789, Laurens Creek, South Carolina, d. 1831 Shelby Indiana. Joshua Palmer, Jr. married Rebecca's sister Frances Stiles, b. 22 Nov 1886 in South Carolina.
Paraphrased from Stiles Ancestry of the Jansen Sisters;
Fanny Armstrong, daughter of James Armstrong and Rebecca Stiles was killed in a runaway buggy accident abt 1837 in Noble Twsp, Shelby Co, Indiana. Her child, James Monroe Kitchel b 26 Jan 1837 Noble Twp, Shelby Co, Indiana was raised from birth by Elihu Palmer and Amy Armstrong Palmer. Therefore, Amy and Elihu raised their cousin's child. Frances (Fanny) Palmer, mother of Fanny Armstrong, was the wife of Joshua Palmer, Jr. b. 1784, thus Elihu and Amy were first cousins. According to the Stiles history Joshua Palmer, Jr. served in the Union calvary.
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From Find A Grave; Photo of tombstones of Elihu Palmer, Joshua Palmer's wife and Elihu's mother Frances Stiles (Fannie Palmer), and Elihu's brother and Joshua Palmer, Jr and Frances Stiles son, Joshua Palmer b. 1828 buried beside his wife, Zilla.
Found in Schrock Cemetary, Sullivan Missouri. Have Schrock Cemetery records from the historical society.
Parents: Rev Joshua D. PALMER SR and Mary LOVESY.
Spouse: Frances STILES. Joshua PALMER JR and Frances STILES were married in 1802 in South Carolina.2179 Children were: Hose PALMER, Sarah PALMER, Elihu PALMER, Mason PALMER, Byrd PALMER, Catherine PALMER, Parmenas PALMER, Elizabeth PALMER, Mary PALMER, Margaret PALMER, PALMER, Nancy PALMER, Permelia PALMER, Joshua PALMER, William Henry PALMER.
Joshua PALMER was born on 17 Dec 1828 in , Shelby, Indiana, USA. She died on 12 Nov 1895 in , Sullivan, Missouri, USA. Parents: Joshua PALMER JR and Frances STILES.
Rev. Joshua D. PALMER SR240,1012 was born on 12 Mar 1746 in Amherst, Amelia, Virginia, USA.2173,2180 He appeared in the census in 1790 in St Thomas, Cheraws District, South Carolina.2181 He lived in Union District, South Carolina in 1800.2182 He lived in Union, South Carolina, United States in 1820.2176 He died on 5 Dec 1835 in Cherokee, Union Co, South Carolina.2180 He was buried in Scull Shoals Cemetery (died of cancer). Ordained minister in Charlotte Association 1792.
WILL, LISTING CHILDREN AND REV PALMER'S DEATH DATE IS SHOWN IN UNION COUNTY, SC WILL ABSTRACT 1787-1849, BOOK B. PAGE 219-222.
Probate available at Union Co Clerk of Probate Court; P.O. Box 447, Union, SC 29379, 864-429-1625. Joshua Palmer....Box#22...... package #27.....1835
STATE OF SOUTH Carolina ~ UNION DISTRICT By the will of God Amen I Joshua Palmer Senr. (former) of the State and District aforesaid being in good health for my age and of Sound memory. mind and understanding praised be God, for the same do hereby make and declare this my last will and Testament in manner and form following That is to Say I will that all my honest debts be paid first out of my Property I All and bequeath unto 4 beloved wife Rhoda Palmer all the plantation whereon we now Leave for her exclusive use and benefit during her natural life also her choice of one Cow and Calf Three feather bed bedsteads and furniture for the Same. and one Sow and pigs also one hundred and twenty five bushels of Corn I also give and bequeath unto her during her lifetime the use of one negro girl Milley and her increase if any and at her death Said negro to be sold with her increase if any and the amount equally divided among my Lawful heirs I also give and bequeath unto my wife Rhoda Palmer one hundred dollars in Silver for her Kindness and attention to no during my affliction with a cancer. I hereby give and bequeath unto my Sons Wm Palmer and Vardy Palmer after the decease of my wife Rhoda Palmer all the plantation whereon I now leave Containing by estimation two hundred and Seven acres. The said Land to be equally divided between (them) and William Palmer to take the part where on the house now stands. I do hereby give and bequeath unto my daughter Martha Cudd and the Lawful - heirs of her body all the western part of the plant - where on Purr Palmer and Carter C Cudd now live begriming on a poplar tree on the branch and running from thence in a straight line a long where Purr Palmers fence now stands to the top of the hill opposite to large rookes and thence in a straight line to a red oak Corner of Said plantation near a Spring on Aaron Davison Land and from thence along the outside Lines of said plantation to the said poplar- Also I Give and bequeath unto the said Martha Cudd one negro woman named Charity their child during her natural life And at her death said negros and their increase if any to be Sold and their pries equally divided among the lawful heirs of her body, The above property I will exclusively to my daughters use and benefit and not subject to the payment of my debt contracted by her husband, I do also will that the a above property be appraised and the a amount taken out of said Martha Cudd share of my estate I do hereby give & bequeath unto my Son Purr Palmer all the eastern part of the plantation whereon he now Lives running with the division line described in my bequest to Martha Cudd and with the out side lines from a red oak Corner near a spring on Aaron Davises Land to a poplar the beginning of the division Line of said plantation. Also I will and bequeath unto the said Purr Palmer the amount of one execution in the Sheriffs office against him at the suit of I. I. Foster vs, Purr Falser and of the thirty dollars and fifty cents paid by me for a horse for him. Both of which it is my will be to Ken an So much of his Share of my estate and also that the Land bequeathed a above be appraised and the a mount taken out of his Share of my estate. I do here by will that all the balls nee of my estate both Real and personal be appraised and Sold and an equal division of the proceeds of the same be made among my children William Palmer Daniel Richard Palmer. Thomas Palmer Aaron Davis. Martha Cudd Joshua Falser Purr Palmer Vardy Palmer and my grandson Robert Smith to each an equal Share deducting out of Purr Palmer's and Martha Cudd Shares the amount by appraisement bequeathed to then Respectively and deducting out of Williams Palmers and Vardy Palmer Shares one hundred and fifty dollars each in Consideration of the land willed to them and Subject to the Life estate of my wife Rhoda Palmer I do hereby nominate Constitute and appoint James 8 Alexander of Pinckney Tilde. S. C. my True and Sole executor of this my Will and Testament In Witness Where of I the Said Joshua Palmer hereunto Set my hand and annexed my Seal this first day of may one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight. Change Date: 6 Sep 2002 at 00:10:08
SAME BOOK, PG 360-361 SHOWS WILL BY JAMES PALMER ON P 360-361.
These Notes are from the Jantzen sisters, who spent years of research on this line. The Palmer line was not their line, but the axillary lines of Stiles, Glidewell, Worsham, et cetera, were and Elihu Palmer and Amy Armstrong raised their ancestor, James Kitchell, son of Amy Armstrong's sister.
A such, their investigations of the Palmers was limited to that which goes back to the Reverend Joshua Palmer, who was allied with their connecting families, the Stiles, Glidewells, et cetera. Without research beyond that point they assumed that the Palmer line goes back to Walter Palmer of Connecticut , which is incorrect and is borne out by the William Palmer Society's list of known descendants.
The Palmer line to Sir Thomas Palmer, son of Edward Palmer of Toddenham, which is given in this family tree, is that which has supportive evidence. There is no connection to the Massachusetts Palmers, at least not in America.
Joshua Palmer, Sr 12 Mar 1750 Amherst, Virginia became a Baptist minister, apparently after service in the Revolution. He led his congregation composed of the families mentioned below (the Stiles, Glidewell, et cetera families).
Also, a correction on notes below - he did not live in Union District, South Carolina all his life. When I send for his DAR papers I am going to check what they have. There were three Joshua Palmers in Union County, but I have the correct children and the correct Joshua Palmer based on most recent research.
These sons of wealthy landowners who followed Rev. Joshua Palmer were Cadets or second sons, so had to make their own way, but one wonders how this one man, Joshua Palmer held such an influence over them. They repeatedly bought and sold land as they made their way west and continuously kept together.
(Sharon Roach)
FROM THE JANTSEN SISTERS
Virginia was the first settled colony with permanent settlement starting in 1609. These Colonist were Anglicans and less rigid in their practices than Puritans. In the South, wealthy landowners were more important. The original settlements were water bound as roads were to hard to build and water was the cheapest means of transportation.
As the ancestors of Rebecca Stiles arrived, they made their way up the rivers onto land that had to be cleared. From the settlements the migration went up the river and down the coast to North Carolina. The colonies followed English Law with the rule of primogeniture, leaving the majority of the estate to the oldest son, leaving the younger sons to have to find land for themselves. During the early years of the colonies, the major currency was that of tobacco; taxes and debts were figured in pounds. Thus the availability of water transportation was necessary.
Our southern migration includes two streams of settlers through Virginia.
One stream composed of the Clements, Bell, Aston, Bird, Sutton, Nash and Glidewell descendants flowed through the tidewater swamps of southern Virginia and then around Albemarle Sound into North Carolina and eastern South Carolina, with some crossing Cherokee lands to Alabama and Mississippi.
The second stream composed of the Worsham, Rowlett, Archer, Cousins and Stiles families started in Chesterfield County just south of Richmond and followed the south side Virginia rivers inland without going into North Carolina.
The streams met well inland on Little Blue Wing Creek in Halifax County VA as Robert Glidewell moved back into VA from North Carolina and Richard Stiles moved west from Mecklenberg County into Halifax County.
Then after the American Revolution the Stiles and Glidewell families moved together to Duncan's Creek in Laurens County, South Carolina, where they met baptist preacher Rev Joshua Palmer and became members of his congregation. He then led them to Ohio west of Cincinnati where they settled at West Liberty, Union County, Indiana. The Stiles and Palmers continued migrating together, drifting across Indiana and then to Sullivan County, Missouri
The family of Elihu PALMER (1805-1875) husband of Amy ARMSTRONG aunt who raised James Monroe KITCHEL from infancy after his mother died Joshua Palmer married Fanny Stiles and raised a family of 11 children. Joshua died in Indiana before 1850, but Fanny accompanied her children's families to Owen County IN, Coles County, Illinois and Sullivan County, Missouri, where she died in 1861 at the age of 77. Their son Elihu Palmer married Amy Armstrong (his first cousin) daughter of my ancestors James Armstrong and Rebecca Stiles and had 12 children. Amy's sister Fanny Armstrong married Albert Bowers Kitchel and had one child, my great grandfather James Monroe Kitchel. When Fanny died the infant was raised in the Elihu Palmer household. Albert Bowers Kitchel then remarried to Nancy Palmer, sister of Elihu and had seven more children.
-1 214 3-1 m 1804/5 Laurens Co SC Joshua PALMER b 1780/90 CherawDist SC son Rev Joshua PALMER and Mary ?______, in Franklin Co IN 1814, Shelby Co IN 1830, Bartholomew Co IN 1840; d 1840/50 Bartholomew Co IN -1 214 3 Fanny STILES b 26Nov1786 VA/SC, member Silver Creek Baptist Church 1817, in Owen Co IN 1850, in Sullivan Co MO 1860; d 15May1861 Sullivan Co MO, bur Charlock +0 214 31 Hose PALMER b 26Apr1803; d 10Nov1803 Uncanceled, Laurens Co SC +0 214 32 Elihu PALMER b 5Nov1805 Uncanceled, Laurens Co SC, lived in Shelby Co IN 1840, in Owen Co IN 1850, in Sullivan Co MO 1860; d 16Jan1875 Scottsville, Sullivan co MO, bur Charlock, Sullivan co MO +0 214 32-1 m 9Dec1830 Shelby co IN Amy ARMSTRONG(first cousin) b 3Sep1814 Liberty, Franklin Co IN dau James ARMSTRONG and Rebecca STILES, signed as heir to Mrs Sar ARMSTRONG in 1846 from Owen co IN, raised Jam Monroe KITCHEL(b 26Jan1837) from infancy; d 13Oct1901 North Platte NE, bur Moorefield NE, her picture available! +0 214 33 Byrd PALMER b 29Jan1808 Franklin co IN, lived in Noblest, Shelby co IN 1830, Accrete, Bartholomew Co IN 1840, Owen co IN 1850, moved to Coles Co IL; d 8Oct1881 Coles co IL +0 214 33-1 m 22Oct1829 Shelby co IN Eleanor(Nellie) CAMPBELL (first cousin) b 24Jul1814 IN dau Joseph CAMPBELL and Agnes STILES(sister of Fanny STILES), lived in Putnam Co IN 1830, bought land in Bartholomew co IN 1834; d 16Aug1880 Coles co IL +0 214 34 Catherine PALMER b 10Jun1810; d aft 1820 +0 214 35 Elizabeth PALMER b 15Aug1812 Franklin co IN +0 214 35-1 m 6Sep1835 Bartholomew co IN Francis A. PARIS b 1806 OH +0 214 36 Mary PALMER b 19Mar1815 Liberty, Franklin co IN +0 214 36-1 m 13Dec1831 Shelby co IN Thomas MAZE b 26Oct1808 son Thomas MAZE and Hannah ELLIOT; d 10Nov1878 Berkeley Close ENGL +0 214 37 Margaret PALMER b 14Mar1817 +0 214 38 Nancy PALMER b 25Jun1819 Franklin co IN; d 6Apr1877 Mattoon IL, bur Old Bethel Cem, Lafayette Twp, Coles co IL +0 214 38-1 m 25Aug1838 Shelby co IN Albert Bowers KITCHEL-52 b 14Jul1800 Cheesecocks Patent, Monroe Twp, Orange Co NY son James Leonard KITCHEL and Charity COB Jul1865 Mattoon Twp, Coles co IL +0 214 38-1-1 he m1 1Jan1826 Warren Co OH Catherine WINTERROWD (WINTROW) b 1800/5 MD/OH dau Peter WINTERROWD and Rosanna ?______ ; d 11Sep1835 Shelby co IN +0 214 38-1-2 he m2 4Feb1836 Shelby co OH Fanny ARMSTRONG-53 (first cousin of Nancy PALMER) b abt 18 Liberty, Union Co IN dau James ARMSTRONG and Rebecca STILES(sister of Fanny STILES); d abt 1837 Noble St, Shelby co IN, in a runaway buggy accident --->+1 214 38-14 James Monroe KITCHEL-26 b 26Jan1837 Noble St, Shelby co In, raised from birth by Amy ARMSTRONG sister of Fanny ARMSTRONG and wife of the first cousin Joshua PALMER, served in Union Cavalry in Arkansas in Civil War; d 18Sep1923 Holyoke CO --->+1 214 38-14-1 m 27Feb1862 Sullivan co MO Elizabeth Sus HENNING-27 b 6Aug1840 Logan Co OH dau Nathan HENNING and Lucinda Ann FIELD; d 31Oct1922 Holyoke CO +0 214 38 Permelia (Parmelia) PALMER b 22Dec1821/2 IN, lived in Douglas Co IL in 1860; d 20Feb1896 +0 214 38-1 m 2Feb1843 Owen co IN John Tipton HELM b 5Mar1820 son Thomas HELM and Rachel BEEMAN or BOX, lived in IA before 1860; d 24Dec1910 KS +0 214 39 William Henry PALMER b 4Apr1824 Johnson Co IN; d 14Mar1865 aboard steamer Decatur at the mouth of the White River, Arkansas +0 214 39-1 m1 8Dec1842 Owen co IN Charlotte HOOTEN b 1826 TN; d 1850/5 +0 214 39-2 m2 1Dec1853 Coles co IL Prudence Jane TATE b abt 1832 MD dau Allen TATE and Louisa ?______; d 20Mar1869 +0 214 3(10) Fanny PALMER b 29Aug1826 Shelby co IN; d 22Mar1911 Scottsdale, Sullivan co MO +0 214 3(10)-1 m 22Dec1844 Owen co IN Joel HICKS b 18Oct1823 SC son Abel HICKS and Sara HALTOM; d 25Mar1891 MO +0 214 3(11) Joshua PALMER b 17Dec1828 Shelby co IN, moved to IL 1854, moved to Sullivan co MO 1856; d 12 Nov 1895, bur Charlock, Sullivan co MO +0 214 3(11)-1 m 16Nov1848 Owen co IN Zella Ann HALTOM b 23 Mar 1826 NC; d 17 Mar 1889, bur Charlock _______________________________ Principal References Consulted:
Captain in American Revolution Added by SBCOVER176 on 8 May 2008
From Indiana DAR Records
PALMER, JOSHUA, . 12 Mar (or Nov) 1750, Amherst Co., Va., d. Dec 1835 Union District, S.C., m. ____, d. 1808-1812, Crab Orchard, KY.
SERVICE: Captain S.C.> served 4 months in Capt....... Brandon's Co., Col...... Thomas S.C. Regt, Oct 1775. He enlisted in May 1776 served 5 months in Capt.....Jolly's Co. Annual allowance $280.00 sums rec'd $700.00 commenced pension 4 Mar 1831.
CHILDREN: Pamenas; William; Joshua Jr., m. 8 Sept 1811, L. C.: Mary, b. 6 July 1779, m. William Sparks. DESCENDANT: TITUS, Irene McDaniel (Mrs. Walter M.), No 309381.
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File ## S 21912 Joshua Palmer
Union District, South Carolina
3 Oct. 1832 appeared in Court Joshua Palmer resident of SD. District aged 82 years --- entered service in October 1775 as a volunteer in Capt...... Brandon's Co. in the Regt. commanded by Col...... John Thomas and Maj.. Henderson and served in the tour known by the name of "Snow Camp" about 4 months - In May 1776 was drafted and jointed the Co. commanded by Capt...... Jolly in Col...... Thomas' Regt. and marched to Prince's Fort - pursued the Indians, etc. and have destroyed them returned to the Seneca (?) Fort etc. etc. - discharged in October by Col...... Thomas - -- In March 1778 entered the service as a Captain in the Militia in Col...... Thomas' Regt. and marched to Augusta and thence to Florida served three months --- In March 1779 again took command of a Co. in the Regt. commanded by Col...... Wafford and marched to Augusta and thence to Bacon's Ridge, when the Regt. was divided and fell under the command of Col...... Brandon and then marched to Quaquaw Swamp - and then to Battle of Stone ---discharged--- In Feb. 1780 again took command of a Co. and joined Col...... Purvis near Augusta at Cubbert Crk. served three months and was discharged. In July following resigned commission --- no more regular tours but was actively employed in the neighborhood in different capacity until Battle of Cowpens in which was adjutant to Col. Brandon Reg. and then continued in an irregular scouting service until the entire cessation of hostility --- was born in AMELIA COL, VA 12 March 1750 as have been told but no record of age --- lived in Union District, South Carolina when entered service and lived there ever since.
Jan 1856 South Carolina - Union District
Know all men by these presents that I, Purmesion (?) Palmer of State and District aforesd. do constitute and appoint A. S. Wallace etc. etc. to prosecute the claim of my father Capt. Joshua Palmer for an increase for cavalry service Capt. Palmore (sp) was Pensioner Act. 7 June 1832 and died dec. 1, 1835.
Additional information about this story Description Service during American Revolution and petition of Parmenus Palmer for pension of his father. Date 1775 to 1832 Location Union District, South Carolina Attached to Reverand Joshua Palmer (1746 - 1835)
Interesting story about Reverand Joshua Palmer; David George was born into slavery in Virginia in 1742, but ran away to South Carolina where he hid for several years -- first as a servant to Creek chief Blue Salt, then to Natchez chief King Jack, who sold him to a plantation in Silver Bluff, South Carolina, near the Georgia border.
Between 1773 and 1775, George, his wife, and six other slaves owned by George Galphin were converted to Christianity and baptized by Joshua Palmer, a white Baptist itinerant minister. Following Dunmore's proclamation, white ministers were prohibited from preaching to slaves "lest they should furnish...too much knowledge." Upon Palmer's recommendation, George took on responsibility for the Silver Bluff group.
************************* Captain Jolly married Sarah Palmer, Joshua's sister; See notes under Sarah Palmer.
*********************** Joshua's name appears in several records of Laurens County. On 19 Aug 1793, Joshua Palmer, minister of the Gospel, purchased 46 acres in Laurens County from Thomas and Ruth Adkins.(12) On 27 May 1794, the Upper Baptist Church of Dunkans Creek under the care of Joshua Palmer petitioned the South Carolina legislature for permission to incorporate. (13) On 23 Nov 1794, Matthew Gaston of Greene County, Georgia sold 150 acres on Duncans Creek in Laurens County, South Carolina to Joshua Palmer, clergyman. (14) The 1800 Census of South Carolina lists Rev. Joshua Palmer in Laurens County with I male 16-26, 1 male over 45, and l female over 45(15) In 1806, Joshua Palmer and son-in-law William Sparks were witnesses of the will of Aaron Harlan of Laurens County, South Carolina. (Two of Joshua's grandchildren, John and Mary Sparks, would later marry two of Aaron Harlan's grandchildren, Stephen and Elizabeth Harlan, in Indiana). (16)
A, 22.bout 1808, Rev. Palmer and his family decided to move north to Indiana Territory. At Crab Orchard, Kentucky, his wife became ill and died. (17) The family continued on to Indiana where Joshua Palmer Sr. patented land in the SE 1/4 Section 11, Township 11 North, Range 3 West (today Union County). (18) In 1809, the names Joshua Palmer and William Palmer appear on a list of voters at an election held for territorial representative in the sixth election district of Dearborn County. This district comprised the eastern part of
(9)U.S. Bureau of the Census. Heads of Families at the First Census of the UnitedStates, South Carolina. Reprint of 1908 ed. (Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1978), 45. (10)John Asplund. The Annual Register of the Baptist Denomination in North America to the First ofNovember 1790. (Southampton Co., VA: J. Asplund, 1791), 39 (11)John Asplund. The Universal Register of the Baptist Denomination in North American for the Years 1790, 1792, 1793, and Part of 1794. (Boston: J. Asplund, 1794), 42-43. (12)Laurens County, South Carolina Deeds, E:255, 19 August 1793. (13)"Upper Baptist Church of Dunkins Creek Petition to Incorporate," UpperSouth Carolina Genealogy & History 5:4 (Oct.1987): 95-96. (14)Laurens County, South Carolina Deeds, E:454, 23 November 1794. (15)U.S. Bureau of the Census. Second Census of the UnitedStates, 1800, South Carolina (16)Alpheus H. Harlan. Histoiy and Genealogy of the Harlan Family. (Baltimore: Lord Baltimore Press, 1914), 93-94, 524, 526. (17)Hiram Sparks." Biographical and Genealogical Histoiy of Wayne, Fayette, Union and Franklin Counties, Indiana. (Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1899), 897 (l8)Margaret R. Waters. indiana Land Entries. (Indianapolis: M.R. Waters, 1948), 1:65.
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present Union County and the north-eastern part of Franklin County.(19) The first taxlist of Franklin County, Indiana includes the names Joshua Palmer Sr., Joshua Palmer Jr., William Palmer, and William Sparks (husband of Joshua's daughter Mary).(20) Joshua Palmer was pastor of New Hope Church in Indiana in 1812(21) and nearly all of the rest of his life was spent in Union County.(22) His death date is unknown, but he probably died before 1820.
Rev. Joshua Palmer had three known children: William, Mary, and Joshua, who were all born in South Carolina. William was born about 1774 and died in 1840; he married Jane Gill.(23) Mary was born in 1779 and died in 1848; she married William Sparks.(24) Joshua was born in 1784; he married Fanny Stiles.(25) All three children married in South Carolina and moved to Indiana with their father. William's family later moved to Illinois and Iowa. Mary Sparks and her family stayed in Indiana. Joshua Jr. probably died in Bartholomew County, Indiana between 1840 and 1850; some of his descendants went to Sullivan County, Missouri.
??????? A second Joshua Palmer resided in South Carolina in the latter half of the 18th Century and has been confused in some writings with Rev. Joshua Palmer. This second Joshua was born in Amelia County, Virginia in 1750, but lived in Union District, South Carolina at the time of the Revolution. He served in Brandon's Regiment, which was raised in Union District. In his 1832 petition for a veteran's pension, he stated "I lived in Union District when I entered the Service and have lived here ever since." (26) He was probably the Joshua Palmer who was granted 120 and 380 acres on the waters of the Broad River in the 1780's.(27) In the 1790 census of South Carolina, he is listed in Union District, with 2
Spouse: Mary LOVESY. Children were: William PALMER, Joshua PALMER JR.
Lois A. PALMER.
Spouse: Noah Salathiel LONG. Noah Salathiel LONG and Lois A. PALMER were married on 31 Jul 1872 in Gage Co., Nebraska. Children were: Frank LONG, Lois Amanda LONG, Louise LONG.
Margaret PALMER was born on 19 Aug 1815 in , , Indiana, USA. She died about 1854. Parents: Joshua PALMER JR and Frances STILES.
Marion PALMER was born about 1851 in , , Illinois, USA. Parents: Minor Thomas PALMER and Caroline TUEL.
Mary PALMER was born on 19 Mar 1815 in , , Indiana, USA. Parents: Joshua PALMER JR and Frances STILES.
Mary Ann PALMER was born on 7 Mar 1808 in , Laurens, Georgia, USA. She died on 26 Mar 1861 in Oakland, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA. Parents: William PALMER and Jane GILL.
Mary Matilda PALMER was born on 30 Dec 1859 in Sugar Grove, Mercer, Illinois, USA. She died on 6 Jun 1908. Parents: Minor Thomas PALMER and Caroline TUEL.
Mason PALMER was born on 6 Jun 1807 in , , South Carolina, USA. He died on 28 Nov 1857 in , Daviess, Indiana. Parents: Joshua PALMER JR and Frances STILES.
Minor Thomas PALMER was born on 22 Mar 1822 in , , Indiana, USA. He appeared in the census in 1850 in Township 15 N R 3 W, Mercer, Illinois.2183 He appeared in the census in 1870 in Center, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA.2184 He died on 26 Aug 1882 in Oakland, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA. Parents: William PALMER and Jane GILL.
Spouse: Caroline TUEL. Minor Thomas PALMER and Caroline TUEL were married in 1848 in , Rush, Indiana, USA.2185 Children were: Perry PALMER, Marion PALMER, Sumner S. PALMER, George PALMER, Minor Thomas PALMER, Mary Matilda PALMER, Abraham PALMER, Alean PALMER, Alexis Presley PALMER, Horace PALMER, Adella PALMER.
Minor Thomas PALMER was born on 21 May 1857 in Big Grove, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA. He died on 17 Aug 1857. Parents: Minor Thomas PALMER and Caroline TUEL.
Nancy PALMER was born on 25 Jun 1819 in Franklin, Indiana, USA. She died on 6 Apr 1877 in Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, USA. Parents: Joshua PALMER JR and Frances STILES.
Parmenas PALMER was born on 31 Mar 1810. Parents: Joshua PALMER JR and Frances STILES.
Permelia PALMER was born on 22 Dec 1821 in , , Indiana, USA. She died on 20 Feb 1896. Parents: Joshua PALMER JR and Frances STILES.
Perry PALMER was born about 1849. Parents: Minor Thomas PALMER and Caroline TUEL.
Rachel PALMER was born about 1796 in , Union, Indiana, USA. She died about 1850 in , , Illinois, USA. Parents: William PALMER and Jane GILL.
Rebecca Ann PALMER was born about 1822 in , , Indiana, USA. She died about 1846 in , , Ilinois, USA. Parents: William PALMER and Jane GILL.
Sarah PALMER was born on 10 Oct 1805 in , , North Caolina, USA. She died on 27 Apr 1847 in , , Indiana, USA. Parents: Joshua PALMER JR and Frances STILES.
Sarah Caroline PALMER was born on 13 Feb 1819 in Union, Indiana. She appeared in the census on 16 Apr 1883 in Clark, Washington.2186 She died on 7 Apr 1901 in Brush Prairie, Clark, Washington, USA. She was buried in Brush Prairie Cemetery, Clark, Washington. Parents: William PALMER and Jane GILL.
Spouse:
Gearshum (Vanatter) VANATTA. Gearshum
(Vanatter) VANATTA and Sarah Caroline PALMER were married on 5 Oct 1833 in Sugar
Grove, Mercer, Illinois, USA.2187
A from Mercer Co, ILfrom Mercer Co, ILthey Moved from Mercer Co, IL on 8 Aug
1853 to Halsey, Linn, Oregon, USA.2122
Gearshum and Sarah Van Atta
When any definitive history of Clark County is written, the story of Gearshum
and Sarah Van Atta is certain to take up several pages.
The pioneer Brush Prairie couple had 14 children and their children had many
children. Their descendants married the sons and daughters of other pioneers,
and today it almost seems that almost everyone there is in some way related to
a Van Atta.
Gearshum was born in Pennsylvania in 1813. After fighting in the Indian wars,
he married Sarah Caroline Palmer in 1833 in Illinois. The couple had 10 children
before deciding to head west to the Oregon country.
The Van Attas crossed the plains in 1854, settling first in Linn County, Ore.
They lived there long enough for three more children to be born, then settled
in Brush Prairie in 1863 where one more daughter, Irene Rebecca, was born.
Along with their prodigious family, the Van Attas should be remembered for helping
found the Brush Prairie Baptist Church, which is still going strong and is recognized
as the oldest Baptist congregation in Washington. They also deeded the land for
the Brush Prairie cemetery, which is recognized as one of the most historic pioneer
cemeteries in the county.
Gearshum died in 1896 and Sarah in 1901. Both lie in the cemetery they deeded
to the county in 1885.
Posted in The Columbian newspaper.
http://www.columbian.com/history/profiles/vanatta.cfm Children were: Elizabeth (Betsy) VAN ATTA, Jane
VAN ATTA, Margaret VAN ATTA, John VAN ATTA, Mary VAN ATTA, Benjamin
VANATTA, Eli Cyrus VAN ATTA, Susan VAN ATTA, William VAN ATTA, Rosetta
Sarah VAN ATTA, Phoebe Caroline VAN
ATTA, Lincoln Gershom VAN ATTA,
Irene Rebecca VAN ATTA.
Sumner S. PALMER was born on 28 Apr 1853 in Sugar Grove, Mercer, Illinois, USA. He died on 22 Jan 1939. Parents: Minor Thomas PALMER and Caroline TUEL.
Susan PALMER was born on 23 Jul 1817 in , , Indiana, USA. She died on 20 May 1874 in Oakland, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA. Parents: William PALMER and Jane GILL.
Susanna Content PALMER.
Spouse: Daniel Brigham WITT. Daniel Brigham WITT and Susanna Content PALMER were married on 22 Mar 1897 in Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, United States.
William PALMER was born about 1774 in , Amelia, Virginia, USA. He appeared in the census in 1800 in Laurens District, South Carolina.2188 He served in the military service on 11 Sep 1813 in Served in the War of 1812 from Indiana Territory Capt. John Brison's Co, 7th Regiment, Indiana Milti. Event: Military Service 11 Sep 1813 Served in the War of 1812 from Indiana Territory Capt. John Brison's Co, 7th Regiment, Indiana Miltia (Franklin County) discharged 10/12/1813 He appeared in the census in 1840 in Rock Island, Rock Island, Illinois, USA.2189 He died on 25 Oct 1840 in Rock Island, Rock Island, Illinois, USA.2190 He was buried in Illinois. Name: William PALMER Given Name: William, Surname: Palmer Sex: M
Birth: Abt. 1774 in South Carolina.
Death: 25 Oct 1840 in Rock Island Co., Illinois Burial: Illinois.
Census: 1800 Laurens Co, South Carolina.
Event: Military Service 11 Sep 1813 Served in the War of 1812 from Indiana Territory Capt. John Brison's Co, 7th Regiment, Indiana Miltia (Franklin County) discharged 10/12/1813.
Note: Moved with his father from South Carolina to Union County, Indiana about 1810. Moved to Knox County, Illinois in 1827 where he lived near the township of Maquon and was the first white settler. He was reported to be a "beekeeper". Left there around 1838 (sold property to Nelson Selby, May 25, 1836) Finished out his life in Rock Island County, Illinois
Father: Joshua PALMER b: Abt. 1740 in England, Mother: Jane UNKNOWN
Marriage 1 Sarah Jane GILL b: Abt. 1780 in ,,Virginia she died 25 Aug 1846 in ,,Illinois Burial: ,Rock Island Co., Illinois
Married: 1804 in ,South Carolina
Children: 1. Daughter PALMER b: Bef. 1800 in ,,South Carolina.
2. Eda Elizabeth PALMER b: 9 Mar 1805 in ,Laurens Co.?, South Carolina.
3. Mary Ann PALMER b: 7 Mar 1808 in ,Laurens Co.?, South Carolina.
4. Benjamin F. PALMER b: 10 Feb 1811 in ,Union Co., Pennsylvania, USA.
5. Rachel PALMER b: Abt. 1815
6. Susan PALMER b: 23 Jul 1817 in ,, Indiana.
7. Sarah Caroline PALMER b: 13 Feb 1819 in ,,Indiana.
8. William PALMER b: Abt. 1820 in ,,Indiana?
9. Rebecca Ann PALMER b: Aft. 1822 in ,, Indiana.
10. Minor Thomas PALMER b: 22 Mar 1822 in Commonsville, Fayette Co., Indiana.
<<< This was the next generation back, also submitted by: Catherine Hall <[email protected]>
Name: Joshua PALMER
Given Name: Joshua
Surname: Palmer
Sex: M
Birth: Abt. 1740 in England
Death: in Indiana?
Census: 1800 Laurens Co, South Carolina
Census: 1790 Cheraws Dist, South Carolina
Occupation: Bet. 1773 - 1776 Served on English Ship for three years
Occupation: Baptist Minister Immigration: 1776 South Carolina Event: Possessions 1785 150 acres in Cheraw District, Northeastern South Carolina from Patent Land Survey
Event: Possessions 1784 380 acres purchased on Broad River (Book A, p2210
Event: Possessions 1785 120 acres purchased on Broad River (Book C, p 213)
Marriage 1 Jane UNKNOWN she died 6 Jul 1807 in Crab Orchard, Lincoln Co., Kentucky
Moved with his father from South Carolina to Union County, Indiana about 1810. Moved to Knox County, Illinois in 1827 where he lived near the township of Maquon and was the first white settler. He was reported to be a "beekeeper" . Left there around 1838 (sold property to Nelson Selby, May 25, 1836) Finished out his life in Rock Island County, Illinois Parents: Rev Joshua D. PALMER SR and Mary LOVESY.
Spouse: Jane GILL. William PALMER and Jane GILL were married in 1804 in South Carolina.1447 Children were: Rachel PALMER, Eda Elizabeth PALMER, Mary Ann PALMER, Benjamin F PALMER, Susan PALMER, Sarah Caroline PALMER, William PALMER, Minor Thomas PALMER, Rebecca Ann PALMER.
William PALMER was born about 1820 in , , Indiana, USA. He died about 1850. Parents: William PALMER and Jane GILL.
William Henry PALMER died on 14 Mar 1865. He was born 4 Aor 1824 in Shelby, Indiana, USA. Parents: Joshua PALMER JR and Frances STILES.
PAQUETTE.
Spouse: POST.
Lori PAQUETTE.
Spouse: POST.
Mary PARISH was born about 1878.
Spouse: Ephraim John THOMPSON. Ephraim John THOMPSON and Mary PARISH were married.
Deliverance Dawn PARK. Parents: Samuel R. PARK and Beverly Ann BOWMAN.
Samuel R. PARK.
Spouse: Beverly Ann BOWMAN. Children were: Deliverance Dawn PARK.
Abner Clift PARKER was born on 4 Jan 1858 in , Mason, Kentucky, USA. He appeared in the census in 1860 in District 2, Mason, Kentucky, USA.2191 He appeared in the census in 1870 in Orangeburg, Mason, Kentucky, USA.2192 He appeared in the census in 1900 in Magisterial District 8, Mason, Kentucky, USA.2193 He appeared in the census in 1920 in Dietrich, Mason, Kentucky, USA.2194 He appeared in the census in 1930 in District 21, Mason, Kentucky.2195 He died on 4 Oct 1936 in , Mason, Kentucky, USA. He was in farmer. Abner C. Parker and Susan E. Anno were married at the residence
of James Anno in Orangeburg, Mason CO., KY. The bondsman was O.
M. Parker. Parents: William L. PARKER and Talitha CLIFT.
Spouse: Susan E. ANNO. Abner Clift PARKER and Susan E. ANNO were married on 16 Mar 1881 in , Mason, Kentucky, USA. Children were: Winn Roe PARKER, Elma C. PARKER, Mitchel Anno PARKER, Tolie PARKER, Ona R. PARKER, Mattie M (Maude?) PARKER, Lucy Lee PARKER, Barry PARKER.
Barry PARKER was born in 1900 in Magisterial District 8, Mason, Kentucky, USA. Parents: Abner Clift PARKER and Susan E. ANNO.
Bertha M PARKER. Parents: Mitchel Anno PARKER and Leona Ruth BRANAM.
Edward M. PARKER. Parents: Mitchel Anno PARKER and Leona Ruth BRANAM.
Elma C. PARKER was born in Aug 1884 in , Mason, Kentucky, USA. Parents: Abner Clift PARKER and Susan E. ANNO.
Spouse: Pickett WOOD.
George Anna PARKER was born about 1850 in Silver Creek, Greene, Ohio, USA. Parents: William L. PARKER and Talitha CLIFT.
John W. PARKER appeared in the census in 1840 in Mercer, Kentucky.2196 He was born in 1845. Parents: William L. PARKER and Talitha CLIFT.
Lucy Lee PARKER was born on 27 Jun 1895. She appeared in the census in 1920 in Dietrich, Mason, Kentucky.2197 She died on 17 Jun 1945. Parents: Abner Clift PARKER and Susan E. ANNO.
Spouse: James Bolinger DOWNING. James Bolinger DOWNING and Lucy Lee PARKER were married on 7 Feb 1918. Children were: Margaret F. DOWNING, Jean B. DOWNING.
Martha A. PARKER was born about 1852 in Silver Creek, Greene, Ohio, USA. Parents: William L. PARKER and Talitha CLIFT.
Mary I. PARKER was born in 1848. Parents: William L. PARKER and Talitha CLIFT.
