1793 Tax Record Eastern District of Somerset County, New Jersey pg. 6
Isaac Perres
1793 Tax Record Eastern District of Somerset County, New Jersy, pg 14
Isaac Huff
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| Isaac Powers | see FAMILY TREE | |
| Born: Abt. 1770 Pennsylvania |
Possibly married in New Jersey about 1792
Died: About 1736 Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH
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Isaac Powers
by Susan Brooke
Aug 2021
Isaac Powers Sr.
was born in Pennsylvania between 1771-1780. (1) Since his son, Isaac F. Powers,
was probably born about 1792-5 in New Jersey, we can assume he was living in New
Jersey about that time. (2) The only person found with a name
even closely resembling Isaac Powers, is an Isaac Perres on the tax records of
Somerset County, NJ in 1793. An Isaac Huff was on the same tax records.
(3) However there is absolutely no proof that these men are connected to Isaac
Powers.
Isaac Powers' son Isaac F Powers, may have fought in the War of 1812 from
someplace near Clermont, OH. However, there is no record for his father,
Isaac Powers, Sr. He is not found in the 1819 Cincinnati City Directory.
The first time he showed up in Cincinnati was in the 1825 Cincinnati City
Directory where he was a drayman.
(4) His grandson, Andrew Jackson Powers was born in Cincinnati to Isaac F
Powers in 1824, so it seems likely that all three generations were living
together in 1825. In 1829, the family was living together at Vine above Canal.
The 1830 census shows the three generations living together.
Isaac Powers Sr. was between 50 and 60 and his son, Isaac F. Powers, was
between 30 and 40. The children
listed fix exactly with the known children of Isaac F. Powers.
In the 1831 Cincinnati Directory,
Isaac Powers is listed as "laborers," indicating there are still two
adult males in the family.
By 1834, Isaac F. Powers and his wife Nancy and 7 children had moved across the
Ohio River to Covington, KY.
Isaac
Powers, Sr., however, was still living in Cincinnati.
(5) In the Cincinnati tax records for 1835-1836 Isaac Powers was living
on Burnet in a residence that has 20 feet.
His total worth was $150 and he owed $3.34 in taxes.
Both Isaac Powers, Sr. and his son Isaac F. Powers disappeared from the records
around 1836. The last record found is
for an Isaac Powers in Cincinnati City Directory for 1836-37 where he was living
on 7th north of Broadway.
Sources
(1) 1830 census Cincinnati, Ohio
(2) The 1830 census has his son, Isaac F Powers, born between 1790-1800. However, Nancy, his wife, was born in 1796, so Isaac F Powers was probably born a couple of years before that.
(3) 1793 Tax records of the Eastern District of Somerset County, New Jersey
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1793 Tax Record Eastern District of Somerset County, New Jersey pg. 6 Isaac Perres |
1793 Tax Record Eastern District of Somerset County, New Jersy, pg 14 Isaac Huff |
(4) 1825 City
Directory, Cincinnati
Isaac Powers, drayman, New (St.) E of Broadway, (born) PA
| 1825 | Cincinnati City Directory | Isaac Powers, drayman, New E. of Broadway (born in) PA |
| 1829 | Cincinnati City Directory | Isaac Powers, Vine above Canal |
| 1830 census | Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH | Isaac Powers is head of family but there are two men living in the household. One was born between 1770-1780 and one between 1790-1800. There are two sons and three daughters in the census list which accurately correspond with Eliza, Jacob, Susan, Andrew J and Mary Ann Powers. |
| 1831 | Cincinnati City Directory | Isaac Powers, laborers, elbow of the Canal (note that the directory says "laborers" |
| 1834 | Cincinnati City Directory | Isaac Powers, laborer, Race b Canal and 12th |
| 1836-7 | Cincinnati City Directory | Isaac Powers, laborer, 7th n B way |
(9) 1835-1836 Tax List, Cincinnati, OH
