Ann Eliza Archer
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Feb 1850 - Washington, Allen, Indiana, United States
Christening:
Death: After 1880
Burial:
Events
• Census 1880, 1880 in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, United States
Parents
Father: John S. Archer (1822-1899)
Mother: Mary Jane Poinsett (1825-1898)
Spouses and Children
1. *John A. Soliday (Abt 1843 - After 1880)
Marriage: 12 Dec 1869 - Allen, Indiana, United States
Children:
1. John E. Soliday (Abt 1871- )
2. Jacob C. Soliday (Abt 1873- )
3. Lincoln Soliday (Abt 1875- )
4. Morton O. Soliday (Abt 1877- )
5. Georgie Soliday (Abt 1880- )
Notes
General:
MARRIAGE: Records of the First Baptist Church, Fort Wayne, Indiana (Marriages and Baptisms) 1863-1920. Compiled by Virginia f. (Jordan) Bloomfield and Teresa A. Bloomfield. Fort Wayne Public Library, 1976.
p. 63, Soliday, John - res FW (Fort Wayne) - br (bride) Ann Eliza Archer - res(ident) FW, d(ate) Dec 12, 1869
CENSUS:
1850 CENSUS: Washington, Allen, Indiana, 18 Sep 1850, p 288, image from Internet; enumerated with parents;
27) Ann E., age 7/12, F, b IN.
1860 Washington Twp, Allen Co, Indiana; 7 Jun 1860, film #0803243, roll 243, copy 653, p 240 or 4, ln 3, enumerated with parents and siblings Mary J, Oliver, & John P, plus David R, Mary J;
3. Ann E, 10 female, born Indiana.
1880 census living with hotel keeper Albert Hensil; attending school.Anna Archer, 12, IN ? ? line 37/39.
Anna Archer
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Jul 1847 - Allen, Indiana, United States
Christening:
Death: 1900-1910
Burial:
Parents
Father: Samuel Archer (1811-1852)
Mother: Matilda Whiteside (1817-1882)
Spouses and Children
1. *John H Miller (Dec 1842 - )
Marriage: 17 Dec 1868 - Allen, Indiana, United States 1
Children:
1. Franklin Miller (1872- )
2. Harry Miller (Abt 1873-1900)
3. Erland Miller (1874- )
4. Betrand R. Miller (1876- )
5. Mary Miller (Abt 1878-1900)
6. Cloyd R. Miller (1880- )
Notes
General:
CENSUS:
1850 CENSUS: Milan Twp, Allen, IN; 5 Nov 1850, p 399/200; image from Internet; enumerated with parents and 6 siblings;
34) Anne, age 3, F, b IN.
1870 Census; Washington Twp., Miama, OH, series M593, roll 1244, page 627, line 25, enum w/husband
Miller, Anna, age 21, F, W, Keeping House, b OH
1880 Census; Washington Twp., Miami, Ohio, dwelling & family 29, enum w/husb, 6 kids & others;
Miller, Anna, wife, age 32, b IN
1900 Census; Washington Twp., Miami, OH, dwelling & family 163, enum w/husb and 4 sons.
Miller, Anna, wife, b Jul 1859, age 50, married 32 yrs, 6 children born, 4 living, b Indiana, parents b Indiana, able to read, write & speak English
Franklin, son, b Mar 1872, age 28, b Ohio, fb Ohio, mb Indiana, Farm Labor
Erland, son, b Nov 1874, age 25, b Ohio, fb OH, mb IN, Farm Labor
Bertrand, son, b Nov 1876, age 23, b Ohio, fb OH, mb In, Farm Labor
Cloyd, son, age Mar 1841, 20, b Ohio, fb OH, mb IN, Farmer.
RESIDENCE: By 1889 Anna is living in Piquo, OH, according to Valley of the Upper Maumee bio.
BIOGRAPHY:
Excerpts from volumes I and II of : Valley of the Upper Maumee A historical account of Allen County and the city of Ft. Wayne, Indiana. "The story of it's progress from savagery to civilization"
Published in 1889 by BRANT & FULLER in Madison ,Wisconsin
Valley of the Upper Maumee, p 36
Samuel and Matilda Archer ...had eight children, six sons and two daughters, five of whom are living: David R. is engaged in real estate business in Omaha; Mary J. is a resident of Fort Wayne, and Anna, of Piqua, Ohio...
SOURCE: All children come from Archer/Hatfield/Smead myfamily.com website as of Feb 2006. Note this site has her birth yearf as 1849, which conflicts with the 1850 census where she was age 3.
SOURCE: Wes Archer, [email protected], Dec 1998; Anna Archer, b 1847, + John H Miller.
Anna B. Archer
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 12 Nov 1882 - Washington Twp, Allen, Indiana, United States
Christening:
Death: 22 Apr 1925 - Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, United States
Burial:
Parents
Father: Henry Clay Archer (1844-1924)
Mother: Sarah Jane Anderson (1851-1907)
Spouses and Children
1. *Commodore D. Hickman (May 1877 - )
Marriage: 17 Jun 1900 - Allen, Indiana, United States
Arthur Lloyd Archer
Sex: M
AKA: Babe
Individual Information
Birth: 21 Feb 1905 - Finley, Steele, North Dakota, United States
Christening:
Death: 12 May 1980 - Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States
Burial:
Parents
Father: Wesley Warren Archer (1858-1913)
Mother: Mary Rebecca Beyerle (1862-1923)
Spouses and Children
1. Living 2. LivingBenjamin Franklin Archer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 26 Aug 1855 - Whitley, Indiana, United States
Christening:
Death: 24 Oct 1897 - Harrison, Missouri, United States
Burial:
Events
• Census 1860, 20 Jul 1860 in Blue Ridge, Cypress, Harrison, Missouri
Parents
Father: Benjamin Franklin Archer (1804-1875)
Mother: Charlotte A. Pettit (1812-1903)
Spouses and Children
1. *Mary Eliza Ziegler (20 Feb 1858 - 16 Oct 1931)
Marriage: 30 Mar 1884 - Harrison, Missouri, United States
Children:
1. Leonard C. Archer (1885-1970)
2. Oren Melvin Archer (1889-1955)
3. Minnie Olive Archer (1890-1979)
4. Harvey Wren Archer (1892-1963)
5. Archer (1896-1896)
Notes
General:
MARRIAGE: Marriage information was kindly shared from George Archer ([email protected]), who personally collected it while on a road trip to Harrison Co., MO in the Spring of 2006.
Harrison Co., MO Marriages
1/278
Benjamin F. Archer of Adams Twp, Harrison Co., MO, over 21
and Mary Zeiger, of Clay Twp, Harrison Co., MO, over 18
License Issued: 27 Mar 1884
md. on 30 Mar 1884 by W.E. Riley, J.P.
Filed: 11 Apr 1884
CENSUS:
1880 Census; Adams, Harrison, Missouri
Source: FHL Film 1254689 National Archives Film T9-0689 Page 189B
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
Benjamin ARCHER Self M S W 24 IN
Occ: Farmer Fa: OH Mo: NJ
Travis COPE Other M W 21 MO
Occ: Laborer Fa: --- Mo: ---
Mary CRIGHTON Other F W 17 MO
Occ: Servant Fa: IN Mo: ---
Thersa CRIGHTON Other F S W 10M MO
Fa: MO Mo: ---
Jeptha G. PETTET Other M S W 9 MO
Occ: Servant Fa: IN Mo: IL.
Note: Living next door to the Charles W. & Frances Osborn family. Frances was the dau of Nathan Allen & Rebecca Archer, so she is this Benj. Archer's niece.
BIOGRAPHY: The Archer Quarterly, Winter 1989. History of Harrison and Mercer Counties, Missouri, Goodspeed Publ. Co., St. Louis, Chicago, 1888.
Harrison Co. - Early Settlement
Benjamin Archer is in a list of the earliest settlers.
Benjamin F. Archer, proprietor of Blue Ridge, a hamlet of a few dozen inhabitants situated in northern parts of Adams Township was layed off into town lots in Septermber 1887 by Benjamin F. Archer, proprietor. The village is situated at the southwest quarter of S. 3, T. 62, R. 27 and includes 18 lots and two streets. There has been a post office in the neighborhood for a number of years, also a store which early gave the place the reputation of a good local trading point. Since about the year 1856, the United Brethren have maintained a religious organization known as the Blue Ridge Church. (p. 380)
SOURCE: Children came from the Archer/Hatfield/Smead myfamily.com website, as of Feb 2006.
WILL: All of the following Will and Probate information was kindly shared from George Archer ([email protected]), who personally collected it while on a road trip to Harrison Co., MO in the Spring of 2006.
Salient pieces of Benjamin's estate:
Settlements 1-3 and final:
1st: made by George W. Wanamaker and George W. Barlow, administrators
filed; 18 Nov 1898
Sole distribution of property, household goods to legatees; allowance for
widows portion under the will; made 1st additional inventory to cover
various rents and interest income that accured since 1st inventory.
Payment on claim by Charlotte Archer, mother of the deceased on 13 Jun
1898,. Value of estate: credits $1727.07; debits (accounts due estate) $1482.18;
2nd Value of estate after all accounts settled: $394.65
filed: 29 Nov 1899
3rd Value of estate after all accounts settled: $1118.96
filed: 22 Nov 1900
Final
Distribution payment: Leonard C. Oren and M. Minnie O. and Harvey W. Archer
Mary E. was curator of three minor children, on 9 Mar 1901, 2 separate
payments of $5 an $20 separately
Filed: 15 Feb 1902
Widow relinguished and renouced rights or claims to administer the estate
of her husband. Signed: Mary E. Archer.
She asked that Wanamaker and Barlow be the administrators at Nov Term of
1897. Filed: 28 Oct 1897
Over course of administation 1897-1902 there were four inventories that
show what was sold.
1st Inventory:
Real estate as of 4 Nov 1897:
1. E. 1/2 of Lot 1 of NW 1/4 S. 3
2. N. 1/2 of SW 1/4 of S. 3
3. SE 1/4 of of SW 1/4 of S. 3
4. part of SW 1/4 of SW 1/4., S. 3 except the town lots in Blue Ridge village
previously sold by the deceased
all situatated in T. 62, R. 27, Harrison Co., MO
Also E. 1/2 of E. 1/2 of SW S. 2 and the W. 1/2 of the SE 1/4 S. 2
and W. 1/2 of E. 1/2 of SE S. 2 all in in T. 62, R. 27
Also E. 1/2 of SW 1/4 S. 1 and NW 1/4 of SW 1/4 S. 1 in T. 62, R. 27
Also 44 A. w. 1/2 of lot 1, NW 1/4, S. 6, T. 62, R. 26
Also 11 A. in N. part of N 1/2 of lot 3, SW 1/4, S. 6, T. 62, R. 26
all in Harrison CO, MO
The rest of inventory deals with livestock and farm implements and cash in
bank ($181) in savings and several notes payable to hime. Total note amount
$254.10 and cash inventories and inventoried property total: $481.32
First Additional inventory of 18 Nov 1898 to account for rental income :
$689.72
Second inventory: total $840 covering period 1 Mar 1899-1 Mar 1900
Appraisal for value of town lots in Archer's First Addition to Blue Ridge,
MO. Several lots: nos 1-3, 27, and SW 1/4 of SW 1/4 S. 3, T. 62, R. 27
bounded by corner lines not further identified but total 22.5 A. @$40/A.
Total $900 appraised value for all.
Also W. 1/2 of E. 1/2 of SE 1/4, S. 2, and E. 1/2 of W. 1/2 SE 1/4, S. 2.,
all in T. 62, R. 27. Value: $1920 (Inclued above items also)
Filed: 25 May 1900
Third Inventory to cover procedes of sale to Mary E. Archer on 17 May
1900 which was W. 1/2 of E. 1/2 of SE 1/4 S.2. and E. 1/2 of W. 1/2 of SE
1/4,S. 2, all in T. 62, R. 27
and rental income from 3 different properties, totalling $2428.50
Filed: 22 Nov 1900
Last inventory of 15 Feb 1902: to account for rent
Total $232,25
Original appraisal to cover field crops and implements and personal
property.
Filed 29 Nov 1897
Trust deed of Benjamin F. and Mary E. Archer, spouses
to Ray L. Ahord of Harrsion Co, MO being company of Ahord & Frisby,
consisting of Daniel S. Ahord and Ezra H. Frisby. Provides for payments and
located at NW 1/4 of SW 1/4, S. 1 and W. 1/2 of SE 1/4 S. 2 , all in T. 63,
R. 27
Also 11 A. lot 2 of SW 1/4 of S. 6 in W. 1/2 of lot 1 of NW 1/4 of S. 6, T.
62, R. 26.
Deed dated 18 Jan 1896. Recorded Bk 9, p. 480 on 10 Feb 1896
Tax receipts to show what property he owned as of dates cited:
Tax Collector for Sugar Creek Twp, Harrison CO, MO on 25 Dec 1897:
44 A. W. 1/2 Lot 1, NW in lot 6, block 62 [S. 62?], R. 26
11 A. N. part of N. 1/2 of Lot 2 in SW S. 6, T. 62, R. 26
Same tax on part of estate settlement after his death
44 A. W. 1/2 Lot 1, NW in lot 6, block 62 [S. 62?], R. 26
11 A. N. part of N. 1/2 of Lot 1 (?)
Paid tax related to settlement of the estate on 30 Dec 1899
Filed: 22 Nov 1900
Petition of Administrators to rent real estate
Submitted to Nov Term of Probeate Court on 14 Dec 1899
Asked to rent the following property:
160 A. where Benjamin lived at time of death being S. 26, T. 62, R. 27
182.5 A. in S. 3
120 A. in S. 3
55 A. - pasture tract in T. 62 R.., 26 "widow elected to take a child's
part - no homestead had been assigned to the minors. Their mortages on the
real estate yet unpaid and claims still outstanding $2400. "
Rental requested to generate cash to pay off bill.
Filed: 14 Dec 189_ (last digit missing)
Trust Deed (original deed dated 23 Feb 1894 - Benjamin F. and Mary E.
Archer of Harrison Co, MO to D.S. Alvord of same place and M.H. Alvord and
Chenning? of NY state for N. 1/2 of SW 1/4 of S. 3, T. 62, R. 27, 80 A.
$1400 in several installment payments which were paid off eventually and
receipts for payments are in the probate file.
Filed: 29 Nov 1894
Sale Bill
Personal property in estate- livestock, imlements, personal property.
personal property consisted of wagons and other farm implements.
Total $1808.50
Filed: 28 Feb 1898
Administator's report of private sale to Mary E. Archer
mostly property in estate of Benjamin being sold to his widow
W. 1/2 of E. 1/2 of SE 1/4, S. 2, and E. 1/2 of W. 1/2 SE 1/4, S. 2.,
all in T. 62, R. 27. for $1920
Filed: 25 May 1900
Tax Receipt
20 Dec 1899
for real estate : lots nos 1-3,
80 A.N. 1/2 of SW 1/4, S. 1
40 A. NE 1/4 of SW 1/4, S. 1
40 A. E. 1/2 of E 1/2 of SW 1/4, S. 2
80 A. W. 1/2 of SE 1/4, S. 2
40 A. W. 1/2 of E. 1/2 of SE 1/4, S. 2
40 A. SE 1/4 of NW 1/4, S. 3
80 A. N. 1/2 of SW 1/4, S. 3
40 A. SE 1/4 of SW 1/4 S. 3
20 A. of N. 1/2 of SW of SW 1/4 S. 3
lots 1-3 of W. part of lot 27 in Blue Ridge , MO
Receipt, dated 15 Feb 1902
$23.61 being amounts due on final settlement
(4 portions paid to minor children of Benjamin)
signed by Mary E. Archer, curator for children
Leonard C. Archer
Oren M. Archer
Harry W. Archer
Minnie Olive
Receipts signed by Mary E. Archer, 13 Apr 1899
for payment by Administrators for $40 for repairing dwelling house and
fencing and labor to make repair of same located E. 1/2 of E. 1/2 of SW 1/4
S. 2. and W. 1/2 of SE. 1/4 S. 2, and W 1/2 of E. 1/2 of SE 1/4, S. 2, T.
62, R. 27
Receipts signed my Charlotte Archer at Blue Ridge, MO 14 Oct 1897
$7.45 for 47 bu. of oats @$.15/bu
Signed: Charlotte (her mark) Archer
Deed of Trust
25 May 1895
Benjamin F. and Mary E. Archer, spouses, of Harrsion Co., MO
to David J. (Huston?) of 2nd part and Joseph F. Bryant of third part
SE 1/4 of SW 1/4 and N. 1/2 of SW 1/4 of SW 1/4 in S. 3, T. 62, R. 27,
61/62 A? Mortgage released 21 May 1895
Harrison Co., MO Births County Clerk's Office
p. 78
Child of Benjamin F. and Mary E. Zeigler
(male) b. 18 Jul 1885, Harrison Co., MO
Father: 30, b. IN; Mother: 28, b. IN
Res of mother: Harrison Co., MO
Occ: farmer; 1st child
Harrison Co., MO Marriages
1/278
Benjamin F. Archer of Adams Twp, Harrison Co., MO, over 21
and Mary Zeiger, of Clay Twp, Harrison Co., MO, over 18
License Issued: 27 Mar 1884
md. on 30 Mar 1884 by W.E. Riley, J.P.
Filed: 11 Apr 1884
Harrison Co., MO Probates
Box 124 -
Guardianship
Harvey W. Archer, et al, minors, children of Benjamin F. Archer, Jr.
Guardian: Mary E. Archer
Application for Appointment as guardian/curator by Mary E. Archer, widow of
Benjamin Archer
dated: 11 Jan 1901
Guardian for children of Benjamin Archer
ARCHER
Leonard C. 15
Oren M. 11
Minnie Olive 10
Havey Wren 8
Minors are joint owners with undivided interest subject to homestead
rights, of 440A of farmland in Adams and Sugar Creek Twps
in Harrison Co., MO. Rental incomee $650 (gross)
Inventories for income for various minors:
Filed: 24 May 1910
Accruing to Harvey W. Archer
Rent for land for 1909, paid by Paschal Norton $221.35
Children probably share an interest in following
SE 1/4 of SW 1/4, S. 3
NE 1/4 of SW 1/4, S. 3 except 5 A. off W. side in Allen Twp 62, R. 27, 75 A.
Lot 1 in Archer's first addition to Blue Rudge
Leonard, Oren and Minnie interest:
Homestead:
S. 1/2 of W. 1/2 of W. 1/2 of SE 1/4 - 40 A.
S. 1/2 of E. 1/2 of E. 1/4 of SW 1/4 - $1500 totalling 40A.
S. 2. T. 62, R. 27
Each child had particular parcel
Leonard : NW 1/4 of SW 1/4, S. 1
NE 1/4 of SW S. 1 except tract above;
5 A. off of S. side, 75 A.
T. 62, R. 27
Lot 27 of Archer's 1st Addition to Blue Ridge
Oren M.: NW 1/4 of SW 1/4, S. 3
5 A. off of W. side of NE 1/4 of SW S. 2
22.5 A. being part of SW 1/4 of SW 1/4, S. 3
also 4 A. off S. Side of Lot 1 of NW 1/4 of S. 6 11 A.
82.5 A. off N. side of N. 1/2 of lot 2 of SW 1/4 S, 6
lots 2,3 in Archer's 1st Addition to Blue Ridge
Minnie Olive:
SE 1/4 of SW S. 1
5 A. off of S. side of NE 1/4 of SW 1/4, S. 1, T. 62 , R. 27
W. 1/2 Lot 1 of NW 1/4 of S. 6, T. 62 , R. 27 except 4 A. off S.
sidder there of, totalling 85. A.
Harvey Wren:
NE 1/4 of SW 1/4, S. 3
NE 1/4 of SW S. 1 except 5 A. off W. side thereof in Allen Tap. 75A.
lot No. 1 in Archer's 1st Addition to Blue Ridge
Leonard, Warren, Minnie and Havey all have homestead rights in
S. 1/2 of W. 1/2 of W. 1/2 of SE 1/4
S. 1/2 of E. 1/2 of E. 1/4 of SW 1/4, S. 2, T. 68, T. 27 - 40 A.
Four inventories 1903-1906
4 inventory
Leonard no longer listed but other 3 are
In 1906 Leonard was listed separtely
files: 24 May 1906
Starting 1902 there were annual settlements for each of the children, which
accounts for all expenses and indcome on their hehalf.
(11 settlement reports and final May 1902- Nov 1913)
Some were final distribtions when they came of age.
Harvey: $1765.93
Leonard :$610.53 (above 21 yrs by Aug Term 1906)
Harrison Co., MO Probates
Box 203
Margaret E. Archer, deceased
Application for Letters of Administration applied for by Leonard C. Archer
Heirs: (sons and daughters of the deceased)
Oren M. Archer
Harvey W. Archer
Minnie O. Norton of Bethune, CO
Leonard C. Archer
(all living in Twp, Harrison Co., MO except Minnie)
as of 15 Oct 1931
Filed: 21 Oct 1931
Obit: died 16 Oct 1931 (death date not cited in her probate papers)
Leonard nominated as administrator by the siblings.
First and Final Settlement (Administrator's Report)
Inventory & Appraisal
Real Estate valued @ $60/A.
NW 1/4 of SW 1/4 and 23 A. of N. part of SW 1/4 of SW 1/4
and 5 A. strip off the W. side of NE 1/4 of SW 1/4 and about
2 A. in lots in S. 3, T. 62, R. 27. Lots located in Blue Ridge.
Lots 3 and 4 in original town of Gilman worth $5200
File: 28 Oct 1932
Harrison Co., MO Deeds
9/268
5 Apr 1876
James O. and Sarah Frisley, spouses; Joseph and Viola Fair, spouses; Ely K.
Elizabeth Mote, spouses,; to Benjamin F. Archer all of Harrison Co., MO, $
SE 1/4 of SW 1/4 S. 3, T. 62, R. 27. Made to crrect an error from Fair to
John Worth made 6 Dec 1855, which said Aaron Fiar and wife Elizabeth is now
said Elizabeth Mote, conveyed by mistake: SE 1/4 of NW 1/4 of said section
instead of the first aforesaid land, Sarah Fair and Joseph Fair being the
only surviving heirs of Aaron Fair, now deceasd and Elizabeth Mote being
late his widow.
All signed; Elizabeth (her mark)
Witnesses: Jacob K. Sigler
Filed: 14 Jul 1877
[Note jump in dates out of sync with dates of instruments between vols 9
and 12]
12/307 (from Index)
13 May 1876
Benjamn F. 1 A. SW, SW 1/4, SE 34-67-27
Filed: 17 Nov 1875
16/481-482
19 Mar 1880
J.R. and Henrietta, spouses and Susan Highbaugh, undivided 1/3; L.C. and
Susan Highbaugh, spouses of Hardin Co., Malvica? Highbaugh, widow of John
Highbauh with dower interest of 1/3, all of Hardin Co., KY to B.F. Archer
of Harrison Co., MO, $800, SW 1/4,S. 1, T. 62, R. 27, 160A. being NE 1/4 S.
13, T. 62, R. 27, 80A ; W. 1/2 of SE 1/4, S. 13, T. 52, R. 27; SE 1/4 of SE
1/4,S. 12, T. 62, R. 27, 80A; being N. 1/2 of NW 1/4, S. 23, T. 62, R> 27,
80 A. ; part of the NW part of SE 1/4, S. 5, T. 62, R. 26, 35 A.; of E.
part of SW part of SE 1/4, S. 5, T. 62, R. 26, 24A; W. 1/2 of Lot no 1, NW
1/4 S. 6(?), T. 62, R. 26, 48.75A; N. part of N. 1/2 of lot No. 2, SW 1/4
S. 6, T. 62, R. 26, 12A.
Sellers all notarized in Hart (sic) Co., KY on 24 Mar 1880
L.C. and wife, Melvina?,
Sellers notarized in Hardin Co, [KY] : J.R. and wife
Filed: 4 Jun 1882
27/26
28 Feb 1881
B.F. Archer to C.W. Osborn, all of Harrison Co., MO, $200, W. 1/2, lot 2,
of NE 1/4 S. 5, T. 62, R. 26,
Filed: 4 Nov 1881
25/385
16 Jun 1881
George H. and Hulda E. Snyder, spouses to Benjamin Archer all of Harrison
Co., MO, $170, all of NE of SE 1/4, S. 2, T. 62, R. 27, lying in and W. of
present travelled road across E. side of the land known as "Range Line
Road" and not heretofore deeded to David Smith.
Filed: 20 Jul 1881
27/26
28 Feb 1881
B.F. Archer to C.W. Osborn, all of Harrison Co., MO, $200, W. 1/2, lot 2,
of NE 1/4 S. 5, T. 62, R. 26,
Filed: 4 Nov 1881
29/40
21 Mar 1885 (1882?)
Benjamin F. Archer to Washington B. Weldon?, all of Harrison Co., MO $300,
all NE 1/4, SE 1/4, S. 12, T. 62, R. 27, lying W. of the present traveled
and located road across the E. side of said land and said road ruhning N.
and S.
Filed; 6 Apr 1882
30/345-346
8 Jun 1881
B.F. Archer of Harrison Co., MO to Mark H. Lively of Hart Co., KY, $266
undivided 1/3 of N. 1/2 of NW 1/4, S. 23, T. 62, R. 27.
Filed: 8 May 1883
31/56
__ Mar 1882
John, Brown, Martha J. Brown; Moses and J.M. Emily Brown, spouses, to B.F.
Archer, all of Harrison Co., MO, $400, E. 1/2 of SW 1/4,S. 1, T. 62, R. 27
and W. 1/2 of Lot 1, of NW 1/4, S. 6, T. 62,, R. 26;
(all signed with mark except John Brown)
Filed: 11 Mar 1882
33/83
29 Sep 1881
James H and Virginia B. Manville, spouses to Benjamin F. Archer , all of
Harrison Co., MO $15, commencing at point 15 rods S. of NW corner of SE
1/4, S. 1, T. 62, R. 27, then S. 15 rods then E. 12 ft, then N. 15 rods,
then W. 12 ft to beginning.
Filed: 14 Feb 1883
43/529
21 Apr 1887
Charlotte Archer to B. F. Archer , all of Harrison Co., MO, $1000, SW 1/4,
S. 3, T. 62, R. 27.
Charlotte (mark) Archer
Filed: 30 Nov 1887
50/602
11 Apr 1887
Benjamin F. and Eliza Archer to Charlotte Archer, all of Harrison Co.,
MO, $1000, SW 1/4 of SW 1/4, S. 1, T. 62, R. 27. Described in a Deed of
Trust for $1000 dated in 1883 by seller to secure payment of sum to one
(...?) and seller here warrants against it as well as all other indentures
and sellers agree to sell same themselves. This conveyance not made
subject to deed of trust.
Wit: George W. Wanamker [Notary]
Filed: 12 Jul 1887
54/37
26 Sep 1887
Benjamin F. and Mary E. Archer spouses, to Pascale Meek, all of Harrison Co.,
MO, $75, lot 6 and S. 1/2 of lot 5, Block 2, Blue Ridge, Harrison Co., MO
Filed: 27 Sep 1887
54/44
26 Sep 1887
Benjamin F. and Mary E. Archer spouses, to Mary E. Meek, all of Harrison Co.,
MO, $25, N. 1/2 of lot 5, Block 2, Blue Ridge, Harrison Co., MO
Filed: 3 Oct 1887
54/45
26 Sep 1887
Benjamin F. and Mary E. Archer spouses, to Lucius J. Culp, of Harrison Co.,
MO, $25, lot 10, Block 2, Blue Ridge, Harrison Co., MO
Filed: 3 Oct 1887
54/214
26 Sep 1887
Benjamin F. and Mary E. Archer spouses, to James A. Taggart, of Harrison Co.,
MO, $75, lot 7-9, Block 2, Blue Ridge, Harrison Co., MO
Filed: 2 Jan 1888
58/331
Quit Claim Deed
18 Oct 1889
Joseph F. and Annie E. Bryant to Benjamin F. Archer all of Harrison Co.,
MO, $1, part of SW 1/4 of SW 1/4, of S. 3, T. 62, R. 27, commencing at a
point on E. line of said e40 A. tract, 20ft N. of SE corner of tracat
running N. on E. line of tract 10 rods, then W. parallel with S. line of
tract 8 rods, then S. parallel with E. line of tract 10 rods, then E.
parallel with S. line of tract 8 rods, to beginning,
Filed: 18 Oct 1889
59/250
27 Dec 1887
Benjamin F. and Mary E. Archer spouses, to Joshua Bogue, all of Harrison Co.,
MO, $50, lot 5-6, Block 1, First Survey of Blue Ridge, Harrison Co., MO,
S. 3, T. 62, R. 27
Filed: 29 Dec 1888
59/252
27 Dec 1888
Benjamin F. and Mary E. Archer spouses, to Benjamin D. Culp, all of Harrison Co.,
MO, $40, lot 1-2, Block 2, Blue Ridge, Harrison Co., MO,
Filed: 29 Dec 1888
59/253
27 Dec 1888
Benjamin F. and Mary E. Archer spouses, to Benjamin H. (K?) Parnell, all of
Harrison Co., MO, $20, lot 3, Block 2, Blue Ridge, Harrison Co., MO,
S. 3, T. 62, R. 27
Filed: 29 Dec 1888
63/269
31 Aug 188
B.F. and Mary E. Archer, spouses of Blue Ridge, MO to E.D. Rathbun of
Harrison Co., MO, lots 1-4, block 1, Blue Ridge in S.3, T. 62, R. 27,
Filed: 17 Oct 1889
65/130
13 Oct 1889
Benjamin F. and Mary E. Archer spouses, to Christopher Platz; Henry C.
Bevins; Samuel N Garrett; C.J. Thomas; W.B. Young; John Gilm(w)seville, all
of Harrison Co., MO, Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Blue
Ridge, for an unspecifriced amount conveyed to the Church
"This conveyance is made in trust that said premises shall be kept and
maintained as a place of Divine worship for the use of the ministry adn
membership of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States of
America, etc. Land is part of SW 1/4 of SW 1/4, S. 3, T. 62, R. 27
bounded by "commencing at point on E. line of the 40 A. tract, 20 ft N. of
the SE corner of tract, then N. on E. line of the tract, 10 rods; then W.
parallel with the S. line of tract 8 rods; then S. parallel with E. line of
tract 10 rods; then E. parallel with S. line of tract 8 rods, to beginning.
Filed: 21 Oct 1889.
65/392-393
Quit Claim Deed
22 Feb 1883
John D. and Matilda J. McGraw, spouses, to Benjamin F. Archer, all of
Harrison Co., MO, $100, all of W 1/2 of SW 1/4, S. 5, T. 62, R. 27, 80 A.
Filed: 15 May 1890
65/393
22 Feb 1883
General Warranty Deed
John D. and Matilda J. McGraw, spouses, to Benjamin F. Archer, all of
Harrison Co., MO, $700, all of undivided 5/6 interest in W 1/2 of SW 1/4,
S. 5, T. 62, R. 27, 80 A. Buyer assumes the mortage
Filed: 15 May 1890
65/395
7 Nov 1888
M.H. Arnot made deed of trust to secure a sum of $1000 with intereste in
notes dated 17 Oct 1883, excecuted B.F. Archer to convey real estate in
Harrison Co., MO, SW 1/4, S. 1, and E. 1/2 of Lot 1, W. 1/2, Lot 1 NW
6-1-NW(?) 3 all in T. 62, R. 27,
also W. 1/2 Lot 1, NW 6, and 11 A. N. side of lot 2 SW S. 6, the last two
being in T. 62, R. 26. This is not intended to bring about a release on a
deed of trust given in Feb 1884, recorded Book 38, p. 24, Harrison Co. Deeds
and Book 39, p. 13 made on 17 Oct 1883. The latter is paid off.
Filed: 15 May 1890
68/600
30 Dec 1890
Amos and Easter E. Garrett, spouses; John D. and Emma J. Shipley, spouses,
all of Koscinsco, IN to Benjamin F. Archer of Harrison Co., MO, $4800,
E. 1/2 of E 1/2 of SW 1/4 S. 2, and W. 1/2 of SE 1/4, S. 2, and W. 1/2 of
E. 1/2 of SE 1/4, S. 2, all in T. 62, R. 27; also a tract bounded as
follows: commencing at a point 90 rods west of the center S. 36, T. 63, R.
27 in Harrison Co., MO, running then S. 80 rods; then W. 30 rods;; then N.
80 rods; then E. 30 rods to beginning. Deed of trust dated 11 Aug 1890 or
1900 due 5 years from date of execution [more on recording and payments of
note]
Filed: 20 Jan 1891
73/46
24 Jan 1891
Benjamin F. and Mary E. Archer spouses to Joseph Fair all of Harrison Co.,
MO, $150, commencing at a point 90 rods west of the center S.
36, then W. 30 rods.; then S. 80 rods; then E. 30 rods;; then N. 80 rods
to beginning, 15 A. in S. 36, T. 63, R. 27 described in a Deed of trust
held by Emma J. Shipley which Archers agre to pay.
Filed: 12 Feb 1891
73/140
7 Feb 1891
Benjamin F. and Mary E. Archer spouses to William Case, all of Harrison
Co., MO, $50, lots 28-29, 2nd Survey of Blue Ridge in S. 3, T. 62, R. 27
Filed: 5 Mar 1891
75/66
3 Oct 1891
Benjamin F. and Mary E. Archer spouses to Felix Seachris, all of Harrison
Co., MO, $1300, W. 1/2 of SW 1/4, S. 5, T. 62, R. 27, 80 A. Mortgage for
$1500 which Archer is to pay off, payable to Joseph H. Bryant
Filed: 16 Oct 1891
82/527-528
Release
For payment in full on two deeds of trust by B.F. and Mary E. Archer dated
6 Feb 1893, Bk 83 and 81, p. 17-84? of Harrison Co., MO Deeds in New
England Loan and Trust Co. releases deed of trust.
Notarized: Jackson Co, MO
Filed: 8 Dec 1893
87/71
9 Feb 1892
Benjamin F. and Mary E. Archer spouses to Joseph Fair all of Harrison Co.,
MO, $150, commencing at a point 90 rods west of the NE corner
of SW 1/4, S. 36, T. 63, R. 27, then S. 80 rods; then W. 30 rods; then N.
80 rods; then E. 30 rods, made to correct former deed recorded Bk 73, p.
46,
Filed: 16 Jan 1894
90/92-93
Release of Deed of trust by Benjamin F. Archer dated 30 Dec 1890, Bk 69, p.
192 for E. 1/2 of E. 1/2 SE 1/4, S. 2 and W. 1/2 of SE 1/4, S. 2, and W.
1/2 of E. 1/2 of SE 1/4, S. 2, T. 62, R. 27; also tract bounded as follows:
commencing at a point 90 rods west of the center S. 36, at a point 90 rods
W of the center of S. 36, T. 63, R. 27; then S. 80 rods; then W. 30 rods;
then N. 80 rods; then E. 80 rods to beginning.
Signed John D. and Emma J. Shipley in Madison Co, IN
Filed: 12 Mar 1894
90/259
Release
23 Feb 1894
Release of deed of trust executed by B.F. Archer on 23 Feb 1889, recorded
Bk 38, p. 224 for N. 1/2 of SW 1/4, S. 3, T. 62, R. 27
Signed: M.H. Arnot- Che,,,wig, NY (Chemung Co, NY?)
Filed: 6 Jun 1894
95/373
5 Apr 1893
R.R. and Minnie J. Maxson, spouses, to B.F. and Mary E. Archer all of
Harrison Co., MO, $50, lot 18 of Second Survey of Blue Ridge, Harrison Co.,
MO in S. 3, T. 62, R. 27
Wit: Martha A. Miner?
Filed: 25 Sep 1895
96/319
Administrators' deed at private sale
George W. Wanamker and George W. Barlow, administrators of estate of
Benjamin F. Archer by court order Probate Court Feb. Term, 1900. Sale held
18 May 1900, purchased by Mary E. Archer for $1920:
W. 1/2 of E. 1/2 ofSE 1/4 S. 2, and E. 1/2 of W. 1/2, SW 1/4, S. 2, all in
T. 62, R. 27, 80 A.
Filed: 12 Jun 1900
100/537
17 Aug 1896
B.F. and Mary E. Archer to Jennie M. Lovell, all of Harrison Co, MO, $25
lot 16, 2nd Survey of Blue Ridge, S. 3, T. 62, R. 27, 1/4 A.
Filed: 24 Sep 1896
100/597
24 Oct 1896
B.F. and Mary E. Archer to Marion Hill, all of Harrison Co, MO, $125
lots 20-23, Archer's 2nd Survey of Blue Ridge, S. 3 ,T. 62, R. 27,
Seller reserves all fensing on land
Filed: 31 Oct 1896
103/537
Release
9 Mar 1898
Connecticut Mutual Life Ins. Co. of Hartford, CT releases Deed of Trust
record Bk 18, p. 402, made by Benjamin F. Archer (no land description.)
Filed: 15 Mar 1898
106/333
20 Mar 1897
B.F. and Mary E. Archer to U.S.G. Long, all of Harrison Co, MO, $100
lots 9,11-12, Archer's 2nd Survey of Blue Ridge, S. 3 ,T. 62, R. 27,
Seller reserves all fensing posts and wire now on the lot
Filed: 27 Mar 1897
106/495
B.F. and Mary E. Archer to K.D. James, all of Harrison Co, MO, $57
lots 24-26, Archer's 2nd Survey of Blue Ridge, S. 3 ,T. 62, R. 27,
Filed: 22 May 1897
106/585
27 Apr 1897
B.F. and Mary E. Archer to John H. Cumming, all of Harrison Co, MO, $25
lots 14, Archer's 2nd Survey of Blue Ridge, S. 3 ,T. 62, R. 27,
Filed: 3 Jul 1897
109/164
23 Sep 1897
B.F. and Mary E. Archer to U.S.G. Long, all of Harrison Co, MO, $50
lots 7-8, Archer's 1st Addition to Blue Ridge, S. 3 ,T. 62, R. 27,
Filed: 29 Sep 1897
109/508
13 Mar 1897
B.F. and Mary E. Archer to Willis G. Culp, all of of Harrison Co, MO, $25
lots 13, Archer's 2nd Survey to Blue Ridge, S. 3 ,T. 62, R. 27,
Filed: 18 Jan 1898
113/534
28 Aug 1897
B.F. and Mary E. Archer to A.C. Thomas, JR. all of Harrison Co, MO, $25
lots 15, Archer's 1st Addition to Blue Ridge, S. 3 ,T. 62, R. 27,
Filed: 9 Sep 1898
114/207
Ref to Benjamin Archer estate
Delcaration of election by widow to take child's part.
Know all men by these presents that I Mary E. Archer, widow of Benjamin F.
Archer late of Harrison Co., MO, deceased, by whom she had 4 children,
living at the time of his death. In place of dower 1/3 of all lands whereof
my husband died siezed of an estate of inheritance in which he had an
interest to hold and enjoy during my natural life, elect to be endowed
abolutely in a share as such lands equal to a share of a child of my
deceased husband.
Signed 5 Dec 1898
Filed: 8 Dec 1898
132/277-281
16 Dec 1901
Mary E. Archer et al. petitioners
Certified copy of commissioners' report, Circuit Court, Jan Term 1902
The commissoners swear that they will faithly and honestly discharge duties
imposed on them by the appointment. Commissioners were:
Charles F. Snyder
Charlews W. Burgess
J.C. Kinbrough
Appointed to do an appraisal of the property. Appraised value: $14,625.
Set out parcels of partitioned land
The Petitioners are: Mary E. Archer and Leonard C. Archer ; Oren M. Archer
Minnie O. Archer ; Harvey Wren Archer by their guardian Mary E. Archer .
1st Parcel:Where the "manson house" of Benjamin F. Archer, deceased was at
the time of his death: S. 1/2 of W. 1/2 of W. 1/2 of SE 1/4 and S. 1/2 of
E. 1/2 of E. 1/2 of SW 1/4, S. 2, T. 62, R. 27, 40A. Value: $1500
Set off for all the children
for Leonard C. Archer - the NW 1/4 of SW 1/4, S. 1 and NE 1/4 of SW 1/4 ,
S. 1, except the last tract described of 5 A. off S. side located in T. 62,
R. 27, 75A. Also lot 27 in ARcher's first Addition of Blue Ridge. Total
Value: $2625
for Oren M. Archer : the NW 1/4 of SW 1/4, S. 3 and 5 A. off W. side of
NE 1/4 of SW 1/4, S. 3, also 22.5 A being part of SW 1/4 of SW 1/4, S. 3,
bounded by (I omit) all in T. 62, R. 27; also 4 A. off S. side of W. 1/2
Lot 1 of NW 1/4, S. 6 and 11 A. off N. side of N. 1/2 of lot 2, SW 1/4 of
S. 6, all in T. 62, R. 26, 82.5 A.; also lots 2-3 in Archer's First
Addition to Blue Ridge original town; Total Value: $2625
for Minnie Olive Archer : SE 1/4 of SW 1/4 of S. 1 and 5 A. off S. side
off NE 1/4 of SW 1/4, S. 1, T. 62, R. 27; also W. 1/2 of Lot 1 of NE 1/4
of S. 6, T. 62, R. 26, except 4 A. off S. side thereof, containing total of
85 A; Value: $2625.
for Henry Wren Archer : the SW 1/4 of SW 1/4, S. 3; also NE 1/4 of SW 1/4,
S. 3 except 5 A. off W. side, all in T. 62, R. 27, 75A; also lot 1,
Archer's First Addition to Blue Ridge; Total Value: $2625
for Minnie E. Archer: E. 1/2 of Lot 1 of NW 1/4, S. 3, and W. 1/2 of NW 1/4
of SE 1/4, S. 2,; and E. 1/2 of NE 1/4 of SW 1/4, S. 2, all in T. 62, R.
27, 80 A.; Value: $2625
Filed: 2 May 1902
159/290
Quit Claim
7 Jun 1907
Leonard C. Archer to Mary E. Archer all of Harrison Co, MO, $300,
E. 1/2 of SE 1/4 of SW 1/4, S. 2, and W. 1/2 of SW 1/4 of SE 1/4, S. 2, all
in T. 62, R. 27, 40A
Filed: 7 Jun 1907
159/597
Quit Claim
16 Dec 1908
Minnie O. Archer, single to Mary E. Archer all of Harrison Co, MO, $300,
all of her undivided 1/5 interest in E. 1/2 of SE 1/4 of SW 1/4, and W. 1/2
of SW 1/4 of SE 1/4, all S. 2 T. 62, R. 27, 40A
Wit: N. B. Williams
Filed: 23 Dec 1908
160/452
18 Feb 1907
Theophious E. and Flora A. Osborn, spouses to Leonard C. Archer , all of
Harrison Co, MO, $3200, all of the SW 1/4 of SW 1/4, S. 1, T. 62, R. 27,
40A; buyer to assume mortgage of $600
Filed: 6 Mar 1907
182/153
6 Oct 1910
Minnie Olive and Perry C. Norton, spouses to Leonard C. Archer, all of
Harrison Co, MO, $7,000, SE 1/4 of SW 1/4, S. 1, and 5 A. off S. side of NE
1/4 of SW 1/4, S. 1 all in T. 62, R. 27; also W. 1/2 of lot 1 of NW 1/4 of
S. 6, T. 62, R. 26, except 4 A. off S. side of W. 1/2 of lot 1. "The
grantor, Minnie Olive Norton, was formerly Minnie Olive Archer, a daughter
of Benjamin F. Archer, deceased."
Filed: 28 Mar 1911
191/255
Quit Claim
3 Oct 1913
Harvey Wren and Mary Emma Archer to Mary E. Archer all of Harrison Co,
MO, $300, SE 1/4 of SE 1/4 of SW 1/4, and SW 1/4 of SW 1/4 of SE 1/4, all
S. 2, T. 62, R. 27, 40 A
Filed: 12 Nov 1913
197/189
15 Jun 1914
Mary E. Archer, single to Harvey W. Archer all of Harrison Co, MO, $2000
SE 1/4, of NW 1/4, S. 31, T. 62, R. 27;
Signed: "Mrs. Mary E. Archer "
Filed: 22 Jun 1914
197/409
22 Oct 1914
Oren M. Archer, single and unmarried to Minnie E. Norton, all of Harrison
Co, MO, $10,000, NW 1/4 of SW 1/4, S. 3, and 5 A. off W. side of NE 1/4 of
SW 1/4, S. 3,; also 22.5 A. being part of SW 1/4 of SW 1/4 of S. 3, bounded
by (I omit), all in T. 62, R. 27; also lots 2-3, Archer's First addition to
Blue Ridge.
Filed: 22 Oct 1914
197/411
22 Oct 1914
Mary E. Archer, widow to Oren M. Archer, all of Harrison
Co, MO, $10,000, W. 1/2 of E. 1/2 of SE 1/4, S. 2 and W. 1/2 of SE 1/4, S.
2, and E. 1/2 of E. 1/2 of SW 1/4, , S. 2, all T. 62, R. 27, 160 A. except
the interest of Oren M. Archer in S. 1/2 of E. 1/2 of the E. 1/2 of E 1/2
of SW 1/4, S. 2 and except his interest in S. 1/2 of W. 1/2 of W. 1/2 of SE
1/4 of S. 2. The last 2 tracts being land where homestead of Mary E. Archer
and minor children of B.F. Archer were set out in the partiton suit among
the widow and heirs of B.F. Archer, deceased in Circuit Court of Harrison
Co, MO.
Signed: Mrs. Mary E. Archer
Filed: 22 Oct 1914
206/429
28 Sep 1915
Elipheleth (sic) M. and Lou (female) Hill, spouses to Mary E. Archer , all
of Harrison Co, MO, $800, lots 4-5 in Archer's First Addition to Blue
Ridge; lease pending to Todd Nally who is tenant; buyer must accept the
tenant. Also the sellers reserve the American Wire and Large Gate on S.
side of premises to be put same on the W. side of premises. Buyers to
provide good white oak posts for making division fence on the W. side.
Sellers reserve the crops now growing.
Filed: 28 Sep 1915
207/217
23 Mar 1916
Minnie O. and Perry C. Norton, spouses to Mary E. Archer, all of Harrison
Co, MO, $60, Lots 1-3, in Archer's First Addition to Blue Ridge,
Filed: 27 Mar 1916
208/199 (from index- not found)
Aaron Whitten to Mary E. Archer
Filed: 23 Apr 1915
219/519
23 May 1918
Mary E. Archer of Harrison Co, MO, to James W. and Loucretia L. Johnson,
spouses, of Darien [Dent Co], MO, $, lots 3-4 in block 1, in Whittens
Addition to Gilman, MO
Filed: 3 Jun 1918
229/627
31 Dec 1919
Mary E. Archer of Harrison Co, MO, to Reilly (sic) Whitten of Daviess Co,
MO, $800, lots 1-5 in Archer's First Addition to Blue Ridge
Signed : Mrs. Mary E. Archer
Filed: 1 May 1920
232/304 (index)
John L. Jones to Mary E. Archer
Filed: 3 Nov 1921
246/598
18 Feb 1925
Riley (sic) and Hazel Whitten, spoues to Mary E. Archer , all of of
Harrison Co, MO, $1, NW 1/4 of SW 1/4 and 5 A. off W. side of NE 1/4, of SW
1/4 and part of SW 1/4 of SW 1/4 (omit boundarie) also lots 1-5, ARcher's
First ADditino to Blue Ridge, all in S. 3, T. 62, R. 27; sellers to pay off
mortgage of $5100.
Filed: 19 Feb 1925
MO, $800, lots 1-5 in Archer's First Addition to Blue Ridge
Signed : Mrs. Mary E. Archer
Filed: 1 May 1920
249/397
Release
6 Mar 1930
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the U.S., for deed dated 26 Feb 1925 by
Mary E. Archer , widow to B.C. Howard, as trustee of Commerce Trust Co. Bk
237, p. 262 on11 Mar 1925, assigned to Equitable Life by the Commerce Trust
on 3 Mar 1926, Bk 251 p. 245
Filed: 25 Apr 1930
269/230
Quit Cliam
3 Nov 1931
Oren M. and Lura A. Archer, spouses; Harvey W. and Mary E., spouses; Minnie
O. and Perry C. Norton, spouses to Leonard C. Archer, all of Harrison Co,
MO, $1, Lots 1-5 in Archer's First Addition to Blue Ridge; all of NW 1/4,
of SW 1/4, and 5 A. off W. side of NE 1/4 of SW 1/4 and that part of SW 1/4
of SW 1/4 (omit details), S. 3, T. 62, R. 27
Wit: Minnie O. and Perry C. Norton
Filed: 6 Feb 1932
340/281
Decree - Decree of Circuit Court Harrison Co, MO, Jan 1958
3 Apr 1958
Ray E. Moulin, executor of estate of John Homer Hogan vs. Benjamin Archer ,
B.F. Archer, Frank H. Nally, Daniel B. Boyce, Loretta Bora Bogue, Eliphlet
M. and Marion Hill, and unknown heirs of Benjamin F. Archer
Summoned to court on 3 Apr 1958 but did not appear and court found B.F.
Archer as owner of portion of the land, had gained possession 17 Sep 1887,
had it platted in name of Benjamin F. Archer in Blue Ridge. Then Frank H.
Nally became owner of a portion of the land (Bk 140, p 170) who on 27 Mar
1906 conveyed it as Franklin H. Nally. Loretta Bora Bogue was owner of a
portion (Bk 91, p. 35) on 9 Jan 1902 and she sold it (Bk 130, p. 528) on 9
Jan 1902. She was wife of Nelson B. Williams. Eliphlet Hill became an
owner of a portion on 10 Jan 1914 (Bk 196, p. 308) and (Bk 100, p. 597)
under name of Marion Hill who became owner on 6 Jun 1903 (Bk 140, p. 406)
transferred land by will probated 3 Sep 1935, chain of title of deeds
described (long list) which were all erroneously described as "Archer's
Second Addition" when it should have been Archer's First Addition".
470/20
Affadavit of Mary E. Archer - She is acquainted with Benjamin F. Archer who
died 24 Oct 1897, leaving as heirs at law his widow, Mary E, and following
children:
Leonard C. Archer
Oren M. Archer
Minnie O. Archer
Harvey W. Archer
All children are now of age except Harvey who is a minor, age 18, and that
Mary is his legally appointed guardiand and that all of the heirs of
Benjamin have had their shares allotted by commissioners in a partition of
the Circuit Court of of Harrison Co, MO, in 1902. They recieved for their
shares except for Harvey. He is entitled to rents and other income from the
property by deed dated 19 May 1880 and recorded Bk 481, also B.F. Archer
granted in Quit Claim deed dated 6 Mar 1882, Bk 31, p 50 and Benjamin F.
Archer who died on 24 Oct 1897 and whose estate was probated in Probate
court on 2 Nov 1897 are one and the same person and that the affiant is
the widow of Benjamin F. Archer and guardian of Harvey W. Archer.
Signed: Mrs. Mary E. Archer
Dated: 29 Mar 1911
Filed: 17 Jul 1981
Benjamin Franklin Archer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 18 Nov 1804 - Centerville Cemetery, Centerville, Montgomery, Ohio, United States
Christening:
Death: 1 Dec 1875 - Harrison, Missouri, United States
Burial: Dec 1875 - Fairview Cemetery, Blue Ridge, Harrison, Missouri, United States
Events
• Census 1850, 1850 in Whitley, Indiana, United States
• Census 1860, 1860 in Blue Ridge, Cypress, Harrison, Missouri
• Census 1870, 1870 in Bethany, Cypress, Harrison, Missouri
Parents
Father: Judge Benjamin Franklin Archer (Between 1758-1833)
Mother: Margaret Brown (Abt 1766-1840)
Spouses and Children
1. *Charlotte A. Pettit (25 Apr 1812 - 27 Apr 1903)
Marriage: 3 Jul 1834 - Montgomery, Ohio, United States
Children:
1. Rebecca Archer (1835-1852)
2. Alfred Archer (1837-1849)
3. Hester Ann Archer (1839-1842)
4. Samuel Archer (1841-1846)
5. Nancy Archer (1843-1902)
6. Richard Archer (1846-1852)
7. Joseph Archer (1848-1849)
8. Sarah Elizabeth Archer (1850-1852)
9. Mary Cordelia Archer (1853-1887)
10. Benjamin Franklin Archer (1855-1897)
Notes
General:
CENSUS:
1850 census in unknown township, Whitley, IN on 22 Aug 1850 (Roll: M432_181; Page: 464; Image: 298)
Archer, Benjamin 4? Farmer 1,920 OH
Charlotte 30 NJ
Rebecca 15 IN
Nancy 7 IN
Richard 4 IN
1860 census in Blue Ridge, Cypress, Harrison, MO on 20 Jul 1860, page 241, line 1 1675/1592:
Harrison, Benjamin 55 Farmer 2,000 820 OH
Charlotte L. 50 NJ
Mary C. 7 IN
Benjamin F. 4 IN
Allen, Francis A. 8 IN
1870 census in Bethany, Cypress, Harrison, MO on 11 Jul 1870 (Roll: M593_778; Page: 65; Image: 131)
Harrison, Benj 66 no occupation listed 6,000 1,500 OH
Charlot 52 NJ
Mary 16 IN
Benj 14 IN
Archer family history from the book Valley of the Upper Maumee River, Volll, printed 1889 :
Benjamin Archer, jr., married a Miss Petit.
OBITUARY: Obituary of David L ARCHER, 4 Jun 1897; "grandfather was Benjamin Archer, emigrant who had children John, Benjamin, and David"; Newspaper obituary listing for Allen Co, Indiana; http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy/genealogy.html.
DEATH: We have 01 Dec 1875, an IGI source has 01 Dec 1855.
A grave in the same cemetery as Benjamin F and Charlotte A Archer:
Benjamin Archer; born Aug 26, 1863; died Oct 24, 189(7?)
WILL: All of the following Will and Probate and Deed information was kindly shared from George Archer ([email protected]), who personally collected it while on a road trip to Harrison Co., MO in the Spring of 2006.
"Harrison Co., MO Index to Records and Bonds and Wills"
Bonds 185?_ - 1868
Wills 1860-1880
p. 16
From: Record of Bonds & Administration Book B, p. 366
Will of Benjamin Archer
Dated: 7 Nov 1870
Probated: 11 Dec 1875
Witnesses: William W. Collins and Anne E. Collins
Names:
Dau: Nancy Long
Son: Benjamin Franklin
Gr dau: Frances Ann Osborne
Wife: Charlotte
Harrison Co., MO Probates
(cases with Box numbers are in basement; hard to get to)
Box 2, File 7
Benjamin [F.] Archer
(from Index to probate-
will probated 11 Dec 1875 in Will Book C, p. 366
Letters granted 11 Dec 1875 Book C, p. 368
Inventories Book K, p. 168)
Newspaper posting to public for grantng of letters of adminsitration for
Benjamin Archer's estate granted to Peter Pettit and Charlotte Archer, dated
16 Dec 1875. [There was a will but not found in the packet, based on
appraisers' statement that property was set off per appraised value
"according to will of deceased"]
Payments to witnesses of will:
Anne E. Collin (sic) $2 - received 7 Feb 1876
Legatees paid per will:
C.A. & Nancy Long $10 - received 27 Nov 1876
L.P. & Mary C. Osborn $ - received 1 Dec 1876
Mary C. Osborn - horse saddle and briddle and 1 cow
bequeathed to her by her father's will received 17 Dec 1875
Lewis P. & Mary C. Osborn $27.65 - received 4 Jan 1876
Benjamin F. Archer $344.25 - received 23 Dec 1875
also got farm implements
Frances Ann and Charles W. Osborn $10 received 4 Jan 1876
Charlotte (her mark) Archer - received $321.76 for livestock
Appraisement of estate on 17 Dec 1875 (3 pp.)
Apprisers: John Gaman, L.B. Magraw; John Haselden
Value $1243.37
3 notes as accounts payable to estate:
seven horses and seven steers
5 yearlings
4 cows
7 heffers
1 bull
5 hogs
1 steer
5 sheep
1 2-horse wagon
2 plows
farming inplements: harrow, plow, farming mill, sulky rake
undivided half of a reaper and mower
undivied half of a corn planter
1 cultivator
grindstone
udivided 1/3 of 50 A. of corn
udivided 1/3 of 425 bu. of oats - totalin 142 bu.
1 set harrows
horse collar
tongs
Filed: 8 Jan 1876
Administrator's sheet for credits of goods and chattels sold.
dated 4 Jan 1876; norarized 5 Jan 1876
Some of the buyers were relatives:
Lewis Osborn- horse collar
Livestock buyers:
John Cartshall
Charles R. Osborn
Cnt? Long/Lang?
Joseph Fair
B.F. Archer
Erona Cooley
Accounts receivalbe:
John Cutshall
John McGran(wd?)
Henon Bush
William Smith
Samuel Peters - clock
First Annual settlement, file 9 Feb 1877, administrators credited estate
with $1243.43
Final settlement of estate filed 13 Feb 1878, balance in favor of estate
$334.61
Newspaper announcement "Fnal Settlement" fileings with Probate Court dated
20 Dec 1878
The widow took property at appraised value of $321.76
Paid W.W. nad Annie for "proving the will" on 7 Feb 1875
Payments made according to the legacy (will?):
C.A. and Nancy Long $10
Louise and Mary Osborne $72.35
Signed by Peter Pettit and Charlotte (her mark) Archer, administrators of
estate.
Accounts receivable:
John Cutshall
Receipt from Record for recording will
Harrison Co., MO Deeds
E/195
13 Jan 1857
Peter and Isabella Pettit to Benjamin Archer, all Harrison Co., MO, $400,
E. 1/2 of NW 1/4, S. 10, T. 62, R. 27, 80 A.
Filed: 14 Jan 1857
E/196
8 Dec 1856
John and Rebecca Worth, spouses, to Benjamin Archer, all Harrison Co.,
MO, $1000, SW 1/4, S. 3, T. 62, R. 27, 160A
Filed: 15 Jan 1857
E/198
24 (missed) 1856
Thomas and Jane Brown, spouses of Daviess Co., MO to Benjamin Archer of
Harrison Co., MO, $640, W. 1/2 of SW 1/4, S. 9, T. 62, R. 26,
Thomas signed; Jane (her mark) Brown
Filed: 16 Jan 1857
G/413
17 May 1858
S.S. and M.E. Clark, spouses of Mercer Co, MO to Benajamin Archer of
Harrison Co., MO, $400, E. 1/2 of NE 1/4, S. 10, t. 62, R. 27, 80 A.
Filed: 1 Sep 1858
H/461
25 Mar 1859
Christopher A. and Nancy Long, spouses to Benjamin Archer all of Harrison
Co., MO, $372, [missed land decription]
Filed: 29 Mar 1859
I/688-689
19 Apr 1859
Benjamin and Charlotte Archer, spouses to George Jones, all of Harrison Co.,
MO, $420, NW 1/4, SW 1/4, S. 9, T. 62, R. 6
Signed (both with marks)
Filed: 24 Sep 1850(?)
J/5
16 May 1859
Geroge and Mary A. Jones, spouses to Benjamin Archer, all of Harrison Co.,
MO, $200, SE 1/4 of NW 1/4, S. 9, T. 62, R. 29, 40 A.
Filed: 17 Feb 1860
L/441
18 Mar 1863
Benjamin and Charlotte Archer, spouses to Christopher A. Long, $360, W. 1/2
of Lot no. 2 of NE 1/4, and E. 1/2 of Lot 1, of NW 1/4 and W. 1/2 of lot
no. 1 of NE 1/4, S. 3, T. 62, R. 27, 120 A.
Signed (both with marks)
Filed: 4 Apr 1863
L/784
6 Feb 1864
Benjamin and Charlotte Archer, spouses to Joel Fair, $200, E. 1/2 of E.
1/4, S. 10, T. 62, R. 27, 80 A.
Signed (both with marks)
Filed:15 Feb 1864
M/409-410
6 Feb 1864
Aaron and Elizabeth Fair, spouses, to Benjamin Archer, $200, SW 1/4 of NE
1/4, S. 3, and SE 1/4 of NW 1/4 S. 3, T. 62, R. 27, 80 A.
Aaron signed; Elizabeth (her mark)
Filed: 8 Feb 1864
T/547
31 Mar 1865
Benjamin and Charlotte Archer, spouses to Alfred M. Pardum, all of Harrison
Co., MO $400, W. 1/2 of lot no. 2 and NE 1/4 of S. 3, T. 63, R. 27, 40 A.
(signed with marks)
Witnesses: George Bradshaw and George S. Graham [Bradswah was clerk of deeds]
Filed: 31 Mar 1869
U/111-112
24 Mar 1865
Christopher A. and Nancy Long, spouses to Benjamin Archer all of Harrison
Co., MO, $150, W. 1/2 lot no. 2, of NE 1/4, S. 3, T. 62, R. 27, 40A
Filed: 31 Mar 1869
3/224
25 Dec 1874 (1871?)
Benjamin and Charlotte Archer, spouses to Christopher A. Long, all of Harrison
Co., MO $150, NE corner of SW 1/4 of SW 1/4, S. 9, T. 62, R. 26, 12.60A
thence 6 chains and 37 lengths on SW division line S. 20 chains numbers on
the section line then E. 6 chains 32 lenthgs then S. on S. division line to
begining.
Signed (both- marks)
Witnesses: W. (N?).W. Collins;
Filed; 26 Dec 1871 (sic)
7/513 (Will itself p. 512-513) - see Box 82 for complete text
Probate Court, Dec. Term, 1875
On 11 Dec 1875, William W. Collins, and Anne E. Collins, witnesses to will of
Benjamin Archer, deceased, say that he was of disposing mind and 21 years
of age, ... Will dated 7 Nov 1870
Signed, Benjamin (his mark)
8/363
6 Nov 1875
Benjamin and Charlotte Archer, spouses to Benjamin F. Archer, all of Harrison
Co., MO $400, SE 1/4 of NW 1/4, S. 3, T. 62, R. 27, 50 A.
Signed (both- marks)
Filed; 17 Nov 1875
12/340 and 12/362 - see 7/512-514
Vol 12 (deed books used for wills?) - Benjaman's will at 12/340 not found
as books run out of sequence as will book series- not found in deeds either
127/327
27 Feb 1901
Charlotte Archer to Theopolius E. Osborn , all of Harrison Co, MO, $1,500
SW 1/4 of SW 1/4 S. 1, T. 62, R. 27, 40A
Deed not to take effect until the decease of Charlotte
Signed: Charlotte (her mark)
Wit: Joel J. Fair, Frances A. Osborn, James M. Osborn
Filed: 10 Apr 1901
340/281
Decree - Decree of Circuit Court Harrison Co, MO, Jan 1958
3 Apr 1958
Ray E. Moulin, executor of estate of John Homer Hogan vs. Benjamin Archer ,
B.F. Archer, Frank H. Nally, Daniel B. Boyce, Loretta Bora Bogue, Eliphlet
M. and Marion Hill, and unknown heirs of Benjamin F. Archer,
Summoned to court on 3 Apr 1958 but did not appear and court found B.F.
Archer as owner of portion of the land, had gained possession 17 Sep 1887,
had it platted in name of Benjamin F. Archer in Blue Ridge. Then Frank H.
Nally became owner of a portion of the land (Bk 140, p 170) who on 27 Mar
1906 conveyed it as Franklin H. Nally. Loretta Bora Bogue was owner of a
portion (Bk 91, p. 35) on 9 Jan 1902 and she sold it (Bk 130, p. 528) on 9
Jan 1902. She was wife of Nelson B. Williams . Eliphlet Hill became an
owner of a portion on 10 Jan 1914 (Bk 196, p. 308) and (Bk 100, p. 597)
under name of Marion Hill who became owner on 6 Jun 1903 (Bk 140, p. 406)
transferred land by will probated 3 Sep 1935, chain of title of deeds
described (long list) which were all erroneously described as "Archer's
Second Addition" when it should have been Archer's First Addition".
"Harrison Co., MO Index to Records and Bonds and Wills"
p. 16
From: Record of Bonds & Administration Book B, p. 366
Will of Benjamin Archer
Dated: 7 Nov 1870
Probated: 11 Dec 1875
Witnesses: William W. Collins and Anne E. Collins
Names:
Dau: Nancy Long
Son: Benjamin Franklin
Gr dau: Frances Ann Osborne
Wife: Charlotte
=========================
Lewis Perry Osborn md. Mary Cordelia Archer
Harrison Co., MO Births
(Alpha listing)
Father: Lewis P. Osborne ; Mother :Mary C. Archer
(twins- M and f. 6th & 7th children: b. 6 Jan 1886
Father: 32, b. IN; Mother 32, b. IN
farmer
Attendant: D.W. Martin, Blue Ridge
Filed: 27 Feb 1886
(Chronological listing)
Father: Lewis P. Osborn Mother Mary C. Archer of Adams Twp
Twins- M & F - 6th & 7th children
b. 6 Jan 1886
Father: 32, b. IN; Mother: 32 b. IN
Attending D.W. Martin, Blue Ridge
Harrison Co., MO Deaths
Clarence B. Osborn d. age 6 mo, 23 da on 22 Oct 1883
in Bethany Twp, Harrison Co., MO of chronic dysentery; for 2 months
buried in Miriam Cem.; undertaker : F.L. Harvey of Bethany,
Postion A.H. Vadirvert
Harrison Co., MO Marriages
B/319
Louis Osborn and Mary C. Archer
md. 6 Jun 1875 by Toby Pleasant, J.P.
Filed: 21 Jun 1875
Harrison Co., MO Deeds
27/26
28 Feb 1881
B.F. Archer to C.W. Osborn, all of Harrison Co., MO, $200, W. 1/2, lot 2,
of NE 1/4 S. 5, T. 62, R. 26,
Filed: 4 Nov 1881
127/327
27 Feb 1901
Charlotte Archer to Theopolius E. Osborn , all of Harrison Co, MO, $1,500
SW 1/4 of SW 1/4 S. 1, T. 62, R. 27, 40A
Deed not to take effect until the decease of Charlotte
Signed: Charlotte (her mark)
Wit: Joel J. Fair, Frances A. Osborn, James M. Osborn
Filed: 10 Apr 1901
160/452
18 Feb 1907
Theophious E. and Flora A. Osborn, spouses to Leonard C. Archer , all of
Harrison Co, MO, $3200, all of the SW 1/4 of SW 1/4, S. 1, T. 62, R. 27,
40A; buyer to assume mortgage of $600
Filed: 6 Mar 1907
"Harrison Co., MO Index to Records and Bonds and Wills"
p. 16
From: Record of Bonds & Administration Book B, p. 366
Will of Benjamin Archer
Dated: 7 Nov 1870
Probated: 11 Dec 1875
Witnesses: William W. Collins and Anne E. Collins
Names:
Dau: Nancy Long
Son: Benjamin Franklin
Gr dau: Frances Ann Osborne
Wife: Charlotte
Judge Benjamin Franklin Archer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Between 1758 and 1760 - Mansfield Twp, Burlington, New Jersey, United States
Christening:
Death: 1833 - Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, United States
Burial: in Broadway Cemetery, Ft. Wayne, Indiana
Events
• Residence, 1795 in Kentucky, United States
• Census 1806, 1806 in Montgomery, Ohio, United States
• Census 1808, 1808 in Montgomery, Ohio, United States
Parents
Father: Joseph Archer (1730-1783)
Mother: Sarah Shreve (1735-1767)
Spouses and Children
1. *Margaret Brown (Abt 1766 - Bef Bef 1840)
Marriage: 14 Jun 1784 - Burlington, New Jersey, United States
Children:
1. David Archer (1788-1861)
2. Elizabeth Archer (1794-1857)
3. John Smith Archer (1797-1870)
4. Susannah Archer (1800-After 1841)
5. Benjamin Franklin Archer (1804-1875)
6. Sarah Archer (Abt 1812- )
Notes
General:
PARENTS: George Archer writes: "That Joseph and Sarah (Shreve) Archer were Benjamin's parents hangs on the slim tread that Aaron Nutt is named in Joseph's will as the husband of Mary, brother of Benjamin. (Aaron Nutt accompanied Benjamin from Kentucky to survey land in Montgomery Co., OH about 1796.)"Marriage Notes (Margaret Brown)
MARRIAGE: Benjamin Archer of New York md Margaret Brown in NJ on 14 Jun 1784. Quoted from New Jersey Marriages 1665-1800 by Nelson (Gen. PublCo).
Other sources thought Benajmin married Anna in 1794, per minutes of Columbia Baptist Church, Cincinnati, Ohio, based on both mentioned as attending the same meeting, although there is no indication of a marriage relationship. Also there are 3 land deeds for Campbell Co., KY (where the city of Covington, KY is now located), where Benjamin Archer and Ann, his wife, of Hamilton Co., KY, in Oct 1798, sold 11 acres of land to John Day of Campbell Co., 30 acres to William Orcutt, of Campbell Co., and 150 acres to John Sellman of Cincinatti. Some believe this to be proof that Benjamin had a first wife named Ann. If this is true, perhaps Ann is a nickname for Margaret. Or perhaps Ann married a different Benjamin Archer.
CENSUS:
Census 1806 & 1808, Montgomery Co., OH
1820 Census; Washington Twp., Montgomery Co. OH, M33-94, p 137;
Benjamin Archer 0 1 1 2 0 1; 0 0 3 1 1
1830 Census: Wayne Twp, Fort Wayne, Indiana; p 696 / 349;
Benjamin Archer, 1-0-0-0-4-1-0-0-0-1; 0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-1
1 M under 5,
BIOGRAPHY: Notestines of Oxford, Kansas, by Gene R. Alley, 1978.
"Nancy Hatfield (born about 1823 in Ohio) was the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Archer) Hatfield, who came to Allen County in 1825. They came there from Dayton, Ohio as part of a group that included Elizabeth's father, Benjamin Archer, his wife and other family members. The Archers were originally from Philadelphia. Thomas was born in 1791 and died in Allen County in 1863. Elizabeth was born in 1794 and died in Allen County in 1857. They were both buried in the Hatfield Cemetery there.
BIOGRAPHY: A Sense of Place in Centerville and Washington Township, (Montgomery Co., OH), by The Centerville Historical Society, pub. 1977 & 1985 by Landfall Press, Inc., Dayton, Ohio;
p 8-9, ..."In February 1796, two months before the first settlement in Dayton, Aaron Nutt, Benjamin Robbins and Benjamin Archer arrived...These men were brother-in-law and veterans of the Revolutionary War, with war bounties to pay for land in the Territory. Aaron Nutt was married to Benjamin Archer's sister Mary...These three men came originally from New Jersey by way of Kentucky...
"After surveying the land..." [the men drew straws, with Robbins getting first choice, Archer 2nd, and Nutt 3rd] "Archer selected 480 acres of land northeast of Centerville...
"Benjamin Archer apparently arrived with his family the following year to claim his land adjacent to the present Alexandersville-Bellbrook Road, for his name is listed on the 1798 tax list for the county. Archer came originally from Mansfield, New Jersey in Burlington County, by way of Philadelphia and Kentucky.
He had been a judge in Philadelphia, and he was quickly appointed an Associate Judge for Montgomery County...
"As Associate Judge, Archer took part in the first court held in the county on July 27, 1803...
"Benjamin Archer operated the first "store" in the township out of a log cabin on his farm. The cabin, no longer standing... He had merchandise hauled up from Cincinnati... In the spring of 1827, several years after Archer left the township" [a box of hats was found in his cabin loft, part of an ill-advised shipment] "...
"Archer, according to newspaper accounts, also was a brick building contractor... Benjamin Archer won the contract [on the first Montgomery County Courthouse in Dayton] by bidding $4,776...
"Benjamin Archer was active in his church's affairs. From the Baptist Church of Sugar Creek records, we learn that he was a "Deacon on Trial" in 1880, and was appointed a deacon in 1801. Archer also held the position of church treasurer, and was authorized to arrange the purchase of land from Aaron Nutt for the first Baptist Church of sugar Creek in 1802. In 1812, along with two other members, he was appointed to draft a bill for incorporating the church.
"Archer was elected a trustee of the township each year from 1812 to 1819, and again in 1822 and 1823. It is assumed that he did not choose to run during the intervening two years."
"After such a broad range of activities within the township and the county, and after exerting a very real influence upon the area in which he lived and served with distinction, Benjamin Archer chose to move his family and his children's families to Washington Township in Allen County, Indiana in 1824. Why he left Ohio we do not know, although there is some evidence that he and his son David failed to meet their financial obligations, they were subject to court lawsuits. In Indiana, where land was much cheaper at that time, Archer continued the same wide variety of interests until his death in 1833. But all traces of Benjamin Archer's home and "store" in Washington Township have completely disappeared."
p 100, "The Archers, father and son [Benjamin and David], were the subject of two court cases involving their land in this area. In 1815, suit was brought against Benjamin Archer for allowing his son, David, to finish paying for the land in debt and his creditors felt that he had put his land into David's hands so that they could not lay claim to Benjamin Archer's assets.
"Again in 1824, David K. Este, an assignee of one of the creditors, brought suit against Benjamin and David Archer, and the Court of Common Pleas ordered the Sheriff to sell the 423 acres then belonging to the Archers at public auction. This was accomplished in 1825, and Este from Cincinnati was the highest bidder.
"It was at this time that the Archers left this area for Ft. Wayne, Indiana, where land was opening up and was still $2 an acre at the government land office."
BIOGRAPHY:
An account entitled "The First Settlers" from the book A SENSE OF PLACE
"The Washington township area, like all of Ohio at the end of the eighteenth century, was a vast green forest inhabited by wild animals and occasional roaming bands of Indians. Surveys made by Whipple and Barber in 1802 and by Israel Ludlow in 1803 described the township as covered with an almost unbroken, undisturbed forest from creek bed to highest point, with a thick undergrowth of spice bushes.
Two parties of surveyors left Cincinnati on September 21, 1795, to survey lands between the Great and little Miami rivers for John Cleaves Symmes. In February 1796, two months before the first settlement of Dayton, Aaron Nutt, Benjamin Robbins, and Benjamin Archer arrived at the high point of land between the two rivers where Centerville now stands. They first moved just southeast of Centerville, but the threat of Indians nearby caused them to move hastily to a more favorable retreat some miles away.
These men were brothers-in-law and veterans of the Revolutionary War, with war bounties to pay for land in the Territory. Aaron Nutt married Benjamin Archer's sister Mary. Benjamin Robbins had married Aaron Nutt's sister Bathsheba. The three men came originally from new Jersey by way of Kentucky. The three, on the advice of Daniel Boone, who sang the praises of the fertile land north of the Ohio River, left for that area to make their new homes.
After surveying the land the three men decided to make this area their new home, and drew lots for the first choice. Robbins with the lucky first choice, chose 160 acres, Archer then selected 480 acres. Aaron Nutt with the third choice selected a half section. The men having completed their survey work and selected their home sites, mounted their horses and returned to Kentucky.
Robbins returned first with his family from Cincinnati. They arrived April 6, 1797. They were 10 days on the road making their way through the thick undergrowth, and cutting a wagon road as they came. Benjamin Archer apparently arrived the following year with his family. Archer came originally from Mansfield, New Jersey, in Burlington County, by way of Philadelphia and Kentucky. He had been a judge in Philadelphia and was quickly appointed an Associate Judge for Montgomery County. According to reports the entire male population of Montgomery County gathered to celebrate this court opening and the installation of law and order in the County.
Benjamin Archer also operated the first "store" in the township in a log cabin on his farm. He had merchandise hauled from Cincinnati, paying a certain price per hundredweight. Because local teamsters were paid according to the weight hauled, there was much rivalry among them for the heaviest load. One particularly snowy winter he sent several sleds on the long drive after merchandise he had purchased. One unfortunate teamster succeeded in hauling back only one box of hats weighing just 30 lbs. In the spring of 1827, several years after Archer had left the township, a quantity of old, dusty hats were found in the loft of the Archer cabin, reputedly a part of this ill-advised shipment.
To continue the story of the three surveyors who founded Centerville, Aaron Nutt and his family drove their wagons to their new farm site in 1799, arriving on April 1. Benjamin Robbins kindly offered to store their belongings until his brother-in-law could build a cabin, but Aaron refused to unload until he could place his household items in their own new home. He went as far as Franklin, Ohio for sufficient help; and with the aid of six gallons of Kentucky whiskey, he secured enough men to cut logs, hew out clapboards and build the cabin in one day. The family slept under its own roof the first night.
Archer, according to newspaper accounts, also was a brick contractor. Advertisements appeared in Cincinnati and Lexington newspapers during June 1805, inviting bids for building of the first Montgomery County Courthouse in Dayton. Archer won the contract for $4,776. This two story, brick building-42 feet by 38 feet-was occupied in the winter of 1807, although it was not fully completed until 1815 when a cupola was added, and a bell was hung that year.
Benjamin Archer was active in church affairs. From the Baptist Church of Sugar Creek records, we learn he was "Deacon on Trial" in 1800, and was appointed a deacon in 1801. Archer also held position of church treasurer, and was authorized to arrange the purchase of land from Aaron Nutt for the first Baptist Church of Sugar Creek in 1802. In 1812, along with two other members, he was appointed to draft a bill for incorporating the church.
Archer was elected a trustee of the township each year from 1812 to 1819, and again in 1822 and 1823. It is assumed that he chose not to run those intervening two years. After such a broad range of service within the township and the county, and after exacting a very real influence upon the area in which he lived and served with distinction, Benjamin Archer chose to move his family and his children's families to Washington Township in Allen County, Indiana in 1824.
Why he left Ohio we do not know, although there is some evidence that him and his son David carried heavy mortgages on their lands, and they failed to meet their financial obligations, they were subject to court lawsuits. In Indiana, where land was much cheaper then, Archer continued the same wide varieties of interests until his death in 1833. But all traces of Benjamin Archer's home and "store" in Washington Township have completely disappeared."
[Note: Centerville is located just south of Dayton and contains Benjamin Archer Park, per George Archer's contributor 88/00.]
BIOGRAPHY: The History of Montgomery County, Ohio; 1882; 977.172 H2h pt.2; published by W.H. Beers, 1882, Book III, First Part, Township Histories, Washington Township, written by Joseph Nutt, p 3-4.
Washington Township was one of the first settled points in the county, for, in February, 1796, two months before a settlement had been made at Dayton, we find a company of men from Kentucky, among whom were Aaron Nutt, Benjamin Robbins and Benjamin Archer, surveying near the present site of Centerville. The first camp struck by these adventurous civil engineers was on the farm now owned by William Weller, just on the outskirts of town. However, they only remained a short time in this place, for, upon the discovery of "Indian signs," the camp was hastily vacated, and they removed two miles to the northeast and took up a position on the farm now owned by Samuel Weller. Here they found a secure retreat, just south of the old Pardington buildings, in a ravine, and here they remained in undisputed possession until they had completed their survey. How long this was we cannot say, but they certainly did not hasten the completion of their work for lack of meat, as a large turkey roost was discovered on what is now the farm of Alonzo Montgomery, and the party hunter had an easy time of it, except perhaps, carrying in the feathered denizens of the forest. After the survey had been completed, the play was laid down in the woods, and these primitive surveyors proceeded to draw cuts for first choice of land. Benjamin Robbins was the first lucky man, and influenced by the springs discovered, immediately selected the half section of land which lay on the west of Centerville, and which embraced the lands now owned by Benjamin Davis, Mason Allen and others. Aaron Nutt, to whom fate ordained the last choice, always maintained that "Benny had made a poor choice," as better springs were afterward discovered on his own lands. Benjamin Archer, who had second choice, selected the half section northeast of Centerville, and Aaron Nutt took the same amount of land directly east of town.
"After the selection of lands, they mounted their horses and returned to their families in Kentucky, well pleased with the country which they were soon to make their home. They say of the fertility of the soil at this time "that while surveying they found wild rye up to their horses' sides."
"...It is probable that Benjamin Archer, the last of the three surveyors, came out about the same time [as Aaron Nutt, two years later], but it is not definitely known. There are some points in the history of Mr. Archer, or Judge Archer, as he was always called, worthy of note, and, as he did not remain permanently in the settlement, we will give them here.
"A native of New Jersey, he removed to Philadelphia, where he was created Judge of one of the courts. From that city, he removed to Kentucky, and from there to Washington Township. Here he remained until 1824, and was one of the leading men in the community, at one time being Associate Judge of the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas. From this State, he went to Fort Wayne, Ind., where he seems to have been satisfied to give up his travels and permanently locate. Judge Archer was distinctively a progressive man, for, besides his pioneer work in this State, we find him engaged in laudable enterprises wherever he was located. It is generally conceded that he made his first brick and built the first brick house in Fort Wayne, where he died in 1830..."
BIOGRAPHY:
Excerpts from volumes I and II of :
Valley of the Upper Maumee
A historical account of Allen County and the
city of Ft. Wayne, Indiana. "The story of it's
progress from savagery to civilization"
Published in 1889 by BRANT & FULLER
in Madison ,Wisconsin
Volume I
P. 192 Valley of the Upper Maumee
Mention is made that Benjamin Archer built a two story brick residence in Ft. Wayne.
P. 204 Valley of the Upper Maumee
In 1835 the first steam saw-mill in northern Indiana was built by Benjamin Archer and his sons, on the land of David Archer, on the St. Joseph River, two and a half miles north of the present city limits. David Archer and his son John went to Dayton, Ohio for the boiler, and the other machinery, and it was hauled through the woods to the site of the mill from that distant point, the boiler being drawn by six yoke of oxen, and the rest of the machinery by horses.
The magnitude of this operation and its extreme tediousness, can hardly be imagined by ones in this day of "fast freights." When the machine caravan reached Shane's prairie, bad roads were encountered, and young Archer was compelled to return home for another team of oxen before the journey could be completed.
Unfortunately the mill was soon afterward destroyed by fire, and enterprise in that direction received a decided check in the upper Maumee valley. The next steam saw-mill was that of Rudy Rudisill, on the St. Joseph River, erected in 1841.
P. 209 Annals of the Townships
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP--The next township after Wayne and Adams in order of settlement was Washington. Immediately following the beginning of the sale of lands, Reinhard Cripe, a Pennsylvania-German, settled on Spy Run with his family.
The real beginning at the settlement and improvement of the township was made by the Archer family, which consisted of Benjamin Archer and wife, then past middle life, their three sons, David, John S., Benjamin Jr., a daughter Susan and her husband Alexander Ballard, their daughter Elizabeth, who was the wife of Thomas Hatfield, also one of the party, and the daughter Sarah, with her husband, Edward Campbell, a French Canadian.
Andrew J. Moore was also a member of the party, and Andrew Pettit, who in 1828 married the daughter of David Archer. Thomas Hatfield had visited the township in the spring and entered land, and in November 1825 accompanied by the Archers, who had removed from Philadelphia to Dayton, they set out, and traveled thither by the Wayne Trail, through boundless forest, camping out by the way during nights, which were made musical by the howling of wolves and shrieking of wildcats.
Benjamin Archer was well-to-do for those days, and his sons being grown men, were given tracts which he purchased to improve. David settled on the St. Joseph, two and a half miles from the fort; John S. was given a quarter section near the site of the Catholic orphan asylum; and Benjamin Jr. went three miles to the northwest, upon land recently owned by Alexander McKinley. Mrs. Ballard was given a tract just east of the Wells reserve, but she and her husband, who worked as a brickmaker in the village, did not go upon it until 1830. The heirs of Thomas Hatfield who was for many years a Justice of the Peace, and a Minister of the Gospel, still retain the land the parents settled upon at that time. Near the same locality lay the lands allotted to the Campbells. All of the family were stalwart and healthful, and they have subdued hundreds of acres of forests and changed the somber hue of green to the golden gleam of ripening grain on the landscape..
In the year of his settlement Benjamin Archer established a brick kiln on section 35 were his sons, principally John S., engaged in making bricks, supplying the demand in town until 1830. In this family occurred the first birth, of David Jr., son of David and Anna Archer born January 1, 1827, and the first marriage, of Franklin Sunderland to Rebecca Archer in 1828.
Volume II
P. 35 The Canal Era
The Archer family is one conspicuous in the history of the early settlement and mention is made of their achievements under the head of Washington township and elsewhere. Benjamin Archer, the progenitor of the family in Allen county, though an elderly man when he came here, was full of energy, and his usefulness was recognized by the people in his election to the associate judgeship upon the organization of the county.
He found time however, to manage his brick yard in Washington township, and an his family made the brick for and erected the first brick buildings in Fort Wayne, one upon the first lot west of Morgan & Beach's hardware, the other now owned and occupied by John Schweiers. They also furnished the brick and built the first courthouse, and then the first Masonic temple on the site now occupied by Sol Bash & Co. They also aided in the construction of the feeder division of the canal and the feeder dam.
Judge Archer was of Scotch-Irish descent, of the Protestant faith, a Whig in politics, of intellectual and moral sturdiness, and many mourned his death when he died at Fort Wayne in 1833. The Masons, to which he belonged, buried him in the grave yard where the county jail now stands. His remains and those of his wife, who was a native of the Carolinas, and some of his grandchildren were afterward removed to the Broadway cemetery, but now nothing remains to mark their resting place.
Of the few now living who attended that funeral is Peter Kiser, and another, Judge Archer's son-in-law, Edward Campbell, who lives at Albion, Noble county and is now about ninety years of age. Judge Archer left three sons, David, John S. and Benjamin Jr., and three daughters, Susan, Elizabeth, and Sarah.
John S. was a brother-in-law of the Hon. Hugh Hanna, and left one son James Wesley M. Archer, who married Catherine King, of a family which recently left a valuable estate in the center of the city. They had three sons and one daughter now the wife of C. E. Archer. Benjamin Archer Jr., married a Miss Petit. David the eldest son married Anna Chrisenbury, a native of Kentucky, and his eldest son, Samuel, married Matilda Whiteside.
These were the parents of John H. Archer, now a prominent citizen of Fort Wayne.
The Whiteside family were notable in the early
days, the family came from Ireland to Virginia before the war of the Revolution, during which the grandfather of Matilda Whiteside made clothing for Washington's men and received a great quantity of continental money in return, which he afterward burned as worthless!
P. 255 Municipal and Federal
The incorporation of Fort Wayne as a town, dates from September 3, 1829, when an
election was held and it was certified to the board of county commissioners, by William N. Hood, president of the meeting, and John P. Hedges, clerk, at a majority of two-thirds of the persons present favored the plan.
Accordingly, on the 14th of the same month, at the house of Abner Gerard, esq., the first town election was held, which Benjamin Archer, president of said election, and John P. Hedges, clerk, certified as resulting in the choice of Hugh Hanna, John S. Archer, William G. Ewing, Lewis G. Thompson and John P. Hedges, as trustees for one year.
The town government differed little from that of other young places. The town funds were meager; of public buildings none warranting the name. The streets were not improved and were of the muddy and impassable character of the ordinary county road. The needs of the thrifty town soon outgrew the usefulness of the this primitive method of government and the subject of a city charter and the corporate powers it should contain were matters of frequent and earnest discussion.
P. 447 Bench and Bar
The seventh term of the court was held at the residence of Benjamin Archer, commencing on the 12th day of May, 1828, associate judges, Hood and Cushman, presiding, the president judge being absent. At that term Charles H. Test was sworn as prosecuting attorney for the term. The prosecutor for the circuit being absent.
BIOGRAPHY: From George Archer collection. The following is written in the City History, The City of Centerville, Ohio.
In 1796, during George Washington's last term as president, the first settlers came to Centerville and Washington Twonship, Ohio.
Brothers-in-law Aaron Nutt, Benjamin Robbins and Benjamin ARCHER were Revolutionary War vetrans. They came from Kentucky to survey the area in February 1796, two months before the first settlement in Dayton. The three men drew lots for their land and claimed boutnies granted for their service in the war. Within the next few years, their families joined them in this new community.
[Note: I (George Archer, I think) have been unable to find any land bounties in Ohio, and no records for this service can be found at this time. The Historical Society, Centerville, Ohio, also has no records of this service.)
NEWSPAPER: 24 Oct 1895 (from Brian Smead, Archer myfamily.com, doesn't say which paper);
Judge Benjamin Archer
Deserves Honorable Mention Among the Old Pioneers.
Judge Benjamin Archer was the founder of the many families living in this vicinity, and bearing that name, and one of the three first circuit court judges in this district. He came to this place with his family, consisting of three sons and three daughters, just thirty years after the old fort was christened Fort Wayne. He also built the first steam mill in northern Indiana, perhaps the first one within the state. The boiler and engine were transported from Dayton, Ohio, through the wilderness by the way of Troy, Piqua and Winchester, on wagon drawn by oxen. The mill was located on the St. Joseph river, two and one-half miles northeast of the town, and was burned down a few years later. Many of the old settlers will remember the mill.
BIOGRAPHY:
“Pictorial History of Allen County” by B. J. Griswold; Marietta, OH Public Library, Archer vertical file;
Washington Township Chronologically: Washington Township came forth in order of setting apart as an organized corporation,but in the matter of actual settlement it should hold third place, its first settler, a Pennsylvania German, Reinhard Cripe by name, took up land on Spy Run immediately after the sale of lands was opened in 1823, his family being immediately after the sale of lands was opened in 1823, his family being with him. Reinhard however, appears to have been more attracted to the fine hunting afforded by the forests than by the agricultural or lumbering prospects. At least, he moved on a few years later to Elkhard County, leaving but slight trace of his sojourn in the Spy Run district beyond a popular reputation for being a good fellow as well as a good hunter. So, the real credit for pioneering the occupation and settlement of Washington Township belongs to the Archer family and its connections.
The Archer group sprang variously from Virginia, Kentucky, New Jersey and Canada, Ohio being the common ground from which they migrated to Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Archer (Judge) already past middle life at the time, with several members of their family, David, John S., Benjamin Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Ballard, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Campbell, Andrew J. Moore and Adam Pettit (the later two unmarried) are on record as arriving in 1824, although it is also stated that some of these came the following year in the company with Thomas Hatfield, who did not first visit the township until the spring of 1825. Though the names of the Archer grandchildren are not listed in the group, the subsequent record of events shows that there were several of them, making it all a goodly party to land in a small pioneer village at one time. One can imagine that their advent may have caused quite a flutter of excitement in little old Fort Wayne.
Mrs. Ballard and Mrs. Campbell were sisters respectively Susan and Sarah Archer, daughters of Benjamin Archer Sr. (Judge) Andrew Moore was then in the employ of Mr. Archer, and Adam Pettit was later married to the daughter of David Archer.
In the spring of 1825, Thomas Hatfield, whose wife was Elizabeth, another daughter of the Archers, visited the township, and seeing in it a land of promise, purchased a tract on the little St. Joseph River and returned to Montgomery County, Ohio, for his family. Probably the summer crops already planted on the Ohio farm required his attention for the summer season for it was not until November 25th that the little wagon train carrying the family and household goods set out for Indiana by way of Wayne Trace.
One old account says that the David Archers came with the Hatfields instead of previous year and it is possible that they may be. However, the whole party was practically one assemblage of pioneer units....and a hardy party it was too. That stalwart group of men who followed the Wayne Trace to the West, through forests infested with wolves and wildcats was never daunted by the severities of pioneer life. The alchemy which transmitted a thousand acres of green forest into the gold of grain land in Washington Township was the labor of their hands.
Judge Benjamin Archer himself resided in Fort Wayne, but being a well-to-do man for the times, purchased separate tracts of land for each of this sons, which they afterward improved, though special industries engaged most of them at the outset.
The farm of David Archer was situated on the St. Joseph River, a two and one-half miles from the Fort. John S. Archer received a quarter section near what is now the site of the Catholic Orphanage. While Benjamin, Jr. went three miles to the northwest. Mrs. Ballard also was given a portion of land lying on the east of the wells “Preemption.” Benjamin Archer, Sr. during the first year after his arrival, established a brick kiln not far from which were the acres alloted to the Edward Campbells and in this industry all of his sons were employed more or less, notably John S. who eventually took the entire management of it.
The advent, in 1830, of Eastern investors with more modern machinery crowded the hand-made articles out of the field, but the the Archer bricks had up to that time supplied the early builders of Fort Wayne with most of the brick they used.
The Ballards and John S. Archer then took up residence on their lands and cleared farms. Adam Pettit purchased and cleared a farm and married in 1828 Miss Sarah, daughter of the the David Archers. Andrew Moore assisted in clearing the farms of Benjamin, Sr. , and David Archer and then purchased a holding for himself and settled on it. His heirs still retain this property.
BIOGRAPHY: History of Fort Wayne from the Earliest Known Accounts of this Point to the Presnet Period, by Wallace A. Brice. Ft. Wayne: D.W. Jones & Son, 1868. pd. 300
The term of the court in Ft. Wayne began 12 May 1828 and was held at the residence of Benjmain Archer and was presided over by Judges Hood and Cushman.
BIOGRAPHY: The Pictorial History of Fort Wayne Indiana by B.J. Griswold. Chicago: Robert O. Law Co., 1917. (Reprinted: Unigraphics, Inc., Evansville, IN., 1971).
p 271
"The first lots of the original plat of Fort Wayne were sold September 18, 1824, under the direction of John Tipton as the county agents. The buyers were...Benjamin Archer...Some of these lots, in the heart of the present city, sold for $10.25; the highest brought only $25. The entire thirty-six lots compirsing this original sale, netted only $690.50, an average of less than $20 per lot...Benjamin Archer, pioneer brickmaker and the head of the Archer Family, so long identified with Fort Wayne progress, came in 1824. Mr. Archer entered immediataely upon the manufacture of bric, north of town, and it was from the product of his yards that the first brick buildings in Fort Wayne were constructed..."
p 273,4
In late 1829 the citizens of Ft. Wayne decided to incorporate Ft. Wayne in Allen County, Indiana. They held an election and chose among others, John S. Archer to serve on the board of trustees for one year. Benjamin Archer was president and John P. Hedges served as secretary of this first election.
p 333
(listed under "Activities of 1835")
"Benjamin Archer established the first sawmill; the boiler was brought from Dayton, Ohio, on a wagon drawn by eight yoke of oxen."
NEWSPAPER: 11 Jan 1914 (from Brian Smead, Archer myfamily.com, doesn't say which paper )
Washington, being one of the four townships forming the square within which Fort Wayne is located, was early settled, several families locating, there in the year 1825. One of these was the Archer family, Benjamin Archer and his sons: David, John S. and Benjamin Archer jr., and also Mrs. Thomas Hatfield, Mrs. Alexander Ballard and Mrs. Edward Campbell. During the same year Andrew J. Moore and Adam Petit also settled in the township. Most of these parties settled in what is now Bloomingdale.
SOURCE: Early Settlers of Montgomery County, Ohio - Genealogical Abstracts from Land Records, Tax Lists, and Biographical Sketches, compiled and edited by Shirley Keller Mikesell, Heritage Books, Inc.
LAND: Book B, pg. 121, 122 - Mortgage dated 1808 - BENJAMIN ARCHER & B. Van Cleve witnesses to a land transaction in Washington Twp., from Peter Clawson to James Anderson.
Book D, pg. 250-252 - Deed dated 1815. Levi NUTH & Sarah, his wife, to BENJAMIN ARCHER, Abner Garrard & Edward Mitchel, trustees of regular Baptist Church called Sugar Creek...
TAXES: Benjamin Archer is listed in the following:
Taxpayers in Dayton Township 1798
Tax Duplicate for 1804
Taxpayers of Montgomery County, 1806 - Benjamin, James & Samuel ARCHER
Resident Proprietors of Montgomery Co. Taxes: 1808 - Benjamin, James & Stephen ARCHER
Resident Proprietors of Montgomery Co. Taxes: 1811, Washington Twp. - Benjamin ARCHER.
Resident Proprietors of Montgomery Co. Taxes: 1814, Washington Twp. - Benjamin, Benjamin & John ARCHER.
ABSTRACTS FROM EDGAR:
First Court opened, 1803. Benjamin ARCHER, Isaac Spinning, John Ewing Associate Justices.
ABSTRACTS FROM BEERS:
Benjamin ARCHER native of NJ, to OH ca 1798 from KY. To Fort Wayne (IN) ca 1824. d 1830. Book III, p 4.
SOURCE: From George Archer's collection, submitter 5/92.
Montgomery Co., OH Election Abstracts:
11 Oct 1808 - Election returns between John McCabe and Peter Banta and John McGrew to replace John McCabe as JP whose term expired. The election contested by Banta. Benjamin ARCHER, associate Judge submitted report on 9 Nov declaring that ..."election was not agreeable to law."
13 Oct 1812 Benjamin ARCHER elected as one of two representatives to the Ohio General Assembly:
Benjamin Archer 234
John Harfris 148
Jame Thomson 75
George Adams 121
George Newwcom 4, Daniel H. Fisher 13, Joseph H. Crane 2, James Thomas 1
12 Oct 1813 Benjamin Archer not elected as one of the two representatives to the Ohio General Assembly:
George Newcom 417
Daniel C. Cooper 349
Benjamin Archer 290
George Adams 23, G. Adams 1, Daniel Hoover 1.
SOURCE: George Archer's Collection, submitter 5/92. Early Settlers of Montgomery County, Ohio, vol II, by Shirley Keller Mikesell.
Introduction
... Montgomery County's first Courts were held in Newcom's Tavern, a four room log cabin with attached kitchen. One room served as the Courtroom, but the largest was used for sleeping quarters for judges and lawyers alike. Newcom also furnished the first jail -- variously one room of the house, a dry well on the lot, or the corn crib, site probably depending upon the character of the prisoner.
By 1805, the Court had moved to larger quarters at McCollom's Inn. Hugh had lured the court business by building a chimney with fireplace for winter sessions. He provided the room, firewood, benches, and candles for $25 a year, later raised to $37.64. A jail had been built -- a 30 x 16 ft log cabin, divided into two rooms. The smaller held criminals; the larger, for debtors, had two windows and the fireplace.
Advertisements were let in 1805 to build a permanent courthouse. The contract was awarded to associate judge Benjamin ARCHER. Although incomplete, the building was first occupied in 1807. It was not truly finished until 1816 when a bell was installed in the the courthouse cupola.
Common Pleas (Civil) Law Record Book A-1
July 1803 - Benjamin Archer listed as associate judge of First Circuit, Montgomery Co., OH.
Case 6. State vs. Benjamin ARCHER. on 29 Sept, 1806, ARCHER of Washington Twp assaulted Daniel C. Cooper. ARCHER pled guilty, fined $5.00, costs of $4.50. pp 221,222. Dec 1806 term.
Term of September 1808
Case 3. State vs. Benjamin ARCHER. On 1 Sep, 1808, and other times, sold foreign goods without license. Pled guiltyh. Fined $.25, costs of $8.58. pp 366-357.
Case 12. Benjamin ARCHER vs. Hugh McCollom. On 20 Feb., 1807, $864.27 debt. Failed to pay. Suit filed, damages $150. McCollom refuted debt, claimed ARCHER indebted for $200 for goods, money lent. April term, jury summoned: Henry Atchison, John Bowman, Samuel Cavender, Joseph Colman, Jacob Crow, Frederick Fouts, William George, Andrew Hood, James Porter, Henry Sheidler, Robert Swift, Martin Weybright. Found McCollom guilty, ARCHER recover $615.40 debt, $34.57 costs. Def'nt charged verdict erroneous, requested verdict be set aside, retrial given. Sept term, McCollom admited debt of $600. ARCHER to recover $600, $6.69 costs. Copy of original note, witness James Snowden. pp 383-386.
Case 27. Thomas Guier & William Diehl vs. Benjamin ARCHER. On 3 Octg, 1807, note for $2000, goods and merchandise. (Guier & Diehl partners in trade in Philadelphia.) Failed to pay. ARCHER refuted debt. Trial: ARCHER failed to defend. Plantiff's recover $1495.22 damages, $11.80 costs. Copy of account rendered on which suit was based: first entry 8 Nov, 1804; last entry 17 Sept, 1807. pp 423-425.
Term of April, 1807
Case 9. Benjamin ARCHER vs. Daniel C. Cooper. On 1 Dec, 1806, debt of $200 for goods and merchandise, previous debt of $100. Cooper failed to defend. ARCHER amended debt residue to $89.01; to recover debt, $10.43 costs. pp 259-261.
Term of January 1809
Case 21. Charles Ellet vs. Benjamin ARCHER. On 5 Nov, 1804 at Philadelphia, note for $397.389, further sum of $1000. On 23 Oct, 1805, debt for $300 in goods. Failure to pay. ARCHER refuted debt, to give evidence to prove Ellet indebted for $1200. Trial: ARCHER failed to defend. Ellet to recover $661.13 debt residue, $13.98 costs. Copy of original note; listing of merchandise delivered by Ellet. Statement signed Mayor of Philadelphia Robert Wharton. pp 492-496.
Case 22. Conrad Kaster vs. Benjamin ARCHER & Peter Sunderland. On 30 March, 1807, note for $143.00. Refusal to pay. Defendants failed to defend suit. Kaster to recover $98.58 debt residue, $13.15 costs. Copy of original note, witness John Day.
Term of May, 1809
Case 24. Hugh McCollom vs. Benjamin ARCHER & David Squier. On 1 June, 1808, $400 debt for goods and merchandise (whiskey, brandy, wine and cider), $50 for work and labor, $400 debt for cash. Failed to pay. Suit filed, $500 damages. Defendants refute suit. Jury found ARCHER & Squier guilty. McCollom recover $312.76 debt, $44.20 costs. ARCHER & Squier gave notice of appeal to Supreme Court. Bail entered by John ARCHER & David Reid. Copies of original notes. pp 539-543.
Term of September 1809
Case 11. William A. Beatty Director vs. Benjamin ARCHER. On 10 Sept, 1806, $173.50 note signed by ARCHER & Samuel G. Martin (who was not found to respolnd to writ). Failure to pay. Suit filed, ARCHER failed to defend. Director to recover debt, $20.75 damage, $10.50 costs. Copy of original note, witness, Gray Gary, William Gordon. pp 18,19.
Case 7. John Brown vs. Benjamin ARCHER, on 15 June, 1808, John Judy gave note for $90, ARCHER to pay Brown on Judy's behalf. Refused to pay. ARCHER failed to defend. Brown recover $95.33 damages, $11.11 costs. Copy of original note. "To Benjamin Archer Sir pleas to pay or except to pay unto John Brown the some of ninely dollars and this shall be your receipt for the same and in so doing you will oblige your friend. John Judy." Witness, David Grumann. Endorsement: Accepted, Benjamin ARCHER. pp 43,44. Jan Term 1810.
Common Pleas (Civil) Law Record Book B-2
Term of May 1812
Case 14. Charles Ellet vs. Benjamin ARCHER, John Duncan, William Stephens. On 26 Dec, 1810, $700.66 note. Fail to pay. Suit filed, damages $200. Defendants failed to defend. Ellet to recover debt, $57.22 damages, $7.66 costs. Copy of original note; witness George Harris, Isaac G. Burnet. pp 190,191.
Term of May 1812
Case 15. Michael Baker vs. David Reid. On 15 Dec, 1808, Reid, B & J ARCHER signed $75 note. Failed to pay. Suit filed, damages of $20. Sheriff could not find B & J ARCHER to serve writ. Reid failed to defend. Baker to recover debt, $13.57 damages, $8.84 costs. Copy of original note. pp 192,193.
Term of September 1814
Case 11. James Thomson vs. Commissioners of Montgomery County. On 10 Nov, 1811, agreement for Thompson to build stone jailhouse (full specification included) for $2147.91, plus $600 debt for previous work done. Failed to pay. Suit filed. Defendants refuted debt, filed affidavit that William M. Lukes, a material witness, is missing. At hearing, defendants claimed Thompson did not perform work as requested (full list included). Case sent to arbitration by Abner Gerrard, Benjamin ARCHER & Nathaniel Hunt. Found Commission guilty. Thompson to recover $337.42 damages, $47.15 costs. pp 392-398.
From Montgomery Co., OH Chauncery Records 1824-1874
Adam Millman vs. Benjamin ARCHER & James Warfield, 1 Mar 1830. Millman gave note to Benjamin ARCHER of Ft. Wayne and also had note from Francis Comparet of Ft. Wayne, who was to pay Archer. A son of James Warfield of Miami Co. has note from Archer and is trying to collect. p. 738.
TAXES: Ohio Tax Duplicates 1806-1814, Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, OH
reel 2337
1806, Montgomery Co., OH (from index, but not found on film)
Benjamin Archer
James Archer
Samuel Archer
GR 2338
A list of lands of the property of residents of Montgomery Co., as listed for 1806, entered for taxation 1807:
John Archer, 2nd Rate, 100, A., R. 5, T. 3, S. 30, $65
Vol II
Benjamin Archer, 2nd Rate, 430 A., R. 6, T. 2, S. 19,
Benjamin Archer, 2nd Rate, 160 A., R. 6, T. 2, S. 19, $3.83 1/2 for both
Reel 2340, Duplicate of Resident Proprietor lands in the County of Montgomery for the year 1808
John Archer, 2nd Class, 100 A; R. 5, T. 3, S. 34; $.75
Benjamin Archer, 2nd Class, 590 A.; R. 6, T. 2, S. 19 & 20; $4.42 1/2
Stephen Archer, 2nd Class, 100 A; R. 6, T. 2, S. (not given); $.75
GR 2343, 1810 Montgomery Co. - Dayton Twp
Stephen Archer/100 A. 2nd Rate/R. 6, T. 2, S. 33, entered by Jona Donnel, Montgomery Co.; $1.00
GR 2345, 1811, Montgomery Co. - Dayton Twp.
James Archer/J. Tatman/100 A - 2nd rate/1161 A - original entry/ R. 6, T. 2, S. 33, SE part of fraction; $1.00
GR 2234, 1811 Montgomery Co. - Dayton Twp
Benjamin Archer/William Sunderland/160 A. 2nd Rate/160 A in original; R. 6, T. 2, S. 20, SE 1/4;
Benjamin Archer/B. Archer/130 A/480 A. original entry/R. 6, T. 2, S. 19 NW, NE, and SE 1/4; $5.90 tax on both parcels of Benj.
GR 2356 - 1812 Montgomery Co. - Dayton Twp.
James Archer/I/J. Talman/100 A - 2nd rate/1161/ A - original entry/ R. 6, T. 2, S. 33, SE part of tract; $1.00
GR 2356 - 1812 Montgomery Co., - Washington Twp.
John Archer/I. Luce S. & Wm. Luce N./ 100 A, 2nd Rate/160 A and 162.48 A - original entry/; R. 5, T. 3, S. 30; S. 1/2 of NW 1/2 of NW 1.4 and N of SW 1/4; $1.00
Benjamin Archer/William Sunderland/160 A. 2nd Rate/160 A in original; R. 6, T. 2, S. 20, SE 1/4;
Benjamin Archer/B. Archer/430 A/480 A. original entry/ R. 6, T. 2, S. 29 NW, NE, and SE 1/4 except 50 A., $5.90 forboth tracts.
William Blari/B. Archer/ 50 A., 2nd Rate/480 A - original entry/ R. 6, T. 2, S. 19, NE corner; $.50.
GR 2358 - 1813 Montgomery Co, Washington Twp.
John Archer/I. (J?) Luce S. & Wm. Luce N./ 100 A, 2nd Rate/160 A and 162.48 A - original entry/; R. 5, T. 3, S. 30; S. 1/2 of N 1/4 and N of SW 1/4; $1.00.
Benjamin Archer/William Sunderland/160 A. 2nd Rate/160 A in original; R. 6, T. 2, S. 20, SE 1/4;
Benjamin Archer/B. Archer/430 A/480 A. original entry/ R. 6, T. 2, S. 29 NW, NE, and SE 1/4 except 50 A.; $5.90 for both tracts
(Dayton Twp? or Washington?)
Col. R. Patterson/ J. Tallman/#1161/100 A - 2nd rate/100 A - original entry/ R. 6, T. 2, S. 33, SE part of tract;
1814 Montgomery County, Washington Twp.
John Archer/James Luce S. & Wm. Luce N./ 100 A, 2nd Rate/160 A - original entry/; R. 5, T. 3, S. 30; S. 1/2 of NW 1/4 and N of SW 1/4; $1.50.
Benjamin Archer/William Sunderland/160 A. 2nd Rate/160 A in original; R. 6, T. 2, S. 20, SE 1/4;
Benjamin Archer/B. Archer/430 A., 2nd rate/480 A. original entry/R.6, T.2, S. 29 NW, NE, and SE 1/4 except 50 A; $8.85 for both tracts.
RESIDENCES:
birth - Mansfield, Burlington, New Jersey; Philadelphia
Kentucky
1798-1824 Washington, Montgomery, Ohio
1824-1833 (death) Washington, Allen, Indiana
OCCUPATIONS:
Judge
Brick Contractor
Store owner (general merchandise)
RELIGION: Was a prominent member of the First Baptist Church while living in Dayton, Montgomery, OH, but was removed from the church shortly before his migration to Indiana.
Benjamin Archer is listed as a subscriber to The Christian's Guide, 1819. This is a list of names found in "The Christian's Guide, Being a Collection of Scripture Texts", by Thomas [?can't read the copy] published at Zanesville, OH in 1819.
NOTES:
One source that this Benjamin had children John, Benjamin, and David is based on the obituary of David L ARCHER, 4 Jun 1897; "grandfather was Benjamin Archer, emigrant who had children John, Benjamin, and David"; Newspaper obituary listing for Allen Co, Indiana; http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy/genealogy.html.
Scotch-Irish descent.
Two Benjamin Archers were awarded war bounty land grants: both Sergeants from VA: one 6 Apr 1787 100 acres; one 16 apr 1812, 100 acres.
EARLIEST RECORD: From the American Historical Society, 1950, from the collection of George Archer.
Benjamin Archer was on the tax list in Fayette County, Kentucky, March 19, 1790. At that time Fayette County covered almost one third of the state. This is the earliest record to be found of Benjamin Archer
Poss married 15 Jun 1784 in Burlington Co., NJ.
Carrie Archer
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Feb 1888 - Allen, Indiana, United States
Christening:
Death:
Burial:
Parents
Father: Winfield S Archer (1862-1923)
Mother: Hattie Coleman (1864-After 1903)
Notes
General:
CENSUS:
1900 Census; Washington Twp., Allen, IN, 12 Jun 1900, enum dist 19, sheet 5, lines 81-89; enum w/parents, 5 siblings & relative.
Archer, Carrie, daughter, W, F, b Feb 1888, age 12, b IN, fb IN, mb IN, at school
1910 Census; Washington Twp., Fort Wayne, Allen, IN, 15 Apr 1910, enum dist 65, sheet 1B, lines 82-89, 1640 Welle Street; enum with parents and 5 siblings;
Archer, Carrie, daughter, F, W, age 22, single, b NE, fb IN, mb IN, occ: teacher, public school
Catharine Jane Archer
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1822 - Pennsylvania or Ohio
Christening:
Death:
Burial:
Parents
Father: David Archer (1783-1844)
Mother: Jane (Abt 1778- )
Spouses and Children
1. LivingCharles Archer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Abt 1854 - Ohio, United States
Christening:
Death:
Burial:
Parents
Father: John Archer (1823- )
Mother: Mary Jane Boroff (1823-1903)
Spouses and Children
1. Living
Sources
1. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index.