Hi there,
I think Peter Lahue died and was buried there about 1837ish. His wife
(Elizabeth Mitchell) "took up" with my Joseph Brown after Peter's death.
She was present in Porter County, Indiana with Joseph Brown at Joseph's
death in 1850. I do not know what happened to her after that. But Joseph
left 100 acres to her (and NOT his ex-wife - they divorced in 1838 in
Spencer Co., Indiana) and asked his children that Elizabeth and Peter's
child, Minerva, have an equal share in his holdings.
I am enclosing some notes given to me by various helping hands over the
years about Peter, Elizabeth and my Joseph...
*MARRIAGE: Lahue, Peter - Mitchel, Elizabeth, John Shrode JP, 9-10-1818
(Marriage Records of Spencer County, Indiana, page 1)*
*Note from Spencer County, Indiana Librarian:*
*"I have been rereading the old probate books and remembered an entry in
Probate Book A 1833-1842,(ca 1837,) Page 166 which states that Benjamin
Romine was the guardian of Minerva Lahue, infant heir of Peter Lahue. *
*Just another tidbit for you.
Kris"*
*NOTE: from the book "Peter Lehew of Front Royal, Virginia and Some of his
Descendents, Vol I" by James Huston LeHue and Edith Foster, page 34 states:
"This would also seem to be the same Peter Lehew who appears on a list of
jurors in Dearborn Co., Indiana in 1806 and 1808, and on a list of voters in
Dearborn Co. in 1809. The combination Francis Lehew-Peter Lehew shows up
again in Perry and Spencer Counties in Indiana. Peter's name appears on a
Perry County tax list in 1815, and in 1817, Francis Lehew sold land to Peter
Lehew in Perry Co. This was evidently that part of Perrry County which
became part of Spencer Co. about 1817, for their first land records in
Spencer Co. give their residence as Perry Co., while the 1820 Census shows
Peter Lehew in Spencer Co. (age 45 or over). Peter's marriage (evidently a
second marriage) to Elizabeth Mitchell on 10 September 1818 is recorded in
Spencer County. Either Peter or Elizabeth may have had a child by a previous
marriage, since there is a male between 10 and 16 with them on the 1820
census. Elizabeth is in the 26-45 age group on this census. On the 1830
census, Eizabeth is listed as the head of the family, so perhaps Peter had
died before this. He was certainly dead by 1837, when matters pertaining to
his estate came before the court in Spencer Co.. We feel sure that the
Meredith Lehue who was born about 1800 or 1801 in the Boone-Woodford Co.
area in Kentucky was a son of Peter Lehew and wife Polly (Horsley). On the
1860 Census of Trimble Co., Kentucky., Meredith Lehue's county of birth is
listed as Woodford Co., Ky. The boundaries between these two counties around
1800 were not clearly defined, and there were no other Lehews on the tax
lists in either of the two counties from 1800 to 1811 except Francis and
Peter (from 1800 to 1803). The name Meredith is one which is found on the
Taylor side of Peter's family. Children: i. Meredith Lehue, b. abt. 1800,
others???"*
*From: Pioneers of Old Frederick County, Virginia:*
*Page 345: "At Ashby's John and Thomas Ashby, John Catlet, Peter Leehugh
(Lehew), Moses Botts and Thomas Conway were hired as chain carriers. [1736]
The Ashbys lived on Beaverdam Run of Aquia Creek and Chopawamsic Creek
(present-day quantico Marine Corps Base) in Stafford County, Virginia. The
Botts were neighbors on Chopawamsic Creek. The Catlet, Conway and Lehew
families lived west of Ashby's on Goslin Run, Dorrells Run and Elk Run
(branches of Cedar Run) in present-day Fauquier and Prince William counties,
all located on the Brentstown Road."*
*Page 363: "Thomas Roy of Hampshire County and his wife, Hannah (William
Sr.'s daughter [William Hurst]) sold 165 acres of the 400-acre tract to
Francis Lehew for 50 pounds on 31 March 1785."*
*BROWN RACHEL CONNER LAHEW 9- 4-1845 Spencer County, Indiana rootsweb site*
*Ancestral File gives FGR of Peter and Elizabeth and their children [mkf
notes - unfortunately, several of their children are born after Peter
died??? So this is obviously WRONG!]*
*1800 Census (AIS) - lists Francis and Peter Layhew on Boone County,
Kentucky Tax Llists*
*1820 Cenus: Spencer County, Indiana*
*Peter Lahue 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 (1 m = 10-16, 1 m = 45+, 1 f = 26-44)*
*From "Fauquier During The Proprietorship, A Chronicale of the Colonization
and Organization of a Northern Neck County", by H. C. Groome. Grants in 1725
were made to ... Five grants were made of February 9th: ...Peter Lehew, of
972 acres on 'Ceader run, beginning at Mann Page's corner (A:128)...*
I hope that helps!
Kathie
On 3/26/07, Dagammon1(a)aol.com <Dagammon1(a)aol.com> wrote:
DOES ANYONE KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY LEHEW / LAHUE BURIED IN SPENCER CO
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