I am trying to find an Elizabeth MOYER born in Indiana and her ancestors. Deduction from
census indicates that she was born about 1822 in IN. In 1837, she married James MATTOX in
Vigo Co. IN. About 1856, they moved to Clay Co., IN. After James' death, she married
Benjamin COPPOCK in Clay Co., IN in 1875. The last census data on Elizabeth was the 1880
Clay Co census as Benjamin's wife. A web search of the 1820 census reveals that there
were only 4 Moyer as head of household in Indiana. Two of those resided in Lawrence Co.,
IN - Andrew and John B. The other 2 resided in Orange Co., IN - Moses and J.F. The same
search in 1830 results in 13 Moyer in the state as head of household. In Lawrence Co.,
there were none. In Orange Co., there were 6 - Frederick, George, John, John B., Matthias,
and Moses. I have included the page numbers for those census below. The closeness of the
location of the households in the 1830 census indicates to me that they all were related.
I also surmise fro!
m the data in those census that the J.F of 1820 was the Frederick of the 1830 census. The
1830 census of Orange Co., contains 3 households with a girl between 5 and 10 years. Those
households are John, Moses and Frederick.
In 1840, web search shows only 3 Moyer in the vicinity- David and John in Orange Co and
George in Vermillion Co. These census have not yet been examined.
Does any one have information on these families? I would be glad to share descendancy
information if you are interested.
Bill Strahle
1820
Lawrence Co.
Andrew p. 106
John B. p. 100
Orange Co.
J.F. p. 131
Moses p. 131
1830 Census
Orange Co.
Frederick p. 017
George p. 016
John p. 015
John B. p. 017
Matthias p. 018
Moses p. 015