Henry GATES

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• Census: 1850, Living in York, Belmont County, Ohio
• Occupation: 1850; Farmer
• Census: 1860, Living in York, Belmont County, Ohio
• Occupation: 1860; Farmer
• Census: 1870, Living with son, Robert, in York, Belmont County, Ohio

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Information from Mariana L Zuelsdorf:

The testimony of witnesses to prove the same together with the orders and enty of probate in said court, made concerning the same.

Thomas Cochran

Probate Judge

Will of Henry Gatts, deceased

Know all persons that I Henry Gaits being at this time in usual health of body, and mind, do make and ordain this may last will and testament. I do this knowing the uncertainty of life and the certainty of death, and that in all probability at no distant day--Having in the first place conveyed the farm on which I now live to my son Robert B. Gaits, for which in addition to the amount that he paid me he is to keep and maintain me and my beloved wife Elizabeth during our natural lives. It therefore only remains for me to dispose of the money and other effects, which I do in the following manner, viz The Eighty acre of land I own in the State Illinois, if not sold before my death I wish it to be sold as soon after as convenient, and the money arising from its sale and the money now due me from other persons to the amount of about Six hundred dollars to be divided part and part equal between my six daughters, viz--To Lydia Harman, one sixth part to Sevilla Boger, one sixth part, to Mary Harman one sixth part, to Barbara Crist if living, one sixth part, and if she be dead to her heirs, to Catharine Powell one sixth part and Caroline McIntire one sixth part. My household furniture, of any description, I wish my daughters above named to distribute satisfactorily among themselves, if they desire not to do so then sell it and divide the amount realized among themselves. the few farming implements & wagon of mine devise to my son Robert B. Gaits.

Given under my hand this 29th day of May, in the year A D 1869

attest. Harrison Massie His

Martin Baker Henry X Gaits (Seal)

Mark

Henry married Elizabeth BROWN on 17 Apr 1817 in Belmont County, Ohio. Elizabeth (daughter of Abel BROWN and Lydia STUCKEY) was born about 1802 in York Township, Belmont County, Ohio; died about 1897 in Belmont Co., Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Caroline GATES was born on 12 Nov 1838 in Belmont Co., Ohio; died in 1915; was buried in Chapel Hill Cemetery, Rund Bottom, Green Township, Monroe County, Ohio.
2. Catherine GATES was born on 03 Apr 1828 in Belmont Co., Ohio; died in 1892 in Indianola, Red Willow County, Nebraska; was buried in Six Mile Cemetery, Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana.
3. Abel GATES was born on 11 Nov 1830 in Belmont Co., Ohio; died before 1850.
4. Sevilla GATES was born on 11 Nov 1820 in York Twp., Belmont Co., Ohio; died on 04 Mar 1910 in Belmont Co., Ohio; was buried in Powhatten Point Cemetery, Powhatten Point, Ohio.
5. Lydia GATES was born on 25 Dec 1817 in York Township, Belmont County, Ohio; died after 1880.
6. Barbara GATES was born on 15 Sep 1825 in York Twp., Belmont Co., Ohio; died on 04 Jan 1910 in Belmont County, Ohio.
7. Mary GATES was born on 27 Nov 1822 in York Twp., Belmont Co., Ohio; died on 29 Apr 1895 in Monroe County, Ohio; was buried in May 1895 in Duffy Cemetery, Frye Hill, Duffy, Monroe Co., Ohio.
8. Robert B. GATES was born on 11 Sep 1843 in York Twp., Belmont Co., Ohio; died in 1913 in Nevada, Vernon Co., Missouri.

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• Also Known As: George Gates

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Information from mariana L Zuelsdorf:
History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio. J.A. Caldwell. Historical Publishing Co., 1880 Page 417
"York was one of the original civil townships and erected November 25, 1801, as follows: The third to begin on the Ohio river at the southeast corner of the township of Pultney.......thence up the river to the place of beginning, to be called and known by the township of York. This township has been the scene of severa Indian depredations, prominent among which was the battle of Captina....this battle occured in 1794, on section 8, at the mouth of Cove Run.
.........George Gates (setled) Septembe 28, 1804......Abel Brown (settled )December 21, 1805

From: "Belmont Co., Ohio before 1830." Irene M. Ochsenbein and Catharine F. Fedorchak. 1977. Page 53
"George Gates is buried in the Boger Cemetery, York Township, Belmont Co., near the junction of State Road 7 and S.R. 148. He emigrated from Germany to eastern PA., then to Washington Co., PAS., in 1790, then to Washington and Belmont Cos. in Ohio, near the boundary with present day Monroe Co. His will is on file in Belmont Co. and the following children are named: 1. Mary; 2, Susan; 3. Daniel;4. Valentine; 5. Henry; 6. George; 7 Solomon; 8. Sevilla; and 9. John."

"Monroe County, Ohio: A History. by Theresa A. Maienknecht and Stanley B. Maienknecht. Chapter XXX Switzerland township. Page 408
"Early in the month of April 1819 a colony of ten Swiss families embarked in a flat boat......After leaving Wheeling they were informed that at Captina there was a great quantity of vacant land, and that there they would find two men (Henry Sweppy and George Goetz) who could speak German, and were urged to stop there. On the 15th day of September they landed there and were kindly received and cordially welcomed by the old settlers of the Valley of Captina, viz: the Greens, Lemleys, Moores, Browns, Goetz, Sweppy, Ruble, Smith, and others."
"Along the river all was a forest, except an improvement opposite Fish Creek, then owned by George Goetz. On Big Run, Jos Blare, Hendershot Lemley and the Smiths had made some improvement. In Belmont County, on Captina and Cat's Run, was settled by the Greens, Browns and Goetz, before mentioned."

Georg married Maria Sybilla STEHELI on 11 Jun 1782 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Maria (daughter of Johann Melchior STEHELI and Maria Sybilla ?) was born in 1761 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania; died on 09 Dec 1850 in York Township,Belmont County, Ohio; was buried in Boger Cemetery, York Township, Belmont Co., Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1850, Living with daughter, Susannah Gates Brisen, in York, Belmont County, Ohio