Henry Emery - Weller Township, Henry County, Illinois property

I located the transfer of property documents to my great great great great grandfather, Henry Emery's property in Weller township, Henry county, Illinois.

Detailed Information
Purchaser:	EMERY HENRY
Residence of Purchaser:	UNKNOWN
Social Status:
Legal Description:

	Aliquot Parts or Lot:	SW
	Section Number:	28
	Township:	14N
	Range:	03E
	Meridan:	4
	County of Purchase:	HENRY
Details of Sale:
	Acres:	160.00
	Price per Acre:	000.00
	Total Price:	WARRANT
	Type of Sale:	FD
	Date of Purchase:	07/01/1852
	Volume:	707
	Page:	095

Below is the land grant purchased from Betsey and Darius Sweet who had obtained the land after having served as a private in the War of 1812.

Detailed Information
Purchaser:	EMERY HENRY
Residence of Purchaser:	UNKNOWN
Social Status:
Legal Description:

	Aliquot Parts or Lot:	S2SE
	Section Number:	28
	Township:	14N
	Range:	03E
	Meridan:	4
	County of Purchase:	HENRY
Details of Sale:
	Acres:	80.00
	Price per Acre:	000.00
	Total Price:	WARRANT
	Type of Sale:	FD
	Date of Purchase:	07/01/1852
	Volume:	707
	Page:	095

 Below is the land grant purchased from Norburne Sutton who had also served in the War of 1812 as a private.

Detailed Information
Purchaser:	EMERY HENRY
Residence of Purchaser:	UNKNOWN
Social Status:
Legal Description:

	Aliquot Parts or Lot:	N2SE
	Section Number:	28
	Township:	14N
	Range:	03E
	Meridan:	4
	County of Purchase:	HENRY
Details of Sale:
	Acres:	80.00
	Price per Acre:	000.00
	Total Price:	WARRANT
	Type of Sale:	FD
	Date of Purchase:	07/01/1852
	Volume:	707
	Page:	095

Below is the land grant purchased from James Truel who also served as a private in the War of 1812.


























Below is a Map of Illinois indicating Principal Meridians and Baselines which shows the property matches the plat map and legal descriptions.

All the land grants were processed in Washington DC by President Franklin Pierce on July 9, 1853, though the Illinois database indicates the property was acquired on July 1, 1852.    These documents also verify that the plat map incorrectly spelled Henry's last name as "Emry" rather than the correct spelling of "Emery".

Galva Emery

The first child born to my great great great grandparents, Sarah (Dwire or Dwyer) and David Emery was Galva who was born January 21, 1855.*

Galva Emery had the distinction of being the first child born in the new town of Galva, Illinois, for which they named their first born child.

Here is a snippet from "History of Henry County" by H.F. Kett Company, page 169:

Unfortunately, Galva died sometime after 1860 and prior to 1870.

*Conrad Emery and His Descendants" by Frederic B Emery, 1970

Henry Emery - Weller Township, Henry County, Illinois property

Well, the evidence just keeps piling up.    Last year I posted the plat map for the property owned by my great great great great grandfather, Henry Emery.

I found another (color version) of the map which includes the entire eastern portion of Weller township.   Henry's property is in quadrant 28.

























I wasn't 100% confident I had the right Henry Emery, especially since "Emery" was misspelled as "Emry", so I looked up the 1870 US Census and on page 32 (the page following Henry and wife Hannah's census information) and see that Daniel Sunberg, Peter Sunberg and Michael Underwood are listed.  If you look at quadrant 27 on the Weller township plat map, you will see their names and respective properties listed just east of Henry Emery's (Emry) property.

Even more interesting, here is a drawing of my great great great great grandfather's property from US Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, Henry County, Illinois 1875.

Note the train in the upper right corner, which matches the train tracks that cut through the northern portion of Henry's property on the plat map.

Here is a very short biography* of Henry's second wife, Sarah (Gaffney) who had previously been married to Henry's brother, Frederick Welker Emery.

*From "History of Henry County" by H.F. Kett Company.

Frank and Rose Emery - burial

Here are the grave markers for Abigail (Williams) and Fred J Emery's youngest child, Frank Raymond Emery and wife Rose (Gugel).

Frank was born October 31, 1891 in Washington, Iowa.   He died September 29, 1959 in Los Angeles, California.

Rose was born in South Dakota on September 17, 1891 to Kathrina (Jung) and Christan Gugel.  She died July 8, 1970.

Rose and Frank were buried at the Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery in  North Hollywood, California.

1835 Illinois Census - David Emery, Henry Emery

Here is the 1835 Illinois Census for my great great great great grandfather, Henry Emery (line 20) living in Canton, Fulton County, Illinois.

I also believe his father, David Emery (my great great great great great grandfather) is also on the same census, listed at #15.

The difficulty with this census is it lacks additional names, birth places and dates of birth.  There are several Emery's living in the area, but many could have been cousins, uncles, etc.

David and Edith Emery - burial

Here are photos of the grave markers of my great great great great great grandparents, Edith (Fisher) and David Emery.

David was born January 4, 1780 in Lebanon, New Jersey to Mary (Reed) and John Emery.    He died October 15, 1855 in Canton, Illinois and is buried at the Locust Lane Methodist Church cemetery.


























Edith was born October 3, 1782 in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Amelia (Brock) and David Fisher.

She died June 4, 1861 in Canton, Illinois and is buried at the Locust Lane Methodist Church cemetery.

David and Edith were married in 1800 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Unfortunately, the marker was misspelled as "Emry".  The correct spelling is "Emery".

John Emery - burial

Here is a photo of the grave marker for my great great great great great great grandfather, John Emery.

John was born January 1, 1742 in Lebanon, New Jersey to Margreth and Conrad Hummerich Emery.

He died May 13, 1814 in Plaingrove, Pennsylvania and is buried at the Presbyterian Church cemetery.

The gravestone states: "In Memory of John Emery Who Departed This Life May 13 (illegible but probably "1814") Aged 72 years,  (illegible but should be "4") months".   It also indicates the number of days, but it's not clear, though here is a black and white copy that shows days (though the number is not very clear).

The symbol to the left is a Revolutionary War symbol.    According to the book, "Conrad Emery and his Descendants",  

On January 20, 1777, John Emery enlisted in the Revolutionary War, his name appearing first on the muster roll of May 15, 1777, as enlisted with the rank of private for the duration of the war. He served in Capt. James Moore's Company (later Capt. Isaac Seeley's Company), Fifth Pennsylvania Regiment, commanded by Col. Francis Johnston, and his name last appears on the roll of September 9, 1778, which shows him sick at the Yellow Springs. Although a resident of New Jersey, he served in a Pennsylvania regiment, which was not unusual for persons living near the Pennsylvania border in New Jersey.*