THE POLSON-CHENEY FAMILY

        Husband: John Owen, Jr
           Born:
        Married: before 1782
           Died: 1808 in Champaign County, Ohio
         Father: John Owen, Sr
         Mother: >>>
        Spouses: 
           Wife: Mary Patrick (1)
           Born:
           Died:
         Father: 
         Mother: 
        Spouses: Caleb Carter
Children
01          (M): John Owen III
           Born: 19 JAN 1788 in Harrison County, West Virginia
           Died: FEB 1853 (2)
        Spouses: >>>
02          (M): James Owen (3)
           Born:
           Died: about 1834 (4)
        Spouses: Rebecca Henry
03          (M): Warret Owen (5)
           Born:
           Died: about 1824 (6)
        Spouses: Juliann Brockway
04          (M): Ebenezer Owen (7)
           Born:
           Died:
        Spouses: 
05          (F): Jane Owen (8)
           Born:
           Died:
        Spouses: Remembrance Williams
06          (F): Hannah Owen (9)
           Born:
           Died:
        Spouses: Jesse S. Bates
07          (F): Polly Owen (10)
           Born:
           Died:
        Spouses: Benjamin Carter
08          (F): Sally Owen (11)
           Born:
           Died: about 1838 (12)
        Spouses: Mr Baker
09          (M): Francis "Frank" Owen
           Born:
           Died: about 1832 (13)
        Spouses: Sarah Tucker
10          (F): Elizabeth H. Owen
           Born: MAY 1782 in Harrison County, West Virginia (14)
           Died: 1828 in Jackson Township, Union County, Ohio
        Spouses: Ebenezer Cheney

Additional Information

John Owen, Jr:

Notes:
From the "Virginia Land Office Patents and Grants" (http://image.vtls.com/collections/LO.html):

John Owen 20/April/1784
Monongalia County
400a On Boothes Creek adjoining lands claimed by John Owen including his improvement made thereon in the year 1774.
Grants L, p156
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John Owen 20/Dec/1784
Monongalia County
400a On Boothes Creek adjoining lands claimed by heirs of David Edwards including his settlement made in year 1774.
Grants L, p156
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From "Harrison County, West Virginia Deed Records 1785 - 1810" compiled by John David Davis, located in the DAR library in Washington DC:

15 February 1801, page 366. John & Mary Owens of Harrison Co., Virginia to Ebenezer Cheney, of same, for $1.00, 50 acres...Booths Creek...part of patent to said Owens. Signed John Owens and Mary Owens. Recorded February 1801. (Could this be a wedding Gift?)
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16 February 1801, page 367. John & Mary Owens of Harrison Co., Virginia,to John Elder of Harrison Co., Virginia, for 100 pounds, 132 acres...part of two tracts patented by said Owens, 20 April 1784 for 400 acres and 20 Dec 1784, for 400 acres. Signed John Owens and Mary Owens. Recorded February 1801.
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16 February 1801, page 367. John & Mary Owens of Harrison Co., Virginia, to Adam Corbin, of Harrison Co., Virginia, for 70 pounds, 150 acres...part of two tracts patented by said Owens, 20 April 1784 for 400 acres and 20 Dec 1784, for 400 acres. Signed John Owens and Mary Owens. Recorded February 1801.
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19 July 1802, page 171. John & Mary Owens of Harrison Co., Virginia, to Owen Owen, of same, for $300.00, 71 acres...Booths Creek...part of 400 acres patented by said Owen 12 Aug 1782. Signed by John Owen and Mary Owen. Recorded July 1802.

Footnotes

  1. EMAIL from Gerry Gahris Mahan.
  2. Chancery Book 26, page 35, Keener-Owen Suit (October 16, 1854, Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio).
  3. Ibid.
  4. Ibid.
  5. Ibid.
  6. Ibid.
  7. Ibid.
  8. Ibid.
  9. Ibid.
  10. Ibid.
  11. Ibid.
  12. Ibid.
  13. Ibid.
  14. EMAIL from Zella Morrow (1999).

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