Almeron Sackett

Almeron Sackett1 was born in 1771 in Tolland, CT, USA.4 He died in 1824 at the age of 53 in IL, USA.4 He was a Cooper. Occupation: cooper Military 1814 IL. 3 Discharge papers: Zanesville Ohio "40 yrs of age 5' 7" brawny complexion dark eyes dark hair Land: 20 Jan 1818 Knox Co., IL. [Land grant for War of 1812 military service] he sold the land while living in Gallatin Co., IL 1820. 1820 Alexander Co IL. census: males under 21-4, 21 and up 1, females under 18-2, 18 up-1 Named administrator Muskingum Co., Ohio. Hannah names her son Almon in her will, Jonathan calls him Almeron. By the age he is in the wills he would be born 1771. Also in his 1812 war records, he was born 1771. - [Katherine Russell ]

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!One source gives b p as Kentucky. Almeron was a cooper, by trade. Marr: second to Isabella WARLEY, 18 Sept 1823, Bond Co., Il., marr rec. Rachel White and Almeron Sackett were married in 1793 in PA, USA.

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Almeron Sacket, a cooper, son of Jonathan Sacket and Hannah Phelps, was born in Hebron, Tolland County, Connecticut, in about 1771.A death record has not been found. He married first in about 1793, probably in Pennsylvania, Rachel White. (A marriage record has not been found but Almeron and his wife Rachel were named administrators of the estate of Anson White on 29 August 1814 in Muskingum County, Ohio.). He married second in Bond County, Illinois, on 18 September 1823, Isabella Worley.

    Almeron's father Jonathan died when Almeron was six and Jonathan's brother Reuben was appointed as the child's guardian.

    Almeron was named as a beneficiary in his grandmother Anne Filer's will made in Litchfield County, Connecticut, in June 1783.

    Almeron was listed in the 1800 census as a householder in Tioga, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.

    Almeron served in the 19th US Infantry Regiment during the War of 1812, enlisting at Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, on 26 December 1814 and being discharged there on 27 March 1815. On 20 January 1818 he was granted 320 acres of land in Knox County, Illinois, under a Bounty Land Warrant following his army service

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