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About Isaac VanMeter
Isaac Vanmeter BIRTH 10 Dec 1757 Virginia, USA DEATH 18 Dec 1837 (aged 80) Virginia, USA BURIAL Old Fields Church Cemetery Old Fields, Hardy County, West Virginia
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35175688/isaac-vanmeter
In May of 1801, Isaac purchased 721.2 acres in what would later become Ohio. In the same month, he also purchased an additional 1,230 acres with another land buyer. The original land grant was signed by President Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, Secretary of State, on July 31, 1805.
“It’s uncertain whether Isaac actually came to Ohio or acquired the land for speculation,” Gordon said. “We know that his son John I. Vanmeter moved to Piketon in 1826 and farmed the land. His wife, Mary Harness Vanmeter, and children lived on the farm while he was serving in Washington, D.C. as a representative from Ohio to the U. S. Congress. His wife’s letter to him, dated January 13, 1844, mentions workers ‘opening a bank’ for digging gravel from his wheat field for a public road, and chopping and hauling ‘every stick’ of timber from the right-of-way to town to pay for his board.”
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Isaac Vanmeter
BIRTH
10 Dec 1757
Virginia, USA
DEATH
18 Dec 1837 (aged 80)
Virginia, USA
BURIAL
Old Fields Church Cemetery
Old Fields, Hardy County, West Virginia, USA
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Isaac VanMeter's Timeline
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December 10, 1757
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Hardy County, West Virginia, United States
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September 1, 1784
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Old Fields, Hampshire, Virginia
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September 8, 1791
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Hardy County, West Virginia, United States
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1793
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1795
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February 24, 1798
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Hardy County, West Virginia, United States
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1802
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December 5, 1805
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Fort Pleasant, Hardy County, West Virginia, United States
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December 13, 1837
Age 80
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Hardy County, West Virginia, United States
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