Indiana "India" SEARS

BIRTH: 16 AUG 1821, ,Whitley co,KY
DEATH: 29 MAR 1884, Lineville,Wayne co,IA

Father: Jesse SEARS
Mother: Margaret Ellen "Peggy" COX

Family 1: Albert Mitchell HELTON

MARRIAGE: 17 MAR 1849, ,Pulaski co,KY

                               _John Lewis SEARS _
 _Jesse SEARS ________________|
|                             |_Judith ___________
|
|--Indiana "India" SEARS 
|
|                              ___________________
|_Margaret Ellen "Peggy" COX _|
                              |___________________

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!BIRTH-SPOUSE-DEATH: Letter from James Sears McMenamin, Louisville, CO, to Ray Sears in Duncan, OK; 1783-1987; Letter dtd 26 Aug 1994; ; copy in poss of Ray Sears;

I24946: Isaac A SEARS

Isaac A SEARS

BIRTH: 1849, ,Orange co,IN

Father: Daniel Fletcher SEARS
Mother: America A KIMBLEY

                          _John SEARS _______________
 _Daniel Fletcher SEARS _|
|                        |_Mary Elizabeth STANFIELD _
|
|--Isaac A SEARS 
|
|                         ___________________________
|_America A KIMBLEY _____|
                         |___________________________

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!BIRTH: SEARS NOTES; 1782-1890; June Rayfield Welch, Dallas, TX; p 29; copy in poss of Ray Sears, Duncan, OK ;

I24304: J Lewis SEARS

J Lewis SEARS

BIRTH: 1821, ,Whitley co,KY

Father: James SEARS
Mother: Anna MEEK

Family 1: Phoebe BENNETT

MARRIAGE: 28 SEP 1840

                _John Lewis SEARS _
 _James SEARS _|
|              |_Judith ___________
|
|--J Lewis SEARS 
|
|               ___________________
|_Anna MEEK ___|
               |___________________

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!BIRTH: SEARS NOTES; 1782-1890; June Rayfield Welch, Dallas, TX; p 38; copy in poss of Ray Sears, Duncan, OK ;

I24195: James SEARS

James SEARS

BIRTH: ABT 1720/1722, Gloucester,Hampshire co,VA
DEATH: BEF 12 AUG 1783, ,Hampshire co,VA

Family 1: Sarah COFFMAN

MARRIAGE: 1745

    __
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|  |__
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|--James SEARS 
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|   __
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   |__

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!DEATH: Letter from Doris M Sears Swank, Cedar, KS, to Ray Sears in Duncan, OK; 1783-1917; Letter dtd 19 Apr 1994; ; copy in poss of Ray Sears, Duncan, OK. Research by Blanche Keeney Stephens, CT; Sharon Mayne Withers, KY; June R Welch, TX. Died before will probate date, 12 Aug 1783, Hampshire co, VA. This James Sears ties in to the Sears who have a family reunion in Scott co, KS, every Aug.

!DEATH: SEARS NOTES; 1782-1890; June Rayfield Welch; p ; copy in poss of Ray Sears, Duncan, OK ; Will written 10 Jul 1782. Hampshire co, VA is now Hardy co, WV. The Hampshire co, WV will of Adam Couchman was witnessed by James Sears.

!Betty Huddleston Vaughn- letter 14 Aug 1993- Hampshire co is now WV. He is her 6th grt-grandfather. They had several children.

!BIRTH: E-mail from Jo Storie, GENIE, to Ray Sears; 1702-1782; Letter dtd 26 Dec 1994; ; copy in poss of Ray Sears; We have just come into information on my son-in-law's SEARS people in KY. James Sears b abt 1720/22 in Gloucester, VA m. Sarah COFFMAN in 1745.

I25028: James SEARS

James SEARS

BIRTH: 1849, ,Whitley co,KY

Father: D Franklin SEARS
Mother: Sarah SMITH

                     _James Jr SEARS _
 _D Franklin SEARS _|
|                   |_Mary FOLEY _____
|
|--James SEARS 
|
|                    _________________
|_Sarah SMITH ______|
                    |_________________

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!BIRTH: SEARS NOTES; 1782-1890; June Rayfield Welch, Dallas, TX; p 36; copy in poss of Ray Sears, Duncan, OK ;

I24238: James SEARS

James SEARS

BIRTH: ABT 1773, ,,VA
DEATH: AFT 19 FEB 1844, ,Pulaski co,KY
BURIAL: ,Pulaski co,KY

Father: John Lewis SEARS
Mother: Judith

Family 1: Orpha CORDER

MARRIAGE: 31 JUL 1794, ,Greene Co,TN

John S SEARS

Family 2: Anna MEEK

                     _James SEARS ___
 _John Lewis SEARS _|
|                   |_Sarah COFFMAN _
|
|--James SEARS 
|
|                    ________________
|_Judith ___________|
                    |________________

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!BIRTH-MARRIAGE-BURIAL: SEARS NOTES; 1782-1890; June Rayfield Welch, Dallas, TX; p 33; copy in poss of Ray Sears, Duncan, OK ; He was on the 1799 Lincoln co, KY tax roll and surveyed and assigned 200 acres on Buck Creek in Pulaski co to Samuel Morrow on 19 Mar 1799[66-Pulaski co, KY Survey Book 1, p 24]. He was his father's administrator in Knox co, KY. When James and Anna sold land in Pulaski co on 9 Feb 1844, he was too ill to go to the courthouse.

I24293: James Jr SEARS

James Jr SEARS

BIRTH: 1800, ,,KY
DEATH: AFT 1868

Father: James SEARS
Mother: Anna MEEK

Family 1: Mary FOLEY

MARRIAGE: 25 APR 1818, ,Whitley co,KY

Family 2: Mahala ANDERSON

Family 3: Elviana WILLIAMS

                _John Lewis SEARS _
 _James SEARS _|
|              |_Judith ___________
|
|--James Jr SEARS 
|
|               ___________________
|_Anna MEEK ___|
               |___________________

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!BIRTH-DEATH: SEARS NOTES; 1782-1890; June Rayfield Welch, Dallas, TX; p 36; copy in poss of Ray Sears, Duncan, OK ;

!BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: SEARS NOTES; 1782-1890; June Rayfield Welch, Dallas, TX; p 34; copy in poss of Ray Sears, Duncan, OK ;

I25773: James Andrew SEARS

James Andrew SEARS

BIRTH: 18 OCT 1887, Dykes,,KY
DEATH: 2 DEC 1976, Somerset,,KY

Father: James Leander SEARS
Mother: Sarah Elizabeth STEWART

                            _Simeon SEARS ___________
 _James Leander SEARS _____|
|                          |_Elizara Frances SHARPE _
|
|--James Andrew SEARS 
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|                           _________________________
|_Sarah Elizabeth STEWART _|
                           |_________________________

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!BIRTH-SPOUSE-DEATH: Letter from James Sears McMenamin, Louisville, CO, to Ray Sears in Duncan, OK; 1783-1987; Letter dtd 26 Aug 1994; ; copy in poss of Ray Sears;

I24775: James B SEARS

James B SEARS

BIRTH: 21 SEP 1841, ,,MO

Father: John SEARS
Mother: Dorcas PRIGMORE

                    _James Brock SEARS _
 _John SEARS ______|
|                  |_Jane D WALKER _____
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|--James B SEARS 
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|                   ____________________
|_Dorcas PRIGMORE _|
                   |____________________

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!MARRIAGE: SEARS NOTES; 1782-1890; June Rayfield Welch, Dallas, TX; p 14; copy in poss of Ray Sears, Duncan, OK ;

I24247: James Brock SEARS

James Brock SEARS

BIRTH: 1794, ,,TN

Father: John SEARS
Mother: Nancy BROCK

Family 1: Jane D WALKER

MARRIAGE: 3 DEC 1812, ,Knox co,KY

                _John Lewis SEARS _
 _John SEARS __|
|              |_Judith ___________
|
|--James Brock SEARS 
|
|               ___________________
|_Nancy BROCK _|
               |___________________

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!BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: SEARS NOTES; 1782-1890; June Rayfield Welch, Dallas, TX; pp 7-11; copy in poss of Ray Sears, Duncan, OK ; On 20 Dec 1819, David Wilson made James Sears his attorney to sellIndiana land[29-Whitley co, KY Deed Book 1, p 11]. In the 1820 Northeast twp, Orange co, IN census JBS and Jane, 16-25, had three boys and a girl under 10 and farmed near John Sears. In 1827 he moved to Saline co, MO, where he was listed in the Nov 1830 census: #234 James B Sears, Arrow Rock twp, was on the page with Benjamin Jones, Nathaniel Walker (Jane's brother), Hardin Nave, George Nave, James and John Sappington, and William beaty. Elizabeth Prigmore, mother of Daniel and Dorcas, was 8 pages away. In 1831, Sears was an original settler of Rives co; brothers-in-law Pleasant and George W Walker, arrived in 1832. Formed in 1834 from Lafayette, Rives became henry co in 1841[30-History of St Clair and Henry cos, MO, 1883, pp 114, 139, 140, 319]. On 4 Aug 1835 JBS was surety for Sheriff Joseph Fields. A 2 Aug 1836 petition signed by Seaers, John Y Sharp, Peyton Parks, Charles C Harris, B F Wallace, Alfred Jack, Isaac Swift, John nave, William Swift, Willis Bush, Fielding A Pinnell, Robert Brown, Moses Stansberry, GW Lake, and G W Walker sought a survey to widen the road from Johnson co line at the "high point of post oak thence running to a point designated for the present county seat of this county thence to continue south to the county of St Clair." In Nov, John M Reid and James B Sears reported on their survey[31-Henry co, MO Court Minute Book 1]. On 28 Nov 1836, Rives commissioners "ordered that James B Sears(deputy sheriff) be allowed $8 for viewing and marking road from high point of Post Oak to the Osage River." On 16 Jan 1837, John Rank, of Teabo twp, farmer, gave Sears, of Grand River twp, henry co, a deed of trust on a wagon, 2 work horses, a sorrel mare, 3 yoke of oxen and a black mare. In May 1837 Sears, John M Reed, and Willis Bush were election judges in Grand River twp. In Jun 1837 Sears' Clinton home was used as a courtroom, for which the county paid $6 rent. On 28 mar 1838, Sears bought lots 15 and 16 in Clinton for $74. The deeds were signed by John F Sharp, commissioner[32-Henry co Deed Book A, p 70]. In Oct and Nov of 1838 Sears patented two parcels and a third of a half section with Pleasant and George Walker. On 16 Nov 1838, Sears entered E 1/2 of SW 1/4 of S 3, T 41, T 26, per cash certificate 13,235, and patent was issued 1 May 1843, and signed by John Tyler. The house believed to be the oldest in Clinton stood on this grant. JBS and Jane sold to Jennings Beckwith on 25 May 1839[33-Henry co Deed Book 29, p 167]. In 1838 Sears moved to a thousand acres (worth $1.25 an acre) at Altona, bates co and built a two-story, double log house. On 25 may 1839, JBS and Jane sold Jennings Beckwith several Rives co lots for $1,500. In Jun and Aug JBS platted land in Henry co. On 28 Sep 1840, Francis A Sears sold to JBS, both of Van Buren co, MO, 40 acres in T 42, R 30 in present Bates co. (Francis had bought in 1839; he may have caused JBS, wife and 11 children to move there, to Section 33, Grand River twp) On 23 Oct 1841, JBS sold land to J S Swift. On 27 Oct 1841 JBS sold land to Isaac F Swifr. (Isaac Swift mortgaged land to Rebecca Prigmore, Isaiah's widow, on 20 Feb 1851.)[34-Henry co Deed Book D, pp 381, 384, Book E, p 332]. On 16 Mar 1842, JBS sold to Pleasant and George W Walker and sold land in T42, R30 to Franklin Sears. At the Apr 1842 term, these actions were filed in Cass co Circuit Court: Elias Sears v Robert Davis and Fleming Davis, trespass vi et armis; Fleming Davis v James B Sears; and Robert Davis v James B Sears, tresspass vi et armis. At the Jul 1842 term a manslaughter indictment against James B Sears was deferred to the next term. No Sears or Prigmore was on the 1845 Henry co tax roll except for Franklin's Lots 80 and 81[35-Betty Williams, Henry co, MO Assessor's Book, 1845-1977, Warrensburg, MO:1977]. On 13 Apr 1849, JBS, as attorney for Franklin Sears, sold two Clinton lots to Joseph Reid[36-Henry co Deed Book E, p 98]. In 1849 JBS d of cholera at Ft Kearney, NE en route to the CA gold fields. Jane, George, Sarah, and Minerva returned to live in S11, Shawnee twp, Bates co, MO. Although not mentioned in T C Berry's "Across the Plains in 49," Sears may have belonged to that same party. Led by J C Hays, it probably left Pettis 19 Apr 1849 - the day Sears sold his land in Bates and Henry co. On 26 Apr, he sold the balance of Franklin's real estate. The 80 or 90 in the Berry party included Isaiah Prigmore - who died in Panama on his way home - and a Knaus. After they left Independence, others joined. Crossing the state line on 1 May 1849were 21 wagons with 7 men to the wagon - a total of 147. They reached the mines 1 Sep 1849.