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YKSTIOUYICA K v
Snook Part I of III
Many communities in
southwestern Ohio, as
well as elsewhere, have
changed since the ad
vent of the present cen
tury on January 1,
1901. None more so
than South Lebanon,
known for so many
years as Deerfield. It
well could have been
the first settlement in
m
\mv}.
By Marlon Mnydcr
South Lebanon indicate
that one the early fami
lies, that of the descen-
dents of William and his
brother, John M.
Snook, owned quite a
bit of real estate in
South Lebanon and the
area surrounding it.
While the Snooks are
gone from South Leba
non today, they made
a lengthy and corn-
Miami River, yet within
the village limits. Sarah
had 4.25 acres, Missouri
4.06 acres, while no
acreage is given for P.W.
However, the map indi
cates it was less than the
other two plots. The
Hamilton Township
map shows that the
Irwin family owned
land west of today's Rt.
48, possibly owned to
day by Milicron.
The farm at Turtle-
creek Road and the
Mason - Morrow - Mill-
grove Road known
more recently as the
Jason Wilson farm (now
owner by his heirs) was
owned by J.F. Snook
according to our 1903
map. One has to see a
map of the 'snaky' Dry
Run Creek to appreciate
how its twists and turns
both before and after it
enters the village. Our
map shows a small plot
I M Lt'.liANON
later Warren County but
if so, historians have
permanently overlooked
it.
When the William
Mounts family first
came to settle at what
was named Mounts Sta
tion on the south bank
of the Little Miami
River a couple or so
miles west of the mouth
of Todds Fork, they re
ported a cabin on the
bank with some, if not
all, of its inhabitants
waving to the Mounts
group as they rowed up
the river to their new
home in 1795. How
long had those folks
(unnamed) been at
Deerfield?
To get a good look at
South Lebanon in the
very early years of the
Twentieth Century this
is easily done by check
ing the 1903 Warren
County Atlas, now a
collector's choice item.
A look at the maps of
Union Township and of
mendable impression on
the history of the town
and the adjoining area.
The genealogy of the
Snook brothers will be
given in a later issue but
it should be mentioned
that Peter W. Snook
(for whom we believe
Snook Road in Hamil
ton Township is named)
was a son of William
Snook as was a second
son, Harrison.
The 1903 Atlas lists
John M., Albert, J.W.
and Martha Snooks as
Union Township land
owners with Albert's
holdings extending into
the corporation. The
writer believes that it
was the farm that in
more recent years was
owned by the late F.D.
Amburgy. Martha's pro
perty was on the north-
side of the village as
well as on the township
map. P.W., Missouri and
Sarah Snook are shown
owning land on the
south side of the Little
on the east side of Rt.
48 between the creek
and the road with
George Snook as the
owner. Martha Snook's
land was all east of Dry
Run, J.W. Snook owned
16 acres at the north
east corner of the Dry
Run Road's joining old
Route 48.
John M. Snook own
ed a 16'acre track that
is in recent years the
site of Kash Amburgy's
home and business en
terprise. If you go east
on the Dry Run Road
from Route 48, as you
ascent the hill and turn
right to head for Shaw-
han Road, there was the
farm that in 1903 be
longed to M.K. Snook.
The writer assumes this
was Morris K. Snook, a
grandson of John March
Snook who came from
New Jersey early in the
1800s.
Older residents of the
South Lebanon area
will probably recall
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others in the Snook clan
that we have not men
tioned. The writer is
positive that his father
had Ld Snook move a
barn from its original
position onto the
cement foundation con
structed to make it a
banked barn back in
1916. There was Rex
Snook, father of three
daughters, all living
(two in Lebanon) and a
son, Ralph, a WW I
casualty for whom the
Lebanon American
Legion Post is named.
Others will recall the
earlier mentioned
Morris K. Snook, father
of Leslie Fllison Snook
and he in turn father of
Violet Snook Hay who
has loaned the writer
the Snook family genea
logy. The writer recalls
Grant Snook, a brother
of Morris, in his later
years. His two aged
daughters, Harriett
and Georgia Banta, live
near Lebanon. The
writer does not know
about Sam Snook and
my memory recalls
reading about an older
Ed Snook, once mayor
of South Lebanon.
A map of the 1920s
(exact year not avail
able) shows that J.M.
Snook still held title to
the land now belonging
to Kash and Mary Lou
Amburgy. The large
farm the 1903 Atlas
showed being Albert L.
Snook's was now enter
ed in the name of his
son-in-law and daughter,
Arthur and &rtha
Hamilton. He later was
speaker of the house
state legislature). Read
ers who recall Mrs,
Hamilton also remem
ber her talented
brother, James who
came to an unfortunate
end.
The Snook's earlier
genealogy and other
family data will be
reviewed in the next
installment some-
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The Salem Township
Trustees wish to thank the
Morrow VFW Post 8202 for
the beautiful American flag
that was donated for the
Morrow Cemetery.
Curtis Dick
Bob Corwin
Bill Dare
J.W. Snook Residence - South Lebanon
Snook's will of May 6,
1760, divided his vast
holdings among his wife
and nine other heirs.
When his wife's will was
probated in 1763, she
left all her property to
her daughters. The son,
John Snook who came
to Ohio about 1801,
only lived until 1808
and his son, .John M.
Snook was named to
administer his father's
estate. John evidently
died without title to
[ real estate, it being in
I his wife's name as she
and her son, John
March jointly owned
four lots in Deerfield
(now South Lebanon)
in addition to 100 acres
she owned near
the village.
Prior to coming to
Ohio, William sold his
mill and some land to
his son, Peter, who lived
a long, useful life and
was well known in the
area. Peter was already
running the mill and so
his father came to the
Symmes Purchase feel
ing he could do better
here. Philip Snook serv
ed with distinction in
the Revolution. He is
said to have later settled
around Portsmouth,
Ohio. There were also
Snooks in Parke Coun
ty, Indiana, home of to
day's great Covered
Bridge Festival. Some
contact, principally by
mail, between families
was maintained for a
while but we do not
know for how long.
There are many more
interesting facts about
the Snook family, but
we cannot continue on
the older generations.
I was surprised to learn
that Miss Carrie (Caro
line) Lingo, daughter of
the enterprising John W.
Lingo, at Lebanon, was
from the Snook line.
This was through Miss
Lingo's mother, Rebec
ca Lorbly Lingo. Mrs.
Lingo's parents were
William Knight and
Phoebe Ann Snook, a
daughter of John March
Snook. Carrie Lingo
spent the later years of
her life in Los Angeles
but made several be
quests of interesting and
important papers to the
Warren County Muse
um.
John M. Snook, a
grandfather of Lucille
Snook, Louise Stiles
I and Elizabeth Ufei, was
a county commissioner.
' His name as "J.M.
Snook" is on the large
placque attached to the
Broadway bridge over
Turtlecreek, in Leba
non. This bridge is
unique in that it is the
first cement bridge
erected in Ohio (1897)
and one of the first in
this country (USA).
Several of our readers
will remember a local
teacher, Mrs. Nellie
Wise. She was a sister of
Rex Snook, father of
the three sisters men
tioned here as well as
their brother.
Elizabeth Snook
Ufer, Rex's youngest
daughter, told the
writer last year that she
had two sons and six
grandchildren. They are
Rex Snook's only
grandchildren. Mrs.
Louise Stiles has no
children, his other
daughter and a son
never married. The
American Legion Post
at Lc4>anon is named for
the son, Ralph P.
Snook a WW I casualty.
To clear up the gene
alogy of the Snook
Brothers, William and
John M. in a few words
we find William
twice. By Abbi Fields-
he fathered Lowery,
Peter and Harrison.
After her passing he
married Hannah Short
and they were the par
ents of Jane, Tarcilla,
Malinda and Erwin. Mr.
Drake our source of in
formation is a descend-
ent of Jane Snook
Drake.
South Lebanon folks
remember the Bretneys.
Tobias, and Eklward
along with four girls
were grandchildren of
Jane Snook Drake
through her daughter,
Margaret. Those who
know the Enfields may
note that clan tied into
the Snooks through
Rebecca, another
daughter of Jane Snook
Drake.
Rex and his family
are descendents from
John M. through Wil
liam's son, Peter. Reba
Snook Fox at Mason is
also a descendant of
Peter Snook, namesake
of Snook Road in Ham-
As the writer stated
in Part L William and
John Snook came to
Warren County "about
1801, probably together
with their father John
and his wife, Hannah."
In his commentary on
the family, Walter
Drake of Los Angeles,
who provided it along
with the lineage date
through Mrs. Violet
Snook Hay of Lebanon.
Mr. Drake tells of the
book "Pioneers of
Hopeweil." This was
where the Snooks were
prior to their migration
westward.
The author was
Ralph Ege and it was
liublished in 1908. The
author used the spelling
"Snoek" early in
the book and intimated
it was of HoUand Dutch
origin. Johannan Snoek
and his brother, Hend-
rick, were naturalized
on July 8, 1730 which
was all of 50 years be
fore the Victory at
- Yorktown. Mr. Drake
feels that Johannan
William Snook and his
brother may well have
been born in Wales as
some members of the
I^^mily believed.
It is possible that like
the Pilgrims a century
before, that the Shoeks,
taught up in the relig
ious furor of their time,
migrated first to Hol
land, later to the Colo-
tdes. The name may
have been changed to
enable them to fit into
the Dutch surroundings
without attracting much
notice. It is felt that
Johnnan changed his
name after settling at
Stony Brook where
there was a large quan-
ity of timber with
which to build his cabin
and later a mill. The tall
trees indicated greater
depth of soil while the
brook afforded a good
site for his mill.
The elder Snook later
purchased 675 more
acres, his four sons,
John, Philip, George
and William helped him
clear up to 500 acres of
it. This lead to the erec
tion of the mill that was
in the family for four
su ccessive generations.
The story is told that in
1778, when Washington
marched his Army
from Coryell's
Ferry to Hopeweil, they
used the road that
passed by the Snook
place. Four of his sold
iers were so ill they had
to be left at the Snooks.
Two recovered after
good care but the others
passed away and were
buried in a field near
their, house.
In addition to his
four sons, the elder
Snook had five daugh
ters. However, his nine
children fades in com-
P^son to son Geoi^e's
14 offspring. The elder
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MOKKOW OF
YESTERYEAK
There are two Snook
Roads at the edge of '
South Lebanon, one on i
the Union Township <
side while the other was <
south of the village and ]
has been shortened until i
now it is all but a mem- I
ory due to road and '
other changes affected i
to some extent by the
relocation of Ohio 48 at
South Lebanon. Both
roads took their names
from nearby land own
ers by the name of
Snook who came to this
area very early in the
nineteenth century.
The Union Township
map indicates that its
Snook Road connects
Dry Run Road with
Shawhan Road, which
comes down from the
Stubbs Mill Road, not
far from the South
Lebanon Cemetery gate.
Our 1875 map shows
that J. M. Snook owned
77 acres west of what
has been called Snook
Road. He owned no
land on the east side of
the road. The 1903 map
shows that the J.M.
Snook land had passed
to Henry Dilatush but
that M.K. (Morris I be
lieve) owned a farm on
the east side of Snook
road.
However the Hamil
ton Township road is
our chief interest. It
ran, so our 1875 and
1903 maps tell us, off
to the northeast of the
" South Lebanon-Hop-
kinsville Road (now
Ohio 48) direct to the
river and there is in
dication there might
have been a bridge there
but that is not certain.
Peter W. Snook owned a
large fai*m east of this
road that bore his sur
name. The actual acre
age is not given on the
1875 map but the 1903
map indicates it was
243 acres.
ilpa
isiMSiiikiii Iij If *1?
mi :il-:anM
By .MAriua 5ey dr
However Peter W.
Snook had passed on
and the map indicat
ed the title was vest
ed in "W. Snook et al."
His elder son was Will
iam H. (named for his
grandfather Vander-
voort as well as his
grandfather Snook) .
There were six other
offspring who evidently
constituted "et al" (and
others). Peter Snook
was a man of some im
portance a hundred
years ago. His father,
William, born in New
Jersey, came to Deer-
field (now South Leb
anon in 1805 and Peter
was born five years
later.
William Snook was a
millwright, the family
owning a big mill in
New Jersey when Will
iam decided to come
west. He is reputed to
have helped build a mill
at Deerfield for Albert
G. Wright, an early mill
er in the village, also the
one Isaac Stubbs put
into action at Gaines-
boro (now Kings Mills).
The elder Mr. Snook
also helped his son-in-
law, Gen. David Sutton,
I in the milling business.
He died in 1827 at the
age of 50.
Peter Snook was of a
j mechanical mind and
; spent four years on the
1 Ohio (and possibly the
f Mississippi) River in the
i boat business. He mar-
- ried Amanda Vander-
i voort in 1836. Their
5 second son, Ephriam
- Kibbey Snook became
t prominent in affairs in
e and around Lebanon.
. Other children were Ir-
i vin, Lewis, Joseph, Al-
: bert, Sarah and Eliza.
That was an average
sized family in pre-civil
I War days.
; Our information on
; Peter W. Snook (W for
William you suppose?)
Revival At
Blackhawk
Baptist
Blackhawk Baptist Chap
el now meeting in the But-
lerville Elomentarv School
will be having a tent icvival
on their five acre site at
Blackhawk on Rt. 123 ou
August 23 through August
28. The time will be nightly
ut 7:30 p.m.
is limited. A check of
the Hamilton Township
section of Beers 1882
Warren County History
shows that he was elect
ed township trustee
They voted for the job J
every year) for 1857,
1859, and 1860. In ^
as much as the records ]
available started in 1857 ,
we do not know if he
was elected to the office
any previous years. The ,
writer believes he ran
for 1858 but lost, poss
ible to one of the three
winners, one of whom
was named Henry Ford.
The second Ohio vol
unteer Infantry in the
Civil War was captained
by James E. Murdoch
for whom that village
is named and it had
several Hamilton Town
ship men including John
Snook, likely Peter's
son. Beers history con
tradicts itself as in an
other reference to Will
iam Snook migrating
here it stated he came
in 1801. After writing
the above the writer
discovered that Peter
Snook was on the Ham
ilton Township Board
of Education one year
only, 1856. Again we
wonder if he ran other
times and was defeated.
Records reviewed were
1853-82.
Peter Snook's son,
John, was the father of
Rex D. Snook who
held title to much of
his grandfather's land
up lo about the out
break of WW II. Some
of our readers rememb
er Rex's sister, Nellie
who married into the
Wise family. Her grand-
daughter, Nancy
visited the writer this
summer and I provided
her Xeroxed copies of
certain Snook genealogy
that she did not have.
The data at hand was on
loan to me.
Owen Harding recalls
Rex crossing the river at
Bucktown (southeast of
South Lebanon) to
work on his farm. This
alerted me to check
later maps and a 1939
one shows that Rex
Snook owned land on
both sides of Snook
Road which still was
shown extending to the
South Lebanon-Zoar
I Road. However nearly a
hundred acres of the
southern part of the
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a full time evangelist will be
the .speaker. He b from
Alcou-Maryvillc, Tenn. He
served as pastor for thirteen
years before going into full
time evangelism. Pastor
Taylor is well known in all
of Ohio and especially in
our area.
There will be special
music each evening and
youth fellowship. The
church invites the public to
attend each evening.
Blackhawk Baptist Chap
el b sponsored by the First
Baptist C'hurch of South
Lebanon, Ohio. Russell Kil-
burn is the lay pastor and
mission director.
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Program
Fall Soccer practice has
started for the Maineville
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openings for boys and girls
in almost all age groups. We
especially neea 6 and 7 year
old girls and 10 and 11
year old girls. We also have a
need for referees. For in
formation about playing or
referee sciiools call Tom
Evans at 683-4050.
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former Peter Snook
farm was in the name of
another owner and Rex
had land v/est of Snook
Road his grandfather
did not own as far as
can be determined.
Rex Snook had a
son and three daughters.
The girls are all living.
His son, Ralph P. Snook
was a WW I casualty,
had the American Le
gion Post at Lebanon
.
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likG to etato tharriiavo alnceroff?^H^^^ dlsoortatlon, I v,r,u::.;
frcir. a more personal cido r-thdr ?hnn ? thp, sub^cqtl^
Of rtatoe and placeo, hecaieeIt 'a record ''f-f '?
from reading; about One' o' aucoEtora ''''On^ 'o^-. piwouraY'l
UvoE^d strength of charsqter of . j
,, raarried Vandervoori'^ln^iav^'-nE^^^^ Peter/-'- ''^
birth-dnte, I have fonnd'^ ^' 4 '^- j 'cio aot^know hife-''^ ' >/
,- Furthermore, it .is statofi that he^Sorked^Tet" 1666;''i
up ana dom tho .MiGeisGippi.ancl .toa'^verX
' ^-3lon of Frances'TTollopo-a ea?lvli^^bnW-'?5 .a.re-9clito4A.:r^
pu may have read it. Well eha: rp^Wt'^4. ^ noaG. PerhapcS^
- by ate^^boat up- the tfl -Her -famou^-.trlp;
S.5 rSii-"sr ?v'#S?s;
2; sgssssi2sris
. MWAXJ-, !: f'J
al.Qug- th.e
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har^pbtSE
,, 'yumtje, we are a?
V/illiam Snook,.'and tt
Abi Field, or Fields., a name the
genealogies, and his socond wife
William and hie brothe
Sifp' n 1 probably toget
Ilannali, whose maidbn name
.family.
T ^ -x'^WQr^^r<iot\n' ana:hi6'^r';-;^.'
I do not, lon,,.nnd, th,, nest ^QJr;.1sIla'M|^if .
V i:.-;;:
ying relatives aroiind.who^ tell '^I'nti&'i'Si'
the above-.ontionorSnoo.-3"^^.;e'jiSf
. that e Should cast our^ Inquisitive
Snoot nan.c ifv^?y lFhive^''"'
archives and bnvp ^ searched in the hew .'.Yorlr^W^-
Ob-ining EoSrciu^s anrthe/?X^ to asL'f? P-c^3ror^?^^|
Christian names with sone simi:i n? nfm!^ n? J Ohio 6nook t-/. >, vf
archives ubich sec^s to'.. ffIffhf If5^^
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then ntl:omptinn to motch vocatlonc of rjnoolc pz-onpo'^to in New Jorsoy. ^
vii\U our coiol.y ro'IntJ.vco in Wazo'oii County, Ohio, wliich I did,
I
After having located the ^pOf3,Glblo,,QltQ^-.of pnigih
tidied to seek out faMliar' christiauo'naraes. of
the common surname. Therefore,, it would ;Ce6m'phbb;ablo'that
Snooks in Ohio, used the namoQ of Petoj', -Johri', Richard',' Gepr^d-j^ '/Z.^
etCi, thero must have been, loved oneis' in-;'ahotfier^l'lbran'chi^.Q'f
family who may have carried "theoe earna naiaea^'.'i'This la;
family patern of behaviojr;;With. which .mo^t Of ;.us" are/ncq.U\int6tfjr; ; VC^vJ
In a book entitled,"Pioneers Of' OldvVIopQWQll"^ vritten^by/V,'v>;ii' J
Ralph Ege and published by Race'and, SavldgGV' of Hppewell', plnvi-^,;.> ja
1900, -there appeared quite':a Ipngthy.-.sketch""abpn.tilkhei3n,9^h^.fJfci
and Mr. Ege stated" that he knew some; of> the. .later,ig'enjara^Oh^'fathe'r-Vjv;^
. well.. -.hV; . ; .'- ' -
. ' From the pagec of the above/Dientidhbd ^book .,wa;ffpt.JhWx^^^^^^
: -Johannan William Snbek Was naturalisedi^thV'n^drick-'fprphaply/.HlB.^^^
brother), July 8, 1730, and came.to the
' He'came with other" Dutch (?) emigrant:s'.up'thfvall0yc.Pf;itfa''Rbr/;tw^^
into Somerset County, New Jersey, hnd' haJ: th'ft.i':ch6ibg ;
tracts. One of these was at the preeept'.'Gi-^-O of-'Ith-e";.^
' Blawenburg, three, miles , west >pf Hopewqll, :\and
confluence of Pocl^y "'and "Stony-Brooksj- aenr";
."At this point.it^may be justifiablie:^tp"^flt'ate'''"3that.?-,fLithhh|^^
.". Mr. Ege calls'Mr. Snoek. an'd his brotheriDutch;;/lv;do^dfc^^^^
was qualified to make this assertion becanabr at:-'thio"^, t ia^ev^thb."
ation was not" so far behind and even thCJUgh'^MrV-^npeW
may have "been bom in Wales,, as-some think'"lie .was, I...feel
family may have been caught ,up in the religeous\-furorb"^"of vtn^-psCKb^
and may ha-ve acted like-some'of the Pilgrims'/JWhPh/b'afQrei"-^om^f5^,d^;^
America'," belonged to a Separtist congregation/whi^hj;hadiT3r0vi;ous^^
"moved from Sorooby, in-England to Holland, iin :il.608,,:'-.flhd''it.
that this Snook family may have changed .th>lr'"nam'o.
it fit more snugly into their I^utch- surroundtoge;^^'-.
Mr. Snbek finally selected the""^Sliopy"Bfbbk br^h
reasons that the timber was much larger 'and taller,, indipj^t^^;
greater depth of soil, and the^ brooluwOuld'ajjfor^-a gop:4imiii\..V5it.fA^^
and having their source in the rocky -, and heavllyl.timjjeped
range, would afford a never-failing supply of" WRter-."": " : : '-Tf
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. Having decided in favor of Stony Brook;., he buiit-faii/ cahibl;l"/^f
along the north, line of doctor Coxe* s , tract, The'Qld ':j^Oad ;tha-t:'
the place came to bo laiown in-later'years a'e "The 'way..
now Larabertville,' and" was a much "-traveled, 'road;.\int 11 ...tha turn^tlSci:-
opened, In 1822. , " .m..-/ i-." f f
Upon settling in the-above'"mentlohed" area Mr, 5npek.;mufi,p'
have changed his name to Snook bccause:.,from this time
listed as Snook. '! /.: "...;;-1: f .-'
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l.'.-r.Dctood, I.onp; Island, 6V5 acrac ' i"Hnll i rector ol the parish of
an! rumiin,; a considerable dlstajiJe bacb tn t?!
r.roo'.c as the southwest line! the rocks, with Stony . ,
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-Tnlhprf riC-n/oVT^ "'^wsnTiers'wer.ar,Gatron .SteeDia^ ..
of ihr^ * Ketchaia,, Ann IVanbaugh and'Mary fAbbott 'TheF'baTftnfi^^^'^
Tho will oi his widow. Catro;
, aj^d leayoG all of her propertyyto her
Vhe n-ontionrffukeen chiaaief^She^'^"' -'^t ^
young, Hannah Golden, Deborah, Achsall and Rachel.
Ohio I havr!?ounr--"?"' members;of. the Snook ^11
Of tho Snooks were
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wioG maxims and proverbs were often quoted lone ^
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r":r, Le.llfj us that, many J'ainilia:' Snook narnf;.': r.ay h'-
in .luhr.ci'iption .liutn of tho Amwnl] Pr^-jcbytorjan chur'Oh
v/hi.;h ;; r.oc: in Uu comr; tary on the Yor-k roafi and wti.i f;h i;; nov/ know,
a.; ' ii.' Atr-vell Fir;;t J'ronbytorlan churoti of HoaviJ le;, N. J.
An wo havo now assembled a list of pror.pocts -or* I-
inclusion Ar. our /rcnoal.Ot'?:ical line, I foGi that wo should ova]uato sorio
oi" our firidin^s^..
One of the most difficult persons to get a line on was
our greai., grandfather, John Snook, who must have arrived in Warr<"'n
County, eiCher with his family, or at some time thereafter, Anyway,he and
his wi.!e, Hannah, had a family which consisted of John. March Snook, William
Snook(our great grandfather), Elizabeth(Snook) Trump, Nancy(Snook} Sutton
(mariied to Gen.Sutten,Rev. War), Joab Snook(married Alsea Drake and was a
resident of Greene County, Ohio),Johnston Snook(femalei was 2 years of ago
at time of father's death) and March Snook, who was a resident of Kentucky
" in 1836,
John Snook,our great, great grandfather, passed away on
V- 'November 2, I8O8, intestate, so his son, John March Snook, was appointed
^ administrator of the estate.
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k'.. Although John Snook died intestate, there v/as a list of.
his belongings which were put up for auction; but there were no items of
real estate included and we can readily see the reason why, because when
his wife, Hannah, passed away, in t it was found that she owned 100
^ acres of second grade land, in range 3 Township 5i Section 32, in Union ;
Township, and, in addition, she and her son, John March Snook,owned jointly
lots no's.56, 65, 79 and 80, in Deerfield, which is now South Lebanon,Ohio
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great, great grandfather, John Snook, was one of the four sons of Johannan .
William Snoek, who settled in New Jersey in 17kk. He may have also served .
V"'. in the Revolutionary war in some capacity, and although I have been unable^^-.:^
to establish any such connection, Bernice .Hartin;^;er, in her application
if/., admission to the D.A.R.ylists her Revolutionary War descendant as Lieut. V
John Snook, who served in the Tryon County Militia, 3rd Regiment, N.Y.
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Furthermore, the sketch on the Snook family in Beers,
tells us that William Snook was a millwright by occupation, so one might ' /';
speculate as to where a man would be more likely to have been able to obtain
experience in this art than by being born to the man who was the son of the .r
builder of a mill? Also, William must have helped in the operation of the
jo;:- mill. ' .
^'V,. As you know, Johannan William Snoek had already cut up '
Y' " his original section of .land, as well as additional acerage,according to.
his will, and as John had inherited 102 acres on the south side, which also
rIncluded the mill, he could undoubtedly see that this sort of division of.
property could not go on forever, so I think that he must have decided to
' sell out to his son, Peter, who then ran the mill from that time on, after
Y': ' which John probably felt that he shouldventure out west into the Ohio
K. .; country with general Symes.
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Even thou,:]:h Dr. E/re Etotes that. Philip Snook moved to .;.
ronnnjrlvanlQ after the Bevolutlonary Wnr, and that nothing further was
lieard of liin, I have been able to obtain quite a wealithof matorial
conrern.ing hie movGnicnte and ccrvico, due primarily I focli' to my
lie.v.in,'' vicitGd the National Archivec, in \VaGhin(^ton, X), C., vrhcro I
'iloo rou:;d that V.'.i Hi Snooli'o second wife, Uanne.h Ctout, v/ac also
named Stout nrioi-'.to her first .marriage to G^orgo W.v Stoutr but. .-W-
unfortunately, in her vs^rious dejjoeitidna felled, to,, jU j
of her parents. ' . ' ' " av r'V-.
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' If you will please*'foaalf,^oiie qf /ti}oVotVor aoii6;'Ofi-o^dfra^
William finOQ.k was PhHipr,aht-'Phll'ip,;served;%ith.^ts^
'Revolutionary V/ar'> and as out* gtf.cat,.gxandfatnSri
W9B, possibly., a brother of Philip,' Ij..!jhlnkHhat;-fte mar;|iaTA;.sjjT^<v|nt.;-
the ranks with Philip, bobauss Poter-did.) but then, Pete'r.-'wafl the.
of John. FowevGr, a'-genealofi^ist whom, f "know-,told\,me cormonk-;, .1'
soldier did not apply for a pension,', or a.; bounty,, then hie nhme VOuifti,. -"
not be listed on the rolls,.'as. only Officer^, were noted' op ^
and ordinary soldiers were ignored. \
Getting back to Philipj I have'fOUnd.-that af tdr^ Ifte'
noved from Pennsylvania to pQr.tsmouth, Ohio, where he eettl,^
remained until his doath, which qccured on Novembs.r 12. SiS.'W.|,
Margaret (neoiHeivner), whom he married in New Jersey, ip'r?/?,
in Scioto County, Ohio, on.November I, l8l9. "v' lii
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In 1858, it is recorded that-Philip.Shook*e only.-surt4rV^<^i-
children werei Margaret Pavls, Elizabeth Moors,'-Jeremiah'ahd..;.jQhji-'..^-r ,^
Snook, Please observe how the old f amily names are.
As previously stated, some of the Ohio"Snook. f
relatives in Indiana, . and vice versa, ;.60 this holpod to motivfltpi'mffc}
efforts due to an arroused curiosity. , '*
Therefore, I thought that you may find it most intbre&.t^ng^j,^
to find, that, according to the records,"On th^'wleventh, day..of: .W.7:^
November, I858, at Rockville,- Indiana, Parks County, there.,apps^e(}:^^,,g-
before E. K. V/oody, an attorney, and Samuel Magill, a Notary.Pubaaqy;..>_^
one, Jeremiah Snook, aged seventy-four years, a resident of. Mac^ptt^
County, in.the state of Illipois, who being duly ew^Drh according:-3
law, on hie oath declares: ' , ' . ' . .-' '
That he is the son and hqir. at law of.,?hillp^><
Snook, who was a .Captain ,in the .New Jersey Militia,', in the Revplutidn^y^
V/ar. duly commissioned; that, the said Philip volunteered at Monmouth. J .
County, New Jersey, in the'.yean: 1776, under the command '-V-w''
Chamberlain and continued in the service until the end'Of tno
when he was honorably discharged near- Trenton, New'Jereey; ^
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n -t j. Philip was in ,the "battle of Long Island, ' ', -' 4
Ir^ncGton and Trenton and was eevorely woundcKi in tho battle of- >
..on.Tiouth, under Colonol Lee, Incuring a surgoon'a bill of $100.00, .
wnic:- c:cpnse he boro out of hie ovm funds, but that ho, tho offlcmt, ' .
cannot state whother he was ever returned on the invalid role, or not.
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oix yoare, together with a bound .boy ^ driver^i jhatfthe said Jorettialv-^
onook is the son of the said Philip by' hie' Margaret Holvnepk:
who v/as married to the said Phlllp;,i'n _Ne*r': Jer.edy^ .^bout.
, That th. said Philip died In Voiot(j;-gount''4;'in the etd'-o0''''M
Ohio, on^tha rath day of November, A. ..'D:'. l8rS anlUe said MarcareW;
died in the same county and state about . the I'st, aavvof November I8t4i. Jhn
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That'since th
discharge, together wl
lost. That said Philip wijr wi liuxj. a uc^v evex- ait^uy appxigaapipa-^vi^
for, nor received any recompense for said,cervlcee^and'eypense^ Thah
the affiant, Margaret Davis, Eli2!abQ.th:'Moor9'John Snook, are'^e'W-i
only surviving children and "heirs ^.6t'-law'of.^-the"saidPhilip Shook',k>'* V-^
_ The affiant makes this deOlard'tion' to .'obtain fOr h'lifoeir^todTl^^
deceased.
The affiant makes this
e entitled under the various Acts" df. .cohgreefe',,
pensions, to officers an'd soldiers of the ReVoiuti'op, and/to
also to obtain any bounty l^d'fco'yMch thiay
entitled by .virtue of the ieervices flfo-rfifti/rir!'Af jr*. "tl
Probably'you may have
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Observed-, that..nb rmentlon .wa^madv juu njujr iitive uDservea-. cnan..no r,D0ntlon,,wafl'^mad"0 Of,]nvW|'
the residence of John Snook in the above document rind T-''bolleve^'tafff->"A^^
this v^as perhaps due to the fact that he was not^then'living
state of Illinois, as hie brother, Jeremiah,''.'waB.'.:; but'waB,.i pef&aUsi^v5
residing in Indiana, because I have been in correspondence'^ yithA-Pr^^ip' "
Crane, with whom I believe you may be acquainted, and^'sh'e told mei-.tSat
she had an uncle John, whc lived in Greentree",-Indiana.' : "" '
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To-day one of the popular slogans' se'eme'to be, "Oet'HiXtWh^#^ '
the action is", so in looking back in retrospect, let u s'gat to whire'^^iH
the action was in l776.- . . .. . '\\fm '
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One of the best ways tq..find-QUt . about what' waa happVnip'g
at that time is to examine a very interesting h^ok entitled,."'Battle^*'*.li?i
Of Monmouth", which was written by William S.. Stryker, "'fdr^efr'^AdWftntS'i?
General of the state of Nev;: Jersey-and'published by the-Prlnceton-^^P
University P|r0es, .in X9Zli ^ :.-r '
In this book,- pn .page I2Zf, 1st paragraph,..: it. fiays"''Gener^''''r^
Dickerson, under whom Captain Philip ;Sh6ck 'served,. made- a- slight vvVtV.jl'OT
mistake. lie thought he had'struck the' advahcb'-jparty" of.;-th0
Army returning to'engage the Americans,'whereas,it'was^only,''one-of
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Captain Lord William Cathart had broiicht'an order'to Lio^.
(olonrl SiiiicoG to take his IIuazara.Qnd try to cut off a reconno;t.terln6.
party of the onemy. - '\, " ' . . ... >v' '
Colonol Joooph Phillpc, 1st Poglment, Iluntordon. County, Nev/
Jcrccv I'ilntia, certified to tho War Dopartmont that"Captain Philip
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two sons, Jeremiah a
John; but sincerely
grandfather,
and. John I 'hSvohbeen drpedCto theorlze-iobob,^,'^.
feeling; tt%t :hapis^, ;our'Cgr6at, " V'V
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Will
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candidates for^ that honor, beCanse" Peter 'appeared' b^f ori; t};o^fihperJ(^.^
r^^ rnnfv. Maw .Tattav. an .the TBth Of AtLtmst.,' i83o,. *:
iz IS noeaiGss no eay x ubo ci. u.cuvj vi. ,i.j
my brothers, ,V/illismi md Aultraan Drake,rand .|o ;eevral- mcaberf>pjv,th^
Snook families v/ho hav$ been'so-kind :.and have'ehowh 9,U';6h;'R
/^ r\r\-n^in^^ Ae^W ? (nTHTTic* wA V/^ th.v .tVl ri.f? todtOUS, ; ftlliC SOQS.tilQeS f ,
f'uy, 1-ie^uu jijiscci 1 vx'
us in our aear'ch'for 'the Xdcts,' .r, ^ r V'r; ^
Iri'\ail' sincerity,. I must^aared'wit.R. that,,.b*J.d''ad^fil*^^^^
says thaf'There are three sides to every;:discussion,
other person'^ side and. the right sideV-rA^d yhi^e ,I.i,do..,,npt-
v;ith those who .feel that 'the; Snook-;f^ij.y
I might temper my "judgm.enjt'a little by admitt,^ig';th.at,
the Snook family, in very. barly .generation?, :jfla^,;haV
from.V/alos, ' '' '; 'c*
In all
bit of evidence,
the United State
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find
Howoveri .in-tryirig^'-t^''t^I-ace 'tliai'.persis^^^
1 , XU o/<*..fVi o>*q[ .+v. ato TfO TA l a ATTftn ..C AkCk
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Walter K, Drake",
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