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Documentation for Pritchett Gouty

(04 July 1765 to 12 May 1837)
father of Thomas Gouty
(1802 to 10 June 1863)
(Note: The Gouty name is spelled with the following variations in historical
records Gouty, Gowty, Gootee, Gottee, Goutee, and Goutty. The name will be spelled
Gouty in this writing except when reference is made to an historical record, in which
case it will be spelled as in the original document.)

Pritchett Gouty was born 04 July 1765 in Maryland.(1) Pritchett was a son of
John Gouty and Elizabeth Pritchett.(2) John Gouty was born in 1738 in Dorchester
County, Maryland.(3) John married Elizabeth Pritchett before 17 November 1769.(4) He
died 04 August 1818.(5)Gouty Tree - Jason N. Gouty) Elizabeth Pritchett was the
daughter of Phunback Pritchett and his wife, name unknown.(6) The will of Phunback
Pritchett names Elizabeth Gouty as one of his daughters.(7)
Pritchett Gouty married Mary Griffith, a daughter of Alexander Griffith and his
wife.(8) Mary Griffith was born about 1765 in Caroline County, Maryland.(9) No
marriage record with date of marriage has been found. Alexander Griffith and his wife,
Elizabeth (Unknown), were the parents of 12 children, including Mary Griffith.(10)(will
of AG) The wife of Alexander Griffith is not known other than the name of his wife at
the time of his death was Mary.
A sister of Mary Griffith, Nancy Griffith, married William Todd on 02 June 1798
in Caroline County, Maryland.(11)(6B) A brother of Mary Griffith, Aaron Griffith,
married Nancy Ann Collison on 04 January 1802 in Caroline County, Maryland.(12)(6C)
An Alexander Griffith owned land in Caroline County, Maryland.(13)(7) He was
born about 1745 in Maryland and died between 11 August 1810, when his will was
written, and 05 March 1811 when his will was probated in Caroline County,
Maryland.(14)(8) The 1800 Caroline County, Maryland census record for Alexander
Griffith listed the following: Census-1800 Caroline County, Maryland, 1 male 10-16, 1
male 16-26 and 1 male over 45: 1 female 16-26 and 1 female over 45.(15)UT) (6B) An
Alexander Griffith was a witness to the will of John Stanton of Caroline County,
Maryland, on 06 January 1818 and may have been the brother of Mary
Griffith.(16)(9ABC)
The 1790 Maryland census records list two families named Gouty, both in
Caroline County. Those two families are the ones of Able Gouty and John Gouty. The
census images for those two families are not available so the detail is unknown.(17)(3) It
is likely other records, particularly from Dorchester County, existed for other members
of the Gouty family. Perhaps these records have been lost or for some reason other
Gouty or Gootee families were not recorded. The Able (or Abel) Gouty of the 1790
Caroline County, Maryland, census was the second child and oldest son of John and
Elizabeth (Pritchett) Gouty.(18)
In the 1800 US Census for Maryland, the only Gouty names that appear in
Caroline County are: Abel, John, Zachariah, and Prichard (i.e., Pritchett).(19) Abel,
Zachariah, and Pritchett Gouty were three sons of John Gouty and Elizabeth Pritchett
Gouty.(20)UYT)
Pritchett Goutee is listed at age 26 through 44 in the 1810 census.(21) Prichett
would have been about 35 years old at the time of the 1800 census.(22)(10) The Pritchett
Gouty family in the 1800 census consisted of one male under 10 years of age, possibly a
son named John Gouty who may have been born that year.(23)(11) Also listed are a son
age 10 through 15 whose name is unknown. One male listed as age 26 through 44
should have been Pritchett Gouty. One female is listed as under age 10 and perhaps this
was Elizabeth Gouty who was born 15 December 1796 in Caroline County, Maryland
according to a record in the Family History Library.(24) Also listed is a female age 26
through 44 and this should have been Mary Griffith Gouty, wife of Pritchett.
In the 1810 US Census for Maryland, the only Gouty names that appear in
Caroline County are: Gabril, Thomas, Zachariah, and a P Gouty which we can assume is
Pritchett Gouty.(25) The only information we found about Gabriel Gouty was that he
married a Nancy Griffith on 02 January 1798 in Dorchester County, Maryland.(26)
Gabril Gouty is somewhat of an unknown. He married a Nancy Griffith, possibly
related to Mary Griffith, in January 1798.(27) Perhaps Gabriel Gootee lived in the same
neighborhood as the family of John Gootee.
The Thomas Gouty of the 1810 Maryland, Caroline County, census was not the
same Thomas Gouty as the one who was a son of Pritchett Gouty and Mary Griffith.
The Thomas Gouty of the 1810 Maryland, Caroline County, census was listed as age 16
through 25 and he lived with three females. One female was under 10 years of age, one
was age 26 through 44, and one was 45 and over.(28)
The Pritchett Gouty family in 1810 consisted of 2 males under age 10. These two
males should have been Henry Gouty who was born about 1800 and Thomas Gouty
who was born about 1802. One male age 10 through 15 may have been John Gouty who
was born about 1800. The one female under 10 might have been a Delilah Gouty.
Elizabeth Gouty probably was age 10 through 15 in 1810. The female aged 16 through
25 is unknown and the female aged 26 through 44 should have been Mary Griffith
Gouty.(29)
An evaluation of Federal census records and other data, such as marriage
records, show that Pritchett Gouty and his children moved from Caroline County,
Maryland, to Pickaway County, Ohio, sometime after 1810. Pickaway County was
created in 1810 from portions of Ross, Fairfield, Hocking, and Franklin Counties. Other
neighboring counties are Fayette and Madison. Circleville is the county seat. Pickaway
is a Native American word meaning "man risen from ashes."(30)

From: "Marriage Records Pickaway County, Ohio, 1810-1862"

GOUTY, James to COOK, Ketterah on July 20, 1830, by Rev. William Baker
GOWTY, Henry to WHITSELL, Rebecca on Oct 22, 1823
GOWTY, Pritchard to DONOVAN, Mary on Jan 30, 1817, by John Scott, J.P.
GOWTY, John to EARHART, Elizabeth on Oct 16, 1822
LOWLY, Elizabeth to Cheesman, Samuel on Jan 14, 1818
Verbatim from the book, but they are as only good as the transcriber.
I'm sure the LOWLY was just misread, or was there another marriage
before Mr. Cheesman?
I noticed one day off on the Pritchard GOWDY marriage, the 30th date
recorded in the book could have been the marriage license date. I have come
across mistakes in this transcibed book before.
Thanks, Joyce
GOWTY, Henry to WHITSELL, Rebecca on 22 October 1823.
GOWTY, Pritchard to DONOVAN, Mary on 30 January 1817 by John Scott, J.P.
GOWTY, John to EARHART, Elizabeth on 16 October 1822.
LOWLY, Elizabeth to Cheesman, Samuel on 14 January 1818.

Mary Griffith Gouty, the first wife of Pritchett Gouty, died sometime before 30
January 1817 when Pritchett Gouty (i.e., Prichard Gowty) married Mary Donovan in
Pickaway County, Ohio.(31) They were married by John Scott, J.P. Two sons of Pritchett
and Mary Griffith Gouty also married in Pickaway County, Ohio, as did one daughter.
Henry Gouty (i.e., Gowty) married Rebecca Whitsell on 22 October 1823.(32) John
Gouty (i.e., Gowty) married Elizabeth Earhart on 16 October 1822.(33) Elizabeth Gowty
(i.e., Lowly) married Samuel Cheesman on 14 January 1818 in Pickaway County,
Ohio.(34)
Samuel Cheezum. CA Lower Choptank District Hundred, p. 44. MSA S 1161-3-
6 Location: 1/4/5/46
William Cheezum. CA Lower Choptank District Hundred, p. 44. MSA S 1161-3-6
Location: 1/4/5/46
William Cheezum, Jr. CA Lower Choptank District Hundred, p. 44. MSA S 1161-3-6
Location: 1/4/5/46
Daniel Cheezum. Doncaster, pt, 150 acres. CA Lower Choptank District Hundred, p.
45. MSA S 1161-3-6 Location: 1/4/5/46

Mary Donovan was born after 1775 in Delaware.(35) Her parents are not known.
The 1820 US Census for Pickaway Township, Pickaway County, Ohio, lists the Pritchett
Gouty family (spelled Prechet Goutty in the census records).(36)
The Pritchett Gouty family consisted of the following:
1) one male under age 10 (this should be Zachariah Gouty, born 1815 to 1817)
2) one male age 10 and under 16 (perhaps Thomas Gouty)
3) two males age 16 and under 26 (perhaps John and Henry Gouty)
4) one male 45 and upwards (Pritchett Gouty)
5) two females under age 2 (unknown)
6) one female age 26 and under 45 (Mary Donovan Gouty)

According to the booklet, Gessie, Indiana, The First One Hundred Years 1872- 1972,
"The Gouty family came from France (name originally Goutier) to Dorcester County,
Maryland, in 1670. Prichard Gouty was born 04 July 1766 and died 12 May 1837. He is
buried in a cemetery near the Squire Shute farm. Pritchard's three sons, Henry, Thomas,
and Zechariah came to Indiana in 1820. Henry to Parke County and Thomas to
Vermillion County. Zechariah brought their father here in 1830. There was a fourth
brother John but he settled near Rossville, Illinois. Henry had 9 children but all died
young and he left no descendants. Zechariah moved to Iowa. Thomas Gouty was
married 3 times and had children by all three. His first wife was Nancy Carr, his second
wife was Elizabeth Stutler and his 3rd wife was Catherine Hoobler. Everyone called her
Aunt Katie. She was a charter member of the Gessie United Brethren Church. Thomas
was the great grandfather of Dale Gouty. Elias Gouty (son of Thomas) was Dale's
grandfather. Lewis was Dale's father. Dale lives in the homeplace."(37)
 In History of Vermillion County, Indiana, Biographical Sketches we find the
following: "Thomas Gouty settled in Vermillion County in 1833 or earlier. He died June
10, 1863, aged sixty-one years. Elias, his son, was born here in 1833. Henry Gouty may
have settled in this township a year or two later, he died in 1864, and his wife, Rebecca,
died in 1874, at the age of seventy-five years."

Pritchett Gouty and Mary Griffith Gouty were the parents of at least six children
that we can document and perhaps several others:

1. Elizabeth Gouty, born 15 December 1796 in Caroline County, MD, married

Samuel Chezem 14 January 1818 in Circleville, Pickaway County, OH.(38) She
died 29 May 1859 in Parke County, IN. (39)

2. John Gouty, born in Caroline County, MD, 31 March 1800 and died 24 January
1879; buried in Rossville, IL, Mann's Chapel Cemetery, Rossville, Vermilion
County, Illinois. He married at least two times.

3. Henry Gouty, born about 1802 in Caroline County, MD, and died 14 October
1858 in Highland Township, Vermillion County, IN.

4. Thomas Gouty, born about 1801 in Caroline County, MD, died 10 June 1863 in
Highland Township, Vermillion County, Indiana. He married three times. He
is buried with his third wife at Hicks Cemetery in Perrysville, IN.

5. Zachariah Gouty, born about 1815 in Pickaway County, OH.

6. Delilah Gouty, born in Pickaway County, OH, about 181?, married William
Cossey. She died in Highland Township, Vermillion County, Indiana, about
1840.

Perhaps other children, including a Mary (Polly) Ann Gouty. Perhaps a James Gouty
born about 1823 in Pickaway County, Ohio. The Talbert Family Tree on Ancestry.com
states that Nancy Kerr died 31 March 1840. It lists her year of birth as 1804. It lists the
children of Pritchett Gouty and Mary Griffith as: Jane, Rachel, Polly born in 1789,
Elizabeth born in 1798, John born 01 April 1800, Henry born in 1802, James born in 1804,
Thomas born in 1806, and Zachariah born in 1815. Pritchett born 04 July 1765 and died
12 May 1837. Mary Griffith born 1774 and died 30 January 1817. (40) "Marriage
We were able to trace the Pritchett Gouty family from Caroline County,
Maryland, to Pickaway County, Ohio. We will now review the move of the Pritchett
Gouty family to Indiana. We can do this by reviewing data about the individual
children of Pritchett Gouty.
Sometime after 1820, Pritchett Gouty, his wife, and their married children
headed to Parke and Vermillion counties in Indiana. A summary of the Pritchett Gouty
family movement and what is known about each of Pritchett Gouty's children and their
spouses will be presented to trace the families from Pickaway County, Ohio, to
Vermillion and Parke Counties in Indiana.
The will of John Gouty(Gowty), father of Pritchett Gouty, reveals much valuable
information about the brothers and sisters of Pritchett, as well as identifying Pritchett as
the son of John Gouty. It also helps point out the significance of the name Zachariah as
one that would be used to name other Gouty family children.

"Laws of Maryland, Nov. Sess. 1812, page 192, "to sell the said lands for
the use and benefit of the said orphan children of Zachariah Gouty." "4. AND BE
IT ENACTED, That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to defeat any
just claim that may be against the said Zachariah Gouty, nor in any wise to
deprive the widow of the said deceased, of her right of dower.
"to appoint a trustee and order the sale of all the right, title, interest and
estate of the said James Gouty, Mary Gouty, Lucretia Gouty and John Stevens
Gouty, minors and orphan children of the aforesaid Zachariah Gouty, deceased,
in and unto the aforesaid tract of land"
"called Church Grove, containing seventy three acres, and that the same is
unoccupied and very poor, and that it will in a very short time become entirely
useless to the heirs, and prays that a law may pass authorising the orphans' court
of Caroline county to appoint a trustee to sell the said lands for the use and
benefit of the said orphan children of Zachariah Gouty"

James Gouty, son of Zachariah Gouty and Lucretia Andrews. Zachariah died in
1812. James was born in February 1807 in Maryland according to One World Tree. He
died in 1850. He is listed in the 1830 Ohio, Pickaway County, Williamsport Township
census as age 20 to 30 and living with a female age 10 to 15. (41) Perhaps William Cook
was the father of Ketterah Cook. William Cook is on same census page in 1820 as
Pritchett Gouty. Also a Jesse Cook and a Marke Cook.
A Mary Gouty as well as a James Gouty are listed in the 1830 Pickaway County,
Ohio, census. Mary Gouty is listed as age 40 and under 50. One male in the household is
listed as age 30 and under 40. James Gouty married Keturah Cook on 20 July 1830 in
Pickaway County, Ohio.(42)
Land tract acquisitions by the members of the Pritchett Gouty family is an easy
way to trace their movement to Indiana. See APPENDIX FIVE for a listing of all the
land tracts acquired by members or in-laws of the Pritchett Gouty family in Indiana.
One characteristic these families had was to name their children by using as their first
name the maiden name of the wife, i.e, Price Chezem; Pritchett Gouty.

Pritchett Gouty and Mary Griffith Gouty were the parents of at least six
children that we can document and perhaps several others:

1. Elizabeth Gouty appears to be the oldest child of Pritchett and Mary Griffith
Gouty. She was born 15 December 1796 in Caroline County, Maryland.(YTR) She died
29 May 1859, in Parke County, Indiana.(43) Elizabeth married Samuel Chezem on 14
January 1818 in Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio.(44) She is buried in the
Montezuma Cemetery in Parke County, Indiana.(#* David R. Cheesman, Marriage
Records of Pickaway County, Ohio, 1810-1862]
Samuel Chezem was the son of John Chezem and Melvina Price. He was born 03
January 1795 in Caroline County, Maryland. He died 01 June 1857 in Parke County,
Indiana, and is buried in the Montezuma Cemetery, Parke County, Indiana.(17C) (17C)
Family History Library, Submitter Nancy E. Davidson. John Chezem and Melvina Price
also were the parents of Price Chezem and William Chezem. Price Chezem died 14
September 1851, aged 56 years, born in 1795.(45)(The Hoosier Connection, Volume 3,
Number 4, October 1986, listing for Chenowith Cemetery, Vermillion County,
Indiana. This cemetery is located 2 miles north of Perrysville on Gessie Road.
Sometimes called the Lowe Cemetery. Perhaps Price was a twin of Samuel
Chezem.)(Also other information lists Price Chezem as born 14 September 1801
which agrees with the census record for 1830.)
(also - Chenoweth Cemetery located in section 33, south of Perrysville, by CR 200 E
north of 1000 N.)

Samuel Cheezum. CA Lower Choptank District Hundred, p. 44. MSA S 1161-3-6

Location: 1/4/5/46
William Cheezum. CA Lower Choptank District Hundred, p. 44. MSA S 1161-3-6
Location: 1/4/5/46
William Cheezum, Jr. CA Lower Choptank District Hundred, p. 44. MSA S 1161-
3-6 Location: 1/4/5/46
Daniel Cheezum. Doncaster, pt, 150 acres. CA Lower Choptank District
Hundred, p. 45. MSA S 1161-3-6 Location: 1/4/5/46

James Chezem, a brother of Samuel, was born December 23, 1799, in Maryland
and was a son of John Chezem. James Chezem married Mary Mitchell on November 20,
1819, in Pickaway, Circleville, Ohio.(45) Family History Library, submitter Janet Jones.

James Chezem died 23 June 1848 and was buried in West Union Cemetery, Parke
County, Indiana.(46) Family History Library, submitter Janet Jones.

A James Chezem married a Delila Gouty on 12 August 1849 in Parke County,

Indiana.(marriage records)perhaps a son of first James Chezem.

Price Chezem, also a brother of Samuel Chezem, was born 14 September 1801 a
son of John Chezem.(47)

In 1824 all Parke County, Indiana, land west of the Wabash River was ceded to
Vermillion County, Indiana.(48)

The 1830 Vermillion County, Indiana, census lists Samuel Cheeseman, age 20 to
30, and what we can assume to be his wife as age 20 to 30. Boys are two under 5 years
old, one girl under 5, two girls 5 to 10, and one girl 10 to 15.
The 1830 Parke County, Indiana, census lists a Price Chezem as age 20 to 30,
what we can assume to be his wife as age 20 to 30, one boy under age 5, one boy age 5 to
10, one girl under age 5, and one girl age 5 to 10.
The 1840 Parke County, Indiana, census lists Samuel Chezman as age 40 to 50,
what we can assume is the wife of Samuel Chezman is 40 to 50, one boy age 5 to 10, one
boy age 10 to 15, one boy age 15 to 20, two girls under age 5, two girls age 5 to 10, 2 girls
age 15 to 20, one girl age 20 to 30.
The 1850 Parke County, Indiana, census, enumerated on September 28, 1850, lists
Samuel and Elizabeth Cheezum in District 85. Samuel Cheezum is listed as age 54 and
born in North Carolina and Elizabeth is listed as born in Maryland and her age is given
as 53.(17D) Also listed are Lydia age 26, Jane age 19, Samuel age 17, Dil? age 14, Delila
age 13, and Milo age 9. All the children are listed as born in Indiana which means the
family was in Indiana by 1824 approximately.
 The 1850 Highland Township, Vermillion County, Indiana, census lists Price
Chesem as age 52 and born in North Carolina, and he cannot read or write. Also listed
in the Price Chesem household are George age 19 who was born in Indiana and Mary
age 12 who was born in Indiana.
John Chezem, the father of Samuel Chezem, was born in 1760 in Baltimore, Ann
Arundel, Maryland and died 21 October 1850 in Highland Township, Vermillion
County, Indiana.(49) The 1850 Highland Township, Vermillion County, Indiana, census,
enumerated 21 October 1850 list John Chisem, age 90, born in Maryland, Comfort
Chisem, age 55, born in Maryland, Jean Chisem age 14, born in Indiana, and Margaret
E. Chisem age 8 and born in Indiana. Neither John nor Comfort Chisem could read or
write.(50) Family History Library, submitter Janet Jones. Since John Chezem, the father
of Price and Samuel Chezem was born in Maryland, it seems probable that Price and
Samuel also were born in Maryland. He(?) appears in the 1850 Vermillion County,
Highland, Indiana, census.(51)
Elizabeth (Gouty) Chezem died 29 May 1859 in Parke County, Indiana.(52)
Name: Samuel Chezem , Birth: 3 Jan 1795 - Maryland, USA, Death: 1 Jun 1857 - Parke,
Indiana, USA, Marriage: 14 Jan 1818 - Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA, Parents: John
Chezem , Melvin Chism, Spouse: Elizabeth Airhart Gouty
The following book might be helpful: Chezem genealogy, 1700-1973, Author:
Stetler, Ethel Ridgway. Publisher: Herdell Print. Co., Pub Year: 1973, Pages: 190 numb.
L.
Samuel Chezem owned land adjacent land owned by John Gouty on the First Land
Owners of Highland Township Map.(53) This land was a short distance south of land
owned by Henry Gouty and Thomas Gouty as indicated on the map.(54)[First Land
Owners of Highland Township Map].

Samuel Chezem and Elizabeth Gouty were the parents of the following
children and perhaps others who are unknown:

i. Mary Ann, born 22 July 1821. She first married John H. Woody. She married
second Joseph L. Porter 31 December 1840 in Parke County, Indiana.

ii. Lydia, born about 1824 in Indiana

iii. Jane, born about 1831 in Indiana

iv. Samuel, born about 1833 in Indiana

v. Dilbernna, born about 1836 in Indiana

vi. Delila, born about 1837 in Indiana

vii. Milo, born about 1841 in Indiana

Before we proceed with our discussion of the four Gouty brothers, John, Henry,
Zachariah, and Thomas Gouty, we point out the map in the Indiana State Library
entitled, Original Land Owners in Highland Township, Vermilion County, Indiana. The map
shows that Henry Gouty acquired land in 1829 in Highland Township, John Gouty
acquired land in 1826 in Highland Township, and Thomas Gouty acquired land in 1829
in Highland Township.(55)
Please refer to APPENDIX FIVE after the REFERENCES section at the end of
this document for a list of the Gouty and Gouty related family land purchases in
Vermillion and Parke Counties, Indiana.

2. John Gouty. The Pape Funeral Home in Danville, Illinois, website lists an
obituary for John Gouty that appeared in the Danville Daily News on March 2, 1879.(56)
His father was listed as John Gouty (Sr.). John Gouty died in Rossville (Illinois). His age
was listed as 79. The date of death was given as January 23, 1879. He was buried at
Manns Chapel in Ross. His place of birth was listed as Maryland. His date of birth was
listed as 01 March 1800. (57)UU) [Date of Birth 3/1/1800, Place of Birth MARYLAND,
Father GOUTY,JOHN (SR.) d:rossville. Mother Danville Daily News 03/12/79, Spouse
W-? age:79, Wedding Date, Date of Death 1/24/1879, Cemetery - MANNS CHAPEL]
John Gouty married first Elizabeth Earhart on October 16, 1822, in Pickaway
County, Ohio.(58) She was born 19 December 1801 and she died in Vermillion County,
Indiana, on 29 January 1845, aged 43 years 1 month and 10 days. (From: "Marriage
Records Pickaway County, Ohio, 1810-1862" GOWTY, John to EARHART, Elizabeth
on Oct 16, 1822)
John Gouty married second Margaret Elizabeth (Talbert) Moore on 08 March
1849 in Vermillion County, Indiana.(59) She was born 08 February 1814 in Pennsylvania
and she died 18 May 1884 in Alvin, Illinois. Margaret Talbert first married a Thomas
Moore about 1836 in Vermillion County, Highland Township, Indiana.(60)
John Gouty acquired land in Vermillion County, Indiana, as early as 1826.(61)

John Gouty and his first wife, Elizabeth Earhart, were the parents of the
following children and perhaps others who are unknown:

i. Mary Ann Gouty probably was the female 5 years of age and under 10 who
was listed in the 1830 Vermillion County, Indiana, census for the John Gouty family.
Mary Ann Gouty was born 25 December 1823. She married Henry Talbert on 28
February 1841 in Vermillion County, Indiana. She died 10 September 1864.(62)

ii. Rachel Gouty probably was the female under 5 years of age who was listed
in the 1830 Vermillion County, Indiana, census for the John Gouty family. Rachel was
born 28 May 1826 in Highland Township, Vermillion County, Indiana. She married
William T. Talbert on 29 November 1846 in Vermillion County, Indiana.(63A) She died
22 February 1891 in Perrysville, Vermillion County, Indiana.(63)

iii. Sarah Gouty, probably the female age 5 and under 10 in the 1840 census. She
was born 06 August 1833, in Vermillion Cty, IN. She married Horatio T. Talbert. She
died 23 December 1907, in West Lebanon, Warren Cty, IN.(64)

iv. Rebecca Gouty, probably was a female age 5 and under 10 in the 1840 census.
She was born 29 January 1834 in Ross Township, Vermilion Cty, IL. She married Josiah
Bivans on 23 December 1852, in Vermilion Cty, IL. She died 23 November 1911, in
Rossville, Vermilion Cty, IL.(65)

v. William Henry Gouty was born 20 October 1840, in Highland Township,

Vermillion Cty, IN. He married Mary Ann Bailey on 23 April 1872, in Perrysville,
Vermillion Cty, IN. He died 23 February 1928, in Covington, Fountain Cty, IN.(66)

vi. Elizabeth J. Gouty, born 15 August 1843 and died 20 April 1856, aged 12
years 9 months and 5 days. She was buried in the Old Baptist Cemetery, Vermillion
County, Indiana.(66A)

John Gouty and his second wife, Margaret Elizabeth (Talbert) Moore, were the
parents of the following children and perhaps others who are unknown:

i. Irvin P. Gouty born 1852, he died 23 August 1876, buried at Mann's Chapel at
Rossville, Vermilion County, Illinois. He married Delilah Jane Clawson on 10
October 1872 In Vermilion County, Illinois. Delilah Jane Clawson was born 03
February 1852. Delilah J. Clawson Gouty died 09 December 1874 and is buried at
Manns Chapel at Rossville, Vermilion County, Illinois.(67)

ii. Ella Gouty born 1859, she married an N. S. Crane.(68)

The 1830 Indiana census for Vermillion County, Highland Township, lists the
John Gouty family with 2 males age 20 to 30, 2 females under 5 years of age, one female
5 years of age and under 10, and 1 female twenty years of age and under 30. It seems
clear that John Gouty was married sometime after the 1820 census in Ohio. It also seems
obvious that Thomas Gouty must have been the other male age 20 and under 30 who
lived in the 1830 John Gouty household.
The census thus indicates John Gouty was born before 1810 and perhaps another
brother was living with him at that time.(69) John Gouty was the father of at least two
females born between 1824 and 1830. He was the father of one female born between
1820 and 1825.
The 1840 Indiana census for Vermillion County, Highland Township, lists the
John Gouty family with one male age 5 and under 10, one male 40 and under 50, one
male 50 and under 60, 2 females under age 5, 3 females 5 and under 10, and one female
age 30 and under 40. This census page lists all four Gouty brothers, Thomas, Henry,
Zacariah, and John.(70) John Gouty was living close to the Samuel Cheeseman
(Chezem) family and also near the Henry Gouty family and near the John Ricketts
family.(71)
1850 US census for District 21, Vermilion County, Illinois, lists John Gouty as age
50, born in Maryland, wife Margaret born in Pennsylvania and all of his children, John
19, Rebecca 14, Nancy 12, William 10, Jane 7, and Ellen 8 months as born in Indiana. (72)
Also living with the family in 1850 were John Moore, born about 1836; Webster
Moore born about 1838, Anan Moore born about 1840, Amanda Moore born about 1843.
Living nearby the John Gouty family in 1850 were several Hoobler families. Thomas
Gouty married a Hoobler in 18??. 1850 Illinois census for Vermilion County, District
#21. It seems obvious that the first wife of John Gouty died sometime after the 1840
census and before he married Margaret Talbert Moore in 1849.

3. Henry Gouty was born about 1802 in Maryland. Henry Gouty married
Rebecca Whitsell on October 22, 1823, in Pickaway County, Ohio.(73) (From: "Marriage
Records Pickaway County, Ohio, 1810-1862" GOWTY, Henry to WHITSELL, Rebecca
on Oct 22, 1823)
Included in a History of Vermillion County, Indiana, Biographical Sketches: Under
David Gouty, Henry Gouty was born in Maryland in 1800. He died October 14, 1858, at
the age of 58. He went from Maryland to Ohio where he married Rebecca Whitsell.
They had eight children. From Ohio, Mr. Henry Gouty emigrated with his family to
Parke County, Indiana, and later removed to Vermillion County, where he lived until
his death."(74)
One Internet listing indicates Henry Gouty and Rebecca Whitsell married on
October 22, 1823, in Pickaway County, Ohio. She was born in 1800 in Ohio.(75) She died
November 24, 1874 at Gessie, Vermillion County, Indiana and is buried in the Howard
Chapel Cemetery.(76)
The 1850 Vermillion County, Indiana, census lists Henry Gouty as age ?? and
born in Maryland.(77) Henry Gouty wasborn about 1802 in Maryland, and died
October 14, 1858 in Vermillion County, Indiana.(International Genealogical Index,
North America, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah) His father was Pritchett
Gouty.(78) Henry Gouty was buried at the Howard Chapel Cemetery near Gessie,
Vermillion County, Indiana.(79)

Henry Gouty and Rebecca Whitsell were the parents of the following
children:(80) (One World Tree, Ancestry.com)

i. Jane Gouty born 20 January 1827 and died in 1906. She married Daniel
Shute on 04 January 1844 in Vermillion County, Indiana.(79A) Daniel Shute was born 22
September 1820 in Scioto County, Ohio, and died in 1899. He was a son of Richard
Shute and Hannah McCartney. Daniel and Jane are buried in Hopewell Cemetery,
Highland Township, Vermillion County, Indiana.

ii. David Gouty born 09 December 1828 in Highland Township, Vermillion

County, Indiana. He died 07 January 1902 in Vermillion County, Indiana. He was
buried at Howard's Chapel Cemetery, Highland Township, Vermillion County,
Indiana. He married first Minervia Shute on 02 January 1851. She was the daughter of
Richard Shute and Hannah McCartney. She was born 24 July 1829 in Scioto County,
Ohio. She died 19 October 1852. Minervia Shute Gouty is buried at Howards Chapel.
David Gouty married second Eliza J. Cossey on 03 May 1860, in Vermilion County,
Illinois. She was born 13 April 1841 in Indiana and she died 15 July 1864. Eliza J. Cossey
Gouty is buried at Howard's Chapel Cemetery. He married third Catherine Hoobler, 27
February 1865 in Vermillion County, Indiana, daughter of John Hoobler and Rebecca
Fetterhoff. She was born 06 November 1825 in Montgomery County, Ohio, and she died
05 January 1915. She is buried at Hicks Cemetery, Perrysville, Vermillion County,
Indiana.

iii. Henry Gouty born about 1831. He married Marintha Cossey in 1860.

iv. Thomas J. Gouty born 17 November 1832, in Vermillion County, Indiana.

He died 22 December 1863. He married an Elmira Jane Draper 22 December 1853 in
Vermillion County, Indiana. She was born about 1837 and she died after 1860.

v. Jeremiah Gouty born about 1834. He died about 1860.

vi. Zachariah Gouty born 25 April 1838 in Vermillion County, Indiana. He

died 21 May 1863. He married Julia Ann Draper on 05 January 1862 in Vermillion
County, Indiana. She was born 06 September 1844 and she died 07 March 1863.
Zachariah was a twin of Minerva. Both are buried at Howard's Chapel Cemetery,
Highland Township, Vermillion County, Indiana.

vii. Minerva Gouty, born about 1837. She was a twin of Zachariah.

viii. Elizabeth Gouty, born 31 January 1840, near Gessie, Indiana. She married
Philander Goff. She died 24 April 1863. Children included Edward Goff, David
Henry Goff, and Jeremiah Goff.

ix. Eliza Gouty, she married William Howard on 15 March 1842 in Vermillion
County, Indiana. She was buried at Old Baptist Cemetery, Highland Township,
Vermillion County, Indiana.

Rebecca Gouty was listed in the 1870 U. S. Census for Highland Township,
Vermillion County, Indiana, as 69 years old, born in Ohio, Post Office: Perrysville.(81)
Original land owners in Vermilion County, Indiana, included Henry Gouty in 1829 in
Highland Township, John Gouty in 1826 in Highland Township, and Thomas Gouty in
1829 in Highland Township.(82)

4. Thomas Gouty, married first Nancy Kerr on 14 October 1830, in Vermillion

County, Indiana.(83) They were married by Thos. Chenoweth, J. P. Nancy Kerr was
born about 1810 in Franklin County, Ohio.(84) She was a daughter of Samuel Kerr and
his wife. The wife of Samuel Kerr probably was Nancy Gwynne.(85) Samuel Kerr and
Nancy Gwynne were the parents of the following children, all born in Franklin,
Ohio(86): Orson Kerr, born about 1806; Joseph Kerr, born about 1808; Nancy Kerr, born
about 1810; Clarissa Kerr, born September 27, 1813; Samuel Kerr, born about 1815;
Robert Kerr, born about 1818; Elijah Kerr, born about 1821; and Jackson Kerr, born
about 1823.
Orson Kerr was one of the first landowners in Highland Township, Vermillion
County, Indiana. He owned land adjacent to Thomas Gouty as shown on that map. In
the 1885-1891 Lafayette, Indiana, Directories, Orson Kerr is shown as: Location Odell,
Years 1885, 1886, 1891, Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
An Orson K. Kerr served as a private on the Union side in the Civil War. He was
in the Veteran Reserve Corps, 2nd Battalion, Company 59.(87)(Film Number M636 roll
22). This Orson Kerr probably was a son of Orson Kerr Sr.
According to the 1880 Jackson Township, Tippecanoe, Indiana census, Orson
Kerr(Curr) was born about 1805 in Pennsylvania. He was a farmer and widower in
1880. Both of his parents were born in Pennsylvania. He was 75 years old. He was the
head of household.
Orson Kerr married Cynthia Clawson on 05 December 1828 in Fountain County,
Indiana.(88)
A key document that identifies the children of Thomas Gouty is the Vermillion
County, Indiana court case of Rebecca Gouty versus Elias Gouty et al, Book 20, page
261, Vermillion County Court In Partition. The children born to Thomas Gouty and his
three wives listed below are based on this court record.(VV)

Thomas Gouty and Nancy Kerr were parents of five children:

 i. Clarissa Gouty born 05 July 1832 in Highland Township, Vermillion
County, Indiana.(89) She married John Sampson Chezem, a son of James Chezem and
Mary Mitchell. James Chezem was a son of John Cheesman Chezem who was born in
Baltimore, MD in 1760 and died 21 October 1850. Clarissa Gouty Chezem died 07 April
1875 in Deerfield, Vernon County, Missouri. Undoubtedly Clarissa Gouty was named
after the only sister of her mother. Clarissa Kerr was born 27 September 1813 and she
died 11 February 1880. Clarissa Kerr married Isaac Demorest, his second wife, on 24
October 1833 probably in Franklin County, Ohio.(per John H. Bell, born 28 April 1925 of
Lafayette, LA 70501)

ii. Elias B. Gouty born 11 September 1833 in Highland Township, Vermillion

County, Indiana, and died 18 April 1915 in Vermillion County, Indiana.(90) Elias B.
Gouty married Elizabeth Shute on 01 September 1853 in Indiana.(91) Elizabeth Shute
was the daughter of Richard Shute and Hannah McCartney who were married 01
September 1814 in Ohio.(92) Elizabeth (Shute) Gouty died 30 March 1915 and was
buried at the Hicks Cemetery at Perrysville, IN.(93)

iii. Mary Gouty born about 1836 in Indiana and died 04 Apr.il 1857.(94) She
married William O. Hoobler on 12 October 1853 in Vermilion County, Illinois. It was
not uncommon for people around the Gessie, Indiana, area of Vermillion Cty, Indiana,
to marry in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois. He was a son of John Hoobler and
Rebecca Fetterhoff. He was born 25 March 1830 in Fountain County, Indiana. Both are
buried at Phillips Cemetery, Manville, Livingston County, Illinois.

iv. Eleanor Gouty born about 1838 in Indiana(96)

v. John Russell Gouty, born about 1840 in Indiana and died in 1907(97) He
married Ruhama Davis (Dennis) in 1859 in Gessie, Vermillion County, Indiana. She was
born 03 October 1840 and she died 25 February 1882. Both are buried in Hopewell
Cemetery, Highland Township, Vermillion County, Indiana.

Elias N. Reynolds, who was born in Maryland, lived next to Thomas Gouty in
1850. Elias was age 46 and Thomas was age 44 in 1850. Perhaps Thomas named one of
his sons, Elias, after Elias N. Reynolds. The wife of Elias N. Reynolds was Rebecca who
is listed as age 42 and born in Ohio. However, since that would have been the year 1808,
she might have been born in Maryland instead. (?Elias N. Reynolds?) Married Rebecca
Craig on 06 May 1828 in Pickaway County, Ohio. Perhaps Rebecca Craig was a sister of
Minerva Craig who married Zachariah Gouty.
Nancy (Kerr) Gouty, the first wife of Thomas Gouty, apparently died sometime
before 31 May 1840, the date when Thomas Gouty married his second wife, Elizabeth
Stutler, in Vermillion County, Indiana.(98) Vermillion County, Indiana, Marriage Records,
1838-1844 include the following: Volume III, page 43, 31 May 1840, Thomas Gouty and
Elizabeth Stutler.
According to the Gessie Centennial, 1872 - 1972, "William Stutler came from Ohio
in 1830 and settled in Highland Township west of Gessie. He died in 1831 leaving six
children. Joseph S. a son was two years old when they came to Vermillion County, with
his parents."(99) According to a listing of First Landowners of Highland Township, William
Stutler first owned land there in 1829. History of Vermillion County, Indiana, Biographical
Sketches: Lists James C. Stutler who was a son of Joseph S. Stutler and a grandson of
William Stutler. William settled in Highland Township in 1830, where he died one year
later. Joseph S. Stutler was born in Ohio in 1820. The second wife of Thomas Gouty was
related to this Stutler family.(100) J. S. Stutler, farmer, 2 miles north of Gessie, born in
Ohio in 1820, settled in Vermillion County, Indiana, in 1829.

Thomas Gouty and Elizabeth Stutler were the parents of two children:

vi. William Gouty born about 1844.(101)

vii. Amos B. Gouty born about 1845 in Danville Township, Vermilion County,
Illinois.(102)

Elizabeth Stutler, the second wife of Thomas Gouty, apparently died sometime
before 28 June 28 1849 when Thomas married his third wife, Catherine Hoobler.(103)
They were married in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.(104) She had married a
William Villars in 1845 in Vermillion County, Indiana. She was a daughter of John
Hoobler and Rebecca Fetterhoff. John Hoobler was a minister of the U. B. Church. He
was born in Pennsylvania, in 1801 and settled in Vermillion County, Indiana, in
1832.(105) According to a listing of First Landowners of Highland Township, John Hoobler
first owned land there in 1831.(106) Catherine Hoobler was born 06 November 1825 in
Montgomery County, Ohio.(107)

Thomas Gouty and Catherine Hoobler were the parents of seven children:

viii. David Henry Gouty was born Mar. 16, 1850, in Vermillion Cty, IN, and
died Mar. 25, 1888.(108) He married Axa M. Chapman on Sept. 12, 1872, in
Livingston Cty, IL. She was a daughter of Sonum and Elmina Chapman. She was
born Aug. 12, 1851, in Trumbull Cty, OH, and she died Nov. 9, 1922. Both are
buried at Spring Hill Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion Cty, IL.

ix. Frederick Smith Gouty, born Jan. 18, 1853, in Vermillion Cty, IN, and
died
March 27, 1913, in Gessie, Vermillion Cty, IN.(109) He married Sariah I. Prather
on Aug. 15, 1872, in Vermilion Cty, IL. She was the daughter of Jonathan Prather
and Nancy Martin. She was born Nov. 16, 1855, in Vermillion Cty, IN, and she died
Aug. 23, 1882, in Vermillion Cty, IN. Both are buried at Hopewell Cemetery,
Highland Township, Vermillion Cty, IN.

x. Sarah R. Gouty, born Mar. 6, 1856 in Vermillion Cty, IN, and died Jan. 23,
1861.
Sarah R. Gouty is buried in Hicks Cemetery, Perrysville, IN.(110)

xi. Lillie Belle Gouty, born Nov. 6, 1857, in Gessie, Vermillion Cty, IN, and
died Mar. 10, 1890, in Gessie, Vermillion Cty, IN.(111) She married John Hughes on
Oct. 1, 1874, in Vermillion Cty, IN. He was a son of William Hughes and Cynthia
Smith. He was born July 2, 1851, in Gessie, Vermillion Cty, IN, and he died Dec. 29,
1930, in Gessie, Vermillion Cty, IN. Both are buried at Hopewell Cemetery, Highland
Township, Vermillion Cty, IN.
 xii. Charles F. Gouty, born Dec. 1, 1858, in Vermillion Cty, IN, and died Sept.
18, 1859.
He is buried in Hicks Cemetery, Perrysville, IN.(112)

xiii. Mary Ann Gouty, born Sept. 1860. She married Newton R. Smith on
Nov.24,
1878, in Vermillion Cty, IN.(113)

xiv. Lydia A. Gouty, born 08 July 1862; died 19 May 1863. She is buried in
Hicks Cemetery, Perrysville, Vermillion County, Indiana.(114)

Thomas Gouty died June 10, 1863, and was buried in Hicks Cemetery,
Perrysville, Vermillion County, Indiana. The tombstone of Thomas Gouty indicates he
was "age 61". Therefore, Thomas was born after June 10, 1801 and before June 10, 1862.
Catherine Hoobler Gouty died January 5, 1915. She is buried with Thomas Gouty in
Hicks Cemetery, Perrysville, Vermillion County, Indiana.(115)

5. Zachariah Gouty, son of Pritchett and Mary Griffith Gouty. Zachariah was the
youngest of the four Gouty brothers, i. e., John, Henry, Thomas, and Zachariah. Perhaps
the most significant aspect of Zachariah Gouty is the fact the name Zachariah was used
by his grandfather and grandmother, John Gouty and Elizabeth to name one of their
sons. Pritchett Gouty and his wife apparently named one of their children Zachariah
after Pritchett's brother who died in 1812.
Zachariah Gouty married Minorney Craig on November 2, 1837, in Vermillion
County, Indiana.(Indiana Marriages to 1850) She was the daughter of David Craig and
Sarah Gowman.(116)(One World Tree) Zachariah brought his father, Prichett Gouty, to
Indiana in 1830.(117)

Zachariah Gouty and Minerva Craig were the parents of five children:(118)

i. John W. Gouty, born about 1839

ii. Freba Jane Gouty, born about 1841
iii. Sarah B. Gouty, born about 1843
iv. Polly A. Gouty, born about 1845
v. Elias N. Gouty, born January 1850
Zachariah Gouty is not found in the 1830 census records but he is in the
Vermillion County, Indiana, census of 1840.(119) Zachariah Gouty appears in the 1850
census for Highland Township, Vermillion County, Indiana.(120) He is listed as age 35
and born in Ohio.
In the 1840 Vermillion County, Indiana, census in the Zachariah Gouty (Zacariah
Goutty) household there is a female between the ages of 70 and 80 years of age. This
census entry is presumed to be Mary Gouty, the widow of Pritchett Gouty. Zachariah
supposedly is the one who brought Pritchett and Mary Gouty to Highland Township,
Vermillion County, Indiana.(121)

6. Delilah Gouty was born about 1805 in Maryland and died in 1838 in Vermillion
County, Indiana. She married William Cossey(122) in 1827 in Vermillion County,
Indiana, son of Nehemiah Cossey and Anne Peters.(122A) He was born about 1798 in
Maryland and died 10 April 1875 in Laclede County, Missouri.(123)

Delilah Gouty and William Cossey were the parents of eight children:(124)

i. Thomas Cossey, born 29 December 1824, in IN. He died 25 October 1891, in

Laclede Cty, MO. He married Sarah Ellen Latimer on 30 September 1847.
ii. Mary Ann Cossey, born 1827, in Indiana.
iii. Elizabeth Cossey, born 1829, in Indiana.
iv. Katurah (or Kitturah) C. Cossey, born 1832, in Indiana; died 04 March 1874,
Green Cty, MO. Married Benjamin George Whitfield Jones on 13 February 1851, in
Convway, Laclede Cty, MO.
v. Eliza Jane Cossey, born 1834, in Indiana.
vi. Delilah Cossey, born 1836, in Indiana. (124A)
vii. James Cossey, born 1838, in Indiana; married Martha Huff, 25 February
1858, Laclede Cty, MO. Twin to William.(124B)
viii. William Cossey, born 1838, in Indiana. Twin to James.
William Cossey was born in 1798 in Maryland.(125) Delilah Gouty married
Wlliam Cossey in 1827 in Indiana.(126) He died in April 1875 in Conway, Missouri.(127)
William Cossey and Delilah Gouty had a daughter, Katurah or Kitturah, who was born
in October 1832 in Vermillion County, Indiana, and who died March 4, 1874 and was
buried at John Chapel Cemetery, Missouri.(127) William Cossey married second Sarah
Drake on 26 July 1840, in Vermillion County, Indiana.(128)
Delilah Gouty: Cause of Death: Consumption (Tuberculosis) at age 33.
1850 census records for Highland Township, Vermillion County, Indiana, show
Peter Cossey, age 35, born about 1815, born in Maryland, male. 1850 Vermillion County,
Highland, Indiana census Peter Cossey born in Maryland, Age 35 or 55, wife Sarah 31
born in Ohio.(129) Nehemiah Causey father of Peter Cossey in Carolina County
Maryland in 1810 US Census.(130) Nehemiah Causey, 1770 - 1847, and his wife Anna
Peters, were the parents of Peter Cossey in Carolina County Maryland in 1810 US
Census.
Peter Cossey was born in 1812 in Maryland and died in 1882 in Vermillion
County, Indiana.(131) He married Sarah Ann Shute on 17 November 1835, in Vermillion
County, Indiana.(132)
The earliest know tract of land in Parke County, Indiana, of William Cossey is
dated 26 Apr 1826.(133) Several of the tracts owned by Thomas Gouty lie just south of
present day Interstate 74 and just east of Gessie, Indiana, as indicated on the map of
First Land Owners of Highland Township, Vermillion County, Indiana.
The following excerpt is from a book started by Isaac Sheridan Jones about
1898 and completed by Carl Jones in 1953:
William Cossey was born in the state of Maryland, near the coast, about the year
1798. His parents were of thrifty Yankee stock. When a young man he pitched his tent
westward and landed in Vermillion County, Indiana. There he married Miss Delilia
Gouty, who was the daughter of a wealthy farmer. They had eight children: Thomas,
Mary Ann, Elizabeth, Kitturah, Eliza, Delila, and William and James (twins). They lived
happily together for many years (14). She died of the dreaded disease of consumption
after a lingering illness.
Two years later Mr. Cossey was married to Miss Sarah Drake, who had been
employed in the family, for some time previous to Mrs. Cossey's death. To them were
born eleven children: Almira, Robert, Lydia Jane, Susan (died at age 16 years), John
Wesley, Vina, Sadie, Frances Marion (died at age of 9 months), and Rhoda.
Reverend Thomas Henderson preached the funeral sermon in the presence of a
large concourse of people. His remains were laid at rest in the family cemetery a few
hundred yards from his home.
Located at Twilight Church, between Phillipsburg and Conway, with access from
old Rt. 66. There are approximately 97 unmarked graves there. Row 3: Cossey, William
Age 77 yrs. 1798 - 10 Apr 1875.; Burial: Twilight Cemetery, Laclede County, Missouri;
Cause of Death: Pneumonia; Marriage: Abt. 1823, Vermillion County, Indiana

7. ?Polly Gouty? A Polly Gouty married and a Benjamin Busack in Pickaway County,
Ohio, on 26 February 1811.(KJ) [PICKAWAY COUNTY, OHIO MARRIAGES 1810-1814,
Busack, Benjamin to Polly Gouty 26 February 1811 (license).](134)

Was Mary Ann Gouty who married Henry Talbert on 28 March 1841, the
widow of Pritchett Gouty? No, was daughter of John Gouty.

Prichard (Pritchett) Gouty was buried in the Old Baptist Cemetery, Highland
Township, Vermillion County, Indiana.
Mary Donovan Gouty was buried in the Old Baptist Cemetery, Highland
Township, Vermillion County, Indiana.

In the 1840 Vermillion County, Indiana, census in the Zachariah Gouty

(Zacariah Goutty)household there is a female between the ages of 70 and 80 years of
age. This is presumed to be Mary Gouty, the widow of Pritchett Gouty.

Elhanan Stevens, born 11 March 1816, Caroline County, Maryland, died

January 11, 1902, Perrysville, Vermillion County, Indiana, Marriage 06 February 1838,
Vermillion County, Indiana, Spouse - Elizabeth Craig, Parents: William Stevens and
Violetta Gootee, One World Tree

In 1850 Indiana census for Highland Township, Vermillion County, Sarah Craig age
63, born in Pennsylvania?, apparently the wife of David Craig and mother of
Elizabeth Craig, is living in the Elhanan Stevens household. Price Chesem is living
nearby, born in NC in 1798.

Mary Gouty, born about 1820 in Delaware, Residence 1850 - Eugene,

Vemillion, Indiana

James Gootee, born February 1807, Maryland, death 1850, Marriage July 20,
1830, Pickaway, Ohio, spouse - Keturah Cook, Parents - Zachariah Gootee and
Lucretia Andrew, One World Tree

ORIGINAL SOURCE MATERIAL to support the RELATIONSHIP between

PRITCHETT GOUTY and his son THOMAS GOUTY
1) Gessie, Indiana, The First One Hundred Years 1872 - 1972, "The Gouty
family came from France (name originally Goutier) to Dorcester County, Maryland, in
1670. Prichard Gouty was born July 4, 1766 and died May 12, 1837. He is buried in a
cemetery near the Squire Shute farm. Pritchard's three sons, Henry, Thomas, and
Zechariah came to Indiana in 1820. Henry to Parke County and Thomas to Vermillion
County. Zechariah brought their father here in 1830. There was a fourth brother John
but he settled near Rossville, Illinois. Henry had 9 children but all died young and he
left no descendants. Zechariah moved to Iowa. Thomas Gouty was married 3 times and
had children by all three. His first wife was Nancy Carr, his second wife was Elizabeth
Stutler and his 3rd wife was Catherine Hoobler. Everyone called her Aunt Katie. She
was a charter member of the Gessie United Brethren Church. Thomas was the great
grandfather of Dale Gouty. Elias Gouty (son of Thomas) was Dale's grandfather. Lewis
was Dale's father. Dale lives in the homeplace;" also see History of Vermillion County,
Indiana, Biographical Sketches: "Thomas Gouty settled in Vermillion County in 1833 or
earlier. He died June 10, 1863, aged sixty-one years. Elias, his son, was born here in
1833. Henry Gouty may have settled in this township a year or two later, he died in
1864, and his wife, Rebecca, died in 1874, at the age of seventy-five years."
2) Indiana State Archives, Indianapolis, Indiana, GENEAL. PAM. 977.201
Vuncat. No. 9, Old Baptist Cemetery, Vermillion County, Indiana, Highland Township.
Source: Illiana Genealogist, Vol. 26, No. 4, December 1990, page 111. Located in
Vermillion County, Highland Township, Indiana on County road 1550 N. From
Danville, Illinois, take Interstate 74 east to Highway 63. Turn and go south until you
come to the first road that goes west. Go about 1 and mile down this road, 1550 N.
There is a small lane that turns to the south. Lists the following: Prichard Gouty, died
May 12, 1837, aged 71 years 10 months 8 days; Minerva Gouty, daughter of H. & R. died
January 31, 1841, 3 years 11 months 6 days; Elizabeth J. Gouty, daughter of J. & E. died
April 20, 1856, 12 years 9 months 5 days; Elizabeth Gouty wife of J. died January 29,
1845, 43 years 1 month 10 days; also see Grubb-Griffith and Related Families,
Ancestry.com, which gives the birth of Pritchett Gouty as July 4, 1765, in Maryland.
3) Marriage record for John Goutee and Elizabeth Pritchett, Maryland Marriage
References by Robert Barnes, MSA S 1527, "Elizabeth, dau. of P. Pritchett of DO Co., m.
by 17 Nov 1769, John Goutee."; Individual record at Family History Library, Salt Lake
City, Utah, submitter Marsha Lloyd Howell, 3141 Cori Court, Turlock, CA 95382; also
individual record submitted by Ernest H. Grubb, 561 S. Sunnydale Way,
Hendersonville, NC 28792.
4) Will of John Gottee, 28 October 1815, Caroline County, Maryland, Liber JR
#C, Folio 332-333 "Item. I Give and bequeath unto my son Pritchel Gowty one Shilling
and no more", Maryland Will Book 37:406, Maryland Administration Accounts 65:9;
Maryland Indexes.
5) Maryland, Caroline County Wills, Page: Libre JRC Folio 188, Text: Will written
August 11, 1810 and probated March 5, 1811, Heirs in will of Alexander Griffith, Sr.:
wife Mary; Sons: Alexander, Abraham and Abel; Daughters: Sophia (wife of Aaron
Lewis), Sarah (wife of Joshua Hobbs), Mary (wife of Pritchett Gouty) and Nancy Todd;
Grandchildren: Henry and Thomas Griffith (sons of Thomas Griffith, deceased), John
and Levi Griffith (sons of Abel Griffith), Alexander and William and Betsy Griffith
(children of Aaron Griffith, deceased); Daughter-in-laws: Dorcas Griffith (widow of son
Thomas Griffith) and Nancy Griffith (widow of son Aaron Griffith), Elihu Shearman,
son of Mary Shearman.
6) 1800 Maryland census, Caroline County; 1800 US census records, Caroline Co.,
MD, Pritchard GOUTEE, p.10, 11010-10010-00.
7) 1810 Maryland census, Caroline County, P. Gouty, 2-1-0-1-0 1-1-1-1-0-0-0
Males under 10 = 2; Males 10 thru 15 = 1; Males 26 thru 44 = 1; Females under 10 = 1;
Females 10 thru 15 = 1; Females 16 thru 25 = 1; Females 26 thru 44 = 1; 1810 Maryland
census, Caroline County, Zachariah Gouty, 1-0-0-1-1 2-0-2-0-0-0-0 Males under 10 = 1;
Males 26 thru 44 = 1; Males 45 and over = 1; Females under 10 = 2; Females 16 thru 25 =
2
8) Elizabeth Gouty, born December 15, 1796, in Caroline County, Maryland,
married Samuel Chezem January 14, 1818, in Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio. She
died May 29, 1859, in Parke County, Indiana.
9) Marriage Records Pickaway County, Ohio, 1810-1862, GOWTY, Pritchard to
DONOVAN, Mary on Jan 30, 1817, by John Scott, J.P.
10) Marriage Records Pickaway County, Ohio, 1810-1862, GOWTY, Henry to
WHITSELL, Rebecca on Oct 22, 1823.
11) Marriage Records Pickaway County, Ohio, 1810-1862", GOWTY, John to
EARHART, Elizabeth on Oct 16, 1822.
12) Marriage Records Pickaway County, Ohio, 1810-1862", GOWTY, John to
EARHART, Elizabeth on Oct 16, 1822.
13) Marriage Records Pickaway County, Ohio, 1810-1862, LOWLY (?GOWTY?),
Elizabeth to Cheesman, Samuel on Jan 14, 1818.
14) 1820 US Federal Census, Ohio, Pickaway County, Pickaway Township,
Prechet Goutty.
15) 1840 US Federal Census, Indiana, Vermillion County, Highland Township,
John Gouty, Thomas Gouty, Henry Gouty, Zacariah Gouty, John Ricketts, and Samuel
Cheeseman.

REFERENCES
1. Indiana State Archives, Indianapolis, Indiana, GENEAL. PAM. 977.201 Vuncat. No. 9,
Old Baptist Cemetery, Vermillion County, Indiana, Highland Township. Source: Illiana
Genealogist, Vol. 26, No. 4, December 1990, page 111. Located in Vermillion County,
Highland Township, Indiana on County road 1550 N. From Danville, Illinois, take
Interstate 74 east to Highway 63. Turn and go south until you come to the first road that
goes west. Go about 1 and mile down this road, 1550 N. There is a small lane that
turns to the south. Lists the following: Prichard Gouty, died May 12, 1837, aged 71 years
10 months 8 days; Minerva Gouty, daughter of H. & R. died January 31, 1841, 3 years 11
months 6 days; Elizabeth J. Gouty, daughter of J. & E. died April 20, 1856, 12 years 9
months 5 days; Elizabeth Gouty wife of J. died January 29, 1845, 43 years 1 month 10
days; also see Grubb-Griffith and Related Families, Ancestry.com, which gives the birth
of Pritchett Gouty as July 4, 1765, in Maryland.

2. Will of John Gottee, 28 October 1815, Caroline County, Maryland, Liber JR #C, Folio
332-333 "Item. I Give and bequeath unto my son Pritchel Gowty one Shilling and no
more", Maryland Will Book 37:406, Maryland Administration Accounts 65:9;
Maryland Indexes; Marriage record for John Goutee and Elizabeth Pritchett, Maryland
Marriage References by Robert Barnes, MSA S 1527, "Elizabeth, dau. of P. Pritchett of
DO Co., m. by 17 Nov 1769, John Goutee."; Individual record at Family History
Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, submitter Marsha Lloyd Howell, 3141 Cori Court,
Turlock, CA 95382; also individual record submitted by Ernest H. Grubb, 561 S.
Sunnydale Way, Hendersonville, NC 28792.
3. OneWorldTree, Ancestry.com, John Gootee was born in 1738 in Dorchester County,
Maryland.

4. Maryland Indexes. Maryland Marriage References, by Robert Barnes. MSA S 1527,

Elizabeth, dau. of P. PRITCHETT of Dorchester Co., m. by 17 Nov 1769, John GOUTEE
(MD Will Book 37:406; MD Administration Accounts 65:9); Elizabeth Pritchett and John
Gouty: Elizabeth, dau. of P. Pritchett of DO Co., m. by 17 Nov 1769, John Goutee (MWB
37:406; MDAD 65:9).

5. "1818 John Gootee deceased 4 Aug. 1818.", The Note Book of Silas Nicols, from the notes
of Miss Ruth Jones, Family Record, Ancestry.com.

6. Will of Phunback Prichett - Source: Maryland Prerogative Court, Book 37, Liber Wd2,
Sheet 406, Maryland State Archives, MSA Sm16, Roll No. Sr4431; Written: August 26,
1769, Recorded: November 17, 1769. Also see, From Dorchester County to Baltimore,
Maryland, Laura (Pritchett) Leineman's 1963 "Pritchett Family History".

7. Phunback Pritchett, 1763, Addition to the Irish Hope, Dorchester County, 30 acres
BC&GS#24 folio 639, Patent 30 acres BC&GS#23, folio 381; Will of Phunback Pritchett -
26 Aug, 1769 and 17 Nov, 1769. Childeren: Thomas, Zebulon, Jabus, Rachel Willin,
Edward, Arthur, Elizabeth Goutee, John and Keziah. Grandchildren: Thomas Wingate.
Tracts: "The Hope," "The Irish Hope," "Timothy's Prevention" and "Apes Hill." Ex: Son
Jabus. Wit: Robert, John, and Robert, Jr. Scott. 37. 406.

8. Maryland, Caroline County Wills, Page: Libre JRC Folio 188, Text: Will written
August 11, 1810 and probated March 5, 1811, Heirs in will of Alexander Griffith, Sr.:
wife Mary; Sons: Alexander, Abraham and Abel; Daughters: Sophia (wife of Aaron
Lewis), Sarah (wife of Joshua Hobbs), Mary (wife of Pritchett Gouty) and Nancy Todd;
Grandchildren: Henry and Thomas Griffith (sons of Thomas Griffith, deceased), John
and Levi Griffith (sons of Abel Griffith), Alexander and William and Betsy Griffith
(children of Aaron Griffith, deceased); Daughter-in-laws: Dorcas Griffith (widow of son
Thomas Griffith) and Nancy Griffith (widow of son Aaron Griffith), Elihu Shearman,
son of Mary Shearman.

9. OneWorldTree, Ancestry.com, Mary Griffith born about 1765 in Maryland. An

Alexander Griffith was a witness to the will of John Stanton of Caroline County,
Maryland, on January 6, 1818, perhaps the brother of Mary Griffith.

10. Maryland, Caroline County Wills, Page: Libre JRC Folio 188, Text: Will written
August 11, 1810 and probated March 5, 1811, will of Alexander Griffith Sr.

11. Marriage Records 1780-1867 Dorchester County Maryland (Alpha order by

husband F - J) JAN 1798, GOOTEE, Gabriel, GRIFFITH, Nancy; also see Marriage
Records, Caroline County Maryland, 2 June 1798, TODD, William, GRIFFITH, Nancy.

12. Marriage Records, Caroline County Maryland, 4 January 1802, GRIFFITH, Aaron,
COLLISON, Nancy.
13. TO DO - ?? Alexander Griffin. Worlds End, pt, 258 1/2 acres. CA Lower Choptank
District Hundred, p. 48. MSA S 1161-3-6 Location: 1/4/5/46.

14. Maryland, Caroline County Wills, Page: Libre JRC Folio 188, will written August 11,
1810 and probated March 5, 1811, will of Alexander Griffith.

15. 1800 Maryland Census, Caroline County, Alexander Griffith.

16. Will of John Stanton, Caroline County, Maryland, January 6, 1818.

17. 1790 Maryland census, Caroline County.

18. Will of John Gowty, 28 October 1815, Caroline County, Maryland, Liber JR #C, Folio
332-333; Will of John Gottee, 28 October 1815, Caroline County, Maryland, Liber JR #C,
Folio 332-333 " Item. I Give and bequeath unto my son Abel Gowty one Shilling and no
more.", Maryland Will Book 37:406, Maryland Administration Accounts 65:9; U.S.
Census for Maryland, 1790, Caroline Co., MD, census, Able GOUTY, p.37, 01 00 03 00 00
??); Abel (i.e., Able) Gouty is listed as a son of John Gootee in the will of John Gootee.
http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/stagser/s1500/s1527/html/ssi1527.html#li
st.

19. 1800 Maryland census, Caroline County; 1800 US census records, Caroline Co., MD,
Pritchard GOUTEE, p.10, 11010-10010-00.

20. Will of John Gowty, 28 October 1815, Caroline County, Maryland, Liber JR #C, Folio
332-333.

21. 1810 Maryland census, Caroline County, P. Gouty, 2-1-0-1-0 1-1-1-1-0-0-0 Males
under 10 = 2; Males 10 thru 15 = 1; Males 26 thru 44 = 1; Females under 10 = 1; Females
10 thru 15 = 1; Females 16 thru 25 = 1; Females 26 thru 44 = 1; 1810 Maryland census,
Caroline County, Zachariah Gouty, 1-0-0-1-1 2-0-2-0-0-0-0 Males under 10 = 1; Males
26 thru 44 = 1; Males 45 and over = 1; Females under 10 = 2; Females 16 thru 25 = 2.

22. 1800 U.S. census records for Maryland, Caroline Co., Pritchard GOUTEE, p.10,
11010-10010-00.

23. Ibid.

24. Elizabeth Gouty, born December 15, 1796, in Caroline County, Maryland, married
Samuel Chezem January 14, 1818, in Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio. She died May
29, 1859, in Parke County, Indiana.

25. 1810 US Federal Census, Maryland, Caroline County, Thomas Gouty family,
0010010011004. One male age 16 thru 25, one female under 10, one female 26 thru 44,
one female 45 and over.

26. Marriage Records 1780-1867 Dorchester County Maryland (Alpha order by

husband F - J) JAN 1798, GOOTEE, Gabriel, GRIFFITH, Nancy.
27. See Maryland Marriages, 1655-1850, also Marriage Records 1780-1867 Dorchester
County, Maryland. Name: Gabriel Gootee; Gender: Male; Marriage Date: 2 Jan 1798;
Spouse: Nancy Griffith; Spouse Gender: Female; State: Maryland; County: Dorchester.

28. 1810 US Federal Census, Maryland, Caroline County, Thomas Gouty family,
0010010011004. One male age 16 thru 25, one female under 10, one female 26 thru 44,
one female 45 and over.

29. 1810 Maryland census, Caroline County, P. Gouty, 2-1-0-1-0 1-1-1-1-0-0-0 Males
under 10 = 2; Males 10 thru 15 = 1; Males 26 thru 44 = 1; Females under 10 = 1; Females
10 thru 15 = 1; Females 16 thru 25 = 1; Females 26 thru 44 = 1; 1810 Maryland census,
Caroline County, Zachariah Gouty, 1-0-0-1-1 2-0-2-0-0-0-0 Males under 10 = 1; Males
26 thru 44 = 1; Males 45 and over = 1; Females under 10 = 2; Females 16 thru 25 = 2.

30. Pickaway County, Ohio, OHGenWeb website. County seat is Circleville.

31. Marriage Records Pickaway County, Ohio, 1810-1862, GOWTY, Pritchard to

DONOVAN, Mary on Jan 30, 1817, by John Scott, J.P.

32. Marriage Records Pickaway County, Ohio, 1810-1862, GOWTY, Henry to

WHITSELL, Rebecca on Oct 22, 1823.

33. Marriage Records Pickaway County, Ohio, 1810-1862", GOWTY, John to EARHART,
Elizabeth on Oct 16, 1822.

34. Marriage Records Pickaway County, Ohio, 1810-1862, LOWLY, Elizabeth to

Cheesman, Samuel on Jan 14, 1818.

35. Mary Donovan was born after 1775 in Delaware(?)

36. 1820 US Federal Census, Ohio, Pickaway County, Pickaway Township, Prechet
Goutty.

37. Gessie, Indiana, The First One Hundred Years 1872 - 1972, Gouty. Gessie Centennial
1872-1972 Family Histories Booklet. Cossey Family History within prepared by Mabel
LaTourette, Gessie, Indiana.

38. Marriage Records Pickaway County, Ohio, 1810-1862, LOWLY, Elizabeth to

Cheesman, Samuel on Jan 14, 1818.

39. Elizabeth Gouty Chezem died May 29, 1859, in Parke County, Indiana.??

40. in 1810 Maryland census? Mary Griffith must have died between 1810 and
remarriage date of Pritchett January 30, 1817.?

41. 1830 US Federal Census, Ohio, Pickaway County, Williamsport Township, James
Gouty.

42. Marriage Records, Pickaway County, Ohio, 1810-1862, GOUTY, James to COOK,
Ketterah on July 20, 1830, by Rev. William Baker.

43. she died May 29, 1859 in Parke County, Indiana ??

44. Marriage Records Pickaway County, Ohio, 1810-1862, LOWLY, Elizabeth to

Cheesman, Samuel on Jan 14, 1818.

45. James Chezem married Mary Mitchell on November 20, 1819, in Pickaway,
Circleville, Ohio. Family History Library, submitter Janet Jones.

46. James Chezem died June 23, 1848, and was buried in West Union Cemetery, Parke
County, Indiana. Family History Library, submitter Janet Jones.

47.

48. In 1824 all Parke County, Indiana, land west of the Wabash River was ceded to
Vermillion County, Indiana.

49. John Chezem, the father of Samuel Chezem, was born in 1760 in Barltimore, Ann
Arundel, Maryland, and died October 2, 1850, in Highland Township, Vermillion
County, Indiana.??

50. 1850 US Federal Census, Indiana, Vermillion County, Highland Township, John
Chisem.

51. 1850 US Federal Census ??

52. Elizabeth (Gouty) Chezem died May 29, 1859, in Parke County, Indiana. ??

53. First Land Owners of Highland Township Map. Indiana State Library?

54. Ibid.

55. Ibid.

56. www.papemortuary.com, Pape Mortuary, 10 E. Williams St., Danville, Illinois 61832

57. Ibid.

58. Marriage Records Pickaway County, Ohio, 1810-1862, GOWTY, John to EARHART,
Elizabeth on Oct 16, 1822.

59. John Gouty married (formerly Mrs.) Margaret Moore, March 8, 1849, in Vermillion
County, Indiana. County Court Records at Newport, Indiana. Margaret Talbert, March
8, 1849.

60. John Gouty married (formerly Mrs.) Margaret Moore, March 8, 1849, in Vermillion
County, Indiana. County Court Records at Newport, Indiana. Margaret Talbert March
8, 1849. To Do
61. John Gouty, 12 Sept 1826, Section 30, Township 19-N, Range 9-W, Meridian 2nd PM,
State Indiana, Counties Vermillion.

62. She died Sept 10, 1864. to do

63A. Marriage records, Vermillion County, Indiana, Rachel Gouty and William Talbert,
29 November 1846.

63. She died February 22, 1891 in Perrysville, In. to do

64. She married Talbert to do

65. She died Nov 23, 1911 in Rossville, Il. to do

66. He died Feb 23 1928 in Covington to do

66A. Illiana Genealogist, Volume 26, Number 4, December 1990, page 111, Old Baptist
Cemetery, Gouty, Elizabeth J., daughter of J. & E. Apr 20, 1856, 12y 9m 5d.

67. Delilah J. Clawson Gouty died to do

68. Ella Gouty married an N. S. Crane to do

69. 1830 US Federal Census, Indiana, Vermillion County, Highland Township, John
Gouty.

70. 1840 US Federal Census, Indiana, Vermillion County, Highland Township, John
Gouty, Thomas Gouty, Henry Gouty, Zacariah Gouty, John Ricketts, and Samuel
Cheeseman.

71. Ibid.

72. 1850 US Federal Census, Illinois, Vermilion County, District 21, John Gouty family.

73. Marriage Records Pickaway County, Ohio, 1810-1862, GOWTY, Henry to

WHITSELL, Rebecca on Oct 22, 1823.

74. History of Vermillion County, Indiana, Biographical Sketches, David Gouty, discusses
Henry Gouty family.

75. to do

76. to do

77. 1850 US Federal Census, Indiana, Vermillion County, Highland Township, Henry
Gouty.
78. International Genealogical Index, North America, Family History Library, Salt Lake
City, Utah.

79. to do

80. OneWorldTree, Ancestry.com.

81. 1870 US Federal Census, Indiana, Vermillion County, Highland Township, Rebecca
Gouty.

82. First Land Owners of Highland Township Map. Indiana State Library - to do; also
see Vermillion County, Indiana, Land and Marriage Records, compiled by Lowell M. Volkel.

83. Thomas Gouty - Nancy Kerr marriage record - to do

84. Estate Papers of Samuel Kerr, October 8, 1823, Franklin County, Ohio.
Administrators of the estate of Samuel Kerr were Reuben Golliday, Lawrence Foster,
and William Beatty.

85. Nancy Gwynne - per other book on Kerr of Ohio

86. Estate Papers of Samuel Kerr, October 8, 1823, Franklin County, Ohio.
Administrators of the estate of Samuel Kerr were Reuben Golliday, Lawrence Foster,
and William Beatty.

87. Orson K. Kerr, private, Union, Veteran Reserve Corps, 2nd Battalion, Company 59.
Film Number M636, roll 22.

88. Indiana marriages to 1850: Carr, Orson, Clawson, Cynthia, 05 Dec 1828, Indiana,
Fountain County.
89. to do - Clarissa Gouty

90. Tombstone of Elias B. Gouty at the Hicks Cemetery, Perrysville, Vermillion County,
Indiana. Photograph by Curtis L. Older taken July 1, 2000.

91. Index to Marriage Records, Vermillion County, Indiana, 1850-1904, Vol. 1, A-Z, Newport,
Indiana, County Clerks Office, date of license: 8-30-1853, date of marriage: 9-1-1853,
Book 3, page 315, page 90, Elias Gouty and Elizabeth Shute.

92. Family Tree Maker, Family Archive #400, Marriage Index: Selected Counties of
Ohio, 1789-1850, Richard Shute married March 31, 1814 in Scioto County, Ohio, spouse:
Hannah McCartney.

93. Tombstone of Elias B. Gouty at the Hicks Cemetery, Perrysville, Vermillion County,
Indiana. Photograph by Curtis L. Older taken July 1, 2000.
94. 1850 Federal Census for Indiana, Vermillion County, Highland Township, page 63,
enumerated October 25, 1850, by Thomas C. W. Lake, Dwelling 234, Family 234,
Thomas Gouty household.

95. Illinois Marriages, 1851-1900, William Hoobler, Mary Gouty, Oct 12, 1853, Vermilion.
This record can be found at the County Court Records, Film #1298746 - 1298749.

96. OneWorldTree, Ancestry.com ?? to do

97. OneWorldTree, Ancestry.com ?? to do

98. Indiana State Library, Genealogy Database, Marriages through 1850, spouse number
1 - Gouty, Thomas, spouse number 2 - Stutler, Elizabeth, county - Vermillion, date -
May 31, 1840.

99. Gessie, Indiana, The First One Hundred Years 1872 - 1972, William Stutler. Gessie
Centennial 1872-1972 Family Histories Booklet, prepared by Mabel LaTourette, Gessie,
Indiana.

100. History of Vermillion County, Indiana, Biographical Sketches, James C. Stutler,

discusses William Stutler family.

101. Rebecca Gouty versus Elias Gouty et al, Book 20, page 261, Vermillion County
Court In Partition.

102. Rebecca Gouty versus Elias Gouty et al, Book 20, page 261, Vermillion County
Court In Partition.

103. Illinois Marriages to 1850 Record, Spouse 1: Goudy, Thomas, Spouse 2: Villars,
Catharine, Marriage Date: 28 Jun 1849, Marriage Location: Illinois, Vermilion County;
Indiana Marriages to 1850 Record, Spouse 1: Hoobler, Catherine, Spouse 2: Villars,
William, Marriage Date: 13 Nov 1845, Marriage Location: Indiana, Vermillion County.

104. Ibid.

105. Ibid; The Peoples' Guide, a business political and religious directory of Vermillion
County, Indiana, by Cline and McHaffie, Indianapolis, Indianapolis Printing and
Publishing House 1874: John Hoobler, minister U. B. Church, born in Pennsylvania,
1801, settled in Vermillion County, 1832.

106. 1st Landowners of Highland Township, map in Indiana State Library.

107. to do

108. OneWorldTree, Ancestry.com.

109. Ibid.

110. Ibid.
111. Ibid.

112. Ibid.
113. Ibid.

114. Ibid.

115. Tombstone of Thomas Gouty and Catherine (Hoobler) (Villers) Gouty, Hicks
Cemetery, Perrysville, Vermillion County, Indiana; Name: Katherine Gouty; Date: 5 Jan
1915; LOCATION: Vermillion County; Age: 89 yr; Gender: Female; Race: White;
Source Location: County Health Office, Dana; Source Notes: The source of this record is
the book H-5 on page 73 within the series produced by the Indiana Works Progress
Administration; also Hicks Cemetery listing, Section #3, Row 28 continued, Catherine
Gouty, Nov 6, 1825 - Jan 5, 1915, Thomas Gouty - died June 10, 1863, 61 y, Lidia A. Dau.
of Thos. & C. Gouty Died May 19, 1863, Aged 10 M & 11 D, Sarah H., Dau. of Thomas &
C. Gouty, Died Jan. 23, 1861, Aged 6 Y 3 M 11 D, Charles F., son of T. & C. Gouty, Died
Sep. 18, 1859, Aged 9 M & 17 D.

116. OneWorldTree, Ancestry.com.

117. Gessie Century book??? to do

118. OneWorldTree, Ancestry.com.

119. 1840 US Federal Census, Indiana, Vermillion County, Highland Township,

120. 1850 US Federal Census, Indiana, Vermillion County, Highland Township,

Zachariah Gouty, p. 63, age: 35 [cal 1815] Ohio.

121. 1840 US Federal Census, Indiana, Vermillion County, Highland Township,

Zacariah Goutty[Zachariah Gouty], Roll: 96; Page: 448.

122. Marriage record not located for Delilah Gouty and William Cossey. The second
marriage of William Cossey was to Sarah Drake and that record is at: Indiana Marriage
Collection, 1800-1941, 26 Jul 1840, Vermillion County, County Court Records at
Newport, IN. Also note: Janice Rowley [email protected] I descend through
their daughter Delilah Gouty. (Thomas Gouty was her brother) Then her son Thomas
Cossey. His son William H Cossey. His daughter Ella May Cossey. Her son Frank
Simmons Huber.

122A. Hopewell Cemetery Inscriptions, G, P.F., 977.201, V526, No. 4, Illiana Genealogical
and Historical Society, June 7, 1966: Row 21 cont. COSSEY Peter Cossey 1812 1882;
Sarah A. Cossey 1818 1891; Willie Cossey 1838 1840; Mary A. Cossey 1842 1863;
Eliza L. Cossey 1862 1863; Marintha Cossey 1836 1872; Nehemiah Cossey Jr. 1824 -
1841; Nehemiah Cossey 1770 1847; Anna Cossey 1785 1850; James Cossey 1816
1847.
123. See APPENDIX ONE which follows this Reference section, William Cossey
Biographical Information, Author: Daniel Thomas Harnden (Delilah Gouty), 129 Lady
Bug Lane, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, Actual text: 26 JUL 2004; also US Federal Census,
Ancestry.com Master File Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc 2005, Year 1850, Nov. 14.
Census Place: District 45, Laclede, Missouri Roll: M432 403 Page: 135 Image: 271,
William Cassey (Cossey) born about 1802 in Maryland; US Federal Census,
Ancestry.com Master File Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc 2003, Year 1870, August 23.
Census Place: Union, Laclede, Missouri Roll: M593 786 Page: 109 Image: 221, William
Cossey born about 1800 in Maryland.

124. Ibid.

124A. US Federal Census, Ancestry.com Master File Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc
2005, Year 1850, Nov. 14. Census Place: District 45, Laclede, Missouri Roll: M432 403
Page: 135 Image: 271. , Delilah Cassey (Cossey) born about 1836 in Indiana.

124B. US Federal Census, Ancestry.com Master File Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc
2005, Year 1850, Nov. 14. Census Place: District 45, Laclede, Missouri Roll: M432 403
Page: 135 Image: 271, James Cassey (Cossey) born about 1838 in Indiana.

125. Ibid. (?)

126. Ibid. (?)

127. Ibid; also Individual Record, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah,
submitter not identified.

128. Ibid; also Author: Daniel Thomas Harnden (Delilah Gouty), 129 Lady Bug Lane,
Chapel Hill, NC 27516) Actual text: 26 JUL 2004 [William Cossey, Born: 1798, [city],
[county], Maryland, USA; Died: 10 Apr 1875, [city], Laclede, Missouri, USA]

129. 1850 US Federal Census, Indiana, Vermillion County, Highland Township, Peter
Cossey.

130. 1810 US Federal Census, Maryland, Caroline County, Nehemiah Causey (sic
Cossey).

131. ?

132. Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941, Peter Cossey, Sarah Shute, 9 Oct 1835,
Vermillion, County Court Records at Newport, IN.

133. William Cossey, dated 26 Apr 1826, Section 21, Township 16 North, Range 8 West,
2nd Prime Meridian, Parke County, Indiana, 80 acres, Accession Number:
IN0930__.115, Document 3175.

134. [Polly Gouty and Busack?] [PICKAWAY COUNTY, OHIO MARRIAGES 1810-1814,
Busack, Benjamin to Polly Gouty -26 Feb 1811 (license).](134)
 APPENDIX ONE
William Cossey Biographical Information

Author: Daniel Thomas Harnden (Delilah Gouty)

129 Lady Bug Lane
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Actual text: 26 JUL 2004

William Cossey, Born: 1798, Maryland, USA

Died: 10 Apr 1875, Laclede County, Missouri, USA

From a book by Isaac Sheridan Jones and completed by Carl Jones, 1962: William
was born near the coast of Maryland. His parents were thrifty Yankee stock. When a
young man, he moved west and landed in Vermillion County, Indiana and married the
daughter of a wealthy farmer. William had eight children with her and she died of
consumption after a lingering illness. He then married Miss Sara Drake who had been
employed to care for Mrs. Cossey during her illness. With his second wife he had eleven
more children.
Located at Twilight Church between Phillipsburg and Conway with access from
old Rte.66 is the cemetery where William is buried.
Facts about this person: Burial: Twilight Cemetery, Laclede Co. Missouri
Located at Twilight Church, between Phillipsburg and Conway, with
access from old Rt. 66. There are approximately 97 unmarked graves there. Row 3:
Cossey, William Age 77 yrs. 1798 - 10 Apr 1875.

Cossey Related Census

1830 US Federal Census Parke County, Indiana:
William Cossey household of 8: 1 male 5 - 10 / 2 males 20 - 30 / 2 males 30 - 40
2 females under 5 / 1 female 20 - 30
Listed on same page is his brother Robert and possibly his father Nemire (Nehemiah).

1840 US Federal Census Highland Township, Vermillion County, Indiana:

Wm Causey household of 9: 2 males under 5 / 1 male 15 - 20 / 1 male 30 - 40
1 female under 5 / 1 female 5 - 10 / 2 females 10 - 15 / 1 female 20 - 30
2 persons employed in agriculture. 1 person cannot read and write.
Also listed on same page is his brother Robt Causey.

APPENDIX TWO
Causey (Cossey) Family
 Nehemiah Causey was born about 1770 in Caroline County, Maryland and died
about 1857 in Vermilion County, Illinois. Nehemiah is mentioned in the will of Thomas
Causey, Sr. (Solomon's father). Land records in Caroline C. Md. mention the transfer of
property and the relationship of those involved in the transactions. These land records
also mention his first wife Susannah by which he had two children. The name "Cossey"
does not appear until after the arrival in Vermillion Co., Indiana. Other family
researchers believe the family is of Scotch descent. His father was Solomon Causey who
was born about 1750 in Grant's Causeway, Ireland. He married Anne Peters on June 25,
1798, in Caroline County, Maryland. Their children were: Katurah COSSEY b: 1800 in
Caroline Co. Maryland; Peter COSSEY b: ABT. 1812 in Maryland; Nehemiah COSSEY b:
ABT. 1824; Ellen COSSEY b: WFT Est. 1797-1825; William CAUSEY b: WFT Est. 1797-
1825; Robert CAUSEY b: WFT Est. 1797-1825; Susan COSSEY b: WFT Est. 1797-1825;
Lavinia COSSEY b: WFT Est. 1797-1825.
Katurah Cossey was born about 1800 in Caroline County, Maryland. She died
September 13, 1867, in Vermilion County, Illinois. Her father was Nehemiah Causey
and her mother was Anne Peters. She married Abraham Strawser Sr. on January 28,
1819, in Ross County, Ohio. He was born July 1, 1796, in Berks County,
Pennsylvania.($# Gessie Indiana Centenial Book, Pgs 15--16 Census records: 1850
Vermillion Co., Indiana Census records 1860 Vermillion Co. Indiana, Headstone
inscription Hopewell Cemetery, Vermillion Co., Indiana and Family Bible Records, NS
DAR Index to Marriages in Ross Co., Ohio)
A son of Abraham Strawser Sr. and Katurah Cossey was David Strawser who
was born November 17, 1845, in Rileysburg, Indiana. He died November 23, 1930, in
Danville, Illinois. He married Sarah Elizabeth Jones, born February 16, 1853, on July 9,
1871, in Danville, Illinois.
Peter Cossey, a son of Nehemiah Causey and his wife Anne Peters, married Sara
Ann Shute in 1835. She was born September 30, 1818, in Vermillion County,
Indiana.(unlikely - probably Pickaway County, Ohio) She died December 21, 1891.
Nehemiah Cause was born about 1770 in Caroline County, Maryland. His wife
was Anne Peters who was born about 1785 in Caroline County, Maryland.
Made 30 March 1754, Recorded 12 April 1754, Folio 61, Thomas Causey Jun. and
Rosannah his wife to Jeremiah Pritchet land called "Hardship" containing 155A in
woods on the uppermost fork of the main branch of Cornelius's Branch that issueth out
of the west side of northwest fork of the Nanticoke River. Witnesses: Wm. Murray, Cha.
Dickenson, Rosannah Causey gives up dower rights

APPENDIX THREE
Cossey Endnotes
1. Isaac Sheridan Jones and Carl Jones, Book, (Book started by I S Jones 1898-1900 and
completed by Carl Jones 1953), Portion of the book sent via email by
[email protected].
2. Gessie Centennial 1872-1972 Family Histories Booklet. Cossey Family History within
prepared by Mabel LaTourette, Gessie, Indiana.

8. Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, Comp, Missouri Marriages, 1851-1900 (database

online) Provo, Utah, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc. 2000 .

10. Isabel (Latimer) Montgomery & Charles Wesley Latimer, Day-Latimer Genealogy
1795-1955. published 1956..
20. Missouri State Archives, Missouri Birth & Death Records Database. Online
database, www.sos.mo. gov/archives/resources/birthdeath ,
www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/birthdeath/births.asp?id=13914 Roll No. C
10316 , Date of Record= 1885. Full Name of Father = Wm H Cossey. Age 38. Copy in
possession of Janice Rowley.
23. Green Hill Cemetery, Muskogee, Oklahoma (database online)
www.muskogeeonline.org/cemetery/ghc , William H Cossey, Block 117-0, Lot 046-0,
Space 003-0.

28. Green Hill Cemetery, Muskogee, Oklahoma (database online)

www.muskogeeonline.org/cemetery/ghc , Susan Cossey (Price), Block 117-0, Lot 046-0,
Space 001-0.

35. Robert M Randles & Family Records, compiled by Michael S Kerstetter & William
M Richardson, [email protected].

53. Shannie Chaffin, [email protected], December 2000.

56. Isaac Sheridan Jones and Carl Jones, Book, (Book started by I S Jones 1898-1900 and
completed by Carl Jones 1953).

APPENDIX FOUR
Terms used in the Township and Range System:
Section Basic unit of the system, a square tract of line one mile by one mile
containing 640 acres. Sections are numbered beginning with the
northeast-most section, proceeding west to 6, then south along the west
edge of the township and to the east.

Township 36 sections arranged in a 6 by 6 array, measuring 6 miles by 6 miles.

Range Assigned to a township by measuring east or west of a Principal

Meridian

Range Lines North to south lines which mark township boundaries

Township East to west lines which mark township boundaries

Lines

Principal Reference or beginning point for measuring east or west ranges.

Meridian

Base line Reference or beginning point for measuring north or south townships.

APPENDIX FIVE

Gouty Related Land Purchases in Western Indiana

US General Land Office Records,
James Chezem: earliest he owned land in Parke County, IN, 5 Oct 1826 -
Section 21, Township 16 North, Range 8 West, 2nd Prime Meridian, Parke County, IN,
80 acres, Accession #: IN0950_.143, Document 4193
Price Chezem: earliest he owned land in Parke County, IN, 15 Apr 1825 -
Section 18, Township 16 North, Range 8 West, 2nd Prime Meridian, Parke County, IN,
80 acres, Accession #: IN0920_.122, Document 2686
Price Chezem, 3 Apr 1829 - Section 18, Township 16 North, Range 8 West, 2nd
Prime Meridian, Parke County, IN, 80 acres, Accession #: IN0990_.190, Document 6185
Samuel Chezem: earliest he owned land in Vermillion County, Indiana, 10
Nov 1824 - Section 20, Township 18 North, Range 9 West, 2nd Prime Meridian,
Vermillion County, IN, 80 acres, Accession #: IN0910__.046, Document 2107.
Samuel Chezem, 12 Sep 1826 - Section 20, Township 19 North, Range 9 West,
2nd Prime Meridian, Vermillion County, IN, 80 acres, Accession #: IN0950__.103,
Document 4153.
Samuel Chezem, 10 Apr 1829 - Section 20, Township 19 North, Range 9 West,
2nd Prime Meridian, Vermillion County, IN, 80 acres, Accession #: IN0990__.267,
Document 6262.
Samuel Chezem, 10 Apr 1829 - Section 20, Township 19 North, Range 9 West,
2nd Prime Meridian, Vermillion County, IN, 80 acres, Accession #: IN0990__.268,
Document 6263.
William Cossey, earliest he owned land in Parke County, Indiana, Section 21,
Township 16 North, Range 8 West, 2nd Prime Meridian, Parke County, IN, 80 acres,
Accession #: IN0930__.115, Document 3175, Land Office - Crawfordsville, Authority:
April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566). Also bought tracts on 20 Feb 1827 and 3 Jan
1828.(YT1)
Henry Gouty, 5 Jan 1831, Section 17, Township 19-N, Range 9-W, Meridian 2nd
PM, State Indiana, Counties Vermillion.
Henry Gouty - earliest he owned in Parke County, IN, 25 May 1825, IN, 80
acres, Section 17, Township 16-N, Range 8-W, Meridian 2nd PM, Parke County, US
General Land Office Records, 1796-1907, Accession #: IN0920__.250, Document 2813.
Henry Gouty - earliest he owned in Vermillion County, IN, 12 Sep 1826, IN, 80
acres, Section 19, Township 19 North, Range 9 West, Meridian 2nd PM, Vermillion
County, 1796-1907, Accession #: IN0950__.078, Document 4128.
Henry Gouty, 5 Jan 1831, Section 17, Township 19-N, Range 9-W, Meridian 2nd
PM, State Indiana, Counties Vermillion
John Gouty - earliest he owned in Vermillion County, Indiana, 12 Sept 1826,
Section 30, Township 19 North, Range 9 West, Meridian 2nd PM, State Indiana,
Counties Vermillion, Accession #: IN0950__.080, Document 4130. John also had Section
21, Township 19 North, Range 9 West, Jan 30, 1828.
Thomas Gouty - earliest he owned in Vermillion County, Indiana, 5 Jan 1831,
Section 5, Township 19 North, Range 9 West, Meridian 2nd PM, State Indiana, Counties
Vermillion, Accession #: IN1060__.079, Document 9351.
Orson Kerr - earliest he owned land in Vermillion County, Indiana, 10 Apr
1829, 80 acres, Section 17, Township 19-N, Range 9-W, Meridian 2nd PM, State of
Indiana, County of Vermillion, Document 6378, Accession #: IN0990_.03,
Crawfordsville land office, authority April 24, 1820.
Orson Kerr, 1 Nov 1830, 80 acres, Section 35, Township 21-N, Range 7-W,
Meridian 2nd PM, State of Indiana, County of Vermillion, Document 8897, Accession #:
IN1050_.125, Crawfordsville land office, authority April 24, 1820.
Orson Kerr, 5 Apr 1837, 40 acres, Section 27, Township 21-N, Range 6-W,
Meridian 2nd PM, State of Indiana, County of Vermillion, Document 6378, Accession #:
IN3170_.158, Crawfordsville land office, authority April 24, 1820.

1777-1784 CHEEZUM, John JR No. A 17

1825-1853 CHEEZUM, Mary P. WAF No. A 210
1688-1777 CHEEZUM, Samuel CC No. A 78
1688-1777 CHEEZUM, William CC No. A 44
1803-1825 CHEZUM, Daniel Senr. JR No. C 441

ABEL GOWTY
Abstract of Last Will and Testament
Made 3 April 1841
Recorded 23 Aug. 1842
Liber WAF-A Folio 299
Abel Gowty of Caroline County, Maryland
Wife: Esther
Son: John W. Gowty
Eliza Clark wife of Levin Clark now residing in Indiana "William T. Gowty "Nancy
Turner wife of Enoch Turner "Daughter: Sally Turner deceased "Daughter: Elizabeth J.
Davis "Daughter: Mariah Patchett deceased "Son: Arnold Gowty

ESTHER GOWTY "Abstract of Last Will and Testament "Made 21 March 1846 "Recorded
29 Sept 11846 "Liber WAF-A Folio 369

Esther Gowty of Caroline County, Maryland

Son: James S. Shannahan "Son: John C. Pritchett "Son: Andrew B. Pritchett "Son: Nathan
Shannahan "Son: William A. Pritchett "Daughter: Elizabeth Chilcutt wife of John
Chilcutt

William H. Gootee brought will for probate.

Pickaway County, Ohio, marriages, 1810 to 1814

Busack, Benjamin to Polly Gouty -26 Feb 1811 (license)
 The will of Edward Prichet of Dorcester County, Maryland
Abstracts of Wills by Carson Gibb
abstracted from PREROGATIVE COURT
(Wills)
MSA S538
Liber 31
1760-1764

Liber 31, folio 301

21 Oct. 1760

PRICHET, EDWARD, Dorcester Co.

To my bro. Lot Prichet, 8 pistoles, & to Edward Prichet, his son, an

English guinea.
To Edward, s. o. Phunback Prichet, 8 pistoles.
To Evans Prichet, s. o. John Prichet decd., a 4-pistole piece.
To Henry Fisher, s. o. Hery Fisher, a 4-pistole piece.
To John Macnemara, Sr., a 4-pistole piece.
To William Prichet, s. o. Zebulon Prichet, 3 English guineas & a
buccaneer gun.
To Jabus Prichet & Thomas Prichet, s. o. Phunback Prichet, 1 pistole
each.
To Mary Prichet, d. o. Phunback Prichet, an English guinea.
To Benja. Todd, s. o. Benjamin Todd, an English guinea.
To Levin Prichet, s. o. Phunback Prichet, my lands on the strates: The
Hope 70a & part of The Addition to Hope.
To Arthur Prichet, s. o. Phunback Prichet, Ringwood (part of my dw.
plntn.), Prichet's Meadows 40a, & part of The Addition to The Hope, & if
Levin or Ar-thur d. without male issue, sd. lands to Thomas Prichet, s. o.
Phunback Prichet.
To Edward Prichet, s. o. Edward Prichet, at age 16, 2 guineas.
The residue to my bro. Phunback Prichet & his 2 sons Levin & Arthur,
equ. div., & if either d., Jabus is to have an equ. share.
Extrs: sd. bro. Phunback Pritchet & hs sons Arthur & Levin.
Witn: Robert Scott, Shadrack Fallen, Levin Fallin.
6 Feb. 1761, sworn to by Shadrack & Levin Fallin.
2nd Prime Meridian in Indiana
Terms used in the Township and Range System:
Section = Basic unit of the system, a square tract of line one mile
by one mile containing 640 acres.

Township = 36 sections arranged in a 6 by 6 array, measuring 6

miles by 6 miles.

Sections are numbered beginning with the northeast-most section,

proceeding west to 6, then south along the west edge of
the township and to the east.

Range = Assigned to a township by measuring east or west of a

Principal Meridian

Range Lines = North to south lines which mark township

boundaries

Township Lines = East to west lines which mark township

boundaries

Principal Meridian = Reference or beginning point for measuring

east or west ranges.

Base line = Reference or beginning point for measuring north or

south townships.
 TOWNSHIP S ECTION GUIDE
640 Acres Square
Here is a handy chart to determine where in a given area a person owned property. Based on
coordinates (e.g., the SE Quarter of the SW Quarter of Range 20, Township 2, Section 1) found
in deed books housed in the Recorder's office at the County Courthouse, a researcher can locate
a given piece of land on a county plat map with relative ease.

Long Measure Square Measure

1 Mile 80 Chains 1 Square Mile One Regular Section
320 Rods 640 Acres
5280 Feet
1 Chain 4 Rods 1 Acre 10 Square Chains
66 Feet 160 Square Rods
100 Links 43,560 Square Feet
1 Rod 5.5 Yards 1 Square Rod 30.25 Square Yards
16.5 Feet 272.25 Square Feet
25 Links
1 Link 0.66 Feet 1 Furlong 220 Yards
7-7/8 Inches
1 Pole 16.5 Feet

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1800 Caroline County, Maryland, census
Pritchard Goutee Family
free white males
under 10 - 1 - (possibly John Gouty)
10 thru 15 - 1 - (unknown)
16 thru 25 - 0
26 thru 44 - 1 - (Pritchett Gouty)
45 and over - 0

free white females

under 10 - 1 - (possibly Elizabeth Airhart? Gouty)
10 thru 15 - 0
16 thru 25 - 0
26 thru 44 - 1 - (Mary Griffith Gouty)
45 and over - 0

all other free persons - 0

slaves - 0
1800 Caroline County, Maryland, census
Zachariah Goutee Family (son of John Gouty)

(this is the Zachariah Gouty who died in 1812 and left orphan children)
free white males
under 10 - 0
10 thru 15 - 1 - unknown
16 thru 25 - 1 - (Zachariah Gouty)
26 thru 44 - 0
45 and over - 0

free white females

under 10 - 0
10 thru 15 - 0
16 thru 25 - 1 - wife of Zachariah Gouty
26 thru 44 - 0
45 and over - 0

all other free persons - 0

slaves - 0
1800 Caroline County, Maryland, census

John Goutee Family Abel Goutee Family

free white males free white males
under 10 - 0 under 10 - 2
10 thru 15 - 1 10 thru 15 - 0
16 thru 25 - 0 16 thru 25 - 1
26 thru 44 - 0 26 thru 44 - 1
45 and over - 1 45 and over - 0

free white females free white females

under 10 - 0 under 10 - 2
10 thru 15 - 0 10 thru 15 - 1
16 thru 25 - 1 16 thru 25 - 1
26 thru 44 - 0 26 thru 44 - 1
45 and over - 0 45 and over - 0

all other free persons - 0 all other free persons - 0

slaves - 0 slaves - 0
1810 Maryland Census records - Gabril Gouty - Not Stated, Caroline, MD
free white males
under 10 - 1
10 thru 15 - 0
16 thru 25 - 0
26 thru 44 - 1 (Gabril Gouty)
45 and over - 0

free white females

under 10 - 0
10 thru 15 - 2
16 thru 25 - 0
26 thru 44 - 1 (wife of Gabril Gouty)
45 and over - 0

all other free persons - 0

slaves - 0

Total - 5
1810 Maryland Census records - P Gouty - Not Stated, Caroline, MD
free white males free white females
under 10 - 2 (Henry and Thomas) under 10 - 1 (Delilah Gouty)
10 thru 15 - 1 (John Gouty born) 10 thru 15 - 1 (Elizabeth Gouty)
16 thru 25 - 0 16 thru 25 - 1 (unknown Gouty)
26 thru 44 - 1 (Pritchard Gouty) 26 thru 44 - 1 (wife of Pritchett)
45 and over - 0 45 and over - 0

all other free persons -0

slaves -0

Total -8
1810 Maryland Census records - Thomas Gouty - Not Stated, Caroline, MD
free white males free white females
under 10 - 0 under 10 - 1
10 thru 15 - 0 10 thru 15 - 0
16 thru 25 - 1 16 thru 25 - 0
26 thru 44 - 0 26 thru 44 - 1
45 and over - 0 45 and over - 1

all other free persons - 0

slaves - 0

Total - 4
1810 Maryland Census records - James Gouty - Not Stated, Dorchester, MD
free white males
under 10 - 2
10 thru 15 - 1
16 thru 25 - 0
26 thru 44 - 1
45 and over - 0

free white females

under 10 - 0
10 thru 15 - 0
16 thru 25 - 1
26 thru 44 - 0
45 and over - 0

all other free persons - 0

slaves - 0

Total - 4
1810 Maryland Census - Zachariah Gowdy - Not Stated, Caroline, MD
free white males free white females
under 10 - 1 (John Stevens Gouty) under 10 - 2 (Mary & Lucretia)
10 thru 15 - 0 10 thru 15 - 0
16 thru 25 - 0 16 thru 25 - 2 (wife & ?)
26 thru 44 - 1 (Zachariah Gouty) 26 thru 44 - 0
45 and over - 1 (John Gouty) 45 and over - 0

all other
free persons - 0
slaves - 0

Total - 7
1820 U. S. Census for Ohio, Pickaway County, Pickaway Township - Prechet Goutty
1820 U. S. Census for Ohio, Pickaway County, Pickaway Township - Prechet Goutty

Pritchett Gouty Family (listed as Prechet Goutty in Ancestry.com census)

Free White Males
under 10 years - 1 (Zachariah Gouty)
10 and under 16 - 1 (John Gouty)
between 16 and 18 - 0
16 and under 26 - 2 (Thomas Gouty - born 1802-1807) and (Henry Gouty - born about 1802)
26 and under 45 - 0
45 and upwards - 1 (Pritchett Gouty - born in 1765)

Free White Females

under 10 years - 2 - (perhaps a Mary Gouty and a
10 and under 16 - 0
16 and under 26 - 0
26 and under 45 - 1 - (Mary Donovan Gouty)
45 and upwards - 0

agriculture - 4
1820 Pickaway Township, Pickaway County, Ohio Census - top half
 1820 Pickaway Township, Pickaway County, Ohio Census - top half

1. Solomon Pritchet - (Perhaps related to the Pritchett family)

2. Prichet Goutty - (father of Elizabeth, John, Henry, Thomas, Zachariah and Delilah Gouty)

3. David Craig - (father of Minerva Craig who married Zachariah Gouty)

1820 Pickaway Township, Pickaway County, Ohio Census - bottom half
 1820 Pickaway Township, Pickaway County, Ohio Census - bottom half

1. Nehemiah Cossy - (father of William Cossey who married Delilah Gouty)

2. John Chesmon - (father of Samuel Chezem who married Elizabeth Gouty)

3. Jacob Whitsail - (father of Rebecca Whitsell who married Henry Gouty)

 1830 Ohio Census, Pickaway County, Pickaway Township
Mary Gouty Household
males of thirty and under forty - 1

females of thirty and under forty - 1

1830 Ohio Census, Pickaway County, Township of Williamsport
James Gouty Household
males of twenty and under thirty - 1

females of ten and under 15 - 1

1830 Indiana Census, Vermillion County, Township Not Stated
John Gouty Family
males of twenty and under thirty - 2 (John Gouty and probably Thomas Gouty)

females under five years of age - 2 (Rachel Gouty born May 28, 1826 and unknown Gouty)
females of five and under 10 - 1 (Mary Ann Gouty born December 25, 1823)
females of twenty and under thirty - 1 (unknown first wife of John Gouty - probably married in Ohio)
1830 Indiana Census, Vermillion County

Henry Gouty Household

males under five years of age - 1

males twenty and under thirty - 1

females under five years of age - 1

females ten and under fifteen - 1
females twenty and under thirty - 1
1830 Indiana Census, Vermillion County
Samuel Cheeseman
males under five years of age - 2
males of twenty and under thirty - 1

females under five years of age - 1

females of five and under ten - 2
females of ten and under fifteen - 1
females of twenty and under thirty - 1
1830 U. S. Census for Indiana, Parke County, Township Not Stated

William Cossey Family

Free White Males
under 5 years - 0
5 to 10 - 1
10 to 15 - 0
15 to 20 - 0
20 to 30 - 2
30 to 40 - 2

Free White Females

under 5 years - 2
5 to 10 - 0
10 to 15 - 0
15 to 20 - 0
20 to 30 - 1
1840 Indiana Census, Vermillion County, Highland Township
John Gouty Family
males age 5 and under 10 - 1 (John Gouty Jr., age 9)
males age 40 and under 50 - 1 (John Gouty age 49)
males age 50 and under 60 - 1 (Unknown Gouty)

females under 5 - 2 (Rebecca Gouty age 4 and Nancy Gouty age 2)

females 5 and under 10 - 3 (unknown daughters - must have died before 1850)
females 30 and under 40 - 1 (first wife of John Gouty - name unknown)
1840 U. S. Census for Indiana, Vermillion County, Highland Township, Roll 96, Page 448

Thos Goutty household

males under five years of age 1

males 5 years old and under 10 1
males 30 years old and undero 40 1

females under five years of age 2

females 10 years old and under 15 1
females 20 years old and under 30 1

Total in Household 7
1840 U. S. Census for Indiana, Vermillion County, Highland Township, Roll 96, Page 448

Henry Goutty household

males under five years of age 2
males 5 years old and under 10 3
males 10 years old and under 15 1
males 30 years old and under 40 1

females under five years of age 2

females 10 years old and under 15 1
females 15 years old and under 20 1
females 30 years old and under40 1
Total in Household 12

Zachariah Goutty household

males under five years of age 1
males 20 years old and under 30 1

females 20 years old and under 30 1

females 70 years old and under 80 1
Total in Household 4

John Goutty household

males 5 years old and under 10 1
males 40 years old and under 50 1
males 50 years old and under 60 1

females under five years of age 2

females 5 years old and under 10 3
females 30 years old and under 40 1
Total in Household 9
1840 Indiana Census, Parke County
Samuel Cheezman
males five and under ten - 1
males ten and under fifteen - 1
males fifteen and under twenty - 1
males forty and under fifty - 1

females under five - 2

females five and under ten - 2
females fifteen and under twenty - 2
females twenty and under thirty - 1
females forty and under fifty - 1
1840 Indiana Census, Vermillion County, Highland Township
William Causey (Cossey) Household
males under five years of age - 2
males fifteen and under twenty - 1
males thirty and under forty - 1

females under five - 1

females five and under ten - 1
females ten and under fifteen - 2
females twenty and under thirty - 1
1850 U. S. Census for Indiana, Vermillion County, Highland Township, Page 63, Roll M432_177,
enumerated October 26, 1850, by Thomas C. W. Sale

Dwelling Number 234, Family Number 236

Illinois Census, Vermilion County, District Number 21, enumerated Dec. 28, 1850
John Gouty Family
1850 Illinois Census, Vermilion County, District Number 21
John Gouty Family

John Gouty, age 50, male, farmer, real estate value $2500, born in Maryland, cannot read or write
Margaret Gouty, age 36, female, born in Pennsylvania

John Gouty, age 19, male, born in Indiana, attended school within the year
Rebecca Gouty, age 14, female, born in Indiana, attended school within the year
Nancy Gouty, age 12, female, born in Indiana, attended school within the year

William Gouty, age 10, male, born in Indiana, attended school within the year
Jane Gouty, age 7, female, born in Indiana, attended school within the year
Ellen Gouty, age 8 months, female, born in Indiana, attended school within the year

Others residing in the John Gouty Household:

John Moore, age 14, male, born in Michigan, attended school within the year
Webster Moore, age 12, male, born in Indiana, attended school within the year
Anan Moore, age 10, female, born in Indiana, attended school within the year
Amanda Moore, age 7, female, born in Indiana, attended school within the year
 1850 Indiana Census, Vermillion County, Highland Township
Henry Gouty Family
Henry Gouty, age 48, male, farmer, value of real estate $7,800, born in Maryland, cannot read or write
Rebecca Gouty, age 50, female, born in Ohio, cannot read or write
David Gouty, age 21, male, farmer, born in Indiana, attended school within the year
Henry Gouty, age 19, male, farmer, born in Indiana, attended school within the year
Thomas Gouty, age 17, male, farmer, born in Indiana, attended school within the year
Jeremiah Gouty, age 15, male, farmer, born in Indiana, attended school within the year
Zachariah Gouty, age 13, male, born in Indiana, attended school within the year
Elizabeth Gouty, age 10, female, born in Indiana, attended school within the year
Sarah Gouty, age 17, female, born in Indiana, attended school within the year
1850 Indiana Census, Vermillion County, Highland Township
Zachariah Gouty Family
Zachariah Gouty, age 35, male, farmer, real estate $2,300, born in Ohio, cannot read or write
Minerva Gouty, age 33, female, born in Ohio
John W. Gouty, age 11, male, born in Indiana, attended school within year
Fenba Jane Gouty, age 9, female, born in Indiana, attended school within year
Sarah B. Gouty, age 7, female, born in Indiana, attended school within year
Polly A. Gouty, age 5, female, born in Indiana, attended school within year
Elias N. Gouty, age 10 months, male, born in Indiana
1850 Indiana Census, Parke County, District #85
Samuel Cheezem Household
Samuel Cheezem, age 54, male, farmer, real estate $3,000, born in North Carolina, cannot read or write
Elizabeth Cheezem, age 53, female, born in Maryland, cannot read or write
Lydia Cheezem, age 26, born in Indiana, cannot read or write
Jane Cheezem, age 19, born in Indiana, attended school during year
Samuel Cheezem, age 17, male, farmer, born in Indiana
Dilhenna Cheezem, age 14, female, born in Indiana, attended school during year
Delila Cheezem, age 13, female, born in Indiana, attended school during year
Milo Cheezem, age 9, male, born in Indiana, attended school during year
1850 Indiana Census, Vermillion County, Highland Township

John Chisem Household

John Chisem, age 90, male, farmer, born in Maryland, cannot read or write
Comfort Chisem, age 55, female, born in Maryland, cannot read or write
Jean Chisem, age 14, female, born in Indiana
Margaret E. Chisem, age 8, female, born in Indiana
1850 Indiana Census, Vermillion County, Highland Township
Price Chesem Household
Price Chesem, age 52, male, farmer, real estate $5,000, born in North Carolina, cannot read or write
George Chesem, age 19, male, born in Indiana, attended school during the year
Mary Chesem, age 12, male, born in Indiana, attended school during the year
1850 Missouri, Laclede County, District 45 - William Cossey Household
William Cossey, age 48, male, farmer, real estate $1,500, born in Maryland, cannot read or write
Sarah Cossey, age 30, female, born in Ohio, cannot read or write
Kitty C. Cossey, age 18, female, born in Indiana
Delilah Cossey, age 16, female, born in Indiana
James Cossey, age 12, male, born in Indiana, attended school within year
Elmira Cossey, age 9, female, born in Indiana, attended school within year
Robert Cossey, age 7, male, born in Indiana, attended school within year
Lydia J. Cossey, age 5, female, born in Missouri
Susan Cossey, age 3, female, born in Missouri
Peter Cossey, age 1, male, born in Missouri
1860 Indiana Census, Vermillion County, Highland Township
Rebecca Gouty Household
Rebecca Gouty, age 59, female, farmer, value of personal property $400, born in Ohio
Jeremiah Gouty, age 26, male, farmer, value of personal property $400, born in Indiana
Zachariah Gouty, age 23, male, farmer, value of personal property $500, born in Indiana
John Gouty Supplemental Application to S.A.R.
Documents Enclosed - Numbered on Back of Each Record per following listing
(Gouty name may appear as Gootee, Goutee, Gowty, Gouty, Goutty, etc.)

8th Generation - per application form

1. Caroline County, Maryland - 1783 Supply Tax

2. Maryland Revolutionary Tax Records, Caroline County, John Gootee (MD Archives)

7th Generation - per application form

3. Will of John Gowty, Maryland Archives, will index, Liber J. R. No. C, page 332, Made
Oct. 28, 1815, Recorded Aug. 21, 1818. "I give and bequeath unto my son Pritchel (Pritchet)
Gouty one shilling and no more."

4. Marriage Record for John Gouty and Elizabeth Pritchett. Maryland Indexes, Maryland
Marriage References by Robert Barnes, MSA S 1527, Pritchett. (This document was
requested from the Maryland Archives but they indicated, "It is unlikely that this
document will do more than refer to Elizabeth Pritchett, but if you would like a copy, the
cost will be $35.00." Instead, they sent me the following document, the will of the father
of Elizabeth Pritchett who indicates, "I give unto my daughter Elizabeth Goutee".)

5. Will of Phunback Pritchett, father of Elizabeth Pritchett Gouty. "Item. I give unto my
daughter Elizabeth Goutee etc."

6th Generation - per application form Sources for Genealogical Proof Argument

Problem: Is Thomas Gouty the son of Pritchett Gouty of Caroline Co.,

Maryland?

6. Pritchett Gouty tombstone listing for Old Baptist Cemetery, Illiana Genealogist, Vol.
26, No. 4, December 1990, p. 111

7. Picture of Pritchard Gouty tombstone, about 1/2 mile from land owned by Thomas
Gouty in Highland Township, Vermillion County, Indiana. Photo by Curtis L. Older.

8. m/r Pritchard Gouty and Mary Donovan - Pickaway County, Ohio, January 31, 1817.

9. m/r Samuel Cheeseman (Chezum) and Elizabeth Gouty, Pickaway County, Ohio,
January 15, 1818.

10. 1850 census, Parke Co, IN, Samuel Cheezum hh. Elizabeth is wife, age 53, born in
Maryland. Daughter named Delila.

11. tombstone of Elizabeth Chezem, wife of Samuel Chezem.

12. map - First Land Owners of Highland Township, Vermillion Co., Indiana - Range 9
West, Township 19 N, Sections 5 and 17, Henry Gouty and Thomas Gouty. Section 20
Samuel Chezem.

13. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records, Vermillion Co, IN, Range
9 W, Township 19 N, Section 20, Samuel Chezem

14. m/r William Cossey and Delilah Gouty, Pickaway County, Ohio, May 1, 1823.

15. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records, Parke Co, IN, Range 8 W,
Township 16 N, Section 21, William Cossey

16. m/r William Cossey and Sarah Drake, Vermillion County, Indiana, July 26, 1840.

17. obit of John Gouty (www.papemortuary.com) Born March 1, 1800 in Maryland, died
January 24, 1879, in Rossville, Vermilion County, Illinois.

18. m/r John Gowty and Elizabeth Earhart, Pickaway County, Ohio, October 17, 1822.

19. m/r John Gouty and (Mrs) Margaret Moore, Vermillion County, Indiana, March 8,
1849.

20. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records, Vermillion Co., IN, Range
9 W, Township 19 N, Sections 21 and 30, John Gouty of Parke County, IN.

21. Map of First Land Owners of Highland Township, Vermillion Co., Indiana - John,
Henry, & Thomas Gouty

22. 1850 census, Highland Township, Vermillion Co., IN, Henry Gouty hh, Henry born
in Maryland, wife Rebecca born in Ohio, have son named Zachariah, have child living
with them named Eliza Jane Cossey, have son named Thomas, have son named Henry,
have daughter named Elizabeth

23. m/r Henry Gowty and Rebecca Whitsell, Pickaway County, Ohio, October 23, 1823.

24. tombstone of Henry Gouty, Howard Chapel Cemetery.

25. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records, Parke Co., IN, Range 8
W, Township 16 N, Section 17, Henry Gouty.

26. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records, Vermillion Co., IN, Range
9 W, Township 19 N, Section 17, Henry Gouty, November 1, 1830.

27. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records, Vermillion Co., IN, Range
9 W, Township 19 N, Section 17, Henry Gouty, January 5, 1831.

28. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records, Vermillion Co., IN, Range
9 W, Township 19 N, Section 17, Thomas Gouty, January 5, 1831.
29. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records, Vermillion Co., IN, Range
9 W, Township 19 N, Section 17, Thomas Gouty, July 10, 1832.

30. 1850 census, Highland Township, Vermillion Co., IN, Thomas Gouty hh. Thomas
Gouty born in Maryland, age 44.

31. 1860 census, Highland Township, Vermillion Co., IN, Thomas Gowty hh. Thomas
Gouty, age 53.

32. m/r Thomas Gouty and Nancy Carr, Vermillion County, Indiana, October 14, 1830.

33. tombstone of Thomas Gouty, Hicks Cemetery, Perrysville, Indiana.

34. tombstone of Zachariah Gouty, "Born in Ohio", "Aug 13, 1812", "Died Sept 21, 1891".
Ash Grove, Greene County, Missouri.

35. m/r Zachariah Gouty and Minorney Craig, Vermillion County, Indiana, 1837.

36. m/r Benjamin Busack and Polly Gouty, Pickaway County, Ohio, Volume 1. Record
listed in Index but record not found. Index has a small "x" next to it.

37. 1800 Caroline Co., Maryland, census, Prichard Gouty hh (Also John Goutee)

38. 1810 Caroline Counry, MD, census, Pritchett Gouty hh

39. 1820 Pickaway Co., OH, census, Pritchett Gouty hh

40. 1830 Indiana census, Vermillion Co., Highland Township, John Gouty hh

41. 1840 census, Vermillion Co., IN, John Goutty hh, Henry Goutty hh, Thomas Goutty
hh, Zachariah Goutty hh. All four brothers listed together on same page of census record.

42. "The Gouty Family", Gessie, Indiana, The First One Hundred Years 1872 - 1972.


Will of John Gowty
28 October 1815
Caroline County, Maryland
Liber JR #C, Folio 332-333

In the Name of God Amen. I John Gowty of Caroline County in the State of Maryland
being in Reasonable health of body and of perfect sound disposing mind memory and
understanding Considering the Certainty of death and the uncertainty of time thereof
and being desirous to settle my worldly affairs and thereby be the better prepared to
leave this world when it shall please God to call me hence I do therefore make ordain
and publish this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following that is to
say:
First and principally I commit my soul unto the hands of Almighty God and my body to
the Earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executor herein after named
and after my Just debts and funeral expenses are paid I give devise and bequeath as
follows:
Item. I Give and bequeath unto my daughter Rhoda Cammon widow of Joshua
Cammon on Shilling and
no more.
Item. I Give and bequeath unto my son Abel Gowty one Shilling and no more.
Item. I Give and bequeath unto my daughter Britanna Willis one Shilling and no
more.
Item. I Give and bequeath unto my son Pritchel [Pritchard] Gowty one Shilling and
no more.
Item. I Give and bequeath unto my daughter Centhea [Cynthia] Nichols Widdow of
John Nichols one Shilling and no more.
Item. I Give and bequeath unto my daughter Vility [Violetta] Stevens one Shilling
and no more.
Item. I Give and bequeath unto my grandson James Gowty all and singular the land
and premises where on I now live as that I am entitled to and if the said James
Gowty should die without a lawfull heir then my will and desire is that it may be
equally divided between my three grandchildren Mary, Lucretia, and John
Stevens Gowty to be equally divided to them and their heirs forever.
Item. I Give and bequeath unto my three grandchildren Mary Gowty and Lucretia
Gowty and John Stevens
Gowty ten pounds a piece for James Gowty to pay them when he comes to be
twenty years of age out legacys out of my land.
Item. I Give and bequeath unto my unto my four grandchilren James Gowty Mary
Gowty Lucretia Gowty and John Stevens Gowty all my personal property to be
equally divided between them four and to remain in my executors hands till they come
to lawful ages to receive it all clear of interest till paid.
And lastly it is my will and desire that there be no administration on my estate and I do
appoint William Stevens whole and sole executor of this my last will and testament
and the William Stevens hold all my land and all my estate till the within named
mentioned come to lawful age to receive it and then will and truly to execute do and
perform all things herein written and to pay to each person herein named the sum or
things mentioned if I leave enough to pay my debts and to pay them of without any
administration or appointment according to the best intent and meaning of the same
hereby revoking and annuling all former wills by me heretofore made ratifying and
confirming this and none other to be my last Will and testament.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this twenty
eighth day of October in the year of our lord Eighteen hundred and fifteen.
Signed: John * Gowty

Signed sealed published and delivered by John Gowty the within Testator as and for
his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at his request in the presence of
each other have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto:

Azel Stevens,

William Collins,

John Collison

Caroline County to wit: } Then came William Stevens the executor named and
appointed in the 21st day of Aug. 1818 } aforegoing will and made oath on the Holy
Evangels of Almighty God that the foregoing instrument of writing is the true and whole
will and testament of John Gowty late of Caroline County deceased that hath come to
his hand or possession and he doth not know of any other of a later date.
Certified by John Young, Reg.