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From: Tim Beckman <>
Subject: Re: [INSPENCE] Lahue, Peter Burial Information
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:00:04 -0400
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Sorry for the last post typo, I meant to type "Kathie"

Julie,

I do not know which Peter he is searching for. Go ahead and send me
both e-mail addresses and I will send them along.

Thanks for all of your help,

Tim B.


Julie wrote:
> Tim - there were at least 2 different Peters in that area, at that time.
>
> there is the Peter whom Kathie is talking about - he was Francis' son,
> born about 1775 probably in Frederick or Shenandoah County, VA,
>
> there was a Peter who was born in Frederick County, VA in the 1740s or
> so, whom the book doesn't know where he went.
>
> if it's Peter who is the son of Francis, I know 2 people who are
> researching his line.
> just let me know and I'll send you their emails.
>
> Julie
> researching Spencer LeHew's descendents
>
> --- On *Mon, 4/6/09, Tim Beckman /<>/* wrote:
>
> From: Tim Beckman <>
> Subject: Re: [INSPENCE] Lahue, Peter Burial Information
> To: "M. Kathleen Felsted" <>
> Cc:
> Date: Monday, April 6, 2009, 2:08 PM
>
> Kathy,
>
> Thank You Very Much!!!
>
> The Lahues are not in my family line, but I was inquiring for a friend.
> I will have him contact you off list.
>
> Thanks Again,
>
> Tim Beckman
>
>
> M. Kathleen Felsted wrote:
> > Here is everything I have on Peter Lehew/Lahue (and hopefully, from
> > whom it came...). Peter's second wife, Elizabeth, lived with my
> > direct line ancestor, Joseph Brown after? his wife (Susannah Carter)
> > divorced him in 1838.
> >
> > I estimated his date of death as 1837 b/c of the probate records - but
> > could have been earlier...
> >
> > !*BIRTH*: from IGI Records - which give a place and approx. date of birth.
> > *
> >
> > MARRIAGE:
> >
> > * Lahue, Peter - Mitchel, Elizabeth, John Shrode JP, 9-10-1818
> > (Marriage Records of Spencer County, Indiana, page 1)
> >
> > OTHER MARRIAGES: (in an email by Julie <
> > <mailto:>> to IN_Spence
> >
> > Boone/Kenton/Campbell Co Marriage records 1792-1850 by Stephen S. Worrel
> > MURFY, John & Susannah LEHUE, 2 May 1797, BD, b John Taylor, c. by
> > father F[rancis?]. Lehue, w Philimon Vawtors [?], Campbell Co. KY
> > LEHUE, Peter & Polley HORSLEY, 8 May 1800, BD, m by John Taylor, b.
> > John MURFEY, c. by mother Nancy Horsley, w. by Stephen Horsley, A-1,
> > Boone Co. KY
> > READIE, Rich'd & Milley LEHUE, 29 Aug 1807, m. by Lewis Deweese,
> b.
> > Matthias Redin, A-6, Boone Co., KY
> > PARK, Jonathan & Polley LEHEW, 19 Nov 1815, m. by Absalome Graves, b.
> > Thomas Spark, A-20, Boone Co., KY
> >
> > *Note* from Spencer County, Indiana Librarian:
> >
> > "I have been rereading the old probate books and remembered an entry
> > in Probate Book A 1833-1842,(ca 1837,) Page 166 which states that
> > Benjamin Romine was the guardian of Minerva Lahue, infant heir of
> > Peter Lahue.
> >
> > Just another tidbit for you.
> > Kris"
> >
> > *NOTE*: from the book "Peter Lehew of Front Royal, Virginia and Some
> > of his Descendents, Vol I" by James Huston LeHue and Edith Foster,
> > page 34 states: "This would also seem to be the same Peter Lehew who
> > appears on a list of jurors in Dearborn Co., Indiana in 1806 and 1808,
> > and on a list of voters in Dearborn Co. in 1809. The combination
> > Francis Lehew-Peter Lehew shows up again in Perry and Spencer Counties
> > in Indiana. Peter's name appears on a Perry County tax list in 1815,
> > and in 1817, Francis Lehew sold land to Peter Lehew in Perry Co. This
> > was evidently that part of Perrry County which became part of Spencer
> > Co. about 1817, for their first land records in Spencer Co. give their
> > residence as Perry Co., while the 1820 Census shows Peter Lehew in
> > Spencer Co. (age 45 or over). Peter's marriage (evidently a second
> > marriage) to Elizabeth Mitchell on 10 September 1818 is recorded in
> > Spencer County. Either Peter or Elizabeth may have had a child by a
> > previous marriage, since there is a male between 10 and 16 with them
> > on the 1820 census. Elizabeth is in the 26-45 age group on this
> > census. On the 1830 census, Eizabeth is listed as the head of the
> > family, so perhaps Peter had died before this. He was certainly dead
> > by 1837, when matters pertaining to his estate came before the court
> > in Spencer Co.. We feel sure that the Meredith Lehue who was born
> > about 1800 or 1801 in the Boone-Woodford Co. area in Kentucky was a
> > son of Peter Lehew and wife Polly (Horsley). On the 1860 Census of
> > Trimble Co., Kentucky., Meredith Lehue's county of birth is listed as
> > Woodford Co., Ky. The boundaries between these two counties around
> > 1800 were not clearly defined, and there were no other Lehews on the
> > tax lists in either of the two counties from 1800 to 1811 except
> > Francis and Peter (from 1800 to 1803). The name Meredith is one which
> > is found on the Taylor side of Peter's family. Children: i. Meredith
> > Lehue, b. abt. 1800, others???"
> >
> > From: Pioneers of Old Frederick County, Virginia:
> >
> > Page 345: "At Ashby's John and Thomas Ashby, John Catlet, Peter
> > Leehugh (Lehew), Moses Botts and Thomas Conway were hired as chain
> > carriers. [1736] The Ashbys lived on Beaverdam Run of Aquia Creek and
> > Chopawamsic Creek (present-day quantico Marine Corps Base) in Stafford
> > County, Virginia. The Botts were neighbors on Chopawamsic Creek. The
> > Catlet, Conway and Lehew families lived west of Ashby's on Goslin Run,
>
> > Dorrells Run and Elk Run (branches of Cedar Run) in present-day
> > Fauquier and Prince William counties, all located on the Brentstown
> Road."
> >
> > Page 363: "Thomas Roy of Hampshire County and his wife, Hannah
> > (William Sr.'s daughter [William Hurst]) sold 165 acres of the
> > 400-acre tract to Francis Lehew for 50 pounds on 31 March 1785."
> >
> > BROWN RACHEL to CONNER LAHEW 9- 4-1845 Spencer County, Indiana
> > rootsweb site
> >
> > Ancestral File gives FGR of Peter and Elizabeth and their children (in
> > my Layhew binder) - unfortunately, several of their children are born
> > after Peter died??? So this is obviously WRONG!
> >
> > 1800 Census (AIS) - lists Francis and Peter Layhew on Boone County,
> > Kentucky Tax Llists
> >
> > 1820 Cenus: Spencer County, Indiana
> >
> > Peter Lahue 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 (1 m = 10-16, 1 m = 45+, 1 f = 26-44)
> >
> > From "Fauquier During The Proprietorship, A Chronicale of the
> > Colonization and Organization of a Northern Neck County", by H. C.
> > Groome. Grants in 1725 were made to ... Five grants were made of
> > February 9th: ...Peter Lehew, of 972 acres on 'Ceader run, beginningat
>
> > Mann Page's corner (A:128)...
> >
> >
> > Kathie
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 8:23 PM, Tim Beckman <
> > <mailto:>> wrote:
> >
> > I am interested in locating the burial site of a Peter Lahue.
> > Peter was
> > born in Front Royal, Virginia and I believed died in Spencer County
> > Indiana sometime between 1820-1840. If anyone can help me in locating
> > Peter's burial site, it would be much appreciated.
> >
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