Joseph Meek

Washington Co., VA


By Christopher A. Meek

1. Joseph Meek was born in 1744. (The source unknown and apparently not supported by records.) His place of birth is unknown. His probate was ordered 15 Dec 1807 in Washington Co., VA. The first mention of him in Washington County was 1 Dec 1781 when he signed a petition. His first recorded land purchase was in 1787 although it is assumed that he owned land prior to that.

It has been suggested that Joseph Meek came to Washington Co., VA with the widow of Thomas Meek born 1708 who died in Washington Co., MD in 1777. Thomas Meek owned land in Washington Co., VA as early as 1752. That the two families resided in the same neighborhood is interesting and there may have been an association between them. However, DNA tests on their descendants prove that the two families were not related.

Some information has been taken from The Meek Family of Washington Co., VA by Danny Morris Fluhart, 1989. This book contains the research of the prominent Meek genealogist Joseph L. Meek of Washington, D.C.

He married Lydia ________ according to probate records. The probate record names Joseph's children.
Joseph Meek and Lydia had the following children:

  • 11. Joseph Meek was born on 20 Oct 1771. He died on 28 Apr 1839. He married Jane Buchanan on 8 Nov 1792 in Washington Co., VA. She was born in 1773. She died on 22 Aug 1831.
    • 101. James Meek was born 5 Aug 1793. He died 11 Oct 1845. He married Justine Dickenson on 4 Jul 1822 in Grayson, VA.
    • 102. Joseph Meek was born 7 Jul 1795. He died 12 Feb 1838. He married Sarah June Tobert 15 Feb 1820.
      • 212. James Meek
      • 213. Joseph Meek
      • 214. Mary Jane Meek
    • 103. Jesse Meek was born 23 Oct 1797. He died 25 Oct 1851. He is listed in the 1840 census of Washington Co., VA with a female 30-40 (b.1800-1810), two boys and one girl, 0-5(b. 1835-1840). He married Francis Hughes on 11 Dec 1830 in Washington Co., VA. Frances is listed in the 1850 census of Washington Co., VA with the following children. (Note: Danny Fluhart claims that this Jesse Meek had no children. Various genealogies confuse this Jesse with Jesse#16.)
      • 221. Charles Meek was born about 1835.
      • 222. William Meek was born about 1835.
      • 223. Amanda Jane Meek was born 1 Nov 1840. She died 12 Jun 1911 in Hawkins Co., TN. She married Greenberry Gilbert on 28 Oct 1860. He was born 23 Jul 1839. He died 13 Aug 1902.
      • 224. Catherine Meek was born May 1842. She died in 1922 in Hawkins Co., TN. She married John Barrett.
      • 225. Mary Meek was born about 1843.
      • 226. James R. P. Meek was born about 1846.
      • 227. David Meek was May 1848.
    • 104. Robert Meek was born 25 Dec 1799. He died 14 Aug 1843. He married Mary G. Buchannan 8 Nov 1792.
    • 105. John Meek was born 13 Aug 1802. He died 3 Jul 1833.
    • 106. Samuel Meek was born 14 Sep 1804. He died 14 Jul 1836.
    • 107. Stepiena Meek Source for this person is not known.
  • 12. Hannah Meek was born about 1773. She married Adam Starns on 7 Dec 1792 in Washington Co., VA.
    • 171. Lydia Starns married Eli Rector.
  • 13. James Meek was born on 13 Jun 1774. (Click on the name for more)
  • 14. Stephen Meek was born about 1775. (Click on the name for more)
  • 15. Samuel Meek was born about 1777. He died before 25 Mar 1806 in Virginia. He married Amelia Keys on 14 Aug 1798.
    • 141. John Butler Meek was born about 1801.He died about 1830. He married Jane Flemming 28 Jan 1823 in washington Co., VA.
      • 299. James H. Meek was born 5 Oct 1829.
    • 142. Sarah Meek was born about 1802 in Washington Co., VA. She died 8 Oct 1851 in Grundy Co., MO. She married William Preston Thompson in 1820. He was born 1788 in Washington Co., VA.
    • 143. James Harvey Meek was born about 1803. He died 14 Apr 1852 in Grundy Co., MO.
    • 144. Charlotte Meek was born 16 Dec 1805. She died 16 Feb 1849. She married John Scott 26 Jan 1825 in Ray Co., MO. He was born 6 May 1787. They resided in Grundy Co., MO.
  • 16. Jesse Meek was born about 1780. He married Fanny Hughs on 11 Dec 1800 in Washington Co., VA.
  • 17. Jean Meek was born about 1781. She married George Dungeon on 16 Jun 1800.
  • 18. Mary Meek was born about 1883. She married to Francis Keys on 1 Oct 1801.
  • 19. Charles Meek was born about 1785. He appeared on the census in 1810 in Washington Co., VA. He appeared on the census in 1820 in Lincoln Co., TN. He appeared on the census in 1830. He appeared on the census in 1840 in Monroe Co., MS. He married Elizabeth Keys on 8 Oct 1807 in Washington Co., VA.
    The following children are not proven. However, DNA from one descendant matches the profile for the progenitor so they are not excluded.
    • 181. John K. Meek was born about 1817 in Tennessee.
    • 182. Lucinda Meek was born about 1822 in Tennessee.
    • 183. Louisa Meek was born about 1824 in Tennessee.
    • 184. Francis Marion Meek was born 11 Mar 1828 in Tennessee. He died 8 Jun 1864 buried Enterprise Cemetery, Clarke Co., MS. He was a 2nd Lt. in Moody True Blues, 8th Mississippi Infantry in Civil War. Francis M. Meek and Martha Jane "Mattie" Townsend were married in Monroe County, MS in 1854.
      • 289. James T. Meek was born 16 Feb 1856 in Enterprise, MS. He died 9 Jul 1911 in Jackson, TN.
        • A. William Frank Meek was born 10 Sep 1891 in Brownsville, TN. He died 17 Jun 1942 in Birmingham, AL.
          • 1. William Frank Meek was born 26 Oct 1915 in Jackson, TN. He died 8 Sep 1985 in Birmingham, AL.
            • a. James LeRoy Meek was born October 4, 1941, Birmingham, AL. *DNA Kit# 181447
    • 185. Martha M. Meek was born about 1830 in Tennessee.
    • 186. Mary L. Meek was born about 1839 in Alabama.

Disclaimer: This genealogy was prepared by the author using undocumented and/or unverified sources. Some facts presented here MAY NOT be correct. Never accept as factual any information you find in a library, the Internet or from other genealogist unless it is supported by documentation. Documentation DOES NOT include the undocumented genealogies of other people including those on this web site.

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