Lewis Meeks

116. Lewis Meeks died in Berkeley Co., WV.

It is not known why H. B. Meek thought that Lewis moved to Highland Co., OH. No record of him has been found at this point in time. Morgan Co., WV is in close proximity to areas of Maryland where other Meek men were reported to have lived.

"Morgan County Deed Book 3, page 28 contains an indenture dated 25 Sept. 1839. It is between Elias Barker and Elizabeth his wife and Nancy Unger, heirs and distributees of Lewis Meeks, late of Berkeley County deceased of the one part and Jacob Reichard of the other part. Elias and Nancy sold interest in a tract in Morgan County (formerly Berkeley County) ...one tenth part each...106 acres about 2 miles east of Bath, formerly occupied by the above named Lewis Meeks and at present in the occupancy of Tolbert Rockwell (Ed: wife is Sarah Meeks daughter of Lewis Meeks, Jr.)

Jacob Reichard was Clerk of the Court of Morgan County when, in 1840, he apparently was assembling the Lewis Meeks property rights. The Martinsburg Gazette of 27 Feb 1840 reported a suit; Jacob Reichard v. William Meeks, Jeremiah Meeks, Phoebe (Meeks) College, Sally (Sarah Meeks) Rockwell and Jonathan Barker (for Delilah Meeks, deceased). The property in question is listed in the Morgan County Land Book for year 1820 in ownership of Lewis Meeks, Jr. heirs, 106 acres two miles east of the courthouse."

1810 VA Berkeley Co. VA
Elizabeth Meeks 1-2-0-0-0//3-1-2-1-0

1820 VA Morgan Co. Bath TWP
Jeremiah Meeks 1-0-1-0//-2-1-
Moses Meeks 5-1-0-1-0//1-0-1-

A. Lewis Meeks was alive in Morgan County 1825. It is not clear that there was a son named Lewis.
B. Phoebe Meeks married John College.
C. Bazil Meeks was born about about 1790. He married (1) Jane Williamson. He married (2) Mary Gray. Source for this child not clear.
D. Mary Meeks married (1) Benjamin Stottlemyer. She married (2) William Mason. Source for this child not clear.
E. William Meeks was alive in Morgan County in 1832.
F. Moses Meeks was born between 1780-1790. He was alive in Morgan County in 1829. Source for this child not clear.
G. Elizabeth Meeks was born about 1794. She died 2 Mar 1876. She married Elias Barker. He was born about 1788 in MD. He died 9 Feb 1873.
H. Jeremiah Meeks was born between 1794 to 1804. He was listed in the 1820 census of Bath TWP, Morgan Co., WV.
I. Nancy Meeks was born about 1795. She married John W. Unger.
J. Sarah Meeks was born about 1800. She married Tolbert Rockwell.
K. Delilah Meeks was born about 1805. She married Jonathan Barker 6 Jan 1823. He was the son of William Barker and a nephew of Elias Barker who married Elizabeth Meek. She died before 27 Feb 1840.

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Information was received from Joy Henning who received it from Harry Grossman.

Note:
"Morgan County Deed Book 3, at page 28 contains an Indenture dated 25 September 1839 (which I have read and extracted). It is between Elias Barker and Elizabeth his wife (this is Elizabeth Meeks) and Nancy Unger (this is Nancy Meeks), heirs and distributees of Lewis Meeks, late of Berkeley County deceased of the one part and Jacob Reichard of the other part. Elias and Nancy sold interest in a tract in Morgan County (formerly Berkeley County)...one tenth part each...106 acres about 2 miles east of Bath, formerly occupied by the above named Lewis Meeks and at present in the occupancy of Tolbert Rockwell (his wife is Sarah Meeks, another child of Lewis Meeks, Jr.,)

Jacob Reichard was Clerk of the Court of Morgan County when, in 1840, he apparently was assembling the Lewis Meeks property rights. The Martinsburg Gazette of 27 February 1840 reported a suit; Jacob Reichard v. William Kee,s Jeremiah Meeks, Phoebe (Meeks) College, Sally (Sarah Meeks) Rockwell, and Jonathan Barker (for Delilah Meeks, deceased). The property in question is listed in the Morgan County Land Book for the year 1820 in ownership of Lewis Meeks, Jr., heirs, 106 acres, two miles east of the courthouse.

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Lewis Meek

Morgan Co., WV

By Christopher A. Meek