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     Margaret Langtrye married Madison McMillon circa 1835 at Callaway Co., Missouri, USA.^1,2,4

     Margaret Langtrye lived in 1838 at Callaway Co., Missouri, USA.⁴

     Madison McMillon married Margaret Langtrye, daughter of William Henry Langtry and Catherine Brown "Kitty" Arbuckle, circa 1835 at Callaway Co., Missouri, USA.^1,2,3

     Madison McMillon was also known as Madison McMullon.³

     William Langtry was born on 14 January 1825 at Virginia, USA.^1,2,6 He married Sarah A. Hamilton, daughter of John Craig Hamilton and Sarah Craig, on 12 August 1846 at Callaway Co., Missouri, USA,
; Ancestry.com - Missouri, Compiled Marriages, 1754-1850
     Name:     William Langtry
     Spouse:     Sarah C. Hamilton
     Marriage Date:     12 Aug 1846
     Marriage County:     Callaway
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Missouri, Compiled Marriages, 1754-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.
     Original data: Dodd, Jordan. Missouri Marriages to 1850. Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Missouri.^3,4,7,8,2,9
William Langtry died on 21 August 1904 at Callaway Co., Missouri, USA, at age 79; Ancestry.com - Missouri, Newspaper Death Index, 1822-1994
     Name: William Langtry
     Birth Date: 14 Jan 1825
     Age at Death: 79
     Death Date: 21 Aug 1904
     Death Place: Callaway, Missouri, USA
     Newspaper: Auxvasse Review (Callaway Co.)
Source Information: Weant, Kenneth. Missouri, Newspaper Death Index, 1822-1994 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997-1998.^1,10
William Langtry was buried after 21 August 1904 at Old Auxvasse Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Auxvasse, Callaway Co., Missouri, USA; From Find A Grave Website:
     Birth:      Jan. 14, 1825
     Death:      Aug. 21, 1904
     Inscription: "Like as a stock of corn cometh in its season."
     Burial: Old Auxvasse Presbyterian Church, Cemetery, Auxvasse, Callaway County, Missouri, USA
     Created by: John & Linda Russell
     Record added: Oct 04, 2009
     Find A Grave Memorial# 42689960.¹¹

His estate was probated on 26 August 1904 at Callaway Co., Missouri, USA,
; Ancestry.com - Missouri, Compiled Marriages, 1754-1850
     Missouri, Wills and Probate Records, 1766-1988
     Name:     William Langtry
     Probate Date:     26 Aug 1904
     Probate Place:     Callaway, Missouri, USA
     Inferred Death Year:     Abt 1904
     Inferred Death Place:     Missouri, USA
     Item Description:     Bonds and Letters of Administration, Vol C-D, 1896-1918
     Source Citation: Bonds and Letters of Administration, 1865-1918; Author: Missouri. Probate Court (Callaway County); Probate Place: Callaway, Missouri
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Missouri, Wills and Probate Records, 1766-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
     Original data: Missouri, County, District and Probate Courts.¹²
     William Langtry was also known as William Langtrye Jr.^3,4

William Langtry lived in 1836 at Callaway Co., Missouri, USA.⁷

William Langtry and Sarah A. Hamilton appeared in the census of 2 November 1850 at District 12, Callaway Co., Missouri, USA; p. 300B, lines 20-25, Dwelling 1447, Family 1447
     20 LANGTREE, William 25 [1825] M Farmer $1,200 VA
     21 " , Sarah A. 27 [1823] F VA
     22 " , Kitty E. 3 [1847] F MO
     23 " , Robt S. 1 [1849] M MO
     24 HAMILTON, Jno C. 14 [1836] M MO
     25 " , Isaac T. 6 [1844] M MO
[Note: The two Hamilton boys are nephews of Sarah (nee Hamilton): sons of her brother James Craig, whose first wife had died in 1848.].¹³

William Langtry and Sarah A. Hamilton appeared in the census of 21 August 1860 at District 18, Callaway Co., Missouri, USA; p. 951, lines 19-25, Dwelling 1137, Family 1165
     19 LANGTRY, Wm 35 [1825] M Farmer $5634 $2286 VA
     20 " , Sarah 37 [1823] F VA
     21 " , Kittie 13 [1847] F MO attended school
     22 " , Robert 11 [1849] M MO attended school
     23 " , Mary 9 [1851] F MO attended school
     24 " , Lucy 7 [1853] F MO attended school
     25 " , John 5 [1855] M MO
     26 " , Albert 3 [1857] M MO
     27 " , Rice 2 [1858] M MO
     28 " , Eliza 2/12 [1860] F MO.¹⁴

William Langtry began military service on 1 July 1863 at 9th District, Callaway Co., Missouri, USA, Ancestry.com - U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865
     Name:     Wm Langtry
     Birth Year:     abt 1825
     Place of Birth:     Virginia
     Age on 1 July 1863:     38
     Race:     White
     Residence:     Callaway, Missouri
     Congressional District:     9th
     Class:     All
     Source Citation: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C; Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865); Record Group: 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War); Collection Name: Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records); NAI: 4213514; Archive Volume Number: 1 of 1
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
     Original data: Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registrations, 1863-1865. NM-65, entry 172, 620 volumes. NAI: 4213514. Records of the Provost Marshal General’s Bureau (Civil War), Record Group 110. National Archives at Washington D.C.¹⁵

William Langtry and Sarah A. Hamilton appeared in the census of between 22 August 1870 and 23 August 1870 at Williamsburg PO, Nine Mile Priairie Township, Callaway Co., Missouri, USA; [Note: Next door to a Frances Hamilton bVA, possibly a sister-in-law of Sarah?]
p. 418A, lines 20-30, Dwelling 330+331, Family 343+345
     20 LANGTRY, Wm 45 [1825] M W Farmer $6260 $1800 VA
     21 " , Sarah 27 [1823] F W Keeping House VA
     22 " , Robt 21 [1849] M W at home MO
     23 " , Mary 19 [1851] F W at home MO
     24 " , Lucy 17 [1853] M F at home MO
     25 " , John 16 [1854] M W at home MO
     26 " , Albert 15 [1855] M W at home MO
     27 " , Rice 12 [1858] M W at home MO
     28 " , Eliza 10 [1860] F W at home MO
     29 " , Walter 4 [1866] M W at home MO
     30 " , Hillery 25 [1845] M W Farmer $315 MO
     [Note: Hillery may be a nephew of William.]
Same page, lines 31-33, Dwelling 332, Family 346

[Possibly a sister-in-law of Sarah??]
     31 HAMILTON, Frances, 44 [1826] F W Keeping House $1950 $1700 VA
     32 " , John 22 [1848] M W at home VA
     33 " , Henry 20 [1850] M W at home MO.¹⁶

William Langtry and Sarah A. Hamilton appeared in the census of 5 June 1880 at Nine Mile Priairie Township, Callaway Co., Missouri, USA; p. 631B, lines 30-36, Dwelling 100, Family 101
     30 LANGTRY, William W M 55 [1825] Married Farmer VA Ireland VA
     31 " , Sarah W F 57 [1823] Wife Married Keeping H VA VA VA
     32 " , Lucy W F 17 [1853] Daughter Single at home MO VA VA
     33 " , John W M 25 [1855] Son Single Farmer MO VA VA
     34 " , Rice W M 22 [1858] Son Single Farmer MO VA VA
     35 " , Lydia W F 20 [1860] Daughter Single At home MO VA VA
     36 " , Walter W M 14 [1866] Son Single at School MO VA VA.¹⁷

William Langtry appeared in the census of between 23 June 1900 and 25 June 1900 at Jackson Township, Callaway Co., Missouri, USA; p. 15B, lines 99-100, Dwelling 307, Family 316
     99 LANGTRY, Wm Head W M June 1825 75 Widower VA Ireland VA Retired Farmer
     100 " , Lucy Daughter W F Nov 1855 55 Single MO VA VA.¹⁸

     Sarah A. Hamilton was born on 22 February 1828 at Christian's Creek, Augusta Co., Virginia, USA; per Find A Grave website.^6,7 She married William Langtry, son of William Henry Langtry and Catherine Brown "Kitty" Arbuckle, on 12 August 1846 at Callaway Co., Missouri, USA,
; Ancestry.com - Missouri, Compiled Marriages, 1754-1850
     Name:     William Langtry
     Spouse:     Sarah C. Hamilton
     Marriage Date:     12 Aug 1846
     Marriage County:     Callaway
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Missouri, Compiled Marriages, 1754-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.
     Original data: Dodd, Jordan. Missouri Marriages to 1850. Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Missouri.^1,2,8,6,9,10
Sarah A. Hamilton died on 12 March 1888 at Callaway Co., Missouri, USA, at age 60; Ancestry.com - Missouri, Newspaper Death Index, 1822-1994
     Name:     Mrs. Sarah Langtry
     Birth Date:     abt 1823
     Age at Death:     Abt 65
     Death Date:     12 Mar 1888
     Death Place:     Callaway, Missouri, USA
     Newspaper:     Callaway Weekly Gazette
     Source Information: Weant, Kenneth. Missouri, Newspaper Death Index, 1822-1994 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997-1998.^6,11
Sarah A. Hamilton was buried after 12 March 1888 at Old Auxvasse Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Auxvasse, Callaway Co., Missouri, USA; From Find A Grave Website:
     Birth:      Feb. 22, 1828
     Death:      Mar. 12, 1888
     Inscription: His Wife
     Note: Wife of William Langtry
     Burial: Old Auxvasse Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Auxvasse, Callaway County, Missouri, USA
     Created by: John & Linda Russell
     Record added: Oct 04, 2009
     Find A Grave Memorial# 42689999.⁶
     Sarah A. Hamilton was listed as a resident in John Craig Hamilton and Sarah Craig's household in the census report in 1840 at Nine Mile Priairie Township, Callaway Co., Missouri, USA;      NB There are three other HAMILTON households on this page:
          Jas. L. Line 4 Aged 20-30
          Andrew Line 4 Aged 40-50
          John C Line 11 Aged 20-30
p. 222, line 23
     Name:     John C Hamilton
     Home in 1840 (City, County, State):     Nine Mile Prarie, Callaway, Missouri
     Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29:     2 [1811-20] John c1814, Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Males - 60 thru 69:     1 [1771-1780] John 1777
     Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14:     1 [1826-30] Sarah 1828
     Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19:     1 [1821-25] Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59:     1 [1781-1790] Sarah 1785
     Persons Employed in Agriculture:     2
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     2
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     2
     Total Free White Persons:     6
     Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves:     6.¹²

Sarah A. Hamilton and William Langtry appeared in the census of 2 November 1850 at District 12, Callaway Co., Missouri, USA; p. 300B, lines 20-25, Dwelling 1447, Family 1447
     20 LANGTREE, William 25 [1825] M Farmer $1,200 VA
     21 " , Sarah A. 27 [1823] F VA
     22 " , Kitty E. 3 [1847] F MO
     23 " , Robt S. 1 [1849] M MO
     24 HAMILTON, Jno C. 14 [1836] M MO
     25 " , Isaac T. 6 [1844] M MO
[Note: The two Hamilton boys are nephews of Sarah (nee Hamilton): sons of her brother James Craig, whose first wife had died in 1848.].¹³

Sarah A. Hamilton and William Langtry appeared in the census of 21 August 1860 at District 18, Callaway Co., Missouri, USA; p. 951, lines 19-25, Dwelling 1137, Family 1165
     19 LANGTRY, Wm 35 [1825] M Farmer $5634 $2286 VA
     20 " , Sarah 37 [1823] F VA
     21 " , Kittie 13 [1847] F MO attended school
     22 " , Robert 11 [1849] M MO attended school
     23 " , Mary 9 [1851] F MO attended school
     24 " , Lucy 7 [1853] F MO attended school
     25 " , John 5 [1855] M MO
     26 " , Albert 3 [1857] M MO
     27 " , Rice 2 [1858] M MO
     28 " , Eliza 2/12 [1860] F MO.¹⁴

Sarah A. Hamilton and William Langtry appeared in the census of between 22 August 1870 and 23 August 1870 at Williamsburg PO, Nine Mile Priairie Township, Callaway Co., Missouri, USA; [Note: Next door to a Frances Hamilton bVA, possibly a sister-in-law of Sarah?]
p. 418A, lines 20-30, Dwelling 330+331, Family 343+345
     20 LANGTRY, Wm 45 [1825] M W Farmer $6260 $1800 VA
     21 " , Sarah 27 [1823] F W Keeping House VA
     22 " , Robt 21 [1849] M W at home MO
     23 " , Mary 19 [1851] F W at home MO
     24 " , Lucy 17 [1853] M F at home MO
     25 " , John 16 [1854] M W at home MO
     26 " , Albert 15 [1855] M W at home MO
     27 " , Rice 12 [1858] M W at home MO
     28 " , Eliza 10 [1860] F W at home MO
     29 " , Walter 4 [1866] M W at home MO
     30 " , Hillery 25 [1845] M W Farmer $315 MO
     [Note: Hillery may be a nephew of William.]
Same page, lines 31-33, Dwelling 332, Family 346

[Possibly a sister-in-law of Sarah??]
     31 HAMILTON, Frances, 44 [1826] F W Keeping House $1950 $1700 VA
     32 " , John 22 [1848] M W at home VA
     33 " , Henry 20 [1850] M W at home MO.¹⁵

Sarah A. Hamilton and William Langtry appeared in the census of 5 June 1880 at Nine Mile Priairie Township, Callaway Co., Missouri, USA; p. 631B, lines 30-36, Dwelling 100, Family 101
     30 LANGTRY, William W M 55 [1825] Married Farmer VA Ireland VA
     31 " , Sarah W F 57 [1823] Wife Married Keeping H VA VA VA
     32 " , Lucy W F 17 [1853] Daughter Single at home MO VA VA
     33 " , John W M 25 [1855] Son Single Farmer MO VA VA
     34 " , Rice W M 22 [1858] Son Single Farmer MO VA VA
     35 " , Lydia W F 20 [1860] Daughter Single At home MO VA VA
     36 " , Walter W M 14 [1866] Son Single at School MO VA VA.¹⁶

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     John Todd died on 6 March 1730.
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     Benjamin Todd Sr. was born between 1721 and 1731 at Philadelphia (prob.), Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Todd Family Tree says Benjamin was born on 1725 in Easton, Northampton Co., PA. McMurtry [2013] says he was born 1721/31 prob. in Philadelphia. FAG memorial says b. 1728 in Bucks Co., PA.^4,5,6 He married Sarah Lydia Griffin, daughter of William Griffin and Sarah Beck, in 1750 at Bucks Co., Pennsylvania, USA,
;
His 1st wife.^4,2,7 Benjamin Todd Sr. married Anna Johnson on 10 November 1805 at Madison Co., Kentucky, USA,
;
His 2nd wife.⁸
Benjamin Todd Sr. was buried between 1817 and 1820 at Burial location unknown, Boonesborough, Madison Co., Kentucky, USA; From Find A Grave:
Benjamin Todd Sr. died between 1817 and 1820 at Boonesborough, Madison Co., Kentucky, USA; Todd Family Tree says Benjamin died in 1819. McMurtry [2013] says he died between 1817 and 1820. FAG memorial says d. 1812.^4,5,6
     He was a mentioned with Thomas Todd at Citation; Per McMurtry [2022]: "(1) Joseph Todd (TF17) of Eling, Southamptonshire, England died in Philadelphia in 1699. His son Joseph settled in Bucks County, PA by 1701; his son Thomas died in Philadelphia in 1732; his son appears to be the Caleb who in 1742 and 1745 was in the portion of Bucks Co that became Northampton Co. Caleb is therefore the most likely person to have been the father of the three Todds who appear in the 1760s tax lists for Northampton Co: Thomas, Benjamin and Caleb. Previous historians have assumed that these three were sons of Joshua, son of Joseph d 1699. But there is no evidence to support this other than the appearance of the name Joshua in later generations. These three migrated about 1770 to the Jersey Settlement in Rowan County, North Carolina. Caleb, son of Caleb, migrated to Wilkes Co GA by 1781 and most of the rest of the family migrated to Madison County, KY in the 1790s. Caleb of Wilkes Co GA appears to have transferred his lands to his son Benjamin Todd who remained in GA while Caleb moved to Madison County after 1803 where he died soon thereafter."

Per McMurtry [2013]:
     "Thomas Todd was born about 1717-1727 based on being 21-31 at the birth of his son Joseph in 1748.
     "Though previously thought to be the Thomas mentioned as a son of Thomas Todd died 1733 Philadelphia, the new evidence that a Caleb Todd was in the Northampton County area in 1742 and 1745 suggests that Thomas was the son of this Caleb. Also, Sarah Todd d 1748, daughter of Thomas Todd d 1733 did not mention any brothers in her will though she mentioned several cousins which suggests that the three Todd men in Northampton in the 1760s were not brothers to Sarah.
     "Thomas was in Northampton County by 1752 when the Proprietors requested that he be detained for being on land in Bethlehem Township, Northampton County without a warrant. He was a jury foreman in 1755, appointed coroner in 1757 and named as a replacement for the sheriff in 1759. He appears in the Northampton Tax Lists 1761-1768 as previously described in detail.
     "By 1772, he had settled in Rowan County NC with Benjamin and Caleb, assumed to be his brothers. He bought 260 acres on the East Side of the Yadkin River in 1772 which he bequeathed to his sons in 1777.
     "He died between October 1777 and Feb 1778, leaving a wife and 6 children.
     "Previous family historians thought that there were two Thomas Todds in Rowan Co - one being the son of Thomas died 1732/3 and one being the son of Joshua Todd. One they thought was the Thomas Todd a soldier who died in Sept 1777 and one they thought was the Thomas Todd who made his will in October 1777. However, closer inspection of the military records indicates that the Thomas Todd who died in Sept 1777 lived in a different part of North Carolina. Hence there is only one Thomas Todd in Rowan Co in the family of Joseph of Eling. So there is no strong evidence for the three Todds who migrated to Rowan County not being brothers.
     "Thomas Todd was born about 1717-27 based on assuming an age of 20-30 on the birth of his son Joseph in 1848. The birth of his son Joseph and is listed as a child of Thomas in the Will of his grandfather Richard Cummins. He became coroner of Northampton County in 1757, presumably because of the intervention of his great-uncle William Parsons 1701-1757, the founder of Easton. Thomas, along with this brothers Benjamin and Caleb appear on the Northampton County tax lists 1761-1769.
     "This Indenture made the first day of October In the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and fifty seven And in the thirty first Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King George the Second by the Grace of God &c. Between John Rinker Esquire Sherif of the County of Northampton in the Province of Pennsylvania of the one part. And Lewis Klotts, Anthony Lerch, Henry Weaver, Christian Rinker, James McAllister and Simon Heller - Freeholders of the said County of the other part. Witnesseth That according to Law and the Charter of the said Province We with many others did meet on the first day of this Instant October At Easton in the said County the Place by Law appointed for Elections and did then and there elect and choose Thomas Todd and Thomas Armstrong - of the said County Gentlemen to be Coroners thereof for the ensuing Year. In Witness whereof We have hereunto set our Hands and Seals the Day and Year first above written.
Notes and Documentation:
     "Abstracts of deeds (974.822 R2a v. 1 pg. 174) - “Complaint of Richard Peters and Lynford Lardner, proprietary agents, 18 Sep. 1752, that following men entered without a warrant on property of [smudged] in Northampton County. Requested that the men be detained:” Thomas Todd is listed with 14 other men. o Pg. 31-Grand inquest of a theft at Northampton County Court of Quarter Sessions, 1755. Thomas Todd, jury foreman. o Pg. 107-20 March 1759 “Electee: Thomas Todd to replace John Moor, sheriff”.      "This Indenture made the first day of October In the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and fifty seven And in the thirty first Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King George the Second by the Grace of God &c. Between John Rinker Esquire Sherif of the County of Northampton in the Province of Pennsylvania of the one part. And Lewis Klotts, Anthony Lerch, Henry Weaver, Christian Rinker, James McAllister and Simon Heller - Freeholders of the said County of the other part. Witnesseth That according to Law and the Charter of the said Province We with many others did meet on the first day of this Instant October At Easton in the said County the Place by Law appointed for Elections and did then and there elect and choose Thomas Todd and Thomas Armstrong - of the said County Gentlemen to be Coroners thereof for the ensuing Year. In Witness whereof We have hereunto set our Hands and Seals the Day and Year first above written.
     "Book 7: 463: 7 Mar 1772 James Simmeson and wife Agniss to Thomas Todd for 175 pounds, 260 acres on North side of Yadkin River, granted to James Bryan 29 Mar 1762, sold of Simmeson 5 Apr 1764. Wit: James Smith, Thomas Blakemore On 31-Oct-1777
     "Thomas made a will in Rowan County, NC Book A page 259, and probated 03-Feb-1778. While sick and weak, etc., naming Elizabeth and children: Joseph, Thomas, Elizabeth Cox, Hester Lewis, Sarah,and Jemima. Sons, Joseph and Thomas were to receive the land with Thomas to receive the upper part and home and Joseph the lower portion. Exrs:sons Joseph and Thomas. Wits: James Smith, Thos. McCartney, and Benjamin Todd. The widow Elizabeth appeared on the 1778 Rowan County Tax List in the Morris Dist, along with Benjamin, Caleb, Peter,Thomas, Caleb Jr, and Joseph (in trust) Todd.
     "The misleading information about there being two Thomas Todds in Rowan County came from a DAR record which erroneously identified the Thomas Todd who died while serving in the Revolutionary War as the Thomas of Rowan County. Military records for the Thomas who died in September 1777 show that he was from the Halifax area of North Carolina, far to the east of Rowan County.
     "1043: Book 11, p 851. 7 Dec 1789. Joseph Todd and wife Ann; and Thomas Todd and wife Elizabeth to Jacob Frailey ..360 acres in 2 tarcts on East Side of Yaadkin rover (1) a tract of 260 acres including the dwelling house of Joseph Todd and Thomas Todd, granted to James Bryan by Henry McCulloh 29 Mar 1762 (Book 4, p 879) sold ot James Simerson 5 Apr 1764 (Book 6, p33 lists the grantee as James Simson) and converyed by Simerson to Thomas Todd Esq 7 Mar 1772 (Book 7, p 462) later devised to Joseph and Thoams Todd by the last will and testament of Thoams Todd, Esq. (Will book A: 259) and (2) state grant #1077 for 100 acres (Book 11, p 96) adj the first tract. Wit: George Frailey."^9,10

Reference: From McMurty [2013]:
     "Benjamin Todd was born about 1721-1731 in Philadelphia or Bucks County based on being 20 - 30 at birth of oldest son Caleb estimated at 1751/8. He married in Bucks County or Northampton County to Sarah Giffin/Griffin.
     "Though previously thought to be a son of Joshua Todd or Thomas Todd d 1733, the appearance of a Caleb Todd in the Northampton County in 1742 and 1745 suggests instead that Caleb Todd was the likely father of Benjamin. He was listed on a cash account in Northampton County in 1756. Afterwards he appears in the Northampton County tax lists 1761-1768. He also was listed in the estate settlement of Jacob Scheimer of Redington, Lower Saucon Township as having been paid for work in 1764.
     "As a young man with wife and children, about 1770, he made the migration southward to Rowan County North Carolina. He made a land entry in February 1778 for 525 acres on Swearing Creek, presumably a mile or so south of the Jersey Settlement Church founded by Baptists who had moved there from New Jersey many years before. Saraha seems to have died prior to 1790 as she does not appear on the census in 1790.
     "Then after over 25 years in North Carolina, he sold his 525 acres on Swearing Creek in 1796. By 1797, he and most of his children followed his cousins to Madison County Kentucky settling on Muddy Creek. He married Anna Johnson in Madison County in 1805. He died there between 1817 and 1820.
Notes and Documentation:
     "The will of Peter Giffin in 1791 in Northampton County mentions his sister Sarah, wife of Benjamin Todd of North Carolina. WILL ABSTRACTS OF NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, PA; 1752-1802. Compiled by John Eyerman, 1897 223 GIFFIN, Peter Bethlehem twn yeoman 25-10-1791 - 11-11-1791 brother Aaron sister Sarah wife of Benjamin TODD of N. Car. mentions children of bro. Aaron mentions children of sis. Sarah mentions Mary RESER widow of Jacob RESER ex. William Henry LAWALL and Leonhard BEIDELMAN wit. Susanna TOWNSEND, Joseph JONES and Philip CLAUSE
     "Previous family historians seem to have been misled by a DAR record that asserted that the Thomas Todd who died in Sept 1777 in the Revolutionary War was from Rowan Co NC. Since there was a Thomas Todd who made a will in October 1777, this would imply that there were two Thomas Todd’s of the same age in Rowan County and hence must have been cousins, i.e. sons of different brothers. They assumed that Thomas who died in Sept 1777 was the son of Thomas Todd who died in Philadelphia in 1733 since they knew from the will of Thomas’ father-in-law that Thomas had a son Thomas. So they assumed that the “other” Thomas and his brothers Benjamin and Caleb were the sons of a brother of Thomas d 1733 and concluded that brother must be Joshua. It is not clear why they thought that Joshua was the father since there are absolutely no records of the adult Joshua Todd other than his baptism in 1714 and his witnessing of a will in 1708. Caleb Todd had a son named Joshua, but this is not cause to assume that Caleb’s father was Joshua. Furthermore, closer inspection of the military records of North Carolina shows that the Thomas Todd who died in Sept 1777 served in a regiment recruited from eastern North Carolina (Halifax County area) where another Todd family lived. Hence, there were not two Thomas Todds in Rowan County and so there is no reason to assume the three Todds in Rowan County: Thomas, Caleb and Benjamin were anything other than brothers and sons of the same father. Earlier family historians noted that Thomas Todd d 1733 Philadelphia had a father-in-law (Richard Cummins) who died in 1729 and made mention of his grandchildren: Thomas and Sarah Todd. They used this to support the notion that Benjamin, Caleb and Thomas must be sons of a brother to Thomas Todd. Though Thomas could have had additional children between 1793 and 1733, it seems likely that Sarah Todd would have mentioned them in her will if she had brothers living. I conclude that her brother Thomas had died by 1743 when she wrote her will. The historians also did not seem to have considered Caleb Todd as the possible father of the three.
     "Benjamin appeared on the tax lists of Bethlehem Township along with his brothers Caleb and Thomas. He appears in 1761, 1762, 1767, 1768. Only in 1764 do his brothers appear without him on those tax lists. Benjamin (I) Todd is on the 1778, 1784 and 1790 tax records of Rowan County, NC. He was on the 1790 Federal Census in Salisbury Dist of Rowan County with 2M o 16 and 2M u 16. One male over 16 would be himself and another unknown son . The two males under 16 would be two more unknown sons.
     "About 1797, he and his family migrated to Madison County Kentucky and settled in the Muddy Creek area. He died between 1817 and 1820 in Madison County.
Update on Family Traditions
     "There are traditions the relationship of the Todds of Wilkes County Georgia and Rutherford/Cannon County TN for which different conclusions have been reached in this revision. They concern:
     "(1) John Todd b 1752 The family tradition included an exact birth date for John Todd in 3 June 1752. However, no other records have been found that pertain to this John Todd. The many records that have been said to pertain to this John have been proven to pertain to other John Todds. The family tradition that John Todd b 1752 and his sons Benjamin and Levi came to visit their father in Rutherford Co TN suggested that Benjamin Todd (I) b 1730 was in Rutherford County TN at some point in time. John and his sons, Benjamin and Levi were reported by the family tradition to have lived with Benjamin for sometime in Rutherford Co TN. However, recent research shows that the John Todd with sons Benjamin and Levi in Georgia was not John Todd b 1752, but rather a John Todd b 1770-1780 who lived on the Jones-Putnam County, Georgia boundary, son of Caleb Todd b 1751/8 who lived in Wilkes County ,GA between 1781 and 1803. It is possible that the family tradition is a memory of a visit by this John to his kinfolk in Tennessee sometime after 1810 and that John returned to Georgia as the family tradition reports. This John may have indeed visited his kinfolk in TN, but he was the grandson of Benjamin b 1730 and the nephew of Benjamin b 1759, not the son of Benjamin b 1730.
     "(2) Elizabeth Todd md 1775 Andrew McClain Elizabeth Todd: It was previously thought that the following reference to the marriage of Elizabeth Todd to Andrew McClain in 1775 with John Todd as a bondsman was a reference to a daughter of Benjamin Todd I b 1725/30 and her brother John b 1752. Elizabeth Todd married 10-May-1775 Andrew McClain. John Todd, Bondsman. Andrew: SQS Enterprises' Early NC Marriages has him as Andrew McLain. Others say it is McLean and McClain. Rowan County Marriage Records 1754-1866 by Frances T. Ingmire has Andrew McLain. However, after inspection of additional records, it appears that Elizabeth Todd is more likely to have been connected to the other unrelated Todd family in Rowan County and that John Todd was the John Todd of the unrelated family of Todds on Grants Creek that lived about 5 miles from Andrew McLain’s land. There were two unrelated Todd families in Rowan County living in three different places. There was a family that left Lancaster County, Pennsylvania after 1742 and arrived in Rowan County by 1759. One branch Samuel Todd and his son Nathan settled on Dutchman’s Creek about 32 miles NW of Salisbury in and one branch headed by John Todd, settled on a branch of Grants Creek about 5 miles SW of Salisbury. It wasn’t until over a decade later that descendants of Joseph Todd of Eling settled on Swearing Creek near the Jersey Church about 15 NE of Salisbury. Andrew McLain owned land on James, Cathey’s and Giant Creeks (Deed Book 8, p 57, 279 358). Cathey’s Creek (present Kerr Creek) lay only 5 miles from John Todd’s land on Grants Creek but was 25 miles from the Swearing Creek lands of Benjamin Todd of the Northampton Co PA family. Further, John Todd’s will of 1796 directs the sale of “two tracts of land, known by the name of McClaine's Place, granted to me by patent bearing date of 25-Oct-1786, containing two hundred and thirteen acres.” John’s widow was buried at a church on Cathey’s Creek. There are also two road maintenance records that suggest a geographic connection between Andrew McLain and John Todd. The road in question ran from Frohock’s Mill (which lay just west of Salisbury and close to Grant’s Creek) to James Dobbins’ Ford on Second Creek, about 10 miles. The first record is dated in the late 1780s and the second record must have been prior to 1794 when Thomas Frohock died and possibly prior to 1790 since Andrew McClain is not in the census in 1790. 1. page 112 4:426, 04-Aug-1784, James Todd pays 50/for bastardy. P page 112 5:201, 06-Feb-1789, Overseers apptd., James Todd for James Dobbins on new road. P page 112 5:227, 08-May-1789, Overseers of the Roads apptd., James Todd from Thos. Frohock's Mill to James Dobbins Ford on 2nd Creek with the following hands: Thomas Frohock, Dr. Newnan, Andrew Christy, Peter Pinxton, Jacob Link, Richd. Geo., Hugh and Henry Robison, John and Hugh Dobbins, Edward Howard, Thomas Green, and Ralph Hinds. 2. P page 163 5:75, Jury to lay out road from James Dobbins' Ford on Second Creek by Hugh Dobbins and John Todd Jr.'s to join the road leading from Frohock Mill to Second Creek Bridge: Hugh and John Dobbins, Sr. and Jr., Benj. Robinson, Alexr. Dobbins, Sr., Wm. Cowin, John and James Todd, Andw McClaine, Thos. Frohock with Robt Venens, Overseer. Piece of road from Colo. Francis Locke's plantation to said James Dobbins' Ford on Second Creek to be discontinued. The only contradictory fact is that John Todd’s 1798 will does not mention a daughter Elizabeth. Unless Andrew and Elizabeth were deceased without issue, this is hard to explain. However there is no evidence to link Andrew McLain to the Jersey Settlement area; so we leave Elizabeth as likely kin to the John Todd family of Grants Creek.
     "(3) Mary Todd Scudder: Mary Todd married William Scudder in Rowan County NC in 1783 and shortly thereafter went to Wilkes Co GA. Some historians thought she must be the daughter of Caleb b 1751 rather than his sister because they accepted the 1936 Woodbury and Cannon County History which asserted that Mrs. Mary Todd was the sister of Benjamin Todd b 1759. However, we now believe that Mrs. Mary Todd 1762-1866 could not be a Todd since both the 1850 and 1860 census state that Mary was born in NC before the Todds came there from Pennsylvania. Also, it is unlikely that Mary Todd Scudder was a daughter of Caleb Todd b 1751 since she would likely have been born prior to 1764 (assuming at least age 19 at marriage) and therefore too old to be a daughter of Caleb. Or another way to look at this, there were two few years between Caleb’s birth in 1751 and Mary’s marriage in 1783 for Mary to have been Caleb’s daughter.
(4) Mrs. Mary Todd 1762-1866: Benjamin Todd b1730 was the father of Benjamin b 1759. This latter Benjamin Todd was a Revolutionary War Veteran who settled in Rutherford County about 1809. According to a Cannon County history, written in 1936 by Sterling Brown, Benjamin b 1759 was the brother of Mrs. Mary Todd who had two brothers killed by Indians at Old Fort Nash and three brothers killed by Indians in KY. However, as Roma Todd pointed out, if Mrs. Mary Todd was born in North Carolina in 1762, then she was not born a Todd because the Todds were still in Pennsylvania. If Mary is the widow of a male Todd, then these killed brothers would not be Todds at all, but rather earlier migrants to KY and TN sharing her maiden name surname. Though Mary Todd could have been a sister-in-law, DNA from two of the descendants of Benjamin Todd b1759 implies that her grandson Walker Todd b 1822 was also a grandson of Benjamin Todd. For this book, we have placed her as the consort of Benjamin Todd, rather than his sister for the reason stated above and rather than a sister-in-law because we have no evidence of another brother to have been Mary’s husband. Further evidence is needed to confirm this assumption.
     "(5) Jesse Todd b 1770-80: Jesse Todd b 1770-80 settled in Rutherford Co in the Carson's Fork area that became Cannon County in 1836 By1835, he also owned land on nearby Brawley’s Fork. This Jesse was thought to be the son of Joseph Todd b 1748, but recently discovered documents shows that Jesse was too old to be a son of that Joseph. Also DNA evidence showed him to be a brother of James B. Todd b 1788 NC and Willilam T. Todd b 1793 NC who lived in Cannon Co.
     "(6) Edmund Todd b 1786 NC Edmond Todd lived 15-20 miles from the other two Todd families. His descendant's DNA does not show a close relationship to any of the Todd lines, but shows a distant relationship to most of them. This suggests that either the relationship is due to intermarriage in more recent generations or to a common ancestor before the families came to TN.
Other information about Benjamin b 1730:
     "Benjamin I b 1730, with sons, Benjamin II, Joseph, Peter, Thomas, and William on the 1790 Rowan County Federal Census. Also, his bro, Caleb Sr and his son, Caleb Jr, are on the 1790 Federal Census. (John Sr, John Jr, and James Todd appear on this list and are the Todds who came form Lancaster Co. PA.)
     "Land entry of February 1778: 525 acres on Swearing Creek. 10: 246:
     "4 Nov 1784 State Grant #899, to Benjamin Todd, 525 Acres on Swearing Creek adj, McCulloh, McCartney and Barkley Benjamin sold 200 acres on Lick's Creek to Hanliman Davis. Listed in area of Rowan County that became Davidson County in 1789. Sold 525 acres in Rowan County on 19-Mar-1796 and abt 1796, he and five sons moved to Madison County, KY. (Caleb and Aaron were in GA at this time.
     "While in Rowan County, his children, Joseph, Mary, and Margaret (this must be Elizabeth or Caleb's dau, Margaret) became members of the Jersey Baptist Meetinghouse, Davidson County, NC (Records of 1792. See more info on this under Joseph).
     "Also, one more important thing to add here is that Benjamin and Sarah Giffin Todd had more sons than we have identified by name, i.e. two males under 16 and one over 16 on the 1790 Rowan County, NC Federal Census. Sarah: Sarah is mentioned in Peter's (bro) will in 1791. Researchers of this line say the spelling of surname is definitely Griffin. Will of Peter has ‘Will of Peter Giffin’ and his father's will has ‘William Giffin.’ In Rowan County, NC,
     "Benjamin owned land along the Yadkin River and streams connected to it, to the east of the City of Salisbury and on the North Side of the river. Benjamin Todd witnessed the will of Thomas, Elizabeth's husband. Benjamin I had four sons who served in the Revolution: Benjamin II, Joseph, Peter, and Thomas.
     "Benjamin married (1) Sarah Griffin in 1750 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA. Sarah was born about 1730 in Upper Medford, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA. She died before 1790 in Rowan County, North Carolina, USA. Sarah is mentioned in Peter's (bro) will in 1791. Some assert that Sarah’s maiden name was Griffin rather than Giffin. Will of Peter has 'Will of Peter Giffin' and his father's will has 'William Giffin'."

From Ancestry - Notes on the TODD and THORNTON families
     "Benjamin and his wife Sarah Griffin were married in 1750 and had nine children, all born in Easton, PA between 1752 and 1764. Sarah could trace her line back to her great grandfather, William Buckman, who emigrated from England with William Penn on the ship "Welcome" in 1682. They migrated to Rowan County, North Carolina, where Benjamin and sons Caleb and Peter are on the 1772 tax roll. At the time they settled in North Carolina, Rowan County extended into western NC to the edge of Burke County. When the Revolutionary War started four of the Todd boys participated. Peter served in Captain Robert Moore's North Carolina militia on an exhibition against Cherokee Indians. Joseph was a private in the militia in 1772. Benjamin Jr. served 8 months in 1777 with Captain Davis' Company as a private in the militia. Thomas volunteered for 14 months in Captain David Cowan's NC militia. Close to the end of the Revolutionary War in 1781 Thomas served as a substitute for his brother Benjamin. He spent two more months as a private in Captain James Straig's Company of Light horse under Col. Davis in the NC Troops.
     Peter Todd is the direct connection with the Thornton family. In 1779, following his service in the War, he married Hannah Cornelison who was born in Loudoun County, Virginia. Peter was a wealthy landowner, with 150 acres on the south side of Lick Creek and 400 acres on the Abbott's Creek, in a section of Rowan County that later became Davidson County. It was too far from Burke and Wilkes County for the Todds to be considered neighbors of the Thornton and Owen families.
     dgrayson143 added this on 14 Apr 2010."^2,11 Benjamin Todd Sr. was a witness to From Ancestry - Notes on the TODD and THORNTON families
"     The most important family connection with the Thortons for more than 170 years was the Todd family. Both the Thorton and Todd families were living in the western part of North Carolina in the last part of the eighteenth century. It is not known if they met with the Thornton family while the Todds lived in Rowan County 60 miles away, but future meetings would create some very close bonds.
"     The Todds had been in the United States for at least 100 years earlier. The earliest Todd found is John who was born around 1619 in Eling, Southamptonshire, England and married Elizabeth Mallory. His son Joseph migrated to Pennsylvania in late seventeenth century and died there in 1699. The direct line progressed through Joseph Jr., Joshua, and John, born about 1705. John must have moved to Easton, Northampton County Pa in the early eighteenth century, where his son Benjamin was born in 1725.
"     Benjamin and his wife Sarah Griffin were married in 1750 and had nine children, all born in Easton, PA between 1752 and 1764. Sarah could trace her line back to her great grandfather, William Buckman, who emigrated from England with William Penn on the ship "Welcome" in 1682. They migrated to Rowan County, North Carolina, where Benjamin and sons Caleb and Peter are on the 1772 tax roll. At the time they settled in North Carolina, Rowan County extended into western NC to the edge of Burke County. When the Revolutionary War started four of the Todd boys participated. Peter served in Captain Robert Moore's North Carolina militia on an exhibition against Cherokee Indians. Joseph was a private in the militia in 1772. Benjamin Jr. served 8 months in 1777 with Captain Davis' Company as a private in the militia. Thomas volunteered for 14 months in Captain David Cowan's NC militia. Close to the end of the Revolutionary War in 1781 Thomas served as a substitute for his brother Benjamin. He spent two more months as a private in Captain James Straig's Company of Light horse under Col. Davis in the NC Troops.
"     Peter Todd is the direct connection with the Thornton family. In 1779, following his service in the War, he married Hannah Cornelison who was born in Loudoun County, Virginia. Peter was a wealthy landowner, with 150 acres on the south side of Lick Creek and 400 acres on the Abbott's Creek, in a section of Rowan County that later became Davidson County. It was too far from Burke and Wilkes County for the Todds to be considered neighbors of the Thornton and Owen families.
"     Migration to Kentucky the first of the families to move to Kentucky was the Owen family. On 12 Sept 1793, Barnett and Frances sold 115 of their remaining acreage in Lunenburg and on 14 Dec 1798, sold 100 acres in Wilkes County. This sale of land continued as the Owen families prepared for their move to Kentucky in the early 1790's. Barnett and family were already in Madison county, KY in time to be listed in the 1795 census. Barnett's brother William was listed in the neighboring county, Clark, in the same census. There are records of marriages of 10 Owen children in Madison County, KY from 1795 to 1813. The marriages for the first three- Sally, Frances, and Jemima- were in 1795 and 1796. Because their marriages were recorded right after they arrived in Kentucky, the young men were probably part of the migrating families from North Carolina. If not, the girls were quick to marry newly found Kentucky boys.
"     The Todd families were also ready to migrate to Kentucky. On 19 mar 1796, Benjamin Todd sold 525 acres of land in Rowan County. Records of sale of Peter's land have not been found, but the Todd families migrated to Kentucky sometime between 1796 and 1799. By 1800 Peter and his family were listed in the Madison County, KY census.
"     It is not known if the Todd families knew members of the Owen family or the Thornton family before the migration. The Todd families lived about 60 miles from the Thornton family in Burke and the Owen family in Wilkes but they could have accidentally met each other as they passed through the counties toward Kentucky just before the end of the century. Instead of joining them, William and patsy would stay in North Carolina a little longer. William was listed as overseeing the road from Silver Creek to the bridge on Gunpowder Creek in Burke County in Jan 1797. William was still in Burke county when the 1800 census was taken.
"     The Todd and Owen families settle in Madison County, KY, where they are listed in the 1800 and 1810 census records. William Thornton is not listed in Madison County but in Clark county, just across the Kentucky River that forms the northern boundary of Madison County. The Thornton family must have lived close to access across the Kentucky River because all marriages for the family are recorded in Madison County.
"     William Thornton to Sally "Sallie" Todd. When they were married 9 Dec 1813, Willi was 21 and Sallie was 20. The same day they were married, Sallie's brother, William Todd, married Elizabeth Owen, Patsy (Owen) Thornton's youngest sister. Elizabeth was 25 years younger than her sister Patsy. Peter Todd's father, Benjamin Sr., died in Madison County earlier in 1810. When Peter's son and daughter left Kentucky, Peter was 60 years old and remained there until his death.
"     James Thornton, Willi's youngest son, and Sarah had 9 children while they lived in Callaway County. One son, Levi, was born in 1828 and died 20 years later from fighting in the Mexican War in 1846 through 1848. One of their daughters, Nancy Jane, would later marry into the Todd family.
"     William Thornton, and Sallie Todd second child was William Todd, born5 Apr 1817. His first name continued the family tradition of passing the father's name on to the oldest son. William's middle name, Todd was in honor of his mother's family name. It was also prophetic because 20 years later he would marry one of Uncle Jesse Todd's daughters. Sallie (Todd) Thornton's older brother Jesse Todd grew up with the Thorntons in Kentucky and traveled with them to Missouri. Jesse Todd also grew up with Lucy Isabell Dalton whom he married in Madison County and had 8 children. Jesse became a preacher in the Primitive Baptist religion, served churches in Callaway and DeKalb counties and officiated at several of the family's weddings. His children and those of his sister, Sallie (Todd) Thornton, had a close affection for each other. The connections with the Thornton and Todd families became very complicated with an aunt becoming sister-in-laws and nieces and nephews becoming son or daughter-in-laws. This arrangement was not that unusual at the time. In the early history of the settlements, marriage occurred very frequently among kin. William Todd Thornton was the first of three Thornton brothers to marry their first cousins in the Todd family. In 1837 he married Hannah Todd and year later they would have the first of their 15 children.
"     
dgrayson143 added this on 14 Apr 2010
with John Todd.¹²

; from WikiTree Migration to Kentucky - Owen/Todd/Thornton Families: "The Todd families were also ready to migrate to Kentucky. Benjamin Todd and Sarah Griffin Todd moved to Rowan County, North Carolina about 1765 where they lived during the Revolutionary War."¹³

Benjamin Todd Sr. lived between 1775 and 1797 at Rowan Co., North Carolina, USA.⁴

Benjamin Todd Sr. appeared in the census of 1790 at Rowan Co., North Carolina, USA;
p. 340, Line 10
     Name:     Benjn Todd Senior [Benjamin Todd]
     Home in 1790 (City, County, State):     Rowan, North Carolina
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 16:     2
     Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over:     2
     Number of Household Members:     4.¹⁴

Benjamin Todd Sr. appeared in the census of 1790 at Rowan Co. (now Guilford Co.), North Carolina, USA;
Various unidentified TODDs in the 1790 Federal Census for Rowan Co., KY:
Home in 1790 (City, County, State):     Rowan, North Carolina
Pages 340-341
     Line #     Name
     4     Caleb TODD Senior
     5     Thomas TODD
     6     Peter TODD
     7     Benjamin TODD Junior
     8     William TODD
     9     Joseph TODD
     10     Benjamin TODD Senior
     11     Caleb TODD Junior.¹⁵
Benjamin Todd Sr. was mentioned in a land transaction on 19 March 1796
Memo: from WikiTree Migration to Kentucky - Owen/Todd/Thornton Families: "Benjamin sold 525 acres of land on the waters of Swearing Creek in Rowan County in March 19 of 1796, probably in preparation for the move to Madison County, Kentucky. This land in Rowan County was granted to Benjamin by the State of North Carolina on November 4, 1784."¹³

Benjamin Todd Sr. lived between 1797 and 1819 at Madison Co., Kentucky, USA; from WikiTree Migration to Kentucky - Owen/Todd/Thornton Families: "...the Todd families migrated to Kentucky sometime between 1796 and 1799. By 1800 Peter Todd and his family were listed in the Madison County, Kentucky census."^16,13

Benjamin Todd Sr. appeared in the census of 1810 at Muddy Creek, Madison Co., Kentucky, USA;
Also listed in Madison Co. numerous other TODDs, including: Joseph and Thomas (his nephews), Isaac (uncertain), and William (uncertain).
p. 232, line 7
     Name:     Benjamin Todd
     Home in 1810 (City, County, State):     Madison, Madison, Kentucky
     Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over :     1
     Number of Household Members Over 25:     2
     Number of Household Members:     2.¹⁷

     Thomas Todd was born circa 1690 at Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, USA.^1,2 He married Elizabeth Cummings on 4 February 1722 at Christ Church, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, USA,
; Ancestry.com - Pennsylvania, Compiled Marriage Records, 1700-1821
     Name:     Thomas Todd
     Marriage Date:     4 Feb 1722
     Marriage Place:     Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
     Spouse's Name:     Elizabeth Cummings
          Source Information: Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Compiled Marriage Records, 1700-1821 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011.
     Original data: Pennsylvania Marriage Records. Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Archives Printed Series, 1876. Series 2, Series 6.^1,2,6
Thomas Todd died on 20 April 1735.²
      .⁷

Thomas Todd witnessed the will of Joseph (I) Todd on 2 March 1698 at Eling, Southamptonshire, England; Abstract of will of Joseph Todd (1645-1699)
Ancestry.com - Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1819
Name: Joseph Todd
Residence: Eling, Southamptonshire, England
Description: Decedent
Date: 2 Mar 1698
Prove Date: 31 Aug 1700
BookPage: B:63
Remarks: Todd, Joseph. Eling, Southamptonshire, England. March 2,1698. Son by first wife Joseph. Children by second wife Joshua, Caleb, Thomas, Elizabeth and Mary. Brother Daniel and his son David. Sister Elizabeth Bradshaw and her children James and Hester. Friends John Swift, Sr., John Swift, Jr., Henry Abbott and Peter Chamberlyne. Executrix: Wife Joane.
From McMurtry RootsWeb: [quote]
     In the name of God, Amen; On the second day of March Anno Domis(1698): I, Joseph Todd of Eling, in the County of Southamptonshire, being in perfect memory, thanks be unto God for the same, and considering the frailty and uncertainty of this life, do make this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following, that is to say, First of all, I resign my soul into the hands and protection of Almighty God, my maker, and everlasting preserver, and my body I commit to the earth from whence it was taken, and for my worldly goods, which God in mercy hath lent and bestowed upon me, I do give and bequeath as followeth:
     Item: I give and bequeath unto my son, Joseph Todd, forty-pounds of lawful money of England, the full value thereof to be paid in money or goods by my executors, hereafter named, as soon as he shall come to and attain unto the age of one and twenty years, and if it shall happen that he should die before he shall attain unto the said age of one and twenty years, then his said portion of forty-pounds before given and bequeathed to him and remain equally divided between and amongst the rest of my children then surviving, as they shall attain unto the said age of one and twenty years, so to be paid by my executors hereafter named.
     Item: I give and bequeath unto the children, which now I have by my last wife, forever, twenty-pounds a piece of lawful English money. That is to say, unto Joshua, twenty-pounds, unto Caleb twenty-pounds, unto Thomas twenty-pounds, unto Elizabeth twenty-pounds, and unto Mary twenty-pounds, and it is my will and meaning that Joanne, my said wife, whom I do make sole executrix of this my Last Will and Testament, should have the use of the said twenty-pounds a piece last given and bequeath unto my named children, during the term of her natural life if she do remain a widow aft my decease, but in case she should marry another husband, that within one month aft her marriage, the said portion of twenty-pounds last given and bequeathed unto my said children, then to become due, and then to be paid by my said executors wife of any further delay, and in case any one of my said children should die and leave this world before they receive the said portion, then my will and meaning is the said portion or portions of the deceased should be equally divided between the survivors of them and whereas by promise. I, the said Joseph Todd, am engaged to pay unto Davy, the son of my bro, Daniel Todd, and unto James and Hatty Bradshaw, the children of Elizabeth, my sister, when they should attain unto the age of one and twenty years, five-pounds a piece when they should come of age to receive the same, and if either of my sister, Elizabeth's children, should die before they come to receive the same, then his or her share, due to dying, be paid unto the survivors of them. Lastly, all the residue of my money, goods, chattels and credits, I give unto my loving wife, Joanne, whom I do make and appoint to be sole executor of this my Last Will and Testament, and also I do nominate, desire, and appoint John Swift, the older, John Swift, the younger, Henry Abbot, and Pete (Peter) Chamberlyne to be overseers of this my Last Will and Testament. In witness whereof I do hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written. Signed, sealed, and declared in the presence of John MacShane, Richard Chandler, and Andrew Worsom (prob Worsham). [end quote]
Source Information: Lineages, Inc., comp. Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, U.S., Will Index, 1682-1819 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2000.
Original data: Philadelphia County Wills, 1682-1819. Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1900.^8,4,9

     Elizabeth Todd was born circa 1690 at Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, USA.^1,2
      .⁴

Elizabeth Todd witnessed the will of Joseph (I) Todd on 2 March 1698 at Eling, Southamptonshire, England; Abstract of will of Joseph Todd (1645-1699)
Ancestry.com - Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1819
Name: Joseph Todd
Residence: Eling, Southamptonshire, England
Description: Decedent
Date: 2 Mar 1698
Prove Date: 31 Aug 1700
BookPage: B:63
Remarks: Todd, Joseph. Eling, Southamptonshire, England. March 2,1698. Son by first wife Joseph. Children by second wife Joshua, Caleb, Thomas, Elizabeth and Mary. Brother Daniel and his son David. Sister Elizabeth Bradshaw and her children James and Hester. Friends John Swift, Sr., John Swift, Jr., Henry Abbott and Peter Chamberlyne. Executrix: Wife Joane.
From McMurtry RootsWeb: [quote]
     In the name of God, Amen; On the second day of March Anno Domis(1698): I, Joseph Todd of Eling, in the County of Southamptonshire, being in perfect memory, thanks be unto God for the same, and considering the frailty and uncertainty of this life, do make this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following, that is to say, First of all, I resign my soul into the hands and protection of Almighty God, my maker, and everlasting preserver, and my body I commit to the earth from whence it was taken, and for my worldly goods, which God in mercy hath lent and bestowed upon me, I do give and bequeath as followeth:
     Item: I give and bequeath unto my son, Joseph Todd, forty-pounds of lawful money of England, the full value thereof to be paid in money or goods by my executors, hereafter named, as soon as he shall come to and attain unto the age of one and twenty years, and if it shall happen that he should die before he shall attain unto the said age of one and twenty years, then his said portion of forty-pounds before given and bequeathed to him and remain equally divided between and amongst the rest of my children then surviving, as they shall attain unto the said age of one and twenty years, so to be paid by my executors hereafter named.
     Item: I give and bequeath unto the children, which now I have by my last wife, forever, twenty-pounds a piece of lawful English money. That is to say, unto Joshua, twenty-pounds, unto Caleb twenty-pounds, unto Thomas twenty-pounds, unto Elizabeth twenty-pounds, and unto Mary twenty-pounds, and it is my will and meaning that Joanne, my said wife, whom I do make sole executrix of this my Last Will and Testament, should have the use of the said twenty-pounds a piece last given and bequeath unto my named children, during the term of her natural life if she do remain a widow aft my decease, but in case she should marry another husband, that within one month aft her marriage, the said portion of twenty-pounds last given and bequeathed unto my said children, then to become due, and then to be paid by my said executors wife of any further delay, and in case any one of my said children should die and leave this world before they receive the said portion, then my will and meaning is the said portion or portions of the deceased should be equally divided between the survivors of them and whereas by promise. I, the said Joseph Todd, am engaged to pay unto Davy, the son of my bro, Daniel Todd, and unto James and Hatty Bradshaw, the children of Elizabeth, my sister, when they should attain unto the age of one and twenty years, five-pounds a piece when they should come of age to receive the same, and if either of my sister, Elizabeth's children, should die before they come to receive the same, then his or her share, due to dying, be paid unto the survivors of them. Lastly, all the residue of my money, goods, chattels and credits, I give unto my loving wife, Joanne, whom I do make and appoint to be sole executor of this my Last Will and Testament, and also I do nominate, desire, and appoint John Swift, the older, John Swift, the younger, Henry Abbot, and Pete (Peter) Chamberlyne to be overseers of this my Last Will and Testament. In witness whereof I do hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written. Signed, sealed, and declared in the presence of John MacShane, Richard Chandler, and Andrew Worsom (prob Worsham). [end quote]
Source Information: Lineages, Inc., comp. Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, U.S., Will Index, 1682-1819 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2000.
Original data: Philadelphia County Wills, 1682-1819. Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1900.^5,3,6

     Martha Ann Todd died; Y.
      .¹

     Davis David Todd was born in 1774 at Salisbury, Rowan Co., North Carolina, USA. He married Rebecca Burgin on 9 August 1809 at Madison Co., Kentucky, USA,
; Ancestry.com - Kentucky Marriages, 1802-1850
Name: Rebecca Burgin
Marriage Date: 9 Aug 1809
Marriage Place: Madison, Kentucky, USA
Spouse: Davis Todd
Source Information: Dodd, Jordan. Kentucky Marriages, 1802-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.
Original data: Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Kentucky.²
Davis David Todd died in 1858 at Howard Co., Missouri, USA.³
     He was a mentioned with Joseph Todd and Anna Maria CrouseGrose at Citation; Name: Joseph Todd
     "Sex: M
     "Birth: 1748 in Pennsylvania, USA
     "Death: 1810 in Madison, Kentucky, USA
     "Person Id: I65
     "Tree Id: 234165

Parents
     "Father: Thomas Todd: Birth: 1717/1727 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Death: BET 1777 AND 1778 in Rowan County, North Carolina, USA
     Mother: Elizabeth Unknown: Birth: ABT 1723 in Prob. Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Family
Married: Anne Crose on ABT 1770 at Rowan County, North Carolina, USA.
     "Anne Crose: Birth: ABT 1750 in Germany. Death: 1826 in Howard County, Missouri, USA
Children:

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     "Joseph was born in 1748 in the Bethlehem area of Northampton County, PA, and appears on the tax lists in 1769 when he came of age. Joseph was on the 1779 and the 1784 Rowan County, NC, tax lists.
     "In 1777, he and his brother Thomas inherited the land bought by their father in 1772. In 1778, Joseph entered land for 200 acres of which he obtained 100 acres by grant in 1786. In 1789 he and his brother sold the land inherited from their father along with 100 adjacent acres entered by Joseph.
     "Rowan County, NC (Book 11, page 851): 7 December 1789 - Joseph Todd and wife Ann, and Thomas Todd and wife Elizabeth, to Jacob Frailey 360 acres in two tracts on the East Side of the Yadkin River - (1) a tract of 260 acres including the dwelling house of Joseph Todd and Thomas Todd, granted to James Bryan by Henry McCulloh 29 March 1762 (Book 4, page 879), sold to James Simerson 5 April 1764 (Book 6, page 33 lists the grantee as James Simson) and conveyed by Simerson to Thomas Todd, Esq., 7 March 1772 (Book 7, page 462) and later devised to Joseph and Thomas Todd by the last will and testament of Thomas Todd, Esq. (Will Book A, page 259) and (2) state grant #1077 for 100 acres (Book 11, page 96) adjacent the first tract. Witness: George Failey.
     "Rowan County, NC (Book 11 page 96): 25 October 1786 - State Grant #1077 to Joseph Todd, 100 acres on the east side of the Yadkin River adjacent John Coxe and McCulloh.
     "Joseph Todd and wife Ann, and Thomas Todd and wife Elizabeth, let Jacob Frailey have two tracts of land on the East Side of the Yadkin River - one including the dwelling house of Joseph Todd and Thomas Todd, land acquired by will of decd Thomas Todd.
     "In 1772 Joseph and Thomas's father had acquired the 260 acres from James Simerson, Book 7 page 462. Joseph had been granted 100 acres in 1786 next to John Cox, Book 11 page 96.
     "They moved from Rowan County, NC to Madison County, KY and Joseph was listed on Otter Creek in Madison County, KY with 150 acres 1801-1809 though the first deed we have was in 1811 for 147-1/2 acres on Otter Creek (Book H, page 82). The 1811 tax list indicates that Joseph had died and Isaac Wagle was being taxed for his land on Otter Creek.
     "A deed of 1812 (Book O p253) refers to the “heirs of Joseph Todd deceased” namely, Thomas, Isaiah, Joseph, Elisha, Davis, Jonathan, Nancy, Levi, William, Susanna McCreary, Jesse and Betsy Todd who sold the Otter Creek land to Isaac Wagle. Joseph Todd was guardian for William and Jesse Todd, indicating that both were minors born after 1791. Therefore Jesse Todd b 1776/80 who settled in Rutherford/Cannon County Tennessee could not be the son of Joseph b 1748. Isaiah Todd was attorney for Davis Todd and Levi; Jonathan was agent for Elisha Todd. By 1810, Joseph Todd son of Joseph b 1748 was on the census in Hardin County, KY.
     "Contrary to the Annals of Platte County, it was not Joseph Todd b 1748 who moved to Howard Co Missouri, it was his son Joseph Todd b 1777 who moved to Howard County in 1817. (See the Annals of Platte County by W. M. Paxton 1897, Joseph was one of the four earliest arrivals in Madison County, KY on the 1795 tax record: Todd, Thomas Sr 1749 Madison son of Thomas Todd/Elizabeth Unknown Todd, Joseph 1748 Madison son of Thomas Todd/Elizabeth Unknown Todd, Isaiah 1770 Madison son of Joseph Todd/Anne Crose Todd, Thomas Jr 1771 Madison son of Joseph Todd/Anne Crose Sr and Jr used to distinguish between same names and not necessarily father and son.
     "So we have two sets of brothers as the first Todd arrivals. Annals of Platte Co (This history has some errors that have to be sorted from the accurate info.) Joseph Todd was born in Pennsylvania about 1748. He married Ann Crose, a German lady, and after residing a time in Rowan Co NC removed to Hardin Co KY and thence to Madison Co KY. In 1817, he pressed forward to Howard Co MO. Here most of his children remained. The above quotation is in error. Joseph died in Madison Co in 1810. Previous family historians thought that there were two Thomas Todds in Rowan Co - one being the son of Thomas d 1732/3 and one being the son of Joshua Todd. One they thought was the Thomas Todd a soldier who died in Sept 1777 and one they thought was the Thomas Todd who made his will in October 1777. However, closer inspection of the military records indicates that the Thomas Todd who died in Sept 1777 lived in a different part of North Carolina. Hence there is only one Thomas Todd in Rowan Co in the family of Joseph of Eling.
     "On 31-Oct-1777 Thomas made a will in Rowan County, NC Book A page 259, and probated 03-Feb-1778. While sick and weak, etc., naming Elizabeth and children: Joseph, Thomas, Elizabeth Cox, Hester Lewis, Sarah,and Jemima. Sons, Joseph and Thomas were to receive the land with Thomas to receive the upper part and home and Joseph the lower portion. Exrs:sons Joseph and Thomas. Wits: James Smith, Thos. McCartney, and Benjamin Todd.
     "The widow Elizabeth appeared on the 1778 Rowan County Tax List in the Morris Dist, along with Benjamin, Caleb, Peter,Thomas, Caleb Jr, and Joseph (in trust) Todd.
     "The misleading information about there being two Thomas Todds in Rowan County came from a DAR record which erroneously identified the Thomas Todd who died while serving in the Revolutionary War as the Thomas of Rowan County.
     "Military records for the Thomas who died in September 1777 show that he was from the Halifax area of North Carolina, far to the east of Rowan County. 1043: Book 11, p 851. 7 Dec 1789. Joseph Todd and wife Ann; and Thomas Todd and wife Elizabeth to Jacob Frailey ..360 acres in 2 tarcts on East Side of Yaadkin rover (1) a tract of 260 acres including the dwelling house of Joseph Todd and Thomas Todd, granted to James Bryan by Henry McCulloh 29 Mar 1762 (Book 4, p 879) sold ot James Simerson 5 Apr 1764 (Book 6, p33 lists the grantee as James Simson) and converyed by Simerson to Thomas Todd Esq 7 Mar 1772 (Book 7, p 462) later devised to Joseph and Thoams Todd by the last will and testament of Thomas Todd, Esq. (Will book A: 259) and (2) state grant #1077 for 100 acres (Book 11, p 96) adj the first tract. Wit: George Frailey 126: Book 11 p 96 25 Oct 1786. State Grant #1077 to Joseph Todd , 100 ac on E side of Yadkin River adj John Coxe and McCulloh.

The Annals of Platte Co.: "Joseph Todd was born in Pennsylvania about 1748. He married Ann Crose, a German lady, and after residing a time in Rowan Co., NC, removed to Hardin Co., KY, and thence to Madison Co., KY. In 1817, he pressed forward to Howard Co., MO. Here most of his children remained." This quotation is in error. Joseph died in Madison County, KY, in 1810.:

Father: Thomas TODD, b. 1717/1727 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania.
Mother: Elizabeth UNKNOWN, b. abt. 1723 probably in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania..
Spouse: Anne Crose, b. abt. 1750 in Germany.
Married: Abt. 1770 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
Children:. Davis David Todd was a witness to from Ancestry: [quote]Source: McMurtry, Richard, "Todds of Joseph Todd of Eling and of Rutherford/Cannon Co., TN," http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=to .
     Name: Joseph TODD.
     Birth: 1748 in PA.
     Death: 1810 in Madison County, KY.
     "Joseph was born in 1748 in the Bethlehem area of Northampton County, PA, and appears on the tax lists in 1769 when he came of age. Joseph was on the 1779 and the 1784 Rowan County, NC, tax lists..
     "In 1777, he and his brother Thomas inherited the land bought by their father in 1772. In 1778, Joseph entered land for 200 acres of which he obtained 100 acres by grant in 1786. In 1789 he and his brother sold the land inherited from their father along with 100 adjacent acres entered by Joseph..
     "Rowan County, NC (Book 11, page 851): 7 December 1789 - Joseph Todd and wife Ann, and Thomas Todd and wife Elizabeth, to Jacob Frailey 360 acres in two tracts on the East Side of the Yadkin River - (1) a tract of 260 acres including the dwelling house of Joseph Todd and Thomas Todd, granted to James Bryan by Henry McCulloh 29 March 1762 (Book 4, page 879), sold to James Simerson 5 April 1764 (Book 6, page 33 lists the grantee as James Simson) and conveyed by Simerson to Thomas Todd, Esq., 7 March 1772 (Book 7, page 462) and later devised to Joseph and Thomas Todd by the last will and testament of Thomas Todd, Esq. (Will Book A, page 259) and (2) state grant #1077 for 100 acres (Book 11, page 96) adjacent the first tract. Witness: George Failey. .
     "Rowan County, NC (Book 11 page 96): 25 October 1786 - State Grant #1077 to Joseph Todd, 100 acres on the east side of the Yadkin River adjacent John Coxe and McCulloh..
     "They moved from Rowan County, NC, to Madison County, KY, and Joseph was listed on Otter Creek in Madison County, KY, with 150 acres 1801-1809, though the first deed we have was in 1811 for 147 1/2 acres on Otter Creek (Book H, page 81). The 1811 tax list indicates that Joseph had died and Isaac Wagle was being taxed for his land on Otter Creek. A deed of 1812 (Book O, page 253) refers to the "heirs of Joseph Todd, deceased, namely, Thomas, Isaiah, Joseph, Elisha, Davis, Jonathan, Nancy, Levi, William, Susanna McCreary, Jesse and Betsy Todd, who collectively sold the Otter Creek land to Isaac Wagle. In the transaction, Joseph Todd was guardian for William and Jesse Todd, indicating that both were minors, born after 1791. (Therefore, Jesse Todd b. 1776/80, who settled in Rutherford/Cannon County, TN, could not be the son of Joseph b. 1748.) Isaiah Todd was attorney for Davis Todd and Levi Todd; Jonathan was agent for Elisha Todd. .
     " By 1810, Joseph Todd, son of Joseph b. 1748, was on the census in Hardin County, KY..
     "Contrary to The Annals of Platte County, it was not Joseph Todd b. 1748 who moved to Howard County, MO; it was his son Joseph Todd b. 1777 who moved to Howard County in 1817. (See The Annals of Platte County by W. M. Paxton 1897.)
     Joseph was one of the four earliest arrivals in Madison County, KY, on the 1795 tax record:.
     1) Todd, Thomas Sr. 1749 Madison son of Thomas Todd/Elizabeth Unknown;
     2) Todd, Joseph 1748 Madison son of Thomas Todd/Elizabeth Unknown;
     3) Todd, Isaiah 1770 Madison son of Joseph Todd/Anne Crose;
     4) Todd, Thomas Jr. 1771 Madison son of Joseph Todd/Anne Crose.
     It should be noted that "Sr" and "Jr" were used to distinguish between the same names, one being older and one younger, not necessarily father and son. So we have two sets of brothers as the first Todd arrivals in Madison County..
     The Annals of Platte County: "Joseph Todd was born in Pennsylvania about 1748. He married Ann Crose, a German lady, and after residing a time in Rowan Co., NC, removed to Hardin Co., KY, and thence to Madison Co., KY. In 1817, he pressed forward to Howard Co., MO. Here most of his children remained." This quotation is in error. The elder Joseph died in Madison County, KY, in 1810..
     Previous family historians thought that there were two Thomas Todds in Rowan County, one being the son of Thomas d. 1732/33 and one being the son of Joshua Todd. One they thought was the Thomas Todd, a soldier who died in September 1777, and one they thought was the Thomas Todd who made his will in October 1777. However closer inspection of the military records indicates that the Thomas Todd who died in September 1777 lived in the Halifax area of North Carolina, far to the east of Rowan County. (This misleading information about there being two Thomas Todds in Rowan County came from a DAR record which erroneously identified the Thomas Todd who died while serving as a musician in the Revolutionary War as the Thomas of Rowan County.)".
     Father: Thomas TODD, b. 1717/1727 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania.
     Mother: Elizabeth UNKNOWN, b. abt. 1723 probably in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania..
     Spouse: Anne Crose, b. abt. 1750 in Germany.
     Married: Abt. 1770 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     Children:.
     1. Isaiah TODD, b. abt. 1770 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     2. Thomas TODD, b. 25 Dec 1771 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     3. Joseph C. TODD, b. 4 Nov 1777 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     4. Elisha TODD, b. 1780 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     5. Phoebe TODD, b. 1784 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     6. Davis TODD, b. abt. 1786 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     7. Jonathan TODD, b. abt. 1787 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     8. Levi TODD, b. abt. 1788 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     9. Nancy TODD, b. 1792 in Rowan county, North Carolina.
     10. Jesse TODD, b. aft. 1792 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     11. William TODD Major, b. 7 Jun 1794 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     12. Elizabeth "Betsy" TODD, b. 1796 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     13. Susan TODD, b. in Rowan County, North Carolina [end quote] with Joseph Todd and Anna Maria CrouseGrose.⁷

Reference: Paxton [1897:129]: "...lived in Howard."⁶

Davis David Todd lived in 1810 at Louisiana and Missouri Territory, USA; Ancestry.com - U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820
     Name:     Davis Todd
     Gender:     M (Male)
     State:     Missouri
     Locality:     Louisiana and Missouri Territory
     Town:     Louisiana
     Residence Year:     1810
     Household Remarks:     Name on memorial, 1810, to the Land Commissioners by inhabitants of the territory concerning the large number of their Spanish land claims that are being rejected, etc. [pages 382-98].
     Source Citation: Document: Territorial Papers of the US; Volume Number: Vol 14; Page Number: 396; Family Number: 8
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
     Original data: Census Publishing. State Census Records. West Jordan, Utah: Census Publishing, 2003-2009.⁸
; From the History of Howard and Chariton Counties, Missouri [St. Louis, MO: National Historical Company, 1883], pages 95-98.
     Old Settlers Erect Forts
     Being fully convinced that the Indians were making preparations to attack the settlements along the Missouri river, they determined to be ready to receive them properly when they did appear, and to this end, began the erection of three forts in Howard county, being the names respectively of Fort Cooper, Fort Hempstead, and Fort Kincaid. Fort Cooper was located about two miles southwest of Boone's Lick. Fort Kincaid was east southeast, about nine miles distant, and about one mile north of the present Boonville railroad bridge. Fort Hempstead was about one and a half miles north of Fort Kincaid. Each fort was a series of log houses, built together around an enclosure. In each house lived a family, and the stock was corraled and the property of the settlers secured at night in the enclosure. There were other smaller forts, but the above were the most important. Immediately after the erection of these forts, the pioneers organized themselves into a military company, with Sarshall Cooper as captain; first lieutenant, William McMahon; second lieutenant, John Monroe; ensign, Benjamin Cooper, Jr.
     Sergeants. 1st John McMurray; 2d Samuel McMahan; 3d Adam Woods; 4th Davis Todd; 5th John Mathis.
     Corporals. 1st Andrew Smith; 2d Thomas Vaughan; 3d James McMahan; 4th John Busby; 5th James Barnes; 6th Jesse Ashcraft.
     The above were the officers chosen by their comrades and neighbors to command the company, which consisted of 112 men who were able to bear arms. The following list comprises all the men and boys who were in the different forts:--
     Fort Cooper: James Alexander, James Anderson, Middleton Anderson, William Anderson, Gray Bynum, John Busby, Robert Brown, Samuel Brown, Benjamin Cooper, Sarshall Cooper, David Cooper, Braxton Cooper, Joseph Cooper, Stephen Cooper, Robert Cooper, Henly Cooper, Patrick Cooper, Jesse Cox, Solomon Cox, John Ferrill, Henry Ferrill, Edward Good, Harmon Gregg, William Gregg, David Gregg, Robert Heath, Robert Hancock, Abbott Hancock, Josiah Higgins, Frederick Hyatt, Robert Irvine, David Jones, John Jones, Jesse Jones, George Jackson, Stephen Jackson, James Jackson, Samuel McMahan, Thomas McMahan, James McMahan, William McMahan, Thomas O'Bannon, Judiah Osmond, Samuel Perry, William Read, Benoni Sappington, John Sappington, James Sappington, Daniel Tillmann, John Thorp, William Thorp, Samuel Turley, Stephen Turley, Ezekiel Williams, Thomas Wasson, Joseph Wasson, Adam Woods, William Wolfskill, Joseph Wolfskill, William Wolfskill, Jr.
     Fort Hempstead: George Alcorn, James Alcorn, William Allen, John Arnold, Price Arnold, Joseph Austin, John Austin, Robert Austin, William Baxter, Big Berry, John Berry, William Berry, David Boggs, Joseph Boggs, Muke Box, Joseph Boyers, Robert Brown, Samuel Brown, William Brown, Townsend Brown, Christopher Brown, Christopher Burckhartt, Nicholas S. Burckhartt, Andrew Carson, Lindsay Carson (father of Kit Carson), Moses Carson, Charles Canole, William Canole, Isaac Clark, Joseph Cooley, James Cooley, Perrin Cooley, Braxton Cooper, Jr., James Cockrell, Thomas Chandler, James Creason, John Creason, Peter Creason, William Creason, Daniel Crump, Harper Davis, James Douglas, Daniel Durbin, John Elliott, Braxton Fugate, Hiram Fugate, Reuben Fugate, Sarshall Fugate, Simeon Fugate, Reuben Gentry, Samuel Gibbs, Abner Grooms, John Grooms, William Grooms, Alfred Head, Moses Head, Robert Hinkson, John James, James Jones, Abner Johnson, Noah Katew, Joseph McLane, William McLane, Ewing McLane, David McQuitly, William Monroe (called Long Gun), Joseph Moody, Susan Mullens, Thompson Mullins, John Peak, William Pipes, Michael Poage, Robert Poage, Joseph Poage, Christopher Richardson, Jesse Richardson, James Richardson, Silas Richardson, John Rupe, Henry Simmons, Reuben Smith, Andrew Smith, Thomas Smith, John Snethan, Joseph Still, John Stinson, Nathan Teague, Solomon Teters, David Teters, John Teters, Isaac Thornton, John Thornton, Davis TODD, Elisha TODD, Jonathan TODD, Levi TODD, James Turner, Philip Turner, Jesse Turner, Thomas Vaughan, Robert Wilds, William Wadkins, James Whitley, Benjamin Young, John Yarnell.
     Fort Kincaid: Amos Ashcraft, Jesse Ashcraft, Otho Ashcraft, Amos Barnes, Aquilla Barnes, Abraham Barnes, James Barnes, John Barnes, Shadrach Barnes, Robert Barclay, Francis Berry, Campbell Bolen, Delany Bolen, William Brazil, David Burris, Henry Burris, Reuben Cornelius, Pryor Duncan, Stephen Fields, John Fields, Cornelius Gooch, Thomas Gray, John Hines, Daniel Hubbard, Asaph Hubbard, Eusebius Hubbard, Joseph Jolly, David Kincaid, Matthew Kincaid, John Kincaid, John McMurray, Adam McCord, Daniel Monroe, John Monroe, John Mathis, William Nash, John Pursely, William Ridgeway, William Robertson, Edward Robertson, Gilead Rupe, Enoch Taylor, Isaac Taylor, William Taylor, Enoch Turner, Giles Williams, Britton Williams, Francis Wood, Henry Weeden.⁹

Davis David Todd and Rebecca Burgin appeared in the census of 1830 at Howard Co., Missouri, USA; p. 147, line 1
     Name:     Davis Todd
     Home in 1830 (City, County, State):     Howard, Missouri
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 5:     2 [aft 1825] Thomas 1827, Jasper 1827
     Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9:     3 [1821-25] Perry 1821, Ignacious 1822, Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14:     1 [1816-20] Jonathan 1817
     Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19:     1 [1811-15] Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49:     1 [1781-90] Davis 1774
     Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49:     1 [1781-90] Rebecca (Burgin) unk
     Slaves - Females - 24 thru 35:     1
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     7
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     1
     Total Free White Persons:     8
     Total Slaves:     1
     Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):     9.¹⁰ Davis David Todd and Susan Todd were was mentioned in a land transaction by (?) John Elder on 6 November 1832 at Howard Co., Missouri, USA, from Murray Buffum et al Family Tree: "John Elder and his wife Susan, of Edwards County, Illinois, as one of the eleven heirs of Jonathan Todd, deceased, sold to Davis Todd their one undivided share of 160 acres. (Howard County Deed Book L, Page 323.)¹¹"

Davis David Todd and Rebecca Burgin appeared in the census of 1840 at Richmond, Howard Co., Missouri, USA; p. 11, line 22
     Name:     Davis Todd
     Home in 1840 (City, County, State):     Richmond, Howard, Missouri
     Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14:     2 [1826-30] Thomas 1827, Jasper 1827
     Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19:     2 [1821-25] Perry 1821, Ignacious 1822
     Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29:     1 [1811-20] Jonathan 1817
     Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49:     1 [1791-1800] Davis 1744
     Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49:     1 [1791-1800] Rebecca (Burgin)
     Slaves - Females - 24 thru 35:     1
     Slaves - Females - 36 thru 54:     1
     Persons Employed in Agriculture:     6
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     4
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     3
     Total Free White Persons:     7
     Total Slaves:     2
     Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves:     9.¹²

     Dorothy Longford married Nicholas fitz Herbert, son of John fitz Herbert of Norbury, Derbyshire and Benedicta Bradburne, in 1501.¹

     Joshua Todd was born in 1681 at Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, USA; from Ancestry:
Family Data Collection - Individual Records
Name: Joshua Todd
Parents: Joseph Todd, Joanna Swift
Birth Place: PA
Birth Date: 1681
Source Citation: Birth year: 1681; Birth state: PA.

Source Information: Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.^4,5 He married an unknown person on 4 February 1721 at Christ Church, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, USA.
He married Judith Bredin on 28 March 1724 at Abington Presbyterian Church, Abington, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania, USA,
; Ancestry.com - Pennsylvania, Compiled Marriage Records, 1700-1821
     Name:     Judith Bredin
     Marriage Date:     28 Mar 1724
     Marriage Place:     Abington, Montgomery, Pennsylvania
     Spouse's Name:     John Todd
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Compiled Marriage Records, 1700-1821 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011.
     Original data: Pennsylvania Marriage Records. Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Archives Printed Series, 1876. Series 2, Series 6.⁶
Joshua Todd died after 1729 at Bucks Co., Pennsylvania, USA; from Angelfire: "he died after 1729."¹
      ; per Cox (p. 65) "Joshua Todd's sons John, Benjamin, Caleb and an Uncle Thomas Todd went to Rowan County NC before the Revolutionary War."⁵ He was a witness to From Ancestry - Notes on the TODD and THORNTON families
"     The most important family connection with the Thortons for more than 170 years was the Todd family. Both the Thorton and Todd families were living in the western part of North Carolina in the last part of the eighteenth century. It is not known if they met with the Thornton family while the Todds lived in Rowan County 60 miles away, but future meetings would create some very close bonds.
"     The Todds had been in the United States for at least 100 years earlier. The earliest Todd found is John who was born around 1619 in Eling, Southamptonshire, England and married Elizabeth Mallory. His son Joseph migrated to Pennsylvania in late seventeenth century and died there in 1699. The direct line progressed through Joseph Jr., Joshua, and John, born about 1705. John must have moved to Easton, Northampton County Pa in the early eighteenth century, where his son Benjamin was born in 1725.
"     Benjamin and his wife Sarah Griffin were married in 1750 and had nine children, all born in Easton, PA between 1752 and 1764. Sarah could trace her line back to her great grandfather, William Buckman, who emigrated from England with William Penn on the ship "Welcome" in 1682. They migrated to Rowan County, North Carolina, where Benjamin and sons Caleb and Peter are on the 1772 tax roll. At the time they settled in North Carolina, Rowan County extended into western NC to the edge of Burke County. When the Revolutionary War started four of the Todd boys participated. Peter served in Captain Robert Moore's North Carolina militia on an exhibition against Cherokee Indians. Joseph was a private in the militia in 1772. Benjamin Jr. served 8 months in 1777 with Captain Davis' Company as a private in the militia. Thomas volunteered for 14 months in Captain David Cowan's NC militia. Close to the end of the Revolutionary War in 1781 Thomas served as a substitute for his brother Benjamin. He spent two more months as a private in Captain James Straig's Company of Light horse under Col. Davis in the NC Troops.
"     Peter Todd is the direct connection with the Thornton family. In 1779, following his service in the War, he married Hannah Cornelison who was born in Loudoun County, Virginia. Peter was a wealthy landowner, with 150 acres on the south side of Lick Creek and 400 acres on the Abbott's Creek, in a section of Rowan County that later became Davidson County. It was too far from Burke and Wilkes County for the Todds to be considered neighbors of the Thornton and Owen families.
"     Migration to Kentucky the first of the families to move to Kentucky was the Owen family. On 12 Sept 1793, Barnett and Frances sold 115 of their remaining acreage in Lunenburg and on 14 Dec 1798, sold 100 acres in Wilkes County. This sale of land continued as the Owen families prepared for their move to Kentucky in the early 1790's. Barnett and family were already in Madison county, KY in time to be listed in the 1795 census. Barnett's brother William was listed in the neighboring county, Clark, in the same census. There are records of marriages of 10 Owen children in Madison County, KY from 1795 to 1813. The marriages for the first three- Sally, Frances, and Jemima- were in 1795 and 1796. Because their marriages were recorded right after they arrived in Kentucky, the young men were probably part of the migrating families from North Carolina. If not, the girls were quick to marry newly found Kentucky boys.
"     The Todd families were also ready to migrate to Kentucky. On 19 mar 1796, Benjamin Todd sold 525 acres of land in Rowan County. Records of sale of Peter's land have not been found, but the Todd families migrated to Kentucky sometime between 1796 and 1799. By 1800 Peter and his family were listed in the Madison County, KY census.
"     It is not known if the Todd families knew members of the Owen family or the Thornton family before the migration. The Todd families lived about 60 miles from the Thornton family in Burke and the Owen family in Wilkes but they could have accidentally met each other as they passed through the counties toward Kentucky just before the end of the century. Instead of joining them, William and patsy would stay in North Carolina a little longer. William was listed as overseeing the road from Silver Creek to the bridge on Gunpowder Creek in Burke County in Jan 1797. William was still in Burke county when the 1800 census was taken.
"     The Todd and Owen families settle in Madison County, KY, where they are listed in the 1800 and 1810 census records. William Thornton is not listed in Madison County but in Clark county, just across the Kentucky River that forms the northern boundary of Madison County. The Thornton family must have lived close to access across the Kentucky River because all marriages for the family are recorded in Madison County.
"     William Thornton to Sally "Sallie" Todd. When they were married 9 Dec 1813, Willi was 21 and Sallie was 20. The same day they were married, Sallie's brother, William Todd, married Elizabeth Owen, Patsy (Owen) Thornton's youngest sister. Elizabeth was 25 years younger than her sister Patsy. Peter Todd's father, Benjamin Sr., died in Madison County earlier in 1810. When Peter's son and daughter left Kentucky, Peter was 60 years old and remained there until his death.
"     James Thornton, Willi's youngest son, and Sarah had 9 children while they lived in Callaway County. One son, Levi, was born in 1828 and died 20 years later from fighting in the Mexican War in 1846 through 1848. One of their daughters, Nancy Jane, would later marry into the Todd family.
"     William Thornton, and Sallie Todd second child was William Todd, born5 Apr 1817. His first name continued the family tradition of passing the father's name on to the oldest son. William's middle name, Todd was in honor of his mother's family name. It was also prophetic because 20 years later he would marry one of Uncle Jesse Todd's daughters. Sallie (Todd) Thornton's older brother Jesse Todd grew up with the Thorntons in Kentucky and traveled with them to Missouri. Jesse Todd also grew up with Lucy Isabell Dalton whom he married in Madison County and had 8 children. Jesse became a preacher in the Primitive Baptist religion, served churches in Callaway and DeKalb counties and officiated at several of the family's weddings. His children and those of his sister, Sallie (Todd) Thornton, had a close affection for each other. The connections with the Thornton and Todd families became very complicated with an aunt becoming sister-in-laws and nieces and nephews becoming son or daughter-in-laws. This arrangement was not that unusual at the time. In the early history of the settlements, marriage occurred very frequently among kin. William Todd Thornton was the first of three Thornton brothers to marry their first cousins in the Todd family. In 1837 he married Hannah Todd and year later they would have the first of their 15 children.
"     
dgrayson143 added this on 14 Apr 2010
with John Todd.⁷
; NB:
     On 1 May 2022, I began making several important changes in my TODD family line. There were a number of different TODD families who settled in the American colonies, coming from the United Kingdom. A group of TODD family researchers, with results published by Richard McMurtry [2013] [2022], have built an ancestry with a William TOD as the progenitor of my line.
     I have found that I have two lines of descent from Joseph TODD (c1748-1810) and his wife Anna Maria CROUSE/GROSE (c1750-bef 1810), my 4th great grandparents. The first line is from their son, Isaiah TODD (1772-1840) and his first wife, Prudence ALEXANDER (1776-1852). The second line of descent is through their daughter, Nancy TODD (c1790-aft 1870) and her second husband, Armstrong HART (c1776-1829).
     My earlier version (v.A) of the ancestry of Joseph TODD (c1748-1810) was as follows (in Ahnentafel form):
Version A

1 Joseph TODD (c1748-1810)
2 Thomas TODD (1723-1777)
3 Elizabeth CUMMINS (unk-1772)
4 Joshua TODD (1681-1719)
6 Richard CUMMINS (1670-1729)
7 Sarah PARSONS (unk-unk)
8 Joseph TODD (1645-1699)
9 Joane SWIFT (1650-unk)
16 John TODD (1594-1677)
17 Elizabeth MALLORY (unk-unk)
32 (FNU) TODD (unk-unk)

     My current revisions (v.B), based on the work published by McMurtry, now shows:
Version B

1 Joseph TODD (c1748-1810) - same as v.A
2 Thomas TODD (1723-1777) - same as v.A
3 Elizabeth CUMMINS (unk-1772) - same as v.A
4 Caleb TODD (1686-unk) - brother of no. 4 (Joshua) in v.A
6 Richard CUMMINS (1670-1729) - same as v.A
7 Sarah PARSONS (unk-unk) - same as v.A
8 Joseph TODD (1645-1699) - same as v.A
9 Joane SWIFT (1650-unk) - same as v.A
16 William TOD (c1624-unk) - replaces no. 16 in v.A

     My earlier work was based on a combination of earlier version (pre-2012) of McMurtry's work and a number of other pedigrees published on various websites and published research (e.g., Paxton [1897:129]. One source of early errors (corrected by McMurtry's later publications) was the confusion of two different men named Thomas TODD who lived at the beginning of the Revolutionary war. In McMurtry's words: "The misleading information about there being two Thomas TODDs in Rowan County came from a DAR record which erroneously identified the Thomas Todd who died while serving in the Revolutionary War as the Thomas of Rowan County."
     Much of McMurtry's later published TODD family genealogy is based on some rather extensive DNA analyses of samples from hundreds of Todd family descendants and a much more extensive review of early records. This work helped to pinpoint Caleb TODD (1686-unk) as the probable father of Thomas TODD (1723-1777), rather than Caleb's brother, Joshua (1689-1719), as I had earlier shown. The record of Joseph TODD as a son of William TOD is from an Eling (Southamptonshire, England) Parish Register baptism record recorded by McMurtry as "Joseph and Benjamin, sons of William Tod, 15-Jan-1645". McMurtry also records another likely son of William TOD: "Todd Samuel, son of William Tod of Eling, Yeo to John Swift, glazier, for 7 years from date of indenture, 23-Dec-1678. Entered 14-Jun-1683." (citing the Calendar of Southampton Apprenticeship Registers 1609-1740).^8,9,10,11

Joshua Todd witnessed the will of Joseph (I) Todd on 2 March 1698 at Eling, Southamptonshire, England; Abstract of will of Joseph Todd (1645-1699)
Ancestry.com - Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1819
Name: Joseph Todd
Residence: Eling, Southamptonshire, England
Description: Decedent
Date: 2 Mar 1698
Prove Date: 31 Aug 1700
BookPage: B:63
Remarks: Todd, Joseph. Eling, Southamptonshire, England. March 2,1698. Son by first wife Joseph. Children by second wife Joshua, Caleb, Thomas, Elizabeth and Mary. Brother Daniel and his son David. Sister Elizabeth Bradshaw and her children James and Hester. Friends John Swift, Sr., John Swift, Jr., Henry Abbott and Peter Chamberlyne. Executrix: Wife Joane.
From McMurtry RootsWeb: [quote]
     In the name of God, Amen; On the second day of March Anno Domis(1698): I, Joseph Todd of Eling, in the County of Southamptonshire, being in perfect memory, thanks be unto God for the same, and considering the frailty and uncertainty of this life, do make this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following, that is to say, First of all, I resign my soul into the hands and protection of Almighty God, my maker, and everlasting preserver, and my body I commit to the earth from whence it was taken, and for my worldly goods, which God in mercy hath lent and bestowed upon me, I do give and bequeath as followeth:
     Item: I give and bequeath unto my son, Joseph Todd, forty-pounds of lawful money of England, the full value thereof to be paid in money or goods by my executors, hereafter named, as soon as he shall come to and attain unto the age of one and twenty years, and if it shall happen that he should die before he shall attain unto the said age of one and twenty years, then his said portion of forty-pounds before given and bequeathed to him and remain equally divided between and amongst the rest of my children then surviving, as they shall attain unto the said age of one and twenty years, so to be paid by my executors hereafter named.
     Item: I give and bequeath unto the children, which now I have by my last wife, forever, twenty-pounds a piece of lawful English money. That is to say, unto Joshua, twenty-pounds, unto Caleb twenty-pounds, unto Thomas twenty-pounds, unto Elizabeth twenty-pounds, and unto Mary twenty-pounds, and it is my will and meaning that Joanne, my said wife, whom I do make sole executrix of this my Last Will and Testament, should have the use of the said twenty-pounds a piece last given and bequeath unto my named children, during the term of her natural life if she do remain a widow aft my decease, but in case she should marry another husband, that within one month aft her marriage, the said portion of twenty-pounds last given and bequeathed unto my said children, then to become due, and then to be paid by my said executors wife of any further delay, and in case any one of my said children should die and leave this world before they receive the said portion, then my will and meaning is the said portion or portions of the deceased should be equally divided between the survivors of them and whereas by promise. I, the said Joseph Todd, am engaged to pay unto Davy, the son of my bro, Daniel Todd, and unto James and Hatty Bradshaw, the children of Elizabeth, my sister, when they should attain unto the age of one and twenty years, five-pounds a piece when they should come of age to receive the same, and if either of my sister, Elizabeth's children, should die before they come to receive the same, then his or her share, due to dying, be paid unto the survivors of them. Lastly, all the residue of my money, goods, chattels and credits, I give unto my loving wife, Joanne, whom I do make and appoint to be sole executor of this my Last Will and Testament, and also I do nominate, desire, and appoint John Swift, the older, John Swift, the younger, Henry Abbot, and Pete (Peter) Chamberlyne to be overseers of this my Last Will and Testament. In witness whereof I do hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written. Signed, sealed, and declared in the presence of John MacShane, Richard Chandler, and Andrew Worsom (prob Worsham). [end quote]
Source Information: Lineages, Inc., comp. Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, U.S., Will Index, 1682-1819 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2000.
Original data: Philadelphia County Wills, 1682-1819. Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1900.^12,3,13

     Joseph (I) Todd was born in 1645 at Eling, Southamptonshire, England. He married Ann Tatum on 7 November 1667 at Port Royal, Southampton, Bermuda,
;
His 1st? wife; Cox [1991] says m. in Bermuda. NB: I consider this marriage to Joseph (I) TODD (1645-1699) to be unlikely. It may relate to a different Joseph TODD.^3,4 Joseph (I) Todd married Anne Worsham on 18 October 1675 at Eling, Southamptonshire, England,
;
His 2nd? wife.
Per McMurtry [2013]: "Eling Parish Registers; Marriages: Joseph Todd and Anne Worsham,18-Oct-1675."^3,5,6 Joseph (I) Todd married Joane Swift, daughter of John Swift and (?) Bodycoats, in 1681/82 at Isle of Wight Co., Virginia, USA,
; his 3rd wife; McMurtry Rootsweb says m. 1681-82 "Prob. Isle of Wight."^1,3,7,8
Joseph (I) Todd died on 20 September 1699 at Philadelphia, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Cox [1991] says d. in Bermuda.³

His estate was probated on 31 August 1700 at Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, USA,
; per McMurtry RootsWeb: "Probated 31-Aug-1700 Philadelphia: ?Personally appeared before me, Patrick Robinson, Secretary of ye Province of PA, ye written Joseph Todd, eldest son of ye written named Joseph Todd decd (ye within named executrix being decd) I did exhibit unto ye so office ye within as ye Last Will and Testament of ye so decd and did attest to being inventive and pay ye debts and legacies herein contained according to law.? Signed Pat Robinson, Secre."^1,9,10
     Reference: See attached reports from Richard McMurtry's RootsWeb family tree, "Todds of Joseph Todd of Eling and of Rutherford/Cannon Co TN".¹¹ GAV-7. He was a witness to From Ancestry - Notes on the TODD and THORNTON families
"     The most important family connection with the Thortons for more than 170 years was the Todd family. Both the Thorton and Todd families were living in the western part of North Carolina in the last part of the eighteenth century. It is not known if they met with the Thornton family while the Todds lived in Rowan County 60 miles away, but future meetings would create some very close bonds.
"     The Todds had been in the United States for at least 100 years earlier. The earliest Todd found is John who was born around 1619 in Eling, Southamptonshire, England and married Elizabeth Mallory. His son Joseph migrated to Pennsylvania in late seventeenth century and died there in 1699. The direct line progressed through Joseph Jr., Joshua, and John, born about 1705. John must have moved to Easton, Northampton County Pa in the early eighteenth century, where his son Benjamin was born in 1725.
"     Benjamin and his wife Sarah Griffin were married in 1750 and had nine children, all born in Easton, PA between 1752 and 1764. Sarah could trace her line back to her great grandfather, William Buckman, who emigrated from England with William Penn on the ship "Welcome" in 1682. They migrated to Rowan County, North Carolina, where Benjamin and sons Caleb and Peter are on the 1772 tax roll. At the time they settled in North Carolina, Rowan County extended into western NC to the edge of Burke County. When the Revolutionary War started four of the Todd boys participated. Peter served in Captain Robert Moore's North Carolina militia on an exhibition against Cherokee Indians. Joseph was a private in the militia in 1772. Benjamin Jr. served 8 months in 1777 with Captain Davis' Company as a private in the militia. Thomas volunteered for 14 months in Captain David Cowan's NC militia. Close to the end of the Revolutionary War in 1781 Thomas served as a substitute for his brother Benjamin. He spent two more months as a private in Captain James Straig's Company of Light horse under Col. Davis in the NC Troops.
"     Peter Todd is the direct connection with the Thornton family. In 1779, following his service in the War, he married Hannah Cornelison who was born in Loudoun County, Virginia. Peter was a wealthy landowner, with 150 acres on the south side of Lick Creek and 400 acres on the Abbott's Creek, in a section of Rowan County that later became Davidson County. It was too far from Burke and Wilkes County for the Todds to be considered neighbors of the Thornton and Owen families.
"     Migration to Kentucky the first of the families to move to Kentucky was the Owen family. On 12 Sept 1793, Barnett and Frances sold 115 of their remaining acreage in Lunenburg and on 14 Dec 1798, sold 100 acres in Wilkes County. This sale of land continued as the Owen families prepared for their move to Kentucky in the early 1790's. Barnett and family were already in Madison county, KY in time to be listed in the 1795 census. Barnett's brother William was listed in the neighboring county, Clark, in the same census. There are records of marriages of 10 Owen children in Madison County, KY from 1795 to 1813. The marriages for the first three- Sally, Frances, and Jemima- were in 1795 and 1796. Because their marriages were recorded right after they arrived in Kentucky, the young men were probably part of the migrating families from North Carolina. If not, the girls were quick to marry newly found Kentucky boys.
"     The Todd families were also ready to migrate to Kentucky. On 19 mar 1796, Benjamin Todd sold 525 acres of land in Rowan County. Records of sale of Peter's land have not been found, but the Todd families migrated to Kentucky sometime between 1796 and 1799. By 1800 Peter and his family were listed in the Madison County, KY census.
"     It is not known if the Todd families knew members of the Owen family or the Thornton family before the migration. The Todd families lived about 60 miles from the Thornton family in Burke and the Owen family in Wilkes but they could have accidentally met each other as they passed through the counties toward Kentucky just before the end of the century. Instead of joining them, William and patsy would stay in North Carolina a little longer. William was listed as overseeing the road from Silver Creek to the bridge on Gunpowder Creek in Burke County in Jan 1797. William was still in Burke county when the 1800 census was taken.
"     The Todd and Owen families settle in Madison County, KY, where they are listed in the 1800 and 1810 census records. William Thornton is not listed in Madison County but in Clark county, just across the Kentucky River that forms the northern boundary of Madison County. The Thornton family must have lived close to access across the Kentucky River because all marriages for the family are recorded in Madison County.
"     William Thornton to Sally "Sallie" Todd. When they were married 9 Dec 1813, Willi was 21 and Sallie was 20. The same day they were married, Sallie's brother, William Todd, married Elizabeth Owen, Patsy (Owen) Thornton's youngest sister. Elizabeth was 25 years younger than her sister Patsy. Peter Todd's father, Benjamin Sr., died in Madison County earlier in 1810. When Peter's son and daughter left Kentucky, Peter was 60 years old and remained there until his death.
"     James Thornton, Willi's youngest son, and Sarah had 9 children while they lived in Callaway County. One son, Levi, was born in 1828 and died 20 years later from fighting in the Mexican War in 1846 through 1848. One of their daughters, Nancy Jane, would later marry into the Todd family.
"     William Thornton, and Sallie Todd second child was William Todd, born5 Apr 1817. His first name continued the family tradition of passing the father's name on to the oldest son. William's middle name, Todd was in honor of his mother's family name. It was also prophetic because 20 years later he would marry one of Uncle Jesse Todd's daughters. Sallie (Todd) Thornton's older brother Jesse Todd grew up with the Thorntons in Kentucky and traveled with them to Missouri. Jesse Todd also grew up with Lucy Isabell Dalton whom he married in Madison County and had 8 children. Jesse became a preacher in the Primitive Baptist religion, served churches in Callaway and DeKalb counties and officiated at several of the family's weddings. His children and those of his sister, Sallie (Todd) Thornton, had a close affection for each other. The connections with the Thornton and Todd families became very complicated with an aunt becoming sister-in-laws and nieces and nephews becoming son or daughter-in-laws. This arrangement was not that unusual at the time. In the early history of the settlements, marriage occurred very frequently among kin. William Todd Thornton was the first of three Thornton brothers to marry their first cousins in the Todd family. In 1837 he married Hannah Todd and year later they would have the first of their 15 children.
"     
dgrayson143 added this on 14 Apr 2010
with John Todd.¹²
; Per McMurtry [2013]: "There is an admns granted to Mary Todd, wife of Daniel of Southampton1689. Joseph Todd's will named Daniel as his brother."
Per McMurtry [2013]: "Will Index: Administrations granted to Mary Todd, wife of Daniel of Southampton 1689."^13,2
; NB:
     On 1 May 2022, I began making several important changes in my TODD family line. There were a number of different TODD families who settled in the American colonies, coming from the United Kingdom. A group of TODD family researchers, with results published by Richard McMurtry [2013] [2022], have built an ancestry with a William TOD as the progenitor of my line.
     I have found that I have two lines of descent from Joseph TODD (c1748-1810) and his wife Anna Maria CROUSE/GROSE (c1750-bef 1810), my 4th great grandparents. The first line is from their son, Isaiah TODD (1772-1840) and his first wife, Prudence ALEXANDER (1776-1852). The second line of descent is through their daughter, Nancy TODD (c1790-aft 1870) and her second husband, Armstrong HART (c1776-1829).
     My earlier version (v.A) of the ancestry of Joseph TODD (c1748-1810) was as follows (in Ahnentafel form):
Version A

1 Joseph TODD (c1748-1810)
2 Thomas TODD (1723-1777)
3 Elizabeth CUMMINS (unk-1772)
4 Joshua TODD (1681-1719)
6 Richard CUMMINS (1670-1729)
7 Sarah PARSONS (unk-unk)
8 Joseph TODD (1645-1699)
9 Joane SWIFT (1650-unk)
16 John TODD (1594-1677)
17 Elizabeth MALLORY (unk-unk)
32 (FNU) TODD (unk-unk)

     My current revisions (v.B), based on the work published by McMurtry, now shows:
Version B

1 Joseph TODD (c1748-1810) - same as v.A
2 Thomas TODD (1723-1777) - same as v.A
3 Elizabeth CUMMINS (unk-1772) - same as v.A
4 Caleb TODD (1686-unk) - brother of no. 4 (Joshua) in v.A
6 Richard CUMMINS (1670-1729) - same as v.A
7 Sarah PARSONS (unk-unk) - same as v.A
8 Joseph TODD (1645-1699) - same as v.A
9 Joane SWIFT (1650-unk) - same as v.A
16 William TOD (c1624-unk) - replaces no. 16 in v.A

     My earlier work was based on a combination of earlier version (pre-2012) of McMurtry's work and a number of other pedigrees published on various websites and published research (e.g., Paxton [1897:129]. One source of early errors (corrected by McMurtry's later publications) was the confusion of two different men named Thomas TODD who lived at the beginning of the Revolutionary war. In McMurtry's words: "The misleading information about there being two Thomas TODDs in Rowan County came from a DAR record which erroneously identified the Thomas Todd who died while serving in the Revolutionary War as the Thomas of Rowan County."
     Much of McMurtry's later published TODD family genealogy is based on some rather extensive DNA analyses of samples from hundreds of Todd family descendants and a much more extensive review of early records. This work helped to pinpoint Caleb TODD (1686-unk) as the probable father of Thomas TODD (1723-1777), rather than Caleb's brother, Joshua (1689-1719), as I had earlier shown. The record of Joseph TODD as a son of William TOD is from an Eling (Southamptonshire, England) Parish Register baptism record recorded by McMurtry as "Joseph and Benjamin, sons of William Tod, 15-Jan-1645". McMurtry also records another likely son of William TOD: "Todd Samuel, son of William Tod of Eling, Yeo to John Swift, glazier, for 7 years from date of indenture, 23-Dec-1678. Entered 14-Jun-1683." (citing the Calendar of Southampton Apprenticeship Registers 1609-1740).^2,14,4,15

Joseph (I) Todd left a will on 2 March 1698 at Eling, Southamptonshire, England; Abstract of will of Joseph Todd (1645-1699)
Ancestry.com - Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1819
Name: Joseph Todd
Residence: Eling, Southamptonshire, England
Description: Decedent
Date: 2 Mar 1698
Prove Date: 31 Aug 1700
BookPage: B:63
Remarks: Todd, Joseph. Eling, Southamptonshire, England. March 2,1698. Son by first wife Joseph. Children by second wife Joshua, Caleb, Thomas, Elizabeth and Mary. Brother Daniel and his son David. Sister Elizabeth Bradshaw and her children James and Hester. Friends John Swift, Sr., John Swift, Jr., Henry Abbott and Peter Chamberlyne. Executrix: Wife Joane.
From McMurtry RootsWeb: [quote]
     In the name of God, Amen; On the second day of March Anno Domis(1698): I, Joseph Todd of Eling, in the County of Southamptonshire, being in perfect memory, thanks be unto God for the same, and considering the frailty and uncertainty of this life, do make this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following, that is to say, First of all, I resign my soul into the hands and protection of Almighty God, my maker, and everlasting preserver, and my body I commit to the earth from whence it was taken, and for my worldly goods, which God in mercy hath lent and bestowed upon me, I do give and bequeath as followeth:
     Item: I give and bequeath unto my son, Joseph Todd, forty-pounds of lawful money of England, the full value thereof to be paid in money or goods by my executors, hereafter named, as soon as he shall come to and attain unto the age of one and twenty years, and if it shall happen that he should die before he shall attain unto the said age of one and twenty years, then his said portion of forty-pounds before given and bequeathed to him and remain equally divided between and amongst the rest of my children then surviving, as they shall attain unto the said age of one and twenty years, so to be paid by my executors hereafter named.
     Item: I give and bequeath unto the children, which now I have by my last wife, forever, twenty-pounds a piece of lawful English money. That is to say, unto Joshua, twenty-pounds, unto Caleb twenty-pounds, unto Thomas twenty-pounds, unto Elizabeth twenty-pounds, and unto Mary twenty-pounds, and it is my will and meaning that Joanne, my said wife, whom I do make sole executrix of this my Last Will and Testament, should have the use of the said twenty-pounds a piece last given and bequeath unto my named children, during the term of her natural life if she do remain a widow aft my decease, but in case she should marry another husband, that within one month aft her marriage, the said portion of twenty-pounds last given and bequeathed unto my said children, then to become due, and then to be paid by my said executors wife of any further delay, and in case any one of my said children should die and leave this world before they receive the said portion, then my will and meaning is the said portion or portions of the deceased should be equally divided between the survivors of them and whereas by promise. I, the said Joseph Todd, am engaged to pay unto Davy, the son of my bro, Daniel Todd, and unto James and Hatty Bradshaw, the children of Elizabeth, my sister, when they should attain unto the age of one and twenty years, five-pounds a piece when they should come of age to receive the same, and if either of my sister, Elizabeth's children, should die before they come to receive the same, then his or her share, due to dying, be paid unto the survivors of them. Lastly, all the residue of my money, goods, chattels and credits, I give unto my loving wife, Joanne, whom I do make and appoint to be sole executor of this my Last Will and Testament, and also I do nominate, desire, and appoint John Swift, the older, John Swift, the younger, Henry Abbot, and Pete (Peter) Chamberlyne to be overseers of this my Last Will and Testament. In witness whereof I do hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written. Signed, sealed, and declared in the presence of John MacShane, Richard Chandler, and Andrew Worsom (prob Worsham). [end quote]
Source Information: Lineages, Inc., comp. Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, U.S., Will Index, 1682-1819 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2000.
Original data: Philadelphia County Wills, 1682-1819. Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1900.^16,17,18

Joseph (I) Todd immigrated in 1699 to Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, USA; McMurtry [2013] cites:
     The Complete Book of Emigrants 1661-1699 (V2 HR 325) by Pete Wilson Coldham: "26-May-1699 Shippers by the Owners Adventure of London, Mr. James Mitchell, bound from Southampton for PA:
Joseph Todd (PRO: E190/841/1)."

From McMurtry [2013]:
     "About 1698, Joseph Todd of Eling, Southamptonshire, on the south coast of England came to Philadelphia with his grown son, his second wife and his young children. Sadly, he never lived to see the fruits of his migration because he died shortly after making the journey across the ocean."^19,2

     Joane Swift was born between 1645 and 1650 at Isle of Wight Co., Virginia, USA.^1,2 She married Joseph (I) Todd, son of William Tod, in 1681/82 at Isle of Wight Co., Virginia, USA,
; his 3rd wife; McMurtry Rootsweb says m. 1681-82 "Prob. Isle of Wight."^1,3,4,2
Joane Swift died before 31 August 1700 at (prob.) Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, USA.^1,2
     GAV-7.

Reference: (an unknown value.)⁵
In Joseph (I) Todd's will dated 2 March 1698 at Eling, Southamptonshire, England, Joane Swift was named as executor; Abstract of will of Joseph Todd (1645-1699)
Ancestry.com - Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1819
Name: Joseph Todd
Residence: Eling, Southamptonshire, England
Description: Decedent
Date: 2 Mar 1698
Prove Date: 31 Aug 1700
BookPage: B:63
Remarks: Todd, Joseph. Eling, Southamptonshire, England. March 2,1698. Son by first wife Joseph. Children by second wife Joshua, Caleb, Thomas, Elizabeth and Mary. Brother Daniel and his son David. Sister Elizabeth Bradshaw and her children James and Hester. Friends John Swift, Sr., John Swift, Jr., Henry Abbott and Peter Chamberlyne. Executrix: Wife Joane.
From McMurtry RootsWeb: [quote]
     In the name of God, Amen; On the second day of March Anno Domis(1698): I, Joseph Todd of Eling, in the County of Southamptonshire, being in perfect memory, thanks be unto God for the same, and considering the frailty and uncertainty of this life, do make this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following, that is to say, First of all, I resign my soul into the hands and protection of Almighty God, my maker, and everlasting preserver, and my body I commit to the earth from whence it was taken, and for my worldly goods, which God in mercy hath lent and bestowed upon me, I do give and bequeath as followeth:
     Item: I give and bequeath unto my son, Joseph Todd, forty-pounds of lawful money of England, the full value thereof to be paid in money or goods by my executors, hereafter named, as soon as he shall come to and attain unto the age of one and twenty years, and if it shall happen that he should die before he shall attain unto the said age of one and twenty years, then his said portion of forty-pounds before given and bequeathed to him and remain equally divided between and amongst the rest of my children then surviving, as they shall attain unto the said age of one and twenty years, so to be paid by my executors hereafter named.
     Item: I give and bequeath unto the children, which now I have by my last wife, forever, twenty-pounds a piece of lawful English money. That is to say, unto Joshua, twenty-pounds, unto Caleb twenty-pounds, unto Thomas twenty-pounds, unto Elizabeth twenty-pounds, and unto Mary twenty-pounds, and it is my will and meaning that Joanne, my said wife, whom I do make sole executrix of this my Last Will and Testament, should have the use of the said twenty-pounds a piece last given and bequeath unto my named children, during the term of her natural life if she do remain a widow aft my decease, but in case she should marry another husband, that within one month aft her marriage, the said portion of twenty-pounds last given and bequeathed unto my said children, then to become due, and then to be paid by my said executors wife of any further delay, and in case any one of my said children should die and leave this world before they receive the said portion, then my will and meaning is the said portion or portions of the deceased should be equally divided between the survivors of them and whereas by promise. I, the said Joseph Todd, am engaged to pay unto Davy, the son of my bro, Daniel Todd, and unto James and Hatty Bradshaw, the children of Elizabeth, my sister, when they should attain unto the age of one and twenty years, five-pounds a piece when they should come of age to receive the same, and if either of my sister, Elizabeth's children, should die before they come to receive the same, then his or her share, due to dying, be paid unto the survivors of them. Lastly, all the residue of my money, goods, chattels and credits, I give unto my loving wife, Joanne, whom I do make and appoint to be sole executor of this my Last Will and Testament, and also I do nominate, desire, and appoint John Swift, the older, John Swift, the younger, Henry Abbot, and Pete (Peter) Chamberlyne to be overseers of this my Last Will and Testament. In witness whereof I do hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written. Signed, sealed, and declared in the presence of John MacShane, Richard Chandler, and Andrew Worsom (prob Worsham). [end quote]
Source Information: Lineages, Inc., comp. Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, U.S., Will Index, 1682-1819 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2000.
Original data: Philadelphia County Wills, 1682-1819. Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1900.^6,7,8

     Thomas Todd was born on 25 December 1771 at Rowan Co., North Carolina, USA. He married Mary C Polly Chenault on 4 March 1795 at Madison Co., Kentucky, USA,
; Ancestry.com - Kentucky Marriages, 1802-1850
Name: Polly Chenault
Marriage Date: 4 Mar 1795
Marriage Place: Madison, Kentucky, USA
Spouse: Thomas Todd
Source Information: Dodd, Jordan. Kentucky Marriages, 1802-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.
Original data: Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Kentucky.²
Thomas Todd died on 13 June 1857 at Fayette, Howard Co., Missouri, USA, at age 85.
Thomas Todd was buried after 13 June 1857 at Todd Cemetery, Howard Co., Missouri, USA; from Find A Grave website:
Birth: Dec. 25, 1771
North Carolina, USA
Death: Jun. 13, 1857
Missouri, USA

Son of Joseph Todd & Ann Crose

Family links:
Spouse:
Mary C Chenault Todd (1775 - 1831)*

Burial:
Todd Cemetery
Howard County
Missouri, USA

Created by: Nancy Meadows
Record added: Feb 07, 2014
Find A Grave Memorial# 124770753.³
     He was a witness to from Ancestry: [quote]Source: McMurtry, Richard, "Todds of Joseph Todd of Eling and of Rutherford/Cannon Co., TN," http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=to .
     Name: Joseph TODD.
     Birth: 1748 in PA.
     Death: 1810 in Madison County, KY.
     "Joseph was born in 1748 in the Bethlehem area of Northampton County, PA, and appears on the tax lists in 1769 when he came of age. Joseph was on the 1779 and the 1784 Rowan County, NC, tax lists..
     "In 1777, he and his brother Thomas inherited the land bought by their father in 1772. In 1778, Joseph entered land for 200 acres of which he obtained 100 acres by grant in 1786. In 1789 he and his brother sold the land inherited from their father along with 100 adjacent acres entered by Joseph..
     "Rowan County, NC (Book 11, page 851): 7 December 1789 - Joseph Todd and wife Ann, and Thomas Todd and wife Elizabeth, to Jacob Frailey 360 acres in two tracts on the East Side of the Yadkin River - (1) a tract of 260 acres including the dwelling house of Joseph Todd and Thomas Todd, granted to James Bryan by Henry McCulloh 29 March 1762 (Book 4, page 879), sold to James Simerson 5 April 1764 (Book 6, page 33 lists the grantee as James Simson) and conveyed by Simerson to Thomas Todd, Esq., 7 March 1772 (Book 7, page 462) and later devised to Joseph and Thomas Todd by the last will and testament of Thomas Todd, Esq. (Will Book A, page 259) and (2) state grant #1077 for 100 acres (Book 11, page 96) adjacent the first tract. Witness: George Failey. .
     "Rowan County, NC (Book 11 page 96): 25 October 1786 - State Grant #1077 to Joseph Todd, 100 acres on the east side of the Yadkin River adjacent John Coxe and McCulloh..
     "They moved from Rowan County, NC, to Madison County, KY, and Joseph was listed on Otter Creek in Madison County, KY, with 150 acres 1801-1809, though the first deed we have was in 1811 for 147 1/2 acres on Otter Creek (Book H, page 81). The 1811 tax list indicates that Joseph had died and Isaac Wagle was being taxed for his land on Otter Creek. A deed of 1812 (Book O, page 253) refers to the "heirs of Joseph Todd, deceased, namely, Thomas, Isaiah, Joseph, Elisha, Davis, Jonathan, Nancy, Levi, William, Susanna McCreary, Jesse and Betsy Todd, who collectively sold the Otter Creek land to Isaac Wagle. In the transaction, Joseph Todd was guardian for William and Jesse Todd, indicating that both were minors, born after 1791. (Therefore, Jesse Todd b. 1776/80, who settled in Rutherford/Cannon County, TN, could not be the son of Joseph b. 1748.) Isaiah Todd was attorney for Davis Todd and Levi Todd; Jonathan was agent for Elisha Todd. .
     " By 1810, Joseph Todd, son of Joseph b. 1748, was on the census in Hardin County, KY..
     "Contrary to The Annals of Platte County, it was not Joseph Todd b. 1748 who moved to Howard County, MO; it was his son Joseph Todd b. 1777 who moved to Howard County in 1817. (See The Annals of Platte County by W. M. Paxton 1897.)
     Joseph was one of the four earliest arrivals in Madison County, KY, on the 1795 tax record:.
     1) Todd, Thomas Sr. 1749 Madison son of Thomas Todd/Elizabeth Unknown;
     2) Todd, Joseph 1748 Madison son of Thomas Todd/Elizabeth Unknown;
     3) Todd, Isaiah 1770 Madison son of Joseph Todd/Anne Crose;
     4) Todd, Thomas Jr. 1771 Madison son of Joseph Todd/Anne Crose.
     It should be noted that "Sr" and "Jr" were used to distinguish between the same names, one being older and one younger, not necessarily father and son. So we have two sets of brothers as the first Todd arrivals in Madison County..
     The Annals of Platte County: "Joseph Todd was born in Pennsylvania about 1748. He married Ann Crose, a German lady, and after residing a time in Rowan Co., NC, removed to Hardin Co., KY, and thence to Madison Co., KY. In 1817, he pressed forward to Howard Co., MO. Here most of his children remained." This quotation is in error. The elder Joseph died in Madison County, KY, in 1810..
     Previous family historians thought that there were two Thomas Todds in Rowan County, one being the son of Thomas d. 1732/33 and one being the son of Joshua Todd. One they thought was the Thomas Todd, a soldier who died in September 1777, and one they thought was the Thomas Todd who made his will in October 1777. However closer inspection of the military records indicates that the Thomas Todd who died in September 1777 lived in the Halifax area of North Carolina, far to the east of Rowan County. (This misleading information about there being two Thomas Todds in Rowan County came from a DAR record which erroneously identified the Thomas Todd who died while serving as a musician in the Revolutionary War as the Thomas of Rowan County.)".
     Father: Thomas TODD, b. 1717/1727 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania.
     Mother: Elizabeth UNKNOWN, b. abt. 1723 probably in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania..
     Spouse: Anne Crose, b. abt. 1750 in Germany.
     Married: Abt. 1770 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     Children:.
     1. Isaiah TODD, b. abt. 1770 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     2. Thomas TODD, b. 25 Dec 1771 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     3. Joseph C. TODD, b. 4 Nov 1777 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     4. Elisha TODD, b. 1780 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     5. Phoebe TODD, b. 1784 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     6. Davis TODD, b. abt. 1786 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     7. Jonathan TODD, b. abt. 1787 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     8. Levi TODD, b. abt. 1788 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     9. Nancy TODD, b. 1792 in Rowan county, North Carolina.
     10. Jesse TODD, b. aft. 1792 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     11. William TODD Major, b. 7 Jun 1794 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     12. Elizabeth "Betsy" TODD, b. 1796 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     13. Susan TODD, b. in Rowan County, North Carolina [end quote] with Joseph Todd and Anna Maria CrouseGrose.⁴ Thomas Todd was a mentioned with Joseph Todd and Anna Maria CrouseGrose at Citation; Name: Joseph Todd
     "Sex: M
     "Birth: 1748 in Pennsylvania, USA
     "Death: 1810 in Madison, Kentucky, USA
     "Person Id: I65
     "Tree Id: 234165

Parents
     "Father: Thomas Todd: Birth: 1717/1727 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Death: BET 1777 AND 1778 in Rowan County, North Carolina, USA
     Mother: Elizabeth Unknown: Birth: ABT 1723 in Prob. Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Family
Married: Anne Crose on ABT 1770 at Rowan County, North Carolina, USA.
     "Anne Crose: Birth: ABT 1750 in Germany. Death: 1826 in Howard County, Missouri, USA
Children:

Person Not Viewable
     "Joseph was born in 1748 in the Bethlehem area of Northampton County, PA, and appears on the tax lists in 1769 when he came of age. Joseph was on the 1779 and the 1784 Rowan County, NC, tax lists.
     "In 1777, he and his brother Thomas inherited the land bought by their father in 1772. In 1778, Joseph entered land for 200 acres of which he obtained 100 acres by grant in 1786. In 1789 he and his brother sold the land inherited from their father along with 100 adjacent acres entered by Joseph.
     "Rowan County, NC (Book 11, page 851): 7 December 1789 - Joseph Todd and wife Ann, and Thomas Todd and wife Elizabeth, to Jacob Frailey 360 acres in two tracts on the East Side of the Yadkin River - (1) a tract of 260 acres including the dwelling house of Joseph Todd and Thomas Todd, granted to James Bryan by Henry McCulloh 29 March 1762 (Book 4, page 879), sold to James Simerson 5 April 1764 (Book 6, page 33 lists the grantee as James Simson) and conveyed by Simerson to Thomas Todd, Esq., 7 March 1772 (Book 7, page 462) and later devised to Joseph and Thomas Todd by the last will and testament of Thomas Todd, Esq. (Will Book A, page 259) and (2) state grant #1077 for 100 acres (Book 11, page 96) adjacent the first tract. Witness: George Failey.
     "Rowan County, NC (Book 11 page 96): 25 October 1786 - State Grant #1077 to Joseph Todd, 100 acres on the east side of the Yadkin River adjacent John Coxe and McCulloh.
     "Joseph Todd and wife Ann, and Thomas Todd and wife Elizabeth, let Jacob Frailey have two tracts of land on the East Side of the Yadkin River - one including the dwelling house of Joseph Todd and Thomas Todd, land acquired by will of decd Thomas Todd.
     "In 1772 Joseph and Thomas's father had acquired the 260 acres from James Simerson, Book 7 page 462. Joseph had been granted 100 acres in 1786 next to John Cox, Book 11 page 96.
     "They moved from Rowan County, NC to Madison County, KY and Joseph was listed on Otter Creek in Madison County, KY with 150 acres 1801-1809 though the first deed we have was in 1811 for 147-1/2 acres on Otter Creek (Book H, page 82). The 1811 tax list indicates that Joseph had died and Isaac Wagle was being taxed for his land on Otter Creek.
     "A deed of 1812 (Book O p253) refers to the “heirs of Joseph Todd deceased” namely, Thomas, Isaiah, Joseph, Elisha, Davis, Jonathan, Nancy, Levi, William, Susanna McCreary, Jesse and Betsy Todd who sold the Otter Creek land to Isaac Wagle. Joseph Todd was guardian for William and Jesse Todd, indicating that both were minors born after 1791. Therefore Jesse Todd b 1776/80 who settled in Rutherford/Cannon County Tennessee could not be the son of Joseph b 1748. Isaiah Todd was attorney for Davis Todd and Levi; Jonathan was agent for Elisha Todd. By 1810, Joseph Todd son of Joseph b 1748 was on the census in Hardin County, KY.
     "Contrary to the Annals of Platte County, it was not Joseph Todd b 1748 who moved to Howard Co Missouri, it was his son Joseph Todd b 1777 who moved to Howard County in 1817. (See the Annals of Platte County by W. M. Paxton 1897, Joseph was one of the four earliest arrivals in Madison County, KY on the 1795 tax record: Todd, Thomas Sr 1749 Madison son of Thomas Todd/Elizabeth Unknown Todd, Joseph 1748 Madison son of Thomas Todd/Elizabeth Unknown Todd, Isaiah 1770 Madison son of Joseph Todd/Anne Crose Todd, Thomas Jr 1771 Madison son of Joseph Todd/Anne Crose Sr and Jr used to distinguish between same names and not necessarily father and son.
     "So we have two sets of brothers as the first Todd arrivals. Annals of Platte Co (This history has some errors that have to be sorted from the accurate info.) Joseph Todd was born in Pennsylvania about 1748. He married Ann Crose, a German lady, and after residing a time in Rowan Co NC removed to Hardin Co KY and thence to Madison Co KY. In 1817, he pressed forward to Howard Co MO. Here most of his children remained. The above quotation is in error. Joseph died in Madison Co in 1810. Previous family historians thought that there were two Thomas Todds in Rowan Co - one being the son of Thomas d 1732/3 and one being the son of Joshua Todd. One they thought was the Thomas Todd a soldier who died in Sept 1777 and one they thought was the Thomas Todd who made his will in October 1777. However, closer inspection of the military records indicates that the Thomas Todd who died in Sept 1777 lived in a different part of North Carolina. Hence there is only one Thomas Todd in Rowan Co in the family of Joseph of Eling.
     "On 31-Oct-1777 Thomas made a will in Rowan County, NC Book A page 259, and probated 03-Feb-1778. While sick and weak, etc., naming Elizabeth and children: Joseph, Thomas, Elizabeth Cox, Hester Lewis, Sarah,and Jemima. Sons, Joseph and Thomas were to receive the land with Thomas to receive the upper part and home and Joseph the lower portion. Exrs:sons Joseph and Thomas. Wits: James Smith, Thos. McCartney, and Benjamin Todd.
     "The widow Elizabeth appeared on the 1778 Rowan County Tax List in the Morris Dist, along with Benjamin, Caleb, Peter,Thomas, Caleb Jr, and Joseph (in trust) Todd.
     "The misleading information about there being two Thomas Todds in Rowan County came from a DAR record which erroneously identified the Thomas Todd who died while serving in the Revolutionary War as the Thomas of Rowan County.
     "Military records for the Thomas who died in September 1777 show that he was from the Halifax area of North Carolina, far to the east of Rowan County. 1043: Book 11, p 851. 7 Dec 1789. Joseph Todd and wife Ann; and Thomas Todd and wife Elizabeth to Jacob Frailey ..360 acres in 2 tarcts on East Side of Yaadkin rover (1) a tract of 260 acres including the dwelling house of Joseph Todd and Thomas Todd, granted to James Bryan by Henry McCulloh 29 Mar 1762 (Book 4, p 879) sold ot James Simerson 5 Apr 1764 (Book 6, p33 lists the grantee as James Simson) and converyed by Simerson to Thomas Todd Esq 7 Mar 1772 (Book 7, p 462) later devised to Joseph and Thoams Todd by the last will and testament of Thomas Todd, Esq. (Will book A: 259) and (2) state grant #1077 for 100 acres (Book 11, p 96) adj the first tract. Wit: George Frailey 126: Book 11 p 96 25 Oct 1786. State Grant #1077 to Joseph Todd , 100 ac on E side of Yadkin River adj John Coxe and McCulloh.

The Annals of Platte Co.: "Joseph Todd was born in Pennsylvania about 1748. He married Ann Crose, a German lady, and after residing a time in Rowan Co., NC, removed to Hardin Co., KY, and thence to Madison Co., KY. In 1817, he pressed forward to Howard Co., MO. Here most of his children remained." This quotation is in error. Joseph died in Madison County, KY, in 1810.:

Father: Thomas TODD, b. 1717/1727 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania.
Mother: Elizabeth UNKNOWN, b. abt. 1723 probably in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania..
Spouse: Anne Crose, b. abt. 1750 in Germany.
Married: Abt. 1770 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
Children:.

; Source: National Historical Company, History of Howard and Cooper Counties, Missouri: written and compiled from the most authentic official and private sources, including a history of its townshps, towns and villages, together with a condensed history of Missouri, a reliable and detailed history of Howard and Cooper counties -- its pioneer record, resources, biographical sketches of prominent citizens, general and local statistics of great value, incidents and reminiscences [St. Louis, MO: National Historical Company, 1883], pp. 413-414.
pg. 414 NERIAH TODD,
Neriah TODD's father, Thomas TODD, was a native of North Carolina, and was born December 25, 1771. He came to Kentucky in 1790, and March 5, 1795, married Mary CHENAULT, of the latter state, who was born May 14, 1775. They had eight children, of whom Neriah TODD was one. In 1816, when young Neriah TODD was but twelve years old, they immigrated to Howard county, Missouri, settling first at New Franklin, and afterward, in 1820, they settled on the place where Neriah now lives, and where his parents died. His father died June 12, 1857, and his mother, June 2, 1834. Mr. TODD, the father, was prominently identified with the development of Howard county, and was regarded as an intelligent, energetic and upright citizen and farmer. Neriah was born in Madison county, Kentucky, December 4, 1804, but principally reared in this county. He lived with his father on the home farm until 1829, when he improved a farm in Section 2, but returned to the home in 1850. He was married December 15, 1829, to Miss Minerva, who was born in Kentucky June 2, 1806, a daughter of William HOCKER, an old citizen of Howard county, he having settled there in 1824, and of this marriage there are eight children: William, Thomas, Eugene, James, Sarah, Neriah Jr., Elizabeth, and Chenault. He has been a member of the Baptist church thirty years.^8,9

.¹⁰

Thomas Todd began military service between 14 July 1794 and 26 October 1794 Ancestry.com - U.S. Compiled Service Records, Post-Revolutionary War Volunteer Soldiers, 1784-1811
     Name:     Thomas Todd
     State or Territory:     Kentucky, USA
     Service Year:     1794
     Military Unit:     Huston's Battalion, Mounted Volunteers
     Rank:     Private
     Note - Card #1:     "Houston's Battalion (Mounted), Ky. Vols.: Thomas Todd appears with the rank of Priv on a Muster Roll of a company of mounted colunteers from Kentucky, under the command of Capt. William Kavanaugh, in the service of the United States, commanded by Major General Charles Scott, from July 14, 1794, when last mustered to Oct 22, 1794. Roll dated 'Not Dated'. Remarks: 'Left his horse 12 Sept. 94."
     Note - Card #2:     "Commencement of service: July 14, 1794, Expiraton of service: Oct. 26, 1794. Terms of service 105 days; Pay per day $1; Amount of pay $105; Pay advanced $15; Amount duye $90."
     Source Citation: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C; Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served from 1784 to 1811
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. Compiled Service Records, Post-Revolutionary War Volunteer Soldiers, 1784-1811 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
     Original data: Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served from 1784 to 1811. NARA microfilm publication M905, 32 rolls. Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1762–1984, Record Group 94. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.¹¹

Thomas Todd appeared in the census of 1800 at Tax List, Madison Co., Kentucky, USA; Ancestry.com - Kentucky, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1810-1890
     Name:     Thomas Todd
     State:     KY
     County:     Madison County
     Township:     No Township Listed
     Year:     1800
     Record Type:     Tax list
     Database:     KY Early Census Index
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1810-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
     Original data: Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Kentucky Census, 1810-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.¹²

Thomas Todd and Mary C Polly Chenault appeared in the census of 1810 at Estill Co., Kentucky, USA; p. 3, line 5
     Name:     Thomas Todd
     Home in 1810 (City, County, State):     Estill, Kentucky
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 10:     2 [aft 1800] Neriah 1804, Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15:     1 [1795-1800] Asa?
     Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 :     1 [1766-84] Thomas 1771
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 10:     3 [aft 1800] Mary 1802, Sarah 1807, Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:     1 [1766-84] Mary (Chenault) 1775
     Number of Household Members Under 16:     6
     Number of Household Members Over 25:     2
     Number of Household Members:     8.¹³

Thomas Todd immigrated in 1817 to Howard Co., Missouri, USA; p. 129: "...lived and died in Howard."¹⁴ He was was mentioned in a land transaction by Joseph C. Todd Sr. on 15 November 1823 at Howard Co., Missouri, USA, Bureau of Land Management show an 1823 patent for an "Archibald Woods assignee of Joseph Todd, assignee of Thomas Todd in Howard Co. for 80 acres in the East half of the SE quarter of Section 22, Township 50 of Range 17. I don't know who Archibald is, but Thomas is probably Joseph's brother.
     Names On Document
     PatenteeWOODS, ARCHIBALD,
     PatenteeTODD, JOSEPH,
     PatenteeTODD, THOMAS
     Document Numbers
     Document Nr:     144
     Misc. Doc. Nr:     ---
     BLM Serial Nr:     ---
     Indian Allot. Nr:     ---
     Coal Entry. Nr:     ---
     Miscellaneous Information
     Land Office:     Franklin
     US Reservations:     No
     Mineral Reservations:     No
     Tribe:     ---
     Militia:     ---
     State In Favor Of:     ---
     Authority:     April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
     Military Rank:     ---          
     General Remarks:     ---
     Survey Information
     Total Acres:          80.00
     Survey Date:     ---
     Geographic Name:     ---
     Metes/Bounds:     No.¹⁵

Thomas Todd and Mary C Polly Chenault appeared in the census of 1830 at Howard Co., Missouri, USA; [Same page as Noriah TODD and Asa TODD]
p. 149, line 13
     Name:     13 Thomas Todd [17420] Ref #3031
     Home in 1830 (City, County, State):     Howard, Missouri
     Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14:     1 [1816-20] Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19:     1 [1811-25] Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29:     1 [1801-10] Thomas 1810
     Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49:     1 [1781-90] Thomas 1771
     Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19:     1 [1811-25] Huldah 1812
     Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59:     1 [1771-80] Mary (Chenault) 1775
     Slaves - Males - Under 10:     4
     Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23:     1
     Slaves - Males - 24 thru 35:     1
     Slaves - Females - 24 thru 35:     2
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     3
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     2
     Total Free White Persons:     6
     Total Slaves:     8
     Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):     14.¹⁶

Thomas Todd was listed as a resident in Neriah Todd and Minerva Hocker's household in the census report on 2 September 1850 at Howard Co., Missouri, USA; [Next door to to his sister-in-law Rebecca (BENNETT) TODD, - Neriah's deceased brother Asa's wife.]
p. 131-B, lines 15-25, Dwelling 5, Family 5
     15 TODD, Neriah 55 [1795] M $5,000 KY
     16 " , Manerva 44 [1806] F KY
     17 " , Thos. 78 [1772] M NC
     18 " , Wm. H. 19 [1831] M MO
     19 " , Thos. Todd 14 [1836] M MO
     20 " , Eugene 12 [1838] M MO
     21 " , James 10 [1840] M MO
     22 " , Sarah 8 [1842] F MO
     23 " , Neriah C. 6 [1844] M MO
     24 " , E. 4 [1846] F MO
     25 " , Charlott 2 [1848] F MO.¹⁷

     Elisha Todd was born in 1780 at Salisbury, Rowan Co., North Carolina, USA. He was born in 1781 at Salisbury, Rowan Co., North Carolina, USA; Citation from DAR Lineage Book, Vol. 165 (1921) p. 189, for Mrs. Ann Eliza Todd Boyd, #164608:
     "Born in Andrew County Mo. Wife of William J. Boyd. Descendant of Joseph Todd as follows:
     1. Jeptha Todd, Jr. (b. 1858, m. 1885 Lettie Peter (b. 1866).
     2. Jeptha Todd (1808-75) m. 1838 Hulda Ann Todd (1812-75).
     3. Elisha Todd (1780-1851) m. 1806 Sarah McMahan (1781-1849) (parents of Jeptha).
     . Joseph Todd m. Ann Cross.
     Joseph Todd served, 1775, as a private in Capt. George Wall's company, Bucks County, Pennsylvania militia. He was born, 1748, in Pennsylvania; died in Howard County, Mo.
     Also no. 151886.
Ancestry.com - North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
     Name:     Elisha Todd
     Gender:     Male
     Age:     71
     Birth Date:     1780
     First Marriage Date:     1806
     Death Date:     1851
     Father:     Joseph Todd
     Mother:     Ann Cross
     Spouse:     Sarah McMahan
     Child:     Jeptha Todd
     Source Citation: Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 165 : 1921
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.^2,3 He married Sarah McMahan, daughter of James McMahan and Margaret Reid, on 10 April 1806 at Clark Co., Kentucky, USA,
; Marriage Record #1: Ancestry.com - Kentucky Marriages, 1802-1850
     Name: Sarah Mcmahan
     Marriage Date: 10 Apr 1806
     Marriage Place: Clark, Kentucky, USA
     Spouse: Elisha Todd
     Source Information: Dodd, Jordan. Kentucky Marriages, 1802-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.
     Original data: Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Kentucky.
Marriage Record #2: Ancestry.com - Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965
     Name:     Elisha Todd
     Gender:     Male
     Marriage Date:     10 Apr 1806
     Marriage Place:     Winchester, Clark, Kentucky, USA
     Spouse:     Sarah Mcmahan
     Film Number:     001943687
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
     Original data: Marriage Records. Kentucky Marriages. Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky.^4,5
Elisha Todd died before 2 September 1851 at Clay Co., Missouri, USA; Many Ancestry family trees give his date of death as 2 Sep 1851, but it turns out that this was the date of the probate.³

His estate was probated on 2 September 1851 at Clay Co., Missouri, USA,
; Ancestry.com - Missouri, Wills and Probate Records, 1766-1988
     Name:     Elisha Todd
     Probate Date:     2 Sep 1851
     Probate Place:     Clay, Missouri, USA
     Inferred Death Year:     Abt 1851
     Inferred Death Place:     Missouri, USA
     Item Description:     Probate Case Files, No.4-96 to 4-118; No.5-1 to 5-18, 1840-1850
     Table of Contents     66 images
     Administration Papers     1–3
     Cover Page     4
     Will Papers     5–13
     Administration Papers     14–16
     Inventory Papers     17–21
     Sales Paper     22–24
     Account Papers     25–39
     Inventory Papers     40–41
     Account Papers     42–66
     Source Citation: Probate Case Files (Clay County, Missouri), 1820-1905; Indexes to Probate Case Files, 1820-1994; Author: Missouri. Probate Court (Clay County); Probate Place: Clay, Missouri
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Missouri, Wills and Probate Records, 1766-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
     Original data: Missouri, County, District and Probate Courts.⁶
     He was a mentioned with Joseph Todd and Anna Maria CrouseGrose at Citation; Name: Joseph Todd
     "Sex: M
     "Birth: 1748 in Pennsylvania, USA
     "Death: 1810 in Madison, Kentucky, USA
     "Person Id: I65
     "Tree Id: 234165

Parents
     "Father: Thomas Todd: Birth: 1717/1727 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Death: BET 1777 AND 1778 in Rowan County, North Carolina, USA
     Mother: Elizabeth Unknown: Birth: ABT 1723 in Prob. Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Family
Married: Anne Crose on ABT 1770 at Rowan County, North Carolina, USA.
     "Anne Crose: Birth: ABT 1750 in Germany. Death: 1826 in Howard County, Missouri, USA
Children:

Person Not Viewable
     "Joseph was born in 1748 in the Bethlehem area of Northampton County, PA, and appears on the tax lists in 1769 when he came of age. Joseph was on the 1779 and the 1784 Rowan County, NC, tax lists.
     "In 1777, he and his brother Thomas inherited the land bought by their father in 1772. In 1778, Joseph entered land for 200 acres of which he obtained 100 acres by grant in 1786. In 1789 he and his brother sold the land inherited from their father along with 100 adjacent acres entered by Joseph.
     "Rowan County, NC (Book 11, page 851): 7 December 1789 - Joseph Todd and wife Ann, and Thomas Todd and wife Elizabeth, to Jacob Frailey 360 acres in two tracts on the East Side of the Yadkin River - (1) a tract of 260 acres including the dwelling house of Joseph Todd and Thomas Todd, granted to James Bryan by Henry McCulloh 29 March 1762 (Book 4, page 879), sold to James Simerson 5 April 1764 (Book 6, page 33 lists the grantee as James Simson) and conveyed by Simerson to Thomas Todd, Esq., 7 March 1772 (Book 7, page 462) and later devised to Joseph and Thomas Todd by the last will and testament of Thomas Todd, Esq. (Will Book A, page 259) and (2) state grant #1077 for 100 acres (Book 11, page 96) adjacent the first tract. Witness: George Failey.
     "Rowan County, NC (Book 11 page 96): 25 October 1786 - State Grant #1077 to Joseph Todd, 100 acres on the east side of the Yadkin River adjacent John Coxe and McCulloh.
     "Joseph Todd and wife Ann, and Thomas Todd and wife Elizabeth, let Jacob Frailey have two tracts of land on the East Side of the Yadkin River - one including the dwelling house of Joseph Todd and Thomas Todd, land acquired by will of decd Thomas Todd.
     "In 1772 Joseph and Thomas's father had acquired the 260 acres from James Simerson, Book 7 page 462. Joseph had been granted 100 acres in 1786 next to John Cox, Book 11 page 96.
     "They moved from Rowan County, NC to Madison County, KY and Joseph was listed on Otter Creek in Madison County, KY with 150 acres 1801-1809 though the first deed we have was in 1811 for 147-1/2 acres on Otter Creek (Book H, page 82). The 1811 tax list indicates that Joseph had died and Isaac Wagle was being taxed for his land on Otter Creek.
     "A deed of 1812 (Book O p253) refers to the “heirs of Joseph Todd deceased” namely, Thomas, Isaiah, Joseph, Elisha, Davis, Jonathan, Nancy, Levi, William, Susanna McCreary, Jesse and Betsy Todd who sold the Otter Creek land to Isaac Wagle. Joseph Todd was guardian for William and Jesse Todd, indicating that both were minors born after 1791. Therefore Jesse Todd b 1776/80 who settled in Rutherford/Cannon County Tennessee could not be the son of Joseph b 1748. Isaiah Todd was attorney for Davis Todd and Levi; Jonathan was agent for Elisha Todd. By 1810, Joseph Todd son of Joseph b 1748 was on the census in Hardin County, KY.
     "Contrary to the Annals of Platte County, it was not Joseph Todd b 1748 who moved to Howard Co Missouri, it was his son Joseph Todd b 1777 who moved to Howard County in 1817. (See the Annals of Platte County by W. M. Paxton 1897, Joseph was one of the four earliest arrivals in Madison County, KY on the 1795 tax record: Todd, Thomas Sr 1749 Madison son of Thomas Todd/Elizabeth Unknown Todd, Joseph 1748 Madison son of Thomas Todd/Elizabeth Unknown Todd, Isaiah 1770 Madison son of Joseph Todd/Anne Crose Todd, Thomas Jr 1771 Madison son of Joseph Todd/Anne Crose Sr and Jr used to distinguish between same names and not necessarily father and son.
     "So we have two sets of brothers as the first Todd arrivals. Annals of Platte Co (This history has some errors that have to be sorted from the accurate info.) Joseph Todd was born in Pennsylvania about 1748. He married Ann Crose, a German lady, and after residing a time in Rowan Co NC removed to Hardin Co KY and thence to Madison Co KY. In 1817, he pressed forward to Howard Co MO. Here most of his children remained. The above quotation is in error. Joseph died in Madison Co in 1810. Previous family historians thought that there were two Thomas Todds in Rowan Co - one being the son of Thomas d 1732/3 and one being the son of Joshua Todd. One they thought was the Thomas Todd a soldier who died in Sept 1777 and one they thought was the Thomas Todd who made his will in October 1777. However, closer inspection of the military records indicates that the Thomas Todd who died in Sept 1777 lived in a different part of North Carolina. Hence there is only one Thomas Todd in Rowan Co in the family of Joseph of Eling.
     "On 31-Oct-1777 Thomas made a will in Rowan County, NC Book A page 259, and probated 03-Feb-1778. While sick and weak, etc., naming Elizabeth and children: Joseph, Thomas, Elizabeth Cox, Hester Lewis, Sarah,and Jemima. Sons, Joseph and Thomas were to receive the land with Thomas to receive the upper part and home and Joseph the lower portion. Exrs:sons Joseph and Thomas. Wits: James Smith, Thos. McCartney, and Benjamin Todd.
     "The widow Elizabeth appeared on the 1778 Rowan County Tax List in the Morris Dist, along with Benjamin, Caleb, Peter,Thomas, Caleb Jr, and Joseph (in trust) Todd.
     "The misleading information about there being two Thomas Todds in Rowan County came from a DAR record which erroneously identified the Thomas Todd who died while serving in the Revolutionary War as the Thomas of Rowan County.
     "Military records for the Thomas who died in September 1777 show that he was from the Halifax area of North Carolina, far to the east of Rowan County. 1043: Book 11, p 851. 7 Dec 1789. Joseph Todd and wife Ann; and Thomas Todd and wife Elizabeth to Jacob Frailey ..360 acres in 2 tarcts on East Side of Yaadkin rover (1) a tract of 260 acres including the dwelling house of Joseph Todd and Thomas Todd, granted to James Bryan by Henry McCulloh 29 Mar 1762 (Book 4, p 879) sold ot James Simerson 5 Apr 1764 (Book 6, p33 lists the grantee as James Simson) and converyed by Simerson to Thomas Todd Esq 7 Mar 1772 (Book 7, p 462) later devised to Joseph and Thoams Todd by the last will and testament of Thomas Todd, Esq. (Will book A: 259) and (2) state grant #1077 for 100 acres (Book 11, p 96) adj the first tract. Wit: George Frailey 126: Book 11 p 96 25 Oct 1786. State Grant #1077 to Joseph Todd , 100 ac on E side of Yadkin River adj John Coxe and McCulloh.

The Annals of Platte Co.: "Joseph Todd was born in Pennsylvania about 1748. He married Ann Crose, a German lady, and after residing a time in Rowan Co., NC, removed to Hardin Co., KY, and thence to Madison Co., KY. In 1817, he pressed forward to Howard Co., MO. Here most of his children remained." This quotation is in error. Joseph died in Madison County, KY, in 1810.:

Father: Thomas TODD, b. 1717/1727 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania.
Mother: Elizabeth UNKNOWN, b. abt. 1723 probably in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania..
Spouse: Anne Crose, b. abt. 1750 in Germany.
Married: Abt. 1770 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
Children:. Elisha Todd was a witness to from Ancestry: [quote]Source: McMurtry, Richard, "Todds of Joseph Todd of Eling and of Rutherford/Cannon Co., TN," http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=to .
     Name: Joseph TODD.
     Birth: 1748 in PA.
     Death: 1810 in Madison County, KY.
     "Joseph was born in 1748 in the Bethlehem area of Northampton County, PA, and appears on the tax lists in 1769 when he came of age. Joseph was on the 1779 and the 1784 Rowan County, NC, tax lists..
     "In 1777, he and his brother Thomas inherited the land bought by their father in 1772. In 1778, Joseph entered land for 200 acres of which he obtained 100 acres by grant in 1786. In 1789 he and his brother sold the land inherited from their father along with 100 adjacent acres entered by Joseph..
     "Rowan County, NC (Book 11, page 851): 7 December 1789 - Joseph Todd and wife Ann, and Thomas Todd and wife Elizabeth, to Jacob Frailey 360 acres in two tracts on the East Side of the Yadkin River - (1) a tract of 260 acres including the dwelling house of Joseph Todd and Thomas Todd, granted to James Bryan by Henry McCulloh 29 March 1762 (Book 4, page 879), sold to James Simerson 5 April 1764 (Book 6, page 33 lists the grantee as James Simson) and conveyed by Simerson to Thomas Todd, Esq., 7 March 1772 (Book 7, page 462) and later devised to Joseph and Thomas Todd by the last will and testament of Thomas Todd, Esq. (Will Book A, page 259) and (2) state grant #1077 for 100 acres (Book 11, page 96) adjacent the first tract. Witness: George Failey. .
     "Rowan County, NC (Book 11 page 96): 25 October 1786 - State Grant #1077 to Joseph Todd, 100 acres on the east side of the Yadkin River adjacent John Coxe and McCulloh..
     "They moved from Rowan County, NC, to Madison County, KY, and Joseph was listed on Otter Creek in Madison County, KY, with 150 acres 1801-1809, though the first deed we have was in 1811 for 147 1/2 acres on Otter Creek (Book H, page 81). The 1811 tax list indicates that Joseph had died and Isaac Wagle was being taxed for his land on Otter Creek. A deed of 1812 (Book O, page 253) refers to the "heirs of Joseph Todd, deceased, namely, Thomas, Isaiah, Joseph, Elisha, Davis, Jonathan, Nancy, Levi, William, Susanna McCreary, Jesse and Betsy Todd, who collectively sold the Otter Creek land to Isaac Wagle. In the transaction, Joseph Todd was guardian for William and Jesse Todd, indicating that both were minors, born after 1791. (Therefore, Jesse Todd b. 1776/80, who settled in Rutherford/Cannon County, TN, could not be the son of Joseph b. 1748.) Isaiah Todd was attorney for Davis Todd and Levi Todd; Jonathan was agent for Elisha Todd. .
     " By 1810, Joseph Todd, son of Joseph b. 1748, was on the census in Hardin County, KY..
     "Contrary to The Annals of Platte County, it was not Joseph Todd b. 1748 who moved to Howard County, MO; it was his son Joseph Todd b. 1777 who moved to Howard County in 1817. (See The Annals of Platte County by W. M. Paxton 1897.)
     Joseph was one of the four earliest arrivals in Madison County, KY, on the 1795 tax record:.
     1) Todd, Thomas Sr. 1749 Madison son of Thomas Todd/Elizabeth Unknown;
     2) Todd, Joseph 1748 Madison son of Thomas Todd/Elizabeth Unknown;
     3) Todd, Isaiah 1770 Madison son of Joseph Todd/Anne Crose;
     4) Todd, Thomas Jr. 1771 Madison son of Joseph Todd/Anne Crose.
     It should be noted that "Sr" and "Jr" were used to distinguish between the same names, one being older and one younger, not necessarily father and son. So we have two sets of brothers as the first Todd arrivals in Madison County..
     The Annals of Platte County: "Joseph Todd was born in Pennsylvania about 1748. He married Ann Crose, a German lady, and after residing a time in Rowan Co., NC, removed to Hardin Co., KY, and thence to Madison Co., KY. In 1817, he pressed forward to Howard Co., MO. Here most of his children remained." This quotation is in error. The elder Joseph died in Madison County, KY, in 1810..
     Previous family historians thought that there were two Thomas Todds in Rowan County, one being the son of Thomas d. 1732/33 and one being the son of Joshua Todd. One they thought was the Thomas Todd, a soldier who died in September 1777, and one they thought was the Thomas Todd who made his will in October 1777. However closer inspection of the military records indicates that the Thomas Todd who died in September 1777 lived in the Halifax area of North Carolina, far to the east of Rowan County. (This misleading information about there being two Thomas Todds in Rowan County came from a DAR record which erroneously identified the Thomas Todd who died while serving as a musician in the Revolutionary War as the Thomas of Rowan County.)".
     Father: Thomas TODD, b. 1717/1727 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania.
     Mother: Elizabeth UNKNOWN, b. abt. 1723 probably in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania..
     Spouse: Anne Crose, b. abt. 1750 in Germany.
     Married: Abt. 1770 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     Children:.
     1. Isaiah TODD, b. abt. 1770 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     2. Thomas TODD, b. 25 Dec 1771 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     3. Joseph C. TODD, b. 4 Nov 1777 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     4. Elisha TODD, b. 1780 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     5. Phoebe TODD, b. 1784 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     6. Davis TODD, b. abt. 1786 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     7. Jonathan TODD, b. abt. 1787 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     8. Levi TODD, b. abt. 1788 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     9. Nancy TODD, b. 1792 in Rowan county, North Carolina.
     10. Jesse TODD, b. aft. 1792 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     11. William TODD Major, b. 7 Jun 1794 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     12. Elizabeth "Betsy" TODD, b. 1796 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     13. Susan TODD, b. in Rowan County, North Carolina [end quote] with Joseph Todd and Anna Maria CrouseGrose.¹⁰

Reference: Paxton [1897] - Summary of the Todd Family. p. 129: "...lived in Clay."¹¹

Elisha Todd was listed as a resident in Joseph Todd and Anna Maria CrouseGrose's household in the census report in 1790 at Rowan Co., North Carolina, USA; p. 340, Line 9

; Ancestry.coim - U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820
     Name:     Elisha Todd
     Gender:     M (Male)
     State:     Missouri
     Locality:     Louisiana and Missouri Territory
     Town:     Louisiana
     Residence Year:     1810
     Household Remarks:     Name on memorial, 1810, to the Land Commissioners by inhabitants of the territory concerning the large number of their Spanish land claims that are being rejected, etc. [pages 382-98].
     Source Citation: Document: Territorial Papers of the US; Volume Number: Vol 14; Page Number: 394; Family Number: 35
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
     Original data: Census Publishing. State Census Records. West Jordan, Utah: Census Publishing, 2003-2009.¹³
; From the History of Howard and Chariton Counties, Missouri [St. Louis, MO: National Historical Company, 1883], pages 95-98.
     Old Settlers Erect Forts
     Being fully convinced that the Indians were making preparations to attack the settlements along the Missouri river, they determined to be ready to receive them properly when they did appear, and to this end, began the erection of three forts in Howard county, being the names respectively of Fort Cooper, Fort Hempstead, and Fort Kincaid. Fort Cooper was located about two miles southwest of Boone's Lick. Fort Kincaid was east southeast, about nine miles distant, and about one mile north of the present Boonville railroad bridge. Fort Hempstead was about one and a half miles north of Fort Kincaid. Each fort was a series of log houses, built together around an enclosure. In each house lived a family, and the stock was corraled and the property of the settlers secured at night in the enclosure. There were other smaller forts, but the above were the most important. Immediately after the erection of these forts, the pioneers organized themselves into a military company, with Sarshall Cooper as captain; first lieutenant, William McMahon; second lieutenant, John Monroe; ensign, Benjamin Cooper, Jr.
     Sergeants. 1st John McMurray; 2d Samuel McMahan; 3d Adam Woods; 4th Davis Todd; 5th John Mathis.
     Corporals. 1st Andrew Smith; 2d Thomas Vaughan; 3d James McMahan; 4th John Busby; 5th James Barnes; 6th Jesse Ashcraft.
     The above were the officers chosen by their comrades and neighbors to command the company, which consisted of 112 men who were able to bear arms. The following list comprises all the men and boys who were in the different forts:--
     Fort Cooper: James Alexander, James Anderson, Middleton Anderson, William Anderson, Gray Bynum, John Busby, Robert Brown, Samuel Brown, Benjamin Cooper, Sarshall Cooper, David Cooper, Braxton Cooper, Joseph Cooper, Stephen Cooper, Robert Cooper, Henly Cooper, Patrick Cooper, Jesse Cox, Solomon Cox, John Ferrill, Henry Ferrill, Edward Good, Harmon Gregg, William Gregg, David Gregg, Robert Heath, Robert Hancock, Abbott Hancock, Josiah Higgins, Frederick Hyatt, Robert Irvine, David Jones, John Jones, Jesse Jones, George Jackson, Stephen Jackson, James Jackson, Samuel McMahan, Thomas McMahan, James McMahan, William McMahan, Thomas O'Bannon, Judiah Osmond, Samuel Perry, William Read, Benoni Sappington, John Sappington, James Sappington, Daniel Tillmann, John Thorp, William Thorp, Samuel Turley, Stephen Turley, Ezekiel Williams, Thomas Wasson, Joseph Wasson, Adam Woods, William Wolfskill, Joseph Wolfskill, William Wolfskill, Jr.
     Fort Hempstead: George Alcorn, James Alcorn, William Allen, John Arnold, Price Arnold, Joseph Austin, John Austin, Robert Austin, William Baxter, Big Berry, John Berry, William Berry, David Boggs, Joseph Boggs, Muke Box, Joseph Boyers, Robert Brown, Samuel Brown, William Brown, Townsend Brown, Christopher Brown, Christopher Burckhartt, Nicholas S. Burckhartt, Andrew Carson, Lindsay Carson (father of Kit Carson), Moses Carson, Charles Canole, William Canole, Isaac Clark, Joseph Cooley, James Cooley, Perrin Cooley, Braxton Cooper, Jr., James Cockrell, Thomas Chandler, James Creason, John Creason, Peter Creason, William Creason, Daniel Crump, Harper Davis, James Douglas, Daniel Durbin, John Elliott, Braxton Fugate, Hiram Fugate, Reuben Fugate, Sarshall Fugate, Simeon Fugate, Reuben Gentry, Samuel Gibbs, Abner Grooms, John Grooms, William Grooms, Alfred Head, Moses Head, Robert Hinkson, John James, James Jones, Abner Johnson, Noah Katew, Joseph McLane, William McLane, Ewing McLane, David McQuitly, William Monroe (called Long Gun), Joseph Moody, Susan Mullens, Thompson Mullins, John Peak, William Pipes, Michael Poage, Robert Poage, Joseph Poage, Christopher Richardson, Jesse Richardson, James Richardson, Silas Richardson, John Rupe, Henry Simmons, Reuben Smith, Andrew Smith, Thomas Smith, John Snethan, Joseph Still, John Stinson, Nathan Teague, Solomon Teters, David Teters, John Teters, Isaac Thornton, John Thornton, Davis TODD, Elisha TODD, Jonathan TODD, Levi TODD, James Turner, Philip Turner, Jesse Turner, Thomas Vaughan, Robert Wilds, William Wadkins, James Whitley, Benjamin Young, John Yarnell.
     Fort Kincaid: Amos Ashcraft, Jesse Ashcraft, Otho Ashcraft, Amos Barnes, Aquilla Barnes, Abraham Barnes, James Barnes, John Barnes, Shadrach Barnes, Robert Barclay, Francis Berry, Campbell Bolen, Delany Bolen, William Brazil, David Burris, Henry Burris, Reuben Cornelius, Pryor Duncan, Stephen Fields, John Fields, Cornelius Gooch, Thomas Gray, John Hines, Daniel Hubbard, Asaph Hubbard, Eusebius Hubbard, Joseph Jolly, David Kincaid, Matthew Kincaid, John Kincaid, John McMurray, Adam McCord, Daniel Monroe, John Monroe, John Mathis, William Nash, John Pursely, William Ridgeway, William Robertson, Edward Robertson, Gilead Rupe, Enoch Taylor, Isaac Taylor, William Taylor, Enoch Turner, Giles Williams, Britton Williams, Francis Wood, Henry Weeden.¹⁴
Elisha Todd was mentioned in a land transaction on 1 August 1825 at Clay Co., Missouri, USA,
Memo: Ancestry.com - U.S. General Land Office Records, 1776-2015
     Name:     Elisha Todd
     Issue Date:     1 Aug 1825
     Place:     Clay, Missouri, USA
     Land Office:     Franklin
     Meridian:     5th PM
     Township:     51-N
     Range:     33-W
     Section:     13
     Accession Number:     MO0430__.396
     Document Number:     1244
     Source Citation: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records; Washington D.C., USA; Federal Land Patents, State Volumes
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. General Land Office Records, 1776-2015 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
     Original data: United States. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records. Automated Records Project; Federal Land Patents, State Volumes. http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/. Springfield, Virginia: Bureau of Land Management, Eastern States, 2007.¹⁵

Elisha Todd and Sarah McMahan appeared in the census of 1830 at Clay Co., Missouri, USA; [Same page as a Joseph TODD and a Robert TODD]
p. 289, line 16
Name:     16 Elisha Todd
     Home in 1830 (City, County, State):     Clay, Missouri
     Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29:     2
     Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59:     1 [1771-1780] Elisha b1780
     Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39:     1 [1791-1800]
     Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23:     1
     Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23:     1
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     3
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     3
     Total Free White Persons:     7
     Total Slaves:     2
     Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):     9.¹⁶

Elisha Todd left a will on 2 September 1833 at Clay Co., Missouri, USA.⁶

Elisha Todd and Sarah McMahan appeared in the census of 1840 at Clay Co., Missouri, USA; p. 3, line 3
Name:     Elisha Todd
     Home in 1840 (City, County, State):     Clay, Missouri
     Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19:     1 [1821-25]
     Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29:     1 [1811-20]
     Free White Persons - Males - 60 thru 69:     1 [1771-80] Elisha 1780
     Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59:     1 [1781-90] Sarah 1781
     Slaves - Females - 24 thru 35:     1
     Persons Employed in Agriculture:     3
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     1
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     1
     Total Free White Persons:     4
     Total Slaves:     1
     Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves:     5.¹⁷

Elisha Todd appeared in the census of 23 August 1850 at Liberty Township, Clay Co., Missouri, USA; p. 320B, lines 15-20; dwelling 268; Family 268
     15 TODD, Elisha 70 [1780] M Farmer $5000 NC
     16 " , Zatter 32 [1818] M Farmer MO
     17 " , Margarett 26 [1824] F KY
     18 " , M. E. 4 [1846] F MO
     19 " , Mary 2 [1848] 2 MO
     20 " , Benj. 1 [1849] M MO.¹⁸

     Elizabeth fitz Herbert married Sir Philip Draycore of Painsley, Staffordshire.¹

     Jonathon Todd was born in 1775 at Rowan Co., North Carolina, USA.² He married Betsy Thomas (?) on 1 February 1808 at Madison Co., Kentucky, USA.^2,3

Jonathon Todd died in 1812 at Howard Co., Missouri, USA; Note: Most (but not all) family trees on Ancestry.com give the date of death as 25 Jan 1820, but none seem to cite a source for that date. NHC [1883-1:100-1] implies that the death occurred in or just after 1812.
     Paxton [1897:129]: "...killed by Indians".
     NHC [1883-1:100-1]: "Those hostile Indians began their work of death in the spring of 1812, and were mostly Saxes and Foxes, Kickapoos and Pottawatomies."
     "The first victims in the Boone's Lick country, were Jonathan Todd and Thomas Smith, who were living at the time in Fort Hempstead, but had gone down the river to hunt a stray horse, which had escaped from the fort. While upon their errand the Indians attached them, not far from the present line between Howard and Boone counties, near Thrall's prairie, and after a long struggle, in which several Indians were killed. Todd and Smith were slain. The savages, after killing them, cut off their heads and cur out their hearts, and placed them by the side of the road on poles.
     "As soon as the news of the killing of Todd and Smith was brought to the fort, a party of men started out to get their bodies. After they had gone several miles, they captured an Indian warrior, who seemed to be watching their movements, and started to take him to the fort alive, in order to get information from him. As they returned after finding the bodies of the settlers, and when they arrived within two miles of the fort, the Indian prisoner suddenly broke away from them and attempted to escape. The settlers pursued him about one-half of a mile, when, finding they could not overtake him and capture him alive, they shot him, killing him instantly."^4,5
     He was a witness to from Ancestry: [quote]Source: McMurtry, Richard, "Todds of Joseph Todd of Eling and of Rutherford/Cannon Co., TN," http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=to .
     Name: Joseph TODD.
     Birth: 1748 in PA.
     Death: 1810 in Madison County, KY.
     "Joseph was born in 1748 in the Bethlehem area of Northampton County, PA, and appears on the tax lists in 1769 when he came of age. Joseph was on the 1779 and the 1784 Rowan County, NC, tax lists..
     "In 1777, he and his brother Thomas inherited the land bought by their father in 1772. In 1778, Joseph entered land for 200 acres of which he obtained 100 acres by grant in 1786. In 1789 he and his brother sold the land inherited from their father along with 100 adjacent acres entered by Joseph..
     "Rowan County, NC (Book 11, page 851): 7 December 1789 - Joseph Todd and wife Ann, and Thomas Todd and wife Elizabeth, to Jacob Frailey 360 acres in two tracts on the East Side of the Yadkin River - (1) a tract of 260 acres including the dwelling house of Joseph Todd and Thomas Todd, granted to James Bryan by Henry McCulloh 29 March 1762 (Book 4, page 879), sold to James Simerson 5 April 1764 (Book 6, page 33 lists the grantee as James Simson) and conveyed by Simerson to Thomas Todd, Esq., 7 March 1772 (Book 7, page 462) and later devised to Joseph and Thomas Todd by the last will and testament of Thomas Todd, Esq. (Will Book A, page 259) and (2) state grant #1077 for 100 acres (Book 11, page 96) adjacent the first tract. Witness: George Failey. .
     "Rowan County, NC (Book 11 page 96): 25 October 1786 - State Grant #1077 to Joseph Todd, 100 acres on the east side of the Yadkin River adjacent John Coxe and McCulloh..
     "They moved from Rowan County, NC, to Madison County, KY, and Joseph was listed on Otter Creek in Madison County, KY, with 150 acres 1801-1809, though the first deed we have was in 1811 for 147 1/2 acres on Otter Creek (Book H, page 81). The 1811 tax list indicates that Joseph had died and Isaac Wagle was being taxed for his land on Otter Creek. A deed of 1812 (Book O, page 253) refers to the "heirs of Joseph Todd, deceased, namely, Thomas, Isaiah, Joseph, Elisha, Davis, Jonathan, Nancy, Levi, William, Susanna McCreary, Jesse and Betsy Todd, who collectively sold the Otter Creek land to Isaac Wagle. In the transaction, Joseph Todd was guardian for William and Jesse Todd, indicating that both were minors, born after 1791. (Therefore, Jesse Todd b. 1776/80, who settled in Rutherford/Cannon County, TN, could not be the son of Joseph b. 1748.) Isaiah Todd was attorney for Davis Todd and Levi Todd; Jonathan was agent for Elisha Todd. .
     " By 1810, Joseph Todd, son of Joseph b. 1748, was on the census in Hardin County, KY..
     "Contrary to The Annals of Platte County, it was not Joseph Todd b. 1748 who moved to Howard County, MO; it was his son Joseph Todd b. 1777 who moved to Howard County in 1817. (See The Annals of Platte County by W. M. Paxton 1897.)
     Joseph was one of the four earliest arrivals in Madison County, KY, on the 1795 tax record:.
     1) Todd, Thomas Sr. 1749 Madison son of Thomas Todd/Elizabeth Unknown;
     2) Todd, Joseph 1748 Madison son of Thomas Todd/Elizabeth Unknown;
     3) Todd, Isaiah 1770 Madison son of Joseph Todd/Anne Crose;
     4) Todd, Thomas Jr. 1771 Madison son of Joseph Todd/Anne Crose.
     It should be noted that "Sr" and "Jr" were used to distinguish between the same names, one being older and one younger, not necessarily father and son. So we have two sets of brothers as the first Todd arrivals in Madison County..
     The Annals of Platte County: "Joseph Todd was born in Pennsylvania about 1748. He married Ann Crose, a German lady, and after residing a time in Rowan Co., NC, removed to Hardin Co., KY, and thence to Madison Co., KY. In 1817, he pressed forward to Howard Co., MO. Here most of his children remained." This quotation is in error. The elder Joseph died in Madison County, KY, in 1810..
     Previous family historians thought that there were two Thomas Todds in Rowan County, one being the son of Thomas d. 1732/33 and one being the son of Joshua Todd. One they thought was the Thomas Todd, a soldier who died in September 1777, and one they thought was the Thomas Todd who made his will in October 1777. However closer inspection of the military records indicates that the Thomas Todd who died in September 1777 lived in the Halifax area of North Carolina, far to the east of Rowan County. (This misleading information about there being two Thomas Todds in Rowan County came from a DAR record which erroneously identified the Thomas Todd who died while serving as a musician in the Revolutionary War as the Thomas of Rowan County.)".
     Father: Thomas TODD, b. 1717/1727 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania.
     Mother: Elizabeth UNKNOWN, b. abt. 1723 probably in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania..
     Spouse: Anne Crose, b. abt. 1750 in Germany.
     Married: Abt. 1770 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     Children:.
     1. Isaiah TODD, b. abt. 1770 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     2. Thomas TODD, b. 25 Dec 1771 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     3. Joseph C. TODD, b. 4 Nov 1777 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     4. Elisha TODD, b. 1780 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     5. Phoebe TODD, b. 1784 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     6. Davis TODD, b. abt. 1786 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     7. Jonathan TODD, b. abt. 1787 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     8. Levi TODD, b. abt. 1788 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     9. Nancy TODD, b. 1792 in Rowan county, North Carolina.
     10. Jesse TODD, b. aft. 1792 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     11. William TODD Major, b. 7 Jun 1794 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     12. Elizabeth "Betsy" TODD, b. 1796 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     13. Susan TODD, b. in Rowan County, North Carolina [end quote] with Joseph Todd and Anna Maria CrouseGrose.⁶ Jonathon Todd was a mentioned with Joseph Todd and Anna Maria CrouseGrose at Citation; Name: Joseph Todd
     "Sex: M
     "Birth: 1748 in Pennsylvania, USA
     "Death: 1810 in Madison, Kentucky, USA
     "Person Id: I65
     "Tree Id: 234165

Parents
     "Father: Thomas Todd: Birth: 1717/1727 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Death: BET 1777 AND 1778 in Rowan County, North Carolina, USA
     Mother: Elizabeth Unknown: Birth: ABT 1723 in Prob. Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Family
Married: Anne Crose on ABT 1770 at Rowan County, North Carolina, USA.
     "Anne Crose: Birth: ABT 1750 in Germany. Death: 1826 in Howard County, Missouri, USA
Children:

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     "Joseph was born in 1748 in the Bethlehem area of Northampton County, PA, and appears on the tax lists in 1769 when he came of age. Joseph was on the 1779 and the 1784 Rowan County, NC, tax lists.
     "In 1777, he and his brother Thomas inherited the land bought by their father in 1772. In 1778, Joseph entered land for 200 acres of which he obtained 100 acres by grant in 1786. In 1789 he and his brother sold the land inherited from their father along with 100 adjacent acres entered by Joseph.
     "Rowan County, NC (Book 11, page 851): 7 December 1789 - Joseph Todd and wife Ann, and Thomas Todd and wife Elizabeth, to Jacob Frailey 360 acres in two tracts on the East Side of the Yadkin River - (1) a tract of 260 acres including the dwelling house of Joseph Todd and Thomas Todd, granted to James Bryan by Henry McCulloh 29 March 1762 (Book 4, page 879), sold to James Simerson 5 April 1764 (Book 6, page 33 lists the grantee as James Simson) and conveyed by Simerson to Thomas Todd, Esq., 7 March 1772 (Book 7, page 462) and later devised to Joseph and Thomas Todd by the last will and testament of Thomas Todd, Esq. (Will Book A, page 259) and (2) state grant #1077 for 100 acres (Book 11, page 96) adjacent the first tract. Witness: George Failey.
     "Rowan County, NC (Book 11 page 96): 25 October 1786 - State Grant #1077 to Joseph Todd, 100 acres on the east side of the Yadkin River adjacent John Coxe and McCulloh.
     "Joseph Todd and wife Ann, and Thomas Todd and wife Elizabeth, let Jacob Frailey have two tracts of land on the East Side of the Yadkin River - one including the dwelling house of Joseph Todd and Thomas Todd, land acquired by will of decd Thomas Todd.
     "In 1772 Joseph and Thomas's father had acquired the 260 acres from James Simerson, Book 7 page 462. Joseph had been granted 100 acres in 1786 next to John Cox, Book 11 page 96.
     "They moved from Rowan County, NC to Madison County, KY and Joseph was listed on Otter Creek in Madison County, KY with 150 acres 1801-1809 though the first deed we have was in 1811 for 147-1/2 acres on Otter Creek (Book H, page 82). The 1811 tax list indicates that Joseph had died and Isaac Wagle was being taxed for his land on Otter Creek.
     "A deed of 1812 (Book O p253) refers to the “heirs of Joseph Todd deceased” namely, Thomas, Isaiah, Joseph, Elisha, Davis, Jonathan, Nancy, Levi, William, Susanna McCreary, Jesse and Betsy Todd who sold the Otter Creek land to Isaac Wagle. Joseph Todd was guardian for William and Jesse Todd, indicating that both were minors born after 1791. Therefore Jesse Todd b 1776/80 who settled in Rutherford/Cannon County Tennessee could not be the son of Joseph b 1748. Isaiah Todd was attorney for Davis Todd and Levi; Jonathan was agent for Elisha Todd. By 1810, Joseph Todd son of Joseph b 1748 was on the census in Hardin County, KY.
     "Contrary to the Annals of Platte County, it was not Joseph Todd b 1748 who moved to Howard Co Missouri, it was his son Joseph Todd b 1777 who moved to Howard County in 1817. (See the Annals of Platte County by W. M. Paxton 1897, Joseph was one of the four earliest arrivals in Madison County, KY on the 1795 tax record: Todd, Thomas Sr 1749 Madison son of Thomas Todd/Elizabeth Unknown Todd, Joseph 1748 Madison son of Thomas Todd/Elizabeth Unknown Todd, Isaiah 1770 Madison son of Joseph Todd/Anne Crose Todd, Thomas Jr 1771 Madison son of Joseph Todd/Anne Crose Sr and Jr used to distinguish between same names and not necessarily father and son.
     "So we have two sets of brothers as the first Todd arrivals. Annals of Platte Co (This history has some errors that have to be sorted from the accurate info.) Joseph Todd was born in Pennsylvania about 1748. He married Ann Crose, a German lady, and after residing a time in Rowan Co NC removed to Hardin Co KY and thence to Madison Co KY. In 1817, he pressed forward to Howard Co MO. Here most of his children remained. The above quotation is in error. Joseph died in Madison Co in 1810. Previous family historians thought that there were two Thomas Todds in Rowan Co - one being the son of Thomas d 1732/3 and one being the son of Joshua Todd. One they thought was the Thomas Todd a soldier who died in Sept 1777 and one they thought was the Thomas Todd who made his will in October 1777. However, closer inspection of the military records indicates that the Thomas Todd who died in Sept 1777 lived in a different part of North Carolina. Hence there is only one Thomas Todd in Rowan Co in the family of Joseph of Eling.
     "On 31-Oct-1777 Thomas made a will in Rowan County, NC Book A page 259, and probated 03-Feb-1778. While sick and weak, etc., naming Elizabeth and children: Joseph, Thomas, Elizabeth Cox, Hester Lewis, Sarah,and Jemima. Sons, Joseph and Thomas were to receive the land with Thomas to receive the upper part and home and Joseph the lower portion. Exrs:sons Joseph and Thomas. Wits: James Smith, Thos. McCartney, and Benjamin Todd.
     "The widow Elizabeth appeared on the 1778 Rowan County Tax List in the Morris Dist, along with Benjamin, Caleb, Peter,Thomas, Caleb Jr, and Joseph (in trust) Todd.
     "The misleading information about there being two Thomas Todds in Rowan County came from a DAR record which erroneously identified the Thomas Todd who died while serving in the Revolutionary War as the Thomas of Rowan County.
     "Military records for the Thomas who died in September 1777 show that he was from the Halifax area of North Carolina, far to the east of Rowan County. 1043: Book 11, p 851. 7 Dec 1789. Joseph Todd and wife Ann; and Thomas Todd and wife Elizabeth to Jacob Frailey ..360 acres in 2 tarcts on East Side of Yaadkin rover (1) a tract of 260 acres including the dwelling house of Joseph Todd and Thomas Todd, granted to James Bryan by Henry McCulloh 29 Mar 1762 (Book 4, p 879) sold ot James Simerson 5 Apr 1764 (Book 6, p33 lists the grantee as James Simson) and converyed by Simerson to Thomas Todd Esq 7 Mar 1772 (Book 7, p 462) later devised to Joseph and Thoams Todd by the last will and testament of Thomas Todd, Esq. (Will book A: 259) and (2) state grant #1077 for 100 acres (Book 11, p 96) adj the first tract. Wit: George Frailey 126: Book 11 p 96 25 Oct 1786. State Grant #1077 to Joseph Todd , 100 ac on E side of Yadkin River adj John Coxe and McCulloh.

The Annals of Platte Co.: "Joseph Todd was born in Pennsylvania about 1748. He married Ann Crose, a German lady, and after residing a time in Rowan Co., NC, removed to Hardin Co., KY, and thence to Madison Co., KY. In 1817, he pressed forward to Howard Co., MO. Here most of his children remained." This quotation is in error. Joseph died in Madison County, KY, in 1810.:

Father: Thomas TODD, b. 1717/1727 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania.
Mother: Elizabeth UNKNOWN, b. abt. 1723 probably in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania..
Spouse: Anne Crose, b. abt. 1750 in Germany.
Married: Abt. 1770 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
Children:.

Reference: (an unknown value.)⁹

; From the History of Howard and Chariton Counties, Missouri [St. Louis, MO: National Historical Company, 1883], pages 95-98.
     Old Settlers Erect Forts
     Being fully convinced that the Indians were making preparations to attack the settlements along the Missouri river, they determined to be ready to receive them properly when they did appear, and to this end, began the erection of three forts in Howard county, being the names respectively of Fort Cooper, Fort Hempstead, and Fort Kincaid. Fort Cooper was located about two miles southwest of Boone's Lick. Fort Kincaid was east southeast, about nine miles distant, and about one mile north of the present Boonville railroad bridge. Fort Hempstead was about one and a half miles north of Fort Kincaid. Each fort was a series of log houses, built together around an enclosure. In each house lived a family, and the stock was corraled and the property of the settlers secured at night in the enclosure. There were other smaller forts, but the above were the most important. Immediately after the erection of these forts, the pioneers organized themselves into a military company, with Sarshall Cooper as captain; first lieutenant, William McMahon; second lieutenant, John Monroe; ensign, Benjamin Cooper, Jr.
     Sergeants. 1st John McMurray; 2d Samuel McMahan; 3d Adam Woods; 4th Davis Todd; 5th John Mathis.
     Corporals. 1st Andrew Smith; 2d Thomas Vaughan; 3d James McMahan; 4th John Busby; 5th James Barnes; 6th Jesse Ashcraft.
     The above were the officers chosen by their comrades and neighbors to command the company, which consisted of 112 men who were able to bear arms. The following list comprises all the men and boys who were in the different forts:--
     Fort Cooper: James Alexander, James Anderson, Middleton Anderson, William Anderson, Gray Bynum, John Busby, Robert Brown, Samuel Brown, Benjamin Cooper, Sarshall Cooper, David Cooper, Braxton Cooper, Joseph Cooper, Stephen Cooper, Robert Cooper, Henly Cooper, Patrick Cooper, Jesse Cox, Solomon Cox, John Ferrill, Henry Ferrill, Edward Good, Harmon Gregg, William Gregg, David Gregg, Robert Heath, Robert Hancock, Abbott Hancock, Josiah Higgins, Frederick Hyatt, Robert Irvine, David Jones, John Jones, Jesse Jones, George Jackson, Stephen Jackson, James Jackson, Samuel McMahan, Thomas McMahan, James McMahan, William McMahan, Thomas O'Bannon, Judiah Osmond, Samuel Perry, William Read, Benoni Sappington, John Sappington, James Sappington, Daniel Tillmann, John Thorp, William Thorp, Samuel Turley, Stephen Turley, Ezekiel Williams, Thomas Wasson, Joseph Wasson, Adam Woods, William Wolfskill, Joseph Wolfskill, William Wolfskill, Jr.
     Fort Hempstead: George Alcorn, James Alcorn, William Allen, John Arnold, Price Arnold, Joseph Austin, John Austin, Robert Austin, William Baxter, Big Berry, John Berry, William Berry, David Boggs, Joseph Boggs, Muke Box, Joseph Boyers, Robert Brown, Samuel Brown, William Brown, Townsend Brown, Christopher Brown, Christopher Burckhartt, Nicholas S. Burckhartt, Andrew Carson, Lindsay Carson (father of Kit Carson), Moses Carson, Charles Canole, William Canole, Isaac Clark, Joseph Cooley, James Cooley, Perrin Cooley, Braxton Cooper, Jr., James Cockrell, Thomas Chandler, James Creason, John Creason, Peter Creason, William Creason, Daniel Crump, Harper Davis, James Douglas, Daniel Durbin, John Elliott, Braxton Fugate, Hiram Fugate, Reuben Fugate, Sarshall Fugate, Simeon Fugate, Reuben Gentry, Samuel Gibbs, Abner Grooms, John Grooms, William Grooms, Alfred Head, Moses Head, Robert Hinkson, John James, James Jones, Abner Johnson, Noah Katew, Joseph McLane, William McLane, Ewing McLane, David McQuitly, William Monroe (called Long Gun), Joseph Moody, Susan Mullens, Thompson Mullins, John Peak, William Pipes, Michael Poage, Robert Poage, Joseph Poage, Christopher Richardson, Jesse Richardson, James Richardson, Silas Richardson, John Rupe, Henry Simmons, Reuben Smith, Andrew Smith, Thomas Smith, John Snethan, Joseph Still, John Stinson, Nathan Teague, Solomon Teters, David Teters, John Teters, Isaac Thornton, John Thornton, Davis TODD, Elisha TODD, Jonathan TODD, Levi TODD, James Turner, Philip Turner, Jesse Turner, Thomas Vaughan, Robert Wilds, William Wadkins, James Whitley, Benjamin Young, John Yarnell.
     Fort Kincaid: Amos Ashcraft, Jesse Ashcraft, Otho Ashcraft, Amos Barnes, Aquilla Barnes, Abraham Barnes, James Barnes, John Barnes, Shadrach Barnes, Robert Barclay, Francis Berry, Campbell Bolen, Delany Bolen, William Brazil, David Burris, Henry Burris, Reuben Cornelius, Pryor Duncan, Stephen Fields, John Fields, Cornelius Gooch, Thomas Gray, John Hines, Daniel Hubbard, Asaph Hubbard, Eusebius Hubbard, Joseph Jolly, David Kincaid, Matthew Kincaid, John Kincaid, John McMurray, Adam McCord, Daniel Monroe, John Monroe, John Mathis, William Nash, John Pursely, William Ridgeway, William Robertson, Edward Robertson, Gilead Rupe, Enoch Taylor, Isaac Taylor, William Taylor, Enoch Turner, Giles Williams, Britton Williams, Francis Wood, Henry Weeden.¹⁰

     Levi Todd was born in 1776 at Rowan Co., North Carolina, USA.
Levi Todd died on 7 June 1823 at Howard Co., Missouri, USA; per Murphy Buffum et al Family Tree: "Levi Todd never married and left no heirs."²
     He was a witness to from Ancestry: [quote]Source: McMurtry, Richard, "Todds of Joseph Todd of Eling and of Rutherford/Cannon Co., TN," http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=to .
     Name: Joseph TODD.
     Birth: 1748 in PA.
     Death: 1810 in Madison County, KY.
     "Joseph was born in 1748 in the Bethlehem area of Northampton County, PA, and appears on the tax lists in 1769 when he came of age. Joseph was on the 1779 and the 1784 Rowan County, NC, tax lists..
     "In 1777, he and his brother Thomas inherited the land bought by their father in 1772. In 1778, Joseph entered land for 200 acres of which he obtained 100 acres by grant in 1786. In 1789 he and his brother sold the land inherited from their father along with 100 adjacent acres entered by Joseph..
     "Rowan County, NC (Book 11, page 851): 7 December 1789 - Joseph Todd and wife Ann, and Thomas Todd and wife Elizabeth, to Jacob Frailey 360 acres in two tracts on the East Side of the Yadkin River - (1) a tract of 260 acres including the dwelling house of Joseph Todd and Thomas Todd, granted to James Bryan by Henry McCulloh 29 March 1762 (Book 4, page 879), sold to James Simerson 5 April 1764 (Book 6, page 33 lists the grantee as James Simson) and conveyed by Simerson to Thomas Todd, Esq., 7 March 1772 (Book 7, page 462) and later devised to Joseph and Thomas Todd by the last will and testament of Thomas Todd, Esq. (Will Book A, page 259) and (2) state grant #1077 for 100 acres (Book 11, page 96) adjacent the first tract. Witness: George Failey. .
     "Rowan County, NC (Book 11 page 96): 25 October 1786 - State Grant #1077 to Joseph Todd, 100 acres on the east side of the Yadkin River adjacent John Coxe and McCulloh..
     "They moved from Rowan County, NC, to Madison County, KY, and Joseph was listed on Otter Creek in Madison County, KY, with 150 acres 1801-1809, though the first deed we have was in 1811 for 147 1/2 acres on Otter Creek (Book H, page 81). The 1811 tax list indicates that Joseph had died and Isaac Wagle was being taxed for his land on Otter Creek. A deed of 1812 (Book O, page 253) refers to the "heirs of Joseph Todd, deceased, namely, Thomas, Isaiah, Joseph, Elisha, Davis, Jonathan, Nancy, Levi, William, Susanna McCreary, Jesse and Betsy Todd, who collectively sold the Otter Creek land to Isaac Wagle. In the transaction, Joseph Todd was guardian for William and Jesse Todd, indicating that both were minors, born after 1791. (Therefore, Jesse Todd b. 1776/80, who settled in Rutherford/Cannon County, TN, could not be the son of Joseph b. 1748.) Isaiah Todd was attorney for Davis Todd and Levi Todd; Jonathan was agent for Elisha Todd. .
     " By 1810, Joseph Todd, son of Joseph b. 1748, was on the census in Hardin County, KY..
     "Contrary to The Annals of Platte County, it was not Joseph Todd b. 1748 who moved to Howard County, MO; it was his son Joseph Todd b. 1777 who moved to Howard County in 1817. (See The Annals of Platte County by W. M. Paxton 1897.)
     Joseph was one of the four earliest arrivals in Madison County, KY, on the 1795 tax record:.
     1) Todd, Thomas Sr. 1749 Madison son of Thomas Todd/Elizabeth Unknown;
     2) Todd, Joseph 1748 Madison son of Thomas Todd/Elizabeth Unknown;
     3) Todd, Isaiah 1770 Madison son of Joseph Todd/Anne Crose;
     4) Todd, Thomas Jr. 1771 Madison son of Joseph Todd/Anne Crose.
     It should be noted that "Sr" and "Jr" were used to distinguish between the same names, one being older and one younger, not necessarily father and son. So we have two sets of brothers as the first Todd arrivals in Madison County..
     The Annals of Platte County: "Joseph Todd was born in Pennsylvania about 1748. He married Ann Crose, a German lady, and after residing a time in Rowan Co., NC, removed to Hardin Co., KY, and thence to Madison Co., KY. In 1817, he pressed forward to Howard Co., MO. Here most of his children remained." This quotation is in error. The elder Joseph died in Madison County, KY, in 1810..
     Previous family historians thought that there were two Thomas Todds in Rowan County, one being the son of Thomas d. 1732/33 and one being the son of Joshua Todd. One they thought was the Thomas Todd, a soldier who died in September 1777, and one they thought was the Thomas Todd who made his will in October 1777. However closer inspection of the military records indicates that the Thomas Todd who died in September 1777 lived in the Halifax area of North Carolina, far to the east of Rowan County. (This misleading information about there being two Thomas Todds in Rowan County came from a DAR record which erroneously identified the Thomas Todd who died while serving as a musician in the Revolutionary War as the Thomas of Rowan County.)".
     Father: Thomas TODD, b. 1717/1727 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania.
     Mother: Elizabeth UNKNOWN, b. abt. 1723 probably in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania..
     Spouse: Anne Crose, b. abt. 1750 in Germany.
     Married: Abt. 1770 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     Children:.
     1. Isaiah TODD, b. abt. 1770 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     2. Thomas TODD, b. 25 Dec 1771 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     3. Joseph C. TODD, b. 4 Nov 1777 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     4. Elisha TODD, b. 1780 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     5. Phoebe TODD, b. 1784 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     6. Davis TODD, b. abt. 1786 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     7. Jonathan TODD, b. abt. 1787 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     8. Levi TODD, b. abt. 1788 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     9. Nancy TODD, b. 1792 in Rowan county, North Carolina.
     10. Jesse TODD, b. aft. 1792 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     11. William TODD Major, b. 7 Jun 1794 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     12. Elizabeth "Betsy" TODD, b. 1796 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     13. Susan TODD, b. in Rowan County, North Carolina [end quote] with Joseph Todd and Anna Maria CrouseGrose.³ Levi Todd was a mentioned with Joseph Todd and Anna Maria CrouseGrose at Citation; Name: Joseph Todd
     "Sex: M
     "Birth: 1748 in Pennsylvania, USA
     "Death: 1810 in Madison, Kentucky, USA
     "Person Id: I65
     "Tree Id: 234165

Parents
     "Father: Thomas Todd: Birth: 1717/1727 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Death: BET 1777 AND 1778 in Rowan County, North Carolina, USA
     Mother: Elizabeth Unknown: Birth: ABT 1723 in Prob. Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Family
Married: Anne Crose on ABT 1770 at Rowan County, North Carolina, USA.
     "Anne Crose: Birth: ABT 1750 in Germany. Death: 1826 in Howard County, Missouri, USA
Children:

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     "Joseph was born in 1748 in the Bethlehem area of Northampton County, PA, and appears on the tax lists in 1769 when he came of age. Joseph was on the 1779 and the 1784 Rowan County, NC, tax lists.
     "In 1777, he and his brother Thomas inherited the land bought by their father in 1772. In 1778, Joseph entered land for 200 acres of which he obtained 100 acres by grant in 1786. In 1789 he and his brother sold the land inherited from their father along with 100 adjacent acres entered by Joseph.
     "Rowan County, NC (Book 11, page 851): 7 December 1789 - Joseph Todd and wife Ann, and Thomas Todd and wife Elizabeth, to Jacob Frailey 360 acres in two tracts on the East Side of the Yadkin River - (1) a tract of 260 acres including the dwelling house of Joseph Todd and Thomas Todd, granted to James Bryan by Henry McCulloh 29 March 1762 (Book 4, page 879), sold to James Simerson 5 April 1764 (Book 6, page 33 lists the grantee as James Simson) and conveyed by Simerson to Thomas Todd, Esq., 7 March 1772 (Book 7, page 462) and later devised to Joseph and Thomas Todd by the last will and testament of Thomas Todd, Esq. (Will Book A, page 259) and (2) state grant #1077 for 100 acres (Book 11, page 96) adjacent the first tract. Witness: George Failey.
     "Rowan County, NC (Book 11 page 96): 25 October 1786 - State Grant #1077 to Joseph Todd, 100 acres on the east side of the Yadkin River adjacent John Coxe and McCulloh.
     "Joseph Todd and wife Ann, and Thomas Todd and wife Elizabeth, let Jacob Frailey have two tracts of land on the East Side of the Yadkin River - one including the dwelling house of Joseph Todd and Thomas Todd, land acquired by will of decd Thomas Todd.
     "In 1772 Joseph and Thomas's father had acquired the 260 acres from James Simerson, Book 7 page 462. Joseph had been granted 100 acres in 1786 next to John Cox, Book 11 page 96.
     "They moved from Rowan County, NC to Madison County, KY and Joseph was listed on Otter Creek in Madison County, KY with 150 acres 1801-1809 though the first deed we have was in 1811 for 147-1/2 acres on Otter Creek (Book H, page 82). The 1811 tax list indicates that Joseph had died and Isaac Wagle was being taxed for his land on Otter Creek.
     "A deed of 1812 (Book O p253) refers to the “heirs of Joseph Todd deceased” namely, Thomas, Isaiah, Joseph, Elisha, Davis, Jonathan, Nancy, Levi, William, Susanna McCreary, Jesse and Betsy Todd who sold the Otter Creek land to Isaac Wagle. Joseph Todd was guardian for William and Jesse Todd, indicating that both were minors born after 1791. Therefore Jesse Todd b 1776/80 who settled in Rutherford/Cannon County Tennessee could not be the son of Joseph b 1748. Isaiah Todd was attorney for Davis Todd and Levi; Jonathan was agent for Elisha Todd. By 1810, Joseph Todd son of Joseph b 1748 was on the census in Hardin County, KY.
     "Contrary to the Annals of Platte County, it was not Joseph Todd b 1748 who moved to Howard Co Missouri, it was his son Joseph Todd b 1777 who moved to Howard County in 1817. (See the Annals of Platte County by W. M. Paxton 1897, Joseph was one of the four earliest arrivals in Madison County, KY on the 1795 tax record: Todd, Thomas Sr 1749 Madison son of Thomas Todd/Elizabeth Unknown Todd, Joseph 1748 Madison son of Thomas Todd/Elizabeth Unknown Todd, Isaiah 1770 Madison son of Joseph Todd/Anne Crose Todd, Thomas Jr 1771 Madison son of Joseph Todd/Anne Crose Sr and Jr used to distinguish between same names and not necessarily father and son.
     "So we have two sets of brothers as the first Todd arrivals. Annals of Platte Co (This history has some errors that have to be sorted from the accurate info.) Joseph Todd was born in Pennsylvania about 1748. He married Ann Crose, a German lady, and after residing a time in Rowan Co NC removed to Hardin Co KY and thence to Madison Co KY. In 1817, he pressed forward to Howard Co MO. Here most of his children remained. The above quotation is in error. Joseph died in Madison Co in 1810. Previous family historians thought that there were two Thomas Todds in Rowan Co - one being the son of Thomas d 1732/3 and one being the son of Joshua Todd. One they thought was the Thomas Todd a soldier who died in Sept 1777 and one they thought was the Thomas Todd who made his will in October 1777. However, closer inspection of the military records indicates that the Thomas Todd who died in Sept 1777 lived in a different part of North Carolina. Hence there is only one Thomas Todd in Rowan Co in the family of Joseph of Eling.
     "On 31-Oct-1777 Thomas made a will in Rowan County, NC Book A page 259, and probated 03-Feb-1778. While sick and weak, etc., naming Elizabeth and children: Joseph, Thomas, Elizabeth Cox, Hester Lewis, Sarah,and Jemima. Sons, Joseph and Thomas were to receive the land with Thomas to receive the upper part and home and Joseph the lower portion. Exrs:sons Joseph and Thomas. Wits: James Smith, Thos. McCartney, and Benjamin Todd.
     "The widow Elizabeth appeared on the 1778 Rowan County Tax List in the Morris Dist, along with Benjamin, Caleb, Peter,Thomas, Caleb Jr, and Joseph (in trust) Todd.
     "The misleading information about there being two Thomas Todds in Rowan County came from a DAR record which erroneously identified the Thomas Todd who died while serving in the Revolutionary War as the Thomas of Rowan County.
     "Military records for the Thomas who died in September 1777 show that he was from the Halifax area of North Carolina, far to the east of Rowan County. 1043: Book 11, p 851. 7 Dec 1789. Joseph Todd and wife Ann; and Thomas Todd and wife Elizabeth to Jacob Frailey ..360 acres in 2 tarcts on East Side of Yaadkin rover (1) a tract of 260 acres including the dwelling house of Joseph Todd and Thomas Todd, granted to James Bryan by Henry McCulloh 29 Mar 1762 (Book 4, p 879) sold ot James Simerson 5 Apr 1764 (Book 6, p33 lists the grantee as James Simson) and converyed by Simerson to Thomas Todd Esq 7 Mar 1772 (Book 7, p 462) later devised to Joseph and Thoams Todd by the last will and testament of Thomas Todd, Esq. (Will book A: 259) and (2) state grant #1077 for 100 acres (Book 11, p 96) adj the first tract. Wit: George Frailey 126: Book 11 p 96 25 Oct 1786. State Grant #1077 to Joseph Todd , 100 ac on E side of Yadkin River adj John Coxe and McCulloh.

The Annals of Platte Co.: "Joseph Todd was born in Pennsylvania about 1748. He married Ann Crose, a German lady, and after residing a time in Rowan Co., NC, removed to Hardin Co., KY, and thence to Madison Co., KY. In 1817, he pressed forward to Howard Co., MO. Here most of his children remained." This quotation is in error. Joseph died in Madison County, KY, in 1810.:

Father: Thomas TODD, b. 1717/1727 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania.
Mother: Elizabeth UNKNOWN, b. abt. 1723 probably in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania..
Spouse: Anne Crose, b. abt. 1750 in Germany.
Married: Abt. 1770 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
Children:.

Levi Todd was listed as a resident in Joseph Todd and Anna Maria CrouseGrose's household in the census report in 1790 at Rowan Co., North Carolina, USA; p. 340, Line 9
; From the History of Howard and Chariton Counties, Missouri [St. Louis, MO: National Historical Company, 1883], pages 95-98.
     Old Settlers Erect Forts
     Being fully convinced that the Indians were making preparations to attack the settlements along the Missouri river, they determined to be ready to receive them properly when they did appear, and to this end, began the erection of three forts in Howard county, being the names respectively of Fort Cooper, Fort Hempstead, and Fort Kincaid. Fort Cooper was located about two miles southwest of Boone's Lick. Fort Kincaid was east southeast, about nine miles distant, and about one mile north of the present Boonville railroad bridge. Fort Hempstead was about one and a half miles north of Fort Kincaid. Each fort was a series of log houses, built together around an enclosure. In each house lived a family, and the stock was corraled and the property of the settlers secured at night in the enclosure. There were other smaller forts, but the above were the most important. Immediately after the erection of these forts, the pioneers organized themselves into a military company, with Sarshall Cooper as captain; first lieutenant, William McMahon; second lieutenant, John Monroe; ensign, Benjamin Cooper, Jr.
     Sergeants. 1st John McMurray; 2d Samuel McMahan; 3d Adam Woods; 4th Davis Todd; 5th John Mathis.
     Corporals. 1st Andrew Smith; 2d Thomas Vaughan; 3d James McMahan; 4th John Busby; 5th James Barnes; 6th Jesse Ashcraft.
     The above were the officers chosen by their comrades and neighbors to command the company, which consisted of 112 men who were able to bear arms. The following list comprises all the men and boys who were in the different forts:--
     Fort Cooper: James Alexander, James Anderson, Middleton Anderson, William Anderson, Gray Bynum, John Busby, Robert Brown, Samuel Brown, Benjamin Cooper, Sarshall Cooper, David Cooper, Braxton Cooper, Joseph Cooper, Stephen Cooper, Robert Cooper, Henly Cooper, Patrick Cooper, Jesse Cox, Solomon Cox, John Ferrill, Henry Ferrill, Edward Good, Harmon Gregg, William Gregg, David Gregg, Robert Heath, Robert Hancock, Abbott Hancock, Josiah Higgins, Frederick Hyatt, Robert Irvine, David Jones, John Jones, Jesse Jones, George Jackson, Stephen Jackson, James Jackson, Samuel McMahan, Thomas McMahan, James McMahan, William McMahan, Thomas O'Bannon, Judiah Osmond, Samuel Perry, William Read, Benoni Sappington, John Sappington, James Sappington, Daniel Tillmann, John Thorp, William Thorp, Samuel Turley, Stephen Turley, Ezekiel Williams, Thomas Wasson, Joseph Wasson, Adam Woods, William Wolfskill, Joseph Wolfskill, William Wolfskill, Jr.
     Fort Hempstead: George Alcorn, James Alcorn, William Allen, John Arnold, Price Arnold, Joseph Austin, John Austin, Robert Austin, William Baxter, Big Berry, John Berry, William Berry, David Boggs, Joseph Boggs, Muke Box, Joseph Boyers, Robert Brown, Samuel Brown, William Brown, Townsend Brown, Christopher Brown, Christopher Burckhartt, Nicholas S. Burckhartt, Andrew Carson, Lindsay Carson (father of Kit Carson), Moses Carson, Charles Canole, William Canole, Isaac Clark, Joseph Cooley, James Cooley, Perrin Cooley, Braxton Cooper, Jr., James Cockrell, Thomas Chandler, James Creason, John Creason, Peter Creason, William Creason, Daniel Crump, Harper Davis, James Douglas, Daniel Durbin, John Elliott, Braxton Fugate, Hiram Fugate, Reuben Fugate, Sarshall Fugate, Simeon Fugate, Reuben Gentry, Samuel Gibbs, Abner Grooms, John Grooms, William Grooms, Alfred Head, Moses Head, Robert Hinkson, John James, James Jones, Abner Johnson, Noah Katew, Joseph McLane, William McLane, Ewing McLane, David McQuitly, William Monroe (called Long Gun), Joseph Moody, Susan Mullens, Thompson Mullins, John Peak, William Pipes, Michael Poage, Robert Poage, Joseph Poage, Christopher Richardson, Jesse Richardson, James Richardson, Silas Richardson, John Rupe, Henry Simmons, Reuben Smith, Andrew Smith, Thomas Smith, John Snethan, Joseph Still, John Stinson, Nathan Teague, Solomon Teters, David Teters, John Teters, Isaac Thornton, John Thornton, Davis TODD, Elisha TODD, Jonathan TODD, Levi TODD, James Turner, Philip Turner, Jesse Turner, Thomas Vaughan, Robert Wilds, William Wadkins, James Whitley, Benjamin Young, John Yarnell.
     Fort Kincaid: Amos Ashcraft, Jesse Ashcraft, Otho Ashcraft, Amos Barnes, Aquilla Barnes, Abraham Barnes, James Barnes, John Barnes, Shadrach Barnes, Robert Barclay, Francis Berry, Campbell Bolen, Delany Bolen, William Brazil, David Burris, Henry Burris, Reuben Cornelius, Pryor Duncan, Stephen Fields, John Fields, Cornelius Gooch, Thomas Gray, John Hines, Daniel Hubbard, Asaph Hubbard, Eusebius Hubbard, Joseph Jolly, David Kincaid, Matthew Kincaid, John Kincaid, John McMurray, Adam McCord, Daniel Monroe, John Monroe, John Mathis, William Nash, John Pursely, William Ridgeway, William Robertson, Edward Robertson, Gilead Rupe, Enoch Taylor, Isaac Taylor, William Taylor, Enoch Turner, Giles Williams, Britton Williams, Francis Wood, Henry Weeden.⁸

; NHC [1883-1:158]: "...Elisha and Levi Todd ... were also some of the first settlers in the township and, were connected with Fort Kincaid during the war of 1812."⁹

Levi Todd lived in 1820 at Howard Co., Missouri, USA; Ancestry.com - U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820
     Name:     Levi Todd
     Gender:     M (Male)
     State:     Missouri
     Locality:     Louisiana and Missouri Territory
     County:     Howard County
     Residence Year:     1820
     Household Remarks:     Name on a petition, 14 Sep 1819, to the President from inhabitants of Howard Land District alleging that the Register of land has long been absent & left his son Henry Carroll as acting Register who w
     Source Citation: Document: Territorial Papers of the US; Volume Number: Vol 15; Page Number: 561; Family Number: 41
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
     Original data: Census Publishing. State Census Records. West Jordan, Utah: Census Publishing, 2003-2009.
Posted on Murphy Buffum et al Family Tree by Patricia Minch:
     Citation Information
     Transcript: "The inhabitants complained to the President of the U.S., sending him a petition with their signatures, stating that the Register for the District had been absent for some time, leaving the office in charge of his son, Henry Carroll, and that there were many irregularities in the issuing of certificates for the purchase of land, sometimes certificates for the same quarter section of land having been issued to different purchasers...destroying confidence of the public in the titles to lands of the U.S., etc. Several instances were cited of the same piece of land having been sold to two or more different persons. Names of inhabitants who signed the petition: Levi Todd and Elisha Todd, among others.
     Detail: Levi Todd signed a Petition of the Inhabitants of Howard Land District to the President of the United States.
     Other information: Original source for this information: The Territorial Papers of the United States, Volume XV, The Territory of Louisiana-Missouri 1815-21, pages 556-561.
     Source Information:
      Title: Missouri Pioneers, County and Genealogical Records
      Author: Miss Nadine Hodges and Mrs. Howard W. Woodruff
      Publisher: Published by the authors
      Publisher Date: March 1976
      Repository Information: Name: Library of Patricia L. Minch.^10,11

     Jesse Todd died at Clay Co., Missouri, USA. He was born in 1778 at Rowan Co., North Carolina, USA. He married an unknown person on 18 February 1847.

Jesse Todd died on 9 May 1847 at Clay Co., Missouri, USA.²
     He was a witness to from Ancestry: [quote]Source: McMurtry, Richard, "Todds of Joseph Todd of Eling and of Rutherford/Cannon Co., TN," http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=to .
     Name: Joseph TODD.
     Birth: 1748 in PA.
     Death: 1810 in Madison County, KY.
     "Joseph was born in 1748 in the Bethlehem area of Northampton County, PA, and appears on the tax lists in 1769 when he came of age. Joseph was on the 1779 and the 1784 Rowan County, NC, tax lists..
     "In 1777, he and his brother Thomas inherited the land bought by their father in 1772. In 1778, Joseph entered land for 200 acres of which he obtained 100 acres by grant in 1786. In 1789 he and his brother sold the land inherited from their father along with 100 adjacent acres entered by Joseph..
     "Rowan County, NC (Book 11, page 851): 7 December 1789 - Joseph Todd and wife Ann, and Thomas Todd and wife Elizabeth, to Jacob Frailey 360 acres in two tracts on the East Side of the Yadkin River - (1) a tract of 260 acres including the dwelling house of Joseph Todd and Thomas Todd, granted to James Bryan by Henry McCulloh 29 March 1762 (Book 4, page 879), sold to James Simerson 5 April 1764 (Book 6, page 33 lists the grantee as James Simson) and conveyed by Simerson to Thomas Todd, Esq., 7 March 1772 (Book 7, page 462) and later devised to Joseph and Thomas Todd by the last will and testament of Thomas Todd, Esq. (Will Book A, page 259) and (2) state grant #1077 for 100 acres (Book 11, page 96) adjacent the first tract. Witness: George Failey. .
     "Rowan County, NC (Book 11 page 96): 25 October 1786 - State Grant #1077 to Joseph Todd, 100 acres on the east side of the Yadkin River adjacent John Coxe and McCulloh..
     "They moved from Rowan County, NC, to Madison County, KY, and Joseph was listed on Otter Creek in Madison County, KY, with 150 acres 1801-1809, though the first deed we have was in 1811 for 147 1/2 acres on Otter Creek (Book H, page 81). The 1811 tax list indicates that Joseph had died and Isaac Wagle was being taxed for his land on Otter Creek. A deed of 1812 (Book O, page 253) refers to the "heirs of Joseph Todd, deceased, namely, Thomas, Isaiah, Joseph, Elisha, Davis, Jonathan, Nancy, Levi, William, Susanna McCreary, Jesse and Betsy Todd, who collectively sold the Otter Creek land to Isaac Wagle. In the transaction, Joseph Todd was guardian for William and Jesse Todd, indicating that both were minors, born after 1791. (Therefore, Jesse Todd b. 1776/80, who settled in Rutherford/Cannon County, TN, could not be the son of Joseph b. 1748.) Isaiah Todd was attorney for Davis Todd and Levi Todd; Jonathan was agent for Elisha Todd. .
     " By 1810, Joseph Todd, son of Joseph b. 1748, was on the census in Hardin County, KY..
     "Contrary to The Annals of Platte County, it was not Joseph Todd b. 1748 who moved to Howard County, MO; it was his son Joseph Todd b. 1777 who moved to Howard County in 1817. (See The Annals of Platte County by W. M. Paxton 1897.)
     Joseph was one of the four earliest arrivals in Madison County, KY, on the 1795 tax record:.
     1) Todd, Thomas Sr. 1749 Madison son of Thomas Todd/Elizabeth Unknown;
     2) Todd, Joseph 1748 Madison son of Thomas Todd/Elizabeth Unknown;
     3) Todd, Isaiah 1770 Madison son of Joseph Todd/Anne Crose;
     4) Todd, Thomas Jr. 1771 Madison son of Joseph Todd/Anne Crose.
     It should be noted that "Sr" and "Jr" were used to distinguish between the same names, one being older and one younger, not necessarily father and son. So we have two sets of brothers as the first Todd arrivals in Madison County..
     The Annals of Platte County: "Joseph Todd was born in Pennsylvania about 1748. He married Ann Crose, a German lady, and after residing a time in Rowan Co., NC, removed to Hardin Co., KY, and thence to Madison Co., KY. In 1817, he pressed forward to Howard Co., MO. Here most of his children remained." This quotation is in error. The elder Joseph died in Madison County, KY, in 1810..
     Previous family historians thought that there were two Thomas Todds in Rowan County, one being the son of Thomas d. 1732/33 and one being the son of Joshua Todd. One they thought was the Thomas Todd, a soldier who died in September 1777, and one they thought was the Thomas Todd who made his will in October 1777. However closer inspection of the military records indicates that the Thomas Todd who died in September 1777 lived in the Halifax area of North Carolina, far to the east of Rowan County. (This misleading information about there being two Thomas Todds in Rowan County came from a DAR record which erroneously identified the Thomas Todd who died while serving as a musician in the Revolutionary War as the Thomas of Rowan County.)".
     Father: Thomas TODD, b. 1717/1727 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania.
     Mother: Elizabeth UNKNOWN, b. abt. 1723 probably in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania..
     Spouse: Anne Crose, b. abt. 1750 in Germany.
     Married: Abt. 1770 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     Children:.
     1. Isaiah TODD, b. abt. 1770 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     2. Thomas TODD, b. 25 Dec 1771 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     3. Joseph C. TODD, b. 4 Nov 1777 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     4. Elisha TODD, b. 1780 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     5. Phoebe TODD, b. 1784 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     6. Davis TODD, b. abt. 1786 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     7. Jonathan TODD, b. abt. 1787 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     8. Levi TODD, b. abt. 1788 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     9. Nancy TODD, b. 1792 in Rowan county, North Carolina.
     10. Jesse TODD, b. aft. 1792 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     11. William TODD Major, b. 7 Jun 1794 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     12. Elizabeth "Betsy" TODD, b. 1796 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     13. Susan TODD, b. in Rowan County, North Carolina [end quote] with Joseph Todd and Anna Maria CrouseGrose.³ Jesse Todd was a mentioned with Joseph Todd and Anna Maria CrouseGrose at Citation; Name: Joseph Todd
     "Sex: M
     "Birth: 1748 in Pennsylvania, USA
     "Death: 1810 in Madison, Kentucky, USA
     "Person Id: I65
     "Tree Id: 234165

Parents
     "Father: Thomas Todd: Birth: 1717/1727 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Death: BET 1777 AND 1778 in Rowan County, North Carolina, USA
     Mother: Elizabeth Unknown: Birth: ABT 1723 in Prob. Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Family
Married: Anne Crose on ABT 1770 at Rowan County, North Carolina, USA.
     "Anne Crose: Birth: ABT 1750 in Germany. Death: 1826 in Howard County, Missouri, USA
Children:

Person Not Viewable
     "Joseph was born in 1748 in the Bethlehem area of Northampton County, PA, and appears on the tax lists in 1769 when he came of age. Joseph was on the 1779 and the 1784 Rowan County, NC, tax lists.
     "In 1777, he and his brother Thomas inherited the land bought by their father in 1772. In 1778, Joseph entered land for 200 acres of which he obtained 100 acres by grant in 1786. In 1789 he and his brother sold the land inherited from their father along with 100 adjacent acres entered by Joseph.
     "Rowan County, NC (Book 11, page 851): 7 December 1789 - Joseph Todd and wife Ann, and Thomas Todd and wife Elizabeth, to Jacob Frailey 360 acres in two tracts on the East Side of the Yadkin River - (1) a tract of 260 acres including the dwelling house of Joseph Todd and Thomas Todd, granted to James Bryan by Henry McCulloh 29 March 1762 (Book 4, page 879), sold to James Simerson 5 April 1764 (Book 6, page 33 lists the grantee as James Simson) and conveyed by Simerson to Thomas Todd, Esq., 7 March 1772 (Book 7, page 462) and later devised to Joseph and Thomas Todd by the last will and testament of Thomas Todd, Esq. (Will Book A, page 259) and (2) state grant #1077 for 100 acres (Book 11, page 96) adjacent the first tract. Witness: George Failey.
     "Rowan County, NC (Book 11 page 96): 25 October 1786 - State Grant #1077 to Joseph Todd, 100 acres on the east side of the Yadkin River adjacent John Coxe and McCulloh.
     "Joseph Todd and wife Ann, and Thomas Todd and wife Elizabeth, let Jacob Frailey have two tracts of land on the East Side of the Yadkin River - one including the dwelling house of Joseph Todd and Thomas Todd, land acquired by will of decd Thomas Todd.
     "In 1772 Joseph and Thomas's father had acquired the 260 acres from James Simerson, Book 7 page 462. Joseph had been granted 100 acres in 1786 next to John Cox, Book 11 page 96.
     "They moved from Rowan County, NC to Madison County, KY and Joseph was listed on Otter Creek in Madison County, KY with 150 acres 1801-1809 though the first deed we have was in 1811 for 147-1/2 acres on Otter Creek (Book H, page 82). The 1811 tax list indicates that Joseph had died and Isaac Wagle was being taxed for his land on Otter Creek.
     "A deed of 1812 (Book O p253) refers to the “heirs of Joseph Todd deceased” namely, Thomas, Isaiah, Joseph, Elisha, Davis, Jonathan, Nancy, Levi, William, Susanna McCreary, Jesse and Betsy Todd who sold the Otter Creek land to Isaac Wagle. Joseph Todd was guardian for William and Jesse Todd, indicating that both were minors born after 1791. Therefore Jesse Todd b 1776/80 who settled in Rutherford/Cannon County Tennessee could not be the son of Joseph b 1748. Isaiah Todd was attorney for Davis Todd and Levi; Jonathan was agent for Elisha Todd. By 1810, Joseph Todd son of Joseph b 1748 was on the census in Hardin County, KY.
     "Contrary to the Annals of Platte County, it was not Joseph Todd b 1748 who moved to Howard Co Missouri, it was his son Joseph Todd b 1777 who moved to Howard County in 1817. (See the Annals of Platte County by W. M. Paxton 1897, Joseph was one of the four earliest arrivals in Madison County, KY on the 1795 tax record: Todd, Thomas Sr 1749 Madison son of Thomas Todd/Elizabeth Unknown Todd, Joseph 1748 Madison son of Thomas Todd/Elizabeth Unknown Todd, Isaiah 1770 Madison son of Joseph Todd/Anne Crose Todd, Thomas Jr 1771 Madison son of Joseph Todd/Anne Crose Sr and Jr used to distinguish between same names and not necessarily father and son.
     "So we have two sets of brothers as the first Todd arrivals. Annals of Platte Co (This history has some errors that have to be sorted from the accurate info.) Joseph Todd was born in Pennsylvania about 1748. He married Ann Crose, a German lady, and after residing a time in Rowan Co NC removed to Hardin Co KY and thence to Madison Co KY. In 1817, he pressed forward to Howard Co MO. Here most of his children remained. The above quotation is in error. Joseph died in Madison Co in 1810. Previous family historians thought that there were two Thomas Todds in Rowan Co - one being the son of Thomas d 1732/3 and one being the son of Joshua Todd. One they thought was the Thomas Todd a soldier who died in Sept 1777 and one they thought was the Thomas Todd who made his will in October 1777. However, closer inspection of the military records indicates that the Thomas Todd who died in Sept 1777 lived in a different part of North Carolina. Hence there is only one Thomas Todd in Rowan Co in the family of Joseph of Eling.
     "On 31-Oct-1777 Thomas made a will in Rowan County, NC Book A page 259, and probated 03-Feb-1778. While sick and weak, etc., naming Elizabeth and children: Joseph, Thomas, Elizabeth Cox, Hester Lewis, Sarah,and Jemima. Sons, Joseph and Thomas were to receive the land with Thomas to receive the upper part and home and Joseph the lower portion. Exrs:sons Joseph and Thomas. Wits: James Smith, Thos. McCartney, and Benjamin Todd.
     "The widow Elizabeth appeared on the 1778 Rowan County Tax List in the Morris Dist, along with Benjamin, Caleb, Peter,Thomas, Caleb Jr, and Joseph (in trust) Todd.
     "The misleading information about there being two Thomas Todds in Rowan County came from a DAR record which erroneously identified the Thomas Todd who died while serving in the Revolutionary War as the Thomas of Rowan County.
     "Military records for the Thomas who died in September 1777 show that he was from the Halifax area of North Carolina, far to the east of Rowan County. 1043: Book 11, p 851. 7 Dec 1789. Joseph Todd and wife Ann; and Thomas Todd and wife Elizabeth to Jacob Frailey ..360 acres in 2 tarcts on East Side of Yaadkin rover (1) a tract of 260 acres including the dwelling house of Joseph Todd and Thomas Todd, granted to James Bryan by Henry McCulloh 29 Mar 1762 (Book 4, p 879) sold ot James Simerson 5 Apr 1764 (Book 6, p33 lists the grantee as James Simson) and converyed by Simerson to Thomas Todd Esq 7 Mar 1772 (Book 7, p 462) later devised to Joseph and Thoams Todd by the last will and testament of Thomas Todd, Esq. (Will book A: 259) and (2) state grant #1077 for 100 acres (Book 11, p 96) adj the first tract. Wit: George Frailey 126: Book 11 p 96 25 Oct 1786. State Grant #1077 to Joseph Todd , 100 ac on E side of Yadkin River adj John Coxe and McCulloh.

The Annals of Platte Co.: "Joseph Todd was born in Pennsylvania about 1748. He married Ann Crose, a German lady, and after residing a time in Rowan Co., NC, removed to Hardin Co., KY, and thence to Madison Co., KY. In 1817, he pressed forward to Howard Co., MO. Here most of his children remained." This quotation is in error. Joseph died in Madison County, KY, in 1810.:

Father: Thomas TODD, b. 1717/1727 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania.
Mother: Elizabeth UNKNOWN, b. abt. 1723 probably in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania..
Spouse: Anne Crose, b. abt. 1750 in Germany.
Married: Abt. 1770 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
Children:.

.⁷

Jesse Todd was listed as a resident in Joseph Todd's household in the census report in 1810 at Madison Co., Kentucky, USA; [This is probably the correct Joseph, but the number of younger children indicates that one or more of his married children and grandchildren might have been living with him at the time. His wife, Anna (Grouse/Crouse) does not seem to be present. Also listed in Madison Co. numerous other TODDs, including: Thomas (his brother?), Isaac (uncertain), William (uncertain), Benjamin (his uncle)].
p. 228, line 4
     Name:     Joseph Todd
     Home in 1810 (City, County, State):     Madison, Kentucky
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 10:     1 [aft 1800] Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15:     2 [1795-1800] Unknown?, Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25:     2 [1785-94] William b1794, Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 :     1 [1766-84] Jesse b1778
     Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over:     1 [bef 1766] Joseph bc1748
     Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15:     1 [1795-1800] Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25:     1 [1785-94] Nancy bc1790
     Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:     1 [1766-84] Betsy b1779. Susan b1780 or Phoebe b1784
     Number of Household Members Under 16:     4
     Number of Household Members Over 25:     3
     Number of Household Members:     10.⁸

     Susan Todd died; Y. She was born in 1780 at Rowan Co., North Carolina, USA. She married Andrew McCreery on 1 March 1803 at Madison Co., Kentucky, USA,
; Her 1st husband
Ancestry.com - Kentucky, Compiled Marriages, 1802-1850
     Name:     Anderson Mccreery
     Marriage Date:     1 Mar 1803
     Marriage Place:     Madison, Kentucky, USA
     Spouse:     Susannah Todd
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Compiled Marriages, 1802-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.
     Original data: Dodd, Jordan, Comp.. Kentucky Marriages to 1850. Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Kentucky.^2,3,4 Susan Todd married (?) John Elder before 1830.⁵

     Susan Todd was a witness to from Ancestry: [quote]Source: McMurtry, Richard, "Todds of Joseph Todd of Eling and of Rutherford/Cannon Co., TN," http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=to .
     Name: Joseph TODD.
     Birth: 1748 in PA.
     Death: 1810 in Madison County, KY.
     "Joseph was born in 1748 in the Bethlehem area of Northampton County, PA, and appears on the tax lists in 1769 when he came of age. Joseph was on the 1779 and the 1784 Rowan County, NC, tax lists..
     "In 1777, he and his brother Thomas inherited the land bought by their father in 1772. In 1778, Joseph entered land for 200 acres of which he obtained 100 acres by grant in 1786. In 1789 he and his brother sold the land inherited from their father along with 100 adjacent acres entered by Joseph..
     "Rowan County, NC (Book 11, page 851): 7 December 1789 - Joseph Todd and wife Ann, and Thomas Todd and wife Elizabeth, to Jacob Frailey 360 acres in two tracts on the East Side of the Yadkin River - (1) a tract of 260 acres including the dwelling house of Joseph Todd and Thomas Todd, granted to James Bryan by Henry McCulloh 29 March 1762 (Book 4, page 879), sold to James Simerson 5 April 1764 (Book 6, page 33 lists the grantee as James Simson) and conveyed by Simerson to Thomas Todd, Esq., 7 March 1772 (Book 7, page 462) and later devised to Joseph and Thomas Todd by the last will and testament of Thomas Todd, Esq. (Will Book A, page 259) and (2) state grant #1077 for 100 acres (Book 11, page 96) adjacent the first tract. Witness: George Failey. .
     "Rowan County, NC (Book 11 page 96): 25 October 1786 - State Grant #1077 to Joseph Todd, 100 acres on the east side of the Yadkin River adjacent John Coxe and McCulloh..
     "They moved from Rowan County, NC, to Madison County, KY, and Joseph was listed on Otter Creek in Madison County, KY, with 150 acres 1801-1809, though the first deed we have was in 1811 for 147 1/2 acres on Otter Creek (Book H, page 81). The 1811 tax list indicates that Joseph had died and Isaac Wagle was being taxed for his land on Otter Creek. A deed of 1812 (Book O, page 253) refers to the "heirs of Joseph Todd, deceased, namely, Thomas, Isaiah, Joseph, Elisha, Davis, Jonathan, Nancy, Levi, William, Susanna McCreary, Jesse and Betsy Todd, who collectively sold the Otter Creek land to Isaac Wagle. In the transaction, Joseph Todd was guardian for William and Jesse Todd, indicating that both were minors, born after 1791. (Therefore, Jesse Todd b. 1776/80, who settled in Rutherford/Cannon County, TN, could not be the son of Joseph b. 1748.) Isaiah Todd was attorney for Davis Todd and Levi Todd; Jonathan was agent for Elisha Todd. .
     " By 1810, Joseph Todd, son of Joseph b. 1748, was on the census in Hardin County, KY..
     "Contrary to The Annals of Platte County, it was not Joseph Todd b. 1748 who moved to Howard County, MO; it was his son Joseph Todd b. 1777 who moved to Howard County in 1817. (See The Annals of Platte County by W. M. Paxton 1897.)
     Joseph was one of the four earliest arrivals in Madison County, KY, on the 1795 tax record:.
     1) Todd, Thomas Sr. 1749 Madison son of Thomas Todd/Elizabeth Unknown;
     2) Todd, Joseph 1748 Madison son of Thomas Todd/Elizabeth Unknown;
     3) Todd, Isaiah 1770 Madison son of Joseph Todd/Anne Crose;
     4) Todd, Thomas Jr. 1771 Madison son of Joseph Todd/Anne Crose.
     It should be noted that "Sr" and "Jr" were used to distinguish between the same names, one being older and one younger, not necessarily father and son. So we have two sets of brothers as the first Todd arrivals in Madison County..
     The Annals of Platte County: "Joseph Todd was born in Pennsylvania about 1748. He married Ann Crose, a German lady, and after residing a time in Rowan Co., NC, removed to Hardin Co., KY, and thence to Madison Co., KY. In 1817, he pressed forward to Howard Co., MO. Here most of his children remained." This quotation is in error. The elder Joseph died in Madison County, KY, in 1810..
     Previous family historians thought that there were two Thomas Todds in Rowan County, one being the son of Thomas d. 1732/33 and one being the son of Joshua Todd. One they thought was the Thomas Todd, a soldier who died in September 1777, and one they thought was the Thomas Todd who made his will in October 1777. However closer inspection of the military records indicates that the Thomas Todd who died in September 1777 lived in the Halifax area of North Carolina, far to the east of Rowan County. (This misleading information about there being two Thomas Todds in Rowan County came from a DAR record which erroneously identified the Thomas Todd who died while serving as a musician in the Revolutionary War as the Thomas of Rowan County.)".
     Father: Thomas TODD, b. 1717/1727 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania.
     Mother: Elizabeth UNKNOWN, b. abt. 1723 probably in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania..
     Spouse: Anne Crose, b. abt. 1750 in Germany.
     Married: Abt. 1770 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     Children:.
     1. Isaiah TODD, b. abt. 1770 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     2. Thomas TODD, b. 25 Dec 1771 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     3. Joseph C. TODD, b. 4 Nov 1777 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     4. Elisha TODD, b. 1780 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     5. Phoebe TODD, b. 1784 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     6. Davis TODD, b. abt. 1786 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     7. Jonathan TODD, b. abt. 1787 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     8. Levi TODD, b. abt. 1788 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     9. Nancy TODD, b. 1792 in Rowan county, North Carolina.
     10. Jesse TODD, b. aft. 1792 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     11. William TODD Major, b. 7 Jun 1794 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     12. Elizabeth "Betsy" TODD, b. 1796 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     13. Susan TODD, b. in Rowan County, North Carolina [end quote] with Joseph Todd and Anna Maria CrouseGrose.⁶ Susan Todd was a mentioned with Joseph Todd and Anna Maria CrouseGrose at Citation; Name: Joseph Todd
     "Sex: M
     "Birth: 1748 in Pennsylvania, USA
     "Death: 1810 in Madison, Kentucky, USA
     "Person Id: I65
     "Tree Id: 234165

Parents
     "Father: Thomas Todd: Birth: 1717/1727 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Death: BET 1777 AND 1778 in Rowan County, North Carolina, USA
     Mother: Elizabeth Unknown: Birth: ABT 1723 in Prob. Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Family
Married: Anne Crose on ABT 1770 at Rowan County, North Carolina, USA.
     "Anne Crose: Birth: ABT 1750 in Germany. Death: 1826 in Howard County, Missouri, USA
Children:

Person Not Viewable
     "Joseph was born in 1748 in the Bethlehem area of Northampton County, PA, and appears on the tax lists in 1769 when he came of age. Joseph was on the 1779 and the 1784 Rowan County, NC, tax lists.
     "In 1777, he and his brother Thomas inherited the land bought by their father in 1772. In 1778, Joseph entered land for 200 acres of which he obtained 100 acres by grant in 1786. In 1789 he and his brother sold the land inherited from their father along with 100 adjacent acres entered by Joseph.
     "Rowan County, NC (Book 11, page 851): 7 December 1789 - Joseph Todd and wife Ann, and Thomas Todd and wife Elizabeth, to Jacob Frailey 360 acres in two tracts on the East Side of the Yadkin River - (1) a tract of 260 acres including the dwelling house of Joseph Todd and Thomas Todd, granted to James Bryan by Henry McCulloh 29 March 1762 (Book 4, page 879), sold to James Simerson 5 April 1764 (Book 6, page 33 lists the grantee as James Simson) and conveyed by Simerson to Thomas Todd, Esq., 7 March 1772 (Book 7, page 462) and later devised to Joseph and Thomas Todd by the last will and testament of Thomas Todd, Esq. (Will Book A, page 259) and (2) state grant #1077 for 100 acres (Book 11, page 96) adjacent the first tract. Witness: George Failey.
     "Rowan County, NC (Book 11 page 96): 25 October 1786 - State Grant #1077 to Joseph Todd, 100 acres on the east side of the Yadkin River adjacent John Coxe and McCulloh.
     "Joseph Todd and wife Ann, and Thomas Todd and wife Elizabeth, let Jacob Frailey have two tracts of land on the East Side of the Yadkin River - one including the dwelling house of Joseph Todd and Thomas Todd, land acquired by will of decd Thomas Todd.
     "In 1772 Joseph and Thomas's father had acquired the 260 acres from James Simerson, Book 7 page 462. Joseph had been granted 100 acres in 1786 next to John Cox, Book 11 page 96.
     "They moved from Rowan County, NC to Madison County, KY and Joseph was listed on Otter Creek in Madison County, KY with 150 acres 1801-1809 though the first deed we have was in 1811 for 147-1/2 acres on Otter Creek (Book H, page 82). The 1811 tax list indicates that Joseph had died and Isaac Wagle was being taxed for his land on Otter Creek.
     "A deed of 1812 (Book O p253) refers to the “heirs of Joseph Todd deceased” namely, Thomas, Isaiah, Joseph, Elisha, Davis, Jonathan, Nancy, Levi, William, Susanna McCreary, Jesse and Betsy Todd who sold the Otter Creek land to Isaac Wagle. Joseph Todd was guardian for William and Jesse Todd, indicating that both were minors born after 1791. Therefore Jesse Todd b 1776/80 who settled in Rutherford/Cannon County Tennessee could not be the son of Joseph b 1748. Isaiah Todd was attorney for Davis Todd and Levi; Jonathan was agent for Elisha Todd. By 1810, Joseph Todd son of Joseph b 1748 was on the census in Hardin County, KY.
     "Contrary to the Annals of Platte County, it was not Joseph Todd b 1748 who moved to Howard Co Missouri, it was his son Joseph Todd b 1777 who moved to Howard County in 1817. (See the Annals of Platte County by W. M. Paxton 1897, Joseph was one of the four earliest arrivals in Madison County, KY on the 1795 tax record: Todd, Thomas Sr 1749 Madison son of Thomas Todd/Elizabeth Unknown Todd, Joseph 1748 Madison son of Thomas Todd/Elizabeth Unknown Todd, Isaiah 1770 Madison son of Joseph Todd/Anne Crose Todd, Thomas Jr 1771 Madison son of Joseph Todd/Anne Crose Sr and Jr used to distinguish between same names and not necessarily father and son.
     "So we have two sets of brothers as the first Todd arrivals. Annals of Platte Co (This history has some errors that have to be sorted from the accurate info.) Joseph Todd was born in Pennsylvania about 1748. He married Ann Crose, a German lady, and after residing a time in Rowan Co NC removed to Hardin Co KY and thence to Madison Co KY. In 1817, he pressed forward to Howard Co MO. Here most of his children remained. The above quotation is in error. Joseph died in Madison Co in 1810. Previous family historians thought that there were two Thomas Todds in Rowan Co - one being the son of Thomas d 1732/3 and one being the son of Joshua Todd. One they thought was the Thomas Todd a soldier who died in Sept 1777 and one they thought was the Thomas Todd who made his will in October 1777. However, closer inspection of the military records indicates that the Thomas Todd who died in Sept 1777 lived in a different part of North Carolina. Hence there is only one Thomas Todd in Rowan Co in the family of Joseph of Eling.
     "On 31-Oct-1777 Thomas made a will in Rowan County, NC Book A page 259, and probated 03-Feb-1778. While sick and weak, etc., naming Elizabeth and children: Joseph, Thomas, Elizabeth Cox, Hester Lewis, Sarah,and Jemima. Sons, Joseph and Thomas were to receive the land with Thomas to receive the upper part and home and Joseph the lower portion. Exrs:sons Joseph and Thomas. Wits: James Smith, Thos. McCartney, and Benjamin Todd.
     "The widow Elizabeth appeared on the 1778 Rowan County Tax List in the Morris Dist, along with Benjamin, Caleb, Peter,Thomas, Caleb Jr, and Joseph (in trust) Todd.
     "The misleading information about there being two Thomas Todds in Rowan County came from a DAR record which erroneously identified the Thomas Todd who died while serving in the Revolutionary War as the Thomas of Rowan County.
     "Military records for the Thomas who died in September 1777 show that he was from the Halifax area of North Carolina, far to the east of Rowan County. 1043: Book 11, p 851. 7 Dec 1789. Joseph Todd and wife Ann; and Thomas Todd and wife Elizabeth to Jacob Frailey ..360 acres in 2 tarcts on East Side of Yaadkin rover (1) a tract of 260 acres including the dwelling house of Joseph Todd and Thomas Todd, granted to James Bryan by Henry McCulloh 29 Mar 1762 (Book 4, p 879) sold ot James Simerson 5 Apr 1764 (Book 6, p33 lists the grantee as James Simson) and converyed by Simerson to Thomas Todd Esq 7 Mar 1772 (Book 7, p 462) later devised to Joseph and Thoams Todd by the last will and testament of Thomas Todd, Esq. (Will book A: 259) and (2) state grant #1077 for 100 acres (Book 11, p 96) adj the first tract. Wit: George Frailey 126: Book 11 p 96 25 Oct 1786. State Grant #1077 to Joseph Todd , 100 ac on E side of Yadkin River adj John Coxe and McCulloh.

The Annals of Platte Co.: "Joseph Todd was born in Pennsylvania about 1748. He married Ann Crose, a German lady, and after residing a time in Rowan Co., NC, removed to Hardin Co., KY, and thence to Madison Co., KY. In 1817, he pressed forward to Howard Co., MO. Here most of his children remained." This quotation is in error. Joseph died in Madison County, KY, in 1810.:

Father: Thomas TODD, b. 1717/1727 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania.
Mother: Elizabeth UNKNOWN, b. abt. 1723 probably in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania..
Spouse: Anne Crose, b. abt. 1750 in Germany.
Married: Abt. 1770 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
Children:.

.⁹

Susan Todd was listed as a resident in Joseph Todd's household in the census report in 1810 at Madison Co., Kentucky, USA; [This is probably the correct Joseph, but the number of younger children indicates that one or more of his married children and grandchildren might have been living with him at the time. His wife, Anna (Grouse/Crouse) does not seem to be present. Also listed in Madison Co. numerous other TODDs, including: Thomas (his brother?), Isaac (uncertain), William (uncertain), Benjamin (his uncle)].
p. 228, line 4
     Name:     Joseph Todd
     Home in 1810 (City, County, State):     Madison, Kentucky
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 10:     1 [aft 1800] Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15:     2 [1795-1800] Unknown?, Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25:     2 [1785-94] William b1794, Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 :     1 [1766-84] Jesse b1778
     Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over:     1 [bef 1766] Joseph bc1748
     Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15:     1 [1795-1800] Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25:     1 [1785-94] Nancy bc1790
     Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:     1 [1766-84] Betsy b1779. Susan b1780 or Phoebe b1784
     Number of Household Members Under 16:     4
     Number of Household Members Over 25:     3
     Number of Household Members:     10.¹⁰

Susan Todd and (?) John Elder appeared in the census of 1830 at Edwards Co., Illinois, USA;      [Note: The woman in this household appears too old to be Susan.]
p. 47, line 9
     Name:     John Elder
     Home in 1830 (City, County, State):     Edwards, Illinois
     Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29:     1 [1801-10] Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39:     1 [1791-1800] John c1790
     Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39:     1 [1791-1800] Susan (Todd) 1780?
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     3
     Total Free White Persons:     3
     Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):     3.¹¹
Susan Todd and (?) John Elder were mentioned in a land transaction on 6 November 1832 at Howard Co., Missouri, USA,
Memo: from Murray Buffum et al Family Tree: "John Elder and his wife Susan, of Edwards County, Illinois, as one of the eleven heirs of Jonathan Todd, deceased, sold to Davis Todd their one undivided share of 160 acres. (Howard County Deed Book L, Page 323.)³"

     Elizabeth "Betsy" Todd was born in 1779 at Salisbury, Rowan Co., North Carolina, USA; jMurphy Buffum et al family tree says b 1793.^3,1 She married Foster Burnam on 9 December 1822 at Madison Co., Kentucky, USA.^4,1,5

Elizabeth "Betsy" Todd died in 1826 at Howard Co., Missouri, USA; jMurphy Buffum et al family tree died in Madison Co., KY.^3,1
     She was a witness to from Ancestry: [quote]Source: McMurtry, Richard, "Todds of Joseph Todd of Eling and of Rutherford/Cannon Co., TN," http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=to .
     Name: Joseph TODD.
     Birth: 1748 in PA.
     Death: 1810 in Madison County, KY.
     "Joseph was born in 1748 in the Bethlehem area of Northampton County, PA, and appears on the tax lists in 1769 when he came of age. Joseph was on the 1779 and the 1784 Rowan County, NC, tax lists..
     "In 1777, he and his brother Thomas inherited the land bought by their father in 1772. In 1778, Joseph entered land for 200 acres of which he obtained 100 acres by grant in 1786. In 1789 he and his brother sold the land inherited from their father along with 100 adjacent acres entered by Joseph..
     "Rowan County, NC (Book 11, page 851): 7 December 1789 - Joseph Todd and wife Ann, and Thomas Todd and wife Elizabeth, to Jacob Frailey 360 acres in two tracts on the East Side of the Yadkin River - (1) a tract of 260 acres including the dwelling house of Joseph Todd and Thomas Todd, granted to James Bryan by Henry McCulloh 29 March 1762 (Book 4, page 879), sold to James Simerson 5 April 1764 (Book 6, page 33 lists the grantee as James Simson) and conveyed by Simerson to Thomas Todd, Esq., 7 March 1772 (Book 7, page 462) and later devised to Joseph and Thomas Todd by the last will and testament of Thomas Todd, Esq. (Will Book A, page 259) and (2) state grant #1077 for 100 acres (Book 11, page 96) adjacent the first tract. Witness: George Failey. .
     "Rowan County, NC (Book 11 page 96): 25 October 1786 - State Grant #1077 to Joseph Todd, 100 acres on the east side of the Yadkin River adjacent John Coxe and McCulloh..
     "They moved from Rowan County, NC, to Madison County, KY, and Joseph was listed on Otter Creek in Madison County, KY, with 150 acres 1801-1809, though the first deed we have was in 1811 for 147 1/2 acres on Otter Creek (Book H, page 81). The 1811 tax list indicates that Joseph had died and Isaac Wagle was being taxed for his land on Otter Creek. A deed of 1812 (Book O, page 253) refers to the "heirs of Joseph Todd, deceased, namely, Thomas, Isaiah, Joseph, Elisha, Davis, Jonathan, Nancy, Levi, William, Susanna McCreary, Jesse and Betsy Todd, who collectively sold the Otter Creek land to Isaac Wagle. In the transaction, Joseph Todd was guardian for William and Jesse Todd, indicating that both were minors, born after 1791. (Therefore, Jesse Todd b. 1776/80, who settled in Rutherford/Cannon County, TN, could not be the son of Joseph b. 1748.) Isaiah Todd was attorney for Davis Todd and Levi Todd; Jonathan was agent for Elisha Todd. .
     " By 1810, Joseph Todd, son of Joseph b. 1748, was on the census in Hardin County, KY..
     "Contrary to The Annals of Platte County, it was not Joseph Todd b. 1748 who moved to Howard County, MO; it was his son Joseph Todd b. 1777 who moved to Howard County in 1817. (See The Annals of Platte County by W. M. Paxton 1897.)
     Joseph was one of the four earliest arrivals in Madison County, KY, on the 1795 tax record:.
     1) Todd, Thomas Sr. 1749 Madison son of Thomas Todd/Elizabeth Unknown;
     2) Todd, Joseph 1748 Madison son of Thomas Todd/Elizabeth Unknown;
     3) Todd, Isaiah 1770 Madison son of Joseph Todd/Anne Crose;
     4) Todd, Thomas Jr. 1771 Madison son of Joseph Todd/Anne Crose.
     It should be noted that "Sr" and "Jr" were used to distinguish between the same names, one being older and one younger, not necessarily father and son. So we have two sets of brothers as the first Todd arrivals in Madison County..
     The Annals of Platte County: "Joseph Todd was born in Pennsylvania about 1748. He married Ann Crose, a German lady, and after residing a time in Rowan Co., NC, removed to Hardin Co., KY, and thence to Madison Co., KY. In 1817, he pressed forward to Howard Co., MO. Here most of his children remained." This quotation is in error. The elder Joseph died in Madison County, KY, in 1810..
     Previous family historians thought that there were two Thomas Todds in Rowan County, one being the son of Thomas d. 1732/33 and one being the son of Joshua Todd. One they thought was the Thomas Todd, a soldier who died in September 1777, and one they thought was the Thomas Todd who made his will in October 1777. However closer inspection of the military records indicates that the Thomas Todd who died in September 1777 lived in the Halifax area of North Carolina, far to the east of Rowan County. (This misleading information about there being two Thomas Todds in Rowan County came from a DAR record which erroneously identified the Thomas Todd who died while serving as a musician in the Revolutionary War as the Thomas of Rowan County.)".
     Father: Thomas TODD, b. 1717/1727 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania.
     Mother: Elizabeth UNKNOWN, b. abt. 1723 probably in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania..
     Spouse: Anne Crose, b. abt. 1750 in Germany.
     Married: Abt. 1770 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     Children:.
     1. Isaiah TODD, b. abt. 1770 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     2. Thomas TODD, b. 25 Dec 1771 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     3. Joseph C. TODD, b. 4 Nov 1777 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     4. Elisha TODD, b. 1780 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     5. Phoebe TODD, b. 1784 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     6. Davis TODD, b. abt. 1786 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     7. Jonathan TODD, b. abt. 1787 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     8. Levi TODD, b. abt. 1788 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     9. Nancy TODD, b. 1792 in Rowan county, North Carolina.
     10. Jesse TODD, b. aft. 1792 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     11. William TODD Major, b. 7 Jun 1794 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     12. Elizabeth "Betsy" TODD, b. 1796 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     13. Susan TODD, b. in Rowan County, North Carolina [end quote] with Joseph Todd and Anna Maria CrouseGrose.⁶ Elizabeth "Betsy" Todd was a mentioned with Joseph Todd and Anna Maria CrouseGrose at Citation; Name: Joseph Todd
     "Sex: M
     "Birth: 1748 in Pennsylvania, USA
     "Death: 1810 in Madison, Kentucky, USA
     "Person Id: I65
     "Tree Id: 234165

Parents
     "Father: Thomas Todd: Birth: 1717/1727 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Death: BET 1777 AND 1778 in Rowan County, North Carolina, USA
     Mother: Elizabeth Unknown: Birth: ABT 1723 in Prob. Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Family
Married: Anne Crose on ABT 1770 at Rowan County, North Carolina, USA.
     "Anne Crose: Birth: ABT 1750 in Germany. Death: 1826 in Howard County, Missouri, USA
Children:

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     "Joseph was born in 1748 in the Bethlehem area of Northampton County, PA, and appears on the tax lists in 1769 when he came of age. Joseph was on the 1779 and the 1784 Rowan County, NC, tax lists.
     "In 1777, he and his brother Thomas inherited the land bought by their father in 1772. In 1778, Joseph entered land for 200 acres of which he obtained 100 acres by grant in 1786. In 1789 he and his brother sold the land inherited from their father along with 100 adjacent acres entered by Joseph.
     "Rowan County, NC (Book 11, page 851): 7 December 1789 - Joseph Todd and wife Ann, and Thomas Todd and wife Elizabeth, to Jacob Frailey 360 acres in two tracts on the East Side of the Yadkin River - (1) a tract of 260 acres including the dwelling house of Joseph Todd and Thomas Todd, granted to James Bryan by Henry McCulloh 29 March 1762 (Book 4, page 879), sold to James Simerson 5 April 1764 (Book 6, page 33 lists the grantee as James Simson) and conveyed by Simerson to Thomas Todd, Esq., 7 March 1772 (Book 7, page 462) and later devised to Joseph and Thomas Todd by the last will and testament of Thomas Todd, Esq. (Will Book A, page 259) and (2) state grant #1077 for 100 acres (Book 11, page 96) adjacent the first tract. Witness: George Failey.
     "Rowan County, NC (Book 11 page 96): 25 October 1786 - State Grant #1077 to Joseph Todd, 100 acres on the east side of the Yadkin River adjacent John Coxe and McCulloh.
     "Joseph Todd and wife Ann, and Thomas Todd and wife Elizabeth, let Jacob Frailey have two tracts of land on the East Side of the Yadkin River - one including the dwelling house of Joseph Todd and Thomas Todd, land acquired by will of decd Thomas Todd.
     "In 1772 Joseph and Thomas's father had acquired the 260 acres from James Simerson, Book 7 page 462. Joseph had been granted 100 acres in 1786 next to John Cox, Book 11 page 96.
     "They moved from Rowan County, NC to Madison County, KY and Joseph was listed on Otter Creek in Madison County, KY with 150 acres 1801-1809 though the first deed we have was in 1811 for 147-1/2 acres on Otter Creek (Book H, page 82). The 1811 tax list indicates that Joseph had died and Isaac Wagle was being taxed for his land on Otter Creek.
     "A deed of 1812 (Book O p253) refers to the “heirs of Joseph Todd deceased” namely, Thomas, Isaiah, Joseph, Elisha, Davis, Jonathan, Nancy, Levi, William, Susanna McCreary, Jesse and Betsy Todd who sold the Otter Creek land to Isaac Wagle. Joseph Todd was guardian for William and Jesse Todd, indicating that both were minors born after 1791. Therefore Jesse Todd b 1776/80 who settled in Rutherford/Cannon County Tennessee could not be the son of Joseph b 1748. Isaiah Todd was attorney for Davis Todd and Levi; Jonathan was agent for Elisha Todd. By 1810, Joseph Todd son of Joseph b 1748 was on the census in Hardin County, KY.
     "Contrary to the Annals of Platte County, it was not Joseph Todd b 1748 who moved to Howard Co Missouri, it was his son Joseph Todd b 1777 who moved to Howard County in 1817. (See the Annals of Platte County by W. M. Paxton 1897, Joseph was one of the four earliest arrivals in Madison County, KY on the 1795 tax record: Todd, Thomas Sr 1749 Madison son of Thomas Todd/Elizabeth Unknown Todd, Joseph 1748 Madison son of Thomas Todd/Elizabeth Unknown Todd, Isaiah 1770 Madison son of Joseph Todd/Anne Crose Todd, Thomas Jr 1771 Madison son of Joseph Todd/Anne Crose Sr and Jr used to distinguish between same names and not necessarily father and son.
     "So we have two sets of brothers as the first Todd arrivals. Annals of Platte Co (This history has some errors that have to be sorted from the accurate info.) Joseph Todd was born in Pennsylvania about 1748. He married Ann Crose, a German lady, and after residing a time in Rowan Co NC removed to Hardin Co KY and thence to Madison Co KY. In 1817, he pressed forward to Howard Co MO. Here most of his children remained. The above quotation is in error. Joseph died in Madison Co in 1810. Previous family historians thought that there were two Thomas Todds in Rowan Co - one being the son of Thomas d 1732/3 and one being the son of Joshua Todd. One they thought was the Thomas Todd a soldier who died in Sept 1777 and one they thought was the Thomas Todd who made his will in October 1777. However, closer inspection of the military records indicates that the Thomas Todd who died in Sept 1777 lived in a different part of North Carolina. Hence there is only one Thomas Todd in Rowan Co in the family of Joseph of Eling.
     "On 31-Oct-1777 Thomas made a will in Rowan County, NC Book A page 259, and probated 03-Feb-1778. While sick and weak, etc., naming Elizabeth and children: Joseph, Thomas, Elizabeth Cox, Hester Lewis, Sarah,and Jemima. Sons, Joseph and Thomas were to receive the land with Thomas to receive the upper part and home and Joseph the lower portion. Exrs:sons Joseph and Thomas. Wits: James Smith, Thos. McCartney, and Benjamin Todd.
     "The widow Elizabeth appeared on the 1778 Rowan County Tax List in the Morris Dist, along with Benjamin, Caleb, Peter,Thomas, Caleb Jr, and Joseph (in trust) Todd.
     "The misleading information about there being two Thomas Todds in Rowan County came from a DAR record which erroneously identified the Thomas Todd who died while serving in the Revolutionary War as the Thomas of Rowan County.
     "Military records for the Thomas who died in September 1777 show that he was from the Halifax area of North Carolina, far to the east of Rowan County. 1043: Book 11, p 851. 7 Dec 1789. Joseph Todd and wife Ann; and Thomas Todd and wife Elizabeth to Jacob Frailey ..360 acres in 2 tarcts on East Side of Yaadkin rover (1) a tract of 260 acres including the dwelling house of Joseph Todd and Thomas Todd, granted to James Bryan by Henry McCulloh 29 Mar 1762 (Book 4, p 879) sold ot James Simerson 5 Apr 1764 (Book 6, p33 lists the grantee as James Simson) and converyed by Simerson to Thomas Todd Esq 7 Mar 1772 (Book 7, p 462) later devised to Joseph and Thoams Todd by the last will and testament of Thomas Todd, Esq. (Will book A: 259) and (2) state grant #1077 for 100 acres (Book 11, p 96) adj the first tract. Wit: George Frailey 126: Book 11 p 96 25 Oct 1786. State Grant #1077 to Joseph Todd , 100 ac on E side of Yadkin River adj John Coxe and McCulloh.

The Annals of Platte Co.: "Joseph Todd was born in Pennsylvania about 1748. He married Ann Crose, a German lady, and after residing a time in Rowan Co., NC, removed to Hardin Co., KY, and thence to Madison Co., KY. In 1817, he pressed forward to Howard Co., MO. Here most of his children remained." This quotation is in error. Joseph died in Madison County, KY, in 1810.:

Father: Thomas TODD, b. 1717/1727 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania.
Mother: Elizabeth UNKNOWN, b. abt. 1723 probably in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania..
Spouse: Anne Crose, b. abt. 1750 in Germany.
Married: Abt. 1770 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
Children:.

.¹⁰

Elizabeth "Betsy" Todd was listed as a resident in Joseph Todd and Anna Maria CrouseGrose's household in the census report in 1790 at Rowan Co., North Carolina, USA; p. 340, Line 9

Elizabeth "Betsy" Todd was listed as a resident in Joseph Todd and Anna Maria CrouseGrose's household in the census report in 1800 at Salisbury, Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina, USA; p. 533, Line 16

Elizabeth "Betsy" Todd was listed as a resident in Joseph Todd's household in the census report in 1810 at Madison Co., Kentucky, USA; [This is probably the correct Joseph, but the number of younger children indicates that one or more of his married children and grandchildren might have been living with him at the time. His wife, Anna (Grouse/Crouse) does not seem to be present. Also listed in Madison Co. numerous other TODDs, including: Thomas (his brother?), Isaac (uncertain), William (uncertain), Benjamin (his uncle)].
p. 228, line 4
     Name:     Joseph Todd
     Home in 1810 (City, County, State):     Madison, Kentucky
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 10:     1 [aft 1800] Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15:     2 [1795-1800] Unknown?, Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25:     2 [1785-94] William b1794, Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 :     1 [1766-84] Jesse b1778
     Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over:     1 [bef 1766] Joseph bc1748
     Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15:     1 [1795-1800] Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25:     1 [1785-94] Nancy bc1790
     Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:     1 [1766-84] Betsy b1779. Susan b1780 or Phoebe b1784
     Number of Household Members Under 16:     4
     Number of Household Members Over 25:     3
     Number of Household Members:     10.¹³

     Phoebe Todd was born in 1784 at Rowan Co., North Carolina, USA. She married Isaac Wagle, son of John Wagle Sr. and Jemima Todd, on 21 June 1810 at Madison Co., Kentucky, USA,
; Her 1st husband.
Ancestry.com - Kentucky, Compiled Marriages, 1802-1850
     Name:     Isaac Weagle
     Marriage Date:     21 Jun 1810
     Marriage Place:     Madison, Kentucky, USA
     Spouse:     Phoeba Todd
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Compiled Marriages, 1802-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.
     Original data: Dodd, Jordan, Comp.. Kentucky Marriages to 1850. Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Kentucky.^3,4,2 Phoebe Todd married John Hawkins on 23 October 1841 at Madison Co., Kentucky, USA,
; his 2nd wife; her 2nd husband.⁵
     Phoebe Todd was a witness to from Ancestry: [quote]Source: McMurtry, Richard, "Todds of Joseph Todd of Eling and of Rutherford/Cannon Co., TN," http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=to .
     Name: Joseph TODD.
     Birth: 1748 in PA.
     Death: 1810 in Madison County, KY.
     "Joseph was born in 1748 in the Bethlehem area of Northampton County, PA, and appears on the tax lists in 1769 when he came of age. Joseph was on the 1779 and the 1784 Rowan County, NC, tax lists..
     "In 1777, he and his brother Thomas inherited the land bought by their father in 1772. In 1778, Joseph entered land for 200 acres of which he obtained 100 acres by grant in 1786. In 1789 he and his brother sold the land inherited from their father along with 100 adjacent acres entered by Joseph..
     "Rowan County, NC (Book 11, page 851): 7 December 1789 - Joseph Todd and wife Ann, and Thomas Todd and wife Elizabeth, to Jacob Frailey 360 acres in two tracts on the East Side of the Yadkin River - (1) a tract of 260 acres including the dwelling house of Joseph Todd and Thomas Todd, granted to James Bryan by Henry McCulloh 29 March 1762 (Book 4, page 879), sold to James Simerson 5 April 1764 (Book 6, page 33 lists the grantee as James Simson) and conveyed by Simerson to Thomas Todd, Esq., 7 March 1772 (Book 7, page 462) and later devised to Joseph and Thomas Todd by the last will and testament of Thomas Todd, Esq. (Will Book A, page 259) and (2) state grant #1077 for 100 acres (Book 11, page 96) adjacent the first tract. Witness: George Failey. .
     "Rowan County, NC (Book 11 page 96): 25 October 1786 - State Grant #1077 to Joseph Todd, 100 acres on the east side of the Yadkin River adjacent John Coxe and McCulloh..
     "They moved from Rowan County, NC, to Madison County, KY, and Joseph was listed on Otter Creek in Madison County, KY, with 150 acres 1801-1809, though the first deed we have was in 1811 for 147 1/2 acres on Otter Creek (Book H, page 81). The 1811 tax list indicates that Joseph had died and Isaac Wagle was being taxed for his land on Otter Creek. A deed of 1812 (Book O, page 253) refers to the "heirs of Joseph Todd, deceased, namely, Thomas, Isaiah, Joseph, Elisha, Davis, Jonathan, Nancy, Levi, William, Susanna McCreary, Jesse and Betsy Todd, who collectively sold the Otter Creek land to Isaac Wagle. In the transaction, Joseph Todd was guardian for William and Jesse Todd, indicating that both were minors, born after 1791. (Therefore, Jesse Todd b. 1776/80, who settled in Rutherford/Cannon County, TN, could not be the son of Joseph b. 1748.) Isaiah Todd was attorney for Davis Todd and Levi Todd; Jonathan was agent for Elisha Todd. .
     " By 1810, Joseph Todd, son of Joseph b. 1748, was on the census in Hardin County, KY..
     "Contrary to The Annals of Platte County, it was not Joseph Todd b. 1748 who moved to Howard County, MO; it was his son Joseph Todd b. 1777 who moved to Howard County in 1817. (See The Annals of Platte County by W. M. Paxton 1897.)
     Joseph was one of the four earliest arrivals in Madison County, KY, on the 1795 tax record:.
     1) Todd, Thomas Sr. 1749 Madison son of Thomas Todd/Elizabeth Unknown;
     2) Todd, Joseph 1748 Madison son of Thomas Todd/Elizabeth Unknown;
     3) Todd, Isaiah 1770 Madison son of Joseph Todd/Anne Crose;
     4) Todd, Thomas Jr. 1771 Madison son of Joseph Todd/Anne Crose.
     It should be noted that "Sr" and "Jr" were used to distinguish between the same names, one being older and one younger, not necessarily father and son. So we have two sets of brothers as the first Todd arrivals in Madison County..
     The Annals of Platte County: "Joseph Todd was born in Pennsylvania about 1748. He married Ann Crose, a German lady, and after residing a time in Rowan Co., NC, removed to Hardin Co., KY, and thence to Madison Co., KY. In 1817, he pressed forward to Howard Co., MO. Here most of his children remained." This quotation is in error. The elder Joseph died in Madison County, KY, in 1810..
     Previous family historians thought that there were two Thomas Todds in Rowan County, one being the son of Thomas d. 1732/33 and one being the son of Joshua Todd. One they thought was the Thomas Todd, a soldier who died in September 1777, and one they thought was the Thomas Todd who made his will in October 1777. However closer inspection of the military records indicates that the Thomas Todd who died in September 1777 lived in the Halifax area of North Carolina, far to the east of Rowan County. (This misleading information about there being two Thomas Todds in Rowan County came from a DAR record which erroneously identified the Thomas Todd who died while serving as a musician in the Revolutionary War as the Thomas of Rowan County.)".
     Father: Thomas TODD, b. 1717/1727 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania.
     Mother: Elizabeth UNKNOWN, b. abt. 1723 probably in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania..
     Spouse: Anne Crose, b. abt. 1750 in Germany.
     Married: Abt. 1770 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     Children:.
     1. Isaiah TODD, b. abt. 1770 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     2. Thomas TODD, b. 25 Dec 1771 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     3. Joseph C. TODD, b. 4 Nov 1777 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     4. Elisha TODD, b. 1780 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     5. Phoebe TODD, b. 1784 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     6. Davis TODD, b. abt. 1786 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     7. Jonathan TODD, b. abt. 1787 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     8. Levi TODD, b. abt. 1788 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     9. Nancy TODD, b. 1792 in Rowan county, North Carolina.
     10. Jesse TODD, b. aft. 1792 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     11. William TODD Major, b. 7 Jun 1794 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     12. Elizabeth "Betsy" TODD, b. 1796 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     13. Susan TODD, b. in Rowan County, North Carolina [end quote] with Joseph Todd and Anna Maria CrouseGrose.⁶ Phoebe Todd was a mentioned with Joseph Todd and Anna Maria CrouseGrose at Citation; Name: Joseph Todd
     "Sex: M
     "Birth: 1748 in Pennsylvania, USA
     "Death: 1810 in Madison, Kentucky, USA
     "Person Id: I65
     "Tree Id: 234165

Parents
     "Father: Thomas Todd: Birth: 1717/1727 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Death: BET 1777 AND 1778 in Rowan County, North Carolina, USA
     Mother: Elizabeth Unknown: Birth: ABT 1723 in Prob. Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Family
Married: Anne Crose on ABT 1770 at Rowan County, North Carolina, USA.
     "Anne Crose: Birth: ABT 1750 in Germany. Death: 1826 in Howard County, Missouri, USA
Children:

Person Not Viewable
     "Joseph was born in 1748 in the Bethlehem area of Northampton County, PA, and appears on the tax lists in 1769 when he came of age. Joseph was on the 1779 and the 1784 Rowan County, NC, tax lists.
     "In 1777, he and his brother Thomas inherited the land bought by their father in 1772. In 1778, Joseph entered land for 200 acres of which he obtained 100 acres by grant in 1786. In 1789 he and his brother sold the land inherited from their father along with 100 adjacent acres entered by Joseph.
     "Rowan County, NC (Book 11, page 851): 7 December 1789 - Joseph Todd and wife Ann, and Thomas Todd and wife Elizabeth, to Jacob Frailey 360 acres in two tracts on the East Side of the Yadkin River - (1) a tract of 260 acres including the dwelling house of Joseph Todd and Thomas Todd, granted to James Bryan by Henry McCulloh 29 March 1762 (Book 4, page 879), sold to James Simerson 5 April 1764 (Book 6, page 33 lists the grantee as James Simson) and conveyed by Simerson to Thomas Todd, Esq., 7 March 1772 (Book 7, page 462) and later devised to Joseph and Thomas Todd by the last will and testament of Thomas Todd, Esq. (Will Book A, page 259) and (2) state grant #1077 for 100 acres (Book 11, page 96) adjacent the first tract. Witness: George Failey.
     "Rowan County, NC (Book 11 page 96): 25 October 1786 - State Grant #1077 to Joseph Todd, 100 acres on the east side of the Yadkin River adjacent John Coxe and McCulloh.
     "Joseph Todd and wife Ann, and Thomas Todd and wife Elizabeth, let Jacob Frailey have two tracts of land on the East Side of the Yadkin River - one including the dwelling house of Joseph Todd and Thomas Todd, land acquired by will of decd Thomas Todd.
     "In 1772 Joseph and Thomas's father had acquired the 260 acres from James Simerson, Book 7 page 462. Joseph had been granted 100 acres in 1786 next to John Cox, Book 11 page 96.
     "They moved from Rowan County, NC to Madison County, KY and Joseph was listed on Otter Creek in Madison County, KY with 150 acres 1801-1809 though the first deed we have was in 1811 for 147-1/2 acres on Otter Creek (Book H, page 82). The 1811 tax list indicates that Joseph had died and Isaac Wagle was being taxed for his land on Otter Creek.
     "A deed of 1812 (Book O p253) refers to the “heirs of Joseph Todd deceased” namely, Thomas, Isaiah, Joseph, Elisha, Davis, Jonathan, Nancy, Levi, William, Susanna McCreary, Jesse and Betsy Todd who sold the Otter Creek land to Isaac Wagle. Joseph Todd was guardian for William and Jesse Todd, indicating that both were minors born after 1791. Therefore Jesse Todd b 1776/80 who settled in Rutherford/Cannon County Tennessee could not be the son of Joseph b 1748. Isaiah Todd was attorney for Davis Todd and Levi; Jonathan was agent for Elisha Todd. By 1810, Joseph Todd son of Joseph b 1748 was on the census in Hardin County, KY.
     "Contrary to the Annals of Platte County, it was not Joseph Todd b 1748 who moved to Howard Co Missouri, it was his son Joseph Todd b 1777 who moved to Howard County in 1817. (See the Annals of Platte County by W. M. Paxton 1897, Joseph was one of the four earliest arrivals in Madison County, KY on the 1795 tax record: Todd, Thomas Sr 1749 Madison son of Thomas Todd/Elizabeth Unknown Todd, Joseph 1748 Madison son of Thomas Todd/Elizabeth Unknown Todd, Isaiah 1770 Madison son of Joseph Todd/Anne Crose Todd, Thomas Jr 1771 Madison son of Joseph Todd/Anne Crose Sr and Jr used to distinguish between same names and not necessarily father and son.
     "So we have two sets of brothers as the first Todd arrivals. Annals of Platte Co (This history has some errors that have to be sorted from the accurate info.) Joseph Todd was born in Pennsylvania about 1748. He married Ann Crose, a German lady, and after residing a time in Rowan Co NC removed to Hardin Co KY and thence to Madison Co KY. In 1817, he pressed forward to Howard Co MO. Here most of his children remained. The above quotation is in error. Joseph died in Madison Co in 1810. Previous family historians thought that there were two Thomas Todds in Rowan Co - one being the son of Thomas d 1732/3 and one being the son of Joshua Todd. One they thought was the Thomas Todd a soldier who died in Sept 1777 and one they thought was the Thomas Todd who made his will in October 1777. However, closer inspection of the military records indicates that the Thomas Todd who died in Sept 1777 lived in a different part of North Carolina. Hence there is only one Thomas Todd in Rowan Co in the family of Joseph of Eling.
     "On 31-Oct-1777 Thomas made a will in Rowan County, NC Book A page 259, and probated 03-Feb-1778. While sick and weak, etc., naming Elizabeth and children: Joseph, Thomas, Elizabeth Cox, Hester Lewis, Sarah,and Jemima. Sons, Joseph and Thomas were to receive the land with Thomas to receive the upper part and home and Joseph the lower portion. Exrs:sons Joseph and Thomas. Wits: James Smith, Thos. McCartney, and Benjamin Todd.
     "The widow Elizabeth appeared on the 1778 Rowan County Tax List in the Morris Dist, along with Benjamin, Caleb, Peter,Thomas, Caleb Jr, and Joseph (in trust) Todd.
     "The misleading information about there being two Thomas Todds in Rowan County came from a DAR record which erroneously identified the Thomas Todd who died while serving in the Revolutionary War as the Thomas of Rowan County.
     "Military records for the Thomas who died in September 1777 show that he was from the Halifax area of North Carolina, far to the east of Rowan County. 1043: Book 11, p 851. 7 Dec 1789. Joseph Todd and wife Ann; and Thomas Todd and wife Elizabeth to Jacob Frailey ..360 acres in 2 tarcts on East Side of Yaadkin rover (1) a tract of 260 acres including the dwelling house of Joseph Todd and Thomas Todd, granted to James Bryan by Henry McCulloh 29 Mar 1762 (Book 4, p 879) sold ot James Simerson 5 Apr 1764 (Book 6, p33 lists the grantee as James Simson) and converyed by Simerson to Thomas Todd Esq 7 Mar 1772 (Book 7, p 462) later devised to Joseph and Thoams Todd by the last will and testament of Thomas Todd, Esq. (Will book A: 259) and (2) state grant #1077 for 100 acres (Book 11, p 96) adj the first tract. Wit: George Frailey 126: Book 11 p 96 25 Oct 1786. State Grant #1077 to Joseph Todd , 100 ac on E side of Yadkin River adj John Coxe and McCulloh.

The Annals of Platte Co.: "Joseph Todd was born in Pennsylvania about 1748. He married Ann Crose, a German lady, and after residing a time in Rowan Co., NC, removed to Hardin Co., KY, and thence to Madison Co., KY. In 1817, he pressed forward to Howard Co., MO. Here most of his children remained." This quotation is in error. Joseph died in Madison County, KY, in 1810.:

Father: Thomas TODD, b. 1717/1727 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania.
Mother: Elizabeth UNKNOWN, b. abt. 1723 probably in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania..
Spouse: Anne Crose, b. abt. 1750 in Germany.
Married: Abt. 1770 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
Children:.

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Phoebe Todd and Isaac Wagle appeared in the census of 7 August 1820 at Madison Co., Kentucky, USA; p. 156, lines 9
     Name:     Isaac Wagle
     Home in 1820 (City, County, State):     Madison, Kentucky
     Enumeration Date:     August 7, 1820
     Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44:     1 [1776-94] Isaac 1786
     Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25:     1 [1795-1804] Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:     1 [1776-94] Phoebe (Todd) 1784
     Slaves - Females - 26 thru 44:     1
     Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture:     2
     Free White Persons - Over 25:     2
     Total Free White Persons:     3
     Total Slaves:     1
     Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other:     4.¹⁰

Phoebe Todd and Isaac Wagle appeared in the census of 1840 at Eastern Division, Madison Co., Kentucky, USA; p. 234. line 26
     Name:     Isaac Waigh [Isaac Waigle]
     Home in 1840 (City, County, State):     Eastern Division, Madison, Kentucky
     Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9:     1 [1831-35] Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59:     1 [1781-90] Isaac 1786
     Free White Persons - Males - 70 thru 79:     1 [1761-70] Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59:     1 [1781-90] Phoebe (Todd) 1784
     Free White Persons - Females - 80 thru 89:     1 [1751-60] Unknown?
     Slaves - Males - 55 thru 99:     1
     Slaves - Females - 55 thru 99:     1
     Persons Employed in Agriculture:     1
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     1
     Total Free White Persons:     5
     Total Slaves:     2
     Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves:     7.¹¹

Phoebe Todd was listed as a resident in Robert French and Lucy M. Hawkins's household in the census report on 21 August 1850 at District 2, Madison Co., Kentucky, USA; p. 263-B, lines 32-36, dwelling 256, family 260
     32 FRENCH, Robert 33 [1817] Doctor $578 Madison Co., KY
     33 " , Lucy 28 [1822] F Madison Co., KY
     34 " , Ann 2 [1848] F Madison Co., KY
     35 HAWKINS, Rhoda 34 [1816] F $275 Madison Co., KY
     36 " , Phoeba 70 [1780] F $675 NC Cannot Read,Write.¹²

     Maj. William Todd was born on 7 June 1794 at Rowan Co., North Carolina, USA.³ He married Pauline Fugate, daughter of Townsend Fugate and Malinda Cooper, on 2 November 1818 at Howard Co., Missouri, USA,
; Ancestry.com - Missouri Marriages to 1850
Name: Perlina Fugitt
Spouse: Todd William
Marriage Date: 2 Nov 1818
Marriage County: Howard
Source Information: Dodd, Jordan. Missouri Marriages to 1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.
Original data: Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Missouri.^4,5,3,1 Maj. William Todd married Lucy B. Ware in 1842 at Missouri, USA,
; his 2nd wife.^6,7,8
Maj. William Todd died on 29 March 1861 at age 66.³
Maj. William Todd was buried after 29 March 1861 at Todd Cemetery, Beverly, Platte Co., Missouri, USA;
from Find A Grave website:
     Birth:      Jun. 7, 1794
     Death:      Mar. 29, 1861
     Family links:
     Spouses
      Paulina Fugitt Todd 1801–1842 (m. 1818)
      Lucy B Ware Todd unknown–1844
     Children
      Martha Ann Todd Dowling 1819–1904
      William Lewis Todd 1837–1907
     Gravesite Details h/o Lucy B Ware Todd
     Burial: Todd Cemetery, Beverly, Platte County, Missouri, USA
     Maintained by: Kathleen McGlynn Tucker
     Originally Created by: Deb
     Record added: Jun 09, 2007
     Find A Grave Memorial# 19789287.⁸
     He was a mentioned with Joseph Todd and Anna Maria CrouseGrose at Citation; Name: Joseph Todd
     "Sex: M
     "Birth: 1748 in Pennsylvania, USA
     "Death: 1810 in Madison, Kentucky, USA
     "Person Id: I65
     "Tree Id: 234165

Parents
     "Father: Thomas Todd: Birth: 1717/1727 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Death: BET 1777 AND 1778 in Rowan County, North Carolina, USA
     Mother: Elizabeth Unknown: Birth: ABT 1723 in Prob. Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Family
Married: Anne Crose on ABT 1770 at Rowan County, North Carolina, USA.
     "Anne Crose: Birth: ABT 1750 in Germany. Death: 1826 in Howard County, Missouri, USA
Children:

Person Not Viewable
     "Joseph was born in 1748 in the Bethlehem area of Northampton County, PA, and appears on the tax lists in 1769 when he came of age. Joseph was on the 1779 and the 1784 Rowan County, NC, tax lists.
     "In 1777, he and his brother Thomas inherited the land bought by their father in 1772. In 1778, Joseph entered land for 200 acres of which he obtained 100 acres by grant in 1786. In 1789 he and his brother sold the land inherited from their father along with 100 adjacent acres entered by Joseph.
     "Rowan County, NC (Book 11, page 851): 7 December 1789 - Joseph Todd and wife Ann, and Thomas Todd and wife Elizabeth, to Jacob Frailey 360 acres in two tracts on the East Side of the Yadkin River - (1) a tract of 260 acres including the dwelling house of Joseph Todd and Thomas Todd, granted to James Bryan by Henry McCulloh 29 March 1762 (Book 4, page 879), sold to James Simerson 5 April 1764 (Book 6, page 33 lists the grantee as James Simson) and conveyed by Simerson to Thomas Todd, Esq., 7 March 1772 (Book 7, page 462) and later devised to Joseph and Thomas Todd by the last will and testament of Thomas Todd, Esq. (Will Book A, page 259) and (2) state grant #1077 for 100 acres (Book 11, page 96) adjacent the first tract. Witness: George Failey.
     "Rowan County, NC (Book 11 page 96): 25 October 1786 - State Grant #1077 to Joseph Todd, 100 acres on the east side of the Yadkin River adjacent John Coxe and McCulloh.
     "Joseph Todd and wife Ann, and Thomas Todd and wife Elizabeth, let Jacob Frailey have two tracts of land on the East Side of the Yadkin River - one including the dwelling house of Joseph Todd and Thomas Todd, land acquired by will of decd Thomas Todd.
     "In 1772 Joseph and Thomas's father had acquired the 260 acres from James Simerson, Book 7 page 462. Joseph had been granted 100 acres in 1786 next to John Cox, Book 11 page 96.
     "They moved from Rowan County, NC to Madison County, KY and Joseph was listed on Otter Creek in Madison County, KY with 150 acres 1801-1809 though the first deed we have was in 1811 for 147-1/2 acres on Otter Creek (Book H, page 82). The 1811 tax list indicates that Joseph had died and Isaac Wagle was being taxed for his land on Otter Creek.
     "A deed of 1812 (Book O p253) refers to the “heirs of Joseph Todd deceased” namely, Thomas, Isaiah, Joseph, Elisha, Davis, Jonathan, Nancy, Levi, William, Susanna McCreary, Jesse and Betsy Todd who sold the Otter Creek land to Isaac Wagle. Joseph Todd was guardian for William and Jesse Todd, indicating that both were minors born after 1791. Therefore Jesse Todd b 1776/80 who settled in Rutherford/Cannon County Tennessee could not be the son of Joseph b 1748. Isaiah Todd was attorney for Davis Todd and Levi; Jonathan was agent for Elisha Todd. By 1810, Joseph Todd son of Joseph b 1748 was on the census in Hardin County, KY.
     "Contrary to the Annals of Platte County, it was not Joseph Todd b 1748 who moved to Howard Co Missouri, it was his son Joseph Todd b 1777 who moved to Howard County in 1817. (See the Annals of Platte County by W. M. Paxton 1897, Joseph was one of the four earliest arrivals in Madison County, KY on the 1795 tax record: Todd, Thomas Sr 1749 Madison son of Thomas Todd/Elizabeth Unknown Todd, Joseph 1748 Madison son of Thomas Todd/Elizabeth Unknown Todd, Isaiah 1770 Madison son of Joseph Todd/Anne Crose Todd, Thomas Jr 1771 Madison son of Joseph Todd/Anne Crose Sr and Jr used to distinguish between same names and not necessarily father and son.
     "So we have two sets of brothers as the first Todd arrivals. Annals of Platte Co (This history has some errors that have to be sorted from the accurate info.) Joseph Todd was born in Pennsylvania about 1748. He married Ann Crose, a German lady, and after residing a time in Rowan Co NC removed to Hardin Co KY and thence to Madison Co KY. In 1817, he pressed forward to Howard Co MO. Here most of his children remained. The above quotation is in error. Joseph died in Madison Co in 1810. Previous family historians thought that there were two Thomas Todds in Rowan Co - one being the son of Thomas d 1732/3 and one being the son of Joshua Todd. One they thought was the Thomas Todd a soldier who died in Sept 1777 and one they thought was the Thomas Todd who made his will in October 1777. However, closer inspection of the military records indicates that the Thomas Todd who died in Sept 1777 lived in a different part of North Carolina. Hence there is only one Thomas Todd in Rowan Co in the family of Joseph of Eling.
     "On 31-Oct-1777 Thomas made a will in Rowan County, NC Book A page 259, and probated 03-Feb-1778. While sick and weak, etc., naming Elizabeth and children: Joseph, Thomas, Elizabeth Cox, Hester Lewis, Sarah,and Jemima. Sons, Joseph and Thomas were to receive the land with Thomas to receive the upper part and home and Joseph the lower portion. Exrs:sons Joseph and Thomas. Wits: James Smith, Thos. McCartney, and Benjamin Todd.
     "The widow Elizabeth appeared on the 1778 Rowan County Tax List in the Morris Dist, along with Benjamin, Caleb, Peter,Thomas, Caleb Jr, and Joseph (in trust) Todd.
     "The misleading information about there being two Thomas Todds in Rowan County came from a DAR record which erroneously identified the Thomas Todd who died while serving in the Revolutionary War as the Thomas of Rowan County.
     "Military records for the Thomas who died in September 1777 show that he was from the Halifax area of North Carolina, far to the east of Rowan County. 1043: Book 11, p 851. 7 Dec 1789. Joseph Todd and wife Ann; and Thomas Todd and wife Elizabeth to Jacob Frailey ..360 acres in 2 tarcts on East Side of Yaadkin rover (1) a tract of 260 acres including the dwelling house of Joseph Todd and Thomas Todd, granted to James Bryan by Henry McCulloh 29 Mar 1762 (Book 4, p 879) sold ot James Simerson 5 Apr 1764 (Book 6, p33 lists the grantee as James Simson) and converyed by Simerson to Thomas Todd Esq 7 Mar 1772 (Book 7, p 462) later devised to Joseph and Thoams Todd by the last will and testament of Thomas Todd, Esq. (Will book A: 259) and (2) state grant #1077 for 100 acres (Book 11, p 96) adj the first tract. Wit: George Frailey 126: Book 11 p 96 25 Oct 1786. State Grant #1077 to Joseph Todd , 100 ac on E side of Yadkin River adj John Coxe and McCulloh.

The Annals of Platte Co.: "Joseph Todd was born in Pennsylvania about 1748. He married Ann Crose, a German lady, and after residing a time in Rowan Co., NC, removed to Hardin Co., KY, and thence to Madison Co., KY. In 1817, he pressed forward to Howard Co., MO. Here most of his children remained." This quotation is in error. Joseph died in Madison County, KY, in 1810.:

Father: Thomas TODD, b. 1717/1727 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania.
Mother: Elizabeth UNKNOWN, b. abt. 1723 probably in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania..
Spouse: Anne Crose, b. abt. 1750 in Germany.
Married: Abt. 1770 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
Children:. Maj. William Todd was a witness to from Ancestry: [quote]Source: McMurtry, Richard, "Todds of Joseph Todd of Eling and of Rutherford/Cannon Co., TN," http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=to .
     Name: Joseph TODD.
     Birth: 1748 in PA.
     Death: 1810 in Madison County, KY.
     "Joseph was born in 1748 in the Bethlehem area of Northampton County, PA, and appears on the tax lists in 1769 when he came of age. Joseph was on the 1779 and the 1784 Rowan County, NC, tax lists..
     "In 1777, he and his brother Thomas inherited the land bought by their father in 1772. In 1778, Joseph entered land for 200 acres of which he obtained 100 acres by grant in 1786. In 1789 he and his brother sold the land inherited from their father along with 100 adjacent acres entered by Joseph..
     "Rowan County, NC (Book 11, page 851): 7 December 1789 - Joseph Todd and wife Ann, and Thomas Todd and wife Elizabeth, to Jacob Frailey 360 acres in two tracts on the East Side of the Yadkin River - (1) a tract of 260 acres including the dwelling house of Joseph Todd and Thomas Todd, granted to James Bryan by Henry McCulloh 29 March 1762 (Book 4, page 879), sold to James Simerson 5 April 1764 (Book 6, page 33 lists the grantee as James Simson) and conveyed by Simerson to Thomas Todd, Esq., 7 March 1772 (Book 7, page 462) and later devised to Joseph and Thomas Todd by the last will and testament of Thomas Todd, Esq. (Will Book A, page 259) and (2) state grant #1077 for 100 acres (Book 11, page 96) adjacent the first tract. Witness: George Failey. .
     "Rowan County, NC (Book 11 page 96): 25 October 1786 - State Grant #1077 to Joseph Todd, 100 acres on the east side of the Yadkin River adjacent John Coxe and McCulloh..
     "They moved from Rowan County, NC, to Madison County, KY, and Joseph was listed on Otter Creek in Madison County, KY, with 150 acres 1801-1809, though the first deed we have was in 1811 for 147 1/2 acres on Otter Creek (Book H, page 81). The 1811 tax list indicates that Joseph had died and Isaac Wagle was being taxed for his land on Otter Creek. A deed of 1812 (Book O, page 253) refers to the "heirs of Joseph Todd, deceased, namely, Thomas, Isaiah, Joseph, Elisha, Davis, Jonathan, Nancy, Levi, William, Susanna McCreary, Jesse and Betsy Todd, who collectively sold the Otter Creek land to Isaac Wagle. In the transaction, Joseph Todd was guardian for William and Jesse Todd, indicating that both were minors, born after 1791. (Therefore, Jesse Todd b. 1776/80, who settled in Rutherford/Cannon County, TN, could not be the son of Joseph b. 1748.) Isaiah Todd was attorney for Davis Todd and Levi Todd; Jonathan was agent for Elisha Todd. .
     " By 1810, Joseph Todd, son of Joseph b. 1748, was on the census in Hardin County, KY..
     "Contrary to The Annals of Platte County, it was not Joseph Todd b. 1748 who moved to Howard County, MO; it was his son Joseph Todd b. 1777 who moved to Howard County in 1817. (See The Annals of Platte County by W. M. Paxton 1897.)
     Joseph was one of the four earliest arrivals in Madison County, KY, on the 1795 tax record:.
     1) Todd, Thomas Sr. 1749 Madison son of Thomas Todd/Elizabeth Unknown;
     2) Todd, Joseph 1748 Madison son of Thomas Todd/Elizabeth Unknown;
     3) Todd, Isaiah 1770 Madison son of Joseph Todd/Anne Crose;
     4) Todd, Thomas Jr. 1771 Madison son of Joseph Todd/Anne Crose.
     It should be noted that "Sr" and "Jr" were used to distinguish between the same names, one being older and one younger, not necessarily father and son. So we have two sets of brothers as the first Todd arrivals in Madison County..
     The Annals of Platte County: "Joseph Todd was born in Pennsylvania about 1748. He married Ann Crose, a German lady, and after residing a time in Rowan Co., NC, removed to Hardin Co., KY, and thence to Madison Co., KY. In 1817, he pressed forward to Howard Co., MO. Here most of his children remained." This quotation is in error. The elder Joseph died in Madison County, KY, in 1810..
     Previous family historians thought that there were two Thomas Todds in Rowan County, one being the son of Thomas d. 1732/33 and one being the son of Joshua Todd. One they thought was the Thomas Todd, a soldier who died in September 1777, and one they thought was the Thomas Todd who made his will in October 1777. However closer inspection of the military records indicates that the Thomas Todd who died in September 1777 lived in the Halifax area of North Carolina, far to the east of Rowan County. (This misleading information about there being two Thomas Todds in Rowan County came from a DAR record which erroneously identified the Thomas Todd who died while serving as a musician in the Revolutionary War as the Thomas of Rowan County.)".
     Father: Thomas TODD, b. 1717/1727 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania.
     Mother: Elizabeth UNKNOWN, b. abt. 1723 probably in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania..
     Spouse: Anne Crose, b. abt. 1750 in Germany.
     Married: Abt. 1770 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     Children:.
     1. Isaiah TODD, b. abt. 1770 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     2. Thomas TODD, b. 25 Dec 1771 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     3. Joseph C. TODD, b. 4 Nov 1777 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     4. Elisha TODD, b. 1780 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     5. Phoebe TODD, b. 1784 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     6. Davis TODD, b. abt. 1786 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     7. Jonathan TODD, b. abt. 1787 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     8. Levi TODD, b. abt. 1788 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     9. Nancy TODD, b. 1792 in Rowan county, North Carolina.
     10. Jesse TODD, b. aft. 1792 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     11. William TODD Major, b. 7 Jun 1794 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     12. Elizabeth "Betsy" TODD, b. 1796 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
     13. Susan TODD, b. in Rowan County, North Carolina [end quote] with Joseph Todd and Anna Maria CrouseGrose.¹²

Reference: (an unknown value.)¹³

Maj. William Todd was listed as a resident in Joseph Todd and Anna Maria CrouseGrose's household in the census report in 1800 at Salisbury, Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina, USA; p. 533, Line 16

Maj. William Todd was listed as a resident in Joseph Todd's household in the census report in 1810 at Madison Co., Kentucky, USA; [This is probably the correct Joseph, but the number of younger children indicates that one or more of his married children and grandchildren might have been living with him at the time. His wife, Anna (Grouse/Crouse) does not seem to be present. Also listed in Madison Co. numerous other TODDs, including: Thomas (his brother?), Isaac (uncertain), William (uncertain), Benjamin (his uncle)].
p. 228, line 4
     Name:     Joseph Todd
     Home in 1810 (City, County, State):     Madison, Kentucky
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 10:     1 [aft 1800] Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15:     2 [1795-1800] Unknown?, Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25:     2 [1785-94] William b1794, Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 :     1 [1766-84] Jesse b1778
     Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over:     1 [bef 1766] Joseph bc1748
     Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15:     1 [1795-1800] Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25:     1 [1785-94] Nancy bc1790
     Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:     1 [1766-84] Betsy b1779. Susan b1780 or Phoebe b1784
     Number of Household Members Under 16:     4
     Number of Household Members Over 25:     3
     Number of Household Members:     10.¹⁵

Maj. William Todd began military service circa 1814 at War of 1812 per Paxton [1897:135]: "He was a soldier of the war of 1812 under Andrew Jackson, and aquired his title in the Southern campaign."
[Note this "Willis" could be related to William TODD 17442]
Ancestry.com - U. S. Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914
Name: Willis Todd
Birthyear: abt 1794
Birthplace: North Carolina, United States
Enlistment Age: 20
Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Original data: Register of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M233, 81 rolls); Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1780’s-1917, Record Group 94; National Archives, Washington, D.C.^16,17

Maj. William Todd and Pauline Fugate appeared in the census of 1840 at Platte Co., Missouri, USA;
Note: William TODD appears on the same page as his brother Joseph TODD, Sr. (line 30) and his nephews (sons of Joseph Sr.), Joseph Todd, Jr. TODD (line 21), and John TODD, Sr. (line 29).
p. 134, line 31
     Name:     William Todd
     Home in 1840 (City, County, State):     Platte, Missouri
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 5:     3 [aft 1835] Marcus 1834, William 1837, Albert 1840
     Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9:     2 [1831-35] Riley, Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14:     1 [1826-30] Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19:     1 [1821-25] Marion 1823
     Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39:     1 [1801-10] William 1794
     Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9:     1 [1831-35] Ann 1834
     Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14:     1 [1826-30] Frances 1827
     Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19:     1 [1821-25] Mary Jane 1825
     Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39:     1 [1801-10] Pauline 1801
     Slaves - Males - Under 10:     1
     Slaves - Females - 24 thru 35:     1
     Persons Employed in Agriculture:     3
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     10
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     2
     Total Free White Persons:     12
     Total Slaves:     2
     Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves:     14.¹⁸

Maj. William Todd and Lucy B. Ware appeared in the census of 1 October 1850 at Lee Township, Platte Co., Missouri, USA;
p. 349-A, lines 25-33, dwelling 53, family 53
     25 TODD, Wm. 36 [1814] M Farmer $5,250 KY
     26 " , Lucy D. 37 [1813] F KY
     27 " , Riley 20 [1830] M Farmer MO
     28 " , Ann 18 [1832] F MO Attended School
     29 " , Marcus 16 [1834] M MO Attended School
     30 " , William 13 [1837] M MO Attended School
     31 " , Albert 10 [1840] M MO
     32 " , Eliza 3 [1847] F MO
     33 RECTOR, William 21 [1829] M Farmer TN.¹⁹

Maj. William Todd and Lucy B. Ware appeared in the census of 27 July 1860 at Lee Township, Platte Co., Missouri, USA;
William is listed on the same page as unkown Joseph 76912 and Susan A TODD household (lines 22-27).
p. 819-820, Lines 35-40, dwelling 953, family 940
     35 TODD, William 66 [1794] M Farmer $2000 $2900 KY
     36 " , Lucy 40 [1820] F KY
     37 " , Albert 19 [1841] M Farmer MO attended school
     38 STEWART, Thos 18 [1842] MO attended school
     39 SAUNDERS W. H. 15 [1845] M MO attended school
     40 TODD, Wliza 12 F MO attended school
     1 HUDSON, John T 28 M School Teacher VA.²⁰