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For the past some 50 years, I have searched for information on the ancestry of WILLIAM FLOOD, born ca. 1775 in Virginia, and died after October 1847, presumably in Edgar Co., Illinois, or in Iowa or Missouri. While much information has been found on his descendants, the identify of his parents, a probable first wife, and the date/place of his death remain to be documented, and continue to be a matter of much speculation, particulary pointing to a connection to the FLOOD clan in colonial Buckingham Co., VA. One of his descendants has submitted a sample of his DNA to the Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation, Salt Lake City, UT, and is awaiting the results of the analysis. Hopefully, the report he receives will be useful in further genealogical research.
Below is a partial documentary summary of those records pertaining to WILLIAM FLOOD:
DOCUMENTARY CHRONOLOGY
1805 Dec 15. William Flood signs Petition of Dearborn County, Indiana Territory. It is a petition of purchasers of land, settled and intending to settle, on that part of the Indiana Territory, west of Ohio, and east of the boundary line running from the mouth of Kentucky river. The petitioners state that they are at a distance of nearly 200 miles from the seat of government, that the intermediate space is a wilderness occupied only by Indians and likely for many years to remain unoccupied by any other persons. Reference: INDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS, Vol. 2, pp. 492-497. Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Company, 1895.
1810 March 10. William Flood, grantor, sells the north side of the east end of the northwest quarter of Section 3, Twp., 8, Range 2 consisting of 50 acres to Jacob Sailors, grantee, for $500. Reference: Franklin Co., Indiana Deed Book A, page 1. Recorded 1 February 1811.
1811 Oct 21. William Flood entered (started paying on) the NE 1/4 of land, Section 35 in the Cincinnati District of Indiana Territory in what became part of Franklin county, IN. The area covered is mainly in a district kown as the "wedge" or "gore", located in the southeastern part of the state an dbounded roughly by the Ohio-Indiana state line, the Ohio river, and the Greenville Treaty line. Reference: Waters, Margaret R. INDIANA LAND ENTRIES, Vol 1: CINCINNATI DISTRICT, 1801-1840. Page 82. Indianapolis, Indiana, 1948..
1816 May 28. William Flood, of Indiana Territory, is given credit for having made full payment for the NE quarter of Section 35, Twp. 12, Range 12 lying east of the second principal Meridian line. Reference: GENERAL LAND OFFICE Pat. Credit, Vol. 2?, page 413, Order No. 379813-F. Signed by James Madison, President, and Josiah Meigs, Commissioner of the General Land Office.
1817 August 15. William and Hannah Flood, grantors, sell all but 10 acres of the NE 1/4 of Section 35, Twp., 12, Range 12 consisting of 150 acres to James Cooper, Sr., grantee, for $1350. William Flood purchased the land 21 Nov 1811. Reference: Franklin Co., Indiana Deed Book E, page 13. Recorded 20 Nov 1820.
1817 Autumn. William Flood moves his family to Crawford Co., Illinois, and serves on the jury at the murder trial of William Kilbuck, a Delaware Indian. Reference: Miller, Norman. CRAWFORD COUNTY COURT RECORDS September 15, 1817-October 9, 1827 Palestine, Illinois Courthouse. Robinson, Illinois. (1997)
1818 September 5. William Flood serves on the jury at the civil trial of William Lewis vs Ruben Norton in Crawford Co., Illinois. Reference: Miller, Norman. op. cit.
1820 May 28. William Flood serves on a jury in Crawford Co., Illinois. Reference: Miller, Norman. op. cit.
1820 Federal census, Crawford Co., Illinois, page 43. William Flood appears on the census as a free white man , age 26 to 45, with 4 males under age 10, 1 female age 26 to 45, one female age 16-26, and one female under 10.
1822 September 10. William Flood, a resident of Clark Co., Illinois, purchases E2SW, Section 15, Twp. 13 North, Range 12 West, 2nd Meridian in Edgar Co., Illinois, consisting of 80 acres for $100. It was a Federal sale. Reference: ILLINOIS PUBLIC DOMAIN LAND TRACT SALES, Vol. 291, page 001.
1830 Federal census, Edgar Co., Illinois, page 37, line 12. William Flood appears, age 50 to 60, with 1 male, age 15-20, and 3 males, age 10-15. Also in the household was one female, age 50-60, 1 female, age 15-20, and 1 female, age 5-10.
1832 June 19. William Flood enrolls in Edgar Co., Illinois as a Private in Capt. Griffin's Co., 1 Regiment, 2nd Brigade of the Illinois Mounted Volunteers during the Black Hawk War for a period of 90 days. He was mustered out August 15, 1832. Reference: White, Virgil D., transcriber. INDEX to VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS in INDIAN WARS and DISTURBANCES 1815-1858, Vol. 1, page. 458. Waynesboro, Tennessee: The National Historical Publishing Company, 1994. See also a record of his service as it appears on the Company Muster-out Roll, The National Archives.
1838 June 14. William Flood and Hannah, wife wife, grantors, sold the SE 1-4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 2, Twp. 10 N, Range 13 West, consisting of 40 acres. Reference: Edgar Co., Illinois Deed Book G, p. 423.
1840 Federal census, Edgar Co., Illinois, Vol. 4, page 291. William Flood appears in the census, age 60-70, with 3 males, age 20-30, one female, age 60-70, 1 female, age 20-30, and 1 female 10 years and under.
1847 October 14. William Flood and Hannah, grantors, sell 160 acres in Edgar Co., Illinois to Jesse B. Morris, grantee, for $1600. Reference: Edgar Co., Illinois Deed Book 8, page 459. Note: this land is in Symmes Twp., Edgar Co., Illinois.
No trace of William Flood and his wife, Hannah, has been found after 14 Oct 1847. It is believed that they migrated to Iowa or Missouri, or even California with one or more of their children. Since they can't be found in any 1850 Federal census index, it is presumed that they were both deceased by 1850.
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