Wrong Andrew Painter
As a follow-up to my posting of 11 May 01
(number 1676), my father visited the National
Archives to inspect the 1850 Census sheet
for the Andrew Painter living in Madison
Township, Richland County, Ohio.There,
on page 152, is Andrew Painter.
He is 45 years old, and is from Pennsylvania
--not Virginia.(Just to clarify the identity,
the others in the household were:
Mary, aged 30--that would be second wife
Mary Bender--Jane, 22; Jacob; 15, Louisa,
4; and Marie, 3.)
Again, the connection beween this Andrew
Painter and John Painter (1775-1860) is
very doubtful, despite many genealogies
that show a father-son relationship.
John Painter is fairly well documented,
and he and his family did not leave
Virginia for Ohio until about 1812.
Nor is there any evidence of a sojourn
to Pennsylvania.
Anyone have any additional info on this
topic?We've begun to look for the wills
and possible obits.
Eric