JOSHUA HOWELL




Born: 1745

Died: July 2nd, 1836

Buried: Middle section of Collins Cemetery, Center Township, Delaware County
Inscription: Joshua Howell died July 2, 1836 in the 91 year of his age. God is love.
Veteran’s marker: Joshua Howell, Sr., Continental Line, Revolutionary War, 1745 – 1836

Service: Public Service Claim. Certificates, Botetourt County, Virginia. VSL.
Item 58, Allowance to Joshua Howell for supplying beef, signed 10, November 1781. VA State Library.

Married: Mary, b. 1748, d. 9/11/1835 age 87 Buried Collins Cemetery, see gravestones.

Children:

• David - b. 1767, Bortetourt Co, VA; d. after 1857 in VA;
    m Susannah Hylton on 06 Oct 1789, Franklin Co, VA. (lived with son in Russell Co, VA at time of death)
• Abigail - b. 1770, Botetourt Co, VA; d. 1840 Floyd Co, VA;
    m David Porter on 29 Dec 1788, Franklin Co, VA (lived for a while in OH and IN)
• Nancy - b. 7 Nov 1777, Botetourt Co, VA; d. 22 Apr 1852 in Floyd Co, VA, (buried in Old Topeco Cemetery);
    m1 John Bryant Hylton on 4 Oct 1798, Montgomery Co, VA; m2 William Hancock, 1825 in Montgomey Co, VA
• Joshua (Jr) - b. 14 Nov 1779, Botetourt Co, VA; d. 17 Dec 1869 in Cass Co, MI, (buried in Baren Lake Cemetery);
    m Christina Mikesell on 3 Nov 1800, Montgomery Co, VA
• Thomas - b 1780 Botetourt Co, VA, d. 1837, IN;
    m Sally Stapleton on 6 Nov 1802, Montgomery Co, VA (reported buried in Old LaFontaine Cemetery in Wabash Co, IN - grave unmarked and no record. Sally last reported in Darke Co, OH in 1830 Census)
• Daniel - b July 1781 Botetourt Co, VA, d. 9 Apr 1869, Champaign Co, OH, (buried in Upper Honey Creek Cemetery);
    m Phebe Ross 1803 in VA
• John - b. 10 Dec 1783, Botetourt Co, VA, d. 10 Jan 1859, Wabash Co, IN (buried in Mississinewa Memorial Cemetery);
    m Elizabeth Parkison on 19 Sep 1805 Montgomery Co, VA
• James - b. 1787, Botetourt Co, VA, d. 1 Aug 1844, Blackford Co, IN, (buried in Collins Cemetery, Muncie, Delaware Co, IN);
    m Abigail Sumter 1806 in VA.
• Jeremiah - b. 1793, Montgomery Co, VA, d. 11 Oct 1865, Wabash Co, IN (buried in Treaty Cemetery;
    m1 Phebe Priest on 10 May 1816, Champaign Co, OH; m2 Huldah Ross in 1863. (Phebe buried in Dodge Co, MN no cemetery recorded)

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