Other Events and Attributes:

• 1860 Federal Census: 23 Jul 1860, Monroe, Madison, Ohio, USA; Peter Timmons household

Notes:

George and Susan (his wife) owned a farm and Cornelius (a younger brother)
lvied with George and his family, probably in Ashmore township in Coles
County, Illinois as stated on the 1879 Tax lists, for a short time.
George died at his home in Douglas County, Illinois.

1860 Federal Census:
Timmons, Peter (M, age 47, )
Timmons, Nancy (F, age 52, )
Timmons, George W. (M, age 22, )
Timmons, Lucinda (F, age 21, )
Timmons, B.H. (M, age 19, )
Timmons, LeRoy (M, age 18, )
Timmons, Labin (M, age 16, )
Timmons, Cornelius B. (M, age 14, )
Timmons, John D. (M, age 13, )
Timmons, Isaac T. (M, age 10, )
Timmons, William F. (M, age 8, )

George married Susan M. White on 1 Sep 1864 in Westfield, Clark, Illinois, USA. Susan was born about 1844 in Illinois, USA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Alice Timmons
2. Emma Timmons
3. Elmer Timmons was born about 1864 in Illinois, USA; and died.
4. Charles Timmons was born about 1867 in Illinois, USA; and died.

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1860 Federal Census: 23 Jul 1860, Monroe, Madison, Ohio, USA

Notes:

Peter lived near Chillicothe, Ohio. He also lived near Paris, Charleston, Westfield; and Lincoln, Bennet and Atwood, Illinois.



The Timmons family appears to have located in Ross County, Ohio, originally. Many of them were there in 1810.



Peter had a brother named Laban who was a wagonmaster. Many of Peter's sons were also named after his brothers.



The Timmons' are said to be of German ancestry.



**Refer to Irv Ziemann's research notes in References folder

Peter married Nancy Dyer on 22 Dec 1831 in Fayette, Ohio, USA. Nancy was born in 1808 in Madison, Ohio, USA; died on 10 Feb 1877 in Hutton, Coles, Illinois, USA; was buried in Hutton, Coles, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt. Birth: 26 Jul 1807; per tombstone
• 1860 Federal Census: 23 Jul 1860, Monroe, Madison, Ohio, USA
• 1870 Federal Census: 10 Jun 1870, Hutton, Coles, Illinois, USA

Notes:

**Refer to Irv Ziemann's research notes in References folder

Buried:
GrID=52896130

Died:
Per tombstone, age at death was Age 69 years, 6 months, 15 days. Date of death was 10 Feb 1877. Birth date computes as 26 Jul 1807

Notes:

From “The Van Deventer family”
by Van Deventer, I. C. (Ida Christobelle), b. 1866
p.118

112. Margaret (Peggy) Van Deventer, m. about 1820, Daniel Timmons, a brother to George Timmons and son of John Timmons, a Revolutionary soldier of Virginia; who, shortly after the close of the Revolution moved his family to southwestern Ohio.

George married Mary "Polly" Van Deventer on 5 Jul 1806 in Frederick, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1820 John Timmons
Union Township, Madison County, OH
August 7, 1820

1 - Male under 10
2 - Male 10 thru 15
1 - Male 26 thru 44
2 - Female under 10
1 - Female 10 thru 15
1 - Female 26 thru 44

1820 John Timmons
Deer Creek Township, Pickaway County, OH
August 7, 1820

2 - Male under 10
1 - Male 10 through 25
1 - Female under 10
1 - Female 10 through 25
1 - Female 26 thru 44
Census Search Results:

1830 John Timmons
Deer Creek Township, Pickaway County, OH

2 - Male under 5
2 - Male 5 thru 9
1 - Male 30 thru 39
2 - Female under 5
1 - Female 20 thru 29

1830 John Timmons
Perry Township, Pickaway County, OH

2 - Male 10 thru 14
1 - Male 15 thru 19
1 - Male 30 thru 39
2 - Female under 5
1 - Female 10 thru 14
1 - Female 30 thru 39

John married Sarah "Sally". Sarah was born about 1767; died on 20 Feb 1824 in Perry, Pickaway, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From “The Van Deventer family”
by Van Deventer, I. C. (Ida Christobelle), b. 1866
pp. 109-110

57. Jacob Vandeventer, went with his parents to Loudoun Co., Va.; was assessed on the tithe lists, 1771 with his father, 1772-74 independently. (L. Co. Ct. Rec.) He m. In Penn., Mary Slater, a native of Glasgow, Scotland, dau. of William and Jeaean Slater. From Loudoun, he went to Hampshire Co., later Hardy (now Pendleton Co., W. Va.), ca 1780, located on a farm on the South Branch of the Potomac River, at a place called "Smoke holes". In Hampshire Co. census enumeration for 1782, he is listed as head of a family of seven, and in 1784, as head of family of eight.

Jacob Vandeventer manufactured gunpowder, and rendered signal service to the patriots during the Revolutionary war providing them with gunpowder. He served for a short time in the regular army and participated in the battles of Valley Forge and Yorktown; was a member of the home guards.

Biog. Review Case. Schuyler & Brown Cos., Ill. (1892), Chicago, p. 285.

Jacob left Va. ca. 1808, going to Madison Co., O. Some of his family were in Fayette and Highland Cos., O., and later moved to Brown Co., Ill. (1824 to 1833). His wife taught the first school in Madison Co. and died there 1814. He d. 1825, at the home of his dau. Mary Timmons, in Fayette Co., O.

Children:

110. i. William, b. ca. 1775, in Va.; d. ca. 1802, Pendleton Co., Va.
ii. Isaac, b. in Va.; d. 1824, Clark Co., O.; patented two tracts of land in Pendleton Co., Va., which sold in 1815, his residence then being in Green Co., O.; m. in Pendleton Co. (Mar. Bond dated Apr. 18, 1796), Mary Peterson, dd Mary Peterson.
110a. iii. Peter, b. ca. 1780, Hampshire Co., Va.; d. Nov., 1832, near Versailles, Ill.
110b. iv. Jacob, b. 1781, in Va.; d. 1833, Ill.
111. v. Cornelius, b. Feb 1783; d. Oct. 17, 1865, Brown Co., Ill.
vi. Jane, m. William Reardon.
vii. Sarah, m. Jacob Judy.
viii. Ann (Nancy), m. Aug. 10, 1809, Hamilton Nighswonger, Washington Co., O., the first settler on the site of Versailles, Ill.
Old N.W. Quar. II, 57.

Children:
1. Jacob
2. Hamilton, Jr.
3. Peter Vandevnter
4. Susan
5. Clarissa, m. Saul A. Vandeventer
6. Charlotte, m. Saul A. Vandeventer (as 2nd wife)

ix. Mary (Polly), m. George Timmons.
x. Margaret (Peggy)

Jacob married Mary Slater. Mary was born in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]