METHAM GENEALOGY DATA

We have collected the following data while researching our ancestors. Please understand a listing here does NOT mean we're researching that particular individual. It merely means we found this data while looking for our family and offer it here to assist other researchers.

1. Florida Records
• Death Records
• Newspaper Obituaries
2. Illinois Records
• Cemetery Records
• Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Effingham County, IL
3. Ohio Records
• Birth Records
• Birth Records - Coshocton County, Ohio
• Marriage Records
• Marriage Records - Coshocton County, Ohio
• Death Records
• Newspaper Obituaries
• Cemetery Records
• Darlings Run Cemetery, Jefferson Twp, Coshocton, OH
• Mohawk Cemetery, Jefferson Twp, Coshocton, OH
• Newcastle Cemetery, Newcastle Twp, Coshocton, OH
• Warsaw/Valley View Cemetery, Jefferson Twp, Coshocton, OH
• Court Records
• Grantor Deeds - Coshocton County, Ohio
• Court of Common Pleas
• Census Records
• 1850 Federal Census - Coshocton County, OH
• 1860 Federal Census - Coshocton County, OH
• Historical Abstracts
4. Miscellaneous Metham Information
• Metham Research Links

Florida Newspaper Obituaries - click on the name to read an abstract.

Back to the Top

Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Effingham County, IL

• METHAM, (Aunt) Mary 14 Jan 1815 - 25 Jan 1892

Back to the Top

Birth Records - Coshocton County, Ohio - information obtained from County birth indexes dated 1867 to 1875

• METHAM, John P. - born 10 Aug 1869
  Father: METHAM, Pren
  Mother: MULHEM, Sarah A.
• METHAM, Levella M. - born 21 Sep 1873
  Father: METHAM, Pren
  Mother: PROUDFOOT, Sarah

Back to the Top

Marriage Records - Coshocton County, Ohio - information obtained from certificates.

• METHAM, Alora & CATE, William A. - married 07 Aug 1877, Coshocton Co., OH
• METHAM, Austin J. & CAMPBELL, Louisa - married 28 Jul 1892, Coshocton Co., OH
• METHAM, Edna G. & RODEHAVER, Edwin O. - married 22 May 1895, Coshocton Co., OH
• METHAM, Eliza Ann & MOORE, John - married 24 Oct 1844, Coshocton Co., OH
• METHAM, Henry & MORE, Margaret - married 31 Dec 1846, Coshocton Co., OH
• METHAM, Henry & DALIER, Anna - married 08 Nov 1871, Coshocton Co., OH
• METHAM, John & FORTUNE, Alice - married 15 Oct 1885, Coshocton Co., OH
• METHAM, John P. & DARLING, Dora - married 20 Mar 1895, Coshocton Co., OH
• METHAM, Josephine & WILLS, John - married 10 Aug 1854, Coshocton Co., OH
• METHAM, Luella M. & CATE, George W. - 22 Dec 1891, Coshocton Co., OH
• METHAM, Pren & STANLEY, Esther - married 29 Nov 1872, Coshocton Co., OH

Back to the Top

Ohio Newspaper Obituaries - click on the name to read an abstract.

Back to the Top

Darlings Run Cemetery, Jefferson Twp, Coshocton, OH - information obtained from Coshocton County, OH Cemetery Inscriptions, Vol. 5

• METHAM, Edna G. wife of Edwin O. Rodehaver; 16 Feb 1876-17 Feb 1904

Back to the Top

Mohawk Cemetery, Jefferson Twp, Coshocton, OH - information obtained from Coshocton County, OH Cemetery Inscriptions, Vol. 6 and actual headstone inscriptions.

• METHAM, Ophelia, dau. of Henry & Margaret Metham died 11 Sep 1874 aged 20 years

• METHAM, Pren, born in England 26 May 1785 died 11 Nov 1836
• METHAM, Eliza wife of Pren Metham born 01 Nov 1789 died 11 Aug 1863
• METHAM, Margaret, dau of P. Metham born 01 Jul 1817 died 03 Oct 1839
  The following are listed on the headstone as "Children of P. & E. Metham"
• METHAM, John P. born 11 Oct 1820 died 01 Sep 1827
• METHAM, Charlotte L.K. born 07 Mar 1828 died 12 Sep 1831

• METHAM, inf. dau. of P. & S.A. Metham died 04 Jan 1867

• METHAM, Artingy Alvira dau. of William B. & Rebecca Metham died 05 Oct 1852 aged 3 mos 22 das

• METHAM, Sarah Ophelia dau of Henry & Margaret Metham died 28 Aug 1852 age 22 mos
• METHAM, James Pren son of Henry & Margaret Metham died 23 Aug 1852 age 5 mos 8 das
• MOORE, Margaret wife of Henry Metham born 16 Oct 1821 - 04 Mar 1865 married 31 Dec 1846

• METHAM, Mary M. 28 Mary 1849-30 Jan 1912

Back to the Top

Newcastle Cemetery, Newcastle Twp, Coshocton, OH - information obtained from Coshocton County Cemetery Inscriptions, Vol. 3.

• METHAM, Anna 03 Oct 1843-24 Jul 1907

Back to the Top

Warsaw/Valley View Cemetery, Jefferson Twp, Coshocton, OH - information obtained from Coshocton County Cemetery Inscriptions, Vol. 8.

• METHAM, Cora Darling 1874-1937
• METHAM, John Pren 1869-1943

• METHAM, Louisa C. 1856-1930, mother
• METHAM, Austin J. 1857-1927, father

• METHAM, Col. Pren 1830-1917, 80th O.V. VI
• METHAM, Sarah Ann his wife 1834-1917

• HAMLEN KAYLOR (METHAM), Harriett 1906-1983

Back to the Top

Grantor Deeds - Coshocton County, Ohio

Back to the Top

Court Records - Coshocton County, Ohio

• Pren Metham Will
  "The State of Ohio Coshocton County"
  "Called Court of Common Pleas November 22, 1836"
  "Eliza Metham & Henry Yonker Executors of the Estate of Pren Metham" "Be it remembered that now to wit: at a called court of common pleas for said county, to wit on the twenty-second day of November in the year or our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty six. The last will and testament of Pren Metham was produced to the court, which reads in the words following to wit."
  "Will"
  "Pren Metham"
  "I leave unto my beloved wife all my household furniture and all the cows and heifers and the house she now lives in to have and to hold as long as she remains my widow. And the place to be rented out and a sufficient portion allotted to her to maintain her and the children till the youngest becomes of age. I leave to my son Henry and his children two hundred acres of land of the west side by him paying two hundred dollars to the girls. And I leave my son William and his heirs two hundred acres of the land south side by his paying two hundred dollars when he comes of age to the girls. And I leave my son Pren the rest of my land and his heirs by his paying the girls two hundred dollars a year for three years when he comes of age. The aforesaid sum to be laid out in land to be divided equally among all my daughters and for each of them to hold during their natural life time and then to descend to their children, and if any one of the aforesaid children should die without an heir the proceeds shall be equally divided among the rest. And I wish for Henry Yonker and Henry Metham to lay out the aforesaid to the best advantage. And whatever sum from the rent of the place to give each girl a hundred dollars in rotation. All except Emily and she is to have a new saddle. And if No. 8 will sell for twenty five hundred dollars before Henry comes of age to be sold and laid out in land and him to have two hundred acres out of the land that bought inclusive of paying the two hundred dollars and the balance of the land to be equally divided among the girls and my personal property to be sold to pay all my just debts as soon as convenient. This 30th day of September 1836."
  "He being sound mind and memory delivered in presence"
  "Isaac Darling"
  "Isaac Whitaker"
  "Pren Metham"

• Petition For Dower
  Oct 1838 - Eliza Metham vs. Henry Yonker, et al. Petition for Dower. Filed 4-23-1838. Pren Metham at his death was seized of estate of inheritance in 3rd quarter; township 5, range 8 near White Woman Run--96 acres NW corner of Darbys tract, 76 acres in 8, 163 acres in lot 9, 118 acres in lot 10, also Island set in middle of White Woman River at No 9 and 1, deed to Pren Metham by deed dated 3-15-1821 and recorded in Book 8, page 36 and 362 by Wm Dell and Hannah. That Pren Metham left will probated 9-30-1836. Pren Metham dec'd died 11-12-1826 [sic]. Widow, Eliza Metham. Heirs: Emily formerly Metham, wife of Henry Yonker, Mary Metham aged 24 years, Margaret Metham aged 22 years, Henry Metham aged 16 years, Eliza Ann Metham aged 14 years, William Metham aged 12 years, Charlotte Louisa Metham who died in fall of 1837 intestate as a minor, Pren Metham aged 8 years, Caroline Metham aged 7 years and Josephine Metham aged 3 years. (info taken from Coshocton County, Ohio Common Pleas Court Records 1838-40)

Back to the Top

1850 Federal Census - Coshocton County, OH - the enumerator wrote the surname Metham as "Mottum"

Jefferson Twp., page 166

• MOTTUM, Henry; age 28, male, farmer, born PA
  MOTTUM, Margaret; age 26, female, born Ireland
  MOTTUM, Ann Eliza; age 2, female, born OH
  MOTTUM, Mary E.; age 1, female, born OH
  MCCULLOUGH, Margaret, age 20, female, born Ireland
  

• MOTTUM, William; age 24, male, farmer, born OH
  MOTTUM, Eliza; age 60, female, born NJ
  MOTTUM, Pren; age 20, male, farmer, born OH
  MOTTUM, Caroline; age 18, female, born OH
  MOTTUM, Josephine; age 15, female, born OH

Back to the Top

1860 Federal Census - Coshocton County, OH Jefferson Twp., page 298-302

• METHAN, Pren; age 38, male, local miner, born England
  METHAN, Catherine; age 33, female, born England
  METHAN, Mary A.; age 14, female, born England
  METHAN, Pren H.; age 11, male, born England
  METHAN, Vincent; age 1, male, born OH

• METHAM, Henry; age 38, male, farmer, born PA
  METHAM, Margaret; age 36, female, born Ireland
  METHAM, Mary M.; age 11, female, born OH
  METHAM, Ophelia; age 7, female, born OH
  METHAM, Elizabeth; age 4, female, born OH
  PA??NY, John E.; age 19, male, born ??

• METHAM, Pren Jr.; age 30, male, farmer, born OH
  METHAM, Sarah A; age 25, female, born OH
  METHAM, Alora; age 5, female, born OH
  METHAM, Austin; age 3, male, born OH
  METHAM, Eliza; age 75, female, born NJ
  HOLLAND, David; age 20, male, farm laborer, born VA
  JACOBY, James; age 21, male, farm laborer, born OH

Back to the Top

Historical Abstracts - Click on the hypertext name to read the abstract.

• METHAM, Pren
  "Historical Collections of Coshocton County, Ohio 1764-1876" by William E. Hunt (Originally published in "The Democrat and Standard" Jan 9, 1903-Sep 23, 1904)
  

• METHAM, Pren
  "History of Coshocton County, Ohio: Its Past and Present 1740-1881" compiled by N.N. Hill Jr., 1881

Back to the Top

Metham Research Links

• Metham Family Genealogy Forum - GenForum

Back to the Top