Mildred
Dixon Harrod
Flat Rock,
Indiana
March 31,
1971
Dear Barbara,
I've put off writing you after your phone call and letter until I could get to the library to check the deed records of Fayette County, Indiana.
I can't believe that Jesse Osborn who was in Fayette County was the Jesse, the son of John, Jesse being born in 1820. He, Jesse of Fayette County, may have been a brother of John Osborn, who came to Jennings County in 1827. Our Jesse would have been only 20 in 1820, with no family and probably not wealthy enough to have bought the lots and land in Fayette County, Indiana. This Jesse in Fayette County had as his wife, Peggy or Margaret, and they went on to Fountain County, Indiana as early as 1826.
Do you have Washington B. Osborn listed as a son of Jesse and Elizabeth. I would like to read all of his Civil War letters. I had never read or heard of citizens being taken and sent to prison for owning slaves. Therefore, the story of Jesse spending some time with Nancy Dixon at Old Paris in Jennings County during the Civil War is probably true.
I agree that the grave of Nancy Robertson Osborn is probably in the cemetery at Mussel Shoals or in that neighborhood. I think we will have to hunt in Franklin, Gallatin, and Pendleton Counties for our Osborns. Surely John Osborn bought land or had a land grant when coming to Kentucky as early or earlier than 1800.
That John Osborn in Scott County, Kentucky had married the widow of Spencer Neale before October 6, 1802. It seems funny to me that the new husband always collected what was due his wife from her deceased husband's estate. I found such a transaction concerning money due Elizabeth Osborn Malcolm Robinson Dixon from the Robinson estate, collected by her last husband, Henry Dixon, in Jennings County.
Catherine Osborn and Andrew Bennett applied for a license in Jennings County, Indiana, March 15, 1828. No return.
Baalam Lett was born February 1, 1798 and Sally Osborn was born November 3, 1802, so they must have been married in Kentucky. Mr. Perry, the lawyer at Owenton, Kentucky did not find Baalam Lett's marriage.
I am "getting no where fast" in the answers to my letter, most all the people stating that I know more than they do. Will be looking forward to seeing you.
Love,
Mildred
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