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David A. Hartzell (1802-1868) - updated Dec. 3, 2010(See green 12/3/2011 below, his 1868 Will.)I believe this David A. Hartzell to be a first cousin of my ancestor David Hartzell, and possible son of Adam Hartzell's brother Abraham Hartzell. Nowhere have I seen my ancestor listed with a middle initial, not even on his gravestone. A David A. Hartzell, not my ancestor, first shows up in Montgomery County records in an 1835 Dayton, Ohio court case regarding someone who owed him money. My ancestor was surely in Indiana by now, establishing an occupation and courting Barbara Nipp. The court record shows David A. Hartzell in partnership with George Sinks, as "Hartzell & Sinks". Note that Christina Sink was the mother of my ancestor David Hartzell. This is compelling evidence that David A. Hartzell was closely connected to our family. This George Sinks was a son or grandson of the George Sinks whose homeplace in north Montgomery County is where the Adam Hartzell family first headed on arrival in Ohio in 1815. It is thought that this George Sinks "Sr." was an uncle of Adam's wife Christina Sink. Back in 1792, Philip Hartzell and Abraham Sink settled in Franklin County Virgina at the same time and next to each other. Abraham Sink is thought to be a brother of Adam's wife Christina.
The 1840 Cincinnati City Directory shows "David A Hartzell". He lived on 3rd, between
Main and Walnut. He was born in Virginia. No occupation is shown.
See http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohhamilt/dir1840cinti3.htm.
In a Google Books Result for "William's Cincinnati Directory Volume 4", 1853, page 167 there is The 1860 Census, Storrs Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, shows "D A Hartzell", age 58 (b. 1802), born in Virginia. He was keeper of a boarding house. No wife is shown, but his 1868 Will (below) names his wife Ellen. For the 1835 court case, David A. was about 33 years old. Storrs Township was just west of downtown Cincinnati. Part of it is now Lower Price Hill, and the west part includes the present-day town of Riverside, on the river.
In a Google Books Result for "Cincinnati Pioneer Association"+Hartzell, there is The Cincinnati
Pioneer, by John Day Caldwell. It has
In "Hamilton County Ohio Wills, Surnames F to K",
http://www.libraries.uc.edu/libraries/arb/archives/collections/natdec/documents/ 12/3/2010: Here is the text of the will, with important info in red: I, David A. Hartzell, of Cincinnati, do hereby make this my last will and testament, herby revoking all wills and testaments by me at any time heretofore made. And First I do hereby appoint & constitute my Friend Thomas H. Yeatman the Executor of this my last will, and request the Probate Court not to demand any bonds from him as Executor. Secondly, I request my Executor to pay all my just debts, and funeral expenses. Thirdly All the rest and residue of my Estate both real and personal of which I may die possessed, remaining after the payment of my debts, etc., I do hereby give bequeath and devise to my wife Ellen Hartzel, well knowing that she will use it for the best of herself and of our children. Witness my hand and seal this third day of February A.D. 1868. (Signed) David A. Hartzell Thus, the will says he indeed was married, and had children. His wife had to have died after 1868, but she is not shown in the 1860 Census. He was still alive Feb. 3, 1868, and died before Nov. 10, 1868. Assuming he died after his May 23 birthday, he was 66 years old. He refers to Thomas Yeatman as a friend, not as a brother-in-law. His signature does not match the handwriting of the will. Going back to the 1860 Census, where David A. Hartzell was keeper of a boarding house, Thomas & Elizabeth (Hartzell) Yeatman were also living at that boarding house. The census says Thomas was a vine grower and owned $35,000 worth of real estate. He was age 54 (b.~1806), she was age 52 (b.~1808), both born in Ohio.
Now, going back to the 1820 Census, there is an interesting entry for Cincinnati
Ward 2 with Eve
Hartsell as head of household. We don't know if this is Abraham's family, but if it is, I added
possible names. Ward 2 is where David A. Hartzell was in 1840 and 1853. Abraham Hartzell seems to have disappeared by 1820. The "Hartzell Ancestral Line", even though it is fraught with errors for Ohio information, says "This Abraham Hartzell presumably roamed around and came back later to Ellerton to see the other John Hartzell family living there, and he stayed on with them." For Adam Hartzell's son John Hartzell, the 1840 Census does not show anyone Abraham's age in the household. Regarding Franklin vs. Bedford County VA as David A. Hartzell's birthplace, http://djsmith.us/hartzell.htm Abraham Hartzell (son of Johann Philip Hartzell), married Eva Houtz May 23, 1796 in Bedford County. It says Maria Margaret Hartzell (daughter of Johann Philip Hartzell), married Andrew Rowland Jan. 25, 1793 in Bedford County, Virginia. BUT, "Marriage Bonds of Franklin County, Virginia" shows these marriages in Franklin County. Franklin County was formed from Bedford and Henry Counties in 1785. The area in Franklin County where our ancestors lived was formerly Bedford County, that part north of the Blackwater River, with it's mouth at the Staunton River on the east side. Abraham Hartzell bought land in Montgomery County Ohio in 1805. It seems probable that David A. Hartzell was a son of Abraham & Eva Hartzell, born 6 years after their marriage. Perhaps David's middle initial "A" stands for "Abraham".
In promoting the idea that Abraham Hartzell had a family in Cincinnati, he appears in the following
Tax Lists. Butler County is directly south of Montgomery County. Assuming this is our Abraham, he
was in Cincinnati by 1810, and there in 1817. The 1820 Census shows Eve Hartsell as head of
household. I've not found any David A. Hartzell household in the Census with a family. The Franklin County Settlement Map (http://www.jdhartsell.com/hartsell/SettlementMapVA.html) gives a definition of how Franklin County was formed in 1785: "All that part of the county Bedford lying south of the Staunton River, together with all that part of the county of Henry lying north of a line to be run from the head of Shooting Creek to the west end of Turkey Cock Mountain, thence along the top of the mountain to intersect the dividing line between the counties of Henry and Pittsylvania, thence along that line to the mouth of Blackwater River". See http://sos.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/D8FB2228-2223-4AC7-91A9-45669A165968/0/HammonVirginiasWesternCounties1780.JPG, showing Bedford and Henry counties before Franklin County was formed.
In a 2002 notice for the city of Cincinnati to appropriate to public use for elimination of slum and blight
there is for Parcel 8 "All the right, title and interest in and to the following described real estate
to wit: that certain tract of land situated in Storrs Township, Hamilton County, Ohio which was conveyed by
a David Z. Sedam and Amanda N. Sedam, his wife, to Jacob Strader by deed dated September 1st,
1836 and recorded in Deed Book 61 page 281 of the records of Hamilton County, Ohio and bounded as follows
to-wit: Commencing at a point where the center of the Cincinnati and Lawrenceburgh River Road intersects
the center of a twenty (20) foot lane laid out by Sedam in a deed to David A. Hartzell
recorded in Book 43, page 310 of Hamilton County Records ..." FYI, the following have been found in the OH 1860 Federal Census Index for Cincinnati.
Daniel Hertzell, 12th Ward, Cincinnati, page 140, born in Baden, age 24,
TIMELINE SUMMARY
Cincinnati in 1812 (click picture for web page).
Below: Cincinnati 1853 Wards map (click map for larger image).
David Hetzel, married Margaret Nieval 1830 OhioThere is another David Hartzell that the "Hartzell Ancestral Line" confuses with my ancestor. He was actually David Hetzel of Montgomery County, OH. The "Hartzell Ancestral Line" says that David Hartzell married Margaret Nieval in 1830 in Montgomery County Ohio. In "Montgomery County, Ohio Marriage Journals 1803-1850", Vol. B, page 38, there is "on the 29th of April 1830 David Hetzel and Margaret Nievel". The "H" is written with a loop at all four ends, which makes it look like "Hertzel". The name Henry on the same page looks like Heenry. David Hetzel was born May 4, 1806 in Rehrersburg, Berks County, PA; son of John and Catharina (Thomas) Hetzel. He died Feb. 2, 1891 and is buried at Hillgrove Cemetery, Miamisburg, Montgomery County, OH. His wife Margaret (Nievel) was born in 1808 and died Sep. 18, 1878, also buried at Hillgrove Cemetery. |
