Heathcock Genealogy Database - Person Sheet
Heathcock Genealogy Database - Person Sheet
NameJesse W. Kimball 
FatherIsaac Kimball
Spouses
Birth5 Mar 1798
Deathca 1870, Cynthiana, IN Age: 71
BurialOld Kimball Cemetery, near Owensville Indiana347
FatherJesse Kimball Sr. (1760-1857)
MotherElizabeth Roelofson (1796-)
Marriage25 Nov 1811, Knox Co IN348
ChildrenCharles J.
Notes for Jesse W. Kimball
Jesse Kimball Sr. in May 1819 appointed guardian of John and Charles Kimball, sons of Jesse and Sarah Kimball, their father having died.349
Notes for Sarah (Spouse 1)
The Olive Smith book lists Sarah's first husband as Charles, this is incorrect, her son was Charles, her husband was Jesse W. Kimball son of Jesse Sr.'s brother Isaac.350
By 1810 Cynthiana, KY had a population of 369, and in 1816 the state of IN was established. The old histories relate that “in March 1817, a party of 40 from Harrison Co., KY, led by William Davis floated down the Ohio River and landed at an undesignated point, thence marching north to a site where they established a ‘new’ Cynthiana in Posey Co., IN….Among the first land entries in Posey Co. were: William Davis,…Louis Williams, …and in 1817; Elisha Kimball, Herndon and Harrison Meadows, and George Lowe…and so on.351
By 1810 Cynthiana, KY had a population of 369, and in 1816 the state of IN was established. The old histories relate that “in March 1817, a party of 40 from Harrison Co., KY, led by William Davis floated down the Ohio River and landed at an undesignated point, thence marching north to a site where they established a ‘new’ Cynthiana in Posey Co., IN….Among the first land entries in Posey Co. were: William Davis,…Louis Williams, …and in 1817; Elisha Kimball, Herndon and Harrison Meadows, and George Lowe…and so on.351