Notes on Moses Van Winkle
The older children state in census records that they were born in New York or Pennsylvania. The History of Sullivan County, New York, mentions a Moses Van Winkle at Narrowsburgh, on the Delaware River ( on the west side of Sullivan Co., bordering
Pennsylvania. Moses Van Winkle and Jonathan Decker and two of his neighbors, left for Minisink at the time of The Graham Massacre. Minisink is 9 miles south of Narrowsburgh. Moses Van Winkle is in the 1790 census of Mamakating, Ulster Co., now
Sullivan Co., New York.
Paul Tyler lived near Moses in Mamakating ( which in 1790 had only 1,763 People). Moses likely left New York in the 90s and went to Pennsylvania, where some of his children were born. On 7 Oct 1799, Moses bought 86 acres and 21 perches of land
in Ohio Co. WV (formerly Virginia), from George Coffinbury for 270 dollars lawful money of the state of Pennsylvania. The deed states, Moses VanWinkle formerly of Newyork. It is normal to identify the buyer as being of the county in question
unless the buyer is a new arrival, leading me to believe Moses had just come from New York and not Pennsylvania. At the Redstone Association Meeting of 24 to 26 of September 1802, held at Enon, PA, Moses VanWinkle and James Curtis were
representatives from the short Creek meeting. Enon was another name for the Maple Creek Baptist Church located in Washington County, PA. Short Creek is mainly in Ohio County, WV, which is west of and adjoining Washington County, PA. Moses sold
the land to John Beard on 3 Dec. 1804 for 300 dollars lawful money of the State of Pennsylvania. This deed shows his wife's name as Elizabeth and that she made her mark as she could not sign her name. Both deeds describe the land as being on Big
Wheeling Creek, and adjacent surveys call it Peters Run. Wheeling Creek follows the old National Road (now Highway 40) in this area. The location of Moses land was most likely 5 miles east of the Ohio River at the Highway 40 crossing. This is
east of Wheeling and near the intersection of Highway 40 and Interstate 70. The exact location is difficult to determine, due to the poor quality of the old surveys.
Family tradition states that Moses came from Wheeling, WV. He stopped first between Cresden and Zanesville in the southern part of Muskingum Co., where on 6 Jan. 1806 he purchased land from the United States District land Office in Zanesville,
OH. Moses is mentioned in Blue Rock Township on 4 June 1811. The Board made a report of reviewers in favor of a road with demonstrance, made and signed by Moses Van Winkle and John Bland. Soon after, Moses moved to Muskingum Township, just north
of Zanesville. Moses is listed in Ohio Crossroads, Vol. II Page 19 as living in Muskingum Co. in 1816. The Baxter Baptist Church of Muskingum Co.(also known as Wakatomika Church and as the Falls of Licking Church) was founded on 14 Sept. 1808.
Moses and Elizabeth were 2 of the 7 founding members. The church was located four and one half miles north of Zanesville on Carnation Road in Muskingum Township.
Elizabeth died on 22 April 1816 and was buried in the Baxter Church Cemetery. No stone has been found for her. Moses left the church on 19 June 1819, after the death of his wife in 1816. Moses married Martha Earles in Coshocton County on 17
Dec. 1818. She was born 11 May 1786 in Pa. they had 6 children, making Moses father of 16 children. Moses traveled up to Newark, Utica, and Mount Vernon looking for land, coming back via Gambier and Bladensburg. Moses and Martha sold their
land in Licking Township, Muskingum Co. Ohio, to Samuel Cole for $12,000, a very large sum! They both signed with their mark, indicating they were unable to write. In 1818 they settled at Valley View on Wakatomica Creek in Fallsbury Township,
Licking County, Ohio. Moses had purchased the land at the Zanesville land office on 10 July 1815 and 2 April 1816. In 1991 this land was owned by Vaughan Van Winkle, Moses' great-great-grandson. Moses was a farmer. He died 22 Feb 1838. His
will was probated in Licking Co. on 21 April 1838, one of the three executors was his son-in-law, Dewey Wheeler. In 1860 Martha was living with her son Samuel. Martha died 21 Feb. 1870 at age 83. Martha and Moses are both buried in the Van
Winkle Cemetery, located on their property. Many of the Van Winkles are buried in the Van Winkle and Fallsbury cemeteries in Fallsbury Township, Ohio.
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