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Esther Poff, daughter of Peter Riley Poff, Sr. and Elizabeth (Picklesteimer) Pickle was born 1795 in Montgomery Co., VA, and died July 06, 1864 in Floyd Co., VA.
She was the fourth of eight children. Regarding Esther and her siblings we find the following records:
From Kegley's "Early Adventurers on the Western Waters", Volume II:
CATHERINE [page 194]
May 7, 1811 - WILLIAM CONNER and CATHARINE POFF, sur. Peter Poff (signed in German script)
ESTHER [page 198]
March 13, 1815 - PETER DEWEESE and ESTHER POFF, sur. Peter Poff
Erma Conner Sowers in "Head of the River Ancestors" lists only Catherine ("Katy") and Esther as Peter Poff's daughters. [page 22]. No mention is made of Elizabeth ("Betsy"), the youngest sister.
From these records, we know that Esther Poff married Peter DeWeese on March 13, 1815 in Montgomery County, VA,
In about 1830 they moved to Floyd County.
They had 10 children:
BOOKS
Grose, S.E. Floyd County Virginia Heritage Book (2000) pp. 10, 14, 42, 55, 61, 67, 69, 77a [photo], 91, 93, 99, 108, 127 - 129, 138, 144, 169, 186 [index].
Kegley, Frederick B. and Mary B. Kegley. Early Adventurers on the Western Waters, Vol. 2, (Virginia: Green Publishers, 1982) pp. 194, 198.
http://www.kegleybooks.com/Section_Home.asp?SID=75 Also available through Google Books.
Sowers, Erma Conner. Head of the River Ancestors. (Virginia: E.C. Sowers, 1985) p. 22
FAMILY TREES ONLINE
"Dewese" Page on Rootsweb http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~barbr/dewese.htm
Perdue, Ellen F. "Information about Esther Poff" My Ancestors-Poff, Kropff, Foster, Loving, Davis, Ledbetter
http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/p/e/r/Ellen-F-Perdue/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0227.html
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=kalql8n&id=I22467
"Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR8N-XLJ : accessed 12 September 2015), Peter Deweese and Esther Poff, 13 Mar 1815; citing Montgomery County, Virginia, reference P 145; FHL microfilm 32,633.
Esther Dense [Dewese] in the 1850 United States Federal Census
Household Members:
Source Citation Year: 1850; Census Place: District 15, Floyd, Virginia; Roll: M432_943; Page: 394B; Image: 392
Source Information Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Description This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1850 United States Federal Census, the Seventh Census of the United States.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DM-NKZ : accessed 12 September 2015), Peter D*, Floyd county, part of, Floyd, Virginia, United States; citing family 251, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
Peter D M 55 Esther D F 55 William D M 19 Julian D F 14
"United States Census, 1860," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M41W-WQY : accessed 12 September 2015), Peter Dewus, [Blank], Floyd, Virginia, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing p. 62, household ID 417, NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 805,345.
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