Justus (Justice) Osborn
By Steve Mecham
Justus (Justice) Osborn was born
The following Children were born to
Justus Osborn and Susannah Dickerman:
Charlotte Osborn, born
Cornelius Osborn, born
Joseph Osborn, born 26 Nov. 1799 in
Pawlet, Rutland, Vermont, he married Jane Ryan about 1828 in Erie county,
Pennsylvania, he died 27 Nov. 1838 in Fairview Township, Erie county,
Pennsylvania and is buried in the Fairview Cemetery.
Jacob Osborn, born
Phillip Osborn, born
Elizabeth Osborn was born between 1808
and 1811, probably in Pawlett,
Hannah Osborn was born in about 1810,
probably in Fredona,
Thomas Osborn, born about 1815, either
in
Notes on Justus Osborn:
"History of
Page 298: Baptisms by Rev. Nathaniel
Roberts
Page 301: list of baptisms performed
by Nathaniel Roberts, continued.
Father Child's name and date of
baptism
Higley, Isaac Susannah,
Page 303 list of baptisms performed by
Nathaniel Roberts, continued.
Father Child's name and date of
baptism
Osbon, Timothy, Justin,
Susannah,
Highly,
Seba,
Page 712:
HIGLEY, ISAAC, came from
Sarah, b.
Susannah, b.
page 752
OSBORN, TIMOTHY, m. Susannah Higley, both of
1. Justice, b.
2. Susannah, b.
3. Isaac Higley, b.
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BARBOUR COLLECTIONS, PG 46
OSBORN, {See also OSTURN}, Issac
Higley, s. Timothy & Susannah, b. Apri. 12, 1772
, Justin, s. Timothy & Susannah, b.
, Susannah, d. Timothy &
Susannah, b.
, Susanna, m. Henry WATTLES,
, Timothy, m. Susannah HIGLEY,
b. of
Film No#0028704 Pawlet, Rutland Co. VT
land records
Grantee from Grantor Index
Book
Grantee
Grantor page
no# Date
5 Osborn, Justice Edmund Gould 106
5 Osborn, Justice John Mott 264
5 Osborn, Justice Sely Brown 455
Grantor to Grantee Index
Book
Grantor
Grantee
page no# Date
5 Osborn, Justus Joseph Ackly 435
1800 Federal Census of Pawlett,
Head of Household: Osburn, Justin
Free white males ages 26 through 44:
one (Justus Osborn)
Free white females ages 16 through 25:
one (Susannah Osborn)
Free white males ages under 10: two
(presumably Cornelius Osborn and Joseph Osborn)
Free white females ages under 10: one
(presumably Charlotte Osborn)
1810 United States Federal Census of
Pomfret Township, Niagara Co.,
Head of Household: J. Osborn
Free white males ages 26 through 44:
one (Justus Osborn)
Free white males ages 10 through 15: one (Presumably Cornelius Osborn, b. 1795)
Free white males ages under 10 years:
three (Presumably Joseph b. 1799, Jacob b. 1801, Phillip b. 1807).
Free white females ages 26 through 44:
one (Presumably Susannah Dickerman Osborn, b. 1777).
Free white females ages 10 through 15:
one (Charlotte Osborn, b. 1795).
Free white females ages under two: two
( Presumably Elizabeth b. between 1808 and 1811 and
Hannah b. 1810).
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1811 Assessment Rolls
for Pomfret,
1811 Inhabitants of Pomfret taken from
the assessment rolls. The original includes numbers of acres, value, personal
property, and aggregate value. Only the name, town, range, and lot are given
here.Assessment Roll to the Real and personal Estate in the town of
1820 Federal Census of
Head of Household: Justus Osborn
Free white males of 45 and upwards
including heads of households: One (Justus Osborn, b. 1765)
Free white males of 16 and under 45,
including heads of households: one (Joseph Osborn, b. 1799 or Jacob Osborn, b.
1801).
Free white males of 10 and under 16:
one (Phillip Osborn, b. 1807).
Free white males under 10 years: one
(Thomas Osborn??)
Free white females of 26 and under 45,
including heads of households: one (Lois Osborn)
Free white females under ten years:
three (Hannah,
Numbers of persons engaged in
agriculture: one (Justus Osborn)
Grantor Grantee Book No# page No# Township Date
Osborn, Justice Sebra Dagget C 337-339
Osborn, Justice Joseph Osborn F
129
Osborn, Justice Phillip Osborn H 99 Girard
Osborn, Justice Robert Sterrett B 45 Elk Creek
Osborn, Justus Ellis Fish M 647 Girard
Osborn, Justus Phillip Osborn S 609 Girard
Osborn, Justus Samuel Trout Vol. 1
Girard
1830 Federal Census of
Head of household: Justus Osborn
Free white males, of 50 and under 60:
one (Justus Osborn, b. 1765)
Free white males, of 15 and under 20:
one (Thomas Osborn)
Free white females, of 40 and under
50: one (Lois Osborn)
Free white females, of 20 and under
30: one (??)
Free white females, of 15 and under
20: two
Free white females of 10 and under15:
one
1840 Federal Census of Girard
Township, Erie Co.,
Head of Household: Justus Osborn
Free white males 60 and under 70: one
(Justus Osborn)
Free white males 10 and under 15: one
Free white females 30 and under 40:
one
Free white females 20 and under 30:
one
Head of Household: Phillip Osborn
Free white males 30 and under 40: one
(Phillip Osborn)
Free white males 20 and under 30: one
Free white females 30 and under 40:
one (Cynthia Osborn)
Free white females 5 and under 10: one
(Elizabeth Osborn)
1850 Federal Census of Girard
Township, Erie Co.,
Name Age Sex occupation V of Real estate Birth place
Phillip Osborn 43 M Farmer $9506 VT
Cynthia A 39 F PA
Elizabeth J 15 F
PA
Justus 78 M Farmer $3000 CT
William Jones 30 F
PA
Phillip VanCamp 6 M
PA
Jonathan Stafford 13 M
PA
* Justus Osborn is living in the
household of Phillip Osborn, his son, 1850 Census of Franklin township, Erie Co.
shows his wife Parthenia Osborn living with her brother Amos Milks. Their
marriage was annulled in 1849. Phillip Vancamp is the orphaned son of Hannah
Osborn Vancamp who died in 1848.
“History of
Page 339
Our Church at Girard
In 1816 there was no Methodist society
nearer Girard than
Pages 601-605:
The Methodists heald occasional
worship at an early date in various portions of the country, but principally in
the western and southwestern townships.
…The earliest of the congregations in
the country were those of…Girard
western and southwestern townships. …The
earliest of the congregations in the country were those of…Girard township, 1815….
The following interesting incidents
relative to the Methodist Church in Erie County were contributed by Frank Henry
to the Erie Gazette: “At the annual session of the Pittsburg Conference of the
Methodist Church, held in Uniontown, Fayette County, PA, in the month of
August, the following resolution was passed, viz.:
Resolved, that a new circuit be formed
and called Erie Circuit. That it shall comprise that part of North East Circuit
lying west of North East,
“I have the original minutes of the
new circuit up to the time when it was again subdivided and Wesleyville Circuit
was formed. Also the complete minutes of the Wesleyville
Circuit to the present time.”
“Nearly all the preachers who met in
conference in Uniontown in 1830 went there on horseback over mountains and
through the wilderness, fording or swimming through creeks or rivers, and often
camping out at night. Some were too poor to own a horse and went to conference
on foot. They were indeed heroes and those were ‘the heroic days of Methodism.’
What a wonderful change has been wrought in the last century that has passed
away. There are only a few- perhaps half a dozen of the conference of 1830 who
are now living.
Nearly all the persons whose names are recorded in the minutes have passed
‘from labor to reward’, but their names are written in the Book of Life. Many readers of the Gazette well remember
those old pioneers, and will be interested to have the work of the fathers
recalled to memory, and will doubtless be pleased to read a few extracts from
the ‘old log book.’
First quarterly conference for Erie
Circuit held at Harbor Creek, September 13, 1830. Present, William B. Mack,
presiding elder, Joseph a. Barris and Alcinous Young, circuit preachers. Roll
call present, local preachers: N. W. Curtis, Barney Bort, William Stafford;
Exhorters: Luther Stone, D.D. Daniels, Y. Wilkins, Joseph S. Buck, Justus
Osborn; Class leaders: David Burton, A. Bowers, William Allen, William
Campbell, Edmund Brace; Circuit Stewards: Jamese Flowers, Sturkey Stafford,
John Wheaton. James McConkey, recording steward. Voted
unanimously that the members of this quarterly conference will do all they can
to establish weekly class collections on this circuit.
Signed: William B. Mack, P.E.
Andrew Young, Sec’y.
“During the conference year, Rev.
Barris, preacher in charge, received his salary in full, viz. $167. The salary
now paid the pastor of one of the charges- in the City of Erie, would have
endowed a college professorship in those primitive times. This meeting was held
in warm weather and the doors and windows were open. An enterprising and devout
cat persisted in annoying those having charge of the communion basket, causing
merriment among some of the young people present, and disturbing the service.
Finally Brother Barris took the cat outside and beat out its brains against the
corner of the house. It is said that the cat was none of the nine lived
species. This act filled the hearts of the ‘beam in their own eye’ ones with
holy indignation and horror. The storm eventually subsided and the good brother
was not ‘cast out of the synagogue.’
…..The 4th quarterly meeting was held
with a camp meeting in a grove on the farm of Judge Sterrett, in Harbor Creek,
near Wesleyville, June 25, 1831. James Flower, a steward, resigned and John
Shadduck was appointed. The following local preachers were present: Barney
Bort, William Stafford, John Keese Hallock, N. W. Curtis, Philip Osborn,
William Burton, Titus Cook. Josiah Flower joined the
Annual Conference. Exhorters present: Justus Osborn, Luther Stone, D. D.
Daniels, Nehemiah Beers, Stephen Stuntz, David Burton, John McClune, Joseph S.
Buck, Watts B. Lloyd, Freeman Palmer and Franklin Vandoozer…..
…The fourth quarterly conference was
held at Peter Himebaugh’s, in Beaver Dam, July 28, 1832. David Vorse, Asa White
and Edmund Brace were among the exhorters, and William and B. Deighton, class
leaders. A committee to build a meeting house in McKean was appointed, viz.:
John K. Hallock, Ezra White, and James Bail. The following local preacher’s
licenses were renewed: Barney Bort, William Stafford, Philip Osborn, Josiah
Flower, Nehemiah Beers, David Vorse and Peter Haldeman. At his meeting Watts B.
Lloyd was licensed to preach, and Capt. Thomas Wilkins was licensed to exhort.
At their own request, the papers of Stephen Stuntz and Justus Osborn were not
renewed”.
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ERIE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA- HISTORY OF
ERIE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, 1884 BY SAMUEL P. BATES
Other Churches: The Methodist
Episcopal Church is the outgrowth of a class formed in the house of Justice
Osborne by Rev. John P. Kent in 1817. It consisted of Justice Osborne (leader),
wife and daughter, Giles Badger and wife, Alexander Nicholas and wife, and Mrs.
Odell. As early as 1841, the appointment was on McKean Circuit to which it
belonged until 1860, when Fairview Circuit was formed. A. Bashline was pastor
in 1881, 1882, and 1883. The first church edifice was built in 1836 and stood
outside the village. The second building was erected in 1854, costing $600…..
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Also taken from the same source but
under the Erie-Meadville District:
Methodist Episcopal- Erie Conference:
Mailing Address: 48 Main Street East, Girard PA 16417
History: Methodist Eposcopal- Erie
Conference. Grew out of a class conducted by Mr. George
Stuntz which first met in 1815. A class under Reverend Ira Eddy was
organized in the cabin of Justus Osborne in 1817. Samuel Brown started the
first Sunday School in 1824. All thirty members of the Sunday school joined the
church in 1825. Meetings were held in a community building until the first
church was built in 1828. A revival lasting 72 days added 118 new members and a
larger church was built on Locust Street in 1847.
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Erie
County, Pennsylvania History of
Erie County, Pennsylvania 1884
by
Samuel P. Bates,
Submitted by Gaylene Kerr Banister
<mailto:jlbanister@earthlink.net>First quarterly Conference for Erie
Circuit held at Harbor Creek, September 13, 1830. Present, William B. Mack,
Presiding Elder, Joseph A. Barrass and A. Young, circuit preachers. Roll call,
present: Local preachers, N. W. Curtis, Barney Bort, William Stafford;
exhorters, Luther Stone, D. D. Daniels, Y. Wilkins, Joseph S. Buck, Justus
Osburn; class leaders, David Burton, A. Bowers, William Allen, William
Campbell, Edmund Brace; circuit stewards, James Flowers, Sturkely Stafford,
John Wheaton. James McConkey, Recording Steward. Voted unanimously, that the
members of this Quarterly Conference will do all they can to establish weekly
class collections on this circuit. Signed:
W. B. Mack, P. E.; A. Young, Sec'y."
The fourth quarterly meeting was held
in connection with a camp meeting in a grove on the farm of Judge Sterrett, in
Harbor Creek, near Wesleyville, June 25, 1831. James Flower, a Steward,
resigned, and John Shadduck was appointed. The
following local preachers were present: Barney Bort, William Stafford, John
Keese Hallock, N. W. Curtis, Philip Osborn, William Burton, Titus
Cook. Josiah Flower joined the Annual Conference. Exhorters present: Justus
Osburn, Luther Stone, D. D. Daniels, Nehemiah Beers, Stephen Stuntz, David
Burton, John McClune, Joseph S. Buck, Watts B. Lloyd, Freeman Palmer and
Franklin Vandoozer.
The fourth quarterly conference was
held at Peter Himebaugh's, in Beaver Dam, July 28, 1832. David Vorse, Asa White
and Edmund Brace were among the exhorters, and William Chambers, James Bail,
William B. Weed, Luther Lewis and B. Deighton, class leaders. A committee to
build a meeting house in McKean was appointed, viz.: John K. Hallock, Ezra
White and James Bail. The following local preachers' licenses were renewed:
Barney Bort, William Stafford, Philip Osborn, Josiah Flower, Nehemiah Beers,
David Vorse and Peter Haldeman. At this meeting Watts B. Lloyd was licensed to
preach, and Capt. Thomas Wilkins was licensed to exhort. At their own request,
the papers of Stephen Stuntz and Justus Osborn were not renewed.
Bibliography: Samuel P. Bates, History
of Erie County, Pennsylvania, (Warner, Beers & Co.: Chicago, 1884), Part
II, Chapter XIV, pp. 245-262.
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In American Methodism, an example of
the licensing of Exhorters occurs in the 1840 Discipline (Section 10, No. 13),
falling under the duties of preachers:
"To license such persons as he may judge proper to officiate as exhorters
in the Church, provided no person shall be so licensed without the con sent of
the leaders' meeting, or of the class of which he is a member, where no
leaders' meeting is held; and the exhorters so authorized shall be subject to
the annual examination of character in the quarterly meeting conference, and
have their license annually renewed by the pre siding elder, or the preacher
having the charge, if approved by the quarterly meeting conference".
An exhorter was first chosen by the recommendation of the class of which he was
a member, or of the leaders' and stewards' meeting of the circuit or station.
The exhorter was then licensed by the preacher in charge, under whose direction
he served. The duties and privileges of an exhorter were to hold meetings for
prayer and exhortation whenever an opportunity arose, to attend all the
sessions of the Quarterly Conference and the District Conference of which he
was a member, and to be subject to an annual examination of character. An
exhorter's license was renewed by the Quarterly or District Conference.
With the coming of the Civil War and the formation of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, the work of the exhorter continued in both the Northern and
Southern churches. The following is an excerpt from the 1887 Discipline of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South:
SECTION XIII OF EXHORTERS.
¶ 83. Ques 1. What
directions are given concerning the licensing of persons to exhort?
Ans. 1. The Quarterly Conference shall have authority
to license proper persons to exhort, and to renew their licenses annually,
when, in its judgment, their gifts, grace, and usefulness will warrant it.
Ans. 2. No person shall be licensed to exhort without
the recommendation of the Church of which he is a member, or of the
leaders'-meeting of the charge to which he belongs; nor shall any license be
valid unless signed by the President of the Conference.
¶ 84. Ques 2. What
are the duties of an exhorter?
Ans. To hold meetings for prayer and
exhortation whenever opportunity is afforded, subject to the direction of the
preacher in charge.
¶ 85. Ques 3. What
further directions are given concerning exhorters?
Ans. 1. Let every exhorter diligently exercise the
functions of his office, without assuming those of a preacher.
Ans. 2. Every exhorter, by virtue of his office, shall
be a member of the Quarterly Conference of the charge to which he belongs; but
in all other respects he shall be dealt with as a private member of the Church.
Ans. 3. When an exhorter removes from one circuit,
station, or mission, to another, he shall not be recognized as such, unless he
obtain a certificate of his official character from the Presiding Elder of the
District, or the preacher to whose charge he belongs at the time of his
removal.
The words from the early Disciplines make it clear that the functions of the
office were those of "hold meetings for prayer and exhortation whenever
opportunity is afforded, subject to the direction of the preacher in
charge." It was also clear that those holding this office were lay members
of their local church and were warned not to assume the office of a preacher;
the words used were: "Let every exhorter diligently exercise the functions
of his office, without assuming those of a preacher."
These exhorters were very important and vital to the westward movement of the
church. At one time in the late 1800s the cry was "two a day"; the
Methodist movement was growing so rapidly that some people intended to open two
new churches every day. Many of these churches only saw the circuit rider once
every month or so. It was the lay preachers and exhorters who kept the fires of
the Holy Spirit glowing in those small villages and communities from day to day.
Exhorters did the work of ministry with the people in their churches (that is,
they visited the sick, visited newcomers to the community, "tended the
flock," and so forth). With the traveling preacher or circuit rider
responsible for large geographic areas with many stations, it was an awesome
task to fill every pulpit every Sunday, but the exhorters proved worthy of that
calling.
Laws of the General Assemby of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the Seventy Third Year of Independence with An
Appendix, published by Authority, Harrisburg, PA, J.M.G. Lescure, Printer to
the State, 1849...
page 252-253
No. 207
AN ACT
To annul the marriage contract between Justus Osborn, and Parenia,
his wife.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met,
and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same; That the marriage
contract entered into between Justus Osborn of Erie county, and Parthenia
Osborn, his wife, late Parthenia Milks, be and the same is hereby annulled and
made void, and the parties released and discharged from said contract, and from
all duties and obligations arising therefrom, as fully, effectually and
absolutely, as if they never had been joined in marriage.
Signed: WILLIAM F.
PACKER
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Signed: GEORGE DARSIE
Speaker of the Senate
We do certify, that the bill entitled
"An Act to annul the marriage contract between Justus Osborn and
Parthenia, his wife" was presented to the Governor on the twentieth day of
February, one thousand eight hundred and forty nine, and was not returned
within ten days (Sunday excepted) after it had been presented to him; wherefore
it has, agreeably to the constitution of this commonwealth, become a law in
like manner as if he had signed it.
Signed: WILLIAM JACK
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Signed: SAMUEL W. PEARSON
Clerk of the Senate
Harrisburg, March 6, 1849
ANNUAL
ORBITUARY NOTICES
EMINENT PERSONS
Who have Died in the United States
FOR
1857
BY HON. NATHAN CROSBY
BOSTON
PHILLIPS, SAMPSON AND COMPANY
1858
page 260:
Osborn, Justus, Girard township, Pa.,
Sept. 28, ae. 86. He emigrated to that town in 1816,
when it was nearly an unbroken wilderness, where he spent the remainder of his
life. How rapidly are the first settlers of our country passing away!.
WILL OF JUSTUS OSBORN, Dead
Registered October 17th, 1857
In the name of God, Amen. I, Justus Osborn of Girard Township,
Erie County and State of Pennsylvania, being in poor health of body and of
sound mind and memory praised by God for the same and being desirious to settle
my wordly affairs while I have strength and capacity so to do make an publish
this my last will and testament hereby revoking and making void all former
wills by one at any time heretofore made, And
first and principally I commend my Soul into the hands of my creator who
gave it and my body to the Earthto be interred in the burying ground in
Fairfield Township by my wife Lois and
daughter Hannah. And as to such worldly property wherewith it hath pleased God to
entrust me. I dispose of the same as follows, to wit, First it is my will and I
do order that all my just debts and funeral expenses be duly paid and satisfied
as soon as conveniently can be after my decease. Item, I give and bequeath unto
my son Cornelius one dollar if called for within three years after my decease.
Item, I give and bequeath to my daughter Charlotte one dollar also one hundred
dollars to my granddaughter Vienna, daugther of Charlotte if living and called
for within three years after my decease,otherwise to be paid to my granddaugher
Sarah P. Wirt. Also I give and bequeath to my granddaughter Sarah P. Wirt seven
hundred and eighty six dollars. Item, I give and bequeath to my son Joseph's
heirs as follows to wit. The amt of a bond and mortgage bearing date 18 June
1855 given by widow Jane Osborn, and her
son James Osborn to me for three hundred and eighty three dollars and eighty
seven cents to be equally divided between widow Jane Osborn, Justus Osborn,
James Osborn, and Mary Jane Osborn. Item. I will and
bequeath to my son Jacob and his heirs eight hundred eighty six dollars as
follows, one hundred and seventy five dollars to be paid to Jacob by my
executors in clothing and provisions as they may think his necessities require,
and the balance equally divided among the survivors the legal heirs of Jacob
and Marville Osborn. Item. I will and bequeath to my
daughter Hannah's two sons Isaac and Philip O. Vancamp each on hundred dollars
and in case of he death of either the one surviving to have the two hundred
dollars. Item. I will and bequeath to my daughter
Elizabeth eight hundred and eight six dollars. And as touching all the rest
residue, and remainder, of my estate real and personal of what kind or nature
whatsoever the same may be, to be divided as percentage according to the
several amts given and bequeathed to the several names above named. And lastly
I nominate and appoint Theodore Ryman and J. Evans Jr. to be the Executors of
this my will hereby revoking all other wills legacies and requests by me
heretofore made and declaring this and noother to be my last will and
testament.
In witness where of I have hereunto
set my hand and seal this sixth day of January one thousand eight hundred and
fifty seven.
Signed: Justus Osborn (L.S.)
Signed published and declared by the
above named Justus Osborn is and for his last will and testament in presence of
us hwo at his request have signed as witnesses to the same.
Signed: Samuel Traut, Alex Taggart.
"Burials in Girard Cemetery, Erie
Co., PA", US/CAN 974.899/GI V3 pw, Vol. 1, complied by Wilbur Palmer, East
Springfield, Published for Genealogical Research, P.O. 1403, Erie Co. PA
page 170
Osborn, Cynthia died 1895, b. 1811
Osborn, Justus, d. 9-28-1857, age 85
Osborn, Lois, d. 8-28-1830, age 39
years, 7 months.
Osborn, Phillip, d.
1893, b. 1807
Logan Temple records for Baptism for
the Dead (GSF 177,837).
Justus Osborn, b. 1765 in Rutland, VT,
died 1871. Heir: Amasa Potter. Relation: grandson. Baptized 2
Sept. 1884 in the Logan Temple. Proxy: Amasa Potter.
Thomas Osborn, b. 1815 in Erie. Co,
PA, d. 1835. Heir: Amasa Potter. Relation: nephew.
Baptized 2 Sept. 1884 in the Logan
Temple, Confirmed the same day. Proxy: Amasa Potter.
Hannah Osborn, b. 1810, in Rutland,
VT, d. 1841. Heir: Viana Potter. Relation: Neice.
Baptized 2 Sept. 1884 in the Logan
Temple, Confirmed the same day. Proxy: Vianna Potter. Received iniatory work
and endowment 5 Sept. 1884 and was sealed to Lorenzo Potter, brother to Amasa
Potter on 5 Sep. 1884 in the Logan Temple.