Daniel Lightfoot ^{2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9}

  General Notes:

E-mail from Keith A. Dull, 11 Jul 2001 and Jul 2002:

Sometime in the 1790s, John, Daniel, and William all moved to Baltimore County, North Hundred, near the town of Ruhl, Maryland.

The 1810 US Census says John was in Mine Run Hundred, but the census taker was not doing a good job that year. They were close to the border of North and Mine Run.

Adam Schmidt had a farm in North Hundred as did Georg Ruhl, who appears in Mine Run in 1810. Daniel Lightfoot resided in Baltimore County, North Hundred, Maryland in about 1797 until 1800 when he moved to Codorus Township, York County, Pennsylvania. In 1807, he moved to Monaghan Township, York County, (the portion that is now Carroll Township), Pennsylvania. He appears on the Poor Lists of Monaghan Township from 1824 to 1831. He also appears on the 1828 Poor List of nearby Franklin Township presumably in an attempt to collect twice. He also lied about the ages of his children in order to continue collecting relief for them (York County provided relief for children between 4 and 12). Chaterina died in York County between 1830 and 1834. In the Fall of 1834, Daniel moved his family to Wayne County, Greene Township, Ohio. He appeared on the 1840 census there, and died before 1850.
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Daniel Lightfoot was an insolvent debtor in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania and was serving time for debt in the Cumberland County jail on November 4, 1822. He had a hearing for relief on December 10, 1822. It is a 6 page document that includes his signature. The handwriting on the original documents is difficult to read but to the best of my ability are translated below.

Page 1
Petition of Daniel Lightfoot
Insolvent Debtor

November 4^th, 1822. R??? and the 10^th day of December next? is appointed for the hearing of the Petitioner and his creditors personal notice to given --- 10^th December 1822 Petitioner appeared ??? after taken the oath prescribed by the terms of the Act of Assembly.

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To the Honorable the Judges of the Court of Pleas of Cumberland County.
The Petition of Daniel Lightfoot humbly represents that your petitioner has been a citizen of the State of Pennsylvania for the last six months and is now an inhabitant of Cumberland County. That he was imprisoned in the jail of said county for debt - and that he gave bond with of proved(?) security for his appearance to apply for the benefit of the s??? acts of Insolvency made for the relief of insolvent debtors. That your petitioner herewith presents a correct amount of his debts and list of his creditors with the suffered(?) amount of this claim ??? ??? this ???fective names together with the ??? whereby he became insolvent. That he is willing to afrign(?) all his property ??? ??? and missed(?) for the use of his creditors. That your petitioner most humbly requests your honors to make such orders be ordered on this his petition as you may deem must and he ??? is duty bound will even may be.
(signed) Daniel Lightfoot

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Cumberland County ???
Before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace is and for the county aforesaid appeared Daniel Lightfoot who doth ??? and say that the facts set forth in the above petition are just and true and that the list of his debts and creditors and the schedule of his property of the statement of the means whereof he became insolvent attached ??? are correct to best of his knowledge and belief.
(signed) Daniel Lightfoot

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Amount of Petitioners Debts:
Due Jacob Cashlin by note $30.00
" William Chambers acct settled 4.00
" James Williams note 28.80
" William Clarke acct 9.88
" John Qichleburger note 18.00
" William McGuire acct settle 5.00
" William Sidle acct 4.00
" Andrew Chapman acct 2.00
" James Gordan acct 3.37
" Philip Callahans acct 1.50
" Robert Cook acct 1.50
" William Guilliland acct 4.50
" Patrick Loverty acct of costs 0.94
" John Miller acct 1.50
" Abram Murst acct 1.50
" Martin Carl acct of ??? in debt \\
Interest of costs Fred ?. R?udolph 13.50
Tyghen Cyo? Suffered to ??? /

Page 5:
A Schedule of Petitioners Property
One load of hay $8.00

The following property by law allows him to retain -
One cow $10.00
One six plate tape (?) 4.00
Two beds and bedding 10.00
Two sheep 2.00

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The petitioner states as the means whereby he became insolvent -
That he has a very large family to support and maintain and that the ??ices of his family were too great for his means, in these difficult times, and that he was unfortunate in his dealings.
(signed) Daniel Lightfoot

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Know all men by these presents that I, Daniel Lightfoot, the within named Petitioner do hereby apign(?) transfer ??? over and ??? up unto James Williams one of my creditors in pursuance of the directions of the Act of Assembly all my estate real personal and mixed reunions and remained which I now have ??? claim or am in any unjust(?) entitled to in any place whatsoever in trust for himself and my other creditors. In ??? ??? I have ??? ??? my hand and seal this 10^th of Dec 1822.
(signed) Daniel Lightfoot
Sealed and delivered in the presence of And? Guiller?
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Email from Keith Dull 27 Aug 2015:

Daniel also appears to have served a term in the army. I found an enlistment record for him on Ancestry.com dated 1807. They shipped him off to New Orleans, but I can't tell if he served out the entire term of his enlistment. He wasn't noted on musters after 1807, and he was back in Pennsylvania by 1810. He must have enlisted in Northern Baltimore County, although it does not say it in the record. The man who enlisted him was Ninian Pinkney, who was stationed in northern Baltimore at the time he enlisted Daniel.

Interestingly, Pinkney witnessed a land grant for Thomas Sparks. Thomas Sparks was the brother of the Francis Sparks I mentioned in my last e-mail. I have been continuing my research into a possible Sparks connection. I have since discovered that Francis Sparks daughter, Penelope, appears to have died young, however Thomas Sparks daughter, Penelope did not. Thomas Sparks was enumerated beside John Lightfoot in Baltimore County, Mine Run Hundred, Maryland in 1810. There seems to be an increasingly good chance that Perneleper/Penelope Lightfoot was illegitimate, but of course I'm still digging for more information.
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  Baptism Notes:

Name: Daniel Lightfoot
Event Type: Christening
Event Date: 20 Feb 1768
Event Place: North Farnham Parish, Richmond, Virginia, British Colonial America
Event Place (Original): North Farnham Parish, Richmond, Virginia, United States
Gender: Male
Father's Name: William Lightfoot
Mother's Name: Sarah
Book Number: 975.523 V2K

Citing this Record
"Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRRD-LSF : 28 January 2020), Sarah in entry for Daniel Lightfoot, 1768.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1810 US Census in Monaghan Township, York County, PA on August 1810. ⁷

1810 US Census
Page 194, Roll 57
Monaghan Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States
1 Male, 26-44..Daniel Lightfoot (age 42)

(Living with wife and 5 daughters.)
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• He appeared on the 1820 US Census in Monaghan Township, York County, PA on August 1820. ⁸

1820 US Census
Page 80, Roll 114
Monaghan Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States
1 Male, 45+..Dan'l Lightfoot, (age 52)

(Living with wife and 10 children.)
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• He resided in Cumberland County, PA in November 1822.
During this time, Daniel was jailed for unpaid debts. In December he petitioned the courts for debt relief.

• He appeared on the 1830 US Census in Monaghan Township, York County, PA on June 1830. ¹²

1830 US Census
Page 276, Roll 160
Monaghan Township, York, Pennsylvania

1 Male 50-60..Daniel Lightfoot..Head..(age 62, should have been in the 60-70 category)

(Living with wife and 10 children.)
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• He appeared on the 1840 US Census in Green Township, Wayne, OH on June 1840. ⁹

1840 US Census
Page 153, Roll 432
Green Township, Wayne, Ohio

1 Male 15 to19..(probably William Lightfoot, 21)
2 Males 20 to 29..(probably John, 25; and Daniel Jr, 28)
1 Male 60 to 69..Daniel Lightfoot..Head..(age 72, should have been in the over 70 age group)

1 Female 15-19..(probably Susanna Arnsberger, wife of Daniel Jr, age 17)

5 total in household

Assigning names to the numbers in this household is difficult. The first question to ask is exactly who was named as the Head of the Household. The census record shows "Daniel Lightfoot" but that does not tell up which one of the Daniels it was. There was the Daniel born in 1768 and his son, Daniel, born in 1811. They were probably living together at the time of this census. The elderly Daniel was widowed and the younger Daniel was married but with no children at the time. My best guess is that the elderly Daniel was named as the Head of the Household which means not only was the married Daniel living there with his wife but then the other numbers on the census record represented some of the unmarried children of the elderly Daniel were also living there.

The one young female aged between 15 and 20 could have been any one of three possibilities that fit that age group: Catharine (age 19), a daughter of the elderly Daniel; Susannah (age 17), the wife of the younger Daniel Jr; or Charlotte (age about 15), a daughter of the elderly Daniel. Most likely it was Susannah, the wife of Daniel Jr. The other daughters were either married or living elsewhere.

There was another young daughter of the elderly Daniel named Martha (age 5) but the census record shows no count for any females younger than 15. I cannot explain where Martha was at the time because she was later married in 1848. Perhaps it was just an error by the enumerator or else she was living elsewhere.

Another daughter of the elderly Daniel, Sophia, was about 37 years old and did not marry until later that year in 1840. She may have been indentured out or living as a servant with another family therefore is not listed with this family.

However, my feelings are that within this household were Daniel Jr. and his new wife, Susanna Arnsberger who would have been the one and only female shown on the census. Together the young Daniel and his wife were living with and caring for the elderly Daniel. This is supported by the fact that Susannah was most likely not present with her family according to the 1840 US Census for her father's household because it shows no females present in Susannah's age category which means she was most likely living with her husband at his family's household.

If the elderly male were Daniel, and two of the others were Daniel Jr and his wife, then that would account for 3 of the 5 persons in the household leaving only 2 other males, no doubt brothers of Daniel Jr.

Daniel Jr was one of the two males in the 20 to 30 age group. The other one would have been either John (age 25) or Samuel (age 23). Samuel was probably living with his master as he was indentured out to become a wagon maker so the other male was most likely John.

I'm not aware of any young Lightfoot males that fit the 15 to 19 age group; William was the youngest but it is believed that he was born in 1819 thus making his age about 21. So unless this is a previously unknown brother, I am unable to determine exactly who the young male could have been. William could have been mistakenly counted in the 15-20 group when he should have been in the 20-30 age group but because there are no other records for William, he had either died, moved away to be on his own, or was indentured out and living with his master.
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Daniel married Caterina Salome Schmidt, daughter of Adam Gaedel Schmidt and Catherina Salome Dubs, about 1797 in Ruhl, MD.⁶ (Caterina Salome Schmidt was born about 1779 in Manheim Township, York County, PA ⁶ and died between 1830 and 1834 in Monaghan Township, York County, PA ⁶.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1810 US Census in Monaghan Township, York County, PA on August 1810. ⁷

1810 US Census
Page 194, Roll 57
Monaghan Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States

1 Male 26-44..Daniel Lightfoot..Head..(age 42)

1 Female 26-44..(probably Chaterina, age31)
5 Females under 10..(probably Maria, age 10; Esther, age 9; Annie, age 8; Sophia, age 7; and Elizabeth, age 5)

7 Total in household

NOTE - This census record seems to skip one person, Sarah Lightfoot, who would have been about 12 years old. If she were present in the household with all the other young daughters, then the total number of persons would have been 8 instead of 7.
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• They appeared on the 1820 US Census in Monaghan Township, York County, PA on August 1820. ⁸

1820 US Census
Page 80, Roll 114
Monaghan Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States

4 Males under 10..(probably Daniel Jr, 9; John, 5; Samuel, 3; William, 1)
1 Male 45+..Dan'l Lightfoot..Head..(age 52)

1 Female under 10..(probably Fanny, 7)
3 Females 10-16..(probably Elizabeth, 15; unknown; unknown)
2 Females 16-26..(probably Esther, 19; Sophia, 17)
1 Female 26-45..(probably Chaterina, 41)

12 Total in household

NOTE - May be indexed as "Dane Litefort" due to poor handwriting.

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• They appeared on the 1830 US Census in Monaghan Township, York County, PA on June 1830. ¹²

1830 US Census
Page 276, Roll 160
Monaghan Township, York, Pennsylvania

2 Males 5-10..(probably William Lightfoot, 11; Samuel Lightfoot, 12)
2 Males 10-15..(probably John Lightfoot, 15; Daniel Lightfoot, 18)
1 Male 50-60..Daniel Lightfoot..Head..(age 62, should have been in the 60-70 category)

1 Female under 5..(probably Martha L. Lightfoot, 5)
2 Females 5-10..(probably Charlotte Lightfoot, 5; Catharine Lightfoot, 9)
1 Female 10-15..(unknown)
2 Females 15-20 (probably Fanny Lightfoot, 17; possibly Sophia but her actual age was 27)
1 Female 40-50..(probably wife Chaterina Salome Schmidt, about 51)

The ages and names are not quite perfect fits so either the enumeration ages were off or the supposed actual birth years of some of the children are not correct.

Somewhat troubling would be the name of the second female, age 15-20. Fanny Lightfoot fits well into that catagory but there are no other unmarried daughters known to be still in the household other than Sophia who is supposedly 27 years old.

Equally troubling is the possible unknown name of a female in the age 10-15 category.
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  Marriage Notes:

E-mail from Keith A. Dull:
The first three daughters, Maria, Esther, and Sophia, were baptized at the Steltz Lutheran Church which is on the York County, Codonus Township, and Baltimore County border. (NOTE - Sarah was actually their first daughter and there was Annie who was born between Esther and Sophia.)
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