William GREATHOUSE

                              There was a tombstone marking thier grave,but it was on the edge of a
           steep little hill and had fallen over and down into the ravine,this
           was on the family farm

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   He appeared on the census in 1820 in Townhip North Of West, White County, Illinois. Hiram Greathouse1 male under 10 (Son)1 male 16 under 26 (Hiram)1 female 10 under 16 (Lydia)
   He appeared on the State census on 22 Nov 1820 in , White County, Illinois.  
   He appeared on the census in 1830 in , Hamilton County, Illinois.  Hiram Greathouse2 males under 5 (Daniel and William)1 male 30 under 40 (Hiram)1 female 5 under 10 (Lucenia)1 female 20 under 30 (Lydia)
   He owned land purchased on 2 Sep 1832 in , Hamilton County, Illinois.  He bought 40 acres of land. 
   Tax: 12 Sep 1832, , Hamilton County, Illinois.  He owned 40 acres of land. 
€¢ He owned land purchased on 18 Apr 1836 in , Gallatin County, Illinois.  He bought 40 acres of land. 
   He owned land purchased on 13 Jan 1837 in , Wayne County, Illinois.  He bought 40 acres of land. 
   He appeared on the census in 1840 in , Wayne County, Illinois.  Hiram Greathouse1 male 10 under 15 (William)1 male 15 under 20 (Daniel)1 male 20 under 30 (Son)1 male 40 under 50 (Hiram)1 female under 5 (possibly grandaughter Nancy Roberts, Lucinda's daughter?)1 female 5 under 10 (possibly Lucinda?)1 female 30 under 40 (Lydia) 
   Lawsuit: 1841-1851, , , Kentucky.  Lawsuit complains that he has been dead for a year and no one has administered his estate or paid the bill owed to merchants for fence posts purchased in the spring of 1840. Parthenia and Lydia and their husbands were named in this lawsuit. 
   He owned land purchased on 3 Nov 1843 in , White County, Illinois.  He bought 40 acres of land for $10. The land is described as: NW of SW LS (less than stated because of a road), Sec 21, T 3 S, R 8 E. 
   He appeared on the census in 1850 in , White County, Illinois.  Hiram Greathouse, age 52, male, farmer, b. KYLidda Greathouse, age 49, female, b. KYNancy Greathouse (Nancy Roberts, step-grandaughter) , age 11, female, b. ILWilliam Greathouse (William Roberts, step-grandson), age 10, male, b. ILAbraham Starky, age 15, male, farmer, b. ILAllen Starky, age 14, male, b. IL 
   He owned land purchased on 25 Sep 1851 in , Wayne County, Illinois.  He bought 80 acres of land. 
   He owned land purchased on 1 Jul 1853 in , Wayne County, Illinois.  He purchased 40 acres of land. 
   He appeared on the census in 1860 in Johnsonville, Wayne County, Illinois. Hiram Greathouse, age 63, male, farmer, b. KYLydia A Greathouse, age 59, female, b. KYCaroline Greathouse (daughter,grandaughter, niece???), age 6, female, b. IL


Burial Notes: 
Source: Penny Knapp - Inscription: Hiram Gratehouse, born 1796, died 1868. Blessed are the dead which died in the Lord from henceforth: yea, saith the Spirit that they may rest from their labors and their works do follow them. Rev. 14:13. The above is the inscription from the only stone on the hillside, however, there are two unmarked graves, possibly their chidlren. The graves are on a high knoll about one fourth of a mile east of the gravel road and about the middle of section 35 of Indian Prairie Township on land owned by William and Phyllis Watson. In the winter when the leaves are all off the trees, the one stone can be seen from the road, if you are looking for it. Otherwise you could drive down the road and neve notice it as it is a distance from the road. 
General: 
Source: Vivian Taylor - Different census records vary slightly on Hiram's age, but he must have been born between 1796 and 1798. In 1796 and 1797 the parents William and Mary Ann were in Clark County, KY. The 1798 tax record is missing. In 1799 William was in Clark and Jessamine County (which was created in 1799). I think that Hiram was born in Clark County but grew up in or near Bowling Green, Warren County, where William moved after 1802. I find it interesting that the father, William, was last in the tax list in 1819 and not in the 1820 census, and that Hiram left Bowling Green and married Lydia Ann up in Union County, KY, in November 1819. Maybe Hiram didn't leave home until his father had died. 
Marriage Notes (Lydia Ann Greathouse) 
Source: Penny Knapp - Lydia had her father's concent for her marriage. They were married by Minister Caliborne Duval in the Methodist Episcopal Church in Union County, KY 20 ,329