SOLOMON COLE
b.1784 d.1860
SARAH REMY COLE
b.1797 d.1886
In 1783 England had signed the Treaty of Paris officially ending the American War for Independence. George Washington was President.
Our ancestor SOLOMON COLE, was born one year later. The date was was August 11,1784.

Solomon Cole's parents' and their statistics may well be lost, but we have found, by coincidence in book called, The Remy Family in America,1650-1942, at the D.A.R. headquarters in Washington D.C., a name for Solomon's father. The author and compiler wrote as follows: "She (Sarah Remy) was born near Winchester, Franklin Co., VA, in that part now (called) Warren Co., married April 22, 1819 to Solomon Cole, Born Aug. 15, 1784 in Maryland, son of Robert Cole." This revelation must be investigated further.

We do know however, from their children's published biographies, that Solomon's father was from a "large English family". On coming to America his father "settled in Maryland near Philadelphia", and he worked for awhile as a blacksmith'. According to Solomon's eldest son, "while in this trade he was credited with the shoeing of George Washington's horses." Later he..."became a considerable land-holder" and a man of means as his home was built of bricks that had been shipped from England. "Finally he leased his estate for a term of years, and died before the lease expired. When the records of the transactions were destroyed by a fire, his heirs were deprived of the valuable property." "His mother was of German stock." That is all we have discovered about Solomon's parents so far.

Sometime after Solomon's father's death the family moved to Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, where Solomon remained until he was thirty-four years old. He was a bachelor. When we hear about him next he had migrated to the North West Territory, this was wild Shawnee Indian country, just after Indiana obtained it's status as the 19th state of the Union. Solomon Cole left Pennsylvania before 1818 and along with others, settled into Logan Township in the SE part of Indiana in Dearborn County. There was adequate water from streams and creeks, and it was not too far from the Whitewater River which eventually flows into the Ohio River.
Those arriving were mostly from Virginia, Kentucky, New England and the Carolinas. Quakers who were protesting slavery also came. From abroad came immigrants from Sweden, Germany and Ireland. Having by then attained the requisite 60,000 inhabitants, Indiana was granted statehood in 1816. Henry Harrison was appointed governor of the territory.
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A future ancestor of our family, already living in the area, was a member of the REMY family. WILLIAM C. REMY was of French descent. His G.G.G. Grandfather JACQUES REMY, was born in 1630 and was married to Francoise Holdat. Both were from Lorraine, France, (a French duchy from the 10th to 18th century). They were French Huguenots and they had fled to England to escape religious persecution of the Protestants in France. Once in England, they indentured themselves for passage to the New World, specifically Virginia. Unfortunately, upon arrival both could not find a common indenture, and they were separated. They never found each other again. After Jaques fulfilled his legal obligation and was freed, he married again in Virginia. Their G.G.G. Great grandson William C. Remy, was born in Winchester, Fredrick County, Virginia. He was a farmer and was addicted to alcohol. His wife was ELIZABETH ALLENSWORTH. To this union, in Virginia on January 12, 1797, our direct ancestor SARAH REMY was born.
Her family went to the North West Territory, before Solomon Cole, and bought land in Whitewater Township, Franklin County, Indiana in 1808. He is considered one of the pioneer settlers of that county. The deed was signed by William Remy and Elizabeth Remy wife, witnessed by Mary Remy and Sally Remy (his daughters) and recorded in Franklin Co. Indiana Book C, pages 210/211. This land, that was located in Section 24, Township 8, R1, was sold ten years later, in 1818.
(The above is in accord with Edward Penn Cole's notes in which he states that he has the Remy family documents. I have used some additional printed sources which are in my possession)

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As for SARAH REMY we will learn more about her shortly.

Two other family groups came about the same time as did Solomon. One was a James Cole family and the other was a William Cole group. Where they came from is not known and what relation to our ancestors is unknown but they obviously both knew Solomon.

The first thing any new settler would do was to purchase land for a farm. In 1818, Solomon and a relative, James Cole, purchased two tracts of land of about a quarter section each (160 acres) in Dearborn County as well as in Franklin County, in the new state of Indiana. The land in Logan Township, Dearborn County, bordering on Mt. Pleasant Road, consisted of gently rolling hills and stands of trees in an area with adequate water and good soil. Solomon contacted the Cincinnati Land Office and he together with James Cole bought a large parcel of land. It was a quarter section or 160 acres. This land in Logan Township is the first land Solomon Cole bought in Indiana. He hurried to the Registrar's office in Dearborn county to register his purchase. Note: Today the document exists in the Registrar's office of the county seat at Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Indiana. (Township 7 is Logan)
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That purchase went so well that Solomon and James decided to buy another parcel of land together. So, on September 3, 1818 they purchase the NE quarter section of Section 24, Township 8, R1. in Franklin County. Curiously, this was part of the same Section (T.8.) as the REMY parcel, that had been sold that same year. So now both Solomon and James shared two quarter sections of land in the new territories, 160 acres in Dearborn Co. and 160 acres in Franklin Co. Three hundred and twenty acres was quite a large amount of land for two families to work. They bought the land at reasonable prices, and were able to resell some of it later on as we shall see.

Solomon and James Cole began to clear their Logan property for crops and built cabins to make it habitable and soon thereafter Solomon met Miss Sarah Remy. They were married on April 29, 1819. She was 21 years old. The source is the "Franklin County, Marriage Records Index 1811-1850". It states simply as follows: "Cole, Solomon and Sally Remy - April 29, 1819". Sally would have been living with her parents in Franklin Co. which was just north of Dearborn Co. Indiana. In those days Sarah was called Sally for short.

The next year Solomon and Sally sold 50 acres of their homestead to William Cole, the one who arrived after Solomon and James. The sale is recorded in the Lawrenceberg County Seat Registrar's office 28 August 1819. (4)

Mssrs. Boekhoff and Kallen in their book Seeds of a Nation stated: "By 1820 there were 147,178 settlers clearing the land along the river bottoms and building settlements in the new state of Indiana." According to the "first census" made in Indiana (1820), the SOLOMON household consisted of:
-2 children under ten,
-Solomon and his wife Sarah
-a female between 26 and 45 years old.
That census dated August 7, 1820 was taken when Solomon was 36 and Sally was 23. Their first born child James Washington Cole, was born on February 2 of that year and was in the census. The names and relationships of the female person and her child are unknown.

James Cole and his 12 family members were registered in the 1820 census as follows:
3 males under 10 years old
2 males up to 16 years old
1 female under 10 years old
1 female up to 16
3 females between 16 and 26 years
and one female over 45 ( his wife )
and James over 45

William Cole had three family members in that census:
1 male under 10
1 female between 26and 45 (Nancy B. Haymond)
1 male between 26 and 45 ( William W.)


William Cole bought his 50 acre homestead from the original Solomon/James Cole land in Dearborn Co. It is interesting, that on the day before Solomon Cole and Sally sold land to William Cole, they also sold some of their land to a Samuel Thornton. (5)

Solomon/James and SALLY would now have 210 acres left to farm and a nice nest egg as well.

The COLE families began to settle in. They fixed up their dwellings, planted crops, tended farm animals, erected fencing and just basically began "civilizing" their place in the new state. The farms they owned were rather large for the times considering that they had to be worked by hand using oxen and or horses to pull the plows. The town at that time was called Logan Cross Roads and the homestead was slightly south of the center of Logan Township (T.7) in the NE corner of Dearborn County in the south east of Indiana. The Township now abuts Harrison Township on the east and is directly south of Franklin County. Logan is one of three of the first Townships in Dearborn Co.

Across the northern part of the County runs the Whitewater River which according to Archibald Shaw (1915) in his book The History of Dearborn Co.,Indiana,"attracted settlers to the fertile bottom-lands adjacent to the river." The first settler was John Brown who bought land from the government in 1801 when sales were first authorized. Shaw records that among the first 17 families at this early period was Solomon Cole. The first mill was built on the Whitewater River by John Hinkston at the confluence the Whitewater and Logan Creek. At the mouth of Cranes Run (a creek) a salt lick was found by James Logan who dug two wells evaporated the salt water and sold salt to the settlers. A distillery was also erected at the mouth of Cranes Run about a half-mile from the river, run by Solomon Rude. A tannery was built by Jacob Hollowell to process animal hides for belts and shoes and for tackle for draft animals. It was built in a place called "Stone Jug" on Logans Creek. The town itself had a store with a post office kept by Merritt Hubbell, Esquire. James Solomon, Charles Jolly and John Gibson served as postmasters there. There was a blacksmith shop in Logan Cross Roads as well.
An earlier account of Dearborn Co. published by Weakley & Co. Chicago in 1885 expands our view of the above. "Among the families locating in the Township... at about 1812 were Robert Myers, John Hinkston, Matthew Lanman, Solomon Cole, Aquila Cross, L. Moore, Cooper Johnston, James Owen, Joseph McClure, James McClure..."The family of Charles Briggs, from England and settled here in 1818 and built a steam saw mill, the first use of steam power in the Township." He started felling trees and producing sawn lumber to supply the newcomers with building materials saving them the difficult task of constructing cabins from logs thereby freeing up their time for more economical pursuits.

"Among the first settlers of the Township were many holding the faith of the Regular Baptist denomination, and so a church was soon organized and a house of worship erected. The meeting house was built of logs and stood about one half mile west of Logan Cross Roads. An elder by the name of Palmer was one of the regular ministers. (The Methodist Episcopal Church is on the same preacher circuit as Guilford, Bright, Bellview and the Elizabethtown societies.) The society first worshiped in a log meeting house one half mile south of Logan Cross Roads." Also located at the old church is a grave yard. The building was erected in 1803.
The Solomon, James and William Cole homesteads on Mt. Pleasant Road, were directly south of Logan Cross Roads which was exactly one mile away. The families had easy access by foot or wagon to the blacksmith shop, retail store and a post office, and the churches in the town. The Solomon Coles were life long Baptists, and as good church goers they would have walked the mile to town and then west one half mile to the meeting house each Sunday. These roads of course were dirt, dry and dusty or muddy and slick depending on season. The children could walk to school as well and ofttimes one could surmise, were accompanied by their teacher father.
"Both the old Baptist and old Methodist log meeting-houses were used for school purposes and in them are remembered as early teachers: John Wilkinson, Mason J. Cloud and Nancy Morgan."
According to: History of Dearborn and Ohio Counties, Indiana. "One of the earliest school houses built in the Township was situated on the Creek near the Cross Roads. It was built expressly for school purposes, and was of the rude log cabin pattern. Solomon Cole is remembered as the first (School) Master in this house." He was the first teacher in Logan Township!
The teaching positions were, in the early days, not well paid but had prestige associated with them. In Hogan Township, south of Logan, the tuition charge at their school was 75? per quarter. Most of the pay was received in commodities needed by the school master and his family. So Solomon Cole was not solely involved in agriculture but taught school as well. He must have attended school in his youth, and he could at least, "read, write and cipher".
The additional income Solomon earned from teaching was welcome but it became much more important, when, during the early part of 1822 there was a serious economic recession and, "nearly all of-the banks had failed or were failing. The country was flooded with small bills from 6 1/2? to one dollar. Produce of all kinds sank down very low; wheat 25?, corn 6 1/2?, butter 3? per lb., eggs 2? per dozen and labor $6.00 to $8.00 dollars per month." The whole farming community had to hunker down and live without cash income and began to barter as in the old days, just to weather the economic downturn.

Living as they did in rural Indiana didn't prevent them from keeping up on local and national happenings. They had access to the news on a regular basis as the first news paper in Dearborn County was published in 1817. Over the years it was called successively, The Dearborn Gazette, Indiana Oracle, Indiana Palladium and the Political Beacon.
One can but wonder if there is more information about the family there in those papers. In 1826 the county court house caught fire and all the official records were burned. As a consequence much of the family history record was destroyed (6)
John Quincy Adams was President of the United States.

The second to last child born to Solomon and Sarah was our lineal ancestor WILLIAM RAMEY COLE (initially spelled Remy). He was born on the 12 of August 1828 in Logan Township, Dearborn County, Indiana.

In June of 1826 Solomon Cole and James Cole "relinquish" to Ralph Williams of Franklin County Indiana, the East 1/2 of NE 1/4, Section 24, which they had purchased with such euphoria in 1818. We do not know what they received for the 160 acres. Solomon now had 50 acres left in Dearborn Co. With a wife and 8 children to support, "Two farms were rented; one of a distant relative, in Dearborn County, for two years and the one for one year in Hamilton Co, Ohio.", states James Washington's biographer.

The next Indiana census was held in 1830, and the Solomon Cole household was almost complete with nine members.
There were: two males under 5 years William R. & ?
two males between 5 & 10 Robert S. & James W.
one male between 40 & 50 Solomon
two females under 5 Rebecca & Elizabeth
one between 20 & 30 ?
one between 30 & 40 Sarah
NOTE: Eliza had died and John Jefferson had not yet been born.
Solomon was 46 at the time of the census and Sarah was 33.

The William Cole family had 5 members in the census and James Cole's family dropped to 6. Why, we have no idea. Had some of James' children moved on? The census does show, however, that there were 20 Coles in Logan Township in 1820 and also in 1830. All members of our family?

In February of 1830 Solomon bought 100 acres from a Nelson Sacker on the N side of the SW quarter of Section 33, T.7., R1W., for the princely sum of $200 Dollars. That is $2.00 per acre. The family fortunes were improving again. He now had 150 acres to farm.

Five years later, in 1835, tragedy struck the family. Solomon Cole?"became partially helpless and James Washington being the eldest son, the responsibility of directing matters at home devolved largely on him" according to James Washington's biographer. Edward Penn Cole sees it in more detail, "there was a cholera scare and Solomon took the preservative calamel, became salivated and lost his mind as a result". (7)

Each year Solomon and Sarah's family kept growing and by 1836 it was complete.

James Washington b. February 2, 1820.
Eliza b. 1821. (She died young)
Elizabeth b. 1823.
Delilah A. b. 1826.
Sarah b. 1827.
William Ramey b. August 12, 1828. (our direct Ancestor)
John Jefferson b. February 14, 1836.


Later on March 26, 1839, Solomon sold all the 150 acres the family owned, to James Craig for $1500 dollars. The property was at the SW corner of the NW Quarter section of S.33, T.7, R1W which was 50 acres "more or less" and the North side of the SW Quarter section S.33, T.7, R1W with 100 acres. That was, at $10.00 dollars an acre, a very nice price.
"He lent the proceeds to parties regarded as solvent but the Panic of 1837-39, swept away the fortunes of the borrowers and their security leaving Solomon practically destitute." James Washington's biographer states it this way, "A few years later there was an other economic recession [which lasted between] 1837 and 1839, which swept away their fortunes."

It is not difficult to feel his loss and frustration when at the age of 51, Solomon was ailing and without land or money and suffering the permanent effects of Calomel he had taken. What to do? What about William and James? Might they have helped Solomon while he figured out something to do? We will probably never know, but what is known is that a decision was made to send their eldest son, James Washington, to the Iowa Territory to seek out new opportunities for the family.

The land was less expensive there. Solomon's father-in-law, William C. Remy had moved there in 1839 or there abouts, and might have written to tell them about the new land? Perhaps the land, in Indiana had payed out and was no longer as fertile as when they had originally began cultivation? Might the recession of 1837-9 reduced their assets such that to invest what little cash they had left in cheaper land might restore their wealth again. So, in search of better opportunities, James Washington, who was just 20 years old, set out for Iowa in the spring of 1840,.

The president of the U.S. was Martin Van Buren.

The method of travel available to James Washington was to go by boat down the Ohio and up the Mississippi to Burlington Iowa, or to go by carriage across Indiana and Illinois to the Mississippi crossing at Burlington and then on to Henry Co. or to ride a horse or walk. One could surmise that with little money he took one of the cheaper but slower means. By any reckoning it was a long trip as the railroads had not reached that area yet. Once in Iowa, he proceeded to Henry County and "having made the many arrangements, returned, and removed with the family to Henry County, where the following year two hundred and fifty acres were purchased, mostly on time payments" according to the James Washington biographer. Robert S. adds that, "They came to Iowa by teams in 1851". (The date is wrong. It was 1841, but the means to get there is correct.) Sarah, with only little help from Solomon, packed up the house and with young children in tow, drove the wagon teams to Iowa. Robert S. states: "The father was a confirmed invalid at the time, and the elder sons took all the responsibility and care of the family. On coming to this County (Henry Co., Iowa) the family purchased 250 acres of land situated about twelve miles north of Mt. Pleasant. The title of one-half of this property was vested in the parents' name, and one-half in the names of James W. and Robert S., the elder sons." "Land was acquired in New London Township, Henry County, mostly on time payments. (New London is south east of Mt. Pleasant on the road to Burlington.) Title was one half in the name of the parents and the other half in the name of the two oldest boys, James W. and Robert S." With the acquisition of the farm the family now had a new beginning. Solomon and Sarah were fifty-seven and forty-four years old.


James Washington made one last journey back to Indiana with a Power of Attorney given him by his father. He was instructed to, "ask for, demand, receive. . . all moneys due me by note, bill bond. . .in the State of Indiana & Ohio or elsewhere. . .if any or all of my debtors shall refuse to pay, my aforesaid Attorney is authorized. . .to carry on any suits in law necessary to recover any such demand. . .the 24th day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty one. Solomon Cole (seal)"
Perhaps he was successful and brought home the money owed his father.

Now in Henry Co. Iowa, the farm was worked and improved, and soon the two young men began to concentrate on their own portion of the property. Sally Cole being resourceful, farmed her property with the help of the next oldest son and the five remaining children.

Edward Penn Cole has an interesting anecdote that fits in here very well describing the strength of Sally's character. One season's crop was ready and the harvesting crew assembled. We'll hear now from Edward Penn Cole, "The harvesting crew of farmers refused to harvest her crop because Sarah refused to provide the whiskey they demanded. Eventually the harvesters' wives came and saved the crop for her and her helpless family." She was a brave woman who had experienced drunkenness in her youth and wasn't going to have any of it on her place. Bonnelle William Rhamy states it as follows: "She was a pioneer and Baptist by faith, as most Remys were. Took a stand against slavery as did her parents in Kentucky. Was opposed to alcoholic drink, and refused it to the harvest hands. She was forceful, intelligent and courageous." We can be sure the children saw and learned a lot from her actions that season.

Eventually it became obvious to all, that, what was best for everyone was to move the parents and small children to Mt. Pleasant, the county seat, where the parents could begin to settle down from all the years of hard work and where the schools were more accessible for the youngest children. This was accomplished after the third or fourth season. At this juncture the youngest child was 16 and the eldest 24. James W. and Robert S. purchased their parent's share of the farm "allowing them a price which secured them generous support. As the years passed the sons saw to it that their parents never needed such comforts as they desired, and also contributing liberally toward the education of the children."

By this time the family patriarch, Solomon, was in decline and died on the 24 of December 1860. He is buried in the family plot in Forrest Hill Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant. He was 76 years old. The 14 June 1860 census Solomon was living with his son W. R. Cole. The person answering the questions listed Solomon Cole as "Insane", an obvious result of the ingestion of the calomel 25 years before.

Solomon's obituary reads as follows, "His political allegiance was given to the Whig party until its dissolution, and entertaining strong abolition principles he then joined the Republican Party, which was formed to prevent the further extension of slavery." Both he and his wife held membership in the Baptist church and their Christian faith permeated their daily life.

The Mother (Sarah Remy Cole) surviving her husband, moved to live with her daughter Elizabeth Cole Hutton in Atlantic, Iowa. In 1876 when Elizabeth's husband died and Elizabeth became too sick to care for their mother, Sarah Remy Cole left for Peirce City, Missouri where she stayed with another daughter, Sarah Cole Moore. Sarah Remy Cole died, ten years after leaving Mt. Pleasant, on 21 March, 1886 at her daughter Sarah's home.
The Announcement in The Peirce City Empire of Lawrence County, Missouri dated March 23, 1886, states as follows:
"In this city on Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock March 21st, Mrs. Sarah Cole, aged ninty-three [sic] years. Deceased was the mother of Mrs. Jacob Moore of this city. The remains will be taken to Mt. Pleasant, Iowa for burial."
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At the time Sarah died her children all had married and had families of their own.
*James Washington m. Susan O. Mathers in Mt. Pleasant 22 Dec 1853.
*Eliza died young.
*Robert S. m. Mary Jane Hutton near Mt. Pleasant, 24 Dec 1846.
*Elizabeth m. Thomas Vardeman Hutton in Mt. Pleasant, 21 Aug 1843.
*Rebecca Jane m. Samuel Hutton in Mt. Pleasant, 1 Aug 1850.
*Delilah A. might have married but it has not been proved.
*Sarah m. Jacob Moore, 18 Feb 1844.
*WILLIAM REMY married CORDELIA THROOP in Mt. Pleasant, December 31, 1856.
*John Jefferson m. Mary Eliza Gully in 1862.

The four male children started the lightning rod and water pump business together, with offices in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa; St. Louis, Missouri; Council Bluffs, Iowa; and Greencastle, Indiana.


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Note (1)- Morgan, Edward S. The Birth of the Republic pg. 113, "States, with land charters to the Pacific, were afraid less the United States took over the western lands (west of the Allegheny Mountains). Through the sale of lands these states would receive a steady income and not have to impose taxes. Those without western charters would see their populations move to these no tax states thus reducing the tax base. Behind all this were the companies; The Illinois-Wabash Company, The Indiana Company and The Ohio Company all land speculators whose shareholders were some influential congressmen. Feeling that the Continental Congress would treat them most favorably the speculators insisted that the land be held in a common fund for the Nation. Before statehood, Congress could sell the lands. (the North West Ordinance mandated that each acre be sold for no less than $1.00)
Corrupt congressmen (investors in the land companies) through the Ohio Company bought 1 million and one half (acres of land) at less than 10? per acre. Congress consented, because of the influential congressmen, and that the area was being settled by squatters who weren't purchasing the property and that the country was at war and it needed the money to fight the British."
An Ordinance for the North West Territory was enacted by the United States Congress, in 1787, encompassing what is now Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and part of Minnesota. The Ordinance provided for a governor and three judges to oversee this vast territory. The Native Americans, whose lands had passed from the British to the Americans at our Independence, wanted their land back. Chief Pontiac made his claim to the authorities as settlers arrived and squeezed more of the natives out. (The first American settlement recorded in Indiana was near Clarksville and was made up of survivors of General George Clark's expedition which had destroyed English forts during fighting along the Ohio River in 1781. The land allotment was 149,000 acres for services rendered.) The Battle of Tippecanoe brought to an end the Indian resistance, when the famous Indian Chief Tecumseh died in the battle of The Thames in 1813. That was the last of the battles, and the settlers streamed in.


Note (2)-Edward Penn Cole (who was the writers Uncle) was the son of Hugh Addison Cole, who was the son of Rev. William Remy Cole, who was the son of Solomon Cole the subject of this history.

Note (3)- The Congress ordered the lands of the Western Territory surveyed, lands which had been, "purchased of the Indian inhabitants". The Territories were divided into Townships of six miles square. Then they were further subdivided into plots of one mile square and numbered from 1 to 36 called Sections. The Section number was prefaced with a capital "S". Each Section had a Township and they were given a number prefixed with a capital "T".
So a parcel of land would be identified for, example, as Section (S.20),Township (T.8) and further broken down as 1/4 of that Section or the 1/2 half or the complete Section.
It further provided that the Secretary of War would control one seventh of all the townships which would be sold at public auction provided that none of the lands be sold under $1.00 an acre. Section number 16 would be set aside for the maintenance of a public school.

Note (4)- The land title is as follows:
"James Monroe President of the United States of America, to all whome these presences shall come greeting. Know ye that SOLOMON COLE assigner of James Cole having deposited in the General Land Office a certificate of the registry of the Land Office of Cincinnati whereby it appears that full payment has been made for the North West Quarter of Section Thirty Three in Township Seven of Range one West of the meridian line drawn from the Mouth of the Great Miami River, of the land directed to be sold at Cincinnati by the Congress, entitled an act providing for the sale of land of the United States in the Territory North West of the Ohio and above the mouth of the Kentucky River and of the acts amendatory of the same, there is granted by the United Stated unto said SOLOMON COLE the Quarter lot of the section described, to have and to hold the said Quarter Section with the appurtenances unto said SOLOMON COLE his heirs and assigns forever, in testimony where of I have caused these letters to be made patent and the Seal of the General Land Office to be here unto affixed and under my hand at the City Of Washington the Twentieth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and of the Independence of the United Stated of America the forty third.

By the President James Monroe (seal)
recorded vol. 78/page 125 Josiah Rigs Commissioner of the General Land Office

Note (5)- The land transfer is as follows:
"This indenture made the twenty eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen between Solomon Cole and Sally his wife of the County of Dearborn and state of Indiana on the one part and William Cole of the county and state aforesaid of the other part that the said Solomon Cole for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred dollars lawful money of the United Stated to him in hand well and truly paid by the said William Cole the receipt of whereas is thereby acknowledged have granted and confirmed and by these presents do grant bargain sell alien release convey and confirm unto the said William Cole his heirs and assigns forever All that tract or parcel of land which is contained within and bounded by the following lines and boundaries to wit, Beginning at a point or stake in the West line of section number thirty three of Township number seven in Range number one West of a Meridian line drawn from the Mouth of the Great Miami River And sixty perches from the North West corner of said Section running thence South with said West line fifty perches to a corner stake in said West line thence East one hundred and sixty perches to a corner stake thence North fifty perches to a corner stake thence West one hundred and sixty perches to the place of beginning containing fifty acres of land"... "the said Solomon Cole"?"will warrant and forever defend"..."every part and parcel unto the said William Cole"..."In witness whereof the said Solomon Cole together with Sally his wife who hereby relinquishes her right of Dower in the premises have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first above written.
sealed & delivered in the presence of
Solomon Manwaring
testify Nancy Cole SOLOMON COLE (SEAL)
SALLY COLE (SEAL) "
( A dower is that portion of real estate of a deceased husband which the law gives to a widow during her lifetime. It is old English and U.S law. A perch or rod is 16.5 feet long.)

Note (6)- The early towns were built on high ground after the trees had been cleared. This left the most prominent buildings, i.e. court houses, exposed to lightning strikes. It was a time before effective lightning rods were in use. It probably was an accidental fire.

Note (7)-"Calamel" more than likely this was Calomel, a mercury derivative (Mercurous Chloride) given to patients in the early 19th century for Yellow fever and other maladies such as tapeworms. (the latter called an anthelmintic). The purpose in using Calomel as a purgative was to produce copious quantities of saliva (ptyalism), called salivation. In excessive dosages it causes inflammation of the gums, loss of teeth, inability to speak and loss of motor control etc. The nerve and brain damage it causes is irreversible. Dr. Benjamin Rush, of Philadelphia, the most prominent doctor of his time, promoted this remedy together with blood letting for Yellow fever. This sickness plagued the east coast of the U.S. continuously in the late 1700s.

(9)-Peirce City is the correct name of this Missouri town. She was 90 years and two months old having been born Jan 12, 1797,when she died. The name was changed in 1920 to the more standard spelling, Pierce. (Pierce City is near Mt. Vernon, Missouri, west of Springfield.)


(8) In Honor of Sarah (Remy) Cole
12 January, 1797 - 21 March, 1886
transcribed 7 Oct., 2005
The Free Press, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, 31 March 1886
"Another pioneer gone. One by one they go! It is a rapidly diminishing band of those who sawed logs for log cabins and spun and wove garments when Iowa was a scarcely settled territory. Sarah Cole nee Ramey, was one of the most cheery and courageous of those really settlers. To the most advanced age she retained her strong character and deep religious faith and her warm and continual friendships and her deep sympathy for all human suffering and need. She and her husband Solomon Cole came to Henry County in December 1939, bringing with them eight boys and girls to grow up with the county. For years they wrestled with the hardships of pioneer life. They tested the toughness of the prairie sod, the capacity of its cabins and the sweetness of bread made from corn ground on hand mills and horse mills. They knew its joys too. The Sunday meeting twelve miles away, the quilting, the corn husking, the singing schools, and spelling schools in the log school house where many a young couple learned first to spell l-o-v-e. And then their wedding and the new cabin and still another new farm. And the neighbors six miles away that were sick and needed nursing. How many trips were made through heat and cold across swollen streams and by some new timber road to be with such, in their time of need. Such was the life that those pioneers knew in which Mrs. Cole was inactive participant. And now she has found rest.
Death welcome and log waited or came to her on Sunday March 21st, at the home of her daughter Mrs. Sarah Moore of Pierce City, Missouri. She had survived her husband twenty-five years and her eighty-ninth birthday. The 12th of January last had been brightened for her by tokens of affection from her scattered children.
With her love for children, grandchildren and friends still strong, the failing strength of body powers led her to say 'how long?' while yet she tried to wait cheerfully and patiently for the inevitable change when she might hope to join the dear ones gone before. The pale messenger came at last and found her glad and ready.
Her remains were brought to the home of her son W.R. Cole on Tuesday evening last. On Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock the funeral services occurred. Four of the six surviving children were present and six grandchildren who will always remember the dear grandmother to whom they owe so much. No one of the six surviving brothers and sisters, the children of William Ramey, who made his mark as one of the early settlers and the possessor of inimitable energy, could be present at the funeral service which marked for them the transference of another tie from earth to heaven.
'Mother Cole' has gone, but her influence still lives, lives in the memories of many whose lives have been touched in tender and helpful ways by her many deeds of generous self-sacrifice, lives in the strong vein of unswerving rectitude that has descended to her sixty-eight children and grandchildren and great grandchildren - and which they may well prize as the richest heritage and one upon which there is yet, no stain or blot.
It is a grand thing to live an upright faithful life, and to rear a family of children who become blessings to their generation.
'No such life is ever lived in vain'

Note (6)- The land transfer is as follows:
"This indenture made the twenty sixth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty between Solomon Cole and Sally his wife of the county of Dearborn and state of Indiana of the first part and Samuel Thornton of the county and state aforesaid of the second part, witnesseth, that the said Solomon Cole and Sally his wife for and in consideration of the sum of two hundred dollars lawful money of the United States to them in hand were and duly paid by the said Samuel Thornton the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged have granted, bargained sold alined released conveyed and confirm unto the said Samuel Thornton"... "sixty perches south"... "one hundred and sixty east"... "containing sixty acre of land..."
SOLOMON COLE (SEAL)
SALLY COLE (SEAL)
SOLOMON COLE (SEAL)
SALLY COLE (SEAL)



FAMILY OF SOLOMON AND SARAH COLE
Solomon b. 1784 d.1860
Sarah b. 1797 d. 1886
CHILDREN:
James Washington b. 1820 d. 1907 M. Susan Olivia Mathers (1)
b.1834 d.1891; Phila Olds (2) b.1859 d. 1931
Children:
James Gilbert
Eliza b. 1821 d. young
Robert S. b. 1822 d. 1884 m. Mary Jane Hutton b.1827 d. 1905
Children:
Anna E.
Sarah Jane
Laura M.
Hayden R.
William T.
Jay C.
Mary J.
Minnie E.
Elizabeth b. 1823 d. 1892 m. Thomas Vardeman Hutton
b.1820 d.1876 She died in her son's home in Atlantic, Iowa after twenty years of illness. He died of "apoplexy" s sitting in his chair. All the Huttons' were from Mt. Pleasant.
Children:
James Washington
Samuel L.
Estella
John Charles
Jane
Rebecca Jane b. 1824 d. unknown m. Samuel Hutton
Children:
Alzina
Cora
Bell
Harry
Clara
Delilah A. b. 1826 d. unknown
Sarah b. 1827 d, unknown m. Jacob Moore
Children:
Jennie
William A.
Ella
David
Eliza Ann
John
William Ramey b. 1828 d.1915 m. Cordelia Throop b.1833 d.1900
Children:
Ernest Chapin
Ralph Goldsmith
Hugh Addison
Clara
Olive
Arthur throop
Lucretia
John Jefferson b.1836 d.1912 m. Mary Eliza Gully b.unknown d.1909
Children:
John Gully
Ralph Gully