PANCAKE FAMILY RECORDS

OF

KNOX COUNTY, INDIANA

Knox County was an original Indiana county created in 1790.


BIRTHS   CENSUS    COURT RECORDS   DEATH RECORDS    LAND RECORDS   

MARRIAGES   MILITARY    PROBATE RECORDS   MISCELLANEOUS


CENSUS RECORDS

1807   1820   1830   1840   1850   1900

1807 Census of Indiana Territory, Indiana Historical Society.

Page 4 - Knox County . . . #127 . . . Jacob Pancake




1820 Indiana Census, Willard Heiss, 1966, reprinted 1976.

Knox County:
                 page
Bass, Chatharine 091 1 male under 10   (1810-1820)
                     1 male 10 to 15  (1805-1810)
                     1 male 16 to 26  (1794-1804)
                     1 female 26 to 45 (1775-1794)
[This is Catharine Pancake, the widow of Ethelred Bass, married 1797 in
Bullitt County, Kentucky]

Bass, William    091 1 male 26 to 45 (1775-1794)
                     1 female under 10 (1810-1820)
                     1 female 26 to 45 (1775-1794)
[Dorothy Pancake married William T. Bass in 1810 in Knox County]

Pancake, Jacob   092 1 male under 10 (1810-1820)
                     1 male 26 to 45 (1775-1794)
                     2 females 10 to 15 (1805-1810)
                     1 female 26 to 45  (1775-1794)
For more information on the Pancake-Bass families visit Josephine Bass and Becky Bonner's website.



1830 U.S. Census, Knox County, Indiana, page 262, microfilm M19-31
Jacob Pancake  1 male 10 to 15   (born 1815-1820)
               1 male 50 to 60   (born 1770-1780)
               1 female 40 to 50 (born 1780-1790)


1840 Indiana Census Index

Jacob Pancake  Knox County  page 117



1850 U.S. Census, Knox County Indiana, District #61, page 195, household number 587:

F. J. Myres     41 M  Farmer  3000  NC  [ca. 1809]
Michael     "   43 F                "   [ca. 1807]
John G.     "   19 M     "         Ind  [ca. 1831]
John        "   18 M                "   [ca. 1832]
Elizabeth   "   16 F                "   [ca. 1834]
Jacob       "   13 M                "   [ca. 1837]
George F    "   10 M                "   [ca. 1840]
Acenith     "    7 F                "   [ca. 1843]
Barbara Pancake 64 F                NC  [ca. 1786]



1900 Soundex of Indiana, microfilm T1044-175

Vol. 37, E.D. 40, Sheet 40, Line 73
Individual: Pancake, Leetha
Color: W, Month: June, Year: 1892, Age: 7, Birthplace: Indiana
County: Knox, M.C.D.: Harrison Twp
Enumerated with: Snyder, James R.
Relationship: NR

Vol. 37. E.D. 45, Sheet 22, Line 25
Individual: Pancake, Roy
Color: W, Month: Mar., Year: 1870, Age: 30, Birthplace: Indiana
County: Knox, M.C.D.: Harrison Twp.
Enumerated with: Smith, Emery M.
Relationship: Nephew


LAND RECORDS

American State Papers, U.S. Congress, Series 8, Public Lands.

Volume 1, page 290 -
Dec. 20, 1806.
B.  A list of the donations of four hundred acres of land given to the
heads of families in Vincennes, in the year 1783; with the names of the
present claimants, and the number of the lot drawn by each as laid off by
order of the Governors.

Original Donees              No.            Present Claimants
Boneau, Jean Baptiste        169   (225 Jacob, Joseph and Dorothy Pancake.
                                   (175 Simon Vanorsdal.

Volume 1, page 565 -
Jan. 3, 1807.
A.  List of lands confirmed by the different Governors, in virtue of
French or British grants, and of court and commandant deeds.

Original Claimants Quantity Surveyed or Not Present Claimants Situation
------------------ -------- --------------- ----------------- ---------
Pancake Joseph        300      Surveyed        Abraham Huff   On waters of
                                                              Marie Creek,
                                                              joining B.D.
                                                              Price.

Volume 2, page 462 -
Land claims in the District of Vincennes.  1812.
G.  Special Cases.
The claim of the Heirs of Joseph Pancake for a militia donation of one
hundred acres.
It is proved that Joseph Pancake was an effective militiaman at Vincennes,
in 1786; that he was with and under deponent's (John Small's) command,
in the same year, at the engagement with the Indians on Embarras, where
he was killed.

Volume 7, page 708 - Same information as Volume 2, page 462, but for 400
                     acres; dated 1835.

Volume 7, page 710 -
Locations entered at Vincennes, under the act of Congress of the 3rd of
March, 1807.
Number drawn:  28
Name and Quantity:  Solomon Tivebaugh, in right of Jacob Tivebaugh, Jr.,
200 acres.
Where located:  I locate 200 acres of land in right of Jacob Tivebaugh, Jr.,
joining land of Jacob Pancake, No. 169, in the donation beginning at the
east corner thereof, so as to include my improvement on Wilson's creek.
                                                                    S.T.

Volume 7, page 723 -
Locations entered at Vincennes, under the act of Congress of February 13,
1813, from 12th July to 30th September, 1813.
Number drawn:  186.
Name and Quantity:  Walter Wilson, in right of heirs of Joseph Pancake, 100
acres.
Where located:  I locate 100 acres of land, granted the heirs of Joseph
Pancake, deceased, on the west and north of 20 acres of land located by
me, as one of the heirs of Alexander Wilson, deceased.
                                               Walter Wilson, Assignee.




Private Claims, 1st-31st Congress, 1853.

Volume 7, Page 7 -
Names of claimants:  Joseph Pancake
Nature and object of the claim:  Confirmation of title of land in district
                                 of Vincennes.
Congress:  12
Session:  2
. . . . . . . . .
No. or date of report:  Jan. 18, 1813
passed:  App'd Feb. 13, 1813.



MARRIAGE RECORDS

The Hoosier Genealogist, Volume 14
Knox County Marriages, 1807-March 1832


Bass, William T. - Dorothy Pancake  lic.   12-8-1810
Pancake, Jacob - Catharine Schrader        4-10-1817
Pancake, Jacob - Barbary Gaultney, widow   12-5-1819



Index to Marriage Record, Knox County, Indiana, 1854-1920 Inclusive, Volume 3,
Letters L to R Inclusive, Indiana Works Projects Administration, 1940

Name Spouse Date of Birth Date of
Marriage
Book Page
Pancake LeRoy T Minnie A Warner   Aug 11 1901 C-15 478
Pankake Letha B Burke June 27 1893 Mar 11 1912 C-23 376



Index to Supplemental Record, Marriage Transcript, Knox County, Indiana,
1880-1920 Inclusive, Volume 1, Letters A to Z Inclusive,
Indiana Works Projects Administration, 1940

Name of
Bride
or
Groom
Father's
Given
Name
Mother's
Maiden
Name
S
e
x
C
o
l
o
r
A
g
e
Date of
Marriage
Book Page
Pancake LeRoy F Jno (???) Black M W 32 8/11/1901 H-47   2



BIRTH RECORDS

Index to Birth Records, Knox County, Indiana, 1882-1920 Inclusive, Volume I,
Letters A-G Inclusive, Indiana Works Projects Administration, 1940

Child's Name Father's
Given
Name
Mother's
Maiden
Name
S
e
x
C
o
l
o
r
Date of
Birth
Book Page
Burke Iris Badlotte J Letha Pankake F W Jan 4 1913 CH-21 135
Burke Wilma Bradlett Letha Pancake F W Oct 19 1918 H-16 80



Index to Birth Records, Knox County, Indiana, 1882-1920 Inclusive, Volume III,
Letters P-Z Inclusive, Indiana Works Projects Administration, 1940

Child's Name Father's
Given
Name
Mother's
Maiden
Name
S
e
x
C
o
l
o
r
Date of
Birth
Book Page
Pancake Dorthy A Learoy Minnie Warner F W Dec 9 1916 H-15 78
Pancake Jewell A Leroy Minnie Warner F W Jan 31 1909 H-12 55
Pancake John Emery Lee Roy Minnie Warner M W Nov 20 1910 H-13 39
Pancake Luther (???) Flossie Pancake M W Nov 14 1915 H-15 36
Pancake Leroy Minnie Warner F W Dec 29 1902 H-6 27
Pancake* Leroy Minnie Warm M W Feb 1 1905 H-8 31

*This is Floyd Arthur Pankake. He died in 1968 in Collier County, Florida.



DEATH RECORDS

Index to Death Record, Knox County, Indiana, 1882-1920 Inclusive, Volume I,
Letters A-Z Inclusive, Indiana Works Projects Administration, 1940

Name
of
Deceased
S
e
x
C
o
l
o
r
Age
at
Death
Date
of
Death
Place
of
Death
Book Page
Pancake F W -- Jan 21 1903 Ind H-31   1



MILITARY

Bounty Land Warrant File of Barbara Pancake, widow of Jacob Pancake, War of 1812, Indiana



PROBATE RECORDS

Will of Barbary Pancake, Knox County, Indiana Circuit Court, Will Book B, pages 48-49. Dated March 24, 1847, presented to the Court on August 12, 1856.

I Barbary Pancake of Knox county State of Indiana do make and publish
this my last will and testament hereby revoking and making void all former
wills by me at any time heretofore made:  and first I direct that my
body be decently entered and that my funeral be conducted in a manner
corresponding with my Situation and circumstances, and my worldly estate
after first paying all the funeral expenses.  I finlly dispose of the Same
as follows to=wit--I grant and bequeath to my beloved Daughter Michal Myers,
the wife of Frederick Myers of Said county of Knox, with whom I now reside
my mare Saddle and bridle Bedstead and bedding - also, all money on hand,
and all due or coming to me by Notes, claims or demands of every nature
and kind whatsoever to be and remain hers absolute property forever if She
Shall be living at the time of my death, and if She does not Survive me
then the Same Shall belong absolutley to her heirs excipting only a
rememberance.  I hereby grant and bequeath to Samuel, David, Frederick and
Aron Reel, the children of my other Daughter, now deceased, and nephews of
my Said Daughter Michal - Namley I direct that my Said Daughter Michal
Shall as Soon as may be convenient after my funeral expenses be paid pay to
each one of my Said Grand Children, her nephews Viz Samuel, David,
Fredrick and Aron Reel onto their guardians for the purpose of giving one
quarter of a year Schooling to Each of them two dollars making in all to be
paid to them or for their use as aforesaid, the [sum] of eight dollars and
this and my funeral expenses are the only drawbacks or deductions from my
Said Daughter Michal, or her heirs, having and enjoying all my worldly
effects of evry Kind and description whatsoever wether the Same be in money,
property or claims In witness whereof I Barbary Pancake, the testatrix have
to this my will Set my hand and Seal this Twenty fourth day of March in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty Seven

                                                         her
                                                  Barbry  x  Pancake (Seel)
                                                         mark

Signed Sealed and delivered by the aforesaid Barbary Pancake as her last
will and testament in presence of the undersigned who affix our names as
witnesses in the presence of each other

John Downey
John Allton


State of Indiana)
Knox County ss  ) Be it remembered that on this 12th day of August 1856
John Allton and John Downey the Subscribing witnesses to the foregoing
Will being duly Sworn according to Law says that the Same was duly
executed in the presence that the Testator Barbray Pancake at the time
of Executing the Same was of full age to devise her property and of
Sound mind and memory and not under coercion or restraint
                                                          John Allton
                                                          John Downey


In testimony that the above and foregoing affidavits was Sworn and
Subscribed to be fore me William Denny Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas.
I hereunto Subscribe my name and affix the Seal of Said Court at Vincennes
the day and year above written.
                                               Wm Denny Clk C.C.P.K.I.


State of Indiana)
Knox County ss  )
I William Denny Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Said County certify
that the foregoing last Will of Barbary Pancake late of Knox County decd
has been duly admitted to probate that its due execution was this day
proven by John Allton and John Downey whose proofs together with Such Will
have been duly recorded in Book B, on pages 4 [sic] & 49 of records of Wills
in our office.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of Said
Court at the city of Vincennes this 12th day of August A D 1856
                                              Wm Denny C Clk CC PKI




COURT RECORDS

Early Land Records and Court Indexes, 1783-1815 [Knox Co., Indiana], June Barekman, 1973.

Volume 2
Page 74 - Joseph Pancake served on a Grand Jury of 1811.
Page 78 - Jacob Pancake served on a Jury, between 1811-1815.
Page 83 - Jacob Pancake, appeared in Court between 1811-1815.



MISCELLANEOUS

The Territorial Papers of the United States, Clarence E. Carter, compiler and editor, 1934.

Volume II, Northwest Territory
Pages 621, 634 and 636 - Mary Pancake "widow", signed three petitions from
Vincennes, Knox County in 1797.  One petition contains the phrase "That
your Petitioners wear Invited and Strongly prosueded to emigrate to this
Country in 1784 and 1785 by Col: Legras . . ."
[See the 1810 census of Bullitt Co., Kentucky]

Volume III, Indiana Territory
Page 630 - Joseph Pancake signed a petition from Knox County, Indiana in
           1808.



Genealogical Reference Builders Newsletter, March-April 1969,
Volume III, Number 2, Robertalee Lent and June B. Barekman.


Page 95 -
                                  REEL FAMILY

Knox County, Indiana.
       David Reel, born 1771, N.C. died 3-26-1849 Knox Co. Ind.
married Elizabeth,      1764            7-15-1837
Children:
       John b. probably 1799 Lincoln Co. N.C. m. 2-2-1816
            in Knox Co. to Sally McCoy, dau. of Capt. Robt.
            and Sally McCoy.
       David Jr. b. 2-2-1801 Lincoln Co. N.C. died 12-18-
            1870 at Knox Co. m. 2-16-1825 Sarah McCoy, dau.
            of John and Myra (Duncan) McCoy.  Sarah d. 7-14-
            1888 Knox Co., born 2-3-1803.
       Absolem b. 1803 N.C. d. 9-18-1856, m. Melinda Jordan
            on 1-3-1824.
       Aaron, b. 3-6-1805, d. 1-24-1880, m. 12-21-1829 first
            to Sena Gaultney, 2nd to Mary Pancake, 3rd to a
            Catherine Jordan.
       Moses, m. 1-23-1834 Lucinda Gilmore.
       Daughter went to Calif.  Vincennes Sun, 1-2-1879 said
       that David Jr. came with father and brothers to Knox
       when David was 8 years old, he was born Lincoln Co. N.C.
WHO WERE THE PARENTS OF DAVID REEL? ......June B. Barekman
                                          3302 W. Diversey
                                          Chicago, Ill. 60647



History of Old Vincennes and Knox County, Indiana, George E. Greene, 1911.

Page 249 - From the biographical sketch of Thomas J. Reel, born November 22,
           1843, the son of Aaron Reel and Catherine Jordan:

     "The father was twice married, his first wife being a Miss Pancake,
by whom he had five children, one of whom died in infancy.  Samuel, David
and Aaron are now deceased; and Fred is a farmer living in Harrison
township."


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