Indiana Family Group Sheet for the Robert SKELTON Family *********************************************** Copyright Ruth Flack McKnight. All rights reserved. http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.shtml *********************************************** Submitted by: Ruth Flack McKnight Email address: Husband: Robert SKELTON Birthdate: 1794 Birthplace: Elbert County, Georgia Death date: 15 Mar 1853 Place of death: Patoka Twp., Gibson, Indiana Burial: Patoka Twp., Gibson, Indiana, Procidence Cemetery Father: William SKELTON Mother: Sarah Marriage date: 1 Nov 1813 Marriage place: Henry County, Kentucky Wife: Sarah ROBERTS Birthdate: 1799 Birthplace: Kentucky Death date: aft 1860 Place of death: Gibson County, Indiana Burial: Father: James ROBERTS ? Mother: CHILDREN Child No. 1: James SKELTON Sex: M Birthdate: 1815 Birthplace: Warrick County, Indiana Death date: Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: 16 Jul 1838 Marriage place: Spouse's name: Louisa Jane WOODS Child No. 2: Zachariah SKELTON Sex: M Birthdate: 1819 Birthplace: Warrick County, Indiana Death date: Nov 1865 Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: 9 Feb 1842 Marriage place: Gibson County, Indiana Spouse's name: Martha Jane "Mary" WOODS Child No. 3: Lucy Ann SKELTON Sex: F Birthdate: 14 Mar 1821 Birthplace: Warrick County, Indiana Death date: 22 Jan 1874 Place of death: Gibson County, Indiana Burial: Patoka Twp., gibson, Indiana, Providence Cemetery Marriage date: 27 Aug 1841 Marriage place: Gibson County, Indiana Spouse's name: 1st Eld. Elihu HOLCOMB Child No. 4: Sarah SKELTON Sex: F Birthdate: Birthplace: Warrick County, Indiana Death date: Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: 5 Dec 1841 Marriage place: Warrick County, Indiana Spouse's name: John SCALES Child No. 5: Nancy SKELTON Sex: F Birthdate: 1825 Birthplace: Warrick County, Indiana Death date: Place of death: Marriage date: 5 Jul 1843 Burial: Marriage place: Gibson County, Indiana Spouse's name: George Beasley Child No. 6: Robert R. SKELTON * Sex: M Birthdate: 1829 Birthplace: Warrick County, Indiana Death date: 17 Aug 1887 Place of death: Buckskin, Gibson, Indiana Burial: Greer Twp., Warrick, Indiana, Birchfield Family Cemetery Marriage date: 3 Jun 1857 Marriage place: Gibson County, Indiana Spouse's name: 1st Nancy Birchfield Child No. 7: John A. SKELTON Sex: M Birthdate: 7 Feb 1831 Birthplace: Gibson County, Indiana Death date: 13 Jul 1883 Place of death: Burial: Pike County, Indiana, Log Creek Cemetery Marriage date: 18 Aug 1859 Marriage place: Gibson County, Indiana Spouse's name: Nancy E. Woods Child No. 8: Eady SKELTON Sex: F Birthdate: 5 Nov 1838 Birthplace: Gibson County, Indiana Death date: 25 Feb 1881 Place of death: Warrick County, Indiana ? Burial: Marriage date: 20 Mar 1857 Marriage place: Gibson County, Indiana Spouse's name: Samuel CANNON Child No. 9: Jacob Marion SKELTON Sex: M Birthdate: 23 Dec 1839 Birthplace: Gibson County, Indiana Death date: 5 Nov 1891 Place of death: Bloomfield, Stoddard, Missouri Burial: Goddard Co., MO, Hill Cemetery Marriage date: 7 May 1862 Marriage place: Gibson County, Indiana Spouse's name: 1st Brizilla "Dora" WOODS Child No. 10: William F. SKELTON Sex: M Birthdate: 1840 Birthplace: Gibson County, Indiana Death date: Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: 7 Nov 1861 Marriage place: Gibson County, Indiana Spouse's name: Elizabeth M. Landers Documentation: NOTES; #3 md 2nd 19 Feb 1866 to Rev. James R. CRISWELL; #6 md 2nd 10 Jun 1869, Gibson County, Indiana to Nancy J. BREEDEN MONTGOMERY; #7 md 2nd 23 Jun 1870 to Almirinda Woods; #7 md 3rd 7 Dec 1871 to Amelia Caroline BASS; #9 md 2nd 13 Mar 1868, Warrick County, Indiana to Ann Roper; Robert Skelton served in Indiana Militia, Capt. Hargove's Company, 4th Indiana Regiment in Battle of Tippecanoe. With William Henry Harrison leading the Indiana Militia, they proceeded to Tippecanoe County, Indiana to destroy the encampment of the Shawnee Indian Tribe lead by the War Leader Tecumseh. On 7 Nov 1811 Robert was wounded by a rifle ball which took part of his fibula bone in the left leg, leaving him 1/4 disabled. The Battle was commenced in the dawn hour by the Spiritual Shawnee Indiana Leader "The Prophet". His indian name was Tenskwatawa and he was a brother to Tecumseh. Tecumseh was in Illinois trying to muster allies to fight the whites and take back the land they considered theirs. "The Prophet saw his chance for glory, and they proceeded to surprise the whites. A sentry however sounded the alarm before the surprise could be launched, and the whites won the battle. The Militia burned the village and all food stores for the winter. Robert was put on the Pension Rolls at the rate of $2.00 per month for his 1/4 disability from his wound. For anyone wishing to know more about Tecumseh and his role in Indiana History I highly recomment "Panther In The Sky" by James Alexander Thom; SOURCES; 1. FGR from Archives of Ret. Col George Byers, 3104 Corby Blvd., South Bend, IN - Deceased; 2. Pension Bounty Land File #26,211, Indian War, Battle of Tippecanoe, Volume 2, Page 213, National Archives, Washington D.C. for Robert; 3. Early Marriages Gibson County, Indiana 1807 - 1868 by Ruth A. Chandler, Call #G977.201 G448c, Genealogy Division, Indiana State Library (ISL), 140 Senate Avenue, Indianapolis IN 46204; 4. Probate Record Will Book 1, Page 393, 394 & 395 w/inventory list, Gibson County, Indiana for Robert; 5. Gibson County, Indiana WPA Marriage Index, 1850 - 1920, P thru Z, Volume 6, Pages 88 thru 92. Call #G997.201 G448uV6, Genealogy Division, ISL; 6. Gibson County, Indiana WPA Supplemental Mariiage Index, 1880 - 1920, M thru Z, Volume 8, Pages 94 & 95, Call # G977.201 G448uV8, Genealogy Division, ISL; 7. FGR from Jacqueline Burns of Ft. Myers, Florida for Jacob Marion w/ records & pictures; 8. Copy of Certificate of Marriage #841, Book 4, Gibson County, Indiana Jacob Marion & Brizilla Woods; 9. Copy Certificate of Marriage, Warrick County, Indiana for Jacob Marion and Ann Roper; 10. Tombstone Pictures for Jacob Skelton 23 Dec 1839 - 5 Nov 1871 & Ann Roper Skelton 2 Sep 1842 - 7 Mar 1919, Stoddard County, Missouri, Hill Cemetery; 11. 1850 Census, Indiana, Gibson County, Patoka Twp.,, Family #554 for Robert & Sarah Skelton w/children Robert, John A., Eady, Jacob M., & William F.; 12. 1840 Census, Indiana, Gibson County, Page 37 for Robert; 13. 1830 Census, Indiana, Warrick County, Page 272 for Robert; 14. FGR from Kathy Duffy Moore - twolynns@gibsoncounty.net for Eady Skelton Cannon, Warrick County, Indiana Website, Indiana Family Group Sheet Project.