NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR

Rebecca Church is not in my direct ancestry. Her relationship to known members of my family is currently a matter of active research.

The assertion has been made that she is a sibling of Erastus Church and a daughter of Samuel Church, but that connection has not been firmly established yet. This page was made to help collect information about this person for use in the research.

	Date	Location	Notes
Birth	~1801
Marriage	10 Nov 1836 or 1831	Henry Co., IN	George Dawson
Death	>1870
Burial

Children

(children with ?)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941, has an entry for Rebecca Church marrying George Dawson on 10 Nov 1836 in Henry Co., IN.
2	BLM Land Patent Certificates dated 15 Mar 1837 for Rebecca Butters Church of Fayette Co., IN. In document #23560, she has purchased 40 acres of land at the 2nd prime meridian, 015N Twp, 006E Rng, SW1/4 SE 1/4, section #1 in Hancock Co., IN. In document #23559, she has purchased 40 acroes of land at the 2nd primer meridian, 015N Twp, 006E Rng, SE 1/4 NE 1/4, section #12 in Hancock Co., IN. [NB: These two plots are very close to each other and are just WSW of Greenfield, IN.]
3	1850 U.S. Federal Census for Centre Township, Hancock Co., IN, dated 11 Sep 1850, page 16. Lines 23-26: Rebecca Dawson, 49, lives with her son Jesse Dawson, 13, her daughter Orinda Dawson, 10, and her son Lee Dawson, 8. Rebecca was born in NH, the children were born in IN.
4	Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941 includes a record for Rebecca B. Dawson marrying John Vanmeter in Hancock Co. on 17 Apr 1854.
5	1860 United States Federal Census for Center Twp., Hancock Co., IN, page 30, dated 12 Jun 1860. Lines 22-26: John Vanmeter, 66, lives with his wife Rebecca Vammeter, 59, John's daughter Henrietta Vanmeter, 22, Rebecca's son Henry L. Dawson, 19, and Rebecca's son Fernando C. Dawson, 16. John is a farmer. Henry and Fernando work as farm laborers. Henrietta is teaching (illegible). John was born in VA, Rebecca in NH, all the kids were born in IN.
6	1870 United States Federal Census for Center Twp., Hancock Co., IN, pages 33-34, dated 23 Jun 1870. Page 33 lines 39-40 and Page 34 lines 1-3: Rebecca B. Vammeter, 72, lives with her son Henry L. Dawson, 28, Henry's wife Mary Dawson, 20, a boy named Jesse G. Dawson, 9 (relationship uncertain, possibly Rebecca's grandson via Jesse Dawson), and a boy named Burk Harrison, 18. Rebecca was born in VT, everyone else in IN. Henry is a farmer and Burk works a farm.