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 1789 - 1859 (72 years)
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| Name |
Gilkison, John Creyton [1] |
| Born |
Between 1 Jun 1786 and 1789 [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
1859 [1] |
| Person ID |
I18516 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
21 Jan 2022 |
| Father |
Gilkison, James, b. Abt 1753, Botetourt Co, Virginia, USA  , d. 1807, Scioto Co., Ohio, USA (Age 54 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Currens, Elizabeth |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Married |
9 Sep 1783 |
Greenbrier Co., VA [1, 2, 3, 4] |
- by Elder John Alderson, Baptist Church
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| Documents |
 | Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850
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| Family ID |
F7441 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Coffinberry, Sarah, b. 20 Jun 1791, Martinsburg, Berkeley Co., Virginia (now WV), Estimate , d. 1870 (Age 78 years) |
| Married |
1808 [1] |
| Children |
| | 1. Gilkison, Allen Lewis [natural] |
| | 2. Gilkison, James Alexander [natural] |
| | 3. Gilkison, Mansfield Hedges, b. 2 Feb 1811, Mansfield, Richland, Ohio, USA , d. 23 Feb 1885, Mansfield, Richland, Ohio, USA (Age 74 years) [natural] |
| | 4. Gilkison, Hiram Nigh, b. Between 1 Apr 1813 and 1818, Mansfield, Richland, Ohio, USA , d. 1878 (Age 64 years) [natural] |
| | 5. Gilkison, Angeline Olivia, b. 29 Mar 1818, d. 3 Apr 1869 (Age 51 years) [natural] |
| | 6. Gilkison, John McCandles, b. 15 Mar 1819, Mansfield, Richland, Ohio, USA , d. 1900 (Age 80 years) [natural] |
| | 7. Gilkison, William Franklin, b. 1821, Mansfield, Richland, Ohio, USA [natural] |
| | 8. Gilkison, Newton Young or Yarron, b. 1824 [natural] |
| | 9. Gilkison, Sarah Amanda, b. 29 Sep 1827 [natural] |
| | 10. Gilkison, Mary Ann, b. 1832 [natural] |
| | 11. Gilkison, Charles Carl, b. 1833 [natural] |
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| Last Modified |
21 Jan 2022 |
| Family ID |
F7400 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
Personal Records, Maureen (Molly) McGUIRE COLSON:
From Graham, History of Richland County, Ohio, pp 275-276, is a sketch regarding an old Indian warrior and his daughter who were making their way toward Upper Sandusky. The Indian's name was Toby. The little daughter had been living with the Greentown Indians, who were being removed by the Government, and Toby came to take her home; he met her at Mansfield. She was under guard, so he could not get her away openly; however he succeeded in getting her through the guards. A company of soldiers started in pursuit of the Indian fugitives, and after overtaking them, they immediately fired, wounding the father. He ran to a stream and fell in it. Two of the soldiers reported what they had done, and the company under the command of Sergeant J. C. Gilkinson, subject of sketch, went to look for the Indian. They found him still alive and lying in the stream. Toby lifted his hands and begged for mercy but there was none. Then one soldier took his tomahawk and handed it to another, telling him to get revenge for his brother's blood, who had been killed by an Indian. McCulloch took the tomahawk from Morrison, and in spite of Gilkison's entreaties to prevent this inhuman deed, sunk the tomahawk into the Indian's skull up to the handle. Nothing could be done to punish the two men for the crime as there was a standing order that all Indians found in the woods should be shot. The daughter escaped and lived several days on
berries before arriving safely at Sandusky. Gilkison showed mercy, which, no doubt, returned to him from the Father above.
John C. Gilkison and his father-in-law were among the first settlers in the town of Mansfield. John
C. lived for awhile in George Coffinberry's log house, and his first son was born there. He and his
brother James were chosen as Bishops by the Church of Christ in Mansfield about 1834. For
awhile a select school was taught in John C.'s two-story log house. Judge Stewart's school was in the upstairs, and a special stairway was erected on the outside of the building for this purpose. "He only taught there one winter, as the children made so much racket over Mrs. Gilkison's head, that she concluded to dispense with the school." (Information for this paragraph was gleaned from the same book by Graham, pp 447, 448, 474 and 482.
John Creyton's household was included in the 1820, 1830, 1840 and 1850 Censuses of Richland Co, OH. From a feature story of a local newspaper in Mansfield, John Gilkison arrived in Mansfield from eastern Ohio about 1810. The Gilkisons figured prominently in the early life of that city, and John Creyton and his son, Mansfield, were described as "excellent citizens". John was a printer and had the first newspaper in Mansfield, known as The Olive. Later he was editor of The Gazette. Stories have been handed down through his family that John and his brother James became lost as young boys and were found and returned by Indians.
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| Sources |
- [S148] Gilkison Family Research, Maureen (Molly) McGuire Colson, (Name: GEDCOM Import;).
Date of Import: Mar 26, 2001
- [S1635] Gilkerson (Gilkison.Gilkeson) Genealogical History and Archives, Massie, Evelyn Booth, (Name: Bookcrafters; Location: Chelsea, MI; Date: 1996;), pages 562-564.
- [S142] Genealogy of the Coffinberry Family: Descendants of George Lewis Coffinberry (1760-1851) Revolutionary War Soldier, compiled by Mrs. Beatrice Berman Scott b. 1893, (Name: published 1927;), page 31.
- [S1746] Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
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