Joseph Glasgow

+ [[Category:Glasgow Name Study]]
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- [[Category:Glasgow Name Study]]
  
  == Biography ==
- Joseph was born about 1735. He is the son of [[Glasgow-1024|James Glasgow]] and [[Harkness-1149|Mary Harkness]]. 
+ '''Joseph Glasgow''' was born before 6 August 1765, probably during the 1750s and probably in County Londonderry, Ireland. His exact birth and parents remain unproved. He later lived in Wythe County, Virginia, where he executed his will on 2 April 1831. It was presented for probate on 11 April, by which date he was dead.
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+ === Birth and origin ===
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+ The 1810 Wythe County census records Joseph's household with one white male aged 16–25, one white male aged 45 or over, one white female aged 45 or over, and five enslaved people. There was no male aged 26–44. Joseph, as the named householder, was therefore almost certainly the man aged at least 45, placing his birth before the census date of 6 August 1765.<ref name="Census1810">U.S. census, Wythe County, Virginia, 1810, Joseph Glasgow household; digitised McGhee transcription, [https://archive.org/details/censusof1810wyth00mcgh Internet Archive]. The original census image should be cited when obtained.</ref>
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+ An estimate of about 1755 is compatible with that census and with Joseph's known brothers. It is not an exact recorded year. The former estimate of about 1735 is unsupported.
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+ Joseph's brother [[Glasgow-12|Robert Glasgow]] testified in 1834 that he was born in County Derry in 1749 and migrated in 1769. Robert's pension claim was rejected because his service narrative conflicted with known wartime circumstances, but the declaration remains sworn evidence of Robert's claimed origin and age.<ref name="RobertPension">Robert Glasgow, Revolutionary War pension application R4057, declaration dated 28 July 1834, [https://revwarapps.org/r4057.pdf transcription and file extract].</ref> Because Joseph and Robert are independently proved brothers, County Londonderry is a reasonable but still uncertain birthplace for Joseph.
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+ A Joseph “Glassgo” appears in a 1777 Pennsylvania militia compilation for Captain George Crawford's company and a Joseph Glasgow witnessed John Glasgow's 1779 Peters Township will. These may concern the later Wythe County man, but no record yet bridges the Pennsylvania and Virginia identities.<ref name="PennMilitia">"American Revolutionary Soldiers of Franklin County, Pennsylvania," entry for Joseph Glassgo in Captain George Crawford's company, [https://lfweb.franklincountypa.gov/WebLinkArchives/DocView.aspx?dbid=0&amp;id=3230907&amp;repo=FranklinCounty8 digitised compilation].</ref>
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+ === 1802 Brooke County record ===
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+ A March 1802 Brooke County, Virginia, court record names a '''Joseph Glasgow''' among the members of an inquest.<ref name="Brooke1802">Brooke County, Virginia, court record, March 1802, naming Joseph Glasgow among members of an inquest, [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9VR-ZJX9 FamilySearch image].</ref> The entry supplies no age, family relationship or other identifier connecting that man to Joseph of Wythe County. It is retained as a same-name candidate record rather than an event proved for this profile.
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+ === Proved brothers ===
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+ A letter dated 6 November 1806 from “Joseph and Betty Glasgow” to [[Glasgow-649|Arthur Glasgow]] addresses Arthur as a brother and refers to “brother Robert.” The letter is printed by David Faris and should ultimately be checked against the original or Faris's stated provenance.<ref name="FarisLetter">David Faris, ''The Glasgow Family of Adams County, Ohio'' (1990), pp. 14–19; [https://search.worldcat.org/title/22731567 WorldCat catalogue record].</ref>
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+ Joseph's will independently identifies Arthur as his deceased brother by describing the younger Robert as “the son of my deceased brother Arthur” and as Joseph's nephew.<ref name="JosephWill">Wythe County, Virginia, will of Joseph Glasgow, executed 2 April and presented 11 April 1831; [https://swvirginians.wordpress.com/2014/12/12/joseph-glasgow-pulaski-co-va-will-of-1831/ earlier published transcription] and [https://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~swva/Joseph%20Glasgow%20Will%20of%201831.htm RootsWeb transcription]. See also [https://www.lva.virginia.gov/collections/ccmf/VA/VA305 Library of Virginia, Wythe County microfilm catalogue], Will Books 3–4 and Order Book 1830–1833.</ref>
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+ Oren Frederic Morton likewise identifies Arthur, Robert and Joseph as three brothers who came to the colonies in the late eighteenth century.<ref name="Morton">Oren Frederic Morton, ''A History of Rockbridge County, Virginia'' (Staunton, Virginia, 1920), pp. 253–254, 304–306.</ref> Morton is a later published account and corroborates the family tradition; it is not independent proof of the brothers' parents or migration details.
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+ The evidence therefore proves that Joseph, Arthur and Robert were brothers. It does not by itself identify their parents.
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+ An agreement dated 19 September 1822 concerning Arthur's estate names Arthur's participating children and devisees: [[Glasgow-648|Joseph]], [[Glasgow-2070|John]], [[Glasgow-902|Robert]], Rebecca Glasgow, wife of John Kerr, and [[Glasgow-2071|Peggy or Margaret Glasgow]]. Joseph served as Arthur's acting executor. The agreement directly establishes those five as Arthur's children or devisees, although it need not be a complete list of every child Arthur had.<ref name="ArthurAgreement">Rockbridge County chancery papers, agreement concerning Arthur Glasgow's estate, 19 September 1822, [https://old.lva.virginia.gov/ChanceryImg/163-Rockbridge/BOX%20016/163_1833_005_0089.pdf Library of Virginia image].</ref>
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+ === Proposed parents ===
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+ Faris's catalogue description calls Robert a son of “James Glasgow of Moneymore” and says Robert migrated with three brothers and a sister. Since Joseph and Robert are proved brothers, [[Glasgow-1024|James Glasgow of Moneymore]] is a plausible father for Joseph. This remains indirect and derivative: the accessible summary concerns Robert, and the underlying source for the father statement has not been inspected.<ref name="Faris">David Faris, ''The Glasgow Family of Adams County, Ohio'' (1990), [https://search.worldcat.org/title/22731567 WorldCat catalogue description].</ref>
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+ No independent record identifies [[Harkness-1149|Mary Harkness]] as Joseph's mother. Her attachment traces through a user-contributed compiled pedigree, Brøderbund World Family Tree, volume 2, tree 6075, rather than a parish record, will, deed, Bible or contemporary family paper.<ref name="WFT">[https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person%3AArthur_Glasgow_%281%29 WeRelate derivative profile], citing Brøderbund World Family Tree, volume 2, tree 6075.</ref>
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+ The attached parents should therefore remain uncertain. Mary Harkness is presently unsupported, while James is only a plausible indirect lead.
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+ === Other sibling leads ===
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+ The will of '''John Glasgow of Peters Township''' was dated 14 March and proved 3 September 1779. A published abstract names his wife Ann, daughters whose names appear as “Lates” or possibly Lettice and Agnes, son Joseph, and an unborn child. Witnesses included Joseph Glasgow, James Neely and Mary Arter. The index places the will in Cumberland County Will Book C, page 161.<ref name="JohnWill">Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Will Book C, p. 161, will of John Glasgow of Peters Township, 1779; [https://www.sampubco.com/wills/pa/pacumberland01.htm published index/abstract]. The original will and probate packet have not been inspected.</ref>
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+ John is a credible candidate for the otherwise unidentified third brother in Faris's migration account: Arthur and Joseph account for two brothers, and a Joseph Glasgow witnessed John's will in the same Pennsylvania network. Witnessing a will does not prove kinship, so John should not yet be attached as Joseph's brother. Faris's unnamed immigrant sister likewise remains an unidentified sibling lead.
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+ === Betty and William Glasgow ===
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+ The 1806 letter was jointly sent by “Joseph and Betty Glasgow.” This places a woman named Betty in Joseph's immediate household and makes her very likely his wife. Betty was commonly used for Elizabeth, but no located record establishes her formal name, maiden surname, marriage or parents. The woman aged at least 45 in the 1810 household may be Betty, but the census does not name her.
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+ Joseph's will left the residue to the children of [[Glasgow-3678|William Glasgow]], describing William as the person “who was raised by me.” It did not call William his son. The male aged 16–25 in Joseph's 1810 household is compatible with William's estimated 1788 birth, but neither fact proves biological parentage. William may have been a son, nephew or another dependent relative; he should not be described as formally adopted without evidence.
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+ Compiled material identifies William's wife as [[Patterson-13881|Sarah or Sally Patterson]]. William's reported 1865 civil death is a priority record because Pulaski County's surviving death register may name his parents, birthplace and informant.<ref name="PulaskiRegisters">[https://www.lva.virginia.gov/collections/ccmf/VA/VA231 Library of Virginia, Pulaski County microfilm catalogue], Register of Deaths, 1853–1870, and accompanying index.</ref>
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+ === Death and estate ===
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+ Joseph signed his will on 2 April 1831. It was presented to the Wythe County court on 11 April after his death. He therefore died after executing the will and by the probate hearing. The record does not establish 11 April as his exact death date.<ref name="JosephWill" />
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  == Research Notes ==
- === Current research ===
+ {| class="wikitable" style="background:#e8f5e9; border:1px solid #2e7d32;"
+ ! Claim !! Assessment !! Reason
+ |-
+ | Born before 6 August 1765 || Strong || Joseph was almost certainly the man aged 45 or over in his named 1810 household.
+ |-
+ | Born about 1755 in County Londonderry || Probable estimate || Compatible with the census and Robert's sworn origin, but not directly recorded for Joseph.
+ |-
+ | Brothers Arthur and Robert || Proved || Independent family-letter and testamentary wording.
+ |-
+ | Father James of Moneymore || Plausible, unproved || Derived from Faris's statement about Robert.
+ |-
+ | Mother Mary Harkness || Unsupported || No independent source links her to Joseph or his proved brothers.
+ |-
+ | John of Peters Township as brother || Credible hypothesis || Local association and Joseph's will witnessing are suggestive but not kinship proof.
+ |-
+ | Betty as wife, probably Elizabeth || Strong but indirect || Joint 1806 letter; no marriage or maiden-name record located.
+ |-
+ | William as biological son || Unproved || Joseph said William was “raised by me,” not “my son.”
+ |-
+ | Brooke County inquest member, 1802 || Possible same-name candidate || The record gives no identifier connecting him to Joseph of Wythe County.
+ |-
+ | Death on 11 April 1831 || Unsupported as an exact day || This was the probate date; Joseph was last known alive on 2 April.
+ |}
  
- Joseph is proved to be a brother of [[Glasgow-649|Arthur Glasgow]] and [[Glasgow-12|Robert Glasgow]]. His current parents remain unproved.
+ === Published family tradition ===
  
- Faris prints a letter dated 6 November 1806 from Joseph and Betty Glasgow to Arthur, using explicit brother language for Arthur and Robert. Joseph's own 1831 will independently calls Arthur his deceased brother.
+ Morton states that “Arthur Glasgow was a descendant of Earl Glasgow, of Scotland,” gives information about Arthur's family through Alexander McNutt Glasgow, and says Glasgow Township was named for the family.<ref name="Morton" /> These statements are retained as part of the published family tradition. They do not establish Joseph's parents or a genealogical connection to an Earl of Glasgow.
  
- This assessment draws on the cited records and public source material.<ref name="ProjectSource1">[https://search.worldcat.org/title/22731567 WorldCat record].</ref><ref name="ProjectSource2">[https://swvirginians.wordpress.com/2014/12/12/joseph-glasgow-pulaski-co-va-will-of-1831/ Joseph's 1831 will transcription].</ref><ref name="ProjectSource3">[https://www.lva.virginia.gov/collections/ccmf/VA/VA305 LVA Wythe County microfilm catalogue].</ref><ref name="ProjectSource4">[https://old.lva.virginia.gov/ChanceryImg/163-Rockbridge/BOX%20016/163_1833_005_0089.pdf Arthur's estate agreement, 19 September 1822].</ref>
+ === Priority records ===
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+ # Pulaski County Register of Deaths, 1853–1870, for William Glasgow's reported 1865 death.
+ # Joseph's original will, 11 April 1831 probate order, appraisal, sale and final settlement in the Wythe County volumes.
+ # Wythe grantor and grantee deeds for Joseph, Betty or Elizabeth, and William.
+ # Brooke County court material surrounding the March 1802 inquest, to identify the same-name Joseph Glasgow and determine whether he appears in other local records.
+ # Cumberland Will Book C, p. 161, plus John Glasgow's original probate, guardianship and estate files.
+ # Faris, pp. 14–19, with the provenance of the 1806 letter and source for “James Glasgow of Moneymore.”
+ # Irish congregational, presbytery and estate material; surviving Moneymore Presbyterian baptism registers begin too late for this family.
  
  == Sources ==
  <references />
- * According to the source below, "Arthur Glasgow was a descendant of Earl Glasgow, of Scotland," where Arthur emigrated from to our colonies. Oren Frederic Morton's, A History of Rockbridge County, Virginia, Supplement, Staunton, VA, 1920, page 304-306 has some data on Arthur and his family through Alexander McNutt Glasgow. Page 253-254, says the 3 Glasgow brothers, Arthur, Robert and Joseph came to our colonies in the late 1700's. Glasgow Township was named for the family.