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The Trueblood Family In America
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Note: on page 16 it gives his death date as 1-27-1871, but on page 35 it gives his death date as 1-22-1871 (or1870);

Notes taken from "The Trueblood Family in America" by Bula Trueblood Watson, copyright 1964.

"...He was a birthright Quaker of the Symons Creek Meeting, a preparative meeting, and remained faithful to the Quakers during his 90 years of life.
By this time, the slavery question had become a moral problem, for the Quakers especially, Daniel Trueblood, grandfather of Nathan C., owned 18 slaves in 1790 and had been disowned in 1783, presumably for owning slaves; however, in Daniel's will no slaves are named in 1795. Nathan's father, John, died only a year after daniel, and no slaves were willed to the heirs. John evidently had had the evils of slavery so impressed upon him that he passed that teaching on to his son, nathan.
The Quakers did not believe in war any more than they did in slavery; however, when the War of 1812 came, many of them supported the nation by joining the army, even though some were disowned by the Friends Societyfor doing so. Nathan Trueblood, among others, was in the militia at this time. Other Truebloods had migrated to the interior of North Carolina and on to the new territories of Indiana and Ohio to escape the slave traffic. Joseph Henley Trueblood was already in Louisville, Kentucky, on July 6, 1814. In a letter to James, Nathan's half-brother, Joseph Henley tells of the opportunities of the town of New Albany which he states will," probably be a rival of Louisville, although all of the people near Louisville are selling off, some going to White River and some to Driftwood, where the land is said to be better than ever before discovered." The call of virgin soil out West was on. A reference to Nathan's wealth is given in this same letter: "Tell thy brother Nathan that a man with his capital in this place might double it every year in merchandizing or in speculating in land." Joseph Henley adds a word of advice, "Tell Nathan and my father (Joshua Trueblood) I would never attempt to move here in their wagons." Evidently, plans for migrating had been discussed for sometime, as others like Joseph Henley Trueblood and his father, Joshua, had gone ahead to inspect the land. Joshua records in his diary in Indiana in 1847; "6-10-1847. Thirty-six years ago today Joshua Morris and I got back to Carolina from a trip to see this country." That was in 1811. An important part of their preparations was to take with them a certificate of recommendation to a monthly meeting in Indiana; thus, on 4-15-1815, Nathan and his children, john, William, Elizabeth, and the baby, Aseneth, got a certificate from Symons Creek MM to Lick Creek MM, Washington Co., Indiana. Patience got her certificate at the same time in the women's meeting.
In the spring of 1815, therefore, Nathan with his own family; his sister, Mary Overman, a young widow; his half-brother, James and Betsy trueblood, recently married; his sister, Rebecca Trueblood Morris and her husband, benoni, and family; his uncle, Joshua, with members of his family; and others started the long journey to Indiana. Sarah Morrison writes in 'Among Ourselves': "The migration in which Nathan C. Trueblood and Patience (Newby) Trueblood took part seems to have been a group of interrelated emebers of the Symons MM."
This particular trip, very similiar to many others made at that time by other Truebloods, has been described by several descendants; there is a better picture left of this family than of most. E. Hicks Trueblood was really the first Trueblood genealogist, and his stories of the early life of his parents in North Carolina and Indiana have been copied in history books, newspapers, and in Sarah Morrison's delightful book which deals with the Morris and Trueblood families. Only items of interest that deal with Nathan and his family will be given here; the others on this trip will have their experiences during the journey related in the section dealing with each family.

Elias Hicks Trueblood writes:
Mother (Betsy Trueblood) has said that they were a lively set of young wives, sisters-in-law, and sisters traveling over all kinds of country, sometimes in carriages and wagons and other times walking for a change, camping when the day was over, if luck could have it, by some cool, shady stream or spring. It looks to this writer as if there were elderly people enough in the crowd to compel order in this long march from the sea. There was the tall, portly Nathan Trueblood, Sr., and wife Patience. . .with three tender, young children, John, William Nathan, and Elizabeth. (Aseneth, the baby, was also along.); besides the widowed sister of Nathan, Mary Overman, the consort of James Overman."

Sarah Morrison continues:
Two words- -"Away!" and "The North!" express the impelling power of a mighty fear and an unconquerable resolution. Thus they go. The great white canvas-covered wagons are ready, piled high with household goods and provisions, farming implements, and personal furnishings for years to come; but a place is made in the easiest conveyance and in the best place for Patience's Parlor Rocking Chair. In it she sits, comfortable little body, smiling, sweet, resolute, with her sweet babe Asceneth in her arms. John, the reliable oldest, near at hand. the little vivacious William, awed by the leave-taking and all the wonderful preparations and array, is stilled for once. their adored little sister, the angelic little Elizabeth, is there, as ever, in a place near by. . . .
Around it (Rocking Chair), for around her (Patience), the household might be said to revolve. She is queen of her realm, center of the home, as she rocks her babe to sleep, or the children cluster, when other resources fail, at her knees- -her feet. . . .There is always room for her tender-caring husband to seat himself beside her, taking lovingly her hand, and as they are about to lose sight of those who strain their eyes to still see them, the farewells having been all long spoken, he perhaps saying, "Thou dost not repent?" "Neither do I."
And again after some danger past, "Thou hast not repented yet?" "Neither have I."
And again, "I shall not repent until thou dost." "Then, thou wilt never!"
"The heart of her husband safely trusteth in her- -she shall do him good- -all the days of his life."- -Bible

A "Sketch" of Patience Trueblood was written by Belle Rudder Wright and published in the 'Salem Democrat', Salem, Indiana. (Abridged)

It was at this period that slavery was beginning to be agitated. The idea of one person being held in bondage by another was especially objectionable to the Quakers. As North Carolina was a slave state some of these Quakers determined to seek a home on free soil.
The Truebloods had themselves inherited slaves. these slaves they freed and paid their transportation north. One negro boy (named John Coen in other references) stayed with the family and made the trip to Indiana. On the way he drove a team or waited upon the women and children as needed. He died while still a young man and is buried in the Old Blue River cemetery. the Truebloods erected a marker at his grave.
The Trueblood family must have been rather an influential one in North Carolina as they held offices of trust, both in their city and county. This is also shown by the fact that they brought with them everything for the new life. . . .

Margaret (Trueblood) Albertson, dt of Nathan and Patience, in a letter to Sarah Morrison, dated March 29, 1899, wrote: "I have Mother's small rocking chair that they fixed in the middle of the wagon for her to sit in."
The colony of Quakers arrived in Salem, Indiana, on July 7, 1815 and Nathan bought a 1400-acre farm two miles east of Salem from Lewis Moody for $1,000. Belle Rudder Wright writes that the farm was just east of the Old Blue River MH and cost $1800. (The difference in figures is a small matter.) On this farm, Nathan and Patience lived, reared their children, and passed on, having fulfilled their purpose in this world.
Nathan C. Trueblood d 1-22-1871 (or 1870); Patience on 2-25-1863. Both are buried in the new Friends Meeting House Cemetery, which is about a mile and half northest of the Old Blue River MH.

Historic Home of Salem
Nathan built a "beautiful and substantial home which was named Cypress Hill". It was a long, two-story frame building facing south. The house was large, having a parlor and guest room on the west; sitting room and two bedrooms, dining room, pantry, and kitchen with other rooms on the north; and a number of bedrooms on the second floor. A veranda ran the whole length of the south side of the building, which was usually painted white. The homestead was named Cypress Hill because of a cypress tree which had been planted by Elizabeth, the eldest daughter. Four seeds had been brought from North Carolina; from one of the seeds grew the very large cypress which sybolized this strong and vital family of pioneers. The house stood on a hill from which a beautiful view of the country could be seen. Margaret Trueblood Albertson continues:

You see, 'tis very near the summit of the rise; the foreground to the south gently slopes in knolls of green a hundred feet or more, when suddenly breaking, a steep descent is made into a low land of almost a quarter of a mile's exapnse, perhaps, before we reach the public road on the south, where again there are wooded heights.
The grand old oaks and maples thickly dot this broad expanse in front, and far to the east and west. Their myraid leaves have caught the limit of nature (for this is autumn time), and all around is one great blaze of crimson, gold, and russet. Just back of the house the orchard stands- -its wealth of fruit garnered, and its greenish, gray, and yellow tints a fitting background makes.
. . .Descending the hill in front of the grounds, we find two springs of water, pure and cold; for such was this section famed, and over their sparkling basins, stone milk-houses were imbedded in the hill-side, in which to care for the product of the mild-eyed lowing kine that flocked the hills and pastures. Here too, threading in and out from east to west, a dainty singing rivulet made its way.
This was a home of frugal hospitality, with ample room in the hearts and round the hearth and board of these true, noble souls who founded it. Its peacefunl shelter was sought alike by old and young, and friend and stranger, rich or poor. . . .

Cypress Hill was also called the "Mount Vernon of Washington County" and was known for its hospitality. Some orphans sought shelter there and were carefully reared by Nathan and Patience. (A search for a lost William Jasper Trueblood as a possible orphan reared by Nathan and Patience did not bear fruit.)
At one time, Nathan Trueblood owned what is now Tucker Addition to the town of Salem. This he later sold to Benoni Morris. Nathan and Patience's Cypress Hill was a mecca not only for the young and old folks of this area; it was also the resting place for traveling ministers of the Friends and Negro fugitives on their way to the north and freedom. Stephen Grellet, in his 'Memoirs', relates that he and Benjamin W. Ladd had come on horseback to their "dear friend, Nathan Trueblood's" and that he had bestowed every attention on them. Here the arrangements for Grellet's trip south with John Street of Salem, Ohio, were completed, and the horses and carriage were waiting for them. Stephen Grellet continues: "John Street, who at the yearly meeting had agreed to proceed with me to the Southern states, had arrived the day before. I had here a precious meeting with Friends. It was truly cordial to be with this people, notwithstanding the causes for sore exercises that exist among them." Grellet is referring to the division of the Friends' Society, which had split them.
On a January day in 1818, fifty-seven distinguished men of the county met in the new courthouse for the purpose of searching for a means of preventing the ravages of a world at war. they formed the Salem Peace Society, the first organized group in the United States to do so. Nathan Trueblood was chosen treasurer.
Nathan built a mill at canton which served the farmers for miles around for many years. When the trouble became critical in Blue River meetings, the so-called Orthodox group withdrew from Blue River and for a time met in the nathan trueblood's mill house. Later they put up a meeting house building a mile and a half northeast of Old Blue River.
The 'Friends Review' in Obituary Section gave a final salute to these pioneers who by their example continue to point the better way of life to succeeding generations:

On 2nd month 1, 1863 Patience, wife of Nathan Trueblood, in about the 78th year of her life. She led an exemplary life and was a much esteemed member and elder of Blue River Meeting.
At residence in Washington County, Indiana, on 1st month 22, 1871 of congestion of lungs induced by a fractured limb, Nathan Trueblood, Sr., in 90th year. Was a member and elder of Blue River Meeting. Removed from North Carolina in 1815 that he might rear his children apart from blighting influence of slavery, leaving a lucrative business.

Nathan Trueblood's will filed June 23, 1857, in the records in Salem, Indiana, Washington County Courthouse, was not changed after the death of Patience, and when it was probated Feb. 1, 1871, still listed Patience as "wife."
Wife: Patience
Sons: William, Joseph
Dts: Mary Ann Overman, Margaret Albertson,
Elizabeth Pool (dec.), Aseneth Reyman (dec.)
Gr.- -ch.: Elizabeth, Albert, Emily Ann Reyman;
John, Nathan, & Charles Pool (legacy left their mother, Elizabeth Pool, dec.)
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Taken from "Obituaries- -Selected Newspapers of Washington County Indiana- -Vol V T-Z" Compiled and Edited By James E. Bolding- -Prepared for the Indiana Historial Society, Salem, Indiana 1992....

Nathan Trueblood....(History of Washington County, 1884)...January 1870
Nathan Trueblood and Patience Newby were natives of North Carolina, the former born October 31, 1781, and the latter in 1784. They were married in their native state and in 1815 immigrated Westward where land was cheaper and better. They settled in Washington County, Indiana Territory, where Mr. Trueblood died January 22, 1870, preceded by Mrs. Trueblood Febuary 1, 1863.
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Nathan Trueblood; born 31 October 1781; died 22 January 1871; (aged 89 years, 2 months and 22 days); son of John Trueblood and Jemima Nixon.....Washington 52
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The Trueblood Family In America
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Bula Trueblood Watson, The Trueblood Family In America, (Copyright 1964....Wayside Press, Gainesville, Florida), pg 35, states death date as February.Taken from "Obituaries- -Selected Newspapers of Washington County Indiana- -Vol V T-Z" Compiled and Edited By James E. Bolding- -Prepared for the Indiana Historial Society, Salem, Indiana 1992....

"Patience Trueblood; (born ca. 1785); died 1 Febuary 1863; aged 78 years; daughter of Joseph Newby; wife of Nathan Trueblood.....Washington 52
.................................. pg 69


Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy
[p.127] MINUTES AND MARRIAGE RECORDS
page 154
1805, 2, 28. Patience, dt Joseph, Perquimans Co., m Nathan Trueblood, at Symons Creek MH.

The Trueblood Family In America
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Notes taken from

"The Trueblood Family in America" by Bula Trueblood Watson, copyright 1964.

"...killed by run-awy horse." pg 35