| He met his death accidentally in his home by falling through a cellar door and striking his head on a keg of nails. He was buried at Hebron Baptist Cemetery. A clarifying note appended by Anna E. Irwin indicates that Joseph Lame Sr. and his wife Mary Bates are buried in Hebron Cemetery and that their graves are marked. Bound out to learn the tanner's trade. "John Vawter continues 'Among the early settlers in the county were .... East of Crooked Creek were ... Joseph Lame ... being Baptists.'" Bought property from the estate of Samuel Humphreys on 12 Dec 1828. The Federal Census of 1790 shows his household: 1/1/1. An older uncle on his mother's side named Timothy Ewan, son of Julius and Sarah (Middleton) Ewan, served in the Revolutionary War under General Washington and later emigrated westward. 1830 Census: Household includes: males: 20-30 (2), 60-70 (1) females: 15-20 (1), 40-50 (1), 70-80 (1); His will was contained in Will Book C. According to the County Clerk's Office, that book has been lost. The following is an abstract of the probate record. "Lame, Joseph, Sr. pr. bk. C-4 Joseph Lame died Apri 17, 1839; land NW 36-5-10; buried in Hebron. F |