Richard Foster was born about 1 Jul 1779 in Maryland. [1–4]

He lived in Ross County, Ohio before 1800. [5]

He was listed on the tax rolls in 1801 in Ross County, Ohio. [6]

He married Rachel Browning on 26 Feb 1801 in Frederick, Maryland, United States. [7–12]

Richard was the father of Jeremiah Browning Foster who was born on 10 Jun 1802 in Pike County, Ohio. [2,4,13–15]

He was the father of John Foster who was born on 11 Feb 1804 in Pike County, Ohio. [2,4,14,16]

He was the father of Eliza Foster who was born on 17 May 1806 in Pike County, Ohio. [2,4,14,17–18]

Richard was listed on the tax rolls in 1807 in Ross County, Ohio. [19]

He was the father of Zebulon Foster who was born on 19 Aug 1808 in Pike County, Ohio. [2,4,14,20–24]

He was the father of Cassandra Foster who was born on 31 May 1811 in Pike County, Ohio. [2,4,14,25]

Richard was the father of Lemuel Green Foster who was born on 2 Feb 1814 in Pike County, Ohio. [2,4,14,26]

He was the father of Asenath Foster who was born on 5 Jun 1816 in Pike County, Ohio. [2,4,14,27]

He was the father of Thomas Foster who was born on 15 Aug 1818 in Pike County, Ohio. [2,4,14,28–29]

Richard lived in Jackson Township, Pike County, Ohio in 1820. [30] with 2 males under 10, 1 male 10-16, 1 male 16-18, 4 males 16-26, 1 male 26-45, 2 females under 10, 1 female 10-16, 1 female 16-26, 1 female 26-45, listed as Richard Foster

He was the father of Seth Clark Foster who was born on 21 May 1821 in Pike County, Ohio. [2,4,14]

He filed land entry papers for land being the NE 1/4 of Section 10 in Township 21N of Range 9W on 10 Apr 1829 in Warren County, Indiana. [31]

Richard filed land entry papers for land being the W1/2 of the SE 1/4 of Section 10 in Township 21N of Range 9W on 10 Apr 1829 in Warren County, Indiana. [32]

He lived in Jackson Township, Pike County, Ohio in 1830. [33] with 1 male 5-10, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 15-20, 2 males 20-30, 1 male 50-60, 1 male 80-90, 1 female 5-10, 2 females 10-15, 1 female 15-20 and 1 female 40-50 in the household, listed as Richard Foster

He filed land entry papers land being the West half of the northwest quarter of section 14 township 21 north of range nine West from the United States on 1 Nov 1830 in Warren County, Indiana. [34–35] NW Section 14 T21N Range 9W (80 Acres)

Richard filed land entry papers for land being the W1/2 of the NE 1/4 of Section 15 in Township 21N of Range 9W on 1 Nov 1830 in Warren County, Indiana. [34,36] W1/2 NE1/4  Section 15 T21N range 9W (80 acres)

He died on 7 Jun 1831 at the age of 51 in Pike County, Ohio. [1–4,22,37–38]

He signed a will on 7 Jun 1831 in Pike County, Ohio. [39–40]

Richard was buried at Foster Family Cemetery in Pike County, Ohio. [1,3]

Endnotes:

1. Wayne Dawson,  The History and Ancestry of Rev. John Foster, 1735-1800: His family, his life, his ancestry; Ross County, Ohio, Pike County, Ohio, Allegany County, Maryland, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, Prince George’s County, Maryland; including the ancestry of Basil Foster and Sarah (Foster) Athy (Clayton, California: Wayne E. Dawson, 1985), page 11; digital image, FamilySearch Books, Familysearch.org/library/books viewed online 14 July 2023.

2. Alabama, Surname Files Expanded, 1702-1981, My First Three Generations Foster Family by Mrs. Barbara J. Ahart, database with images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online December 2018). Original Source: Alabama Department of Archives and History. Public Information Subject Files—Surname files, 1901-1984 available via microfilm in reference, SG002624-2652 and 13361-13362, containing the materials added from 1984-2005. Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama.

3. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online June 2016), memorial for Richard Foster (1779-1831), Find a Grave Memorial no. # 57444838, created by W. Dawson, citing Foster Cemetery, Pike, Ohio, United States; accompanying photograph by W. Dawson, Richard Foster.

4. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online 13 July 2023), memorial for Seth Clark Foster (1821-1899), Find a Grave Memorial no. 57445740, created by W. Dawson, citing Foster Cemetery, Pike County, Ohio; accompanying photograph by W. Dawson, Seth Clark Foster.

5. State Centennial History of the County of Ross Ohio (: Gateway Press, 1981)

6. Bowers Ruth, “Ross County, Ohio Tax List 1801,” Gateway to the West (Vol. 6 Issue 4 (Oct 1973)), page 214.

7. Richard Foster entry, 13 June 1831 Last Will and Testament.

8. Wayne Dawson,  The History and Ancestry of Rev. John Foster, 1735-1800: His family, his life, his ancestry; Ross County, Ohio, Pike County, Ohio, Allegany County, Maryland, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, Prince George’s County, Maryland; including the ancestry of Basil Foster and Sarah (Foster) Athy (Clayton, California: Wayne E. Dawson, 1985), page 176; digital image, FamilySearch Books, Familysearch.org/library/books viewed online 11 July 2023.

9. “Maryland Marriages, 1655-1850,” database on-line, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online November 2016), Rachel Browning / Richard Foster.

10. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Richard Foster, 1831; database with images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online August 2017).

11. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com). : viewed online 15 July 203.

12. “Maryland, Compiled Marriages, 1667-1899,” Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : viewed online (July 2019), Rachel Browning.

13. Jenkins, Rosella Rasmussen, Sacred to the Memory: Inscriptions from Eastern Warren County Indiana Cemeteries 1826-1974 (Indiana: Rosella Jenkins & Diana Knowles, 1974), p. 118.

14. Wayne Dawson,  The History and Ancestry of Rev. John Foster, 1735-1800: His family, his life, his ancestry; Ross County, Ohio, Pike County, Ohio, Allegany County, Maryland, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, Prince George’s County, Maryland; including the ancestry of Basil Foster and Sarah (Foster) Athy (Clayton, California: Wayne E. Dawson, 1985), page 76-77; digital image, FamilySearch Books, Familysearch.org/library/books viewed online 29 September 2022.

15. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online 18 June 2023), memorial for Jeremiah Browning Foster (1801-1876), Find a Grave Memorial no. 145332623, created by Amy H, citing Armstrong Chapel Cemetery, Green Hill, Warren County, Indiana; accompanying photograph by Colleen Sanders Broyles, Jeremiah Browning Foster.

16. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online 10 July 2023), memorial for John Foster (1804-1851), Find a Grave Memorial no. 5045185, created by David R. Cheesman Sen., citing Dawson Cemetery, Tippecanoe County, Indiana;, John Foster.

17. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online 12 July 2023), memorial for Eliza Foster Wilson (1806-1900), Find a Grave Memorial no. 105982969, created by Kinmundy Historical Society, citing Wilson Cemetery, Marion County, Illinois; accompanying photograph by Kinmundy Historical Society, Eliza Foster Wilson.

18. “Aged Pioneer Gone,” Republican (Salem, Illinois), 26 April 1900, page 1; digital images, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : viewed online 12 July 2023).

19. “Ohio, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index,1790-1890,” Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : Ross County, Ohio, viewed online (18 June 2023), Richard Foster.

20. Jenkins, Rosella Rasmussen, editor, Warren County Cemeteries Volume 2 (Pine Village, Indiana: Rosella Jenkins, 1985)

21. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online June 2016), memorial for Zebulon Foster, Find a Grave Memorial no. # 20545190,

22. Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana: Historical and Biographical (Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers, 1883), page 170; digital images, Archive.org, http://www.archive.org viewed online 14 May 2022.

23. Warren County Historical Society (Warren County Ind.), Combined Atlas of Warren County, Indiana: illustrated 1877 (Mt. Vernon, IN: Windmill Publishers, 2001), page 27 Biographical Sketches – Zebulon Foster.

24. Emmet Ostrander Vinton Ostrander and Collin Ostrander, Ostrander: A Genealogical Record 1660-1995 (Marceline, Missouri: Wallsworth Publishing Company, n.d.), page 586, 587, 589, 595; digital images, Archive.org, http://www.archive.org viewed online 3 February 2023.

25. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online 12 July 2023), memorial for Cassandra Foster Libbey (811-1898), Find a Grave Memorial no. 99995176,

26. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online 13 July 2023), memorial for Lemuel Green Foster (1814-1877), Find a Grave Memorial no. 57445603,

27. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online 13 July 2023), memorial for Asenath Foster Compton (1817-1850), Find a Grave Memorial no. 20530825,

28. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online 13 July 2023), memorial for Thomas Foster (1818-1907), Find a Grave Memorial no. 105983040,

29. “Died,” Salem Herald-Advocate (Salem, Illinois), 6 December 1907, page 1; digital images, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : viewed online 14 July 2023).

30. 1820 U.S. Census, Pike County Ohio, Jackson Township, Pike County, Ohio, page 199, Image 3 of 5, Richared Foster; digital images,  (: viewed online 14 July 2023).

31. United States Bureau of Land Management, “General Land Office Records,” database with images, BLM.Gov (http://glorecords.blm.gov : Viewed online 1 May 2022), Certificate 6763 Richard Foster NE1/4 S10T21R9.

32. Bureau of Land Management, “General Land Office Records,” database with images Cert 6762 Richard Foster W1/2 SE1/4 S10T21N R9W.

33. 1830 U.S. Census, Pike County, Ohio, population schedule, Jackson Township, Pike County, Ohio, page 148, Image 1 of 10, Richard Foster; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online April 2017); NARA microfilm publication M19.

34. Cowen, Janet C., Crawfordsville Indiana Land Entries 1820-1830 (Indianapolis, IN: Janet C. Cowen, 1985), p. 128 (Crawford.IN.055).

35. Bureau of Land Management, “General Land Office Records,” database with images 8511 Richard Foster W1/2NWw1/4S14T21R9.

36. Bureau of Land Management, “General Land Office Records,” database with images 8512 Richard Foster W 1/2 NW 1/4 S15T21R9.

37. Ohio, Probate Records, 1789-1996, Will of Richard Foster; “Pike County, Ohio Will Record Vol. 1 1815-1865,” digital image, Family Search (www.familysearch.org: viewed online June 2016).

38. “Hydrophobia,” Huron Reflector (Norwalk, Ohio), 4 July 1831, Death of Mr. Foster; Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : viewed online June 2016).

39. Indiana, Warren. Deed Records, 1827-1901.  Film #1977054 DGS 8071879. Richard Foster, June 1831; Vol 11: page 420; digitized images, Family Search http://www.familysearch.org : viewed online 17 March 2022.

40. Ohio Probate Records, 1789-1996, Richard Foster, 1831; digitized images, FamilySearch (www.famlysearch.org : viewed online 17 March 2022).