Hi Dale,

I'll check around and see what I can find.

Best regards

Hi Dale,

There are plenty of records on Familysearch for your ancestors in Floyd, Indiana, & also some records for another, but pre-1825, Drysdale family in the same place - it seems likely that these two separate families are related.  

A few records are posted below and, if you are interested I can send another 15 or so records that I've come across so far for Drysdales in Floyd. 

Land certificate Thomas Drysdale 1831 - Jeffersonville Indiana - United States records

Thomas Drysdale + family - Indiana, 1830 census

Thomas & Hugh Drysdale's families - Indiana, 1850 federal census population schedules Floyd. Census 1850

Land Patent certificate - William Drysdale 1825

Elizabeth Drysdale marriage 1824 - Floyd, Indiana, United States records

William Drysdale marriage 1824 - Floyd, Indiana, United States records

I've also had a brief look on some of the Irish genealogy sites but nothing has turned up as yet, the Ireland connection is going to be difficult.

I noticed on one of the find a grave memorials, Thomas's daughter Nancy had an obituary posted which mentioned that:

........According to her obituary, Nancy was born in County Down, near Belfast, Ireland, and moved with her family to Indiana when she was eleven years old.  

This should help limit the search to some extent.

Hope I'm not sending too many pictures of stuff you already have (you likely have the 1830 & 1850 census returns, which are indexed).

Best regards

Hi Dale

I've enclosed the extra files I was talking about, some are doublers to the pics I sent previously but all these pdfs contain links to where the record is located on Familysearch. Most of these sources were found using the 'Full text' search facility on Family search which is AI enhanced.

Drysdale - Familysearch pdfs no1

Drysdale - Familysearch pdfs no2

Drysdale - Familysearch pdfs no 3

Drysdale - Familysearch pdfs no 4

Regarding the Irish connection, about 1.5 years ago I did some research into the earliest Drysdale settlers in Ulster, Ireland, & from the two initial settlers in the
early 1600s (John Drisdale father and son) significant ties to the clergy evolved. Descendants included a few Reverands & also Hugh Drysdale Archdeacon of Ossary. His son achieved fame as Lt. Governor Hugh Drysdale of Virginia.

https://douglashistory.ning.com/group/drysdale-archives/page/hugh-d...

https://douglashistory.ning.com/group/drysdale-connections/forum/to...

https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/12508670479?pro...

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/237854609/leane-drisdall

- Jeane Makkie d. 1633, wife of John Drisdal - earliest grave in Movilla graveyard, this couple moved to Ulster circa 1610 from Blackshaw in Dumfiesshire 

Following on from this research, I tried to follow the family lines to see if there were any modern day descendants of these very early Irish Drysdales, 
although difficult without parish records, I was just about able to follow a few lines to the early 1800s in County Down.

One of these lines could tie in with your Thomas Drysdale (b.1785 - County Down) & Martha Drysdale, so I took the liberty of joining this early line to your
family line. Although this is not a verified relationship, in the complete absence of any relevant records, I think it is reasonable to assume that any Drysdales
living in the same place at the same time could be related (Newtownards, County Down - 1780s) - especially bearing in mind the relative rarity of the name in Ireland at that time.

See tree shots - two branches

With Governor Hugh Drysdale 

If you don't like this assumed family link I can disconnect it.

Best regards