John (Redd) Redmond Medaris 
John, known as Redd, was born in 1784 in Guilford County, North Carolina. Redd's father was Oliver Medaris and his mother was Wilmuth Redmond. His paternal grandparents were John Thomas Medaris and Rachael Davis. He had three brothers and six sisters, named Abraham, James, George, Lillie, Wilmuth, Sally, Regina, Elizabeth and Talitha. He died after 1870. He was buried in Old Cemetery near Plattsville Ohio.General Notes
John moved north with his brother Abraham to Miami County, Ohio. He purchased property on 06 June 1802 in Central Ohio. He also purchased land on 02 July 1831 between the Miami and Little Miami Rivers in southwestern Ohio. The area where they lived later became Shelby County. John, Abraham and their sister Sarah, were among the organizers of the Antioch M.E. Church Society about 1820, now known as the Plattsville Methodist Church. In April 1820, the first election in Green Township was held at the house of John R. Medaris. The first Justices of the Peace, Henry Sturm & Chas Johnson were elected.
In 1824, John built the first brick house in Green Township according to the Shelby County, Historical Society. He also built the first mill. It was a corn cracker built near Plattsville also in 1824.
John apparently died sometime in the 1870's. He and Sarah are living next door to their son William in the 1870 Harrison, Franklin County, Kansas census. He is buried in Old Cemetery near Plattsville, next to his mother Wilmuth.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1620 in Maderia, Portugal or Virginia d.1680
- b.~ 1667 in Middlesex County, Virginia
- b.21 Feb 1704 in Middlesex County, Virginia d.1799
- d.07 Feb 1720
- b.~ 1759 in Dragon Swamp, Middlesex County, Virginia d.1829 in Shelby County, Ohio
- b.20 Nov 1715 in Essex County, Virginia d.1795 in Tennessee
- b.25 Oct 1608 in Linkenholt, Hampshire, England d.1674 in Gloucester County, Virginia
- b.12 Dec 1625 in Elizabeth City, Virginia d.1686 in Yorktown, Virginia
- b.1784 in Guilford County, North Carolina d.> 1870
- b.~ 1762 in Chatham County, North Carolina d.19 May 1842 in Shelby County, Ohio
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