Looking at land records it looks like James S. of Daviess Co. Iniana was
the son
of James Rhodie and a brother to Eleazor.
On 30 Oct. 1838 (but the indenture was ack. 3 Oct. 1838, recorded 19
Oct. 1838)
James S. Cecil and Eliza his wife of Daviess Co. Indiana, heirs and
representatives of James R. Cecil decd. sold to Eleazor S. Cecil of
Bullitt co.
Ky for $50, a certain 150 A. of land lying in Bullitt and Nelson
Counties at the
mouth of the Spring Branch......(Lampkin)
So it looks like the James S. who married Elizabeth Edelen (and 2 other
wives )
was the son of James Rhodie and depending on the land sold a brother to
Eleazor??? Lampkin shows him (Eleazor) and James S. as the sons of James
Rhodie.���
As you can see the evidence is very circumstantial-is there anyone whose
line this is? I would order the court minutes and probate records from
the Family History Center nearby to see if they would shed some light on
this. Wish I could be more helpful. It looks like you may have to
search Bullitt and Nelson co.'s KY. To be honest I would go very slowly
and prove it all because there are so many unknown James in this area at
this time it has never been proven to anyone's satisfaction if Elizabeth
Ed. is the first wife. just too much unknown. To be honest if I
remember correctly I found a Rodie on census after his death-this is
from memory- so obviously you need to do a lot of checking. DVZ
Nelson co., Ky titables
1786 Ignatius sissel -Rodehan sissel
1787 Ignatisu and James B. Sissel
1788 Rody Siscil
1789 Rhoda
1790 james Rhosey Sissel
1791 Rhodey
Wash. Co. Ky (formerly Nelson)
1792 Rhody Cissel
1810 Wash. co., KY
James R. Cissel 2 m und 10, 1 m 10-16, 1 m 16-26, 1 m 45+, 1 f und 10, 1
f 10-16, 1 f 16-26, 1 f 26-45
1830 Nelson co., Ky
James R. Cissel 1 m 60-70, 1 f 15-20, 1 f 30-40, 1 f 60-70
Here is the puzzler???????Does anyone know who this is?
1840 Marion co., KY
Rhody Sissel 1 m 5-10, 1 m 10-15, 1 m 15-20, 1 m 60-70, 1 f 40-50