Orin R. Wells wrote:
At 07:42 PM 11/21/99 -0800, Kim Dresser wrote:
>Dwelling #141 Harlan Co KY Fed Census
>John Sturgill 71 b in Va = so he would be born abt 1779.
>Jemima " 68 b. in NC = so born abt 1782 vs the death cert =1781
Not necessarily. The census information is probably the least reliable.
If her husband supplied the information, anything is possible <bwg> It
might also depend on the date of the census and date of death.
>Wells, Noah 15 b. in VA = born abt 1835
>& Wells, Levi 31 b. in VA = born abt 1819
New to me, but sure sound like possible nephews or children of a nephew. I
hadn't even looked for Jemima assuming it would not be in my database
because I would not have expected to find Wells in the household. Nice
going. Now I see it in mine and it agrees. Census date was 01 Aug 1850.
Shows John, Jemima and Levi could not read or write. Guess they didn't
spend much time on schooling in Lee county.
This census was for district 1 in Harlan County. Not exactly nearby, but
possibly an explanation of the above are the following two in the same
district.
Page 10, Dwelling 7, family 7 24 Jul 1850
Thomas Wells 50 b: VA Blacksmith
Mahala Wells 44 b: NC
Elizabeth Wells 11 b: VA
Martha Wells 08 b: VA
Peggy Wells 05 b: VA
Jemima Wells 02 b: VA
Could this be Jemima's brother Thomas?
Three doors down at dwelling 10, family 10:
Hiram Wells 25 b: VA farmer
Elizabeth Wells 24 b: VA
Charles J. Wells 03 b: VA
Mary J. Wells 5/12 b: KY
This would probably be a son of Thomas. Levi looks a bit too old to be a
son of Thomas, but most certainly not a son of Mahala - but you never know
with those mountain mommas.
This also shows that it is most likely that Thomas moved to Harlan county
between 1848 when Jemima was born and 1849 since Mary J. was born in
Kentucky and assuming they were there a few months. Might be interesting
to correlate property transactions showing Thomas in Lee county in 1846-49
and Harlan county in the same period.
Orin R. Wells
Hi Orin,
THANKS again for the info & your words of wisdom.
I'm not sure this Thomas is a brother to Jemima?
the info on Thomas that I've seen said
he was born abt 1771-71 & he died in 1845 but I don't know where
or what sources was used to get these dates so will keep diggin...
also think Thomas was married to Rebecca Blevins.
also this line is from Rick Wells rwells(a)shelton.wednet.edu
& Randy Davis hzlwood(a)indy.net
maybe they can help fill in some info on where he died.
I'll forward the note to them tommarrow or maybe they will see it
on the list.
THANKS again for the help.
I may get a chance to sneak off to the Historical library in OKCity
tomarrow & look for some more info...
later,
Kim Ralston Dresser