Laird Family of Kentucky

(III.) James³ Laird, third son of Capt. David² Laird, James¹; born in Augusta Co., VA, in 1776,[1] married 1.) Jean Anderson, daughter of Col. Andrew and Margaret (Crawford) Anderson, of Augusta Co., VA,[2] on 15 Aug. 1797 in Augusta Co., VA,[3] but she died shortly thereafter, and he remarried to 2.) Jane Kerr, daughter of James and Jean (Robertson) Kerr (Jr.), of Augusta Co., VA, on 4 Dec. 1799 in Augusta County.[4] Jane Kerr was born say ca. 1781 in Augusta Co., VA, a granddaughter of James Kerr Sr., who was one of the first justices of the first court held in Staunton, VA, and was active in the organization of Augusta County in 1745, and of James and Elizabeth (Crawford) Robertson, of Augusta Co., VA, and a great‑granddaughter of Alexander Crawford, of Lancaster Co., PA.[5]

The will of James Kerr (Jr.) was dated 2 Dec. 1811, and probated on 24 Feb. 1812. He mentioned his wife Jean, grandson James, son of his son John Kerr, daughters Elizabeth Givens, Margaret Ramsey and Jane Leard, and something extra for each grandson named for the testator. The will was witnessed by Mathew Robertson, John Trotter and Sally Trotter, and he named as his executors his sons John Kerr, Alex. Kerr, and John Johnston.[6] James Rutledge sued the heirs of James Kerr in 1812 over title to a 6-acre parcel of meadow he had purchased from Kerr on 31 Mar. 1797, but had died without making over the title to Rutledge. Heirs of James Kerr named in the lawsuit were James Kerr, Thomas Givens and wife Elizabeth, John and Alexander Kerr, James Ramsey and wife Margaret, James Laird and wife Jane, and Nathaniel Kerr. In 1812 when the suit was filed, all the heirs except John Kerr, Alexander Kerr and James Laird were living out of the Commonwealth of Virginia.[7] James Kerr was evidently an important and well-respected man in his family, because numerous descendants of his were given the middle name “Kerr.”

James and Jane Laird probably moved to Kentucky shortly after 1812, but kept the family property in Augusta Co., VA, until 1818. Eventually they settled in Hopkins Co., KY, in 1820, where he received a land grant of 300 acres surveyed on 15 Mar. 1820 on Deer Creek, south of the Green River,[8] in what is probably Webster Co., KY, today. He also purchased 200 acres of land on Deer Creek from Meshack Lewellyn and wife in 1820,[9] 200 acres of land on Deer Creek from James Leeper and wife in 1820,[10] and 400 acres of land on Deer Creek from Abednego Lewellyn in 1822.[11] On 28 July 1821 James Laird sold 217 acres of land on Deer Creek to his son, James Laird, Jr.[12] Richard R. Bailey and James Laird, both of Hopkins Co., KY, served as sureties for a large loan by Samuel Guiler, of Union Co., KY, and on 7 June 1824 Guiler deeded over a large tract of 740 acres of land on Deer Creek and various personal items to Bailey and Laird as security for the bond. Laird immediately deeded his portion over to Bailey.[13] On 15 Sept. 1829[?] James Laird deeded an unspecified amount of land on Deer Creek along with 100 acres of ridge land over to his son David Laird, acknowledged by James Laird on 9 Nov. 1829. The second paragraph of the deed reads like a will:[14]

“Note my intention is that my son David John and Nathaniel is to own all the land I own and the said David is not to sell or dispose of said land without my consent during my lifetime and then I wish them of the think proper to dispose of all that I own and make an equal divide.”

Jane (Kerr) Laird apparently died before 1825, presumably in Hopkins Co., KY, and James Laird remarried again to 3.) Elizabeth J. Gordon on 5 Sept. 1825 in Hopkins Co., KY.[15] On 27 Nov. 1837 James Laird deeded over to his son Nathaniel Laird, “for consideration of the love and affection that I bear to my son” a negro boy named Steward, about 11 years old, the tract of land on Deer Creek he was then living on, containing about 205 acres, and a 300 acre tract of land adjoining Berry’s survey, together with his wagon and horses, and household furnishings. He excepted his negro woman Mary, whom he liberated at his death. He also directed his son Nathaniel to pay his “present wife” $100 at his death, and $200 to be divided between his grandchildren, the children of James K. Laird, Anna Brown, and the child of Jane Christian. In return Nathaniel Laird agreed to maintain and support his father, James Laird, “in plenty and decency during his life.”[16] In 1839 James Laird sold 200 acres of land on Deer Creek to Atlas T. Chandler,[17] and 66 acres of land on the Slovers Creek branch of the Tradewater River to Bentley Townsend,[18] and in 1840 he sold 134 acres of land on Deer Creek to George W. Springfield.[19]

The first Hopkins County tax list James Laird was found in was in 1819, where he was taxed for 4 parcels of land, all on the Deer Creek watershed, of 217 acres, 200 acres, 400 acres, and 400 acres.[20] In the 1820 Hopkins County tax list he was taxed for 2 parcels of 2nd rate land at 200 acres each, and 2 parcels of 3rd rate land at 400 acres each, all on Deer Creek.[21] The parcels were described in the 1821 tax list as 226 acres, 182 acres, 400 acres, and 300 acres, all on Deer Creek.[22] In 1822 James Laird was taxed for only 2 parcels of land on Deer Creek, of 300 acres and 209 acres, while his son, James K. Laird, was taxed for a 217-acre parcel on Deer Creek.[23] In 1823 James Laird was taxed for 3 parcels of land on Deer Creek, of 400 acres, 300 acres, and 209 acres, while his son, James K. Laird, was taxed for 2 parcels, of 200 acres and of 17 acres.[24] In 1824 and 1825 he was again taxed for 3 parcels on Deer Creek, of 400 acres, 360 acres, and 209 acres, while his son was taxed for one 217-acre parcel.[25] In 1826, however, James Laird Sr. was taxed for only one parcel, of 206 acres on Deer Creek, while his son, James Laird Jr. was again taxed for one parcel of 217 acres,[26] but in 1827 and 1828 he was back to being taxed for 3 parcels on Deer Creek, of 207 acres, 400 acres, and 360 acres.[27] The 1829 tax list was unreadable, but in 1830 James Laird was taxed for only one 600-acre parcel on Deer Creek, while his son David Laird was taxed for a 75-acre parcel on Deer Creek.[28] The 1831 and 1832 Hopkins County tax lists have presumably been lost,[29] and in 1833 James Laird was taxed for 3 parcels of land on Deer Creek, of 130 acres, 400 acres, and 360 acres, while his son David Laird was taxed for one 70-acre parcel.[30] There is no 1834 tax list for Hopkins County, and in 1835 James Laird was taxed for 2 parcels of land on Deer Creek, of 300 acres and 700 acres.[31] There was no 1836 tax list for Hopkins County, and in the 1837 tax list the owner of the last was listed as “James Lard Jr.,” presumably his son, James K. Laird, but on the 1838 tax list the owner was listed only as “James Lard” of one parcel of land on Deer Creek of about 900 acres.[32] In the 1839 tax list, James Laird was listed with again 3 parcels of land on Deer Creek, of 200 acres, 300 acres, and 400 acres.[33] In the 1840 tax list for Hopkins County he was taxed for 3 parcels of land on Deer Creek, of 200 acres, 307 acres, and 134 acres, and 4 slaves,[34] and in the 1841 tax list he was taxed for 2 parcels of land, of 200 acres and 300 acres, and 4 slaves.[35] In the 1842 Hopkins County tax list, James and Nathl. Laird were taxed together for 2 parcels of land on Deer Creek, of 200 acres and 300 acres, and 5 slaves,[36] but in the 1843 Hopkins County tax list, the land was all taxed to Nathaniel Laird, and James Laird was taxed for only 1 slave.[37] In the 1844 Hopkins County tax list, the last on the microfilm, James Laird was taxed for one parcel of 217 acres on Deer Creek and 5 slaves, and his son Nathaniel was taxed for one parcel of 205 acres on Deer Creek.[38]

James Laird was a head of household were living in Hopkins Co., KY, in the 1820,[39] 1830,[40] and 1840 federal censuses.[41] James Laird was living in Yellow Creek, Chariton Co., MO, in the 1850 federal census, next door to his daughter Peggy Cavanagh and her husband, where he was a farmer,[42] but his third wife had apparently already died by 1850, because she was not listed in the census. He died before 1856, possibly in Hart Co., KY, [43] or in Chariton Co., MO.[44]

James Laird and Jane Kerr had children:

A. Jane⁴ Laird, born in 1800 in Augusta Co., VA,[45] married William R. Christian, son of John and Keziah (Cook) Christian, on 6 Oct. 1825 in Hopkins Co., KY.[46] He was a grandson of Sgt. Patrick and Elizabeth (Robertson) Christian,[47] and a great‑grandson of Mathew and Martha Robertson, of Augusta Co., VA.[48] William R. Christian witnessed a deed where James Laird gave land to his son David Laird in Hopkins County that Christian had formerly lived on.[49] They supposedly moved back to Castlewood, VA.[50] Jane (Laird) Christian died in 1835,[51] and William R. Christian remarried to Nancy (Smith) Whittaker, widow of Mark Whittaker, on 9 Mar. 1837 in Illinois,[52] and they settled in Montgomery Co., IL.[53] He was probably the William Christian living in Montgomery Co., IL, in the 1840 federal census, living next door to his father, John Christian, where he was a farmer.[54] They were living in the “South west part of Dist. No. 22” in Montgomery Co., IL, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a farmer.[55] William R. Christian died on 18 June 1854 in Montgomery Co., IL, aged 53 years, and was buried in the Hopewell/Grantham Cemetery in Irving, Montgomery Co., IL.[56] Nancy Christian was still living in Montgomery Co., IL, in the 1860 federal census, with her son John H. Christian,[57] and she died on 16 Feb. 1881, and was buried in King Cemetery, Irving, IL.[58] Jane (Laird) Christian had children:

1. James Laird Christian, born in 1827 in Hopkins Co., KY,[59] moved to California by wagon train after 1850,[60] and settled in San Joaquin Co., CA, on the north side of the Mokelume River, 1 mile west of Lockeford, CA. In the will of his great‑uncle, Samuel Laird, in 1856, James Laird Christian was called the only living descendant of Jane Laird. He was living in Elkhorn twp, San Joaquin Co., CA, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a farmer.[61] He married Martha Jane (Givens) Young, daughter of James Kerr and Elizabeth R. (Christian) Givens,[62] and widow of John Thomas Young, in 1872.[63] She was born on 14 July 1842 in Hopkins Co., KY,[64] a granddaughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Kerr) Givens, and of Mathew Campbell and Jane (Black) Christian,[65] and a great‑granddaughter also of James and Jean (Robertson) Kerr Jr., and of Sgt. Patrick and Elizabeth (Robertson) Christian.[66] They were twice second cousins, through their mutual Kerr and Christian family descents:

James Kerr (Jr.)

Jane Kerr Laird Elizabeth Kerr Givens (brother/sister)

Jane Laird Christian James Kerr Givens (1st cousins)

James Laird Christian Martha Jane Givens (2nd cousins)

Sgt. Patrick Christian

John Christian Mathew Campbell Christian (brothers)

William R. Christian Elizabeth R. Christian Givens (1st cousins)

James Laird Christian Martha Jane Givens (2nd cousins)

The 1837 deed by James Laird to his son Nathaniel Laird mentioned “the child of Jane Christian.” In the will of his great‑uncle, Samuel Laird, in 1856, James Laird Christian was called the only living descendant of Jane Laird. They were living in Elliot, San Joaquin Co., CA, in the 1880 federal census.[67] James Laird Christian died in 1884 in San Joaquin Co., CA.[68] They had at least 2 children:

a. Lilla Jane Christian, born on 22 Feb. 1874 near Lockeford, in San Joaquin Co., CA,[69] married George Robert Jack,[70] son of George and Susan J. (Foster) Jack, of San Joaquin Co., CA,[71] and they lived on the ranch in San Joaquin County first settled by her father. He was born ca. 1870 in CA,[72] and they were living in Liberty, San Joaquin Co., CA, in the 1920 federal census.[73] She died in Sept. 1947 in San Joaquin Co., and he died there in Jan. 1948.[74] They had two children:

1. Ethel Vera Jack, born on 12 Dec. 1897 in San Joaquin Co., CA, married Verne W. Hoffman in ca. 1919. He was born on 23 Feb. 1895 in IN, and they were living in Sacramento, CA, in the 1920 federal census,[75] and then moved to a ranch near Lodi, San Joaquin Co., CA. She died on 1 Jan. 1981 in Lodi, CA,[76] and he died sometime after her.

2. Karl Christian Jack, born on 9 Jan. 1909 in San Joaquin Co., never married, died on 13 Feb. 1984 in CA.[77]

b. James Tilden Christian, born ca. 1877 in CA.[78] He was not found in the 1920 federal census in California.

Martha Jane Givens Young also had at least 4 children by John Thomas Young, whom she had married on 31 May 1858 in Kentucky[79]:

c. William L. Young, born in 1859 in Kentucky,[80] was still unmarried and living with his stepfather in San Joaquin Co., CA, in the 1880 federal census, married Carrie L. Sheridan, daughter of Frank and Isabella Sheridan, of Elliott, San Joaquin Co., CA,[81] in ca. 1897.[82] She was born ca. 1868 in CA.[83] They were living in Elliott, San Joaquin Co., CA, in the 1920 federal census, where he was a farmer.[84] They had at least one son:

1. Burris E. Young, b. ca. 1898 in CA,[85] was still unmarried and living with his parents in Elliott, CA, in the 1920 federal census, a farmer.

d. James Edwin Young, born on 24 Dec. 1860, died on 8 Apr. 1864 in Kentucky.[86]

e. Burnis D. Young, born ca. 1866 in KY.[87] He was not found in the 1920 federal census in California.

f. Helen M. Young, born ca. 1869 in KY.[88]

2. William Christian, born in ca. 1830 in VA,[89] living in 1850, but apparently died before 1856.

3. Polly Christian, born in ca. 1832 in VA,[90] also living in 1850, but apparently also died before 1856.

4. (___) Christian, a son, born about 1834, who died young.

B. Anna⁴ Laird, born in 1802 in Augusta Co., VA, married Jesse Brown, probably son of William Brown,[91] on 8 Aug. 1822 in Hopkins Co., KY.[92] He was born on 25 Nov. 1795 in VA.[93] They settled near Hanson, Hopkins Co., KY, and were living in Hopkins Co., KY, in the 1830 federal census.[94] She died in ca. 1835, and he remarried to Mrs. Susan A. (Yarbrough) Loftus, daughter of William Yarbrough, on 24 Nov. 1836 in Hopkins County.[95] She was born ca. 1812 in NC.[96] The 1837 deed of James Laird to his son Nathaniel Laird mentioned the children of Anna Brown. The will of William Yarbrough, probated in 1843 in Hopkins Co., mentioned, among others, his daughter Susanna Brown.[97] They were living in Hopkins Co., KY, in the 1840 federal census,[98] and in District 2, Hopkins Co., KY, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a farmer.[99] They were living in the Slaughtersville post office district of Hopkins Co., KY, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a farmer.[100] He died on 20 June 1870 in Hopkins Co., KY, and was buried in the Brown Family Cemetery near Hanson in Hopkins Co., KY.[101] Susan A. Brown was still living in Hanson, Hopkins Co., KY, in the 1880 federal census, with her son John W. Brown and daughter Judith Brown.[102] Anna (Laird) Brown had probably 6 children:

1. Martha J. Brown, born on 24 May 1823 in Hopkins Co., KY,[103] married (___) Brooks after 1860. She was still unmarried and living with her father in Hopkins Co., KY, in the 1860 federal census. She was not found in the 1880 federal census in Kentucky, but she died on 21 Nov. 1898 in Hopkins County, and was buried in the Brown Family Cemetery in Hopkins Co.[104]

2. Richard H. Brown, born on 15 Mar. 1825 in Hopkins Co.,[105] married Lutitia Crabtree, probably daughter of William W. and Rosa (Prather) Crabtree, of Hopkins Co.,[106] on 14 Jan. 1858 in Hopkins County.[107] She was born on 7 Sept. 1836 in KY,[108] and they were living in the Slaughtersville post office district of Hopkins Co., KY, near his father in the 1860 federal census.[109] He died on 16 Sept. 1908 in Hopkins County,[110] she died on 8 Aug. 1914 in Hopkins County,[111] and both were buried in the Brown Family Cemetery in Hopkins Co., KY. They were living in Hanson, Hopkins Co., KY, in the 1870[112] and 1880 federal censuses.[113] They had children:

a. Aurelia Brown, born on 1 Nov. 1858, died on 15 Dec. 1858 in Hopkins Co., KY.[114]

b. Martha E. Brown, born in early 1860 in Hopkins Co.[115]

c. Richard C. Brown, born on 5 Jan. 1862, died on 20 Jan. 1862 in Hopkins Co.[116]

d. Rosa Lee Brown, born ca. 1863 in Hopkins Co.[117]

e. James H. Brown, born on 26 Mar. 1865 in Hopkins Co., died on 22 Nov. 1889 in Hopkins Co., KY.[118]

f. William J. Brown, born ca. 1867 in Hopkins Co.[119]

g. Joseph L. Brown, born ca. 1870 in Hopkins Co.[120]

h. Ada M. Brown, born ca. 1873 in Hopkins Co.[121]

i. Richard H. Brown Jr., born on 18 Nov. 1874 in Hopkins Co., died on 6 May 1958 in Hopkins Co.[122]

j. Smith Waller Brown, born ca. 1878 in Hopkins Co.[123]

3. Sarah “Sallie” Ann Brown, born on 10 Feb. 1827 in Hopkins Co.,[124] married Nicholas G. Jones on 6 Mar. 1844 in Hopkins Co., KY.[125] He was born on 10 Apr. 1823 in NC,[126] and died on 18 Sept. 1881 in Hopkins County.[127] She died on 28 Mar. 1899 in Hopkins County,[128] and both were buried in the Brown Family Cemetery in Hopkins Co., KY. They were living in District 2, Hopkins Co., KY, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a farmer. James and Margaret (Ramsey) Chandler, and two of Margaret’s younger sisters were living with them in 1850.[129] They were living in the Slaughtersville post office district of Hopkins Co., KY, in the 1860 federal census, near her father,[130] and in Hanson, Hopkins Co., KY, in the 1870 federal census.[131] They were living in Hanson, Hopkins Co., KY, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a farmer, and their son James H. Jones was listed as the head of household.[132] They had children:

a. Margaretta A. Jones, born on 25 Mar. 1847 in Hopkins Co.,[133] never married, died on 3 Mar. 1881, and was buried in the Brown Family Cemetery in Hopkins County.[134]

b. John W. Jones, born on 5 Dec. 1850 in Hopkins Co.,[135] was still unmarried and living with his parents in the 1880 federal census, a constable and farmer, married Parthenia (___) after 1880. She was born on 15 June 1861. He died on 15 May 1902 in Hopkins Co., and she died on 18 Aug. 1942 in Hopkins Co., KY, and they were both buried in the Brown Family Cemetery in Hopkins County.[136]

c. James H. Jones, born ca. 1854 in Hopkins Co.,[137] was still unmarried and living with his parents in the 1880 federal census, a farmer.

d. Sally A. Jones, born on 17 Jan. 1856, died on 15 Dec. 1861 in Hopkins County.[138]

e. Mary L. Jones, born ca. 1857 in Hopkins County.[139]

f. Martha E. Jones, born on 26 Nov. 1859, died on 9 Dec. 1861 in Hopkins County.[140]

g. Jesse G. Jones, born ca. 1862 in Hopkins Co.[141]

h. William C. Jones, born ca. 1866 in Hopkins Co.[142]

i. Edith B. Jones, born ca. 1870 in Hopkins Co.[143]

4. Mary Elizabeth Brown, born on 2 Jan. 1829 in Hopkins Co.,[144] was still unmarried and living with her father in the 1860 federal census, and died unmarried on 24 Dec. 1862 in Hopkins Co.,[145] and was buried in the Brown Family Cemetery in Hopkins County.

5. James Laird Brown, born ca. 1831 in Hopkins County,[146] married Letitia Murphey on 11 Nov. 1857 in Hopkins Co., KY.[147] She was born ca. 1840 in KY,[148] and they were living in the Madisonville post office district of Hopkins Co., KY, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a farmer,[149] and they were still living in Madisonville in the 1880 federal census, where he was a “tobaconist.”[150] They had children:

a. Ann L. Brown, born ca. 1858 in Hopkins Co., KY,[151] was probably married by 1880.

b. Florence Brown, born ca. 1860 in Hopkins Co., KY.[152]

c. Millie Brown, born ca. 1862 in Hopkins Co.[153]

d. Mattie Brown, born ca. 1865 in Hopkins Co.[154]

e. Charley Brown, born ca. 1867 in Hopkins Co.[155]

f. Jessie Brown, a daughter, born ca. 1869 in Hopkins Co.[156]

g. Theresa Brown, born ca. 1873 in Hopkins Co.[157]

h. Minnie M. Brown, born ca. 1875 in Hopkins Co.[158]

i. James L. Brown, born ca. 1877 in Hopkins Co.[159]

6. Nancy Brown, born ca. 1833 in Hopkins County,[160] possibly the Nancy E. Brown who married William H. Coffman on 22 Sept. 1855 in Hopkins Co.[161] Several Coffman families were living near Jesse Brown in the 1860 federal census, but the William H. Coffman family was not found there, nor were they found in Kentucky in the 1880 federal census.

Jesse Brown had 7 more children by Susan (Yarbrough) Loftus:

7. William M. Brown, born in Dec. 1837 in Hopkins Co., KY, married 1.) Barbara Ann Ballard on 23 Apr. 1860 in Hopkins Co.[162] They were living very close to his father in Slaughtersville, Hopkins Co., KY, in the 1860 federal census,[163] and in Hanson, Hopkins Co., KY, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a cooper.[164] She was born ca. 1839 in KY.[165] She died by Sept. 1880, and he remarried to 2.) Margaret C. Penrod on 12 Sept. 1880, and 3.) Nancy Carnal on 26 Feb. 1893 in Webster Co., KY.[166]

8. Charles Brown, born ca. 1838 in Hopkins County,[167] marriage not found.

9. Henry C. Brown, a twin, born ca. 1844 in Hopkins Co.,[168] married Louisa S. Prather, daughter of Thomas and Priscilla (Ashby) Prather, of Hopkins Co.,[169] on 21 Jan. 1869 in Hopkins Co.[170] She was born in ca. 1849 in Hopkins Co., KY.[171] They were living in Hanson, Hopkins Co., KY, in the 1870 federal census,[172] and in Slaughtersville, Webster Co., KY, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a school teacher.[173]

10. Theodore F. Brown, a twin, born ca. 1844 in Hopkins Co.,[174] married Alcey J. Tompkins, daughter of James and Prudence Tompkins, on 21 Mar. 1866 in Webster Co., KY.[175] She was born ca. 1845 in KY.[176] They were living in Madisonville, KY, in the 1870 federal census,[177] and in Salem, Union Co., KY, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a farm hand.[178]

11. Jesse Brown Jr., born on 24 Oct. 1847 in Hopkins Co., KY, died on 12 Aug. 1874 in Hopkins Co,[179] presumably unmarried.

12. Judith Brown, born on 21 Apr. 1850 in Hopkins Co., KY, was still unmarried and living with her mother and brother, John W. Brown, in Hanson, Hopkins Co., KY, in the 1880 federal census, died unmarried on 26 May 1890 in Hopkins Co., KY.[180]

13. John W. Brown, born ca. 1855 in Hopkins Co., KY,[181] and still unmarried and living in Hanson, Hopkins Co., KY, in the 1880 federal census, a farmer.

Susan (Yarbrough) Loftus also had a daughter by her previous marriage:

14. Anna Loftus, born ca. 1833 in KY.[182]

C. James⁴ Kerr Laird, born in 1804 in Augusta Co., VA, married Louisa Lonie Givens, daughter of Col. Eleazer Givens, on 6 Mar. 1823 in Hopkins Co., KY.[183] (Continued.)

D. Elizabeth⁴ Laird, born ca. 1804 in Augusta Co., VA,[184] married Thomas J. Noel on 12 Feb. 1833 in Hopkins Co., KY.[185] He was born ca. 1801 in KY,[186] and they settled in Hopkins Co., KY. They were living in Hopkins County in the 1840 federal census,[187] and in District 1 of Hopkins Co., KY, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a farmer.[188] He died intestate in 1854 in Hopkins Co., and his widow, Elizabeth Noel, was granted administration of is estate. His “perishable” inventory was appraised on 4 Oct. 1854 by Richard Gregory, Thomas Yates, and W.W. Bowers.[189] No guardianships were found for his minor children in Hopkins County. Elizabeth Noel was still living in 1856 when her uncle, Samuel Laird, died, and she was living within the Madisonville post office district of Hopkins Co., KY, in the 1860 federal census.[190] She died testate in ca. 1873 in Hopkins Co., KY. Her will was dated 19 Sept. 1871, and probated on 12 Feb. 1873. She mentioned her son W. F. Noel, to whom she commented, “I have already given to W. F. Noel all that I intended that he should have,” daughters Martha V. Noel and Mary E. Noel, who each got $600 plus a bed and bedding, and daughter L. A. Whitfield, who had already received her portion, and S. B. Noel, who got $300.[191] They had children:

1. William F. Noel,[192] born ca. 1834 in Hopkins Co., KY,[193] married 1.) Henny Ann Kelly, daughter of John and Mary A. (Robertson) Kelly, of Hopkins Co.,[194] on 19 Oct. 1859 in Hopkins Co.[195] She was born in ca. 1843 in Hopkins County,[196] and they were also living within the Madisonville post office district of Hopkins Co., KY, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a farmer.[197] He was living in Hopkins Co., KY, in the 1870 federal census.[198] She probably died by 1880, and he remarried to 2.) Leila Oakley, and they were living in Evansville, Vanderburgh Co., IN, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a commission merchant.[199]

2. Martha V. Noel, born ca. 1836 in Hopkins Co., KY,[200] marriage not found. She was still unmarried and living with her mother in the 1860 federal census, and she may have been the Martha Noel living in Madisonville, KY, in the 1870 federal census,[201] but she was not found in the 1880 federal census in Kentucky. She was still unmarried when her mother wrote her will in Sept. 1871.

3. Lockey A. Noel, born ca. 1838 in Hopkins Co., KY,[202] married Ezias T. Whitfield on 27 Jan. 1859 in Hopkins County.[203] They were not found in the 1860 federal census in Hopkins Co., KY. He enlisted in the Union Army as a private in Company A, 17th Calvary Regiment, on 15 Feb. 1865 in Louisville, KY, and was mustered out on 20 Sept. 1865,[204] but he was not found in the 1880 federal census. L. A. Whitfield was named in her mother’s will in Sept. 1871.

4. James C. Noel, born ca. 1841 in Hopkins Co., KY,[205] died after 1860, probably unmarried.[206] He was not found in Hopkins Co., KY, in the 1870 or 1880 federal censuses, and he was not listed in his mother’s will in 1871.

5. Samuel B. Noel,[207] born ca. 1844 in Hopkins Co., KY,[208] married Elizabeth C. Hibbs on 24 Jan. 1872 in Hopkins Co.[209] She was born ca. 1850 in KY,[210] possibly the daughter of Tolbert and Elizabeth Hibbs, of Hopkins Co., KY.[211] He was not found in Kentucky, in the 1870 federal census, but he was in his mother’s will in 1871, and they were living in Triplett, Chariton Co., MO, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a farmer.[212] They had children:

a. Ida E. Noel, born ca. 1873 in MO.[213]

b. Dicey B. Noel, born ca. 1878 in MO.[214]

c. Thomas Noel, born ca. 1880 in MO.[215]

6. Mary E. Noel, born ca. 1847 in Hopkins Co., KY,[216] marriage not found. A guardian was appointed for her after her father died,[217] and she was still unmarried when her mother wrote her will in Sept. 1871, but she was not found in the 1880 federal census in Kentucky, and may have been married by then.

E. David⁴ Laird, born on 1 June 1807 in Augusta Co., VA,[218] moved to Missouri before 1850, and married a Sarah “Sally” (___), who was born on 30 Apr. 1808,[219] probably after 1850. They probably had no children. In 1829 his father deeded land to him in Hopkins County,[220] he was first taxed for a 75-acre parcel of land on Deer Creek in Hopkins Co., KY, in 1830,[221] and was taxed for a 70-acre parcel on Deer Creek in 1833.[222] There was no 1834 tax list for Hopkins County, and he was not taxed with his father on Deer Creek in the 1835 tax list for Hopkins County. He was not found as a head of household in Hopkins Co., KY, or Chariton Co., MO, in the 1840 federal census, but he was living in Brunswick twp, Chariton Co., MO, with his brother John Laird in the 1850 federal census, where they were both farmers,[223] and near the family of his brother John Laird in Brunswick, MO, in the 1860 federal census.[224] In 1854 David Laird, of Chariton Co., MO, deeded 1½ acres of land on Deer Creek in Hopkins Co., KY, to the United Baptist Church of Harmony, KY,[225] and by an attorney he sold land in Hopkins County in 1855-1856 to P. D. Clayton,[226] Eli L. Hall,[227] Thomas C. Clayton,[228] and Washington Chandler.[229] In 1859 he sold a final 11-acre parcel on Deer Creek, by attorney, to G. P. Crosby.[230] He was still living in Brunswick, MO, in the 1870 federal census,[231] and in Triplett, Chariton Co., MO, in the 1880 federal census.[232] David Laird died on 12 Feb. 1881 in MO, and Sarah Laird died on 10 Jan. 1889 in MO, and they were both buried in Elliot Grove Cemetery, Chariton Co., MO.[233]

F. John⁴ Laird, born on ca. 21 Oct. 1810, in Augusta Co., VA,[234] moved also to Missouri before 1838, and married Ruhanah “Buvasen” or “Buvaren” Whitesides on 23 Jan. 1838 in Chariton Co., MO.[235] She was born in ca. 1816 in KY.[236] He was not found as a head of household in Hopkins Co., KY, or in Chariton Co., MO, in the 1840 federal census, but they were living in Brunswick twp, Chariton Co., MO, in the 1850 federal census, with his brother, David Laird, where they were both farmers,[237] and in the 1860 federal census.[238] John Laird was also listed in the 1860 Slave Schedule for Chariton Co., MO.[239] He was still living in Brunswick, MO, in the 1870 federal census,[240] but he died on 2 Sept. 1870 in Brunswick, MO, aged 59 years, 10 months, 12 days, and was buried in the Laird Cemetery, north of Brunswick, Chariton Co., MO.[241] Ruhanah B. Laird was not found in Chariton Co., MO, in the 1880 federal census. They had children:

1. Robert⁵ Laird, born ca. 1841 in MO,[242] possibly married Alice (___), who was born ca 1852 in OH,[243] and was living in Visalia, Tulare Co., CA, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a carpenter.[244] They had children:

a. John Laird, born ca. 1873 in MO.[245]

b. Robert Laird Jr., born ca. 1876 in CA.[246]

c. Ermie Laird, a daughter, born ca. 1879 in CA.[247]

2. Samuel Laird, born ca. 1843 in MO,[248] marriage not found.

3. Jane Laird, born ca. 1845 in MO,[249] marriage not found. She was apparently living with her uncle, David Laird, in Brunswick, MO, in the 1860 federal census.

4. James⁵ Laird, born ca. 1847 in MO,[250] possibly the James Laird who married Sophonia (___), and was living in Jefferson, Grundy Co., MO in the 1880 federal census, where he was a farmer.[251] She was born ca. 1858 in MO.[252]

5. Julia Laird, born ca. 1851 in MO.[253]

6. Olla Laird, a daughter, born ca. 1853 in MO.[254]

7. Lizzie Laird, born ca. 1855 in MO.[255]

G. Margaret⁴ “Peggy” Laird, born ca. 1816 in Kentucky,[256] married John C. Cavanah/Cavanaugh, on 20 Oct. 1834 in Hopkins Co., KY,[257] and they apparently moved to Missouri before 1837.[258] He was born ca. 1813 in KY.[259] They were living in Yellow Creek, Chariton Co., MO, in the 1850 federal census, next door to her father, where he was a farmer.[260] She died before 1856, presumably in MO, and he probably also died before 1860, because most of her children were living with their uncle, David Laird, in Brunswick, MO, in the 1860 federal census. They had children:

1. (Supposedly) Margaret A. Cavanah, born ca. 1834 in KY,[261] married Pinckney Riley, son of Joseph Riley, in ca. 1855 in MO.[262] He was born ca. 1825 in IL.[263] They were living in Clark, Chariton Co., MO, in the 1860,[264] and 1870 federal censuses,[265] where he was a farmer. They supposedly had 10 children,[266] and she died by 1876 in MO. He remarried to Mary Jane “Jennie”Stevenson, daughter of James Robertson and Sarah Robertson (Givens) Stevenson, and sister of William Thompson Stevenson, in Mar. 1876.[267] They were living in Clark, Chariton Co., MO, in the 1880 federal census.[268] Margaret (Cavanah) Riley had children, including:

a. Joseph A. Riley, born ca. 1856 in MO.[269]

b. John J. Riley, born ca. 1857 in MO.[270]

c. Martin L. Riley, born ca. 1859 in MO.[271]

d. Anna E. Riley, born ca. 1863 in MO.[272]

e. Thomas J. Riley, born ca. 1867 in MO.[273]

f. Henry O. Riley, born ca. 1869 in MO.[274]

g. (Supposedly 4 other children.)

2. David S. Cavanah/Cavanaugh, born ca. 1837 in MO,[275] marriage not found. He was still unmarried and living with his uncle, David Laird, in Brunswick, MO, in the 1860 and 1870 federal censuses, a farmer, but he was not found in Chariton Co., MO, in the 1880 federal census.

3. William Cavanah/Cavanaugh, born ca. 1839 in MO,[276] marriage not found. He was not living with his uncle David Laird in Brunswick, MO, in the 1870 federal census, and he was not found in Chariton Co., MO, in the 1880 federal census.

4. Mary Jane Cavanah/Cavanaugh, born ca. 1842 in MO,[277] marriage not found. She was living with the family of her uncle, David Laird, in Brunswick, MO, in the 1860 and 1870 federal censuses.

5. Sarah Ann Cavanah, born ca. 1845 in MO,[278] was living with the family of her uncle, David Laird, in Brunswick, MO, in the 1860 and 1870 federal censuses, but she supposedly married William Thompson Stevenson, son of James Robertson and Sarah Robertson (Givens) Stevenson, of Hopkins Co., KY,[279] on 14 Feb. 1861.[280] He was born on 24 Dec. 1836 in Morganfield, KY,[281] a grandson of John and Mary (Robertson) Stevenson, and of Col. Eleazer and Jane (Robertson) Givens,[282] and they settled in Keytesville, Chariton Co., MO. He was enumerated as “Richd.” Stevenson in the 1880 federal census in Keytesville, MO.[283] They had children:[284]

a. Mary “Mollie” Louise Stevenson, born on 30 Dec. 1863 in Chariton Co., MO, married Lycurgus Harry Wright on 28 Nov. 1890 in MO, and settled in Kansas City, MO.

b. Frances “Frankie” Stevenson, (a daughter), born on 17 Mar. 1867 in Chariton Co., MO, married C. H. Herring on 28 Dec. 1897, and settled in Keytesville, MO.

c. James W. Stevenson, born on 22 May 1869 in Chariton Co., MO, a farmer in Manchester, OK, never married.

d. David Stevenson, born on 29 Aug. 1873 in Chariton Co., MO, a farmer in Keytesville, MO, never married.

e. Dr. Richard Givens Stevenson, born on 15 Feb. 1875 in Chariton Co., MO, a physician in Hagerstown, MD, and member of the Maryland State Legislature, never married.

f. Elizabeth “Bessie” Stevenson, born on 20 Jan. 1879 in Chariton Co., MO, married F. E. Drysdale, and settled in Robinson, IL.

g. Sarah “Sally” Luella Stevenson, born on 2 Oct. 1881 in Chariton Co., MO, married Frederic William Hogg, son of William Frederic and Frances (Peake) Hogg, on 2 Nov. 1912, and they settled in Portland, OR. He was a Deputy U.S. Marshall for Oregon.

6. Alphonzo F. Cavanah/Cavanaugh, born in 1850 in Chariton Co., MO.[285] He was presumably living with his brothers and sisters in the family of his uncle David Laird in Brunswick, MO, in the 1860 federal census, and he was living with his uncle John Laird in Brunswick, MO, in the 1870 federal census,[286] but he was not found in the 1880 federal census.

H. Nathaniel⁴ Laird, born on 8 Mar. 1818 in Kentucky,[287] married Mary Ann Herron, daughter of William Herron (Jr.), on 18 Nov. 1839 in Hopkins Co., KY.[288] (Continued in Laird of Missouri.)

(IV.) James⁴ Kerr Laird, eldest son of James³ Laird, Capt. David², James¹; born in Augusta Co., VA, in 1804, married Louisa Lonie Givens, daughter of Col. Eleazer and Jane (Robertson) Givens, of Providence, Hopkins Co., KY,[289] on 6 Mar. 1823 in Hopkins Co., KY.[290] She was born in 1807 in Providence, KY,[291] a granddaughter of John and Rebecca (Brown) Givens, of Mecklenburg Co., NC,[292] and of Col. James and Margaret (Poage) Robertson, of Elliston, Montgomery Co., VA,[293] and a great‑granddaughter of Mathew and Martha Robertson, of Augusta Co., VA.[294] James K. Laird and Louisa Givens were third cousins through their mutual Robertson family descent:

James Robertson Mathew Robertson (brothers)

Jean Robertson Kerr Col. James Robertson (1st cousins)

Jane Kerr Laird Jane Robertson Givens (2nd cousins)

James Kerr Laird Louisa Givens Laird (3rd cousins)

The will of Eleazer Givens, of Hopkins Co., KY, was dated 25 Aug. 1833, witnessed by James Rankin, H.O. Thompson, Newton D. Clark, and John Pittullo, and it was proved in the court of Judge James Rankin in Pope Co., IL, on 7 Oct. 1833, because all four witnesses were residents of Pope Co., IL. He mentioned his eldest son Thomas Givens, son Eleazer Givens, whom he appointed as executor, sons Dixon and Robert Givens, and his wife, but did not name his daughters, to whom he each left a Negro.[295] Givens was shot and killed while in persuit of a runaway slave in Smithland, KY, which is on the Ohio River just across the border from Pope Co., IL, and the will was apparently dictated on his deathbed to the witnesses, who were from Illinois. His estate was large,[296] and Thomas J. Noel was one of the creditors listed in the accounting by his executor.[297]

James K. Laird and Louisa (Givens) Laird settled initially on Deer Creek in Hopkins Co., KY, on the 217 acres of land deeded to him by his father in 1822,[298] in what is now Webster Co., KY. He was first taxed in 1822 for a 217-acre parcel of land on Deer Creek, along with his father’s two parcels there.[299] In 1823 he was taxed for 2 parcels of land, of 200 acres and of 17 acres, on Deer Creek,[300] and in 1824, 1825, 1826, 1827, and 1828 he was taxed for one 217-acre parcel on Deer Creek.[301] The 1829 tax list of Hopkins Co., KY, was unreadable, but he was listed on the 1829 tax list of Union Co., KY, with 217 acres of land on Deer Creek, and a 100-acre parcle of land on Slover Creek.[302] He was not listed with his father in the 1830 tax list in Hopkins Co., KY, and the 1831 and 1832 tax lists for Hopkins County have apparently been lost.[303] He was listed on the 1830 Union County tax list with just 217 acres on Deer Creek in Hopkins County.[304] In 1830 James “Lard” purchased a 100-acre parcel of land on the Tradewater River in Union Co., KY, from the heirs of William Hockaday, and 2 years later purchased another 139 acres from Hockaday’s heirs on the Tradewater in Union County.[305] In the 1830 federal census James and Louisa Laird were living in Union Co., KY, where he was a head of household.[306] In the 1831 Union County tax list he was listed with 217 acres on Deer Creek in Hopkins County, and 100 acres on the Tradewater in Union County.[307] The 1832 tax list for Union Co., KY, has also been lost, but in the 1833 Union County tax list he was again listed with 217 acres on Deer Creek in Hopkins County, and 100 acres on the Tradewater in Union County.[308] On 19 Dec. 1833 James K. Laird and his wife Louisa sold the 217-acre parcel of land on Deer Creek in Hopkins Co., KY, to John Tapp for $300.[309] He was not listed on the 1833 or the 1835 Hopkins County tax lists, and there were no tax lists for 1834 or 1836, but he was listed on the 1734 Union County tax list with 239 acres on the Ohio River in Union County.[310] James K. Laird probably died between 19 Dec. 1833 in Union Co., KY, when they sold the Hopkins County land to John Tapp, and 14 July 1834, when his father, James Laird, and brother, David Laird, acknowledged the deed in court,[311] but in the 1837 tax list a “James Lard Jr.” was listed as the owner of 3 parcels of land on Deer Creek, of 200 acres, 300 acres, and 400 acres.[312] In both the 1835 and 1836 Union County tax lists, James K. Laird, by administrator, was listed as owning 250 acres of land on the Tradewater River.[313]

In the November 1834 Union Co., KY, Probate Court term Alexander M. Henry or Henny, Will S. Person, and Isiah Hammock were appointed to appraise the personal inventory of James K. Laird, deceased, and the inventory of his personal estate was dated and witnessed by William Davis, Justice of the Peace, on 10 Dec. 1834, consisting of horses, oxen, cows and other livestock, grain, and household items.[314] Thomas Givens, brother of Louisa (Givens) Laird, was appointed as administrator of the estate. The estate sale was held on 11 Dec. 1834, and the principal purchasers were Mary Laird and “Mrs.” Laird. Thomas Givens was also listed as a purchaser at the estate sale.[315] The administrator filed his accounting or settlement of the estate on 15 Dec. 1852 in court in Morganfield, Union Co., KY, and the entire estate was worth about $637.41.[316] Thomas Givens, administrator of the estate of James K. Laird, and Robert K. Laird, heir of James K. Laird, petitioned for distribution of the final balance of $192.46 from the estate on 15 Dec. 1852, which was approved in Jan. 1853, and the estate was closed.[317] No guardianships were found for the children of James K. Laird in Hopkins County or Union County, KY.

In the 1837 deed where James Laird gave land to his son Nathaniel Laird in Hopkins Co., KY, he mentioned his grandchildren, the children of James K. Laird. In the 1837 Union County tax list Louisa Lard is listed with land on the Tradewater in Union County worth $230,[318] and in the 1838 Union County tax list Louisa Laird’s land on the Tradewater is valued at $300,[319] but she was not listed in the 1839 Union County tax list. In 1839 Louisa Laird joined with other heirs of her father’s estate in selling her share of 158 acres of land on the Tradewater River to Richard B. Savage.[320] In the 1839 and 1840 tax lists in Hopkins County, Louisa L. Laird was listed with no land, only 2 slaves,[321] but in 1841 Louisa Lard was taxed in Hopkins County for 1 slave, and for 230 acres in Union County on the Tradewater River.[322] Louisa (Givens) Laird remarried to Alexander Ramsey, son of James and Margaret (Kerr) Ramsey, on 25 Oct. 1850 in Hopkins Co., KY.[323]

Alexander Ramsey was born on 3 Oct. 1798 in Virginia, a grandson of James and Jean (Robertson) Kerr (Jr.), of Augusta Co., VA, and had married first to Bethany Phillip on 18 Aug. 1828.[324] He was a first cousin of James K. Laird, their mothers being sisters, and so he was also a third cousin of Louisa Givens.

Louisa (Givens) Laird was not found in Union or Hopkins Co., KY, in the 1840 or 1850 federal censuses, but she may have been living in Union County in the household of her brother, Thomas Givens or nearby in 1840.[325] Alexander Ramsey was living in Hopkins Co., KY, in the 1840 federal census,[326] and in District 2, Hopkins Co., KY, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a farmer.[327] He died testate on 13 Feb. 1857 in Hopkins Co., KY.[328] His will was dated 20 Nov. 1856, witnessed by William H. Cardwell and John E. McCormick, and probated on 16 Feb. 1857 in Hopkins County. He did not mention a wife in his will. Legatees to his estate were his children Andrew Ramsey, Margaret Jane Chandler, wife of James Chandler, Mary A. Crowley, wife of Prior Crowley, Sarah Crowley, wife of Squire Crowley, Parthula Ramsey, Bethany Ramsey, James Ramsey, John Ramsey and Lucinda Ramsey, son-in-law Green Oakley and his wife Elizabeth, deceased, her children Mary E. Oakley, Alexander Oakley, and Lucinda Oakley. He asked that his brother, James K. Ramsey, take and raise his minor son John, to educate him and teach him the trade of a blacksmith and wagon maker, and also to take charge of his minor daughter Parthula. He asked that his son Andrew take care of his minor daughter Bethany, and that his son-in-law, James Chandler, take and educate his minor son James and daughter Lucinda. He appointed his brother, James K. Ramsey, as executor of his estate.[329] His inventory was dated 4 Mar. 1857, and was appraised by W. W. Langley, L. C. Simms, and R. Humphreys, and was recorded on 9 Mar. 1857.[330] No guardianships were found for his minor children in Hopkins County. His unmarried children were living with his oldest son, Andrew Ramsey, in Webster Co., KY, in the 1860 federal census, but once again his widow Louisa was not counted with them. She was instead living with the family of her son, Eleazer G. Laird, in Elkhorn twp, San Joaquin Co., CA, in the 1860 federal census.[331]

Louisa (Givens) (Laird) Ramsey died on 2 July 1874, supposedly in Mariposa Co., CA,[332] and was supposedly buried in the Givens’ Cemetery near Hornitos, CA.[333]

James K. Laird and Louisa Lonie Givens had 4 children:[334]

A. Robert⁵ Robertson Laird, born in 1824 in Hopkins Co., KY, died in 1854 in Hopkins Co., unmarried.[335] He was named in the will of his great‑uncle, Robert Robertson, dated 1 Mar. 1837 in Hopkins Co., KY, and probated in Apr. 1837, who called him “Robert Lard, son of James Lard, deceased,”and left him $100, in addition to a portion of his estate which was to be divided amongst “my sister Jane Given’s deceased children.”[336] He was not found in the 1850 federal census in Hopkins Co., or Union Co., KY, nor was he a head of household in the 1840 federal census in Kentucky. On 26 Mar. 1850 he purchased his brother Eleazer G. Laird’s share of his father’s estate, which included a parcel of land in Union Co., KY, a slave woman named Sillen, and two slave girls, named Mary and Ansey, for $180.[337] He petitioned for distribution of the final balance of his father’s estate, with Thomas Givens, the administrator, on 15 Dec. 1852,[338] but he died unexpectedly in 1854. The inventory of the estate of Robert Laird, dec’d, was dated 18 Mar. 1854, appraised by George Givens and John Edmondson, and was filed in Hopkins County Probate Court on 2 May 1857 by his administrator, B. S. Ruby.[339] Also filed was the Bill of Sale from the estate of R. R. Laird by his administrator, B. S. Ruby, which included goods from the estate sold to A. Ramsey, and others. The listing of notes of the estate included $80 for a mule purchased from the estate by Louisa Ramsey before administration, and another for $60 for a mule purchased by Thomas Givens before administration.[340]

B. Virginia⁵ Mabel Laird, born in 1827 in Hopkins Co., KY, never married, supposedly moved to California, and died in Oakland, CA, after 1912,[341] but she was not found in the 1870 or 1880 federal censuses.

C. Eleazer⁵ Givens Laird, born on 9 Mar. 1830 in Hopkins Co., KY,[342] married Mary Jane McDowell on 27 July 1853 in Stockton, CA.[343] (Continued in Laird of California.)

D. Jane⁵ Robertson Laird, born ca. 1834 in KY.[344] She was possibly the Jane Laird, aged 15, living with the family of Dr. James and Frances (Givens) Bassett,[345] in Hopkins Co., KY, in the 1850 federal census,[346] marriage not found.

Alexander Ramsey also had ten children by his first wife, Bethany Phillip, who died on 28 Aug. 1849 in Hopkins Co., KY[347]:

E. Elizabeth Ramsey, born ca. 1831 in KY,[348] married Green Oakley in ca. 1847.[349] He was born ca. 1823 in North Carolina.[350] They were living in District 2, Hopkins Co., KY, in the 1850 federal census, near her father, where he was a farmer.[351] She died in 1852 in Hopkins Co., KY,[352] probably in childbirth, and he remarried to Martha A. (___), by 1860, and they were living in Providence, Webster Co., KY, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a farmer.[353] On 6 Jan. 1860 Green Oakley was appointed as guardian of his children Mary Elizabeth Oakley, Alexander Oakley, and Lucinda Oakley, minors of Green Oakley by his wife Elizabeth, with Andrew P. Ramsey as his surety.[354] He died in 1864 in KY.[355]

F. Andrew Phillip Ramsey, born ca. 1833 in KY,[356] married Rebecca C. Humphrey, daughter of Raleigh and Jane (Cain) Humphrey,[357] on 3 Oct. 1854 in Hopkins Co., KY.[358] She was born ca. 1832 in KY,[359] and they were living in Vanderburg post office district in Webster Co., KY, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a farmer,[360] and they were living in Providence, Webster Co., KY, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a farmer.[361] He died testate in 1891 in Webster Co., KY, his will dated 18 May 1891, and probated on 29 July 1891, named only his wife, Rebecca, and “children.”[362]

G. Margaret J. Ramsey, born ca. 1834 in KY,[363] married James M. Chandler on 25 Dec. 1848 in Hopkins Co., KY.[364] He was born ca. 1828 in NC.[365] They were living with the family of Nicholas and Sarah (Brown) Jones in District 2, Hopkins Co., KY, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a farmer,[366] and were living in Slaughtersville post office district in Webster Co., KY, in the 1860 federal census,[367] and they were still living in Slaughtersville, Webster Co., KY, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a farmer.[368]

H. Mary Ann Ramsey, born ca. 1836 in KY,[369] married Prior Crowley Jr., son of Prior and Susan (Lunsford) Crowley, on 28 Mar. 1853 in Hopkins County.[370] He was born ca. 1826 in KY.[371] They were living in Slaughtersville post office district in Webster Co., KY, in the 1860 federal census, near his father, where he was a farmer,[372] but he was not found in the 1880 federal census in Kentucky.

I. Sarah R. Ramsey, born ca. 1838 in KY,[373] married Squire Crowley, son of Prior and Susan (Lunsford) Crowley,[374] on 3 Nov. 1852 in Hopkins County.[375] He was born on 27 July 1829 in KY.[376] They were living in Slaughtersville post office district in Webster Co., KY, in the 1860 federal census, near his father, where he was also a farmer,[377] but he was not found in the 1880 federal census in Kentucky. He died on 23 Feb. 1897 in Hopkins Co., and she died in 1918 in Hopkins County.[378]

J. Parthula Ramsey, a daughter, born ca. 1841 in KY,[379] married James M. Humphrey, probably a son of Raleigh and Jane (Cain) Humphrey, on 24 Dec. 1857 in Hopkins County.[380] He was born ca. 1834 in KY,[381] and they were living in Vanderburg post office district in Webster Co., KY, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a farmer,[382] but he was not found in the 1880 federal census in Kentucky. He died in 1912 in KY, and she died in 1915 in KY.[383]

K. Bethany Ramsey, born ca. 1842 in KY,[384] married Raleigh Emerson Humphrey, son of Raleigh and Jane (Cain) Humphrey,[385] on 25 Dec. 1864 in Webster Co., KY.[386] He was born ca. 1842 in KY.[387] She died, however, in 1865 in KY.[388] He was not found in the 1880 federal census in