1860 Webster County census

Post Office, Clay Ky. By P.D. Clayton, Ass't. Marshal
Page 94, 16 July, 1860

House-
hold #
Surname Family
member
Age/
sex
Occupation Real estate/
personal estate
State
of
birth
Data from records of
Webster County researchers
654/650
Cont
Adair Nancy 11 f
KY
George   9 m
KY
Benjamin   6 m
KY
655/650 Price Hackney 37 m farmer $1700
$3834
KY
Elizabeth 31 f housekeeper
KY
Price E.L. 13 m
KY
Julia Ann A. 11 f
KY
David A.   8 m
KY
Nancy C.   6 f
KY
Mary R.   2 f
KY
Nisbet Mary A. 17 f domestic
KY
656/651 Lee John 45 m farmer
$2400
OH
657/652 Nisbet Jas. W. 24 m farming
$  400
KY
Jonesia 19 f
KY
Hackney   2 m
KY
Riley 10/12 m
KY
658/653 White W.P. 27 m farming
$  200
TN
Jane 25 f housekeeper
KY
Martha E.J.   7 f
KY
John B.   1 m
KY
659/654 Dye Benjamin 21 m farming
$  150
KY
Elizabeth 20 f housekeeper
KY
Martha J. 8/12 f
KY
660/655 Cook Jo 52 m farmer $1500
$1000
TN Joseph (Jo) Cook was born 1808 TN, and died bef 17 Nov 1869 in Webster Co. KY. He married Margaret V. Unknown. There is inconsistancy regarding where the children were born. The 1850 Union Co. census shows them born in TN while the 1860 Webster Co. census shows KY. Jo Cook had a farm on Craborchard Creek but lived in Clay. He left a will dated 08 Oct 1869 in Webster Co. Click here to read his will. Other children were: Elizabeth A. "Bettie" Cook, b abt 1832; m bef. 1869 Ben D. Vaughn b abt 1833 KY of NC parents and T. J. Cook, b abt 1838, not named in the Joseph's will 17 Nov 1869. Information on this family from Bill Cook
Margaret V. 51 f housekeeper
TN She was born abt 1809 TN. Surname unknown. Parents were from VA.
Phebe J. 25 f "idiot"
KY Phebe J. Cook, b 1835 KY; d bet 1860 - 1869; she was not named in the Joseph's will of 17 Nov 1869.
Margaret J. 20 f domestic
KY Margaret J. Cook, b abt 1840 KY. Not named in the Joseph's will 17 Nov 1869.
Delila E. 17 f
KY Delila E. Cook, b abt 1843 KY. In her father Joseph's will he refers to her as afflicted and makes provision for her to have use of the house should she out live his wife.
Elijah E. 11 m
KY Elijah E. Cook was born abt 1849 in KY. He married Sarah A. Jenkins, b abt 1846, 09 Feb 1870 in Webster Co. KY, daughter of Charles Jenkins and Elizabeth Barnes. Children of Elijah Cook and Sarah Jenkins were: Eliza A. Cook b 1871, KY; Melvin Cook, b 1873 KY; Joseph Cook b 1876 KY; James Cook b 1879 KY.
Lynn Henry J. 15 m
KY
661/656 Dye Joseph 27 m hotel keeper $  700
$1200
KY
Mary A. 24 f housekeeper
KY
Sarah R.   3 f
KY
John R.   2 m
KY
Vaughn Martha E. 16 f domestic
KY
Dye Betsey   8 f
KY
Nisbet John C. 27 m m.d. $  100
$1000
KY
662/657 Pullum B.B. 31 m carpenter
$  250
KY Read Rev. Benjamin B. Pullum's biography
Nancy A. 27 f housekeeper
KY according to her husband's biography, Nancy's maiden name was Dorris.
663/658 Skinner F.A. 36 m farmer $  550
$  400
KY Francis A. Skinner was captured at Marshall Co., AL on 15 January 1865. He died at Camp Chase, OH on 13 March 1865. His body was removed from cemetery. Resident of Webster Co., KY. Steve Lynn's Civil War records - Co A; 13th (Sypert's) Kentucky Cavalry

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