1860 Webster County census

Post Office, Wisemill, Ky. By P.D. Clayton, Ass't. Marshal
Page 39, 21 June, 1860

House-
hold #
Surname Family
member
Age/
sex
Occupation Real estate/
personal estate
State
of
birth
Data from records of
Webster County researchers
270/266
Cont
Hambleton Mary 22 f domestic
mulatto

VA
Martha 21 f domestic
mulatto

VA
271/267 Quinn Samuel F. 48 m farmer
$3000
VA Samuel F. Quinn, born 1812, Jefferson Co KY, was the son of Joseph Arthur Quinn and Mary W. Thornberry. He married (1) Nancy G. Powell, 11 Apr 1831 Henderson Co KY and (2) Rebecca (Majors) Abbott 12 Jun 1864 Webster Co KY, by whom he had 6 more children. He left a Webster Co will in 1886 which was proven in 1891. Lee Denham. Information on the first marriage of his 2nd wife Rebecca from April Simpson Potts
Nancy G. 46 f housekeeper
KY She was the dau of Harrison Powell and was born 1813 in Logan Co KY. She and Samuel F. Quinn had 11 children. Lori Price.
Samuel F. 21 m farming
KY
Jas. A. 19 m farming
KY James A. Quinn married Almina Jane Davidson 10 Mar 1864 Webster Co KY.
Catharine E. 16 f domestic
KY She married George W. King.
Joseph 14 m
KY
Paulina 11 f
KY Paulina Quinn married James A. Jennings 11 Mar 1866 Webster Co KY.
John   9 m
KY John M. Quinn married (1) Mary R. "Mollie" Frasier 19 Dec 1871 Webster Co KY and (2) Susan Dyer House. He died in 1916 and is buried at Petersburg in Webster Co KY. Lori Price.
George W.   6 m
KY George W. Quinn became a school teacher.
272/268 Brooks J.D. 30 m farming
$  100
KY John D. Brooks married Sarah Ann Brook 10 Jul 1857 Henderson Co. Tina Hall
Sarah 30 f housekeeper
KY
Hester C. 13 f
KY
Josephine 11 f
KY
273/269 Sandefer R.H. 28 m farming
$  200
KY Reuben H. Sandefur married Mary Woody 25 May 1852 Henderson Co KY. Tina Hall
Mary 29 f domestic
KY
274/270 Frazer J.F. 30 m farming
$  250
KY
Matilda C. 21 f domestic
KY
William R.   4 m
KY
275/271 Hunter James M. 64 m farmer $3500
$1000
NC James M. Hunter left a Webster Co will that was proven in 1867. It names sons Michael S.B. Hunter, James M. Hunter, John S. Hunter, and three daughters, E.A. Woods, E.A. Crofford, M.R. Walker; grandchildren, J.B. Hunter, J.M. Hunter, and Sarah Hunter; wife Patsy Hunter. Read the entire will online. James M. Hunter is buried at Hunter Cemetery near Petersburg.
Martha 63 f housekeeper
NC We cannot find a marriage for James M. Hunter and his wife Martha "Patsy" Hunter. In the 1870 Webster census Martha Hunter, age 74, is living with son James M. Hunter Jr. and his wife Elizabeth. She died in 1876 and is buried at Hunter Cemetery.
James W. 22 m farmer
KY James M. Hunter married Elizabeth E. Adams 24 Jun 1869 Webster Co KY.
276/272 Cobb M.W. 32 m farming
$  200
TN M. William Cobb married Elizabeth Majors 19 Nov 1849 Hopkins Co KY. Information on this family from Lynn Cobb-Alvarez
Elizabeth 31 f domestic
KY Elizabeth appears on the 1870 Webster County census as a widow with her five children, James, Levi, Lafayette or William, John G. and George. In 1880, she has apparently remarried Wesley Cook. The family is residing in Denton Co., TX. With Wesley and Elizabeth Cook are four of her children, Levi, Lafayette/William, John and George. The family then moved on to Oklahoma. Son George W. Cobb (not on the 1860 census) is buried at Zion Cemetery near Macomb, Pottawatomie Co. OK. The information on his tombstone reads: Born September 3, 1861; Died December 23 1938. George W. Cobb married Anna Burden about 1893 in Burnett, Pottawatomie County, OK when it was still Oklahoma Territory.
James   9 m
KY
Levi   5 m
KY
Lafayett   3 m
KY
John G.   1 m
KY John G. Cobb, b 3 Mar 1860, d 19 May 1897, is buried at Zion Cemetery near Macomb, Pottawatomie Co. OK.
277/273 Hunter Michael 31 m farming
$  400
KY Michael S.B. Hunter is the son of James M. Hunter and is so named in his Webster Co will of 1867. Michael S. B. Hunter married Rebecca J. Crofford 14 Jan 1854 Henderson Co. Tina Hall . This family is listed in both the 1870 and 1880 Webster Co census records; in 1880 they are listed with six children.
Rebecca J. 24 f housekeeper
TN
Elizabeth   5 f
KY Elizabeth Hunter married Walter Pate, son of William Pate and Judy Ann Oakley at household 1063/1057 of this census, 3 Oct 1872 Webster Co KY.
Millard G. 10/12 m
KY
278/274 Beal Andrew 30 m farming
$  200
KY Anderson L. Beale married Rachel Wilkerson 18 May 1855 Henderson Co KY. Tina Hall . Andrew Beal may have died before 1870 as he is not in the 1870 census with his wife and children.
Rachel 39 f domestic
KY Rachel Beal, age 49, is in the 1870 Webster Co census with Robert, 14; Andrew 12, Theodore, 8, Laurentine, 6, and Granvill Wilkerson, 21.
Robert R.   3 m
KY
Andrew   2 m
KY Andrew Beal married Sarah E. Burniss 15 Nov 1877 Webster Co KY. Andy J. Beal, 1857-1940, is buried at Petersburg Methodist Church Cemetery with Sarah E. Beal, 1855-1957.
Wilkerson Isabel 17 f domestic
KY Isabele Wilkerson married Randolph McGraw 8 Jan 1862 Webster Co. and they are listed in the 1870 and 1880 Webster Co census.
Wilkerson George 15 m farming
KY
Wilkerson Granvill 12 m
KY

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