Jordan FELTS & Sarah KESTER & Prudence SMITH

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Jordan FELTS
Sarah KESTER
Prudence P. SMITH

Please Note: Our subject's first wife is being confused with the Sarah Ann KESTER (1805-1882) of Harrison Co., VA [now WV], who married Conrad CUPP in 1834 in Marion Co., OH. These are two different women.

Husband: Jordan FELTZ/ FELTS / PHELPS
Birth: 1800-1805, NC
Death: aft. 1880 census
Occupation: farmer
Father: Crawford FELTS

Marriage-1: 5 Feb 1827, Grayson Co., VA

Wife-1: Sarah "Sally" KESTER
Birth: 1800-1810, Grayson Co., VA
Death: 1844-47, Grayson Co., VA
Occupation: homemaker
Father: Richard KESTER
Mother: Phoebe BROWN

Marriage-2:

Wife-2: Prudence P. SMITH
Birth: 1804/5, NC
Occupation: homemaker

Children with Sarah KESTER:

— born in Grayson [now Carroll] Co., VA:
1. Phoebe FELTS, b. 1827
2. Lurana Irene "Luraney" FELTS, b. Oct 1831
3. Creed Henderson FELTS, b. 28 Jan 1834
4. Rebecca FELTS, b. 1836/7
5. Juliann FELTS, b. 1839/40
6. Mary "Polly" FELTS, b. 1841/2

— born in Carroll Co., VA:
7. Susan FELTS, b. 15 Sep 1844

Children with Prudence SMITH — born in Carroll Co., VA:

8. Matilda FELTS, b. 1846/7
9. Jesten / Jestin FELTS, b. 1850/1
10. Virginia FELTS, b. 1854/5

Keywords for search engines: genealogy; USA, US, United States, North Carolina, Virginia

Sources (n.b., Carroll Co. was formed in 1842 from Grayson and Patrick Cos.):

1a. Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940 (online at familysearch.org):

Jordon Phelps Sally Kester 05 Feb 1827 Grayson County, Virginia Film #31758

1b. Jordan R. Dodd, ed. 1993. Virginia Marriages: Early to 1850. Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-229):

Phelps, Jordon Kester, Sally Feb 5, 1827 Grayson Co.

2. 1830 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #27-28 of 86 — list was roughly alphabetized; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1830 VA Grayson Co. Roll M19_190 p. 258 Ln. 20 Felts Jorden 000 010 - 100 010 no slaves

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 20-29 1800-1810 = Jordan (b. 1803/4)

1 female 4 or under 1825-1830 = Phoebe (b. 1826/7)

1 female 20-29 1800-1810 = Sally

3. 1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #23-24 of 110 — indexed "Fetts"; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1840 VA Grayson Co. Roll 555 pp. 283B-284A Ln. 1 Jorden Felts 010 001 - 211 001 no slaves 0200000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 5-9 1830-1835 = Creed (b. 1833/4)

1 male 30-39 1800-1810 = Jordan (b. 1803/4)

2 females 4 or under 1835-1840 = Juliana? (b. 1839/40)
= Rebecca (b. 1836/7)

1 female 5-9 1830-1835 = Daughter A

1 female 10-14 1825-1830 = Phoebe (b. 1827)

1 female 30-39 1800-1810 = Prudence (b. 1804/5)

2 persons employed in agriculture

4. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #102 of 130): 11th Dist., Carroll Co., VA, Roll M432_939, p. 369A, 760/760, enumerated 11 October 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Jordan Feltz 46 M farmer 400 NC

Prudence do 45 F NC

Phebe    do 23 F Va

Creed    do 16 M farmer Va

Rebecca do 13 F Va

Julina? do 10 F Va

Polly    do 8 F Va

Susan    do 6 F Va

Matilda 3 F Va

Listed next to Widower Richard KESTER (æ 77, b. NY), who is the father of Jordan's first wife.

5. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #111 of 197): Wolfe Glade P.O., Carroll Co., VA, Roll M653_1339, p. 875, PN 109, 710/714, enumerated 1 Aug 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Jordan Felts 60 M Farmer 105 Virginia

Prudence " 50 F N Carolina

Polly    " 19 F Virginia

Creed    " 25 M Farm Laborer 210 240 "

Susan    " 16 F "

Matilda " 13 F "

Jesten   " 9 F "

Virginia " 5 F "

6. 1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #31 of 41): Hillaville P.O., Piper's Gap Twp., Carroll Co., VA, Roll M593_1639, p. 492A, PN 31, 214/215, enumerated 23 Aug 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Felts Jordan 65 M W Farmer NC

_____ Prudence 50 F W Keeping House 180 170 NC

_____ Jestin 17 F W At Home Va

_____ Virginia 15 F W At Home Va

7. 1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #19 of 55): Piper Gap Dist., Carroll Co., VA, Roll 1360, p. 91C, PN 19, SD 5, ED 20, enumerated 9 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1880: for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 13 22 23 24 25 26

170 170 Felts Jordan W M 75 / Farmer / VA NC NC

_____ Prudence P W F 65 Wife / Keeping house / / NC NC NC

Listed next to married son, Creed FELTS.

8. 1890 Census: the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

9. 1900 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): not found.

10. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: AF - Ancestral File (online at FamilySearch.org): shows Jordan as son of Crawford FELTS and the division between the children between Susan and Matilda.

11. Public Member Trees (online at Ancestry.com).

12. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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