Michael HARVEY & Piddire WEST

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Michael HARVEY
Piddire WEST

Note: Both Michael and Piddire are said to have died in 1861, but I do not find them in the 1860 census.

Husband: Michael HARVY / HARVEY
Birth: 1810, Wayne Co., Mississippi Territory — now Covington Co., MS
Death apparently: 1850-60, Smith Co., MS
Occupation: farmer
Father probably: Thomas HARVEY, b. 1770-80

Marriage:

Wife: Piddire / Pidire / Piddie Ire WEST
Birth: 1810-15, Sumter Co., SC
Death apparently: 1850-60, Smith Co., MS
Occupation: homemaker
Father: William Nelson WEST (1775-1846)
Mother: Elsie / Ailsey ROGERS (1785-1862)

Children:

— born in either Covington Co., MS, or Smith Co., MS:
1. Washington HARVEY, b. 1835 — not the Washington H. HARVEY born in 1825 of Barnwell Co., SC, who moved to Columbia Co., FL
2. (Daughter) HARVEY, b. ca. 1837; d. bef. 1850
3. Elsie / Alcy Caroline HARVEY, b. 1838/9

— born in Smith Co., MS:
4. William Sumpter HARVEY, b. 9 Dec 1844; d. 20 Nov 1926, Brenham, Washington Co., TX

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Sources (n.b., Marion Co. was formed in 1811 from Amite, Wayne, and Franklin Cos.; Lawrence Co. was formed in 1814 from Marion Co.; Covington Co. was formed in 1819 from Lawrence and Wayne Cos.; Smith Co. was formed in 1833 from the Choctaw Nation):

1. Marriage Record:

2. 1810 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): there was no Federal census in Mississippi, which did not become a state until 1817.

3. Rov V. Jackson. 1999. Mississippi [Territorial and State] Census [Index], 1805-1890. Accelerated Indexing Systems, Provo, UT (online at Ancestry.com): Thomas HARVEY appears earliest in the 1813 census of Marion County.

4. 1820 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): there is a Thomas HARVY (æ 26-44) in Covington Co., MS.

5. 1830 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #19-20 of 22; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1830 MS Covington Co. Roll M19-70 p. 147 Ln. 2 Michael Harvey 000 100 - 000 100 no slaves

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 15-19 1810-1815 = Michael (b. 1810)

1 female 15-19 1810-1815 = Piddire

Listed next to widower Thomas HARVEY (æ 50-60), who is almost certainly Michael's father. Michael has no slaves, but Thomas has five.

6. 1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #5-6 of 20; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1840 MS Smith Co. Roll 217 pp. 228A-228B Ln. 23 Micheal Harvy 100 110 - 200 010 000000-110000 0200000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 white male 4 or under 1835-1840 = Washington (b. 1835)

1 white male 15-19 1820-1825 = ?

1 white male 20-29 1810-1820 = Michael (b. 1810)

2 white females 4 or under 1835-1840 = Caroline (b. 1838/9)
= Daughter

1 white female 20-29 1810-1820 = Piddire (b. 1810-15)

1 female slave 9 or under 1830-1840 = ?

1 female slave 10-23 1816-1830 = ?

2 persons employed in agriculture

7. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #30 of 74 — indexed "Harney"): Smith Co., MS, Roll M432_381, p. 340B, 170/170, enumerated 3 Sep 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Michael Harney? 40 M Farmer 170 Miss

Pidire 30 F SC

Washington 15 M do Miss

Caroline 11 F "

William 6 M "

Piddie appears to be fibbing about her age.

8. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): can't find.

9. Rov V. Jackson. 1999. Mississippi [Territorial and State] Census [Index], 1805-1890. Accelerated Indexing Systems, Provo, UT (online at Ancestry.com): Michael HARVEY of Smith County is found no later than 1850 (Piddire not at all).

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

11. WorldConnect / WorldTree (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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