John W. LIGHTFOOT & Susan M. LOWE

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John W. LIGHTFOOT
Susan M. LOWE

Husband: John W. LIGHTFOOT
Birth: 1815/6, GA
Death apparently: 1860-70
Occupation: merchant

Marriage: 3 Oct 1839, Jones Co., GA

Wife: Susan M. LOWE
Birth: 1823/4, GA
Death: aft. 1870 census
Occupation: homemaker

Children:

— born in Harris Co., GA, or Jones Co., GA:
1. William LIGHTFOOT, b. 1840/1 — said to be this William LIGHTFOOT
2. John LIGHTFOOT, b. 1842/3
3. Martha LIGHTFOOT, b. 1844/5
4. Mary "Mollie" LIGHTFOOT, b. 1849

— born in Jones Co., GA, or Thomas Co., GA:
5. S. J. LIGHTFOOT [female], b. 1852/3
6. Walter Colquitt LIGHTFOOT, b. Oct 1855; d. 1941, Manatee Co., FL
7. Julia LIGHTFOOT, b. 1859

Are these adopted children?
. Alfred Edward LIGHTFOOT, b. 1842/3, GA
. Lousynthia "Lou" E. LIGHTFOOT, b. 1843/4, GA

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Sources:

1. Georgia, Marriage Records from Select Counties, 1828-1978 (online at Ancestry.com):
Marriage License of John W. LIGHTFOOT & Susan M. LOWE.

2. 1840 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #3-4 of 8 — slave data precedes name pages; official enumeration began 1 Jun 1840; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1840 GA Harris Co. Templeton's Dist. No. 2 Roll 43 pp. 270A-270B Ln. 25 J W Lightfoot 000 010 - 000 100 000000-110000 0001000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 white male 20-29 1810-1820 = John (b. 1815/6)

1 white female 15-19 1820-1825 = Susan (b. 1823/4)

1 female slave 9 or under 1830-1840 = ?

1 female slave 10-23 1816-1830 = ?

1 persons employed in manufacture and trades

3a. 1850 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #38 of 95): Division 47, Jones Co., GA, Roll 432_75, p. 199B, 289/289, enumerated 3 Sep 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

John W Lightfoot 34 M Farmer 1500 Georgia

Susan      " 26 F "

William    " 9 M "

John       " 7 M "

Martha     " 5 F "

Mary       " 8/12 F "

3b. 1850 Slave Schedule Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #22 of 75): Division 47, Jones Co., GA, official enumeration date 1 Jun 18500 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Names
of
Slave Owners Number
of
Slaves Description Fugitive
from the
State Number
manumitted Deaf & dumb,
blind, insane,
or idiotic.

Age Sex Colour

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

3 John W. Lightfoot 1 34 M B

4 1 34 F B

5 1 21 F B

6 1 14 M B

7 1 3 M B

8 1 1 M B

9 1 1 M B

10 1 5/12 F B

4a. 1860 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #2 of 114): Thomasville P.O., Thomas Co., GA, Roll M653_138, p. 2, PN 2, 24/1-11 [this enumerator did not know how to correctly use the Dwelling/Family numbers], enumerated 1 Jun 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

John W Lightfoot 44 M Merchant 1000 1000 Geo

Susan M    " 36 F "

Wm         " 19 M Clk "

E A        " 17 F "

John       " 18 M Farmer "

L E        " 16 F "

Mary       " 15 F "

Martha     " 9 F "

S J        " 7 F "

W C        " 5 M "

Child      " 7/12 F "

Needless to say, it's difficult to reconcile the 1860 census with the 1850 census, but surely Mary's and Martha's names were switched. Did they take in some orphaned children?

4b. 1860 Slave Schedule Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #78 of 79; this enumerator didn't know how to correctly use the "Number of Slaves" column): Thomas Co., GA, p. 168A, PN 2, enumerated 1 Jun 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Names
of
Slave Owners Number
of
Slaves Description Fugitive
from the
State Number
manumitted Deaf & dumb,
blind, insane,
or idiotic. No. of
Slave
Houses

Age Sex Colour

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

27 J W Lightfoot 1 45 M B 1

28 2 40 F "

29 3 30 " "

30 4 12 M "

31 5 12 " "

32 6 11 F "

33 7 10 " "

34 8 10 M "

35 9 7 F "

36 10 7 " "

37 11 4 " "

38 12 3/12 " "

5. 1870 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #1 of 46): Thomasville P.O., 637th Georgia Militia Dist., "East of County lines & Duncanville Road," Thomas Co., GA, Roll M593_177, p. 32A, PN 1, 5/6, enumerated 29 Nov 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Lightfoot M S 48 F W Keeping House 300 50 Georgia

          Mollie 19 F W "

          Walter 15 M W Apprentice Printer "

          Julia 10 F W "

6. 1880 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): Susan not found. W.C. is married and living in Thomasville.

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

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

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