Henry MYERS & Serilda Catharine CUPP

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Henry MYERS
Serilda Catharine CUPP

Husband: Henry MYERS / MEYERS
Birth: 1793/4, NC
Death: 30 Dec 1873, Claiborne Co., TN

Marriage: 13 Jun 1815, Grayson Co., VA

Wife: (Serilda) Catharine "Caty" CUPP
Birth: 14 Feb 1797, VA
Death: 30 Dec 1873, Powell Valley, Claiborne Co., TN
Father: Jacob CUPP
Mother: Sibby BREEDING

Children:

— born in Virginia:
1. Jacob MEYERS, b. 16 Feb 1817; m. Rachael OWSLEY

— born in Claiborne Co., TN:
2. Isaac MEYERS, b. 29 Apr 1819
3. Vincent MEYERS, b. 18 Jul 1822
4. Isham/Isom Lee MEYERS, b. Nov 1824
5. (Child) MEYERS, b. ca. 1826; d. bef. 1840
6. Susanna "Susan" MEYERS, b. 7 Oct 1828; m. Alexander ENGLAND
7. Abraham MYERS, b. 1830/1
8. Valentine MYERS, b. 22 Jan 1833
9. Newton "Newt" MYERS, b. Feb 1837
10. Sarah MYERS, b. 1839/40
11. Nancy Minerva MYERS, b. 1841/2

Our subjects are said to have this daughter, but she does not show up in the 1850 or 1860 census.
12. Sidney MEYERS, b. Jun 1842

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

Sources:

1a. Jordan R. Dodd, ed. 1993. KY, NC, TN, VA/WV Marriages: Early to 1850. Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-229): not found.

1b. Grayson County, Virginia. Marriage Bonds, Vols. 2-4, 1809-1937 (LDS Film No. 1928595, as cited by Sydney Marilyn (Meyers) Weinrich). Records in the Grayson County Courthouse, Independence, VA. There is a bond and a permission to marry, both dated 13 Jun 1815. The permission slip is signed with the marks of both Jacob Cup and Sibby Cup.

2. 1820

3. 1830

4. 1840

5. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #133 of 218): 7th Subdivision, E District, Claiborne Co., TN, p. 301A, 870/870, enumerated 15 Oct 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Henry Myers 56 M Hatter 400 NC

Catharine Myers 53 F Va

Abraham Myers 19 M laborer Tenn

Valentine Myers 16 M laborer Tenn

Newton Myers 13 M Tenn

Sarah Myers 10 F Tenn

Nancy M Myers 8 F Tenn

Ransome Cupp 32 M Farmer 300 Tenn

Elizabeth Sloan? 19 F Tenn

Phebe Cupp 5 F Tenn

Jacob Cupp 2 M Tenn

Sarah Cupp 30 F Va

Ransom CUPP is Catharine's brother, Sarah CUPP is Ransom's wife, and the CUPP children are theirs. I don't know how Elizabeth fits in.

6. 1860 Census Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #218 of 249): Tazewell P.O., 11th Subdivision, Claiborne Co., TN, p. 355B, PN 216, 1382/1382, enumerated 1 Jun 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Henry Meyers 70 M Farmer 200 95 NC

Catharine " 65 F NC

Living next door to Valentine MYERS and two doors from Aham MYERS.

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

8. Email from Leon Myers.

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