Matthew STOKES & Sarah UNDERDOWN

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Matthew STOKES
Sarah UNDERDOWN

Husband: Matthew STOKES
Birth: 12 May 1784, NC
Death: 16 Nov 1873, Todd Co., KY
Disposition: buried Stokes Chapel Cemetery, Elkton, Todd Co., KY
Father: John STOKES
Mother: Margaret YOUNG

Marriage:

Wife: Sarah UNDERDOWN
Birth: 2 May 1787, VA
Death: 6 May 1866, Todd Co., KY
Disposition: buried Stokes Chapel Cemetery, Elkton, Todd Co., KY
Father: Stephen UNDERDOWN
Mother: Mary Elizabeth EDWARD

The census shows Sarah born bef. 1784, so her tombstone is probably a reflection of her fibbing about her age later in life.

Children:

— born in Christian (now Todd) Co., KY:
1. (Son A) STOKES, b. 1800-1810
2. (Daughter A) STOKES, b. 1800-1810
3. (Daughter B) STOKES, b. 1800-1810
4. Matthew L. STOKES, b. 1800-1810

5. Nancy STOKES, b. ca. 1809; m. John Murray HARRIS
6. Mary "Polly" STOKES, b. Jun 1811; m1. 6 Aug 1835, Todd Co., KY, Henry CLARK; m2. 18 Apr 1844, Todd Co., KY, Richard BOYD
7. Sarah Ann "Annie" STOKES, b. 14 Feb 1814
8. John STOKES, b. 22 Feb 1816
9. George STOKES, b. 11 Aug 1818

— born in Todd Co., KY:
10. Jones STOKES, b. 11 Feb 1822
11. Allen STOKES, b. 26 Apr 1824

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Sources:

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

2. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1800 (Broderbund CD-312): not found.

3. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1810 (Broderbund CD-313). Please see my WARNING regarding use of this database (the numerical data have the genders switched).

1810 Stokes, Mathew KY Christian Co. p. 77 30010-2001000

These data should read:

20010-30010-00

which indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

2 males 9 or under 1800-1810 = Matthew
= Son A

1 male 26-44 1765-1784 = Matthew (b. 1784)

3 females 9 or under 1800-1810 = Nancy (b. ca. 1809)
= Daughter B
= Daughter A

1 female 26-44 1765-1784 = Sarah (b. 1787?)

Other STOKES in county: brothers John, Jones, and Young.

4. 1820 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #5 of 19; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1820 KY Todd Co. p. 127/416 Ln. 6 Matthew Stokes 200010-21010-0-100 no slaves

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

2 males 9 or under 1810-1820 = George (b. 1818)
= John (b. 1816)

1 male 26-44 1775-1794 = Matthew (b. 1784)

2 females 9 or under 1810-1820 = Sarah (b. 1814)
= Mary (b. 1811)

1 female 10-15 1804-1810 = Nancy (b. ca. 1809)

1 female 26-44 1775-1794 = Sarah (b. 1787?)

1 person engaged in agriculture

Other STOKES in county: brothers Jones and David.

5. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1830 (Broderbund CD-315):

1830 Stokes, Mathew KY Todd Co. p. 372

Other STOKES in county: brothers Jones and Young; nephew Larkin; plus Armstrong.

6. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1840 (Broderbund CD-316):

1840 Stokes, Mathew KY Todd Co. Todd City p. 268

Other STOKES in county: nephew Larkin; plus Armstrong, George, and Polly.

7. 1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #19 of 100): District No. 1, Todd Co., KY, p. 204A, 132/133, enumerated 29 Jul 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Mathew Stokes 65 F (sic) Farmer 350 NC

Sarah 63 F Va

Listed next to son, Allen STOKES, two households from son, Jones STOKES, and four households from daughter, Anna (STOKES) HIGHTOWER.

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