John VENABLE & Ms. __?__ & Sarah PINSON

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John VENABLE
Ms. __?__
Sarah PINSON

Husband: John VENABLE
Birth: 1770-80, Spartanburg Co., SC
Death: 1840-50
Fraternal: Free Masons Lodge No. 108, Paris, Henry Co., TN
Father said to be: Joseph VENABLE
Mother said to be: Lucy DAVENPORT

In the 1880 census, our subject's son, Leander, gives both of his parents' birthplaces as NC, but in the 1900 census, he gives his father's birthplace as SC and his mother's as KY, which makes far more sense.

Marriage-1:

Wife-1: Ms. __?__

Given our subject's age in 1811, he almost certainly had a prior wife. The eldest child in the 1830 census supports that he did.

Marriage-2: 22 Apr 1811, Warren [now Allen] Co., KY

Wife-2: Sarah PINSON
Birth: 1780-90, KY
Death: 1840-50, said to be in AR
Other Spouse: m1. ca. 1798, Spartanburg Co., SC, Ephraim THOMPSON (c1775-1799)
Other Child: Zephaniah W. THOMPSON, b. ca. 1799, Spartanburg Co., SC; d. ca. 1836 in Henry Co., TN; m. 18 Oct 1824, Allen Co., KY, Sarah "Sally" WILLIAMS
Father: Aaron PINSON, Jr. (c1750-
Mother: Elizabeth WELLS (c1755-1835)

Child with Wife-1:

1. (Son A) VENABLE, b. 1800-1810 — said to be Moses VENABLE, b. 9 Dec 1808

Children with Sarah PINSON:

— born in Warren [now Allen] Co., KY:
2. Lucy VENABLE, b. ca. 1812; m. William KENDALL
3. Calvin Davenport VENABLE, b. ca. 1814; d. 20 Oct 1862, Versailles, Woodford Co., KY; m. 1 Feb 1848, Henry Co., TN, Mary KENDALL
4. Elizabeth P. VENABLE, b. 27 Oct 1815; d. AR; m. 1837, Henry Co., TN, John KENDALL (1812-1860)

— born in Henry Co., TN:
5. Luther Rice VENABLE, b. 1817; d. 1866, Van Buren Co., AR; m. 15 Mar 1838, Margaret WINNS/WYNNS, Henry Co., TN
6. (Son B) VENABLE, b. 1815-20
7. [Richard] Leander Bennett VENABLE, b. 2 Apr 1822; d. 2 Jan 1901, Denton Co., TX; m1. 25 May 1843, Henry Co., TN, Sarah Kendall COWAN (1821-1879)
8. Ewing Marion VENABLE, b. 7 Jan 1824

Keywords for search engines: genealogy; USA, US, United States, Kentucky, Tennessee

Sources (n.b., Allen Co. was formed in 1815 from Warren Co.; Henry Co. was formed in 1821 from Amerindian land):

1. Jordan R. Dodd, ed. 1993. Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee,Virginia, and West Virginia Marriages: Early to 1850. Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-229):

Venable, John Thompson, Sarah 22 Apr 1811 Warren Co., KY

Thompson, Zephaniah Williams, Sally 18 Oct 1824 Allen Co., KY

Venable, Luther R. Winns, Margaret 15 Mar 1838 Henry Co., TN

Venable, Leander B. Cowan, Sarah R. 25 May 1843 Henry Co., TN

Venable, C.D. Kendall, Mary 1 Feb 1848 Henry Co., TN

Leander married a total of three times (see Find-A-Grave).

2. 1820 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): there was no 1820 census in Henry Co., TN. I found no John VENABLE (or reasonable variation), anywhere, with the correct complement of children (or wife) to be our subject.

3. 1830 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #105 of 118 — indexed "Vanath"; list was roughly alphabetized; official enumeration date 1 Jun 1830; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1830 TN Henry Co. Roll M19_177 p. 56 Ln. 14 Vanable John 022 110 010 - 001 100 100 no slaves

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

2 males 5-9 1820-1825 = Ewing (b. 1824)
= Leander (b. 1822)

2 males 10-14 1815-1820 = Son B
= Luther (b. 1817)

1 male 15-19 1810-1815 = Calvin (b. ca. 1814)

1 male 20-29 1800-1810 = Son A

1 male 50-59 1770-1780 = John

1 female 10-14 1815-1820 = Elizabeth (b. 1815)

1 female 15-19 1810-1815 = Lucy (b. ca. 1812)

1 female 40-49 1780-1790 = Sarah

John is the only VENABLE in the county. There is a Zephaniah THOMPSON (æ 20-30) enumerated in Henry Co., TN (p. 54). The census is roughly alphabetical, so we can't tell whether or not the two households were located near each other. Some have asserted that the male born 1800-1810 in our subjects' household is Zephaniah THOMPSON, but clearly it is not because he married in 1824 and is, himself, enumerated in 1830.

4. 1840 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #88 of 139; official enumeration began 1 Jun 1840; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1840 TN Henry Co. Roll 522 p. 43 Ln. 2 John Venable 000 210 001 - 000 000 010 no slaves 0300000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

2 males 15-19 1820-1825 = Ewing (b. 1824)
= Leander (b. 1822)

1 male 20-29 1810-1820 = Calvin (b. ca. 1814)

1 male 60-69 1770-1780 = John

1 female 50-59 1780-1790 = Sarah

3 persons employed in agriculture

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

. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com): a file there entitled, "Some Descendants of Aaron Pinson and Elizabeth Wells," by "Mary" is the only believable accounting of our subjects that I've found. Among other things, she states (though does not document) that:

"John is listed on the Warren [now Allen] Co. KY tax lists from 1805-1813, and on the Allen Co. lists in 1815, 1816. He was in Paris [county seat], Henry Co. TN in 1823."

. The Cockrill Family of Sonoma County (online at www.wendtroot.com/cockrill/Home.html)

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