John WHARTON & Eliza SMITH

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John WHARTON
Eliza SMITH

Husband: John WHARTON
Birth: 21 Sep 1784, Fauquier Co., VA
Death: 1 May 1872, Trigg Co., KY
Occupation: farmer

Marriage: Culpeper Co., VA
Migration: 1817, to Trigg Co., KY

Wife: Eliza SMITH
Birth: 1794, VA
Occupation: farmer
Father: Philip SMITH
Mother: Theresa HERRIN

Children:

— born in Culpeper Co., VA:
1. (Son A) WHARTON, b. 1800-1810
2. (Daughter A) WHARTON, b, 1800-1810
3. Susan WHARTON, b. 1816/7, VA
4. William WHARTON, b. 1821/2, Trigg Co., KY
5. George Smith WHARTON, b. 22 Apr 1828, 2 mi E of Cadiz, Trigg Co., KY

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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.

2a. 1810 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #85 of 94; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1810 VA Culpeper Co. p. 85/118A Jno Wharton 10101-10201-0/33/

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 9 or under 1800-1810 =

1 male 16-25 1784-1794 =

1 male 45 or over in or bef. 1765 = John

1 female 9 or under 1800-1810 =

2 females 16-25 1784-1794 =

1 female 45 or over in or bef. 1765 = Wife

33 slaves all ages in or bef. 1810 =

This couple is too old to be our subjects.

2b. 1810 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #92 of 94; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1810 VA Culpeper Co. p. 91/121A John Wharton 20010-10010-00

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

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

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

1 female 9 or under 1800-1810 = Daughter A

1 female 26-44 1765-1784 = Eliza (b. 1794)

The wife is too old to be Eliza.

2c. 1810 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #88 of 94; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1810 VA Culpeper Co. p. 88/119B John Wharton Jr 10010-10110-01

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 9 or under 1800-1810 = Son A

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

1 female 9 or under 1800-1810 = Daughter A

1 female 16-25 1784-1794 = Eliza (b. 1894)

1 female 26-44 1765-1784 = ?

1 slave all ages in or bef. 1810 = ?

This household comes the closest to being our subjects. The list is roughly alphabetized, so no neighborhood reconstruction is possible. Also in county: John's father-in-law, Philip SMITH.

3. 1820 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #13 of 19; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1820 KY Trigg Co. p. 10 Ln. 10 John Wharton 100010-20100-0-100 0100-1000

These data indicate:ves

No., Race, Gender Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 white male 9 or under 1810-1820 = William (b. 1821/2)

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

2 white females 9 or under 1810-1820 = Susan (b. 1816/7)
= Daughter B

1 white female 16-25 1794-1804 = Eliza (b. 1794)

1 person engaged in agriculture

1 male slave 14-25 1794-1806 = ?

1 female slave 13 and under 1806-1820 = ?

4. 1830

5. 1840

6. 1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #32 of 74): 1st District, Trigg Co., KY, p. 305B, 232/233, enumerated 17 Aug 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

John Wharton 65 M Farmer 2000 Virginia

Eliza Wharton 56 F same

George S Wharton 23 M Farmer Kentucky

7a. A.B. Willhite. [n.d.] Christian Co., Kentucky, Tax List, 1814-1818. (Self-published. This book is out of print. I do not have a copy. If you have one to sell, please contact me.)

7b. A.B. Willhite. [n.d.] Christian Co., Kentucky, Tax List, 1819-1823. (Self-published; available from author at 4396 Coopertown Rd., Russellville, KY 42276, or from the Christian County Genealogical Society, Hopkinsville, KY).

Pg. in
Willhite Year First
Name Last
Name A B C D Acres Watercourse

69 1819 John Wharton 1 - 2 2 400
200 L R
"

- 1820-23 - - - - - - - -

Legend for numerical data:
A = White Males 21 or over; B = Blacks over 16; C = Total Blacks; D = Horses

Abbreviations: L R = Little River

As expected, John drops off the Christian County tax rolls when Trigg County is formed in 1820.

8. Willliam Henry Perrin, ed. 1884. History of Trigg County: Historical and Biographical. F.A. Battey Publ. Co., Chicago. On pp. 207-208, under the heading "Cadiz Precinct":

George S. Wharton was born in Trigg County, two miles east of Cadiz, April 22, 1828. He is the youngest child of a family of five born to John and Eliza (Smith) Wharton. His father was born September 21, 1784, in Fauquier County, Va., he died on this farm May 1, 1872; he settled here in 1817, having bought about 700 acres land. At that time there was little or no timber in the country, that which is here now having grown since the coming of Mr. Wharton to this locality; the timber used for the frame of their residence, which was built in 1854, was grown on this land. Deer, turkey and other wild game were in abundance, but have long since disappeared...

9. Messages in the Wharton Family Genealogy Forum (online at GenForum.com).

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