McGilbra WYATT & Lucretia DUNN

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McGilbra WYATT
Lucretia DUNN

Husband: McGilbra / McGilbry / McGilvery / McGilvary WYATT
Birth: 1794-97, NC
Death: aft. 1850; said to have died in Marshall Co., KY
Military Service: War of 1812
Occupation: planter

Father said possibly to be: William WYATT
Mother said possibly to be: Edith DILDAY

Father may be: William WYATT
Mother may be: Dorothy __?__

The origin of "McGilbra" is almost certainly the surname McGILVERY.

Marriage: 19/20 Feb 1816, Christian Co., KY
Migration: said to have left Christian Co. for Caldwell Co. [now Marshall Co.] in 1816

Wife: Lucretia "Lucrecy" DUNN
Birth: 1794/5, SC
Occupation: homemaker

Children:

— born in Caldwell [now Marshall] Co., KY:
1. William Harrison WYATT, b. 6 Dec 1816
2. Elizabeth WYATT, b. 10 Apr 1819
3. Rayburn Washington WYATT, b. 14 Oct 1821

— born in Calloway [now Marshall] Co., KY:
4. Henry C. WYATT, b. 18 Jan 1824
5. George W. WYATT, b. 14 Mar 1826
6. Martha WYATT, b. 29 Jan 28; d.s.p. 1830-40
7. Helen WYATT, b. 1830
8. Catherine WYATT, b. 30 Mar 1831
9. Nancy H. WYATT, b. 8 Jan 1834
10. Mary Ann "Polly" WYATT, b. 1 May 1837; d.s.p. 1840-50
11. Sarah Jane WYATT, b. 4 Jul 1839 or 1840/1

Sarah is only age 9 in the 1850 census and does not show up, at all, in the 1840 census, so I wonder if she really was born in 1839.

Geographical Note: Until 1818, the area that eventually became Marshall Co. was part of Chickasaw Lands. In 1818, the Jackson Purchase acquired the Chickasaw Lands, and Livingston Co. expanded to include the northwestern half of the former Chickasaw Lands while Caldwell Co., which had been created from Livingston in 1809, expanded to include the southeastern half. In 1821/23, Calloway Co. was formed from Caldwell Co., and in 1842, Marshall Co. was formed from Calloway Co.

Sources:

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

Wyatt, McGilvary Dunn, Lucrecy 19 Feb 1816 Christian Co.

2. 1820 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #7 of 8; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1820 KY Caldwell [now Marshall] Co. Darnelle Parish p. 57 Ln. 37 Gilbert Wyatt 100100-10100-0-100 no slaves

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 9 or under 1810-1820 = William (b. 1816)

1 male 19-25* 1794-1801 = McGilvery (b. 1794-97)

1 female 9 or under 1810-1820 = Elizabeth (b. 1819)

1 female 16-25 1794-1804 = Lucretia (b. 1794/5)

1 person engaged in agriculture

*In the 1820 Census, the third column is age class 16-18 and the fourth column is age class 16-25; therefore, any individual in column three is duplicated in column four. By subtracting the number in column three from the number in column four, you can create an age class "19-25."

List was roughly alphabetized.

3. 1830 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #5-6 of 40; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1830 KY Calloway [now Marshall] Co. p. 199 Ln. 16 McGillera Wiott 121 001 - 100 001 no slaves

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 4 or under 1825-1830 = George (b. 1826)

2 males 5-9 1820-1825 = Henry (b. 1824)
= Rayburn (b. 1821)

1 male 10-14 1815-1820 = William (b. 1816)

1 male 30-39 1790-1800 = McGilvery (b. 1794-97)

1 female 4 or under 1825-1830 = Martha (b. 1828)

1 female 30-39 1790-1800 = Lucretia (b. 1794/5)

Where is Elizabeth? Listed one line above Pharoah DUNN and five lines below William WHITESIDES.

4. 1840 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #47-48 of 106 — indexed "Megilbra"; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1840 KY Calloway [now Marshall] Co. pp. 76B-77A Ln. 23 Mcgilbra Wiatt 001 200 100 - 112 010 100 0400000 no slaves

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 10-14 1825-1830 = George (b. 1826)

2 males 15-19 1820-1825 = Henry (b. 1824)
= Rayburn (b. 1821)

1 male 40-49 1790-1800 = McGilbra (b. 1794-97)

1 female 4 or under 1835-1840 = Polly (b. 1837)

1 female 5-9 1830-1835 = Nancy (b. 1834)

2 females 10-14 1825-1830 = Catherine (b. 1831)
= Helen (b. 1830)

1 female 20-29 1810-1820 = Elizabeth (b. 1819)

1 female 40-49 1790-1800 = Lucretia (b. 1794/5)

4 persons employed in agriculture

Listed next to William FRIZZELL, who in 1850 has a five-yr-old McGilbra W. WYATT living with him.

5. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1850 (Broderbund CD-317):

1850 Wiett, Mc Gilbra KY Marshall Co. Dist. 1 p. 489

1850 Wiett, Mcgillra KY Marshall Co. p. 678 Slave Schedule

To pick up the first record in the index, you have to put the space between the "Mc" and the "Gilbra."

5. 1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #119 of 126 — to pick up this record with the search engine, you have to put a space between "Mc" and "Gilbra"): Marshall Co., KY, p. 489B, 821/824, enumerated 15 Sep 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

M^cgilbra Wiett 55 M Planter 600 NC

Lucrecia   " 55 F SC

Helen      " 20 F Ky

Nancy      " 16 F "

Sarah J.   " 9 F "

Living next door to their married daughter, Catharine (WYATT) ESTES.

6. James Taylor Killebrew. 1987. County Court Order Book "B" Part 2 for Christian County, Kentucky, for the years Nov. 1809 - 6 June 1814 for a County Court held at Town of Hopkinsville. Christian County Family and History Research Society (4465 Cadiz Rd., Hopkinsville, KY 42240).

Pg. in
JTK Pg. in
Book B Date Motion

104 274 9 Nov 1812 Ordered that the clerk of this court bind out Drusilla WIATT to John FINLEY according to law.

119 315 3 May 1813 Ordered that McGilvery WYATT of the age of sixteen years be bound to John H. ANDERSON until he attain full age to learn the trade, art and mistery of the cabinet business and that the said ANDERSON enter into Indenture of apprenticeship with the clerk of this Court according to law.

Is Druscilla his sister? Are they both children of William & Dorothy Wyatt? [John FINLEY is (distantly) related to the William T. WYATT who married Rachel THOMPSON in Todd Co., KY, in 1825.]

7. Willard Rouse Jillson. 1925. The Kentucky Land Grants. 2 vols. Filson Club Publ., Louisville, KY (online at Ancestry.com):

Volume 1, Part 1, Chapter VII, Grants West of Tennessee River (1822-1858)

Pg. Grantee Location Acres Book Pg.

890 Wyatt, JcGilbra (sic) SW¼ S24 T5_ R4E 160 3 192

891 Wyatt, McGilbra SE¼ S23 T5_ R4E 160 5 413

Wyatt, McGilbra NW¼ S24 T4_ R4E 160 6 53

8. Christian County Genealogical Society. 1986. Family Histories: Christian County, Kentucky, 1797-1986. Christian Co. Gen. Soc., Hopkinsville, KY. Biographical sketch of "W.J. Wyatt" on p. 442:

William Jessie Wyatt, eldest son of Bazil Holland and Milbrey Williams Wyatt, was born April 24, 1884. He was a descendant of McGilbry Wyatt and Lucreita Dunn who was married in Christian County in 1816. McGilbry was from North Carolina. Lucreita was from South Carolina...

9. LDS. Ancestral File and IGI (online). The AF has William Harrison Wyatt, husband of Susan Caroline Bazzell, born in Rowan Co., NC, in 1816, deceased in Calloway Co., KY, in 1837, as the eldest son of James WYATT. But as shown by William and Susan's 1850 Census record, he was born in Kentucky, not North Carolina, and obviously, he did not die in 1837. William Harrison Wyatt, husband of Susan Caroline Bazzell, is known to be the son of McGilvery and Lucretia (Dunn) Wyatt. Whether or not James Wyatt also had a son William Harrison Wyatt is uncertain, at least to me.

10. Messages on the Wyatt Surname Message Board (online at Ancestry.com/RootsWeb.com).

11. Email from Judy F. Wyatt, who kindly supplied me with the names and birthdates of our subjects' children.

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