| Sources:
1. There is no available 1790 or 1800 census of Kentucky.
(See 1800 tax roll below.)
2a. 1810 Census Index (online at GenealogyLibrary.com).
Please see my WARNING
regarding use of this database (the genders are switched in the numerical
data). In this particular record, the data are further damaged by
a "frame shift."
| 1810 |
Cardery, John |
KY |
Christian Co. |
p. 114 |
11100-1120-10 |
2b. 1790-1870 Census Index (online at Ancestry.com).
These data reflect the same "frame shift," but at least now the genders
are in the correct order.
| 1810 |
CARDERY |
JOHN |
Christian |
KY |
114 |
1120-11100-10 |
These data should read:
Which indicate:
| No. & Sex |
Age Class |
Therefore Born |
Individuals Inferred |
| 1 male |
9 or under |
1800-1810 |
= Elijah (b. 1805) |
| 1 male |
10-15 |
1794-1800 |
= James? (b. 1795) |
| 2 males |
16-25 |
1784-1794 |
= John? (b. ca. 1790)
= William? (b. ca. 1788) |
| 1 male |
45 or over |
in or bef. 1765 |
= John (b. 1760) |
| 1 female |
9 or under |
1800-1810 |
= Sally (b. 1801) |
| 1 female |
10-15 |
1794-1800 |
= Polly (b. ca. 1798) |
| 1 female |
45 or over |
in or bef. 1765 |
= Catherine (b. 1764) |
The older boys appear to be William, James, and John Jr., yet there are
three males this age living with their eldest son, Charles. Could
John and Catherine have had more than the nine children attributed to them
by Eugene Cordry (Source 6 below)?
3. 1820 Census Index (online at GenealogyLibrary.com):
| 1820 |
Cordrey, Charles |
KY |
Todd Co. |
p. 133 |
| 1820 |
Cordrey, James |
KY |
Todd Co. |
p. 133 |
| 1820 |
Cordry, John |
KY |
Todd Co. |
p. 133 |
| 1820 |
Cordry, C. |
KY |
Todd Co. |
p. 133 |
This last is surely Catherine.
4. Census Index: U.S. Selected
Counties, 1800 (Broderbund CD-312):
| 1800 Tax List |
Codry, John |
KY |
Christian Co. |
5a. A.B. Willhite. [n.d.] Christian Co., Kentucky,
Tax List, 1804-1809. (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 |
Dist.* |
Last
Name |
First
Name |
A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
Acres |
Watercourse |
| 4 |
1804 |
South |
Cordry |
John |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
6 |
550 |
W |
| 32 |
1805 |
South |
Cordry |
John |
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
6
|
650 |
W |
| 73 |
1806 |
South |
Cordry |
John |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
10 |
764 |
W F R R |
| 116 |
1807 |
East |
Cordry, Sr |
John |
1 |
1 |
- |
-
|
9 |
764 |
W |
| - |
1808 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 208 |
1809 |
East |
Cardry |
John |
1 |
|
- |
- |
9 |
814 |
Rangers L C |
Legend for numerical data:
A = White Males 21 or over; B = White Males 16-20 (this
column discontinued in 1809);
C = Blacks over 16; D = Total Blacks; E = Horses |
| Abbreviations: W = W F R R = West
Fork of the Red River; Rangers L C = Reins? Lick Creek |
| *The county was divided into just two districts:
from 1804 to 1806, into North and South Districts; beginning in 1807, into
East and West Districts. The change tells us that John was in the
southeast quadrant of early Christian County, which later became the southwest
quadrant of Todd Co., when it was formed in 1820. This location is
confirmed by the location of the West Fork of the Red River in today's
southwestern Todd Co. Reins Lick Creek is a sinking tributary of the West
Fork of the Red River. |
Charles Cordry is also on the rolls, with livestock and 200 acres on the
West Fork of the Red River (he, too, is missing in 1808).
5b. A.B. Willhite. [n.d.] Christian Co.,
Kentucky, Tax List, 1810-1813. (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 |
E |
Acres |
Watercourse |
| 8 |
1810 |
John |
Cordry |
1 |
|
- |
- |
11 |
664 |
Rangers Cr |
| 59 |
1811 |
John |
Cordry |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
13 |
522 |
R Lick |
| 109 |
1812 |
John |
Cordry |
2 |
|
- |
- |
10 |
429 |
R Lick Cr |
| 163 |
1813 |
John |
Cordry |
1 |
|
- |
- |
8 |
519 |
Rains Lock |
Legend for numerical data:
A = White Males 21 or over; B = White Males 16-20 (this
column used only in 1811);
C = Blacks over 16; D = Total Blacks; E = Horses |
| Abbreviations: Rangers Cr = R Lick
= Rains Lock = Reins Lick Creek, a sinking tributary of the West Fork of
the Red River, today in Todd Co. |
Charles is present with his 200 acres on the West Fork of the Red River,
alternately listed as "R Lick."
5c. 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.)
5d. 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 |
| 10 |
1819 |
Jas |
Cortry |
1 |
- |
- |
2 |
- |
- |
| 12 |
Jas |
Cordry |
- |
- |
- |
- |
15 |
W F |
| Chas |
Cordry |
1 |
- |
- |
3 |
185 |
Lick Creek |
| Clay?* |
Cordry |
- |
- |
1 |
2 |
150 |
Lick Creek |
| 13 |
John |
Cordry, Decd |
- |
- |
- |
- |
316 |
Lick Cr |
| - |
1820-23 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Legend for numerical data:
A = White Males 21 or over; B = Blacks over 16; C = Total
Blacks; D = Horses |
| Abbreviations: W F = West Fork
of Red River; (Reins) Lick Ck. is a sinking tributary of the W F |
*Ten-to-one "Clay?" is a misreading of "Caty." Hard to say who the
second James might be. There should be another "John," not another
"Jas." As expected, the family drops off the tax rolls when Todd
Co. is formed in 1820.
[And good grief, the poor man was taxed not only to his grave, but
in it!]
6. Anon. 1993. Christian County, Kentucky, Wills
and Estates, 1815-1823: Christian County Will Book C. T.L.C.
Genealogy, Miami Beach, FL.
On p. 13 ("C" = Christian County):
Page 48. Per C Court order to set apart to Caty Cordry, widow
of John Cordry, deceased, her dower, we hereby allot to the widow 150 acres,
being one third of the land belonging to the estate of John Cordry decd,
and which is contained in 1 patent for the afd land, dated Dec 23, 1808,
and bounded by sd Cordry's military survey, which sd tract includes the
plantation and mansion house wherein sd John Cordry last resided.
Signed Jan 12, 1816 - Charles H Mills, John Thompson, Hugh Brown, Commissioners.
The 3 commissioners were this day sworn before me
to discharge their duty. Signed Jan 12, 1816 - Robt Coleman, JP.
Recorded Mar Term 1816. |
7. Eugene Allen Cordry. c1976.
History of New Lebanon, Cooper County, Missouri. VKM Pub.
Co., Fort Worth, TX (online at the Cooper County MOGenWeb site).
See excerpt
on CORDRY.
8. Messages in the Cordray Family Genealogy Forum (online
at GenForum).
9. Broderbund. World Family Trees. Vol. 7,
Pedigree No. 866; Vol. 8, Pedigree No. 2910.
10. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service:
International
Genealogical Index (IGI) and Ancestral File (AF). |
