William Marcellus RASCO, Jr. & Delilah LINDSEY

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William Marcellus RASCO, Jr.
Delilah LINDSEY

Husband: William Marcellus RASCO, Jr.
Birth: bef. 1790, Bertie Co., NC
Death: 15 Dec 1845, Ballard Co., KY
Father: Capt. William Marcellus RASCO
Mother: Rachel HARRELL

Marriage: 15 Dec 1808, Christian Co., KY

Wife: Delilah LINDSEY
Birth: 1790, NC
Father: James Alfred LINDSEY
Mother: Delilah BREWER

Children:

1. Archibald Lindsey RASCO, b. 1811; m1. 27 Aug 1845, Trigg Co., KY, Nancy MABRY; m2. 11 Nov 1838, Dallas Co., AL, Theodotia Euless REESE
2. James Moore RASCO, b. 1813/4
3. William Marcellus RASCO III, b. 16 Dec 1816
4. Josiah H. RASCO, b. 1817/8
5. John RASCO, b. 17 Mar 1820; m. 13 Feb 1848, Montgomery Co., TN, Evelina WATWOOD; m. Nancy ADAMS
6. Susan RASCO, b. 1823; m. William MUNDY

Keywords for search engines: USA, US, United States, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee

Sources:

1. Jordan R. Dodd, ed. 1993. KY, NC, TN, VA, WV Marriages: Early to 1850. Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-229): children's marriages not found, but the CD contains only a handfull of Trigg Co., KY, marriages from the 1820s only.

Rascoe, William Lindsay, Delila 15 Dec 1808 Christian Co., KY

2a. 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 Rasco, William KY Christian Co. p. 100 02002-1001000

2b. 1810 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #49 of 66; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1810 KY Christian Co. p. 100 William Rasco 10010-02002-00

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 = William

2 females 10-15 1794-1800 = Delilah?
= ?

2 females 45 or over in or bef. 1765 = ?
= ?

I have no doubt this record is of our subject — who else could it be? — but the numbers are difficult to reconcile. Was Delilah a child bride? It would appear that both William and Delilah were tallied in the wrong column. Could the other women be Delilah's mother, sister, and cousin? They are on the next line above Micajah FORT, who is four lines above Rachael RASCO.

3. 1820 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #17 of 23; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1820 KY Christian Co. Hopkinsville p. 45 William Rasco 100010-21100-0-?00-1110-1100

These data indicate:

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

1 white male 9 or under 1810-1820 =

1 white male 26-44 1775-1794 = William

2 white females 9 or under 1810-1820 =

1 white female 10-15 1804-1810 =

1 white female 16-25 1794-1804 =

? people in agriculture

1 male slave 13 and under 1806-1820 =

1 male slave 14-25 1794-1806 =

1 male slave 26-44 1775-1794 =

1 female slave 13 and under 1806-1820 =

1 female slave 14-25 1794-1806 =

How could this be our subject? He should have five sons and no daughters. The only other RASCO in Christian Co. is William's widowed mother, Rachel.

4. WorldConnect (online at RootsWeb.com).

5. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: Pedigree Resource File (index to CDs online at FamilySearch.org).

6. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: IGI - International Genealogical Index (online at FamilySearch.org).

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