Who is this John Pelfrey in Laurel Co.,KY in 1860 Census?
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Who is this John Pelfrey in Laurel Co.,KY in 1860 Census?
 Rhea_Bledsoe
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Posted: 5 Aug 2008 12:05PM GMT |
Classification: Query
Surnames: Pelfrey, Turner, Hannah
I am looking for the third son of Pricey Pelfrey in the 1830 Monroe County, TN Census and I came across this John Pelfrey family that could belong to the Tennessee branch of the Pelfreys. Could someone tell me where he does fit in.
Most family searchers know that basically there are three branches of the Pelfrey family from the John and Elizabeth Pelfrey of Henry Co.,VA. The oldest son William (youngest sister, Anne went along too and married a Preston) started the Pelfrey/Pelphrey line in KY.
Thomas and James Pelfrey (sister Sarah who married Alexander Hannah (Hanner) went along also to Roane County, TN) started the Pelfrey line in Roane, Monroe, Meigs, and Rhea Counties in TN. I believe the Hannahs or part of them did end up going to KY after s few years. James had married Polly Turner in Henry County 18 Oct 1800. I don't have a surname for Pricey (Priscilla?) of Monroe Co. who appears to maybe be the wife of Thomas Pelfrey. Pricey has been listed in unsourced family trees online so much that it is easy to forget that we don't know this for sure. Pricey could have been a Turner also, but we don't know that either. James' wife WAS a Turner and a Nathan Turner was a bondsman in Roane County when Pricey (should have been a daughter of the Pricey in Monroe) married John W. Mapes in 1820 in Roane County. This Pricey Pelfrey Mapes had a brother Nathan Pelfrey of Meigs Co., TN.
Son Joseph Pelfrey (along with sister Elizabeth Pelfrey who had married James John Qualls/Quarles in Henry County) went to SC and started the Pelfrey line there and most of the ones in GA.
Being from the same parents (John and Elizabeth Pelfrey in Henry Co., VA), naturally these three branches of the Pelfreys would have stayed in touch for several years.
Maybe I don't have too many glaring mistakes in this short summary.
Now to get back to John Pelfrey, who I hope is from the Tennessee line and "hiding" among the William Pelfrey line in KY:
1860 Federal Census > Kentucky > Laurel > Not Stated
John Pelfrey 40
Mahaley Pelfrey 42
Barbary Pelfrey 15
Fannah Pelfrey 13
Ann Pelfrey 11
James Pelfrey 9
Rease Pelfrey 7
John Pelfrey (40) was b. in TN abt. 1820
Mahaley Pelfrey (42) was b. in TN abt. 1818
ALL THE CHILDREN WERE BORN IN KY.
You can see that this family seems to be from the sons of Pricey Pelfrey in the 1830 Monroe, TN Census. I have never seen a KY Pelfrey born this early in TN.
I have never been able to find this family before or since this census despite the unusual names of Fannah and Rease! Maybe the Civil War years didn't decimate the family.
One interesting thing about Fannah; there are only 11 females named Fannah in the United States according to Census Records of 1860 AND another one of the 11 Fannahs is Fannah Turner also in Laurel County, KY!!!
Chet Pelfrey
Most family searchers know that basically there are three branches of the Pelfrey family from the John and Elizabeth Pelfrey of Henry Co.,VA. The oldest son William (youngest sister, Anne went along too and married a Preston) started the Pelfrey/Pelphrey line in KY.
Thomas and James Pelfrey (sister Sarah who married Alexander Hannah (Hanner) went along also to Roane County, TN) started the Pelfrey line in Roane, Monroe, Meigs, and Rhea Counties in TN. I believe the Hannahs or part of them did end up going to KY after s few years. James had married Polly Turner in Henry County 18 Oct 1800. I don't have a surname for Pricey (Priscilla?) of Monroe Co. who appears to maybe be the wife of Thomas Pelfrey. Pricey has been listed in unsourced family trees online so much that it is easy to forget that we don't know this for sure. Pricey could have been a Turner also, but we don't know that either. James' wife WAS a Turner and a Nathan Turner was a bondsman in Roane County when Pricey (should have been a daughter of the Pricey in Monroe) married John W. Mapes in 1820 in Roane County. This Pricey Pelfrey Mapes had a brother Nathan Pelfrey of Meigs Co., TN.
Son Joseph Pelfrey (along with sister Elizabeth Pelfrey who had married James John Qualls/Quarles in Henry County) went to SC and started the Pelfrey line there and most of the ones in GA.
Being from the same parents (John and Elizabeth Pelfrey in Henry Co., VA), naturally these three branches of the Pelfreys would have stayed in touch for several years.
Maybe I don't have too many glaring mistakes in this short summary.
Now to get back to John Pelfrey, who I hope is from the Tennessee line and "hiding" among the William Pelfrey line in KY:
1860 Federal Census > Kentucky > Laurel > Not Stated
John Pelfrey 40
Mahaley Pelfrey 42
Barbary Pelfrey 15
Fannah Pelfrey 13
Ann Pelfrey 11
James Pelfrey 9
Rease Pelfrey 7
John Pelfrey (40) was b. in TN abt. 1820
Mahaley Pelfrey (42) was b. in TN abt. 1818
ALL THE CHILDREN WERE BORN IN KY.
You can see that this family seems to be from the sons of Pricey Pelfrey in the 1830 Monroe, TN Census. I have never seen a KY Pelfrey born this early in TN.
I have never been able to find this family before or since this census despite the unusual names of Fannah and Rease! Maybe the Civil War years didn't decimate the family.
One interesting thing about Fannah; there are only 11 females named Fannah in the United States according to Census Records of 1860 AND another one of the 11 Fannahs is Fannah Turner also in Laurel County, KY!!!
Chet Pelfrey