Thomas Jefferson Below: Our Family History

Generation: 1

1. Thomas Jefferson Below was born on 6 Nov 1828 in Union Co, Kentucky (son of Aaron Smith Below and Sarah Smock "Sally" Richards); died in 1890 in Union Co, Kentucky.

Generation: 2

Aaron Smith Below was born on 26 Nov 1797 in North Carolina (son of John Below and Mercy Massa Smith); died on 7 Jan 1837 in Union Co, Kentucky.

Notes:

History of Union Co, Kentucky
Edley A. Lynn
farmer, of Boxville Precinct, is son of Elias and Polexina (Below) Lynn. His father, a farmer, born in Virginia, came here in an early day; his mother was a Union County lady; his grandfather, John Lynn, a native of Virginia, was in the Battle of New Orleans, and an early settler of Kentucky; his grandmother, Jane (Penny) Lynn was a native of Ireland; his grandfather, Aaron S. Below, of Logan County, married Sally Richards, a native of Virginia.

Aaron married Sarah Smock "Sally" Richards on 6 Feb 1821 in Union Co, Kentucky. Sarah was born on 3 Aug 1800 in Culpeper Co, Virginia; died in Nov 1875 in Union Co, Kentucky; was buried in Oak Grove Cem, Union Co, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah Smock "Sally" Richards was born on 3 Aug 1800 in Culpeper Co, Virginia; died in Nov 1875 in Union Co, Kentucky; was buried in Oak Grove Cem, Union Co, Kentucky.

Other Events and Attributes:

Census: 1840, Union Co, Kentucky
Census: 1850, Union Co, Kentucky

Notes:

Census:
1840 Union Co, Kentucky
pg 29
Name: John Lynn
Home in 1840 Union, Kentucky
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1 1826-1830
Free White Persons - Males - 70 thru 79: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 60 thru 69: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1
No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 1
Total Free White Persons: 3
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 3

Name: Elias Lynn
Home in 1840 Union, Kentucky
Birth Year: abt 1803 Age: 37
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1 Edley
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1 1811-1820
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1 1821-1825 Polyxena
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 2
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
Total Free White Persons: 3
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 3

Name: Sarah (Richards) Below mother of Polyxena Below
Home in 1840 Union, Kentucky
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1 1801-1810
Free White Persons - Under 20: 8
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
Total Free White Persons: 9
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 9

(11 residences)

Mary French 30-40 1800-1810
(prob related to Nancy Jane French, wife of John Harrison Lynn, s/o Nancy Lynn)

-Name: Nancy Lynn (widow of James Lynn, d 1825)
Home in 1840 Union, Kentucky
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1 1835-1840 (prob granddau;
she was widowed in 1825)
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 2 1821-1825 (prob mother of <5 dau)
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1 1801-1810
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1
No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 3
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
Total Free White Persons: 4
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 4

(3 residences)

Jno W. Lynn 20-30 1800-1810 (prob son 5 of John C and Jane Penny?)

Census:
1850 Union Co, Kentucky
J W Lynn 31
Lucy A Lynn 26
M O Lynn 7
Geo M Lynn 3
W A Lynn 2
E A Lynn 0
Lewis Storey 16

next:
Pleasant Belew (Below) 28
Sarah 24
W.G. 2 (female)

same page:
Sarah Belew (Below) 49
Sarah 16
Massa 14
Franklin 11

Children:

Pleasant Ripley Below was born on 20 Nov 1822 in Union Co, Kentucky; died on 18 Oct 1900.
Polyxena Below was born on 20 May 1824 in Union Co, Kentucky; died on 3 May 1911 in Union Co, Kentucky; was buried in Pride-Bordley Cem, Union Co, Kentucky.
Lucy Ann Below was born on 25 Dec 1825 in Union Co, Kentucky; died on 29 Mar 1905 in Palo Pinto Co, Texas; was buried in Palo Pinto Cem, Palo Pinto Co, Texas.
John Lewis Below was born on 5 Nov 1826 in Union Co, Kentucky; died on 19 Nov 1925 in Union Co, Kentucky.
1. Thomas Jefferson Below was born on 6 Nov 1828 in Union Co, Kentucky; died in 1890 in Union Co, Kentucky.
Elizabeth "Betty" Below was born in 1829 in Union Co, Kentucky; died after 1880 in of, Union Co, Kentucky.
Mary S. Below was born in Apr 1833 in Union Co, Kentucky; died after 1910 in Union Co, Kentucky.
Sarah R. Below was born on 15 May 1833 in Union Co, Kentucky; died on 19 Jun 1871 in Kentucky.
Massie Melvinia Below was born on 13 Dec 1833 in Union Co, Kentucky; died on 13 Sep 1912 in Webster Co, Kentucky.
Mercy Massa Below was born in 1836 in Union Co, Kentucky; died after 1850 in Union Co, Kentucky.
Franklin Below was born in 1840 in Union Co, Kentucky; died after 1850 in of, Union Co, Kentucky.

Generation: 3

4.	John Below was born in 1775 in North Carolina; died in 1840 in Kentucky. John married Mercy Massa Smith on 8 Jan 1795 in Kentucky. Mercy was born in 1779 in Spartanburg Co, South Carolina; died in 1850 in Union Co, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mercy Massa Smith was born in 1779 in Spartanburg Co, South Carolina; died in 1850 in Union Co, Kentucky.

Children:

Mary Below was born about 1796 in Tennessee; died after 1798.
2. Aaron Smith Below was born on 26 Nov 1797 in North Carolina; died on 7 Jan 1837 in Union Co, Kentucky.
Agnes Below, (twin) was born on 4 Mar 1800 in Kentucky; died on 11 Oct 1867 in Union Co, Kentucky.
Sarah "Sally" Below, (twin) was born on 4 Mar 1800 in Tennessee; died on 11 Oct 1867 in Union Co, Kentucky.
John Peter Below was born in 1803 in Tennessee; died after 1880 in Kentucky.
Massa Below was born between 1795 and 1804; died after 1820 in of, Morganfield, Union Co, Kentucky.