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John Peter Below

Male 1803 - Aft 1880  (78 years)


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  1. 1.  John Peter Below was born in 1803 in Tennessee (son of John Below and Mercy Massa Smith); died after 1880 in Kentucky.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1830, Union Co, Kentucky
    • Census: 1850, District 2, Union Co, Kentucky

    Notes:

    Census:
    1830 Union Co, Kentucky
    in sequence, pg 23
    -Elijah (Elijah Franklin) Shelton (bro of Elizabeth Shelton, m Eliz Lynn)
    Name: Elijah Shelcon [Elijah Shelton]
    Home in 1830 Union, Kentucky
    Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 2 1825-1830
    Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1 1821-1825 William Lynn
    Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1 1816-1820
    Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1 1791-1800 Elijah
    Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1 1825-1830
    Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1 1821-1825
    Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1 1791-1800 Elizabeth
    Free White Persons - Under 20: 6
    Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
    Total Free White Persons: 8
    Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 8

    -Name: Jonathan Linn 30-39 (m Elizabeth Shelton; bro of Eliz Lynn)
    Home in 1830 Union, Kentucky
    Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1 Jonathan
    Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 3 1825-1830 Permeed
    Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1 1821-1825 Susan
    Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1 Elizabeth
    Free White Persons - Under 20: 4
    Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
    Total Free White Persons: 6
    Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):

    William M. Linn 40-49 (1781-1790) son of James & Sarah Miller
    Name: William M Linn
    Home in 1830 Union, Kentucky 7
    Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 2 1825-1830
    Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1 1821-1825
    Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 2 1816-1820
    Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 2 1811-1815
    Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1 1781-1790 William M.
    Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1 1821-1825
    Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1 1816-1820
    Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1 1781-1790
    Free White Persons - Under 20: 9
    Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
    Total Free White Persons: 11
    Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 11

    John Linn 60-69 (John C. Linn Sr; father of Jonathan Linn)
    male 20-30 1800-1810 prob widowed son or son-in-law
    male 60-70 1760-1770
    female <5 prob granddau
    female 10-15 prob granddau
    female 40-50

    Elizabeth Ramsey (prob related to the Agnes Ramsey who married a James Lynn 11 Jul 1815; but James is ambiguous. Also probably related to Margaret Mary Ramsey, b 1814, who married William Josiah Shelton in Union Co, KY.
    Perhaps Margaret Mary is one of the daughters in this census?
    male 20-30 1800-1810
    female 2 15-20 1810-1815
    female 50-60 1780-1790

    Nancy Linn (Mrs. James Lynn)
    1 male 5-10 1820-1825
    1 male 10-15 1815-1820 John Harrison Lynn
    1 f <5 1825-1830
    2 f 5-10 1820-1825
    1 f 20-30 Nancy 1800-1810 (with child 10-15, has to be abt 1800)

    John Below uncle to Polyxena Below Linn (wife of Elias Lynn; d-i-l of John Linn Sr)
    Name: John Belew [John Below]
    Home in 1830 Union, Kentucky
    Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1 1801-1810 John
    Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1 1790-1800 Elizabeth Richards
    Slaves - Females - Under 10: 1
    Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
    Total Free White Persons: 2
    Total Slaves: 1
    Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 3

    William Linn 30-40 1790-1800
    1 son <5 Joseph 1825-1830
    2 sons 5-10 1820-1825 J
    1 son 10-15 1815-1820 John W.
    1 f <5 Eliza
    1 f 30-40 Agnes

    Census:
    1850 (16 August) District 2, Union Co, KY

    residence 255
    -Enoch Morehead 53 & family (Moreheads related family)
    residence 256
    -Samuel Morehead 22 & family
    (Elias Taylor Shelton's son m a Morehead abt 1884)
    (Malinda Carner m John Morehead - sis of
    Eliz Carner Lane Shelton)

    residence 257 (Sigler & Holeman related family)
    I.W. (Isaac) Sigler 29 KY male 1821
    M.J. (Mary Jane Holeman) Sigler 27 KY female 1823
    N.J. (Nancy Jane) Sigler 12 female 1838
    L.I. Sigler 10 female 1840
    M. Sigler 9 female 1841
    Mary F. Sigler 7 female 1843
    John W. Sigler 5 male 1845
    Tho. J. Sigler 11 male 1839
    Morga Sigler 9/12 female 1850

    residence 258
    Jesse Sigler 24 1836
    H.A. Segler 21 female

    residence 259 related family
    James Morehead 30
    Patience (Sigler) 30 (2nd wife; 1w was Mary Holeman)
    Elizabeth 13
    Wm T. 12
    S.F. 2
    W.I. 9
    E.A. 6
    M.A. 4

    residence 260
    -Fielding Pain (Payne) 1823
    Letty (Lucy) 29
    W.I. 11
    John H. 9
    Lucy 6
    Sarina 4
    Albert 7/12

    residence 261
    -Benj Shelton 21 KY
    Elizabeth (Sigler) Shelton 22
    W.J. (William J.) Shelton 2
    E.F. (Elizabeth F.) Shelton 8/12

    residence 262
    John S. Shelton 41 Virginia
    Elizabeth Shelton 31 Kentucky
    E.T. (Elias Taylor) Shelton 15
    J.A. Shelton 13
    M.H. Shelton 11
    N.C. Shelton 5
    A.E.A. Shelton 2

    residence 264
    Elbert Hill 36 NC 1814 (bro to J.S. & Ellis?)
    Mary (Bumpass) 34 1816 (marriage 19 Jan 1836 NC)
    L.J. Hill 13 1837
    Sidney 10 1840
    Pinkney Hill 8 1842
    A.H. Hill 5 1845
    Malissa Hill 2 1848
    Manerva Hill 4/12 1850
    (m2 Sarah Taylor b 1850 in Webster co in 1870)

    residence 264
    Elijah Shelton 50
    Elizabeth Shelton 15
    Eliza Shelton 12

    residence 265
    Elijah Shelton 50 Kentucky
    Elizabeth 15
    Eliza Shelton 12

    residence 266
    Elias Lynn 41 KY 1809 KY
    Polixania Lynn 24 KY
    H.A. Lynn 10 1840
    James M. Lynn 8
    A.R. Lynn 6
    Henry J. Lynn 4
    John A. Lynn 3

    residence 270 (bro to Ellis/Elias Hill? (m Shelton)
    J.S. Hill 35 N.C. 1815
    Sarah Hill 28 1822 (see 1870, 1880 census)
    S.F. Hill 9 female
    J.M. Hill 7 male
    N.J. (Nancy) Hill 4 female
    Anley Hill 1 female
    A. Roberts 35 male Virginia mulatto

    residence 273
    John Below 47
    Elizabeth Below 51

    John married Elizabeth "Betsy" Richards about 1820. Elizabeth was born on 9 Oct 1798 in Virginia; died after 1825. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  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]


  2. 3.  Mercy Massa Smith was born in 1779 in Spartanburg Co, South Carolina; died in 1850 in Union Co, Kentucky.
    Children:
    1. 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.
    3. Agnes Below, (twin) was born on 4 Mar 1800 in Kentucky; died on 11 Oct 1867 in Union Co, Kentucky.
    4. Sarah "Sally" Below, (twin) was born on 4 Mar 1800 in Tennessee; died on 11 Oct 1867 in Union Co, Kentucky.
    5. 1. John Peter Below was born in 1803 in Tennessee; died after 1880 in Kentucky.
    6. Massa Below was born between 1795 and 1804; died after 1820 in of, Morganfield, Union Co, Kentucky.