Judy's Ancestors
Person Page 18
John Baber
M, #428, b. between 1836 and 1837
There is little information about John Baber unless he is the John C. Baber who served in the Civil War. He is not mentioned in his father's will.
Parents
| Father | John Baber (b. 24 October 1795, d. 18 June 1872) |
| Mother | Delila Ann Davis (b. about 1808, d. 1880) |
| Pedigree Link |
| Birth | between 1836 and 1837 | In Missouri. |
| Misc | There is a 1850 census record with a Jordan Baber and wife Cynthia with a child John Baber born about 1838. Ancestry not known in FS tree but he was said to have been married in Virginia to Cynthia Jordan with son a John J who was born in Missouri. | |
| Military | 1864 | Union Army in Missouri. This is John C Baber, but the 15th cavalry is Missouri. A second record says this John C Baber enlisted in Washington County, Arkansas, so I'm dubious that we have any information at all about a son of John Baber b1795 and Delila Davis.1,2 |
| Last Edited | 12 August 2023 |
Citations
- [S3124] "John C Baber in the U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861." 1865 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/236299343:2344?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 15 Mar. 2023.
- [S4220] "John Chism Baber in the U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861." 1865 https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=try&h=121366459&db=2322. Accessed 12 Aug. 2023.
Robert J Baber
M, #430, b. 28 August 1825, d. 8 June 1918
Mr. Baber, for many years a farmer in comfortable circumstances in Preston township, and a man with an extensive acquaintance among the people of this county, was born in Pulaski county, Ky., on the 22d of August, 1825, and was the son of John Baber, a Kentuckian by birth, whose father, Robert Baber, was originally from Virginia.
Mr. and Mrs. Baber are members of the Missionary Baptist Church. Mr. B. has a farm of 238 acres, all fenced, about 100 acres of which are in cultivation. His orchard is a good one and in tine
bearing condition.
Mr. and Mrs. Baber are members of the Missionary Baptist Church. Mr. B. has a farm of 238 acres, all fenced, about 100 acres of which are in cultivation. His orchard is a good one and in tine
bearing condition.
Parents
| Father | John Baber (b. 24 October 1795, d. 18 June 1872) |
| Mother | Delila Ann Davis (b. about 1808, d. 1880) |
| Pedigree Link |
Family: Emmeranda ("Emma") Kimsey (b. 10 February 1830, d. 15 February 1907)
| Son | John Tyler Baber (b. 1857, d. 1931) |
| Son | Landon Davis Baber (b. 1858, d. 1943) |
| Son | Thomas Jefferson Baber (b. 1859, d. 1946) |
| Son | James Madison Baber (b. 1 December 1859, d. 3 July 1957) |
| Son | Andrew Jackson Baber (b. 9 December 1860, d. 9 May 1933) |
| Son | George Washington Baber+ (b. 10 June 1862, d. 22 April 1940) |
| Son | David Franklin Baber (b. 1863, d. 1945) |
| Daughter | Martha Jane Baber (b. 1864, d. 1916) |
| Daughter | Delila Baber (b. 1866, d. 1886) |
| Daughter | Lucy Ellen Baber (b. 1867, d. 1951) |
| Daughter | Mary Etta Baber (b. 1869, d. 1961) |
| Birth | 28 August 1825 | In Pulaski, Kentucky, United States.1,2 |
| Marriage | 28 February 1856 | In Platte, Missouri, United States.3,4 |
| Death | 8 June 1918 | At age 92 in Preston Township, Platte, Missouri, United States.1,5,2 |
| Burial | 9 June 1918 | In Baber Cem., Platte, Missouri.1,2 |
| Misc | Parents: Robert Baber and Delilah Davis.4,1 | |
| Occupation | Farmer.4 | |
| Religious Affiliation | Robert J Baber was affiliated with Baptist.6 | |
| Residence | 1860 | In Preston, Platte, Missouri, United States.7 |
| Residence | 1870 | In Weston, Platte, Missouri, United States. Living with father - where is wife Emmeranda Kimsey?8 |
| Residence | 1880 | In Preston, Platte, Missouri, United States.9 |
| Residence | 1900 | In Preston, Platte, Missouri, United States. In 1900 Robert and Emma (Kimsey) Baber were living with their son Thomas J Baber.10 |
| Last Edited | 12 August 2023 |
Citations
- [S2194] "Robert Baber in the Missouri, U.S., Death Certificates, 1910." 1969 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/208686:60382?indiv=try&h&pid=40488072677&db. Accessed 1 Aug. 2022., Image attached
- [S4215] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61290656/robert-baber: accessed 12 August 2023), memorial page for Robert Baber (23 Aug 1825–8 Jun 1918), Find a Grave Memorial ID 61290656, citing Baber Family Cemetery, Platte County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Bill Foster (contributor 47174064)., Double tombstone with year dates
Death certificate says birth 28 Aug 1825 - [S2191] "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800." 1991 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XFK-M62K. Accessed 31 Jul. 2022., Image available.
- [S126] Paxton, W. M. (1897). Annals of Platte County, Missouri: From Its Exploration Down to June 1, 1897; with Genealogies of Its Noted Families, and Sketches of Its Pioneers and Distinguished People .... United States: Hudson-Kimberly Publishing Company. Digitized. https://ia800700.us.archive.org/6/items/annalsofplatteco00paxt/annalsofplatteco00paxt.pdf
- [S2213] "Robert Baber (1825-1918)." Find a Grave Memorial https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61290656/robert-baber?_gl=1*byt1vj*_ga*ODYwNTEzMDMwLjE2NTkyODMzMjU.*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*MTY1OTM4Nzc1NC4xMC4xLjE2NTkzOTM4MTEuMA... Accessed 1 Aug. 2022.
- [S1326] History of Clay and Platte Counties, Missouri (1885). National Historical Company, St. Louis. Digitized by Internet Archive. Downloaded.
- [S2193] "Robert Baber in the 1860 United States Federal Census." Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/40580289:7667?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 1 Aug. 2022.
- [S2211] "Robert Baber in the 1870 United States Federal Census." Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1062659:7163?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 1 Aug. 2022., Where is the mother Emmeranda Kimsey?
John Baber 75 Grandpa
Dellilah Baber 62 Grandma
Robert Baber 45 Father
John Baber 33 Son of John and Delilah
John T Baber 12 John Tyler
Eliza Kimsey 12 ?
Thomas Baber 11 Thomas Jefferson
Landin Baber 11 Landen Davis
James Baber 9 James Madison
Andrew Baber 8 Andrew Jackson
George Baber 7 George Washington
David Baber 6 David Franklin
Martha Baber 5 Martha Jane
Dellilah Baber 4 Delila
Lucy Baber 3 Lucy Ellen
Mary Baber Mary Etta - [S2212] "Robert Baber in the 1880 United States Federal Census." Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/34300243:6742?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 1 Aug. 2022.
- [S2195] "Robert Baber in the 1900 United States Federal Census." Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/30297675:7602?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 1 Aug. 2022.
Elizabeth Ann ("Betsey") Baber
F, #431, b. 17 October 1824, d. 12 December 1857
Parents
| Father | John Baber (b. 24 October 1795, d. 18 June 1872) |
| Mother | Delila Ann Davis (b. about 1808, d. 1880) |
| Pedigree Link |
Family: Wade Hampton Kimsey (b. 4 September 1824, d. 27 February 1903)
| Son | Dr. John Thomas Kimsey (b. 9 February 1852, d. 21 December 1932) |
| Son | Robert Hammon Kimsey (b. 9 March 1853, d. 2 June 1872) |
| Son | Willard Hampton Kimsey (b. 30 August 1855, d. 23 February 1921) |
| Son | Wilfred Kimsey (b. 30 August 1855, d. 23 February 1921) |
| Daughter | Elizabeth Ann Kimsey (b. 17 November 1857, d. 18 October 1876) |
| Birth | 17 October 1824 | In Pulaski, Kentucky, United States.1 |
| Marriage | 21 September 1849 | In Platte, Missouri, United States.2,3,1,4 |
| Death | 12 December 1857 | At age 33 in Platte, Missouri, United States.1 |
| Burial | 14 December 1857 | In Baber Cemetery, Preston, Platte, Missouri, United State.1 |
| Last Edited | 31 July 2022 |
Citations
- [S4216] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61303503/elizabeth-ann-kimsey: accessed 12 August 2023), memorial page for Elizabeth Ann Baber Kimsey (18 Jul 1826–14 Dec 1857), Find a Grave Memorial ID 61303503, citing Baber Family Cemetery, Platte County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Bill Foster (contributor 47174064).
- [S122] Paxton, W. M. (1897). Annals of Platte County, Missouri: From Its Exploration Down to June 1, 1897; with Genealogies of Its Noted Families, and Sketches of Its Pioneers and Distinguished People .... United States: Hudson-Kimberly Publishing Company. Digitized. https://ia800700.us.archive.org/6/items/annalsofplatteco00paxt/annalsofplatteco00paxt.pdf
- [S585] "Missouri Marriages, 1750." 1920 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2D3-YPZ. Accessed 5 Aug. 2021.
- [S4217] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44819976/wade-hampton-kimsey: accessed 12 August 2023), memorial page for Wade Hampton Kimsey (4 Sep 1824–27 Feb 1903), Find a Grave Memorial ID 44819976, citing Baber Family Cemetery, Platte County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Distaffs & Spears (contributor 47181599).
Vortimore Burtrum Blankenship
M, #432, b. 3 June 1850, d. 4 April 1945
Vortimore Burtram Blankenship b1850
| Pedigree Link |
| Birth | 3 June 1850 | In Platte County, Missouri, United States.1,2 |
| Marriage | 24 December 1871 | In Platte County, Missouri, United States.3,4,1,2 |
| Death | 4 April 1945 | At age 94 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, United States of America.1,2 |
| Burial | At Ridgely Community Cemetery in Idgely, Platte, Missouri, United States.1 |
| Last Edited | 25 January 2024 |
Citations
- [S4704] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42401897/vortimore-burtrum-blankenship: accessed 25 January 2024), memorial page for Vortimore Burtrum “Burt” Blankenship (3 Jun 1850–4 Apr 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 42401897, citing Ridgely Community Cemetery, Ridgely, Platte County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by John Blankenship (contributor 47180541).
- [S4705] "Martha Patsy Baber." Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/72204601/person/350021035060/media/ad4db631-28f7-4122-bb0c-5b67c63156ec?indiv=try&h&_phsrc=Sgq3714&db. Accessed 25 Jan. 2024., See attached jpg file
- [S566] "Priscella Jane Kimsey Blankenship (1852-1926)." Find A Grave Memorial https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42596291/priscella-jane-blankenship. Accessed 4 Aug. 2021.
- [S4181] "Martha PAtsy Baber." Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/72204601/person/32258596935/media/ae9e3997-2f35-4f38-a308-5dbcf081a13b?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 5 Aug. 2023., See attached file
Landon Davis
M, #433, b. about 1775, d. 3 January 1854
Landon Davis was the first settler in Mintonville, Casey County, Kentucky.
| References | Ancestors |
Parents
| Father | Robert Davis (b. about 1707, d. 18 May 1780) |
| Mother | Jane ("Jenny") Joplin (b. about 1732) |
| Pedigree Link |
Family: Priscilla Tyler (b. 1782, d. before 1845)
| Daughter | Elizabeth ("Eliza") Davis (b. 1798, d. 1834) |
| Daughter | Mary Ellen ("Polly") Davis (b. about 1800, d. 2 September 1875) |
| Daughter | Sally Jane Davis (b. 6 April 1801, d. 6 October 1843) |
| Son | Robert T. F. M. Davis (b. 6 October 1807, d. 5 November 1865) |
| Daughter | Delila Ann Davis+ (b. about 1808, d. 1880) |
| Son | James Henry Davis (b. 15 November 1810, d. 25 November 1890) |
| Birth | about 1775 | In Probably Amherst, Virginia, British America. This would indicate birth around 17751,2,3 |
| Marriage | 18 February 1797 | In Jefferson, Kentucky, United States.4,5 |
| Death | 3 January 1854 | In Casey, Kentucky, United States.2 |
| Misc | DNA Matches. 88 matches on 6 children Scott Borgmier has 71 matches on 5 children | |
| Misc | Possible other child. Rachel Marie (Davis) Winfrey Trouble is Landon Davis had a will and all the other children were listed. Familysearch does not know her parents, but it could easily involve a sibling of Landon. She named a child Samuel Davis Winfrey. There are 5 DNA matches, which are similar to the other siblings and called half but the common ancestor is both. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23444227/rachael-marie-winfrey: accessed 29 May 2023), memorial page for Rachael Marie Davis Winfrey (4 Mar 1812–7 Mar 1899), Find a Grave Memorial ID 23444227, citing Grider Cemetery, Russell County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by June Standley (contributor 46951897). | |
| Misc | Parents: Father Robert Davis.2,3 | |
| Residence | 23 August 1800 | In Lincoln, Kentucky, United States.6 |
| Residence | 1810 | In Casey, Kentucky, United States.7 |
| Property | 10 January 1816 | On 10 January 1816 in Casey, Kentucky, United States.8,9 |
| Residence | 7 August 1820 | In Liberty, Casey, Kentucky, United States.10 |
| Property | 16 January 1827 | Land grant 50 acres on 16 January 1827 in Turkey Creek, Casey, Kentucky, United States.11 |
| Residence | 1830 | In Casey, Kentucky, United States.12 |
| Residence | 1840 | In Liberty, Casey, Kentucky, United States.13 |
| Will | 18 October 1845 | In Casey County, Kentucky, United States. CASEY COUNTY. KENTUCKY WILL BOOK 1. PP. 126-127 Kentucky Casey County October the Eighteenth One thousand Eight hundred and forty five In the Name of God Amen I Landon Davis of the County and the State aforesaid do make this my last will and testament 1st I recommend my soul to God who gave it and my Body to Earth to be Buried in a decent manner at the discretion of my Representatives and Respecting my worldly goods|.| [F]irst I Recommend that my just Debts be paid out of my perishable property Secondly I order all my Deeded lands to heirs of my son James Davis's Children Robert T.F.M. Davis. Delila Ann Davis Sally Jane Davis, Isabel Davis, Thomas C Davisf] Thirdly I Bequeath One Hundred Dollars in property to Daughter Delila Baber also to my Son Robert Davis two Dollars and to the Heirs of my Daughter Jane Shackelford ten Dollars[.] the Balance of all my property in the house & out Doors at my Death to go to the afore Named Children of James Davis & lastly my two Daughters Elizabeth Robinson Heirs and Polly Elder to them I will nothing for they have had their portion previously to this time in Land[.| [T]he above will Executed by me of sound mind and m.-.viit health!-1 Signed with my one Hand this day & date above written!.] Signed In the presence of us att. Joshua Taylor Landon Davis Abraham Blevens Goodman Stuart Casey County at a County Court held for Casey County at the February term 1854 this writing was produced to the Court & by the Oaths of Joshua Taylor[,| Goodman Stuart[,] & Abraham Blevens witnesses thereunto proven to be the act & deed of Landon Davis Decd and ordered to be recorded att Joel Sweeny Clk CCC14,15 |
| Residence | In Mintonville, Casey, Kentucky, United States.16 | |
| Residence | 27 July 1850 | In District 1, Casey, Kentucky, United States. Living with his son James1 |
| Last Edited | 11 September 2024 |
Citations
- [S573] "Sandon Davis in the 1850 United States Federal Census." Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/16984354:8054?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 4 Aug. 2021.
- [S586] "Sandra Davis in the Kentucky, U.S., Death Records, 1852." 1965 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1553658:1222?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 6 Aug. 2021.
- [S1537] "Individual Page." Wc https://wc.rootsweb.com/trees/227767/I02322/robert-davis/individual. Accessed 16 Jan. 2022.
- [S574] "Leonard Davis in the Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783." 1965 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2110595:61372?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 4 Aug. 2021.
- [S7314] "Priscilla (Tyler) Davis (abt. 1780." bef. 1850) WikiTree ://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Tyler-10057. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024., This is ALL of it!
- [S576] "Ancestry.com - Kentucky, U.S., Tax Lists, 1799." 1801 https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/3720/images/gpc_secondcensusky-0091?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 4 Aug. 2021.
- [S569] "Landon Davis in the 1810 United States Federal Census." Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/727343:7613?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 4 Aug. 2021.
- [S575] "Landin Davis in the Kentucky, U.S., Land Grants, 1782." 1924 https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=try&h=40008&db=2073. Accessed 4 Aug. 2021.
- [S1517] "Ancestry.com." The men, women, events, institutions https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/29851/images/dvm_LocHist013584-00051-0?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 12 Jan. 2022., This is confusing because the only "Jim" (James) I know of was born in 1810 so he could not have gotten a land patent in 1816. But "Landin" did...
- [S572] "Landon Davies in the 1820 United States Federal Census." Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1384838:7734?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 4 Aug. 2021.
- [S587] "Landon Davis in the Kentucky, U.S., Land Grants, 1782." 1924 https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=try&h=40151&pid=150042069362&dbid=2073. Accessed 6 Aug. 2021.
- [S570] "Landon Devins in the 1830 United States Federal Census." Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1049323:8058?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 4 Aug. 2021.
- [S571] "Landon Davis in the 1840 United States Federal Census." Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2091796:8057?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 4 Aug. 2021.
- [S1543] "Individual Page." Wc https://wc.rootsweb.com/trees/227767/I05665/landon-davis/individual. Accessed 16 Jan. 2022., See will PDF file
- [S2965] "Wills 2." Casey County KY http://genealogytrails.com/ken/casey/wills2.html. Accessed 23 Jan. 2023.
- [S1544] "Ancestry.com." The men, women, events, institutions https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/29851/images/dvm_LocHist013584-00051-1?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 16 Jan. 2022.
Priscilla Tyler
F, #434, b. 1782, d. before 1845
| References | Ancestors |
Parents
| Father | Robert Tyler (b. 30 January 1751, d. about 1836) |
| Mother | Margaret (b. 1755, d. before 1836) |
| Pedigree Link |
Family: Landon Davis (b. about 1775, d. 3 January 1854)
| Daughter | Elizabeth ("Eliza") Davis (b. 1798, d. 1834) |
| Daughter | Mary Ellen ("Polly") Davis (b. about 1800, d. 2 September 1875) |
| Daughter | Sally Jane Davis (b. 6 April 1801, d. 6 October 1843) |
| Son | Robert T. F. M. Davis (b. 6 October 1807, d. 5 November 1865) |
| Daughter | Delila Ann Davis+ (b. about 1808, d. 1880) |
| Son | James Henry Davis (b. 15 November 1810, d. 25 November 1890) |
| Birth | 1782 | In Kentucky, United States. Kentucky or Maryland1,2,3 |
| Marriage | 18 February 1797 | In Jefferson, Kentucky, United States.4,3 |
| Death | before 1845 | She is not mentioned in Landon Davis' will written in 1845. The findagrave is dubious because there is no marker and Landon Davis did not live in this county, but in Jefferson County.5,3 |
| Misc | Father: Robert Tyler and ancestry. Her father's will calls her Priscilla Davis. Plus he lived and died in the same county in Kentucky as Priscilla married Landon Davis in. The Tyler Settlement plaque pretty much confirms her ancestry. "By 1785, Edward Tyler patented some 1,000 acres on Chenoweth Run. Sons Moses, William, Edward III, and nephew Robert Tyler established farms on this land, each productive and self sufficient by the 1790s, forming a rural community. The three surviving homesteads retain many original structures, including log and stone houses, springhouses, barns, and a family cemetery." Many people have her father as a Charles Taylor who never left merry England, YET they have Priscilla born in Virginia.6,7 | |
| Misc | Related to President Tyler. I see no evidence of a connection between the two Tyler families. The President's family were rich landowners. I think our Tyler family came from Maryland not Virginia.2 | |
| Misc | DNA Matches. 89 DNA matches total. 36 to sublings I know and 13 to a Rachel Marie (Davis). The ones to Rachel Marie are very strong... And 42 to my Delilah. May 4, 2024 only 8 to Rachel Marie... Scott has no matches to any of our Davis, but he has Davis in his own family, so maybe that confuses things, BECAUSE he has matches to Priscilla Tyler's children He has 77 matches across ALL 6 kids that I have in my list! 40 with "Delilah Baber" (Delilah Baber Davis) | |
| Misc | Parents: Robert Davis. Named in her father's will, married name! Alternate parents - some people have her the child of Charles Taylor (1760-1830) and Rebecca Field (1758-1782) all in ENGLAND! | |
| Misc | 29 October 1836 | Named in her father's will in Jefferson, Kentucky, United States.6 |
| Last Edited | 5 November 2024 |
Citations
- [S597] "Delilah Baber in the 1880 United States Federal Census." Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/34300012:6742?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 13 Aug. 2021.
- [S3079] "Descendants of Robert Baber." Baberfamilytree http://baberfamilytree.org/usa/robert1766.htm. Accessed 27 Feb. 2023., I see no evidence of a connection between the two Tyler families. The President's family were rich landowners in Virginia. I think our Tyler family came from Maryland not Virginia.
- [S7314] "Priscilla (Tyler) Davis (abt. 1780." bef. 1850) WikiTree ://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Tyler-10057. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024., This is ALL of it!
- [S574] "Leonard Davis in the Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783." 1965 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2110595:61372?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 4 Aug. 2021.
- [S4348] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42202158/priscilla-davis: accessed 11 September 2023), memorial page for Priscilla Davis (unknown–unknown), Find a Grave Memorial ID 42202158, citing White Oak Cemetery, Clay, Webster County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Andrea Maggio-Carter (contributor 47001710)., This may not be her... Besides, there is no content except a county that would be a surprise. Not sure if anything can be concluded from this... How do they know she was buried here?
- [S3268] "Robt Tyler in the Kentucky, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1774." 1989 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/220529:9066?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 6 Apr. 2023., See attached 2 pages of will
My best translation...
I do ?? to my Grand Daughter Elizabeth Moore two hundred dollars taking out of it or charging her with what she has already gotten frm me. To my Grand Daughter Catherine Eassem I do not will anything as I have already given her her portion. I will to my Daughter Nancy Whitaker two hundred dollars charging her out of it with what she has already gotten from me. And I also will to my said Daughter Nancy one third of the purchase money arising from the land I sold to ? ?. It being her right of dower whatever it may be. She not having signed the ? to ? for said land and all the balance of my estate of which ? ??? It is my wish that it be equally divided between my three daughers Priscilla Davis, Elizabeth Zenes, and Polly Blankenbaker charging each one with what they have already gotten from me to be deducted out of each ones ? and out of my Daughter Elizabeth
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Zenes part there is to be deducted one hundred dollars for the land which I gave her. And I do declare this to be my last will and testament revoking al others and I do apoint James H. Tyler and David Blankenbaker to be executors to this my last will and testament. In testimony whereof I have set my hand and affixed my seal this 29th day of October 1836.
Robert Tyler (seal)
Attested? James H. Tyler
Staunton W ?
Commonwealth of Kentucky - [S3269] "Tyler Settlement Historical Marker." Hmdb https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=161794. Accessed 6 Apr. 2023., See attached image of sign and two trees from familysearch.org which show where both Edward's son Moses Tyler and nephew Robert Tyler are connected. (Moses being a rare name is very useful here.)
Robert Davis
M, #435, b. about 1707, d. 18 May 1780
There are many children usually mentioned for this family, but I can find no evidence for their parentage, so I'm leaving them out.
| References | Ancestors |
Parents
| Father | Robert Davis, Sr. (b. about 1676, d. about 1771) |
| Mother | Abadiah Lewis (b. 1680, d. 1750) |
| Pedigree Link |
Family: Jane ("Jenny") Joplin (b. about 1732)
| Son | John Davis (b. about 1760, d. 18 May 1780) |
| Daughter | Abigail Davis (b. about 1763) |
| Daughter | Hannah Davis (b. about 1764) |
| Son | Thomas Davis (b. about 1765, d. about 1844) |
| Daughter | Jane Davis (b. about 1768) |
| Son | Robert Davis (b. about 1770) |
| Daughter | Martha ("Patsy") Davis (b. about 1772) |
| Daughter | Ann Davis (b. about 1774) |
| Son | Landon Davis+ (b. about 1775, d. 3 January 1854) |
| Daughter | Lucy Davis+ (b. about 1780, d. 1 November 1853) |
| Daughter | Mary ("Polly") Davis (b. 1780, d. after 1860) |
| Birth | about 1707 | In Possibly Amherst, Virginia, British America. |
| Marriage | about 1758 | |
| Death | 18 May 1780 | Now in Kentucky in Cumberland Ford, Virginia, United States. His death is usually listed as 18 May, 1780, but Colonel Fleming's journal would have it May 16 or 17. Cumberland Ford is now in Kentucky, but Kentucky didn't exist.1,2,3 |
| Misc | DNA Matches - good. 78 DNA matches on 5 other children Scott Borgmier has 62 matches on 6 children (Martha =Patsy) | |
| Misc | Children. the eleven children of Robert Davis and Jane Joplin as listed in the Casey County, Ky Circuit Court Records were: John, Thomas, Hannah, Abigail, Jane, Robert, Patsey, Anne, Landon, Lucy, and Polly. The deposition was made by Hannah Davis Smith and Robert Davis, two of the eleven children, in Casey County, Ky. on August 16, 1842. [JN I have not found this record] | |
| Misc | DAR Ancestor #: A211010.4 | |
| Misc | Parents: Father Robert Davis.5 | |
| Misc | Indian Ancestry. There are many references in the next generations to Indian blood. Plus comments about how the family looked, not only was Robert Davis Jr the "Black Davis" but some Floyds were described as very dark also, with high cheekbones. References in books are noted elsewhere...6,7,8 | |
| Property | 1 April 1749 | 3 records on 1 April 1749 in Goochland County, Virginia, British America.9 |
| Property | 20 May 1749 | 400 acres on 20 May 1749 in Goochland County, Virginia, British America.10 |
| Residence | In Amherst County.11 | |
| Property | 5 September 1771 | Named in his father's will on 5 September 1771.5 |
| Military | 1774 | Scout in Point Pleasant, British America. This is possibly our Robert Davis, b1707. He is listed as a scout in the Battle of Point Pleasant.12 |
| Property | 1779 | Land sold in 1779 in Wilderness Run, Virginia, United States.13 |
| Residence | about 1780 | Floyd's Station in Kentucky, United States. "That fall, John [Floyd], his wife, three brothers, Robert, Charles and Isham, and two sisters, Jemima and Abadiah and their husbands, left for Kentucky, joining forces with George Rogers Clark to fight the British and Indians. Brown (1895:47) writes that William Floyd and his wife's brother, Robert Davis, Jr. with their families emigrated to Kentucky with first settlers, and settled in the Bear-grass region near Louisville, where they had a fort, called "Floyd's Station." In the course of the war, three Floyd brothers, including John, were killed. His wife returned to Southwest Virginia, where their son, John, was born shortly after his father's death, later becoming Governor of Virginia." Tuckahoes and Tohees, p 159 "William Floyd and his wife's brother, Robert Davis, Jr., with their families, emigrated to Kentucky with the first settlers, and finally located in the Bear-grass region, near Louisville, where the kinsmen (Floyds and Davises) had a fort, called 'Floyd's Station'" p 47 The Cabells and their Kin Floyd's Station: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd%27s_Station,_Kentucky https://everything.explained.today/%2F%5C/Floyd%27s_Station%2C_Kentucky/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd%27s_Station,_Kentucky14,6,7,15,16,17,18 |
| Property | 1779 | In 1779 in Lincoln Co., Virginia, United States.19 |
| Last Edited | 20 July 2024 |
Citations
- [S761] Kincaid, Robert L. (1955). The Wilderness Road. Harrogate, Tennessee. Digitized. p 156.
- [S1319] Hammon, Neal O. (2013). John Floyd: The Life and Letters of a Frontier Surveyor, Butler Books, Louisville. Softcover, purchased 11/2021.
- [S1322] Travels in the American colonies, ed. under the auspices of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, by Newton D. Mereness. The Macmillan Company. 1916. Downloaded from archive.org
- [S2237] "DAR Genealogical Research Databases." Services https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A211010. Accessed 19 Aug. 2022.
- [S609] "Mississippi Probate Records, 1781-1930; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7." 89Q8 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89Q8-XRTB?i=6&wc%5B%5D=M7MB-12H%3A344538601%2C345852801&wc%5B%5D=M7MB-12H%3A344538601%2C345852801&cc=2036959. Accessed 15 Aug. 2021., I can't make that link to familysearch work, so here is a link to it on ancestry:
"Ancestry.com - The Natchez Court Records, 1767." 1805 https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/48049/images/NatchezCourtRec-002904-182?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 7 Jun. 2022. - [S1305] Notes from Alex Luken of Louisville, https://wc.rootsweb.com/trees/227767/I00724/-/individual
- [S1306] Letitia Preston Floyd, 1843 in her "Memoirs" letter written in Cairo, Illinois.
https://wc.rootsweb.com/trees/227767/I00724/-/individual - [S1307] Notes about the Indian connection. https://wc.rootsweb.com/trees/227767/I00724/-/individual
- [S1245] "Ancestry.com." Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6131/images/VGS_1992_01_01_0140?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 28 Nov. 2021.
- [S1244] "Ancestry.com." Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6131/images/VGS_1991_01_01_0171?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 28 Nov. 2021.
- [S1327] Memoirs of Letitia Preston Floyd written Feb. 22, 1843.to her son Benjamin Rush Floyd. Downloaded in 2021.
- [S1909] "list of participants." Pointpleasantwv https://pointpleasantwv.org/Parks. Accessed 19 Feb. 2022.
- [S1536] Amherst Deed Book E, p. 157 2 Aug 1779. Found reference to this record online 1/16/2020.
- [S1250] Brown, Alexander (1978), The Cabells and their Kin, Virginia Book Company. Downloaded. page 47
- [S1320] "John Floyd (pioneer)." Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Floyd_(pioneer). Accessed 13 Dec. 2021.
- [S1497] "Floyd's Station, Kentucky." Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd's_Station,_Kentucky. Accessed 11 Jan. 2022.
- [S1269] Catherine H. C. Seaman, Tuckahoes and Cohees: the settlers and cultures of Amherst and Nelson Counties, 1607-1807 (1992). p 157
- [S1953] Withers, Alexander Scott. Chronicles of Border Warfare. First printed in 1895. Downloaded from archive.org
- [S1537] "Individual Page." Wc https://wc.rootsweb.com/trees/227767/I02322/robert-davis/individual. Accessed 16 Jan. 2022.
Jane ("Jenny") Joplin
F, #436, b. about 1732
There are many children usually mentioned for this family, but I can find no evidence for their parentage, so I'm leaving them out.
| References | Ancestors |
Parents
| Father | Captain Thomas Joplin (b. May 1708, d. 1 September 1789) |
| Mother | Hannah Freeman (b. about 1710, d. 10 August 1789) |
| Pedigree Link |
Family: Robert Davis (b. about 1707, d. 18 May 1780)
| Son | John Davis (b. about 1760, d. 18 May 1780) |
| Daughter | Abigail Davis (b. about 1763) |
| Daughter | Hannah Davis (b. about 1764) |
| Son | Thomas Davis (b. about 1765, d. about 1844) |
| Daughter | Jane Davis (b. about 1768) |
| Son | Robert Davis (b. about 1770) |
| Daughter | Martha ("Patsy") Davis (b. about 1772) |
| Daughter | Ann Davis (b. about 1774) |
| Son | Landon Davis+ (b. about 1775, d. 3 January 1854) |
| Daughter | Lucy Davis+ (b. about 1780, d. 1 November 1853) |
| Daughter | Mary ("Polly") Davis (b. 1780, d. after 1860) |
| Birth | about 1732 | In Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, British America. I've also seen 1742 which could be.1 |
| Marriage | about 1758 |
| Misc | Parents Thomas Joplin and Hannah.2,3 | |
| Misc | DNA Matches. 81 matches on 5 children. Scott has 64 matches on my tree. Scott 62 matches on 6 children with his small tree. |
| Last Edited | 11 July 2024 |
Citations
- [S1321] Ackerly, Mary Denham and Parker, Lula Eastman Jeter (1930). "Our Kin", J. P. Bell Company, Inc., Lynchburg, VA. Downloaded.
- [S629] "Ancestry.com." Our kin : the genealogies of some of the early families who made history in the founding and development of Bedford County, Virginia https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/10559/images/dvm_LocHist000211-00403-1?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 20 Aug. 2021., [The book goes on to describe his son's Josiah's tree.]
- [S1269] Catherine H. C. Seaman, Tuckahoes and Cohees: the settlers and cultures of Amherst and Nelson Counties, 1607-1807 (1992). p 157
Sally Jane Davis
F, #441, b. 6 April 1801, d. 6 October 1843
Parents
| Father | Landon Davis (b. about 1775, d. 3 January 1854) |
| Mother | Priscilla Tyler (b. 1782, d. before 1845) |
| Pedigree Link |
| Birth | 6 April 1801 | In Lincoln, Kentucky, United States.1 |
| Death | 6 October 1843 | At age 42 in Montgomery, Alabama, United States.1 |
| Burial | In Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama, United States.1 |
| Misc | Parents- Landon Davis.2 | |
| Misc | 22 March 1824 | Marriage: Levi Shackleford in Casey County, Kentucky, United States.3,4 |
| Last Edited | 4 May 2024 |
Citations
- [S591] "Jane Shackelford in the U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s." Current https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/87565907:60525?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 7 Aug. 2021.
- [S1543] "Individual Page." Wc https://wc.rootsweb.com/trees/227767/I05665/landon-davis/individual. Accessed 16 Jan. 2022., See will PDF file
- [S1541] "Jane Davis in the Kentucky, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1802." 1850 https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=try&h=12955&pid=290129327850&dbid=2089. Accessed 16 Jan. 2022.
- [S2965] "Wills 2." Casey County KY http://genealogytrails.com/ken/casey/wills2.html. Accessed 23 Jan. 2023.
Mary Ellen ("Polly") Davis
F, #443, b. about 1800, d. 2 September 1875
Parents
| Father | Landon Davis (b. about 1775, d. 3 January 1854) |
| Mother | Priscilla Tyler (b. 1782, d. before 1845) |
| Pedigree Link |
| Birth | about 1800 | In Kentucky, United States. |
| Death | 2 September 1875 | In Cass, Missouri, United States. |
| Misc | Parents: Landon Davis.1 | |
| Misc | 25 September 1817 | Married Jesse Elder in Casey County, Kentucky, United States.1 |
| Misc | 1876 | Letter from John Levi Elder to Josiah Rainwater.2 |
| Last Edited | 16 January 2022 |
Citations
- [S1543] "Individual Page." Wc https://wc.rootsweb.com/trees/227767/I05665/landon-davis/individual. Accessed 16 Jan. 2022., See will PDF file
- [S1547] "Letter from John Levi Elder to Josiah Rainwater, 6 Aug 1876." Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/42448685/person/20144934688/media/495fe911-ce34-49e6-92ea-08e29840478c?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 16 Jan. 2022.
Elizabeth ("Eliza") Davis
F, #444, b. 1798, d. 1834
Parents
| Father | Landon Davis (b. about 1775, d. 3 January 1854) |
| Mother | Priscilla Tyler (b. 1782, d. before 1845) |
| Pedigree Link |
| Birth | 1798 | In Lincoln, Kentucky, United States. |
| Death | 1834 | At age ~36 in Casey, Kentucky, United States. |
| Misc | Parents: Landon Davis.1 | |
| Misc | Married a Robertson (see father's will.)2 |
| Last Edited | 16 January 2022 |
Citations
- [S1543] "Individual Page." Wc https://wc.rootsweb.com/trees/227767/I05665/landon-davis/individual. Accessed 16 Jan. 2022., See will PDF file
- [S2965] "Wills 2." Casey County KY http://genealogytrails.com/ken/casey/wills2.html. Accessed 23 Jan. 2023.
Josiah Robert Baber
M, #445, b. about 1766, d. 20 August 1824
| References | Ancestors |
Parents
| Father | William Baber (b. 12 December 1747, d. 27 February 1809) |
| Mother | Candace Hubbard Walden (b. about 1750, d. about 1794) |
| Pedigree Link |
Family: Elizabeth Daugherty (b. 1774)
| Son | John Baber+ (b. 24 October 1795, d. 18 June 1872) |
| Son | Robert Baber (b. 1799) |
| Daughter | Nancy M. Baber (b. 13 August 1799, d. 26 March 1852) |
| Daughter | Elizabeth Baber (b. 1801) |
| Son | James D. Baber (b. about 1805, d. 1836) |
| Son | Charles Valentine Baber (b. 1806, d. 1899) |
| Son | George W. Baber (b. 1808, d. 1851) |
| Birth | about 1766 | In Virginia, British America.1 |
| Marriage | 18 December 1798 | In Lincoln, Kentucky, United States.2,3,4,5 |
| Death | 20 August 1824 | In Pulaski, Kentucky, United States.1 |
| Burial | At Old Robinson Cemetery in Kingbee, Pulaski, Kentucky, United States. |
| Misc | Owned slaves. Owned 2 slaves in 18206 | |
| Misc | Parents - William Baber and Lucy Howell. 2024. This has gone down to almost nothing! 3 total: 2 with George, 1 with Isaac and NONE with Robert! Judy has 30 DNA matches with children of William Baber, including 23 with Robert, 1 with Isaac, and 4 with George. and 1 match under Lucy Howell with Isaac (which of course does not prove her name, just that these two had the same mother and some trees had her in it).7,8 | |
| Misc | Old notes. My notes from my 1958 tree: Moved to Surry Co., NC. Came to Ky via Tenn. | |
| Misc | Child Charles? Charles is sometimes listed as a child of Robert d1824 BUT then list him born in 1806 in South Carolina, which he consistently reports on his census records. I see no sign that his parents were ever living in South Carolina, His son Charles Valentine's death record says his father was Charles born in South Carolina and his mother was a Wisley who was born in Virginia. Interestingly some list James as also being born in South Carolina. In his 1880 census he says his father was born in Ireland and his mother in South Carolina. but... But he was married in Pulaski County and seems to have spent his life there, which is a sign that he might be a child of Robert d1824. | |
| Misc | Sons of the American Revolution Application.9 | |
| Misc | 20 March 1792 | Named in his father's will.8 |
| Residence | 28 July 1800 | In Pulaski County, Kentucky, United States.10 |
| Residence | 7 August 1820 | In Somerset, Pulaski, Kentucky, United States.6 |
| Last Edited | 12 July 2024 |
Citations
- [S592] "Robert Baber (1766-1824)." Find A Grave Memorial https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79302857/robert-baber. Accessed 7 Aug. 2021., Death date is on tombstone image (see media)
- [S2196] "Robert Barber in the Kentucky, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1802." 1850 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/40841:2089?indiv=try&h&pid=12266856567&db. Accessed 1 Aug. 2022., No image source
- [S2197] "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797." 1954 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1D-RHC7. Accessed 1 Aug. 2022., Elizabeth's name is spelled Dougherty and the parents name is spelled Doherty.
- [S2201] "1825 Elizabeth Baber Marriage." Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/72204601/person/350000715872/media/f41e974b-185b-41f9-9be3-d8a567c0a81d?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 1 Aug. 2022., Note, father Robert Baber died in 1824. John Baber is probably her older brother.
- [S4413] "Descendants of Cornelius O'Dochartaigh." Myhubbardmtn http://www.myhubbardmtn.com/family htm/daugherty 10-08.htm. Accessed 20 Sep. 2023., See PDF file Daugherty Family - Descendants of Cornelius O'Dochartaigh.pdf
- [S2289] "Robert Baber in the 1820 United States Federal Census." Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/820101:7734?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 27 Aug. 2022.
- [S4211] "Descendants of Robert Baber, the Immigrant." Baberfamilytree http://baberfamilytree.org/usa/robert1651.htm#Robert. Accessed 12 Aug. 2023., See PDF file
- [S4241] "William Baber's Will dated 1792/3." Baberfamilytree https://www.baberfamilytree.org/Doc/WillofWm.htm. Accessed 14 Aug. 2023.
- [S579] "Delila Davis in the U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889." 1970 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1026649:2204?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 5 Aug. 2021., See two pages of the submission
- [S2199] "Robert Baber in the Kentucky, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1810." 1890 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/8926947:3549?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 1 Aug. 2022.
Elizabeth Falby Lutes
F, #449, b. 9 March 1834, d. 3 June 1936
Not so many years ago there lived on a hill in the southwest part of town a little old lady who was dear to the hearts of many of us. Grandma Kimsey, who ate a raw apple every day, lived to become 102 years, 2 months and 25 days of age.
Among the three or four hundred persons who went to see her on her 100th birthday were three classes from the school. Hester Golden’s sixth grade class marched the few blocks up the hill that spring day, filed into the room of the stone home, and sang, “There’s a long long trail awinding into the land of our dreams, where the nightingale is singing and the bright moon beams.”
The beginning of the trail for Elizabeth Falby Lutes was on March 9, 1834, in Rabun County, Georgia, where she was born, one of eight children, to Joseph and Sarah Steele Lutes. She was the oldest of four girls. At the age of two the trail led to Lumpkin county and nine years later to Sugar Valley in Gordon county, Ga., where she spent most of her girlhood days as the daughter of a well-to-do Christian farmer and tanner. Here at the age of twelve she was converted and joined the Methodist church in an old schoolhouse on her father’s farm. She had ridden a mule three miles to school when she was six. She played townball and darebase. When she was nine the indians used to trade venison hams to her mother for old clothes.
At the age of 21, in 1855, she took the trail for Oregon and the gold region in a covered oxdrawn wagon, with her family and the Baily family. They hoped to see the oldest son who was already in Oregon. Never traveling on Sundays, they endured the hardships of the trail that took about a month, making 6 to 8 miles a day, then reached the home of Phillip Lutes, brother of Joseph, who was chief cabinet maker at Platte City. Here they parted with the California-bound people, never to hear from them again. After spending the winter with Phillip, they liked the country and were also advised by the oldest son in the Oregon country, so they bought 160 acres in farmland from Hughey Swaney six miles east of Platte City and built a home there.
When she was 25, in 1859, Elizabeth Lutes was married to Wade Hampton Kimsey, a widower with four children whom she reared in addition to the four boys and three girls born to them. The young couple had hardly become settled in the new home when the Civil War broke out and Mr. Kimsey joined the state militia under Capt. Fitzgerald. Mrs. Kimsey managed the farm satisfactorily to all concerned and with his return their lives were typical of that of other families of that time in the community. Mr. Kimsey died in 1903 and she remained on the farm until nine years later when her only son Clay, moved to Smithville and she came along with them as a member of the family where she lived for 34 years.
She never attended a dance or a picture show, and never cared for card playing. Names of Revolutionary solders were familiar to her home, though she never remembered seeing any of them. She did, however, remember many veterans of the war of 1812. She considered John Clay the greatest of all American Statesman, John Wesley the greatest religious leader of all time and General Grant the greatest military leader of his day. She had seen Alexander Campbell the founder of the Christian church.
Grandma had two favorite stories she loved to tell. One was about her father who was bitterly opposed to the practice of slavery. At that time when a young man and woman married it was the custom of parents to give them a “black” as a wedding gift. A good man was worth a thousand dollars or more, but when her father was offered a choice of slaves, following his marriage, he chose a pig instead. The house that her father built at Sugar Valley, Ga. near Resaca, was the only one in the vicinity that was not burned during Sherman’s march; an uncle lived in the house at the time. Clay Kimsey had the privilege of visiting this old house in 1918.
The other story is that during the Civil War, Capt. Fitzgerald’s company, of which her husband was a first sergeant near Platte City surprised and captured a Confederate boy of perhaps eighteen that had deserted General Price’s army south of the river. The boy said that the only reason for deserting was that his widowed mother needed him and that he was homesick. Capt. Fitzgerald ordered Sgt. Kimsey and Private Lyon Shackelford, whose home was about six miles south of Smithville, to take him on a boat that would take him to a the prison camp at Lexington. Both the Captain and Sgt. Kimsey were touched by the boy’s devotion to his mother, and Grandma always believed that it was tactily understood that the boy should be given an opportunity to escape. Anyway, on the road, Sgt. Kimsey untied the ropes from the boy’s hands and told him to run. Several shots were fired but none in his direction. When Sgt. Kimsey reported to his commanding officer that the boy had escaped, he smiled and said, “I expected as much.” Nothing later was ever heard from the boy.
The end of the trail came for Grandma Kimsey at the home of Mr. And Mrs. Clay Kimsey where she “died like going to sleep” June 4, 1936, and was laid to rest in the local I.O.O.F. cemetery.
“There’s a long, long trail awating until our dreams all come true. Till the day when we’ll be going down that long, long trail with you.”.
Among the three or four hundred persons who went to see her on her 100th birthday were three classes from the school. Hester Golden’s sixth grade class marched the few blocks up the hill that spring day, filed into the room of the stone home, and sang, “There’s a long long trail awinding into the land of our dreams, where the nightingale is singing and the bright moon beams.”
The beginning of the trail for Elizabeth Falby Lutes was on March 9, 1834, in Rabun County, Georgia, where she was born, one of eight children, to Joseph and Sarah Steele Lutes. She was the oldest of four girls. At the age of two the trail led to Lumpkin county and nine years later to Sugar Valley in Gordon county, Ga., where she spent most of her girlhood days as the daughter of a well-to-do Christian farmer and tanner. Here at the age of twelve she was converted and joined the Methodist church in an old schoolhouse on her father’s farm. She had ridden a mule three miles to school when she was six. She played townball and darebase. When she was nine the indians used to trade venison hams to her mother for old clothes.
At the age of 21, in 1855, she took the trail for Oregon and the gold region in a covered oxdrawn wagon, with her family and the Baily family. They hoped to see the oldest son who was already in Oregon. Never traveling on Sundays, they endured the hardships of the trail that took about a month, making 6 to 8 miles a day, then reached the home of Phillip Lutes, brother of Joseph, who was chief cabinet maker at Platte City. Here they parted with the California-bound people, never to hear from them again. After spending the winter with Phillip, they liked the country and were also advised by the oldest son in the Oregon country, so they bought 160 acres in farmland from Hughey Swaney six miles east of Platte City and built a home there.
When she was 25, in 1859, Elizabeth Lutes was married to Wade Hampton Kimsey, a widower with four children whom she reared in addition to the four boys and three girls born to them. The young couple had hardly become settled in the new home when the Civil War broke out and Mr. Kimsey joined the state militia under Capt. Fitzgerald. Mrs. Kimsey managed the farm satisfactorily to all concerned and with his return their lives were typical of that of other families of that time in the community. Mr. Kimsey died in 1903 and she remained on the farm until nine years later when her only son Clay, moved to Smithville and she came along with them as a member of the family where she lived for 34 years.
She never attended a dance or a picture show, and never cared for card playing. Names of Revolutionary solders were familiar to her home, though she never remembered seeing any of them. She did, however, remember many veterans of the war of 1812. She considered John Clay the greatest of all American Statesman, John Wesley the greatest religious leader of all time and General Grant the greatest military leader of his day. She had seen Alexander Campbell the founder of the Christian church.
Grandma had two favorite stories she loved to tell. One was about her father who was bitterly opposed to the practice of slavery. At that time when a young man and woman married it was the custom of parents to give them a “black” as a wedding gift. A good man was worth a thousand dollars or more, but when her father was offered a choice of slaves, following his marriage, he chose a pig instead. The house that her father built at Sugar Valley, Ga. near Resaca, was the only one in the vicinity that was not burned during Sherman’s march; an uncle lived in the house at the time. Clay Kimsey had the privilege of visiting this old house in 1918.
The other story is that during the Civil War, Capt. Fitzgerald’s company, of which her husband was a first sergeant near Platte City surprised and captured a Confederate boy of perhaps eighteen that had deserted General Price’s army south of the river. The boy said that the only reason for deserting was that his widowed mother needed him and that he was homesick. Capt. Fitzgerald ordered Sgt. Kimsey and Private Lyon Shackelford, whose home was about six miles south of Smithville, to take him on a boat that would take him to a the prison camp at Lexington. Both the Captain and Sgt. Kimsey were touched by the boy’s devotion to his mother, and Grandma always believed that it was tactily understood that the boy should be given an opportunity to escape. Anyway, on the road, Sgt. Kimsey untied the ropes from the boy’s hands and told him to run. Several shots were fired but none in his direction. When Sgt. Kimsey reported to his commanding officer that the boy had escaped, he smiled and said, “I expected as much.” Nothing later was ever heard from the boy.
The end of the trail came for Grandma Kimsey at the home of Mr. And Mrs. Clay Kimsey where she “died like going to sleep” June 4, 1936, and was laid to rest in the local I.O.O.F. cemetery.
“There’s a long, long trail awating until our dreams all come true. Till the day when we’ll be going down that long, long trail with you.”.
Elizabeth Lutes b1834 headshot
| Pedigree Link |
Family: Wade Hampton Kimsey (b. 4 September 1824, d. 27 February 1903)
| Daughter | Sarah C. Kimsey |
| Son | David M. Kimsey (b. June 1860) |
| Son | Joseph W. Kimsey (b. November 1861) |
| Son | Samuel Golston Kimsey (b. 1863, d. 21 October 1952) |
| Daughter | Mary T. Kimsey (b. 7 January 1875) |
| Son | Clay Smith Kimsey (b. 1876, d. 30 November 1960) |
| Birth | 9 March 1834 | In Rabun County, Georgia, United States.1,2 |
| Marriage | 16 June 1859 | In Platte County, Missouri, United States.3,4 |
| Death | 3 June 1936 | At age 102 in Clay County, Missouri, United States.2 |
| Misc | Dr. of Jos.1 |
| Last Edited | 5 August 2023 |
Citations
- [S122] Paxton, W. M. (1897). Annals of Platte County, Missouri: From Its Exploration Down to June 1, 1897; with Genealogies of Its Noted Families, and Sketches of Its Pioneers and Distinguished People .... United States: Hudson-Kimberly Publishing Company. Digitized. https://ia800700.us.archive.org/6/items/annalsofplatteco00paxt/annalsofplatteco00paxt.pdf
- [S4187] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44820011/elizabeth-falby-kimsey: accessed 05 August 2023), memorial page for Elizabeth Falby Lutes Kimsey (9 Mar 1834–3 Jun 1936), Find a Grave Memorial ID 44820011, citing Smithville Memorial Cemetery, Smithville, Clay County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Distaffs & Spears (contributor 47181599).
- [S4217] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44819976/wade-hampton-kimsey: accessed 12 August 2023), memorial page for Wade Hampton Kimsey (4 Sep 1824–27 Feb 1903), Find a Grave Memorial ID 44819976, citing Baber Family Cemetery, Platte County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Distaffs & Spears (contributor 47181599).
- [S4218] "W. H. Kimsey in the Missouri, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1851." 1900 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/92500:4474?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 12 Aug. 2023.