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Dist. 4, Fentress County, Tennessee, 10 Aug 1870, Jamestown PO p.551a, dwelling number 70, family number 55 Deck John V. 31 m w farmer /$200 TN Ann 23 f w keeping house TN Florio 3 m w TN Cora Bell 2 f w TN Mary Florence 1/12 f w TN |
John Deck/Delk and his wife Lucy Ann were the parents of Nancy Olive (Ollie) Delk who married John Wesley Peters Sr. Ollie was not born until 1874, and hence did not appear in the 1870 census. |
Dist. 6, Fentress County, Tennessee, 15 Aug 1870, Jamestown PO
p.577a, dwelling number 32, family number 32
Scarbrough John 26 m w laborer on farm TN cannot R/W
Margret 30 f w keeping house TN
William 11 m w at home TN cannot W
George 8 m w at home TN
James J. 6 m w at home TN
Robert A. 7/12 m w at home TN born in Nov
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I do not know who this Scarbrough family is. They do not appear to have been connected to the the Bucks County, Pennsylvania line that is so prevalent in Anderson County, Tennessee. |
Dist. 9, Fentress County, Tennessee, 11 Aug 1870, Jamestown PO p.583a, dwelling number 6, family number 5 Englan John 55 m w farmer $525/$300 TN Jane 53 f w keeping house TN cannot W Malinda 23 f w TN cannot W Willburn 22 m w works on farm TN cannot R/W Robert 20 m w works on farm TN cannot R/W Luke 15 m w works on farm TN cannot W Sarah E. 14 f w at home TN cannot R/W Thomas 12 m w at home TN cannot R/W Mary Isabella 10 f w at home TN cannot R/W Rody Jane 6 f w TN Grant 22 m w farmer lab. TN cannot R/W Elizabeth 26 f w TN |
John England and Jane Peters were my third great grandparents. Their daughter Vesta Clay England was my second great grandmother. Vesta was married in 1865, and therefore was not enumerated with the family in 1870. John England was the son of Titus England and Elizabeth. Jane Peters was the daughter of Thomas Peters and Sarah (Sallie) England. Titus England and Sarah (Sallie) England were brother and sister, being children of John England and Vesta Zipporah (Zipporah) Choate. So John England (the grandson, not the grandfather) and Jane Peters were first cousins who married. The spelling of the surname is transcribed correctly. The misspelling was on the part of the original census enumerator. John England was born and raised in the Scarbrough community of Anderson County. Depositions from John England's Civil War pension application say that he returned to his home in Scarbrough after the war, and that he remained in Scarbrough for four or five years before moving to the mountains. Grant England was John Grant England who was the son of John England and Jane Peters, and Elizabeth was Grant's wife Elizabeth Myatt. |
Dist. 9, Fentress County, Tennessee, 13 Aug 1870, Jamestown PO
p.585a, dwelling number 31, family number 27
Naras Alford 45 m w farmer $200/$400 NC
Emaline 43 f w keeping house TN cannot R/W
Jeramiah 23 m w works on farm TN
Isaac 18 m w works on farm TN cannot R/W
S. Jane 16 f w at home TN cannot R/W
Thomas J. 13 m w at home TN cannot R/W
Polly Ann 12 f w at home TN cannot R/W
Nicey Ann 7 f w at home TN
John 4 m w TN
Wade 5/12 m w TN born in Nov
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Thomas Jefferson (Tom) Norris age 13 later married Rhoda Jane (Rody) England. Tom was the son of Alfred Norris and Emaline (Emily) Wilson. Rhoda Jane (Rody) England was the daughter of my third great grandparents John England and Jane (Jenny) Peters. As such, Rody was the sister of my second great grandmother Vesta Clay England. |
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