Third Generation

15. Amelia (Milly) England^36,39.
Birth: about 1807, Anderson County, Tennessee.
Parents: John England and Vesta Zipporah Choate.
Birth of Child: about 1830, John E. Cross, parent age: 23.
Census: 1830, Anderson County, Tennessee. Age 20-29, probably enumerated household of her mother Vesta Zipporah Choate who in 1830 was the widow of John England. However, there is uncertainty about where she was enumerated because there is uncertainty about her exact marriage date. Milly was married about 1829, but the exact date of the marriage is not known. Even if she was married before the 1830 census, it is not known for certain where the couple was enumerated in 1830.
Birth of Child: about 1834, William R. Cross, parent age: 27.
Census: 1840, Anderson County, Tennessee.¹⁵
Age 30-39, enumerated in the household of her husband Jesse C. Cross.
Birth of Child: May 1844, Sarah A. Mary Cross, parent age: 37.
Census: 1850, Anderson County, Tennessee. Amelia 43 f w TN.
Census: 1860, Anderson County, Tennessee. Emily 52 f w TN.
Census: 1870, Anderson County, Tennessee. Milinda 60 f w TN, enumerated household of her son John E. Cross.
Census: 1880, Anderson County, Tennessee.
Cross Milley E. 68 mother-in-law female widowed white, born in TN, father and mother born in TN, enumerated household of her son-in-law Jesse Letsinger and her daughter Mary A. Sarah Cross.
Death: after 1880, age 73. On 17 Feb 1872 William Scarbrough and Milly Cross stated they were personally acquainted with Sarah Peters widow of Thomas Peters and were present at their wedding.

Amelia (Milly) England and Jesse C. Cross.
Marriage: about 1829, [Anderson County], [Tennessee], Amelia (Milly) England, to Jesse C. Cross. The 1829 date is uncertain and is based on the birth date of their first child John E. Cross who was born about 1830. Jesse and Milly were not enumerated as a couple in their own household in 1830. Their was a male and female household of Milly's mother Vesta Zipporah Choate who were the right age to have been Jesse and Milly. There was a male household of Jesse's father William Cross who was the right age to have been Jesse, but there was no female in William's household who was the right age to have been Milly.

Jesse C. Cross²⁵, son of William Cross and Mary (Mrs. William Cross),.
Birth: about 1804, [Sullivan County], Tennessee.
Parents: William Cross and Mary (Mrs. William Cross).
Birth of Child: about 1830, John E. Cross, parent age: 26.
Census: 1830, Anderson County, Tennessee.¹⁴
Age 20-29, probably enumerated in the household of his father William Cross. However, it's also possible that he was enumerated household of his mother-in-law Vesta Zipporah Choate who in 1830 was the widow of John England. Jesse was married about 1829, but the exact date of the marriage is not known. The marriage could have been before or after the census, and there is no way to be certain of the household in which Jesse was living at the time of the census.
Birth of Child: about 1834, William R. Cross, parent age: 30. He appeared in the tax list in 1837 in Anderson County, Tennessee. Dist. 8, Jesse Cross, 1 poll. He was probably living on his father's land in Dist. 8 because he didn't own any land of his own in 1837.
Census: 1840, Anderson County, Tennessee.¹⁵
page 14a, line 26, 1840, Anderson County, Tennessee
Jesse Cross 011001-0000010001

00-04 0 0 1836-1840
05-09 1 0 1831-1835 William R. Cross
10-14 1 0 1826-1830 John E. Cross
15-19 0 0 1821-1825
20-29 0 0 1811-1820
30-39 1 1 1801-1810 Jesse C. Cross, Amelia (Milly) England
40-49 0 1791-1800
50-59 0 1781-1790
60-69 0 1771-1780
70-79 1 1761-1770 Vesta Zipporah Choate
Birth of Child: May 1844, Sarah A. Mary Cross, parent age: 40. He posted bond for Adison Leath on 11 March 1846 in Anderson County, Tennessee.⁴⁰ Addison was charged with assault. On 13 March 1846, Addison pleaded guilty and was fined $2.50. Addison was his brother-in-law, having married his sister Nancy Ann Cross in 1836.
Census: 1850, Anderson County, Tennessee. 16th subdivision, Anderson County, Tennessee, 6 Sep 1850; page 19a, dwelling number 262, family number 262; Cross Jesse 46 m w farmer $300 TN; Amelia 43 f w TN; John E. 20 m w TN attended school; William R. 16 m w TN attended school; Sarah A. 6 f w TN.
Census: 1860, Anderson County, Tennessee. Anderson County, Tennessee, 2 Jul 1860, Lovewell PO; page 20b, dwelling number 308, family number 308; Cross Jesse C. 52 m w farmer TN; Emily 52 f w TN; Sarah A. 15 f w TN.
Death: between 1866 and 1869, age 62, [Anderson County], [Tennessee]. He was not enumerated in the 1870 census, and his wife was living with his son John E. Cross in the 1870 census. Jesse posted bond for William Henderson on 4 April 1867 in Anderson County, Tennessee.⁴¹ William was charged with tippling and illegal traffic in liquor on the Sabbath. Jesse made his mark rather than signing, suggesting that he could not read and write. However, neither the 1850 census nor the 1860 census said that he could not read and write.

Amelia (Milly) England-7961 and Jesse C. Cross-6162 had the following children: