Re: Warham Easley Caldwell Co KY
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Re: Warham Easley Caldwell Co KY
patsy ford childs 11/16/07
The available census records show that John Easley had quite a large family- which is possibly why he doesn't seem to have bothered making out a will.So there are undoubtedly a handful of Easley women who would be his daughters.I don't know whether this would be one of them, but it seems possible.
It was John Easley's family that was involved with the Bynums et al.Some of them are in the same 1812 Franklin Co. tax list that he is.
I believe that it's some of the descendants of Benjamin Easley (the one you mention) who say that he was born in Chatham or Orange Co.I believe that comes from mixing up the Murphree point of origin with the Easleys.John Easley was never in Orange or Chatham Cos., nor, based on the records of the area, neither was any other Easley.His family obviously did become involved with the Bynums and Murphrees in SC, but I don't think that they were prior to that.His connection to the Hawkins and Riddle families was already established when he was up in Stokes Co.As I said, he was undoubtedly related to them by marriage up there before he ever went to SC, which, according to Daniel, was in 1791.There was a logical reason for John to move in that year.His father had died, and John did not inherit any of his land (his brothers Warham and William did).The move to KY took place in 1801, also according to Daniel, and that synchronizes with the statement of William Drennan, also of Pendleton Dist., SC, that he went to the same neighborhood of KY in 1801.Obviously, there was a group of Pendleton people who went to Livingston/Caldwell Co., KY in that year.
Just keep plugging away at it, I guess.Even if you don't find absolute proof, it usually becomes clear which family the person belongs to.
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Re: Warham Easley Caldwell Co KY
patsy ford childs 11/18/07