Re: Pinkethman Eaton
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Re: Pinkethman Eaton
Mary Brocklebank 8/21/06
Can someone help me find the parents of this Mary Eaton.I think her father may have been a John Eaton.Virginia Tuttle in Marietta, GA.
Descendants of Mary Eaton
Generation No. 1
1.Mary3 Eaton(John2, Eaton1) was born Abt. 1798 in Lincoln Co., N.C., and died Bet. 1850 - 1860 in Lincoln Co., North Carolina.She married James Gant 27 Dec 1822 in Lincoln,NC, son of Henry Gant and Sara Bass.He was born Abt. 1797 in Franklin, Lincoln, NC, and died Abt. 1865 in Catawba Co.,N.C..
Notes for Mary Eaton:
Mary's sister Nancy Elizabeth Eaton married William Washington Gant.
More About Mary Eaton:
Fact 1: See Note Page
Notes for James Gant:
- 1810 census - Lincoln Co., NC with father;
- 1820 census - ?? ;
- 1830 census - Lincoln Co., NC, separate HOH;3<5, 1 10-15, 1 30-40; F: 1 20-30.
- 1840 census - Lincoln Co., NC, p. 094, Upper Regiment Militia[2031010-000001]
- 1840 Agriculture Schedule on microfilm, Catawba Co., NC: James Gant, 40 ac., improved, 70 ac. unimproved, 2000 cash value, 650 value, 5 horses, 2 mules, 3 milk cows, 12 bu. oats.
1850 census - Catawba Co., NC, age 47, b. NC, with Mary, age 50, & family.
Ag. Sked.: 40 ac. improved and 70 ac. unimproved yet there is no recordthat he ever bought or sold land [so he got it from his father's
estate.
- 1860 census - Catawba Co., NC [with son, Jefferson], 60, m, farm labor.
James had been the bondsman for his sister, Mary, when she married Solomon Hart.James died in 1865 before the petition [see Sherrod ...""moved with his parents and three brothers to Lincoln Co., NC just before the 1800 census was taken."
- 1837, Lincoln Co., [NC] tax list, Wycough's Co. (In Raleigh-Lincoln misc.):James Gant, 144 ac., 216 value, one white pole[poll], (loose file 1778-1845).
- 1839, Lincoln Co., [NC] tax list, Wycough's Co.: James [Gant], 144 ac., 216 value, one white pole[poll], 79 total.
- 1840, Lincoln Co., [NC] tax list, Wycough's Co., James Gant, no land, no value, one white pole[poll], 45 total.
- "... no record in Lincoln or Catawba [Co.] where James bought or sold land."
"... Henry had bought 387 acres, sold 235 leaving 152 acres in Lincoln Co., NC.In the 1850 Agriculture schedule for Catawba Co., James Gant is listed with 40 acres improved and 70 acres unimproved, yet there is no record that James ever bought or sold land." ..
DOM31 Oct 1861 as reported in Lincoln Co., NC Marriage, has to be different Gant.
More About James Gant:
Date born 2: Abt. 1797, Franklin/Lincoln, NC
Died 2: Abt. 1865, Lincoln, NC
Fact 1: See Note Page
More About James Gant and Mary Eaton:
Marriage: 27 Dec 1822, Lincoln,NC
Children of Mary Eaton and James Gant are:
2 i. O. Jefferson4 Gant, born 1824 in Lincoln, NC; died 1863 in CSA.
3 ii. Eli Sanford Gant, born 1829 in Lincoln, NC.
4 iii. James (A) Iley Gant, born Feb 1830 in Lincoln, NC; died 18 Mar 1914 in Cleveland, NC.He married Mary Ledford 28 Feb 1856 in Cleveland Co., North Carolina; born 29 Aug 1834 in Cleveland, N.C.; died 24 Mar 1937 in Shelby, Cleveland, N.C..
Notes for James (A) Iley Gant:
Proof of lineage for James is the 1850CatawbaCo., N.C census.
James enlisted 8 Jul 1862 [with his brother, Pinkney] as 33 years old from Cleveland [Co.].He served in CSA, Co. F, Regt. 56 and stood 5' 10", [captured near Paducah, K Y ], released 27 Jun 1865.
DOB, DOD, bur. "(Death certificate is listed in the Broad River Genealogical Society [publication]-Shelby [,NC], May 1981 [p. ?]).Also online at Ancestry.com.
- Cleveland [Co., NC] Marriage Licenses: Gantt, James m. Ledford, Mary, 28 Feb 1856, A. N. Gioned him as "James A. Iley"; had POD as Cleveland Co.; FGR: farmer, PObur.[Cleveland/Shelby Co.]; [mentioned Cleveland Co., NC censuses: 1850, 1860 [& 1860 Ag. Schedule] , 1880, 1900
Cliff, 10/93: 1870 census Index, Catawba Co., NC: PERHAPS this person.
- 11/93: "... [middle name] COULD be James Riley but also James Isley since Isley is a good NC name, at least in Orange Co., NC."
More About James (A) Iley Gant:
Name 2: James Iley Gantt
Date born 2: Feb 1830, Lincoln, N.C.
Died 2: 18 Mar 1914, Cleveland, N.C.
Burial: Elizabeth Cemetery
Fact 1: See Note Page
Notes for Mary Ledford:
Information obtained from a newspaper article in the Shelby Daily Star, August 31st, 1936.Five Childrenliving at the time of this article,five others already dead.
Compiler has Mary's death certificate.Also, 1850 Cleveland Co., N.C. census of Joel Ledford proves lineage for daughter Mary.
More About Mary Ledford:
Date born 2: Sep 1834, Cleveland, North Carolina, USA
Died 2: Aft. 31 Aug 1936, Shelby, Cleveland, North Carolina, USA
Burial: Elizabeth Cemetery.
Fact 1: See Note Page
More About James Gant and Mary Ledford:
Marriage: 28 Feb 1856, Cleveland Co., North Carolina
5 iv. Pinkney Gant, born 1835 in Lincoln, NC; died 1908.He married Annie Elizabeth Ledford 20 Jul 1854 in ClevelandCo., N.C.; born 16 Dec 1835 in ClevelandCo., N.C.; died 02 Oct 1886 in ClevelandCo., N.C..
More About Pinkney Gant and Annie Ledford:
Marriage: 20 Jul 1854, ClevelandCo., N.C.
6 v. Harison G. Gant, born 1840 in Lincoln, NC.
Notes for Harison G. Gant:
Probably died in Civil War.