Re: Fugate family (Kentucky and Virginia)
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Re: Fugate family (Kentucky and Virginia)
4/10/01
Here are some records:
Lawrence Co. KY Court, 13 March 1833: Francis Helton testified that "about the latter part of December 1828 [he] had married one Patsy Fugate".He said he had hoped for a happy marriage but that some sixteen months ago [therefore in fall of 1831] Patsy Helton eloped with William Harvey and abandoned Francis.He asks for a divorce.
Breathitt Co. Court records (which begin in 1839):
July Term 1839:Commonwealth vs John Miller & Patsy Helton for adultery.
Oct 1839:John Miller begins action for divorce, Susan Miller ordered to appear next term.
Oct. 1839: John Miller & Patsy Helton indicted for adultery, to which they confessed.
April 1840: John Miller vs Susan Miller divorce case continued.
It looks like John Miller was recorded in 1840 in Perry Co. since he doesn't match the tally in Breathitt Co. at all.The listing in Perry Co. shows:
John Miller, age 40-50
2 males 0-5
1 male 5-10
1 female 30-40
1 female 5-10
1 female 10-15
In 1850 his household in Breathitt Co. consisted of:
John Miller, 50
Patsy, 35
George, 15
Peggy, 13
Sally, 11
Mahala, 9
Alfred, 7
Nancy Ann, 5
Obviously Francis Helton was out of the picture before any of the Miller children on the 1850 census were born.Which ones were Patsy's and which ones were Susan's isn't recorded, but it looks like at least from Mahala on, and perhaps Sally, would have been Patsy's.You'd need DNA to sort this family out unless someone knew the facts at the time and wrote them down somewhere.Margaret Hayes' "Reconstructed Marriage Records of Breathitt Co. KY" calls George a son of John and Susan; Margaret ("Peggy") a daughter of John and Susan; and Mahala the dau of John and Patsy.Her references are in the book.
If Nancy Jane was "raised" by Patsy, it must have been after 1850 because she's not with the family then.I think she mustbe the Nancy in the household of Charles D. Fugate, probably dau of his dau. Fanny.
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