Re: SCALF's & TRENT's ??
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Re: SCALF's & TRENT's ??
Scott W. Trent Jr. 8/28/12
Well Scott,
It never made any sense to me how Alex and Polly met unless it was Russell County, VA or Surry/Wilkes/Iredell NC. I have followed her family all across NC, VA, KY and TN and Polly was with them until 1830. Now, in 1830 she was missing from her father's home but Alex shows up as head of house in Russell Co. VA and then of course down to Hawkins by 1840. Another statement in John Scalf's deposition by Alexander himself states that he knew John Scalf Sr. in Clay Co. Kentucky so what was he doing in Clay Co. KY during the years John Scalf Sr. was there working at the Goose Creek Salt Mines? I guess we could say that Alexander was just roaming around the country working, but was he, or was he there with his Trent family?
I talked to Barbara Marsh about this a long time ago as well because some of her line was in KY as well as Russell Co. VA and she said this Alexander was not hers and sent me information on her line proving it. Therefore, he had to belong to someone else but neither she nor I could find another Trent family in KY at that particular time. I'm not going to venture out there and give that time line because I have to go back and read the statement again so I get it right.
I checked the 1810 KY census to see if there was a Trent family there but there wasn't, so I don't think they met during that time. It had to be after John had moved to Russell Co. and went back to KY to work in the Salt Mines.
The only other place he could have met her would have been in Surry, Wilkes or Iredell Co. NC. John Sr. lived in Surry and had family in Wilkes and Iredell in 1800. I'm going strictly on memory here, but I believe there was a Simeon Trent in one of those counties, but he appears one time and disappears and I could not find him anywhere else so I assumed he died.
I suppose it's possible that Alexander could have belonged to him and left the area after he died or moved on and ended up in KY working at the Salt Mines where he met John Scalf and started a courtship with Polly and followed them to Russell County, VA. That's the only other solution I can think of. I will get back to you on the statement of Alexander with dates. Maybe we can figure out what he was doing there at that time or someone might know who else was there at that time.
Margaret
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Scott W. Trent Jr. 8/31/12
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