Joseph was born about 1774 at Halifax Co, Virginia. Joseph married Ritta Lee and they had 15 children between 1808 and 1835, a 27 year period. He passed away on 28 February 1846[1].
Joseph is buried at Pace Cemetery, Dodds Twp., Jefferson County, Illinois[2]
↑ Illinois Soldier Burial Places, 1774-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVYM-B34T : accessed 23 September 2015), Joseph Estes, ; citing Burial, Mt Vernon, Jefferson, Illinois, United States, Pace Cemetery, Illinois State Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,001,188.
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Ron Hallberg for creating WikiTree profile Estes-787 through the import of Indiana Crouch Family, April 2013.ged on Apr 23, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Ron and others.
Thank you to Catherine Rivera for creating WikiTree profile Estes-726 through the import of Duckett Family.ged on Apr 4, 2013.
Note: birth year changed per FindAGrave information.
Is Joseph your ancestor? Please don't go away! Login to collaborate or comment, or
contact
a profile manager, or ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
Estes-726 and Estes-599 appear to represent the same person because: they seem to be the same person, no conflicts, what information is had is common to them.
Estes-1686 and Estes-726 appear to represent the same person because: Same Birth year, POB, POD.
Death date off by 1 day, suggest using Illinois Soldier Burial Places as official record and not Find A Grave, which is someone's intepretation.
Death Date: 28 Feb 1846 [1]
Gravestone photo difficult to decipher, but looks like 28 and not 27. [2]
Death date off by 1 day, suggest using Illinois Soldier Burial Places as official record and not Find A Grave, which is someone's intepretation. Death Date: 28 Feb 1846 [1] Gravestone photo difficult to decipher, but looks like 28 and not 27. [2]