Amos Lackey (abt. 1787 - bef. 1870)

Born about 1787 in North Carolina, United States [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Nancy (Wasson) Lackey — married about 1808 in North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died before 8 Aug 1870 before about age 83 in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Amos Lackey was born about 1787 in North Carolina, United States, son of William Lackey and Agnes Nancy Stevenson.

Amos married Nancy Wasson in 1808 in North Carolina. Their children were:

1. John Lackey (~1805– ) .
2. Edley Kelton Lackey (~1810–1884) .
3. William Archer Lackey (1814–1905) .
4. Barbarah M Ann Lackey (1817–>1860) .
5. Robert Waid Lackey (1817–1889) .
6. Amos Burrell b. 2 Aug 1824
7. Catherine Elizabeth Lackey (1831–1910)
8. Keziah b. ca. 1834

He died 1860-1870 in Mississippi.

Residence: Iredell Co., NC. - 1790 Census

Residence: Salisbury Census District, Iredell Co., NC. - 1800 Census

Research Notes

According to Census records, Amos was living in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, in 1850 with a Dosia, age 40 or 44^[1] [in 1860 she was 50, in 1870 she was 65]. In an age of common illiteracy, census ages were frequently a few years off, plus or minus. Sometimes ages, birth places, and other information could have been given by children in the household or even by neighbors. Exact dates and ages were often neither of great importance nor accurately recorded in early America. Nancy Lackey was living in Talladega County, Alabama, in 1850, with daughter, Kiziah, age 16. Had Amos and Nancy divorced, and Amos married again? Thus far no record found to verify a divorce nor any record of a marriage to Dosia or Theodosia.

He is still living in Oktibbeha in 1860,^[2] but by 1870 Dosia is living alone in Alcorn County, Mississippi.^[3] Based on census records from 1850 to 1870, he probably died between 9 Aug 1860 and 8 Aug 1870.

Several sites have his death as 12 Dec 1843, which actually is the date his son, Amos Burrel, married Sarah Branch.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LX-N8Q : Tue Oct 03 10:04:52 UTC 2023), Entry for Amos Lackey and Doson Lackey, 1850. Oktibbeha county, Oktibbeha, Mississippi.

   Amos Lackey M 63 years North Carolina

   Doson Lackey F 40 years South Carolina

2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6GZ-DZW : Fri Oct 06 06:57:53 UTC 2023), Entry for Amos Lackey and Theodosia Lackey, 1860. Oktibbeha, Mississippi.

   Amos Lackey M 60 North Carolina

   Theodosia Lackey F 50 South Carolina

3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFSH-2KZ : Fri Oct 06 06:18:19 UTC 2023), Entry for Docia Lackey and Julia Gardner, 1870. Alcorn, Miss.

   Docia Lackey F 65 years South Carolina

   Julia Gardner F 24 years Mississippi help

• (1.) 1790 U.S. Federal Census, Iredell Co.,NC., Series M637, Roll 7, Pg. 394, Image 555, Head William Lackey Junior
• (2.) 1800 U.S. Federal Census, Salisbury, Iredell Co.,NC., Series M32, Roll 29, Pg. 631, Image 309, Head - William Lackey
• "United States Census, 1810", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHL9-78N : Thu Oct 05 01:43:14 UTC 2023), Entry for Amos Lasky, 1810. Iredell Co., N. C.

William Lackey:1 m 26-45, 1 f 16-25, 3 m <10

Amos Lackey:1 m 16-25, 1 f 16-25, 1 m <10

• "United States Census, 1820", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGS-SDC : Thu Oct 05 12:30:35 UTC 2023), Entry for Amos Lackey, 1820. Many other Lackeys in the county to study. Iredell, NC. 1 m 26-45, 1 f 16-25, 1 m <10, 2 f <10.
• "United States Census, 1830", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH5M-NJ8 : Wed Oct 04 20:55:59 UTC 2023), Entry for Amos Sackey, 1830. Burke, NC. 1 m 40-50, 1 f 30-40, 1 m 15-20, 3 f 15-20, 3 m 5-10, 1 m <5.
• "United States Census, 1840", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYL-8KF : Tue Oct 03 06:38:53 UTC 2023), Entry for Amos Lackey, 1840. Franklin, Tennessee. 1m 50-60, 1 f 30-40, 1 m 20-30, 2 m 15-20, 2 m 10-15, 2 f 5-10.

• Not many sources here, but can provided useful guidance in sorting this family: Amos Lackey Descendants

• https://www.genealogycenter.info/search_lackey.php

• Most material in Research Notes from book "Amos Burrel Lackey (1818-1896) of Low Gap, Arkansas (Newton County), by Spencer T. Coffey, May 2013
• FamilySearch Person: LDYP-GNB