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Amanda (McCarty) Ashcraft (1814 - abt. 1866)

Amanda Ashcraft formerly McCarty aka Sewards Billiter
Born in Missouri, United Statesmap
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Wife of — married 19 Jul 1842 in Grant, Kentucky, United Statesmap
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Died about at about age 52 in Kentucky, United Statesmap
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Biography

Amanda was born about 1816. She was the daughter of William McCarty and Nancy Kenton.

Amanda McCarty married Elliot Sewards on 4 Dec 1836 in Grant, Kentucky. [1]

Amanda [McCarty] Sewards married Samuel Billiter on 19 Jul 1842 in Grant, Kentucky. [2]

Amanda 34 b. 1816 Kentucky, is listed in the 1850 Census of Grant, Kentucky, United States. She is living with her five children. [3]

  1. Sarah Savannah (Billiter) McMillan 7 b. 1843 Kentucky
  2. Alfred Billiter 6 b. 1844 Kentucky
  3. Calista Ann (Billiter) Runyon (1849-1920) 5 b. 1845 Kentucky
  4. Mary E. Billiter (1848-1926), Marietta Billiter 1 b. 1849 Kentucky
  5. Benjamin Franklin Sewards 12 b 1838 Kentucky

Amanda [McCarty] Bettetter/ [Billiter] married William Jediah Ashcraft on 13 Jan 1851 in Grant, Kentucky. [4]

Amanda [McCarty] Sewards and Jediah Ashcraft had a daughter who's last name was Ashcraft born 16 May 1856. [5]

An 1860 Census of Grant, Kentucky lists Amanda [McCarty] Ashcroft age 45 living with her third husband, Jediah Ashcraft 34 and seven children;[6]

  1. James N. Ashcraft 8 b. 1852
  2. Geneva Aschraft 4 b. 1856 [5]
  3. Benjamin F. Sewards 24
  4. Sarah S. Billiter 17
  5. Alfred Billiter 15
  6. Calista A. Billiter 14 b. 1846
  7. Marietta Billiter 11 b. 1849

Research Notes

Mary E. Billiter (1848-1926), Mary/Marietta b. 1849 is probably a daughter of Amanda McCarty based on the Census of Grant, Kentucky in 1850 and 1860. Samuel (Billitter) isn't listed in the 1850 Census of Grant, Kentucky with Amanda. However, he is the father of four of her children including one year old Mary/Marietta. It seems that Samuel moved on from his marriage to Amanda in 1849 because he married Nancy Robinson in Sept. of that year. See also 1850 and 1860 Census of Grant, Kentucky.

Sources

  1. "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28D-NY5F : 22 July 2021), Elliott Sewards and Amanda Mccarty, 04 Dec 1836; citing Marriage, Grant, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 266,219.
  2. "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW12-3QK : 11 May 2022), Amanda Sewards in entry for Samuel Billetter, 1842.
  3. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M653-L2W : 19 December 2020), Amanda Bellsted, Grant, Kentucky, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  4. "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4Q1-29M : 11 May 2022), Amanda Bettetter in entry for William Jediah Ashcraft, 1851.
  5. 5.0 5.1 "Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWJV-CK9 : 22 July 2021), Amanda Seward in entry for Ashcraft, 1856.
  6. "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZB3-WVM : 18 February 2021), Amanda Ashcraft in entry for Jediah Ashcraft, 1860.




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McCarty-1111 and McCarty-1148 appear to represent the same person because: both have a child that is a pending merge, a husband with a pending merge, matching death date.
posted by Mike Crain I

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