Keziah (Mead) Akers (abt. 1804 - bef. 1843)

Born about 1804 in Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Blackburn Akers — married 24 Apr 1823 in Floyd County, Kentucky

Descendants

Died before 24 Oct 1843 before about age 39 in Floyd, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Kesiah MEAD was born about 1805 in Kentucky. It is believed that Kesiah (MEADE) AKERS died sometime between 16 December 1842^[1] and before 24 October 1843 when Thomas married his second wife, Elizabeth BALDRIDGE^[2], ^[3] on 24 October 1843 in Floyd County, Kentucky. Kesiah Meade is believed to be the daughter of Samuel MEAD and Catherine GOODBREAD.

Residences, Before Marriage:

Kesiah MEAD would have been enumerated as a number in an age bracket in the household of her father, Samuel MEAD, prior to her marriage in 1823. This means that Samuel MEAD should have had a female about 5 years old living in his 1810 census household and a female about 15 years old in his 1820 census household. In these listings I have placed the individuals that fall within the age brackets where Keziah MEAD could have been enumerated in bold text for identification purposes.

1810 United States Federal Census Record - Samuel MEAD in Floyd County, Kentucky^[4]

2 Free White Males Aged Under 10 Years

2 Free White Males Aged between 10 and 16 Years

2 Free White Males Aged between 16 and 26 Years

1 Free White Male Aged between 26 and 45 Years

2 Free White Females Aged Under 10 Years

1 Free White Female Aged between 10 and 16 Years

1 Free White Female Aged between 26 and 45 Years

1820 United States Federal Census Record - Samuel MEAD in Floyd County, Kentucky^[5]

1 Free White Male Aged Between 10 and 16 Years

1 Free White Male Aged Between 16 and 26 Years

1 Free White Male Aged Over 45 Years

2 Free White Females Aged Under 10 Years

1 Free White Female Aged Between 10 and 16 Years

1 Free White Female Aged Between 16 and 26 Years

1 Free White Female Aged Over 45 Years

3 Individuals Engaged in Agriculture

Marriage:

Keziah MEADE married Thomas Blackburn AKERS on 24 April 1823 in Floyd County, Kentucky.^[6], ^[3]

Spouse:

Thomas Blackburn AKERS was born about 1804^[3] in Virginia^[7] or in Kentucky.^[8] He was the son of Valentine AKERS and Frances BRANHAM.^[9] His surname has also been seen with the variation of ACRES in documentation. He also went by his middle name of Blackburn in many documents.^[6]

Residences, Before Marriage:

Thomas Blackburn AKERS would have been enumerated as a number in an age bracket in the household of his father, Valentine AKERS, prior to his marriage in 1823. This means that Valentine AKERS should have had a male about 6 years old living in his 1810 census household and a male about 16 years old in his 1820 census household. Valentine used the Acres spelling of the surnsme in 1810.

1810 United States Federal Census Record - Valentine ACRES in Floyd County, Kentucky^[10]

3 Free White Males Aged Under 10 Years

1 Free White Male Aged Between 10 and 16 Years

1 Free White Male Aged Over 45 Years

2 Free White Females Aged Under 10 Years

1 Free White Female Aged Between 10 and 16 Years

1 Free White Female Aged Between 16 and 26 Years

1 Free White Female Aged Between 26 and 45 Years

1820 United States Federal Census Record - Valentine AKERS in Floyd County, Kentucky^[11]

1 Free White Male Aged Between 16 and 18 Years

2 Free White Males Aged Between 16 and 26 Years

1 Free White Male Aged Over 45 Years

2 Free White Females Aged Between 10 and 16 Years

1 Free White Female Aged Over 45 Years

4 Individuals Engaged in Agriculture

Residences, After Marriage:

1830 United States Federal Census Record - not located

1840 United States Federal Census Record - Blackbourn AKERS in Floyd County, Kentucky^[12]

1 Free White Male Aged Between 5 and 10 Years

2 Free White Males Aged Between 10 and 15 Years

1 Free White Male Aged Between 30 and 40 Years

1 Free White Female Aged Under 5 Years

1 Free White Female Aged Between 5 and 10 Years

1 Free White Female Aged Between 15 and 20 Years

1 Free White Female Aged Between 30 and 40 Years

Residences of Thomas Blackburn Akers, after the Death of Keziah MEAD:

Thomas Blackburn AKERS married for a second time on 24 October 1843 in Floyd County, Kentucky.^[2] This means that Keziah (MEAD) AKERS was probably deceased by that date. The 1850 census record is included for the listing of the household including some children from both the first marriage to Keziah MEAD and the second marriage to Elizabeth BALDRIDGE.

1850 United States Federal Census Record - Johnson County, Kentucky^[13]

Blackburn ACRES, Age 45 Years, Occupation: Farmer, Born: Virginia

Elizabeth ACRES, Age: 40 Years, Born: Virginia

Rhodes ACRES, Age: 22 Years, Born: Virginia

William ACRES, Age: 20 Years, Born: Virginia

Robert ACRES, Age: 17 Years, Born: Kentucky, Attending School

Mary ACRES, Age: 15 Years, Born: Kentucky, Attending School

Nancy ACRES, Age: 13 Years, Born: Kentucky, Attending School

John R. ACRES, Age: 11 Years, Born: Kentucky, Attending School

Emily K. ACRES, Age: 6 Years, Born: Kentucky

James H. ACRES, Age: 3 Years, Born: Kentucky

Children of Thomas Blackburn AKERS and Keziah MEAD:

1. Based upon the 1840 census record, Thomas Blackburn AKERS and Keziah MEAD had an unidentified female child living in their household that was within the age bracket of 15 to 20 years old. If this was in fact their child and not someone living within the household that was not their child and if this child was born after their 1823 marriage, this female child would have been born between 1823 and 1825. The identity of this child has not been confirmed, but some secondary sources list a female child named Lynchia AKERS, but provide no further information about her. It is possible that this unnamed child found in 1840 was in fact Lynchia AKERS and she either died or married before 1850. All other children in the 1840 census record have been tentatively Identified based upon the household found in the 1850 census record.
2. Rhodes AKERS
3. William M. AKERS
4. Robert N. AKERS
5. Mary Jane (AKERS) PORTER
6. Pricilla Nancy (AKERS) GREGORY
7. John Riley AKERS (Born: ; Died:); Married: 16 July 1868 in Johnson County, Kentucky to Trinvilla PRICE^[14]

Research Progress

1800 United States Federal Census Record Notes:

The 1800 United States Federal Census Records from Kentucky and Virginia were lost and as such cannot be transcribed as such the location and the ages of the members of the household of Samuel MEAD are not able to be determined. It is believed that this census enumeration was destroyed during the British attack on Washington during the War of 1812.

1810 United States Federal Census Record Notes:

The Official enumeration date of the 1810 United States Federal Census Record was 6 August 1810. All questions asked of the household were supposed to refer to this date. The census enumerator also stated that the enumeration was completed between the 20th and the 29th day of December 1810. These two dates are important as they can help determine the ages of the individuals who were contained within the census record or why someone was not enumerated within the household.

The 1810 census household of “Samuel Mead” was enumerated in Floyd County, Kentucky on page number 104 (stamped) and listed on Line 42:^[4]

While the household of Samuel MEAD did not contain any slaves or other free individuals of color, the next household which was listed as being headed by Robert MEAD contained 9 Slaves. Since Samuel MEAD’s father was named Robert MEAD it is probable that this other household was the household of his father. If so then Samuel MEAD may have had access to his father’s slaves.

Tentative Identification of Individuals enumerated within the household:

1 Free White Male Aged 26 to 45 Years – [ID: Samuel MEAD [I], est. age 41 Years]

1 Free White Female Aged 26 to 45 Years – [ID: Catherine GOODBREAD, est. age 45 Years]

1 Free White Male Aged 16 to 26 Years – [ID: Unidentified Child]

1 Free White Male Aged 16 to 26 Years – [ID: Samuel MEAD [II], est. age about 16 Years]

1 Free White Male Aged 10 to 16 Years – [ID: Robert A. MEAD, est. age about 14 Years]

1 Free White Male Aged 10 to 16 Years – [ID: Thomas MEAD, est. age about 12 Years]

1 Free White Female Aged 10 to 16 Years – [ID: Elizabeth MEAD, est. age about 10 to 13 Years]

1 Free White Male Aged Under 10 Years – [ID: Rhodes MEAD, est. age about 10 Years]

1 Free White Male Aged Under 10 Years – [ID: Unidentified Child]

1 Free White Female Aged Under 10 Years – [ID: Catherine MEAD, est. age about 5 Years]

1 Free White Female Aged Under 10 Years – [ID: Kesiah MEAD, est. age about 4 Years]

1820 United States Federal Census Record Notes:

1830 United States Federal Census Record Notes:

* Unable to locate in Floyd County, Kentucky. Search consisted of a Page by Page check of the 1830 Census Record of Floyd County, Kentucky - Not Stated, Paintsville, and Prestonsburg designated township locations. ^[15]

1840 United States Federal Census Record Notes:

1840 United States Federal Census Record for Floyd County, Kentucky [division not stated], Date completed if stated: 1 June 1840 [Date located on first page of this section of the census record] – 15 October 1840 [Date on last page statement by John Hatcher], Taken by: John Hatcher, Page: 256 [Page Number is stamped on the second page of the enumeration for this household – this census year had 2 pages per listing.], Line Number of Individual: 30 [This individual is listed on the last line of the census page], Was this census image listed in alphabetical order: No, Condition of Record: Readable upon magnification some smearing in the column designations on second page, Difference in Columns from what is normally found for the year 1840: Census Enumeration was done on Pre-typed form. No Differences noted.

Census Transcription of the 1840 United States Federal Census Record for the household headed by Blackbourn Akers located in Floyd County, Kentucky on Line: 30 of Page: 256:

Name of Head of Household: Blackbourn AKERS

Actual Transcription: Free White Males: 0 – 1 – 2 – 0 – 0 - 1 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 ; Free White Females: 1 – 1 – 0 – 1 – 0 – 1 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 ; Free Colored Males: 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 ; Free Colored Females: 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 ; Second page of Data – Slave Males: 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 ; Slave Females: 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 ; Total: 8 Individuals ; Occupations: 0 – 1 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 ; Names of Patriots: [Blank], No information was in remaining columns and headings were unable to be read due to smearing

Explanation of Enumerated Individuals within this Transcription:

Ages of Male Individuals Enumerated in this Household: 1 Free White Male aged 5 - 10 Years, 2 Free White Males aged 10 – 15 years, 1 Free White Male aged 30 – 40 Years

Ages of Female Individuals Enumerated in this Household: 1 Free White Female 0 – 5, 1 Free White Female 5 – 10 Years, 1 Free White Female 15 – 20 years, 1 Free White Female 30 – 40 Years

Ages of Other Free Individuals Enumerated in this Household: None Enumerated

Ages of / Number of Slaves: None Enumerated

Other Information Recorded: 1 Individual Engaged in Agriculture

End of Transcription of the 1840 United States Federal Census Record for the household headed by Blackbourn Akers located in Floyd County, Kentucky on Line: 30 of Page: 256.

• Border Change Note: Johnson County, Kentucky formed from Floyd County, Kentucky, Morgan County, Kentucky and Lawrence County, Kentucky in 1843.

Sources

1. ↑ Estimate based on birth of last known child. Last known child in 1850 was 11 years old so death had to have occurred after his birth
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Floyd County, Kentucky, "Marriages 1817 - 1849 (file no. 657 - 1440)," file 1315, Blackburn Acres and Elizabeth Baldridge, 24 October 1847; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91F-Y4KV-6?i=828&cat=726744 and https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91F-Y4LJ-M?i=829&cat=726744 : accessed 6 February 2019); citing Floyd County Courthouse, County Clerks Office, Prestonsburg, Kentucky; Family History Library microfilm 2109936, images 829 and 830 of 1014.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Henry B. Brackin Jr., M.D. The Akers and Blackburn Families. Privately Published, 2003, Page: 20, Individual: 19-5C8. [Copy of this source is in the private collection of Jeanne Howell in pdf format. Author is believed to be deceased.]
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2H-YP5 : accessed 6 February 2019), Samuel Mead, Floyd, Floyd, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 104, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 6; FHL microfilm 181,351.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLN-TPN : accessed 7 February 2019), Samuel Mead, Floyd, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 29, line 3, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 22; FHL microfilm 186,182.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Floyd County, Kentucky, "Marriages 1803 - 1829 (file no. 2 - 656)," file 430, Blackburn Akers and Keziah Mead, 24 April 1823; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91F-TSMG-7?i=559&cat=726744 and https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91F-TSML-5?i=560&cat=726744 : accessed 30 November 2018); citing Floyd County Courthouse, Prestonsburg, Kentucky; Family History Library microfilm 2109935, images 560 and 561 of 926.
7. ↑ 1850 Census Record, 1860 Census Record, 1870 Census Record, and the 1880 Census Record state his place of birth as being Virginia. See Transcriptions for more information.
8. ↑ Parents found in Floyd County, Kentucky in the 1810 Census record.
9. ↑ Brackin, Page: 19 and 20, Individual: 19-5C [Valentine AKERS] and Individual: 19-5C8 [Thomas Blackburn AKERS]. [Source stated following for source of names of children: William C. AKERS, Census Study, and David Branham and his Descendants by Shelby Fleming Phillips, Published: Williamson, W.VA., 1995]
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2H-YY7 : accessed 7 February 2019), Valentine Acres, Floyd, Floyd, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 100, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 6; FHL microfilm 181,351.
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLN-YMN : accessed 7 February 2019), Valentine Akers, Floyd, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 32, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 22; FHL microfilm 186,182.
12. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHTD-98W : 15 August 2017), Blackbourn Akers, Floyd, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 256, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 110; FHL microfilm 7,825.
13. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M65C-V8F : 12 April 2016), Blackburn Acres, Johnson county, part of, Johnson, Kentucky, United States; citing family 554, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
14. ↑ "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWY1-7XZ : 17 May 2018), John R. Akers and ...Illey Price, 16 Jul 1868; citing Marriage, , Johnson, Kentucky, United States, district clerk, court clerk, county clerk and register offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,912,950.
15. ↑ Ancestry.com.1830 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. [Census Place: Floyd County, Kentucky; NARA Microfilm publication: M19; Roll: 36; Family History Library Film: 0007815; Townships Searched: Not Stated Location, Paintsville, and Prestonsburg; Results: No Matches in Index nor page by page search.