Ira was born in 1769. Ira passed away in 1847.
He was the son of John Meador and Jane Holloway.
Ira married Sarah Brown Winfrey 2 June 1791 in Bedford Co. The marriage bond was dated 23 May 1791, Surety by Lewis Turner, and they were married by John Ayers.
According to Victor Paul Meador, Ira moved his family to Smith Co. in 1806. He is confirmed there by the 1820 census.
Ira Meador passed away in 1847. Again, according to Victor Paul Meador, Ira settled on the Dry Branch of Goose Creek in Smith Co. That area is now in today's Macon Co. formed in 1842 from Smith. The area is just south of the town of Lafayette, TN.
1790 Matthew Pate (White & Black tithes, Black >12, Horses)
June 23, Ira Meador, 1,0,0
1791 Matthew Pate (White & Black tithes, Black >12, Horses)
May 3, Ira Meadow, 1,0,1
1792 Matthew Pate (# Tithes, # Blacks, Horses)
May 28, Ira Meadow, 1,0,2
1795 Matthew Pate (# Tithes), Black >12, Horses)
April 27, Ira Meador, 1,0,2
1796 Matthew Pate (# Tithes), Black >12, Horses)
May 12, Ira Meador, 1,0,2
1797 Matthew Pate (# Tithes), Black >12, Horses)
June 22, Ira Meador, 1,0,2
1798 Matthew Pate (# Tithes), Black >12, Horses)
May 17, Ira Meador, 1,0,3
1799 Matthew Pate (# Tithes), Black >12, Horses)
April 25, Ira Meador, 2,0,3
1800 Matthew Pate (# Tithes), Black >12, Horses)
April 28, Ira Meador, 2,1,4
1801 Matthew Pate (# Tithes), Black >12, Horses)
June 15, Ira Meador, 1,1,2
1802 Joseph Holt ((White males >16, Black >12, Black <16, Horses)
Ira Meador not enumerated.
1803 Joseph Holt (White >16, Black >12, black >16, Horses)
August 27, Ira Meadow, 1,0,0,3
1804 Joseph Holt (White >16, Black >12, black >16, Horses)
August 15, Ira Meadow, 1,0,0,3
1805 John Holt (White >16, Black >12, black >16, Horses)
March 10, Ira Meadow, 1,0,0,4
*Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Source number: 35.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: EJD
William Roark, firsthand knowledge. See the Changes page for the details of edits by William and others.
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However, I think we should lose the middle name "Lewis". There does not seem to be any primary source for it.