Kesiah (Sweeting) Bunton (abt. 1776 - 1850)

Born about 1776 in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Wife of James Bunton — married 2 Sep 1797 in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 1850 at about age 74 in Laurel, Kentucky, United States

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Barbara Sweeden [send private message]

The uncertainty lies in the identity of her father. Was he Edward or Dutton, Edward's brother?

Marriage record: 2 Sep 1797, Bunton, James and Keziah Sweeten. Edward Tugman, bondsman. Edward Tugman was Keziah's brother-in-law, husband of her sister Sarah.^[1]

Resided in Clay County, Kentucky after about 1800.

Resided 1850 in Laurel, Kentucky with her husband in the family of Shadrack Hodge and her daughter Mahala Hodge.

• Shadrack Hodge age 36 b KY
• Mahala Hodge age 33 b KY
• William Hodge age 16 b KY
• M. A. (Female) Hodge age 12 b KY
• Melvina Hodge age 9 b KY
• Eveline Hodge age 6 b KY
• Thomas Hodge age 4 b KY
• Frances Hodge age 2 b KY
• James Bunton age 68 b VA
• Kisiah Bunton age 72 b VA.

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Mother of Sarah Bunton b ca 1798 m George Washington Woodson; Andrew Bunton b ca 1799 m Margaret Brown; Willis T. Bunton b Apr 1804 m. Hilda Farris; Frances Bunton b ca 1805 m. Samuel St. John; (4 other children?); James Washington Leonard Bunton b ca 1812 m Phoebe G. Payne; Mahala Bunton b ca 1815 m. Shadrack Hodge Jr.; Mary Bunton b ca 1816 m. Jerome Baswell.^[3]

Source

Source: #S-899753593

Page: Ancestry Family Trees

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Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=7221440&pid=1392866897

Sources

1. ↑ p. 28, "Marriages of Wilkes County, North Carolina, 1778-1868," by Brent Holcomb. https://books.google.com/books; also in "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XF95-12H : 4 November 2017), James Bunton and Keziah Sweeten, 02 Sep 1797; citing Wilkes, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 546,476.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M65D-7NT : 12 April 2016), Kisiah Bunton in household of Shadrack Hodge, Laurel county, part of, Laurel, Kentucky, United States; citing family 111, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "Tugman and Sweeten," posted by Teresa Hodge 3 Mar 2000 to Knox County, KY message board at https://www.ancestry.com/boards/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.knox/111.112.2465.2752.2756/mb.ashx

Source S-899753593

Repository: #R-899753595

Title: Ancestry Family Trees

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