Christena (Unknown) Black Graves (1795 - 1874)

Born 1795 in Sumner, Southwest Territory, United States

Descendants

Died 11 May 1874 at about age 79 in Allen, Kentucky, United States

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Christena (Unknown) Black Graves was a Tennessean.

Biography

Christena Is daughter of Michael Black. Her original surname is Black. Born in 1795 and died in 1874.

Notes

Daughter of Michael Black. Sister to Catherine "Caty" Black who married Jacob Graves. Born 1795 Sumner County, Tennessee, USA. ^[1]

• Christena's name was recorded variously as Cristena, Teny, Tena, Tiny, Christina, and Christian. As she signed with an "X" she might not have even known the "correct" spelling of it. She was born abt. 1795 in Tennessee, according to census records. She and Frederick married in the home of Michael Black and her death record stated she was his daughter. She named a son Michael Jackson Graves and most of her children also named children Michael. A Sumner Co., Tennessee deed indicated Catherine, wife of Jacob Graves, was also a daughter of Michael Black. Michael was an early resident of Sumner Co., Tennessee.

Christena died 11 May 1874 in Allen Co., Kentucky from an unknown disease according to her death record. Cemetery books for Allen Co., Kentucky and Sumner Co., Tennessee have no record of stones for Frederick and Christena Died 11 May 1874. Allen County, Kentucky, USA. ^[2] "Graves, Christina, 71 yrs, mar, May 11, 1874, Par: Mike & ------- Black, Dis Unk". She was married. She died of an unknown disease on May 11, 1874. Her parents were Mike and -- Black.

Buried Allen County, Kentucky, USA. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S-427680077
2. ↑ Source: #S-427680077
3. ↑ Source: #S-427680077

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K2X1-1QH

• Allen Co., KY Vital Statistics Revisited 1852-1904: Source Date

1874. "Graves, Christina, 71 yrs, mar, May 11, 1874, Par: Mike & ------- Black, Dis Unk". She was married. She died of an unknown disease on May 11, 1874. Her parents were Mike and -- Black.

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/sources/viewedit/S99F-P78?context

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M65R-MMT : 20 December 2020), C Graves in household of F Graves, Allen, Kentucky, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX7N-WNS : 29 May 2021), Cristena Graves in entry for Fredric Graves, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZBM-621 : 18 February 2021), Cresteny Graves in entry for Fredric Graves, 1860.

• Source: S-427680077 U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Note: Find A Grave