Elizabeth (Akers) Owen (1785 - 1858)

Born 9 Jun 1785 in Montgomery, Giles, Virginia, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Owens — married 3 Mar 1810 in Floyd County, Kentucky, USA

Descendants

Died Apr 1858 at age 72 in Owen County, Indiana, USA

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Biography

Elizabeth AKERS was born about 9 June 1785 in Virginia and died about April 1858 in Owens County, Indiana. She was the daughter of Valentine AKERS and Frances BRANHAM.

Elizabeth AKERS was married on 13 March 1810 in Floyd County, Kentucky to Thomas OWENS.^[1]

Thomas OWENS was born about 5 March 1780 in Bedford County, Virginia. His date of death is unknown, but is believed to have occurred after 1850 as there is a listing for him in Owen County, Indiana in the census records for that year.

Children of Thomas OWENS and Elizabeth AKERS:

1. Mary OWENS (Born: About 1810 in Floyd County, Kentucky; Died: Unknown; Married: 29 November 1831 in Putnam County, Indiana to William BURKS)
2. Elijah OWENS (Born: About 1811 in Floyd County, Kentucky; Died: Unknown; Married: 20 February 1831 in Putnam County, Indiana to Armelia ALLEY)
3. Daniel OWENS (Born: About 21 June 1812 in Floyd County, Kentucky; Died: Unknown; Marriage: 7 August 1834 in Owen County, Indiana to Phoebe Daugherty WALKER)
4. Rachel OWENS (Born: About 1817 in Floyd County, Kentucky; Died: Unknown; Married: 26 June 1836 in Putnam County, Indiana to Colby DEWITT)
5. Nancy OWENS (Born: About 25 January 1819 in Floyd County, Kentucky; Died: 10 April 1885; Married: 31 March 1840 in Owen County, Indiana to Andrew EVANS)
6. Delila OWENS (Born: About 24 October 1822 in Floyd County, Kentucky; Died: 16 February 1870; Marriage: 1 August 1842 in Owen County, Indiana to William HOLLICK)
7. James OWENS (Born: About 1824 in Floyd County, Kentucky; Died: Unknown; Married: 30 April 1840 in Owen County, Indiana to Sarah D. ASHER)
8. Rhoda OWENS (Born: About 1826 in Floyd County, Kentucky; Died: Before 1857; Married: 15 December 1842 in Owen County, Indiana to Nathan C. ATCHINSON)
9. Eleanor OWENS (Born: About 1827; Died: Unknown; Married: 15 December 1842 in Owen County, Indiana to Walter M. PARISH)
10. Unknown Male (Born: Between 1830 - 1835)

Elizabeth was born in 1785 and passed away in 1858. Fathers name is Valentine Akers and mom Frances Branham

Sources

1. ↑ Floyd County, Kentucky, "Marriage Records 1803 - 1829 (Loose Files no. 2 - 656)," file 67, Thomas Owen to Elizabeth Acres, 13 March 1810; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91F-TSQ4-Y?i=100&cat=726744 : accessed 13 November 2017); citing Floyd County Courthouse, Prestonsburg, Kentucky; Family History Library United States and Canada microfilm 2,109,935, images 100 and 101 of 926.

• 1830 U. S. census, Putnam County, Indiana, population schedule, p. 205 (stamped), line 20, household of Thomas Owen; database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH53-8XV : accessed 11 April 2018); citing National Archives microfilm publication M19, roll 30; Family History Library microfilm 7,719.

• 1840 U. S. census, Owen County, Indiana, population schedule, Jackson Township, p. 114 (stamped), p. 220 and 221 (penned), line 22, household of Thomas Owens; database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHB6-Y6P : accessed 11 April 2018); citing National Archives microfilm publication M704, roll 89; Family History Library microfilm 7,728.

• 1850 U. S. census, Owen County, Indiana, population schedule, District 84, Jackson Township, p. 46 A (stamped), p. 91 (penned), [Dwelling and family number unable to be read, individual's household is on line 35 and 36 of the page], Household of Thomas Owens; database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHJ1-4LJ : accessed 11 April 2018); citing National Archives microfilm publication M432, roll 164; Family History Library microfilm 442,942.

• Ancestry Family Trees

• Notes from the late Earl AKERS, Sr.

• Notes from Sonia Nance KINBACK, dated 11 May 1999.

• Family Tree Maker 2014 data of [-[Branham-239|Robert Branham]], Friday, Mar 27, 2015.

Acknowledgements

• Akers-832 was created by Christopher McKay through the import of Cory_s Genealogy Database.ged on Oct 23, 2014.
• Elizabeth listed in the 1850 United States Census in the household of Thomas Owen in Jackson, Owen County, Indiana

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHJ1-4LV

• Listed in Kentucky marriage record

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DN-Q3L4