Jesse Henry Baldwin Sr. (abt. 1814 - abt. 1863)

Born about 1814 in Scott County, Virginia, United States

Husband of Lucinda (Estep) Baldwin — married 18 Mar 1832 in Pike, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died about 13 Dec 1863 at about age 49 in Boone County, West Virginia, United States

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Biography

Jesse was born about 1814. He passed away in 1863. He fathered 19 children.

• Fact: Residence (1850) Boone, Virginia, United States
• Fact: census (1850) Boone, (West) Virginia, United States
• Fact: Residence (1860) Boone, Virginia, United States
• Three of his sons were killed in the Civil War
• From these roots, a state grew
• Civil War horror

"To the family of Jesse and Lucy Baldwin of Boone County, the Civil War brought tragedy that was nearly unprecedented. Five of their sons, Andrew, John, Joel, Isom and David (my great-grandfather), enlisted - and almost before the parents could comprehend what was happening came the horrifying news of the death of the first four, who fought on the Confederate side, and the wounding of David, who fought on the Union side. He had an eye put out and was rendered lame by a bullet in his leg. Just thinking of that experience causes me much pain. No one in today's world could fathom giving up four sons to the military and having the fifth maimed. My great-grandfather Baldwin came back to Kanawha County after the war to his wife, Martha. Her grandmother was Annie (Terry) Estep, a Cherokee Indian who is buried at Blue Creek somewhere on the old O.D. Hill farm. No stone marks the spot. The small, dim, crumpled snapshot of David Morgan Baldwin, taken in uniform when he was very young, is all we have to remind us of the price he paid for his beliefs and for the new state that rapidly emerged, called West Virginia. He looks so very young that it's hard to believe he would be allowed to join the military, but we know that age was no deterrent in those times. For his honorable service, he was paid a pension of $8 per month until his death in 1908 at Cedar Grove. He is buried at Ward Cemetery, alongside his wife, Martha, who died in 1910." Amelia Palmer Dunbar

Sources

• "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWBM-Q3X : 11 May 2022), Jesse Baldwin, 1832.

• "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHT2-QVM : 30 September 2021), Jesse Baldwin, Kanawha, Wood, Virginia, United States; citing p. 25, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M885-6Z6 : 23 December 2020), Jesse Balden, Boone, Virginia, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "West Virginia Marriages, 1854-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR43-D49 : 30 January 2020), Jessie Baldwin in entry for Samauel Estep, 1855.

• "West Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1854-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HVGM-PCMM : 13 February 2020), Jesse H. Baldwin in entry for Henry D. Ballard or Baldwin, 1858.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4B1-FKB : 18 February 2021), Jesse H Baldwin in entry for Samuel Canterbury, 1860.

• "West Virginia Marriages, 1854-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR43-565 : 30 January 2020), Jesse H. Baldwin in entry for Benj. F. Estep, 1860.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 29 November 2021, 09:37), entry for Jesse Henry Baldwin Sr. (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L6WX-JDQ ); contributed by various users.

• Jesse H Baldwin and Lucinda Estep Marriage: Pike, KY, Indexing Project # M0330=0 GS Film #1943483

• Year: 1840; Census Place: Kanawha, Virginia; Roll: 566; Page: 25; Image: 53; Family History Library Film: 0029689

• Database online. Year: 1850; Census Place: District 6, Boone, Virginia; Roll: M432_936; Page: 14A; Image:

• Database online. Year: 1860; Census Place: , Boone, Virginia; Roll: ; Page: 49; Image: 53.

• U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918, 1863, pg. 121