Mary (Colvin) Lemaster (bef. 1820)

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Mary "Polly" COLVIN was probably born between 1815 and 1820 in Kentucky as there is an unidentified child in 1820 who was listed as under 10 years and an unidentified female child in 1830 who was listed as being 10 to 15 years in her father's household.

Mary "Polly" COLVIN was married on 26 December 1833 in Floyd County, Kentucky to John LEMASTER.^[1]

Research Progress

1820 United States Federal Census Record of Floyd County, Kentucky, Household of John COLVIN [indexed CALOIA]^[2]

Household in 1820:

Household headed by John COLVIN:

3 Free White Males Aged Under 10 Years

1 Free White Male Aged 10 to 16 Years

1 Free White Male Aged Over 45 Years

1 Free White Female Aged Under 10 Years

1 Free White Female Aged 10 to 16 Years

1 Free White Female Aged 16 to 26 Years

1 Free White Female Aged 26 to 45 Years

2 Individuals Listed in Agriculture

Researcher's Notes:

The Free White Male Aged over 45 Years is obviously John COLVIN as he is the only adult male in the household.

The Free White Female aged 26 to 45 years is obviously his wife, Sarah FAIRCHILD.

The Free White Female Aged 16 to 26 is thought to be Elizabeth CURTIS who was born about October 1803 and did not marry until 20 February 1823.

The Free White Male Aged 10 to 16 Years is thought to have been James CURTIS, the stepson of John COLVIN and son of Sarah FAIRCHILD with James CURTIS. It is unknown when he married, but it is thought he fathered a child named Hiram around 1825.

The Free White Female Aged 10 to 16 Years is thought to be Anna CURTIS who was born about 1806 and did not marry until 29 November 1821.

The three Free White Males Aged under 10 years are thought to be Allen Riley COLVIN (born About 1811), Abiud F. COLVIN (born about 1812), and John COLVIN, Jr. (born about 1814). There is another male, Jackson COLVIN (born about 1819) who does not seem to be listed in this household, but my birth estimate may have been off.

The free white female aged under 10 years was probably Mary "Polly" COLVIN who was a proven child of John COLVIN through his consent for her to marry on 26 December 1833.

1830 United States Federal Census Record of Floyd County, Kentucky, Household of John CALVIN^[3]

Household in 1830:

Household headed by John COLVIN [indexed CALVIN]

2 Free White Males Aged 5 to 10 Years

1 Free White Male Aged 10 to 15 Years

2 Free White Males Aged 15 to 20 Years

1 Free White Male Aged 20 to 30 Years

1 Free White Male Aged 50 to 60 Years

2 Free White Females Aged 5 to 10 Years

1 Free White Female Aged 10 to 15 Years

1 Free White Female Aged 40 to 50 Years

Sources

1. ↑ Floyd County, Kentucky, "Marriage Records, 1817 - 1849 (Loose Files no. 657 - 1440)," File 982, John Lemaster to Polly Colvin, 26 December 1833; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91F-Y42C-H?i=401&cat=726744 : accessed 30 October 2017); citing Floyd County Clerk, Prestonsburg, Kentucky; Family History Library microfilm 1209936, images 401 and 402. [Oral Consent given by John Colvin and Lewis Lemaster, fathers of bride and groom]
2. ↑ 1820 U. S. census, Floyd County, Kentucky, population schedule, no division stated, p. 35, line 27, household of John Caloia; database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLN-TTT : accessed 29 October 2017); citing National Archives microfilm publication M33, roll 22; Family History Library microfilm 186,182.
3. ↑ 1830 U. S. census, Floyd County, Kentucky, population schedule, no division stated, p. 102 (penned), line 12, household of John Calvin; database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPB-KDH : accessed 29 October 2017); citing National Archives microfilm publication M19, roll 36; Family History Library microfilm 7,815.