Joseph Oliver Gentry (1786 - 1858)

Born 1786 in Carter, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Martin) Gentry — married [date unknown] in TN

Husband of Beatrice (Judd) Gentry — married 1 Aug 1823 in Adair Co KY

Descendants

Died 16 Jun 1858 at about age 72 in Hart, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Research Notes

1850 Green Co KY, p 90

1840 Green Co KY p 165: Joseph O Gentry, 01020001/0020001

1830 Green Co KY p 24: Gentry, Joseph, 1301001/20201

1820 Green Co KY, p 57: Joseph O Gentry, 200010/20010

1810 not located

1800, 1790 not available

1813 Tax List, Green Co KY, P 14, July 17, 1813, Oliver Joseph Gentry Y [Owned Land] 1 [Adult Male]

1836-38 Tax List, Hart Co KY, II:4, p 11f: horse, etc., 2 children $60

Two men in the Hart Co KY area were named Joseph Gentry. One was born ca 1811 TN, the other ca 1817 KY. One was the son of Joseph Oliver Gentry, the other the son of William Gentry, identification unsure but possibly William, the brother of Joseph O Gentry.

Received land grant in Green Co KY in 1825.

Hart Co KY Historical Society Quarterly (OK Historical Society, 11 Feb 1999), II, 4, p 11f: 1836-38:

Joseph Gentry, horse, etc., 2 children, $60

Solomon Gentry, horse, etc., 4 children, $100

Benjamin Gentry, horse etc., $20

William Gentry, horse, etc., $25

Green Co KY: JUDD, Nathaniel to GENTRY, Sarah, consent by Joseph Gentry, no relationship given, 23 Dec 1828. Poss Sarah was also a daughter of Joseph's first wife. Nathaniel Judd was prob a brother or nephew of last wife. See also BRIDGEWATER, Samuel to GENTRY, Louisa, 22 Jul. 1830; MOORE, William to GENTRY, Lucinda, 27 Jan 1831; MILLER, Madison to GENTRY, Elizabeth D, 24 Sep 1835., ,

Source: #S492

Source: #S689

Source: #S175

@S492@ SOUR

Text: 1850 US census, Green Co KY, p 90: Joseph Gentre, 64 farmer TN, Polly A, 18 Green Co, Bartrus, 50 NC, Louisa, 16 Green Co, Louisa 15 Green Co, John, 15 Green Co.

This was among data sent by Luther Huff to Art and Evelynne Alvis. Death notice for Joseph O. Gentry: "Hart Co KY Deaths, d Hart Co 16 Jun 1854, age 74, b TN, son of Joseph and Winny." Included 1850 US census Solomon Gentry and Joseph Gentry, a cousin, and 1860 censuses for their widows. Death notices for Solomon, son of Joseph, and Joseph, son of William.

@S689@ SOUR

Text: 1820 US Census, Green Co KY, p 57: Joseph O Gentry, 200010/20010. On the same page were Robert Judd, Jacob Wilcox, Ephraim Wilcox, George Wilcoxson, and Thomas Hall.

@S175@ SOUR

Text: Hart County KY Historical Society Quarterly, at Oklahoma Historical Society Library. 11 Feb 1999.

Husband: Joseph Gentry

Wife: Winifred Oliver

Marriage:

Date: 1760

Place: Hanover Co VA

Source: #S493

User ID: DBFEA4DF29074BA3873618D7033D66CA968D

Child: John Gentry

Child: William Gentry

Child: Joseph Oliver Gentry

Child: Benjamin Gentry

Child: David Gentry

Child: Delartha Gentry

Sources

Text: 1850 US census, Green Co KY, p 90: Joseph Gentre, 64 farmer TN, Polly A, 18 Green Co, Bartrus, 50 NC, Louisa, 16 Green Co, Louisa 15 Green Co, John, 15 Green Co.

This was among data sent by Luther Huff to Art and Evelynne Alvis. Death notice for Joseph O. Gentry: "Hart Co KY Deaths, d Hart Co 16 Jun 1854, age 74, b TN, son of Joseph and Winny." Included 1850 US census Solomon Gentry and Joseph Gentry, a cousin, and 1860 censuses for their widows. Death notices for Solomon, son of Joseph, and Joseph, son of William.

Source S493

Text: E-mail from Danny Gentry (<dannygentry@kih.net>) to Kathy Patterson, 31 Mar 1999, copying information he received from Mindy L Kratzer.

Source S767

Text: Gentry, Leland Homer. "Some Questions Answered Plus Comments," Gentry Family Gazette and Genealogy, issue 14, page 149 (Jun 1982). To Thomas W Gentry of Mountain City TN: "I still think we should look to Hanover Co VA as the origin of the Joseph Gentry clan. He is certainly not, as some have suggested, the Joseph who married Agness (Shelton?) and lived in Surry Co NC.

"Now as for Joseph's wife being Winifred Oliver, it is, as far as I am concerned, no longer [merely] a tradition. The death records of Hart Co KY where Joseph Oliver died clearly identify him as ?born in Carter Co TN, the son of Joseph Gentry and Winford Oliver of Carter Co TN.'

"He died 25 Sep 1861 [sic]. He had sons Solomon, Benjamin, and Joseph by his first wife and Luther and John by his second wife, Beatrice Judd, married 1 Aug 1823 in Adair Co KY. As far as I know, Joseph and Winifred DID NOT spend time in Surry Co KY [sic?] near Raleigh. They DID move to Washington co NC (later TN) ca 1792."