Joseph Ingram (abt. 1800 - 1858)

Descendants

Died 10 Jan 1858 at about age 58 in Georgia, USA

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Biography

The family lore says Joseph was born at sea in 1800. Either the birthdate is incorrect or he was not born at sea. His father came to America in 1792 from Ireland and settled in Chester County, South Carolina. If he was born in 1800 he was probably born in South Carolina.

Joseph INGRAM resided in the Valley District, Harrell’s Precinct when the 1830 federal census of Talbot Co., GA was taken (Davidson 1990:7)

Joseph INGRAM and J. McCALLA were appointed administrators of the estate of Robert INGRAM, decd. Security was Robert INGRAM - $1000 bond, 5 November 1838 (Talbot Co., GA Guardians, Executors Bonds p. 22).

1832 - the Joseph INGRAM (who lived in Kellums Dist. in Talbot Co., GA) drew Lot 152, Dist. 4, Sect. 3 (now in Cass Co.), in the Georgia Gold Lottery.

1840 census: Joseph INGRAM resided Talbot Co., GA; household was Joseph (aged 30-40), wife (Margaret 30-40), one boy 0-5 (John), one boy 5-10 (James), one girl 0-5 (Margarette), one girl 5-10 (Sarah), two girls 10-15 (Mary and Martha); one male slave aged 10-23; five people were engaged in agriculture. Joseph is listed on the second line of page 202; Janett JOHNSTON is listed on the fourth line; and William B.(or D.) JOHNSTON on the fifth line.

Joseph’s family [he and his children] "was all tall and large" (J. W. Ingram 1936).

1856: Talbot County Tax Digest: Joseph INGRAM lived in Rough Edge District, one poll, 340 acres of second quality land in Talbot Co., worth $1200, one slave, worth $600, $630 in money and solvent debts, $500 - value of all other property.

J. W. INGRAM (1936:120) wrote that Joseph INGRAM fell out of his chair dead while he was putting on his shoes. He was buried in the Old Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery in Shiloh, Harris County, Georgia, USA 

Sources

• United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZY6-68R : 19 December 2020), Joseph Ingram, Talbot, Georgia, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• Family information.Family tradition.

US Census 1830, Talbot Co., GA, pg. 329. 1840 US Census, Talbot Co., GA, pg. 202. Joseph William Ingram's report of his ancestry, written in 1936. US census Talbot Co., GA 1830-1860. Will of Margaret Ingram, 1876. Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia. Talbot Co., GA records. M. Dowden, Marthaville, LA. findagrave.com