Samuel Jeffers (1845 - 1900)

Born 1845 in Tennessee, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Elizabeth (Boshears) Jeffers — married 4 Apr 1872 in Scott County, Tennessee, USA

Died 1900 at about age 55 in Scott County, Tennessee, USA

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Biography

Samuel was born in 1845. He was the son of William Jeffers and Priscilla Amoss.

Samuel Jeffers married Mary E. Boshears April 4, 1872, in Scott County, Tennessee, USA.^[1][2]

William Jeffers, a farmer, (age 51 and b, in TN) was head of a household in the 1870 census for Scott Co., TN. There were seven other Jeffers in the home. They were Priscilla (age 50 and b. in KY), Samuel (age 24), Emily J. (age 22), Martha A. (age 19), Emsley Jr. (age 18), Mary (age 15), and Sarah (age 13). All members of the home were b. in TN except Priscilla He passed away in 1900.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNCG-35M : accessed 30 April 2016), Samuel Jeffers and Mary Boshears, 04 Apr 1872; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 116, Scott, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
2. ↑ "Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8B8-N2D : accessed 30 April 2016), Samuel Jeffers and Mary Boshears, 04 Apr 1872; citing Scott, Tennessee, reference Book B, p 116; FHL microfilm 926,287.
3. ↑ A source for this information is needed.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCD1-CH1 : accessed 30 April 2016), Samuel Jeffers in household of Wm Jeffers, Scott county, Scott, Tennessee, United States; citing family 25, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8YQ-F1H : accessed 30 April 2016), Samuel Jeffers in entry for William Jeffers, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870," Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD8S-ZHQ : accessed 26 June 2015), William Jeffers, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 9, family 60, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,058.

• "Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDQL-LYN : accessed 30 April 2016), Samuel Jeffers and Mary Boshears, 04 Apr 1872; citing Scott,Tennessee, reference ; FHL microfilm 926,287.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDWH-3V7 : accessed 30 April 2016), Samuel Jeffers, Bull Creek, Scott, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district ED 130, sheet 269D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1277; FHL microfilm 1,255,277.