Louis Jenkins (abt. 1813)

Ancestors Descendants

Biography

Louis was born about 1813. He married Sarah Garner on 25 December 1836 in Franklin county, Georgia. ^[1][2][3]

1836 Map of Georgia

Newton County, Mississippi 1850

Between 1842 and 1847 Louis and Sarah had moved to Newton, Newton County, Mississippi. Louis and Sarah were both 37 years old. They had four children: George age twelve born in Georgia, William age ten born in Georgia; Francis eight years old born in Georgia; and Martha age three born in Mississippi. Louis was a farmer. ^[4]

1860 Map of Mississippi

By the time of the 1860 census,Louis and Sarah along with Marion, [Francis Marion] eighteen years old born in Georgia, and Martha, thirteen years old born in Mississippi, had moved to Perry County, Mississippi. Louis had purchased real estate valued at $1,000 and the families' personal property was valued at $3,000. Louishad become a Baptist minister while Sarah stayed at home with their children keeping house. Sarah could not read or write. Marion [Francis Marion] and Martha attended school.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage of Lewis Jenkins and Sarah Garner
2. ↑ Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950
3. ↑ 1836 Map of Georgia
4. ↑ United States Census, 1850
5. ↑ United States Census, 1860

• FamilySearch profile of Louis Jenkins Profile KJCV-VNM. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KJCV-VNM
• "Marriage of Lewis Jenkins and Sarah Garner,(https://www.wikitree.com/photo/pdf/Jenkins-11480).
• "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXJ4-6P6 : 3 November 2017), Lewis Jenkins and Sarah Garner, 25 Dec 1836; citing Marriage, Franklin, Georgia, United States, county courthouses, Georgia; FHL microfilm 7,119.
• 1836 Map of Georgia, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Maps_of_Places_the_Jenkins_Family_Lived
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4L6-T9J : 12 April 2016), Lewis Jenkins, Newton county, Newton, Mississippi, United States; citing family 316, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• Map of Newton County, Mississippi, Maps of Places the Jenkins Family Lived. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Maps_of_Places_the_Jenkins_Family_Lived
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M6GD-6G1 : 14 December 2017), Louis Jenkins, 1860.
• 1860 Map of Mississippi. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Maps_of_Places_the_Jenkins_Family_Lived