George
W.
Kent
Sr.
Born in Franklin Township, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Kent
and Ann (Ralston) Kent
Brother of
William Kent, Mary Polly (Kent) White, Thomas Kent Jr., Nancy Ann Kent, Catherine (Kent) Hook, Elizabeth Kent, Sarah Kent, James Baxter Kent, John Kent, Jesse Kent and David Kent
Husband of
Susannah (Blackburn) Kent
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Polly Ann Kent, Thomas Kent, William Kent, Solomon Kent, Uriah Blackburn Kent, Susannah (Kent) Engle, George Layton Kent, Sarah Kent, Ephraim Kent and Susan Kent
Died
at age 81
in Waynesburg, Greene, PA, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Oct 2016
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Contents |
Biography
George W. Kent
(16 February 1781 - 26 March 1862)
George and Susannah (Eagon) Kent farmed in Richhill Township in 1810, Franklin Township in 1820, and finally were located southwest of Waynesburg near Oak Forest in Center Township, Greene County, where by 1850 they had a land value of $1500. When his father died, George was willed "$100.00 for his trouble and disappointment in not getting the land in Wheeling". This apparently referred to the land that Thomas owned by Ryerson's Station, which he did not see for years due to the Indian problems; since it was located on Wheeling Creek. By 1850 poor Susannah was blind, but her granddaughters, Jemima and Susannah Pipes, were living with her. George, Jr., aged 22, was living there, also and I think this is Thomas's son. It is interesting to note that Thomas was unable to read or write, but his children signed their names on their important papers. At a time in history when the nation was recovering from the Revolutionary War and were still being troubled by the Indians, the Kent family were educating themselves and improving their lot in life. George's will is in Will Record Book Volume 4, page 8 in the Greene County Courthouse in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania.[1]
Timeline
1781
- 16 February - "Birth of George W. Kent", Fogaronian Plantation, Franklin Township, Greene, Pennsylvania, Colonial America. George's parents were Thomas Kent(32) and Ann (Ralston) Kent(21).[1][2][3][4][5]
1802
- 10 February - "Marriage of George W. Kent and Susanah Eagon, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States.[1][2][3][4][6]
1810 - "United States Census", Richill, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States.[7]
Head of Family Free White Males Free White Females All Other Persons Except Indians Not Taxed Slaves Remarks 0 to 9 10 to 15 16 to 25 26 to 44 45 & up 0 to 9 10 to 15 16 to 25 26 to 44 45 & up George Kent(~29) 1 1 2 1
- Note: Missing columns are empty in the census record.
1812
- 19 December - "Birth of Uriah Blackburn Kent", Greene, Pennsylvania, United States. Uriah's parent's were George W. Kent(31) and Susanah (Blackburn) Kent(31?).[6]
1820 - "United States Census", Franklin, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States.[8]
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Head of Family Free Whites Foreigners not naturalized Persons engaged in agriculture Persons engaged in commerce Persons engaged in manufacture Males Females 0 to 9 10 to 15 16 to 18 16 to 25 26 to 44 45 & up 0 to 9 10 to 15 16 to 25 26 to 44 45 & up George Kent(~39) 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
- Note: Missing columns are empty in the census record.
1830 - "United States Census", Franklin, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States.[9]
- George Kent(head)
- free white males | >5: 0 | 5>10: 1 | 10<15: 2 | 15<20: 2 | 20<30: 0 | 30<40: 1 | 40<50: 0 | 50<60: 1 | 60<70: 0 | 70<80: 0 | 80<90: 0 | 90<100: 0 | 100+: 0 |
- free white females| >5: 1 | 5>10: 2 | 10<15: 1 | 15<20: 0 | 20<30: 1 | 30<40: 0 | 40<50: 0 | 50<60: 1 | 60<70: 0 | 70<80: 0 | 80<90: 0 | 90<100: 0 | 100+: 0 |
1834
- 19 December - "Last Will Recorded of Thomas Kent(86)", Franklin Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States[10]
- Thomas Kent(86)
- Ann Kent(75) wife
- William Kent(56) son
- Polly White(1779-1833)) daughter
- George Kent(53) son, executor, witness
- Thomas Kent(51) son, executor, witness
- Nancy Kent(49) daughter
- Catharine Kent(47) daughter
- Elizabeth Kent(45) daughter
- Sarah Kent(44) daughter, witness
- James Kent(42) son witness
- Jesse Kent(36) son, witness
- David Kent(33) son witness
- Melissa Kent(0) granddaughter
- A. Buchanan witness
- Thomas Hook witness
1840 - "United States Census", Center Township, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States.[11]
- George Kent(head)
- free white males | >5: 0 | 5>10: 0 | 10<15: 0 | 15<20: 2 | 20<30: 1 | 30<40: 0 | 40<50: 0 | 50<60: 1 | 60<70: 0 | 70<80: 0 | 80<90: 0 | 90<100: 0 | 100+: 0 |
- free white females| >5: 0 | 5>10: 0 | 10<15: 1 | 15<20: 2 | 20<30: 0 | 30<40: 1 | 40<50: 0 | 50<60: 0 | 60<70: 1 | 70<80: 0 | 80<90: 0 | 90<100: 0 | 100+: 0 |
1850
- 16 August - "United States Census", Centre Township, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States.[12]
- George Kent(68)(m)(b.Pennsylvania)(farmer)(RE:$5,600)
- Susanah Kent(68)(f)(b.Maryland)(blind)
- George Kent Jr.(22)(m)(b.Pennsylvania)
- Jemima Pipes(24)(f)(b.Pennsylvania)(note: grandaughter?[1])
- Susannah Pipes(22)(f)(b.Pennsylvania)(note: grandaughter?[1])
1858
- 16 April - "Last Will and Testament of George Kent Sr.(77)", Greene, Pennsylvania, United States.[13]
- Anna Pipes(58) (daughter) (beneficiary)
- Thomas(52) (son) (beneficiary)
- Wm.(47) (son) (beneficiary)
- Uriah(45) (son) (beneficiary)
- Susana Engle(43) (daughter) (beneficiary)
- Solomon(~46) (son) (beneficiary)
- Sarah Syphers(37) (daughter) (beneficiary)
- Laten Kent(42)(son) (beneficiary)
- Ephriam(34) (son) (beneficiary)
- George Kent(son of Thomas Kent)(executor)
- W.S. Zimmerman (witness)
- Daniel Hook (witness)
1860
- 13 August - "United States Census", Center Township, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States.[14]
- George Kent(35)(m)(b.Pennsylvania)(farmer)(RE:$3000)(PE:$1200)
- Deborah Kent(25)(f)(b.Pennsylvania)
- Sarah A Kent(4)(f)(b.Pennsylvania)
- Martha Kent(2)(f)(b.Pennsylvania)
- Harvey Kent(8/12)(m)(b.Pennsylvania)
- George Kent(79)(m)(b.Pennsylvania)(unable to work)
- Emaly A Eagon(14)(f)(b.Pennsylvania)
- Ignatious Ganier(7)(m)(b.Pennsylvania)
1862
- 26 March - "Death of George W. Kent(81)", Waynesburg, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States. George was buried in the Methodist Church Cemetery, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States.[1][2][3][4][5][6][15]
Research Notes
There are conflicting facts associated with the birth name of George's wife Susanah and the date of her death. Several sources indicate that George was married on 10 February 1802 to a Susanah Eagon(3 March 1771- 16 February 1850).[1][2][3] Some of these same sources also indicate that Susanah died on 16 February 1850 before she apparently appears in the United States Census of 1850 still living with her husband.[12] The Find A Grave record for George Kent has him married to a Susanna Blackburn(2 Mar 1781 - 15 Feb 1857) but offers no source references for these dates.[15] "Thomas Kent and his Descendants" lists these dates for Susanah Eagon Kent and suggest that she may be the brother of Solomon Eagon also unsourced.[1] A Missouri History published in 1886 has a reference to Susanah (Blackburn) Kent as the wife of George W. Kent in a profile of their son Uriah Blackburn Kent without listing any dates for Susanah.[6] This so far the oldest known reference. At the moment there are no definitive sources that support either Susanah Eagon or Susanah Blackburn as the wife of George W. Kent. The SARs references suggest several possible older sources that might resolve these conflicting facts if they can be located. Several bibles are listed, the Thomas Kent family bible, the John R. Pipes family bible and the Hunt family bible.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Thomas Kent And His Descendants (1748-1835) by Doris Bankes Kent, Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1995. p.60, George W. Kent.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 The Tenmile Country and It's Pioneer Families; A Genealogical History of the Upper Monongahela Valley., Leckey, Howard L.; Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 2001. Online Access; ["https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=UM7gBFLDzvkC&printsec=frontcover&pg=GBS.PP1"], p.425-426.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Sons of the American Revolution Application1 Listing George Kent, Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, [database on-line], George Lloyd John application as a descendant of Thomas Kent, BrowseID: 318, 27 August 1945; (https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/21141845?h=080706) or (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2204/images/32596_242279-00322), accessed 11 August 2020. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Sons of the American Revolution Application2 Listing George Kent, Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, [database on-line], Jordan Wayne John application as a descendant of Thomas Kent, BrowseID: 318, 27 August 1945; (https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/21187446?h=f12a70), accessed 16 August 2020. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 George Kent Burial Relocated, Petition to Vacate East End Cemetery, Greene County Court of Quarter Sessions, No. 7, March 1961 Term of Court, Clerk of Court's Office, Courthouse, Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, item no. 2016.3.17, Greene County Courthouse Collection, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com). Exhibit A; (https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21AEWopQdbm6i%2DZFQ&cid=98172D131573234B&id=98172D131573234B%21215947&parId=98172D131573234B%21232798&o=OneUp)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Uriah Blackburn Kent Profile in the History of Livingston County, "History of Caldwell and Livingston counties, Missouri", St. Louis National Historical Com(mission?), 1886; St. Louis, Mo: Becktold & Co.; Book-Binders. Archive.org, database online; (https://archive.org/details/historyofcaldwel00peas/page/n5/mode/2up), 16 August 2020, Uriah Blackburn Kent, p.1109.
- ↑ 1810 United States Census George Kent, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2B-XKP : accessed 18 September 2019), George Kent, Richill, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 7, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 49; FHL microfilm 193,675.
- ↑ 1820 United States Census George Kent Household, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHL4-L9S : accessed 18 September 2019), George Kent, Franklin, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 344, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 98; FHL microfilm 181,404.
- ↑ 1830 United States Census George Kent Household, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH5S-WF2 : 17 August 2017), George Kent, Franklin, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States; citing 430, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 162; FHL microfilm 20,636.
- ↑ Thomas Kent Will, "Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-28780-4397-23?cc=1999196 : 3 July 2014), Greene > Wills 1796-1862 vol 1-3 > image 294 of 615; county courthouses, Pennsylvania.
- ↑ 1840 United States Census George Kent Household, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHTY-P48 : 16 August 2017), George Kent, Center Township, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 59, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 461; FHL microfilm 20,546.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 1850 United States Census George Kent Household, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4HN-QH2 : 12 April 2016), George Kent, Centre, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family 22, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ Will of George Kent Sr, Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Pennsylvania County, District and Probate Courts. (https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/21150700?h=6f653f), accessed 18 September 2019. George Kent Sr.
- ↑ 1860 United States Census George Kent Household, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXP5-TL8 : 13 December 2017), George Kent in entry for George Kent, 1860.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 George W Kent Find A Grave Record, "Find A Grave", database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32149344/george-kent accessed 24 Sep 2019), memorial page for George Kent (16 Feb 1781–26 Mar 1862), Find A Grave: Memorial #32149344, citing Methodist Church Cemetery, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Candice Buchanan, Greene Connections Archivist (contributor 20368854) .
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~0.78%
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~0.78%
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