Isabella Luckey was born 27 February 1761 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania[1]
to James Luckey and his wife Sarah.[2] In April 1843, Isabella applied for a Revolutionary War widow's pension and her affidavit gives us an excellent picture of her life.[1]
The affidavit does not tell us when her family relocated from Pennsylvania to North Carolina, but they were there by August 1780, when Isabella married John Baldridge. Isabella says that they married in Iredell County, but Iredell was not formed until 1788, so the records are found in Rowan County.[3] Isabella and John then lived in Lincoln County until 1797 when they moved to Davidson County, Tennessee. Then in 1813 they moved again and settled on the farm in Maury County, Tennessee, where she was still living when she applied for the pension in 1843. John had died in 1823. They had 11 children:[1]
Nancy, b. 1782, m. __ Price
James L., b. 1786, m. Narcissa Henderson
Jean, b. 1788, m. __ Henderson
Catsey (or Catherine), b. 1790, m. Ebenezer Rice, Jr.
A twelfth child, Mariah, is sometimes attributed to them, but this seems to be a mis-reading of the Bible record that was submitted with the pension application. "Mariah" is probably their son William's wife, Mariana.[5]
Isabella died 29 April 1848. In the inventory and sale of her estate is the sale of a man named Ben to William D. Baldridge for $150.[4] Ben was also named in John Baldridge's will in 1823.[6]
She is probably buried near her husband in Haynes Cemetery in Culleoka, Maury County, Tennessee, but there is no headstone or other record.[7]
↑ 1.01.11.2 Pension application by Isabella Baldridge, widow of John Baldridge , 29 April 1843, Maury County, Tennessee, certificate W5789, transcription, http://revwarapps.org/w5789.pdf.
↑ Marriage bond for John Baldridge and Isabella Luckey by John Baldridge and James Luckey, Rowan County, North Carolina, North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979, North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 1,760,522, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-WDSX-N5?i=356&cc=1726957
↑ 1820 United States Census, Maury County, Tennessee, 1820, p 86, household of John Baldridge, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YB9-SJC6, citing NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 124; FHL microfilm 193,686.
North Carolina, U.S., Index to Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868, Marriage Bond for Isabeleh Luckey and John Baldridge, Bond #000122817; ImageNum 004952; Record #01 016.
North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Index, 1741-2004, Isabeleh Luckey to John Baldridge, 1760, County of Rowan, North Carolina.
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