Katherine (Rountree) Shaw (1803 - 1867)

Born 10 Jun 1803 in Lincoln County, Tennessee

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Harbison Shaw — married 28 Nov 1820 in Lynchburg, Moore County, Tennessee

Descendants

Died 10 Jun 1867 at age 64 in Lynchburg, Moore, Tennessee

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Biography

Katherine / Catherine Rountree was born on June 10, 1803 in Lincoln County, Tennessee. She is the daughter of Thomas Rountree and Mary Gilbreath. Note - Census state she was born in SC

Catherine Rountree married Thomas Harbison Shaw in 1820 in Tennessee. He was the son of Wiley Shaw and Ann Harbison.

In 1830, Thomas Harbison Shaw & Catherine Rountree were farming in Lincoln County, Tennessee. Members of the household enumerated were:

Males - Under 5 (3)

Males - 5 thru 9 (2)

Males - 30 thru 39 (1) <-- Thomas Harbison Shaw

Females - 20 thru 29 (1) <-- Catherine Rountree

Slaves - Males - Under 10 (2)

Slaves - Males - 24 thru 35 (2)

Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23 (2)

In 1840, Thomas Harbison Shaw & Catherine Rountree were farming in Lincoln County, Tennessee. Members of the household enumerated were:

Males - Under 5: (1)

Males - 5 thru 9: (2)

Males - 10 thru 14: (1)

Males - 15 thru 19: (2)

Males - 40 thru 49: (1) <-- Thomas Harbison Shaw

Females - Under 5: (2)

Females - 5 thru 9: (1)

Females - 10 thru 14: (1)

Females - 20 thru 29: (1)

Females - 30 thru 39: (1) <-- Catherine Rountree

Slaves - Males - Under 10: (1)

Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23: (1)

Slaves - Males - 36 thru 54: (1)

Slaves - Females - Under 10: (1)

Slaves - Females - 24 thru 35: (1)

In 1850, Thomas Harbison Shaw & Catherine Rountree were farming in Lincoln County, Tennessee. ^[1] Members of the household enumerated were:

Thomas H Shaw Male 52 Kentucky <-- Thomas Harbison Shaw

Catharine C Shaw Female 46 South Carolina <-- Catherine Rountree

Elizabeth Shaw Female 17 Tennessee

Wade M Shaw Male 14 Tennessee

Nancy Shaw Female 12 Tennessee

Mary Shaw Female 10 Tennessee

Milton M Moore Male 21 North Carolina

In 1860, Thomas Harbison Shaw & Catherine Rountree were farming in Lincoln County, Tennessee. ^[2] Members of the household enumerated were:

Thomas H Shaw Male 62 Kentucky <-- Thomas Harbison Shaw

Catherine Shaw Female 55 South Carolina <-- Catherine Rountree

Mary Shaw Female 19 Tennessee

Martha Brown Female 40 Tennessee

Catherine Rountree died on July 10, 1867 in Lynchburg, Moore County, Tennessee.

She is buried in Pioneer Cemetery, Lynchburg, Moore Co., TN ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDG-M2C : 12 April 2016), Thomas H Shaw, Lincoln county, Lincoln, Tennessee, United States; citing family 913, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8TF-X2T : 12 December 2017), Thomas H Shaw, 1860.
3. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 16 March 2019), memorial page for Katherine Rountree Shaw (10 Jun 1803–10 Jun 1867), Find A Grave: Memorial #60755067, citing Pioneer Cemetery, Lynchburg, Moore County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Marjorie McMurray (contributor 46810373) .

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• 1st child, James Harbison Shaw, was born December 16, 1821.
• 1830 United States Federal Census (Lincoln County, TN)
• 1840 United States Federal Census (Lincoln County, TN)