Owen Sullivan (abt. 1780 - aft. 1850)

Born about 1780 in Georgia, United States of America

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Farr) Sullivan — married 23 Oct 1816 in Baldwin County, Mississippi Territory

Descendants

Died after 1850 after about age 70 in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, United States of America [uncertain]

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Biography

Owen was born about 1780 in Georgia.^[1]

On 15 Nov 1802 Owen conveyed his property, 60 acres of land in the Mississippi Territory located on the Tombigee River at the mouth of the Three Rivers to James Bilbo on a deed contained in Deed Book A, page 56, Washington County, AL and witnessed by Archibald Reed and Leonard D. Shaw.^[2]

He appears on the 1803 tax list for Washington County, Mississippi Territory.^[3]

His first wife is unknown but they married sometime before 1810 as Owen appears on the 1810 census of Baldwin County, Alabama with the following household members:

Sullivan, Owen -

males) over 21:2 & under 21:3

females) over 21:1 & under 21:1^[4][5]

On 23 Oct 1816 Owen married Elizabeth Farr in Baldwin County, Alabama.^[6]

He appears on an 1817 list of voters in Baldwin County, Alabama along with his brothers Stephen and Cornelius.^[7]

On 01 Oct 1819 Owen's name appears in a list of unclaimed letters at the St. Stephens post office in the Mississippi Territory.^[8][9]

In 1830 he is in Washington County, Alabama and his household consists of:

males)10-15:1 ; 15-20:1 ; 20-30:2 ; 40-50:1

females)10-15: 1 ; 15-20:1 ; 40-50:1

1 female slave 20-30^[10]

By 1840 Owen has moved his family to Lauderdale County, Mississippi where he appears with the following household members:

males)20-30:2 ; 60-70:1

females)15-20:1^[11]

Owen died sometime after 1850 likely in Lauderdale County, Mississippi.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LD-HQM : 9 November 2014), Owen Sullivan in household of Abraham Kennelly, Lauderdale county, Lauderdale, Mississippi, United States; citing family 369, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
   • Household 360/370:

   Abraham Reunelly, 31

   Margaret M Reunelly, 31

   Thomas J Reunelly, 2

   Margaret A Sullivan, 17

   Owen Sullivan, 70

2. ↑ Washington County, Alabama Deed Book A page 56.
3. ↑ 1803 Washington County, Mississippi Territory Tax List.
4. ↑ Baldwin County, Mississippi Territory 1810 census at Tracking Your Roots website
5. ↑ Thomas, Elizabeth Wood. Baldwin County, Alabama 1810 and 1816 Census. Willo Institute of Genealogy, Pass Christian, Mississippi. 1967. p66.
6. ↑ "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTWT-JPF : 16 July 2015), Owen Sulluvant and Elizabeth Farr, 1816.
7. ↑ Baldwin County, Alabama Territory Voters List.
8. ↑ The Halcyon and Tombecbe. St. Stephens, Alabama. 01 Oct 1819.
9. ↑ Matte, Jacqueline, Doris Brown and Barbara Waddell. Old St. Stephens Historical Records Survey. 1997 (1999, Revised edition - 2017 Bicentennial Edition). St. Stephens Historic Commission, St. Stephens, Alabama. p140.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHP9-L5X : 18 August 2015), Owen Sullivan, Washington, Alabama, United States; citing 256, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 3; FHL microfilm 2,330.
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRL-FWR : 24 August 2015), Owen Sullivan, Lauderdale, Mississippi, United States; citing p. 45, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 216; FHL microfilm 14,841.

• Old Deed Book A, page 57, Washington County, AL (there are two deed book A volumes, one is newer and apparently a copy of the older volume, although not done in recent times-likely late 1800s).
• US Federal Census - 1830 Washington County, AL
• Marriage Records of Baldwin County Alabama 1800-1900. Compiled & edited by Dess L. Sangster & Tom Sangster. A publication of the Baldwin County Historical Society. 1992. Copy located at Washington County Public Library, Chatom, AL, 2015. p117-

Sullivant, Owen - Farr, Elizabeth 23 Oct 1816

Sullivant, Rebeca - Roberts, Joseph 18 Nov 1816

Sullivant, Stephen - Duff, Joan 28 Jul 1818

• Abstracts of Orphans Court Minutes Mobile County, Alabama 1813-1837. Compiled & edited by Clinton P King & Meriem Allison Barlow. Mobile, AL. 1987. p41-

[Wednesday ___ Februrary 1821]

Philip Graves granted letters of administration for estate of David Graves, d'cd. Bond $1000. Hiram Mounger, Robert Lewis & Owen Sullivan, appraisers.