I have another record that shows William M. Mary Elizabeth Gideon (Giddens, his wife, was born March 8, 1810. He died March 31, 1870, following a stroke on the river bank while fishing. no land [Did William Martin decide to come back from Texas for a visit and just happened to be there at tax timeĪccording to Louise Priest "From the Bible records I learned that William Martin Preece, Sr., was born May 18, 1800. Priest, William - no land Priest, William Jr. After some boundaries were defined and settled, Congress accepted the Republic of Texas into the Union in 1845 as the twenty-eighth stateįloyd County Tax Record - 1853 (Johns Creek area) Priest, John 75 - acres in Floyd County on Brushy watercourse, value of land is $200, 1 males over 21, 2 cattle, 1 hog over 6 months old, total value at 17 cents per 100 dollars. [To encourage immigration the Republic of Texas offered colonization contracts beginning in 1841. He and William could have stayed with relatives. After 1841 John would have been 16 years old. įloyd County Tax Record - 1841 (Johns Creek area) William Priest Owned no land Only two children between the ages of 7 and 17 reported. 1 daughter under 5: Rachael was born May 1840. 30, 1835 so she would have been 5 at the time. 1 daughter 5 - 10: Elizabeth Jane was born Dec. Females 1 daughter 10 - 15: Nancy Ann was born Apso she would have 12 at the time. 1 son under 5: William Martin Priest was born Maso would have been 2 at the time. 23, 1833 so he would have been 7 at the time. died in 1837, and Richard Lincoln born Dec. Males: 30 - 40 William would have been 40 if born in 1800 1 son 10 - 15: John was born in August of 1825 so he would have been 14 at the time. So they must have moved back from Illinois. [So William must be back in Floyd County in 1838.ġ840 Census taken JWilliam Priest is living in Floyd County on John's Creek between Abner James and William McCoy. Priest and William Wilten or any three of them after being first duly sworn do view the new proposed way for a road as well as the present road and report to the next term of this court the comparative conveniences and inconveniences that will result to the public as well as to individuals in case the said changes shall be made.
On motion Abner James praying an alteration in the road around his farm ordered that James Walker, Msatthew Clay, William M. Pike County Tax Records - 1825 William Priest Owned no land Pike County Tax Records - 1827 (Johns Creek area) William Priest Owned no land Floyd County Tax Record - 1837 (Johns Creek area) William Priest Owned no land Show 2 children between 7 & 17 which would be John and Nancyġ830 Census William is in Vermilion County, Illinois next door to Reuben Giddens, Richard Giddens, and Edward Giddens Nancy Stratton's father Hezekiah Stratton is in Crawford County, Illinois p 11, image 23. The Pike County, Kentucky tax records show William Prieste living in the John's Creek area of Pike County in 1825, and the 1840 census shows them having a son between 10 and 15 and John would have been 14.
However, John Priest's civil war pension file states that he was born in Pike County, Kentucky in 1825. Not only was Mary's Father was a minister, in the 1940 census it doesn't show they have any sons over 15 years of age. If her birthday is correct (March1, 1810) she would have been 14 years old when she had Ruben and 15 and a half when she had John. He was born Apa year before William and Elizabeth's marriage. Many of the family trees on the internet show Reuben Kendrick Priest as William and Mary's oldest child. Or, his Mother moved taking the two youngest girls and he decided to stay and was living with the administrator of the estate or another family member.
If he was born in 1800 he would have been 13 when his Father died. [William is the only child of Richard's to be a minor when Richard died. March Term - Monday, MaSubpoena issued against the administrator of the estate of Richard Priest to appear and show cause why William Priest, infant son the deceased, shall not be bound out. Event: Census - 1 1830 Vermilion County, Illinois,Įvent: MPike County, Kentucky to Vermilion County, IllinoisĮvent: Census 1840 Floyd County, KentuckyĮvent: 1840 Vermilion County, Illinois to Floyd County, KentuckyĮvent: 1841 Floyd County, Kentucky to Travis County, Texasīurial: Post Oak Bend, Travis County, TexasĪugust Term Monday, 28th of August 1815 Ordered that a subpoena be issued against the Administrators of Richard Priest to appear here next court to show cause if any they can why William Priest infant heir to said (sic) decendent shall not be bound as apprentice according to law.