General Notes

SOURCE:  1850 Census - Grayson County, Kentucky - Page (10), Line 38, Visit 207, Image 30-31 on ancestry.com (13 Aug 1850)

SPENCER, Kessiah, Head, age 50, Female, Virginia
               , Sarah J., age 18, Female, Kentucky
               , William, age 17, Male, Farmer, Kentucky
               , Malinda, age 13, Female, Kentucky
               , George W., age 11, Male, Kentucky
               , Augustus, age 9, Male, Kentucky
               , Margaret, age 7, Female, Kentucky
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SOURCE:  Historical Sketches and Family Histories - Grayson County, Kentucky
                 Author: The Grayson County Historical Society - Published: 2002
Page: 269

Research into the Spencer family stops abruptly in 1850.

The Grayson County census of that year has Kessiah SPENCER, a widow, 50, born in Virginia (no maiden name), living near the Nolin River with her six youngest children.

Since all earlier censuses named only the head of household and the number of persons in each age bracket, we have been unable to locate her husband's name.   A search of marriage records of both Virginia and Kentucky also has been fruitless.

With the exception of signing consents for the marriages of two of her children in Hardin County, no further records have been found for Kessiah.  However, in Grayson County Cemetery Records, Martin SPENCER seems determined to ber her son.

Kessiah's children are Martin; Sarah Jane;  William;  Malinda;  George Washington;  Augustus;  and  Margaret......

NOTE:  There is more information on her children.
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SOURCE:  Susie Hiland - bshiland@bellsouth.net   23Jul2004

received two e-mails. Wanted to send you a little more information.
Richard and Malinda Carby are listed on the 1860 census
Richard Kerby, age 23, Farmer, $180 – value of person estate, born Kentucky, cannot read or write
Malinda Carby, age 24, born Kentucky
Peter Duese, age 78, male, born in Virginia
I have no idea who Peter Duese is or how he ties into the Carby’s or Spencers. Have you heard of him before?
Also, the information regarding Martin being a son of Kessiah is incorrect. I wrote to St. Joseph Cemetery requesting information and they have Martin’s parents as Ben Spencer and Ollie Taylor Spencer. Martin was born in 1825 and died June 8, 1910.
On the 1870 census, there is a John Spencer age 43 next door to William Spencer and Malinda (Carby) Spencer and George Spencer and Emily Jane (Carby) Spencer. I am wondering if John is a son of Kessiah along with William and George.
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SOURCE:  Sarah STAPLES (granddaughter of Lacy Howell SPENCER)  -  e-mail:  sastaples@alltel.net   4 Nov 2004

I was on Ancestory. com yesterday and found where you had been on Family
Trees since I had been on there last and put on a history of Kessiah
Spencer. I am Lacy Howell Spencer granddaughter. Yes Martin was a brother to George Washington because My mother use to talk and tell us about Martins
son Basel having a car and comming to see them. About the first car she
could remember. But of course back before tv people used to set and tell
tales about thing that happened in their lives. There was also a son named
John Spencer born in 1827. I was lucky enough to find a Catholic record on
Martin, but haven't been able to turn up anything on John or George or
William. I do have the marriage liscense of these two George and William. I
don't know anything about Agustus, sometimes I wonder if he was the Spencer
named Rilley that killed the Henderson boy at Spurrior Ky. I also know who
Joseph married. They are living in Ohio. I used to keep in touch but the
lady I wrote died and I haven't heard from them in a while. But haven't got
much on them. The court house burned in Grayson county in the late 1800 and
you can't find much before late 1890's. I didn't know if I was suppose to
write you or not but your e-mail address was there so I though it wouldn't
hurt. Where are you from and who are you a desentent of. I live here in
kentucky not far from where Kessiah had her family. Well fell free to write
me if you like, I would be glad to hear from you. I am a cousin to Sharon
Guffy I saw where you and her had exchanged information. Her dad and my
mother were brother and sister. My e-mail is: sastaples@alltel.net <mailto:sastaples@alltel.net>
Looking forward to hearing from you. Sarah Staples
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