Archibald (Archer) Basham 
Archibald (Archer) was born about 1796 in Virginia.1 Archibald (Archer)'s father was Jonathan Basham and his mother was Virginia Elizabeth Jones. His paternal grandparents were William Basham and UNKNOWN Elizabeth; his maternal grandparents are Vinson Jones and Eliza Unknown. He had two brothers and six sisters, named Jonathan, Nathaniel (Nathan), Winiford, Polly, Nancy, Susannah, Sarah (Sally) and Elizabeth. He was the fourth oldest of the nine children. He died after 1860.1 General Notes
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1830 Census Campbell County Tennessee; Pg 225 120101 200001
1840 Census Fountain County Indiana; Page 371 3001001 0011
1850 Census Fountain County Indiana; Page 5, Family 57
1860 Census Fountain County Indiana; Page 878
Basham Document No 16 Frances Crossland Letter
Marriage Info Viola Basham Cathey File
Marriage Info In Indiana File
Basham Document No 15 Emily Walker Letter
Archibald (Archer) Basham was the son of Jonathan Basham. He first app
ea rs in the 1830 census for Campbell County, Tennessee with a wife and s
ix c hildren. In the 1840 census, he is in Fountain County, Indiana witho
ut a w ife and five children. It is assumed that his first wife had di
ed by th is time and at least one of the sons, George had married by th
is time. Arc hibald remarried in Fountain County Indiana in 1844 to Elizab
eth Murphy a nd two children Henry and Clara were born of this marriage. B
ut apparent ly all was not well because in the 1850 census, Archibald a
nd Elizabeth a re living separately, he with several of his children and s
he with an appa rent sister-in-law and the two youngest children of her ma
rriage to Archib ald. Archibald apparently moved his family from Tenness
ee to Indiana betwe en 1830 and 1832.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1722 d.23 May 1768 in Cumberland Co., Virginia
- b.~ 1745 in Virginia d.17 Dec 1834 in Breckenridge Co., Kentucky
- b.1705 d.~ 1768
- b.1710 d.> 1768 in Cumberland Co, Virginia
- b.1710
- b.~ 1765 in Virginia d.02 Feb 1819 in Campbell Co., Tennessee
- b.~ 1796 in Virginia d.> 1860
- b.~ 1766 d.> 1830 in Tennessee
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Archibald (Archer) and Elizabeth were married in a religious ceremony on February 17th, 1844 in Fountain Co., Indiana.1 They had a son and a daughter, named Henry and Clara.
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