MAY 1, 2008 GEORGE MAYBERRY

I keep looking at the ages and listings for people under Frederick's households. I looked at the 1830, 1840 & 1850 census. I also looked at the 1860 census with Elizabeth Mayberry after Frederick was deceased. It never listed the relationship to anyone in the household even in the 1860 census.

1830 Census - McCracken County, KY - Frederick Mayberry

• male (born bet. 1790-1800) *Frederick Mayberry
• female (born bet. 1790-1800) *Elizabeth "Betsy"

1. female (born bet. 1810-1815) *possible mother of Allen Children
2. male (born bet. 1815-1820) * possibly George Mayberry
3. male (born bet. 1815-1820)
4. female (born bet. 1820-1825) *other possible mother of Allen Children
5. female (born bet. 1825-1830)

1840 Census - McCracken County, KY - Frederick Mayberry

• male (born bet. 1790-1800) *Frederick Mayberry
• female (born bet. 1790-1800) *Elizabeth "Betsy"

1. male (born. bet. 1810-1820) *possible son in-law & father of Allen Children
2. female (born. bet. 1810-1820) *possible mother of Allen Children
3. female (born. bet. 1810-1820)
4. male (born. bet. 1820-1825)
5. male (born. bet. 1830-1835) *William Mayberry
6. male (born. bet. 1835-1840) *possibly James Smith
7. male (born. bet. 1835-1840) *possible Smith or Allen Child
8. male (born. bet. 1835-1840) *possible Smith or Allen Child
9. male (born. bet. 1835-1840) *possibly William Allen

1840 Census - McCracken County, KY - George Mayberry

• male (born. bet. 1810-1820) *George Mayberry
• female (born. bet. 1810-1820) *wife of George
• male (born. bet. 1835-1840) *son of George

1850 Census - Ballard County, KY - Frederick Mayberry

• Frederick Mayberry - age. 62 born in VA
• Elizabeth Mayberry - age. 61 born in KY

William Mayberry - age. 18 born in KY
*Delphia Mayberry - age 8 born in KY (possible grandchild)
*Margaret Mayberry - age 5 born in KY (possible grandchild)
*William Allen - age 10 born in KY (possible grandchild)
*John Allen - age 5 born in KY (possible grandchild)
*Matilda Allen - age 4 born in KY (possible grandchild)
*Martha Allen - age 2 born in KY (possible grandchild)
James Smith - age 13 born in KY (possible boarder/relative? or grandchild??)

I think George Mayberry is the oldest son of Frederick & Elizabeth. He seems to be living not too far from Frederick and is listed on the same census sheet. There are so many young males born between 1835-1840 listed in Frederick's household. By that time Elizabeth was either near 40 or well over 40 years old. I am wondering if a few of the oldest children born between a 1810-1820 continued to live with Frederick & Elizabeth after they married. These young children may be grandchildren. It could be possible that William Mayberry born in 1831 was the last child of Frederick & Elizabeth and all children born after 1835 could be grandchildren from their oldest children.

If the 1830 census was correct with age, then Elizabeth had a daughter born between 1810-1815 when she would have been between the ages of 15-25 years old. That correlates with a birthdate between 1790-1800. If Margaret wasn't born until 1844, Elizabeth was probably between the age of 44-54 years old. Thats pretty old to have a child in those days and probably unlikely. I am thinking that it might be more plausible that Delphia b. 1842 & Margaret b. 1844 were granddaughters of Frederick & Elizabeth. I do believe given their ages that they were sisters. They are also close to the same ages as the Allen children. The 4 boys listed under the age of 5 in the 1840 census could have been Allen children. Perhaps one of the 4 boys is William Allen who would have been an infant in 1840 and 1 of the other could have been James Smith. The other 2 boys could be an Allen or Smith and could have died by 1850 or sent to live or work elsewhere. These census records leaves me with more questions than answers.

I cannot find George in any census after 1840. Perhaps he is a possible father of Delphia & Margaret who were born after the 1840 census was taken. The girls could have been orphaned by 1850. Let me know what you think.

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I'll print this out and take it home with me tonight and look at it. One of the Mayberry forums had a discussion that George and Frederick were brothers. But, it could be that George is a son as well.

I just forwarded several documents to you - I just scanned them in and sent them to my email. I haven't looked at them to see how well they scanned.

Also, my niece picked up some documents from Aunt Edie and she said she would scan them in as well and send them to me. Perhaps, she has some further documentation for us.

PS It snowed here yesterday!

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Wow it snowed...we have been having great temperatures here. I think the age difference between Frederick & George is 25 years. If Frederick & George are brothers, they would probably be paternal half brothers. I still think it is a possibility that George may be a son.

I found another Mayberry in McCracken County that could be a brother of Frederick. There is a marriage record for a David Mayberry & Elizabeth McConnel dated 4/4/1825 in McCracken Co., Kentucky. David & Elizabeth are not listed in any census for the area though. I think they had already left the county by 1830. Frederick was too young in 1825 to have a grown son of marrying age. Frederick was only in his 30's at that time. Since I cannot find Frederick Mayberry in the 1820 census for McCracken County, its reasonable to assume that Frederick with his wife and small children came to McCracken sometime in the 1820's. Perhaps David was a brother of Frederick who helped the family move and lived with them until marrying himself.

I found George Mayberry's marriage record for 9/24/1836. It does not list who he married just states his name, the date of marriage and the county as McCracken Co., KY. I think George was around 20 years old when he married.

The is also a marriage record for John Mayberry on 9/6/1868 in McCracken County. Not sure where John fits in. He could be a son or grandson of Frederick or he could be a son of George. Perhaps David Mayberry did stick around close by and John could be a son of David Mayberry. Many possibilities!

I am not sure if Frederick Mayberry's family moved between 1840 & 1850 or if they just happened to live in a area of McCracken County that became Ballard County when the county was created in 1842. Unfortnately, the new courthouse, located in Blandville since the creation of Ballard county in 1842, burned on Feb 17, 1880. Most records were destroyed in a courthouse fire. I have a feeling many Mayberry birth, marriage, death and land records were destroyed with it. There might have been a will of Frederick Mayberry's that listed survivors that probably was destroyed as well. Very frustrating to think how much easier our research would be if those records were still intact.

I hope this info is helpful.