As a descendent of Giles Breedlove, with strong though unproven anecdotal evidence that his parents were David and Nancy Breedlove of Simpson County KY, I am now curious as to who David's parents were and can they be traced back further. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks. Garry -----Original Message----- From: tomking <tomking@freewwweb.com> To: BREEDLOVE-L@rootsweb.com <BREEDLOVE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, February 02, 1999 4:16 PM Subject: [BREEDLOVE-L] David Watts & Nancy Breedlove >Am attempting to fit together the family of David and Nancy Breedlove. After >moving from Wilson Co., TN where they were married in 1810, to Simpson County, >Kentucky where they are listed on the 1820-1850 census, it is unlikely we can >ever prove who their children were. Both David who died before 1840 and Nancy in >1857 lived all of their adult lives in Simpson County where most of the records >were destroyed in a fire. Ellen Byrne just sent me some information that shows >that Warren Jackson Breedlove gave Simpson County as his place of birth so that >now fits him into the above family and the only family of Breedlove's that were >there when Warren and his brother Giles were born. The following is a synopsis >of the 1820 to 1840 census listings for David with my best guesses for his >children: > >1820 1 Male under 10 Cornelius Vaughan 1812 > 1 Male under 10 Unknown M1 1813-1816 or 1817-1820 > 1 Male under 10 Warren Jackson 18 Jan 1817 > 1 Female under 10 Unknown F1 1810-1820 > 1 Female under 10 Unknown F2 1810-1820 > 1 Female under 10 Unknown F3 1810-1820 > 1 Female under 10 Unknown F4 1810-1820 > >1830 1 Male under 5 Unknown M2 1826-30 > 1 Male under 5 Giles Sep 1825 > 1 Male 5 - 10 Thomas M. 1822 > 1 Male 10 - 15 Warren Jackson 18 Jan 1817 > 1 Male 10 - 15 Unknown M1 1813-1816 or 1817-1820 > 1 Male 15 - 20 Cornelius Vaughan 1812 > 1 Female under 5 Unknown F5 1825-1830 > 1 Female 5 - 10 Unknown F6 1820-1825 > 1 Female 5 - 10 Unknown F7 1820-1825 > 1 Female 15 - 20 Unknown F1,2,3 or 4 1810-1815 > 1 Female 15 - 20 Unknown F1,2,3 or 4 1810-1815 > >1840 1 Male 5 - 10 David Wallace 1833 > 1 Male 15 - 20 Giles Sep 1825 > 1 Male 15 - 20 Thomas M. 1822 > 1 Female under 5 Unknown F8 1835-1840 > 1 Female 10 - 15 Unknown F5 1825-1830 > 1 Female 15 - 20 Unknown F6 or F7 1820-1825 > 1 Female 20 - 30 Unknown F1,2,3 or 4 1810-1820 > >1850 widow Nancy is listed with only one child David W. age 17. > >Note that before the 1830 census two of the four unknown daughters either died >or were married and that a third one of these four either died or married before >1840. Unknown daughter F6 or F7 died or married before 1840 along with Unknown >sons M1 and M2. Cornelius married in 1836 so he is not in the household. >Evidently Warren Jackson has left home seeking his fortune after his father >David died. I have only a few clues as to the identity of the eight daughters. >One could be a Mary Breedlove b 1836/7 who married a John Stewart. One could be >an Ann (or Nancy) Breedlove who married an A. C. Harris, and another could be a >Sarah Frances Breedlove b 1837 who married a G. C. Turner. These three families >lived in Simpson County and the wives are listed in Vital Records as having >children in the 1850's. There is a Harriett Breedlove b 1819 living in Logan >County next door to Simpson in 1850 who may be the last female 20-30 from the >1840 census. There are also two children, David Decatur Breedlove b 1844 and >Virginia S. Breedlove b 1843 living in other households in Logan County in 1850, >so Harriett could be the widow of Unknown M1 who has already died before 1850, >leaving these two children. As to the two unknown sons, there are several >possibilities. >One could be the Milton Breedlove b 1814 and the Nathan b 1812 who lived next to >each other in Kansas and Missouri on two censuses. I had placed them both as >sons of Martin and Elizabeth Carr, but Nathan may be the son of Martin while >Milton is the son of David. There is also a John Breedlove b 1828 KY living in >Wisconsin in 1850 that may be Unknown M2. > >I have communicated with descendants of all five of the known sons so hopefully >there are some more family stories out there that can help piece this family >together. Working in a county where most records were burned is not very >fruitful. You have to use every little scrap of data you can find and hopefully >get enough pieces to make the puzzle somewhat clearer. I'll never get all of the >pieces but at least I've tried. Any thoughts or comments would be appreciated. > >Tom > >