This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Valentine Frey Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WBB.2ACI/3002.1 Message Board Post: There's a few of us that have been researching that family periodically. My husband is descended from the Mary Cooper that you see in that will. Gravestone inscription in Stonelick Cemetery, Mason County, KY Henry VALENTINE, d. Feb 4, 1851 aged 89y I don't think I have any proof of this yet (copy of a marriage book entry): Henry Valentine m. Elizabeth Frey 21 Sep 1779 in Frederick County, Maryland http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ky/mason/census/1810/291.jpg 1810 Mason Co., KY Federal Census Henry Valentine 4,1,-,-,1 -,2,2,1,- 4 boys under 10, 1 boy 16 to 26, 1 man over 45 2 girls 10-16, 1 girl 16 to 26, 1 woman 26 to 45 -------------------------------------- 1820 census Mason Co., KY pg. 59 Henry Valentine 0 males under 10, 1 male 10 - 15, 2 males 16 - 17, 2 males 18 - 25, 0 male 26 - 44, 1 male 45 and over || 3 females under 10, 0 females 10 -15, 1 female 16 - 25, 1 female 26 - 44, 0 females 45 and over || 0 foreigners not naturalized, 3 persons engaged in agriculture, 0 persons engaged in commerce, 0 persons engaged in manufacture || Slaves: <14, 14-25, 26-44, 45 & upwards 1 male under 14, 0, 0, 0 || 1 female under 14, 0 NOTE: White males have an extra age category for those aged 16-18 ------------------------------------- 1830 census Mason Co., KY Schedule of the whole number of persons within the division allotted to R Bullock by the Marshal of the Kentucky District Henry Valentine 2 males of 5 and under 10, 1 male of 60+ under 70, 2 females of 10+ under 15, 1 female of 15 + under 20, 1 female of 50+ under 60, 1 male slave of 10 + under 24, 1 female slave of 55+ under 100 Joshua Valentine 1 male of 20 + under 30, 1 male of 30 + under 40, 1 female of 20 + under 30 ------------------------------------- 1840 census Mason Co., KY Schedule of the whole number of persons within the division allotted to by the Marshal of the Kentucky District Henry Volentine 1 male 15-20, 1 male 60-70, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 20-30, 1 female 50-60, 1 male slave under 10, 1 male slave 55-100, 3 of the persons employed in agriculture