Debbie Clark wrote: > > Hello Kathryn, > > You wrote: "Your W.B.Sapp almost certainly is a grandson of Levi Sapp and > Traney/Trana > Williams. Here is his family. Note that the family moved from Delaware to > Boone County Missouri...." > > After receiving your Missouri/Delaware Sapp family information I pulled out > my census data again and made a new discovery that I had previously glossed > over. I found in the 1850 Cedar Twp. Boone Co. Missouri Census, the > following entry: > > Noah Sapp 59 M Farmer Delaware > Nancy " 53 F Virginia > Wm. B. " 24 M Farmer Missouri > Mary " 21 F " > Newton " 11 M " > > The ages all fit that this is my W. B. Sapp and he is shown with his parents > Noah and Nancy! They are also listed in and among the other Sapps from your > group sheet as well as Crumps and Nichols. I am now unable to plug Noah into > your family group sheet. I found all of the Sapps in the census that you > were referring to, but Noah was not one you mentioned. In 1850 Levi Sapp was > 74 and his wife Trana was 65. It is improbable for Noah to be a son of Levi > and Trana. I now hypothesize that Noah is either a younger brother or nephew > of Levi that followed Levi from Delaware to Missouri. > > Do you have any clue as to the relationship between Noah Sapp and Levi Sapp? > > Thanks again, you have opened up new avenues for me. Debbie Clark > > ==== SAPP Mailing List ==== > Submit your oldest Sapp ancestor (prefer before 1850) to: Sapp-L@rootsweb.com Debbie, I think your hypothesis is right about Noah Sapp being a nephew of Levi Sapp. I have been corresponding with Melody Byrd mkwtb@aol.com, and Lorene McClellan applegram@aol.com, about their ancestor Mathew Sapp of Boone Co, MO and Pike Co, IL. We speculate that Mathew was a son of Noah Sapp (he has a son of appropriate age in the 1830 and 1840 census', 3 years older than your Wm B, who is also in those census' of appropriate age). We also speculate that Noah was the son of Matthew in the 1830 Boone Co census (Matthew and Noah had adjoining farms there). It is interesting that both Matthew and Levi apparently are from DE. (Levi known born there; Noah, presumed son of Matthew, known born there from 1850 census). I haven't seen the 1820 KY census records yet, but I think both Matthew and Levi are there. Maybe someone out there has those census records to share. George Sapp