MKWTB@aol.com wrote: > > Hi George, > > Just getting back in the swing of things since mother passed on, so thought > I'd fill you in on some new news (at least for me it was new). About a week or > so ago I received a copy of the 1850 Boone County census pages for Noah and > Matthew. I was certainly curious about Matthew since he had disappeared from > the 1840 Boone Co census. I thought perhaps he was re-appearing in the 1850 > census as an 80 or 90 year old man. To my surprise, when the census pages > arrived, I found we have another Matthew on our hands!! This Matthew is 34 in > 1850, making his bithdate 1816. He was born in Kentucky! He is living next > door to Daniel 29 yrs. and Daniel next door to Peter 48 yrs. Noah 59 yrs. is > also listed in this census but on a different page. Matthew's family listed > are: > Mariah 27 yrs b. KY > John H 9 yrs b. KY > Melissa 7 yrs b. MO > Elizabeth 5 yrs b.MO > Noah A 3 yrs b. MO > Mary 1 yr b. MO > > What do you make of this new Matthew!!? Is there anyone out there that knows > of this family? > > Melody Melody, It would appear that there are Sapps we don't know about in Boone Co in 1850. The Matthew born in 1816 is not the older Matthew's son (he has no male children in the 1830 census when he was 14). He is not Noah's son, if we accept the Pike Co Daniel as the 10/15 year old in Noah's 1830 Boone Co census. It seems logical this is Mathew's brother since they are adjacent in the 1850 Pike Co census. We don't know John C's family, but he is only 16 in 1816 when Matthew was born, and Peter is only 14. These two, Matthew (b 1816) and Daniel (b 1821) must be relatives, since they are living on Peter's farm in 1850 (there is no land patent for either in section 29 where Peter probably lived in 1850), but I can't figure out whose they are. Levi's kin don't fit either. Maybe the 1820 KY census would give a clue. George..