Elizabeth Van Swearingen Cresap1,2,3

F, ID# 13350, (1817 - )
Elizabeth Van Swearingen Cresap|b. 1817|p13350.htm|Edward Otho Cresap|b. 24 Nov 1782\nd. 2 Jan 1817|p607.htm|Sarah Story Briscoe|b. 17 Aug 1787\nd. 30 Nov 1843|p1524.htm|||||||Hanson Briscoe|b. abt 1749\nd. 12 Sep 1817||Mary N. Jordan|||

Father Edward Otho Cresap4,5 (1782-1817)

Mother Sarah Story Briscoe4,5 (1787-1843)

Charts
Descendants of Linah and Rebeccah (Davis) Mims
     Elizabeth Van Swearingen Cresap was born in 1817 in Caldwell Co., Kentucky.6,7,8 She married Davis R. Mims, son of Linah Mims and Rebeccah Davis, on 1 May 1837 in Caldwell Co., Kentucky.9,10,11
     She was probably one of the two females under age 10 listed in the household of her mother's second husband, John Cobb, in the 1820 Federal Census of Eddyville, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.12 She was probably one of the two females age 15 to 20 listed in the household of her mother's second husband, John Cobb, in the 1830 Federal Census of Eddyville, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, though she was only 13.13

Children of Elizabeth Van Swearingen Cresap and Davis R. Mims

Citations

  1. [S736] Cresap and Cresap, History of the Cresaps, pg 300, shows name as Elizabeth Van Swearingen Cresap.
  2. [S726] Caldwell Co. Marriage Bonds, Book A, Davis N. Mims to Miss Elizabeth Cresap, 1 May 1837.
  3. [S732] Caldwell Co. Marriage Records, loose papers, bond of Davis R. Mims and John M. Cresap, 1 May 1837, and license for Davis R. Mims and Elizabeth Cresap, same date, show name as Elizabeth Cresap.
  4. [S575] Matthiesen, Diana's Genealogy Home Page.
  5. [S736] Cresap and Cresap, History of the Cresaps, pg 300.
  6. [S736] Cresap and Cresap, History of the Cresaps, pg 300, shows year, as 1817.
  7. [S1791] John Cobb household, 1820 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows two females under 10, who appear to be Elizabeth and Caroline.
  8. [S575] Matthiesen, Diana's Genealogy Home Page, shows year, and place as "Caldwell [now Lyon] Co., KY."
  9. [S732] Caldwell Co. Marriage Records, loose papers, license for Davis R. Mims and Elizabeth Cresap, 1 May 1837, return show married May 1837.
  10. [S726] Caldwell Co. Marriage Bonds, Book A, Davis N. Mims to Miss Elizabeth Cresap, 1 May 1837, shows date.
  11. [S374] Manley, "RE: The Logan Material," e-mail to author, 20 Feb 2000, citing Scott Haun, email 12 Jul 1998, citing Ila Earle Fowler, compiler, Kentucky Pioneers and Their Descendants (Kentucky Society, Daughters of Colonial Wars, 1998) reporting the marriage of Davis and Elizabeth, shows date and state.
  12. [S1791] John Cobb household, 1820 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.
  13. [S1787] John Cobb household, 1830 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.
  14. [S225] I assume Elizabeth is the mother of Byron, since it appears that Davis was his father, and she and Davis were married shortly before Bryon's birth.
  15. [S225] I assume Elizabeth is the mother of John, since it appears that Davis was his father, and she and Davis were married shortly before John's birth.
  16. [S225] I assume Elizabeth is the mother of Linah, since it appears that Davis was his father, and she is the only known wife of Davis.
  17. [S225] I assume Elizabeth is the mother of Robert, since it appears that Davis was his father, and she is the only known wife of Davis.
  18. [S225] I assume Elizabeth is the mother of young Davis, since it appears that the elder Davis was his father, and she is the only known wife of Davis Sr.

 

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