Sally Ruth Chesnut
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1792 - Washington County, Kentucky 1 2
Death: After 1863 - Laurel County, Kentucky 1 3
Burial:
Events
• Number of Children (Facts 1, 9
Parents
Father: William Gordon Chesnut 1
Mother: Sarah Graham 1 4
Father: William Gordon Chestnut
Mother: Sarah Graham 1 4
Spouses and Children
1. *Jesse McFadden 1 5
Marriage: Nov 10, 1808 - Knox County, Kentucky 1
Children:
1. Sarah McFadden
2. Patience McFadden 1
3. John McFadden 1
4. Westerfield McFadden 1
5. David McFadden 1 6
6. Lydia McFadden 1 7
7. Nancy McFadden 1
8. Elizabeth McFadden 1
9. Chapman McFadden 1 7
Notes
General:
Sally Chesnut was the daughter of William G. Chesnut & Sarah Graham. Her grandfather was John Chesnut who served in the Revolutionary War in Captain Hopkin's Company from Augusta County, Virginia.
1855, Ruth McFadden pays taxes on 300 acres of land lying on Laurel River, Laurel County, Kentucky.
1857. Ruth McFadden pays taxes on 350 acres of land lying on the watershed of Laurel River in Laurel County, Kentucky. She reports having one horse or mare with a value of $50.00, 5 head of cattle and nine hogs.
1858. Ruth McFadden does not appear on the tax rolls for 1858.
1859. Ruth McFadden appears on the Laurel County Kentucky tax rolls and reports she has 200 acres of land lying on the watershed of
Sandy Creek.
The 1860 Census for Laurel County, Kentucky finds Sally at age 68 living with her daughter and son-in-law, John and Elizabeth George.
1860. Ruth McFadden does not appear on the tax rolls for 1860.
1861. Ruth McFadden pays taxes on 200 acres of land on Sandy Creek in Laurel County, Kentucky.
1862. Ruth McFadden pays taxes on 200 acres of land on Sandy Creek in Laurel County, Kentucky. In 1862 Ruth McFadden, Theny McFadden and Elizabeth McFadden pay taxes. Ruth's husband Jesse is deceased, Theny's husband John is with Company H and Elizabeth's husband David has died during the war.
1863. Ruth McFadden pays taxes on 250 acres of land on Sandy Creek in Laurel County, Kentucky. [chesnut.ged]
Sally was born in Nelson County, Kentucky which is now Washington County.
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