52 Ancestors (2020) – Week 6: Same Name – Sorting the two Ellis Lancasters of Kentucky
This is my third year working on this year-long prompt, hosted by Amy Johnson Crow. I will write each week in one of my two blogs, either Mam-ma’s Southern Family or at My Trails Into the Past . I have enjoyed writing about my children’s ancestors in new and exciting ways. There were two Ellis Lancaster men who married in 1831 in Kentucky, one in Shelby County and the other in Fayette County. Both were born about 1808. Which one was my 4x-great-grandfather? Here is what I know about my Ellis Lancaster. Ellis died about Sept 1866. [1] He stated he was born in Virginia, according to the 1850 census. [2] The family later moved to Kaufman County, Texas, where they were in 1860. [3] His household was made up of these people in 1860 in Kaufman County, Texas: [4] Lancaster, E.W., 50, born in VA, a farmer, land worth $3000, personal property $830. Elizabeth S., 58, female, white, b. KY Wm T, 22,...