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- [S287] Harry Alexander Davis, The Billingsley Family in America, (Name: Tuttle Antiquarian Books; Location: 28 S Main St, Rutland VT, 05701, (802) 773-8229; Date: 1936;), p164ff, Full book in a Word document at www.billingsley.us.
From The Billingsley Family in America by Harry Alexander Davis Washington D.C, 1936 p 164ff Digitial Copy at Ancestry.com and in Robin Richmond's possession 85 SAMUEL (7) BILLINGSLEY (Samuel 6, James 5, William 4, William 3, John 2, Francis 1.) Born Guidford County, North Carolina 9 April 1775, moved to Onlow County North Carolina with his parents about 1780, and then Moved to Sullivan County, Tennessee with them about 1787. He married in 1798 Nancy Mulkey, Born North Carolina in 17-. In census record of 1830 she is listed as over 50 years of age; in 1840 as over 60 years of age; in both records she appears older than her husband; in 1850 her age is given as 70 years and is five years junior to Samuel, the indications are that she was born brior to 1775 and the age given in 1850 is below acutal age. They moved to Barren County, Kentucky in 1805, and he was granded 150 acred of land 23 Nov 1807. (Land Rec. Lib 20, fol 607.) THey removed to Sequatchie Vallen Tennessee and settled Bledsoe County prior to 1812 where he engaged in farming. They both died during the year 1857. Children: [transcription note: there are additional notes about grandchildren, etc.] i. Mary: b 1799 ii Rebecca. b 1801 iii. Sarah b. 1803 iv. John M. (8) b. 19 Nov 1805 Ky v. Amanda Elizabeth b 1807 Barren Co. Ky...she died in 1859. vi. Jonathan (8) b 1809 Ky vii. Emily Matilda b 1812 Bledsoe Co, Tenn... died in 1847 [evidently Bledsoe Co] vii. Samuel Joseph; b 1815-16.
- [S280] Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Individual Records, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.;), Birth year: 1775; Birth city: Guilford Co; Birth state: NC.
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