Life History
1819 |
Born in Union, Union, South Carolina.1,2 |
about 1843 |
Married William BURDEN in Union County, South Carolina.1 |
after 1880 |
Died in Attala County, Mississippi.3 |
Notes
- Deborah Amanda Jenkins
Birth 1819 in Union, Arkansas
Death in Attala, Mississippi
Parents:
Samuel Jenkins 1789 - 1870
Sarah Catherine Jenkins 1797 - 1849
-- Neely, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/16192189/person/1839194314
In 1850 Debby and her husband William Burden are living in a cluster of related families in the Jenkins extended family. This census record tells us they moved to Mississippi only shortly before the 1850 census. Their last child is reported as 1 year old and born in South Caorlina.
1850 Federal Census, Attala County, Mississippi, 5 September, page 105B, Hse/Fam #139
William Burden 32 M Farmer $250 Real Estate Value b SC [b abt 1818]
Debby A Burden 30 F b SC [b abt 1820]
John Burden 6 M b SC [b abt 1844]
Nancy Burden 1 F b SC [b abt 1849]
Several related Jenkins and Burrell families live close by. On one side is her brother John and his wife Isabella Burrell.
1850 Federal Census, Attala County, Mississippi, 5 September, page 105B, Hse/Fam #135
John Jenkins 25 M Farmer $0 Real Estate Value stated b SC [b abt 1825]
Isabella Jenkins 27 F b SC [b abt 1822]
On the other side of John and Isabella Jenkins is the household of John Burrell and his wife Mary Ann (Polly) Jenkions, another sister of Debby.
1850 Federal Census, Attala County, Mississippi, 5 September, page 105B, Hse/Fam #137
John Burell 31 M Farmer $250 Real Estate Value b SC [b abt 1819]
Polly Burell 28 F b SC [b abt 1822]
John Burell 5 M b Miss [b abt 1845]
Samuel Burell 2 M b Miss [b abt 1848]
Jenkins Burell 0 M b Miss [b abt 1850]
Next door to John Burrell is Debby and Isabella's widowed father Samuel M Jenkins, and some of their siblings.
1850 Federal Census, Attala County, Mississippi, 5 September, Hse/Fam #136
Samuel Jenkins 66 M Farmer $300 Real Estate b SC [b abt 1784]
Elizabeth Jenkins 24 F b SC
Margaret Jenkins 15 F b SC
Owen Jenkins 12 M b SC
William Jenkins 10 M b SC
Joseph Jenkins 7 M b SC
Sally Jenkins 4 F b SC
Richard Jenkins 1 M b Miss
By 1870, they still have one child living in their household.
1870 Federal Census, Attala County, Mississippi, 24 August, Beat 4, PO Kosciusko, page 7, Hse #93, Fam #95
Burden, Wm 56 M W Farm Laborer $360 Real Estate $500 Personal born So Carolina [b abt 1814]
Burden, Amanda 47 F W Keeping House b Alabama [b abt 1823]
Burden, Maria 19 F W born Miss [b abt 1851]
Next door is her nephew Sam Jenkins, son of her brother Ephraim.
1870 Federal Census, Attala County, Mississippi, 24 August, Beat 4, PO Kosciusko, page 7, Hse #93, Fam #95
Jenkins, Sam 56 M W Farm Laborer $360 Real Estate $500 Personal born So Carolina [b abt 1814]
Jenkins, Sarah M 47 F W Keeping House b Alabama [b abt 1823]
Jenkins, Mary A 4 F W born Miss [b abt 1866]
Jenkins, Nancy 3 F W born Miss [b abt 1867]
Jenkins, Minerva 1mo F W born Miss [b abt June 1870]
On the other side of them is their daughter June (Jennie) Caldwell and family.
1870 Federal Census, Attala County, Mississippi, 24 August, Beat 4, PO Kosciusko, page 7, Hse #94, Fam #96
Caldwell, T G 26 M W Farmer $0 Real Estate $0 Personal born Alabama [b abt 1844]
Caldwell, June [Jennie] 21 F W Keeping House b Mississippi [b abt 1849]
Sources
- 1. 1850 Federal Census, Attala County, Mississippi
- 5 September, page 105B, Hse/Fam #139
- 2. 1870 Federal Census, Attala County, Mississippi
- 24 August, Beat 4, PO Kosciusko, page 7, Hse #93, Fam #95
- 3. Ancestry Trees
- Neely, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/16192189/person/1839194314