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Benjamin SCRIVNER
(1757-1835)
Mary COX
(Abt 1762-1839)
Darby HENLEY
Sarah
Moses SCRIVNER
(1780-After 1850)
Nancy HENLEY
(1782-1845)
William SCRIVNER
(1806-1881)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Margaret

William SCRIVNER 1

  • Born: 1806, Smith County, Tennessee 2
  • Marriage: Margaret
  • Died: 1881 2
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bullet  Research Notes:

More information about the descendants of William Scrivner can be found in Doris Scrivner Collier's book.

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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

1. Tax List: 1833-1838, Stewart County, Tennessee. 3

1833 - Capt. Gorin's Company: Scrivner, William, 72 acres

1834-1835 are missing

1836 - District No. 11: Scribner, William, 72 acres, Haricane, value $200, 1 white poll.

1837 - District No. 11: Scribner, William, 72 acres, value $200, 1 white poll.

1838 - District No. 11: Scribner, William, 72 acres, value $200, 1 white poll.

2. State Census: 1840, Franklin County, Illinois. 4

Page 56: William Scrivner

3. Census: 1850, Franklin County, Illinois. 5

Dwelling 95, Household 98
Wm Scrivner, age 40, male, farmer, real estate valued at $1,000, born in Tennessee.
Margaret Scrivner, age 40, female, born in North Carolina, cannot read or write.
Calvin Scrivner, age 16, male, farmer, born in Tennessee, attended school.
Catherine Scrivner, age 10, female, born in Tennessee, attended school.
Wm Y(?) Scrivner, age 8, male, born in Illinois, attended school.
Rebecca Scrivner, age 6, female, born in Illinois.
Harriett Scrivner, age 5, female, born in Illinois.
Wesley Scrivner, age 8/12, male, born in Illinois.

4. Land Patent: 1857, Jefferson County, Illinois. 6

Issued 1 Jun 1857, Document No. 22302, Accession/Serial No. IL2020_.199
To William Scrivner of Jefferson County, Illinois, (i) the W1/2 of the SW1/4 of Section 11, Township 3-S, Range 4-E, (ii) the W1/2 of the NW1/4 of Section 14, Township 3-S, Range 4-E, and (iii) the E1/2 of the NE1/4 of Section 15, Township 3-S, Range 4-E, 240 acres total.

5. Census: 1870, Jefferson County, Illinois. 7

Dwelling 96, Family 94
Scribner, William, age 62, male, white, farmer, $9,000 real estate, $1,900 personal estate, born in Tennessee
Scribner, Margaret, age 62, female, white, keeps house, born in North Carolina, cannot read or write
Scribner, Rebecca, age 24, female, white, at home, born in Illinois, cannot read or write
Scribner, Wesley, age 20, male, white, born in Illinois, deaf and dumb
Scribner, Elzora, age 15, female, white, at home, born in Illinois, attended school
Scribner, Mary, age 19, female, white, at home, born in Illinois, attended school
Scribner, Joseph, age 18, male, white, farm hand, born in Illinois
Scribner, Calvin, age 31, male, white, farmer, born in Tennessee

6. Census: 1880, Jefferson County, Illinois. 8

Dwelling 452, Family 455, Pendleton
William Scriviner, white, male, age 75, married, farming, born in Tennessee, father and mother born in North Carolina
Margaret Scriviner, white, female, age 74, married, keeping house, born in North Carolina, father and mother born in North Carolina
Wesley Scriviner, white, male, age 29, son, single, deaf and dumb, born in Illinois, father born in Tennesse, mother born in North Carolina
Harriet Smith, white, female, age 34, daughter, widowed, keeping house, born in Illinois, father born in Tennessee, mother born in North Carolina
Lilly B. Smith, white, female, age 15, granddaughter, single, born in Illinois, father and mother born in Illinois
Margret Smith, white, female, age 13, granddaughter, single, born in Illinois, father and mother born in Illinois
Georgey Smith, white, male, age 11, grandson, single, born in Illinois, father and mother born in Illinois


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William married Margaret. (Margaret was born about 1809 in North Carolina 2 and died in 1860 in Wayne County, Illinois 9.)


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Sources


1 Doris Scrivner Collier, The Descendants of Benjamin Scrivner (Published by Doris Scrivner Collier, Florissant, Missouri, 1990), Page 136. As of 2005, Doris' e-mail address was dcllr@msn.com and her postal address was 177 Sanctuary Dr., Dardene Prairie, MO 63368.

2 Doris Scrivner Collier, The Descendants of Benjamin Scrivner (Published by Doris Scrivner Collier, Florissant, Missouri, 1990), Page 136.

3 Tax Books, Stewart County, Tennessee, 1827-1865, FHL Film No. 554,402.

4 Illinois 1840 State Census Index, Ancestry.com.

5 1850 Census, Franklin County, Illinois, Roll M432_106, Page 8 (Ancestry.com image 15 of 136).

6 Bureau of Land Management, Eastern States, General Land Office Records, http://www.glorecords.blm.gov.

7 1870 Census, Jefferson County, Illinois, Roll M593_233, Page 603 (Ancestry.com Image 13 of 27).

8 1880 Census, Jefferson County, Illinois, Roll T9_216, E. D. 51, Page 48 (Ancestry.com Image 48 of 56).

9 Family Records of Angie Couchman. Angie and her uncle, Gene Scrivner, have been working together to compile the family tree of William Lester Scrivner. Angie's e-mail address is angiesu@msn.com and Gene's is gscrivner@centurytel.net.


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