Lucinda JONES

  General Notes:

Prior to her marriage to Thomas Majors in 1871, Lucinda maintained her own household and was the mother of four children: Phebe, James, Mary and William. After she married Thomas, her prior children used the Majors name. Those interested in these children are advised to contact Nancy Majors Winn, a descendant of Mary through her son Vaughn. Her e-mail address is nmw31949@aol.com. Her postal address is 7552 Love Circle, Fort Worth, TX 76135. Her telephone number is 817-238-8156.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census: 1850, Grainger County, Tennessee. ²

Dwelling 1423, Family 1485, District 12
Household of Elijah Jones: Lucindy Jones, age 8, female, born in Tenn, attended school

[Elijah Jones lived amongst the Leffew and Majors families and thus seems the likely father of Lucinda Jones, second wife of Thomas Majors]

2. Census: 1870, Grainger County, Tennessee. ³

Dwelling 128, Family 128, District 12
Jones, Lucinda, 29, female, white, keeping housue, born in Tennessee, cannot read or write
--------, Phebe, 12, female, white, born in Tennessee, cannot read or write
--------, James, 9, male, white, born in Tennessee
--------, Mary, 6, female, white, born in Tennessee
--------, William, 6/12, male, white, born in Tennessee

3. Census: 1880, Grainger County, Tennessee. ⁴

Dwelling 1, Family 1, 12th District
Majors, Thomas, white, male, age 61, husband, married, farming, cannot read or write, born in TN, father and mother born in TN
---------, Lucinda, white, female, age 40, wife, married, keeping house, cannot write, born in TN, father and mother born in TN
---------, James, white, male, age 18, son, single, farm labor, attended school, cannot write, bon in TN, father and mother born in TN
---------, Mary, white, female, age 14, daughter, single, attended school, born in TN, father and mother born in TN
---------, William, white, male, age 10, son, born in TN, father and mother born in TN
---------, Rettie, white, female, age 8, daughter, born in TN, father and mother born in TN
---------, Thomas, white, male, age 5, son, born in TN, father and mother born in TN
---------, Susan, white, female, age 2, daughter, born in TN, father and mother born in TN
---------, Babe, white, female, age 1/12 (born in May), daughter, born in TN, father and mother born in TN

[After Lucinda married Thomas, her children born before their marriage (Phebe, James, Mary and William per the 1870 census) apparently took on the Majors name. The younger children, beginning with Rettie, were apparently fathered by Thomas.]

4. Census: 1900, Grainger County, Tennessee. ⁵

Dwelling 152, Family 164, District 12
Majors, Cinda, head, white, female, born Mar 1840, age 60, widowed, 10 children (8 living), born in TN, father and mother born in TN, day laborer, cannot read or write, rents farm
------, Phebe, daughter, white, female, born Jan 1860, age 40, married 4 years, 5 children (5 living), born in TN, father and mother born in TN, cannot read or write
------, James, son, white, male, born Dec 1863, age 36, married 12 years, born in TN, father and mother born in TN, farmer, can read and write
------, Mary, daughter, white, female, born May 1865, age 35, single, born in TN, father and mother born in TN, day laborer, cannot read or write
------, William, son, white, male, born Feb 1867, age 33, married 8 years, born in TN, father and mother born in TN, farmer, cannot read or write
-------, Thomas, son, white, male, born Mar 1873 (?), age 31, married 6 years, born in TN, father and mother born in TN, farmer, can read and write
------, Liza, daughter, white, female, born May 1876, age 24, single, born in TN, father and mother born in TN, cannot read or write
------, Horace, son, white, male, born Oct 1881, age 18, single, born in TN, father and mother born in TN, farmer, can read and write
------, Martha, daughter, white, female, born Mar 1885, age 15, single, born in TN, father and mother born in TN, cannot read or write
------, Herman, g-son, white, male, born Feb 1884, age 16, single, born in TN, father and mother born in TN, farm laborer, can read but cannot write
------, Lon, g-son, white, male, born Sep 1892, age 7, single, born in TN, father and mother born in TN, cannot read or write
------, Hubert, g-son, white, male, born Sep 1895, age 4, single, born in TN, father and mother born in TN, cannot read or write

[This census seemingly introduces two more children -- Horace and Martha -- and establishes that Thomas presumably died sometime after Jun 1884, which would have been 9 months before the birth of Martha. I say "seemingly" and "presumably" because we can't be sure that Thomas didn't die earlier and that Horace and Martha weren't fathered by someone else.

Liza presents a bit of a puzzle, in that she is not a good fit for anyone in the 1880 census. Since was was born after Thomas, she may be the Susan of the 1880 census; the other possibility is the unnamed baby girl.

The grandsons, Herman, Lon and Hubert, have been identified as sons of the unmarried Mary Majors, with Lon really being Vaughn. See the Grainger County, Tennessee Rootsweb posting by Nancy Majors Winn at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/TNGRAING/2000-03/0951967853.

One curious aspect of this census listing is the presence of so many adult married children. It is my belief that this is a list of Lucinda's children that were still living rather than a list of those who resided in her household. For example, William also seems to be enumerated at 158/171, Thomas also seems to be enumerated at 136/146, and even grandson Herman seems to be enumerated at 156/168. While the month and year of birth of these duplicate listings varies slightly, I attribute that to enumeration error, or maybe even a memory error by Lucinda. The information contained in the listings for their own households seems more consistent with earlier census records.]

5. Census: 1910, Grainger County, Tennessee. ⁶

Dwelling 228, Family 229, District 5
Majors, Cyntha, head, female, white, age 55, widowed, 7 children, 3 still living, born in Tennessee, father and mother born in Tennessee, washwoman
---------, Hubert, grandson, male, white, age 20, single, born in Tennessee, father and mother born in Tennessee, farm laborer
---------, Vaugh, grandson, male, white, age 18, single, born in Tennessee, father and mother born in Tennessee, farmer

[Although not all the facts re Cyntha are a good match for Cinda of the 1900 census, the two grandsons seem to confirm this was Lucinda/Cinda.]

Lucinda married Thomas MAJORS, son of Elias MAJORS and Margaret FLOYD, on 6 Nov 1871 in Grainger County, Tennessee.¹ (Thomas MAJORS was born in 1810-1811 in Tennessee ^{7 8} and died after Jun 1884 in Grainger County, Tennessee ^{4 5}.)