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William LEAR
(-After 1807)
Unknown
Charles HAMILTON
(-1818)
Hannah HENRY
(Abt 1753-1850)
Rev. James LEAR
(Abt 1778-Abt 1834)
Sarah HAMILTON
(Abt 1778-After 1850)
Charles H. LEAR
(Abt 1815-Between 1856/1860)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Nancy ADAMS

Charles H. LEAR 2

  • Born: Abt 1815, Wayne County, Kentucky 3 4
  • Marriage: Nancy ADAMS on 12 Mar 1835 in Wayne County, Kentucky 1
  • Died: Between 1856 and 1860, Huntsville, Madison County, Arkansas 5

bullet   Another name for Charles was Charles H. LAIR.

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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census: 1820, Wayne County, Kentucky. 6

Household of James Layer: Presumed to be one of the males under age 10

2. Census: 1830, Wayne County, Kentucky. 7

Household of James Layer: Presumed to be the male age 10-15

3. Tax List: 1835-1839, Wayne County, Kentucky. 8

1835: Lear, Charles; no poll, thus under age 21; 1 horse, $50.

1836: Lear, Charles; 1 white male 21+; 1 horse, $30.

1837: Lear, Charley; 1 white male 21+; 1 horse, $50.

1838: Lear, Charles; 1 voter; 1 white male 21+; 1 horse, $35.

1839: Lear, Charles; 1 white male 21+; 1 county levy; 248 acres, Long Branch [of Beaver Creek], $250; 2 horses, $100; $350 total. (Note: the previous year this land had been taxed to Sarah, his mother, and is the land that was taxed to James, his father, prior to his death.)

4. Census: 1840, Wayne County, Kentucky. 9

Household of Charles Lair: 10001-20001

5. Tax List: 1840-1849, Wayne County, Kentucky. 8 10

1840: Charles Lear; 250 acres, Beaver Creek, $500; 1 white male 21+; 2 horses, $100; $600 total.

1841, District 2: Charles Lear; 250 acres, Beaver Creek, $500; 1 white male 21+; 3 horses, $120; $620 total.

1842, District 2: Charles Lear; 250 acres, Beaver Creek, $500; 1 white male 21+; 3 horses, $120; $620 total.

1843, District 1 (Lower): Charles H. Lair; 245 acres, Beaver Creek, $250; 1 white male 21+; 2 horses, &50; 2 children 5-16; $300 total.

1844, District 2: Charles Lair; 150 acres, Beaver Creek, $150; 1 white male 21+; 1 horse, $25; 2 children 5-16; $175 total. (No deed from Charles has been found to explain the acreage drop, nor was there an increase in the acreage taxed to his brother, William.)

1845, District 2: Charles H. Lair; 150 acres, Beaver Creek, $100; 1 white male 21+; 1 horse, $25;

1846, Lower District: Charles Lair; 150 acres, Beaver Creek, $200; 1 white male 21+; 1 horse, $30; 2 children 5-16; $230 total.

1847: Tax List Missing.

1848, District 2: Charles H. Lear; 150 acres, Beaver Creek, $200; 1 white male 21+; 1 horse, $30; 2 children 5-16; $230 total.

1849, District 1: Charles H. Lair; 150 acres, Beaver Creek, $250; 1 white male 21+; 1 horse, $40; 3 children 5-16; $290 total.

6. Census: 1850, Wayne County, Kentucky. 3

Household 29:
Charles Lair, 35, Carpenter, $400, KY
Nancy, 35, KY
Sarah, 14, KY
Mary G, 12, KY
Harriet S, 7, KY
Rebecca A, 5, KY
Nancy C, 3, KY
James C, 1, KY

Note that Ellen Lear, b. abt 1848, was omitted.

7. Tax List: 1850-1851, Wayne County, Kentucky. 10 11

1850, District 2: Lear, Charles; 179 acres, Beaver Creek, $300; Legal voter, 1 white male 21+; 1 horse, $50; 4 children 5-16; $350 total.

1851, District 2: Lear, Charles H; 200 acres, Beaver Creek, $300; 1 white male 21+, legal voter; 2 horses, $50; 4 children 5-16; Equalization, $100; $450 total.

Charles does not appear in subsequent tax lists. The list of delinquents for the 1851 tax list has the following entry, "Lear, C. N., moved to Texas." Although we know Charles settled in Madison Co., AR, he may have migrated with his brother, William, who settled in Wood Co., TX. No deeds have been found showing Charles sold his land.


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Charles married Nancy ADAMS on 12 Mar 1835 in Wayne County, Kentucky.1 (Nancy ADAMS was born on 14 Nov 1814 in Wayne County, Kentucky 12 and died on 28 Mar 1888 in Madison County, Arkansas 12.)


bullet  Marriage Notes:

Per Bork:
Lair, Charles H. and Nancy Adams. Surety, William Lear. Married 12 March 1835 by Abner Jones. Notes: (1) "this is to certify that Charles H. Lear my son has my consent to obtain a marrige lisons to marry with Nancy Adams given under my hand this 7th day of March 1835 by Sary Lear (X) (her mark) - witness, William Lear;" (2) "3 March 1835 - this will certify that Charles H. Lair has my consent to INTERMARRY with my daughter Nancy Adams and you are therefore authorized to give said Lear a marriage lisons given under my hand this date above written by Margaret (X - her mark) Hanes - witness, William Lear." 1

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Sources


1 June Baldwin Bork, Wayne County, Kentucky, Marriages and Vital Records, Volume Two, Marriages K-Z, 1801-1860 (Compiled and Published by June Baldwin Bork, 1973), Page 14.

2 June Baldwin Bork, Wayne County, Kentucky, Vital Records, Wills, 1802-1909, and The Dick Family, Volume Six (Compiled and Published by June Baldwin Bork, 1983), Page 16 (Will of James Lair).

3 June Baldwin Bork, Wayne County, Kentucky 1850 Census, Vol. Three (Compiled and Published by June Baldwin Bork, Apple Valley, California, 1974), Page 50.

4 Tax Lists, 1826-1845, Wayne County, Kentucky, FHL Film No. 8,270, (Poll in 1836, but not in 1835).

5 1860 Census, Madison County, Arkansas, FHL Film No. 803,045, Page 502 (Huntsville, War Eagle Township, Dwelling 1061, Family 1061).

6 June Baldwin Bork, Wayne County, Kentucky 1820 Census (Compiled and Published by June Baldwin Bork, Apple Valley, California, 1991), Page 81.

7 June Baldwin Bork, Wayne County, Kentucky 1830 Census (Compiled and Published by June Baldwin Bork, Apple Valley, California, 1991), Page 220.

8 Tax Lists, 1826-1845, Wayne County, Kentucky, FHL Film No. 8,270.

9 June Baldwin Bork, Wayne County, Kentucky 1840 Census (Compiled and Published by June Baldwin Bork, Apple Valley, California, 1991), Page 159.

10 Tax Lists, 1846-1860, Wayne County, Kentucky, FHL Film No. 8,271.

11 June Baldwin Bork, Wayne County, Kentucky, Marriages and Vital Records, Volume One, Marriages A-J, 1801-1860 (Compiled and Published by June Baldwin Bork, Apple Valley, California, 1972), Page 239.

12 Family Records of Robert Kenneth Nelson, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rnelson/index.html (Information imported from database of Mozelle Haines <moza@digitalexp.com>).


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