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Husband: James Isaac RAVENCRAFT
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   Name: James Isaac RAVENSCRAFT (1)
   Born: about 1795 (2)
Married: about 17 SEP 1816         in Fayette County, Kentucky (30)
   Died: between 1845 AND 1850     in Kentucky (3)
 Father: 
 Mother: >>>
Spouses:
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   Wife: Cordelia HEARN
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   Name: Cordelia HARN
   Born: about 1797                in Maryland (6)
   Died: after 1850                in Lewis County, Kentucky? (7)
 Father: Elijah HEARN
 Mother: Cassandra DAVIS
Spouses:
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Children
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01  (F): Elizabeth RAVENCRAFT
   Name: Elizabeth RAVENSCRAFT
   Born: between 1815 AND 1819     in Kentucky (8)
   Born: about 1815                in Kentucky (9)
   Born: about 1816                in Kentucky
   Born: about 1819                in Kentucky (10 11)
   Died: 1899                      in Lewis County, Kentucky (12)
   Died: after 1880                in Lewis County, Kentucky (13)
Spouses: Richard CONAWAY
02  (M): John RAVENCRAFT
   Name: John RAVENSCRAFT
   Born: about 1820                in Kentucky (14)
   Born: about 1820                in Indiana (15)
   Died: between 1860 AND 1870 (16)
Spouses: Margaret ELLIS
03  (F): Sarah A. RAVENCRAFT
   Born: about 1822                in Ohio (17)
   Born: between 1820 AND 1825 (18)
   Died:
Spouses: Jacob AILLS
04  (M): Unknown RAVENCRAFT (19)
   Born: between 1825 AND 1829     in Kentucky (20)
   Died:
Spouses: 
05  (M): Isaac James RAVENCRAFT
   Name: Isaac James RAVENSCRAFT (21)
   Born: OCT 1829                  in Kentucky (22)
   Born: about 1819                in Kentucky (23)
   Born: about 1830                in Kentucky (24)
   Died: 04 JAN 1904               in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio (25)
   Died: after JUN 1880
Spouses: Sarah Jane COLLINS; RACHEL
06  (F): Unknown? RAVENCRAFT (26)
   Born: between 1824 AND 1834 (27)
   Died:
Spouses: 
07  (M): Unknown? RAVENCRAFT (28)
   Born: between 1830 AND 1835     in Kentucky (29)
   Died:
Spouses:

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Additional Information

James Isaac RAVENCRAFT:
Residence: 1830, Eastern District, Fleming County, Kentucky 4
Residence: 1840, Lewis County, Kentucky 5

Footnotes

  1. U.S. Census; 1840 Lewis County, Kentucky.
    This census records him as "J. Ravinscraft", but in the Lewis Co. KY tax lists he is recorded as "Isaac." I believe he is the man identifed as James Ravenscraft, son of Capt. Thomas, in Margaret DeLeurere's book.
  2. Estimated.
    He first appears on the Lewis County, KY tax list in 1817.
  3. Assumed.
    He is not listed after 1845 on the taxs list nor in the 1850 census with his wife and youngest son. His wife is listed on the 1851 tax list.
  4. U.S. Census; 1830 Fleming County, Kentucky, p.39 (Ancestry.com image 5).
  5. U.S. Census; 1840 Lewis County, Kentucky.
  6. U.S. Census; 1850 Lewis County, Kentucky.
  7. Assumed.
    She is listed in the 1850 census.
  8. Assumed.
    This is a compilation of dates from the 1850-1880 census.
  9. U.S. Census; 1880 Lewis County, Kentucky.
  10. U.S. Census; 1850 Lewis County, Kentucky.
    Agrees with the 1870 census.
  11. U.S. Census; 1860 Lewis County, Kentucky.
  12. Lewis County, Kentucky Historical Society.
    From a typed family history in archives (author unknown).
  13. Assumed.
    She is listed in the 1880 census living in the Tollesboro area.
  14. U.S. Census; 1860 Mason County, Kentucky.
  15. U.S. Census; 1850 Mason County, Kentucky.
  16. Assumed.
    He was recorded in the 1860 census, but his wife was recorded as a widow in the 1870 census.
  17. U.S. Census; 1850 Lewis County, Kentucky.
    Although her son Jacob's census entries indicates she was born in Kentucky.
  18. U.S. Census; 1840 Lewis County, Kentucky.
  19. U.S. Census; 1830 Fleming County, Kentucky.
    This same son appears to be recorded in the 1840 Lewis County, KY census, and included in the school age children in the 1841 tax list.
  20. U.S. Census; 1840 Lewis County, Kentucky.
    Could this be John?
  21. U.S. Census; 1900 Montgomery County, Ohio.
    This census records his name as "Henry J. Ravencraft."
  22. Ibid.
  23. U.S. Census; 1850 Lewis County, Kentucky.
    If this age is correct, then he was either incorrectly recorded in the 1840 census, or he was not living in his parents' home... or else he is not the son of Isaac and Cordelia.
  24. U.S. Census; 1870 Fleming County, Kentucky.
    This age agrees with the 1880 census also.
  25. Margaret DeLeurere, "The Ravenscrofts In America".
  26. Assumed.
    This could be Sarah.
  27. Lewis County, Kentucky tax lists.
    The list for 1841 also recorded the children age 7-17 in each household. For Isaac's entry, four children are recorded. I am assuming these were his own children, but they could have been nieces or nephews or non-relatives.
  28. Assumed.
    This could be Isaac James.
  29. U.S. Census; 1840 Lewis County, Kentucky.
    Could this be James?
  30. Fayette County, Kentucky marriage records.
    This is apparently the date of the marriage bond. Jonathan Tolle was a surety on the marriage bond of Isaac Ravencraft & Cordelia Hurn in 1816 Fayette County, Kentucky. Jonathan was Cordelia's brother-in-law.

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