James Long Genealogy
Record modified: 2022-11-21
This is my ancestor 4 generations back.
Born: 1837-09-22 Kentucky USA
Died: 1889-02-20 Gainesville, Allen Co, Kentucky USA
Marriages:
1. 1860-11-28 Jane Ellen Rigsby
Children of James Long and Jane Rigsby:
Notes:
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married in Gainesville, Allen Co KY
Minister at wedding: W K Morgan
He and Jane are buried in Thaxton-Long cemetery, Scottsville, Allen Co KY.
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Allen Co KY land grants
1881-04-22 James W Long 18 acres, Big Barren River
That must be this James. He is the only James Long in Allen Co KY on the 1880 census.
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from Ancestry.com mail-list:
middle name Edward
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This page of Allen Co KY births has Cuthbert Long 1861-12-23 born of James E Long and Jane E Riggs.
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Cuthbert is not with James on the 1880 census. Presumably he was already married or died young.
The Ancestry.com index has only one Cuthbert Long. He is in Cooke Co TX, age 23 born GA. That doesn't much look like James' son.
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1880 census Allen Co KY p211c, District #4
James E Long 43 KY/KY/KY
Jane E 39 KY/KY/KY
Alice 18 KY
Genevia 15 KY
Dorinda 13 KY
Willis 10 KY
Lafayette 6 KY
Albert 1 KY
They also had an unnamed infant who died that year.
1880 agricultural census Allen Co KY p15
James E Long 30 acres tilled, 29 acres woodland, value $650, implements $75, livestock $265, wages paid $50, production $150; 4? horses, 1 milch cow, 3 other cattle (2 calves, 1 purchased, 2 sold), 156 lbs butter; 18 swine, 15 barnyard fowl, 52 doz eggs; 18 acres Indian corn, 200 bushels; 5 acres oats, 30 bushels; 3 acres wheat, 18 bushels; 1 acre sorghum, 32 gal molasses; 1/4 acre Irish potatoes, 15 bushels; 1/4 acre sweet potatoes, 20 bushels; 30 cords wood, $30
1870 census Allen Co KY p208b, Precinct #3, Claypools post office
James E Long 32 KY
Jane E 29 KY
Cuthbert 8 KY
Genevia 5 KY
Dorinda 3 KY
Willis 4/12 KY
James B Tinsley 20 KY
He is a farmer. His personal estate is valued at $1885. He and his wife can read and write.
This is family #92. Family #96 is Aaron Willoughby, whose son Hardy married Dorinda Long, so it looks like Hardy and Dorinda were pretty much neighbors growing up.
1870 agricultural census Allen Co KY p3
James E Long 30 acres, value $600, implements $10; 5 horses, 2 mules, 2 milch cows, 13 swine, value $975; 300 bushels Indian corn, 40 bushels oats; 50 lbs butter, animals slaughtered $100, production $210
1860 census Henderson Co KY p179, Division 2, Hubbardsville post office
John Holmark household
James E Long 23 KY
He is a farm hand. His personal estate is valued at $250.
I think that is my James. I wonder what he was doing over there.
1850 census Allen Co KY p138b
Nelson Long 50 VA
Martha 36 KY
A J (f) 13 KY [Arand Jane]
J E (m) 12 KY [James Edward]
N H (m) 10 KY [Norris Hillman]
M E (f) 8 KY [M Elizabeth]
P (f) 6 KY [Permelia]
Z T (m) 4 KY [Zachary Taylor]
N K (f) 1 KY [Katherine?]
1840 census Allen Co KY p64
Nelson Long 1 M 0 - 4, 1 M 40 - 49, 2 F 0 - 4, 1 F 20 - 29
[James is 2]
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