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| Notes for William R. CYRUS | ||||||||||||
| Notes 1 !CENSUS: 1830, 1840 Cabell County, Virginia. where name is spelled "Syrus,"; 1850, Wayne County, Virginia. where name is spelled "Syrus,"; 1860 Wayne County, Virginia where name is spelled "Cyrus." 1870, Wayne County, West Virginia where name is spelled "Syrus". No wife listed. Children: Mary, Jesse, Caroline, Dora, America and ?. !OCCUPATION: farmer. Apparently a fairly prosperous farmer, for on the 1860 census his land is valued at $3,000 and personal property at $2,053. !DEATH: Wayne County, West Virginia Index Register of Deaths. Tombstone. !According to Lambert (Lambert Notes, Marshall University Library), William was married twice: 1st to Rebecca Boulton (Bolt), and later to Leah Tony in Dec. 1852. There seem to have been more children to the first marriage than those included in this record. There seem to have been at least three children to the second marriage: Mary, b. 3 Jan 1854; Jesse, b. 4 July 1856; and Caroline, b. 5 May 1858. !According to Lambert's notes, "William enlisted at the age of 18 in the War of 1812. He fought in the Battle of Ft. Meigs (NC ?). Others say he was with Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans." !According to research of Ben Cyrus, William was a private in Captain Yokem's Company of Virginia Militia from 13 Oct, 1812 to 10 Apr 1813 at Point Pleasant, Virginia (WV). He owned two slaves, Mandy and Rachel. !An account of the Cyrus family written in 1977 by Paul David Lambert, descendant of William Cyrus and Leah Toney, states that William and his first wife, Rebeckah [sic] Boulton had ten (10) children. He names Jethro, John, James, Levi, Everett, Summers, Jeremiah, Mahalia, Elizabeth and Melvina. Thus far, in research conducted by John A. Mahey, compiler of these records, no documentation has been found for proving all these children. !William owned several hundred acres of land on the east side of White's Creek on the Big Sandy River. !William's seven sons by Rebecca went to the Missouri Territory (Minnesota, Iowa and Missouri). William is said to have given each son $150 to homestead in parts of that territory. Daughter, Mahala and her husband William Sperry also moved there. !Cabell County, Virginia Deed Book III mentions William Cyrus in the following citations: p. 75, Nov 1819; p. 239, 11 Oct 1820; p. 459, 10 Apr 1822, indenture on tract 175a on Mill Creek purchased from James M. Hopkins through attorney James T. Watson of New York; p. 461, 12 Apr 1822 (indenture) William Syrus to John Laidley probably on Mill Creek property. !Wayne Co. Deed Book "A", p. 48: 3 Sep 1842, William and Rebecca, for $200, sell 135 acres located on Sharp's Branch of Big Sandy River, to Thomas Hally. (Both William and Rebecca made their marks.) | ||||||||||||
| Notes for Rebecca (Spouse 1) | ||||||||||||
| !MARRIAGE: Wayne County West Virginia Marriage Records, Vol. 1, p. 6. !RELATIONSHIP: "Marriages 1809-1950, Cabell County, Virginia." !Rebecca died on a train out of Cincinnati which was bringing her home after visiting her children who had moved westward from Virginia. | ||||||||||||
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