Name: Moses COONS

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Birth: about 1796 Kentucky¹

Death: after 1870²

Father: Joseph COONS (~1750-)

Mother: Miss Crim (Grimm)

Spouses:

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1st Wife: Abigail CRAWFORD

Death: between 1839 - 1848 Johnson Co, Indiana

Birth: between 1800 - 1810

Father: James CRAWFORD

Marriage: 24 Apr 1822 Henry Co, Kentucky

Children:

John F. (1825-1852)

Willis (~1828-)

Lucy (~1829-)

Joseph Crawford (1831-1904)

Harrison (~1833-)

Rose (Rosanna) (~1836-)

Nickolas C (1839-1864)

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2nd Wife: Elizabeth TRACY

Birth: about 1817 Kentucky¹

Death: after 1860¹

Marriage: 17 Jul 1848 Johnson Co, IN

Children:

James S (~1849-)

Jackson (1852-)

Sarah A (1855-)

Davis W (1858-)

Notes for Moses COONS

In the 1840 census Moses was between 40 and 50 years old. His wife is between 30 and 40, which doesn't match the estimated birth date for his second wife, Elizabeth Tracy. It also wouldn't fit with the marriage date I have listed. He has 7 children at this point (5 boys and 2 girls). This matches the additional children in P. Lauterbach's gedcom. If it was his first wife, Abegail Crawford, then her birth date would have been between 1800 and 1810. (Indiana, series 704, roll 84, Johnson Co, Sheet 531 and 532, Page 283, Line 18)

On 15 December 1840 Moses purchases land in Indiana.

In the 1850 census Moses was 52 years old and farming with $800.00 in real estate. Elizabeth was 36 years old at this time. There was one child that belonged to the both of them (James S., 1 year old). Four other children from Elizabeth's previous marriage live with them also:

William, 14;

Mary E.,

Isabell, 8;

John C., 7.

At the time of the census they are in Johnson Co., Indiana, in the Nineveh Township. Rose Anna Coons (age 14) was living with her sister Lucy and her husband Martin McQuinn. Nicholas, who was only 11, was living with his older brother John and wife Sallie Prichard. (Series 432, roll 155, sheet 273, page 138, line 15).

In the 1860 census he was listed as having $1600.00 in real estate and $500.00 in his personal estate. Here Moses and Elizabeth are listed as not being able to read and write, even though the previous census disputes this. Their post office was in Greenwood. They were living in the Pleasant Township of Johnson Co., Indiana. William Gritton (son of Elizabeth and Firmen Gritton) was living next door with his wife Ruhanna and was working as a farmer.

In the 1870 census² their post office was in Whiteland. He was still listed as having $1600.00 in real estate and $325.00 in his personal estate. Moses was still farming and only living with Sallie Coons who was keeping house. (Whom I take to be his daughter Sarah, even though the dates from 1860 to 1870 don't match) It also stated that both Moses and Elizabeth's parents were not of foreign birth.

Sources

1. “1860 Census. (Series 653, roll 271, sheet 72, page 458, line 14)”

2. “1870 Census. (Johnson Co., Pleasant township, series 593, roll 330, sheet 17, page 389, line 23)”

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Last Modified: 29 Aug 2001

Created: 6 Dec 2002