Elam Lockett and Phebe Cheatham

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Husband Elam Lockett

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           Born: Abt 1772 - Virginia (Chesterfield Co.)
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

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         Father: Francis Lockett (      -Abt 1801)
         Mother: Mary Elam (      -Bef 1800)

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       Marriage: 11 May 1796 - Chesterfield Co., Virginia 1

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Wife Phebe Cheatham

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           Born: 1775-1780
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           Died: Bef 1850
         Buried: 

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         Father: Henry Cheatham (      -Bef 1790)
         Mother: Elizabeth (      -      )

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - Elam Lockett

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CENSUS:

<pre>1810 Chesterfield Co., Virginia
Elam Lockett 10110 -- 51010; 5 slaves
male female
1 <10 5
10-15 1
1 16-25
1 26-44 1
>45 </pre>

<pre>1820 Chesterfield Co., Virginia
Elam Lockett 300111 -- 12110; 2 in agriculture; 4 slaves
male female
3 <10 1
10-16 2
16-18
1 16-26 1
1 26-45 1
1 >45 </pre>

<pre>1830 Chesterfield Co., Virginia
Elam Lockett 01011001 -- 00020001; 2 slaves
male female
< 5
1 5-10
10-15
1 15-20 2
1 20-30
30-40
40-50
1 50-60 1
60-70 </pre>

<pre>1840 Chesterfield Co., Virginia, upper district
Elam Lockett 000101001 -- 000010001; 5 slaves; 4 in agriculture
male female
< 5
5-10
10-15
1 15-20
20-30 1
1 30-40
40-50
50-60
1 60-70 1
70-80 </pre>

<pre>1850 Chesterfield Co., Virginia, the upper District; July 18
12/13
Elam Lockett 78 M Va $500 Farmer
James " 23 M Va Farmer
Martha " 23 F Va
Mary " 6 F Va
John " 4 M Va
Phebe " 2 F Va </pre>

CHESTERFIELD CO. TAX RECORDS:

Land tax records are available from 1791 onward. I have seen them through 1810. Personal property tax records are available from 1786 onward. Elam appears for the first time in 1796. I have seen them through 1810.

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Acres Value Tax
1797 150 £64 7/6 19/5 Elam Lockett of Fra's Lockett
1798 150 $214 $.81 Elam Lockett
1799 illegible
1800 40 $57 $.27 Elam Lockett
1801 150 $214 $1.02 Elam Lockett
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From 1802 through 1810 Elam is the owner of 150 acres worth $214, and he continues to pay the same tax.

1) white tithables (1786 white males over 21; 1791 & later white males over 16)
2) black tithables (in 1790 and later blacks over 16)
3) blacks above 12 & under 16
4) horses (horses, mares, colts, mules; 'horse' often means 'gelding')
5) tax

<pre>
wh bl bl ho tax
1796 1 1 2
1797 1 2 2
1798 1 2 2 $ .88
1799 1 3 2 1.56
1800 1 4 3 2.12
1801 1 5 3 3 2.80
1802 1 5 1 3 3.00
1803 1 3 1 3 2.12
1804 1 4 1 4 2.68
1805 2 3 1 5 2.36
1806 1 3 2 4 2.68
1807 1 3 2 4 2.68
1809 1 4 2 4 3.12
1810 1 2 1 2 1.56
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LAND:

On October 29, 1796 Francis Lockett of Chesterfield Co. "for the love, good will and affection I have for my son Elam Lockett of said county" gives to Elam Lockett a tract of 150 acres, more or less, in Chesterfield Co. adjoining John Baugh, James Cheatham, Jeremiah Baugh, Allyson Clarke, the old mill called Turpins, a small branch on Spring Run, and land mortgaged to Robert Craig. (Chesterfield Co. Deed Records 14/21)

On September 15, 1798 Elam Lockett of Chesterfield Co. sells to Leonard Cheatham, Sen'r of the same place for £165 a tract of 110 acres, more or less, in Chesterfield Co., being the land Elam Lockett drew in the division of the land of Henry Cheatham, dec'd. (14/341)

SIBLINGS MARRY SIBLINGS:

Elam Lockett and his sister Mary marry Phebe Cheatham and her brother Henry Cheatham, Jr.

1 Catherine Lindsay Knorr, "Chesterfield County, Virginia Marriage Bonds and Minister's Returns 1771-1815" (1958), pg 78. Repository: Clayton Genealogical Library, Houston, Texas.