John Essex 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 6 Jan 1813 - North Carolina (Orange or Guilford Co.)
    Christening: 21 Mar 1813 - Guilford Co., North Carolina 1
          Death: Abt 1859 - (Rhea Co., Tennessee)
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: James Essex (Abt 1770-      )
         Mother: Elizabeth Charles (Abt 1783-      )
Spouses and Children 
1. *Louisa D. Furguson (Abt 1820 -       )
       Marriage: 17 Oct 1841 - Rhea Co., Tennessee 2
       Children:
                1. Simpson Essex (Abt 1842-      )
                2. Albert Essex (Abt 1844-      )
                3. Lewis P. Essex (Abt 1848-      )
                4. Luvena C. Essex (1850-      )
                5. Polly A. Essex (Abt 1854-      )
                6. Elizabeth F. Essex (Abt 1856-      )
                7. Evaline A. Essex (Abt 1858-      )
Notes
General:
CENSUS:

<pre>1850 Rhea Co., Tennessee, 4th District; Sept 26; pg 577
266/266
John Essex 35 MW NC $600 Farmer
Lueasa " 30 FW Tn
Simpson " 8 MW Tn
Albert " 7 MW Tn
Lewis P. " 3 MW Tn
Luvina " 3/12 FW Tn </pre>

He is not in the Slave Schedule. His father James Essex lives at 267/267, and his brother Isaac Essex lives at 268/268. His brother William Essex lives at 291/291 and his sister Sarah and her husband Yancy Loy live at 290/290. None of them owns a slave.

<pre>1860 Rhea Co., Tennessee, District No 4, p.o. Washington; July 9; pg 41
277/277
Louisa Essex 38 FW Tn $2000/$350
Simpson " 18 MW Tn
Albert " 16 MW Tn
Lewis P. " 12 MW Tn
Louvenea C. " 9 FW Tn
Polly A. " 6 FW Tn
Elizabeth F. " 4 FW Tn
Evaline A. " 2 FW Tn </pre>

She is not in the Slave Schedule. Nancy Collins lives at 278/278, and Louisa's widowed sister-in-law Mary Essex lives at 291/291. None of them owns a slave.

In 1870 Simpson is married and is living in Putnam Co., Tennessee. Evaline is living with him. She is a domestic servant. Elizabeth and Luvena are living in Putnam Co. in other households and are domestic servants.
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Sources

1 Henry Reeves, translator, "1800-1853 Frieden Lutheran Church Book," pg 8. Repository: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bruckner/koontz.htm.

2 Judith McGhan, Marriages of Rhea County, Tennessee 1808-1859, 1983, pg 35. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.

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