Jesse Grinstead 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Bef 1765 - (Henrico Co., Virginia)
    Christening: 
          Death: 1820-1830 - (Barren or Hart Co., Kentucky)
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: John Grinstead (1718-1791)
         Mother: Elizabeth (      -Bef 1791)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Lucy Deeds (Abt 1760 -       ) 1 
       Marriage: Abt 1779 - Virginia
       Children:
                1. Henry Grinstead (Abt 1779-1856)
                2. Elizabeth Grinstead (Abt 1782-1850/1860)
                3. John Grinstead (Bef 1784-      )
                4. Jesse Grinstead (1788-1816)
                5. William Grinstead (1790-Abt 1817)
                6. Rebecca Grinstead (Abt 1790-After 1860)
                7. Susan Grinstead (Abt 1792-After 1860)
Notes
General:
CENSUS:

<pre>1810 Barren Co., Kentucky
Jessee Grensted 00201 -- 0x302; no slaves
male female
<10
10-15 x
2 16-25 3
26-44
1 >45 2 </pre>

x might be 3 or 0. His son Henry Grensted is next to him.

<pre>1820 Hart Co., Kentucky, Munfordville
Jessee Grinsted 201101 -- 10220; 2 in agriculture; no slaves
male female
2 <10 1
10-16
1 16-18
1 16-26 2
26-45 2
1 >45 </pre>

<pre>1830 Barren Co., Kentucky
Lucy Grinstead 00101 -- 000000001; no slaves
male female
< 5
5-10
1 10-15
15-20
1 20-30
30-40
40-50
50-60
60-70 1
70-80 </pre>

BARREN CO. TAX LISTS:

Jesse Grinstead is in the Barren Co. tax list for the first time in 1807. He is "10002" and is taxed on 100 acres in Barren Co. on the South Fork of Beaver Creek. His brother Philip Grinstead and his (Jesse's) son Henry Grinstead are also in the tax list. Neither has any land. Henry is "10011" meaning that he has 1 slave and 1 horse. Philip is "20002". He has 2 horses, and there are 2 white males over 21 in his household.

Year after year Henry continues to be "1011", and in 1813 he has land for the first time -- 50 acres on the South Fork of Beaver Creek. His father Jesse Grinstead, Sr. is "1003" and has 70 acres in the same watershed. Jesse Grinstead, Jr. is in the list for the first time in 1813 and is "1000". William Grinstead is "1002" in 1813 and was on the tax list for the first time in 1812. In 1813 Henry, Jesse, Sr., William, and Jesse, Jr. are all in Miller's company, and the latter 3 are contiguous in the list.

In 1815 Jesse, Jr. is present; he is "1151", has no land, and pays $12.80. He has 1 slave over 16 and 5 in all. In 1816 he is not present, but his widow Anne M. Grinstead is. She is "0022", has 96 acres on the South Fork of Beaver Creek worth $5.50/acre, and pays $11.83.

William Grinstead is present in 1816. He is "1001" and pays $.40. In 1817 he is "0000", and after that he is absent. His wife Lucy never appears in the tax list, and neither William nor Lucy is in the 1820 census. Presumably they died -- cholera? smallpox? yellow fever? measles?

Old Jesse Grinstead is in the 1817 tax list, there is no list for 1818, and he is absent in 1819 and later. Presumably he moved to Hart Co. in about 1818.

WGFA:

The William Grinstead Family in America (Gorrell Shumaker and John L. N. Grinstead, April 1974):

pg 12: Jesse Grinstead married Lucy ? in Charles City County, VA. They moved to Barren County, KY in 1810. Throughout his years, Jesse was very active in the Presbyterian Church of Glasgow. Children: Jesse, Jr., John, Henry, and Lucy.

DEATH:

Jesse was alive on June 1, 1818 when he witnessed the signing of the will of his brother James. He is in the 1820 census but not in the 1830 census.

CENSUS COMPARISON:
<pre>

1810 1820 1830 1840 1850
Barren Hart Barren

male:
<10(5) 10-15(15) 20-30(25x) Jesse
<10
16-18 20-30
16-25 Jesse, m. 1814
16-25 William, m. Dec 1810
>45 >45 Jesse

female:
<10
10-15 16-26
10-15 16-26
10-15
16-25 wife of William
16-25(18) 26-45(28) 30-40(38x) 40-50(48x) 58 Susan
16-25(20) 26-45(30) 30-40(40x) 40-50(50x) 60 Rebecca
>45 60-70 Lucy
>45
</pre>
The age in parenthesis is the age in an earlier census based on the age in a later census. An 'x' after the age of a child indicates that he is no longer living in the household of the parents. Young Jesse's age of 25 in 1840 is just a guess.

The 1810 and 1820 censuses suggest that Jesse and Lucy had several daughters whose names are unknown. There are no marriage records in Hart Co. prior to 1851. In "Hart County, Kentucky Marriage Records 1851-1907" the author states that the Hart Co. courthouse was destroyed by fire January 23, 1828 with practically all its contents.

The male 16-18 in 1820 is not a child of Jesse and Lucy because he is in not in the 1810 census. The two youngest males in 1820 are too young to be their children.
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Sources

1 Maridell Fisher Fryar, http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com db: williamgrinstead.

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