Mary (Pigg) McWhorter (1796 - abt. 1872)

Born 20 Mar 1796 in Lincoln, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Elijah Cannon McWhorter — married 13 Jun 1811 in Clay County, Kentucky

Descendants

Died about 1872 at about age 75 in Clay, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Mary "Polly" Pigg was born in 1796 to William Pigg and Mary "Polly" Fields.

Marriage

Polly Pigg married Elijah McWhorter on 13 Jun 1811 in Clay County, Kentucky.^[1]

1850 U.S. Census

In 1850 Elijah McWhorter, age 60, lived with his family in Clay County, KY.^[2] He was born in Virginia, and the rest of the family members were born in Kentucky.

With him lived:

• Mary McWhorter (64) If she was 64 in 1850, her birth date would have been 1786, not 1796 as given on her memorial. The age is handwritten clearly on the 1850 Census document.
  
• Perry McWhorter (27)
  
• Sarah McWhorter (18)
  
• Lucretia McWhorter (13)
  

Elijah and Perry were listed as farmers. The value of real estate is $900, written next to Perry's name, so perhaps this was his farm and his parents lived with him. The household enumerated immediately before this one is a household headed by Mary McWhorter, age 20, with a three-month old son named George.

United States Census, 1870

Name: Isaac Benge

Census Year: 1870

Event Place: Hanses Store, Clay County, Kentucky, United States

Race: White

Family members, all born in Kentucky, were

• Isaac Benge, age 37
• Sarah Benge, age 37
• Mary Benge, age 13
• Robert Benge, age 7
• Lucy A Benge, age 2
• Mary McWhorter, age 77. Mary could read but could not write.^[3]

Mary (Polly) McWhorter must have been Sarah's mother, who married Isaac Benge. Her age and birth dates vary from one record to another.

Burial

Elijah and other McWhorter family members are buried in the Ben Hacker Cemetery. A memorial marker for Elijah McWhorter and Polly Pigg McWhorter in the Ben Hacker Cemetery says Elijah McWhorter was born in 1790 and died in 1866 and Polly Pigg McWhorter was born in 1796 and died in 1872. ^[4][5][6]

Mary Polly was born in 1796. Mary Polly Pigg ... She passed away in 1872.

Sources

1. ↑ Clay County KYGenWeb, accessed Oct 26, 2015.
2. ↑ 1850 U.S. Federal Population Census, Genealogical Society Number: 4192487, Film Number: 442965, Line Number: 3, National Archives, Courtesy of FamilySearch.org. Accessed via Archives.com July 5, 1012 by Karen Wilhelm
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX7T-GPQ : accessed 26 October 2015), Isaac Benge, Kentucky, United States; citing pp. 9-10, family 66, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,955. Digital Folder Number 004263746, Image Numbers 00359-000360
4. ↑ Burial: Ben Hacker Cemetery, Clay County, Kentucky, USA. Created by: Phyllis (inactive), Record added: Apr 27, 2008. Find A Grave Memorial# 26437665 [Elijah McWhorter] and 26437692 [Polly Pigg McWhorter].
5. ↑ The Clay County Genealogical and Historical Society
6. ↑ Ben Hacker Cemetery. Graves were recorded by the Clay County Genealogical and Historical Society and by Joyce Helton and Debi H. Kendrick for the Clay County section of the Kentucky American Genealogy and History Project.

"Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28L-P7MW : 22 July 2021), Elijah Mc Whorter and Polly Pigg, 13 Jun 1811; citing Marriage, Clay, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 986,256.

"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6P1-GBT : 19 December 2020), Mary McWhorter in household of Elijah McWhorter, Clay, Kentucky, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZBR-Z28 : 18 February 2021), Mary Mc Whorter in entry for Elijah Mc Whorter, 1860.

"United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX7T-GPQ : Thu Sep 14 22:22:49 UTC 2023), Entry for Isaac Benge and Sarah Benge, 1870.

(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVT-GH9Z : 13 September 2020), Polly Pigg McWhorter, ; Burial, Fogertown, Clay, Kentucky, United States of America, Ben Hacker Cemetery; citing record ID 26437692, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

"Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1967," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSQK-VMW : 2 March 2021), Mary Pegg in entry for Lucretia McWhorter Hazelwood, 1914; citing Death, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States, certificate , Office of Vital Statistics, Frankfort; FHL microfilm 1,942,650.

• https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_descendants/?action=list&MyPrimary_Seqn=1299903&MyLineageCount=1

• Mary Pigg, Person Page, FamilySearch. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/4ZM6-7TB. Accessed online 22 September 2023.

• Birth, death, marriage details from the the Clay County Genealogical and Historical Society Cemetery List.