Melinda (Price) Williams (1795 - aft. 1850)

Born 1795 in Kentucky

Wife of Lewis Williams II — married 1 Dec 1810 in Harrison, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died after 1850 after age 55 in Kentucky

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Biography

Kentucky Native

Melinda Price was born about 1795 in Kentucky (or Maryland, as some say). She was the daughter of John Price. Melinda married Lewis Williams shortly after her marriage bond was signed on the 1st of December 1810, in Harrison County, Kentucky.^[1]

Marriage Intention

Residence

1810: Harrison County, Kentucky^[2]

1820: Pendleton County, Kentucky^[3]

1830: Pendleton County, Kentucky^[4]

1840: Pendleton County, Kentucky^[5]

1850: Harrison County, Kentucky^[6]

1860: Presumed to be Harrison County, but can't locate

Harrison County, Kentucky

Family

Husband: Lewis Williams

Wife: Melinda Price

Children:

1. Bryson Williams b 1822 Kentucky^[7]
2. Louis Williams b 1826 Kentucky^[8]
3. James Williams b 1828 Kentucky^[9]
4. Mary Williams b 1824 Kentucky^[10]

Research Notes

• In 1792 Kentucky became the 15th state to join the Union. (Wikipedia)

• In the 1850 census, Melinda's age is said to be 44. This has to be incorrect, as that would make her four years old when married in 1810. Lewis' birth year is most likely incorrect as well. A 1796 birth would make him age fourteen at time of marriage. This makes me wonder if one of the children was the informant for the census.

• I cannot locate Melinda or any of her children in the 1860 Census. District 1, Harrison County census only has one page of families, so this census record may have been lost/damaged. Update, I found son James in the unnamed section of Harrison County, but didn't find family members in the pages around him.

• Please see the Family section on her husband's profile for additional unknown children.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #Melindas Marriage
2. ↑ Source: #Melindas Marriage
3. ↑ Source: #1820 Census
4. ↑ Source: #1830 Census
5. ↑ Source: #1840 Census
6. ↑ Source: #1850 Census
7. ↑ Source: #1850 Census
8. ↑ Source: #1850 Census
9. ↑ Source: #1850 Census
10. ↑ Source: #1850 Census

• Melindas Marriage "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5ZZ-ZQQ : accessed 24 November 2017), Lewis Williams and Melinda Price, 01 Dec 1810; citing Harrison, Kentucky, United States, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond; FHL microfilm 216,879.

• 1820 Census "United States Census, 1820," database with images, Ancestry (United States Census : accessed 24 November 2017), Lewis Williams, Falmouth, Pendleton, Kentucky, United States; citing Fourth Census of the United States, 1820. (NARA microfilm publication M33, 142 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. TEXT: Lewis Williams, Falmouth, Pendleton, Kentucky, 7 Aug 1820, 3 males under 10, 1 male 26-44, 1 male 45+, 2 females under 10, 1 female 26-44, 1 male slave 26-44. Total Free White Persons 8, Total Slaves 1. Note: This Lewis would have only been about twenty-four when this census was taken. If this is him, he has a 45+ year-old male in the household (not his father, who was still in Virginia).

• 1830 Census "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (United States Census : accessed 24 November 2017), Lewis Williams, Pendleton, Kentucky, United States; citing 69, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 41; FHL microfilm 7,820.

• 1840 Census "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (United States Census : accessed 24 November 2017), Lewis Williams, Pendleton, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 246, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 122; FHL microfilm 7,831.

• 1850 Census "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (United States Census : accessed 24 November 2017), Lewis Williams, Harrison county, Harrison, Kentucky, United States; citing family 836, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).