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Silas Rackley

Silas Rackley

Male 1775 - Bef 1831  (~ 61 years)

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  • Name Silas Rackley  [1
    Born Between 1770 and 1775  North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Census 1800  Halifax, Nash County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Silass Rackley
    1 male under 10
    1 male of 16 and under 25
    1 male of 26 and under 45
    2 females under 10
    1 female of 26 and under 45
    0 slaves

    [Appears directly before Persons Rackley, eldest male \"45 or over.\" Owned 5 slaves.] 
    Census 1820  Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Mr. Silas Rackley
    3 males under 10 [Wilson, abt 4; 2 others?]
    2 males of 10 and under 16 [Micajah, abt 14; Silas, abt 10]
    2 males of 16 and under 26 [Passon, abt 26?; 1 other?]
    1 male 45 and over [Silas]
    1 female under 10 [Elizabeth, abt 1]
    1 female of 10 and under 16 [Sarah, abt 11]
    1 female of 26 and under 45 [wife?]
    5 engaged in agriculture
    1 female slave under 14
    2 female slaves of 14 and under 26 
    Census 1830  Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Silas Rackley household
    1 male of 10 and under 15 [Wilson, abt 14]
    1 male of 50 and under 60 [Silas]
    1 female of 5 and under 10 [Elizabeth, abt 10]
    1 female of 50 and under 60 [Nancy, named in will]
    1 female slave under age 10 [Bethy, named in will]
    5 total 
    DNA note
    Family Tree DNA, kit no. 395184, for Robert "Bob" Thedford. His entry includes gedcom ending with Micajah Rackley, a son of Silas Rackley. He matches Dad's DNA and mine.  [5
    Died Bef 10 Jun 1831  Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • His will is dated 10 June 1831 and was proven in the April 1832 term of court. It lists seven children.
    Person ID I454  Full
    Last Modified 7 Jul 2018 

    Father Passon Rackley,   b. Abt 1730, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F206  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah Parker 
    Last Modified 8 Feb 2009 
    Family ID F196  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Diana Manning,   b. Between 1775 and 1780, Nash County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1860, Edgecombe County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 86 years) 
    Married Y  [1
    • Some question as to whether he was married prior, and had at least one child (Passon/Parson/Persons) prior.
    Children 
    +1. Passon Rackley,   b. Abt 1793, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    +2. Phebe Ann Rackley,   b. 4 Jul 1799, Nash County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 May 1883, Giles County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
    +3. Micajah Rackley,   b. Abt 1806,   d. Bef 1860  (Age ~ 54 years)
     4. Sarah D. Rackley,   b. Abt 1809, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    +5. Silas Purvis Rackley,   b. 1810, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Wilson William Rackley,   b. 6 Nov 1816, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Oct 1900, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     7. Elizabeth Rackley,   b. Abt 1819,   d. 10 Apr 1890  (Age ~ 71 years)
    Last Modified 7 Jul 2018 
    Family ID F195  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Silas Tidwell, will, executed 10 June 1831, proved April Term 1832, Lawrence County, Tennessee
    Silas Tidwell, will, executed 10 June 1831, proved April Term 1832, Lawrence County, Tennessee
    Lawrence County, Tennessee, Wills Jan. 1829-October 1847: 36, Silas Rackley (1832); digital image,
    \"Tennessee, Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008,\" Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 6 July 2018); original records, County Court, Lawrenceburg.

  • Sources 
    1. [S27] Tennessee, Giles - Giles County Lineage Book, Giles County Historical Society, (Pulaski, Tennessee : Giles County Historical Society, 1982, rev. 1987).

    2. [S5422] 1800 U.S. census, Nash County, North Carolina, population schedule, Halifax, p. 117 (stamped), line 15, Silass [Silas] Rackley household; digital images , Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 6 July 2018); citing NARA microfilm publication M32, roll 32.

    3. [S5421] 1820 U.S. census, Lawrence County, Tennessee, population schedule, [township not stated], p. 6 (penned), [no stamped no.], line 11, Silas Rackley household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 6 July 2018); citing NARA microfilm publication M33, roll 123.

    4. [S5420] 1830 U.S. census, Lawrence County, Tennessee, [no township stated], p. 11 (penned, recto), p. 294 (stamped), line 22, Silas Rackley household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 6 July 2018); citing NARA microfilm publication M19, roll 177.

    5. [S3981] Ron Irwin, My Genealogy Home Page, (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/i/r/w/Ron-Irwin-TN/index.html : accessed 6 November 2013), Family Tree Maker genealogy database, entry and family group for Silas Rackley, born between 1700–74.