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Note: Bob Adams and Ken Maddin both have Sarah born about 1805. Bob says in his notes that Sarah was widowed and then met John in KY. He took her back to VA. There second child, Margaret is listed as being born in 1819, in VA. The 1860 census has Margaret as 44 years old. That would have her born about 1816. Either way, Sarah would have been married, widowed, remarried, and bore two children by either age 12 or 15. Possible, but still seems unlikely. The 1860 census has her at age 63. That would put her born about 1797. Age 19 or 22 sound more like it, for the second husband and second child. The 1850 census lists her as 50, which puts her at about 1800. The 1840 census has a female age 40 to 50 in the household. That would be 1790 to 1800. The 1830 census has a female age 30 to 40. Still right in that range. I tend to think that she was born about 1797. She is listed by both Bob and Ken as marrying John Easterling in 1825, in Carter County, KY. They would have had to have made a special trip to get married there as all of their children seem to have been born in Virginia. They did appear to retire there, as they were living in Carter County, in 1860. Another note, the first children were all born before 1825, but all have the Easterling name. At least on the Genealogy report, from Ken Maddin. If Sarah was married, and widowed, possibly these children were from her first husband. If she was born about 1797, and then married to this unknown first husband about 1814-1818, she would have been 17 to 21, when her first child was born. When John Easterling was born in 1824 of if the 1860 census is correct and it was more like 1823, she would have been 27 or 28. That fits, but four of the five are listed as being born in VA. The fifth, and first born, does not have a location listed. I am guessing that some sort of family oral history has gotten things mixed up. Unless there is a condemners source that clears this up, I would think that Sarah was born in VA, and then did not leave until much later in life to live. She may have heard stories, especially from her father, or he may have even taken her there. But if she did marry in KY, I am of the opinion she was either not there very long, or at least some of here children were born there too.
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