Individual Details

1820 Grayson Co Census, p.50: John Mayberry, 1m 16-26, 1f 16-26

1830 Grayso Co Census, p.269. John Mayberry, 1m -5 [Calvin], 1m 5-10 [Levi], 1m 30-40 [John - he was 35]; 2f 5-10 [Names unknown or dates of birth of some of daughters are wrong], 1f 20-30 [Nancy]

1840 Grayson Co Census, p.291. John W. Mabry. 1m -5 [John F.], 2m 5-10 [Andrew J. & LoIra], 2m 10-15 [Calvin & Levi], 1m 30-40 [John but he was age 45]; 2f -5, 2f 15-20, 1f 30-40 [Nancy]
I know of 3 daughters that should have been born in this time period - Mahulda, Leah, & Sarah but this census shows 4. Probably Huldah & Leah are the two girls under 5.

1850, Carroll Co, Household 305. John W. Maybry age 55. Nancy age 48. Andrew J. 17, Huldah 15, Leah 13, and John F. age 11.

I believe John Wesley may have left Nancy in Carroll County and gone off with one of his sons. I found him living with Levi and his family in Morgan Co KY in the 1860 Census. The sons Calvin & Andrew were also in Morgan Co in 1860. In 1860, Nancy was living as head of household with Leah still at home, back in Carroll Co VA. They were working as cake bakers.

In 1880, in Piper Gap District of Carroll Co is the Poor House. John Mabry, age 85, was a resident - a pauper. Nancy was living with a daughter in 1880.


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John married Nancy Dalton sometime before 1827. They appear in the 1850 Census for Carroll County with four of their children, Andrew, Huldah, Leah, and John T., John Wesley also appears in the 1842 personal property tax records owning one horse. He appears in the 1860 Census with his son, Levi, in Morgan, Kentucky. John doesn't surface again until the 1880 Census for Carroll County where he is living in the poor house listed as a pauper with no occupation. Nancy is not listed with him, but he is listed as married.
Nancy can be found in the 1860 Census as head of house with her daughter Leah, and "Robert" less than a year old. Both she and Leah have the occupation of cake baker. She is in the 1870 Census with her daughter Sarah Jane Mabry Jennings as head. In the 1880 census Nancy is found living with Martin Dalton and his wife. At this point I'm assuming Martin was a brother of Nancy's. Also in this census Nancy is listed as single.
I can only assume from this information that John and Nancy parted ways between 1850 and 1860 but possibly never divorced.
From this information it would not be unlikely that John was buried in the County Farm Cemetery at the intersection of Rt 58 & I-77 in Carroll County. According to Ron Hall when I-77 was being constructed the bodies were exhumed and remove to be re-buried at the Gardner Memorial Cemetery in a mass grave. Ron states however that when bulldozing began at the County Farm Cemetery area that more bodies were unearthed. I'd like to think that it was because they were unmarked and unrecognizable as graves.
I honestly can't remember where I obtained the death date of 1886, possibly from another tree. We do know from the census information that he died after 1880.

Birth	1795
Marriage	Oct 1819	Grayson County, Virginia - Nancy Dalton
Death	Aft 1880

Spouse	Nancy Dalton (1800 - 1887)
Child	Levi Mabry (1825 - 1909)
Child	Calvin Mabry (1827 - 1904)
Child	Loira Mabry (1833 - 1900)
Child	Andrew Jackson Mabry (1832 - 1913)
Child	Mahulda Mabry (1835 - 1913)
Child	Leah Mabry (1839 - )
Child	Sarah Jane Mabry (1839 - )
Child	John Frelen Mabry (1840 - )
Child	William Mabry ( - )
Child	Charles Mabry ( - )

Father	CHARLES Mabry (1760 - 1840)
Mother	ELIZABETH Hylton/Helton (1765 - 1846)
Sibling	JOSHUA G. Mabry (1789 - 1849)
Sibling	Amelia Lee "Millie" Mabry (1787 - 1875)
Sibling	Isaac Mabry (1798 - 1886)
Sibling	Nancy Mabry (1799 - 1879)
Sibling	Samuel Scott Mabry (1802 - 1882)
Sibling	Elizabeth Mabry (1804 - 1899)
Sibling	Joseph J. Mabry (1807 - 1861)
Sibling	Susannah Mabry (1806 - 1874)