Individual Details
William Comfort
(2 May 1792 - 27 Aug 1836)
Birth is recorded Dutch Reformed Church, Montgomery, Orange Co, NY as 2 May 1792. Parents listed as Benjamin Comfort and Elisabeth Youngblood.
FamilySearch.org; New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962
1820 Logan Co Census lists William Comfort, age 45+; 1f under 10. [He married Eleanor Whitsitt in 1818 & they did have a baby daughter by 1820; Eleanor just left off.] The tax list for that year shows him with 300 acres on the Gasper R; 1 slave over 16, 2 horses, a house & lot in Butler County. No listings in 1830.
Logan County Court Records, Book 8 (1822-1828) LDS #0364563
p.28, Apr 1823 William Comfort appointed Commissioner of the Tax in the 3rd District
p.278 Feb Term 1827 Wm Comfort, Constable of this County.....
According to the Whitsitt book, about 1830 the Comforts removed to Canton, Mississippi. The daughter Emily married Dr. Lewis of Vicksburg. Son John W. became an MD and settled in New Orleans where he married and then perished in a scourge of yellow fever. Son Daniel Benjamin lived in Kosciusko MS
Land Patents in Madison Co MS (Canton) dated as early as 10 Jan 1832
In the papers of the Equity Case, 14-303. of William & Nancy Porter vs. the Heirs of William Haden, is a "Schedule of property belonging to William Comfort at the time Oliver C. Porter filed a bill against him." A list of livestock, personal effects & furnishings to include a cradle and a sword, plus a claim of $81 of the trustees of Russellville Academy, then follow. There is no explanation for inclusion of this paper unles it was simply misfiled. Oliver C. Porter was a brother to the William Porter of the case and also a brother of the Benjamin Porter who had married Eleanor Whitsitt Comfort's first cousin, Polly Proctor. There is no date on this paper.
1830 Census. Hinds Co MS
William Comfort. 2m -5; 2m 5-10, 1m 30-40. 1f 5-10, 1f 30-40.
By 1840, Ellen Comfort is listed as head of household in the Madison Co MS census. Apparently William deceased.
Events
| Birth | 2 May 1792 | Orange County, New York |  | ||
| Marriage | 17 Sep 1818 | Logan County, Kentucky - Eleanor Cardwell Whitsitt | | ||
| Death | 27 Aug 1836 | Madison County, Mississippi | |
Families
| Spouse | Eleanor Cardwell Whitsitt (1800 - 1851) |
| Child | Emily H. M. Comfort (1819 - 1896) |
| Child | Dr. John W. Comfort (1822 - 1854) |
| Child | Daniel Benjamin Comfort (1824 - 1902) |
| Child | David Samuel Comfort (1827 - 1862) |
| Child | Joseph A. Comfort (1829 - ) |
| Child | Elizabeth Comfort (1835 - ) |
| Child | Catharine Comfort (1837 - ) |
| Father | Benjamin Comfort (1757 - 1814) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Youngblood (1763 - ) |
| Sibling | Rev. Daniel Comfort (1784 - 1850) |
| Sibling | Catherine "Caty" Comfort (1788 - ) |
| Sibling | Joseph Whalen Comfort (1802 - 1870) |
Endnotes
1. William H. Whitsitt, Annals of a Scotch-Irish Family: The Whitsitts of Nashville, Tennessee. (Originally in The American Historical Magazine,, Jan-Apr-Jul-Oct 1904 Reprint 1995 by Friends of Mill Creek Baptist Church Graveyard), Oct 1904 p.380.
2. WorldConnect database at Rootsweb.
3. G. Glenn Clift; Compiled, Kentucky Marriages 1797-1865 (Genealogy Publishing Co. 1978), from "Lexington Public Advertiser" 10 Sep 1818.
4. Logan County Genealogical Society,Inc., Logan County Kentucky Marriages 1790-1865 (c.1981; Additions and Corrections 1985), p. 20 (Book 1, p.6).
5. US Census 1850 MS (GenealogyLibrary Online), Madison Co; p.146; Household 225.
6. U.S. Federal Census - Digital Images Online by Subscription (Ancestry.com); 1790-1940, 1840, KY, Barren Co, Glasgow, p.94.
7. WorldConnect database at Rootsweb.