Individual Details

Oleipha, Olivia "Olive Olley" Edens

(Abt 1805 - )







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EDEN / EDENS

Eden, John
1805 tax list of Bullitt Co. KY 1 white male over 21
1821 tax list of Bullitt Co. KY with 1 white male over 21. 30 acres on Wilsons Creek

Eadens, Margaret
1825  buyer at the sale of the estate of Ephraim Dragoo 11 Jun 1825  (Bullitt Co. Will Bk A p. 239)

Eden, Phillip
1799 tax list of Bullitt Co. KY with 1 white male over 21  (no land details on this list)
1801 tax list of Bullitt Co. KY with 1 white male over 21. No land
1805 tax list of Bullitt Co. KY 1 white male over 21
11 Aug 1806 was coexecutor (and "trusty friend) with Cuthbert Harrison for estate of 
    James Smith    (Bullitt Co. Will Bk A 

Eaden, William
1799 tax list of Bullitt Co. KY with 1 white male over 21  (no land details on this list)

Events

BirthAbt 1805Kentucky, United States
Marriage10 Nov 1824Bullitt, Kentucky, United States - Cephas Evans
Marriage13 Jul 1837Bullitt, Kentucky, United States - Peter Price DeWitt
Census27 Aug 1850District 1, Nelson, Kentucky, United States
Census14 Jul 1860District 2, Nelson, Kentucky, United States
Census7 Jun 1880Pine Tavern, Bullitt, Kentucky, United States

Families

SpousePeter Price DeWitt (1769 - 1840)
ChildJohn Henry Dewitt (1839 - 1862)
ChildJames Henderson Dewitt (1840 - 1862)
SpouseCephas Evans (1802 - 1827)

Notes

Marriage

d/o Elizabeth Hatcheson

Marriage

Peter P. Dewitt and Olley Evans
Mar. License

I certify that I performed the marriage ceremony between the named in the within marriage license the thirteenth day of July 1837
Robert Gailbreath

Census

655 655, Dewitt Mary 42 F, 2500 Ky. X
Dewitt A. 21 F Ky. X
Dewitt Wm. 19 M Farmer Ky.
Dewitt M. 17 F Ky. X
Dewitt J 12 M Ky. X
Dewitt James 10 M Ky. X
The bottom two boys match, but unless Olive's middle name is Mary, not sure this is the right family. No Olive's or variation Dewitts in Ky 1850

656 656 Dragoo Peter 45 M, Farmer, 1000, Pa
C Dragoo, 35 F, KY
& large family

sheet no. 319A has Ben Flanders family, who had 1st married Sarah Dewitt, daughter of P. Price Dewitt and Nancy Brown.

Census

Samuel's Depot (page 66)
463, 430 Olive Dewitt, 55 F, 3000, 200, KY
Anne DeWitt, 29 F KY
John Henry DeWitt, 21 M, KY
James DeWitt, 20 M, Ky

Census

Could this be the same Olive? If she is Olivia Edens who married Cephas Evans in 1824, yes she is an aunt by marriage to David Brown. Here, she is named Olive Dewitt, but is her DeWitt husband Peter Price?

82, 87, Brown, David, WM, 58, Farmer, KY VA KY (b. 1822)
, Nancy, WF, 57, Keeping house, KY KY KY
, Sarah E, WF, 17, Daughter, at home, KY KY KY
Dewitt, Olive, WF, 74, Aunt, widow, at home, KY KY KY

David Brown is in Bullitt Co, Pine Tavern Dist KY in 1870 & 1860 (Lebanon Jct), no Olive Dewitt.

Endnotes

1. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1860 census.

2. "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org: accessed 28 September 2015), Cephas Evans and Olivia Edens, 10 Nov 1824; citing Bullitt County, Kentucky, reference Bk 1A p 41; FHL microfilm 482,690..

3. "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org: accessed 28 September 2015), Peter P. Dewitt and Olley Evans, 13 Jul 1837; citing Bullitt County, Kentucky, reference Bk 1A p 74; FHL microfilm 482,690..

4. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1850 > KENTUCKY > NELSON > 1-DIST Series: M432 Roll: 215 Page: 320.

5. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1860 > Kentucky > NELSON > 2-DIST Series: M653 Roll: 389 Page: 66 .

6. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1880 > KENTUCKY > BULLITT > PINE TAVERN Series: T9 Roll: 406 Page: 252.