Individual Details
Merry "Mel" Webb 3
(Abt 1770 - 1842)
*Merry "Mel" Webb was b in Va ca 1770 and died in Ky in 1842. Merry married at least three times. 1) Martha Jones on 4-16-1800 in Green County, Ky; Martin H. Webb was by this marriage. 2) The widow Mrs. Mary (?) Garrison ca. 1810 (by 1812); 3) Mary Davis on Feb 7 1830 in Edmonson Co.
Merry "Mel" was buried at Grassy Knob Cemetery at Poplar Springs in Edmonson Co Ky.
A son (shows on 1810 Census) believed to be a Jesse who was on 1840 Edmonson Co Census, unmarried, approx 45 years.
Merry had two more daughters according to the Edmonson Co Census of 1840, born between 1830 & 1840. May be Sophia W (Lindsey) and Mary (Houchen).
Kentucky
1797 & 1799 Tax list Warren Co., KY. Martin Webb Sr. and Merry
Webb.
1800 - Merry Webb locks up Edward Simon in a building on Martin Webb's place. (this is below and adjoining the Mammoth Cave property) and then flees to Green Co., Kentucky where he marries Martha Jones. April 16, 1800. (thought to be dau of James Jones.)
1800 - The Warren Co., KY court summons Merry Webb to appear at the Oct. Term of court for false imprisonment for more than 24 hours of Edward Simon. Martin and John Webb summoned to appear in this same case. Case carried over to Feb. 1801 and dismissed.
1800 - Sheriff fees collected for year 1800 in Green County, Kentucky lists Merry Webb for 25 cents and 75 cents.
1800 - Warren County, Kentucky tax list. Martin Webb Sr.
1800 - Martin H. Webb born 1800, son of Merry Webb & Martha Jones Webb.Warren Co., KY.
1801 - Alsey Webb, daughter of Merry Webb is born
1801 - August. William Mitchell came into the Warren County Court and made oath that he happened upon the muster ground near Green River at a place called Cedar Springs. (this is below Mammoth Cave) and witnessed a fight that took place between Merry Webb and William Forrest. Webb bit off both of Forrest's ears.
1802 - Jan. 22nd. Warren Co. KY. Merry Webb enters 200 acres land on Green River in a valley running Southwardly thense Eastwardly.
1802 - Tax List Warren Co., KY. Martin Webb Sr.
1803-1804 Warren Co. Tax list Martin Webb , Sr. and Merry Webb.
1805-1807 Warren Co. Tax list. Martin Webb.
1808 - Merry Webb Hardin Co., KY. Tax list. 2 horses. Hardin County, Kentucky is just north of Green River on the north bank at this date from Mammoth Cave. This part of Hardin later became Hart County in 1819. Mammoth Cave was near the Barren Warren County line., but over on the Warren side of the line. When Edmonson County was created in 1825 all of this area of Hart, Warren, Barren became Edmonson County. Merry Webb owned land where the picnic area is now located next to the ticket office at Mammoth Cave. Martin Webb's land Was about a mile down the river from Mammoth Cave.
1809 - Barren County, KY Tax list. (This would be in what became Hart County in 1819)
1809 - Merry Webb 200 acres on Green River, entered byGeorge James (or Jones) 1 male age 21 and 1 horse. No Slaves.
1810 - Fed. Census Barren County, Kentucky. Merry Webb. 2 males 10; 2 males, 10-16; 2 males 16-26; 1 male 45; 3 females 10. 1 female 26-45. 3 horses. No slaves. (Note: "If what Dr. Puckett maintains is true, then Merry Webb was married prior to the time he married Martha Jones. According to family tradition, Millian Webb daughter of Martin Webb md. Robert Hazelip. Millian was dead by this time. She lived on the Green River in what is now Hart County, KY, in the same vicinity of where this census was taken." Per Norman Warnell.)
1811-1812 Warren Co., KY. Aug. 25th. Fleming Gatewood assignee of Mary (Merry) Webb; 200 acres on Green River..to Gratz..(this was the land where the campground at Mammoth Cave Nat. park is now located within 100 yards of the visitor center).
1813 - Warren Co., KY. Martin Jones and John Jones appoint Merry Webb power of attorney to recover land in Pendleton County, South Carolina on Georges Creek formerly occupied by Salisberry Garrison dec'd. [note:At this time Merry Webb was married to Mary Garrison , widow and mother of the Garrison girls who married Martin and John Jones They were nephews of Merry Webb, children of his sister Nancy Webb Jones. Looks like Merry Webb is about to take a trip to South Carolina).
1814 - June 18th. Warren County, KY. William Miller and wife Drusilla of Hardin Co., KY to Merry Webb $400 for 200 acres of land on Dry Branch of Green River to Doyles line to a military survey. This land was below Mammoth Cave. (Samuel Doyle lived here having been assigned the land by Isaac Doyle)
1815 - Tax List Warren Co., KY.
Merry Webb 300 acres, 4 horses, no slaves.
1815 - Nov. 5th MERRY WEBB grants power of attorney to Henry Webb, son, to recover slave for sons John and Merry Webb. [note: (The Merry Webb of Edmonson Co. didn't appear to have any slaves or he would have been taxed for them) Cumberland County, at that time joined the lower border of Barren County.
1816 - Martin Webb deceased.
1816 - Warren County, KY. Merry Webb taxed for 200 acres entered in Berry Smiths name, surveyed for Wm. Miller; CENSUS 1 male 21 years and 4 horses, no slaves.
1816 - Martin Webb, Sr. died in Warren County, KY. Leaving 200 acres to his children and 50 acres to his widow, Nancy "Anny" Phelps VanZant Webb.
1820 - Merry Webb Warren County KY Fed. Census. 1 male over 45 and 1 female over 45 However he is not on the tax list for Warren County.
1821- Merry Webb tax list Warren Co., KY. No land, 2 horses.
1822 - Merry Webb tax list for Warren Co. No land.
1823-Merry Webb was in Hart Co., on Green & Nolin Rivers during the next three years. 1824- Hart Co
1825- Hart Co
1825 Edmonson County created out of Hart County in 1825.
1826 - Merry Webb tax list for Edmonson Co.,KY. 50 acres. Entered by
Phillips. Value $400.
1827 - Merry Webb tax list Edmonson Co., KY. 95 acres $200.
1828 - Merry Webb tax list. Edmonson Co., KY. $180.
1829 - Merry Webb tax list $100.
1830 - Edmonson Co.,KY. Merry Webb married 19 yr old Mary Davis.
1830 - Census. Merry Webb 1 male 5-10. 1 male 50-60; 1 female under 5. 1 female 20-30.
1831 - Alexander Merry Webb , son of Merry is born
1831 to 1839 Merry Webb.Edmonson Co. Tax list.
1840 - Merry Webb Census Edmonson Co., KY. 1 male 5-10. 1 male 60-70. 1 female 30-40. 2 females under 5. 1 female 15-20.
1841 - Merry Webb Edmonson Co., KY. Tax list. 50 acres Nolin River.
1842 - Merry Webbs name disappears from tax list. and his wife's name appears. On the list indicating that Merry Webb deceased.
1842 - Merry Webb deceased. Buried in Grassy Knob Cemetery at Poplar Springs in Edmonson Co Ky
Merry "Mel" was buried at Grassy Knob Cemetery at Poplar Springs in Edmonson Co Ky.
A son (shows on 1810 Census) believed to be a Jesse who was on 1840 Edmonson Co Census, unmarried, approx 45 years.
Merry had two more daughters according to the Edmonson Co Census of 1840, born between 1830 & 1840. May be Sophia W (Lindsey) and Mary (Houchen).
Kentucky
1797 & 1799 Tax list Warren Co., KY. Martin Webb Sr. and Merry
Webb.
1800 - Merry Webb locks up Edward Simon in a building on Martin Webb's place. (this is below and adjoining the Mammoth Cave property) and then flees to Green Co., Kentucky where he marries Martha Jones. April 16, 1800. (thought to be dau of James Jones.)
1800 - The Warren Co., KY court summons Merry Webb to appear at the Oct. Term of court for false imprisonment for more than 24 hours of Edward Simon. Martin and John Webb summoned to appear in this same case. Case carried over to Feb. 1801 and dismissed.
1800 - Sheriff fees collected for year 1800 in Green County, Kentucky lists Merry Webb for 25 cents and 75 cents.
1800 - Warren County, Kentucky tax list. Martin Webb Sr.
1800 - Martin H. Webb born 1800, son of Merry Webb & Martha Jones Webb.Warren Co., KY.
1801 - Alsey Webb, daughter of Merry Webb is born
1801 - August. William Mitchell came into the Warren County Court and made oath that he happened upon the muster ground near Green River at a place called Cedar Springs. (this is below Mammoth Cave) and witnessed a fight that took place between Merry Webb and William Forrest. Webb bit off both of Forrest's ears.
1802 - Jan. 22nd. Warren Co. KY. Merry Webb enters 200 acres land on Green River in a valley running Southwardly thense Eastwardly.
1802 - Tax List Warren Co., KY. Martin Webb Sr.
1803-1804 Warren Co. Tax list Martin Webb , Sr. and Merry Webb.
1805-1807 Warren Co. Tax list. Martin Webb.
1808 - Merry Webb Hardin Co., KY. Tax list. 2 horses. Hardin County, Kentucky is just north of Green River on the north bank at this date from Mammoth Cave. This part of Hardin later became Hart County in 1819. Mammoth Cave was near the Barren Warren County line., but over on the Warren side of the line. When Edmonson County was created in 1825 all of this area of Hart, Warren, Barren became Edmonson County. Merry Webb owned land where the picnic area is now located next to the ticket office at Mammoth Cave. Martin Webb's land Was about a mile down the river from Mammoth Cave.
1809 - Barren County, KY Tax list. (This would be in what became Hart County in 1819)
1809 - Merry Webb 200 acres on Green River, entered byGeorge James (or Jones) 1 male age 21 and 1 horse. No Slaves.
1810 - Fed. Census Barren County, Kentucky. Merry Webb. 2 males 10; 2 males, 10-16; 2 males 16-26; 1 male 45; 3 females 10. 1 female 26-45. 3 horses. No slaves. (Note: "If what Dr. Puckett maintains is true, then Merry Webb was married prior to the time he married Martha Jones. According to family tradition, Millian Webb daughter of Martin Webb md. Robert Hazelip. Millian was dead by this time. She lived on the Green River in what is now Hart County, KY, in the same vicinity of where this census was taken." Per Norman Warnell.)
1811-1812 Warren Co., KY. Aug. 25th. Fleming Gatewood assignee of Mary (Merry) Webb; 200 acres on Green River..to Gratz..(this was the land where the campground at Mammoth Cave Nat. park is now located within 100 yards of the visitor center).
1813 - Warren Co., KY. Martin Jones and John Jones appoint Merry Webb power of attorney to recover land in Pendleton County, South Carolina on Georges Creek formerly occupied by Salisberry Garrison dec'd. [note:At this time Merry Webb was married to Mary Garrison , widow and mother of the Garrison girls who married Martin and John Jones They were nephews of Merry Webb, children of his sister Nancy Webb Jones. Looks like Merry Webb is about to take a trip to South Carolina).
1814 - June 18th. Warren County, KY. William Miller and wife Drusilla of Hardin Co., KY to Merry Webb $400 for 200 acres of land on Dry Branch of Green River to Doyles line to a military survey. This land was below Mammoth Cave. (Samuel Doyle lived here having been assigned the land by Isaac Doyle)
1815 - Tax List Warren Co., KY.
Merry Webb 300 acres, 4 horses, no slaves.
1815 - Nov. 5th MERRY WEBB grants power of attorney to Henry Webb, son, to recover slave for sons John and Merry Webb. [note: (The Merry Webb of Edmonson Co. didn't appear to have any slaves or he would have been taxed for them) Cumberland County, at that time joined the lower border of Barren County.
1816 - Martin Webb deceased.
1816 - Warren County, KY. Merry Webb taxed for 200 acres entered in Berry Smiths name, surveyed for Wm. Miller; CENSUS 1 male 21 years and 4 horses, no slaves.
1816 - Martin Webb, Sr. died in Warren County, KY. Leaving 200 acres to his children and 50 acres to his widow, Nancy "Anny" Phelps VanZant Webb.
1820 - Merry Webb Warren County KY Fed. Census. 1 male over 45 and 1 female over 45 However he is not on the tax list for Warren County.
1821- Merry Webb tax list Warren Co., KY. No land, 2 horses.
1822 - Merry Webb tax list for Warren Co. No land.
1823-Merry Webb was in Hart Co., on Green & Nolin Rivers during the next three years. 1824- Hart Co
1825- Hart Co
1825 Edmonson County created out of Hart County in 1825.
1826 - Merry Webb tax list for Edmonson Co.,KY. 50 acres. Entered by
Phillips. Value $400.
1827 - Merry Webb tax list Edmonson Co., KY. 95 acres $200.
1828 - Merry Webb tax list. Edmonson Co., KY. $180.
1829 - Merry Webb tax list $100.
1830 - Edmonson Co.,KY. Merry Webb married 19 yr old Mary Davis.
1830 - Census. Merry Webb 1 male 5-10. 1 male 50-60; 1 female under 5. 1 female 20-30.
1831 - Alexander Merry Webb , son of Merry is born
1831 to 1839 Merry Webb.Edmonson Co. Tax list.
1840 - Merry Webb Census Edmonson Co., KY. 1 male 5-10. 1 male 60-70. 1 female 30-40. 2 females under 5. 1 female 15-20.
1841 - Merry Webb Edmonson Co., KY. Tax list. 50 acres Nolin River.
1842 - Merry Webbs name disappears from tax list. and his wife's name appears. On the list indicating that Merry Webb deceased.
1842 - Merry Webb deceased. Buried in Grassy Knob Cemetery at Poplar Springs in Edmonson Co Ky
Events
| Birth | Abt 1770 | Virginia, United States |  | ||
| Marriage | 16 Apr 1800 | Green, Kentucky, United States - Martha Jones | | ||
| Marriage | Abt 1805 | Mary Williams | | ||
| Census (family) | 1820 | Martinsville, Warren, Kentucky, United States - Mary Williams |  | | |
| Marriage | 7 Feb 1830 | Edmonson, Kentucky, United States - Mary "Polly" Davis | | | |
| Census (family) | 1830 | Edmonson, Kentucky, United States - Mary "Polly" Davis | | ||
| Census (family) | 1840 | Edmonson, Kentucky, United States - Mary "Polly" Davis | | | |
| Death | 1842 | Edmonson, Kentucky, United States | | ||
| Burial | Grassy Knob Cemetery, Poplar Springs, Edmonson Co., Kentucky, | |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Williams (1774 - ) |
| Child | Mary Jane "Polly" Webb (1823 - ) |
| Child | Delilah Webb (1825 - 1860) |
| Child | Sophia W Webb (1825 - 1906) |
| Spouse | Martha Jones ( - ) |
| Child | Ailsey Webb (1800 - 1874) |
| Child | Martin H Webb (1802 - 1880) |
| Spouse | Mary "Polly" Davis (1796 - ) |
| Child | Alexander Merry "Alex" Webb (1831 - 1918) |
| Child | Susan(nah) C Webb (1837 - ) |
| Child | John M. Webb (1840 - ) |
| Father | Martin Webb (1740 - 1816) |
| Mother | Judith? ( - ) |
| Sibling | Nancy Webb (1764 - 1825) |
| Sibling | John Webb (1767 - 1833) |
| Sibling | Naomi Webb (1769 - ) |
| Sibling | Millian Webb (1772 - 1830) |
| Sibling | James Webb (1773 - ) |
| Sibling | Sarah Ann Webb (1777 - 1850) |
| Sibling | Martin Webb Jr. (1778 - ) |
| Sibling | Judith Webb (1779 - 1854) |
| Sibling | Henry Martin Webb (1783 - 1850) |
Notes
Census (family)
listed in a row:Merry Webb 000001 000010
James Lindsey 511101 100100
Martin Webb 000100 010000
Merry Webb - 1 male 45+ and 1 female 45+
James Lindsey - 5 boys under 10, 1 boy 10-16, 1 boy 16-18, 1 boy 16-26, 1 man 45+. 1 girl under 10, 1 woman 26-45.
Martin Webb - 1 man 16-26, 1 woman 10-16.
Marriage
WEBB Merry DAVIS Polly 7 Feb 1830Census (family)
pg 217 (same page as John & Martin Jones, Salisbury Webb Jr., etc.)WEBB Merry - 1 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 1 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - 4
4 people:
1 son 5-9,
1 male 50-60, Merry
1 female under 5,
1 female 20-30, Mary Davis
John Jones is living next door to Merry Webb and living with John in both 1830 & 1840 is an elderly woman some 20 years older than his wife. Norman Warnell told Winnie Whitaker he found in Edmonson Co (She thinks it was in the old equity files) where John Jones was paid by the county for the yearly care of a Mrs. Webb, so Winnie thinks the older woman could be Mary Garrison Webb living with Eleanor and John. She was the same age as Merry who was next door. They lived next to each other in 1830 but by 1840 one or the other had moved. She believes Merry left Mary Garrison and married Mary Davis.
Census (family)
WEBB Merry - - 1 - - - - - - 1 - - - - - 2 1 - 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - 77 people:
1 male 60-70, Merry Webb
1 male 5-9.
1 female 30-39, Mary Davis
1 female 15-19,
1 female 5-9,
2 females under 5
next door is Caleb Lindsey.
Those small children in Merry Webb's house were his!!! He remarried in 1830 to a woman 30 years younger. Mary Davis was Winnie Whitaker's 3rd greatgrandmother. She thinks they may have had a couple of children before getting married..
Endnotes
1. Whitaker, Winnie Webb, "Webb genealogy," e-mail messages from <WinnieWhitaker@yahoo.com> to Nancy Prouty, 2004-2008..
2. Whitaker, Winnie Webb, "Webb genealogy," e-mail messages from <WinnieWhitaker@yahoo.com> to Nancy Prouty, 2004-2008..
3. Whitaker, Winnie Webb, "Webb genealogy," e-mail messages from <WinnieWhitaker@yahoo.com> to Nancy Prouty, 2004-2008..
4. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1820 > KENTUCKY > WARREN > MARTINSVILLE Series: M33 Roll: 28 Page: 58.
5. Whitaker, Winnie Webb, "Webb genealogy," e-mail messages from <WinnieWhitaker@yahoo.com> to Nancy Prouty, 2004-2008..
6. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.).
7. Whitaker, Winnie Webb, "Webb genealogy," e-mail messages from <WinnieWhitaker@yahoo.com> to Nancy Prouty, 2004-2008..
8. Whitaker, Winnie Webb, "Webb genealogy," e-mail messages from <WinnieWhitaker@yahoo.com> to Nancy Prouty, 2004-2008..
9. Whitaker, Winnie Webb, "Webb genealogy," e-mail messages from <WinnieWhitaker@yahoo.com> to Nancy Prouty, 2004-2008..