Person:Abner Lester (2)

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Abner Hulen "Old Cherry" Lester, Sr.
b.1792 Russell County, Virginia, USA
d.1873 McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Parents and Siblings
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m. 26 Mar 1786
  1. Martha "Patsy" Lester1787 -
  2. Ruth Lester1790 - Bef 1880
  3. Abner Hulen "Old Cherry" Lester, Sr.1792 - 1873
  4. Rebecca Lester1795 -
  5. Thomas Mastin Lester1795 - 1884
  6. Dorcas Lester1800 -
  7. Elizabeth "Betsy" LesterAbt 1802 -
  8. James Lester1804 - Bef 1870
  9. John V. Lester1809 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Abner Hulen "Old Cherry" Lester, Sr.1792 - 1873
  • W.  Rebecca Whitt1795 - Bet 1841 & 1844
m. 1814
  1. Thomas Mastin "Chet" Lester1815 - 1884
  2. William Riley Lester1817 -
  3. Susannah "Susan" Lester1820 -
  4. Martha Ann Lester1820 - 1906
  5. Polly Lester1825 -
  6. Louvicy Lester1827 -
  7. Abner Hulen Lester, Jr.1829 - 1902
  8. Mathias Harman "Elder M.H." Lester1830 - 1901
  9. John R. Lester1831 -
  10. Pricy Lester1837 -
  11. Samuel Day Lester1864 -
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Facts and Events
Name[3] Abner Hulen "Old Cherry" Lester, Sr.
Gender Male
Alt Birth[1] 1780 Virginia, Ohio or Kentucky
Birth[3] 1792 Russell County, Virginia, USA
Marriage 1814 to Rebecca Whitt
Residence[1] 1851 Tazewell, Virginia, United States
Residence[2] 1870 Davy, Mcdowell County, West Virginia, USAat the Mouth of Petes Branch 4 miles east of Davy, WVa, we had our camp there and was always trying to keep to ourselves, we dug ginseng for a living.
Alt Death[1] 1871 at 91 years
Death[3] 1873 McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lester, James Lewis (44273), in United States. Court of Claims, and Guion Miller. Eastern Cherokee Applications of the U.S. Court of Claims, 1906-1909. (Washington [District of Columbia]).

    Samuel Day Lester states that his father was called Old Cherry after the Cherokees.

  2. ↑ W. H. Lester's Dawes Packet, in United States. Court of Claims, and Guion Miller. Eastern Cherokee Applications of the U.S. Court of Claims, 1906-1909. (Washington [District of Columbia]).

    "And says his father A. H. Lester lived in 1870, at the Mouth of Petes Branch 4 miles east of Davy, WVa, we had our camp there and was always trying to keep to ourselves, we dug ginseng for a living. The reason he was never enrolled with the Cherokee Indians, to the best of my knowledge was he knew nothing about it. I never heard him say anything of his brothers or sisters to best of my knowledge he didn't know of any of them, when I first can remember I never heard of a Postoffice or Courthouse, and the community was thin settled it was 15 to 25 miles from one settler to another if my father ever voted I know nothing about it." Samuel Day Lester

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 McDowell and Wyoming Co, WV Families and Individuals
  4.   Mathias Harmon Lester by Rev. G. P. Goode Excerpt: "Elder Mathias Harmon Lester, (information given to L.L. Shannon from Rev. G.P. Goode), was the son of Abner H. Lester, Sr. and his wife, Rebecca Whitt Lester. The Whitts were half breed Cherokee Indian, and the Lesters, many of them, had the resembalance, features and even the habits of the Indian. The Lesters were noted for good, native common sense, however, they were generally uncouth and uncultured."
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