Person:John Shanklin (13)

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Robert Shanklin, of Jessamine Co., KY
  1. John ShanklinAbt 1750 -
  2. Robert Shanklin, of Jessamine Co., KYAbt 1754 - 1817
  • HRobert Shanklin, of Jessamine Co., KYAbt 1754 - 1817
  • WMary SeeEst 1765 - Abt 1832
m. Est 1782
  1. William Shanklin1783 - 1841
  2. John C. Shanklin1787 - 1845
  3. Robert S. Shanklin1789 - 1835
  4. Jane Shanklin1791 - 1845
  5. Cecilia B. Shanklin1795 - 1879
  6. Mary Catherine Shanklin1798 - Bef 1830
  7. Hon. George Sea Shanklin1807 - 1883
  8. Phoebe Ann Shanklin1808 - 1838
Facts and Events
Name[1][2][3][4] Robert Shanklin, of Jessamine Co., KY
Gender Male
Birth[2][4] Abt 1754 Virginia, United States
Military[4] Abt 1776 Virginia, United StatesRev war -
Marriage Est 1782 to Mary See
Immigration[4] 1784 down Ohio river to Kentucky
Death[4] 3 Oct 1817 Jessamine, Kentucky, United States[proof of date still needed]
References
  1. Kentucky, United States. Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1965. (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com [database on-line], 2007).

    Name: Robert Shanklin
    Gender: Male
    Birth Place: Virginia
    Spouse: Mary M Sea
    Child: George Sea Shanklin

  2. 2.0 2.1 United States. 1810 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M252).

    Name: Robert Shanklin
    Residence: Jessamine, Kentucky
    Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1
    Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 2
    Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 2
    Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
    Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1 [b. 1765 or before]
    Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 2
    Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1
    Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 2
    Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over: 1 [b. 1765 or before]
    Total Persons: 6
    Number of Household Members Under 16: 6
    Number of Household Members Over 25: 3
    Number of Household Members: 19

  3. Kentucky, United States. Tax Lists, 1799-1801. (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006).

    Name: Robert Shanklin
    Residence County: Jessamine
    Residence Year: 1800

  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Johnson, E. Polk. A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians: The Leaders and Representative Men in Commerce, Industry and Modern Activities. (Chicago; New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1912)
    3:1497.

    ... Robert Shanklin, who was a native of Virginia, where he was born on the South Branch of the Potomac river, in what is now West Virginia, in 1754. ... Robert Shanklin and his brother John were gallant soldiers in the Continental line in the war of the Revolution and in return for their services they were given land grants in what is now Kentucky. Robert married Mary M. Sea and together they made the arduous journey down the Ohio river to Kentucky as early as 1784. Robert's patent called for land on Bear Grass Creek, a region which is now within the city limits of Louisville, while his brother John's land was located in Jessamine county ; subsequently the brother's exchanged estates, Robert removing to Jessamine county, where his death occurred in the year 1818. [sic]

  5.   Shanklin family, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
    last accessed Aug 2022.

    ... John [sic] Robert Shanklin (1754–1817) immigrated to Jessamine County, Kentucky in 1800 [sic]. John Robert Shanklin married Mary Magdaline Sea, known as "Polly," having two children, one of which became Kentucky's Commonwealth Attorney, twice a State Representative, and a United States Congressman George Sea Shanklin. ...
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    ==Resources==
    Perrin's History of Christian & Todd Counties - 1884
    Todd County Family History, Volume II
    History of Rockingham County's Early Settlers
    A history of the Shankland Family