Person:Rebecca Farmer (7)

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Rebecca Farmer
b.22 Sep 1796 Tennessee
d.Aft 1860
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m. 23 Feb 1812
  1. Henry Marlin Shoemaker1818 - 1895
  2. William Bluford 'Billy' Shoemaker1825 - 1915
  3. Moses Theophilus Shoemaker1829 - 1905
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Name Rebecca Farmer
Gender Female
Birth? 22 Sep 1796 Tennessee
Marriage 23 Feb 1812 Anderson, Tennessee, United Statesto John Shoemaker
Other? 27 Jan 1851 applied for bounty land
Death? Aft 1860

Was probably the female 30-39 in the household of John Shoemaker on the 1830 US Census, Washington County, AL.

Probably listed in the 1840 Washington County, Alabama Census in H.M. Shoemaker's household. Listed is 1 female age 40-49.

Listed in the 1850 Choctaw County, Alabama Census as R. Shoemaker, age 51, female, born VA, cannot read or write. With son M. T. Living next door to H.M. Shoemaker, probably another son.

Listed in the 1860 Choctaw County, Alabama Census as Rebecca Shoemaker, age 80, born TN. With son Moses and his family.

Rebecca applied for bounty land as "the widow of John Shoemaker deceased who was a Sergeant in the Company Commanded by Capt. Robt. Tunnel in the Regument of Tennessee Militia Commanded by Colonol Blodon in the war with the Indians in the year 1814 for the term of 6 months and continued in actual service in said war for the term of 4 months and was xxxxx honorably discharged at Anderson County Tenn. on or about day of May AD 1814" ["Rebecca Shoemaker Affidavit Widow of John Shoemaker" posted by Bobbie Shoemaker to Shoemaker Family Tree (#684) at Ancestry.com]

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