Person talk:James Bunch (12)

Draft notes for James [26 January 2022]

NB: the below are my notes and questions for researching James Bunch - much hasn't been verified or contains partial information. When information is more certain I'll post it to the person page.

James Bunch was likely born about 1814 in Clark County, Kentucky, where his father Henry Bunch was living in the 1820 census. The 1820 census shows 3 male children under 10, likely James and his younger brother Joseph and elder brother Benjamin, along with 2 males aged under 16, James' elder brothers Elijah and Henry. It also shows one female child, James' infant sister Lucinda, and an adult woman, likely their mother Sally.

From Wikipedia about Clark County: "White European settlement is known in this area as early as 1753. Many pioneers traveled through nearby Fort Boonesborough (alternatively known as Fort Boonesboro) in Madison County, Kentucky, before establishing permanent settlements in Clark County. " The first permanent European settlement in Kentucky was 1774 and became a state in 1791. Temperatures in Kentucky usually range from daytime summer highs of 87 °F (31 °C) to the winter low of 23 °F (−5 °C). The average precipitation is 46 inches (1,200 mm) a year.[43] Kentucky has four distinct seasons, with substantial variations in the severity of summer and winter "In the early 19th century, Clark County farmers began importing European livestock. Industries such as distilleries and mills thrived all through the county until 1820, when they began to be concentrated around Winchester."

The Kentucky River flows along the southern border of Clark County.

NB living nearby in 1820 was David Haggard. Henry Bunch and David Haggard were around the same age. Henry's son Elijah went on to marry David's daughter Julia in 1835.

David Haggard was the grandson of Nathaniel Haggard b. 1723. Another grandchild of Nathaniel Haggard was Elizabeth Dawson Haggard, mother of David Haggard Steele who went on to marry Henry's daughter Lucinda in 1836.

James' father Henry died before 1830, when Sally Bunch (presumably James' mother) appears on the Clark county census. Free white males: 1 10-15 (Joseph), 2 15-20 (James, Benjamin), 1 20-30 (Elijah or Henry) Free white females:1 10-15 (Lucinda?), 1 40-50 (Sally) Male slaves: Female slaves: 1 <10

Sally died before Oct 1831 when her estate was valued in Clark county. Some of those doing the valuing were Martin Haggard, David Haggard, Septimus Scholl and James Muir. So James was only about 15 when his mother died, and he had two younger siblings, Joseph aged about 1816 and Lucinda aged about 10. Surety for Lucinda's later marriage in 1836 was Thomas Boone, who also gave consent for Joseph's marriage in 1836 where he was named the guardian of Joseph.

Thomas Boone was probably this Thomas Boone - a Baptist Preacher who was ordained in 1815 and "pastored Log Lick, Dry Fork (on Upper Howard’s Creek), New Providence (near Kiddville) and Lulbegrud churches" (https://www.winchestersun.com/2017/08/18/the-boone-family-in-clark-county/). Thomas' was the great-nephew of the famous frontiersman Daniel Boone and Thomas' grandfather Squire Boone had accompanied his brother Daniel on the Wilderness Road and was involved in early settlements in Kentucky. Thomas Boone's son "Ira became a Baptist preacher, and daughter Polly married a Baptist preacher". I've seen it noted somewhere that James was a baptist preacher? Thomas Boone was the same generation as Henry.

One of the assessors of Sally Bunch's estate was James Muir - related to Thomas Boone's wife Sarah? Another assessor was Septimus Scholl, grandson of Daniel Boone by his daughter Levina.

James owned land in Linn county but sold it in 1852 - find out exactly where the land is and add a map.

Add links to article about early agriculture in Missouri

--jocelyn_K_B 00:43, 5 January 2022 (UTC)