John Booher ¹

   FamilySearch ID: LHR4-H5S.

  General Notes:

!SOURCES:
1. 1840 Clinton Co. KY census
2. 1850 Clinton Co. KY census
3. 1860 Cumberland Co. KY census
4. Smith, Randolph N., compiler. CUMBERLAND CO. CIRCUIT COURT RECORDS
5. Smith, Randolph N., compiler. CUMBERLAND CO. DEED RECORDS
6. Booher, Winfield Scott. BOOHER FAMILY HISTORY HORIZONS, (1976), p. 20
7. CUMBERLAND COUNTY KENTUCKY YESTERDAY AND TODAY, p. 198
8. Clinton County KY Tax Lists

!BIRTH: censuses for approximate date and for state

!MARRIAGE: date estimated from date of birth of first child

!DEATH: did not appear in the 1870 census

BURIAL:

!ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
!Source-4 p. 110 John Boyer vs. James Saufley, Joel Owsley, Catherine Hunter, Sutton Hunter, Adm. of A. Simmerman, dec'd.; H-128, 15 Apr. 1836.
p. 220 John Booher fined 15 shillings for failing to keep road in repair; 7 Dec. 1857. N-282
Source-5 p. 353 John Booher to William Spearman land; 18 June 1858; )-345.
Source-8 Tax Lists
1839 no land, 1840 no land
1848 no land - same as agent for David Booher
1852 no land - 4 children 5-16

!CENSUS:
1840 Source-1 p. 5 #218
Booher, John
male 20-30 [1810-1820] John, b. abt 1815
female 20-30 [1810-1820] Sarah, b. abt 1818
female 20-30 [1810-1830] unknown
female 0-5 [1835-1840] Margaret, b. 1837
female 0-5 [1835-1840] Mary C. b. 1839

!1850 Source-2 P. 26 #164
Booher, John 35 [1815] farmer TN
Sarah 28 [1822] PA [ Sarah 37 - from actual census????]
Margaret 13 [1837] VA
Mary C. 11 [1839] KY
Sarah E. 8 [1842] "
Christian D. 6 [1844] "
William J. G. 4 [1846]

!Note. If this data is correct, John came to Kentucky between 1837 when Margaret was born and 1839 when Mary C. was born.

!1860 Source-3 p. 75 #291
Booher, John 54 [1806] farmer VA
Sarah 52 [1808] VA
Margaret 22 [1838] KY
Jacob D. V. 2 [1858] "
Joshua F. B. 1 [1859] "

!Note. John and Sarah have aged about twenty years since 1850. Mary C. and Sarah E. are married but where are Christian and Wm. J. G.? They are home in 1870. The two young children are Margaret's. Where are David and James?

  Noted events in his life were:

1. He appeared on the census in 1850 in , Clinton, KY. BOOHER, John, 35 m, farmer, TN; Sarah, 28 f, PA; Margret, 13 f, VA;
Mary C, 11 f, KY; Sarah E, 6 f, KY; Christian D, 6 m, KY; William J G, 4 m, KY.

John married Sarah, daughter of Christian Booher and Margaret Roth, about 1836. (Sarah was born in Mar 1818 in , , Pennsylvania, USA, died on 5 Mar 1910 and was buried in Burkesville: Booher Cemetery, Cumberland, KY.)