Martin Booher ^{1 2}

  General Notes:

!SOURCES:
1. 1840 Washington Co. VA census
2. 1850 Sullivan Co. TN census
3. 1860 Clinton Co. KY census
4. 1880 Clinton Co. KY census
5. Clinton County KY Marriages
6. Clinton County KY Tax Lists

!BIRTH: Estimated from censuses for date, census for place

!MARRIAGE: Source-5 Bk. 2 p. 193 for date and place, F. H. Sawyers bondsman

DEATH:

BURIAL:

!ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Martin's children were getting married before 1870 and after 1870 in Clinton Co. so the census taker must have simply missed him. Martin witnessed the deed that Polly Booher made to David Booher jr. When the deed was executed, both Polly and Martin were living in Kentucky

Source-6 Tax Lists
1854 no land 4 children 6-18
1855 " 6 children 6-18
1856 " 6 children 6-18
1857 " 6 children 6-18
1858 " 1 children 6-18 this must be four
1859 " 4 children 6-18
1860 " 4 children 6-18
1861 " 4 children 6-18

!CENSUS:
1840 Source-1 p. 203
Booher, Martin
male 20-30 [1810-1820] Martin, b. abt 1813
male 0-5 [1835-1840] David, b. abt 1835
male 0-5 [1835-1840]
female 20-30 [1810-1820] Margaret, b. abt 1813
female 5-10 [1830-1835] Sharlotte, b. abt 1832
female 5-10 [1830-1835] Elizabeth, b. abt 1833
female 0-5 [1835-1840] Salina, b. abt 1838

!1850 Source-2 p. 1436 #222 living next door to Jacob R. of Christian
Booher, Martin 38 TN
Margaret 38
Sharlotte 18
Elizabeth 17
David 15
Salina 12
James 10
Margaret 7
William 5
Mary 3
Rebecca 1/12

!1860 Source-3 p. 4 #79
Booher, Martin 47 farmer TN
Margaret 47 hwk "
Elizabeth 25 spinning "
Samuel 20 domestic
Margaret 17 "
Mary 13
Rebecca 11
William 15 domestic
Jacob 6 KY

!Cannot find Martin in 1870.

!1880 Source-4 p. 81 #269 [repeated from page 53]
Booher, Martin 67 farmer TN PA TN
Luticia 37 KY SC SC
James 16 KY TN KY grandson

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1850 in Division 1, Sullivan, TN. ² In the 1850 Census two Booher households are living as neighbors. Martin Booher, farmer, 38, with wife Margaret, 38. Children: Charlotte, 18; Elizabeth, 17; David, 13; Salina, 12; son Jms, 10; Margaret, 7; William, 5; Mary, 3, and Rebecca 1 month. Everyone was born in Tennessee.

Next door is Jacob Booher, 52, farmer, was living with wife Catherine, 50. With them are children: David, farmer, 16; Susan, 14; Jacob, 10; and Christanna, 9. The parents were born in Pennsylvania, the children in Tennessee.

Martin married Margaret about 1830. (Margaret was born before 1812 in , , TN ² and died before 1860.)

Martin next married Luticia Ward on 8 Nov 1860 in , Clinton, KY. (Luticia Ward was born about 1843 in , , KY.)