Caroline Hanson Cresap1,2,3

ID# 1149, (1811 - 1904)
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FatherEdward Otho Cresap4,5 (1782-1817)
MotherSarah Story Briscoe6,5 (1787-1843)
ChartsDescendants of Linah and Rebeccah (Davis) Mims
     Caroline Hanson Cresap was born on 6 Jul 1811 in Old Town, Maryland.7,8,9,10,11 She married John H. Mims, son of Linah Mims and Rebeccah Davis, on 5 Oct 1831 in Eddyville, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.12,13,7 She died on 25 Feb 1904 in Clinton, Kentucky, at age 92.14,15 She was buried in Clinton Cemetery, Clinton, Kentucky, with members of the William Walker Sublette family.16

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     She moved about 1815 to Eddyville, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, with her parents Edward Otho Cresap and Sarah Story Briscoe, traveling by flatboat on the Ohio and Cumberland Rivers.17,18 She was probably one of the two females under age 10 listed in the household of her mother's second husband, John Cobb, in the 1820 Federal Census of Eddyville, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.19 After the death of her father, her mother married John Cobb, who was appointed as her guardian 28 Aug 1820.20 She was probably one of the two females age 15 to 20 listed in the household of her father, John Cobb, in the 1830 Federal Census of Eddyville, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.21
     Caroline is probably the female age 20 to 30 listed in the household of her husband, John H. Mims, in the 1840 Federal Census of Caldwell Co., Kentucky.22
     She was named executrix and an heir in the will of her husband, John, dated 3 Mar 1850, to receive his entire estate for the common benefit of her an their children.23
     According to family lore, after her husband's death, Caroline, not knowing much about business, asked her co-executor, Willis Benson Machen to sell her late husband's slaves and property in Graves Co. Supposedly he obtained $50,000 in gold coin from the proceeds, which she left on her bureau. Her son Hanson is then supposed to have spent much of it and then taken the rest to New Orleans where he was staying with her brother Hanson Briscoe Cresap.24
     Caroline appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of 2nd District, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, enumerated 28 Sep 1850, reporting ownership of two slaves, a 50-year-old female and a 12-year-old male. Her children Georgina, Eudorah, Hanson, Victoria, Sarah, Mary, Effie and Rebecca were listed as living with her.25,26 She appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Eddyville, Lyon Co., Kentucky, in the household of her daughter Eudorah Hanson Mims and son-in-law Matthew Martin Lyon, reporting personal estate of $100, and 21-year-old male slave, who was blind.27,28 She appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Clinton, Hickman Co., Kentucky, in the household of Mary Anapola Mims, her daughter.29

Children with John H. Mims:

Citations

  1. [S736] Cresap and Cresap, History of the Cresaps, pg 300, shows name as Caroline Hanson Cresap.
  2. [S726] Caldwell Co. Marriage Bonds, Book A, John H. Mimms to Miss C. Cressop, 4 Oct 1831, shows date, as 5th.
  3. [S2003] John Mims Family Bible, shows name as Carloine H Cresap.
  4. [S1971] Caldwell Co. Order Book, C:225, 28 Aug 1820, John Cobb appointed guardian to Cresap children.
  5. [S736] Cresap and Cresap, History of the Cresaps, pg 300.
  6. [S49] Freeman, Family File 31 Jul 1998.
  7. [S2003] John Mims Family Bible, shows date.
  8. [S736] Cresap and Cresap, History of the Cresaps, pg 321, shows date, with year as 1811, and state.
  9. [S1287] Georgia Mimms Smith, Certificate of Death, shows town and state.
  10. [S1498] Mary M. Sublette household, 1900 U.S. Census, Hickman Co., Kentucky, shows month, year, as 1810, age 85 and state, as Kentucky.
  11. [S1971] Caldwell Co. Order Book, C:225, 28 Aug 1820, John Cobb appointed guardian to Cresap children, shows about age 8.
  12. [S726] Caldwell Co. Marriage Bonds, Book A, John H. Mimms to Miss C. Cressop, 4 Oct 1831, return shows date, as 5th.
  13. [S732] Caldwell Co. Marriage Records, loose papers, bond of John H. Mims and Jno W Marshall, 4 Oct 1831.
  14. [S2003] John Mims Family Bible, shows date, town, and state.
  15. [S736] Cresap and Cresap, History of the Cresaps, pg 321, shows year, town, and state.
  16. [S1937] Haun, "Re: Sublett - Haun Connection," e-mail to author, 27 Jul 2008.
  17. [S1931] Haun, "Terry Caroline Hanson Mims," e-mail to author, 24 Jul 2008, citing oral history from his great grandmother and grandfather recounting stories told by Sarah, described flatboat trip to Eddybille, and year.
  18. [S736] Cresap and Cresap, History of the Cresaps, pg 300, shows "He went to Ky at an early date, and died soon after."
  19. [S1791] John Cobb household, 1820 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.
  20. [S1971] Caldwell Co. Order Book, C:225, 28 Aug 1820.
  21. [S1787] John Cobb household, 1830 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.
  22. [S1798] Jns. H. Mims household, 1840 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.
  23. [S875] Caldwell Co. Wills, B:118, John H. Mims Will, 19 Aug 1850.
  24. [S1936] Haun, "Re: Terry Caroline Hanson Mims," e-mail to author, 25 Jul 2008.
  25. [S568] Caroline H. Mims household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.
  26. [S647] Caroline H. Mims, owner, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, slave schedule.
  27. [S1812] Mathew M. Lyon household, 1860 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky.
  28. [S842] Caroline Mims, owner, 1860 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky, slave schedule, and Mathew M. Lyon, owner, sheet 14, lines 1 - 10 left.
  29. [S1498] Mary M. Sublette household, 1900 U.S. Census, Hickman Co., Kentucky.
  30. [S2003] John Mims Family Bible.
  31. [S1287] Georgia Mimms Smith, Certificate of Death.
  32. [S568] Caroline H. Mims household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows them in same household, apparently as mother and child.
  33. [S1933] Eudorah H. Lyon, Certificate of Death.
  34. [S736] Cresap and Cresap, History of the Cresaps, pg 322.
  35. [S1932] Sarah B. Mims, death register.
  36. [S1939] Mary M. Sublette, Certificate of Death.

 

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