Permelia S. Walton1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 12716, (abt 1805 - 1886)
FatherJohn Walton6 ( - abt Apr 1811)
MotherDolley Reeks4,5 (abt 1773 - Nov 1854)

Key Events:

Birth: about 1805, North Carolina7,8,9
Marriage: 3 Jan 1828, Granville Co., North Carolina, Alexander J. Farrar (about 1805 - before 1868)10,11,12
Death: 4 Sep 188613
Burial: the Henry D. Tuck Family Cemetery, Lafayette, Christian Co., Kentucky13

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Narrative:

     Permelia S. Walton was born about 1805 in North Carolina.7,8,9
     Her father died about Apr 1811, when Permelia was about 6 years old.14
     Permelia married Alexander J. Farrar on 3 Jan 1828 in Granville Co., North Carolina.10,11,12
     Her sister's daughter, Elizabeth John A. Smith, came to live with them after the death of her mother.15
     Permelia and Alexander appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Christian Co., Kentucky, enumerated 7 Aug 1850, reporting real estate valued at $5,120 and 11 slaves. Listed as living with them were Elizabeth John A. Smith, her sister's daughter, Alexander J. Farrer, his brother's son, and Dolley, Permelia's mother.16,17
     Permelia and Alexander appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Hopkinsville, Christian Co., Kentucky, enumerated 10 Aug 1860, reporting $14,920 in real estate and $10,700 in personal property, including 23 slaves, living in 5 slave houses. Listed as living with them as were her niece Elizabeth John A. Smith, her husband Dr. Henry Davis Tuck, and their son Alexander.18,19
     Her husband apparently died before 1868.20,21
     On 16 Nov 1868 W. D. Ritter, assignee under bankruptcy of Richard Watson Tuck, transferred Richard's interest in his father's estate to Permelia and Thomas Herbert Elliott. No details were provided as to why the transfer was made.22 Permelia bought from Thomas Herbert Elliott half of the interest of Adam Paul Tuck in his father's estate 9 Aug 1869, for $2,250.23
     On 12 Aug 1874, Permelia bought from Martha Washington Tuck and her husband Matthew Lyddall Bacon, her interest in her father's estate, for $2,100.24
     Permelia bought his interest in father’s estate, a grocery store house on the north side of Main St. in LaFayette, and a distillery in Little River known as the Williams Distillery from Dr. Henry Davis Tuck and Elizabeth John A. Smith on 11 May 1868, for $6,000.21
     With Permelia and Thomas Herbert Elliott now each owning half of the rights to the Dr. Davis Green Tuck estate, and his widow having died, they had commissioners appointed to divide the property, according to value. The Commissioners decided the property should be divided by a north-south line into a parcel of 517½ acres on east and one of 457½ acres on west. On 27 Aug 1874 they executed a deed in which he took the west part, nearest his existing property, and she took the east part, nearest her property. A second deed was required 19 Feb 1880 to correct an omission in the first.25
     Permelia appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Lafayette, Christian Co., Kentucky, in the household of niece Elizabeth and her husband Dr. Henry Davis Tuck.20
     She appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Lafayette, Christian Co., Kentucky, in the household of Elizabeth and Henry, her niece and her husband.26
     Permelia died on 4 Sep 1886.13 She was buried in the Henry D. Tuck Family Cemetery, Lafayette, Christian Co., Kentucky.13

Children:
     There were no children with Alexander J. Farrar

Citations

  1. [S8866] Wills, Granville Co., North Carolina, 7:170, will of John Walton, May 1811, shows name as Permelia Walton.
  2. [S1766] Alexander J. Farrar household, 1850 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky, shows name as Pamelia S. Farrar.
  3. [S1761] A. J. Farrer household, 1860 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky, shows name as Permelia S. Farrer.
  4. [S2144] Meador and Meador, Cemetery Records of Southern Christian County, pg 134, shows them both buried in the family cemetery of Henry and Bettie Tuck, with Dolly at age 81, born about 1773, and Permelia born about 1805 (from other sources). One of the Tuck children has a middle name of Walton.
  5. [S8855] Betsey Jno. A. Smith Bible, shows Dolly as mother of Elizabeth Reeks Walton, and shows Pamelia Farrar as aunt of the latter's daughter.
  6. [S8866] Wills, Granville Co., North Carolina, 7:170, will of John Walton, May 1811.
  7. [S1766] Alexander J. Farrar household, 1850 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky, shows age 44 and state, as Virginia.
  8. [S1761] A. J. Farrer household, 1860 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky, shows age 55 and state, as Virginia.
  9. [S1900] Henry D. Tuck household, 1880 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky, shows age 76 and state, as North Carolina.
  10. [S2152] "North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2000," Ancestry.com, citing FHL film #19009 , county Court Records, shows date and county.
  11. [S1766] Alexander J. Farrar household, 1850 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky, shows them apparently as husband and wife.
  12. [S1761] A. J. Farrer household, 1860 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
  13. [S2144] Meador and Meador, Cemetery Records of Southern Christian County, pg 134.
  14. [S8866] Wills, Granville Co., North Carolina, 7:170, will of John Walton, May 1811, will written 24 Mar 1811 and proved in May 1811 Court.
  15. [S8855] Betsey Jno. A. Smith Bible.
  16. [S1766] Alexander J. Farrar household, 1850 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky.
  17. [S2151] Alex. J. Farrar, owner, 1850 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky, slave schedule, and Dolly Walton, lines 15-21 left.
  18. [S1761] A. J. Farrer household, 1860 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky.
  19. [S1749] Alex J. Farrer and H. D. Tuck, owner, 1860 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky, slave schedule.
  20. [S1769] Henry Tuck household, 1870 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky.
  21. [S7768] Deeds, Christian Co., Kentucky, 45:199-200, H. D. Tuck & wife Bettie J. to Mrs. P. S. Farrar, 21 May 1868.
  22. [S7768] Deeds, Christian Co., Kentucky, 45:354, W. D. Ritter, assignee of R. W. Tuck to T. H. Elliott and Mrs. P. S. Farrar, 1 Oct 1868; 85:127-8, R. W. Tuck & wife Eliza J. of Shelby Co., Tennessee toThomas H. Elliott, 9 Mar 1893.
  23. [S7768] Deeds, Christian Co., Kentucky, 50:405-6, T. H. Elliott and wife Bettie to Mrs. Permelia S. Farror, 1 Nov 1873.
  24. [S7768] Deeds, Christian Co., Kentucky, 52:216-8, M. L. Bacaon & wife Martha W of Shelby Co., Tennessee, to Mrs. Permelia Farror, 1 Mar 1874.
  25. [S7768] Deeds, Christian Co., Kentucky, 52:218-9, P. S. Farror and Thos H. Elliott, 1 Mar 1875; and 58:294-5, Mrs. P. S. Farrar and Thos H. Elliott, 21 Feb 1880.
  26. [S1900] Henry D. Tuck household, 1880 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky.