Susannah Rowlett1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 17435, (1808 - 1841)
FatherMatthew J. Rowlett1,4
MotherMartha Pleasants4

Key Events:

Birth: 15 Feb 1808, Halifax Co., Virginia5,6
Marriage: 12 Feb 1831, Halifax Co., Virginia, Charles Asbury Bacon (15 Feb 1807 - Jan 1886)7,8
Death: 11 Oct 18419,10
AncestryThe Dutt/Toot Family
The Tuck Family

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Narrative:

     Susannah Rowlett was born on 15 Feb 1808 in Halifax Co., Virginia.5,6
     Susannah married Charles Asbury Bacon, son of Lyddall Bacon and Margaret Crenshaw, on 12 Feb 1831 in Halifax Co., Virginia.7,8
     Susannah and Charles moved to Montgomery Co., Tennessee, in Dec 1832 with their infant son Thomas. They settled on a farm which at the time contained the first block house built in the region.4
     After only a year they moved to Christian Co., Kentucky, settling near Lafayette.11,12 After about two years they moved to Garrettsburg, just as the town was being laid out.4 Susannah and Charles moved to Beverly in 1838.4 In the fall of 1839 he sold his farm and they returned to Lafayette.4
     She was probably the female age 30 to 40 listed in the household of her husband, Charles Asbury Bacon, in the 1840 Federal Census of Lafayette, Christian Co., Kentucky.13
     Susannah died on 11 Oct 1841 at age 33.9,10

Children:
     Children with Charles Asbury Bacon

Charles and Susannah had two other children, at least one a daughter, who died young and whose names are not known.18,19

Citations

  1. [S8926] Marriages Bonds, Halifax Co., Virginia, 1:136, Baron, Charles A. and Susannah Rowlett.
  2. [S2665] Perrin, Counties of Christian and Trigg, Kentucky, part II, pg 231, shows name as Susan Rolett.
  3. [S2113] Thomas Langston Bacon, Certificate of Death, shows name as Susan Rowlette.
  4. [S2665] Perrin, Counties of Christian and Trigg, Kentucky, part II, pg 231.
  5. [S2665] Perrin, Counties of Christian and Trigg, Kentucky, part II, pg 231, shows date, county, and state.
  6. [S2113] Thomas Langston Bacon, Certificate of Death, shows state.
  7. [S8926] Marriages Bonds, Halifax Co., Virginia, 1:136, Baron, Charles A. and Susannah Rowlett, shows bond date, as 28 Jan 1831.
  8. [S2665] Perrin, Counties of Christian and Trigg, Kentucky, part II, pg 231, shows date, as 12 Feb 1832, county, and state.
  9. [S2665] Perrin, Counties of Christian and Trigg, Kentucky, part II, pg 231, shows date.
  10. [S8925] Esarey, A History of Indiana from Its Exploration to 1922, pg 492, shows she died in 1940.
  11. [S8925] Esarey, A History of Indiana from Its Exploration to 1922, pg 491, shows he moved to Christian Co. in 1832.
  12. [S2665] Perrin, Counties of Christian and Trigg, Kentucky, part II, pg 231, shows they moved to Christian after a year, near Lafayette.
  13. [S8929] Charles A. Bacon household, 1840 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky.
  14. [S2113] Thomas Langston Bacon, Certificate of Death.
  15. [S8925] Esarey, A History of Indiana from Its Exploration to 1922, pg 492.
  16. [S2113] Thomas Langston Bacon, Certificate of Death, shows her as his mother. Since he and Matthew are close in age, and both too old for their father's second wife to be their mother, it seems likely Susan was the mother of both of them.
  17. [S8924] Charles Parke Bacon, Certificate of Death.
  18. [S8929] Charles A. Bacon household, 1840 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky, shows a female under age 5 in the household.
  19. [S2665] Perrin, Counties of Christian and Trigg, Kentucky, part II, pg 231, shows she had five children, with three living.