1860 census of Rowan Co., Ky, lists this family as:
Harris, P. H., 27; Clairesa, 21; Wm. F., 3; John J., 2; H. C., 5/12; Amanda J., 6. All born in Kentucky.
Amanda being listed at the end would usually suggest that she is a niece or other relative of Pleasant Hayden rather than a daughter, but according to Juanita C. Blair, her direct descendant, she is a daughter of P. H. and his first wife Virginia Kendall.
1870 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Christy Creek precinct, lists as family #35:
Harris, Hayden, 38, farmer; Clarrissa, 32; Amanda, 15; William, 13; John, 11; Henry, 10; Nancy, 7; Sarah, 6; Eliza, 4; Mary, 1; Nickell, Nancy, 46, domestic servant. All born in Ky.
(Nancy is Clarissa's mother, the wife of Fowler Nickell, who is listed separately in household #45.) |
