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John Oakes[1, 2, 3]

Male 1784 - 1870  (86 years)


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  • Name John Oakes 
    Birth 1784  , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1820  , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Residence 1830  , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Residence 1840  , Fentress, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Residence 1850  , Fentress, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Residence 1860  Osage, Benton, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Residence 1870  Osage, Benton, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Death 22 Jun 1870  , Benton, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I44240  Master
    Last Modified 1 Jan 2022 

    Father Daniel Oakes,   b. 1757, , King William, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jun 1818, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Mother Catherine,   b. 1762, , King William, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1828, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Marriage 1775  [10, 11] 
    • The 1792 tax list of Pittsylvania County, Virginia shows Daniel Oakes with 2 horses. In 1793, Daniel is absent but Catherine Oakes is on the tax list with two horses. Similarly, Daniel Oakes is on the 1792 land tax list with 228 acres. In 1793, the land tax list shows Daniel Oakes, dec'd with 228 acres. These records show that Daniel Oakes died between 1792 and 1793 and that his widow, Catherine, was charged with the tax on his property in 1793.
    Family ID F5458  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Bardin,   b. 1788, , Bedford, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1860, , Benton, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage 26 Aug 1810  , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 12] 
    Children 
     1. Oakes,   b. 1806   d. 1811 (Age 5 years)
     2. Melinda Willey,   b. 19 Aug 1812, Morgan, Morgan, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Apr 1896, , Guthrie, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
     3. Rama Alexander Oakes,   b. Abt 1816, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1880, , White, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
     4. Mariah Buxton,   b. 1820, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Dec 1878, , Benton, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
     5. William Oakes,   b. Mar 1823, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Aug 1898, , Benton, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     6. Elex Oakes,   b. 1825, , , Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. James Barton Oakes,   b. 20 Jun 1826, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jun 1910, , Benton, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
     8. John A Oakes,   b. 1827, , , Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Martitia Graham,   b. 18 Apr 1827, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1910, , Benton, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
    +10. Martha Ann Oakes,   b. 6 May 1831, , , Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jul 1908, Cherryvale, Montgomery, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
     11. Rosanna Oakes,   b. 1846
    Family ID F10169  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Dec 2021 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1784 - , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 26 Aug 1810 - , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1820 - , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1830 - , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1840 - , Fentress, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1850 - , Fentress, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1860 - Osage, Benton, Arkansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1870 - Osage, Benton, Arkansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 22 Jun 1870 - , Benton, Arkansas, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • John was the son of Daniel & Catherine Oakes. John was born in about 1785 in Pittsylvania Co, VA, & died after 06/22/1870 (date 1870 census was taken) in Benton Co, AR. He was a blacksmith, farmer and a Methodist.

      John moved his wife & children from Pittsylvania Co, VA, to Fentress Co, TN, in 1834; he owned 500 acres of land there. The family moved by wagon train to Benton Co, AR, in 1854, except for his eldest son Rama.

      John married Elizabeth (Barton) on August 26, 1810, in Pittsylvania Co.
      Their 6 children:
      1) Rama Alexander Sr., b. 1816; m. Mahala (Smith), 10 kids
      2) Mariah, b. 1820 VA; m. William H. Buxton, 10 kids
      3) William, b. 03/1823; 1st wife, Malinda (Wright), 9 kids; 2nd wife, Amanda (Nichols), 2 kids
      4) James Barton, b. 06/20/1826; m. 1st wife, Rachel (Wright), 5 kids; 2nd wife, Charity Elizabeth (Trent), 9 kids
      5) Martitia, b. 04/18/1827; m. Edward Graham, 6 kids
      6) Martha Ann, b. 05/06/1831; m. George Washington Nichols, 10 kids

      1870 Census: Benton County, Osage Twp, Bentonville, AR; enumerated June 22, 1870, by John W. Stroud
      John Oakes, b. 1785, included in household of his daughter, Mariah (Oakes) Buxton (census spelling is Buston) and her children: Robert Buxton, age 17, Missouri; George Buxton, age 14, Missouri; Charles Hubby, age 20, Texas; Sarah (Oakes) Hubby, age 21, Tennessee (married Charles in January, 1870); John Oaks, age 85, Virginia.

      http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=70213048

  • Sources 
    1. [S761] Yates Publishing, Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree.

    2. [S51] Ancestry.com, Virginia, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.).

    3. [S302] FamilySearch, Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940, (FamilySearch ([http://familysearch.org http://familysearch.org]/)).
      http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X5Y5-XHT

    4. [S1234] Ancestry.com, 1820 United States Federal Census, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Pittsylvania, Virginia; Page: 72; NARA Roll: M33_140; Image: 135.

    5. [S252] Ancestry.com, 1830 United States Federal Census, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.), Year: 1830; Census Place: Pittsylvania, Virginia; Series: M19; Roll: 201; Page: 323; Family History Library Film: 0029680.

    6. [S245] Ancestry.com, 1840 United States Federal Census, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.), Year: 1840; Census Place: Fentress, Tennessee; Roll: 523; Page: 4; Family History Library Film: 0024545.

    7. [S227] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.), Year: 1850; Census Place: District 4, Fentress, Tennessee; Roll: 877; Page: 404a.

    8. [S31] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.), Year: 1860; Census Place: Osage, Benton, Arkansas; Roll: M653_37; Page: 255; Family History Library Film: 803037.

    9. [S231] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. ), Year: 1870; Census Place: Osage, Benton, Arkansas; Roll: M593_47; Page: 258B.

    10. [S492] Personal Property Tax Lists 1782-1797, 1792 & 1793 Tax List of D. Hunt, Commissioner.

    11. [S538] Compiler: Austin, Gayle, The Land Tax Lists of Pittsylvania Co., VA, (Southern Historical Press, Inc., Greenville, South Carolina, 2006), p. 134.

    12. [S302] FamilySearch, Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940, (FamilySearch ([http://familysearch.org http://familysearch.org]/)).


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