John CHILDRESS

1830 - 80

• Name	John CHILDRESS  [1]
  Death	Between 1870-80  [2]
  	Based upon his appearance in the 1860 US Census w/Sarah and children but then missing from the 1870 and later censuses.
  Birth	ca Autumn 1830	, Knox, Tennessee, USA   [3]
  	abt Autumn 1830 Age 30 in 1860 census, b. ca 1830
  Gender	Male
  Census	18 Jul 1860	, Knox, Tennessee, USA   [4]
  	John Childres household
  	John Childres, age 30, male, farmer, personal estate valued at $50, born Tennessee, cannot read & write. John Norwood, age 72, a blacksmith living with the John Childres family in 1860.
  		1860 U.S. Census - Childress Tennessee. Knox Co. - John Childress
  Association	John NORWOOD (Relationship: Living w/John Childress family in 1860 census)
  Person ID	I3771	richison
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2017

  
  

  DNA Tests	1 DNA test is associated with John CHILDRESS
  	Test Type	Taken by	Haplogroup	Test Information
  	atDNA	Daniel Lee TAYLOR		Most distant ancestor: John CHILDRESS,   b. ca Autumn 1830, , Knox, Tennessee, USA d. Between 1870-80 Most recent common ancestor: Family: John CHILDRESS / Sarah A. CHILDRESS   m. 19 Jan 1848

  
  

  Father	James Lindsay CHILDRESS,   b. Bef 1787, , Amherst, Virginia, USA d. Bef Jul 1915, , Knox, Tennessee, USA (Age ~ 128 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F372	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah A. CHILDRESS,   b. ca 1831, Bull Run Valley, Knox, Tennessee, USA d. Aft 22 Jun 1900 (Age ~ 69 years)
  Marriage	19 Jan 1848	, Knox, Tennessee, USA   [2, 5]
  		Marriage license - Childress Childress-Childress marriage
  Marriage License	19 Jan 1848	, Knox, Tennessee, USA
  Children	+ 1. James Marvel CHILDRESS,   b. 12 Sep 1847, , Knox, Tennessee, USA d. 22 Jun 1916, Tennessee, USA (Age 68 years)  [Birth] + 2. Freely Parthenia CHILDRESS,   b. Abt 1846-48, Bull Run Valley, Knox , Tennessee, USA d. Between 1891-1900, , , Tennessee, USA (Age ~ 185 years)  [Birth]   3. William CHILDRESS,   b. c.1850, , , Tennessee, USA d. Bef 15 May 1919 (Age ~ 69 years)  [Birth] + 4. 14 Elisha Pharoh CHILDRESS,   b. 4 Oct 1854, , Knox, Tennessee, USA d. 13 May 1919, NE of Panola, Woodford, Illinois, USA (Age 64 years)  [Birth] + 5. Mary Imanda CHILDRESS,   b. May 1858, , , Tennessee, USA d. 22 May 1939, , Woodford, Illinois, USA (Age ~ 81 years)  [Birth]   6. Sally CHILDRESS,   b. Abt May 1860, , , Tennessee, USA d. Bef 1 Sep 1870 (Age ~ 10 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F791	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Jul 2018

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - ca Autumn 1830 - , Knox, Tennessee, USA Marriage - 19 Jan 1848 - , Knox, Tennessee, USA Marriage License - 19 Jan 1848 - , Knox, Tennessee, USA Census - John Childres household - 18 Jul 1860 - , Knox, Tennessee, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Death certificate - Childress Elisha Childers, 1919

  
  

• Notes

  5 Sep 2010 Soldiers and Sailors System (http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss) Search: John Childress, Union, Tennessee >Found: John M. Childress, Union Cavalry, 9th Regt, TN Cavalry Co. L & D, Pvt in, Sgt out; Film No. M392, roll 3 Search: John Childress, Confederate, Tennessee >Found: John S. Childress, Confederate, 1st Regt, TN Calvary; Film No.: M231, roll 8 >Found: John W. Childress, Confederate, 2nd Regt, (Robison's) TN Inf, Capt. in & out (Walker Legion); Film No. M231, roll 8 >Found: John W. Childress, Confederate, 3rd Regt, TN Inf. (Clack's). Pvt in & out, Co. A, Co. K; Film No. M231, roll 8 >Found: John W. Childress, Confederate, 50th Consolidatd Regt, TN Inf., Adjutant in, Captain out; Film No. M231, roll 8 . NOTE: James M. Childress also in Co. D as a Pvt. John appears in the 1860 census in Knox Co., TN but Sarah is alone with the children in 1870. John would have been abt 35 years old when the Civil War began -- an ideal age for service in that conflict. ------------------------------------

  
  

• Sources

  [S1878] Correspondence, 28 Mar 2012 (Reliability: 2). Mark Childress (london2005@charter.net), to Shirley Richison Fields, et al, email, 28 March 2004, a monologue on the ancestry of Elisha Childress, going back several generations. Privately held by Fields, Avon, Indiana. [S1878] Correspondence, 28 Mar 2012. Mark Childress (london2005@charter.net), to Shirley Richison Fields, et al, email, 28 March 2004, a monologue on the ancestry of Elisha Childress, going back several generations. Privately held by Fields, Avon, Indiana. [S1878] Correspondence, 28 Mar 2012. Mark Childress (london2005@charter.net), to Shirley Richison Fields, et al, email, 28 March 2004, a monologue on the ancestry of Elisha Childress, going back several generations. Privately held by Fields, Indianapolis, Indiana. [S1836] 1860 U.S. Census, 6 Apr 2012. 1860 U.S. census, Knox County, Tennessee, population schedule, District 6, Vandergriff Cross Road, p. 120 (penned), dwelling 875, family 831, John Childres household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 6 April 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 1259. [S1900] Books, 4 Jul 2012. d'Armand, Roscoe Carlisle and Virginia Carlisle d'Armand. Knox County, Tennessee, marriage records, 1792-1900. Knoxville, Family Record Society, 1970, entry for John Childress and Sarah Childress, 22 January 1848, p.191; photocopied from Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection, Knox County Public Library, 17 Aug 2010.