Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
NameLeah Cauthorn
BirthVirginia
DeathDec 1860, Essex County, Virginia
Cause of deathTyphoid fever
FatherLudy Cauthorn (~1800-)
Documentation
1850 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia
Page 92B
Dwelling 470, Family 470
Dunn, William, 34, male, laborer, born in Virginia, cannot read or write
Dunn, Leah, 28, female, born in Virginia, cannot read or write
Dunn, Mary, 14, female, born in Virginia
Dunn, Frances, 12, female, born in Virginia
Dunn, Mildred, 10, female, born in Virginia
Dunn, Emily 8, female, born in Virginia
Dunn, Henry, 6, male, born in Virginia
Dunn, William, 2, male, born in Virginia
Cauthorn, Ludy, 50, male, laborer, born in Virginia, cannot read or write
Dunn, Nancy, 45, female, born in Virginia, cannot read or write

On 21 January 1861, Isaac Davis and Robert P. W. Fauntleroy were bound $500 for Isaac Davis’s administration of the estate of Leah Dunn, deceased. Signed Isaac his x mark Davis, R.P.W. Fauntleroy. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 28, page 283.]

An inventory, appraisement, and account of sales of the estate of Leah Dunn were made on 31 January 1861 by and returned by Isaac Davis, administrator. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 28, pages 298–303.]

The estate of Leah Dunn, deceased, in account with Isaac Dunn, administrator, for 1861, was ordered recorded on 21 October 1851. Includes four equal distributions of $16.47 each to Isaac Davis in right of his wife, Arthur Taylor in right of his wife, Nancy Dunn, and Emily F. Dunn. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 28, pages 328–329.]
Spouses
Birthabt 1816, Virginia
Marriageabt 9 Dec 1834, Essex County, Virginia
ChildrenMary (~1836-)
 Martha E. (~1838-)
 Mildred A. (~1840-)
 Emily F. (~1842-)
 Henry (~1844-<1861)
 William (~1848-<1861)
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