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ID: I19721
Name: Reuben DAUGHERTY
NPFX: Rev.
Sex: M
Birth: Abt 1779 in North Carolina
Death: FEB 1860 in Tippah Co.,MS
Note:
1860 US Mortality Index
Dougherty, Reuben
Age: 81
Gender: M
Occupation: Clergyman, Priest
Death Date: February, 1860
Death Location: Tippah, Mississippi
Cause: Old Age
Birth Location: North Carolina
(Note: Confusion between two Reuben Daugherty's. One (born 1771)
married to Charity Gough, the other (born 1779) married to Martha
Jane Smith)
Reuben Daugherty, the second son of Owen II, born abt 1764, grew up
in NC but did not marry there. At the age of probably 34 or so,
Reuben traveled with his brother Daniel and the Moses Taylor I family
to KY about 1795 where he met and married Charity Gough April 12, 1800
in Logan Co., KY. In KY, Reuben acquired land with deeds recorded in
1804. Two children were born in KY; a son, Arnett, born in 1803 and a
daughter, Celia, born about 1810. Arnett grew up in KY and appears to
have married there, and had a son, Arnett Jr., born in KY in 1823. His
1st wife is unknown. Reuben, Charity and daughter, Celia, remained in
KY probably for about 15 years before again relocating to AL, a
Territory prior to 1819. In AL, Reuben became a landholder, a
preacher and a Justice of the Peace.
Arnett Daugherty moved to Washington Co. and married about 1843. His wife is unknown. Arnett, Jr.'s wife must have died before 1870.
Near the end of the Civil War, probably around 1865, Arnett, Jr., the
stepson of Sally Earle Daugherty, moved from Washington Co., to
Choctaw Co., AL, taking Arnette, Sr.'s wife, Sally, along with them
where she would be housekeeper for him in Choctaw. Arnett, Jr. is
known to have a daughter, Eugene E. Daugherty, born 1864.
Reuben Daugherty and his nephew, Peter Patrick Daugherty
established two branches of the Daugherty family in southwest AL.
Reuben must have arrived in AL prior to 1820 since land documents of
that date in KY refer to him being a resident of AL. Peter Patrick
probably chose to settle there because Reuben had previously done so.
At the time, the Irish tended to settle in clans. Both Reuben's
family and Peter Patrick's family must have had a high regard for the
Earle family, who lived in the area and are listed in the census.
Reuben's son married Sally Earle and Peter Patrick's son and grandson
were given the middle name of Earle, spelled with the "e" at the end.
Reuben arrived in present day Washington Co., AL when it was still
frontier country, probably before AL's admission as a state. From
1800 - 1819 Washington Co., covered the entire lower portion of
present day AL and MS. Within this vast area, later divided into 26
counties, the population in 1800 was 733 whites and 404 blacks. Reuben
and Patrick, who must have arrived shortly after Reuben, were indeed
in a sparsely settled area. The exact location of their settlement in
Washington Co. is not known, but it must have been the area of present
day McIntosh where many descendants still live.
At the time of their arrival, the area was still occupied to a
large extent by Indians. Mobile and Pensacola were part of West
Florida, held by the Spanish. The area west of the Tombigbee was
occupied by Choctaw Indians, while east of the AL river into GA was
occupied by Creek Indians. During the most of the 18th Century, the
ruler of the Creeks was probably the most famous Indian Chief in the
southeast, Alexander McGillivray, an old halfbreed who was 1/2 Scotch
and 1/2 Creek. One of McGillivray's trading locations was McIntosh
Blulff and one of his "cowpens", actually a plantation, was on Little
River. The area was well known. The Creeks were called so because
their towns were built on streams.(Source: Hal Daugherty - 2005)
MCM Note: The "Creek" Indians included the Choctaw. There were a number of tribes referred to by the English as Creeks because they lived by the riverlets and creeks. The Muscogee Indians in AL, GA, TN and FL claimed to be from the area now known as Mexico City, Mexico. Their legends said they were Aztecs and came up from that area in Mexico about the time Cortez was taking over Mexico.
Reubin Daugherty: Located on the 1820 Butler Co., KY census,
HH #71:
Doughety Rubin - 30010; 01010; 00. (4 males Rubin Sr., Arnet, Rubin Jr. & ?; 2 females, Charity and Celia)
In Logan Co. KY., Reuben bought 100 ac, 1804, from Thomas & Fanny
Gough. WFT Vol. 19 #1590 says that Owen Daugherty and Mary Taylor m.
c1759 in Craven Co., NC. A list of their children is included on that
tree, but not copied here. Mary Taylor's parents, according to this
same tree, were Robert and Catherine Taylor. Robert Taylor was born 13
Oct 1709 in Baltimore, MD and he married Catherine Unknown c1728 in
Craven Co., NC.
Reubin's parent's names were also provided on the Internet homepage of
Steve L. Smoot, Email address-smoots@prodigy.net. Another Internet
site, "The Daugherty Generations", gives more information on Reubin's
parents, Owen and Mary (Taylor) Daugherty. Their children appear to
have been born in Craven Co., NC. Reubin's brother, Robert married
Sarah Taylor in Craven Co., NC in 1784. She was the daughter of Moses
and Elizabeth (Prevatte) Taylor. Clicking on the underlined title here
will take you the "The Daugherty Generations". E-mail dated July 1999,
from Donna Corbett , added the daughter Celia Daugherty/Dougherty Fox
Visit her home page with Fox/Daugherty data here. In the Barren Co KY
Will Book 3- Part 1, online transcription, Oct 1828 thru May 1852 the
names Henry Daugherty & Reuben Doughty were included.
1. Arnett Daugherty b. c1803 in KY, d. 28 Aug 1883 in Isney, Choctaw
Co, AL, m. 13 Oct. 1826 in Washington Co. to Sarah A. Earle b. c1807
in TN (source: Frederick Atchley Genforum postings)
2. Reuben Daugherty , Jr. m. Mary Moss December 28, 1830 in Madison
Co., TN (source: Steve Smoot's website).
3. Celia Daugherty b. 1808 KY; m. Edwin G. Fox b.1810 in AL (source:
Donna Corbett). A list of their children can be found on the Fox
GenForum site.
1850 United States Federal Census
about Jessee T Gaff
Name: Jessee T Gaff
Age: 26
Estimated birth year: abt 1824
Birth Place: Alabama
Gender: Male
Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Hardeman, Tennessee
Family Number: 666
Household Members:
Name Age
Jessee T Gaff 26
Elizabeth Gaff 20
Elisha Gaff 2
Rubin Darity 72
Obituary of Reubin Daugherty:
Hardin County, Tennessee, June, 1860, Reuben Daugherty, he was born in
Craven Co, December 15, 1778 from thence he removed with his widowed
mother about the year 1800 to Kentucky on the Green River where he
married Charity Gaugh 1801 in about a year or two, after he united
with the Baptist Church at Sandy Creek Meeting House and was baptized
by Elder Benjamin Talbert where he remained until 1818. He moved to
South Alabama where within a short time, he commenced preaching a
Crucified Savior which he continued to do until a few months before
his death when his bodily strength failed. He departed this life
February 18, 1860. His disease was a failure of the urinal organs.
He was consistent Old School Baptist and publicly contended for the
faith once delivered to the saints about 40 years. In his last days
of weakness, his mind was much exercised in the scriptures and also
much upon his Christian experience. The night before he died, he was
almost constantly quoting scriptures and trying to sing. "Jesus my
all to heaven is gone;" this seemed to be his favorite song . From
South Alabama he came to this country in the winter of 1829 and a few
years ago, he settled in Tippah County, Mississippi and joined New
Salem Church where he died and I have no doubt but that he entered
into that rest that remains for the people of God although he was my
father, yet amidst my grief I feel a degree of joy and gladness that
he is gone from the evils and troubles of this world to meet with
Jesus the Christian to all and be like him and sing his praises all
eternity.
Signed by William S. Daugherty
Logan Co. KY Marriages
Reuben DAUGHERTY Charity GOUGH 12 May 1800
(Source: Early Marriages of Logan Co. KY, A-L, Contributed by Russelville Chapter, N.S.D.A.)
1804 Thomas & Fanny GOUGH sold 50 ac to David HOWARD, wit. Jonathan GOUGH. Thomas & Fanny GOUGH sold 100 ac to Reuben DAUGHTERY, wit. Jesse GOUGH. Thomas & Fanny GOUGH sold 50 ac to Thomas LAWRENCE. This adds up to 200 ac - the 1796 land grant to Thomas.
(Actually, I have 3-4 other contracts for deed for Warren and Butler Counties in Kentucky, but I can't access them right now.) (Source: Donna Hart)
1790 Craven County, NC Census.
Reuben appears to be living with his mother, Mary Taylor Doherty (that's the spelling in the NC census).
1810 Butler County, KY Census.
Household 71,
Doughety, Rubin. 3 0 0 1 0 / 0 1 0 1 0
1830 Census Gibson County, TN:
Dougherty, Reubin 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 // 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 // 0 (slaves)
We don't know that this is our guy, but it COULD be. Charity is dead by this time, and William S., in his obituary of his father, states that he returned to TN in 1829. Also, Gibson Co. is adjacent to Hardeman, where there are so many other Daughety records. So here it is, for what it's worth.
1850 Hardeman County, TN Census.
Reuben is living with Jesse T. Gough.
Hardeman County Will and Guardian Book 4, Nov 1845 – Feb 1850, p. 617:
"March Term 1850
An Inventory of the Property of Jno. B. Doughety
Inventory of the property of Jno. B. Doughety a minor wich has come to the hands of Guardian Reubin Daughety.
1 Negro Boy John about 10 or 12 years of age
Also, Two hundred and one dollars & 67c $201.67 Dec'd Ja’y 1850
The above is all the effects in my hands
Sworn to before me 28 Feby 1849
R.P. Neely Clk Reubin Daughety"
(Source: Hardeman Co., TN Wills, 1824-1920)
Tippah County Land Deeds, 1836 – 1870. Ripley, MS:
Martini, Don, and Bill Gurney.
Old Timer Press, 1983.
M-528: James O. Mohundro to Reuben Daugherty. December 29, 1853.
1856 Tippah County, MS State Tax List:
Ruben and John B. Daugherty are listed in Haley’s District of the County. No other information. William S. is not listed.
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1778 - 1860 (81 years)