Gemima Jent and Mary "Polly" Jent of Tazewell Co., VA
Hello everyone,
I recently discovered that I am an ancestor to Gemima Jent (born around 1805) who married George Stephenson 16 July 1826 in Tazewell Co., VA.I have follwed this family through the 1850, 1860 and 1870 census for Tazewell County.In the 1880 census for Tazewell Co., VA Gemima (Jent) Stephenson is listed as a "widow" and living with her "sister" Polly (Jent) Deskins (who is also a "widow".The marriage records of Tazewell Co., show Mary "Polly" Jent married Jefferson Deskins on 22 November 1831 in Tazewell Co., VA.
My ancestry goes like this:
George Stephenson married Gemima Jent - child James Robert Stephenson
James Robert Stephenson married Cosby E. Ratliff - child Rutha Belle Stephenson
Rutha Belle Stephenson married James William Turley - child Laura Eveline Turley
Laura Eveline Turley married Harvey Theodore Pauley - child Sryldia Thelma Pauley (my mother)
George Stephenson and Gemima Jent are the farthest I have gotten on this family.
Can anyone tell me who the parents of Gemima Jent and Mary "Polly" Jent are??
I know from marriage records that there is a William Gent who married Peggy Robertson - Feb. 14, 1804 and a Mark Gent who married Polly Robertson on August 20, 1805, both in Tazewell County, VA.
Both William and Mark also appear in the 1810 Tax List for Tazewell County, VA.Could either one of these two be a parent of Gemima and Mary "Polly" Jent??
Any information would be appreciated.
Byron K. Durham
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