William Mallory

On the 1840 Census, William Mallory had a residence in Smith Township, Barry County, Missouri, enumerated with five children and a wife, age 40-49.  His son, John, was also in Smith Township, along with his wife (Eliza) and a young daughter (Elizabeth, 1838).  

William was previously married.  I do not know her name at this time.  They had two sons: John (1815) and George E. (1817), both born in Kentucky.  She died sometime shortly after the birth of George.  

William married Lucinda Taylor, nee Scott, May 1, 1820 in Christian County (Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1964).  She was previously married to William Taylor and had three children (her maiden name is on the death certificate of her daughter, Cyrene).  William Taylor died in 1819, leaving an estate that was divided between his wife and daughters.  Furthermore, William Mallory was named guardian of the underage children.  In 1821, the dower was cashed out of the estate and given to William:

Kentucky, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, 
Christian [County, Kentucky] Wills Vol C-D 1815-1826, image 307 
and Wills, Vol G-H, 1831-1835, image 80.

William and Lucinda Scott Taylor had five children, including a son whose name I do not know at this time (b. 1826), followed by Perkin (1828), Lucy Ann (1829), Elizabeth (1830), and Constantine (1834), all born in Kentucky, although Elizabeth may have been born in Tennessee.  The family lived in Christian County Kentucky and are present there in the 1820 and 1830 Census.  Lucinda died sometime between 1834 and 1849.  

According to the history of Christian and Trigg Counties, Kentucky (1884), among the second wave of pioneers "from 1815 to 1830, came the...Mallorys--which latter family settled the village now known as Mallorytown" (290).  In addition, the "West Union Baptist Church, located near Belle View, Christian Co., Ky., was constituted in November, 1819.  Seventeen persons were in the constitution, seven males and ten females.  The officiating presbytery consisted of Elders John Mallory... (315).

George E. Mallory, second son of William and wife #1, married Lurana Comwell in Logan County, Kentucky, 1834.  They had four children, all born in Kentucky.  After his death, Lurana remarried (1847) to Isham Finch and moved to Tennessee.

There was a lot of movement between Kentucky and Tennessee over the years.  The Mallorys are found in Christian and Simpson as well as Montgomery counties.  Many of the southern counties in Kentucky were formed from Lincoln County (originally Lincoln County, Virginia) which was enormous.  Please see the map of the border and imagine how fluid this early wilderness must have been.

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