James Burns Singleton^{[1, 2, 3]}

1851 - Aft 1880  (> 30 years)

• Name	James Burns Singleton  [4, 5, 6]
  Birth	1851	Tennessee, USA   [7]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Aft 1880
  Origins
  Person ID	I12445	1794 BARLOW-GAWF/GOFF (US-NC-WAK / US-TN-HEN) I-FTA50669
  Last Modified	20 Oct 2023

  
  

  Family	Amanda Catherine Goff,   b. 29 Jan 1840, Tennessee, United States of America d. 23 Oct 1890, United States of America (Age 50 years)
  Children	1. Willes O Singleton,   b. 1865, Tennessee, USA d. 13 Jan 1920, Decatur, Tennessee, USA (Age 55 years) ▻ Martha Thompson  m. 28 Jan 1891 ▻ Martha Thompson  m. 28 Jan 1891   2. Lewis Henry Singleton,   b. 1868, Tennessee, USA d. 28 Jul 1950, Humboldt, Gibson, Tennessee, USA (Age 82 years)   3. Mary Singleton,   b. Abt 1872, Tennessee, USA d. 29 Nov 1927, Hornersville, Dunklin, Missouri, USA (Age 55 years)   4. John Jefferson Singleton,   b. Abt 1874, Tennessee, USA d. 3 Mar 1968, Clarkton, Dunklin, Missouri, United States (Age 94 years) ▻ Josie Belle Slaughter ▻ Josie Belle Slaughter   5. William Dorsey Singleton,   b. Abt 1875, Tennessee d. 14 Jul 1938 (Age 63 years) ▻ Grace Emerson Singleton;   Miranda Reddin ▻ Grace Emerson Singleton;   Miranda Reddin   6. Ada Samantha Singleton,   b. Between 1877 and 1881, Tennessee, USA d. 4 Sep 1946, Gary, Lake, Indiana, USA (Age 69 years) ▻ Warren Caldwell  m. Bef 1930;   Edward Meadows  m. Abt 1906;   Nola Montez Pruitt  m. 12 Oct 1903 ▻ Warren Caldwell  m. Bef 1930;   Edward Meadows  m. Abt 1906;   Nola Montez Pruitt  m. 12 Oct 1903   7. Mollie E. Singleton,   b. 1880, Tennessee, USA d. Hornersville, Missouri, USA   8. Otis Leander Singleton,   b. 11 Aug 1881   d. 20 Apr 1929, Manila, Mississippi, Arkansas, USA (Age 47 years) ▻ Etta Belle Boyer  m. 30 Aug 1900 ▻ Etta Belle Boyer  m. 30 Aug 1900   9. Mattie E Singleton,   b. 1882, Tennessee d. 18 Aug 1912, Dunklin, Missouri, USA (Age 30 years) ▻ Mance Gilbert Wilkerson  m. 14 Oct 1901 ▻ Mance Gilbert Wilkerson  m. 14 Oct 1901
  Family ID	F3720	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Oct 2023

  
  

• Notes

  b. ca 1852 married Amanda Catherine GOFF 1864 son Willis a. b. Scotts Hill, TN 1870 Scotts Hill, Decatur Co., TN census 1880 Decatur Co., TN census did he go to Dunklin Co., TN and remarry? 1860 Dist 10, Decatur Co., TN Image 4 & 5 of 14 household 754/754 C. SINGLETON 31 M farmer $500, $500 TN (b. ca 1819) M.A. 27 F domestic b. TN J. B. 8 male b. TN (is this the husband of Amanda GOFF?) M. J. 7 female B. TN S. J. 4 male b. TN R. E. 2 female TN (no space in original so it looks like it's part of above family) (written where household # should be appears to be “inmate”) beside following entry J. SINGLETON 68 M farmer, b. NC (b. ca 1792) (compare to 1850 census of James SINGLETON) S. 72 F domestic, b. TN J. 46 m b. TN (compare children below to 1850 census of Alison SINGLETON) S. J. 17 female b. TN J. P. 15 male b. TN (James 6) G. W. 14 male b. TN (George 4) C. 12 female b. TN (Caroline 2) R 10 female b. TN (Rebecca 4/12) M. 7 male b. TN C. 5 male b. TN 755/755 E. SINGLETON 36 female seamstress everyone b. TN N. J. 11 female J. R. 10 male J ? 3 male M (T?) 1 female Next to J. M. STANFIELD ------------------ 1870 Scotts Hill, Decatur Co., TN Census (note that James was only 15 when William was born & Amanda is 7 years older then James) James B. SINGLETON/19/farmer Amanda C./26/house wife William A./4/at home When reading the original I came up with Willis A. Lewis H./2/at home (living in between Susannah SINGLETON 57, Rebecca a. 27, Sarah C. 24, E?? (Eh??as) 13 (?) female, Lewis R 4 and her son James W. SINGLETON 21, Elizabeth 16. (Susannah's the widow of Sterling) -- Household #235, 1880 TN Census next to Leander W. GOFF & his father Lewis R. GOFF 1880 Census District 2, Decatur, TN Source: FHL Film 1255252 National Archives Film T9-1252 Page 32C Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace James SINGLETON Self M/M W 28/TN. Occ: Farmer Fa: TN. Mo: TN. Amanda C. SINGLETON Wife F/M W 36/TN.Occ: Keeping House Fa: S. C. Mo: TN. Lewis H. SINGLETON Son M/S W 12/TN. Fa: TN. Mo: TN. Mary I. SINGLETON Dau F/S W 8/TN. Fa: TN. Mo: TN. John SINGLETON Son M/S W 6/TN. Fa: TN. Mo: TN. William SINGLETON Son M/S W 4/TN. Fa: TN. Mo: TN. Ada S. SINGLETON Dau F/S W 3/TN. Fa: TN. Mo: TN. (ca 1877) Mollie E. SINGLETON Dau F/S W 4M/TN. Fa: TN. Mo: TN. Susannah SINGLETON Sister F/S W 16/TN. Fa: TN. Mo: TN. John W. SINGLETON Brother M/S W 15/TN. Fa: TN. Mo: TN. (there's a Willie O. SINGLETON, age 14) in the 1880 Census with Amanda's parents, Lewis & Marinda GOFF, listed as their grandson)) --- 1890 census N/A, destroyed in fire couldn't find him or Amanda in 1910 Ancestry.com census index Are his parents Henry and Matilda? They're in Decatur Co. in 1860 and then 1870 in Stoddard Co., MO. James was married in 1870 so he could have stayed put. Henry has children the right age to be Susannah and John: 1850 Dist. 10, Decatur Co., TN (same page as Lewis GOFF) Henry SINGLETON, 20 laborer TN value of real estate owned (nothing listed) Matilda 17 TN in 1870 New Lisbon, Stoddard Co., MO SINGLETON, Henry 35 $200/$200 TN everyone is b. TN Matilda 35 Isabella 16 Jefferson 15 Rodicia 12 Mal? 10 Susan 7 (1863) John 5 (1865) George 2 The death cert of his son Lewis Henry SINGLETON says his name is James Burns SINGLETON. Stoddard Co., MO marriage records has W. O. SINGLETON of Stoddard marrying Bell BOYER, license dated 30 Aug 1900. Father of groom, J.B. SINGLETON gives his assent. This marriage has been attached in trees to Odis Leander SINGLETON (but it says W.O.?)

  
  

• Sources

  [S29] 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: District 10, Decatur, Tennessee; Roll: M593_1524; Page: 88A. [S169] Arkansas, Death Certificates, 1914-1969, Arkansas Department of Vital Records; Little Rock, Arkansas; Death Certificates; Year: 1929; Roll: 2. [S247] Missouri, U.S., Marriage Records, 1805-2002, Missouri State Archives; Jefferson City, MO, USA; Missouri Marriage Records [Microfilm]. [S91] Geneanet Community Trees Index. [S51] Tennessee, U.S., Death Records, 1908-1965, Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958; Roll Number: 111. [S27] 1860 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: District 10, Decatur, Tennessee; Roll: M653_1247; Page: 63; Family History Library Film: 805247. [S54] 1870 United States Federal Census. Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2003. Indexed by Ancestry.com from microfilmed schedules of the 1870 U.S. Federal Decennial Census. Original data: Data imaged from National Archives and Records Administration. Ninth Census of the United States, 1870. M593, 1,761 rolls. Minnesota Census Schedules for 1870. T132, 13 rolls. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C. District 10, Decatur, Tennessee, post office Scotts Hill, roll 1524, page 88, image 176.