John Baptist Dant
1799 - 1877 (78 years)
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Name John Baptist Dant [1, 2] Birth 1799 Washington County, Kentucky 
Gender Male Death 21 Oct 1877 Knottsville, Daviess County, Kentucky Patriarch & Matriarch 
John Baptist Dant, b. 1745, St. Mary's County, MDd. 1 Feb 1808, Pottinger Creek, Washington Co., KY (Age 63 years) (Grandfather) 
Elizabeth Belinda Shercliffe, b. Bef 1777, St. Mary's County, MDd. Bef 1833, Washington County, Kentucky (Age < 56 years) (Mother) Person ID I2185 1665 GOUGH/GOFF (US-MD-STM/US-VA-LOU) I-Y6902-A Last Modified 20 Oct 2023
Father Joseph Dant, b. 1765, Virginia d. 1833 (Age 68 years) Mother Elizabeth Belinda Shercliffe, b. Bef 1777, St. Mary's County, MD d. Bef 1833, Washington County, Kentucky (Age < 56 years) Marriage 9 Aug 1792 Nelson County, Kentucky Notes - mdstmary@rootsweb.com
mary.yoder@verizon.net wrote:
>Nelson Co, KY Mgs 1785-1850 (my quick check index)
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>John Baptist DANT m Mrs Elizabeth Shirtliff, sur Stephen Elliott, 9 Aug 1792 by S. T. Badin.
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Joseph DANT & Elizabeth B. Shirtliff, sur James Rhodes. John B. DANT, stepfather of Elizabeth, m 9 Aug 1792 S. T. Badin.
Family ID F1318 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Mary Jane Smith, b. Abt 1795, Kentucky d. Bef 1833, Washington County, Kentucky (Age < 37 years)
Marriage 20 Apr 1819 Washington County, Kentucky Children 1. Three Sons Dant 2. Three Daughters Dant 3. Joseph Washington Dant, b. 7 May 1820, Washington County, Kentucky d. 1902 (Age 81 years)▻ Ann Catherine Ballard m. 12 Feb 1849▻ Ann Catherine Ballard m. 12 Feb 18494. Nancy Dant, b. 26 May 1827 d. 10 Feb 1906 (Age 78 years) Family ID F1315 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 20 Oct 2023
Family 2 Martha Jane _______ Marriage Bef Sep 1850 Marion County, Kentucky Family ID F177 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 20 Oct 2023
Family 3 Sarah "Sally" Mattingly d. Bef 1850, Marion County, Kentucky
Marriage 10 Oct 1833 Washington County, Kentucky Children 1. Cordelia Mary Dant, b. 23 Oct 1836, Marion County, Kentucky d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F1316 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 20 Oct 2023
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Notes - DANT, JOHN BAPTIST & SARAH "SALLY" MATTINGLY (son of Joseph B. Dant & Elizabeth Belinda Shircliff)(daughter of Thomas Leonard Mattingly & Mary Hayden)(Washington Co., Ky Marriage Bond 10-10-1833)
Baptized Cordelia Mary Dant, 12-04-1836, by Rev. Louis Nicholas Petit at St. Charles Catholic Church. Birth date, 10-23-1836. Sponsor, Mary Mattingly. Parents: John and Sarah Dant.
Son of Joseph Dant & Elizabeth B Shercliffe
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Source: Owensboro Weekly 10-24-1877
John Dant, an old and highly esteemed citizen of this county, died last Sunday morning. He was past eighty years of age.
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John 1st m. Mary Jane Smith, July 07, 1819 in Washington Co, KY, 2nd m. Sarah Mattingly on October 10, 1833 in Washington Co, KY, Sarah d. bef. 1850, probably in Marion Co., KY, and 3rd m. Martha Jane (?) before Sep. 1850 in Marion Co., KY
1850 John Dant, living in Marion Co., KY, wife Martha J, three daughters Cordelia, Sarah and Margaret.
1860 John Dant wife Jane, son John William, living in Knottsville, Daviess Co, KY.
John William Dant son of John B & Martha Jane Dant is buried in St Lawrence Cemetery, which is probably where John Baptist & Jane Dant are buried.
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Children in the Will of John B Dant: Sons; Joseph W Dant, Thomas Dant, Silvester Dant and James Dant, daughters; Rosella Millay, Nancy Blair, Elizabeth Blair, Cecy Ellen Dant, Mary C Mattingly, Sarah C Payne and Margaret Ann Clayton.
Will Bk. C - p. 473-474 (Daviess County, KY)
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Memorial created by Bob Alvey with this added statement:
Presumed buried in St William Catholic Cemetery at Knottsville, Daviess Co, KY.
- DANT, JOHN BAPTIST & SARAH "SALLY" MATTINGLY (son of Joseph B. Dant & Elizabeth Belinda Shircliff)(daughter of Thomas Leonard Mattingly & Mary Hayden)(Washington Co., Ky Marriage Bond 10-10-1833)
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