John Trabue Minter

1784 - 1858  (74 years)

• Name	John Trabue Minter
  Birth	16 May 1784	Virginia, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	9BC7EC56589646349C77DEFED36840138923
  Death	11 Sep 1858	Pope, Illimois, USA   [2]
  Notes	This person appears in 83 public member trees at Ancestry and there is a lot of variation concerning his wives. Several trees have four wives of which three seem credible. The fourth, a Mary (no surname given) is given dates of 1814 - 1856; in no case is a marriage date quoted. I have chosen to omit Mary altogether - her dates don't fit with the dates of John's other marriages and the dates of death of his wives. March 2015: I suspect the idea of Mary as a wife for John arose from the following census entry, which probably refers to John (although it's unclear who the rest of the household were): 1850 United States Federal Census, in Pope County, Illinois on 10 October 1850, John MINTER (66, farmer, born Virginia), Mary MINTER (36, born Tennesan(?)), Martha ARMINGTON(?) (17, born not known), Martin McBRIDE (14, born Tennesan(?)), E BUCKLAND (8, male, born Illinois) and Elizabeth JOHNSON (14, born Kentucky). It's possible that Mary was John's daughter from his first marriage. The following early US censuses are thought to refer to John Trabue Minter: 1820 United States Federal Census, on 7 August 1820, of Gallatin, Sumner, Tennessee John T Minter (indexed as John L Minter by ancestry): Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 2 ** Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44:1 Free White Persons - Females - Under 10:3 Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15:2 Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:1 Slaves - Males - Under 14:1 Slaves - Males - 14 thru 25:2 Slaves - Males - 45 and over:1 Slaves - Females - Under 14:2 Slaves - Females - 14 thru 25:1 Slaves - Females - 26 thru 44:2 Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture:4 Free White Persons - Under 16:7 Free White Persons - Over 25:2 Total Free White Persons:9 Total Slaves:9 Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other:18 ** one of these was probably George Washington Minter, born about 1810, Kentucky. 1830 United States Federal Census of Sumner, Tennessee John T Minter Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19:1 Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49:1 Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9:1 Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14:1 Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29:1 Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39:1 Slaves - Males - Under 10:1 Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23:4 Slaves - Males - 55 thru 99:1 Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23:2 Slaves - Females - 36 thru 54:1 Free White Persons - Under 20:4 Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:3 Total Free White Persons:7 Total Slaves:9 Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):16 1840 United States Federal Census of Sumner, Tennessee John T Minter (indexed as C T Minter by ancestry.com): Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19:1 Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59:1 Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29:1 Slaves - Males - Under 10:3 Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23:4 Slaves - Males - 24 thru 35:2 Slaves - Males - 36 thru 54:1 Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23:1 Slaves - Females - 36 thru 54:1 Persons Employed in Agriculture:6 Free White Persons - Under 20:1 Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:1 Total Free White Persons:3 Total Slaves:12 Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves:15 1850 United States Federal Census, Pope County, Illinois: John MINTER (66, farmer, born Virginia), Mary MINTER (36, born Tennessee), Martha HARRINGTON (17, born 'not known', Martin McBRIDE (14, born Tennessee), E BUCKLAND (8, male, born Illinois) and Elizabeth JOHNSON (14, born Kentucky).
  Person ID	I311	America
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2015

  
  

  Father	Rev. Joseph Anthony Minter,   b. 19 Mar 1754, Cumberland County, Virginia, USA d. 1804 (Age 49 years)
  Mother	Jane Dupuy TRABUE,   b. 12 Jan 1752, Chesterfield, Virginia, USA d. 26 Aug 1812, Woodford, Kentucky, USA (Age 60 years)
  Family ID	F105	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth SCEARCE,   b. 17 Feb 1790, Woodford, Kentucky, USA d. 1823, Sumner, Tennessee, USA (Age 32 years)
  Marriage	19 May 1807	Woodford, Kentucky, USA   [3]
  Children	1. George Washington Minter,   b. Abt 1810, Kentucky, USA d. Between 1860 and 1870, Tennessee, USA (Age ~ 50 years)
  Family ID	F133	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Mar 2012

  
  

  Family 2	Maria WHITE,   b. 1795   d. Jul 1838, Tennessee, USA (Age 43 years)
  Marriage	22 Jul 1828	Davidson, Tennessee, USA   [3]
  Family ID	F134	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Mar 2012

  
  

  Family 3	Lauretta RHODES,   b. Greene, Pennsylvania, USA d. 26 Mar 1866, Illinois, USA
  Marriage	11 Feb 1858	Pope, Illimois, USA   [3]
  Family ID	F135	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Mar 2012

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 16 May 1784 - Virginia, USA Marriage - 22 Jul 1828 - Davidson, Tennessee, USA Marriage - 11 Feb 1858 - Pope, Illimois, USA Death - 11 Sep 1858 - Pope, Illimois, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S25] Clifton Minter's tree, March 2012. [S21] Mustain and Gregory Connections tree at rootsweb, Feb 2012. [S28] Bowles Family Tree at Ancestry, March 2012.