We continue the Bullitt County 1850 census written by Mrs. W. V. Mathis, Wallace A. McKay and W. C. Barrickman. Betty Darnell shared this in The Pioneer News on 11 Nov 1991.
These records have been briefly compared to images of the census pages, and occasional additions or corrections have been made. Those changes we consider significant are noted with red print. Also, the census dwelling house number and family number according to visitation has been added, like this: [1/1].
17 March 1950
WELLER-MATHIS Families and the Lutheran Church.
Among the descendants of those who made their way to "the far West" after the Revolution and settled in Jefferson, Nelson and Bullitt counties, were the SHOPTAW, LUTZ, STREIT, CARPENTER, CRIGLER, BLANKENBAKER, WELLER and MATHIS families, and there were others.
In 1717 a Lutheran group of 20 families, sailing from England, where they had been religious refugees for several years, intending to go to Pennsylvania, were shipwrecked on the Virginia Coast. They were sent by the Governor of the Virginia colony to "Germanna" on the western frontier of the colony to join 12 other families who had been located there in 1714. This latter group were members of the German Reformed Lutheran church, while those in the party of 1717 were Evangelical Lutherans. Among old Bullitt County families whose ancestors can be traced to these "colonists of Germanna" are HOLZCLAW, FISHBACK, RICKART (RICTOR), HOFFMAN, WEAVER, CARPENTER (originally ZIMMERMAN), COOK, SNYDER, BARLOW, UTZ and several others. Coming from Pennsylvania were the STREITS, WELLER, MATHIS, LUTZ (LUTES), WISEHARTS, YOUNG and HARTMAN.
Of the WELLER family Phillip and Daniel were among the early settlers of Bullitt. Daniel WELLER's sons, Phillip and George, and his daughter Rebecca (married a COMBS), have numerous descendants in Bullitt and Nelson.
Philip WELLER (II) married Mandana GABLE, daughter of Joseph and Lydia GABLE, and their children were: 1. Minerva, born 1819, married Stephen WELLS; 2. Julia Margaret, born 1820, married George W. MATHIS; 3. Daniel, born 1822, married Mrs. Rosella (SCHECKELS) DENT, widow of George; 4. America, born 1825, married William DEACON, son of James A. DEACON; 5. Jacob, born 1828, married, lived, became priminent and wealthy; 6. Romania, born 1831, married 1852, Edward S. HOCKENSMITH; 7. Clinton, born 1833, married Joanne ROBARDS; 8. Lydia, born 1838, married, first, a CUMMINGS, married, second, a HATTON; 9. Jonathan, married Adeline GOOSE, lived in Jefferson County; 10. Louisa, born 1845, married John Y. GOOSE of Jefferson County; 11. William Luther, born 1847, married, first, Ellen, daughter of Mrs. Ann DENT, married, second, Amanda REYNOLDS.
Rebecca WELLER, daughter of Daniel, married, James COMBS; they had three children, Myron, died single; Oliver P., married Margaret HINES: and Julia, who married George W.S. MAGRUDER.
George WELLER, son of Philip, married Evlina CRENSHAW, daughter of Nelson; their children: 1. Herckel, married, first, Jennie, married, second, Biddy; 2. Nicholas, married Jennie and lived at Pineville, KY; 3. Thomas, lived in Illinois; 4. Catherine, died unmarried; 5. Susan, married William HEAD of New Salem; 6. Francita, married George LUTES; 7. Julia Ann, married Wood ASH, son of Matthias and Catherine (ROBY) ASH; 8. Amanda, married Dr. BOWMAN; 9. George, married Ida MATHIS, his cousin, daughter of George W. MATHIS.
The MATHIS and WELLER families were related by intermarriage. The MATHIS families of Bullitt and Nelson counties are descendants of Conrad MATHIS, Jr. Conrad MATHIS, Sr., probably was named Conrad Gideon, Baron Mathis, a name given to a son and grandson. It has been said that he was a Baron in his native Germany, a title which he forfeited when he became a convert to the doctrines of Martin LUTHER and was exiled.
Conrad MATHIS Jr. married Mary Magdeline STREIGHT, or STREIT. He was born in 1787 and died in 1832; his wife, born 1789, died 1844. Their children: 1. Caroline Margaret, born 1810, married 1831, Benjamin WISEHEART; 2. Eliza Ann, born 1811, married 1833, Reason SHOPTAW; 3. Martha Maria, born 1814, married 1840, Jacob BLANKENBAKER; 4. Joseph Lapsley, born 1816, married 1840, Mary BLANKENBAKER; 5. George Washington, born 1816, married 1841, Julia Margaret WELLER; 6. Sarah Corrillah, born 1820, married 1839, Edward C. YOUNG (he died 1840); 7. Mary Elizabeth, born 1822; 8. Lucetta Amanda, born 1824, married George HECKER: 9. Lydia Catherine, born 1825; 10. Conrad Gideon Baron (III), born 1829, married Mary DORR.
George W. MATHIS lived near Shepherdsville; after the death of his father-in-law, Philip WELLER, he acquired the WELLER homeplace, which still remains in the WELLER family line. George MATHIS was a deeply religious man, and in cooperation with his brothers-in-law and others built a Lutheran Church at Cedar Grove, which was also used as a Union Church.
Census record 1850:
Census Page 113
[836/836] Owen CRIGLER, 50, (died in Bullitt County, 1854; son of Abraham and Lydia (CARPENTER) CRIGLER; Mary 49, Lewis 23.
[837/837] Edwin CARPENTER 34 fanner (married, first, 1844, Lydia CRIGLER, daughter of Owen), Mary (second wife) 31, (error; should be: Edwin CARPENTER 34, Lydia 23, John S. 5. Next family: George W. MATHIS 32 fanner, Mary M. 31,) Mary A. 8, Perry C. 6, A.R. 4, Edwin H. 2, George T. 5 months. (Antoher daughter of Owen CRIGLER, Mary Jane, married, 1844, James Madison CARPENTER, son of Joel).
[841/841] Benedict AUSTEN (error, should be NEWTON) 39 farmer, Jane 36, Mary 15, Henry 14, Benjamin 9, Richard 6, Sylvester 3, Sexton 8 months).
Census Page 114
[842/842] John CRENSHAW (son of Nelson) 40 farmer, Mary E. (TROUTMAN) 35, Susan E. 16, Will L. 10, Henry F. 8, Elvira C. 6, Elmire 4, John 3. (Dr. Henry F. CRENSHAW married, 1867, Mrs. Mary Frances LANDERS; she was America CRIST, widow of Dr. James H. LANDERS; Susan E. CRENSHAW married a COLBOW; Elvira CRENSHAW married John JAMES; Elmire CRENSHAW married 0. Huston BOLTON; John CRENSHAW, Jr., married, first Joan DEACON, daughter of William; second, Alice JOHNSON.
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