Lester Census Files
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| 1. |
My grandaunt, Louisa Neal Drane, married
Lemuel Braxton Lester.
Her ancestry is recorded in my file Drane Census Notes.
Their family and his ancestry is recorded in this file. Since they
had only one son, Drane Lester,
and he died childless, this then lists the census records for his
Lester ancestors, his aunts and his uncles. |
| 2. |
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notify me of any corrections you have for improvement. |
| 3. |
The links to records on the Ancestry.com and
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sites are available only when you are logged in there. Ancestry.com
requires a subscription, but HeritageQuest.com access is available free
through various librfaries and the Family History Centers at many
Morman churches. I access HeritageQuest through my local library. |
— Dorsey Barnes Drane (Facebook)
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William Simpson Lester & Mary Magdalene Kinard
Census 1850 Lester,
William Simpson
| 1850 United States Federal Census (1 Jun 1850) |
| Panola Co, Mississippi. Enumerated 1 Oct 1850 |
| Name |
Age |
Est Born |
Sex |
Born |
Occupation |
| Lester Simpson |
47 |
~1803 |
M |
SC |
Farmer |
| Lester Mary |
42 |
~1808 |
F |
SC |
| Lester William S |
20 |
~1830 |
M |
SC |
| Lester Levi W |
18 |
~1832 |
M |
SC |
| Lester Jacob R |
16 |
~1834 |
M |
SC |
| Lester David S |
14 |
~1836 |
M |
SC |
| Lester Mary A |
12 |
~1838 |
F |
SC |
| Lester Pinkney B |
9 |
~1841 |
M |
SC |
| Lester Samuel B |
7 |
~1843 |
M |
Missi |
| Lester Daniel B |
2 |
~1848 |
M |
Missi |
Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: District 13, Panola,
Mississippi; Roll: M432_379; Page: 330B; Image: 280
Census 1860 Lester,
William Simpson
| 1860 United States Federal Census (1 Jun 1860) |
| Panola Co, Mississippi. Enumerated 25 Sep 1860 |
| Name |
Age |
Est Born |
Sex |
Born |
Occupation |
| Lester Simpson |
57 |
~1803 |
M |
South Carolina |
Farmer |
| Lester Pinkey V |
19 |
~1841 |
M |
South Carolina |
Gentleman |
| Lester Lemuel B |
17 |
~1843 |
M |
Mississippi |
| Lester George R |
10 |
~1850 |
M |
Mississippi |
|
| Lester Willis L |
26 |
~1834 |
M |
South Carolina |
Farmer |
| Lester Mary |
22 |
~1838 |
F |
Virginia |
| Lester Mollie |
3 |
~1857 |
F |
Mississippi |
| Lester Theron |
1 |
~1859 |
F |
Mississippi |
Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: , Panola, Mississippi; Roll:
M653_589; Page: 247; Image: 253; Family History Library Film: 803589.
Census 1880 Lester,
William Simpson
| 1880 United States Federal Census (1 Jun 1880) |
| Batesville, Panola Co, Mississippi. Enumerated 8
Jun 1880 |
| Name |
Race |
Sex |
Age |
Est Born |
Reln. |
Status |
Born |
Father |
Mother |
Occupation |
| Lester S. |
W |
M |
76 |
~1804 |
|
Wd |
S.C. |
Va |
S.C. |
Retired Merchant |
| Lester P. V. |
W |
M |
38 |
~1842 |
Son |
S |
S.C. |
S.C. |
S.C. |
Dry goods Merchant |
| Kyle C. B. |
W |
F |
23 |
~1857 |
Grand daughter |
Wd |
Miss |
Miss |
Miss |
Keeping House |
| Kyle Clara |
W |
F |
5 |
~1875 |
Grand daughter |
S |
Miss |
Miss |
Miss |
|
| Harrison S. L. |
W |
M |
29 |
~1851 |
Grand son |
S |
Miss |
Georgia |
S.C. |
Lawyer |
| Kyle Dolly |
B |
F |
58 |
~1822 |
Servant |
|
Alabama |
— |
— |
Servant |
Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Batesville, Panola,
Mississippi; Roll: 661; Family History Film: 1254661; Page: 212B;
Enumeration District: 160; Image: 0429.
Lemuel Bedenbaugh Lester & Margaret Lee Pollard
Census
1870 Lester, Lemuel Bedenbaugh
LESTER, S B (1870 U.S. Census)
MISSISSIPPI, PANOLA, PANOLA P O
Series: M593 Roll: 747 Page: 94
Ancestry.com:
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Lester
LesterL1870MSPanola.tiff |
Lemuel Bedenbaugh Lester & Margaret Lee Pollard
Uncle William S. Lester
Panola City P.O. |
| 1870 United States Federal Census (1 Jun 1870) |
| Batesville, Panola Co, Mississippi. Enumerated 12
Jul 1870 |
| Name |
Age |
Est Born |
Sex |
Race |
Born |
Occupation |
| Lester W S |
40 |
~1830 |
M |
W |
S Carolina |
Farmer |
| Lester M E |
28 |
~1842 |
F |
W |
S Carolina |
| Lester H S |
3 |
~1867 |
M |
W |
Mississippi |
| Lester M J |
6/12 |
~1869 |
F |
W |
Mississippi |
|
| Lester L B |
26 |
~1844 |
M |
W |
Mississippi |
Farmer |
| Lester M L |
22 |
~1848 |
F |
W |
Mississippi |
| Lester L B |
8/12 |
~1869 |
M |
W |
Mississippi |
Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: District 5, Panola,
Mississippi; Roll: M593_747; Page: 94A; Image: 191; Family History
Library Film: 552246.
Census 1880
Lester, Lemuel Bedenbaugh
| 1880 United States Federal Census (1 Jun 1880) |
| Batesville, Panola Co, Mississippi. Enumerated
11 & 12 Jun 1880 |
| Name |
Race |
Sex |
Age |
Est Born |
Reln. |
Status |
Born |
Father |
Mother |
Occupation |
| Lester L. B. |
W |
M |
36 |
~1844 |
|
M |
Miss. |
S.C. |
S.C. |
Clerk |
| Lester M. L. |
W |
F |
32 |
~1848 |
Wife |
M |
Miss. |
Tenn |
Tenn |
Keeping house |
| Lester L. B. |
W |
M |
10 |
~1870 |
Son |
S |
Miss. |
Miss. |
Miss. |
|
| Lester V. L. |
W |
F |
7 |
~1873 |
Daught. |
S |
Miss. |
Miss. |
Miss. |
|
| Lester V. E. |
W |
M |
4 |
~1876 |
Son |
S |
Miss. |
Miss. |
Miss. |
|
| Lester L. M. |
W |
F |
2 |
~1878 |
Daught. |
S |
Miss. |
Miss. |
Miss. |
|
Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Batesville, Panola,
Mississippi; Roll: 661; Family History Film: 1254661; Page: 259A;
Enumeration District: 162; Image: 0523.
Lemuel Braxton Lester &
Louisa Neal Drane
Census 1910 Lester,
Lemuel Braxton
| 1910 United States Federal Census (15 Apr 1910) |
| Batesville, Panola Co, Mississippi. Enumerated
15 Apr 1910 |
| Address: Panola Avenue |
| Name |
Reln. |
Sex |
Race |
Age |
Est Born |
Status |
Born |
Father |
Mother |
Occupation |
| Lester L Braxton |
Head |
M |
W |
40 |
~1870 |
M |
Mississippi |
Mississippi |
Mississippi |
Merchant / Retail Dry goods & gas |
| Lester Neal D |
Wife |
|
W |
34 |
~1876 |
M |
Mississippi |
Georgia |
Virginia |
None |
| Lester Drane |
Son |
M |
W |
9 |
~1901 |
S |
Mississippi |
Mississippi |
Mississippi |
None |
Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Batesville, Panola,
Mississippi; Roll: T624_755; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0066;
Image: 385; FHL microfilm: 1374768.
Census 1920 Lester,
Lemuel Braxton
| 1920 United States Federal Census (1 Jan 1920) |
| Batesville, Panola Co, Mississippi. Enumerated
10 & 11 Jan 1920 |
| Address: (North Side Rail Road) |
| Name |
Reln. |
Sex |
Race |
Age |
Est Born |
Status |
Born |
Father |
Mother |
Occupation |
| Lester Braxton |
Head |
M |
W |
50 |
~1870 |
M |
Mississippi |
Mississippi |
Mississippi |
Merchant / Retail ??? |
| Lester Neal |
Wife |
F |
W |
42 |
~1878 |
M |
Mississippi |
Georgia |
Virginia |
Teacher / Music |
| Lester Drane |
Son |
M |
W |
20 |
~1900 |
S |
Mississippi |
Mississippi |
Mississippi |
None |
Source Citation: Year: 1920; Census Place: Batesville, Panola,
Mississippi; Roll: T625_890; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 127;
Image: 573.
Census 1930 Lester,
Lemuel Braxton
| 1930 United States Federal Census (1 Apr 1930) |
| Batesville, Panola Co, Mississippi. Enumerated 2
Apr 1930 |
| Address: Panola Avenue |
| Name |
Reln. |
Sex |
Race |
Age |
Est Born |
Status |
Born |
Father |
Mother |
Occupation |
| Lester Braxton |
Head |
M |
W |
60 |
~1870 |
M @27 |
Mississippi |
Mississippi |
Mississippi |
Retail Merchant / Dry Good |
| Lester Neal D |
Wife |
F |
W |
54 |
~1876 |
M @21 |
Mississippi |
Georgia |
Virginia |
Teacher / Music |
Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Batesville, Panola,
Mississippi; Roll: 1162; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 17; Image:
426.0; FHL microfilm: 2340897.
Census 1940 Lester,
Lemuel Braxton
1940census.archives.gov:
Image 7 of 52
Ancestry.com:
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Louisa Neal Drane & Lemuel Braxton Lester
Mississippi > Panola > Other Places > 54-20 > 7
(District 54-20 Beat 5, Batesville Town, Panola County Jail)
|
| 1940 United States Federal Census (1 Apr 1940) |
| Batesville, Panola Co, Mississippi. Enumerated
10 Apr 1940. Enumeration District 54-20, Sheet 4A |
| Address: Panola |
| Name |
Reln. |
Sex |
Race |
Age |
Est Born |
Status |
Educ. |
Born |
Residence |
Occupation |
| Lester L. Braxton |
Head |
M |
W |
70 |
~1870 |
M |
No C2 |
Mississippi |
Same House |
Merchant / Retail Dry Goods |
| Lester Neal D |
Wife |
F |
W |
65 |
~1875 |
M |
No C4 |
Mississippi |
Same House |
|
Notes:
Ancestry
link
Newberry County, South Carolina Historical
and Genealogical Annals
by
George Leland Summer
LESTER - James Lester came from Virginia, of English
or Scotch descent. He recieved a grant of three hundred fifty acres
land on Saluda River, by Letters Patent at Charleston, June 9, 1735,
under the hands of Hon. William Moultrie, Esq., Governor and
Commander-in-Chief of the State of South Carolina. It is not known who
were his children but the earliest records show that the following
(probably sons) were living in the section of Saluda River before the
Revolutionary War:
Peter, James, Samuel,
and Charles.
Peter Lester died in
1808, leaving widow, Jane, and
children: Patsy (wife of George Thomas), Peter R., Willis D., Sarah
(wife of George Harmon), Mary (wife of Thomas Morris), Rhoda (wife of
Julius Williamson), James, Cinderilla (married Samuel Bynum), Jane
(married Abner Bozard), Vincent and
Simpson.
George Harmon and wife,
Sarah, had son, George. Mrs. Jane Lester moved to Indiana with some of
her children.
James Lester, Sr. (father of Peter) died after 1808
and left the following children as legetees: James, John, Isaac, Joyce
(dead), Charles (out of state), Abner (out of state), and Samuel (out
of state). Joyce married James Beaumont, died and left a son, James
Beaumont, Jr. Samuel died in 1817 unmarried.
William R. Lester made will in 1817 and died same
year, leaving legatees: Marha Darby, Elisabeth Leste, George D. Lester,
Cynthia Dawkins, Rosannah Lester, and Simon B. Lester.
Charles Lester died in Newberry County in 1827. He
married a Miss Musgrove and had children: Allen, Smith (he moved to
Alabama), Alfred (moved to Alabama), Millbury (wife of Dempsey
Gilbert), Marie (wife of George Boozer), Susan (wife of Lacy Havird). A
brother, Alfred M. Lester, is named a distributee of the estate.
Allen Lester married Martha Dennis and had children: James, Charles,
William, George, Alfred, Martha (wife of Atwood Connelly), Prudence
Rogers, (she died, left daughter Mary Jane Rogers), Phoebe (wife Warren
Kirkland), Rebecca, Jane Rikard.
Ancestry
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Common Pleas of the Court
Newberry County, South Carolina
Jane Lester & others vs. Jas. D. Lester
1822
Peter Lester died intestate possessed of a tract of
land containing 223 acres adjoining the lands of James Lester, Jonathan
D. Walters, Daniel DeWalt, and Jane Lester. This was later resurveyed
and found to contain 191 1/4 acres. Peter was survived by a widow Jane
Lester and the following children: Sally the wife of George Harmon,
Peter R. Lester, James D. Lester, Mary the wife of Thomas Morris,
Willis Lester, Rhody the wife of Julius Williamson, Vincent Lester,
Simpson Lester, Cindillera Lester, Jane Leste, and Martha the wife of
George Thomas (both since deceased leaving a child George Thomas).
Simpson Lester, Cindilera Lester, Jane Lester and George Lester are
minors. Plats included. (Box 2, Folder A-44)
http://genealogytrails.com/scar/newberry/common_pleas.htm
Ancestry
Link
Early Bloomfield Citizens
One Who Was Here Three Years Before There Was Such
A Town
The Bloomfield News
Bloomfield, Greene County, Indiana
Friday, January 26, 1900
Volume XXIV, Number 9, Page 4, Column 4
The second town in the county was Newberry,
laid off in 1820 by John O'Neal, my mother's father, who with the
Hughens', Liles', Bynum's, Morris', Jones', his own and brother Henry's
families and others made a colony of South Carolinians. Father having
made two or three journeys in 1821, (horseback) moved with mother,
brother and sisters to the "colony". The mother (whom in childhood I
well knew) was uncommon in energy and business capacity; had bee
executrix of her deceased husband's will in 1808. Her name was Jane
Ruble. She lies in the Bloomfield cemetery.
Willis D. Lester was postmaster in Bloomfield for twenty-seven years.
Whoever was the first postmaster in Greene County,
and when appointed, is already in oblivion. In usefulness, Thomas
Bradford was first, last and all the time, but it is not known if he
was postmaster. From 1837, for a great length of time, our subject
filled the office. In saddlebags, on a horse, by a boy, the mail was
carried from Indianapolis to Washington through Bloomfield as early as
1830-very likely long before. From Terre Haute to Bedford each week a
mail boy passed the old Eel River road- not through Bloomfield. Mr.
Bradford has a box nailed to a tree near his house, in which his mail
was left by the carrier. This was the first ever I saw in regard to it.
Mr. Lester was Probate Judge for fourteen years. Born
in Newberry District, South Carolina, ___, 1796; came in 1821 to
Newberry, this county. Cleared six acres of ground that is now part of
the town and put it in corn. Was sick there; came to what is now the
county seat when only these lived here: James Warnick,
great-grandfather of the present Warnicks, lived where Joseph Leavitt
lives; the Vanslykes and VanVorsts on the river west of town; Thomas
Bradford, one mile south; William Scott and Will Robinson, east. The
spot, now the public square, was covered with very excellent timber,
much of it larger, tall poplar.
A great deal of history is connected with the
family-the city of Charleston, the battle of Fort Moultrie, the siege
and surrender under Gen. Lincoln in the revolution, the dark days of
Marion, Sumpter and Lee.
- In 1799 the father bought a slave, Bill of Sale:
"State of South Carolina. Know all men by these
presents, that I, John Siber, of the City of Charleston and State of
aforesaid, for the sum of $200 to me paid, have sold to Peter Lester, a
Negro wench named Sally and her boy child, Jack, to have and to to hold
the said Negro wench with her boy, Jack, with all their future
increase, forever. In witness whereof, I have set my hand and seal,
Charleston, first of January 1799, Witnessed, signed, sealed, and
delivered."
This document is in good preservation. Some of the
penmanship shows how much better our fathers wrote than we can.
Three patents on parchment yet exist of lands bought
by the Lesters in this county, signed by the Presidents Adams, Monroe,
and Vanburen.
The old Lester home in Bloomfield was west of the
"square," a two-story frame with a one-story addition on the south end
for a store. In this the post office was kept many years. Mrs. Throop,
of Linton, has a picture of this old landmark, on seeing which I
instantly knew. North of this on the corner, where the Richland block
now stands, Mr. Lester built a brick, in which he kept store and post
office many years longer.
The present home of his children, Emma and J. Reed
Lester, he later built where he died.
Andrew Downing, at my father's carding machine about
the year 1831, on seeing Mr. Lester pass, made the remark, "There is
honor in him." This with his many years in public office, (he held many
other offices besides postmaster and probate judge) with nothing but
the best of credit, is amply testimony of his entire fitness in every
way as a useful citizen among men.
Do spirits commune with spirits absent from the body?
In studying of the departed, I seem to feel, near around me, something
I cannot explain.
The silent city! The Turk, the red man, in solemn
silence ponder long and earnestly at the grave. These mementoes say
Jane Ruble, the mother, was born 1767, died 1835.
The number and importance of the Lester family is
such that a station on the E. & E. Railway is named after them in
Cass Township. Long and honorable life was the lot of the three
brothers- Petr M., ninety-seven; Vincent, ninety-one, and Willis D.,
eighty years.
W.D. Ritter
http://www.ingenweb.org/ingreene/newspaper_articles/early_bloomfield_citizens.htm
(link is stale)
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