Ruth

Female Abt 1795 - Aft 1870  (~ 75 years)


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  • Name Ruth  
    Born Abt 1795  Tennessee, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died Aft 17 Jun 1870 
    Person ID I2747  Muse-Nagy
    Last Modified 16 Sep 2019 

    Family William Gwin,   d. Bef 31 Oct 1850, Pontotoc County, Mississippi, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Sarah Eleanor "Ellen" Gwin,   b. 1823, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yell County, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Wilson H Gwin,   b. Abt 1829, Tennessee, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jun or 4 Jul 1863, Richmond, Richmond, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 34 years)
    Last Modified 16 Sep 2019 
    Family ID F998  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Documents
    1839 Mortgage for William and Ruth Gwin Pt 1
    1839 Mortgage for William and Ruth Gwin Pt 1
    20 April 1839, Pontotoc County, Mississippi

    Grantor: William Gwin
    Grantee: Mississippi Union Bank
    Cost: shares ($1,750) and $100
    Tract 1: NE1/4 of Section 2 of Township 10 in Range 1 East
    Tract 2: SE1/4 of Section 1 of Township 10 in Range 1 East
    Total of 328.6 acres

    FamilySearch.org, Deed records, 1836-1890; general index to deeds, 1836-1890 (Pontotoc County, Mississippi), film 897521, vol. 3, p. 5-6, img 59
    1839 Mortgage for William and Ruth Gwin Pt 2
    1839 Mortgage for William and Ruth Gwin Pt 2
    FamilySearch.org, Deed records, 1836-1890; general index to deeds, 1836-1890 (Pontotoc County, Mississippi), film 897521, vol. 3, p. 7-9, img 60-61
    1841 Land Deed for Ruth Gwin
    1841 Land Deed for Ruth Gwin
    1 April 1841, Pontotoc County, Mississippi

    Grantor: Ruth Gwin
    Grantee: John Coldwell
    Cost: $100 ("paid in one horse[?] and twenty dollars in work and shoemaking")
    Tract: 40 acres in the SW of the NE1/4 of Section 2 of Township 10 in Range 1 East

    FamilySearch.org, Deed records, 1836-1890; general index to deeds, 1836-1890 (Pontotoc County, Mississippi), film 897521, vol. 4, p. 50, img 392
    1844 Land Deed for Ruth Gwinn, wife of William Gwinn
    1844 Land Deed for Ruth Gwinn, wife of William Gwinn
    18 May 1844, Pontotoc County, Mississippi

    Grantor: Benjamin M Bradford
    Grantee: Ruth Gwinn, wife of William Gwinn
    Cost: $10
    Tract: quarter section of land in NE1/4 of Section 2 of Township 10 in Range 1 East

    FamilySearch.org, Deed records, 1836-1890; general index to deeds, 1836-1890 (Pontotoc County, Mississippi), film 897522, vol. 5, p. 219, img 128
    1848 Land Deed for William, Ruth, and Wilson H Gwin
    1848 Land Deed for William, Ruth, and Wilson H Gwin
    22 April 1848, Pontotoc County, Mississippi

    Grantor: William and Ruth Gwin
    Grantee: Wilson H Gwin
    Cost: $80
    Tract: E1/2 of the NE1/4 of Section 2 of Township 10 in Range 1 East
    "I reserve that part of the farm north of the Spring branch running through said farm while I live"

    Wilson H Gwin is very likely the son of William and Ruth Gwin.

    FamilySearch.org, Deed records, 1836-1890; general index to deeds, 1836-1890 (Pontotoc County, Mississippi), film 897523, vol. 6, p. 251, img 161
    1850 US Census for Wilson H Gwinn Household
    1850 US Census for Wilson H Gwinn Household
    Pontotoc County, Mississippi

    In the household:
    Wilson H Gwinn, 22, farmer, born in TN
    Mary, 22, born in TN
    William, 2, born in MS
    Elizabeth, 3/10, born in MS
    Ruth Gwinn, 65, born in TN
    Margaret, 25, born in TN
    Jane, 18, born in TN

    Ruth is likely the mother of Wilson H Gwinn and Margaret and Jane are likely his sisters.
    1870 US Census for James Sullivan Family
    1870 US Census for James Sullivan Family
    Pontotoc County, Mississippi, p. 318

    In the household:
    James Sullivan, 63, born in NC
    Ellen, 45, born in TN
    Margaret, 20, born in MS
    Jane, 19, born in MS
    Franklin, 18, farmer, born in MS
    Alexander, 17, farmer, born in MS
    Robert, 14, farmer, born in MS
    Elender, 13, born in MS
    Caroline, 8, born in MS
    Hester, 6, born in MS
    Ruth Gwinn, 75, born in TN

    Ruth Gwinn is likely Ellen's mother.