Family Group Sheet
NameAllison “Aulsy” Justice
Birthabt 1813, Kentucky or Tennessee
Deathbef 1910, Carter Co., Kentucky
Other spousesJoyce Hubbard
SpouseLeannah Tackett
Birthabt 1828, Floyd Co., Kentucky
Death1 Dec 1878, Carter Co., Kentucky
Census Notes for Allison “Aulsy” Justice
1850 census of Floyd Co., Ky, enumerated 8 Aug, lists on pp. 40-41 as family #237:
Aulsy Justice, 37; Leanah, 22; Solomon, 14; Hannah, 12; Mary, 10; Jonathan, 8; Valentine, 6; Jocca, 1. Nancy Tackett, 25; Ara, 55; Rebecca, 15. Ara Tackett’s birth place is unknown, all others born in Kentucky.
Leannah is a second wife; only Jocca is her child. Ara is Leanna’s mother, and Nancy and Rebecca are probably her sisters.
1860 census of Floyd Co., Ky, Prestonburg P.O., enumerated 1 Aug, lists on p. 75 as family #490:
Alison Justice, 48, farmer, b. Tenn; Leanah, 33, seamstress; Rhoda Gearhart, 19, seamstress; Jouisian, 11; Harvy, 9; Malinda, 7; Julia A., 3; James, 1. Nancy Tackett, 27, seamstress. Everyone except Alison born in Ky.
There should have been the surname Justice entered after Jouisian. Its absence has caused the five younger children to all be incorrectly indexed as Gearharts. (I am unsure of the relationship of Rhoda. There is no match for her with this family in 1850. The preceding household is headed by Allen Gearhart age 48 and wife Eliza age 41, but there is no Rhoda in their family in 1850 either.)
1870 census of Floyd Co., Ky, precinct 9, Prestonburg P.O., enumerated 10 Aug, lists on p. 9 as family #63/62:
Justice, Alse, 59, farmer, b. Tenn; Luanna (or Leeanna), 35; Harvey, 19; Malinda, 17; Julia A., 15; James, 12. There are dittos in the birthplace column for all the other family members, making them appear to be born in Tennessee, but Kentucky was probably intended to be in there somewhere. Also in the household are Alse’s future second wife Lydia Newman, 33, housework, b. Va, with her son Wesley, 5, b. Ky.
1880 census of Carter Co., Ky, precinct 5, enumerated 7 June, lists on p. 2 as family #16:
Justice, Allenson, 68, farmer, b. Tenn N.C. Tenn; Lydia, 39, wife, b. Va Va Va; Newman, Wesly, 15, stepson, farm laborer, b. Ky Va Va.
1900 census of Carter Co., Ky, district 5, enumerated 9 June, lists on p. 9A as family #96:
Justice, Als..., 89, b. Feb 1811, Ky Tenn Tenn, farmer; Lidey, wife, 62, b. Aug 1837, Va Va Va, married 20 years, mother of 2 children, 1 living. Mary, niece, 30, b. May 1870, Ky Va Va, widowed, mother of 1 child, 1 living.
There is one of those darn counting annotations on top of the end of Alse’s name (and every other head of household name), causing it to be impossible to tell how it continues.
Aulsy Justice, 37; Leanah, 22; Solomon, 14; Hannah, 12; Mary, 10; Jonathan, 8; Valentine, 6; Jocca, 1. Nancy Tackett, 25; Ara, 55; Rebecca, 15. Ara Tackett’s birth place is unknown, all others born in Kentucky.
Leannah is a second wife; only Jocca is her child. Ara is Leanna’s mother, and Nancy and Rebecca are probably her sisters.
1860 census of Floyd Co., Ky, Prestonburg P.O., enumerated 1 Aug, lists on p. 75 as family #490:
Alison Justice, 48, farmer, b. Tenn; Leanah, 33, seamstress; Rhoda Gearhart, 19, seamstress; Jouisian, 11; Harvy, 9; Malinda, 7; Julia A., 3; James, 1. Nancy Tackett, 27, seamstress. Everyone except Alison born in Ky.
There should have been the surname Justice entered after Jouisian. Its absence has caused the five younger children to all be incorrectly indexed as Gearharts. (I am unsure of the relationship of Rhoda. There is no match for her with this family in 1850. The preceding household is headed by Allen Gearhart age 48 and wife Eliza age 41, but there is no Rhoda in their family in 1850 either.)
1870 census of Floyd Co., Ky, precinct 9, Prestonburg P.O., enumerated 10 Aug, lists on p. 9 as family #63/62:
Justice, Alse, 59, farmer, b. Tenn; Luanna (or Leeanna), 35; Harvey, 19; Malinda, 17; Julia A., 15; James, 12. There are dittos in the birthplace column for all the other family members, making them appear to be born in Tennessee, but Kentucky was probably intended to be in there somewhere. Also in the household are Alse’s future second wife Lydia Newman, 33, housework, b. Va, with her son Wesley, 5, b. Ky.
1880 census of Carter Co., Ky, precinct 5, enumerated 7 June, lists on p. 2 as family #16:
Justice, Allenson, 68, farmer, b. Tenn N.C. Tenn; Lydia, 39, wife, b. Va Va Va; Newman, Wesly, 15, stepson, farm laborer, b. Ky Va Va.
1900 census of Carter Co., Ky, district 5, enumerated 9 June, lists on p. 9A as family #96:
Justice, Als..., 89, b. Feb 1811, Ky Tenn Tenn, farmer; Lidey, wife, 62, b. Aug 1837, Va Va Va, married 20 years, mother of 2 children, 1 living. Mary, niece, 30, b. May 1870, Ky Va Va, widowed, mother of 1 child, 1 living.
There is one of those darn counting annotations on top of the end of Alse’s name (and every other head of household name), causing it to be impossible to tell how it continues.
Notes for Leannah Tackett
Carter Co., Ky deaths report for 1878 lists Leander Justice, age 50, female, married, died 1 Dec 1878, cause of death fitts, parents George & Are... Tackett.
Ancestry.com has transcribed the mother’s given name as Arcinia, but it looks more like Aremia to me. (This is one of those handwritings that makes m, n, u, v and w all as concave waves, and places the dot for i’s so high that it is unclear which spike it is intended for. But at least the r’s are distinguishable, and the e’s have a loop in them about half the time, as the first letter after r does here. And there is only one dot, near the end.) The name was probably intended to be either Arenia or Aremina, although it has too many spikes for the former and too few for the latter. She was recorded as Ara in the 1850 census.
Ancestry.com has transcribed the mother’s given name as Arcinia, but it looks more like Aremia to me. (This is one of those handwritings that makes m, n, u, v and w all as concave waves, and places the dot for i’s so high that it is unclear which spike it is intended for. But at least the r’s are distinguishable, and the e’s have a loop in them about half the time, as the first letter after r does here. And there is only one dot, near the end.) The name was probably intended to be either Arenia or Aremina, although it has too many spikes for the former and too few for the latter. She was recorded as Ara in the 1850 census.
