Whitson, Basel

Title: Whitson, Basel
Alias: Whitson, Basil
Gender: Male
Biography: Basil Whitson appears to be living in Boone County for the 1830, 1840 and 1850 Censuses. In 1860 he appears to be living in Carroll County, Missouri, before returning to Kentucky to appear on the 1870 census residing in Pendleton County, Ky.
Member: Whitson family
Birth date: circa 1807
Place of birth: Kentucky
Life event(s): Marriage: 17 Nov 1828; Harrison County (Ky.); Harrison County (Ky.)
Spouse(s): Montgomery, Mary
Child(ren): Whitson, James C.; Whitson, Nancy; Whitson, Wesley; Whitson, B.F.; Whitson, Malinda
Description: Enslaved held in 1850: Female, 25 years old, black; Male, 5 years old, black; Male, 3 years old, black
Source(s): Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; Population Schedules of the Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Slave Schedules; Eighth Census of the United States, 1860; Ninth Census of the United States, 1870; Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965