| Name |
Jonathan David Sansing |
| Birth |
2 Apr 1810 |
York Co, South Carolina, USA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Military |
1832 |
Indian Wars |
| Served in Malone & Ellis Companies of Georgia Volunteers; pension [SA-4004 & SC-2184 ] filed 18 Jan 1893 in Arkansas; WA-T757 & WC-5885 filed 8 Sep 1899 in Arkansas. |
- Virgil D. White, comp. Index to Pension Applications for Indian Wars Service between 1817 and 1898 (Waynesboro, TN: National Historical Pub. Co., 1997).
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| Property, Real |
23 Aug 1838 |
Henry Co, Georgia, USA |
| Jonathan D. Sansing sold to Hiram Alexander, both of said County on January 26, 1838 for the sum of $500, 108 acres in Lot #104, Dist. 2. Wit: T. Dixon and Seaborn Jones J.P. |
- Freida Reid Turner, comp. Henry County, Georgia, Land Records: Deed Books C/D, F, G, H, 1824-1838, Vol. II (Roswell, GA: W. H. Wolfe Associates, 1993), 399.
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| Pension |
1832-1842 |
Harrison, Boone Co, Arkansas, USA |
| SURVIVOR'S PENSION, INDIAN WARS FROM 1832 TO 1842, Act of July 27, 1892. Jonathan D. Sansing, P.O. Harrison; County Boone; State Arkansas; Rank Private; Company Capt. Malone's & Ellis Georgia Vols. Rate, $8.00 per month, commencing July 27, 1892, (Cherokee Dist). Enrolled May 13, 1838, at - a place not stated - and discharged June 23, 1838, at New Echota, Georgia. He was paid from May 13 to June 23, 1838, 1 month and 11 days and 13 days' travel - 130 miles to place of rendezvous, and 130 miles from the place of discharge home. The birthdate for Jonathan Sansing is April 2, 1810. |
| Census |
1850 |
Henry Co, Georgia, USA |
| Dist 42, p [stamped 203A], dwelling/family 229/229, farmer, b. South Carolina; enumeratd 27 Aug 1850 by William Moseley. |
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1850 Census for Henry County, Georgia, District 42, Sheet 203A
227/227 Adkins, P P...64...head [Piety Prudence Sansing]
______, Z F...........26...son...farmer
______, N A...........18
Sansing, M J..........13...granddaughter
Adkins, Eliz..........55
228/228 Merritt, M M..42...head...farmer
_______, E L..........37...wife [Elizabeth Adkins]
_______, S P..........15...daughter
_______, W J..........11...son
_______, C W..........10...daughter
_______, J M.......... 8...son
_______, M J.......... 6...daughter
_______, M E.......... 5...daughter
_______, H B.......... 2...son
_______, M C..........5/12...daughter
229/229 Sansing, J D..37...head...farmer
_______, J A..........28...wife
_______, Z B..........17...son
_______, F M..........11...son
next page on 28 Aug 1850
Sansing, T. M. E...... 9...daughter
_______, M. A......... 7...daughter
_______, C. J......... 4...son
_______, T.T.......... 1...son
_______, Phebe........70...possibly Jonathan's mother
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| Residence |
1852 |
Claiborne Par, Louisiana, USA |
| The family homesteaded in Homer, Louisiana. |
| Religion |
21 May 1854 |
Claiborne Par, Louisiana, USA |
| Primitive Baptist Church "Lebanon." Members of Piety P. (Sansing) Adkins signed the covenant when the church was established. |
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Covenant for Primitive Baptist Church "Lebanon," Claiborne Parish, Louisiana
Covenant signed on May 21, 1854 by William Gibson, Sarah Gibson, Miles M. Merritt, Elizabeth T. Merritt, J. D. Sansing, Jane A. Sansing, L.C.C. Adkins, Jency Adkins, George Shaw, Eliza Ann Shaw, J. W. Taylor, Mary Lewis, Freeman Allen. Other members Piety P. (Sansing) Adkins, James Gibson and Amanda C. Gibson |
| Census |
1870 |
Boone Co, Arkansas, USA |
| Washinton twp, p 488B, line 33. |
| Property, Real |
20 Mar 1877 |
Boone Co, Arkansas, USA |
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Homestead Land Claim of Jonathan D. Sansing, dated 20 Mar 1877
Homestead Certificate No. 1460, Application 2432. Whereas, there has been deposited in the General Land Office...a certificate of the Register of the Land Office at Harrison, Arkansas...the claim of Jonathan D. Sansing...for the South half of the North West quarter, and the West half of the South West quarter of Section Eight in Township Eighteen North, Range Nineteen West, in the district of lands subject to sale at Harrison, Arkansas, containing one hundred and sixty acres. |
| Census |
1880 |
Boone Co, Arkansas, USA |
| Washington twp, ED 21, p 582B, dwelling/family 47/52, farmer, b. South Carolina, f.b. Virginia, m.b. Virginia; enumerated 7 Jun 1880 by A. I Topp. |
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1880 Census for Boone County, Arkansas, Washington Township, Sheet 582B
Sausing, J D........67...head
_______, Jane A.....57...wife
_______, James L....21...son
_______, Jonah J....17...daughter
_______, Cora A..... 2...granddaughter
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| Property, Real |
20 Mar 1899 |
Boone Co, Arkansas, USA |
| 160 acres - S 8/T18N/R19W [S 1/2 NW, W 1/4 SW] |
- Desmond Walls Allen and Bobbie Jones McLane. Arkansas Land Patents: Boone County (granted through 30 Jun 1908) (Conway, AR: Arkansas Research, 1996), 93.
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| Residence |
20 Mar1877 |
Boone Co, Arkansas, USA |
| The family homesteaded at Harrison, Arkansas in an area now known as Sansing Hollow, after Jonathan participated in the Trail of Tears as a guard. |
- Boone County Historical & Railroad Society, Inc. History of Boone County, Arkansas (Paducah, KY: Turner Publishing Company, 1998), 358.
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Jonathan David Sansing Homestead (14)
The Sansing homestead is located in Boone County, Arkansas. |
| Death |
14 Aug 1899 |
Sansing Hollow, Boone Co, Arkansas, USA |
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Article on Jonathan D. Sansing
Jonathan D. Sansing, one of Boone's [County] oldest and best citizens, died Monday at the age of 88 years. He was the original settler of Sansing Hollow, east of Harrison. [Source: Arkansas Democrat, Little Rock, Arkansas, August 22, 1899] |
| Burial |
Boone Co, Arkansas, USA |
| Person ID |
I3223 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
13 Jan 2021 |
| Family 2 |
Jane A. Adkins, b. 12 Jun 1821, York Co, South Carolina, USA d. 20 Jan 1916, Tahlequah, Cherokee Co, Oklahoma, USA (Age 94 years) |
| Marriage |
24 Apr 1837 |
Henry Co, Georgia, USA |
- (1) Jonathan's name was indexed as Lansing and date [probably date of marriage license] given as 23 Aug 1837. MariLee Beatty Hageness. Marriages 1822-1850, Henry County, Georgia (Anniston, GA: MLH Research, 1998), 41. 2) Pension application of Jonathan D. Sansing applied to the Department of the Interior [Indian Wars] dated Feb 1893.
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| Children |
| + | 1. Francis Marion Sansing, b. 29 Oct 1838, Henry Co, Georgia, USA d. 29 Jun 1916, Harrison, Boone Co, Arkansas, USA (Age 77 years) |
| + | 2. Mary Prudence Elizabeth Sansing, b. 16 Dec 1840, Henry Co, Georgia, USA d. 5 Feb 1920, Bryan Co, Oklahoma, USA (Age 79 years) |
| + | 3. Martha Adeline Sansing, b. Jan 1845, Henry Co, Georgia, USA d. 11 Jan 1924, Oklahoma, USA (Age 79 years) |
| + | 4. Columbus J. Sansing, b. 7 Nov 1846, Henry Co, Georgia, USA d. 4 Sep 1929, Locust Grove, Mayes Co, Oklahoma, USA (Age 82 years) |
| + | 5. Thomas T. Sansing, b. 26 Feb 1849, Louisiana, USA d. 31 May 1923, Cherokee Co, Oklahoma, USA (Age 74 years) |
| + | 6. William H. Sansing, b. ca 1854, Claiborne Par, Louisiana, USA d. ca 1880, Harrison, Boone Co, Arkansas, USA (Age 26 years) |
| + | 7. Medora Ann Sansing, b. 22 May 1857, Claiborne Par, Louisiana, USA d. 11 Dec 1931, Boone Co, Arkansas, USA (Age 74 years) |
| + | 8. James Lafayette Sansing, b. 20 Mar 1859, Claiborne Par, Louisiana, USA d. 7 Dec 1943, Pryor, Mayes Co, Oklahoma, USA (Age 84 years) |
| + | 9. Joanna Josephine Sansing, b. 31 Jul 1863, Shreveport, Caddo Co, Louisiana, USA d. 26 Jan 1929, Wagoner Co, Oklahoma, USA (Age 65 years) |
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| Family ID |
F1430 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
6 Jun 2019 |
1810 - 1899 (89 years)
