Reochie Ligon-xx

1806 - Aft 1880  (> 75 years)

• Name	Reochie Ligon-xx
  Birth	10 Aug 1806	VA
  Gender	Female
  Death	Aft 1880
  Person ID	I3703	Butler Family Tree
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2026

  
  

  Family	Capt. Benjamin Davis,   b. 10 Apr 1801, KY d. 29 Mar 1862, Hopkins Co, KY (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	08 Nov 1829  [1]
  Notes	Children: dau Mary Jane Davis 7/22/1830 KY - 8/18/1898 - on 12/21/1852 Hop Co KY mar. James Moore Nisbet 2/11/1829 - 8/5/1915 both Hop Co KY - ** See death certificate - son of James Nisbet Jr. 1796 SC - 1881 and Mary Ann Pritchett Butler 1800 VA James Moore's siblings: bro Samuel Rhea Nisbet 2/12/1822 KY - 8/6/1884 sis Agnes Jane Nisbet 6/6/1825 KY - 1/2/1877, - on 12/16/1846 in Hopkins Co, KY married Benjamin Lewis Rash 1820 KY - 1912 KY - son of Stephen Rash and Martha Berry bro John Crittenden Nisbet 1831 KY bro William Alexander Nisbet 1833 KY, - on 6/28/1870 married Nancy Jagoe - dau of Benjamin Jagoe and Mary K Linkley sis Laura Ann Nisbet 1839 KY, - abt 1869 married James W Pritchett 1841 KY, - son of Horace Pritchett 1804 VA - 1894 and Lucy W Goodloe 1805 KY - 1887 Hop Co KY sis Virginia Franklin Nisbet 1842 KY KY Hopkins Co marriages: Marriage Record for James M NISBET Spouse: Mary Jane Davis Date: 21 Dec 1852 B/G: Groom County and State: Hopkins Co. KY dau Laura Catherine Nisbet 12/3/1857 KY - aft 4/4/1930 dau Annie R Nisbet 1861 - 1906 dau Martha Ann Davis 1833 KY - on 12/9/1865 in Hopkins Co, KY married William M Steward/Stewart 1825 KY dau Tabitha Caroline Davis 6/20/1834 - 8/8/1913 both in Hopkins Co, KY - ** See her findagrave.com page ** - on 10/12/1856 in Madisonville, Hopk Co KY mar. Lewis Hampton Davis 6/15/1831 - 3/12/1912 both Hop Co KY - son of Thomas C Davis 2/14/1803 - 12/4/1894 both in Hopkins Co, KY and Elvira Fox 5/18/1813 - 4/15/1903 both in Hopkins Co, KY - son of Harrison Davis 1769 and Patsy Crockett b. abt 1783 - dau of Nosh Fox 1776 Shenandoah, VA - bef 1860 Hopkins Co, KY and Cynthia Laffoon 1781 Surry Co, NC - 12/24/1860 Dobson, Surry, NC KY marriage index: Marriage Record for Tabitha C Davis Spouse: Lewis H Davis Date: 9 Oct 1856 B/G: Bride County and State: Hopkins Co. KY - Based on marriage and death dates evidently Tabitha and Lewis divorced since he didn't die until 1912 and she married Christopher Gilbert Franklin on 2/23/1869 - on 2/23/1869 in Hopkins Co, KY married Christopher Gilbert Franklin 1843 KY - son of James Ashley Franklin 8/1/1808 KY and Rebecca Jackson 2/18/1813 KY Hopkins Co marriages: Name Spouse Date Book Page Franklin, C.G. Davis, Tabitha C. 23 Feb 1869 TT33 63 Christopher's siblings: sis Elender Franklin 1829 KY - bef 1850 married Willis A Dockery 1824 NC - son of John Dockery and Hulda A Watson bro John Franklin 1831 KY - married Emily Wadlington bro Steven Ezel Franklin 1832 KY - on 7/7/1853 in Hopkins Co, KY married Emily O Southard 1830 KY - dau of Eli Southard 1805 VA and Rachel Foley 1803 KY bro James Ashley S Franklin 3/11/1834 KY - 8/5/1911 Hopkins Co, KY - on 2/23/1853 Hop Co KY mar. Nancy H Southard 12/11/1832 - 10/21/1910 Hop Co KY - ** See her findagrave.com page ** - dau of Fielding Southard and Elizabeth Griffin sis Rachel Elizabeth Franklin 1837 KY - on 1/30/1855 in Hopkins Co, KY married William H Burton, Jr 1837 KY - son of William H Burton, Sr 1798 VA and Nancy ??? 1810 NC sis Nancy Franklin 1840 KY - on 7/17/1856 in Hopkins Co, KY married William T Southard 1835 KY - son of Eli Southard 1805 VA and Rachel Foley 1803 KY sis Zerilda Franklin 1/10/1847 KY bro Logan R Franklin 1/10/1847 Hopkins Co, KY - 4/13/1927 - ** See his findagrave.com page ** - on 2/28/1866 in Hopkins Co, KY married Hannah Roseline Franklin 1847 - d. bet 1874 - 1880 - dau of William D Franklin and Rebecca Dockery - his findagrave says they had no children - 2nd wife Mildred's findagrave says their children were Cyntha J, James W., & Sarah E - abt 1880 married Mildred Jane Dunbar 12/15/1852 KY - 7/19/1928 Madisonville, Hopkins Co, KY - ** See her findagrave.com page ** - dau of William Dunbar and Martha McNeal - their children Annie M 9/3/1881, Bertha L 11/15/1884, and Logan A sis Matilda Franklin 1/7/1849 KY ***** Steven and Nancy married brother & sister Emily O and William T Southard KY marriage index: Marriage Record for Tabitha C Davis Spouse: Lewis H Davis Date: 9 Oct 1856 B/G: Bride County and State: Hopkins Co. KY dau Judith Frances Davis 1837 KY - 1881 - on 1/5/1859 in Hopkins Co, KY married Joseph Edward Baker 11/1837 Hopkins Co, KY - 1/27/1926 Fort Worth, Tarrant Co, TX - ** See his findagrave.com page ** - son of William Richard Baker 1815 KY - 1864 and Mary M Whitfield 1819 KY - aft 1880 - son of Richard S Graham b. Ireland - d. 1838 & Hannah Gill 1785 SC - 1862 Hopkins Co, KY Joseph's siblings: sis Susan Vibella Baker 1838 KY - 1907 - ** See her findagrave.com page ** - on 5/16/1855 in Hopkins Co, KY married Eldred Grover Davis 1832 KY - 1885 - son of William M Davis 1815 - 1864 and Missaniah Earle bro James Lewis Baker 7/10/1840 KY - 4/2/1887 - abt 1864 married Frances Head 1846 KY - ** See his findagrave.com page ** - dau of William Head 1804 SC - and Harriett ??? 1814 GA bro Columbus B Baker 9/10/1843 KY - 4/6/1881 sis Augusta Baker 1846 KY bro Whitfield S Baker 2/14/1848 KY - 7/25/1870 bro Harvey Dixon Baker 1850 KY sis Sallie Baker - married Cyrus Rufus Graham 1844 KY - son of Harvy Graham 1808 KY and Mary Ann Baker 8/5/1822 KY - 1/18/1877 - son of Richard S Graham b. Ireland - d. 1838 & Hannah Gill 1785 SC - 1862 Hop Co KY - dau of James Baker and Sarah Davis 1774 - 1846 son Richard T Davis 1/15/1838 KY - 1/1/1922 Christian Co, KY - ** See his findagrave.com page ** - ** See death certificate ** - married Mollie T Johnson - 1880 census lists him as age 43, boarder, living with Charles D Woodruff and Cynthia Caroline Davis - in St Charles, Hopkins Co, KY dau Catherine L M Davis 1841 KY - on 5/31/1866 in Hopkins Co, KY married Omar S Brown dau Lucretia Margaret Davis (1843-1848) KY - 1926 - on 10/7/1861 Hop Co KY mar. Marcus D Brown 1835 KY - 1919 dau Eudora/Medora A Davis 1849 KY - on 3/22/1871 Hop Co KY mar. William Jasper Woodruff 2/4/1841 - 11/4/1915 both Hop Co KY - son of Robert Woodruff 8/28/1809 SC - 5/6/1885 and Sallie Davis 2/6/1807 - 9/20/1852 - son of Samuel Nathaniel Woodruff 1766 Hopkins Co, KY - 1845 and Mary Dinsmore 1774 Hopkins Co, KY - dau of Harrison Davis 1769 and Patsy Crockett b. abt 1783 KY Hopkins Co marriages: Name Spouse Date Book Page Woodruff, Wm. J. Davis, Dora 22 Mar 1871 TT34 95
  Family ID	F1156	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2026

  
  

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• Notes

  - ** See marriage notes for list of children ** - ** See Benjamin Davis's notes ** - dau of Richard Ligon 1776 Amelia, VA and Ann B Webber 1780 Amelia, VA - son of William Ligon 1726 and Ann Webber 1721 - they married in 1744 - 1870 census lists her as age 64, widowed, with son Richard-age 32, dau Eudora/Medora-age 20 - living in Charleston, Hopkins Co, KY - 1880 census lists her as age 73, widowed, mother-in-law, living with dau Martha A (Davis) Steward/Stewart & family - living in Hopkins Co, KY Reodine Ligon's siblings: bro Archibald Ligon 8/10/1802 Amelia Co, VA - bef 1880 - on 9/15/1829 Madisonville, Hop Co KY mar. Julen Susan Laffoon 10/15/1814 Madisonville, Hop Co KY - aft 1880 - dau of Rutherford Laffoon 6/11/1782 Surry Co, NC - 2/26/1876 and Sarah Hill 6/1/1792 SC - 10/7/1852 Earlington, Hopkins Co, KY - son of William Laffoon 1754 Lunenburg, VA - 11/29/1821 Hopkins Co, KY and Sarah Mary Harden b. abt 1755 OF, Surry, NC - bet 1823-1824 Hop Co KY dau Susan T Ligon 1835 Hopkins Co, KY - on 1/11/1855 in Hopkins Co, KY married Sanford Franklin b. abt 1831 - 5/7/1887 both in Hopkins Co, KY - on 2/22/1869 in Hopkins Co, KY Sanford married Lidia Franklin 1848 KY KY Hopkins Co marriages: Name Spouse Date Book Page Franklin, Sanford Franklin, Lidia 22 Feb 1869 TT33 55 son Richard Ligon 1837 KY son William Ligon 1838 Hopkins Co, KY dau Virginia Ligon 1840 KY dau Francis J Ligon 1843 KY son James Knox Polk Ligon 1844 KY son Robert Cobb L Ligon 2/22/1846 Hopkins Co, KY - 12/5/1902 - on 4/11/1867 married Miranda Skeels 4/15/1845 IN son Benjamin Franklin Ligon 5/16/1848 - 7/29/1917 both in Hopkins Co, KY - on 8/27/1870 in Madisonville, Hopkins Co, KY married Phebe Washington Stokes 10/8/1855 - 6/6/1935 both in Hopkins Co, KY - dau of Gabriel Stokes b. bef 1840 in Todd Co, KY and Susan Sisk b. bef 1840 in Hopkins Co, KY KY Hopkins Co marriages: Name Spouse Date Book Page Logan, B.F. Stokes, Phiby W. 27 Aug 1870 TT33 399 son Lysander Gordon Ligon 1857 KY - on 1/11/1880 in Hopkins Co, KY married Arie E Malone 1865 KY KY Hopkins Co marriages: Name Spouse Date Book Page Ligon, L G Malone, A E 01/11/1880 TT124 439 bro George Ligon 6/7/1813 Amelia, VA - 12/18/1872 - on 4/12/1847 in Hopkins Co, KY married Catharine E Davis 1830 KY - 1918 - dau of John Davis Jr. 7/16/1796 Hopkins Co, KY - 8/14/1860 Nebo, Hopkins Co, KY and Sarah E Metcalf 3/9/1809 - 11/25/1857 both in Hopkins Co, KY - son of Harrison Davis 1769 and Patsy Crockett b. abt 1783 KY marriage index: Marriage Record for George Ligon Spouse: Catherine Davis Date: 12 Apr 1847 B/G: Groom County and State: Hopkins Co. KY son Robert Hunter Ligon 7/4/1849 KY - 4/25/1924 - on 8/4/1881 in Hopkins Co, KY married Rosa Palistine Hibbs 10/5/1862 KY - 4/3/1935 - dau of Joseph H Hibbs Jr. 4/24/1831 Hardin Co, KY - 8/26/1909 and Margaret Elizabeth Osburn 8/22/1842 Nelson Co, KY - 9/6/1931 Hop Co KY - son of Joseph H Hibbs Sr. 1799 KY and Mary Hargan 1810 KY - 1873 - dau of Isaac Taylor Osburn Sr. 6/17/1793 Coxes Creek, Nelson Co, KY - 11/23/1880 Madisonville, Hopkins Co, KY and Mary Wiseheart KY Hopkins Co marriages: Name Spouse Date Book Page Ligon, R.H. Hibbs, R.P. 8/4/1881 TT39 35 dau Sarah A Ligon 1851 KY son George Henry Ligon 1855 KY - 1890 - bef 1878 married Nancy Jane Howton 1860 KY - 1938 dau Emma Ligon 1878 KY dau Georgia Ethel Ligon 11/8/1882 Hopkins Co, KY - 7/24/1959 Madisonville, Hopkins Co, KY - ** See her findagrave.com page ** - on 1/17/1900 in Hopkins Co, KY married Lawrence Alvin Utley 10/10/1882 - 4/19/1971 both in Madisonville, Hopkins Co, KY - son of John Morgan Utley 4/11/1853 Madisonville, Hop Co KY - 2/22/1892 Hop Co KY and Lucy Irene Sisk 2/5/1857 - 8/16/1941 both in Madisonville, Hop Co KY - son of William Bradley Utley 1/1/1830 - 8/13/1904 both in Hopkins Co, KY and Nancy Jacqaline Kirkwood 2/7/1830 - 3/7/1912 both in Hop Co KY - dau of William Henson Sisk 11/4/1832 - 2/19/1917 both in Hopkins Co, KY and Pearl Pernecia O'Bryan 1837 Hopkins Co, KY - 4/29/1880 son William Pruitt Utley 2/25/1902 KY - 7/7/1961 Evansville, Vanderburge Co, IN - bef 1920 married Opal ??? 1904 KY son Lawrence Douglas Utley 2/12/1906 KY - 10/23/1979 son Archie I Utley 1909 KY dau Kate Utley 10/15/1915 Hopkins Co, KY dau Catherine E Utley 4/28/1919 Hopkins Co, KY dau Annie Richie Utley 11/11/1921 Hopkins Co, KY dau Elouise Ligon 1857 KY son James George Ligon 1859 KY son Thomas Ligon 1862 KY dau Katie Ligon 1867 KY

  
  

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  [S42] Marriage Record Journal.