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Jesse Mercer Jenkins 1816 – 1882 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 August 1816

Birth Location: Fork Shoals, Greenville Co., SC, South Carolina, USA

Death Date: 22 August 1882

Death Location: Fork Shoals, Greenville Co., SC, South Carolina, USA

Father: Owen Jenkins

Mother: Nancy Henderson

Spouse(s): Rebecca Reese

Children(s): Nancy Jenkins, James Jenkins, Louisa Jenkins, William Jenkins, Micajah Jenkins, Mary Jenkins, Rebecca Jenkins, Nelson Jenkins, Jacob Jenkins, David Jenkins, Elihu Jenkins, John Jenkins

It was in 1816 that Jesse Mercer Jenkins was born in Fork Shoals, Greenville Co., SC, South Carolina, USA, a child of Owen H Jenkins and Nancy Ann Henderson. Jesse Mercer Jenkins went on to marry Rebecca Reese and had children such as Nancy Ann Elizabeth Jenkins, James Henry Jenkins, Louisa Jane Jenkins, William Boyd Jenkins, Micajah Owen Jenkins, Mary Matilda Jenkins, Rebecca Alethia Jenkins, Nelson Jenkins, Jacob Reese Jenkins, David Butler Jenkins, Elihu Beaurefard Jenkins and John Hoover Jenkins. Jesse Mercer Jenkins was deceased by 1882 in Fork Shoals, Greenville Co., SC, South Carolina, USA.

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Parents

Owen Jenkins
1772 – 1852
Birth Location: Falls Church, Fairfax, Virginia, United States
OJ
Nancy Henderson
1778 – 1848
Birth Location: Louisa County, Virginia, USA
NH

Spouses(s)

Rebecca Reese
1819 – 1892
Birth Location: Fork Shoals, Greenville, South Carolina, USA
RR

Children(s)

Nancy Jenkins
1841 – 1894
Birth Location: Fork Shoal, Oaklawn Township, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
NJ
James Jenkins
1842 – 1861
Birth Location: Fork Shoals, Greenville, South Carolina, USA
JJ
Louisa Jenkins
1844 – 1904
Birth Location: Fork Shoal, Oaklawn Township, Oaklawn Township, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
LJ
William Jenkins
1846 – 1905
Birth Location: Fork Shoals, Greenville, South Carolina, USA
WJ
Micajah Jenkins
1850 – 1936
Birth Location: South Carolina, USA
MJ
Mary Jenkins
1851 – 1914
Birth Location: Fork Shoals, Greenville, South Carolina, USA
MJ
Rebecca Jenkins
1853 – 1928
Birth Location: South Carolina, USA
RJ
Nelson Jenkins
1854 – 1933
Birth Location: Fork Shoals, Greenville, South Carolina, USA
NJ
Jacob Jenkins
1855 – 1933
Birth Location: Fork Shoal, Oaklawn Township, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
JJ
David Jenkins
1856 – 1929
Birth Location: Fork Shoals, Greenville, South Carolina, USA
DJ
Elihu Jenkins
1858 – 1942
Birth Location: Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, USA
EJ
John Jenkins
1861 – 1881
Birth Location: Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
JJ

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 16 August 1816
    Event Place: Fork Shoals, Greenville Co., SC, South Carolina, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 22 August 1882
    Event Place: Fork Shoals, Greenville Co., SC, South Carolina, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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