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Robert Lindsay Childress 1785–1869 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 Dec 1785

Birth Location: Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 16 Jul 1869

Death Location: Bull Rull Valley, Knox, Tennessee, USA

Father: John Childress

Mother: Dorothea ➡️

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In 1785, Robert Lindsay Childress entered the world in Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, USA, born to John Robert Childress And Dorothea Elizabeth Lindsay. Robert Lindsay Childress passed away in 1869 in Bull Rull Valley, Knox, Tennessee, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1785, Robert Lindsay Childress entered the world in Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, USA, born to John Robert Childress And Dorothea Elizabeth Lindsay.
  • Robert Lindsay Childress passed away in 1869 in Bull Rull Valley, Knox, Tennessee, USA.

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Robert Childress's Ancestors

Self
Robert Childress
1785–1869
Birth Place: Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, USA
Parents
John Robert Childress
1759–1849
Charlottesville, Albemarle, Virginia, USA
Dorothea (Elizabeth LINDSAY) ➡️
1755–1840
Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, United States
Grandparents
John (Childress) (captain)
1735–1825
Henrico, Virginia, United States
Rachel Perkins
1735–1820
Goochland County, Virginia, United States
Caleb Lindsay
1710–1784
Chatham
Roseanna Martin
1723–1784
Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
Henry Childress
1705–1761
William Perkins
1692–1760
Elizabeth Cottrell
1692–1771
James Lindsey
1695–1768
Jane Chew
1700–1766
Henry Martin
1685–1748
Jane Samuels
1685–1748
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Henry Childress
1678–1726
Lucretia Jones
1685–1727
Richard Perkins
1663–1706
Mary Ute
1667–1735
John COTTRELL
1682–1730
Elizabeth CANNING
1677–1730
James Samuel
1660–1759
Sarah Boulware
1665–1759

Robert Childress's Timeline

2 Records

1785
25 Dec 1785
Birth of Robert Lindsay Childress in Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, USA
Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, USA
1869
16 Jul 1869
Age 84
Death of Robert Lindsay Childress in Bull Rull Valley, Knox, Tennessee, USA
Bull Rull Valley, Knox, Tennessee, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 Dec 1785
    Event Place: Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Jul 1869
    Event Place: Bull Rull Valley, Knox, Tennessee, USA

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