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Stephen Dillard Messer 1811–1866 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1811

Birth Location: Knox County, Kentucky, USA

Death Date: 22 OCT 1866

Death Location: Knox, Kentucky, United States

Father: Stephen Messer

Mother: Sarah Gregory

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Stephen Dillard Messer was born in 1811 in Knox County, Kentucky, USA, the child of Stephen Messer And Sarah Sally Gregory. Stephen Dillard Messer passed away in 1866 in Knox, Kentucky, United States.

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Biography

  • Stephen Dillard Messer was born in 1811 in Knox County, Kentucky, USA, the child of Stephen Messer And Sarah Sally Gregory.
  • Stephen Dillard Messer passed away in 1866 in Knox, Kentucky, United States.

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Stephen Messer's Ancestors

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Stephen Messer
1811–1866
Birth Place: Knox County, Kentucky, USA
Parents
Stephen Messer
1787–1870
Edgefield County, South Carolina, USA
Sarah ("Sally") Gregory
1795–1861
Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
Grandparents
John (James) Messer
1755–1815
Edgefield County, South Carolina, USA
Margaret (Agnes) Dillard
1755–1802
Edgefield, Edgefield, South Carolina, USA
Thomas Gregory
1773–1828
Buncombe, Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States
Jeriah (Parson) Messer
1771–1830
Edgefield, South Carolina, United States
Great-Grandparents
Captain Messer
1735–1771
John Dillard
1722–1799
Dana Hughes
1720–1798
William Gregory
1736–1805
Sarah Graves
1745–1782
James Sr.
1735–1784
Margaret Taylor
1732–1784
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Joseph (Messer)
1694–1734
John Dillard
1690–1804
Elizabeth Moor
1691–1762
Philemon Gregory
1710–1758
Frances unknown
1725–
Benjamin Graves
1730–1803
Catherine Gräff
1725–1755
Johann Messer
1684–1734
Johann MOSER
1684–1734
Col. Taylor
1685–1780
Catherine Pendleton
1699–1774

Stephen Messer's Timeline

2 Records

1811
1811
Birth of Stephen Dillard Messer in Knox County, Kentucky, USA
Knox County, Kentucky, USA
1866
22 OCT 1866
Age 55
Death of Stephen Dillard Messer in Knox, Kentucky, United States
Knox, Kentucky, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1811
    Event Place: Knox County, Kentucky, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 OCT 1866
    Event Place: Knox, Kentucky, United States

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