DEATH NOTICE: Obediah Sexton-

At Maytown, Ky., on Thursday, October 13, 1898, Rev. Obediah Sexton, of the M.E. Church, South, died suddenly. He was in his 92th year and had been a preacher for about sixty years. Funeral services on Saturday by Rev. W.B. Ragan.

Source; Mt. Sterling Advocate- Oct 18, 1898; Mt. Sterling, Ky. Note: It's not confirm, but all indications show that Obediah is more than likely buried in Pieratt Cemetery.

Ancestry

1. Unknown1 Sexton died Unknown.

Children of Unknown Sexton are believed to be: 

* 2 i. Robert2 Sexton, died Unknown.

• + 3 ii. John Sexton, born Abt. 1720; died Abt. 1763 in Lunenburg, VA.

3. John2 Sexton (Unknown1) died Abt. 1763 in Lunenburg, VA (Source: VA Lunenburg Co Court Order Bk 9 12 May 1763.). He married <Unnamed>. She died Unknown.

Children of John Sexton and <Unnamed> are:

• + 4 i. Charles3 Sexton, born Abt. 1745; died Unknown.
• + 5 ii. William Sexton, born February 11, 1746/47 in Lunenburg Co., VA; died December 31, 1830 in Corbin, Whitley, KY.
• 6 iii. Elizabeth Sexton, born Abt. 1749; died Unknown.
• + 7 iv. Benjamin Sexton, born 1752 in VA; died 1831 in Bath Co., KY.
• 8 v. Archibald Sexton, born Abt. 1755 in VA; died Abt. 1778 in Valley Forge Hospital.
• + 9 vi. John Sexton, born Abt. 1759 in VA; died July 04, 1844 in Greene Co., TN.
• + 10 vii. Pryor Sexton, born Bet. 1754 - 1760; died September 18, 1835 in Grayson Co., VA

9. John3 Sexton (John2, Unknown1) was born Abt. 1759 in VA (Source: Tombstone.), and died July 04, 1844 in Greene Co., TN. He married Mary Ann Gilbert March, 1780, daughter of Daniel Gilbert and Mary Sexton. She was born Abt. 1764 in VA, and died Aft. 1850 census in Cocke Co., TN.

Notes for John Sexton: John enlisted in the 14th Va Reg't of the Cont'l Army in Jan of 1777 from Charlotte Co., VA

Notes for Mary Ann Gilbert: pp. 377-378 Greene Co., TN March 1st, 1845 "personally appeared ... John Cornwell, a resident of County and State aforesaid ... that he is 55 years of age past, and is the son-in-law of Mary Ann Sexton, widow of John Sexton ... that he married the daughter of the aforesaid John and Mary Ann Sexton in Grayson County Virginia in the month of 1810. That his wife Judah or Juditha never had any record of her age ... that she had a record made upwards of 20 years ago in the aforesaid County of Grayson, ... and from the recorded age of Elizabeth Terrel who was born and raised in the same neighborhood that his wife the aforesaid Judith was born in, both having been born within a few days of the same date, to wit July 13th 1794. ... That he has heard ... the aforesaid John and Mary Ann Sexton declare that they were married in the County of Bedford State of Virginia ... He knows they have lived together as man & wife up to the 11th July 1844 on which day ... John Sexton died in the County of Green ... widow still resides in said County"

Children of John Sexton and Mary Gilbert are:

• 35 i. William D. Sexton, born Abt. 1782; died Unknown. He married Elizabeth Cooke; died Unknown.
• + 39 ii. Benjamin Franklin Sexton, born Abt. 1783; died Abt. 1816 in Grayson Co., VA.
• 40 iii. Elizabeth Sexton, born Abt. 1783; died Unknown. She married James Cox Bef. September 17, 1800; died Unknown.
• 41 iv. Gilbert D. Sexton, born December 09, 1786; died Unknown.
• 42 v. George Sexton, born ca 1794; d bet 1860-1870
• 43 vi. Judith Sexton, born July 15, 1794; died Unknown. She married John Cornwall; died Unknown.
• + 44 vii Elijah Sexton, born ca 1798; died bet 1870-1880
• 45 viii. Hiram Sexton, Sr., born March 08, 1802; died Unknown.
• 46 ix. Nancy Sexton, born Abt. 1803; died Unknown.
• 47 x. Lorenzo Dow Sexton, born Abt. 1805; died Unknown. He married Anna Cantrell; died Unknown .

39. Benjamin4 Sexton (John3, John2, Unknown1) was born Abt. 1783 in VA, and died Abt. 1816 in Grayson Co., VA. He married Nancy Taylor August 22, 1806 in Grayson Co., VA (Source: Grayson Co., VA Marriage Book 1.).

Children of Benjamin Sexton and Nancy Taylor are:

• + 190 i. Enoch5 Sexton, born October 03, 1813 in Va; died August 07, 1890 in Hurst, Tarrant, TX.
• + 191 ii. Benjamin Franklin Sexton

191. Benjamin Franklin5 Sexton, Jr. (Benjamin Franklin4, John3, John2, Unknown1) Child of Benjamin Franklin Sexton, Jr. is:

• 785 i. Obediah6 Sexton, born 1809.

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• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: May 10 2017, 22:14:00 UTC