6...William Louis /Lewis Belcher Born 1799 Kentucky
Married: 19 Aug 1824 Ky. Cynthia "Cynthy" Adkins Born: 1806 Dau of Bartlett Adkins
William is listed in the 1823,1825,1826,1827,1828,1829,and 1830 Pike County Census and Tax Records
William is listed in Russell County land grants in 1832 at the corner of william Ramey and William Belcher near opposite the lower gap.
25 June 1852 105 acres on Grassy Creek
25 June 1852 109 acres on waters of the s fork of Grassy creek part of exchange warrant 2624 dated 19 Dec 1832 adjoining, Hunt, Deale, William Ramey, Abraham Stuart, Richard Potter, and Joshua Colley.
Many people owned land in both states Va and Ky. The line across Big Sandy from Pike County into Virginia is closely connected to, Russell, Tazewell Va and Floyd and Pike counties in Va
Children:
1...James M. Belcher age 12 Born: 1828
Married: Fannie Frances listed age 31 in 1880 Pike County Ky Census
James listed in same census age 41 farmer born in Va
2...George Belcher born 1829 married Frances Ramey
lived in Texas
3...Polly Jane age 17 in 1850 Census B: 1833 Russell County
4...Eliza A. Belcher age 13 B: 1837
Children:
1...Suzannah Belcher age 11 in 1880 Pike County Census
2...Eliza Belcher age 9 in 1880
3...William Alexander age 7 in 1880
4...Isatory Catherine age 5 in 1880
5...Julia Virginia age 8 months in 1880
5...John W. Belcher age 10 in 1850 Russell County Census
6...William Louis Jr. Belcher age 8 1850 Russell County census born 1852
Married: Mary Epling dau. Of Isaac.
7...Martha Belcher age 3 1850 Census
William Louis Belcher was born circa 1842 at Russell County, Virginia. He was the son of William Belcher and Cynthia Atkins. William Louis Belcher married Mary A. Epling, daughter of Isaac Epling and Morning Alley Taylor, 17 May 1868 at Pike County, Kentucky.
Children of William Louis Belcher and Mary A. Epling
1...John Riley Belcher b. c 1869
2...Alice Belcher b. c 1871
3...William Belcher b. c 1873
4...Edith Belcher+ b. 15 Sep 1875, d. 15 Jul 1924
5...James David Belcher b. c 1878
6...(?) Belcher b. Feb 1880
Russell was formed in 1786 from Washington
Tazewell was formed in 1800 from Russell, Wythe and Washington
Wise formed in 1856 from Lee Russell And Scott Counties
Buchanan formed in 1858 from Tazewell and Russell
Dickenson Co. was formed in 1880 from Buchanan, Russell and Wise Counties of Virginia
Boone County formed in 1847 from Kanawha, Logan and Cabell was in West Virginia after 1860
1900 Dickenson County Sand Lick, Virginia Census
Lewis Belcher age 60 born in March 1840 Virginia
married 37 years would make them married in 1863 at age 23
Mary A. born January 1844 age 56 married 37 years
At age 19 mother of 8 children
Lewis born 1872 age 28
William Belcher born July 1873 Virginia age 27
David J. Belcher born Jan 1878 age 22
Minnie B Belcher born Sept 1889 age 10
William Belcher born 1874 Married Nicy Mullins:
Interesting a couple of houses down in 1900 Census:
William and Nicy were neighbors in Dickenson Co in 1900:
1900 Dickenson County Census
lots of mullins in dickenson Co. Va.
Nicy's parents
James Mullins born March 1851 Virginia age 49
Elizabeth born April 1851 age 49 born in Virginia
John born June 1877 Va.
Nicy dau. age 18 born in Va.
Henrietta age 12 Va.
Crissie age 9 born Va.
Bruce age 4 born Virginia.
1910 Dickenson County, Willis Virginia
William Belcher born 1874/75 according to this census
Married 9 years: so married about 1902 depending on when census was taken.
since the below 1930 Census has 28 years married, would say married in 1902 Virginia.
William M. Belcher age 36 farmer born in Virginia and parents listed as born in Virginia
Nicy age 26 mother of 5 children Married 9 years. Born in Virginia about 1884/85
Johnnie age 8
Alice age 7
Pricy age 6
Albert age 4
Arnie age 1 all born in Virginia
1920 Dickenson Co. Virginia
William is listed as Bill
Bill Belcher age 45 born in Virgina parents born in Ky
Nicey age 36 born in Virginia
John age 18
Alice age 16
Pricie age 14
Albert age 13
Orvil son age 10
Carsa age 7
May age 2 all children born in Va.
William’s brother Lewis is also listed a few houses down in the 1920 Dickenson Co. census
Age 48.
Nicy’s father James had married again and had several children with his second wife Millie He was 71 in 1920 and still had a 6 year old at home
The 1930 Census for Boone County West Va lists:
William M. Belcher age 53 born 1877 married age 25
Nicy wife age 45 born in Virginia ages are off some on these census
May daughter age 12 born in Virginia
Ted son age 10 born in Virginia
Dee Caroll boarder age 35 born in Ky.
Nicy's social security death index
Name: Nicy Belcher
SSN: 236-78-4348
Last Residence: 25206 Van, Boone, West Virginia, United States of America
Born: 29 Dec 1881 Virginia
Died: Feb 1973
State (Year) SSN issued:
West Virginia (1965 )
Children of William and Nicy Mullins Belcher
1…Johnnie born 1902 died 1957
Married Maybell, died in 1993
1…Johnnie Jr. died about 1978
2…Jack
3…Bernice
4…Robert E. Belcher a Baptist Preacher died in 1981.
Married Joyce Miles in 1951
5…Virginia
2…Alice born 1904
3…Pricie born 1906
4…Albert born 1907
5…Orvil son born 1910 was a Methodist preacher. Bald Knob Methodist, Barrett Methodist and Van Methodist Churches in West Va.
5…Carsa born 1913
6…May born 1918
7…Ted born 1920