Robt Lindsay Family of Makenny

Person Sheet

Name	Henry Foster Sr.
Birth	1762/1767, Cumberland, Allegany Co., MD or Hampshire County, MA
Death	abt 1827, probabaly in Montgomery County, Kentucky
Father	Ezekiel Foster (~1730-)

Misc. Notes

Henry Foster was born in either Maryland or Massachusetts. He moved to Fayette County, Kentucky, near Davis Fork. There, in about 1787, he and his wife Rebecca Darnall began farming with 50 acres bought from John Craig. They had two cattle, three horses, one slave, and by 1804 their farm had grown to 150 acres.¹⁰²

Henry Foster is not listed in Fayette County tax lists for the years 1785-1786. The first year his name appears is in 1787, so it is safe to assume that he arrived around then. His name is listed in:

Tax List, Fayette Co., KY. 1787. Book 1. [FHL film 0,181,352.]

Tax List, Fayette Co., KY. 1789. Book 2. [FHL film 0,181,352.]

Tax List, Fayette Co., KY. 1792. Book 3. Tax levied 25 Oct 1792. [FHL film 0,181,352.]

Tax List, Fayette Co., KY. 1793. Book 3. Tax levied 23 Sep 1793. [FHL film 0,181,352.]

Tax List, Fayette Co., KY. 1794. Tax levied 4 Jun 1794. [FHL film 0,181,352.]

Tax List, Fayette Co., KY. 1795. [FHL film 0,181,352.]

Tax List, Fayette Co., KY. 1796. Book 2. Pg. 7. Tax levied 29 Jun 1796. [FHL film 0,181,352.]

Tax List, Fayette Co., KY. 1797. Book 4. Pg. 7. [FHL film 0,181,352.]

Note: no tax lists extant for Fayette County 1798.

Tax List, Fayette Co., KY. 1799. Book 4. Pg. 8. [FHL film 0,181,352.]

Tax List, Fayette Co., KY. 1800. Book 3. Pg. 7. Tax levied 2 May 1800. [FHL film 0,181,352.]

Tax List, Fayette Co., KY. 1801. Book 1. Pg. 6. Tax levied 21 May 1800. [FHL film 0,181,352.]

Tax List, Fayette Co., KY. 1802. Book 1. Pg. 7. [FHL film 0,181,352.]

Tax List, Fayette Co., KY. 1804. Book 1. Pg. 8. [FHL film 0,181,352.]

Kentucky was made a state in 1792. By the following year, Clark County was formed by splitting up Bourbon and Fayette Counties.

By 1796, Clark County had been divided up into two counties, and Henry found himself living in Montgomery County! In the 1810 federal census, Henry is listed as living near the Yates, McDaniels, Turpins, and a man named James Nelson, who would later move to Indiana. Henry Would move there too, and name a son after him: James Nelson Foster.¹⁰³

Spouses

1	Rebecca Darnall
Birth	30 Aug 1767, Maryland
Death	24 Jul 1852, Monroe Township, Putnam County, Indiana
Burial	1852, Brick Chapel Cemetery, Monroe Twp., Putnam Co., Indiana
Father	John Darnall (1736-~1797)
Mother	Marion McDONALD (1745-1830)

Marriage

1785, Maryland or Kentucky

Children

Henry (1798-1863)

Last Modified 4 Jul 1999

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