SOURCES:
Dates of birth and death for John and Charity Hines Aldridge are
listed in pages from a family Bible

1850 District No. 2, Breckinridge Co., KY Federal Census
Enumeration date: 2 August 1850 Page: 57B, line 24
Dwelling - Family 176 - 176
Mary Jane is not listed. Was she living away from home or visiting?

1860 Hawesville, Hancock Co., KY Federal Census
Enumeration date: 24 August 1860 Page: 126B, line 23
Dwelling - Family 967 - 959
John Wesley, Mary Jane and Mary Elizabeth are not listed with the family on this census.

Charity Hines Aldridge can be found listed in the "Inventory of Sale Bill of Mary Hinds Deceased" for the sale that took place 2 December 1865.

1870 Lewisport Voting District, Hancock Co., KY Federal Census
Enumeration date: 30 August 1870 Page: 215B, line 23
Dwelling - Family 185 - 185
The adult children (all except John Wesley and Elizabeth) of John and Charity are listed living in this same household.

1872 - in court proceedings, concerning the death of their maternal grandmother Mary Hinkle Hines in 1865, the following children are listed as heirs of Charity Hines Aldridge:

Squire Aldridge
Lewis C. Aldridge
James Aldridge
Mary J. (Jane) Aldridge
Mary E. (Elizabeth) Aldridge
(Hannah) Ruth Aldridge

Documentation for date of death for John Aldridge can be found in the Hancock Co., KY Archives. Coroner's Inquest for John Aldridge's murder. He was involved in a gun fight, and it was considered justifiable homicide.

HCVR* : Hancock Co., K Vital Statistics, Microfilm roll No. 12 "Kentucky-Vital
             Statistics" Contains Hancock, Hardin, Harlin, Harrison, and Hart Cos., KY

Updated 30 June 2007 Contact Virginia L. Aldridge