Joseph Creighton

Other Events:

• Census: 1820, Fox River Twp., White, Illinois
• Census: 1830, White Co., Illinois
• Census: 1840, White Co., Illinois
• Census: 1850, Dist. 13, White, Illinois
• Occupation: 1850, Dist. 13, White, Illinois; Farmer
• Probate: Feb 1852, White Co., Illinois; Will proved, letters of administration granted to executor John M Creighton
• Probate: 2 Oct 1855, White Co., Illinois; Estate settlement
• Residence: 1820, Fox River Twp., White, Illinois; With three girls under age 10 and a woman age 16 to 25
• Residence: 1830, White Co., Illinois; With a boy and a girl under age 5, two boys age 5 to 9, three girls age 10 to 14 and a woman age 30 to 39
• Residence: 1840, White Co., Illinois; With a boy under age 5, a boy and girl aged 5 to 9, a boy and girl aged 10 to 14, two boys aged 15 to 19, two women aged 20 to 29 and a woman aged 40 to 49
• Residence: 1850, Dist. 13, White, Illinois; With wife Margaret and four children

Notes:

Birth:
Other researchers (notably those at creightonfamily.org) give a birth date of 18 Apr 1792 (notably without citing a precise source)

The 1830 and 1840 census place his birth between 1791 and 1800 while the 1820 census places his birth between 1775 and 1794; the 1850 census gives 1792

Joseph married Martha Jaggers Abt 1814. Martha (daughter of Nathan Jaggers and Margaret Minnis) was born 27 Jan 1790, South Carolina; died 9 Apr 1826, White Co., Illinois. [Group Sheet]

Joseph — Margaret. Margaret was born 1795, Ohio; died Aft 1 Jun 1850. [Group Sheet]