Jesse Q. SAGRAVES

1848 - 1912  (64 years)

• Name	Jesse Q. SAGRAVES
  	The surname presented for this person as with each other in this study is based on the dominant spelling found in the various records researched, but primarily on the name carved on the person's gravestone. EXCEPT for the common variations of the Seagraves family name of which there are over 20, such as Segraves, Seagreaves, Seagroves, etc. For clarity and ease of analysis all those variations have been given the Seagraves name. Certain variations are used so consistently within a family that they have been retained in this analysis, specifically, SAGRAVES and SEAGRAVE. The Seagraves version is the most common found (about 39%) of all on the 1940 census. A discussion of the name spelling variations can be found on the Home Page of this website.
  Birth	20 Feb 1848	Johnson County, Kentucky   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  1850 US census	1850	Lawrence County, Kentucky
  	recorded as Jesse Sagraves, 2, KY, son of Saml & Sarah Sagraves.
  1860 US census	1860	Lawrence County, Kentucky
  	recorded as Jesse Q. Sagraves, 12, KY, son of Samuel & Sarah Sagraves.
  1880 US census	1880	Flat Gap, Johnson County, Kentucky
  	recorded as Jessie Sagraves, 32, KY, W, laborer, single, head of household; Sarah Sagraves, mother, 74, KY, both parents born in VA, keeping house; Levina, sister, 47, KY; Zylpha, niece, 21, KY; Greenvill, nephew, 4, KY; James H., nephew, 2, KY; John D., nephew, 2, KY.
  1900 US census	1900	Lyon, Lawrence County, Kentucky
  	recorded as Jesse Sagraves, 52, born in Feb 1848 in KY, hired farm laborer, residing with "Gen" Lyon.
  1910 US census	1910	Lawrence County, District #5, Kentucky
  	recorded as Jesse Q. Sagraves, 62, KY, both parents born in VA, Servant- farm laborer, single, residing with Sarah J. Lyon.
  Death	20 Apr 1912	Lawrence County, Kentucky   [1, 2]
  	Death certificate says Jesse died of "Apoplexy" caused by being "very fat and an inherited tendency." [2]
  Burial	Mouth of Drake's Fork, Lawrence County, Kentucky   [1, 2]
  	The burial site "mouth of Drake's Fork" is likely to be a place on the family farm and not a formal cemetery. There is no listing on Findagrave.com for a burial at the mouth of Drake's Fork except for Jesse Q. Sagraves and that information may have been taken directly from his Kentucky Death Certificate. [1, 2]
  Person ID	I4669	Seagraves Database
  Last Modified	19 Jul 2019

  
  

  Father	Samuel SAGRAVES,   b. Abt 1806, Kentucky
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Sarah OSBORN,   b. Abt 1807, Kentucky
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	13 Dec 1825	Floyd County, Kentucky   [3, 4]
  Family ID	F1526	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 20 Feb 1848 - Johnson County, Kentucky 1850 US census - recorded as Jesse Sagraves, 2, KY, son of Saml & Sarah Sagraves. - 1850 - Lawrence County, Kentucky 1860 US census - recorded as Jesse Q. Sagraves, 12, KY, son of Samuel & Sarah Sagraves. - 1860 - Lawrence County, Kentucky 1880 US census - recorded as Jessie Sagraves, 32, KY, W, laborer, single, head of household; Sarah Sagraves, mother, 74, KY, both parents born in VA, keeping house; Levina, sister, 47, KY; Zylpha, niece, 21, KY; Greenvill, nephew, 4, KY; James H., nephew, 2, KY; John D., nephew, 2, KY. - 1880 - Flat Gap, Johnson County, Kentucky 1900 US census - recorded as Jesse Sagraves, 52, born in Feb 1848 in KY, hired farm laborer, residing with "Gen" Lyon. - 1900 - Lyon, Lawrence County, Kentucky 1910 US census - recorded as Jesse Q. Sagraves, 62, KY, both parents born in VA, Servant- farm laborer, single, residing with Sarah J. Lyon. - 1910 - Lawrence County, District #5, Kentucky Death - 20 Apr 1912 - Lawrence County, Kentucky Burial - - Mouth of Drake's Fork, Lawrence County, Kentucky  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] FindAGrave.com (FAG). [S86] Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1965, (Ancestry.com). [S159] Kentucky Compiled Marriages 1802-1850 , (Ancestry.com). [S1725] William C. Kozee, Pioneer Families of Eastern and Southeastern Kentucky, (Gene Pub Co./1957).