Sarah Tefft

b. 18 March 1796, d. 6 January 1881
Sarah Tefft was born 18 March 1796 at Greenwich, Washington Co., New York.1,2,3,4,5,6 She married Consider White, son of John White and Prudence Carrier, 18 July 1819 at Greenwich.7,8 She died 6 January 1881 at Judsonia, White Co., Arkansas.9,10,11

In 1871, Sarah, her four surviving children, and their spouses joined together to sell the house and lot Consider had left them in his will. Consider originally purchased the property from William Mowrey in 1827.

It was about this time that baptists in the area were being "called" to join a mission and start a college in Judsonia, Arkansas. It would seem that regardless of her age (75) Sally responded with what little she had left from Consider's bequests and her small pension from his revolutionary war service.12

Family

Consider White b. 12 Aug 1763, d. 6 Jan 1837
Marriage*She married Consider White, son of John White and Prudence Carrier, 18 July 1819 at Greenwich.7,8 
Children

Citations

  1. [S460] Tenth Census of the United States, 1880, Harrison Town, White Co., Arkansas, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 284, sheet 59, dwelling 135, family 138, Peter S. Barker household, born in New York, age 83, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); original data: NARA micropublication T9, roll 874.
  2. [S459] Ninth Census of the United States, 1870, Joliet Ward 1, Will Co., Illinois, population schedule, sheet 185A, dwelling 129, family 135, P. L. Barker household, age 73, born in New York, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); original data: NARA micropublication M593, roll 291.
  3. [S458] Eighth Census of the United States, 1860, Greenwich, Washington Co., New York, population schedule, sheet 151, dwelling 1194, family 1161, Darwin W. White household, age 60, born in New York, owned $1000 in real estate, $300 personal estate, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); original data: NARA micropublication M653, roll 874.
  4. [S457] Seventh Census of the United States, 1850, Greenwich, Washington Co., New York, population schedule, sheet 212A, dwelling 164, family 169, Sarah White household, age 54, born in New York, owning $2500 in real estate, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); original data: NARA micropublication M432, roll 611.
  5. [S1521] Mrs. Leister E. Presley, Cemeteries: White County, Arkansas, Nine volumes, (Searcy, Arkansas: s.p., 1974), 25. Hereafter cited as White County Cemeteries.
  6. [S1507] Charles H. W. Stocking, The Tefft Ancestry: Comprising many hitherto unpublished records of descendants of John Tefft of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, (Chicago, Illinois: Lakeside Press, 1904), microform copy: FHL Film/Fiche #1018920 #11, 30. Hereafter cited as The Tefft Ancestry. states she was born in 1798.
  7. [S1043] Washington Co., New York, Probate records, 1788-1916, B1:182-190, FHL microfilm 513861 Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereafter cited as Washington Co., NY Probate.
  8. [S205] White Bible Records, Bible Record of Consider White (n.p.: n.pub., bef 1803); Kathy Ruff, Riverside, California Photocopy Compiler's genealogy files.
  9. [S1521] Presley, White County Cemeteries, 25. Date is misprinted as 1891.
  10. [S1507] Stocking, The Tefft Ancestry, 57.
  11. [S1126] Letter from Kathy M. Ruf (Riverside, California) to Elaine Zeltner, 15 Jan 2001; photocopy in Compiler's genealogy files, West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah.
  12. [S1547] Hudson Falls, New York, Deed records (Washington County, New York), 1774-1930; index, 1774-1959, 69-600, FHL microfilm 553479 Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereafter cited as Washington Co. Deed Records.
Close