Event: Tax List1 1787 Russell Co., VA 1 Event: Tax List2 1823 Tax List for Pike Co., Ky 1
Could be John "Deskings" or "Deskins" or "Duskin" as found in other documents. John Deskins is seen in 1820 Floyd County, KY census (age 16-26 years). marriage records - Rebecca Holt married John Duskin in Floyd County, KY, July 30, 1819. John and Rebecca lived on the Kentucky side of Tug River, opposite of what was later Borderland. John was the first coal operator of Pike County. Before the railroad was constructed in 1894, he built heavy wooden boats into which he loaded coal and floated the boats down river to market at Cattletsburg, Kentucky. From the research available at http://www.bevins.org.
This was his first wife according to Mary J. Moore.
1880 census, Thomas was listed lving with his parents, Nathan and Sarah Deskins. He was 14 years od with no occupation.
1870 Logan Co.WV. Census, 0505b
1870 Logan Co.WV. Census, 0516b & 1880, 73-03
1900 Mingo Co.WV. Census, 89-14b
1900 Mingo Co.WV. Census, 89-14b
1900 Mingo Co.WV. Census, 89-14b
1900 Mingo Co.WV. Census, 89-14b
1910 Mingo Co.WV. Census, 147-01a
Information from 1910 census.