Farmer in 1880,elected county judge in 1883 and had four marriages, 23 children. Per Gertrude Deskins Ratliff Jackson lies buried at Phillips Cemetery on John's Creek at old George Phillip's homeplace. J.B. Deskins preached his funeral.
Information from 1900 census.
Living with step-father Jackson and mother in 1900 census.
Living with step-father Jackson and mother in 1900 census.
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.
Question as to whose son?
Question to whose son?
He Tax List1 in 1787 in , Russell Co., VA..
Fact:1 took two kids into their marriage.Fact: 2 John Deskins and Isaac Brewer. This information is froom Mary J Moore's research.