1850 census, John Thacker was listed as 30 years old, born in Virginia, occupation of farmer, with real estate valued $250. He was living with his wife, Malinda and five of their children in Pike, Kentucky.
1860 census, John Thacker was living with his wife, Malinda and four of his children in District 1, Pike, Kentucky. He was listed as 36 years of age. He was listed as born in Virginia.
1870 census, John Thacker was living with wife, Malinda and three of their children. He was listed as born in Virginia. He owned $600 of real estate and $350 of personal property. He was listed as 55 years old.
1880 census, John E. Thacker was living as Forks of Sandy River, Pike, Kentucky. He was listed as 63 years of age and living with two of his children. His place of birth is listed as North Carolina. In an earlier census, it was listed as Virginia. It also states he was a farmer, and his parents birthplace was North Carolina.
1850 census, Malinda was living with her husband, John and five of their children. She was listed as 27 years and born in KY.
1860 census, Malinda was living with her husband, John Thacker and four of her children in District 1, Pike, Kentucky. She was listed as 32 years of age. She was listed as born in Kentucky.
1870 census, Malinda was living with her husband, John and three of their children in District No. 4, Pike, Kentucky. She was listed as 47 years old.
1880 census, Malinda was liiving with her husband and two of her children at Forks of Sandy River, Pike, Kentucky. She was listed as being born in Kentucky and her parents born in North Carolina. She was keeping house. She was listed as 58 years old.
Her mother was her mother-in-law's first cousin, making her the second cousin to her husband, JOHN THACKER
1850 census, Harrison Thacker was listed as 10 years old living with his parents, John and Malinda Thacker. He was born in Kentucky and attending school.
1850 census, George was listed living with his parents, John and Melinda Thacker and was nine years old born in Kentucky. He was not attending school.
1860 census, Sarah was living with her parents, John and Malinda Thacker and three of her siblings in District 1, Pike, Kentucky. She was listed as 13 years old.
1860 census, Greenville was living with his parents, John and Malinda Thacker and three of his siblings in District 1, Pike, Kentucky. He is listed as 6 years old.
1860 census, Thomas was living at home with his parents, John and Malinda Thacker and three of his siblings in District 1, Pike, Kentucky. He was listed as 2 years old.
1870 census, Thomas was living at home with his parents, John and Malinda Thacker and two of his siblings in District 4, Pike, Kentucky. He was listed as 11 years old.
1870 census, Malinda Thacker was listed as nine years old, living with parents John and Melinda, in District #4, Pike, Kentucky and two of her siblings Thomas and Nancy J.
1880 census, Nancy was listed as living with her parents John and Malinda Thacker. She was listed as 14 years home, occupation listed at home. It states she was born in Kentucky. Her father born in NC and mother in KY. She was living at the Forks of Sandy River, Pike, Kentucky.
1880 census, Dicas was listed as being 4 years old living with her parents, John and Malinda Thacker in Forks of Sandy River, Pike, Kentucky with two of her siblings.
Source: "My Grandfathers" by Lin Barbee Clark: "Edward Masterson was a trooper in the French & Indian War, 1755-1756, when he served with the Fairfax County, Virginia militia. He was listed in the "House of Delegates Journal" 1777-80 as having gone in defense of people in outlying Virginia. There are a series of three land patents issued in 1769 and 1770, for Edward to acquire 1100 acres of land in Dobbs County, North Carolina. He move to Johnston County, North Carolina before 1777 and served as a lieutenant in the militia there. Court-marshal papers were issued for him in Johnston County, North Carolina in 1777, and he was supoenaed to court in October 1787 in Dobbs County, North Carolina. The supoena was returned to the January court by the sheriff marked 'not to be found'. Edward Masterson probably died in Wayne County, North Carolina before January 12, 1788, when the estate of Edward Masterson, dec'd, was attached for the court cost; and on April 20, 1790 a court order in Wayne County, North Carolina was issued for the distribution of his Estate. He inherited a negro called 'Tom' from his father Edward in 1754. In the inventory of the estate of Edward Masterson of North Carolina, the first negro listed is 'Tom'." "Probate - Heirs: Division of the Estate of Edward Masterson, 1789-1790; Wayne Co., NC Court Records, July Court 1789, Jan. Court 1790, April Court 1790; pp 139ff 164ff; photocopy in possession of Regina M. Barry, Wilmington, DE. No wife is named in his estate. His estate included 2 bottles of gin and rum (0-7-60), a gun and shot bag (3-10-0), a Large Bible (2-11-00), and a looking glass (1-12-6), with a total value of 121-1-00. The negroes of the estate of Edward Masterson included Tom (value L140), London (value L140), Ryall (value L140), Rachael (value L80), Hannah (value L60), Sarah (value L60), young Sarah (value L20) and Lettice (value L20). They were hired out for 1 year to work for the estate at 41-15-0; and hired out from 15 Jan. 1790 - Apr. 1790 for 15-13-6. They were then sold. Each heir received 77-6-9, and are named in the order James, Mary Craige, Caleb, Lenny McCormack, Leah, Sarah, Winnifred, Delle, William, Lazarus, and Jane." Per Buck Wolfenbarger's research from 2002.
James was the first of 11 children. He served as an Ens. in NC during the Revolutionary War. He was from Carolina, then he went to KY next spring. He built the first hewn log house in Lexington. He was the first that built out and bought several farms, making a little station out of it. This station was about 5 miles northwest of the present city of Lexington, KY. The first Methodist Church building to be built in Kentucky was built at Masterson's Station. James went out that fall (1779-1780) as far as the wilderness, but the winter set in so hard, he was detained in the wilderness all winter, with a parcel of negroes, some of them small. The horses all died from cold and want of salt. James had to kill one of the dogs to live on. He went out to hunt once and got lost, and was out five days without having anything to eat. The four youngest children of James' father, Edward, were placed under James' care on 15 February, 1804. It was ordered that James be appointed as overseer of Boonesborough Road from the lower Bounds to the 2 1/2 mile tree on 12 April, 1803. There is a James Masterson bible in possession of the Lexington DAR. The court in Fayette Co., KY in 1794, recorded that James paid the heirs their share upon the age of 21 for William and Lazarus, and the marriage of Delia and Jane; and the dates of each payment are recorded. James tells much of his life story in his application for a Revolutionary War pension, including the fact that he was born 7th day of April 1752 in Fairfax Co., VA, and that he lived on Pamlico River in NC. He served under George Rogers Clark in the Shawnee expedition, fought in the siege of Bryants Station and the Battle of the Upper Blue Licks. He was noted for wearing his frontier buckskins long after other men in the rapidly growing city of Lexington stopped wearing them. James' estate was divided on 12 March 1838. His land was divided equally between his widow Margaret and children Caleb, Robert, John, Joseph and Margaret Metcalf. Negro man Ben (value $800), negro man Ryall (value $800), negro woman Jenny (value $400) and boy (value $600) were left to his wife Margaret. Son Robert is to keep the girl Lu already in his possession. His children James, Sarah, Mary and Lovett had already received their due portions. Per Buck Wolfenbarger's research from 2002.