Joseph Easley, Jr.

Birth Date

1805-03-18

Death Date

1883-02-28

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Shelby County, Kentucky, wagon maker and stonemason. North Carolina native. Married to Elizabeth McWilliams Gaines Easley in Anderson County, Kentucky, on July 17, 1836. Father of Hamilton Easley, John P. Easley, Judith Easley, Mary Easley, William N. Easley, Julie Easley, Carroll Easley, Emily Easley, Merrell Easley, Daniel Easley, Woodson P. Easley, Lucy Easley, Elizabeth P. Easley, and America Easley. Wagon maker in Shelby County in 1850. Stonemason in Shelby County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Shelby County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Shelby County, District 2, p. 350B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Shelby County, District 2, p. 97.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Shelby County, District 2, p. 285B.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Shelby County, District 7, p. 535B.
"Joseph Easley Jr. (1805-1883)," Find A Grave, Memorial #41192573, accessed August 27, 2021, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41192573.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Anderson County Marriages, Film #001550673, p. 97.

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