Pleasant McCoy1

b. circa 1812, d. 25 February 1845
Father(?) McCoy
BirthCircacirca 1812 Pleasant McCoy was born circa 1812 in either Virginia or Kentucky.1 
 Pleasant's location of birth was inconsistently reported by his children on census records all of which were enumerated at least thirty-five years after Pleasant's death.2,3 
Marriage He married Eleanor Hays Davis, daughter of William Davis and Sarah Ryburn.4 
Migration Sometime between the birth of daughter Lavinia in early 1841 and the birth of daughter Sarah in late 1842, Eleanor and Pleasant left Virginia and settled in Carroll County, Illinois. 
  They may have traveled with Eleanor's cousin Sarah Davis and her husband Abraham Moffett who married in January 1841 in Smyth County, Virginia and then headed west to Illinois, also settling in Carroll County. Or they may have made the move with Eleanor's mother and siblings who moved to Carroll County following the death of Eleanor's father in Virginia in early 1842. 
  Pleasant died about three years after the family settled in Illinois, leaving Eleanor a twenty-eight year old widow 5 young children. 
Death25 Feb 1845 Pleasant died on 25 Feb 1845.1 
Burial He was buried at Lanark Cemetery in Lanark, Carroll County, Illinois.1 

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Family

Eleanor Hays Davis b. 27 Apr 1816, d. 17 Oct 1891
Children
Last Edited13 Jul 2012

Citations

  1. [S1026] Carroll County Genealogical Society, Carroll County, Illinois Tombstone Inscriptions Vol. 3, p. 45. Stone reported to read: Pleasant McCoy, d. 25 Feb. 1845; aged 32 (33)y, 3m, 18 (20)d. Information in parenthesis added from sexton's records.
  2. [S1053] Mary McCoy household, 1910 U.S. cens., Carroll Co., Illinois, pop. sched., Lanark, ED 8, sheet 3A (76 stamped), dwelling 67, family 67, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Nov. 2004, image 5 of 26. Enumeration records: Mary McCoy, 69, sgl, b. VA, father b. KY; mother b. VA; Vena McCoy, sister, 70, sgl, b. VA, father b. KY, mother b. VA; Sarah Myers, sister, 67, wid, mother 3 children, all living, b. IL, father b. KY, mother b. VA.
  3. [S1032] William McCoy household, 1880 U.S. cens., Carroll Co., Illinois, pop sched., Rock Creek township, ED 17, page 556C (stamped), dwelling 136, family 135, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Nov. 2004, image 41 of 46. Enumeration reports: William McCoy, 42, marr, farmer, b. VA, parents b. VA; Mary, 31, wife, keeping house, b. PA; George, 11, son, b. IL; Ida Hollewell, 17, sister-in-law, b. IL; Millard Haines, 21, farm hand, b. Maryland.
  4. [S10] "Journal of Mary Jane Beaty (Davis) Moffett", p. 10.
  5. [S1029] Mathew R. Davis household, 1850 U.S. census, Carroll Co., Illinois, pop. sched., Freedom township, p. 700 (added script, dwelling 4, family 4, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Nov. 2004, image 8 of 8. Enumeration records: Mathew R. Davis, 24, farmer; Sarah 5_; Ellen McCoy, 33; rest McCoy: Samuel 15; Wm 13; Mary M. 11; Lavinia A. 9; all prev. persons b. VA; Sarah 7, b. IL.
  6. [S1030] Ellen H. McCoy household, 1860 U.S. census, Carroll Co., Illinois, pop. sched., Rock Creek, p. 905 (added script), dwelling 567, family 531, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Nov. 2004, image 1 of 17. Enumeration includes: Ellen H. McCoy, 44, farmer, owns real estate of $3,000, pers prop of $800, b. VA; William, 22, b. VA; Mary 20, b. VA; Sarah, 17, b. IL.