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Charles Otis

Male 1800 - Bef 1836  (< 35 years)


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  • Name Charles Otis 
    Birth CA 1800  New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1830  Copiah County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Death Bef 1836  Copiah County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I24  EarlyTexans
    Last Modified 31 Aug 2018 

    Family Jeannett Vick,   b. 6 Nov 1804, Davidson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jul 1858, Copiah County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years)  [3
    Marriage 7 Mar 1825  East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Otis-Vick - 1825 Marriage Record of Charles Otis and Janett Vick
    Otis-Vick - 1825 Marriage Record of Charles Otis and Janett Vick
    Children 
     1. Mary Ann Otis,   b. 24 Jul 1827, Amite County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Dec 1907, Angelina County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    Family ID F18  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Sep 2018 

  • Sources 
    1. [S95] CNS 1830 MS Copiah ALL, p. 469 (penned), p. 123 (stamped), Charles Otis; 70.
      Charles Otis, one male under 5, one male 30-40; two females under 5, one female 20-30
      No slaves
      male 30-40 = Charles Otis
      female 20-30 = Jeannett (Vick) Otis
      female under 5 = Mary Ann (born 1827)
      female under 5 = Nancy Andrewmedia (born 1829)
      male under 5 = unknown as Charles Jr. was not born until 1832 ?

    2. [S96] BK Amite Co MS Cems.
      Chalres Otis not found in index.

    3. [S124] BK Vick, Joseph Desc V1, 360; citing a Bible owned by Mrs. Andrew G. Smith.

    4. [S107] LA East Feliciana Marriages, Marriages, X:185; Charles Otis to Janett Vick, 7 March 1825.
      State of Louisiana } Process Verbal of Marriage
      Parish of East Feliciana }
      BE IT REMEMBERED, That by virtue of a License issued by the Clerk of the District Court of the Parish of East Feliciana, La.,
      I, [blank], have celebrated marriage between
      Mr. Charles Otis and M Janett Vick
      according to law this 7 day of March, A.D. 1825
      Witnesses: Parties:
      Lafayette Saunders Charles Otis
      Jonathan Butler
      [blank]___
      Minister, Judge or Justice
      The name of the officiant is not filled in the appropriate blank space and there is no officiant signature. Two witnesses are named, Lafayette Saunders and Jonathan Butler. A few other entries on nearby pages are also missing the officiant name, but most entries include the officiant name.

    5. [S98] MARR MS Amite, Charles Otis to Jennet Vick; 12 January 1824; 2:106.
      Cornelius Van Houten signed the marriage bond for $200 with Charles Otis. There is no return for this marriage recorded.