Name |
Hellen C. SEAGRAVES [1] |
- The Seagraves surname presented for this person is based on the dominant spelling found in the various records researched, but primarily on the name carved on the person's gravestone. HOWEVER, for the common variations of the Seagraves family name of which there are over 20, such as Cegrave(s) Segrave(s), Seagreave(s), Seegrave(s), Segrove(s), Seagrove(s), etc. all of which have been given the Seagraves spelling for clarity and ease of analysis.
Certain variations are used so consistently within a family that they have been retained in this analysis, specifically, SAGRAVES (which also includes Sagrove(s)) and SEAGRAVE. Sagraves was adopted by the early settlers of eastern Kentucky about 1800. Seagrave was the version brought to Massachusetts by the John & Sarah Seagrave family who settled there about 1725.
The Seagraves version is the most common found (about 39%) of all those found on the 1940 census.
A discussion of the name spelling variations can be found on the Home Page of this website.
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1850 US census |
1850 |
Millersburgh, Rutherford County, Tennessee [1] |
recorded as Allen C. Segroves, 1 mo., TN, son of Goodman & Narcissa Segroves. |
Birth |
3 Apr 1850 |
Tennessee [2] |
- Allen C. was probably born in Rutherford County, TN.
|
Gender |
Male |
1860 US census |
1860 |
Millersburgh, Rutherford County, Tennessee [3] |
recorded as H. C. Segraves, female, 10, dau of G. & Narcissa Segraves. |
- Allen C. Seagraves is listed on the 1860 census as a female. Allen C. is clearly shown on the 1850 census as a 1 month old male child. The H. C. 10-year old child on the 1860 census could have come from a misreading of the census taker's notes. A and H can easily be confused in script. And, Allen could be confused for Helen, so I am assuming that there was a son named Allen, born just before the 1850 census who would have been about 10 in 1860.
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1870 US census |
1870 |
Rutherford County, Dist. #24, Tennessee [4] |
recorded as Hellen Seagroves, 19, TN. enumerated with Thomas and Price Mason on page following Rebecca Seagraves, 80, VA, enumerated with Andrew and Naomi Hamilton. |
1900 US census |
1900 |
Coffee County, District #16, Tennessee [5] |
recorded as Helen Shelton, 47, born in Jan 1853 in TN, widowed. mother of 2 children with 2 still living; Wesley J. Shelton, son, 19, born in Jun 1880 in TN, farmer, single; May Shelton, dau, 17, born in Jan 1883 in TN, single. |
1910 US census |
1910 |
Coffee County, District #16, Tennessee [6] |
recorded as Hellen [indexed as Hellery] Shelton, 60, TN, both parents born in NC, widowed, mother of 6 children with 3 still living, mother of John W. Shelton, 28, TN. |
Death |
19 Sep 1943 |
Coffee County, Tennessee [2] |
Person ID |
I1417 |
Seagraves Database |
Last Modified |
2 Jan 2023 |