Henry Sissom

Abt 1817 - 1852  (~ 35 years)

 Set As Default Person

• Name	Henry Sissom
  Born	Abt 1817	Tennessee   [1, 2]
  	Henry did not appear in the 1838 tax list but did in 1839. This indicates he had turned 21 years of age and was required to pay a poll tax. This corroborates his approximate birth year of 1817 in the 1850 census.
  Gender	Male
  Died	1850–1852  [3]
  	Henry likely died after the 1850 census and before Elizabeth remarried in January 1853.
  Person ID	I755	CookFolger
  Last Modified	22 May 2023

  
  

  Wife	Elizabeth           b. Abt 1822, Tennessee           d. Aft 1880  (Age ~ 59 years)
  Married	1835–1837
  	Based on the birth of children.
  Children	1. Louisa Sissom           b. Abt 1843, Tennessee + 2. George Thomas Sissom           b. 10 Mar 1847, Tennessee           d. 9 Jan 1906, Tennessee  (Age 58 years)   3. William Sissom           b. Abt 1849, Georgia
  Last Modified	4 Aug 2022
  Family ID	F246	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Abt 1817 - Tennessee  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S724] 1850 U.S. census, Dade County, Georgia, Dist. 21, population schedule, p. 7A, dwelling/family 88, Henry Scism; citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm 432, roll 67. [S248] “Tennessee, Early Tax List Records, 1783–1895” images, Ancestry, (www.ancestry.com : accessed 6 August 2022); Cannon County, Tennessee, 1839:394, Sissom entries. [S838] DeKalb County, Alabama, Loose Marriage Records, 1836–1886, Hampton Slatton marriage bond, 1853; imaged, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org : viewed 9 August 2016), image 1703 of 3018, FHL microfilm 2,367,274.