Sally Acock was born in Warren Co, NC in 1784, most likely the daughter of Robert Eaton Acock, Sr and Mary Blanchett (although there has been speculation that she was the daughter of Robert's brother John). In support of the former, I found a youg woman of about the right age in Robert Acock's household in the 1800 census for Halifax in Warren Co NC and she appears to have relocated to the frontier area of Logan County KY at about the same time he did. The specific area where they settled is now in Todd County, near the middle of the state on its southern border.
On March 29, 1807, Sally, now 23 married Stephen Talkington in Christian Co, KY. He was 24, the youngest son of English immigrants Robert and Elizabeth (Heiwood) Talkington. They settled near Hopkinsville in Christian Co, KY on land Stephen had purchased in 1803 on the Elk Fork of the Red River and then on land they purchased from his mother's estate (i. e., the "Sapp" land that had been owned originally by the family of his brother John's wife). Sally and Stephen had 6 children in Kentucky between 1808 and 1822: Edward Pennington, Allen Acock, Margaret Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah Ann and Isaac Walton.
In 1826 the entire family moved to Arkansas in the company of the Abel and Ann Bland family who had come from North Carolina as well. (Four years later, their son Edward would marry the Bland's daughter Elizabeth; they had been 18 and 14 during the journey to Arkansas). The family story is that Stephen, his eldest sons Edward and Allen, and daughter Margaret drove the stock overland while Sarah traveled by riverboat (down the Mississippi and then up the Arkansas?) with the three youngest children.
They began purchasing land in Hempstead Co, AR and were counted in the 1st Census of Hempstead Co AR in 1830. A few years later, the family moved again, this time to the northwest corner of the state near Cane Hill in Washington Co. They were enumerated in the Mountain Twp in the 1840 census living with their youngest son, near the households of their older, married children. They moved a last time in the late 1840s, a little south to the rural town of Jasper in Crawford Co, AR. I think they were living on land owned by their son Isaac.
Stephen died of typhoid fever in 1859. He was buried in the Fairview Cemetery in Van Buren, but there is no headstone marking his grave. Sally died not long afterward, although the exact date of her death is not known. (It is likely that she died before the 1860 census was taken, however, as I have been unable to find an entry for her). She too was supposed to have been buried in the Fairview Cemetery, but as is the case with Stephen there apprears to be no marker for her grave.
On March 29, 1807, Sally, now 23 married Stephen Talkington in Christian Co, KY. He was 24, the youngest son of English immigrants Robert and Elizabeth (Heiwood) Talkington. They settled near Hopkinsville in Christian Co, KY on land Stephen had purchased in 1803 on the Elk Fork of the Red River and then on land they purchased from his mother's estate (i. e., the "Sapp" land that had been owned originally by the family of his brother John's wife). Sally and Stephen had 6 children in Kentucky between 1808 and 1822: Edward Pennington, Allen Acock, Margaret Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah Ann and Isaac Walton.
In 1826 the entire family moved to Arkansas in the company of the Abel and Ann Bland family who had come from North Carolina as well. (Four years later, their son Edward would marry the Bland's daughter Elizabeth; they had been 18 and 14 during the journey to Arkansas). The family story is that Stephen, his eldest sons Edward and Allen, and daughter Margaret drove the stock overland while Sarah traveled by riverboat (down the Mississippi and then up the Arkansas?) with the three youngest children.
They began purchasing land in Hempstead Co, AR and were counted in the 1st Census of Hempstead Co AR in 1830. A few years later, the family moved again, this time to the northwest corner of the state near Cane Hill in Washington Co. They were enumerated in the Mountain Twp in the 1840 census living with their youngest son, near the households of their older, married children. They moved a last time in the late 1840s, a little south to the rural town of Jasper in Crawford Co, AR. I think they were living on land owned by their son Isaac.
Stephen died of typhoid fever in 1859. He was buried in the Fairview Cemetery in Van Buren, but there is no headstone marking his grave. Sally died not long afterward, although the exact date of her death is not known. (It is likely that she died before the 1860 census was taken, however, as I have been unable to find an entry for her). She too was supposed to have been buried in the Fairview Cemetery, but as is the case with Stephen there apprears to be no marker for her grave.
Sally Acock was born in Warren Co, NC in 1784, most likely the daughter of Robert Eaton Acock, Sr and Mary Blanchett (although there has been speculation that she was the daughter of Robert's brother John). In support of the former, I found a youg woman of about the right age in Robert Acock's household in the 1800 census for Halifax in Warren Co NC and she appears to have relocated to the frontier area of Logan County KY at about the same time he did. The specific area where they settled is now in Todd County, near the middle of the state on its southern border.
On March 29, 1807, Sally, now 23 married Stephen Talkington in Christian Co, KY. He was 24, the youngest son of English immigrants Robert and Elizabeth (Heiwood) Talkington. They settled near Hopkinsville in Christian Co, KY on land Stephen had purchased in 1803 on the Elk Fork of the Red River and then on land they purchased from his mother's estate (i. e., the "Sapp" land that had been owned originally by the family of his brother John's wife). Sally and Stephen had 6 children in Kentucky between 1808 and 1822: Edward Pennington, Allen Acock, Margaret Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah Ann and Isaac Walton.
In 1826 the entire family moved to Arkansas in the company of the Abel and Ann Bland family who had come from North Carolina as well. (Four years later, their son Edward would marry the Bland's daughter Elizabeth; they had been 18 and 14 during the journey to Arkansas). The family story is that Stephen, his eldest sons Edward and Allen, and daughter Margaret drove the stock overland while Sarah traveled by riverboat (down the Mississippi and then up the Arkansas?) with the three youngest children.
They began purchasing land in Hempstead Co, AR and were counted in the 1st Census of Hempstead Co AR in 1830. A few years later, the family moved again, this time to the northwest corner of the state near Cane Hill in Washington Co. They were enumerated in the Mountain Twp in the 1840 census living with their youngest son, near the households of their older, married children. They moved a last time in the late 1840s, a little south to the rural town of Jasper in Crawford Co, AR. I think they were living on land owned by their son Isaac.
Stephen died of typhoid fever in 1859. He was buried in the Fairview Cemetery in Van Buren, but there is no headstone marking his grave. Sally died not long afterward, although the exact date of her death is not known. (It is likely that she died before the 1860 census was taken, however, as I have been unable to find an entry for her). She too was supposed to have been buried in the Fairview Cemetery, but as is the case with Stephen there apprears to be no marker for her grave.
On March 29, 1807, Sally, now 23 married Stephen Talkington in Christian Co, KY. He was 24, the youngest son of English immigrants Robert and Elizabeth (Heiwood) Talkington. They settled near Hopkinsville in Christian Co, KY on land Stephen had purchased in 1803 on the Elk Fork of the Red River and then on land they purchased from his mother's estate (i. e., the "Sapp" land that had been owned originally by the family of his brother John's wife). Sally and Stephen had 6 children in Kentucky between 1808 and 1822: Edward Pennington, Allen Acock, Margaret Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah Ann and Isaac Walton.
In 1826 the entire family moved to Arkansas in the company of the Abel and Ann Bland family who had come from North Carolina as well. (Four years later, their son Edward would marry the Bland's daughter Elizabeth; they had been 18 and 14 during the journey to Arkansas). The family story is that Stephen, his eldest sons Edward and Allen, and daughter Margaret drove the stock overland while Sarah traveled by riverboat (down the Mississippi and then up the Arkansas?) with the three youngest children.
They began purchasing land in Hempstead Co, AR and were counted in the 1st Census of Hempstead Co AR in 1830. A few years later, the family moved again, this time to the northwest corner of the state near Cane Hill in Washington Co. They were enumerated in the Mountain Twp in the 1840 census living with their youngest son, near the households of their older, married children. They moved a last time in the late 1840s, a little south to the rural town of Jasper in Crawford Co, AR. I think they were living on land owned by their son Isaac.
Stephen died of typhoid fever in 1859. He was buried in the Fairview Cemetery in Van Buren, but there is no headstone marking his grave. Sally died not long afterward, although the exact date of her death is not known. (It is likely that she died before the 1860 census was taken, however, as I have been unable to find an entry for her). She too was supposed to have been buried in the Fairview Cemetery, but as is the case with Stephen there apprears to be no marker for her grave.
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