Archibald Cornett and Juda Judy McDaniel

Archibald Cornett
and Judah "Judy" McDaniel

Archibald Cornett b 12 Jan 1789 VA d 24 Feb 1873 Leatherwood, Perry Co KY, s/o William Jesse Cornett and Rhoda Gilliam. Archibald Cornett m. 8 Jun 1812 Clay Co KY to Judah "Judy" McDaniel. Children of Archibald Cornett and Judah "Judy" McDaniel;

1. William A Cornett b 3 Feb 1814 Leatherwood Creek, Perry Co KY m. 1st to Nancy Mainyard Miniard. William A Cornett m. 2nd to Rebecca "Becky" Morgan b 5 Feb 1848 d 4 Jun 1869. William A Cornett m. 3rd to Malinda "Lindy" Garrison.

2. John Cornett b about 1817 Leatherwood Creek, Perry Co KY d 5 Apr 1891 Viper, Perry Co KY (alternate date of death; 5 Apr 1897), m. 30 Dec 1841 Harlan Co KY to Elizabeth "Betty" Holbrook b 10 Oct 1824 Perry Co KY d 26 Dec 1909 Viper, Perry Co KY, d/o Benjamin Holbrook and Nancy Jenkins. Children of John Cornett and Elizabeth "Betty" Holbrook;

I. Ran Cornett m. Sally Brashear

II. Ben Cornett m. Lucy Pratt

III. Theopolis Cornett m. Nan Sturgeon

IV. Nancy Cornett m. Theophilus G Campbell

V. Mary Cornett m. Nute Fields

VI. Catherine Cornett never m.

3. Anderson Cornett b 20 Jan 1820 d 2 Sept 1883 (died of Flux), buried Cornett Cemetery, Perry Co KY, m. Susan Harris b 5 Feb 1819 d 29 Jun 1886.

4. Mary Ellen "Polly" Cornett b 3 Mar 1822 Leatherwood Creek, Perry Co KY d 5 Jan 1897 Letcher Co KY; m. 14 Nov 1838 Perry Co KY to William Mannon Jenkins b 18 Mar 1820 Harlan Co KY d 10 Mar 1900 Whitesburg, Letcher Co KY, s/o William Jenkins and Elizabeth Williams Roark. The 1890 Special Census, Letcher County, KY, reports that William Mannon Jenkins served as a Private, Co. A, Kentucky Infantry, USA, October 1863 through 1864. 1 Jul 1863.

5. Robert Cornett m. Peggy McKnight (settled at mouth of Beech Fork, Big Leatherwood). Children of Robert Cornett and Peggy McNight;

I. Basil Cornett m. Jane Wilson

II. John M. Cornett m. Judy Griffith

III. Joe E Cornett m. Pollyann Brock

IV. Elisabeth Cornett never married.

V. Susan Cornett m. Frank Cornett

VI. I. B. Cornett m. Huldah Fields

VII. Judy Cornett m. Hiram Holbrook

VIII. Jerusia Cornett m. I S Horn

6. Hiram Cornett b 1825 Perry Co KY m. 1st to Jerusha Boothe b 1826 VA. Children of Hiram Cornett and Jerusia Boothe;

I. Larkin Cornett

II. John B. Cornett (Kezel)

III. Kernel Cornett

IV. Green A. Cornett

V. Sis Cornett

Hiram Cornett m. 2nd to Polly Griffy b May 1840. Children of Hiram Cornett and Polly Griffy;

VI. Lincoln Cornett

VII. Lucinda Cornett

VIII. Judy Cornett

IX. Sally Cornett

X. Bunion Cornett

XI. Boone Cornett

XII. Kenton Cornett

XIII. Clerinda Cornett

XIV. Sylvania Cornett

XV. Betsyan Cornett

XVI. Columbus Cornett

7. Elizabeth Cornett b 1827 Perry Co KY d Apr 1875 MO; m. 4 Nov 1844 Perry Co KY to James Collier b about 1823 d 3 Mar 1865 St Louis MO of typhoid fever, s/o William Randall Collier and Frances Harrison

According to Janet Hendrickson (in a message dated 5 Feb 2004): "James (Collier) died in the Marine General Hospital March 3 1865 of typhoid in St. Louis , Mo. He was in the Union army at the time and he is buried at Jeffers on Barracks, St. Louis, Mo." (With other members of his Collier family he moved 1851/52 to Missouri).

8. Archibald "Bud" Cornett m. 6 Jan 1851 to Elizabeth Creech (settled Leslie Co KY). Children of Archibald "Bud" Cornett and Elizabeth Creech;

I. William G. Cornett m. Martha Maggard. Children;

i. Adam Cornett never married

ii. Belle Cornett m. D N Asher

iii. Laura Cornett m. Grant Asher

William G Cornett m. Polly Griffy. Children of William G Cornett and Polly Griffy;

i. Howard Cornett

II. Robert Cornett

III. Arch Cornett

IV. Katie Cornett

V. Judy Cornett

VI. Rhoda Cornett