FIFTH GENERATION

21. Margaret CREEK ⁽¹⁾ was born on 9 Jan 1818 in Monroe County, Kentucky. She died on 13 Mar 1880 in Monroe County, Kentucky. She was buried in Neal Cemetery, Flippin, Kentucky. Mother of James Smith Creek, Father was unnamed BUSH,(never married), 1850 census of Barren County Kentucky proves this.

This information I got, and will write what was said about Margaret Creek, who is my the sister of my great-great grandfather and she is also my my great-great grandmother. Here is the text of what i received:
Until I started looking for my ancestors, all researchers had James smith Creek as Issac Creek's son. Issac is Margaret's brother. However, I knew of stories told to me by Pa and Granny(Samuel and Bertha Creek) that Issac was not James' father. What had to be done was to find documents to prove who was James' parents.

Other researchers helped to look for James' parents. Because I told them what to look for, they found in 1850 Fed Census for Monroe County, Kentucky that Maragret Creek married a Samuel M. Jenkins about 1845. In the house was James Smith Creek born 1837. Also james' death certificate was found to say that his mother was Margaret Creek and father unknown.

With that information and with the stories that Pa and Granny told me, which were confirmed by Aunt Elizabeth and Aunt Fleta, it has been decieded that Margaret and not Issac was James' parent.

The 1850 census for Monroe County says Margaret was 36 years old; which makes her birth year about 1814. However her tombstone says she was born 9 January 1816 anddied 13 March 1880 or maybe 1886. The zero in my picture could not be either a 0" or a 6". Next time I visit the Neal Cemetery in Flippin, Kentucky I will double check. Children were:

10 i. James "Pap" Smith CREEK.