Life History

Notes

• Rosalie's name varies in spelling, appearing as Rosley 1900, Rosly in 1910, Rossly in 1920..  The original name may have been Rosalee or Rosalie.  On her death certificate and gravestone, Rosalie's name is spelled Rossie (for Rosie?).  Her son Weldon reported her name as Rossy on his WWI registration.
  
  1900 Federal Census, Rutherford County, North Carolina, 21 June, Caroleen Precinct, District 138, page 22B, Hse #284, Fam #244
  Jenkins, Thomas Head W M  Mch 1854 46 Married 24 yrs NC NC SC Farmer Rents
  Jenkins, Rosley Wife W F Oct 1852 47 Married 24 yrs 5 children/5 living NC NC NC Farmer
  Jenkins, Henry Son W M Feb 1882  18 SC NC NC Farm Laborer
  Jenkins, James W Son W M June 1884  15 SC NC NC Farm Laborer
  Jenkins, Fannie M Dau W M Dec 1881  7 Single NC NC NC
  
  1910 Federal Census, Cherokee County, South Carolina, 21 April, Cherokee Township, District 2, Page 8A, Hse #124, Fam #136
  Jenkins, T D Head M 54 Married 35 yrs NC NC SC Farm Manager Rents
  Jenkins, Rosly Wife F 58 Married 35 yrs 5 children/5 living NC NC SC
  Jenkins, Weldon Son M 23  NC NC SC Farm Laborer
  Jenkins, Fannie Daughter F 16  NC NC SC
  
  Note that the children have the same birth state and parents' birth state as the parents.  Thus we can discount the reliability of this census for birth place info.
  
  1920 Federal Census, Cherokee County, South Carolina, 26 January, Cherokee Township, District 2, Page 68A, Hse/Fam #208
  Jenkins, Thomas Head M W Rents Married 64 Married NC NC SC Farm Laborer at home [b abt 1856]
  Jenkins, Rossly Wife F W 66 Married NC NC NC [b abt 1854]
  
  Rossy's date of death according to her death certificate and gravestone is 30 December 1929.  The date on her stone is 3 December, the date of death on her husband Drayton's death certificate.  Drayton is buried with her in Little Memorial Cemetery in Blacksburg, Cherokee County, South Carolina.
  
  But the death date for Drayton is reported as 30 December, 1929, which is his wife's date of death!   Drayton's death certificate reports he died on 3 December 1929, but his grave has Rosie's date of death!
  
  The grave markers for Drayton and his wife are footstones in the same style.  It appears they were both cut at the same time, which makes sense since they died in the same month.  But the dates of death for the two on their death certificates got switched on their gravestones by the engravers!
  
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  "My grandmother Lillie Florence Jenkins is not mentioned ever living with Drayton and Rosalie that I can find.  She is in early census records living with her sister Mala and her husband.  You are correct on the death dates being switched on Drayton and Rosalie.  Drayton had a heart attack and was found dead in some woods near his home.
  
  They are buried at Little Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery in Gaffney, SC.  And are directly next to my grandparents. Joseph Graham Northey and Lillie Florence Jenkins Northey. ... Drayton and Rosalie lived in Blacksburg at the time of their deaths. ...
  
  I never met either of my great-grandparents or my grandmother Lillie.  She died when my mom was 8.  If you ever find anything about Rosalie, please let me know.  She is just a total mystery.  (She was a Harris before she married Drayton Jenkins.)
  --  Laura Parker, Ancestry Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 21 October 2018
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  "I am confused about Lillie’s [Lillie Florence Jenkins] parents and hope someday to figure it out.  Can’t figure out why she seemed to have been raised by her older sister unless that sister was her mother. ... As far as I have been able to determine, the Jenkins and Harris families were all from the area of Rutherford County NC.  That is in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.  I found one will where a Jenkins (might have been a Harris) left a son his still and wine press so I guess they were mountainmen moonshiners!"
  --  Laura Parker, Ancestry Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 23 October 2018
  
  Drayton Jenkins
  Birth Mar 31, 1850, USA
  Death Dec 30, 1929, USA
  Spouse Rossie Jenkins (1848 - 1929)
  Burial Little Memorial Cemetery, East Gaffney,Cherokee County, South Carolina, USA
  Created by Harry Blackwood Feb 11, 2010
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #48004091, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Jenkins&GSiman=1&GScty=127329&GRid=48004091&
  
  South Carolina, Death Records, 1821-1965
  Rossie Jenkins
  Gender Female
  Married [but his DC reports he died 3 Dec 1929], Age 75, Birth abt 1854 Cherokee County
  Parents Unknown
  Informant H T Jenkins, Kings Creek
  Death 30 Dec 1929 Blacksburg, Cherokee County, South Carolina, USA
  Cause of Death Myocarditis
  Burial 31 Dec 1929 Little Memorial Cemetery, Blacksburg, South Carolina, by J L Goodson
  Certificate #020978 filed 31 Dec 1929, Volume #34
  
  Rossie Jenkins
  Birth Oct 16, 1848, USA
  Death Dec 3 [Dec 30 on death certificate], 1929, USA
  Spouse Drayton Jenkins (1850 - 1929)
  Burial Little Memorial Cemetery, East Gaffney, Cherokee County, South Carolina
  Created by Harry Blackwood Feb 11, 2010
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #48004105, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Jenkins&GSiman=1&GScid=70539&GRid=48004105&

Sources

• 1. 1900 Federal Census, Rutherford County, North Carolina
  • 21 June, Caroleen Precinct, District 138, page 22B, Hse #284, Fam #244
• 2. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 3. South Carolina, Death Records, 1821-1965
• 4. 1910 Federal Census, Cherokee County, South Carolina
  • 21 April, Cherokee Township, District 2, Page 8A, Hse #124, Fam #136
• 5. 1920 Federal Census, Cherokee County, South Carolina
  • 26 January, Cherokee Township, District 2, Page 68A, Hse/Fam #208
• 6. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
• 7. Ancestry Messaging
• 8. 1910 Federal Census, Rutherford County, North Carolina
  • 2 May, High Shoal Township, District 137, Page 9A, Camps Ferry Rd, Hse/Fam #149
• 9. 1930 Federal Census, York County, South Carolina
  • 7 April, Kings Mountain Township, District 46-35, page 5A, Hse/Fam #75
• 10. 1940 Federal Census, York County, South Carolina
  • 10 April, Kings Mountain Township, District 46-52, page 3A, Hse #36, Owns, $1000
• 11. 1920 Federal Census, Cherokee County, South Carolina
  • 30 March, Limestone Township, District 7, Page 26A, Hse/Fam #7