Waltrip, John

Born: 1817-05-03

Died: 1884-09-07 Coles County, Illinois

Flourished: 1838-1884 Coles County, Illinois

Alternate name: Waldrop

Waltrip lived in Coles County, Illinois, as early as 1838. The following year, he married Susannah Williams. In 1850, Waltrip was farming in Coles County and owned $700 in real property. By 1860, Waltrip had accumulated $4,000 in real property, with a personal estate of $600.

Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, Coles County, 11 April 1839, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales, Coles County, 291:191, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Salisbury Precinct, Coles County, IL, 75; U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), Hutton Township, Coles County, IL, 309; Gravestone, McKenzie-Waltrip Cemetery, Coles County, IL.