John L. Conn

b. circa 1816
  • John L. Conn was born circa 1816 in Kentucky.
  • He married Nancy Baker Reding, daughter of Robert Reding and Ann Baker, on 25 February 1849 in Fayette County, Tennessee.
  • John L. Conn and Nancy Baker Reding appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included William Farrington Malone, Thomas Monroe Malone and Henderson F. Malone.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1850 census.
  • John L. Conn became a widower at the 9 October 1851 death of his wife Nancy Baker Reding.
  • On Saturday, 1 November 1851, Green Wood recorded in his plantation daily account book: "Packed ten bales of cotton, and the rest of the hands picked out cotton at Mr. Con's for the 1/2, got a little over 900 lb."
  • On Tuesday, 8 February 1853, Green Wood recorded in his plantation daily account book: "Went to the river with 8 hands & Mr Reding," and on the following day, "John & Quarles working at Mr Con's for John Reding." On Monday, the 14th, "7 hands at work on flats & two at Con's at work for John Reding.
         John Conn was the husband of John Reding's sister Nancy, who died in 1851.
  • William Watters and Eliza (?) appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Walker County, Texas. Other members of the household included John L. Conn, Martha J. Watters. Also in the household were Elizabeth Green, age 28?, and one female domestic servant.
  • He was a farm hand, according to the 1870 census.
  • For an account of his CSA service in Company B, 24th Texas Cavalry Regiment, see his profile in Karen McCann Hett's Danville Mounted Riflemen.
  • Last Edited: 13 May 2013

Family: Nancy Baker Reding b. 30 September 1818, d. 9 October 1851