Kentucky:  A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed.,
1886.  Barren County.

AMASA P. CHILDRESS, son of Henry and Sarah (Greer) Childress, was born
December 5, 1819, in Franklin County, Va.  His parents were also natives
of Franklin County, and had a family of three sons and three daughters.
Henry Childress principally followed farming, but in early life was a
teacher and also a carpenter; he was the owner, on leaving Virginia, of
twenty slaves.  In 1836 he immigrated to Barren County, Ky., and settled
in Tracy Precinct, on about 300 acres, where he resided until his death,
in 1871, at the age of eighty-three years.  He served as constable and
deputy assessor, and fought in the war of 1812.  His father, Robert
Childress, was born and reared in Goochland County, Va., was a soldier
in the Revolution and received a pension of $96 per year.  He was a
farmer and slave holder, and died at the age of ninety-six years.  He
and wife, Rachel (Easters) Childress, of Virginia, were of Irish
descent.  Mrs. Sarah Childress died in Barren County, in 1871, aged
eighty-three years.  Her father, James Greer, of Franklin County, Va.
was a farmer and slave holder, and a soldier of the Revolution.  He
married Rhoda Divers, of Virginia.  Amasa P. Childress was reared on a
farm, and was obliged at an early age to take charge of the negroes, his
father being in feeble health.  He remained with his parents until the
age of twenty-three, when, on December 20, 1842, he married Verlinda J.
Ellis, of Barren County, Ky., a daughter of George and Kittie B.
(Gillock) Ellis.  George Ellis and wife were natives, respectively, of
Fayette and Barren Counties, and of Irish origin; he was a farmer and
slave holder.  To Mr. and Mrs. Childress twelve children were born:
James Robert, Sarah C. Seay and Mary E. Austin (twins), Skiler G., Julia
I. Reed, George C., Abraham C., Darna (deceased), Joseph P. N., John M.,
Kittie B. and Henry M.  Mr. Childress after his marriage resided at Dry
Fork postoffice, three miles below where he now lives.  In 1854 he
located on 170 acres on his present place; he now owns 220 acres, 150 of
which are under cultivation, and improved with a five residence.  Before
the war he owned five slaves.  In 1852 he was elected constable, and
served one term; in 1866 he served one term as sheriff.  He has been
frequently requested to be a candidate for representative, but has
always declined.  In politics he was, prior to 1860, a Whig, and cast
his first presidential vote for Harrison; he is now a Democrat.  Mr.
Childress and wife are members of the Reformed Church.

Austin Childress Divers Easters Ellis Gillock Greer Harrison Reed Seay
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Fayette Franklin-VA Goochland-VA
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