Sixth Generation

99. Mourning Bedwell^61,69,116 was born about 1790 in Grayson County, Virginia. She died after 1850.

• 1850 Census for Grayson County, Virginia, shows John Cornett, 67, a farmer, living with wife Mourning Cornutt, 57. No one else lives in the household. They are living next door to Eldridge Hall and his family, and close to the following Cornutt families:

-- James Cornutt, age 24, a farmer; Charlotte Cornutt, age 22; John W. Cornutt, age 1.
-- Alfred Cornutt, age 32, a farmer; Elizabeth Cornutt, age 28; Hezekiah R. Cornutt, age 12; Linda J. Cornutt, age 8; Sarah C. Cornutt, age 7; Rosamond E. Cornutt, age 6; Reuben W. Cornutt, age 5; Eleroy F. Cornutt, age 1.
-- George Cornutt, age 22, a farmer; Lydia Cornutt, age 23; Stephen W. Cornutt, age 3; Mary E. Cornutt, age 1.
-- Stephen Cornutt, age 27, a farmer; Rhoda Cornutt, age 59; John C. Cornutt, age 20; William C. Cornutt, age 16.
-- William J. Cornutt, age 28, a farmer; Charlotte Cornutt, age 30; John H. Cornutt, age 8; Adela J. Cornutt, age 6; Sarah E. Cornutt, age 4; James J. Cornutt, age 1; James A. Cornutt, age 21.

It's unknown whether any of these are children of John and Mourning Cornutt. Given the presence of Rhoda Cornutt in the neighborhood, they may be her children rather than John and Mourning's.

Mourning Bedwell and John Cornutt were married on 23 Jun 1814 in Grayson County, Virginia.^68,117 John Cornutt⁶ (son of James Cornutt and Polly Rankin) was born about 1783. He died about 1860. He was an attorney.⁶³