1834 Birth:2864,2844 Birth year of November 1833 taken from 1900 census enumeration. Birth place assumed to be Licking County, Ohio, given mother Hannah Patterson's residence in that location since 1820 as well as the Sillin family's enumeration there in 1840.

1840 U.S. Census:2844 Amanda Jane Sillin enumerated in the household of her father John P. Sillin in Bennington Township, Licking County, Ohio, as a female between the ages of 5-10; Amanda Jane was age 6. Other residents in the household were her mother Hannah Sillin, a female between the age of 30 and 40; Hannah was age 30. Also enumerated were siblings as one male between the ages of 5-10 (Sylvanus, age 8); two females under the age of 5 (Sarah, age 3, and Elizabeth, age 2); and one unidentified male, between the ages of 60-70.

1850 U.S. Census:1637 (Amanda) Jane Sillin enumerated in the household of her father John P. Sillin in Moulton Township, Auglaize County, Ohio, as Jane, a female, age 14, born in Ohio. Others enumerated in the household were her mother Hannah Sillin, as a female, age 41, born in Virginia, and.siblings Sylvanus, age 18; (Sarah) Ann, age 14; Elizabeth, age 12; Luther, age 9; Philip, age 7; and Melinda, age 3.

1860 U.S. Census:2842 Amanda Jane Sillin enumerated in the household of her father John P. Sillin in Moulton Township, Auglaize County, Ohio, as a female, age 25, born in Ohio. Others enumerated in the household were her mother Hanna Sillin, a female, age 51, born in Virginia, and siblings Sylvanus, age 27; Sarah A., age 23; Elizabeth, age 22; Luther, age 19; Philip B., age 17; Malinda, age 13; Louisa, age 8; and William, age 3.

1870 U.S. Census:2843 Amanda J(ane) Sillin enumerated in the household of her father John P. Sillin, age 69, in Moulton Township, Auglaize County, California as a white female, age 36, born in Ohio. Also residing in the household were siblings Louisa L., age 19; and William S., age 14. James Richardson, age 17, was also enumerated as a farm hand.

1880 U.S. Census: 2865Amanda Sillin enumerated in the household of her brother-in-law Joseph A. Boyd in Brown Township, Paulding County, Ohio as a white female, 47, sister-in-law, single, housekeeper, born in Ohio, father born in Virginia, mother born in Ohio. Others residing in the household were Amanda's sister Malinda, age 32; and nephew Joseph, age 1. Other household residents were Martha Sillin, age 9, and Cyrenius Sillin, age 24, exact relationship yet to be determined.

1900 U.S. Census:2864 Amanda Sillin enumerated in the household of her brother Servetus Sillin in North Little Rock, Ward 8, Hill Township, Pulaski County, Arkansas as a sister, white, female, born November 1833, age 66, single, born in Ohio, father born in Ohio, mother born in Ohio, can read, can write, can speak English. Others residing in the household were Servetus' wife Harriet as a white, female, born January 1840, age 57, married 39 years, bore 9 children, 8 still living, born in Ohio, father born in Ohio, mother born in Ohio, can read, can write, can speak English; Servetus' daughter Ida as a daughter, white, female, 20, single, born in Ohio, father born in Ohio, mother born in Ohio, can read, can write, can speak English; Servetus' mother-in-law Mary Ritchie as a white, female, 81, widow, born 4 children, 3 still living, born in Ohio, father born in Maryland, mother born in Maryland, can write, can speak English; and Henry Reid as a boarder, white, male, 23, single, born in Arkansas, father born in Tennessee, mother born in Tennessee, laborer, can read, can write, can speak English.