Thomas Jefferson Smith

Thomas married Melissa L. Watson(Warren County, Tennessee). Melissa (daughter of John C. Watson and Franzina LNU) was born on 7 Jan 1874 in (Warren County) Tennessee; died on 9 Apr 1937 in Warren County, Tennessee; was buried in Shellsford Cemetery, 121 Bottoms Road, McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee 37111. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Hugh V. Smith was born on 22 Sep 1915 in Warren County, Tennessee; died on 11 Sep 1967 in Warren County, Tennessee; was buried in Shellsford Cemetery, 121 Bottoms Road, McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee 37111.
2. Ray Smith was born in Warren County, Tennessee.
3. Mrs. Roberta Haley was born in Warren County, Tennessee.
4. Fluella Smith was born in Warren County, Tennessee.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: farmer
• Alt Birth: 1 Oct 1838, Tennessee
• Residence: 0___ 1860, Warren County, Tennessee
• Alt Death: 9 Sep 1923, Warren County, Tennessee

Notes:

He is enumerated in the 1860 Warren County Census in the household of Thomas Myers. There is no mention of his other family members...DAH

Allen married Mary Jane Pursley. Mary (daughter of Alexander L. "Alex" Pursley and Mary Jane Lusby) was born on 4 Nov 1842 in Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee; died on 16 Sep 1922 in Warren County, Tennessee; was buried in Shellsford Cemetery, 121 Bottoms Road, McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee 37111. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth: Nov. 4, 1842
Bradley County
Tennessee, USA
Death: Sep. 16, 1922
Warren County
Tennessee, USA


Family links:
Parents:
Alexander L. Pursley (1814 - 1885)

Spouse:
Allen Leonard Smith (1838 - 1923)*

Siblings:
Elizabeth Pursley Mowery (1836 - 1911)*
Sarah A Pursley Mayo (1841 - 1916)*
Mary Jane Pursley Smith (1842 - 1922)
Martha A Pursley Mowery (1845 - 1929)*
Thomas Pursley (1853 - 1925)*

Notes:

Married:
(not listed in Warren Co.,TN 1852-1900)

Notes:

September 15, 2016:

I searched the 1850 Warren County Census records and did not find this family ... DAH

I searched the 1860 Warren County Census records and did not find this family with the exception of Allen ... DAH

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Birth: unknown
Death: unknown


Burial:
Shellsford Cemetery
McMinnville
Warren County
Tennessee, USA

Edward married Tabitha Blaylock(Tennessee). Tabitha was born in ~ 1800 in Tennessee; died in ~ 1860 in Warren County, Tennessee; was buried in Shellsford Cemetery, 121 Bottoms Road, McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee 37111. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Blaylocks of Middle Tennessee


Hello. My name is Jessie Blalock. I used to maintain a website which attempted to comprehensively cover all of the Blalocks, Blaylocks, and Blailocks in the USA. However, it soon became an overwhelming task, and I got "burnt-out" on Blalocks. Now I have passed the "online Blalock research" mantle on to cousin Ferman out in California, who is doing a fine job with his own Blalock website. Be sure to pay him a visit at his "mini-tour" site.


Blalock is a very old Southern American name; most of us are descended from the man named Thomas Blacklock who came to live in Accomac Co., Virginia about 1623, a few years after the Jamestown settlement began. Thomas' offspring followed the "classic" Southern migration patterns, living in Virginia and North Carolina during Colonial times, and then moving further south and west after the American Revolution.


There is no "correct" spelling of this name. I do not use the "y", but some of my ancestors did use it. The family originated in Cumberland County, England, and most contemporary Englishmen are predominately Blaylocks. In the USA, the usage is split about 50/50, and is largely dependent on regional preferences. For example, almost all Blalocks in North Carolina (which is the state with the largest population according to the Social Security Death Index database) do NOT use the "y". However, several other states, such as Texas and Arkansas, overwhelmingly use the "y". In Tennessee, the Sevier Co and Hardeman Co. branches do not use the "y", but the middle Tennessee branches do use it.


I am descended from the Tennessee Blaylocks. There were three main settlements of Blalocks in Tennessee: In the East, the Sevier/Knox County branches are descended from Jeremiah Blalock and Nancy Maples. In the West live the descendants of Jesse Blalock and Rosanna Lee, in and around Hardeman County. And in the middle part of the state there are three sub-branches.


Three men came to Middle Tennesse from North Carolina between 1820 and 1840, and they are the ancestors of the many Blaylocks and Blalocks who now populate the Cumberland region and the Sequatchie Valley, which includes Bledsoe, Putnam, Sequatchie, Rhea and White Counties. Two of those men, McLean Blalock and Hubbard Blaylock, are my great-great-great grandfathers. They and the third man, William Stewart Blaylock, may have been brothers or first cousins. Regardless, they were undoubtedly related to each other in some manner.

Hubbard Blaylock was in Bledsoe Co. by the time of the 1830 census; in 1840 he was living next door to William Blaylock, and by the 1850 census Mclean had also arrived, living at that time in the household of William. In the 1860 census Hubbard and William's son Anderson were living in the part of Bledsoe County that had become part of the newly-created Cumberland County, while Mclean and his offspring remained in Bledsoe County proper.


The 1880 census for Cumberland County listed six different Bla(y)lock households including Tempy, the widow of Hubbard, living with her stepdaughter Parthenia; her son Michael and his wife and children, plus two of Michael's sons, Giles and Thomas with their wives and children. Anderson was still there with a large household, and his son William had just started his own family

Bledsoe County in 1880 included the households of Mclean's two sons Jesse and Thomas F., plus that of Hubbard's son Richard, and Hubbard's grandson William. Over in Putnam County we find a John Blaylock, son of William and brother of Anderson.


By the time of the 1900 census there were numerous Bla(y)lock households in the region: 7 in Bledsoe County, 5 in Cumberland County, 8 in Putnam County, 2 in Sequatchie County, and 4 in White County. Almost all of them were descendants of the three original settlers in the region.


Descendant Report for Hubbard Blaylock

Descendant Report for McLean Blalock

Descendant Report for William Stewart Blaylock


Visit the official pages for:

Bledsoe County
Cumberland County
Putnam County
Sequatchie County
Other Counties


Other Links

Blalock Resources at Rootsweb
GenForum Blaylock Board
GenForum Blalock Board
Cyndi's List - Tennessee
Rootsweb Tennessee Resources
Ferman's Blalock Genealogy Site

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Birth: unknown
Death: unknown


Burial:
Shellsford Cemetery
McMinnville
Warren County
Tennessee, USA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: farmer
• Alt Birth: 0___ 1807, Tennessee

Notes:

Alex Pursley married Jane Lusby in Knox County, Tenn. on Nov. 15, 1833. In 1840, they were living in Bradley County, Tenn.

In 1850, the family was still living in Bradley County. There were nine children in the household: Catherine, Elizabeth, Addison, Sarah A., Mary Jane, Martha A., John, James, and Margaret. Another son, Thomas, was born in 1853.

Sometime in the early 1850's they relocated to McMinnville, Tenn. Jane died there between 1853 and 1858. There is a headstone in Shellsford Cemetery that reads "Mary Jane Pursley" with no dates. This is most probably Jane Lusby Pursley's final resting place.

Three of their daughters married into the Mowery family in Bradley County: Catherine marr. Peter Wesley Mowery; Elizabeth marr. Samuel Mowery; Martha marr. William S. Mowery. (Martha is my great-grandmother.)

After Jane's death, Alex married Harriett Hennessee in Warren County on July 18, 1858. One son, William Morton, was born to them.


Family links:
Spouses:
Mary Jane Pursley
Harriet Hennessee Smith (____ - 1885)*

Children:
Elizabeth Pursley Mowery (1836 - 1911)*
Sarah A Pursley Mayo (1841 - 1916)*
Mary Jane Pursley Smith (1842 - 1922)*
Martha A Pursley Mowery (1845 - 1929)*
Thomas Pursley (1853 - 1925)*
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After the death of his first wife, Jane, Alexander moved to Warren Co. ...DAH

Alexander married Mary Jane Lusby on 13 Nov 1833 in Knox County, Tennessee. Mary was buried in Shellsford Cemetery, 121 Bottoms Road, McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee 37111. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]