Rachel (Ann) Wilcher

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt Birth: 1799, North Carolina
• Residence: 1870, Warren County, Tennessee
• Will: 15 Aug 1878, Warren County, Tennessee

Notes:

Excerpts from the will of Rachel Wilcher Hennessee...

August 15, 1878

(2) My executor to set up tombstones, at grave of my husband P.S.Hennessee; also a set for my grave;

to my grandson Philander Hennessee,

granddaughters Rachel Elvira, Mary Ann, Laura, Melvina, Phebee and Cornelia Hennessee,

daughter Nancy Gillentine,

grandson Mortimer Pursley,

equal shares to Nancy Gillentine, Sallie Frezell, Rachel Turner, Paralee Dalton's heirs,

Archibald Hennessee's oldest children Ezekiel, Joseph, Rachel Elizabeth, Virginia Lawrence and Alexander Hennessee;

James Hennessee's heirs P.E.Hennessee, Andy Hennessee, Mortimer Hennessee and Milly Hennessee.

Witnesses: Alexander Harrison and James Barnes.

Signed: Rachel Hennessee

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What is her relationship to Sallie Wilcher...niece? Been looking for her link to the WILCHER line and am still befuddled...DAH

I speculate her grandfather to be, Archibald Elihu Wilcher, as her first male-child was so named...DAH

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Birth:
Map & History of Burke County, North Carolina http://bit.ly/Rd17uM

Died:
Map & History of Warren County, Tennessee... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_County,_Tennessee and

Buried:
View the Old Hennessee Cemetery... http://www.tngennet.org/warren/cemeteries/Hen.html

Rachel married Patrick S(amuel) "Paddy" Hennessee in (~1818) in (Warren County, Tennessee). Patrick (son of James Hennessee and Sarah "Sallie" Wilcher) was born on 23 May 1796 in Burke County, North Carolina; died in 1860 in Warren County, Tennessee; was buried in Old Hennessee Cemetery, Warren County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. James C. Hennessee was born on 15 Dec 1818 in Warren County, Tennessee; died on 11 Mar 1862 in Warren County, Tennessee; was buried in Old Hennessee Cemetery, Warren County, Tennessee.
2. Archibald Hugh Hennessee was born in 1821 in Warren County, Tennessee; died on 10 Jul 1884 in Warren County, Tennessee; was buried in Old Hennessee Cemetery, Warren County, Tennessee.
3. Harriet Hennessee was born in 1823-1824 in Warren County, Tennessee; died on 27 Jan 1885 in Warren County, Tennessee; was buried in Shellsford Cemetery, 121 Bottoms Road, McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee 37111.
4. Nancy Amanda Hennessee was born on 1 Oct 1825 in Warren County, Tennessee; died on 19 May 1907 in Warren County, Tennessee; was buried in Shellsford Cemetery, 121 Bottoms Road, McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee 37111.
5. William Thomas "Thomas" Hennessee was born in 1834 in Warren County, Tennessee; died in 0Nov 1868 in Warren County, Tennessee; was buried in Old Hennessee Cemetery, Warren County, Tennessee.
6. (Phoebe Hennessee) was born in 1838 in (Warren County) Tennessee.
7. William Mortimer Hennessee was born in 1841 in Warren County, Tennessee.
8. Obediah Hennessee was born in 1843 in Warren County, Tennessee; died before 1857 in (Warren County, Tennessee).