Jefferson Harvey Bess

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt Birth: 1818, (Warren County) Tennessee
• Alt Birth: 1820, (Warren County) Tennessee

Notes:

Carol...I am gg-granddaughter of Wiley Bess and have some info on his family.

His eldest daughter Isabell is the line I'm from.

Don't have anything that would indicate two marriages though.

I have Wiley's birthdate as 14 March 1817 in TN and death 11 April 1883 in Montague Co. TX.

Have a little on Jefferson H. Bess:birth, marriage and death dates and names of five children.

As well as posting this I'll also e-mail you directly...Kaye Eden

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Marriage date for Wiley R. Bess and Susannah Killian: 14 Jan. 1845. From the Central Gazette, Vol. XII, No. 46, Friday, Jan. 24, 1845, page 3, published in McMinnville, TN, as taken from microfilm records at the TN Archives. Kaye Eden

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Wiley married Susanna Killian on 14 Jan 1845 in Warren County, Tennessee. Susanna (daughter of Samuel Cline Killian, Jr. and Lucinda Hill) was born in 1827 in Warren County, Tennessee; died on 9 Jul 1919 in (Gholson, Texas); was buried in Gholson Cemetery, Gholson, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Burial: Dye Mound Cemetery, Montague County, Texas
• Alt Birth: 1822, Tennessee
• Alt Death: 1915, Montague County, Texas

Notes:

Name: Susanna Bess
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1850
Event Place: Warren, Tennessee, United States
Event Place (Original): Warren county, Warren, Tennessee, United States
Sex: Female
Age: 22
Race: White
Birth Year (Estimated): 1828
Birthplace: Tennessee
Schedule Type: 1850 Population
House Number: 602


Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Wily R Bess M 30 Tennessee
Susanna Bess F 22 Tennessee
Isabell Bess F 4 Tennessee
Bravanna Bess F 3 Tennessee
Lucinda J Bess F 1 Tennessee

Household ID: 602
Line Number: 34
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M432
Affiliate Film Number: 898
GS Film Number: 444854
Digital Folder Number: 004206055
Image Number: 00095
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: N01136-1
Record Number: 3736

Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC6S-G8H : 23 December 2020), Susanna Bess in household of Wily R Bess, Warren, Tennessee, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Daughter of Samuel Killian and Lucinda Hill.

Family Members
Spouse
Photo
Wiley Bess
1817–1883

Children
Photo
Lucinda Jane Bess Ledbetter
1849–1934

Photo
Brittania Bess Kimbrell
1850–1910

Photo
Cora Killian Bess Dunn
1853–1923

Bettie Bess Simmons
1856–1932

Photo
Isaac Smith Bess
1859–1939

Photo
Martha Eleanor Bess Caulfield
1862–1925

Photo
Jefferson Harvey Bess
1863–1932

Photo
Josephine Palmira Bess Richardson
1867–1940

Photo
William Carroll Bess
1869–1907

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for more on her antecedents...http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/k/i/r/Kristen-Kirk-vantassle-IL/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0428.html

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Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt Birth: 1780

Notes:

Posted By: Dave Spivey
Email:
Subject: Re: John Bess and Lucinda ?/Researching
Post Date: November 12, 2000 at 18:07:09
Message URL: http://genforum.genealogy.com/bess/messages/217.html
Forum: Bess Family Genealogy Forum
Forum URL: http://genforum.genealogy.com/bess/

Gary, Liz and I have already connected elsewhere. Wiley R. Bess and Susannah Killian are my GGGrandparents on my mothers side. I wanted to put this on in case you hadn't seen it. This is from a book called the Warren County Story by Eugene M. Wisemann.

The Warren County Story

Warren County Tennessee. Clayton Library, Houston Texas. Gen 976.8 W814 Warre Tenn Page 230

Bess Family

John Bess was born between 1780 and 1790 and lived in Spartansburg, South Carolina by 1800. He married Lucinda____, and had 5 known children, the first 4 born in South Carolina, then to Tennessee between 1815 and 1820, and listed in the Warren County Census as John Bass, and in the same census his older son is listed as Bazel Bass. His children were:

(1) Basil (Bazel) Bess, born 1804-06, SC married Polly (Mary) Johnson, born 1787 SC and had a son John born 1834 in Tennessee.

(2) Eli Bess, born abt 1813, married Lear (Lehar/Leah) Florence Killian(m), who was born abt 1816 in North Carolina, daughter of Daniel Killian and sister of Ambrose Killian., they had 16 children: Mary 1833, Nancy 1836, Alias/Alvin/Alice 1843, Wiley 1845; Sarah J 1847; Martha 1849; Lucas 1850; Medley Caroline 1851; Cara (Cora) 1853; Ephenia 1854; Rufus Dock 1856; Andrew Jackson 1857; Cora 1859;

(3) John Bess, born 1815, married Elenza Grundy Hill, born 1822 in Tennessee, daughter of Polly Johnson: 13 children were born of this couple: Euphemia 1837; Cora J. 1839; William Carroll 1846; Israel P (Isabel) 1844; Sarah 1846; Louisa 1846; Louvisa 1849; Mary Ann ‘Polly’ 1851; Andrew Jackson 1853; Chatham 1856; Catherine 1859; Carrie (Cora) 1862, Arwood 1867.

(4) Rose Anna Bess born 1815, S.C.married John L. Roberts, born 1812, S.C. son of Issac Roberts and had 5 children: Malinda J 1839; Wiley Grundy 1841; Dialtha (Dialfa) 1844; Asaline (Azille) 1844; John Wiley 1846; Isaac Washington 1847.

(5) Wiley (Wylie) R. Bess, born abt 1820 in Tennessee, married Susanna or Susan ---born 1827, Tennessee, and had 12 children, the first 3 born in Tennessee, the last born in Arkansas. Isabell 1846; Bravanna 1847; Lucinda J. 1849; Cora 1853; Betty 1856; Dethia 1857; Isaac 1858; Hobson (Lawson) 1860; Martha/Mary 1862; Jefferson 1864; Josephine 1867; William C 1869.

Civil War Info Page 309.
Company ‘H’ 16 Regiment. Included men from both Warren and Grundy Counties
4th Sargent R.B.Bess
Privates. John Bess, Wilen Bess, Russell Bess, Alius Bess. Russell Bess killed in service.

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Bess Family Surname DNA Project - Results... http://www.familytreedna.com/public/bess/default.aspx?section=results

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John married Lucinda Kimberlin(Spartanburg County, South Carolina). Lucinda was born in 1780 in (Spartanburg County, South Carolina); died in 1850. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!NAME: He is a Junior. Jr. is NOT included on the name line as such use can create problems in data exchange between systems.. Jr. is NOT included on the name line as such use can create problems in data exchange between systems
!Residence: A note says he went to Texas.
!Mar: The NC History says he married a Miss BARNES.
!Name: RIN 8367 gives all the children the name Killion, but their children back to Killian. He also give a daughter (w/no name) first and adds a Lawson Killion b 1837 in Warren, TN. He also skips the last two children I had.
!INFO-IN: from Theo Kenneth Bailey RIN19547 says there was also a daughter Susanna and that Melchizedek was born 13 Jul 1823. Apr 2007 Gene KILLIAN RIN 19821 also states there is a Susanna Killian who married a Wiley R. BESS, she born abt 1827 in Warren Co, TN, and died 9 Jul 1919, burial Gholson Cem (where?).
!DEATH: May have drowned while drunk in 1845

Samuel married Lucinda Hill in 1823 in Warren County, Tennessee. Lucinda (daughter of Henry John Alexander Hill and Susannah Swales) was born in 1803 in McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Andreas Killian
Descendants Historical Association
(AKDHA)

Celebrating Our Heritage Since 1935
Incorporated Public Charity Since 2009


Andreas's Known Children Margaret Leonard John Jean Crate Andrew George Catherine Daniel Samuel Christianna Elizabeth


Andreas's Known Forefathers Andreas Kilian, Sr. Georg Kilian, Jr. Georg Kilian, Sr. Sebastian Kilian


Samuel C. KILLIAN son of Andreas Killian

Samuel Killian, the second child of Andreas Killian and second wife Mary Beaver/Cline’s 4 children. Maiden name of Mary needs more research as to ascertain the correct name. Samuel was born about 1756, based on what information we now have, in a part of Lincoln County which later became Catawba County, North Carolina. Samuel is named in his father's will along with his brother Daniel, to provide for their mother, whose name was Mary, and was to share with Daniel, one half of Andreas' land. In 1778 when Samuel Killian was about age 22 he signed a petition for their area in Burke County to become a part of Tyron County. In about 1784, he married Barbara Hager and together they had 10 children. According to the Lincoln County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of January 3, 1808 it shows where Barbara and David Killian were granted letters of administration of the estate of Samuel Killian, deceased. Samuel Killian's estate was divided in 1813 (Lincoln NC DB 25 p206-211) and his minor children had guardians appointed, or chose guardians that year (a minor age-14 or over could choose a guardian, according to Kathy Sullivan). This lets us assume that Samuel died sometime in late 1807 and probable bury in Old St. Paul’s Lutheran Church along with his brother Leonhard. When he died, Catawba County did not exist. It was organized in 1842 from land previously a part of Lincoln County. Therefore, Old St. Paul's Lutheran Church, which is now in Catawba County, was, at the time of Samuel's death, located in Lincoln County.



In the 1768 tax list by William T. Cole, Andrew Killian had 4-taxables, three white 'polls' and one Negro male (age-12 or above). It’s presume that the three 'polls' were Andrew (Andreas), George, and Daniel. Samuel would have been under age 18 and not counted (b.abt1756). This evidently was before either George or Daniel (1787) married. In 1787, Samuel was bondsman for his brothers Daniel's marriage to Osly Baker. In 1796, Samuel witnessed the will of Margaret Killian, wife of his brother Leonard. In 1804, Samuel, along with others, was appointed by the Lincoln County court to divide the land of William Whittenburg, deceased, among his children. Samuel Killian was taxed in Lincoln County, NC in 1805 (Jacob Cline's District) 1-white poll & 546 acres.



Samuel Killian served as a Captain in the militia during the American Revolution Based on information in the Southern Campaigns of the American Revolutions website. He was probably 'elected' as Capt. of his militia unit by the other members and not necessarily appointed as a regular army officer.



Charles Baker United States under General Charles McDowell whose brother Joseph was the Col., Sammie Killian was the Capt. and Joseph McDowell a cousin of the Colonel's was the ...



Elias Baker in the second service - and that Beall [Bull?] Baker& Samuel Killian were of his mess in the third service- That he was born in …



S7485 Andrew Shook he served a campaign against said Indians in the company commanded by Captain Samuel Killian in the regiment of Colonel Joseph McDowell in the expedition commanded by General Charles ...]



His father Andreas and brothers John and Leonhard also served in Captain Samuel Corbin's Militia. Fifty six members of Captain Samuel Corbin's Militia are known to have settled in present day Lincoln and Gaston Counties, North Carolina. In the listing found on the below website, all fifty six are given, and numbered 1 through 56, and each man's number may be located on the map to ascertain just where they settled.


The children of Samuel and Mary Killian are: Elizabeth, who married William Herman; Sallie, who married John Gross; David who married first Catherine Cline, second, Christiana Deitz, and third wife was Parthenia Cartwright; William, who married first Elizabeth Bost, second, Orlenia last name unknown; Frederick, who married first, Anne Gross, second, Catherine Lutz; Barbara, who married David Bost; Polly, who married Daniel Herman; Samuel, who married Lucinda Hill; Joseph, who married Regina Bolick; and Andrew, who married Sophie or Sophia Reece.

Five of Samuel's children are found in Warren and Grundy County, Tennessee and Dade County, Georgia. They are Sallie Gross, in Grundy County, William, Elizabeth Bost, Samuel Jr., in Warren County and David who went from Dade County, Georgia to Clark County, Arkansas between 1850 and 1860.

The above information comes from research done by Wayne Milam, Gene Killian and William L Hines.

For more information on the descendents of Samuel C Killian, check Wayne Setzer's Family webpage at:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wlsetzer/fam_killian/index.htm

Contact Andreas Killian Descendants Historical Association, Inc.
andreaskillian1702@gmail.com

Website by:
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Note:
T.D. Killian (who did research in about the 1940s in GA) adds Daniel after David and omits Barbara from the children. Another source said that he had 6 sons and 4 daughters.

Batch 7422704 sheet 76 Library Call 935152 indicates will was 28 Dec 1813 in Lincoln, NC
RIN 13268 gives birth as abt 1757
RIN 4027 gives birth as 1760
!Marr: Old St. Paul's Church
!Bur: Old St. Paul's Church
!CHILDREN: William T has been called the 4th child by others
!MARRIAGE: See also Another marriage between these two people wich shows many of the same children, but not all are identical. Probably they got mixed up when making some match and merge between two Sallie Killians.

Samuel married Barbara Hager in 0___ 1784 in Newton, North Carolina. Barbara was born in ~ 1760 in Lincoln County, North Carolina; died after 1813 in Lincoln County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Came to Warren County, circa 1802...Wes Dodson

*Note of interest on Henry J. A. Hill; He was walking on boards over a hot tar pit as a teenager when a board broke, causing one leg and foot to be severely burned. His leg was left twisted and scarred for life and finally in his later years, in 1825, it was amputated. He died nine days later, July 30, 1825, at the age of 51.

He is buried in Center Hill Cemetery. His wife Susannah is buried beside him, and his paramour, Polly Johnston, is buried at the foot of his grave. Nothing is known of Polly's background, parents, or place of birth.

Henry married Susannah Swales on 6 Jan 1796 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. Susannah was born on 31 Dec 1767; died on 23 Sep 1846 in Warren County, Tennessee; was buried in Hill Graveyard, McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 4 Oct 1732, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Residence: 0___ 1747, North Carolina
• Will: 22 Sep 1785
• Probate: 0___ 1788

Notes:

Notes for Andreas Killian:

Andreas came over from Germany on the ship Adventure in 1732 with his First wife and three children. They settled in Reamstown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.


[Photo of Andreas Killian memorial in Catawba County, NC, by Guyline Woodlee]

"Our pioneer ancestor came from Germany on the ship Adventure, landing at Philadelphia where he took the oath of allegiance September 23, 1732. He came to North Carolina about 1747 and later established a home about two miles northwest of here."

[Photo of Meeting House, Catawba County, NC, by Guyline Woodlee]

"This tablet is dedicated to the glory of god and to commemorate the unbroken record of the preaching of the gospel of our lord Jesus Christ on or near this site since 1757 A.D. This church known as Old St. Paul's Church, First known as the "Dutch Meeting House" is the mother church of most of the reformed and Lutheran churches of Western North Carolina."

More About Andreas Killian:
Immigration: October 04, 1732, Ship Adventure Landed in Philadelphia.

Immigration:
on the "Adventurer"

Andreas married Mary Cline after 1742 in Lincoln County, North Carolina. Mary was born in ~ 1700 in Lincoln County, North Carolina; died on 22 Sep 1785 in Lincolnton, Lincoln County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt Birth: ~ 1735, Lincoln County, North Carolina

Notes:

Mary Beaver Killian formerly Cline
Born about 1700 in Lincoln, NC
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of Andreas Killian — married after 1742 in Lincoln County, North Carolina
DESCENDANTS descendants
Mother of Christina (Killian) Dobson, Daniel Killian, Samuel Cline Killian and Elizabeth (Killian) Houck
Died 22 Sep 1785 in Lincoln, NC

Biography

Mary was born about 1700. Mary Cline married Andreas Killian after his first wife died around 1742.[1] ... She passed away in 1785. [2]

Andreas Killian married Magdalena Fischer in 1722.
Second marriage to Cline. Following from The History of the Killian Family in North Carolina, by J. Yates Killian, published 1939-40. AKDHA:
Pioneer Andrew Killian in all probability was married twice. It appears that Daniel and Samuel were the sons of his second marriage, as he in his will made provision that these two sons were to provide amply for his wife, whose name was Mary. It is supposed that she was a Miss Cline, as we found that Samuel sometimes signed his name Samuel C. Killian. The old pioneer also divided all his land equally between these two sons. The supposition is that he had given other consideration to the other children, no doubt before he bought this Clark’s Creek land.
Samuel Killian, the second child of Andreas Killian and second wife Mary Beaver/Cline’s 4 children. Maiden name of Mary needs more research as to ascertain the correct name. (from AKDHA: Samuel)
In his will made provision that these two sons were to provide amply for his wife, whose name was Mary. It is supposed that she was a Miss Cline, as we found that Samuel sometimes signed his name Samuel C. Killian
This profile is a collaborative work-in-progress. Can you contribute information or sources?

Sources

? original date of marriage entered with profile was around 1720
? Profile created by Holleen Pinkley, Monday, July 28, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.
AKDHA: Andreas Killian Descendants Historical Association

!Marr: This is believed to be a second wife; he may have been a widower when he came to America. See my book on the Killian family for more information.
One note indicated her name might have been KLEIN. Others have given BEAVER as her name. Ed KILLIAN RIN 4634 (who has made an extensive study of George, son of Andreas KILLIAN RIN 51) believes her name in German was Maria Bieber Klein or anglicized to Mary Beaver Cline.
!Birth: was given as about 1700 to correspond with his age. This is unlikely if the children are hers.

I removed the birth year

!ANCESTRY: may include Mathias BIEBER (BEAVER) and his wife Susannah.

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