Christopher David Blevins

FNU married Kelly McGee. Kelly (daughter of Larry Harold McGee and Charlotte Ann Brown) was born in Hamilton County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Larry Harold McGee, 83, of East Brainerd passed away Sunday, December 16, 2018.

Born in McMinnville, Larry moved to Chattanooga at the age of 12.

He was a former Supervisor with Retail Credit Company (now Equifax) in the Chattanooga Office and in 1969 joined the advertising staff of the Chattanooga Times working as an Account Representative before moving in the role as Manager of National Advertising of the East Division of Retail Advertising.

He retired from the Chattanooga Times Free Press as a major account representative after 27 years of service.

Larry was a member of Tyner United Methodist Church where he served on the Administrative Board, was a Past President of the United Methodist Men, and a member of the Margaret Pennington Sunday School Class. He was also a member of the Northeast Camp of Gideons International and Brainerd Masonic Lodge #736.

He was preceded in death by his parents Harold and Iris McGee; sister, Dinah Wanamaker; brothers-in-law, Grant Craven and Joe Kinser.

He is survived by his beloved wife of 51 years, Rose Ellis McGee; son, Marty (Dr. Laurie) McGee, Ringgold, GA; daughter, Kelly Davis, Boynton Beach, FL; grandchildren, Will (Cindy) McGee and Katie (Asten) Sullivan, both of Ringgold, GA, Josh McGee, Marietta, GA and Christopher Blevins, Ringgold, GA; great grandchildren, Grady Sullivan, Josie Sullivan, Avery Rose McGee and Madi McGee all of Ringgold, GA; sister, Carla Craven, brother, Dennis McGee; brother-in-law, Wade Wanamaker all of McMinnville, TN; sisters-in-law, Mary Jo Kinser, Marietta, GA and Joyce (Phillip) Kolbe, Port Charlotte, FL; several nephews and nieces.

Funeral services will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. in the funeral home chapel with Rev. Glenn Moseley and Rev. Charlie Harrison officiating. Burial will follow at Hamilton Memorial Gardens with Will McGee, Josh McGee, Asten Sullivan, David Cooper, Joe Kinser, Jr., Mark Griggs, and Wade Wanamaker serving as pallbearers.

Visit www.heritagechattanooga.com to share condolences to Larry’s family and view his memorial tribute.

Memorial contributions may be made to Gideons International, Hospice of Chattanooga, or the Building Program at Tyner United Methodist Church.

Family Members
Parents
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Albert Harold McGee
1914–1994

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Iris Grace Bouldin McGee
1915–2003

Siblings
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Dinah Gail McGee Wanamaker
1948–2017

end of profile

Letter from Larry, May 8,1991:

Larry McGee employed 21 years with the Chattanooga Times and the Chattanooga News-Free Press.

Wife, Rose, employed 32 years with the University of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service.

Resides in Chattanooga,TN.

end of note

Larry married Charlotte Ann Brown(Warren County, Tennessee). Charlotte was born in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Retired Contractor

Notes:

According to Larry his mother and father married each other on three separate occasions!

Albert was elected five times to the Warren Co. Commission.

Albert married Iris Grace Bouldin in 1934 in Warren County, Tennessee. Iris (daughter of William Elisha "Billy" Bouldin and Mary Lenora Elizabeth "Nora" Hillis) was born on 1 Jul 1916 in Warren County, Tennessee; died in 2003; was buried in Smyrna Cemetery, Irving College, Warren County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Bert Hennessee, my father, nicknamed Iris, "Arsh-Tater" when they were school
together and Iris said it aggravated her to no end...DAH

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: farmer

George married Nancy Lee "Lee" Hennessee on 18 Nov 1909 in Warren County, Tennessee. Nancy (daughter of Patrick Earl "Poss" Hennessee and Margaret S(arah) McGregor) was born on 20 Aug 1877 in Warren County, Tennessee; died on 22 Jul 1932 in (Warren County) Tennessee; was buried in Smyrna Cemetery, Irving College, Warren County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
,by H.T.McGregor,JP

William married Mary Lenora Elizabeth "Nora" Hillis on 25 Dec 1902 in (Warren County, Tennessee). Mary (daughter of James Alexander "Jot" Hillis and Martha Argo) was born on 8 May 1886 in (Warren County, Tennessee); died on 7 Aug 1931 in (Warren County) Tennessee; was buried in New Union Cemetery, Warren County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: farmer

Elza married Victoria Harrison on 16 Nov 1879 in Warren County, Tennessee. Victoria (daughter of Alexander "Alex" Harrison and Emmaline "Babe" Cunningham) was born on 8 Nov 1858 in Warren County, Tennessee; died on 24 Sep 1884 in Warren County, Tennessee; was buried in Shellsford Cemetery, 121 Bottoms Road, McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee 37111. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
,by S.M.Hennessee, J.P.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer & Carpenter

Notes:

One of the first directors of the First National Bank.

FindaGrave.org cites Shellsford Cemetery...DAH

Patrick married Margaret S(arah) McGregor on 5 Jul 1866 in Warren County, Tennessee. Margaret (daughter of Jehu McGregor and Sarah "Sallie" Dodson) was born on 14 Nov 1845 in Warren County, Tennessee; died on 9 Apr 1907 in Warren County, Tennessee; was buried in Smyrna Cemetery, Irving College, Warren County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Daughter of Jehu & Sallie (Dodson) McGregor
First wife of Patrick Earl Hennessee married July 5, 1866

Notes:

Married:
,by Daniel Wiseman,JP

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: farmer

Charles married Lucinda Beshears on 16 Nov 1879 in Warren County, Tennessee. Lucinda was born on 15 Jun 1863 in Warren County, Tennessee; died on 3 Jan 1947 in Warren County, Tennessee; was buried in Smyrna Cemetery, Irving College, Warren County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: owns farm

James married Martha Argo on 15 Sep 1891 in Warren County, Tennessee. Martha (daughter of Robert B. Argo and Mary Ann McGee) was born on 30 Jul 1860 in Warren County, Tennessee; died on 7 Mar 1926 in Warren County, Tennessee; was buried in Shellsford Cemetery, 121 Bottoms Road, McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee 37111. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
,by WS Paine,MG

Martin married Elizabeth "Betsy" Wiseman on 2 Nov 1855 in Warren County, Tennessee. Elizabeth (daughter of Daniel Wiseman and Eleanor "Nellie" Harrison) was born on 1 Jun 1839 in Warren County, Tennessee; died on 14 Sep 1914 in Warren County, Tennessee; was buried in Shellsford Cemetery, 121 Bottoms Road, McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee 37111. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
issued in Warren Co.,TN - licensed not returned

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: farmer

Alexander married Emmaline "Babe" Cunningham on 8 Nov 1859 in Warren County, Tennessee. Emmaline (daughter of Elisha David Cunningham and Sarah "Sallie" Hayes) was born in 1839 in Warren County, Tennessee; died in 1943 in (Bell County, Texas); was buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Temple, Bell County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
,by C.M.Forrest,MG

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Military: CSA Veteran
• Residence: 1860, Warren County, Tennessee

Notes:

Excerpted from, "The Military Annals of Tennessee Confederates", by Lindsley,p. 486:

"Was a private under Captain C. M. Forrest, Company "B" (Warren Co.), 35th Tennessee Infantry, CSA."

Cited only that he died. No date or place given.

He could he have been the father of the unidentified Josiah Hennessee who married the sister of Margaret McGregor who married Patrick Hennessee?

23 Mar 2011

To view the old "Hennesse Cemetery", go to http://www.tngennet.org/warren/cemeteries/Hen.html

end of commentary

James C Hennessee
BIRTH 15 Dec 1818
DEATH 11 Mar 1862 (aged 43)
BURIAL
Hennessee Cemetery
Warren County, Tennessee, USA
MEMORIAL ID 18808097 · View Source: Created by: Donna Reed McBride
Added: 7 Apr 2007

Spouse

Maxey Dodson Hennessee
1824–1899

Children
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Patrick Earl Hennessee
1846–1924

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Rachel Anne Hennessee
1847–1883

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James Thomas Hennessee
1855–1943

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Mary Jane Hennessee
1858–1876

William M. Hennessee
1860–1881

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Millie Agnes Hennessee Bottoms
1863–1902

end of profile

Military:
Excerpted from, "The Military Annals of Tennessee Confederates", by Lindsley,p. 486:

"Was a private under Captain C. M. Forrest, Company "B" (Warren Co.), 35th Tennessee Infantry, CSA."

Residence:
enumerated in his father's household and his wife & childrent are not cited...

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

James married Maxa "Maxie" Dodson in (~1845) in (Warren County) Tennessee. Maxa (daughter of Elijah "Grandsir" Dodson and Sarah "Sallie" McGregor) was born on 18 Mar 1824 in Warren County, Tennessee; died on 17 Aug 1899 in Warren County, Tennessee; was buried in Old Hennessee Cemetery, Warren County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

To view the old "Hennesse Cemetery", go to http://www.tngennet.org/warren/cemeteries/Hen.html

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: farmer

Notes:

A member of "Rocky River Baptist Church", Warren County, Tennessee in 1828 ... http://www.combs-families.org/combs/records/tn/warren/church.htm

Jehu married Sarah "Sallie" Dodson in (~1820) in (Warren County) Tennessee. Sarah (daughter of Elder Jesse Buford Dodson, Sr. and Ruth Dodson) was born in 1800 in (Grainger County) Tennessee; died in ~1870 in Warren County, Tennessee; was buried in Smyrna Cemetery, Irving College, Warren County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A member of "Rocky River Baptist Church", Warren County, Tennessee in 1828 ... http://www.combs-families.org/combs/records/tn/warren/church.htm

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: cooper

William married Jemima Williams in 1849 in (Tennessee). Jemima (daughter of William Williams, Sr. and Elizabeth McGregor) was born in 1832 in Tennessee; was buried in Centerhill Cemetery, Warren County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: widower

James married Louisa Jane "Jane" Tosh on 28 Feb 1852 in Van Buren County, Tennessee. Louisa (daughter of Tasco Tosh and Almira "Mira" England) was born on 9 Mar 1829 in (Van Buren County, Tennessee); died on 23 Dec 1899 in (Van Buren County, Tennessee); was buried in White Hill Cemetery, Van Buren County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: farmer-school

Robert married Mary Ann McGee. Mary (daughter of Clendenon "Clint" McGee and Martha England) was born on 10 Feb 1833 in Warren County, Tennessee; died on 22 Mar 1914 in Warren County, Tennessee; was buried in Shellsford Cemetery, 121 Bottoms Road, McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee 37111. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: farmer

Notes:

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

Notes:

Name: Martha Mc Gee
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1850
Event Place: Warren county, Warren, Tennessee, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 42
Race: White
Race (Original): undefined
Birth Year (Estimated): 1808
Birthplace: Tennessee
Household ID: 439
House Number: 439
Line Number: 13
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: 00072


Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Lucy Forrest undefined F 66 Virginia
Martha Mc Gee undefined F 42 Tennessee
John Mc Gee undefined M 25 Tennessee
Joseph Mc Gee undefined M 19 Tennessee
Mary A Mc Gee undefined F 17 Tennessee
Martin Mc Gee undefined M 13 Tennessee
James Mc Gee undefined M 11 Tennessee
Archibald C Mc Gee undefined M 8 Tennessee
William Tell Mc Gee undefined M 6 Tennessee
Martha C Mc Gee undefined F 3 Tennessee
Elizabeth Mitchael undefined F 68 Virginia
Richard Forrest undefined M 67 North Carolina



Citing this Record:
"United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MC69-PH7 : accessed 02 Jun 2014), Martha Mc Gee in household of Lucy Forrest, Warren county, Warren, Tennessee, United States; citing family 439, NARA microfilm publication M432.

Clendenon married Martha England in 1823 in Warren County, Tennessee. Martha (daughter of Joseph England and Lucy Wilcher) was born on 13 Jun 1807 in (Warren County) Tennessee; died on 5 May 1889 in Warren County, Tennessee; was buried in Shellsford Cemetery, 121 Bottoms Road, McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee 37111. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Baptist Preacher

Daniel married Eleanor "Nellie" Harrison in (C. 1838) in (Warren County) Tennessee. Eleanor (daughter of Audley M. Harrison and Anna Elizabeth "Elizabeth" Dennis) was born on 23 Mar 1818 in Warren County, Tennessee; died on 18 Mar 1888 in Warren County, Tennessee; was buried in Shellsford Cemetery, 121 Bottoms Road, McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee 37111. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 5 Jun 1794
• Will: 28 Nov 1852, Warren County, Tennessee

Notes:

Excerpted from The Warren County Genealogical Association, Volume II, Winter 1993, Number Four, p. 29, article written by Mary Barnes,

"In 1814 some of the Harrison's neighbors in Blue Springs Cove were the Douglass, Eddy, Campbell, Charles and Dennis families. In 1825 they were the Mayfield, Widow Hitchcock, Hennessee, Higgenbotham, Kennedy, Martin and the Hawk families on the south side of the mountain in Hawk's Cove were the Hopkins, Rogers, McGregor, and Groves families.

In the acts of the legislature of 1817, Peter Hoodenpyl, Samuel Terry and William Rainey were authorized to open a turnpike from the foot of Cumberland Mountain in Sequatchie Valley, to the foot of the mountain in Warren County, on the most direct route from Pikeville to McMinnville. Obediah Jennings was appointed "Commishioner of View". Toll to be for each wagon, 8-team, 75 cents. Cart and driver 50 cents each, man and horse or mule 12 1/2 cents. Each loose horse 3 cents, cattle 2 cents, hogs or sheep each 1 cent.

This road afterwards known as the Harrison Ferry Road, the tradition being told that Audley Harrison won the road in a card game with William Rainey. It has alway been told that Harrison always had his opponents to sit in such a position that his wife could see the cards which his opponents held, while she sat at the spinning wheel, supposedly busy at her spinning. She would signal Harrison by the way she turned the wheel, so that he knew what was in the other man's hand. This road is now State Highway No. 8.

One of the Harrison men killed Mike Grove. It was a squabble about property, he left home and went to Texas. Audley Harriosn lived at the foot of the mountain just above his ferry. He was the ferryman and carried people across the Collins River in a long boat,the boat was attached to a steel cable that was anchored on both sides of the river.


Audley and some of his family are buried in a private plot at Shellsford Cemetery in Warren County, Tennessee."

Birth:
orginally known as "Jeffersonville"...

Map of Tazewell ... http://www.mapquest.com/us/va/tazewell

Audley married Elizabeth Grove(Warren County, Tennessee). Elizabeth (daughter of John Grove and Sara LNU) was born in 0___ 1804 in Warren County, Tennessee; died in (Warren County) Tennessee; was buried in Shellsford Cemetery, 121 Bottoms Road, McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee 37111. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Alt Birth: 1808, Tennessee

Notes:

Name: Elisha Cunningham
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1850
Event Place: Warren county, Warren, Tennessee, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 40
Race: White
Birth Year (Estimated): 1810
Birthplace: Tennessee
House Number: 436


Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Elisha Cunningham M 40 Tennessee
Sally Cunningham F 40 Tennessee
Julia A Cunningham F 18 Tennessee
Joseph A Cunningham M 16 Tennessee
Miria P Cunningham F 14 Tennessee
Mary J Cunningham F 14 Tennessee
Nancy E Cunningham F 10 Tennessee
John W Cunningham M 9 Tennessee
William J Cunningham M 7 Tennessee
Sarah A Cunningham F 6 Tennessee
Samuel T Cunningham M 2 Tennessee

Household ID: 436
Line Number: 28
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: 00071

Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC69-P4V : 12 April 2016), Samuel T Cunningham in household of Elisha Cunningham, Warren county, Warren, Tennessee, United States; citing family 436, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

en d of this census record

Name: E D Cunningham
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1860
Event Place: Warren, Tennessee, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 52
Race: White
Race (Original): [Blank]
Birth Year (Estimated): 1808
Birthplace: Tennessee
Page: 134


Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
E D Cunningham M 52 Tennessee
Sarah Cunningham F 50 Tennessee
John Cunningham M 19 Tennessee
William Cunningham M 17 Tennessee
Sarah Cunningham F 15 Tennessee
Saml Cunningham M 12 Tennessee
James Cunningham M 9 Tennessee
Richard Cunningham M 5 Tennessee
Anderson Hennessee M 25 Tennessee
Medred Hennessee F 2 Tennessee

Household ID: 991
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M653
Affiliate Film Number: 1274
GS Film Number: 805274
Digital Folder Number: 005171452
Image Number: 00138

Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8TT-2RD : 12 December 2017), Medred Hennessee in entry for E D Cunningham, 1860.

end of this census record

Elisha David Cunningham witnessed the will of James Hennessee (1766-1845), Warren County, TN Will Book I, p. 119 ... DAH

end of note

----- Original Message -----
From:
To:
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 4:46 PM
Subject: Re: [TNWARREN] CUNNINGHAM & Earls

Judy,

Elisha David is the brother of my Thomas Cunningham, who married Matilda Hayes.

Thomas is my great-great-great-grandfather. Suppose that makes us some kind of distant cousins.

I would love to share information, though if you have volumes, you're likely way, way ahead of me.

Perhaps, though, I can give you some that you might not have on those in my direct line.

Jenny

Elisha married Sarah "Sallie" Hayes in (~1830) in (Warren County, Tennessee). Sarah (daughter of William M. Hayes, Sr. and Lembia LNU) was born in 1810 in Warren County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Alt Death: 1857, Warren County, Tennessee

Notes:

1840 Warren County Census, p. 10: "P.S.Hennese: M012101;F0002001; 6 slaves".

1830 Census - Middle Tennessee, "Henisee, Patrick D. 02002-11001".

Name: Patrick Hennessee
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1850
Event Place: Warren county, Warren, Tennessee, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 54
Race: White
Birth Year (Estimated): 1796
Birthplace: North Carolina
House Number: 496


Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Patrick Hennessee M 54 North Carolina
Rachel Hennessee F 51 North Carolina
Thomas Hannessee M 18 Tennessee
William M Hannessee M 9 Tennessee

Household ID: 496
Line Number: 13
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: 00080

Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC6S-Z1X : 12 April 2016), William M Hannessee in household of Patrick Hennessee, Warren county, Warren, Tennessee, United States; citing family 496, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

end of the 1850 census

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

Occupation:
property taxed at $2700

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

Patrick married Rachel (Ann) Wilcher in (~1818) in (Warren County, Tennessee). Rachel was born in 1797 in Burke County, North Carolina; died in 0Dec 1881 in Warren County, Tennessee; was buried in Old Hennessee Cemetery, Warren County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

end

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

end

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

Notes:

Twin to Elisha.

Elijah married Sarah "Sallie" McGregor(Warren County, Tennessee). Sarah (daughter of William "Will" McGregor, Jr. and Mary Jane Stiles) was born in 1792 in Bute County, North Carolina; died in 1868 in Warren County, Tennessee; was buried in Shellsford Cemetery, 121 Bottoms Road, McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee 37111. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
now Franklin Co.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Baptist Preacher
• Alt Birth: 1730-1735, (Perthshire) Scotland
• Probate: 4 Oct 1839, Warren County, Tennessee

Notes:

Reverend William McGregor (the "Fiery Old Scots Preacher"�) was born about 1730-35 probably in Scotland. No records have been found as to when he immigrated to America, but he first appears in North Carolina in 1771 on the Bute County North Carolina tax roll, and was mentioned in the Kehuky Baptist Association minutes in 1774.

He was ordained to preach in June 1776 in Franklin County.

He was the organizing pastor of Mouth of Uwharrie Baptist Church in 1780 in Montgomery County North Carolina.

It is believed by some that when William came to America he was joined by two brothers, John McGregor and Bartlett McGregor, and in fact there are a John McGregor and a Bartlett McGregor in North Carolina, but no evidence has surfaced that proves they are William's brothers.

William purchased land in Anson County in 1778 lying southwest of the PeeDee River near the mouth of Attaway Branch.

He paid taxes in 1780 and 1782 for five hundred acres of land in Montgomery County in the same location. That land is now part of Morrow Mountain State Park in western Montgomery County.

Some internet sites say that William married Sarah (Molly) Flowers, but I have not seen evidence to verify the marriage. The John McGregor referenced above, lived in Northampton County North Carolina and is said to have married Mary Flowers, and in his will his wife was named Mary and he had a son named Flowers. If William and John were brothers, perhaps they married sisters.

Rev. William McGregor and his wife are probably buried in the cemetery above the Kron Cemetery and is called the McGregor Cemetery at the Morrow Mountain State Park.

Rev. William died about 1804/5; it is not known when his wife died but probably around the same time as she was alive in the 1800 census.

There are many internet sites that have confused Rev. William, Sr. with his son William, Jr.

There are sites that say Bartlett McGregor is Rev. William's brother, and others that say Bartlett is William's son.

Some sites say Ezekiel and Willis are the sons of William, Jr. Also, Rev. William's daughters have never been addressed.

Let's discuss the children of Rev. William McGregor, Sr.

1790 Census Montgomery County North Carolina (names spelled Megrigler) (pg 413)
William McGregor, Sr.
3 males 16+ (Sr. age abt 45-50, Jr. and ?)
2 males under 16 (Ezekiel and Willis)
3 females (Sr. wife, Jr. wife Mary Jane Stiles,
Jr. daughter Mary Ann)
4 slaves

Bartlett McGregor
1 male 16+ (Bartlett)
1 male under 16 (Harris McGregor)
2 females (wife Anne Harris McGregor and 1st child Avrilla)

1800 Census Montgomery County North Carolina (individual spelling below) (pg 520)
William Megriger, Sr.
1 male over 45 (William Sr. aged 65-70)
2 males 16-26 (Ezekiel and Willis)
1 female over 45 (Sr. wife)
6 slaves

William Megriger, Jr.
1 male 26-45 (Jr.)
1 female 26-45 (wife)
5 children

Bartlett Megreger
1 male 26-45 (Bartlett)
1 female (wife)
7 children

There is also a William Megriger aged 16-26 and wife on page 501. Could this be the male living in McGregor household in 1790? I don't think it is William Jr.'s son as he named a child William b. in 1805.

By 1810 census there were no McGregors in Montgomery County.

I have not researched any of William Sr.'s grandchildren but have relied on information contained in web sites.

In the 1790 and 1800 censuses, the names seem to have been put in a loose alphabetical order so we don't know how close together they lived to one another.

Bartlett McGregor moved to Stanly County North Carolina where he died .

William, Jr., Ezekiel and Willis moved to Warren County, Tennessee.

William McGregor, Jr. is the son of Rev. William McGregor, Sr. and was probably born between 1755 to 1770 either in Scotland or America and is probably the first son.

I think Bartlett McGregor is the son not the brother of Rev. William McGregor, Sr. William Sr. could have had a brother named Bartlett and he could have come to America, but is out of the picture by the above time frame.

Ezekiel and Willis b. 26 Nov. 1784 are the sons of William Sr. There could have been other sons who were out of the house or not living by the 1790 census.

There are web sites that say Mary Ann McGregor is a child of Rev. William McGregor, Sr. I believe she is the child of William McGregor, Jr. and his wife Mary Jane Stiles McGregor.

Any daughters of Rev. William McGregor, Sr. are probably married by the time of the 1790 census.

I have been told that a daughter named Susan married and moved to Rowan County North Carolina.

There is another who I believe is the daughter of Rev. William McGregor, Sr., and her name is Martha McGregor and she is my ancestor.

William Boyd was 16 years old when he joined the Rowan County North Carolina militia in 1777. He lived in Rowan County, but I have not been able to find his father among the Boyds living there. In his Revolutionary War pension file, he states that he served in the Revolutionary War with Bartlett McGregor. In 1784 he was living in his fatherãa€™s house when it burned down. I do not know where William was living in the 1790 census, but I believe he and Martha McGregor were married by this time. On March 18, 1794 William Boyd enters 100 acres great glade of Mountain Creek, border on McGehe. This land lies next to Rev. William McGregorãa€™s 500 acres. Also, McGehe is another name for McGregor, although it is usually spelled McGeehee. In the 1800 Montgomery County North Carolina census William Boyd and Martha McGregor Boyd are listed on page 518 as being age 26-45 with 1 male and 4 females under 10.

About 1808 when the McGregors moved to Warren County, Tennessee, William and Martha Boyd went with them. William states in his pension file that locations he lived after his service were Montgomery County, North Carolina, Warren County, Tennessee, Lauderdale County, Alabama, McNairy County, Tennessee, and Washington County, Arkansas where he died. Other Boyds show up in Warren County as well. The McGregors and Boyds are in the 1812 tax list of Warren County, Tennessee. Other families that traveled to Warren County from Montgomery County were Ware, Rowland, Martin, and Burleson.

I donãa€™t know the names or the fate of any of William and Martha McGregor Boydãa€™s children before 1800; the ones I do know about are McGregor b. 1804, William b. 1806, Willis b. 1808, Ezekiel b. 1811, Martha b. 1812 and another daughter I have not found as of yet. If anyone wants additional information regarding William and Martha Boyd please contact me directly.

The above is a compilation of my own research, web sites, and other sources. I would like feedback on what I have written. If you disagree with my conclusions, please respond and give your reasons and we can have an online discussion. And by all means please respond if you have additional information or know where we can find proof documents. There is so much misinformation on the internet, I thought by doing this we can all get it straight.
Dixie Bogard

Re: REV. WILLIAM MCGREGOR OF MONTGOMERY CO NORTH CAROLINA - 1735 TO 1805
Linda Glover (View posts)
Posted: 08 Jul 2006 07:18AM
Classification: Query
Surnames: McGregor, Marks
I found this very enjoyable and interesting. It looks like you have done a lot of work and research. I appreciate that and your sharing with this site.

I have not done any original work on this family, but, alas, have accepted what I have found that others have done. Now, I will have to find time to retrace your steps. :) I would appreciate any other information you might have to share.

I am a descendant of Avie McGregor and Benjamin Marks. To the best of my knowledge, Avie is William's granddaughter, a daughter of his son Ezekiel McGregor.

Re: REV. WILLIAM MCGREGOR OF MONTGOMERY CO NORTH CAROLINA - 1735 TO 1805
dixielea1 (View posts)
Posted: 08 Jul 2006 05:29PM
Classification: Query
Edited: 24 Nov 2006 05:20PM
Thank you for your comments. I wish there were more records in North Carolina that had survived the centuries.

The MacGregor Clan in Scotland was a warring bunch and one of their favorite foes was the Clan Campbell. However, the Campbells were more political and were able to obtain legal grants for the MacGregor lands. This was a time when religious conflicts between the Catholics and the Protestant Crown of England was at its height. Several clans of MacGregors fought in the Jacobite rebellion for Bonnie Prince Charlie in 1745. On April 3, 1603, the MacGregor clan was proscribed and the name MacGregor was outlawed. The members of the clan were forced to take another surname and hide among the other clans; they were prosecuted and persecuted and were prohibited from carrying any weapon. The procription was lifted a few times, but was almost immediately put back in place. It wasnãa€™t until 1775 until the proscription was finally lifted for good. During this turbulent time we started seeing variations of the MacGregor name; the name McGeehee was one of those variations. There are still McGeehees in the United States today.

William MacGregor was a boy during the Jacobite rebellion. Hundreds of MacGregors left Scotland for America or for Ireland and then some of those came to America. Because Williamãa€™s name was outlawed, I doubt we will ever be able discover where in Scotland he lived. I have been told that most ships coming into Virginia from Scotland did not preserve the names of their passengers so that information is lost to us.

Information I have on Ezekiel is he married Sarah Ware (twin to Willisãa€™ wife) and he died on 9/23/1856 in Warren Co. Tennessee. Children were:
Temperance
Willis Nard
Jason
Jemima
Wiley A.
Avie
Henderson
Clinton
Susan

Can you confirm the above info as correct. Thanks.

I also want to ask you about Avie. Do you know if her name was Avie or if that is a nickname?
Thanks for your reply.
Dixie





Re: REV. WILLIAM MCGREGOR OF MONTGOMERY CO NORTH CAROLINA - 1735 TO 1805
Linda Glover (View posts)
Posted: 09 Jul 2006 12:38AM
Classification: Query
Surnames: McGregor, Marks
I really enjoy the historical information. It makes for interesting reading when combined with the family tree.

Avie is the name on her gravestone in Bell County, Texas.

The names of Ezekiel's children are the ones that I have, but I must admit I copied them from other sources and have not verified them. (I have been working on another side of my family.) The name Ezekiel McGregor Marks was given to Avie's son. He was always called "Mack" Marks. His grandson, my grandfather, was named Ezekiel Mack Hale.

The only information I have on Avie is below and was copied from the county history book for Bell County, Texas. It was submitted by a member of her family, George Huckabee.

AVIE MCGREGOR MARKS HUCKABEE
(March 6, 1819-October 9, 1897)

Avie McGREGOR was born in Warren County, Tennessee, on March 6, 1819, the daughter of Ezekiel and Sarah Ware McGREGOR. She married Benjamin MARKS in the mid 1830s and had two sons: James H. and Ezekiel McGregor "Mack".
A widow, she married Bartlett HUCKABEE in either Pontotoc County, Mississippi, or Middle Tennessee. Marriage records are not available for these counties for those years.
Avie and Bartlett HUCKABEE had three children: Jason, Charlotte Ann and Martha T. While in Mississippi, the Huckabees were members of the Laodicea Primitive Baptist Church where he was a deacon and often a delegate to the associational meetings. A farmer in Mississippi, Huckabee
also was a member of the state militia in 1864. This group was made up of older men of the home guard. The two Marks sons also served in the Confederate Army, but Jason was too young to serve.
After the end of the Civil War, the Huckabee family, in company with several Wilson families, left Mississippi to come to Wilson Valley in Bell County. Bartlett and Avie moved their church letter to Little Flock Primitive Baptist Church, but were later charter members of Mount Vernon Primitive Baptist Church, located near present Taylor's Valley.
Bartlett Huckabee died in Wilson Valley on March 10, 18??(my error). Avie also died in Wilson Valley. Their marked graves as well as their children, in-laws, and most of their grandchildren are in the Wilson Valley Cemetery.

Re: REV. WILLIAM MCGREGOR OF MONTGOMERY CO NORTH CAROLINA - 1735 TO 1805
Billie McGregor (View posts)
Posted: 24 Oct 2006 01:52PM
Classification: Query
Surnames: McGregor, Ware, Flowers, Westmoreland, Swaim, Harrison, Dodson
Much of this information came from a document that my great uncle provided to my mother many years ago. I can verify much of the Pontotoc Co, MA information regarding the descendents of Ezekiel McGregor and his wife. However, my information does indicate that Wm did marry Sarah, but confusion arises that many people refer to her as "Molly", which is not the nickname for Sarah, but for Mary. My mother's name was Sarah. It would not be unusual for Wm to have married Mary's sister, as his twin sons married twin sisters. I would be interested in sharing additional information about his family. I am at a dead-end with Wm. My mother grew up being told she was "Scotch-Irish". I personally believe that Wm and his family left Scotland for Ireland and immigrated to NC from there. I have not proven this theory, but I do research it as time allows.

Re: REV. WILLIAM MCGREGOR OF MONTGOMERY CO NORTH CAROLINA - 1735 TO 1805
PaulaSartain (View posts)
Posted: 09 Jan 2007 02:39AM
Classification: Query
Dixie,
I descend from Willis Boyd. My gr grandfather was son Burton, son of Jacob. Jacob was son of Willis. They were all in the NW Ark. area. I do not have my information with me at this time to give details. But I would like to exchange information with you.
Paula

Re: REV. WILLIAM MCGREGOR OF MONTGOMERY CO NORTH CAROLINA - 1735 TO 1805
janzgenez (View posts)
Posted: 29 Jul 2007 04:26PM
Classification: Query
Dixie,
I am a descendant of William McGregor Jr. b. abt 1755 in Warwick Co. VA and d. 1839 Warren Co., TN.
I have a considerable amount of information on this line beginning with his son Jehu b. 1796 in North Carolina.

My sources list William Jr.'s children to be:
Sally b. 1792
Richmond b. 1794
Jehu b. 1796
William b. 1802
Ezekiel b. 1810
all but Ezekiel were born in North Carolina.

I would love to compare notes and exchange information on this line. As you said, the internet sites are not very helpful as they have so much incorrect information and contradict each other. I've been trying to get this line straightened out for quite some time and would appreciate any and all help.
Jan

Re: REV. WILLIAM MCGREGOR OF MONTGOMERY CO NORTH CAROLINA - 1735 TO 1805
gammigorman (View posts)
Posted: 30 Jul 2007 08:35AM
Classification: Query
Surnames: McGregor
I am a descendant of his son Ezekiel. I would appreciate anything you would be willing to share. Thank you.

Re: REV. WILLIAM MCGREGOR OF MONTGOMERY CO NORTH CAROLINA - 1735 TO 1805
janzgenez (View posts)
Posted: 21 Aug 2007 04:32PM
Classification: Query
gammigorman,
I am so sorry. I must have overlooked your post or I would have replied sooner!
I'll be happy to send you a copy of my McGregor GEDCOM. Email me at janzgenes@yahoo.com and I'll do it immediately.

I also have the book titled "The Dodson Family of Warren County, Tennessee and Allied Families" by Catherine Gaffin Lynn which includes a section on the McGregors. I'll be happy to share information from it as well. William Jr. and Jesse Dodson came from Virginia together into Tennesse and were closely intertwined during the late 1700's and early 1800's.

Again, I apologize for missing your post and not responding sooner.
Regards,
Jan

Re: REV. WILLIAM MCGREGOR OF MONTGOMERY CO NORTH CAROLINA - 1735 TO 1805
dixielea1 (View posts)
Posted: 06 Oct 2007 06:04PM
Classification: Query
I haven't done additional research since my original post. If there is anything from my line you would like, let me know.
Dixie

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May have had a marriage previous to Miss Stiles. I note that because their progeny begins when Will is 29 years-of-age which seems late in life for the period...DAH

Larry McGregor cites his first marriage was with Elizabeth Webb

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page 1-D;

"Some say that William McGregor m. Easter (Esther) Stiles. No proof has been found."


page 8-A; "...some say Elizabeth Webb."

Catherine Gaffin Lynn;

"Elijah Dodson married Sallie McGregor, 1770-1858. She was a daughter of William McGregor, a brother of John McGregor who immigrated from Warwick Co.,Va about 1782-1785 and who both settled in Warren Co., Tenn. Near Smyrna."

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From: "Carolyne McGregor-Long"
To: "Bill Williams" ; "David Hennessee" ; "Larry L. McGregor"
Cc: "Miss Ishbel McGregor Secretary"
Subject: Fw: Monday hello
Date: Monday, August 05, 2002 8:58 AM

Greetings from California! (Hello cousins, Bill & David.)

Trust you are all well. I'm forwarding a response that I received from our Society Secretary (Clan Gregor Society, Scotland), Ms Ishbel McGregor...I had e-mailed her regarding trying to find info on either Apion's Glen or Ossian Glen in Scotland, and she was kind enough to check in w/Dr. Hutcheson (as he does not have e-mail). It's purported that Rev. William McGregor (who came to the colonies to preach in the meeting houses from Scotland) was from Ossian's Glen. Larry, who is a genealogist & new member of our Western USA Chapter (CGS), has been helpful w/this research. He has info that possibly Apion's Glen is the correct location.

In 1994, while Doyle & I were in the Perthshire area, Dr. A. MacGregor Hutchison was kind enough to spend time w/us. At one point, he took us on a wonderful outing/day-trip to a great deal of MacGregor sights. He is learned in history & place names of Scotland. I've asked before about Ossian's Glen, or a place once known as Ossian's Glen. There is a Loch Ossian, which is high above Glen Lyon, one of the glens Gregor took us a tour through, and wonderful experience, I might add. In trying to pin point g-g-g-g-grandfather's origins, traveling every avenue is quite difficult. I still maintain that these MacGregor brothers (William, Bartlett, John & possibly one other, think Andrew) came from an area where they had an opportunity to study...surely one didn't just sail over from Scotland & start preaching in the colony meeting houses without some sort of education, even back in those times.

I would like to research further regarding the ancient town of Dull & a school/college, said to be the first seminary of education mainland Scotland (have not confirmed this). Dull apparently became a famous educational centre - mid centuries schools which was removed to Kunkeld - later St. Andrews.....this town was in the area of Glen Lyon, Rannoch area. Loch Ossian is to the northeast of this, if my memory serves me well.

Thanks for reading through....this is getting to be a lengthy saga on our illusive McGregors.

All the best,
Carolyne McGregor Long (CGS/ACGS)

----- Original Message -----
From: clangregor
To: Carolyne McGregor-Long
Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2002 4:53 PM
Subject: RE: Monday hello


Dear Carolyne,

Gregor phoned me tonight (perhaps I should say last night) and I asked him about your query.

He has never heard of Apion's Glen but reminded me that there is a district called Appin just north of Oban and there is an area near Aberfeldy called Appin of Dull. Whether either of these have any connection with your Apion ........ We just don't know.

Gregor also informed me that part of what we call the Sma' Glen, between Crieff and Aberfeldy, is called Ossian's Glen. (Ossian was son of Fingal). Well! Just goes to prove we are never too old to learn.

I can relate to your comment about e-mails. Every time I sit down to try and get some work done, I get a great load of e-mails. Once I have answered them, there is no time left to do the work I set out to do. I'm not sure how to overcome this problem. Any ideas?

Slainte

Ishbel.
-----Original Message-----
From: Carolyne McGregor-Long [mailto:crnlyon@inreach.com]
Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2002 4:21 PM
To: clangregor
Subject: Re: Monday hello


Dear Ishbel,

Do trust your back problem has improved greatly. I certainly can relate on that one, having some serious issues with mine. I think I probably already knew, in the back of my mind, that Gregor did not have or want computer...some days I'm with him on that. ha! Seems I'm always in hurry due to schedules, family & the like, and everytime I get on-line, there's a mountain of e-mails to sort through. My goodness, technology is getting too fast for me.

About a place once called/known as Ossian's Glen...perhaps it never existed and if it did, possibly, only a handful of MacGregor's knew it as such. This may be a mystery which will stay just that, a mystery. Do appreciate your help and pls do tell Gregor hello for me. Our time spent w/him during 1994, was indeed special, a highlight of our travels that year.

Best to you and yours, aye.
Carolyne

----- Original Message -----
From: clangregor
To: Carolyne McGregor-Long
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 2:56 PM
Subject: RE: Monday hello


Dear Carolyne,

Thank you, yes! I did enjoy my break from the normal routine of life but unfortunately a back problem rather curtailed my activities and I have just been told by my chiropractor that the problem normally takes at least six months to settle. I shall just have to plod on as best I can.

Gregor does not have e-mail and is adamant that he never will. He's not even interested in having a computer, in spite of the enormous amount of work he does. He just passes most of it to me for typing!!!

I will certainly put your question to Gregor. I cannot help on this one as I have never heard of either Ossian's Glen or Apion's Glen. Perhaps he will be able to throw some light on it. He should be in touch with me very soon.

Yours Aye,
Ishbel.



-----Original Message-----
From: Carolyne McGregor-Long [mailto:crnlyon@inreach.com]
Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 1:44 PM
To: Miss Ishbel McGregor Secretary
Subject: Monday hello


Dear Ishbel,

Hope this finds to well & that you returned home from your brief holiday very refreshed. It's work day for me, so must rush along. I'm hoping that you might be able to help me w/a wee question for Gregor Hutcheson. If he has e-mail, I do not have his address, so am inquiring by way of you as I believe you have contact w/him on a fairly regular basis. Would you be so kind to ask Gregor (or perhaps you know this yourself)... is there now or was there ever an Apion's Glen, Scotland? I have new info on my mysterious Rev William McGregor, reportedly from Ossian's Glen, Scotland, & the possibility that it is not such, but Apion's Glen. Sorry, my curiosity has gotten the better of me. I know you are tremendously busy, but should you get the chance, I would appreciate hearing from you on this very much.

Best wishes,
Carolyne crnlyon@inreach.com

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William married Mary Jane Stiles on 10 Jul 1780 in Montgomery County, North Carolina. Mary was born on 12 Aug 1760 in Chesterfield County, Virginia Colony; died on 6 Feb 1832 in Warren County, Tennessee; was buried in Smyrna Cemetery, Irving College, Warren County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary Jane McGregor formerly Stiles
Born about 1758 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, Colony of Virginia
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of William McGregor — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
DESCENDANTS descendants
Mother of Jehu McGregor
Died after 1830 in Warren, Tennessee, United States

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The census reports suggest that Mary Jane Stiles McGregor lived to at least the 1830 census. William J McGregor died in 1839 so by the 1840 census, neither individual appear alone or with their children. Not sure why Mary Jane was not enumerated with William in the 1800 Census in Nash County, North Carolina, but she delivered two children, one born in 1800 (Jehu) and one in 1805 (William Jr) so she was not dead.


This person was created through the import of Farmer Meanderings.ged on 31 January 2011. The following data was included in the gedcom. You may wish to edit it for readability.

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1810 Census for William McGrigor in Northampton, North Carolina has one adult male and one adult female in the age 45 and older bracket. Mary Jane should have been 50-52
1820 Census for William McGregor in Warren County, Tennessee has one adult female in the 45 and older bracket. Mary Jane would have been 60-62
1830 Census for WIlliam McGragor Sr in Warren County, Tennessee has one adult female in the 60-69 bracket. Mary Jane would have been 70-72

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Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Military: Revolutionary War Patriot
• Religion: 1801-1805; Primitive Baptist Elder
• Religion: 1820; Primitive Baptist Elder

Notes:

Sketches of Tennessee's Pioneer Baptist Preachers... http://www.knoxcotn.org/tnbaptists/index.html

JESSE DODSON

"In memory of Rev. Jesse Dodson; born November 22, 1752; died November 22, 1843. A minister of the gospel sixty years." (Tombstone record, Eastanallee Church.)

The deceased was born in Halifax County, Va. His first settlement in Tennessee was in Claiborne County. From there he went to Middle Tennessee. In 1819 he came to the Hiwassee Purchase, making a settlement in McMinn County, a few months before the county was "erected." On the Eastanallee is a house still standing, I believe, built ninety-eight years ago by Jesse Dodson.

Soon after his settlement in the Hiwassee district he began pioneer work. He and seven others constituted themselves into the Eastanallee Church. He and Silas Witt organized New Hopewell. He and James Courtney founded the Hiwassee Church. Salem Church was organized by him and Richard Wilson, while he and John Short were co-founders of the Friendship Church. He was preacher to and pastor of these and other churches for many years. He was of Welsh extraction and had the Welsh fire. He was not trained to methodical sermonizing or systematic exposition of Scripture, but was earnest and fervent in exhortation, and was successful in revivals.

Elder Dodson owned 300 acres of land in the heart of Eastanallee valley, and ten negroes, whom he "freed," it is said, after the death of his wife (by whom he came into possession of them), giving as his reason that he had "concluded that a bill of sale of negroes in his pocket would be a bad passport at the gate of Heaven."

His wife was a Miss Ruth Johnson, of South Carolina, of a well-to-do. family, but the date of his marriage and other family and ministerial records have perished, were washed away or destroyed, it is thought, by the high waters of the Eastanallee in the year 1875. Editor's Note: Jesse was, in fact, married to Ruth Dodson, daughter of Elisha Dodson, Sr.

He lived to preach and exhort sinners to repentance about sixty-one years, and on his 91st birthday died in the triumph of a living faith.

Burnett, J .J. Sketches of Tennessee's Pioneer Baptist Preachers. Nashville, Tenn.: Press of Marshall & Bruce Company, 1919.

HTML presentation of this material is Copyright (c) 2002 by Rose-Anne Cunningham Bray. All rights reserved.

Thanksgiving of 1752 had a special meaning for Reverend Thomas DODSON and his wife Elizabeth ROSE, for on November 22nd they welcomed a new child into their Virginia family, Jesse DODSON. Not much is known about Jesse DODSON as a youth...one of at least 10 children in his family....but plenty is known about his adult life. Unknown to his father, a Virginia Baptist minister, Jesse would follow in his footsteps and change the lives of many settlers in the early days of America.

At the time of the American Revolution, the dominant religious force in the colonies was the Church of England, the mother country for so many of its settlers. To be a minister of any church that had broken ties with England was difficult in many social settings, but by the time Jesse DODSON was 23 years old, he was living on land given to him by his father in what is now Pittsylvania County in Virginia, and starting his life as a Baptist preacher, . Jesse and his wife Ruth were married in 1774, one year before the gunfire at Lexington and Concord would start the colonies on a path of thier own, and in 1777, Jesse's name is on the list of those taking an Oath of Allegiance to the State of Virginia. While there is no evidence of military service for Jesse DODSON during the War, we can feel confident that he served in some capacity, for at the end of the War he received a Land Grant in North Carolina, which would become Tennessee.

We know Jesse was still in Pittsylvania County, Virginia when the Revolutionary War ended in 1781, for he obtained property on Birch Creek, or Burches' Creek in some records. The following year he sold that land on "Jeremiah's Fork of Birches Creek" to relatives, and headed for Tennessee, leaving behind his brother William, also a Baptist minister.

Rev. Jesse DODSON is listed as a member of the County Line Baptist Church, also known as the North on Holston River Baptist Church, in 1785 Hawkins County, Tennessee. Rev. Jesse DODSON joined the Big Springs Primitive Baptist Church in what is now Springdale, Tennessee in 1801, and became the Pastor of the congregation from November 1801 until November of 1805.

In 1803, Jesse DODSON was listed in the tax records of what is now Claiborne County, in the northeast part of Tennessee, which includes part of Cumberland Gap National Park. The path from Virginia to Tennessee through Cumberland Gap had been widened by none other than Daniel Boone, and opened to wagon traffic after Rev. Jesse DODSON and his family passed through. The Big Springs Primitive Baptist Church that Jesse led was constructed in the winter of 1795-96 from hand-hewn logs, and is still standing today near Springdale, over two centuries later. It is one of the oldest churches still standing in the State of Tennessee.

Jesse and Ruth DODSON left Claiborne County in 1806 and moved to Warren County, Tennessee, where they are listed on the 1812 Tax List, and the 1820 Census. While in Warren County, they were involved with the Collins Creek Baptist Church and several others in the area.

Reverend Jesse DODSON was described by his peers as "earnest and fervent in exhortation", and "successful in Revivals". He was also said to have had the "Welsh fever" in describing his ancestrial traits and style of preaching, and is mentioned in the 1919 Baptist historical sketches as a Tennessee Pioneer Baptist Preacher.

Around 1820, Rev. Jesse DODSON was called to lead the Big Springs Baptist Church on Mouse Creek, near Niota in McMinn County, Tennessee...only a year after the Hiwassee Purchase Treaty with the Cherokee Indians had opened that land to settlement. Jesse was a founder of the Eastanallee Baptist Church, and his son Elisha donated the land for the structure. Over the years Rev. Jesse DODSON would be involved in the early McMinn County churches of Salem, Hiwassee, Friendship, and New Hopewell. Owning 300 acres of land in the Eastanallee Valley, his wife Ruth had obtained ten slaves from her father's Will, and when Ruth died in 1828 Jesse set the slaves free stating that "a Bill of Sale of Negroes in my pocket would be a bad passport at the Gates of Heaven"....another brave act in a Southern State over 30 years before the Civil War. After more than 60 years of preaching from the pulpit, and inspiring many pioneer churches, Jesse DODSON died on his 91st birthday in 1843. He is buried in the Eastanalle Church Cemetery in McMinn County, Tennessee.

The cemetery photo used at the top of this page in the header is the Eastanallee Cemetery, with the two broken headstones on the left side being those of Ruth and Jesse DODSON...and the Eastanallee Church is planning to replace them. Pioneer and Frontier Preacher, another good story in the ancestral book. Jesse is the 5th great grandfather of Anthony Martini, on his mother's side.

"In memory of Rev. Jesse Dodson; born November 22, 1752; died November 22, 1843. A minister of the gospel sixty years." (Tombstone record, Eastanallee Church.)

The deceased was born in Halifax County, Va. His first settlement in Tennessee was in Claiborne County. From there he went to Middle Tennessee. In 1819 he came to the Hiwassee Purchase, making a settlement in McMinn County, a few months before the county was "erected." On the Eastanallee is a house still standing, I believe, built ninety-eight years ago by Jesse Dodson.

Soon after his settlement in the Hiwassee district he began pioneer work. He and seven others constituted themselves into the Eastanallee Church. He and Silas Witt organized New Hopewell. He and James Courtney founded the Hiwassee Church. Salem Church was organized by him and Richard Wilson, while he and John Short were co-founders of the Friendship Church. He was preacher to and pastor of these and other churches for many years.

He was of Welsh extraction and had the Welsh fire. He was not trained to methodical sermonizing or systematic exposition of Scripture, but was earnest and fervent in exhortation, and was successful in revivals.


His wife was Ruth Dodson, of the same family lineage of Dodson pastors. Together, Jesse and Ruth raised 12 children whom all followed in their faith.

He lived to preach and exhort sinners to repentance about sixty-one years, and on his 91st birthday died in the triumph of a living faith.

MINUTES OF BIG SPRING PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH

[The first few pages are in very bad shape.]

Church Records for the Year 1800 - 1801

December 2nd Saturday 1800. ______Received John Goin in to fellowship. Received Obediah Jennings by experience. Agreed to continue meeting at Rob Camp 1st Saturday in January 1801 and appointed James Kinney, Elijah Chissum, William________, ________Harper and Isaac Lane to attend. Agreed to send James Kinney to Powder Gap Creek at their request.

Feby the 2nd Saturday 1801. Church met and after worship proceeded to business.
1st…..to continue meeting at Rob Camp.
2nd____
2nd Saturday_____Cloud by experience_______Richard________attend_______
______Saturday 1801. Church met for worship and proceeded to business.
1st Opened a door for the reception of members.
2nd Report made by the members from Robcamp that they received Marjorie Connor, Millie Armstrong into Fellowship.
3rd Appointed James Kinney, Isaac Lane and Thomas Jeffries to attend at Rob Camp first Saturday in April.
4th Peter Neal and William Stroud appointed to attend at Powells Valley Church on Gap Creek.

April the 2nd Saturday 1801. Church met and after worship proceeded to business.
1st. Opened a door for the reception of new members and received Judah Dodson by Experience.
2nd Appointed Bro James Kinney, Thomas Jeffries, William Stroud, Joseph Clark and Elijah Chissum to attend at Rob Camp meeting house on the first Saturday in May.

May the 2nd Saturday 1801. Church met and after worship proceeded to business.
1st Opened a door for the reception of new members.
2nd The brethren that attended at Rob Camp made_______that they had received Richard Hanes and advised____Members to meet together to worship God and____over each other according to the gospel________if any should want to join to the Church______advise that they send to the body for________

June the 2nd Saturday 1801. Church met and after worship proceed_________
1st Considered Bro. Obediah Martin's___________the ministry of the gospel______glory of God that he be_______ordinances but exercise______public prayer.
2nd ______Zachariah McCul_____
_____appoint Isaac Lane, Jesse Dodson and Joseph____to write with the church to which he formerly belonged their distresses.
4th Appoint Isaac Lauk and Joseph______to write to the association.

July the 2nd Saturday 1801. Church met and after worship proceeded to business.
1st Letters read and approbated.
2ne Appointed a Church Meeting at Rob Camp meetinghouse and appoint Joseph Clark and Peter Neal to attend.
3rd Appointed Joseph Cogdal to the association.

August the 1st Saturday 1801. Church met at Rob Camp and after worship proceeded to business.
1st Appointed James Kinney, Jesse Dodson and Peter Neal to settle a distress with Bro. Obediah Martin which was attended by Brother Martin's recantation.
2nd Dismist Richard Hanes, John Grimes, Milly Armstrong and Margery Conner.

August the 2nd Saturday 1801. Church met and after worship proceeded to business.
1st Opened a door for the reception of members. Received Jesse Dodson by letter.
2nd Elijah Chissum intended to travel desires letter of recommendation. Is granted a letter of dismission for himself and his wife when called for.
3rd Agreed to petition for a division of the association.

September the 2nd Saturday 1801. Church met and after worship proceeded to business.
1st Opened a door for the reception of members and received James Forrest and Mary his wife by letter.
2nd Received Stacy Edwards by experience.

______Saturday 1801. Church met and after worship proceeded to business.
1st Opened a door for the reception of members.
2nd Appointed our meeting in November for sacrament and the day before for fasting and prayer.
3rd. Brother William Stroud having a mind to travel requests a letter of recommendation is granted.
4th Motion for choosing a pastor is defered.

November the 2nd Saturday 1801. Church met and after worship proceeded to business.
1st Chose Jesse Dodson pastor.
2nd Agreed to call Isaac Barton and William Jones to install our pastor.

December the 2nd Saturday 1801. Church met and after worship proceeded to business.
1st Agreed to send Brethren Jesse Dodson, Isaac Land and Joseph Cogdal to the church on Buffaloo to inquire into their stand with John Conley.
End of Year 1800 - 1801

Could he have had a daughter who married James Cunningham?

October Second Saturday 1806. Church met at Big Spring and after worship proceeded to business.

1st Hannah Hill, Mercurius and Rachel Cook took their seats.

2nd Agreed to petition the Association for an alteration of their citing from Thursday to Saturday.

3rd Association letter read and approved.

4th Reference relative to Ritchard Harper continued to the 14th day of this month.

William and Nancy Stroud, Obediah and Elisabeth Jennings, Jesse and Ruth Dodson and Dodson's Sukey (Susanna) and James Cunningham dismisd by letter.

Tony Martini has put together an excellent biography with lots of location shots in Middle Tennessee ... http://graveyardgossip.blogspot.com/2010/03/martini-family-jesse-dodson-frontier.html

Dodsons who bureid in Matlock Cemetery:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSln=Dodson&GSiman=1&GScid=1964531&

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"In memory of Rev. Jesse Dodson; born November 22, 1752; died November 22, 1843. A minister of the gospel sixty years." (Tombstone record, Eastanallee Church.)

The deceased was born in Halifax County, Va. His first settlement in Tennessee was in Claiborne County. From there he went to Middle Tennessee. In 1819 he came to the Hiwassee Purchase, making a settlement in McMinn County, a few months before the county was "erected." On the Eastanallee is a house still standing, I believe, built ninety-eight years ago by Jesse Dodson.

Soon after his settlement in the Hiwassee district he began pioneer work. He and seven others constituted themselves into the Eastanallee Church. He and Silas Witt organized New Hopewell. He and James Courtney founded the Hiwassee Church. Salem Church was organized by him and Richard Wilson, while he and John Short were co-founders of the Friendship Church. He was preacher to and pastor of these and other churches for many years.

He was of Welsh extraction and had the Welsh fire. He was not trained to methodical sermonizing or systematic exposition of Scripture, but was earnest and fervent in exhortation, and was successful in revivals.


His wife was Ruth Dodson, of the same family lineage of Dodson pastors. Together, Jesse and Ruth raised 12 children whom all followed in their faith.

He lived to preach and exhort sinners to repentance about sixty-one years, and on his 91st birthday died in the triumph of a living faith.

Family Members
Parents
Thomas Dodson
1707–1783

Elizabeth Rose Dodson
1706–1766

Spouse
Photo
Ruth Dodson Dodson
1754–1828 (m. 1774)

Siblings
Thomas Dodson
1728–1816

Alice Dodson Dodson
1734–1792

Photo
William Dodson
1737–1832

Children
Photo
Elijah Dodson
1785–1858

Photo
Elisha Dodson
1785–1864

Photo
Jesse Buford Dodson
1791–1878

Photo
Tabitha Dodson Rice
1798–1839

Photo
Ruth Dodson Ware
1802–1885

Eli Dodson
1813–1876

end of profile

Military:
While there is no evidence of military service for Jesse DODSON during the War, we can feel confident that he served in some capacity, for at the end of the War he received a Land Grant in North Carolina, which would become Tennessee.

Religion:
Primitive Baptists, are also known as Hard Shell Baptists, Anti-Mission Baptists, or Old School Baptists. The adjective "Primitive" in the name has the sense of "original".

Joined the Big Springs Primitive Baptist Church in what is now Springdale, Tennessee in 1801, and became the Pastor of the congregation from November 1801 until November of 1805.

Religion:
Around 1820, Rev. Jesse DODSON was called to lead the Big Springs Baptist Church on Mouse Creek, near Niota in McMinn County, Tennessee...only a year after the Hiwassee Purchase Treaty with the Cherokee Indians had opened that land to settlement.

Jesse married Ruth Dodson in 1774 in Halifax County, Virginia. Ruth (daughter of Elisha Dodson, Sr. and Sarah Everett) was born on 12 Dec 1754 in Fauquier County, Virginia; died on 22 Nov 1828 in McMinn County, Tennessee; was buried in Matlock Cemetery, Athens, McMinn County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 25 Dec 1754, Pittsylvania County, Virginia

Notes:

Family Members
Spouse
Photo
Jesse Dodson
1752–1843 (m. 1774)

Children
Photo
Elijah Dodson
1785–1858

Photo
Elisha Dodson
1785–1864

Photo
Jesse Buford Dodson
1791–1878

Photo
Tabitha Dodson Rice
1798–1839

Photo
Ruth Dodson Ware
1802–1885

Eli Dodson
1813–1876

end of profile

Notes:

Married:
Ruth was his first cousin.

Lewis married Susannah "Suckey" Knight(Tennessee). Susannah was born in 1802 in North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Elizabeth McGregor(Warren County, Tennessee). Elizabeth (daughter of William "Will" McGregor, Jr. and Mary Jane Stiles) was born in 1789 in (North Carolina); died in Warren County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: retired - blind

Notes:

Fathered twelve children with Rebecca and twelve children with Jane...Thomas J. Barnes

http://www.FindaGrave.com

Isaac Hillis sr. the son of John Hillis.married 1st. Rebecca Naylor, 2nd wife Nancy Jane logue Boyd.

Isaac came to the Rocky river area in about 1803 with sister Isabell Hillis Boyd, and brother James Hillis.

Throughout his life Isaac sr. followed the occupation of farming .

In 1840 he was elected constable of the 8th district of TN. and was appointed to a road jury. According to the 1840 Van Buren co. tax list he owned 386 arces of land. In 1870 census he was said to be 84 yrs. old and blind.

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Tennessee Genealogy Trails - Pioneer Families

HILLIS-GILLENTINE ANCESTORS

Isaac Hillis came to Warren County about 1804 according to Goodspeed and Will Hale. He came to the area with his brother, James, and sister and brother-in-law Isabel and William Boyd. Three of his descendants are Kevin Thomas, Irving Hoyte and Walter Leon Hillis, III.

Their parents are Walter Leon and Madalyn Taylor Hillis. Walter served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. The paternal grand parents are James Irving Hillis, WW I, 2/29/1888-1/7/1976, and Maggie Hoyte Gillentine, 5/6/1900-3/9/1989, both buried Crain Hill Cemetery, Van Buren Co., TN.

Great grand parents include James Irving Hillis’ parents John Houston Hillis, 3/31/1858-5/16/1945, a farmer, and Eleanor Hymen (Nellie) Barnes, 10/10/1859-12/19/1902, both buried at Crain Hill Cemetery. Maggie Hoyte Gillentine’s parents are Joe Arthur Gillentine, 11/28/1869-3/24/1913, burial at Seitz Cemetery, Van Buren Co., TN, and Mary Vida Elizabeth Campen, 1/25/1874-7/2/1961, burial at Crain Hill Cemetery. She was married after Joe Arthur’s death to Thomas Jefferson Shockley.

Great, great grandparents include John Houston Hillis’ parents Roswell Hillis, CSA, 3/1 5/1825-8/21/1898, CSA, 22nd TN Inf., and Elizabeth Grissom, 3/8/1825-3/8/1885, both buried White Hill Cemetery, Van Buren Co., TN. Eleanor Hymen Barnes’ parents are Isaac Barnes, 8/12/1829-6/10/1915, CSA, 35th TN Inf., burial in Barnes (Big Sink) Cemetery and Susannah Elinor Hill, 7/31/1834-7/11/1879, burial Hill’s Creek (Center Hill) Cemetery, Warren Co. Joe Arthur Gillentine’s parents are Harrison C. Gillentine, 1841-1901, burial Gillentine Cemetery, Van Buren Co., TN and Sallie Mooney, 1845-1919, burial Seitz Cemetery, Van Buren Co., TN. Mary Vida Elizabeth Campen’s parents are Gavin Hoyte Campen (Campain, Campaign), 9/13/1846-11/27/1927, and Elizabeth Roberts, 2/27/1850-10/26/1920, both buried Rock Island Cemetery, Warren Co., TN.

Great, great, great grandparents include Roswell Hillis’ parents, Isaac Hillis, 10/30/1787-3/10/1876, settled Rocky River area in Warren County about 1804, buried Blackstone Hillis Cemetery, Van Buren County, TN and Rebecca Naylor, 6/18/1789-8/30/1836, buried Old Rocky Cemetery, Warren County, TN. Elizabeth Grissom’s parents are William Grissom, 3/7/1797-12/23/1869, and Evey Rhodes, 5/1/1797-11/25/1860, both buried Long Cemetery, Van Buren County, TN. Isaac Barnes’ parents are Charles Barnes, 4/1/1809-1/4/1864, and Susannah Smith, 10/22/1812-5/8/1896, both buried Barnes (Big Sink) Cemetery. Susannah Elinor Hill’s parents are Irving (Ervin) Hill, 7/17/1796-4/15/1836, and Eleanor Morgan, 10/7/1799-7/21/1860, both buried Hill’s Creek (Center Hill) Cemetery. Harrison C. Gillentine’s parents are John Gillentine, 11/16/1797-7/2/1870, and Margaret Parker, 5/9/1814-7/22/1895, both buried Gillentine Cemetery. Sallie Mooney’s parents are Joseph Mooney, 6/20/1802-6/2/1880, buried Gillentine Cemetery and Ferriby Gillentine who is probably buried in Gillentine Cemetery in an unmarked grave. Gavin Hoyte Campen’s parents are Joseph Campaign (Campen), circa 1796-6/15/1877, and Annie Elizabeth Seitz, 1/1/1811-8/18/1874, buried Shiloh Cemetery, Mud Creek, Warren County, TN. Elizabeth Roberts’ parents are James Roberts, 8/31/1822-10/29/1853, died and buried Cairo, IL and Martha Patsy Hash, 10/23/1822-7/28/1903, buried Rock Island Cemetery, Warren Co., TN.

Great, great, great, great grandparents include Isaac Hillis’ known parent is John Hillis, 1758-7/20/1836, Revolutionary War, buried Scott County, KY. Rebecca Naylor’s parents are Dickson (Dixon) Naylor, born 1767, and Mary Carpenter. William Grissom’s parents are Charles Grissom and Margaret. Charles Barnes’ parents are William Barnes, 1780-1819, and Charity Phillips, 8/24/1783- 5/8/1871, both probably buried Shellsford Baptist Church Cemetery, Warren County, TN. Susannah Smith’s parents are Isaac Smith, War of 1812 veteran, 2nd Regiment, West TN militia, (Found an Isaac Smith from Warren County as a Mexican War veteran, but can’t confirm) born 2/2/1778, and Brittania Savage, born 6/20/1793, both buried Hill’s Creek (Center Hill) Cemetery. John Gillentine’s parents are Nicholas Gillentine, 1776-1834, and Elizabeth Jane Terry, 1779-1839 and Margaret Parker’s parents are Arthur Parker and Eleanor Ballard. Joseph Mooney’s parents are James Mooney, War of 1812, 1770-1845, and Henrietta Parnell, 1796. Anna Elizabeth Seitz’ parents are Thomas Seitz, Sr., 7/3/1774-5/10/1831, and Margaret Hoyles Rudisill. James Roberts’ parents are Caswell Cobb Roberts and Nancy Pigg and Martha Patsy Hash’s parents are William Wesley Hash, Sr., circa 1784-10/1/1851, and Elizabeth Baldwin, 1789-circa 1872, who are buried on their farm across from Rock Island Cemetery which was originally designated the Hash Family Cemetery. Irving (Ervin) Hill’s parents are Henry John Alexander Hill, 2/7/1775-8/1/1825, and Susan Swales, 12/31/1767-9/23/1846, both buried Hill’s Creek (Center Hill) Cemetery. Eleanor Morgan’s parents are David Morgan and Martha Hill.

Great, great, great, great, great grandparents include Samuel Hillis, circa 1707-8/7/1782, buried Thyratira Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Mt. Ulla, Rowan County, NC and Anne Luckey. James Naylor, Revolutionary War, and Mary Carpenter. Isaac Hill, 7/22/1748-7/28/1825, Revolutionary War, buried Hill burying grounds (2-3 miles from Hill’s Creek, on top of mountain), and Lucinda Wallace. William G. Gillentine, 1745-1786, and Margaret Gillentine, 1748-????. George Seitz and Susannah Peterson. Jacob Mooney, Sr. and wife. Rueben Roberts, Sr., 4/4/1744-12/24/1844, born in Birmingham, England, buried in Asbury Cemetery, 2 miles north of Rowland Station, DAR marker, Revolutionary War, and Mary Millie Asher Roberts. John Hash, Jr. and Theodocia Sturgill. John Swales and Eleanor.

Great, great, great, great, great, great grandparents include Robert Luckey, Sr., 1690-1757, and Isabel Baird. Abraham Hill and wife. John G. Gillentine, 1722-1792, and Sarah, 1726-????. John Henry Seitz and Elizabeth Felsing. John Isaac Roberts and Willie Holifield. John Hash, Sr. and wife. Lewis Sturgill and Sarah Hanks.

Great, great, great, great, great, great, great grandparents include Nicholas Gillentine, 1676-1773 and Mary Eleanor Eckolls. Joshua Hanks and wife.

Great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great grandparents are John Eckolls and Mary Cave

871 words

Submitted by Walter L. Hillis, 7759 SR 30, Rock Island, TN 38581 (931) 686-7759

Sources - Chattanooga Bicentennial Library, Local History Section, Van Buren and Warren county genealogical records, cemetery records, and historical society publications.

Caption – Kevin Thomas, Irving Hoyte, and Walter Leon Hillis, III

Index - Hillis-Gillentine Ancestors



B

Baird, Isabel, 3

Baldwin, Elizabeth, 2

Ballard, Eleanor, 2

Barnes, Charles, 2

Barnes, Eleanor Hymen (Nellie), 1

Barnes, Isaac, 1, 2

Barnes, William, 2

Boyd, William, 1

C

Campaign, Joseph, 2

Campen, Gavin Hoyte, 1, 2

Campen, Mary Vida Elizabeth, 1

Carpenter, Mary, 3

Carpenter, Mazy, 2

Cave, Mary, 3

E

Eckolls, John, 3

Eckolls, Mary Eleanor, 3

F

Felsing, Elizabeth, 3

G

Gillentine, Ferriby, 2

Gillentine, Harrison C., 1, 2

Gillentine, Joe Arthur, 1

Gillentine, John, 2

Gillentine, John G., 3

Gillentine, Maggie Hoyte, 1

Gillentine, Margaret, 3

Gillentine, Nicholas, 2, 3

Gillentine, Sarah, 3

Gillentine, William G., 3

Grissom, Charles, 2

Grissom, Elizabeth, 1

Grissom, Margaret, 2

Grissom, William, 1, 2

H

Hanks, Joshua, 3

Hanks, Sarah, 3

Hash, John Jr., 3

Hash, John Sr., 3

Hash, Martha Patsy, 2

Hash, William Wesley Sr., 2

Hill, Abraham, 3

Hill, Henry John Alexander, 2

Hill, Irving (Ervin), 2

Hill, Isaac, 3

Hill, Martha, 2

Hill, Susannah Elinor, 1, 2

Hillis, Irving Hoyte, 1

Hillis, Isaac, 1, 2

Hillis, Isabel, 1

Hillis, James, 1

Hillis, James Irving, 1

Hillis, John, 2

Hillis, John Houston, 1

Hillis, Kevin Thomas, 1

Hillis, Roswell, 1

Hillis, Samuel, 3

Hillis, Walter Leon, 1

Hillis, Walter Leon III, 1

Holifield, Willie, 3

L

Luckey, Anne, 3

Luckey, Robert Sr., 3

M

Mooney, Jacob Sr., 3

Mooney, James, 2

Mooney, Joseph, 2

Mooney, Sallie, 1, 2

Morgan, David, 2

Morgan, Eleanor, 2

N

Naylor, Dickson (Dixon), 2

Naylor, James, 3

Naylor, Rebecca, 1, 2

P

Parker, Arthur, 2

Parker, Margaret, 2

Parnell, Henrietta, 2

Peterson, Susannah, 3

Phillips, Charity, 2

Pigg, Nancy, 2

R

Rhodes, Evey, 1

Roberts, Caswell Cobb, 2

Roberts, Elizabeth, 1, 2

Roberts, James, 2

Roberts, John Isaac, 3

Roberts, Mary Millie Asher, 3

Roberts, Rueben Sr., 3

Rudisill, Margaret Hoyles, 2

S

Savage, Brittania, 2

Seitz, Annie Elizabeth, 2

Seitz, George, 3

Seitz, John Henry, 3

Seitz, Thomas Sr., 2

Shockley, Thomas Jefferson, 1

Smith, Isaac, 2

Smith, Susannah, 2

Sturgill, Lewis, 3

Sturgill, Theodocia, 3

Swales, Eleanor, 3

Swales, John, 3

Swales, Susan, 2

T

Taylor, Madalyn, 1

Terry, Elizabeth Jane, 2

W

Wallace, Lucinda, 3

Isaac married Rebecca Naylor in (~1803) in (Van Buren County, Tennessee). Rebecca (daughter of Dixon Naylor, Sr. and Mary Carpenter) was born on 18 Jun 1789 in Georgia; died on 30 Aug 1836 in (Van Buren County) Tennessee; was buried in Old Rocky Cemetery, Warren County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Father maybe "Dixon"/AC Hillis' Notes...DAH

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: farmer

Tasco married Almira "Mira" England in 1825 in Van Buren County, Tennessee. Almira (daughter of John England and unnamed spouse) was born in 1796 in Burke County, North Carolina; died on 25 Mar 1854 in (Van Buren County, Tennessee). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Death: 25 Mar 1857, Van Buren County, Tennessee

Notes:

Almira [aka Mira/Myra] ENGLAND [Almiry on 1850] - [some claim maiden name was DYER] ,dau. of John ENGLAND & widow of William RUSSELL (est. c1770 - est. c1825).
BORN: ___ _____ 179__ [c1796] in Burke Co.,N.C.
DIED: 25 MAR. 1857 in VanBuren Co.,TN.
BURIED: _____________________________________________________.

Robert married Mary LNU. Mary was born in 0___ 1813 in North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: Revolutionary War Patriot
• Alt Birth: 30 Jan 1761, Rockbridge County, Virginia

Notes:

Author unknown; "John McGee, A Revolutionary Soldier, is of Scotch-Irish descent, was born in the State of Virginia, January 30, 1757. His wife, Easter Clendenon McGee, was born January 30, 1769. They lived in the Virginia Valley before moving to Tennessee and relocated in what is known as "McGee Cove" in the 18th century. The first building stood near where Floyd McGee now lives, later he built a large log home in the same location with fireplace in the middle. John McGee was not only a Revolutionary War soldier but an Indian Fighter also. John McGee was the father of 9 children. He died at his home in Warren County, January 24, 1820. His wife, Easter, died March 24, 1846. They both were laid to rest in the family plot near the home.

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To The Honorable House Of Congress on the Committee of Military Affairs:

"With humble (respects), John McGee, Sr., I would inform your Honorable Body that I served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War and I yet have my discharge which reads as follows: (The bearer hereof, John McGee, a soldier in my Company of the 12th Virginia Regt. whose term of enlistment is fully expired having served upwards of two years and behaved himself during said time as good soldier is hereby discharged given under my hand at Ft.Randolph on October the 10th 1778 - Signed, Wm. McKey (Capt., 12th Virginia Regiment) for which services I have received any land grant nor warrant nor gave no person any power of attorney to receive it in my behalf -

I your petitioner was on Lewis's Campaign against the Shawnee Indians and at the Battle at Gilford Court House with General Green against Lord Cornwallis, and have been wounded in my arm with two bullets through between my elbow and my wrist and on ball through my shoulder -

I, your petitioner, John McGee, prays that your honors would grant me some land or warrant for land in the Western Country (as my residence is there in West Tennessee and Warren County) or do otherwise as your Honors shall think best and I your petitioner will ever pray-

This from your humble servant-John McGee

end of notation

fought in the 12th Virginia Regiment, discharged at Fort Randolph, Virginia (now West Virginia), in 1778.

He was wounded by two bullets through his elbow and wrist and one ball through his shoulder.

He also fought in Lewis's campaign against the Shawnee (1774) and fought at the battle of Guilford Courthouse (1780).

Click here for images of the McGee Homeplace... http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mcgee/index.html

Dean McGee is the author and webmaster of this website. We were early collaborators on his McGee bloodlines...DAH

John's DNA ... http://www.familytreedna.com/public/mcgee/default.aspx?section=yresults

Military:
John McGee from Warren County, TN was in the Virginia militia and fought under Washington... Stephen Lamar Jones

John married Easter Clendenon in ~1790 in Nelson County, Kentucky. Easter (daughter of John Clendenon and Mary "Margaret" LNU) was born on 30 Jan 1769 in Virginia; died on 24 Mar 1846 in Warren County, Tennessee; was buried in McGee Cemetery, Warren County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1840 Warren County Census, p. 2: "Ester McGee: M010011; F0100010001, 1 S".

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: Revolutionary War Patriot
• Residence: 1780, Catawba River, Burke County, North Carolina

Notes:

There is no proof that Joseph is a son to Richard. I've attached him because of favorable time frames & event-locations...DAH

end of this note

Wes Dodson identifies him as "John". Note the age disparity between him and Lucy. Perhaps this was a second marriage for him. Think it likely that the ENGLAND & WILCHER families pioneered Middle Tennessee in tandem, circa 1800...


Posted By: Nancy Lewis
Email: nlewis@freewwweb.com
Subject: Joseph England b 12-25-1762 VA
Post Date: April 21, 2000 at 13:43:57
Message URL: http://genforum.genealogy.com/england/messages/1007.html
Forum: England Family Genealogy Forum
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Have Joseph b in New Kent Co. Va ..enlisted Rev. War Surry Co NC - moved C1780 to Catawba River, Burke Co., NC and 1827 moved to Anderson Co. NC. Applied for Rev war Pension 2-27-1833 from Anderson Co., Tn and living with "unnamed" son.

Last info was 1820 census - Looking for a death date...any will/estate left and if he had a brother named Charles (possibly a Rev. Soldier as well).

JOSEPH ENGLAND ANDERSON COUNTY PRIVATE NORTH CAROLINA LINE $63.33 ANNUAL ALLOWANCE $189.99 AMOUNT RECEIVED AUGUST 13, 1833 PENSION STARTED AGE 71

Anyone have a will, death date or information if Charles is related?

Thanks much - Nancy

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Joseph married Lucy Wilcher(North Carolina). Lucy (daughter of Thomas Wilcher, Sr. and (Nancy Anna) "Anne" (Walton) LNU) was born in 1784 in (Amherst County) Virginia; died on 7 Oct 1863 in Warren County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt Birth: 1784, Burke County, North Carolina

Notes:

Name: Martha Mc Gee
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1850
Event Place: Warren county, Warren, Tennessee, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 42
Race: White
Race (Original): undefined
Birth Year (Estimated): 1808
Birthplace: Tennessee
Household ID: 439
House Number: 439
Line Number: 13
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: 00072


Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Lucy Forrest undefined F 66 Virginia
Martha Mc Gee undefined F 42 Tennessee (her daughter and a widow)
John Mc Gee undefined M 25 Tennessee
Joseph Mc Gee undefined M 19 Tennessee
Mary A Mc Gee undefined F 17 Tennessee
Martin Mc Gee undefined M 13 Tennessee
James Mc Gee undefined M 11 Tennessee
Archibald C Mc Gee undefined M 8 Tennessee
William Tell Mc Gee undefined M 6 Tennessee
Martha C Mc Gee undefined F 3 Tennessee
Elizabeth Mitchael undefined F 68 Virginia
Richard Forrest undefined M 67 North Carolina (husband)



Citing this Record:
"United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MC69-PH7 : accessed 02 Jun 2014), Martha Mc Gee in household of Lucy Forrest, Warren county, Warren, Tennessee, United States; citing family 439, NARA microfilm publication M432.

No proof that she married Richard Albert Forrest, however, they are enumerated in the 1850 Warren County Census, and in the same household...DAH

Martin married Ann Ennis on 16 Sep 1816 in Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 5 Jun 1794
• Will: 28 Nov 1852, Warren County, Tennessee

Notes:

Excerpted from The Warren County Genealogical Association, Volume II, Winter 1993, Number Four, p. 29, article written by Mary Barnes,

"In 1814 some of the Harrison's neighbors in Blue Springs Cove were the Douglass, Eddy, Campbell, Charles and Dennis families. In 1825 they were the Mayfield, Widow Hitchcock, Hennessee, Higgenbotham, Kennedy, Martin and the Hawk families on the south side of the mountain in Hawk's Cove were the Hopkins, Rogers, McGregor, and Groves families.

In the acts of the legislature of 1817, Peter Hoodenpyl, Samuel Terry and William Rainey were authorized to open a turnpike from the foot of Cumberland Mountain in Sequatchie Valley, to the foot of the mountain in Warren County, on the most direct route from Pikeville to McMinnville. Obediah Jennings was appointed "Commishioner of View". Toll to be for each wagon, 8-team, 75 cents. Cart and driver 50 cents each, man and horse or mule 12 1/2 cents. Each loose horse 3 cents, cattle 2 cents, hogs or sheep each 1 cent.

This road afterwards known as the Harrison Ferry Road, the tradition being told that Audley Harrison won the road in a card game with William Rainey. It has alway been told that Harrison always had his opponents to sit in such a position that his wife could see the cards which his opponents held, while she sat at the spinning wheel, supposedly busy at her spinning. She would signal Harrison by the way she turned the wheel, so that he knew what was in the other man's hand. This road is now State Highway No. 8.

One of the Harrison men killed Mike Grove. It was a squabble about property, he left home and went to Texas. Audley Harriosn lived at the foot of the mountain just above his ferry. He was the ferryman and carried people across the Collins River in a long boat,the boat was attached to a steel cable that was anchored on both sides of the river.


Audley and some of his family are buried in a private plot at Shellsford Cemetery in Warren County, Tennessee."

Birth:
orginally known as "Jeffersonville"...

Map of Tazewell ... http://www.mapquest.com/us/va/tazewell

Audley married Anna Elizabeth "Elizabeth" Dennis in 0___ 1810 in Tazewell County, Virginia. Anna (daughter of Joseph Dennis, Sr. and Anna Nancy Bybee) was born in 0___ 1794 in Tazewell County, Virginia; died on 2 Feb 1836 in Warren County, Tennessee; was buried in Shellsford Cemetery, 121 Bottoms Road, McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee 37111. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 0___ 1804

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: Revolutionary War Patriot

Notes:

Said to have weighed over 300 lbs.

Click here to view his antecedents ... http://www.wikitree.com/treewidget/Harrison-516/9

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Biography

Rev. Thomas William Harrison [1]

Birth: 2 October 1750 Augusta, Virginia, United States
Death: 21 June 1814 Tazewell, Tazewell, Virginia, United States
He served as a private in the 3rd Co. Capt. Strother Jones, Col. Nathaniel Gists' Virginia Regiment, 1777.
Thomas was a Revolutionary War soldier who was in battles of Brandywine, Germantown,and Yorktown.[2]
Parents:

Thomas Harrison, III b. 3 March 1723 Chappawamsic, Prince William, Virginia
d. February 1756 Stafford, Stafford, Virginia, United States

Anne Waye PEYTON b. 1731 Stafford, Stafford, Virginia, United States d.1751
Thomas Harrison married as his second wife, Hannah Dennis (1770-1830). He served as a private in the 3rd Co. Capt. Strother Jones, Col. Nathaniel Gists' Virginia Regiment, 1777. He was born in Augusta Co.; died in Tazwell Co., VA.


Thomas Harrison, Sr (the Weaver) b. ca 175O in VA; died 1815. married

(1.) Hannah JONES d/o John Jones(w/p July 1773, Botetourt Co, VA). Their children were John, Elizabeth, Edea, Mary, Hannah.


(2) Hannah DENNIS (d/o Joseph Dennis) on 7 March 1779, Botetourt Co, VA. Children of second marriage were: Joseph, Thomas, James, Samuel, Elenor, Edley, Nancy and Alexander.

Spouse #1 and Child:

Sarah (Harrison) Harrison (his Cousin) b.26 July 1754 m. 9 December 1775 d. 16 March 1842
Samuel Harrison
Elizabeth Harrison

Spouse #2 and Children:

Hannah JONES Harrison b. abt 1750 d. abt 1777 m. 9 December 1775
Mary Harrison
John Harrison
"Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:S524-PZ8 : accessed 2015-01-02), entry for Hannah /Jones/.

Thomas married Hannah Jones about 1768 and that she was a daughter of Rev. John Jones of Williamsburg. He says further that Thomas was a Revolutionary War soldier who was in battles of Brandywine, Germantown,and Yorktown.


Spouse #3: (show children) Hannah Elizabeth DENNIS Harrison b. 1760 d, 1830 m. 7 April 1779

Husband: Rev. Thomas William Harrison
Wife: Hannah Dennis M. 7 Apr 1779 Botetourt, Virginia
Child: Elizabeth Harrison
Child: Joseph David Harrison
Child: Thomas Harrison, Jr.
Child: Ann Barnes Harrison
Child: James Harrison
Child: Mary Nancy Harrison
Child: Eleanor Unknown Harrison
Child: Mary Nancy Harrison
Child: Audley M Harrison
Child: Alexander Harrison
Child: John Peyton Harrison
Child: Nancy Harrison
Child: Walter Harrison
Child: Elizabeth Harrison
Child: Sarah Harrison
Child: [[Harrison-492|Frances Harrison]


Additional Information for Rev. Thomas William /Harrison/ Notes (15)

HARRISON HERITAGE p. 334 December 1982 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~harrisonrep/harrisonmil/revwar_hhv2n4.html
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=286e10e4-dd62-4d56-bbcb-6c092b73057a&tid=16168344&pid=508599295
The WEAVER, Episcopal Priest Ordained 1774
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=546a1cc3-c8a8-4b99-a100-eeff86481d39&tid=16168344&pid=508599295

American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.
Ancestry Family Trees

U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Yates Publishing
Citing This Record:

"Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:S52W-KYL : accessed 2015-01-02), entry for Rev. Thomas William /Harrison/.

Marriage

Biography

Thomas S was born in 1750. Thomas S Harrison ... [3]

No more info is currently available for Thomas S Harrison. Can you add to his biography?

Sources

Marie Mills, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Marie and others.
? https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:S52W-KYL
? http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=monkeys&id=I3973
? Entered by Marie Mills, Sep 9, 2012

Military:
He served as a private in the 3rd Co. Capt. Strother Jones, Col. Nathaniel Gists' Virginia Regiment, 1777.

Thomas was a Revolutionary War soldier who was in battles of Brandywine, Germantown,and Yorktown.[

Buried:
on Five Oaks Farm...

Thomas married Hannah Dennis on 7 Apr 1779 in Botetourt County, Virginia. Hannah (daughter of Joseph Dennis and Mary Ann Combs) was born in 0___ 1760 in Botetourt County, Virginia; died in 0___ 1830 in Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Sara LNU. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Posted By: L Holcomb
Email: grammelyn@aol.com
Subject: Re: Wm. Grove of Seneca Co. NY
Post Date: November 25, 1999 at 08:26:28
Message URL: http://genforum.genealogy.com/grove/messages/360.html
Forum: Grove Family Genealogy Forum
Forum URL: http://genforum.genealogy.com/grove/


Pam,
I have more than one William Grove in my line.
William Robertson Grove 1812 pos. B Tenn.
his son William b 1841.
William Grove B.1858, son of Clayborn Grove.
Clayborn is the brother of Wm Robertson Grove. Their parents were John Grove and Sara.Also have Willey Fane Grove 1843, another grandson of John, possibly William.
John Grove is my 3rd grgrandfather. Would appreciate any help I can get on their family. I'm stuck at finding one of Johns sons also his parents. Lynnie

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Primitive Baptist, Deacon
• Residence: 1802, Big Spring Union Church, Springdale, Claiborne County, Tennessee
• Possessions: 4 Jan 1811; Claiborne County, Tennessee

Notes:

5 Apr 2005:

Worth further research...

Ref Lucas' book on DODSON, pp. 1356-1357:

Passage is citing 'John CUNNINGHAM' as a messenger from the "Big Spring Primitive Baptist Church" [Springdale, Claiborne Co.,TN] for the association meeting, in August 1801, along with many DODSONs.

This is an important reference as it may be a clue to who his wife's (Nancy DODSON) family may be as Jesse DODSON was listed as pastor and it is assumed that the many additional DODSONS cited are no doubt siblings or issue...DAH

June 24, 2015: More evidence that John Cunningham & Jesse Dodson were closely associated;

"June 2nd Saturday 1804. Church met at Big Spring and after worship proceeded to business.

1st Opened a door for the reception of members and received Charles Going and Catherine Mason by letter.

2nd A petition from Holston River read and approbated and a church meeting appointed on the fourth Saturday in June to be attended by the following members: Jesse Dodson, Wm. Stroud, Thomas Bridges, John Cunningham and Wm. Weaver.

3rd John Hill releast from the charge against him and restord to his seat again.

4th In consequence of a distress with Sarah Lane and the church and referd to next meeting in course and a committee appointed to labor with her of the following members; Thomas Bridges, Wm. Stroud, Wm. Weaver, Jesse Dodson, John Cunningham, Thomas Jeffries, Thomas Cunningham, James Roddy and …..Harper, Hannah Hill and Lety Lane." ... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnclaibo/pioneer/baptist/minutes_of_big_spring_primitive_1804.htm

end of note

Book C p.42

4 January 1811 - John Cuningham of Claiborne County, TN. . to Elijah Hurst of same, for $300 in Claiborne County, TN., 34 acres on spring fork of Sycamore Creek, grant of Joseph Beard, old line of Isaac Lane.

Witnesses: John Cunningham
Isaac Lane
Joab Hill
Sella? Lane
Registered Feb. 27, 1811

end of passage

"...Actually, there were three Cunningham families who originated in VA; then moved to Warren County, TN in the early 1800's. Based on my clumsey interpretation of your Cunningham Family Genealogy Forum posting, you might want to follow the rather complex tread for "John 4 Cunningham" in Neil L. Cunningham's book. Here is an excerpt:

"John 4's children and grandchildren lived in Prince Edward and Pittsylvania Counties in Virginia; Hawkins and Claiborne Counties in Tennessee, then about 1809/10, settled in Irving College in Warren County, Tennessee."

If this is not the family ancestor location trail you are seeking, please accept my apology.

Note: The three John Cunningham families in Warren County were located at {1} Rock Island {2} Viola and {3} Irving College.

Second note: Full 67 markers yDNA testing is recommended for male descendents of all three John Cunningham families. They have the same given & surname but apparently different genetic heritage. y-DNA results are available for John Cunningham of Rock Island and John Cunningham of Viola. Do you have y-DNA results for John Cunningham of Irving College?

Feel free to contact me via e-mail, if needed.

Over Fork Over,
Mac Cunningham
Haplogroup I2b1, C-41
Descendent of John Cunningham of Rock Island, Warren, TN"

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Religion:
Ref Lucas' book on DODSON, pp. 1356-1357:

Passage is citing 'John CUNNINGHAM' as a messenger from the "Big Spring Primitive Baptist Church" [Springdale, Claiborne Co.,TN] for the association meeting, in August 1801, along with many DODSONs.

Residence:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Spring_Union_Church

Big Spring Union Church, also known as Big Springs Primitive Baptist Church, is a historic church in Springdale , Claiborne County, Tennessee .
The church was built circa 1795 or 1796, and was known at first as Big Spring Meetinghouse. A Baptist church was organized at the site in 1800. During the Civil War , it served as a hospital for both Confederate and Union Army troops.[2]
It is one of the oldest church buildings in Tennessee that is still in active use as a church.[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1] The church is on Lone Mountain Road, off Tennessee State Route 32 .[1][2] The Tennessee State Library and Archives holds a copy of the records of Big Spring Primitive Baptist Church for the years 1800 through 1948.[3]

Possessions:
sold in Claiborne County, Tennessee

John married Nancy Dodson in 1792. Nancy (daughter of Elder Jesse Buford Dodson, Sr. and Ruth Dodson) was born in 1773 in (Halifax County) Commonwealth of Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1850, Warren County, Tennessee

Notes:

Hey I just wanted to share some things I found.

You were speculating that Nancy Dodson (who married John Cunningham) may be related to Jesse Dodson. Well according to the Standridge/Pearson family tree on Ancestry, they had a son named Jesse L. Cunningham, born 09 Sep 1805 in Claiborne County, TN and died 6 Sep 1878 in Lipan, Hood County, Texas. There was a photo attached. I have attached it to this email. It appears they were married in Hawkins County (my neck of the woods). I have also attached Nancy Dodson Cunningham's 1850 Census record from Warren County, TN.

There was this story attached to the Standridge/Pearson tree as well:

Jesse Cunningham was a physician and served as such in the Confederate Army in the 28th Alabama Infantry.

He was also the first mayor of Cleburne, Johnson Co., Texas, appointed by then governor E.J. Davis on Dec 12, 1871 & serving till Nov 8, 1872. A ceremony was held in Cleburne honoring his descendants July 10, 2001.

June 27, 2015, Editor's Note: This "Jesse DODSON" is incorrectly identified by the Stanridge/Pearson Family Tree. He is actually the son of John Cunningham and Sarah Jane Swindle. Click here to view his pedigree:

http://thehennesseefamily.com/ahnentafel.php?personID=I42943&tree=hennessee&generations=


So then the same tree lists Nancy Dodson as the daughter of Jesse and Ruth Dodson but does say there is hard evidence. It has this story attached:

"The most interesting and revealing records on the Cunninghams during this period comes from an old journal of the creation and proceedings of the North on Holston Baptist Church which was formed on the third Saturday in March, 1792.

These church records were copied from an old jurnal belonging to the Baptist Minister Chesley Hood Boatright. The Rev. Boatright was born on Nov. 25, 1797 and the records were copied during the 1800's.

There were 28 charter members at the first meeting of the North On Holston Church.

Included were: Jesse Dodson and his wife Ruth;
Jesse Dodson's older brother Thomas and his wife Mary;
Jesse Dodson's older cousin Elisha Dodson and his wife Rachael;
Thomas and Mary's son Thomas;
Utally Dodson who has never been identified by any of the Dodson historians; and
Elizabeth and
Nancy Dodson. ...

This writer is of the opinon the Nancy Dodson mentioned in the church records was the first child of Jesse and Ruth Dodson. Nancy is not listed by any Dodson historian, but I will provide further evidence to support this conclusion later. ...

The membership of the church grew quickly and by February 1793, there were 160 members, including several Negroes. John Cunningham was the 43rd member and Mary Cunningham, William Cunningham's wife, was 45th. Thomas Cunningham 83rd and James Cunningham 87th. There was no listing for William Cunningham. Chesley H. Boatright, an ancestor of the preacher who copied the church journal was 117th.

At the second meeting of the church on the first Saturday in April 1792, the first item of business was to "choose a committee to enquire into the charges brought by Thomas Dodson, Junr. against Nancy Dodson." This is one first cousin charging another. The second item of business was that the committee reported the "charge is groundless and Thomas Dodson is considered under dealings."

At the next meeting on the first Saturday in May, 1792, the second item of business was to appoint a committee "to inquire into the truth of the charges brought by Thomas Dodson and Mary Dodson, Sr. against Nancy Dodson." This was aunt and uncle against niece. The third item of business was that the committee "report no charge of weight and disapproved of it." At the next meeting on the first Saturday in June, the first item of business was "to consider Thomas and Mary Dodson under dealings." The second item restored Thomas Dodson, Jr. to fellowship.

On the first Saturday in July, 1792, the church met and "I. received the advice of the Association from the North Fork of the Holston. 2. Chose Elisha Dodson Moderator. 3. Chose James Fears and Jesse Dodson to attend the conference at Hornback the 4th Friday in August. 4. Excommunicated Thomas Dodson (Jesse's brother and the other deacon) for usurping the authority of the church in maintaining an unsupportable charge against N. Dodson."

At the next meeting on the first Saturday in August, 1792, the first report to the church was "the standing of Sister Dodson (Mary) as we conceived it at Elisha Dodson's we find her still aiming to support her charges against Nancy Dodson and also accuses Jesse and Ruth Dodson of telling lies."

At the next meeting, on the first Saturday in September, 1792, (this has been going on now for five months), the second item of business was "Mary Dodson excommunicated for bringing railing against Nancy Cunningham, an accusing Jesse and Ruth Dodson of lying which she could not make appear."

We will never know what charges her first cousin, aunt and uncle made against Nancy Dodson Cunningham, but we do know that our great great, great grandfather John 6 Cunningham made an honest woman out of her. Obviously, Nancy Dodson and John 6 Cunningham were married either in August or September, 1792.

I have belabored this humorous series of events for a specific reason. There are no other records available to identify John 6's wife Nancy. We know from later census records in Warren County that her name was Nancy and she was born in 1773, but ther is no record of where she was born or who her parents were. As stated earlier, it is this writer's conclusion that Nancy Dodson Cunningham was the daughter, probably the first born of Jesse and Ruth Dodson. There are other reasons to support this conclusion.

John 6 and Nancy Cunningham's male children were (1) Thomas, probably named after John 6's brother, (2) Jesse, probalby named after Nancy's father, Jesse Dodson and (3) Elisha, probably named after Jesse Dodson's cousin Elisha who was in the North of Holston Baptist Church with them. There is no record of anyone on the Cunningham side of the family prior to this time being named Jesse or Elisha. It is also interesting to note that the first born son of John 6 and Nancy named one son Jesse and another Elisha."

Direct Quote taken from: Neil L. Cunningham Research book. (Feb. 28, 1992), Now held at the Magness Memorial Library , McMinnville, TN ; Chapter headed "Hawkins County Tennessee 1785-1797)

Also the minutes can be found in "Historical Southern Families" Vol XIII pgs 119-121

end of commentary

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: farmer
• Will: 9 Apr 1851, Warren County, Tennessee
• Alt Death: 21 Apr 1857

Notes:

William M Hays
Born 26 Sep 1780 [location unknown]
ANCESTORS ancestors
Son of Patrick C Hays and Rachel (Russell) Hays
Brother of William M Hayes [half]
Husband of Lembia (Unknown) Hays — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
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Father of William M Hays
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Disinherited all of his children from his first wife. See Warren County,TN Will Books 1-3, p. 163...DAH

William married Lembia LNU in (~1800). Lembia was born in Commonwealth of Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Fri 9/17/2021 2:30 PM

Hi David,

Are you the administrator of the Hennessee genealogy website? If so, I have some information regarding Lembia, wife of William Hayes Sr. you may be interested in.

Let me know.

Regards,
Andra Hayes

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Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Possessions: 1805; Warren County, Tennessee
• Possessions: 1812; Warren County, Tennessee
• Will: 7 Mar 1848, Warren County, Tennessee
• Will: 2 Feb 1851, Warren County, Tennessee
• Probate: 19 Apr 1851, Warren County, Tennessee

Notes:

From James came all of the Tennessee, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas and other Western Hennessee families...

Last Will & Testament of James Hennessee of the County of Warren and the State of Tennessee

I, James Hennessee, considering the uncertainty of this mortal life, I being of sound mind and memory do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following: That is to say

Item First:

I have heretofore given my oldest son, Thomas Hennessee, one tract of land lying in Warren County on the waters of Collins River worth two hundred dollars, also one negro girl worth three hundred dollars, one horse, bridle and saddle worth fifty dollars, one bed and furniture, one cow and calf worth sixteen dollars and that is all I ever intend to give him.

Item Second:

I have given my son, Patrick S. Hennessee, on tract or parcel of land worth two hundred and fifty dollars, one horse, bridle and saddle worth fifty dollars and one cow and calf and one bed and furniture worth sixteen dollars and also one other negro girl, named Hannah, worth two-hundred and fifty dollars and that is all I ever intend to give him.

Item Third:

I have given my daughter, Alsey Christian, one negro woman named Betty, worth five hundred dollars, one cow and calf and one bed and furniture worth sixteen dollars and two horses worth thirty dollars each and that is all I ever intend to give her.

Item Fourth:

I have given my son Archibald W. Hennessee one tract or parcel of land on the waters of Collins River in the County of Warren worth two hundred dollars, one mare, bridle and saddle worth fifty dollars, and one cow and calf, bed and furniture worth sixteen dollars, and that is all I ever intend to give him.

Item Fifth:

I have given my son Alfred Hennessee one tract or parcel of land in County of Warren on the waters of Collins River worth two hundred dollars, one negro boy worth four hundred dollars and one bed and furniture and one cow and calf worth sixteen dollars and that is all I ever intend to give him.

Item Sixth:

I have given my son Alexander Hennessee one tract of land lying on the waters of Collins River worth two hundred dollars and two negro girls worth two hundred and fifty dollars each and one bedstead bed and furniture worth ten dollars and that is all I ever intend to give him.

Item Seventh:

I have given my son Henry Hennessee one negro boy and one negro girl worth three hundred dollars each, one bed and furniture and one cow and calf worth sixteen dollars and that is all I ever intend to give him.

Item 8:

I have given my son James W. Hennessee one tract of land in the county of Warren on the waters of Collins River worth two hundred dollars and one negro girl worth two hundred dollars and one horse, bridle and saddle worth eighty-five dollars, one bed and furniture worth eight dollars and that is all I ever intend to give him.

Now as touching my free hold estate which I am lawfully seized and possessed of at this time. First, I give to and bequeath to my beloved wife Jane Hennessee ten acres of land including by dwelling houses and all other out-building running from the bank of Collins River west to the branch, also the seventh part of forty acres of land in the County of Warren and west of my dwelling house and formerly know as school land, also the seventh part of all my household furniture and here saddle which she now is in possession of and the seventh part of my stock.

Item 2nd:

I give to my son John Hennessee ten acres of land on the upper end of my land next to the river including a small field, also his saddle and also the seventh part of all my stock and household furniture and the seventh part of the above mentioned school-land, and lastly as to all the rest residing and remainder of my real and personal estate goods and cattles of whatsoever kind, the one I give and demise to Polly Ann Hennessee my oldest daughter, Samuel M. Hennessee, Ester Hennessee, Anderson L. Hennessee and Eliza Jane Hennessee in the following manner, that is to say the same shall be equally divided amongst the five last mentioned children.

I hereby appoint my wife Jane Hennessee and P. S. Hennessee sole executrix and executor of this my last will and testament hereby revoking all former wills by me made and my said wife Jane Hennessee shall remain in full possession of all that part of the land then divided to my last mentioned six children during her widowhood or until the youngest child becomes of age my said executrix and executor give theirs of their portion as mentioned in my last will and testament.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this seventh day of March in the year of our Lord one-thousand-eight-hundred and forty-eight. The above division shall be made after all my just debts is paid.

Signed: James Hennessee

Note: A Codicil was signed by James Hennessee on Sunday, February 2, 1851, affirming "Item 2nd" of his will. On Saturday, April 19, 1851 a commission was appointed to sell the property.

Elisha David Cunningham witnessed the will of James Hennessee, Warren County, TN Will Book I, p. 119 ... DAH

end of Last Will & TEstament

Wanda Gant, who has abstracted a list of 1820 Warren County jail-petitioners, cites among them;

"...Wilcher, Thomas
Wilsher, R. P.". - Who is this? Could he be another son of Thomas (Ransom Pinckney?). He must have been born before 1799 as the list cites those who are in majority only. On further reflection, R. P., could be simply a misread or typo for A. P. - Archibald Price?...DAH

What is the relationship between Miss Cain and John CAIN listed in following complaint?

circa 1830-1831:

"CHANCERY of M'MINVILLE DECREES

Thomas Wilcher, administrator and legale of Archibald P. Wilchire, dec. and Leroy Hammans, guardian of Barto Vaughn, complaints vs.

John Cain, Jesse Wooton, Jas. Henessee, Nancy Wilcher, Charles Colson, Jonathan Wootton and Wm. Pragill, defendants."

13 Jul 2008: Could not locate Wooton or Pragill in 1850 Warren or White County census...DAH

Abstracted from "The Upper Cumberland Researcher", Volume XXI, No.1, Spring 1996,article entitled, "The Sparta Recorder and Law Journal by Anderson and Long, July 31, 1830 Vol. 1, No. 13", p. 18

20 Jul 2008

http://www.tngenweb.org/white/_minutes/1814_172.html

Would Frances Hennessee be a sibling or a son to James? There no further references to the name, "Frances", in James' line...DAH

21 July 1815

P. 172 It is therefore considered by the Court the cause continue until the next term of this Court.

Ordered by Court that Zachariah Jones be appointed Overseer of the road leading from Sparta to Allens ferry beginning where Furgersons path turns off, thence to said ferry, and that William Irwin Esqr. furnish a sufficient number of hand to work there on and open said road and who shall be considered bound to work thereon until sufficiently opened and then to return to work on former road assigned them to work on and keep in repair &c.

Ordered by Court that Moses Lynnville be appointed Overseer of the road from Hailys old Cabin to the house of Reuben Ragland Esqr. and that Reuben Ragland assign a list of hand to work there on.

Saturday July 22nd 1815. Ordered that Court be adjourned until Court in Court.

Turner Lane )

Frances Hennessee )

Joseph Smith ) Esqrs.

Isaac Medkiff )

Test- Jacob A. Lane. Clk.

end of this notation

more...

Other "James'" found in early records...

James Henesy 1762 North Carolina Taxpayers List New Hanover County, NC p. 95 Tax Roll: North Carolina New Hanover D.A.Hennessee Item:
James Henesy 1763 North Carolina Taxpayers List New Hanover County, NC p. 95 Tax Roll: North Carolina New Hanover D.A.Hennessee Item:
James Hennesy 1780 Irish Settlers in America Vermont Revolutionary Patriot p. 257 Rev.Patriots: Vermont Uncited Vol. I Grant Hennessa Item:
James Hennessy 1778 Calender of Maryland State Papers:The Red Papers Oath: Maryland Anne Arundel State of Maryland D.A.Hennessee Item:
James Hennessee 1860 Alabama Census:1860 p. 220 Census: Alabama Jones Bluff,Sumter 1860Sumter ALD.A.Hennessee Item:

James Henecy 1778 Burke County, NC, Land Records: 1778 p. 565 Land Record: North Carolina Burke County Vol. I Mary Barnes Item:
James Heney 1778 Burke County, NC, Land Records: 1778 p. 230 Land Record: North Carolina Burke County Vol. I Mary Barnes Item:
James Henecy 1778 Burke County, NC, Land Records: 1778 p. 229 Land Record: North Carolina Burke County Vol. I Mary Barnes Item:
James Hennessy 1780 Irish Settlers in America p. 318 Mil. Service: Uncited Uncited Vol. IMichael J. O'Brien Grant Hennessa Item:

James Hennesy 1777 Irish Settlers in America Vermont Revolutionary Patriot p. 257 Rev.Patriots: Vermont County Unknown Vol. IMichael J. O'Brien Grant Hennessa Item:

James Hennessy 1805 Talbot County,MD Guardian Accounts Apprenticeship: Maryland Talbot D.A.Hennessee Item:
James Hennessy 1793 Talbot County,MD Guardian Accounts Birth: Maryland Talbot D.A.Hennessee Item:
James Hennessee 1809 Early Deeds of Williamson Co.,TN:1792-1812 Land Purchase Tennessee Franklin Joyce Martin Murray Davidson Mary Barnes

end of this listing

more...

Subject Jump: You might be interested that on this same 1805 Tax List, image 4 of 5, left side, entry number 17 is a James Hennessee.

{Someone has scribbled in the edge of the document that James Hennessee was a handsome dude, wealthy beyond belief and the local power broker for Rock Island governent when it was still White County---or something like that........}

Source Information: Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Early Tax List Records, 1783-1895 [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/tnearlytaxlist/?name=james_hennessee&name_x=_x&residence=_tennessee-usa_45].

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"Tennessee County Formation Maps" 1777-1985 ... http://tngenweb.org/maps/county-ani/tn-maps/tn-cf.html

Select a year and view county line changes...

Note: In March 2018, a researcher wrote in to state the following: "...when Hamilton was expanded to include land previously held by the Cherokee and when Bradley County was formed, it shows the current line between the two counties. In fact, Hamilton County originally followed White Oak Mountain to the GA line, which left Apison, Howardville and other parts east in Bradley County. When James County was formed, those communities of Bradley County withdrew to join with the eastern strip of Hamilton County to form James County; however, when James County was dissolved, all of its territory went to Hamilton County, including the portion previously in Bradley County." Source: Donnelly, P. W., & East Tennessee Historical Society. (1983). James County: A lost county of Tennessee. Ooltewah, Tenn: Old James County Chapter, East Tennessee Historical Society.

Page last updated: March 3, 2018


end of note

Name: James Hennessee
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1850
Event Place: Warren county, Warren, Tennessee, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 84
Race: White
Birth Year (Estimated): 1766
Birthplace: North Carolina
House Number: 438


Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
James Hennessee M 84 North Carolina
Jane Hennessee F 52 Tennessee
Samuel Hennessee M 19 Tennessee
Easther Hennessee F 17 Tennessee
Anderson T Hennessee M 14 Tennessee
Eliza J Hennessee F 11 Tennessee
William Harper M 25 Alabama

Household ID: 438
Line Number: 5
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: 00072

Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC69-PH3 : 12 April 2016), William Harper in household of James Hennessee, Warren county, Warren, Tennessee, United States; citing family 438, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

end of this census record

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

Will:
Initial will recorded...

Will:
This was the last codicil recorded.

Died:
Map & History of Warren County, Tennessee... http://bit.ly/PIsRbw

Buried:
http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~jemjr/genealogy/graveyard.htm

OLD BURIAL GROUNDS OF WARREN COUNTY, TENN. By MRS. BLANCHE BENTLEY

"One of the best known and first organized churches of Warren County was Liberty, a mile or so from McMinnville. As shown by his will, land was given by Thomas Wiltshire (Wilcher) http://thehennesseefamily.com/getperson.php?personID=I1214&tree=hennessee, the church house built and the church, Cumberland Presbyterian in doctrine, organized all in 1815. William Cheek Smartt is the reputed founder and he and John Allison, a Revolutionary soldier, were two of its first elders William C. Smartt, his wives, his venerable mother, and many descendants are buried in this peaceful enclosure which in the springtime, with its level grassy turf, its evergreens, flowers, and waving vines, looks very like a garden of the long ago. William C. Smartt was a commissioned general in the militia, but he won his spurs as a fighting man at Mobile under Jackson where he was promoted to the rank of major."

James married Sarah "Sallie" Wilcher in ~1794 in (Burke County, North Carolina). Sarah (daughter of Thomas Wilcher, Sr. and (Nancy Anna) "Anne" (Walton) LNU) was born in 1775 in (Amherst County, Virginia); died about 8 Jul 1830 in Warren County, Tennessee; was buried in (Liberty Hill Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery, Warren County, Tennessee). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt Death: (BEFORE 1825), Warren County, Tennessee

Notes:

Birth:
or Amherst Co.,VA

Buried:
OLD BURIAL GROUNDS OF WARREN COUNTY, TENN. By MRS. BLANCHE BENTLEY

"One of the best known and first organized churches of Warren County was Liberty, a mile or so from McMinnville. As shown by his will, land was given by her father, Thomas Wiltshire (Wilcher) http://thehennesseefamily.com/getperson.php?personID=I1214&tree=hennessee, the church house built and the church, Cumberland Presbyterian in doctrine, organized all in 1815. William Cheek Smartt is the reputed founder and he and John Allison, a Revolutionary soldier, were two of its first elders..."


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Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Military: Revolutionary War Patriot
• Religion: 1801-1805; Primitive Baptist Elder
• Religion: 1820; Primitive Baptist Elder

Notes:

Sketches of Tennessee's Pioneer Baptist Preachers... http://www.knoxcotn.org/tnbaptists/index.html

JESSE DODSON

"In memory of Rev. Jesse Dodson; born November 22, 1752; died November 22, 1843. A minister of the gospel sixty years." (Tombstone record, Eastanallee Church.)

The deceased was born in Halifax County, Va. His first settlement in Tennessee was in Claiborne County. From there he went to Middle Tennessee. In 1819 he came to the Hiwassee Purchase, making a settlement in McMinn County, a few months before the county was "erected." On the Eastanallee is a house still standing, I believe, built ninety-eight years ago by Jesse Dodson.

Soon after his settlement in the Hiwassee district he began pioneer work. He and seven others constituted themselves into the Eastanallee Church. He and Silas Witt organized New Hopewell. He and James Courtney founded the Hiwassee Church. Salem Church was organized by him and Richard Wilson, while he and John Short were co-founders of the Friendship Church. He was preacher to and pastor of these and other churches for many years. He was of Welsh extraction and had the Welsh fire. He was not trained to methodical sermonizing or systematic exposition of Scripture, but was earnest and fervent in exhortation, and was successful in revivals.

Elder Dodson owned 300 acres of land in the heart of Eastanallee valley, and ten negroes, whom he "freed," it is said, after the death of his wife (by whom he came into possession of them), giving as his reason that he had "concluded that a bill of sale of negroes in his pocket would be a bad passport at the gate of Heaven."

His wife was a Miss Ruth Johnson, of South Carolina, of a well-to-do. family, but the date of his marriage and other family and ministerial records have perished, were washed away or destroyed, it is thought, by the high waters of the Eastanallee in the year 1875. Editor's Note: Jesse was, in fact, married to Ruth Dodson, daughter of Elisha Dodson, Sr.

He lived to preach and exhort sinners to repentance about sixty-one years, and on his 91st birthday died in the triumph of a living faith.

Burnett, J .J. Sketches of Tennessee's Pioneer Baptist Preachers. Nashville, Tenn.: Press of Marshall & Bruce Company, 1919.

HTML presentation of this material is Copyright (c) 2002 by Rose-Anne Cunningham Bray. All rights reserved.

Thanksgiving of 1752 had a special meaning for Reverend Thomas DODSON and his wife Elizabeth ROSE, for on November 22nd they welcomed a new child into their Virginia family, Jesse DODSON. Not much is known about Jesse DODSON as a youth...one of at least 10 children in his family....but plenty is known about his adult life. Unknown to his father, a Virginia Baptist minister, Jesse would follow in his footsteps and change the lives of many settlers in the early days of America.

At the time of the American Revolution, the dominant religious force in the colonies was the Church of England, the mother country for so many of its settlers. To be a minister of any church that had broken ties with England was difficult in many social settings, but by the time Jesse DODSON was 23 years old, he was living on land given to him by his father in what is now Pittsylvania County in Virginia, and starting his life as a Baptist preacher, . Jesse and his wife Ruth were married in 1774, one year before the gunfire at Lexington and Concord would start the colonies on a path of thier own, and in 1777, Jesse's name is on the list of those taking an Oath of Allegiance to the State of Virginia. While there is no evidence of military service for Jesse DODSON during the War, we can feel confident that he served in some capacity, for at the end of the War he received a Land Grant in North Carolina, which would become Tennessee.

We know Jesse was still in Pittsylvania County, Virginia when the Revolutionary War ended in 1781, for he obtained property on Birch Creek, or Burches' Creek in some records. The following year he sold that land on "Jeremiah's Fork of Birches Creek" to relatives, and headed for Tennessee, leaving behind his brother William, also a Baptist minister.

Rev. Jesse DODSON is listed as a member of the County Line Baptist Church, also known as the North on Holston River Baptist Church, in 1785 Hawkins County, Tennessee. Rev. Jesse DODSON joined the Big Springs Primitive Baptist Church in what is now Springdale, Tennessee in 1801, and became the Pastor of the congregation from November 1801 until November of 1805.

In 1803, Jesse DODSON was listed in the tax records of what is now Claiborne County, in the northeast part of Tennessee, which includes part of Cumberland Gap National Park. The path from Virginia to Tennessee through Cumberland Gap had been widened by none other than Daniel Boone, and opened to wagon traffic after Rev. Jesse DODSON and his family passed through. The Big Springs Primitive Baptist Church that Jesse led was constructed in the winter of 1795-96 from hand-hewn logs, and is still standing today near Springdale, over two centuries later. It is one of the oldest churches still standing in the State of Tennessee.

Jesse and Ruth DODSON left Claiborne County in 1806 and moved to Warren County, Tennessee, where they are listed on the 1812 Tax List, and the 1820 Census. While in Warren County, they were involved with the Collins Creek Baptist Church and several others in the area.

Reverend Jesse DODSON was described by his peers as "earnest and fervent in exhortation", and "successful in Revivals". He was also said to have had the "Welsh fever" in describing his ancestrial traits and style of preaching, and is mentioned in the 1919 Baptist historical sketches as a Tennessee Pioneer Baptist Preacher.

Around 1820, Rev. Jesse DODSON was called to lead the Big Springs Baptist Church on Mouse Creek, near Niota in McMinn County, Tennessee...only a year after the Hiwassee Purchase Treaty with the Cherokee Indians had opened that land to settlement. Jesse was a founder of the Eastanallee Baptist Church, and his son Elisha donated the land for the structure. Over the years Rev. Jesse DODSON would be involved in the early McMinn County churches of Salem, Hiwassee, Friendship, and New Hopewell. Owning 300 acres of land in the Eastanallee Valley, his wife Ruth had obtained ten slaves from her father's Will, and when Ruth died in 1828 Jesse set the slaves free stating that "a Bill of Sale of Negroes in my pocket would be a bad passport at the Gates of Heaven"....another brave act in a Southern State over 30 years before the Civil War. After more than 60 years of preaching from the pulpit, and inspiring many pioneer churches, Jesse DODSON died on his 91st birthday in 1843. He is buried in the Eastanalle Church Cemetery in McMinn County, Tennessee.

The cemetery photo used at the top of this page in the header is the Eastanallee Cemetery, with the two broken headstones on the left side being those of Ruth and Jesse DODSON...and the Eastanallee Church is planning to replace them. Pioneer and Frontier Preacher, another good story in the ancestral book. Jesse is the 5th great grandfather of Anthony Martini, on his mother's side.

"In memory of Rev. Jesse Dodson; born November 22, 1752; died November 22, 1843. A minister of the gospel sixty years." (Tombstone record, Eastanallee Church.)

The deceased was born in Halifax County, Va. His first settlement in Tennessee was in Claiborne County. From there he went to Middle Tennessee. In 1819 he came to the Hiwassee Purchase, making a settlement in McMinn County, a few months before the county was "erected." On the Eastanallee is a house still standing, I believe, built ninety-eight years ago by Jesse Dodson.

Soon after his settlement in the Hiwassee district he began pioneer work. He and seven others constituted themselves into the Eastanallee Church. He and Silas Witt organized New Hopewell. He and James Courtney founded the Hiwassee Church. Salem Church was organized by him and Richard Wilson, while he and John Short were co-founders of the Friendship Church. He was preacher to and pastor of these and other churches for many years.

He was of Welsh extraction and had the Welsh fire. He was not trained to methodical sermonizing or systematic exposition of Scripture, but was earnest and fervent in exhortation, and was successful in revivals.


His wife was Ruth Dodson, of the same family lineage of Dodson pastors. Together, Jesse and Ruth raised 12 children whom all followed in their faith.

He lived to preach and exhort sinners to repentance about sixty-one years, and on his 91st birthday died in the triumph of a living faith.

MINUTES OF BIG SPRING PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH

[The first few pages are in very bad shape.]

Church Records for the Year 1800 - 1801

December 2nd Saturday 1800. ______Received John Goin in to fellowship. Received Obediah Jennings by experience. Agreed to continue meeting at Rob Camp 1st Saturday in January 1801 and appointed James Kinney, Elijah Chissum, William________, ________Harper and Isaac Lane to attend. Agreed to send James Kinney to Powder Gap Creek at their request.

Feby the 2nd Saturday 1801. Church met and after worship proceeded to business.
1st…..to continue meeting at Rob Camp.
2nd____
2nd Saturday_____Cloud by experience_______Richard________attend_______
______Saturday 1801. Church met for worship and proceeded to business.
1st Opened a door for the reception of members.
2nd Report made by the members from Robcamp that they received Marjorie Connor, Millie Armstrong into Fellowship.
3rd Appointed James Kinney, Isaac Lane and Thomas Jeffries to attend at Rob Camp first Saturday in April.
4th Peter Neal and William Stroud appointed to attend at Powells Valley Church on Gap Creek.

April the 2nd Saturday 1801. Church met and after worship proceeded to business.
1st. Opened a door for the reception of new members and received Judah Dodson by Experience.
2nd Appointed Bro James Kinney, Thomas Jeffries, William Stroud, Joseph Clark and Elijah Chissum to attend at Rob Camp meeting house on the first Saturday in May.

May the 2nd Saturday 1801. Church met and after worship proceeded to business.
1st Opened a door for the reception of new members.
2nd The brethren that attended at Rob Camp made_______that they had received Richard Hanes and advised____Members to meet together to worship God and____over each other according to the gospel________if any should want to join to the Church______advise that they send to the body for________

June the 2nd Saturday 1801. Church met and after worship proceed_________
1st Considered Bro. Obediah Martin's___________the ministry of the gospel______glory of God that he be_______ordinances but exercise______public prayer.
2nd ______Zachariah McCul_____
_____appoint Isaac Lane, Jesse Dodson and Joseph____to write with the church to which he formerly belonged their distresses.
4th Appoint Isaac Lauk and Joseph______to write to the association.

July the 2nd Saturday 1801. Church met and after worship proceeded to business.
1st Letters read and approbated.
2ne Appointed a Church Meeting at Rob Camp meetinghouse and appoint Joseph Clark and Peter Neal to attend.
3rd Appointed Joseph Cogdal to the association.

August the 1st Saturday 1801. Church met at Rob Camp and after worship proceeded to business.
1st Appointed James Kinney, Jesse Dodson and Peter Neal to settle a distress with Bro. Obediah Martin which was attended by Brother Martin's recantation.
2nd Dismist Richard Hanes, John Grimes, Milly Armstrong and Margery Conner.

August the 2nd Saturday 1801. Church met and after worship proceeded to business.
1st Opened a door for the reception of members. Received Jesse Dodson by letter.
2nd Elijah Chissum intended to travel desires letter of recommendation. Is granted a letter of dismission for himself and his wife when called for.
3rd Agreed to petition for a division of the association.

September the 2nd Saturday 1801. Church met and after worship proceeded to business.
1st Opened a door for the reception of members and received James Forrest and Mary his wife by letter.
2nd Received Stacy Edwards by experience.

______Saturday 1801. Church met and after worship proceeded to business.
1st Opened a door for the reception of members.
2nd Appointed our meeting in November for sacrament and the day before for fasting and prayer.
3rd. Brother William Stroud having a mind to travel requests a letter of recommendation is granted.
4th Motion for choosing a pastor is defered.

November the 2nd Saturday 1801. Church met and after worship proceeded to business.
1st Chose Jesse Dodson pastor.
2nd Agreed to call Isaac Barton and William Jones to install our pastor.

December the 2nd Saturday 1801. Church met and after worship proceeded to business.
1st Agreed to send Brethren Jesse Dodson, Isaac Land and Joseph Cogdal to the church on Buffaloo to inquire into their stand with John Conley.
End of Year 1800 - 1801

Could he have had a daughter who married James Cunningham?

October Second Saturday 1806. Church met at Big Spring and after worship proceeded to business.

1st Hannah Hill, Mercurius and Rachel Cook took their seats.

2nd Agreed to petition the Association for an alteration of their citing from Thursday to Saturday.

3rd Association letter read and approved.

4th Reference relative to Ritchard Harper continued to the 14th day of this month.

William and Nancy Stroud, Obediah and Elisabeth Jennings, Jesse and Ruth Dodson and Dodson's Sukey (Susanna) and James Cunningham dismisd by letter.

Tony Martini has put together an excellent biography with lots of location shots in Middle Tennessee ... http://graveyardgossip.blogspot.com/2010/03/martini-family-jesse-dodson-frontier.html

Dodsons who bureid in Matlock Cemetery:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSln=Dodson&GSiman=1&GScid=1964531&

end note

"In memory of Rev. Jesse Dodson; born November 22, 1752; died November 22, 1843. A minister of the gospel sixty years." (Tombstone record, Eastanallee Church.)

The deceased was born in Halifax County, Va. His first settlement in Tennessee was in Claiborne County. From there he went to Middle Tennessee. In 1819 he came to the Hiwassee Purchase, making a settlement in McMinn County, a few months before the county was "erected." On the Eastanallee is a house still standing, I believe, built ninety-eight years ago by Jesse Dodson.

Soon after his settlement in the Hiwassee district he began pioneer work. He and seven others constituted themselves into the Eastanallee Church. He and Silas Witt organized New Hopewell. He and James Courtney founded the Hiwassee Church. Salem Church was organized by him and Richard Wilson, while he and John Short were co-founders of the Friendship Church. He was preacher to and pastor of these and other churches for many years.

He was of Welsh extraction and had the Welsh fire. He was not trained to methodical sermonizing or systematic exposition of Scripture, but was earnest and fervent in exhortation, and was successful in revivals.


His wife was Ruth Dodson, of the same family lineage of Dodson pastors. Together, Jesse and Ruth raised 12 children whom all followed in their faith.

He lived to preach and exhort sinners to repentance about sixty-one years, and on his 91st birthday died in the triumph of a living faith.

Family Members
Parents
Thomas Dodson
1707–1783

Elizabeth Rose Dodson
1706–1766

Spouse
Photo
Ruth Dodson Dodson
1754–1828 (m. 1774)

Siblings
Thomas Dodson
1728–1816

Alice Dodson Dodson
1734–1792

Photo
William Dodson
1737–1832

Children
Photo
Elijah Dodson
1785–1858

Photo
Elisha Dodson
1785–1864

Photo
Jesse Buford Dodson
1791–1878

Photo
Tabitha Dodson Rice
1798–1839

Photo
Ruth Dodson Ware
1802–1885

Eli Dodson
1813–1876

end of profile

Military:
While there is no evidence of military service for Jesse DODSON during the War, we can feel confident that he served in some capacity, for at the end of the War he received a Land Grant in North Carolina, which would become Tennessee.

Religion:
Primitive Baptists, are also known as Hard Shell Baptists, Anti-Mission Baptists, or Old School Baptists. The adjective "Primitive" in the name has the sense of "original".

Joined the Big Springs Primitive Baptist Church in what is now Springdale, Tennessee in 1801, and became the Pastor of the congregation from November 1801 until November of 1805.

Religion:
Around 1820, Rev. Jesse DODSON was called to lead the Big Springs Baptist Church on Mouse Creek, near Niota in McMinn County, Tennessee...only a year after the Hiwassee Purchase Treaty with the Cherokee Indians had opened that land to settlement.

Jesse married Ruth Dodson in 1774 in Halifax County, Virginia. Ruth (daughter of Elisha Dodson, Sr. and Sarah Everett) was born on 12 Dec 1754 in Fauquier County, Virginia; died on 22 Nov 1828 in McMinn County, Tennessee; was buried in Matlock Cemetery, Athens, McMinn County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 25 Dec 1754, Pittsylvania County, Virginia

Notes:

Family Members
Spouse
Photo
Jesse Dodson
1752–1843 (m. 1774)

Children
Photo
Elijah Dodson
1785–1858

Photo
Elisha Dodson
1785–1864

Photo
Jesse Buford Dodson
1791–1878

Photo
Tabitha Dodson Rice
1798–1839

Photo
Ruth Dodson Ware
1802–1885

Eli Dodson
1813–1876

end of profile

Notes:

Married:
Ruth was his first cousin.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Baptist Preacher
• Alt Birth: 1730-1735, (Perthshire) Scotland
• Probate: 4 Oct 1839, Warren County, Tennessee

Notes:

Reverend William McGregor (the "Fiery Old Scots Preacher"�) was born about 1730-35 probably in Scotland. No records have been found as to when he immigrated to America, but he first appears in North Carolina in 1771 on the Bute County North Carolina tax roll, and was mentioned in the Kehuky Baptist Association minutes in 1774.

He was ordained to preach in June 1776 in Franklin County.

He was the organizing pastor of Mouth of Uwharrie Baptist Church in 1780 in Montgomery County North Carolina.

It is believed by some that when William came to America he was joined by two brothers, John McGregor and Bartlett McGregor, and in fact there are a John McGregor and a Bartlett McGregor in North Carolina, but no evidence has surfaced that proves they are William's brothers.

William purchased land in Anson County in 1778 lying southwest of the PeeDee River near the mouth of Attaway Branch.

He paid taxes in 1780 and 1782 for five hundred acres of land in Montgomery County in the same location. That land is now part of Morrow Mountain State Park in western Montgomery County.

Some internet sites say that William married Sarah (Molly) Flowers, but I have not seen evidence to verify the marriage. The John McGregor referenced above, lived in Northampton County North Carolina and is said to have married Mary Flowers, and in his will his wife was named Mary and he had a son named Flowers. If William and John were brothers, perhaps they married sisters.

Rev. William McGregor and his wife are probably buried in the cemetery above the Kron Cemetery and is called the McGregor Cemetery at the Morrow Mountain State Park.

Rev. William died about 1804/5; it is not known when his wife died but probably around the same time as she was alive in the 1800 census.

There are many internet sites that have confused Rev. William, Sr. with his son William, Jr.

There are sites that say Bartlett McGregor is Rev. William's brother, and others that say Bartlett is William's son.

Some sites say Ezekiel and Willis are the sons of William, Jr. Also, Rev. William's daughters have never been addressed.

Let's discuss the children of Rev. William McGregor, Sr.

1790 Census Montgomery County North Carolina (names spelled Megrigler) (pg 413)
William McGregor, Sr.
3 males 16+ (Sr. age abt 45-50, Jr. and ?)
2 males under 16 (Ezekiel and Willis)
3 females (Sr. wife, Jr. wife Mary Jane Stiles,
Jr. daughter Mary Ann)
4 slaves

Bartlett McGregor
1 male 16+ (Bartlett)
1 male under 16 (Harris McGregor)
2 females (wife Anne Harris McGregor and 1st child Avrilla)

1800 Census Montgomery County North Carolina (individual spelling below) (pg 520)
William Megriger, Sr.
1 male over 45 (William Sr. aged 65-70)
2 males 16-26 (Ezekiel and Willis)
1 female over 45 (Sr. wife)
6 slaves

William Megriger, Jr.
1 male 26-45 (Jr.)
1 female 26-45 (wife)
5 children

Bartlett Megreger
1 male 26-45 (Bartlett)
1 female (wife)
7 children

There is also a William Megriger aged 16-26 and wife on page 501. Could this be the male living in McGregor household in 1790? I don't think it is William Jr.'s son as he named a child William b. in 1805.

By 1810 census there were no McGregors in Montgomery County.

I have not researched any of William Sr.'s grandchildren but have relied on information contained in web sites.

In the 1790 and 1800 censuses, the names seem to have been put in a loose alphabetical order so we don't know how close together they lived to one another.

Bartlett McGregor moved to Stanly County North Carolina where he died .

William, Jr., Ezekiel and Willis moved to Warren County, Tennessee.

William McGregor, Jr. is the son of Rev. William McGregor, Sr. and was probably born between 1755 to 1770 either in Scotland or America and is probably the first son.

I think Bartlett McGregor is the son not the brother of Rev. William McGregor, Sr. William Sr. could have had a brother named Bartlett and he could have come to America, but is out of the picture by the above time frame.

Ezekiel and Willis b. 26 Nov. 1784 are the sons of William Sr. There could have been other sons who were out of the house or not living by the 1790 census.

There are web sites that say Mary Ann McGregor is a child of Rev. William McGregor, Sr. I believe she is the child of William McGregor, Jr. and his wife Mary Jane Stiles McGregor.

Any daughters of Rev. William McGregor, Sr. are probably married by the time of the 1790 census.

I have been told that a daughter named Susan married and moved to Rowan County North Carolina.

There is another who I believe is the daughter of Rev. William McGregor, Sr., and her name is Martha McGregor and she is my ancestor.

William Boyd was 16 years old when he joined the Rowan County North Carolina militia in 1777. He lived in Rowan County, but I have not been able to find his father among the Boyds living there. In his Revolutionary War pension file, he states that he served in the Revolutionary War with Bartlett McGregor. In 1784 he was living in his fatherãa€™s house when it burned down. I do not know where William was living in the 1790 census, but I believe he and Martha McGregor were married by this time. On March 18, 1794 William Boyd enters 100 acres great glade of Mountain Creek, border on McGehe. This land lies next to Rev. William McGregorãa€™s 500 acres. Also, McGehe is another name for McGregor, although it is usually spelled McGeehee. In the 1800 Montgomery County North Carolina census William Boyd and Martha McGregor Boyd are listed on page 518 as being age 26-45 with 1 male and 4 females under 10.

About 1808 when the McGregors moved to Warren County, Tennessee, William and Martha Boyd went with them. William states in his pension file that locations he lived after his service were Montgomery County, North Carolina, Warren County, Tennessee, Lauderdale County, Alabama, McNairy County, Tennessee, and Washington County, Arkansas where he died. Other Boyds show up in Warren County as well. The McGregors and Boyds are in the 1812 tax list of Warren County, Tennessee. Other families that traveled to Warren County from Montgomery County were Ware, Rowland, Martin, and Burleson.

I donãa€™t know the names or the fate of any of William and Martha McGregor Boydãa€™s children before 1800; the ones I do know about are McGregor b. 1804, William b. 1806, Willis b. 1808, Ezekiel b. 1811, Martha b. 1812 and another daughter I have not found as of yet. If anyone wants additional information regarding William and Martha Boyd please contact me directly.

The above is a compilation of my own research, web sites, and other sources. I would like feedback on what I have written. If you disagree with my conclusions, please respond and give your reasons and we can have an online discussion. And by all means please respond if you have additional information or know where we can find proof documents. There is so much misinformation on the internet, I thought by doing this we can all get it straight.
Dixie Bogard

Re: REV. WILLIAM MCGREGOR OF MONTGOMERY CO NORTH CAROLINA - 1735 TO 1805
Linda Glover (View posts)
Posted: 08 Jul 2006 07:18AM
Classification: Query
Surnames: McGregor, Marks
I found this very enjoyable and interesting. It looks like you have done a lot of work and research. I appreciate that and your sharing with this site.

I have not done any original work on this family, but, alas, have accepted what I have found that others have done. Now, I will have to find time to retrace your steps. :) I would appreciate any other information you might have to share.

I am a descendant of Avie McGregor and Benjamin Marks. To the best of my knowledge, Avie is William's granddaughter, a daughter of his son Ezekiel McGregor.

Re: REV. WILLIAM MCGREGOR OF MONTGOMERY CO NORTH CAROLINA - 1735 TO 1805
dixielea1 (View posts)
Posted: 08 Jul 2006 05:29PM
Classification: Query
Edited: 24 Nov 2006 05:20PM
Thank you for your comments. I wish there were more records in North Carolina that had survived the centuries.

The MacGregor Clan in Scotland was a warring bunch and one of their favorite foes was the Clan Campbell. However, the Campbells were more political and were able to obtain legal grants for the MacGregor lands. This was a time when religious conflicts between the Catholics and the Protestant Crown of England was at its height. Several clans of MacGregors fought in the Jacobite rebellion for Bonnie Prince Charlie in 1745. On April 3, 1603, the MacGregor clan was proscribed and the name MacGregor was outlawed. The members of the clan were forced to take another surname and hide among the other clans; they were prosecuted and persecuted and were prohibited from carrying any weapon. The procription was lifted a few times, but was almost immediately put back in place. It wasnãa€™t until 1775 until the proscription was finally lifted for good. During this turbulent time we started seeing variations of the MacGregor name; the name McGeehee was one of those variations. There are still McGeehees in the United States today.

William MacGregor was a boy during the Jacobite rebellion. Hundreds of MacGregors left Scotland for America or for Ireland and then some of those came to America. Because Williamãa€™s name was outlawed, I doubt we will ever be able discover where in Scotland he lived. I have been told that most ships coming into Virginia from Scotland did not preserve the names of their passengers so that information is lost to us.

Information I have on Ezekiel is he married Sarah Ware (twin to Willisãa€™ wife) and he died on 9/23/1856 in Warren Co. Tennessee. Children were:
Temperance
Willis Nard
Jason
Jemima
Wiley A.
Avie
Henderson
Clinton
Susan

Can you confirm the above info as correct. Thanks.

I also want to ask you about Avie. Do you know if her name was Avie or if that is a nickname?
Thanks for your reply.
Dixie





Re: REV. WILLIAM MCGREGOR OF MONTGOMERY CO NORTH CAROLINA - 1735 TO 1805
Linda Glover (View posts)
Posted: 09 Jul 2006 12:38AM
Classification: Query
Surnames: McGregor, Marks
I really enjoy the historical information. It makes for interesting reading when combined with the family tree.

Avie is the name on her gravestone in Bell County, Texas.

The names of Ezekiel's children are the ones that I have, but I must admit I copied them from other sources and have not verified them. (I have been working on another side of my family.) The name Ezekiel McGregor Marks was given to Avie's son. He was always called "Mack" Marks. His grandson, my grandfather, was named Ezekiel Mack Hale.

The only information I have on Avie is below and was copied from the county history book for Bell County, Texas. It was submitted by a member of her family, George Huckabee.

AVIE MCGREGOR MARKS HUCKABEE
(March 6, 1819-October 9, 1897)

Avie McGREGOR was born in Warren County, Tennessee, on March 6, 1819, the daughter of Ezekiel and Sarah Ware McGREGOR. She married Benjamin MARKS in the mid 1830s and had two sons: James H. and Ezekiel McGregor "Mack".
A widow, she married Bartlett HUCKABEE in either Pontotoc County, Mississippi, or Middle Tennessee. Marriage records are not available for these counties for those years.
Avie and Bartlett HUCKABEE had three children: Jason, Charlotte Ann and Martha T. While in Mississippi, the Huckabees were members of the Laodicea Primitive Baptist Church where he was a deacon and often a delegate to the associational meetings. A farmer in Mississippi, Huckabee
also was a member of the state militia in 1864. This group was made up of older men of the home guard. The two Marks sons also served in the Confederate Army, but Jason was too young to serve.
After the end of the Civil War, the Huckabee family, in company with several Wilson families, left Mississippi to come to Wilson Valley in Bell County. Bartlett and Avie moved their church letter to Little Flock Primitive Baptist Church, but were later charter members of Mount Vernon Primitive Baptist Church, located near present Taylor's Valley.
Bartlett Huckabee died in Wilson Valley on March 10, 18??(my error). Avie also died in Wilson Valley. Their marked graves as well as their children, in-laws, and most of their grandchildren are in the Wilson Valley Cemetery.

Re: REV. WILLIAM MCGREGOR OF MONTGOMERY CO NORTH CAROLINA - 1735 TO 1805
Billie McGregor (View posts)
Posted: 24 Oct 2006 01:52PM
Classification: Query
Surnames: McGregor, Ware, Flowers, Westmoreland, Swaim, Harrison, Dodson
Much of this information came from a document that my great uncle provided to my mother many years ago. I can verify much of the Pontotoc Co, MA information regarding the descendents of Ezekiel McGregor and his wife. However, my information does indicate that Wm did marry Sarah, but confusion arises that many people refer to her as "Molly", which is not the nickname for Sarah, but for Mary. My mother's name was Sarah. It would not be unusual for Wm to have married Mary's sister, as his twin sons married twin sisters. I would be interested in sharing additional information about his family. I am at a dead-end with Wm. My mother grew up being told she was "Scotch-Irish". I personally believe that Wm and his family left Scotland for Ireland and immigrated to NC from there. I have not proven this theory, but I do research it as time allows.

Re: REV. WILLIAM MCGREGOR OF MONTGOMERY CO NORTH CAROLINA - 1735 TO 1805
PaulaSartain (View posts)
Posted: 09 Jan 2007 02:39AM
Classification: Query
Dixie,
I descend from Willis Boyd. My gr grandfather was son Burton, son of Jacob. Jacob was son of Willis. They were all in the NW Ark. area. I do not have my information with me at this time to give details. But I would like to exchange information with you.
Paula

Re: REV. WILLIAM MCGREGOR OF MONTGOMERY CO NORTH CAROLINA - 1735 TO 1805
janzgenez (View posts)
Posted: 29 Jul 2007 04:26PM
Classification: Query
Dixie,
I am a descendant of William McGregor Jr. b. abt 1755 in Warwick Co. VA and d. 1839 Warren Co., TN.
I have a considerable amount of information on this line beginning with his son Jehu b. 1796 in North Carolina.

My sources list William Jr.'s children to be:
Sally b. 1792
Richmond b. 1794
Jehu b. 1796
William b. 1802
Ezekiel b. 1810
all but Ezekiel were born in North Carolina.

I would love to compare notes and exchange information on this line. As you said, the internet sites are not very helpful as they have so much incorrect information and contradict each other. I've been trying to get this line straightened out for quite some time and would appreciate any and all help.
Jan

Re: REV. WILLIAM MCGREGOR OF MONTGOMERY CO NORTH CAROLINA - 1735 TO 1805
gammigorman (View posts)
Posted: 30 Jul 2007 08:35AM
Classification: Query
Surnames: McGregor
I am a descendant of his son Ezekiel. I would appreciate anything you would be willing to share. Thank you.

Re: REV. WILLIAM MCGREGOR OF MONTGOMERY CO NORTH CAROLINA - 1735 TO 1805
janzgenez (View posts)
Posted: 21 Aug 2007 04:32PM
Classification: Query
gammigorman,
I am so sorry. I must have overlooked your post or I would have replied sooner!
I'll be happy to send you a copy of my McGregor GEDCOM. Email me at janzgenes@yahoo.com and I'll do it immediately.

I also have the book titled "The Dodson Family of Warren County, Tennessee and Allied Families" by Catherine Gaffin Lynn which includes a section on the McGregors. I'll be happy to share information from it as well. William Jr. and Jesse Dodson came from Virginia together into Tennesse and were closely intertwined during the late 1700's and early 1800's.

Again, I apologize for missing your post and not responding sooner.
Regards,
Jan

Re: REV. WILLIAM MCGREGOR OF MONTGOMERY CO NORTH CAROLINA - 1735 TO 1805
dixielea1 (View posts)
Posted: 06 Oct 2007 06:04PM
Classification: Query
I haven't done additional research since my original post. If there is anything from my line you would like, let me know.
Dixie

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May have had a marriage previous to Miss Stiles. I note that because their progeny begins when Will is 29 years-of-age which seems late in life for the period...DAH

Larry McGregor cites his first marriage was with Elizabeth Webb

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page 1-D;

"Some say that William McGregor m. Easter (Esther) Stiles. No proof has been found."


page 8-A; "...some say Elizabeth Webb."

Catherine Gaffin Lynn;

"Elijah Dodson married Sallie McGregor, 1770-1858. She was a daughter of William McGregor, a brother of John McGregor who immigrated from Warwick Co.,Va about 1782-1785 and who both settled in Warren Co., Tenn. Near Smyrna."

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From: "Carolyne McGregor-Long"
To: "Bill Williams" ; "David Hennessee" ; "Larry L. McGregor"
Cc: "Miss Ishbel McGregor Secretary"
Subject: Fw: Monday hello
Date: Monday, August 05, 2002 8:58 AM

Greetings from California! (Hello cousins, Bill & David.)

Trust you are all well. I'm forwarding a response that I received from our Society Secretary (Clan Gregor Society, Scotland), Ms Ishbel McGregor...I had e-mailed her regarding trying to find info on either Apion's Glen or Ossian Glen in Scotland, and she was kind enough to check in w/Dr. Hutcheson (as he does not have e-mail). It's purported that Rev. William McGregor (who came to the colonies to preach in the meeting houses from Scotland) was from Ossian's Glen. Larry, who is a genealogist & new member of our Western USA Chapter (CGS), has been helpful w/this research. He has info that possibly Apion's Glen is the correct location.

In 1994, while Doyle & I were in the Perthshire area, Dr. A. MacGregor Hutchison was kind enough to spend time w/us. At one point, he took us on a wonderful outing/day-trip to a great deal of MacGregor sights. He is learned in history & place names of Scotland. I've asked before about Ossian's Glen, or a place once known as Ossian's Glen. There is a Loch Ossian, which is high above Glen Lyon, one of the glens Gregor took us a tour through, and wonderful experience, I might add. In trying to pin point g-g-g-g-grandfather's origins, traveling every avenue is quite difficult. I still maintain that these MacGregor brothers (William, Bartlett, John & possibly one other, think Andrew) came from an area where they had an opportunity to study...surely one didn't just sail over from Scotland & start preaching in the colony meeting houses without some sort of education, even back in those times.

I would like to research further regarding the ancient town of Dull & a school/college, said to be the first seminary of education mainland Scotland (have not confirmed this). Dull apparently became a famous educational centre - mid centuries schools which was removed to Kunkeld - later St. Andrews.....this town was in the area of Glen Lyon, Rannoch area. Loch Ossian is to the northeast of this, if my memory serves me well.

Thanks for reading through....this is getting to be a lengthy saga on our illusive McGregors.

All the best,
Carolyne McGregor Long (CGS/ACGS)

----- Original Message -----
From: clangregor
To: Carolyne McGregor-Long
Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2002 4:53 PM
Subject: RE: Monday hello


Dear Carolyne,

Gregor phoned me tonight (perhaps I should say last night) and I asked him about your query.

He has never heard of Apion's Glen but reminded me that there is a district called Appin just north of Oban and there is an area near Aberfeldy called Appin of Dull. Whether either of these have any connection with your Apion ........ We just don't know.

Gregor also informed me that part of what we call the Sma' Glen, between Crieff and Aberfeldy, is called Ossian's Glen. (Ossian was son of Fingal). Well! Just goes to prove we are never too old to learn.

I can relate to your comment about e-mails. Every time I sit down to try and get some work done, I get a great load of e-mails. Once I have answered them, there is no time left to do the work I set out to do. I'm not sure how to overcome this problem. Any ideas?

Slainte

Ishbel.
-----Original Message-----
From: Carolyne McGregor-Long [mailto:crnlyon@inreach.com]
Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2002 4:21 PM
To: clangregor
Subject: Re: Monday hello


Dear Ishbel,

Do trust your back problem has improved greatly. I certainly can relate on that one, having some serious issues with mine. I think I probably already knew, in the back of my mind, that Gregor did not have or want computer...some days I'm with him on that. ha! Seems I'm always in hurry due to schedules, family & the like, and everytime I get on-line, there's a mountain of e-mails to sort through. My goodness, technology is getting too fast for me.

About a place once called/known as Ossian's Glen...perhaps it never existed and if it did, possibly, only a handful of MacGregor's knew it as such. This may be a mystery which will stay just that, a mystery. Do appreciate your help and pls do tell Gregor hello for me. Our time spent w/him during 1994, was indeed special, a highlight of our travels that year.

Best to you and yours, aye.
Carolyne

----- Original Message -----
From: clangregor
To: Carolyne McGregor-Long
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 2:56 PM
Subject: RE: Monday hello


Dear Carolyne,

Thank you, yes! I did enjoy my break from the normal routine of life but unfortunately a back problem rather curtailed my activities and I have just been told by my chiropractor that the problem normally takes at least six months to settle. I shall just have to plod on as best I can.

Gregor does not have e-mail and is adamant that he never will. He's not even interested in having a computer, in spite of the enormous amount of work he does. He just passes most of it to me for typing!!!

I will certainly put your question to Gregor. I cannot help on this one as I have never heard of either Ossian's Glen or Apion's Glen. Perhaps he will be able to throw some light on it. He should be in touch with me very soon.

Yours Aye,
Ishbel.



-----Original Message-----
From: Carolyne McGregor-Long [mailto:crnlyon@inreach.com]
Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 1:44 PM
To: Miss Ishbel McGregor Secretary
Subject: Monday hello


Dear Ishbel,

Hope this finds to well & that you returned home from your brief holiday very refreshed. It's work day for me, so must rush along. I'm hoping that you might be able to help me w/a wee question for Gregor Hutcheson. If he has e-mail, I do not have his address, so am inquiring by way of you as I believe you have contact w/him on a fairly regular basis. Would you be so kind to ask Gregor (or perhaps you know this yourself)... is there now or was there ever an Apion's Glen, Scotland? I have new info on my mysterious Rev William McGregor, reportedly from Ossian's Glen, Scotland, & the possibility that it is not such, but Apion's Glen. Sorry, my curiosity has gotten the better of me. I know you are tremendously busy, but should you get the chance, I would appreciate hearing from you on this very much.

Best wishes,
Carolyne crnlyon@inreach.com

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William married Mary Jane Stiles on 10 Jul 1780 in Montgomery County, North Carolina. Mary was born on 12 Aug 1760 in Chesterfield County, Virginia Colony; died on 6 Feb 1832 in Warren County, Tennessee; was buried in Smyrna Cemetery, Irving College, Warren County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary Jane McGregor formerly Stiles
Born about 1758 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, Colony of Virginia
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of William McGregor — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
DESCENDANTS descendants
Mother of Jehu McGregor
Died after 1830 in Warren, Tennessee, United States

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The census reports suggest that Mary Jane Stiles McGregor lived to at least the 1830 census. William J McGregor died in 1839 so by the 1840 census, neither individual appear alone or with their children. Not sure why Mary Jane was not enumerated with William in the 1800 Census in Nash County, North Carolina, but she delivered two children, one born in 1800 (Jehu) and one in 1805 (William Jr) so she was not dead.


This person was created through the import of Farmer Meanderings.ged on 31 January 2011. The following data was included in the gedcom. You may wish to edit it for readability.

Sources
1810 Census for William McGrigor in Northampton, North Carolina has one adult male and one adult female in the age 45 and older bracket. Mary Jane should have been 50-52
1820 Census for William McGregor in Warren County, Tennessee has one adult female in the 45 and older bracket. Mary Jane would have been 60-62
1830 Census for WIlliam McGragor Sr in Warren County, Tennessee has one adult female in the 60-69 bracket. Mary Jane would have been 70-72

Source: #S-2127383364
Page: Ancestry Family Trees
Note:
Data:
Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=16723752&pid=1273255523

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Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Baptist Preacher

Notes:

15 Jan 2010

To: Michael Allen McGregor (tst kit # 126138)


Mike, this is in an effort to assist your quandry, and that of so many others, that have one of the many senior William McGregors as an ancestor in early America (1820 and before).

The files reveal three (3) separate William McG lines that were noted to be in early NC. It is possible, however and perhaps likely, that one or more of these three have a familial relationship. Hopefully, thru DNA testing we will begin to determine those relationships, if any exists.

I have chosen to designate these three Wm McG lines as follows: 1) "The Preacher", 2) "The Rebel" and 3) "The Warrick". Others have used the two first terms to describe their ancestor and I have selected the third term so that we have a clear distinction about whom we are speaking or writing.

THE PREACHER WILLIAM MCGREGOR

William McG, "The Preacher" is thought to have been b. @ 1735 in Scotland and is believed to have come to America "to preach in the meeting houses". Our earliest recognized record of the Preacher is with the Bute Co. NC Tax Roles for 1771. We also see mention of him in the 1774 minutes of the Kehuky Baptist Association, again in Bute Co. NC. Subsequently, he is noted on property deeds when he purchases land in Montgomery Co. NC. It is here that he is thought to have preached until his death in 1807.

We are informed that a grave marker exists in NC's Morrow State Park indicating he and his wife's death. Although we have no supporting document, one researcher indicates the wife to have been one Sarah Courtland. Another researcher, who has both observed the grave marker and taken a tracing of same, states that the years are not clear. So, the date of death for William McG the Preacher is in question.

We believe the Preacher had a son named William. This WILLIAM MC GREGOR is thought to have been b. 1755 in NC. He m. 1st Elizabeth Webb and 2nd Mary "Martha" Stiles. Wm the s/o the Preacher d. 1839 in Warren Co. TN. The children of this Wm McG are:

1) Mary Ann (McG) Stokes b. 1783 m. Robert III
2) Ezekiel McG b. 1784 m. Sarah Ware; he d. 1856
3) Willis McG b. 1784 m. Susan Ware; he d. 1861
4) Elizabeth (McG) Williams b. @ 1789
5) Sarah "Sallie" (McG) Dodson b. 1792 d. 1868
6) Martha Jane (McG) Mitchell b. 1794 d. 1872
7) Jehu McG b. 1796 m. Sallie Dodson
8) Richmond McG b. 1799 m. Mary "Polly" Myers; he d. 1858
9) Jay McG b. 1800 m. Sarah
10) Salina (McG) Shipley b. 1803 m. Raliegh
11) William McG b. 1805 m. Mary; he d. 1867

Three researchers (there are many others) descended from this McG line thru Ezekiel above are:

--Billie McG tndixiechicken@hotmail.com

--Carolyne (McG) Long crownlyon11@sbcglobal.net

--Faye Jeannette (McG) Cole mccolefam@dishmail.net



THE REBEL WILLIAM MC GREGOR

Mike, you and others, appear to descend from "The Rebel" Col. William McGregor. However, your 3 distance away on the 67 DNA markers with Robert "Bob" D. McGregor (tst kit # 29834), the brother to Carolyne (McG) Long, suggests a common ancestor exists between the two of you. That is further illustrated by Dr. Richard McGregor's "twig chart" appearing in his 2 Jan '10 posting on the MacGregor DNA Project site. See Note 1 below on last page.

This William McG, b. 1696 in Scotland (where unknown) is stated to have been "attained" in 1715 by the British, and therefore fled to America. See Note 2 on last page. Once settled in Northamption Co. NC he was given the title of Captain of a NC militia company. Upon meeting, the then Governor Gabriel Johnston, he was promoted to Colonel. See Note 3 on last page.

According to Francis Bobbit McGregor, deceased (see Note 4 below), the Rebel Col. Wm McG had two sons: William Bartlett McGregor b. 1730 and John McGregor b. 1740, both in Northampton Co. NC. This, among other information, was what Frank had graciously shared with me concerning the two sons:

WILLIAM BARTLETT MC GREGOR

This William McG b. 1730 had four (4) sons:

1) Flowers McG b. 1749
2) Richmond McG b. 1760
3) Bartlett McG b. 1770
4) William McG b. 1789

JOHN MCGREGOR

And, John McG b. 1740 and wife Mary were noted to have had eight (8) children:

1) Sarah (McG) Williams
2) Frances (McG) Sandifer
3) Thomas McG
4) William McG
5) Flowers McG
6) Jean (McG) Brown
7) Elizabeth McG
8) Cindy (McG) Sandifer

My records indicate that Bartlett McGregor b. 1770 in Northampton Co. NC and his wife Ann Harris had the children listed below. Bartlett McG d. 1840 in Stewart Co. TN.

1) Nancy S. (McG) Hogan b. 1791 d. 1855 TN
2) Harris Valentine b. 1794 m. 1st Lucy Ross and 2nd Eliza Ann Garnett
3) Arvilla Ann (McG) b. 1795 m. 1st Wm Thomas Morris and 2nd Uriah Tyson
4) John "Jack" NcG b. 1791-1800 d. in TX
5) Mary Lucinda (McG) Stone
6) Bartlett McG b. @ 1805 m. Elizabeth "Elie" Mann; he d. 1901 TX
7) Joel McG b. @ 1806 d. 1870 TX
8) Lucy (McG) Mann b. @ 1807 d. 1863
9) Noah McGregor b. 1811 TN m. 1st Sarah "Sallie" Allen and 2nd Mahalia M. Duncan; Noah d. 1885


Mike, since you appear to have a strong paper trail back to Noah McGregor, you then would be back thru Bartlett McG b. 1770 NC, William Bartlett McG b. 1730 and on to "The Rebel" Col. William McG. Below are a few researchers descended from this William McGregor:

--Christy (Herndon) Clawson (email unknown) thru Noah McG

--Joe White 55gregor@chartertn.net thru Noah McG

--Lou Gilpin (email unknown) thru Harris Valentine McG

--Melinda Conwell mindylou1118@msn.com thru Noah McG

--William Bartlett McGregor b.mcgregor@worldatt.net thru Bartlett McG

THE WARRICK WILLIAM MC GREGOR

According to the 1790 Census for Northampton Co. this William McGregor is b. before 1766. He appears in the 1767-84 Warrick Co. VA Tax Lists. Further, a deed for 287 acres purchased on Jack Swamp in Northampton Co. NC indicated this William McG to be from Warrick Co. VA.

From his will dtd in Apr 1809 and a codicil in Nov 1810 we can determine that he had a wife named Nancy in 1809, but she is not mentioned in the 1810 codicil. Their children are determined to be:

1) William McGregor b. @ 1173 VA
2) Anthony McG b. @ 1774 VA m. Lydia; he d. 1824 NC
3) An unnamed female b. 1776-84 VA m. John Little
4) Nancy (McG) b. 1785-90 m,. 1st Williams and 2nd Hill
5) Alexander McG b. 1790 NC m. 1st Elizabeth Danielly and 2nd Mary Heath; he d. 1856 GA
6) Frances Hutchins McG b. 1801-10 NC

The son Wm McG b. 1773 VA first appears in Nash Co. NC as a witness on a 1797 deed. This Wm McG is head of household with family in the 1810 and 1820 census takings for the county. About 1824 he moves his family to Lawrence Co. AL. Before leaving Nash Co. NC a son William McG is born in 1803.

Mike, Though I see no direct connection to the the Warrick William McG line, you may find that you have a distant common ancestor with Scott McGregor (tst kit # 153532) who is descended from this line. Scott and his father William Albert McGregor have both participated in the MacGregor DNA Project. I would once again refer you to Richard's "twig" Chart # 4 mentioned above. You will find Scott on a line at about 11:55pm (on the clock), whereas you are at about 12:10 and Robert "Bob" D. McG at about 12:05. You and Bob are on a separate branch of the "twig" from Scott, but you probably have a distance match in your markers.

You can contact Scott McG at mcgregor@broadcom.com to make some comparisons for a possible connection.

THE DNA MACGREGOR PROJECT

For those of you receiving this communication that are not yet a part of the DNA Surname project you may want to consider doing so. It could very well lead you thru the gap so many of us find in our paper trails. You can contact Dr. Richard McGregor at chairman@clangregor.org

My apologies for this being the length it is, but found it necessary to sort out the Wm McGs in early NC. Your response will be appreciated and I would encourage interchange by anyone that has been copied on this communication.

Larry L. McGregor
8517 E. Krail St.
Scottsdale, AZ 85250
480.483.5970
480.483.5971 FAX
_____________________
Note 1 Chart #4 is the "twig" chart mentioned an acn be viewed a www.clangregor.org/macgregor/dna.html then click on http://themacgregordnaproject.blogspot.com

Note 2 from the World Book Encyclopedia. "Attainder was a legal term for the loss of civil rights by an outlawed person or a person sentenced to death. According to old English law, such a person lost his rights to property. His land and his personal belongings were taken from him. Because he was judged to have suffered 'tainting' (corruption of blood) he could not inherit property or leave propery to anyone. Parliament put an end to attainder in England in 1870..." We can speculate that this Wm McG was involved in the first Jacobite Uprising that took place in 1715 and thereby was attained.

Note 3 According to NC Archives, Vol II, both the Governor and Wm McG had been friends while they attended St. Andrews University in Scotland. We have no indication of when Col. William McGregor died.

Note 4 Frank McGregor, a descendant of Col. Wm McG, was a prominent attorney in Hillsdale TX (outside Waco). Unfortunately, he was killed in a fire at his home resulting from a gas explosion in late 1998 or early 1999. It is not known if his genealogical materials were extinguished by the fire at his home or whether they were in an office safe at the time of the explosion. My last contact with Frank was in Oct 1998 and at that time his law firm was McGregor, McGregor & Carmichael, Inc. Hillsdale, TX tel # 254.582.7337. I believe that his daughter was a practicing attorney in the firm.

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24 Feb 2002: Could this "William" be father of William & John, cited by Catherine Gaffin Lynn? Is a tantalizing find by Carolyne McGregor-Long because familiar names are cited, William, John, Bartlett, et. al., however, it disturbs me that

(a) the traditional naming pattern of that time has been ignored and
(b) there is no mention of Virginia as home-places...DAH

From: "Carolyne McGregor-Long"
To: "Debbie Freeman" ; "Larry L. McGregor" ; "Bill Williams" ; "Chris N' Shawna McGregor" ; "Mike Swofford" ; "Shirley Couch" ; "Wilma Hatfield"
Subject: The McGregor Bros
Date: Monday, February 18, 2002 10:12 PM

Hello Cousins!

Just a wee e-mail to let you know that I've discovered some interesting info regarding a possible connection (place) w/our ancestors, the McGregor brothers...William, Bartlett, John....possibly another brother, whose name is unknown to me.

Over a year ago, at the Bakersfield Scottish Highland Games, I visited one of the usual vendors, Tea & Sympathy, who deal in some very fine, sometimes old books. Being a book lover, I rarely pass up an opportunity to check through the racks. There was one book that took my notice, not that it was fancy or bright, just a wee worn green book w/the title of "The Road to Rannoch and The Summer Isles". I had to have it, so paid over $20 to take it home. Being I'm truly a busy & scheduled person, I've just now gotten round to reading this book. The author is T. Ratcliffe Barnett. The book was printed in Great Britain by Turnbull & Spears, Edinburgh, 1st edition July 1924. I'll send more info later when I have time to find my pages (lost my marker).

What's exciting to me is to find some place where possibly our ancestors went to school. Speaking of Rev. William McGregor...we know he came to the colonies to preach in the meeting houses, he had collateral to make the journey to the new world & to purchase property at some point after getting here. Thus, he was not exiled from Scotland by force (it would seem) & not without another shirt in his bag, so to speak. Where did he get his schooling? Was it at his mother's knee? Possibly, however, rather doubtful as in those days, girls/women normally were not schooled. This place once called Ossian's Glen...where is it today? We do know there is an Ossian's Loch, which is higher up from Rannoch...but, is still in the same locale...mix this in w/Glen Lyon, south...not an impossible idea. I've always thought Glen Lyon played a role in this somehow, having been there, it's making more sense to me. There is a kirk (church) in Fortingal in Glen Lyon....but, what I've just read in this book, makes me wonder about another possibility. A place called Dull. Whether it's there today, I'm not sure, however, where Dull was, a church was built over a burial place of Adamnan (Saint), and a school & college - said to be the first seminary of education mainland Scotland. Dull became famous as an educational center, but in the mid centuries, the school was removed to Dunkeld, and later to St. Andrews.

If any of you have time to research any of this in regards to our line of MacGregors, pls do, & keep us all posted. This is the first "clue" I've found that feels right, in a long time.

Keep searching...we'll get over the pond & documented one of these days, I'm certain of it.

Love to all,
Carolyne

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Lineage of the McGregors of Warren County, Tennessee

The following is derived from research done by Mary Elizabeth Barnes for The Wiseman Family and Allied Lines by Eugene M Wiseman, now deceased.

Little substantiated proof of the Warren County, Tennessee McGregor lineage exists, however researcher Mary Elizabeth Barnes believes that it appears the McGregors came to Warren County from Northampton County, North Carolina. Her assumption is based primarily on the fact that several families who intermarried with our line of McGregors also left Northampton County, North Carolina area and moved to Warren County.

Mary's research, published in The Wiseman Family and Allied Lines states; There are at least three William McGregor men listed in the 1790 census of North Carolina and two in southern Virginia. The William McGregor born about 1755 of Warren County is believed to be the son of a William McGregor, Sr. who was born between 1730-1735. This William Sr. also is assumed to have a son Richmond MeGregor.

The Wiseman Family book further states; The following information has been gathered in an attempt to solve this problem of the parentage of William McGregor of Warren County, without resolution. It is presented here so that the reader may draw his own conclusion.

The Will of John Gregory Jr., Charles County, Virginia, Westover Parish, dated 1776 names wife Martha Gregory, children Richmond Gregory and John Munford Gregory and brother William Gregory. William Christian was bondsman. (Martha Stiles McGregor is thought to be the name of William McGregor's wife.)

A William and a John Gregory were Revolutionary soldiers in the 6th Virginia Regiment. Bute County, North Carolina 1771

Tax List: William McGregor, Moses Curtis, Drury and John Christian, Green Hill, John Huckaby, James Huckaby, Thomas Huckaby, John Solomon, William Solomon, James Stiles, Thomas Webb, and William Webb. (Stiles and/or Webb is thought to be the name of William
McGregor's wife.)

Bute County, North Carolina Record Book A, 25 May 1772 Will states; William Solomon to William Solomon Jr. Gift of a negro man to be his at my death. Witness, John Edwards, William McGregor and Green Hill.

In Index to the 1790 Census of Northampton County, North Carolina, shows John McGregor, William McGregor and Flowers McGregor, along with Thomas Webb. By 1796 the above were joined by Green Hill and Rowland Ware. Also the 1790 Census in Montgomery County, North Carolina, shows William McGregor, Bartlett McGregor, Thomas Huckoby and Bennett Solomon.

John McGregor's will is in Montgomery County in 1794.

A William McGregor bought land in Montgomery County in 1782 and 1779, and in Anson County in 1778, although these deeds are not necessarily all to the same William McGregor.

In 1776 William McGregor was given a license to preach in Franklin (formerly Bute County) NC. He served as pastor of the Mouth of Uwharrie Baptist Church.

On 1 July 1778 William McGregor bought the first land of record in Anson County, North Carolina, from Henry Mounger.

In 1795, land was surveyed for William McGregor in Montgomery County, North Carolina

1805 Tax List, Warren County, Tennessee shows: Ezekial McGregor, William McGregor and Willis McGregor

1805 Tax List, Davidson County, Tennessee shows: Thomas McGregor

1811 Tax List, Davidson County, Tennessee shows: Flowers McGregor

1811 Tax List, Maury County, Tennessee shows: William McGregor

1812 Tax List, Warren County, Tennessee shows: Ezekiel McGregor, William McGregor and Willis McGregor

1820 Census, Warren County, Tennessee shows:

Ezekiel McGregor with 2 males under 10, 1 male 18-26, 2 males over 45, 1 female under 10 and 1 female 16-26
William McGregor with 2 males 10-16, 1 male over 45,1 female 16-26 and 1 female over 45
Richmond McGregor with 1 male under 10, 1 male 18-26, 1 female under 10 and 1 female 16-26

1830 Census, Warren County, Tennessee shows the following families:

Jehu McGregor, William McGregor, Jr, Ezekiel McGreggor, Richmond McGregor, Ezekiel McGregor, William McGregor and Willis McGregor

1836 Tax List, Warren County, Tennessee (Dist 4) lists: Jay McGregor (Jehu), William McGregor, Sr., Ezekiel McGregor, Richmond McGregor, William McGregor, Willis McGregor (Dist 9)

1840 Census, Warren County, Tennessee shows the following families: Ezekiel McGreggor, William McGreggor, Richmond McGregger, Jay McGreggor, Ezekiel McGreger (slave schedule), William J McGreggor and Willia McGregger

Mary Elizabeth Barnes' research closes with the following statement:

"It would appear that William McGregor and Richmond McGregor, age 70-80 in the 1830 Census, both of whom lived and died in Warren County, Tennessee, might be the sons of William McGregor, Sr. who was born between 1730 and 1735.

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Will casts doubt on information
ahgenealogy (View posts)
Posted: 07 Aug 2008 10:44AM
Classification: Query
Surnames: McGregor, Flowers, Sandefur, Mitchell, Williams, Hardin (Hardan),
Need Information - Information I find that seems accepted suspect could be wrong.
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Haven been told for years now that John McGregor, of Northampton Co., NC d. c. 1794, sp. In will named Mary was Mary(Polly) Flowers d/o Ransford Flowers of same county, who d. 1789.
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And That
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William McGregor, of Northampton Co., NC, was married to a Sarah Flowers d/o Ransford Flowers and sister of Mary (Polly) Flowers above.
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Just found what is in Ransford Flowers’ will which cast great doubt on this and on most of the information on the McGregor and Sandefur information found on the web for genealogy research.
Ransford Flowers will (1788) lists living children as:
Sarah Hardan (Hardin – husband maybe a John Hardin from some land records but not certain)
Polly Mitchell (husband probably Jesse Mitchell – from land records and he witnessed Ransford Flowers will.
Ann Flowers
Ransford Flowers
Elizabeth “Betsy” Flowers
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He also mentions a grandson – William McGregor (only grandchild mentioned) – the executor of the will was John McGregor
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Have John McGregor of Northampton Co., NC will 1794 (Anson Co.) with surviving sp. Mary
Children listed in will:
Sarah Williams
Francis Sandefur (John Sandefur)
Cynthia (Centhey) Sandefur (Robert Sandefur)
Flowers McGregor
William McGregor
Elizabeth McGregor
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(Order of children how they are listed in will am not sure of birth order)
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These 2 wills are only 6 years apart. Ransford Flowers’ daughter Polly (assume this is Mary) in 1788 is married to a Mitchell – so very doubtful if she is the Mary sp of John McGregor found 6 years later in Johns will with 6 children 3 with married names.
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Who is John McGregor’s wife Mary – is she a Flowers and if so who are her parents?
Who is William McGregor grandson of Ransford Flowers mentioned in his will – it appears he was his only McGregor grandchild maybe of a daughter who was dead by 1788…
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John McGregor’s will of 1794 also mentions a brother – William McGregor.
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Have a will of a William McGregor of Northampton Co., NC – written 1809 and proved 1810 (again in Anson Co. with sp. Nancy.
Children listed:
Anthony, William, Alexander, Nancy Williams and Frances McGregor
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Who is this William McGregor – he left property in his will which is called Jack Swamp. John McGregor (Megreger) (sp. Elizabeth according to deed) transferred property called Jack Swamp to William McGregor (Megreger) of Warwick Co., VA This was a 287 acre parcel which John McGregor (Megreger) had purchased from John Justice – is this the same piece of property and then was is the relationship of these men. William McGregor of Warwick Co., VA I have been told went to Warren Co., TN – or is he the William with a will stating he was of Northampton Co., NC?
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Any Information to help sort this out with documentation would be appreciated. It seems that people put whatever they find on the web without noting that much is speculation and then if becomes urban legend and it will be very hard for people to know that there genealogy is accurate. This is not a good thing for those who love genealogy and are searching for truth. And then you have the nuts out there who are so excited that their DNA have shown them to trace back to Adam – please understand just what DNA can and cannot show. There is a McGregor genealogy on the web which is cited for source information and they have all sort of McGregor families mixed up and are a complete mess.
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Thanks for any help and for listening to my soap box chat.
AmyAnn

Re: Will casts doubt on information
Jerrilyn French (View posts)
Posted: 07 Nov 2008 08:33PM
Classification: Query
I have info on Hardan of Washington State...mostly, if you are interested. Jerrilyn

Re: Will casts doubt on information
ahgenealogy (View posts)
Posted: 05 Jan 2009 03:06PM
Classification: Query
would this be the John Harden who was the son-in-law of Ransford Flowers? Thanks

Re: Will casts doubt on information
Jerrilyn French (View posts)
Posted: 06 Jan 2009 11:28AM
Classification: Query
Sorry he is not the son-in-law of Ransford Flowers. Jerrilyn

Re: Will casts doubt on information
laurastrees (View posts)
Posted: 15 Jul 2009 05:02PM
Classification: Query
Surnames: McGregor, Crick, Hunt, Moseley
The William McGregor you mention as having left a portion of land called Jack Swamp is known as "The Preacher". He was licensed to preach in the American colonies in 1776. A hand written statement in the Sandy Creek Baptist Church records (Franklin County, N.C.) reads as follows: "At a meeting in conference Sandy Creek meeting house of June 1776, ordered that William McGregor have liberty to exercise his right in preaching the Gospel of Christ." At least from this time until his death, he was the pastor of the Mouth of the Uwharrie Baptist Church. He may have also pastored a the Fishing Creek Baptist Church in Bute Co., NC. Some of his descendents headed to GA.

It is believed, but not confirmed, that the McGregor family that settled for a time in TN were descendents of one William McGregor who d aft. 1786, known as William "The Rebel". Ironically, he seems to be the one who served as a Justice of the Peace until his resignation was accepted by the House of Commons of the North Carolina Legislature on November 30, 1786, and endorsed by the Senate on December 1, 1786.

Re: Will casts doubt on information
rechrg (View posts)
Posted: 09 May 2010 10:28AM
Classification: Query
Surnames: McGregor
Hi AmyAnn;

I wondered if you've made any further progress on this line? I believe I descend from the Wm McG you mention, and have the following:

The senior WILLIAM MCGREGOR D. Bef 1815 NC was in Warrick Co. VA 1767-84 before moving his family to Northampton Co. NC prior to the 1790 Federal Census. A property transaction in 1767 is indicated when he buys land from a James Dancy. And, on the VA State Enumerations he appears in Warrick Co. for 1782 and 1784. There is a William McGregor in the Warwick County, VA 1782 enumeration with a family of 7 whites and 12 blacks (obviously prosperous and established).

He receives land (287 acres on Jack Swamp) in Northampton, NC, on 4 Mar 1776 deeded from John MeGreger and his wife Elizabeth (2nd wife for John?) to "Wm MeGreger, planter of Warwick Co, VA". (Deeds of Northampton, Co, NC 1774-1787). John McGregor is his neighbor on the 1790 census, and possibly his brother since John's will of 1794 mentions a brother, William. On 10 Dec 1789 he is a buyer of personal property at the estate sale of Ransford Flowers in Northampton Co. He is head of a household in that county for the 1790 census.

This Wm McG writes his will Apr 1809 with a codicil added in 1810. He dies before 15 Jan 1815 when his children agree that their brother Wm is authorized to sell property of the father; this is land on Jack Swamp. The property is sold to John Sandifer 11 Dec 1816.

In 1809, when the will is drawn, the senior Wm names his (second) wife Nancy (to be an executor with son Wm); the children named are: William, Anthony, Nancy, Alexander and Frances. An unnamed daughter (probably deceased), is one of the three oldest children thought to have been born in Warrick Co. VA. This daughter appears to have married a John Little, as a grandson Willis Little is named in an 1810 codicil to the will.

I have a close DNA match (FTDNA yDNA 35-marker, distance=2) to a claimed descendant of the John McGregor above, suggesting a common ancestor around this time. John and Wm are likely brothers or otherwise closely related. We both also a close match (FTDNA 35/67-marker, distance=1,2,3) to a large number of people with the Monroe surname, suggesting a linkage of some sort in the 1600's or 1700's, but I can't find anything in the paper trail that would otherwise link these two surnames.

Re: Will casts doubt on information
JANISF (View posts)
Posted: 20 Jun 2010 08:03PM
Classification: Query
I am trying to determine the parents of William T. McGregor (born abt 1798, married Mary "Polly" Allen - 1828) who 1st purchased land in Marengo County, AL in 1833. I believe his father might be the John McGregor (married to Nancy) who bought land there in 1824, but can't figure out which John this is. The 2 of them have ties to Wilson County, TN, which is where you will find Flowers McGregor. A Willis McGregor purchased land in Marengo County in 1825, but I believe that he is one of the Warren County, TN bunch. Lastly, who are the parents of Lucy Jane McGregor who marries Joseph Vaughn in Sumter County, AL in 1845? I am thinking that she is either a child of William T. McGregor (from a previous marriage), or his little sister.

Re: Will casts doubt on information
ahgenealogy (View posts)
Posted: 14 Nov 2010 08:53AM
Classification: Query
This is interesting... The William who left the land in Jack Swamp was a planter of Warwick Co., VA - his will is from Northampton Co. and was for 287 acres on Jack Swamp in an area of a Quaker meeting house where as the Rev. William was from Montgomery Co and had taxed 500 acres - you have it documented that these two men are the same men?

William the Rebel as you call him - is he the Scot who was in NC from around the 1740's? who wouldn't sware allegence to England but worked with Gov. Johnson of NC?

Thanks for any help with this.
AmyAnn

Re: Will casts doubt on information
ahgenealogy (View posts)
Posted: 14 Nov 2010 09:04AM
Classification: Query
hi
you mentioned that John McGregor with wife Elizabeth that she was a second wife? Do you know who his first was would have been? Also do you know how old this William McGregor was when he died? You also indicate that this William McGregor's wife Nancy mentioned in his will was his second wife - do you know the name of his first wife? and who is the mother of his children listed in his will?

I am trying to sort through what I have on these lines and will try to post it here.

I am not convinced that John (wife Elizabeth) and John with widow Mary are one and the same people... But this line seems to be tied up with the Flower family and I am at a loss which William would be the grandson of Ransford Flower or by what name the mother of said grandson would have been.

The will indicates that William had a grandson of the name Little? do you know the name of his mother and father?

Has anyone ever found a will in Montgomery Co., NC for any McGregors?

Thanks
AmyAnn

Re: Will casts doubt on information
stampasmile (View posts)
Posted: 04 May 2011 08:37AM
Classification: Query
Surnames: McGregor, McGrigor, MacGregor, Monroe, Irby, Henderson
Here is some information that might be relavant to your DNA match to the Monroe surname... from the Library of Virginia chancery records, Fauquier County, Virginia. Index# 1811-038.

John McGregor vs. Admr. of Daniel Monroe (for some reason this is indexed under John McGregor vs. Admr. of Dodd Monroe). Summary of relavant information is this: that Daniel Monroe died abt. 1789 in Fauquier County, Virginia leaving no children. His wife Mary was either deceased or died soon after her husband. John McGregor who proves to be a half-brother to Daniel Monroe, is the only surviving sibling or half-sibling. Chancery case not settled until 1811. This means that John McGregor and Daniel Monroe share a mother. To me, this also implies that this particular John McGregor was probably Virginia born, since his mother married twice and had children in Virginia.

This document can be viewed online @ Library of VA.

I ran across this while researching my own McGregor, John McGregor who married Mary Ridley Irby. They had at least two daughters; Martha Ann McGregor b.1833 and Catherine McGregor. Martha Ann McGregor married into my Henderson line in Person County, NC; but they lived in Halifax County, VA. There are records of John McGregor in Halifax County as well.

Any information about how my John McGregor ties into the larger McGregor line would be greatly appreciated!!

Thanks!
Heather Rose

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Religion:
In 1776, William McGregor was given a license to preach in Franklin (formerly Bute County) NC. He served as pastor of the Mouth of Uwharrie Baptist Church.

Died:
in 1806 he is identified as a "Messenger" for the Mouth of Uwharrie Baptist Church, North Carolina

William married Sarah Flowers(Virginia). Sarah was born in ~1755; died in North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sarah "Molly" McGregor formerly Flowers
Born 1755 [location unknown]
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of William McGregor — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
DESCENDANTS descendants
Mother of William McGregor, Ezekiel McGregor, Willis McGregor and Mary Ann McGregor
Died [date unknown] in North Carolina
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Notes:

Residence (Family):
Bute County is a former county located in the state of North Carolina. It was formed in 1764 from the eastern part of Granville County. It was named for John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1762 to 1763. In 1779 Bute County was divided into Franklin County and Warren County, and ceased to exist. ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bute_County,_North_Carolina

Other Events and Attributes:

• Probate: Pittsylvania County, Virginia
• Religion: Baptist Minister
• Will: 12 Aug 1779
• Probate: 21 Oct 1783, Pittsylvania County, Virginia

Notes:

Thomas Jessie Dodson Jr

Thomas Jessie Dodson Jr was born about 1707 in Richmond County, Virginia as the first child of Thomas Jesse Dodson Sr and Mary Durham. He had eight siblings, namely: Abraham, Joshua Sr., Elisha Sr., Greenham, George, David, Mary, and Alice. He died before 21 Oct 1783 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. When he was 18, He married Elizabeth Rose,daughter of John Rose, before 1725 in Richmond County, Virginia. When he was 63, He married Ellenor ? (Widow Sloan) about 1770.

Thomas Jessie Dodson Jr was affiliated with the Broad Run Baptist Church, in Fauquier County, Virginia. He signed his will on 12 Aug 1779.

Thomas Jessie Dodson Jr and Elizabeth Rose had the following children:

George.

Rhoda.

Thomas (2nd Fork).

Joseph Dodson Sr. was born on 21 Feb 1725 in North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia. He died about 1773 in Halifax County, Virginia.

Mary Dodson was born on 16 Jun 1730 in Richmond, County, Virgina.

Elizabeth Dodson was born on 27 May 1732 in Richmond, County, Virgina.

Sarah Dodson was born on 27 May 1732 in Richmond, County, Virgina.

Alice (Alcy) Dodson was born about 1734 in ? Prince William County, Virginia. She died after Sep 1799.

William Dodson Sr. was born in Apr 1737 in Prince William (Present day Fauquier) County, Virginia. He died on 06 May 1832 in Taylorsville, Iredell County, North Carolina (Buried Three Forks Baptist Church Cemetery, Taylorsville, Iredell County, North Carolina). He married Winifred Johns(t)on on 30 Nov 1763 in Fauquier County, Virginia. He married (Given & Maiden Name Unknown) after 1770.

Rev Jesse Dodson was born on 22 Nov 1752 in Fauquier County, Virginia. He died on 22 Nov 1843 in McMinn County, Tn.

Thomas Jessie Dodson Jr and Ellenor ? (Widow Sloan) had no children.

Source: The Dodson (Dotson) Family of North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia, Volume I; Chapter 1.

Family Members
Parents
Thomas Jesse Dodson
1681–1740

Mary Durham Dodson
1686 – unknown

Spouse
Elizabeth Rose Dodson
1706–1766

Siblings
George Dodson
1702–1783

David Dodson
1703–1740

Joseph Neville
1707–1783

Greenham Dodson
1709–1777

Alice Dodson Creel
1711 – unknown

Joshua Dodson
1725–1798

Elisha Dodson
1727 – unknown

Children
Thomas Dodson
1728–1816

Alice Dodson Dodson
1734–1792

Photo
William Dodson
1737–1832

Photo
Jesse Dodson
1752–1843

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"Will of Thomas Dodson of Pittsylvania Co.,VA, dated August 12, 1779, proved, October 21, 1783". Abstracted by Catherine Lynn.


"In the name of God Amen this twelfth day of August in the year of our Lord 1779, I Thomas Dodson of Pittsylvania County of the State Virginia being in good health and perfect and sound memory...

I give to my grandson Thomas Dodson, son of Jospehy deceased, the sum of one shilling Sterling.

Item - I give and bequeath to my son Tho's Dodson my whip saw.

Item - I also give and bequeath to my son George Dodson a Negro Levina, to him and his heirs forever.

Item - I also give and bequeath to my son William Dodson after the death of my wife the plantation and tract of land whereon I now alive to him and his heirs forever.

Item - I give and bequeath to my daughter Sarah Nevil one shilling.

Item - I give and bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth one shilling.

Item - I give and bequeath my daughter Else Dodson one shilling.

Item - I give and bequeath to my loving wife Ellinor Dodson all my moveable Estate excepting my still and whipsaw, such as horses, cattle, hogs, and sheep with all my household and kitchen furniture provided she will give up her join and what I had with and in not as much to be sold as will pay her and she shall have the remainder likewise I lend her the use of my Negro woman named Violet, her natural life and afterward to my son Jesse Dodson and his heirs forever provided the wench should breed in my wife's life the said child or children to return with their mother to my son Jesse Dodson and his heirs forever.

Item - I also leave my still to be valued at my decease and for my son Jesse to have the still by paying his brother and sisters their equal proportion according to the valuation of said still.

Item - I also give to use of the Separate and Regular Baptists to meet in the worship service of the Lord, the Meeting house near John Creek's Mill with three acres of land to the same more of less.

Item - I also appoint my loving wife Elenor Dodson and my son George Dodson my only and sole Executors of this my last Will and Testament and I do hereby disallow, revoke and disannul all and every other former will and Legacies and Executors by me in any ways before this time named, willed and bequeathed Ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testament, as witness wereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this day and year above written.


Thomas Dodson



Signed, sealed and delivered by the said Thomas Dodson to be his last will and Testament in the presence of the subscribers.

Daniel Gardner
Heath Gardner
Silvaney Gardner
Nathaniel Gardner"

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Birth:
in Farnham Parish...

Thomas married Elizabeth Rose on 3 Apr 1726 in (Richmond County, Virginia). Elizabeth (daughter of John Rose and Mary Jenkins) was born in 1706 in Richmond County, Virginia; died in 1766 in Fauquier County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt Birth: 1710, Richmond County, Virginia

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: Revolutionary War Patriot

Notes:

Biography

Elisha Dodson was born 22 FEB 1727, North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia, page 22, of The Dodson (Dotson) Family of North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia: A History and Genealogy of Their Descendants Volume One, by Mrs. Sherman Williams, Compiler and Editor and Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., Publisher, copyright 1988; Library of Congress Number: 88-60291.

Elisha Dodson and Sarah Everett were married about 1748 in Richmond County, Virginia. Sarah Everett (daughter of William Everett and Margaret [Everett]) was born on 13 Apr 1729 in North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia. Sarah Everett's father said to be William Everett, born 15 Mar 1691 in VA; his father was Daniel Everett.

Elisha Dodson and Sarah Dodson were baptized December 4, 1762 in the Broad Run Baptist Church, Fauquier County. Their son Elisha Jr was one of the infants received into the care of the church on 9 Oct 1763. It is indicated in such records that Elisha and Sarah Dodson were "dismissed to Halifax" - date not shown.

Elisha Dodson is in the DAR patriot index. He is listed in the Pittsylvania Co. Court Order Book 4, 1777-1783, p.127 as a ensign in the milita, Capt. Richard Gwynn's Company.

In 1774 Elisha patented 400 acres in Halifax Co and appears on the tax lists there from 1782 until 1787 when he apparently moved to Pittsylvania. He continues on the tax lists in Pittsylvania Co through 1796, so apparently died at at hat time. He had perhaps taken care of his estate distribution previously by a deed of gift to his children.

Elisha Dodson on 27 Apr 1791, "for love and affection he doth bear his children," gave to his sons, Presley and William Dodson "the land whereon he now lives" containing 300 acres on Toby Creek, and slaves Simon, Harry, Sam, Winny, Milly, Letty, Crisia, Sucky, Aggy and Eve, as well as moveable estate to be equally divided between all the children. Margaret the wife of Railey [Rawleigh]Dodson, Lydda the wife of John Waller, Ruth the wife of Jesse Dodson, Sarah the wife of Thomas Dodson, Jemimah the wife of Joshua Hardey & Elisha Dodson Jr. Said Negro Harry to be delivered to John Waller and with him to remain until a debt is paid which the said Elisha Dodson is now owing the said Waller. Negro Aggy already given & in possession of said Elisha Dodson Jr. After said Debt is paid then Harry to be returned into a division. Slaves & moveable estate to be equally divided between all the afore named children. Wit: W. Wright, Ann Wright, Martha (X) Wright. Ack by Elisha Dodson 16 May 1791 Pittsylvania Co., Va. Deed Book 9, page 11.


Sources

The Dodson (Dotson) Family of North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia: A History and Genealogy of Their Descendants Volume One, by Mrs. Sherman Williams, Compiler and Editor and Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., Publisher, copyright 1988; Library of Congress Number: 88-60291.
Two Volumes and Volume Two contains the index, abstracts & transcripts of documents. Pages 22 and 23.

Repository: R10 Name: NEHGS Lending Library Address: New England Historic Genealogical Society Address 1: New England Historic Genealogical Society Note: 2008. No longer lends books, available only at the Library.
Source: S652 Abbreviation: North Farnham Parish Registers Title: George Harrison Sanford King, Compiler & Publisher, The Registers of North Farnham Parish 1663-1814 and Lunenburg Parish 1783-1800 Richmond County, Virginia (Self-Published; Fredericksburg, VA; 1966) Repository: #R17 Call Number: F232 .R4K52 1986
Source: S860 Abbreviation: Pittsylvania Co VA Deeds Title: Pittsylvania Co Virginia Deeds; Deed Books 3 & 4, Microfilm #0033263; Deeds & Wills Book 5, Microfilm #0033264; DB 6 & 7 with some Court Records from 1767, Microfilm #0033265; DB 8, Microfilm #0033266; DB 9 & 10, Microfilm #0033267; Deeds & Wills 11, Microfilm #0033290 [these are dated earlier than DB 9; the wills begin in 1780]
Note

Elias Dodson found on a list of taxpayers for Hamilton Parish, Elk Run & vicinity, 1751. From the account book of Capt. John Crump, Sheriff of Prince William County. After 1759, this area became Fauquier County.

[Since the earliest known Elias Dodson was not born until 1760, this is most likely Elisha.]

The Rev. Elias Dodson in writing his history of the family claimed that Elisha Sr was blind due to an eye injury in his youth; he also stated that Elisha Jr and perhaps daughter Peggy [Margaret] were born in Maryland. There's no explanation for this statement. [There were Dodsons in Maryland with some of the same given names, but they are of no relationship - some of the early researchers have confused the families.] Rev. Dodson stated that seven daughters were born before they had a son; he named two children that were not named in the deed of gift that perhaps had died before 1791. Eleanor is not named and she was still living. Eleanor had perhaps already received her inheritance or had elected to opt out if she had no need of additional property.

1763 moved to Halifax Co. 7/5/1774 Elisha Dodson land in Halifax Co adj to Joseph Wm and Russell Terry

In 1774 Elisha patented 400 acres in Halifax Co and appears on the tax lists there from 1782 until 1787 when he apparently moved to Pittsylvania. He continues on the tax lists in Pittsylvania Co through 1796, so apparently died at at hat time. He had perhaps taken care of his estate distribution previously by a deed of gift to his children.

*

Will of Elisha Dodson

Pittsylvania DB9, p.11

p.11 27 Apr 1791

Elisha Dodson to Presley Dodson, William Dodson, Margaret the wife of Railey [Rawleigh]Dodson, Lydda the wife of John Waller, Ruth the wife of Jesse Dodson, Sarah the wife of Thomas Dodson, Jemimah the wife of Joshua Hardey & Elisha Dodson Jr.

For natural love & affection to his said children and also for 5sh (shillings), makes over to them, the land whereon he now lives.

300 acres on Toby Creek unto his sd sons Presley & William to be divided between them Presley the N side & Wm the S including to William 4 acres on N side known Antain Land reputed bounds thereof.

Also the following slaves: Simon, Harry, Sam, Winney, Milley, Lettey, Cresia, Suckey, Aggy & Ever.

And all his moveable estate of what kind of quality.

Said Negro Harry to be delivered to John Waller and with him to remain until a debt is paid which the sd Elisha Dodson is now owing the sd Waller.

Negro Aggy already given & in possession of sd Elisha Dodson Jr.

After sd Debt is paid then Harry to be returned into a division.

Slaves & moveable estate to be equally divided between all the afore named children.

Wit: W. Wright, Ann Wright, Martha (X) Wright.

Ack by Elisha Dodson 16 May 1791

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Revolutionary Patriot, Ensign. Was blinded during early adulthood.

Birth:
in Farnham Parish...

Elisha married Sarah Everett on 1 Jul 1748 in Richmond County, Virginia. Sarah (daughter of William Everett and Margaret Foushee Mitchell Petty) was born on 13 Apr 1729 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died in 1824 in Halifax County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt Birth: 13 Apr 1729, North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia
• Alt Death: 1824, Richmond County, Virginia

Notes:

Virginia Sarah Dodson formerly Everett
Born about 13 Apr 1729 in North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia
HIDE ANCESTORS
Daughter of William Everett and Margaret (UNKNOWN) Everett
Sister of Anne (Everett) Hammond, Elizabeth Everett, Lucretia Everett, Daniel Everett, George Everett, William Everett and Ruth Everett
Wife of Elisha Dodson Sr. — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
DESCENDANTS descendants
Mother of Purthena Eleanor (Dodson) Stamps, Margaret Dodson, Lydia Dodson, Tabitha Dodson, Ruth Dodson Dodson, Jemima Dodson, Sarah Dodson, Elisha Dodson Jr., Presley Dodson and William E. Dodson
Died about 1824 [location unknown]
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Viginia Sara was born 13 APR 1729 in North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia[1][2]

Sarah married Elisha Dodson 1 JUL 1748 in Richmond County, Virginia[3]

Anne Everett
Elizabeth Everett
Lucretia Everett
Sarah Everett
Daniel Everett
George Everett
William Everett
Ruth Everett
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Source: S641 Abbreviation: Gedcom - Thomas Ancestors Title: William Thomas Stamps; GEDCOM file imported on 23 Dec 2000. "Stamps Family History & Lineage Updated 12 Nov 2000. Walters, Stamps, Echols, Slade, Howard, etc. Repository: #R6
Repository: R6 Name: Online Address: Web Address: http://www.gentryjournal.org/index.htm
Source: S645 Abbreviation: Thomas/Walters - Brenda Walters Title: Data from Brenda Walters, descendant of Phillip Henry Thomas. Email, copies of records, Pedigree Chart, Family Group Sheets. Jan 2001. Repository: #R3
Repository: R3 Name: My Files Address:
Source: S648 Abbreviation: Dodson Family Title: Mrs. Sherman Williams, Compiler & Editor, The Dodson (Dotson) Family of North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia: A History and Genealogy of Their Descendants. Two Volumes with index in Volume Two. Volume Two contains abstracts & transcripts of documents. (Easley, SC: Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas Jr.; Southern Historical Press, Inc., 1988) Repository: #R10 Call Number: CS 71 D648
Repository: R10 Name: NEHGS Lending Library Address: New England Historic Genealogical Society Address 1: New England Historic Genealogical Society Note: 2008. No longer lends books, available only at the Library.
Source: S652 Abbreviation: North Farnham Parish Registers Title: George Harrison Sanford King, Compiler & Publisher, The Registers of North Farnham Parish 1663-1814 and Lunenburg Parish 1783-1800 Richmond County, Virginia (Self-Published; Fredericksburg, VA; 1966) Repository: #R17 Call Number: F232 .R4K52 1986
Repository: R17 Name: National Genalogical Society Address: Lending Library Address 1: Lending Library Note: The Lending Library of NGS was moved to St. Louis; the books may be obtained on Interlibrary Loan.
? Source: #S648 Page: p.22
? Source: #S652 Page: p.60
? Source: #S648 Page: p.22

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Other Events and Attributes:

• Probate: 1 Jan 1836, Van Buren County, Tennessee

Noble married Temperance LNU(North Carolina). Temperance was born in (North Carolina); died in 1833 in Warren County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: Revolutionary War Patriot

John married unnamed spouse(Virginia). unnamed was born in (Virginia). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Wed Mary Carpenter on 28 Jun 1785 in Wilkes, North Carolina. To this union was born 9 known children.

Children with unknown or non connected burials:

Elizabeth Naylor 1786 – 1840
Mary Naylor 1787 – 1811
Rebecca Naylor 1789 – 1836
Dixon Naylor 1798 – 1862
John Naylor 1803 – 1882
Robert Dixon Naylor 1804 – 1875
Stephen Carpenter Naylor 1805 – 1882

Dixon married Mary Carpenter on 28 Jun 1785 in Wilkes County, North Carolina. Mary (daughter of Stephen Carpenter and Rebecca Collins) was born in 0___ 1766 in Overwhorton, Stafford County, Virginia; died in 0___ 1850 in Cohutta, Whitfield County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married unnamed spouse. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Refer to Augusta Co.,VA Website for more information...DAH

From: Tammie Chada
To: BradleyFM
Cc: David Hennessee
Subject: Re: McGee and Clendenen
Date: Monday, May 04, 1998 4:32 PM


BradleyFM wrote:

Dear Tammie:

I have Esther and you have Easter. You have McGees middle name of Alexander I did not have. I have McGee b in Rockbridge County, Va.

On Easter's parents I have her grandparents to be Archibald Clendennen, Sr. bc 1710 Scotland d 1749, Cowpasture, Augusta Cty, Va and 2nd m Esther Mayse(widow of Robert Burnside) and she died before 1756 in Augusta Cty, Va, 1st wife may have been Jane Beatty.

McGees are a sept of the McKay Clan from upper NW of Scotland.

Archibald's parent MAY have been William and Rose Kirkpatrick Clenendennen.

Frank Bradley

--
Thanks!!

Tammie Chada
tchada@flash.net

VA Patents 34, p. 367
Library of Virginia Digital Collection:
Land Office Patents and Grants
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Archd. & Jno: Clendening
340 Acres
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George the Second &c: To all &c: Know ye that for the Considerations mentioned in an order of our Trusty and Wellbeloved William Gooch Esquire late our Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief of our Colony and Dominion of Virginia in our Council of the said Colony Granted to John Robinson Esquire, James Wood Henry Robinson and John Lewis the xxix Day of October one thousand seven Hundred & forty three, We have Given Granted and confirmed and by these Presents for us our heirs and Successors Do Give Grant and confirm unto Archibald Clendening & John Clendening one certain Tract or Parcel of Land containing three hundred and forty Acres lying and being in the County of Augusta and bounded as followeth (to wit) Beginning at two pines on the East sides [sic] of the Cow Pasture River corner to the Land in possession of William Docharty thence up crossing the River one hundred and seventy five Poles to a black Oak and Poplar opposite to the House of William Docharty then[ce] West one hundred and eight Poles to three Black Oaks on the side of a Hill North seventy Degrees West sixty four Poles to two Pines on a hill, Thence South seventy Degrees West sixty four Poles cross the River to a Lynn on the Bank Thence South five Degrees East one hundred & eighty two Poles to three white Oaks, [T]hence South fifty five Degrees East sixty four Poles to a Black & White Oaks, thence North eighty Degrees east one hundred and fifty six Poles to a Sugar & Mulberry Trees on the River Side thence up the same South twenty Degrees East twenty Poles to a Hiccory at the Mountain Foot Thence up the River and Mountain Foot to the Beginning: With all &c: To have hold &c: To be held &c: Yielding & Paying &c: Provided &c: In Witness &c: Witness our Trusty and Welbeloved Francis Fauquier Esquire our Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief of our said Colony & Dominion at Williamsburgh under the Seal of our said Colony the tenth Day of August one Thousand seven hundred and fifty nine In the thirty Third Year of our Reign ~
Fran: Fauquier
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Surnames: CLENDENING, ROBINSON, WOOD, LEWIS, DOCHARTY.
NOTE: Transcriber's comments are in brackets [ ].
NOTE: Image format copyrighted by the Library of Virginia.
http://www.lva.lib.va.us/dlp/index.htm

John married Mary "Margaret" LNU(Virginia). Mary was born in (~1745) in (Virginia); died in ~1790 in Greene County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Richard England
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Richard was born about 1730 to Richard England and Mary in Acle, Norfolk, England.

Sources
"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JSHP-RBV : 30 December 2014), Richard England, 11 Sep 1730; citing Acle, Norfolk, England, reference item 4; FHL microfilm 1,911,574.

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Richard married unnamed spouse(Commonwealth of Virginia). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: Revolutionary War Patriot
• Possessions: 16 Apr 1770; Amherst County, Virginia
• Occupation: 5 Feb 1776; Appraiser, Amherst County, Virginia
• Will: 8 Aug 1816, Warren County, Tennessee
• Probate: 7 Jun 1823, Warren County, Tennessee

Notes:

From: "Nita Shepard"
To: "David Alden Hennessee"
Subject: Grants
Date: Saturday, August 03, 2002 3:49 PM

Hi, David:

I received Grants #0941 dated Dec 1 1780, #1220 dated Sept 9 1780, #2295 dated Jan 14 1794, and #2576 dated Mar 3 1790 from Robert McNeely this afternoon

#1220 (9 Sep 1780) shows land belonging to Charles Welsher, Jumping Creek, to the left of Miles Harper and above 2 pieces of land belonging to John Harper.

#2295 (14 Jan 1794) shows 2 pieces of land belonging to Thomas Welsher. 1 piece is next to Patrick Hennessee. That same piece is above John Hughes.

Who is Charles Welsher? [Editor's Note] Click here to view a registry of Joseph Wilcher, Sr. which offers many clues to the early WILCHER lines in Amherst County, Virginia...

http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?charles::wilcher::329.html

Cuz Nita

26 Jun 2007

Interesting tidbit re Thomas...

http://home.att.net/~jemjr/graveyard.htm

OLD BURIAL GROUNDS OF WARREN COUNTY, TENN. By MRS. BLANCHE BENTLEY

"One of the best known and first organized churches of Warren County was Liberty, a mile or so from McMinnville. As shown by his will, land was given by Thomas Wiltshire (Wilcher), the church house built and the church, Cumberland Presbyterian in doctrine, organized all in 1815. William Cheek Smartt is the reputed founder and he and John Allison, a Revolutionary soldier, were two of its first elders..."

Thomas Wilcher, TN

Posted By:Cecile Harrell
Email:
Subject:Thomas Wilcher, TN
Post Date:December 10, 1999 at 10:00:34
Message URL:http://www.genforum.com/wilcher/messages/78.html
Forum:Wilcher Family Genealogy Forum
Forum URL:http://www.genforum.com/wilcher/

Have recently received info that Thomas Wilcher, d. 8 Aug 1816 in Warren County, TN has been certified as a Revolutionary soldier. Have a little more info if anyone is interested.

Cecile Harrell


Burke County (NC) Land Grants, abstracted by Betsy Dodd Pittman, The Burke Journal, August, 1993, p. 17:

"1409. THOMAS WELSHER 100 A. on No. side of Catawba River, on a conditional line between Welsher & Alexander Erwin, adj. McKenny. Ent. 31 Oct. 1779, #1020. CB: Micajah Sansom & Benj. Harris. Grant issued 16 Nov. 1790. [Warrant for survey mentions John Deals line and the Improvements made by Thomas Day.]"

Early Wilchers...

The name is spelled Welcher, Whelchel, Wilsher, Wilshire, Wicher, Willshire, Whiltshire, Wilsure, Wilkshire in various early VA and NC records. In 1654 John Wiltshire is listed as a Virginia immigrant, and in 1679 several of the Wilsheir family immigrated from Barbados. There was a Thomas Wiltshire in Northampton country, VA in 1672 and in the Isle of Wight Country in 1682. By the mid 1700's Thomas, Dorcas, and Joseph Wilshire are in Caroline County, VA. John Weltshire was in Augusta County, VA in 1762 and David Whiticher is there in 1769.

The name seems without doubt Wiltshire, at first, and shows an English origin - becoming Wilcher in both English and pioneer usage, until Wilcher became generally adopted. Thomas, of Warrant County, signs himself "Thomas Wiltshire" on several county records, one of them among the last he signed, in 1816 - the year of his death. (Copied from "The History and Genealogy of some pioneer Norther Alabama Families" by Mary N. Gibson - Brittain, Marie Brittain Craig, and Marjorie Craig Churchill.)

Research on the surname "Wilcher" shows it to be a variation on the name "Wiltshire," a county in SW England. About 90% of all people with that name 200-300 years ago came from there. Wilshire, England, is probably where the American Wilchers came from.

The vast majority of the Wilchers (or other spellings) who came to the New World in the 1600s and 1700s came as indentured servants, usually as an alternative to other punishment for petty offenses.

The first Wilcher in America showed up in Virginia in 1635 as an indentured servant. Over the next 150 years a couple dozen others showed up in various places: Maryland, Pennsylvania, and the Bahamas.

About ¾ of the Wilchers came to Virginia in the 1600s and 1700s.

One of these early Virginia indentured servants was likely the progenitor of the Wilchers in Amherst-Bedford.

End.

Abstraction from Thomas Bragg, 14 Apr 2005, Tom Bragg

Thomas Wilcher, Sr.
Anne Walton Wilcher

Father: See early Wiltsheirs from Barbadoes immigration about 1769 - John or Thomas Wiltsheir

Mother:

Born: About 1745 (court order on 2 Jun 1766 concerning road work listed Thomas Wilcher along with others which may suggest he was at least 21 years old at that time).

Married to: Anne (Nancy) Walton Wilcher who was born about 1745-50 and died after 1831 - age ~81 (she relinquished unto Thomas Wilcher Jr and Alberto Vaughan ... my life estate to the farm on which I now live and all the personal property.") [Warren County, TN, Deed Vol. I, Book D, pp.412-415]. Based on the age of her father and her oldest child, and the age of her brother William; she may have been born about 1745-50. Assumed to have married about 1774 (first child born 1775).

Re: 1. Moses Park (1738-1828): His Descendants and Related Families Vaughan and Wilcher. Gateway Press, 1991. Birmingham Public Library.
2. The Wiseman Family and Allied Lines, Vol I, 1991, Eugene M. Wiseman Author [PO Box 14054, Bradenton, FL 34280-4054

Children:

1. Sarah (Sally) Wilcher, born 1775, Burke County, NC, died before July 8, 1830 (age ~55) in Warren County. She was the wife of James Hennessee (born 1766, died 3 Mar 1851, son of Patrick Hennesee of Burke,County, NC).

2. Thomas W. Wilcher, Jr. born in the 1780's (Moses Park lists as 2nd child) - ~1785

3. Nancy Wilcher born 1776, Died 1843 in Blount County, Alabama married first Chambers, second George D. Staton (need to go back to Wiseman Collection and verify info on children)

4. Ritty (Ritrier, Kitriece, Kittie) Wilcher, born 1780, died 22 Aug 1827 in Cooper County, MO. She was the wife of Thomas Vaughn, Sr. - p 219, 248.

5. Elizabeth (Betsy) Wilcher was born 1782; died after 17 Dec 1835; married John Harper who died prior to the 1830 census.

6. Christian (Christeen, Christine) Wilcher, born 1790-1800 wife of Mr. North - p 283.

7. Winifred (Winny) Wilcher, wife of William Brassell, both living 1 Feb 1831 - p285.

8. Lucy Wilcher born 1784, died 1865 married first Joseph England, second Richard Forrest in 1828 - see p286.

9. Archibald born 1802-1804, never married, died about 1827 - page 265.

Note: The exact order of births of the children, 7 daughters and 2 sons, is not known.

Died: Between 8 Aug 1816 and 7 Oct 1816 in McMinnville, TN (about age 74)
Buried: Buried in the Liberty Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery, but exact location unknown.

The earliest records of Thomas Wilcher, Sr. are in Amherst County, Virginia and were two court cases which were started in Dec 1767 against Thomas Wilcher for slander decided in Wilcher's favor. The other was for trespass and assault, but it was dismissed by the plaintiffs. He was probably born in the 1740s in Virginia. A good assumption might be that he was about 21 years old when the court order on road work was issued on 2 Jun 1766. Thus, he might have been born about 1745.

On 5 Feb 1776 he was appointed as 1 of 4 appraisers for a personal estate in Amherst County, VA. During the 1770s in Amherst County no court cases could be found. He did buy and sell land with the purchase of 174 acres on 16 Apr 1770 of part of tract which had been conveyed by Peyton Randolph and Lusford Lomax, Jr. to Philip Grymes.In 1770 he bought 150 acres which he and his wife Anne sold on 13 Feb 1779. He bought 200 acres in Amherst County on 2 Jan 1785. On 7 May 1787 he sold 481 acres in Amherst County. Thomas Wilcher Sr and his wife Anne sold 681 of his 855 acres in 1787 and 1788. He and Anne sold 81 acres on 2 Jul 1787. On 4 Nov 1788 they sold 600 acres. He also sold 200 acres on the south side of Berry's Mountain which he had bought in Oct 1785. Also on 4 Nov 1788 Thomas Wilcher and Anne sold 400 acres on both sides of Harris Creek.

In May 1787 he served on the Amherst County Court grand jury. The court orders of the late 1780s and early 1790s show that Thomas Wilcher was the defendant in two suits and was the plaintiff in six suits. None of these appear to be overly significant. There were other suits for amounts of about $100 or less, some of which were ruled in Wilcher's favor, and others dismissed. A case in court in May 1791 mentioned that Thomas Wilcher was "not a resident of Amherst County." In an Aug 1789 case it was state that "it appearing to the court that the said Thomas Wilcher hath removed to the State of North Carolina . . "

He died in 1816 so he would have been about 71 years old at the time of his death. He moved to Burke County, NC in 1789, and to Warren County, TN in 1807.

Thomas Wilcher, Sr purchased land on John's River in Burke County, NC as early as 1778. He moved there from Amherst Country, Virginia in 1789 (the suit against David Tinsley proves that Thomas Wilcher moved from Amherst County, VA, to North Carolina prior to Aug 1789).

Thomas Wilcher's wife is thought by most Wilcher researchers to be Anne Walton.

William Walton, Sr., was a Revolutionary Soldier, born 1735 in Virginia, son of William and Susannah Walton who were in Amherst County, VA by 1761 and in Burke County, NC 1792.

Thomas Walton purchased 600 acres at the mouth of John's River from Thomas Welcher (later a plantation belonging to Colonel John Sudderth).

Thomas Welcher's land in Burke Co., NC was granted to him by the State of North Carolina (copied from Burke: The History of a North Carolina County, 1777-1920). Thomas Welcher and William White were overseers of John's River in 1796.

Patrick Hennessey lived on the south side of John's River. After Thomas Wilcher Sr's death it was conveyed in 1818 by "Joseph England, Thomas Wilcher, Jr. and Benjamin Wooten, all of Warren County, TN to William Erwin of Burke County, NC" ... "tract adjoining the lands of John and Samuel Franklin, William Erwin and the children of William Walton",. This was a tract of land granted to Thomas Wilcher Sr. in 1799 by the State of North Carolina. This deed is recorded in Deed Book C, Warren County, TN.

Thomas Wilcher Sr moved to Warren County in 1807 (actually was White County that became Warren County about 1817-1820) from Burke County, NC. His business life is very well documented with many legal proceedings, including land deals and various disagreements with associates (see Moses Park reference). On 4 Dec 1807 he was 1 of 12 men appointed or commissioned as Justice of the Peace by the Tennessee General Assembly as part of the first County Court of Warren County [McMinnville at a Milestone 1810-1960 in the Birmingham Public Library written by the Southern Standard in McMinnville].

Thomas Wilcher Sr first arrived in White County in 1807, part of which became Warren County in late 1807. About 1807, Thomas Wilcher assignee of three Revolutionary War Soldiers, Martin Armstrong, John Nelson and Grady Byinham, entered a part of the land called for in the warrant of each. This was land extending south from the Barron Fork river to beyond present day Liberty Lane. Wilcher built a two-story brick home sometime after 1807, a portion of which exists recently as the home of Dr. B.C. Smoot. Thomas Wilcher Sr. died in this house. His earliest land grant records were in Aug 1808 in White County. There were six in the amount of 75 to 240 acres. He had 4 land grants for land in Warren Country of 33 to 125 acres on 24 Aug 1808. There were numerous other land related transactions. It is noted in the Warren County, TN marriage records prior to 1852 and court records prior to 1848 were lost or destroyed leaving quite a void for researchers.

When Warren County was organized in 1807, according to the laws of the State, a temporary log house and jail were erected near the center of the county, where the courts were to be held until the citizens of the county should elect commissioners who were to select a proper place for a permanent county seat. In 1808 a small log courthouse was built on top of a high hill, near a big spring just above the Barron Fork - at the towns southeast fording place - and where the Looney's Trace then crossed the river. From 1808 until sometime in 1811, circuit court was well as the other courts, met in the little log house twice a year at which time other lawyers from other towns with the circuit attended.

From Laughlin's "Reminiscences of McMinnville "as it was in 1811, he says "On occasions when the courts met in the log court house across the river, the judges and lawyers boarded about in the neighborhood as best they could. Most of them stayed in the home of Thomas Wilcher Sr. - two miles from the place of holding the court. After the death of Mr. Wilcher in 1816, the late Joshua Coffee occupied the house until his death in 1842 (Mr. Coffee didn't occupy the house until after Mrs. Wilcher's death).

Abstracted form the WCGA Bulletin, Volume XXII, Spring & Summer 2013, page 57:

SALE OF PROPERTY OF THOS. WELCHER [WILCHER] DECEASED

The Nashville Whig, Nashville, Tennessee, Tuesday, November 12, 1816, Volume V, Number 12, front page:

NOTICE:

There will be sold to the highest bidder, at the late dwelling-house of Thos. Welcher [Wilcher], deceased, on the first of January next, the following property belonging to the estate of said decedant [sic], viz:

One tract of first rate land, lying on the Barren fork of Collin's river, containing 300 acres, with 12 acres cleared and under good fence:

One tract of 90 acres, with 18 acres cleared:

One town lot in the town of M'Minnville. Twelve months credit will be given, the purchaser giving bond with approved security.

Executors:

Benj. Wooten (relationship unknown, Thomas cites him as a "trusted friend")
Tho. Welcher (son)
Jos. England (son-in-law)

On 7 Oct 1818 the executors sold 333 acres for $1,053. They sold about 183 acres of land in Burke Co. NC on 25 Nov 1818 for $100 (was originally granted on 7 Jun 1799).

One of the best known and first organized churches of Warren County was Liberty, a mile or so from McMinnville. As shown by his will, land was given by Thomas Wiltshire (Wilcher), the church house built and the church, Cumberland Presbyterian in doctrine, organized all in 1815. William Cheek Smartt is the reputed founder and he and John Allison, a Revolutionary soldier, were two of its first elders. On August 8, 1816, Thomas Wilcher gave the land to build the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at Liberty.

Thomas Wilcher Sr and his wife, Anne Walton, are likely buried in the Liberty Cumberland Presbyterian Church cemetery. He donated the land for the cemetery. Liberty is 1 mile south of McMinnville off Highway 55 on Liberty Lane. Turn left going south on Morrison St on Old Morrison Hwy then Liberty Lane and the Liberty Cumberland Presbyterian Church will be on the right as well as the cemetery.

Joseph M. Bragg and his wife, Richard M. Bragg, and other family members are buried here in order: Richard M. Bragg 14 Jun 1833 - 11 Dec 1858; Joseph M. Bragg 25 May 1798 - 9 Jul 1879; Clarissa T. Bragg 25 Sep 1806 - 16 Aug 1851; Hugh T. Bragg 25 Nov 1831 - 22 Dec 1845; and Martha Bragg 8 Feb 1845 - Jun 1845.

In summary Thomas Wilcher was probably born about 1745-46. He moved from Amherst County, VA, to Burke County, North Carolina (near Morganton), whe he was approximately 44 years old, in before Aug 1779. He moved on to Tennessee when he Thomas Wilcher, Sr. (cont'd) was about 62 years old.Thomas Wilcher died in Warren County, TN, Oct 1816 when he was about 71 years old.

Will of Thomas Wilcher, Sr

The will of Thomas Wilcher, Sr. to Annie Wilcher, et al was a Deed of Gift and is recorded in Warren County Deed Book D, pages 412-414.. It reads as follows:

"In the name of God, Amen. I, Thomas Wilcher of the County of Warren and the State of Tennessee, this 8th day of August A.D. 1816, being weak of body but of perfect mind and memory and calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed unto all men to die, do make and ordain this to be my last Will and Testament.

Principally and first of all, I recommend my soul into the hands of Almighty God who gave it, and my body to the dust to be interred in a decent and Christian-like manner. At the discretion of my executors hereinafter named and as touching such worldly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me with in this life I give, devise and dispose of in the following manner. Viz,--I will and desire that all my just debts and funeral expenses be paid out of my estate.

1st Imprimis. I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Anne and son Archibald, all the tract of land whereon I now live lying north of John Harper old line to join a line of Thomas Wilcher, Junr said tract to run with the main road until it strikes the aforesaid line of Thomas Wilcher, Junr. Further I give to my wife and son aforesaid four negroes, viz. Isaac, Rella, Jo and Lawson with the increase of said slave Rella forever and should one or more of the aforesaid Negroes die before my decease in that case I will and allow the number to be kept up of others of my Negroes of my son's own choice. Also to my said wife and son I leave all my household furniture that I possess at my decease together with all stock of every description with all farming utentials and every necessary thing or things suitable for a farm and necessary to make life comfortable and living convenient to my wife during her natural life and to my son Archibald his heirs forever, and I do put my son in possession of the above with the injunction laid of my son Archibald that he shall during his mother's natural life support, take care, and nourish her as comfortable in this world as will be in his power.

2 Item. I give to my son Thomas Wilcher the tract of land where on he now lives containing 250 acres agreeable to the survey, be the same more or less to him and his heirs forever.

3 Imprimis. I give and bequeath to my daughter Sally Hennessee a Negro woman named Sucky with her off spring, the tract of land whereon James Hennessee now lives, containing by estimation 223 acres all my right and title of the same to her and her heirs forever.

4th Item. I give to my daughter Christian a tract of land beginning on my son Thomas' line where it crosses the road south side of said road that is the line between my son Thomas and son Archibald running with the road till it strikes John Harpers line thence with Harpers line to a red oak south side of the ?ting being a corner of Harper's tract, thence northeastwardly to a poplar marked TW, thence with said line east to a corner of another tract, thence south to a corner thence continuing south till it strikes another line of mine being a preference of Edmond McMahons(?) purchased from Anderson and Thomas Wilcher, Sr. (cont'd)

Doak, thence east to a corner thence south to a corner thence east to a corner then north to a corner on Thomas Vaughans line then west with his line to his corner thence north with his line to Thomas Wilcher, Junr., line to the road to the beginning including all in that boundary except an acre for the use of the church, also a Negro girl named June and her offspring to her and her heirs forever.

5th Item. I give to my daughter Nancy Staton a Negro girl Peggy and offspring during her natural life and at her death to be sold and the money accruing therefrom to be equally divided among her children begotten of her body, to them and their heirs forever.

6th Item. I give to my grand daughter Rachel Chambers one hundred dollars when collected out of my estate by my Exrs.

6th(sic) Item. I give to my daughter Betsey Harper a Negro girl named Pat which are (sic) now in the possession of John Harper and that said girl shall never be sold not put away by no bargain or contract whatsoever from the use and benefit of my aforesaid daughter and her children during my daughter's natural life, and at her death my will is that said girl and her offspring be equally divided between her children forever.

7th I give to my daughter Lucy England a Negro boy named John, together with $300 that she has already received making her dividend equal with my other children to her and heirs forever.

8th Item. I give to daughter Ritty the sum of five dollars as she has heretofore received her dividend of my estate.

9th Item. I give to Polly, Thomas, and Aaron Vaughan my daughter Ritty's children begotten of her body one hundred dollars each and no more, by my Exors. To be given them when they arrive at age or at marriage.

10th Item. I give to my daughter Winny the sum of $5 at the discretion of my Exors. Hereafter named and empowering them to consider my daughter Winny that if they see her necessity required assistance that they will allow her the use of Negroe girl named Lucy as her need requires and to recall her at their discretion also upon their discretion to allow her to the amount of three hundred dollars occasionally as her necessity demands and should it be that her circumstance should not required to that amount I wish the other part of the $300 to be adapted for the purpose of educating her grandchildren viz Sandy England and Polly Taylor. The property that I bought at William Brasel's sale to be returned to my Exors. And it to be at their discretion if not discretionally used. Two horses, thirteen head of cattle, 15 head of hogs and the house furniture.

11th Item. And the residue of my estate both real and personal not heretofore bequeathed I wish to be sold and equally divided amon my legatees viz. Sally Hennessee, Nancy Staton, Betsey Harper, Lucy England, Thomas Wilcher, and daughter Christian, Archibald Wilcher to them and them only and heirs forever.

12th Item. And I do by these presents appoint my trusty friends Benjamin Wooten, Thomas Wilcher, Jr., and Joseph England the sole executors of this my will and testament and none other ratifying and confirming this to be my last will and testament and revoking and disallowing all other wills heretofore by me made. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the date first written."

Signed Thomas Wilcher (Seal)

Signed, sealed, and pronounced In presence of Aaron Abernathy, Joseph Taylor x his mark, Alexander Snell.

To my son Arch I want my wife and son to have two horses of their choosing.

State of Tennessee October Term 1816
Warren County Court

I do hereby certify that the due execution of the within last will and Testament of Thomas Wilcher deceased was proven in open Court of the first day of the above Term by the oaths of Joseph Taylor and Alexander Shenell two of the subscribing witnesses thereto, and ordered to be recorded.

Given at office the 7th June A. D. 1823
Jos. Coville Clk
By S. D. Own D. Clk.

This will was proved in open court on the 7th day of June 1823 and registered 9 June 1823. Thomas I and Ann had 7 daughters and 2 sons, all of whom received bequests from his will. [See "Siblings," p. 4]

On 7 Oct 1818 the executors sold 333 acres for $1,053. They sold about 183 acres of land in Burke Co. NC on 25 Nov 1818 for $100 (was originally granted on 7 Jun 1799).

Per "The North Carolinian Journal by Wm. Perry Johnson editor in March 1960 the North Carolina Revolutionary War Pay Vouchers listed Thomas Wilcher (or Welsher) from the Morgan District, Burke Co., NC. No further information is available, but this shows clearly Thomas Wilcher Sr was a Revolutionary War soldier from the state of North Carolina. He was in North Carolina from 1789 - 1807.

Early Wilchers

From "The Wiseman Family and Allied Lines, Vol I" found in the Warren County, TN genealogical library. The ancestors for the Warren Country, TN family by the surname Wilcher are difficult to assertain. The name is spelled Welcher, Whelchel, Wilsher, Wilshire, Wicher, Willshire, Whiltshire, Wilsure, Wilkshire in various early VA and NC records. In 1654 John Wiltshire is listed as a Virginia immigrant, and in 1679 several of the Wilsheir family immigrated from Barbados. There was a Thomas Wiltshire in Northampton country, VA in 1672 and in the Isle of Wight Country in 1682. By the mid 1700's Thomas, Dorcas, and Joseph Wilshire are in Caroline County, VA. John Weltshire was in Augusta County, VA in 1762 and David Whiticher is there in 1769.

The name seems without doubt Wiltshire, at first, and shows an English origin - becoming Wilcher in both English and pioneer usage, until Wilcher became generally adopted. Thomas, of Warrant County, signs himself "Thomas Wiltshire" on several county records, one of them among the last he signed, in 1816 - the year of his death. (Copied from "The History and Genealogy of some pioneer Northern Alabama Families" by Mary N. Gibson - Brittain, Marie Brittain Craig, and Marjorie Craig Churchill.)
Thomas Wilcher, Sr. (cont'd)

Research on the surname "Wilcher" shows it to be a variation on the name "Wiltshire," a county in SW England. About 90% of all people with that name 200-300 years ago came from there. Wilshire, England, is probably where the American Wilchers came from. The vast majority of the Wilchers (or other spellings) who came to the New World in the 1600s and 1700s came as indentured servants, usually as an alternative to other punishment for petty offenses. The first Wilcher in America showed up in Virginia in 1635 as an indentured servant. Over the next 150 years a couple dozen others showed up in various places: Maryland, Pennsylvania, and the Bahamas. About 3/4 of the Wilchers came to Virginia in the 1600s and 1700s. One of these early Virginia indentured servants was likely the progenitor of the Wilchers in Amherst-Bedford.

William Walton & Susannah Walton (father/mother of Anne Walton)

Children:

1. William Walton -to become William Walton Sr. born 24 Dec 1736. Married Elizabeth Tilghman in St. James, Northern Parish, Goochland County, Virginia to Elizabeth Tilghman on 1 Dec 1758. Had 15 children. Before 1767 moved to Amherst County, Virginia. Served in the American Revolution. Son, William Jr. served in the Army in South Carolina. In Amherst County 1785-87. Moved to Charleston, SC where Elizabeth Tilghman died on 8 Sep 1787. Listed in 1800 census of Burke County. Died 31 Jan 1806 (age70). Buried at the churchyard of the First Presbyterian Church, Morganton, NC.
2. Jesse Walton -in the Revolutionary War records of Wilkes County, NC. Later moved to Tennessee and was second in command to John Sevier. Founder of Jonesboro, TN.
3. Susannah Walton
4. Mary Walton
5. Anne Walton, born about 1748, and married Thomas Wilcher, Sr.
6. Louise Walton
7. Frances Walton

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10 Oct 2008:

Abstracted from,

"Early Tennessee Tax List", Sistler; p. 206;

WELCHIR, Thomas L., Warren-1812

p. 207;

WHELCHAE, Day?, Warren-1812
WHELCHAE, John, Warren-1812
WHELCHAE, William, Warren-1812
WHILCHAE, Francis, Warren-1812

"The Reconstructed 1810 Census of Tennessee", Charles A. Sherrill,

p. 546;

Whelchae, Dave ?, Warren Co. Tax 1812 tax list, in Christian Schell's district
Whelchae, John, Warren Co. Tax 1812 tax list, in Christian Schell's district
Whelchae, Dave ?, Warren Co. Tax 1812 tax list, in Christian Schell's district
Wilcher, Thomas, Jr, Warren Co. Tax 1812 tax list, in Samuel Colville's district
Whehae, Frances, Warren Co. Tax 1812 tax list, in Christian Schell's district

24 Jun 2009:

Listed in the 1812 Warren County, Tennessee Tax List...

Enumerated by Christian Shell:

12. Wilchar, John
48. Wilchar, Davis
49. Wilchar, William
56. Wilchar, Frances

John, Davis & Frances are, no doubt, connected to the WILCHER tree, however, there is no mention of them in any of the Thomas Wilcher, Sr. documents. Nor do they appear in the 1820, 1830 or the 1850 Warren County Census records. Could they be issue of the Charles WILCHER of Burke Co.,NC as noted by Nita Shepard? ...DAH

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Could John be his father? Go to this link... http://www.geni.com/people/John-Wilcher/6000000014961325946 or his record within this website:

http://thehennesseefamily.com/getperson.php?personID=I36645&tree=hennessee

Birthdate: April 5, 1716 Birthplace: Christ Church, Middlesex, Virginia, British Colonies of North America

Died 1770 in Spartanburg, South Carolina, British Colonies of North America

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Joseph Wilcher Sr. Amherst Co., VA

Probably connected to an earlier WILCHER line and might be a brother to Thomas & Charles Wilcher:

Chronology Report 1
Printed by Legacy on 20 Nov 2002
Age Name: Joseph WILCHER Sr.
Life Range: 70 1760-1765 - After 1830
1760-1765 Birth: 1, 2
Between 1760-1770 Spouse (#2): Sarah TYREE (Between 1760- ).
1 1761 History: Virginia, Amherst Co.. Formed from southern half of Albemarle County.
1 1761 History: Virginia, Amherst Co.. Amherst Parish was formed from St. Anne's Parish to cover the county. . 3
11 1771 May 25 To 1771 May 27 History: Virginia, Amherst Co.. Amherst suffered a disaster when the James river ws a t flood stage, 150 persons were lost at that time.
Marriage (1): Mildred "Milly" ( -Bef 1798). 17
Unknown Spouse (#1): Mildred "Milly" ( -Bef 1798). Died before 28 Apr 1798. 4
23 1783-1786 Tax: Virginia, Amherst Co.. list Charles Wilcher & Joseph Wilcher. 4
25 1785 Tax: Virginia, Amherst Co.. Welsher, Joseph 5 white.
27 1787 Tax: VA, Amherst Co., List B. List B: Wilcher, Joseph self, 0 16/21 white males, 0 black 16/+, 0 black 16/-, Horses 2, Cattle 7. 5
29 1789 Nov 12 Deed: Virginia, Amherst Co.. Saml Meredith, Jno Stewart & Jos Wilsher, AC to Jas Owen AC for 70 lbs 95 acres 56 acres is that of Wilsher; Lines. Christian, Saml Meredith (formerly Braxton) Wit. Nelson Crawford, Lindsey Coleman, Jas Callaway, Jas Ballinger. 6
Abt 1790 Child born (1-#1): 30 Joseph WILCHER Jr. (Abt 1790- ).
1793 Sep 2 Child born (1-#2): 33 Virginia, Amherst Co.. Lawson Green WILCHER (1793-1843). Born in Amherst Co., Virginia, USA. Died on 4 Dec 1843 in Amherst Co., Virginia, USA.17
36 1796 Feb 23 To 1798 Sep 22 Deed: VA, Amherst Co., 102a. Saml & Jane Meredith to Jos Wilcher 5sh 102a pt. tract Rockey River, Braxton's old line, Notley Maddox, Jos Higginbotham. Wit. Davis S Garland, Jas Garland, Jas P Garland.. 7
38 Bef 1798 Apr 28 Death of Spouse (#1): Mildred "Milly" ( -Bef 1798).
38 1798 Apr 28 Bond: Virginia, Amherst Co.. Joseph Wilcher & Jacob Tyree are bound to commonwealth of VA $150 28 Apr 1798. A marriage is intended between Sally Rutherford (widow) & Joseph Wilcher (Widower) signed Jos Wilsher Jacob Tyree. 19
38 1798 Apr 28 Certificate: Virginia, Amherst Co.. Married Wilsher, Joseph and Sally Rutherford, widow by the Rev Walter Christian. (M.R.).. 20
1798 Apr 28 Marriage (2): 38 Virginia, Amherst Co.. Sarah TYREE
(Between 1760- ). In Amherst Co., Virginia, USA. 19
38 1798 May 12 Deed: Virginia, Amherst Co.. Jos Wilcher AC to Andrew Monroe (Munroe) AC for 300 lbs 231a branches Rockey Run, Lines :Jos Higginbotham, Peter Cashwell, Charles Christian, Richa Wilson, Saml Huckstep. Wit. Chas Christian, Jacob Pierce, Rich Wilson. 8
38 1798 Jun 21 Deed: Virginia, Amherst Co.. Jacob Tyree AC to jos Wilcher AC for 5 sh & love a slave Sue for his wife Sarah who is my daughter. Wit. Francis Bunt, Nicodemus Vermilion. 9
50 1810 Census: Virginia, Amherst Co.. Joseph Wilcher m. 2 16/26, 1 26/45, 1 45/+ f. 1 0/10, 1 16/26, 1 45/+; slaves 8. 1
51 1811 Jun 12 Bondsman: Virginia, Amherst Co.. Joseph Willshire Jr. and Joseph Willshire Senior are bound; a marrriage is intended between Joseph Wilcher Jr. & Nancy Rutherford; Sarah Willshire signed dau. Nancy is 20y of age. Recorded in Marriage Regiter #1 p. 226, Amherst County Clerks Office, Amherst, Virginia. 12
Jun 1811. Know all men by these presents that we Joseph Willshire Jr. and Joseph Willshire Senior are held jointly bound unto his excellency Gov. Wm. South Lieutenant governor of chief magistrate of the 10
52 1812 Aug 17 Deed: Virginia, Amherst Co.. Joseph WILSHIRE, JacobPIERCE & Joseph KENNEDY- Joseph WILSHIRE debt to Joseph KENNEDY 200 lbs due 1 Jan 1814, slaves, Moll Isham, China (life est of wife Sarah Wilshire) Dick, Wiatt, Robinson, Joe, Clara, horse, cattle, beds, furniture, hogs . 11
57 1817 Tax: Virginia, Amherst Co.. Joe Wilchar 1 wm/+16, 2 horses; Joseph W Wilcher 1 wm/+16, 1 bm/+16,
1horse (2nd hundred); . 12
57 1817 Tax: Virginia, Amherst Co.. Jos Wilshar 1 wm/+16 1 bm/12-16; Joseph W Wilcher 1. 13
59 1819 Tax: Virginia, Amherst Co.. Joseph Wilcher Sr 1 wm/+ 16, 1 slave; Joseph Wilcher 1 wm+16, 1. Tax list 1819 Amherst Co. VA. 14
60 1820 Census: Virginia, Amherst Co.. Wilsher, Joseph Amherst Co VA p. 38 No Twp. . 15
61 1821 Mar 12 Purchased: Virginia, Amherst Co.. James M (W) Wilshire, Amherst County, to Joseph Wilshire, amherst Co $133 horse; beds, etc. Wit. Charles A Christian, Samuel DChristian, William Pollard (could be Jr). 16
70 1830 Census: Virginia, Amherst Co.. Joseph Wilcher m 1 80/90, f 1 15/20, 2 20/30, 1 60/70 9 slaves. 2
70 After 1830 Death:

Source Citations
1. 1810 U. S. Census Amherst Co., Virginia. Wilchers, Calab m. 2 10/16 1 16/26 1 45/+ f. 1 16/26 1 45+26/45: Richard m. 1 45/+ slaves 11: Joseph m. 2 16/26 1 26/45 145/+ f 1 0/10 1 16/26 1 45/+ slaves 8
2. 1830 U S Population Census Amherst Co., Virginia.
3. Charles Frances Cocke, Parish Lines Diocese of Virginia, (Richmond, VA: The Virginia State Library, 1967).
4. Smith, Melba M, Wilcher Family Information, a descendant of Lawson Green Wilcher son of Joseph Wilcher Sr & Milly, (1998). 5. Netti Schreiner-Yantis and Florene Speakman Love, The 1787 Census Of Virginia: An accounting of the Name of Every White Male Tithable Over 21 Years; the Number of Wite Males between 16 & 21 Years; the Number of Slaves Over 16 & those Under 16 years, together with a Listing of their Horses; Cattle & Carriages: and also the Names of all Persons to whom Ordinary Licenses and Physician's Licenses were Issued, (Genealogical Books in Print, Springfield, VA).
5. Netti Schreiner-Yantis and Florene Speakman Love, The 1787 Census Of Virginia: An accounting of the Name of Every White Male Tithable Over 21 Years; the Number of Wite Males between 16 & 21 Years; the Number of Slaves Over 16 & those Under 16 years, together with a Listing of their Horses; Cattle & Carriages: and also the Names of all Persons to whom Ordinary Licenses and Physician's Licenses were Issued, (Genealogical Books in Print, Springfield, VA).
6. Rev Bailey Fulton Davis, The Deeds of Amherst County, Virginia 1761-1807 & Albemarle County, Virginia 1748-1763, (The Rev. S Emmett Lucas Jr, P O Box 738 Easley, SC 29640: Southern Historical Press, 1979), p. 243: 413.
7. Ibid, p. 325: p. 204 & p. 340: p. 429.
8. Ibid, p. 333. p. 329.
9. Ibid, Deed Bk L p.335/358.
10. William Montgomery Sweeny, Marriage Bonds, and Other Marriage Records of Amherst County, Virginia 1763-1800 [Although Amherst was formed in 1761, no marriage records have been found before 1763], (Baltimore MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1937 & 1973), Recorded in Marriage Regiter #1 p. 226, Amherst County Clerks Office, Amherst, Virginia.
11. Rev Bailey Fulton Davis, The Deeds of Amherst County, Virginia 1807- 1827: Books L-R, (The Rev. S Emmett Lucas Jr, P O Box 738 Easley, SC 29640: Southern Historical Press, 1985), p. 39. DB M p228.
12. Tax list 1817 Amherst Co., VA.
13. Tax list 1818 Amherst Co., VA.
14. Tax list 1819 Amherst Co. VA.
15. AIS Census Indexes: This collection contains Federal Census Indexes, State Census indexes, and indexes to various Federal non-population schedules (Mortality Schedules, Veterans Schedules, Slaves Schedules) for most of the U.S. and parts of Canada. The scope of the collection includes colonial records (pre-1790 tax lists, resident's lists, etc.) and censuses from 1790 to 1870. Some census indexes for later years exist for some states, (1999 , Url: http://data/ancestry/com), Wilsher, Joseph Amherst Co VA p. 38 No Twp.
16. Rev Bailey Fulton Davis, The Deeds of Amherst County, Virginia 1807- 1827: Books L-R, (The Rev. S Emmett Lucas Jr, P O Box 738 Easley, SC 29640: Southern Historical Press, 1985), p. 635. 12 Mar 1821.
17. Smith, Melba M, Wilcher Family Information, a descendant of Lawson Green Wilcher son of Joseph Wilcher Sr & Milly, (1998).
18. The Holy Bible, Containing The Old and New Testaments: Together with The Apocrypha: Translated out of the Original Tongues, and with The Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, with Canne's Marginal Notes and Refrences, to which are added an index; An Alphabetical, Table of all the names in the old and new testaments, with their Sigifications, tables of Scripture weights, measures and coins & C., Family Info: Lawson G. Wilcher, (White & Hutchinson & Dwier, Hartford, 1836), Lawson G Wilsher Died the 4 of December 1843.
19. William Montgomery Sweeny, Marriage Bonds, and Other Marriage Records of Amherst County, Virginia 1763-1800 [Although Amherst was formed in 1761, no marriage records have been found before 1763], (Baltimore MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1937 & 1973), Marriage Register #1 p. 125, Amherst County Clerk's Office, Amherst, VA.
20. Ibid, p 28.

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A summation of early Wilchers...

Peggy,

Below is a message I posted a couple of years ago to Geneva Anderson. She apparently has the "link" I'm looking for which puts my John Wilcher (b. 1783) in KY at the right time. However, we haven't connected yet. I think she sent me a monumental, several megabyte database dump in 1999, but nothing specific on the link.

I've posted this to her again in hopes she will be more specific. It doesn't look like my John and your John are the same guy, although they may have been from the same family before that.

Brett (previous posting below)

I am descended from a line of Wilchers that found its way to the Pacific Northwest in 1868. I can trace back five generations (including myself) to a Stephen Wilcher, who was born in Casey Co. or Lincoln Co., KY, in 1810. He moved to Missouri in the 1840's, then on to Clark Co., WA, in 1868. His descendants all live in the PNW.

Stephen's father appears to have been named John Wilcher, who was 67 years old in the 1850 census and claimed to have been born in KY. That would put his birth in 1783, pretty early for KY, but possible if his parents were there with Daniel Boone and George Rogers Clark (and a whole lot of Indians).

The family seems to have been from Virginia. Your Amherst, Bedford Co., connections look promising because of the same set of names-- John, Joseph, Charles, etc.-- and because of the dates. They were there in the late 1700's and the same names show up in Casey-Lincoln, KY, in the early 1800's. This doesn't do much for John Wilcher's claim about being born in KY in 1783, but works well for connecting Wilchers in KY and VA.

I've also been looking back further to try to figure out how Wilchers got to Amherst-Bedford in the late 1700's. Most of my conclusions are based purely on statistical probablilities. For example, research on the surname "Wilcher" shows it to be a variation on the name "Wiltshire," a county in SW England. About 90% of all people with that name 200-300 years ago came from there. I'm inclined to think that Wiltshire, England, is where the American Wilchers came from. The vast majority of the Wilchers (or other spellings) who came to the New World in the 1600's and 1700's came as indentured servants, usually as an alternative to other punishment for petty offenses. The first Wilcher in America showed up in Virginia ca. 1635 as an indentured servant. Over the next 150 years a couple dozen others showed up in various places: Maryland, Pennsylvania, and the Bahamas. About three-quarters of the Wilchers came to Virginia in the 1600's and 1700's. I suspect one of these early Virginia indentured servants was the progenitor of the Wilchers in Amherst-Bedford.

My challenges are:

1) to verify the connection between my Stephen Wilcher, born KY in 1810, with John Wilcher;
2) connect that John Wilcher with the Amherst-Bedford, VA, Wilchers; and
3) figure out the who, when, and how of the Wilcher migration from England to Virginia and then to Amherst-Bedford.

Any information you can provide that might help fill in the "middle years" would be appreciated.

Later response...

Hi Brett

Do you have further info on the Amherst County, Va Wilchers which you could share with me? I have come across references to Charles and John W. Wilcher being sons of Joseph and Barbara Wilcher of Amherst Co, Va (late 1700s time period). There was also a Thomas Wilcher who may fit as another relative. Thomas Wilcher, formerly of Amherst co, Va, is listed in land records of Burke co, Nc along with Charles Wilcher. This same Thomas had issue who removed to Warren and Cannon Counties, Tennessee.

I would appreciate any details you might have on any Amherst co, Va Wilcher family, which might help me verify or add to the limited Wilcher info I have...

Thanks

David Travillion Bunton
613 South Commerce Ave
Russellville, AR 72801
travillion@hotmail.com

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Thomas Wilcher built a two-story brick home sometime after 1807, a portion of which exists today as the home of Dr. B. C. Smoot...

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Sat 3/11/2017 4:41 PM

Hey cuz,

I was looking at your notes for Nancy Anna Walton and looking at the sources... I was wondering if you realized that the Family Search sources link back to trees that give her parents as the William who married Susannah Cobb? Even so, I still don't think this is correct because there is no proof that she was even a Walton let alone the daughter of William and Susannah. Also, I have seen (but not sure if it is sources) that Anne, the daughter of William and Susannah was married to someone else. Again, I don't know if that had sources or not but it is worth noting. I thought you might want to know in case you want to alter or remove those cited sources. So far I haven't found anything regarding her parentage or even real surname. I have definitely ruled out William Walton and Elizabeth Tilman as her parents. They were married on 1 Dec 1758. I found the record proving their marriage date and therefore proving they aren't her parents.

I have found quite a few deed records for Thomas Wilcher. I wasn't really thinking about Warren County having been formed from White County before. A lot of the land deeds for him are in White County...something to keep in mind when searching for records for Warren County. I will have to change the format from jpg to pdf for you so it may take some time.

Here is a plat map that shows his land in Warren County:

A note regarding Thomas Wilcher's death date... it is given by everyone as 08 Aug 1816...but that was the day he made the will. The transcription of his will indicates his will was proved in open court during the Oct 1816 term so his death date is sometime between when he wrote his will (08 Aug 1816) and when it was proved (Oct 1816). Then there is a note at the bottom which reads:
Given at office the 7th June A.D. 1823
So I am not sure what that is about.

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Interestingly, on the page opposite to one of the Thomas Wilcher land deeds was one for James Cain. The name is mistranscribed as Caise but when you look at the bottom of the document it is more obvious that it said Cain. I also found this tidbit in the White County Minutes on GenWeb (this site also has lots several mentions of Thomas Wilcher suing various people for money owed).


Peter Hutson )
vs. )
Henry Lowery )
In this case the parties personally appeared in Court and agreed to refer the cause in dispute to Henry J. H. Hill, Esq., james Kane, Joseph Hutton, John Huse, Isham McGuire, James Boyd and Vincent Hubbs, and their verdict be returned to next court and be binding as the verdict of a Jury would have been.
Tuesday 14 Apl. 1807 Court adjourned till tomorrow morning Seven O'clock, Members present: John Dergan, Henry J. H. Hill & Benjamine Weaver, Esqr.
Wednesday 15th April 1807 Court met according to adjournment
Members Present: Henry J. H. Hill, Thomas Bounds ) Esqrs.
& Thomas Matthews )

and this on a John Kain:

October 8, 1821
P. 285
Andrew McElroy. )
To Issd. ) Deed trust
Thomas Hopkins & )
John Kain )
Was this day proven in open Court by the oaths of Richard Nelson and Nathan Haggard the subscribing witnesses thereto, for the purposes and things mentioned and ordered to be recorded, let it be registered.
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I remember you talking about always coming across Cunninghams, so here are a few things:

Here is a bio on George Cunningham, husband of Sarah Hennessee:


Another Hennessee and Cunningham marriage... Bible record:

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I will let you know what else I find but wanted to send a rundown of this stuff. Otherwise it gets to be too much to remember and include at once lol.

Love,
Stef

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Thomas Wilcher
Born 1745 in Amherst, Virginia, British Colonial America
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of Nancy (Walton) Wilcher — married before 1768 in Amherst County, Virginia Colony
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of Archibald P. Wilcher, Sarah (Wilcher) Hennessee, Winnefred (Wilcher) Braswell and Thomas Walton Wilcher
Died 1816 in McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee
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Thomas Wilcher served during the American Revolution
Service started:
Unit(s):
Service ended:

"The North Carolinian Journal by Wm. Perry Johnson editor in March 1960 the North Carolina Revolutionary War Pay Vouchers listed Thomas Wilcher (or Welsher) from the Morgan District, Burke Co., NC."[1]

Biography
Thomas Wilcher was probably born about 1745-46. He moved from Amherst County, VA, to Burke County, North Carolina (near Morganton), when he was approximately 44 years old, before Aug 1879. He moved on to Tennessee when he was about 62 years old. Thomas Wilcher died in Warren County, TN, Oct 1816 when he was about 71 years old.[2]

Children
Archibald P. Wilcher, b. Abt 1771, (Amherst County, Virginia) , d. 0___ 1829, Warren County, Tennessee
Sarah "Sallie" Wilcher, b. 0___ 1775, (Amherst County, Virginia) d. Abt 8 Jul 1830, Warren County, Tennessee, married James Hennessee,
Nancy Wilcher, b. 6 Apr 1776, (Amherst County, Virginia) d. 0___ 1843, Blount County, Alabaman married George Dameron Staton,
Christian Wilcher, b. Abt 1777, (Amherst County, Virginia) married William North,
Winnefred "Winne" Wilcher, b. 1770-1780, (Amherst County, Virginia) d. 1840-1850, Blount County, Alabama married William Braswell, Sr.,
Ritnier "Ritty" Wilcher, b. (ABT 1780), (Amherst County, Virginia) d. ABT 1813, Warren County, Tennessee, married Thomas Vaughan,
Lucy Wilcher, b. 0___ 1784, (Amherst County) Virginia d. 7 Oct 1863, Warren County, Tennessee married Joseph England, married John Harper,
Elizabeth "Betsy" Wilcher, b. 0___ 1782, (Amherst County) Virginia, d. Aft 1850, Warren County, Tennessee
Thomas W(alton) Wilcher, Jr., b. 0___ 1788, Amherst County, Virginia d. 0___ 1854, Warren County, Tennessee married Pauline C. "Polly" Gordon,
Goodspeed’s History of Warren Count]y

Collins River is the main stream of the county. this stream rises in Grundy County, passes near McMinnville, just below the town receives the waters of Barren Fork, and empties into Caney Fork. Hickory Creek is a branch of Barren Fork, and Charles Creek empties into Collins River, they, with the two named and Mountain Creek composing the principal streams of the county.
When the pioneers came to what is now the territory of Warren County, they found the valleys and coves covered with an almost impenetrable growth of tall cane and the mountains and hills with heavy timber. Game was plentiful and many are the stories of exciting bear and deer hunts handed down and now told with keen relish by the sons of the hardy pioneers.
First District, Faulkner’s Chapel Methodist Episcopal South and Baptist, and Liberty Cumberland Presbyterian.[3]
OLD BURIAL GROUNDS OF WARREN COUNTY, TENN. By MRS. BLANCHE BENTLEY

"One of the best known and first organized churches of Warren County was Liberty, a mile or so from McMinnville. As shown by his will, land was given by Thomas Wiltshire (Wilcher), the church house built and the church, Cumberland Presbyterian in doctrine, organized all in 1815. William Cheek Smartt is the reputed founder and he and John Allison, a Revolutionary soldier, were two of its first elders William C. Smartt, his wives, his venerable mother, and many descendants are buried in this peaceful enclosure which in the springtime, with its level grassy turf, its evergreens, flowers, and waving vines, looks very like a garden of the long ago. William C. Smartt was a commissioned general in the militia, but he won his spurs as a fighting man at Mobile under Jackson where he was promoted to the rank of major."[4]
Sources
? "North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-561H : accessed 12 March 2017), Thos Wilcher, ; citing Morgan Township, Rowan, North Carolina, United States, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh.
? http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mcgee/w/t_w730/t_w730.html
? Goodspeed’s History of Warren County
? OLD BURIAL GROUNDS OF WARREN COUNTY, TENN. By MRS. BLANCHE BENTLEY
http://thehennesseefamily.com/getperson.php?personID=I1214&tree=hennessee

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Birth:
Amherst County, Virginia was formed in 1761, from parts of Albemarle County, Virginia... http://bit.ly/1opXGkp

Possessions:
purchased 174 acres...

Occupation:
Appointed as an appraiser...

Died:
on Wilcher's Plantation...

Map & History of Warren County, Tennessee... http://bit.ly/PIsRbw and http://www.tngenweb.org/warren

Buried:
http://home.att.net/~jemjr/graveyard.htm

OLD BURIAL GROUNDS OF WARREN COUNTY, TENN. By MRS. BLANCHE BENTLEY

"One of the best known and first organized churches of Warren County was Liberty, a mile or so from McMinnville. As shown by his will, land was given by Thomas Wiltshire (Wilcher), the church house built and the church, Cumberland Presbyterian in doctrine, organized all in 1815. William Cheek Smartt is the reputed founder and he and John Allison, a Revolutionary soldier, were two of its first elders..."

Thomas married (Nancy Anna) "Anne" (Walton) LNU in (~1768) in (Amherst County, Virginia Colony). (Nancy was born on 24 May 1748 in Amherst County, Virginia; died in 1831 in McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee; was buried in (Liberty Cemetery, Warren County, Tennessee). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt Birth: ~1748, (Goochland County) Virginia

Notes:

Friday, March 10th, 2017:

Allen Thomas, allanharlthomas@gmail.com, alerts me to this error and I can thank him for his quick-eye:

"Hey David we have a problem with Nancy and her Mom's birthdates, what do you think?
"

Allan

to which I replied on the same day:

"Oh, s...

I've got to do some diggin'"

I spent several hours revisiting sites to verify her lineage and to no avail, so with great chagrin and embarrassment on

Saturday, March 11th, 2017:

I have unlinked Nancy Anna "Ann" Walton,

http://thehennesseefamily.com/getperson.php?personID=I1215&tree=hennessee,

from the family William & Elizabeth Tilman Walton,

http://thehennesseefamily.com/getperson.php?personID=I25624&tree=hennessee,

because there is no proof of the relationship.

It is likely that she was enumerated as one of their issue in error and that error has been copied, repeated and recapitulated by other researchers too lazy to verify the information

Alt Birth:
Now a part of Albermarle County, Virginia.

Goochland was founded in 1728 as the first county formed from Henrico shire, followed by Chesterfield County in 1749. Goochland was named for Sir William Gooch,[5] the royal lieutenant governor from 1727 to 1749, at which time the nominal governor, the Earl of Albemarle, remained in England. Goochland originally included all of the land from Tuckahoe Creek, on both sides of the James River, west as far as the Blue Ridge Mountains...

Map & History of Goochland County, Virginia ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goochland_County,_Virginia

Notes:

Married:
Amherst County, Virginia was formed in 1761, from parts of Albemarle County, Virginia... http://bit.ly/1opXGkp

Residence (Family):
then it was known as "White County"...

Thomas married Cordelia Ann Davenport in 0___ 1787 in North Carolina. Cordelia was born in (North Carolina). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: Revolutionary War Patriot

Notes:

Said to have weighed over 300 lbs.

Click here to view his antecedents ... http://www.wikitree.com/treewidget/Harrison-516/9

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Biography

Rev. Thomas William Harrison [1]

Birth: 2 October 1750 Augusta, Virginia, United States
Death: 21 June 1814 Tazewell, Tazewell, Virginia, United States
He served as a private in the 3rd Co. Capt. Strother Jones, Col. Nathaniel Gists' Virginia Regiment, 1777.
Thomas was a Revolutionary War soldier who was in battles of Brandywine, Germantown,and Yorktown.[2]
Parents:

Thomas Harrison, III b. 3 March 1723 Chappawamsic, Prince William, Virginia
d. February 1756 Stafford, Stafford, Virginia, United States

Anne Waye PEYTON b. 1731 Stafford, Stafford, Virginia, United States d.1751
Thomas Harrison married as his second wife, Hannah Dennis (1770-1830). He served as a private in the 3rd Co. Capt. Strother Jones, Col. Nathaniel Gists' Virginia Regiment, 1777. He was born in Augusta Co.; died in Tazwell Co., VA.


Thomas Harrison, Sr (the Weaver) b. ca 175O in VA; died 1815. married

(1.) Hannah JONES d/o John Jones(w/p July 1773, Botetourt Co, VA). Their children were John, Elizabeth, Edea, Mary, Hannah.


(2) Hannah DENNIS (d/o Joseph Dennis) on 7 March 1779, Botetourt Co, VA. Children of second marriage were: Joseph, Thomas, James, Samuel, Elenor, Edley, Nancy and Alexander.

Spouse #1 and Child:

Sarah (Harrison) Harrison (his Cousin) b.26 July 1754 m. 9 December 1775 d. 16 March 1842
Samuel Harrison
Elizabeth Harrison

Spouse #2 and Children:

Hannah JONES Harrison b. abt 1750 d. abt 1777 m. 9 December 1775
Mary Harrison
John Harrison
"Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:S524-PZ8 : accessed 2015-01-02), entry for Hannah /Jones/.

Thomas married Hannah Jones about 1768 and that she was a daughter of Rev. John Jones of Williamsburg. He says further that Thomas was a Revolutionary War soldier who was in battles of Brandywine, Germantown,and Yorktown.


Spouse #3: (show children) Hannah Elizabeth DENNIS Harrison b. 1760 d, 1830 m. 7 April 1779

Husband: Rev. Thomas William Harrison
Wife: Hannah Dennis M. 7 Apr 1779 Botetourt, Virginia
Child: Elizabeth Harrison
Child: Joseph David Harrison
Child: Thomas Harrison, Jr.
Child: Ann Barnes Harrison
Child: James Harrison
Child: Mary Nancy Harrison
Child: Eleanor Unknown Harrison
Child: Mary Nancy Harrison
Child: Audley M Harrison
Child: Alexander Harrison
Child: John Peyton Harrison
Child: Nancy Harrison
Child: Walter Harrison
Child: Elizabeth Harrison
Child: Sarah Harrison
Child: [[Harrison-492|Frances Harrison]


Additional Information for Rev. Thomas William /Harrison/ Notes (15)

HARRISON HERITAGE p. 334 December 1982 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~harrisonrep/harrisonmil/revwar_hhv2n4.html
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=286e10e4-dd62-4d56-bbcb-6c092b73057a&tid=16168344&pid=508599295
The WEAVER, Episcopal Priest Ordained 1774
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=546a1cc3-c8a8-4b99-a100-eeff86481d39&tid=16168344&pid=508599295

American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.
Ancestry Family Trees

U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Yates Publishing
Citing This Record:

"Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:S52W-KYL : accessed 2015-01-02), entry for Rev. Thomas William /Harrison/.

Marriage

Biography

Thomas S was born in 1750. Thomas S Harrison ... [3]

No more info is currently available for Thomas S Harrison. Can you add to his biography?

Sources

Marie Mills, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Marie and others.
? https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:S52W-KYL
? http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=monkeys&id=I3973
? Entered by Marie Mills, Sep 9, 2012

Military:
He served as a private in the 3rd Co. Capt. Strother Jones, Col. Nathaniel Gists' Virginia Regiment, 1777.

Thomas was a Revolutionary War soldier who was in battles of Brandywine, Germantown,and Yorktown.[

Buried:
on Five Oaks Farm...

Thomas married Hannah Dennis on 7 Apr 1779 in Botetourt County, Virginia. Hannah (daughter of Joseph Dennis and Mary Ann Combs) was born in 0___ 1760 in Botetourt County, Virginia; died in 0___ 1830 in Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt Birth: ~1750, Ireland
• Alt Death: ~1842, Hickory County, Missouri

Notes:

Posted By: Lisa Marker
Email: LMarker@aol.com
Subject: Re: Dennis Family, Warren co. TN - Tx
Post Date: January 03, 2000 at 19:08:24
Message URL: http://genforum.genealogy.com/dennis/messages/972.html
Forum: Dennis Family Genealogy Forum
Forum URL: http://genforum.genealogy.com/dennis/


Here is what I have (more details are available on other family members):


First Generation
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1. Joseph (Joe) Dennis. Born abt 1750 in Ireland. Joseph (Joe) died abt 1842; he was 92.
came from Ireland to Virginia
abt 1798 when Joseph (Joe) was 48, he married Mary Ann Combs? name Ann Bybee? Born in Kentucky?

Life Stories: she claimed to be Scotch-Irish

based on the birthdates of her children, she must have been several years younger than Joseph.

1 states that she was raised in Kentucky.

They had the following children:
i. Neal McCan (Nealey). Born on Nov 27, 1803 in Warren Co., Tennessee. Neal McCan (Nealey) died in Temple, Bell Co., Texas on Jan 14, 1874; he was 70.

ii. Jonathan. Born abt 1808 in Tennessee. ref 53 1/31/1799, Warren TN. Jonathan died in Callahan Or Shackelford, Texas on Apr 28, 1889; he was 81.

Research: 1850 Hickory Co., Missouri census lists Jonathan age 42 b ca 1808 in Tennessee. Wife Mary age 42 b Tennessee.
Children:
Elcana age 17 b TN, Barnet age 15, Eleanor age 12, William age 10 birthplace illegible, Elizabeth age 7, Hilley age 5 (listed as female), and Eaby age 2.

Jonathan second married Mary Barnett?.

iii. Joseph. Born on Dec 10, 1810 in Tennessee. bp 1860 Bell Co Texas census [not confirmed]. Joseph died in Bell Co., Texas on Oct 19, 1894; he was 83. Occupation: Farmer (1860 Bell Co Texas Census).

iv. Hannah. Born abt 1814 in Tennessee.

v. Ed.

vi. Audley Edwin. Born on Jun 19, 1819 in Warren Co., Tennessee. Audley Edwin died on Nov 17, 1899; he was 80.

Research: 1850 Hickory Co., Misouri census lists Audley age 32, Rena age 31, children Ann age 10, Elizabeth age 9, Charity age 6, Nety age 4 and Joan age 1

Audley Edwin married Rena E (Dennis). Born in 1819 in Tennessee. betw Jun 23 and Sep 21, 1819.





Sources

1. A History of the Life of J.J. Dennis and Reminiscences of Early Days in Texas
2. Notes received from Linda White 7/6/96
3. Gedcom file backed up on Reunion 3 disk - Dennis2...
Info Richard Brown received from Linda White(?). 1830 date.
4. “Dennis relations,” www.connecti.com/~rbowman, 8/25/1998, rbowman@connecti.com, 1827 date.
5. “Dennis relations,” www.connecti.com/~rbowman, 8/25/1998, rbowman@connecti.com.
6. Gedcom file backed up on Reunion 3 disk - Dennis2...
Info Richard Brown received from Linda White(?).

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Please report corrections or additions to...
Lisa Marker
email: LMarker@aol.com

Joseph married Anna Nancy Bybee on 22 Dec 1792 in Botetourt County, Virginia. Anna (daughter of John Bybee, III and Elizabeth "Betsey" McCann) was born in 0___ 1774 in Fluvanna County, Virginia; died in 0___ 1846 in Hickory County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ann Nancy Bybee Dennis
BIRTH 1774 Fluvanna County, Virginia, USA
DEATH unknown Hickory County, Missouri, USA
BURIAL Unknown
MEMORIAL ID 64604829

Parents
Photo
John Bybee
1735–1821

Elizabeth McCann Bybee
1737–1819

Spouse
Joseph Dennis
1770–1846Siblings
Charity Delilah Bybee Allee*
1766–1823

Photo
Neal McCann Bybee*
1769–1845

John Bybee*
1770–1819

Sherrod William Bybee*
1778–1862

Photo
Lee Allen Bybee*
1781–1852

Children
Photo
Mary Luvena Dennis Edde*
1798–1849

Photo
Jonathan Dennis*
1799–1889

Photo
Neal McCann Dennis*
1802–1874

Hannah Elizabeth Dennis Harrison*
1804–1836

Photo
Ann Dennis Dorsey*
1807–1886

Photo
Joseph Dennis*
1810–1894

Photo
Hannah Dennis Neal*
1813–1874

Photo
Rachel Dennis Pippin*
1815–1851

Photo
Audley Edwin Dennis*
1819–1899

Notes:

Posted By: Jesse Floyd
Email: jfloyd@msmall.hardin.k12.ky
Subject: Joseph Dennis of VA
Post Date: June 17, 1998 at 13:24:43
Message URL: http://genforum.genealogy.com/dennis/messages/165.html
Forum: Dennis Family Genealogy Forum
Forum URL: http://genforum.genealogy.com/dennis/


I am looking for information about Joseph Dennis of Botetourt County VA. He was married to Mary ???. Their children that I know about are Hannah, who married Thomas Harrelson, Mary, who married William Neill, Margaret, who married Thomas Perry, and Elizabeth, who married Flan Warde. Any information especially about his daughter Elizabeth would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Joseph married Mary Ann Combs. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Military: Revolutionary War Patriot
• Religion: 1801-1805; Primitive Baptist Elder
• Religion: 1820; Primitive Baptist Elder

Notes:

Sketches of Tennessee's Pioneer Baptist Preachers... http://www.knoxcotn.org/tnbaptists/index.html

JESSE DODSON

"In memory of Rev. Jesse Dodson; born November 22, 1752; died November 22, 1843. A minister of the gospel sixty years." (Tombstone record, Eastanallee Church.)

The deceased was born in Halifax County, Va. His first settlement in Tennessee was in Claiborne County. From there he went to Middle Tennessee. In 1819 he came to the Hiwassee Purchase, making a settlement in McMinn County, a few months before the county was "erected." On the Eastanallee is a house still standing, I believe, built ninety-eight years ago by Jesse Dodson.

Soon after his settlement in the Hiwassee district he began pioneer work. He and seven others constituted themselves into the Eastanallee Church. He and Silas Witt organized New Hopewell. He and James Courtney founded the Hiwassee Church. Salem Church was organized by him and Richard Wilson, while he and John Short were co-founders of the Friendship Church. He was preacher to and pastor of these and other churches for many years. He was of Welsh extraction and had the Welsh fire. He was not trained to methodical sermonizing or systematic exposition of Scripture, but was earnest and fervent in exhortation, and was successful in revivals.

Elder Dodson owned 300 acres of land in the heart of Eastanallee valley, and ten negroes, whom he "freed," it is said, after the death of his wife (by whom he came into possession of them), giving as his reason that he had "concluded that a bill of sale of negroes in his pocket would be a bad passport at the gate of Heaven."

His wife was a Miss Ruth Johnson, of South Carolina, of a well-to-do. family, but the date of his marriage and other family and ministerial records have perished, were washed away or destroyed, it is thought, by the high waters of the Eastanallee in the year 1875. Editor's Note: Jesse was, in fact, married to Ruth Dodson, daughter of Elisha Dodson, Sr.

He lived to preach and exhort sinners to repentance about sixty-one years, and on his 91st birthday died in the triumph of a living faith.

Burnett, J .J. Sketches of Tennessee's Pioneer Baptist Preachers. Nashville, Tenn.: Press of Marshall & Bruce Company, 1919.

HTML presentation of this material is Copyright (c) 2002 by Rose-Anne Cunningham Bray. All rights reserved.

Thanksgiving of 1752 had a special meaning for Reverend Thomas DODSON and his wife Elizabeth ROSE, for on November 22nd they welcomed a new child into their Virginia family, Jesse DODSON. Not much is known about Jesse DODSON as a youth...one of at least 10 children in his family....but plenty is known about his adult life. Unknown to his father, a Virginia Baptist minister, Jesse would follow in his footsteps and change the lives of many settlers in the early days of America.

At the time of the American Revolution, the dominant religious force in the colonies was the Church of England, the mother country for so many of its settlers. To be a minister of any church that had broken ties with England was difficult in many social settings, but by the time Jesse DODSON was 23 years old, he was living on land given to him by his father in what is now Pittsylvania County in Virginia, and starting his life as a Baptist preacher, . Jesse and his wife Ruth were married in 1774, one year before the gunfire at Lexington and Concord would start the colonies on a path of thier own, and in 1777, Jesse's name is on the list of those taking an Oath of Allegiance to the State of Virginia. While there is no evidence of military service for Jesse DODSON during the War, we can feel confident that he served in some capacity, for at the end of the War he received a Land Grant in North Carolina, which would become Tennessee.

We know Jesse was still in Pittsylvania County, Virginia when the Revolutionary War ended in 1781, for he obtained property on Birch Creek, or Burches' Creek in some records. The following year he sold that land on "Jeremiah's Fork of Birches Creek" to relatives, and headed for Tennessee, leaving behind his brother William, also a Baptist minister.

Rev. Jesse DODSON is listed as a member of the County Line Baptist Church, also known as the North on Holston River Baptist Church, in 1785 Hawkins County, Tennessee. Rev. Jesse DODSON joined the Big Springs Primitive Baptist Church in what is now Springdale, Tennessee in 1801, and became the Pastor of the congregation from November 1801 until November of 1805.

In 1803, Jesse DODSON was listed in the tax records of what is now Claiborne County, in the northeast part of Tennessee, which includes part of Cumberland Gap National Park. The path from Virginia to Tennessee through Cumberland Gap had been widened by none other than Daniel Boone, and opened to wagon traffic after Rev. Jesse DODSON and his family passed through. The Big Springs Primitive Baptist Church that Jesse led was constructed in the winter of 1795-96 from hand-hewn logs, and is still standing today near Springdale, over two centuries later. It is one of the oldest churches still standing in the State of Tennessee.

Jesse and Ruth DODSON left Claiborne County in 1806 and moved to Warren County, Tennessee, where they are listed on the 1812 Tax List, and the 1820 Census. While in Warren County, they were involved with the Collins Creek Baptist Church and several others in the area.

Reverend Jesse DODSON was described by his peers as "earnest and fervent in exhortation", and "successful in Revivals". He was also said to have had the "Welsh fever" in describing his ancestrial traits and style of preaching, and is mentioned in the 1919 Baptist historical sketches as a Tennessee Pioneer Baptist Preacher.

Around 1820, Rev. Jesse DODSON was called to lead the Big Springs Baptist Church on Mouse Creek, near Niota in McMinn County, Tennessee...only a year after the Hiwassee Purchase Treaty with the Cherokee Indians had opened that land to settlement. Jesse was a founder of the Eastanallee Baptist Church, and his son Elisha donated the land for the structure. Over the years Rev. Jesse DODSON would be involved in the early McMinn County churches of Salem, Hiwassee, Friendship, and New Hopewell. Owning 300 acres of land in the Eastanallee Valley, his wife Ruth had obtained ten slaves from her father's Will, and when Ruth died in 1828 Jesse set the slaves free stating that "a Bill of Sale of Negroes in my pocket would be a bad passport at the Gates of Heaven"....another brave act in a Southern State over 30 years before the Civil War. After more than 60 years of preaching from the pulpit, and inspiring many pioneer churches, Jesse DODSON died on his 91st birthday in 1843. He is buried in the Eastanalle Church Cemetery in McMinn County, Tennessee.

The cemetery photo used at the top of this page in the header is the Eastanallee Cemetery, with the two broken headstones on the left side being those of Ruth and Jesse DODSON...and the Eastanallee Church is planning to replace them. Pioneer and Frontier Preacher, another good story in the ancestral book. Jesse is the 5th great grandfather of Anthony Martini, on his mother's side.

"In memory of Rev. Jesse Dodson; born November 22, 1752; died November 22, 1843. A minister of the gospel sixty years." (Tombstone record, Eastanallee Church.)

The deceased was born in Halifax County, Va. His first settlement in Tennessee was in Claiborne County. From there he went to Middle Tennessee. In 1819 he came to the Hiwassee Purchase, making a settlement in McMinn County, a few months before the county was "erected." On the Eastanallee is a house still standing, I believe, built ninety-eight years ago by Jesse Dodson.

Soon after his settlement in the Hiwassee district he began pioneer work. He and seven others constituted themselves into the Eastanallee Church. He and Silas Witt organized New Hopewell. He and James Courtney founded the Hiwassee Church. Salem Church was organized by him and Richard Wilson, while he and John Short were co-founders of the Friendship Church. He was preacher to and pastor of these and other churches for many years.

He was of Welsh extraction and had the Welsh fire. He was not trained to methodical sermonizing or systematic exposition of Scripture, but was earnest and fervent in exhortation, and was successful in revivals.


His wife was Ruth Dodson, of the same family lineage of Dodson pastors. Together, Jesse and Ruth raised 12 children whom all followed in their faith.

He lived to preach and exhort sinners to repentance about sixty-one years, and on his 91st birthday died in the triumph of a living faith.

MINUTES OF BIG SPRING PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH

[The first few pages are in very bad shape.]

Church Records for the Year 1800 - 1801

December 2nd Saturday 1800. ______Received John Goin in to fellowship. Received Obediah Jennings by experience. Agreed to continue meeting at Rob Camp 1st Saturday in January 1801 and appointed James Kinney, Elijah Chissum, William________, ________Harper and Isaac Lane to attend. Agreed to send James Kinney to Powder Gap Creek at their request.

Feby the 2nd Saturday 1801. Church met and after worship proceeded to business.
1st…..to continue meeting at Rob Camp.
2nd____
2nd Saturday_____Cloud by experience_______Richard________attend_______
______Saturday 1801. Church met for worship and proceeded to business.
1st Opened a door for the reception of members.
2nd Report made by the members from Robcamp that they received Marjorie Connor, Millie Armstrong into Fellowship.
3rd Appointed James Kinney, Isaac Lane and Thomas Jeffries to attend at Rob Camp first Saturday in April.
4th Peter Neal and William Stroud appointed to attend at Powells Valley Church on Gap Creek.

April the 2nd Saturday 1801. Church met and after worship proceeded to business.
1st. Opened a door for the reception of new members and received Judah Dodson by Experience.
2nd Appointed Bro James Kinney, Thomas Jeffries, William Stroud, Joseph Clark and Elijah Chissum to attend at Rob Camp meeting house on the first Saturday in May.

May the 2nd Saturday 1801. Church met and after worship proceeded to business.
1st Opened a door for the reception of new members.
2nd The brethren that attended at Rob Camp made_______that they had received Richard Hanes and advised____Members to meet together to worship God and____over each other according to the gospel________if any should want to join to the Church______advise that they send to the body for________

June the 2nd Saturday 1801. Church met and after worship proceed_________
1st Considered Bro. Obediah Martin's___________the ministry of the gospel______glory of God that he be_______ordinances but exercise______public prayer.
2nd ______Zachariah McCul_____
_____appoint Isaac Lane, Jesse Dodson and Joseph____to write with the church to which he formerly belonged their distresses.
4th Appoint Isaac Lauk and Joseph______to write to the association.

July the 2nd Saturday 1801. Church met and after worship proceeded to business.
1st Letters read and approbated.
2ne Appointed a Church Meeting at Rob Camp meetinghouse and appoint Joseph Clark and Peter Neal to attend.
3rd Appointed Joseph Cogdal to the association.

August the 1st Saturday 1801. Church met at Rob Camp and after worship proceeded to business.
1st Appointed James Kinney, Jesse Dodson and Peter Neal to settle a distress with Bro. Obediah Martin which was attended by Brother Martin's recantation.
2nd Dismist Richard Hanes, John Grimes, Milly Armstrong and Margery Conner.

August the 2nd Saturday 1801. Church met and after worship proceeded to business.
1st Opened a door for the reception of members. Received Jesse Dodson by letter.
2nd Elijah Chissum intended to travel desires letter of recommendation. Is granted a letter of dismission for himself and his wife when called for.
3rd Agreed to petition for a division of the association.

September the 2nd Saturday 1801. Church met and after worship proceeded to business.
1st Opened a door for the reception of members and received James Forrest and Mary his wife by letter.
2nd Received Stacy Edwards by experience.

______Saturday 1801. Church met and after worship proceeded to business.
1st Opened a door for the reception of members.
2nd Appointed our meeting in November for sacrament and the day before for fasting and prayer.
3rd. Brother William Stroud having a mind to travel requests a letter of recommendation is granted.
4th Motion for choosing a pastor is defered.

November the 2nd Saturday 1801. Church met and after worship proceeded to business.
1st Chose Jesse Dodson pastor.
2nd Agreed to call Isaac Barton and William Jones to install our pastor.

December the 2nd Saturday 1801. Church met and after worship proceeded to business.
1st Agreed to send Brethren Jesse Dodson, Isaac Land and Joseph Cogdal to the church on Buffaloo to inquire into their stand with John Conley.
End of Year 1800 - 1801

Could he have had a daughter who married James Cunningham?

October Second Saturday 1806. Church met at Big Spring and after worship proceeded to business.

1st Hannah Hill, Mercurius and Rachel Cook took their seats.

2nd Agreed to petition the Association for an alteration of their citing from Thursday to Saturday.

3rd Association letter read and approved.

4th Reference relative to Ritchard Harper continued to the 14th day of this month.

William and Nancy Stroud, Obediah and Elisabeth Jennings, Jesse and Ruth Dodson and Dodson's Sukey (Susanna) and James Cunningham dismisd by letter.

Tony Martini has put together an excellent biography with lots of location shots in Middle Tennessee ... http://graveyardgossip.blogspot.com/2010/03/martini-family-jesse-dodson-frontier.html

Dodsons who bureid in Matlock Cemetery:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSln=Dodson&GSiman=1&GScid=1964531&

end note

"In memory of Rev. Jesse Dodson; born November 22, 1752; died November 22, 1843. A minister of the gospel sixty years." (Tombstone record, Eastanallee Church.)

The deceased was born in Halifax County, Va. His first settlement in Tennessee was in Claiborne County. From there he went to Middle Tennessee. In 1819 he came to the Hiwassee Purchase, making a settlement in McMinn County, a few months before the county was "erected." On the Eastanallee is a house still standing, I believe, built ninety-eight years ago by Jesse Dodson.

Soon after his settlement in the Hiwassee district he began pioneer work. He and seven others constituted themselves into the Eastanallee Church. He and Silas Witt organized New Hopewell. He and James Courtney founded the Hiwassee Church. Salem Church was organized by him and Richard Wilson, while he and John Short were co-founders of the Friendship Church. He was preacher to and pastor of these and other churches for many years.

He was of Welsh extraction and had the Welsh fire. He was not trained to methodical sermonizing or systematic exposition of Scripture, but was earnest and fervent in exhortation, and was successful in revivals.


His wife was Ruth Dodson, of the same family lineage of Dodson pastors. Together, Jesse and Ruth raised 12 children whom all followed in their faith.

He lived to preach and exhort sinners to repentance about sixty-one years, and on his 91st birthday died in the triumph of a living faith.

Family Members
Parents
Thomas Dodson
1707–1783

Elizabeth Rose Dodson
1706–1766

Spouse
Photo
Ruth Dodson Dodson
1754–1828 (m. 1774)

Siblings
Thomas Dodson
1728–1816

Alice Dodson Dodson
1734–1792

Photo
William Dodson
1737–1832

Children
Photo
Elijah Dodson
1785–1858

Photo
Elisha Dodson
1785–1864

Photo
Jesse Buford Dodson
1791–1878

Photo
Tabitha Dodson Rice
1798–1839

Photo
Ruth Dodson Ware
1802–1885

Eli Dodson
1813–1876

end of profile

Military:
While there is no evidence of military service for Jesse DODSON during the War, we can feel confident that he served in some capacity, for at the end of the War he received a Land Grant in North Carolina, which would become Tennessee.

Religion:
Primitive Baptists, are also known as Hard Shell Baptists, Anti-Mission Baptists, or Old School Baptists. The adjective "Primitive" in the name has the sense of "original".

Joined the Big Springs Primitive Baptist Church in what is now Springdale, Tennessee in 1801, and became the Pastor of the congregation from November 1801 until November of 1805.

Religion:
Around 1820, Rev. Jesse DODSON was called to lead the Big Springs Baptist Church on Mouse Creek, near Niota in McMinn County, Tennessee...only a year after the Hiwassee Purchase Treaty with the Cherokee Indians had opened that land to settlement.

Jesse married Ruth Dodson in 1774 in Halifax County, Virginia. Ruth (daughter of Elisha Dodson, Sr. and Sarah Everett) was born on 12 Dec 1754 in Fauquier County, Virginia; died on 22 Nov 1828 in McMinn County, Tennessee; was buried in Matlock Cemetery, Athens, McMinn County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 25 Dec 1754, Pittsylvania County, Virginia

Notes:

Family Members
Spouse
Photo
Jesse Dodson
1752–1843 (m. 1774)

Children
Photo
Elijah Dodson
1785–1858

Photo
Elisha Dodson
1785–1864

Photo
Jesse Buford Dodson
1791–1878

Photo
Tabitha Dodson Rice
1798–1839

Photo
Ruth Dodson Ware
1802–1885

Eli Dodson
1813–1876

end of profile

Notes:

Married:
Ruth was his first cousin.

Patrick married Rachel Russell. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: Revolutionary War Patriot
• Military: 3 Jul 1754; Battle of the Great Meadows
• Military: 1755; Braddock's Defeat
• Military: 1758; Bedford Militia, Bedford County, Virginia
• Residence: 1761, New London, Campbell County, Virginia
• Military: 10 Oct 1774; Battle of Point Pleasant
• Residence: 1781, Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina
• Probate: 0Oct 1796, Burke County, North Carolina

Notes:

From: Nick Hennessee
To: David Hennessee
Subject: Re: Check-in
Date: Thursday, March 12, 1998 12:32 PM

David,

Here is what I have on Patrick I in the Revolution. Emmett White found his name (with spelling only close to Hennessee) in "NC Rev Army Accts, Vol III, BKG-16 (Haun, Part V)." Emmett said he has yet to extract from the source the data that he will use in his Volume III. I encouraged him to add to his data before he shares with us at our reunion April 19.

My source is the November 1997 issue of the "Journal of Burke County Historical Society" and a section, "Revolutionary War Soldiers of Burke County, NC." Pages 8-13 are a "Roster of 500 Participants with Service Documentation." The roster has 325 names with sketches in Dr. White’s first two volumes, Revolutionary War Soldiers of Western North Carolina : Burke County, NC. The remaining 175 names are eligible to be sketches in Vol. III.

Southern Historical Press, Greenville, SC published the first two volumes. The sketches are of "partisans of the American Revolution, including Loyalists, who resided in, served in, or later moved to Burke County." Among those with sketches in Vol. I are the Kincaids, James, John Sr. and Robert. Also Thomas Sumter and Charles McDowell. Vol. II includes William Sumter.

Dr. White’s explanatory note for "NC Rev Army Accts" reads: "Revolutionary Army Auditors’ Accounts. Since payments due both soldiers and civilians were spotty during the Revolution, vouchers were often given, or no remuneration at all. Boards of auditors were set up in each of the Military-judicial districts of NC. The records of the accounts are extant and, in many cases, establish proof of service. The auditors were to settle all Revolutionary claims by direct payments. Land warrants were issued to Continental Line veterans (in Tennessee Military District). Printed versions of these accounts are available from Weynette Parks Haun of Durham (243 Argonne Drive, 27704-1423)."

If you need more, let me know

Best regards,

Nick

At 11:34 AM 3/11/98 -0500, you wrote:

Dear Cuz - Thanks for e-mailing the letter re Patrick I and Emmet White. Keep in touch and best regards to Betty...

Sincerely yours...

David Hennessee
626 Biscayne Drive
West Palm Beach,FL 33401
H:561/832-6612
O:800/327-3380
F:561/655-5331

16 Sep 2009:

http://files.usgwarchives.org/nc/burke/census/morgandis.txt

This census is from Microcopy No. T-498 Roll 2

"Hensy, Patrick, 1,1,1,0,3"

1790 Census North Carolina
Burke County Morgan District

1 of 1st # free white males 16 year upwards and head of families (Patrick)
1 of 2nd # free white males under 16 years (Ailsey)
1 of 3rd # free white females and head of families (John)
0 of 4th # all other free persons (no other children)
3 of 5th # slaves (unnamed)

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"Kegley's Virginia Frontier: The Beginning of the Southwest - The Roanoke of Colonial Days: 1740-1783", by F. B. Kegley, p. 322: "New London in Bedford (County, Virginia) became a new western frontier town. Lots were laid off in 1761 and a good percentage of the purchasers came from the up country. The original owners were Col. Wm. Callaway...Patrick Henacie.
Besides a sufficient number of stores there was an Academy of learning in operation as early as 1765."

It is not known at this point whether Patrick had siblings. Given the average size of families in the 18th century if would seem likely that he did. There are several Hennessees appearing in census records and tax rolls during the late 18th century in and around the Virginia and North Carolina areas, i.e., David and Sarah appear in the Wilmington District (eastern North Carolina) well before 1800.

"Thomas" is another Hennessee name rife in Colonial Virginia history and appears frequently during Patrick's early lifetime. If we consider the fact that there are several traditional forenames in our family, i.e., Patrick, James, David, John, Alexander and Thomas, to name but a few, Patrick's first son, John had a David, James' middle name was David, etc. It is likely that the aforementioned were brothers to Patrick. Other children of Patrick may have been Alexander and Richard, who both appear the 1800 Burke County, NC census. Reference my work titled, "Unlinked Hennessees".

View document: http://thehennesseefamily.com/media/Early%20Unlinked%20Hennessees.pdf

"Burke County, North Carolina, Land Records and More Important Miscellaneous Records: 1751-1809", Vol.III, p. 103;

"John and Mary Ballew vs. Hensey, Oct.15. Affid. of sd. Ballews: In 1780 he was at Patrick Henesys on Catawba River and saw a field of mares, and Henesy said his sons in law sent them, and later saw a similar mare delivered to Mr. Wm. Heartgrove."

...interesting passage in the fact that it implies Patrick had daughters. If he did, we have yet no knowledge of them...DAH*

In 1761, Patrick shows ownership of a Land Grant in Bedford County, Virginia (see document). Later in 1774-1775, court records list many purchases for Patrick around the Catawba River. Also refer to "Petition of North Carolina Congress", 1775; many signatories: i.e., "David Crockett" and "Patrick Hennesey".

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Patrick's will was proven October 25, 1795, in Tryon,Polk Co., NC. Will has been lost...Nita Shepherd

Hamilton Mortimer Hennessee cited that his great-grandfather was from Ireland as was reported in his Civil War Veteran Interview...

View his questionnaire: http://thehennesseefamily.com/getperson.php?personID=I904&tree=hennessee

*Posted By: Nita Shepherd
Email:
Subject: Patrick Hennessee, 1700's, Va. & N. C.
Post Date: November 03, 1998 at 11:26:08
Message URL: http://genforum.genealogy.com/va/messages/1364.html
Forum: Virginia Genealogy Forum
Forum URL: http://genforum.genealogy.com/va/

Need parentage and names of children of Patrick Hennessee who owned lot 31 in Bedford, Va., who left Va., settling in western N. C., whose will was probated in N. C. but whose will cannot be located, even in the N. C. Archives at Raleigh. His father may have been Thomas who fought in the French & Indian War. Patrick had sons James & John, possibly Peter who had schooling in Bedford, Va., and at least two daughters, names of daughters and sons-in-law not known.

...Nita was one of the earliest HENNESSEE researchers and a joy to work with. We spent many happy hours conjecturing early Hennessee heritage. Nita passed away 6 May 2003...

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Received via E-mail Dec. 23, 1999, information on Patrick Hennessy, from Jim Hamlin:

"Nita, here is some info from Bedford County Court orders:

25 May 1763 Youile & Co vs Henicie. Charles Pattison represented Youile & Co and stated he had sold a Negro for the debt, but more was owed and Patrick Henicie's estate was in disrepute (Bedford Co., Va. OB 3 1763 - 71 pg 36). "Gar" was used after Pattison's name.

25 May 1763 Alice* Henicie allowed 3 days in Matlock v Walker (Bedford Co. Va OB 3 1763 - 71 pg 37).

Later he was in Burke Co., NC.:

April 1784 Charles Ballow vs Patrick Henesy re horses. Deferred to court to be held 3rd Monday in July 1784. John and wife Mary were subpoenaed, with Wm Welch, John Harper, and Esther McMullin (NC Archives Series CRO 14.325.2 Box: Civil Action. Folder: 1784 (#2).

Margaret Hawkins was summoned to give testimony for Patrick Henesy at the January 1784 court (1784 #1).

April 1785 Patrick Henesy made oath that William Dalton, a material witness was sick and unable to appear in court (1785 #2). The suit was continued. In July 1785, Henesy swore that Dalton was summoned, but did not appear and he (Henesy) cannot come safely to trial (1785 #2).

Came across Patrick while researching Ballew family who were also in Bedford & then Burke Co., N. C. The Ballews were from Goochland, Albemarle, and Amherst Counties. Have not seen Patrick there, though.

Not much, but all I have. Hope it helps some. Jim Hamlin"

* First and only record of Ailsey's Christian name being cited as "Alice".

item:

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/bedford/military/mil1758b.txt

Bedford County Militia, 1758 (part 2)

Submitted by Gwen Hurst

Transcribed from: Hening, William Waller

1820 The Statutes at Large; Being A Collection Of All The Laws Of Virginia, From The First Session Of The Legislature In The Year 1619. Volume VII. Franklin Press, Richmond, Virginia.

"...Patrick Hensey (¹0.5.0 each) ...five shillings"

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A conclusion: Apparently, Patrick went to Bedford Co.,VA before 1758 and was there through 1763

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PATRICK HENNESSEE

INSIGHT FROM LAND GRANTS

BURKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

INTRODUCTION

Patrick Hennessee (c.1735-1796), the Patriarch of his family in America, had several land grants in Burke County, North Carolina during the era of the Revolutionary War. Patrick settled on them and raised a family, which has over 3,700 descendants.

This paper is in two parts. Part I: Summarizes the settlement problems and grant difficulties existing in rebellious colonial North Carolina before and just after the Mecklenburg Declaration. It gives a glimpse into this time of terrible turmoil during the period when Patrick was making entries for land grants. Then, his land grant data are presented in tabular form. Part II: Describes the grants and highlights new insight and significant knowledge about Patrick and his family from the grants and collateral data.

The work is an extension of research about Hennessee land grants by Fred and Carl Hennessee and others. It is dedicated to Nita Hennessee-Houk Shepard and her brother Dr. Albert Hennessee Houk, both children of Dr. E. A. Hennessee of Glen Alpine, North Carolina. Late in her life, Nita (my aunt) "discovered" a need for knowledge of her "roots". She then spent twenty years of inquiry in the noble search. Her work -- is an inspiration to all!

For comments, please contact Gene Hennessee at (937) 864-7047.

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(Author's note: The first computerized compilations of survey maps of Patrick's and his neighbors' grants are featured in the article. The mapping is part of research in progress concerning Burke County by Dr. Robert McNeely. Earlier work had been initiated by the Burke County Genealogical Society.)

PART I: HENNESSEE LAND GRANTS

ROYAL GRANTS IN NORTH CAROLINA (1578-1777)


The history of Royal land grants in colonial North Carolina is one of failure for many reasons.

In 1578, Queen Elizabeth I of England granted a large territory in America, including present North Carolina, to Sir Gilbert. Following his unsuccessful venture in colonization, the Queen granted the territory to Sir Raleigh in 1584. He was not successful either. So, the territory was next granted in 1606 to the Virginia Company. However, this grant was revoked in 1629. At that time, King Charles I granted a large region south of Virginia to Sir Heath. Failure in colonization happened again.

Finally in 1663, Charles II granted large separate tracts of this region to eight loyal supporters of his restoration. Most of these proprietors' colonization efforts were failures. So, these tracts were returned to the Crown. An exception was made for the grant, which eventually became known as the Granville District, in the northern part of the Royal Province of North Carolina.

The district was bounded on the north by the North Carolina-Virginia border and on the south by an east-west survey line designated the "Granville Line". The line was just to the south of the "old" Burke County. Patrick's grants were located entirely in the Granville District. However due to (perhaps because of "creative") surveying, there was often confusion about the location of the line between Granville and the Crown lands bordering Burke County. Burke County was formed from Rowan County in 1777. At that time, Burke County contained all or part of 16 future counties including present Burke County.

INDIANS AND SPECULATION IN BURKE COUNTY (1752)


In 1752, at the invitation of Lord Granville, Bishop August Spangenburg became one of the early explorers of Burke area. His purpose was to assess the suitability of several locations for a Moravian settlement there. The Bishop recorded the first written description of the area. He noted in the Burke area many buffalo, deer, and hunters including white ones, but not settlements.

Others described the area as part of a "hunting ground" between the Cherokees and the Catawba Indians. The Bishop also claimed that "…the forest had been ruined by the Indians who are accustom to setting fire to large tracts to drive deer to a given spot [in order to easily kill them] and that keeps the trees from growing." (This was very likely to have been the case on the home grant of Patrick Hennessee based on the salient features of his grant area.)

According to E. Phifer Burke: History of a North Carolina County, 1977, "Spangenburg chose his fourth tract, 6,000 acres beginning seven or eight miles above the mouth of Middle Creek because the land between the mouth of the river [was] already taken up". (This is of special interest because some of the later Hennessee grants were in this "taken up area".)

EARLY SETTLEMENT IN BURKE COUNTY (1753-1776)


In 1753, the Crown's legislators established Rowan County. At once, Granville land promoters began selling the "cheap" land in the Burke County area, then a part of Rowan County. They sold to speculators, immigrants just off the boats in port cities, settlers who had been "late" in other areas, and to those who had settled on marginal farmland elsewhere. Phifer, in his history emphasizes the promoter's appeal to the "pinched" settlers in the northeast. They found many in Pennsylvania eager to buy in North Carolina because land prices in Pennsylvania were very high. Other colonies contributing significant number of pioneers, settlers, and speculators to Burke County were Virginia, Maryland, and the North and South Carolina coast cities according to Burke County Heritage, 1981, Volume 1, published for the Burke County Historical Society. (Both books are highly recommended by the writer as 'the' sources of information about Burke County.)

Many settlers did not acquire formal title to the land. They were "squatters" who "tried-it-out" or "avoided-the-taxes". Some eventually sought grants for the land; others just moved "on" or "back". However, the migration into the Burke area certainly did not really begin until after the French and Indian War in 1754-1763. During this period, several forts were built along the Indian frontier areas in the Appalachian Mountains, including Burke County for defense. Fear of the Cherokees caused many frontier families to "go-back". Many had died "at the hands of the Cherokees" or from diseases. In fact, Phifer writes, "Between 1756 and 1759, taxable persons in the fairly large Rowan County (which at that time included Burke) diminished from over 1,500 to fewer than 800."

NC'S "FREEDOM" VOIDS ALL ROYAL GRANTS (1777)


In 1771, a military force of the North Carolina Regulators engaged Royalists near Greensboro. This was the first overt action in the Colonies against the British. More significantly, in 1775, the North Carolina General Assembly in Charlotte passed the Mecklenburg Declaration proclaiming independence from the Crown. So, this Colony was the first colony to formally declare "freedom" from Royal English rule. (Patrick lived during an exciting time in history!)

North Carolina's Assembly declared all previous Royal derived land grants void in 1777. To be valid, all the Crown and Granville grants and all new land entries were required to be entered in a new procedure with new records. Having just become a county in 1777, Burke County commissioned Joseph MacDowell as entry taker and Christopher Beekman as surveyor for North Carolina grants in Burke County. Patrick's land transactions were with them.

"SQUATTERS" ON ROYAL LAND


There are no known records of Crown/Granville land grants to Hennessees in old Burke County. The date Patrick entered North Carolina is as yet unknown. This writer believes it's most likely that Patrick Hennessee could have been among the early hunters/squatters that did not make any land entries. Apparently, many early pioneers did not apply for grants in the Burke area.

I speculate that Pat had disdain for the Granville rights derived from the Crown and preferred not to pay "rent" or the taxes required by them. Or possibly he was one of the many whose land entries were lost by the inefficient and very corrupt Granville system. Another possibility is corrupt Crown officials, who supposedly "unknowingly" sold land in the Granville District, never properly recorded the grants.

NORTH CAROLINA GRANTS TO HENNESSEES (1778-1898)


There were at least 13 land entries granted by North Carolina to Patrick (b c1735-d 1796) and other Hennessees. Of these, at least four were to Patrick and are listed in Table I. The grants are located on or near the Catawba River about three miles north east of Morganton. Pat's home place, grant #226, was on the south bank of the Catawba River. Other grants in Burke County were taken by James (1766-1851), Patrick's older son; and John (before 1775-1844), the younger son; and Patrick's grandson, Patrick (II) (c.1793-1845) the son of John. The final grant was to R. J. Hennessee (1845-1902), a descendent of Patrick II. Discussions of these other grants and their ramification are beyond the scope of this paper.

INTRODUCTION TO PART II


In Part II, Patrick's and his neighbors' land grants are presented in map form. A summary description of his neighbors follows this. Then, comes a brief but "grim" account of the regional war waged by the Cherokee Indians. The local war in the Catawba valley was during the period when Patrick was probably "squatting" on the land for which he was to make a land entry. Next, his wise selections of a home site and other land grants are described. Finally, Patrick's family and progeny beginning are summarized.

PART II: INSIGHT ABOUT PATRICK

INTRODUCTION


Patrick Hennessee, the Patriarch of his family with over 3,700 descendants, had several North Carolina land grants in Burke County during the Revolutionary War. Part I of this paper in the previous issue of the Journal contains a concise history of the Royal grants issues, settlement problems, and background for Pat's grants. It also cataloged the Hennessee grants. Part II, given below, highlights significant insight and knowledge about Patrick from the grants correlated with the latest genealogical and other data sources.

MAP OF HENNESSEE LAND GRANTS


(In the final draft of this paper) Patrick's land grants listed in Table I are presented in map form in Figure 1. The location of his grants listed in Table I and other grants can readily be determined from Figure 1. This map is from "Burkemap." It is the work of Dr. Robert L. McNeely. His pioneer ancestors had several grants in Burke County. For copies of the Hennessee grants and survey descriptions, see Carl Hennessee's enhanced packet of grant data. These maps, data, and additional grant information are available at the Burke County Library and partially available at the State Archives.

PATRICK'S NEIGHBORS (1771-1810)


The location of Pat's and his neighbors' grants are shown in Figure 1. There are several rewarding "clues-about Pat" that have been derived or confirmed from grantees' names and collateral information. The clues are rewarding in knowledge about the early Hennessees. For example, near Pat's home:
--To the south, was a grant to Charles McDowell, of military fame.
--To the north, across the Catawba, was Patrick's grant, which "changed hands" and became the home of Col. John Suddreth (his sister married Patrick(II), the grandson of Patrick, the Patriarch); and also, Thomas Wilcher (his daughter married James).
--To the east, John Ballew*, whose affidavit, indicated Patrick Hennessee, his neighbor, had at least two married daughters (Burke County: Land and Misc. Records 1771-1809, Volume III, Page 103); and also, Abraham Harshaw, alleged loyalist, indicted by the State of North Carolina in 1782.
--To the west, John Hughes, selected as justice of the County Court.

Did Pat travel to Burke with any of them? From where? When? etc, Hopefully, more will be learned by future research into these and other clues from the past about Patrick of North Carolina. (Note: *In 2005, Peggy Hennessee and her husband Ralph Ballew were living near Patrick Hennessee's grant on the north side of the Catawba River.)

PATRICK BOLDLY CLAIMED LAND: WAR RAGED (1778-1794)


One of Patrick's North Carolina land grants was entry # 185. It was located on the south bank of the Catawba River. (Note this is his west grant on the river in Figure 1). This early entry indicates several characteristics of Pat. Apparently, he was quick to adapt to change (and the War for Independence and the new freedom of North Carolina from English rule were major changes).

In 1776, the situation of Pat and his family on the south bank of the Catawba River bank was grim. Now, threats on their lives from the Cherokees had always existed. But during that summer, the Cherokees boldly struck the Burke area in force. Down the Catawba and then to the east of Morganton, the Cherokees savagely destroyed and dealt death to those not in the forts or strong houses.


Later that year, a large joint colonial military action on the western frontier of North and South Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia devastated the Cherokees. Most of their large villages and crops were destroyed and the Cherokees scattered. The following year 1777, as Burke became a county, North Carolina even placed a bounty of 15 pounds for each prisoner and 10 pounds for each scalp. Finally, the Cherokee by treaty ceded all claims to land east of the Blue Ridge. (The above is a condensed summary of the area's history from Heritage of Burke, 2001, Volume I, Article 1 and Volume II, Article 53.) Patrick and his family probably were relieved at this new freedom from fear of the Cherokee tomahawk. So following the military action, the entry rush for land grants began!

Pat acted and made several entries! A land entry required an oath of allegiance to North Carolina, not the king. (No Tories Need Apply!)The decision to make early land entries beginning in 1778 certainly highlights the confidence he had that the Colonies would win the War. At that time, the threat in Burke County from the Tories and the British was yet to come.

HOMESITE WISELY SELECTED


Again, consider Patrick's homeland grant on the south bank of the Catawba River below the mouth of Hunting Creek (It is his west grant on the river shown in Fgure 1). As he probably lived there at the time, most likely, he was the first to place an entry for the parcel. However, the description of the grant indicates Pat was probably not the first to have been there. The land survey description noted an "Allen's Bottom". This probably indicated that somebody had previously been there. A search of available Burke County records, in that time frame, provided no additional information about Allens. He was possibly a hunter who quartered there and moved on west. Less likely, he was killed by the Indians, was frightened, or was "worked out" and had moved back to "civilization" or "followed a hope" for better land elsewhere. (However in 1771, there is record of a John Allen who signed a petition to form a county west of Rowan County).

For that period, the location of Pat's home on the south bank of the Catawba River, near his river bank grant to the east, was a very desirable one. Consider the advantages of the location. There were easily defended high sites for a cabin and other buildings. They could readily be built using logs from trees located thereon or from the flat ridge to the south. (The cabin site has probably been identified.) The relatively flat bottom, next to the river, appears better for corn than the steep slope rising to higher level ground, which was probably treed. However, this slope and ridge top most likely supplied wood for poles, fences, and fireplaces from an uphill location. The hunting technique of "burning-over" used by the Indians most likely had cleared the bottom. The method was typically used during their hunting in the region.

The easy access to the river and the adjacent streams made the location ideal for canoe and raft travel. The main north-south road passing through the property had a rocky ford on the river to his grant on the north bank. The ridge road to the south connected with the main east-west wagon road. While to the north, the road was to Fort Defiance and other east-west roads.

PATRICK'S NORTH BANK GRANT


Another example of Patrick's wise selection of property was his only grant on the north bank of the Catawba River. It had outstanding development potential with some low bank frontage and a ford for the 'south-to-north' road that passed through both the north bank grant and his grant on the opposite bank.

As noted in Table I above, Entry #1015 (or #22 from Phifer) was between Middle Creek (now the John's River) and Lower Creek. Both of these were hardy waterways with banks that could readily support grain and lumber mills. Timber was available or could be "floated" to the mill from more than one direction or transported by road. This valuable property was acquired by Col. John Suddreth as his home place. He developed the potential of the property by building mills there. The Colonel was a master investor, land speculator, horse breeder, and had other enterprises. For example, he, with the Hennessees, initiated a ferry operation near the Catawba River ford by their homesteads. According to Phifer, …"the ferry was still operating in 1846 and probably in 1861."

Between the two families, there were three marriages within a generation and there were more interesting happenings. But that is another story.

PATRICK'S POSTERITY


The name(s) of Patrick's wife (wives) has yet to be confirmed. Some say that she was a McDowell. Their two sons, James and John, assured the Hennessee posterity. In addition, there were at least two married daughters with little more being known at this time. Patrick's date of birth is essentially undocumented. He died ca 1796 (his will has not been "found" but is said to have been "proven" then).

James, the elder son, married Sally Wilcher. After Sally died, James married Jane McGee of Tennessee. He had a total of at least 14 children. John, the younger son, remained on his grant in Burke County. He had at least two wives and probably four children. From these two families, Patrick has at least 3,700 descendants without consideration of the children of his daughters. (The best compilation of the descendants is David Hennessee's Hennessees in America, 1991, located in the Burke County Library). There are several informal family histories about the Hennessees that provide information about branches and families of Patrick's descendants. Proper judgement to resolve certain conflicts in these histories concerning Patrick's early life can not be made because the available evidence is inadequate at this time. The histories are mainly in possession of family members.

JAMES MARRIED AND MOVED WEST


As was customary and practical because of transportation limitation, marriages were often between neighbors. This was true for the Thomas Wilchers, with their grants on the north bank of the Catawba just to the west and adjacent to Patrick's north bank grant (see Figure 1). They were the parents of Sally, the bride of James. In 1804, the Wilchers sold 600 acres to William Walton, a trader who also trained servants, from Charleston, South Carolina. Then, the Wilchers "moved over the mountains" to Tennessee. James and his new family went with them to the less settled and "more promising land".

More can be derived about James from the move. The wills of the early Tennessee Hennessees and Wilchers have given some insight into the situation at that time and their characteristics. The status of Thomas Wilcher in Tennessee is attested to as he held the first court for the area in which he lived at his home. It is hoped that future inquiries into Hennessee/Wilcher genealogical data may document more information about Patrick's family in North Carolina.

JOHN REMAINED IN BURKE COUNTY


John, Patrick's younger son, made an entry for a land grant on the north side of the Catwaba River in Burke. The grant was "one-land grant" north of Patrick's grant as shown in Figure 1. It is believed that John procured the land of the Alan Derryberry grant, which was between his grant and his father's grant. John acquired James' grant and his other land when James moved to Tennessee. The will of John is available.

John's son, Patrick (II), also made entries for land grants adjacent to Patrick's homestead grant as shown in Figure 1. The Hennessees who today are located in Burke County, surrounding counties, and those originating in Burke County and moving elsewhere are mostly descendants from the John and Patrick (II) line.

CONCLUSION


Hopefully, Patrick, the Patriarch of the Hennessee family in America, is now better known from the insight provided by this paper in terms of the turmoil from the War during his time, his decisions, land grants, family, and neighbors. However, there is much that is unknown and even difficult to speculate about Patrick.

Patrick Hennessee was definitely on the banks of the Catawba River in Burke County, North Carolina. But from where did he come? Who was his wife? His daughters? His military service? His description? Personal characteristics? Etc, Etc?

Again, hopefully, this paper has provided clues for leads to sources that will furnish some answers in the future.

By Eugene L. Hennessee Jr.
4237 West Enon Drive
Enon, OH 45323
ehennessee@aol.com
(937) 864-7047

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The earliest Hennessee in America, as far as we know, landed in Maryland about 1690. He had guessed wrong at the Battle of the Boyne in the English Civil War. He had supported the ambitions of James II. He had fought at the Saarsfield brigade at the Battle of the Boyne in Ireland. And for his part in that, after James II lost his throne, the principal officers were exiled, including him. He was exiled and lived in Maryland. As far as we know he was a member of the Roman Catholic Church.

He brought his wife to Maryland and had one son. And this son married in Virginia into a family by the name of Courtney who were members of the Episcopal Church. This son at,...this son had a son, who was killed at the Battle of Fort Necessity, in Washington's Company, in 1754 or 1755, I'm not sure which. He in turn left a boy seven years old. And this boy fought through the Revolution and then came down near Morganton and settled in Burke County.

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In the Bedford Militia in the 1750s were Thomas Hennesey and Patrick Henicie. In the French and Indian War, the Virginia Militia on the western frontier consisted mostly of the Bedford Militia. It was under command of celebrated land surveyor, map maker and college professor Colonel Joshua Fry, Major (later Colonel, General and President) George Washington and Captain (later Colonel) William Calloway, wealthy Bedford County merchant, land developer and manufacturer.

Virginia records report that Thomas Hennesey survived the first battle of the war at Fort Necessity, PA, in 1754 and that Patrick Henicie received militia pay in 1758.

A 1761 indenture evidences that Patrick paid "one pound, one shilling and six pence" to Colonel Calloway for a lot in New London. Four months later, Patrick sold it back at a good profit.

In 1763, he and Alice were sued in Bedford Court for non-payment of debt.

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December 31, 2015;

Are you aware that the 1775 Joshua Frye & Peter Jefferson map of Virginia and northern North Carolina shows two surveys in North Carolina made for Moravian Bishop Spangenburg:

(1) land for Salem, settled by the Moravians in the central Piedmont's Yadkin River watershed to begin metropolitan Winston-Salem in present Forsyth County, and

(2) a western Piedmont tract east of present Morganton in the Piedmont's upper Catawba River watershed where pioneer settler Patrick Hennessee purchased in Burke County?

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This first one I believe belongs to this Patrick based on some of the documents within it which have initials of some of his heirs:

The dates you have and the dates on the record appears to be off though but as best as I can tell, that seems to be him. I couldn't swear to it though.

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Sorry for so many emails but I seem to be on a roll lol. I found this 1781 military service pay voucher for Patrick Hennesy. It is from Salisbury, Rowan County, NC



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Patrick Hennessee
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Biography
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Patrick Hennessee was born in 1725 in Ireland. [2]He died in 1795 in North Carolina.[3]He served in the Revolutionary War from his enlistment in 1781 at Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, in the Continental Army.[4][5] He married Ailsey McDowell in 1763. [6] [7] [8]

Proven Children

John Hennessee, b. 1764, Sudderth Family Cemetery, Burke County, North Carolina d. 1844, North Carolina
James Hennessee, b. 1766, Burke County, North Carolina , d. 03 Mar 1851, Warren County, Tennessee.


Sources

? Virginia's Colonial Soldiers By Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck, pg 208
? The Heritage Book of Burke County, NC" by The Burke County Historical Society, p. 329
? http://www.harrison-hennessee.com/getperson.php?personID=I706&tree=001
? 1790 Census
? https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-GR16
? https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:94FN-RPW
? Burke County, North Carolina land records indicate Patrick was a plantation owner
? "Hennessee Family History" by D. A. Hennessee, p. 1


Citing this record: 1790 Census does show Patrick Hensy in Burke County, NC with 1 free white male over 16, 1 free white male under 16, 1 free white female and 3 other persons with no details. I can only assume these were slaves as the family had slaves listed on other census records.

Citing this record: "The Heritage Book of Burke County, NC" by The Burke County Historical Society, p. 329: "The Hennessee (O'hennessa, Hennesey, Hency) family is of Irish decent, a sect of the Colgon Clan of Ireland. They have been in Burke County, NC for at least 200 years, possibly longer. Patrick Hennessee, Sr. was the beginning of the family in Burke County.

"Burke county, North Carolina, Land Records and more Important Miscellaneous Record: 1751-1809, Vol. III, p. 103: "John and Mary Ballew vs. Hensey, October 15, 1780. Affidavit of said Ballews: In 1780 he was at Patrick Henesy's on Catawba River and saw a field of mares, and Henesy said his sons in law sent them, and later saw a similar mare delivered to Mr. Wm. Heartgrove." Note: This implies Patrick had daughters.

"In 1761, Patrick was granted ownership of a Land Grant in Bedford County, Virginia. Later in 1774-1775, records list many purchases for him around the Catawba River. Also the "Petition To North Carolina Congress" 1775; co-signatories are David Crockett & Patrick Hennesey." Note: This researcher finds the David Crockett in this document can not be the Davy Crockett as the popular title "King of the Wild Frontier" who represented Tennessee in the U.S. House of Representatives, served in the Texas Revolution, and died at the age of 49 at the Battle of the Alamo as this Davy Crockett was not born until 1786. It also could not be his father as his name was John.

Citng this record:

Burke County, North Carolina land records indicate Patrick was a plantation owner. Item Name Ref Date Reference

70 Patrick II Hennessee Grant 5647 03 Oct 1831 Catawba River
470 Patrick II Hennessee Grant 5615 26 Jan 1830 Catawba River S
1173 John Hennessee Grant 2295 14 Jan 1794 Catawba River N
20 Patrick Hennessee Grant 0267 02 Oct 1778 Catawba River S
63 Patrick Hennessee Grant 2304 14 Jan 1794 Wards Branch
67 Patrick Hennessee Grant 0226 28 Jan 1778 Catawba River S
479 Patrick Hennessee Grant 0320 11 Dec 1778 Lower Creek Mouth

Additional land entries for Burke County, North Carolina 1778-1779 Entry # Settler or Enterer Acres Description

22 Patrick HENNESSEE 150 N side of Catawba River from mouth of Lower Crk. to mouth of Middle Creek, both sides of river
185 Patrick HENNESSEE 300 South side of Catawba River below mouth of Hunting Creek
292 Patrick HENNESSEE 150 South side of Catawba River, joining William WAKEFIELD and Arthur LOCKHART's improvements

Citing this record:

"Hennessee Family History" by D. A. Hennessee, p. 1: " Patrick's will was proven October, 1796, in Tryon County, NC." Fact: Tryon ceased to exist as a county in 1799 when it was divided into Lincoln County and Rutherford County, which are just south of Burke County. Tryon did remain a town to present day and therefore this information may be difficult to prove. Hennessee Family History, D. A. Hennessee, (D. A. Hennessee ).

Patrick Hennesy North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers Name Patrick Hennesy Event Type Military Service Event Date 1781 Event Place Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States Event Place (Original) Salisbury, , North Carolina, United States Gender Male

Citing this Record:

"North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-GR16 : accessed 17 August 2017), Patrick Hennesy, 1781; citing Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh.

Citing this record:

http://www.harrison-hennessee.com/getperson.php?personID=I706&tree=001

Patrick Samuel Hennessee. View Tree Sex Male Birth from 1720 to 1730 Ireland Birth from 1720 to 1730 Birth from 1720 to 1745 Burke Cty, NC Death 1796 Burke Cty, NC MARRIAGES (1) Spouse Ailsey McDowell Marriage 1763 NOTES (1) Patrick is AFN P659 F6 and Ailsey is AFN 1FBT DOG One LDS has Sally Welcher as his wife. Will recorded Oct 25, 1795 In Burke Cty, NC Ailsey may have been sister of Generals Charles and Joseph

CITING THIS RECORD:

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:94FN-RPW : accessed 2017-08-17), entry for Patrick Samuel Hennessee, submitted by fbradley2737624. ANCESTRAL FILE Ancestral File Number 4902-J5S PEDIGREE RESOURCE FILE Person Count 1,294 Submission ID MM9R-937. (Editor's Note: Full & maiden names cited on this link are NOT proven)

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Hennessee

<<
o John 1722-1756 &1746 Catharine Moore 1713-
o Patrick 1745-1796 &1763 Ailsey McDowell ca 1742-1800
o John 1764-1844 &ca 1790 Elizabeth Sumpter
o Elizabeth 1791-1865 &/1812 Tisdale Spencer 1792-/1870

email sent March5th, 2019:

Hello James.



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"o John 1722-1756 &1746 Catharine Moore 1713-


o Patrick 1745-1796 &1763 Ailsey McDowell ca 1742-1800
o John 1764-1844 &ca 1790 Elizabeth Sumpter
o Elizabeth 1791-1865 &/1812 Tisdale Spencer 1792-/1870"

I was delighted to find this registry. Can you please cite source material? I would like to investigate further. Please use my email address: dah@classroomfurniture.com

Thnak you,

David Hennessee
561.352.1052

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Birth:
Hamilton Mortimer Hennessee (1845-1939) responded to the "Confederate Soldiers Questionaire", 1922;

"My father Archibald Hennessee was the son of James Hennessee. My great grandfather came from Ireland and settled in N. C.

View Hamilton's page: http://thehennesseefamily.com/getperson.php?personID=I904&tree=hennessee

Military:
The Battle of the Great Meadows, also known as the Battle of Fort Necessity was a battle of the French and Indian War fought on July 3, 1754 in present-day Fayette County, Pennsylvania. It, along with the Battle of Jumonville Glen, are considered the opening shots of the French and Indian War which would spread to the Old World and become the Seven Years War. It was the only time George Washington ever surrendered on the battlefield.

source: http://www.patriotfiles.com/index.php?name=Sections&req=viewarticle&artid=8988&page=1

Military:
The Braddock expedition, also called Braddock's campaign or, more commonly, Braddock's Defeat, was a failed British military expedition which attempted to capture the French Fort Duquesne (modern-day downtown Pittsburgh) in the summer of 1755 during the French and Indian War. It was defeated at the Battle of the Monongahela on July 9, and the survivors retreated. The expedition takes its name from General Edward Braddock, who led the British forces and died in the effort. Braddock's defeat was a major setback for the British in the early stages of the war with France and has been described as one of the most disastrous defeats for the British in the 18th century.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braddock_Expedition

Military:
Map & History of Bedford County, Virginia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedford,_Virginia

Residence:
Notes & History for New London, Virginia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_London,_Virginia

Military:
The Battle of Point Pleasant — known as the Battle of Kanawha in some older accounts — was the only major action of Dunmore's War. It was fought on October 10, 1774, primarily between Virginia militia and Indians from the Shawnee and Mingo tribes. Along the Ohio River near modern Point Pleasant, West Virginia, Indians under the Shawnee Chief Cornstalk attacked Virginia militia under Colonel Andrew Lewis, hoping to halt Lewis's advance into the Ohio Valley. After a long and furious battle, Cornstalk retreated. After the battle, the Virginians, along with a second force led by Lord Dunmore, the Royal Governor of Virginia, marched into the Ohio Valley and compelled Cornstalk to agree to a treaty, ending the war.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Point_Pleasant

Probate:
Will proved by Thomas Lain...

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

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

Buried:
Map & History of Polk County, North Carolina... http://bit.ly/1ebUmzJ