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Martin Thaxton |
| Birth |
0___ 1818 |
Warren County, Tennessee  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Occupation |
Tailor |
| Person ID |
I28648 |
The Hennessee Family |
| Last Modified |
16 Nov 2012 |
| Father |
John Thaxton, Sr., b. ~ 1760, Commonwealth of Virginia d. 13 Feb 1835, Thaxton, Warren County, Tennessee (Age ~ 75 years) |
| Mother |
FNU Brooks, b. ~ 1780 bur. Warren County, Tennessee |
| Marriage |
~ 1801 |
(Warren County, Tennessee) |
| Family ID |
F8924 |
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- TENNESSEE CONVICTS, Early Records of the State Penitentiary, Volume 1, 1831-1850, Charles A. Sherrill and Tomye M. Sherrill, Mt. Juliet, Tenn.,
1997. [Abstracts from ledgers of the State Pen.] p. 140. Martin Thaxton. From Rutherford County. Crime: horse stealing. Sentence: three years and six months from 16 July 1840.
Received 22 July 1840. He is 22 years old, 5' 9 1/2" high, weighs 128 lbs. Born and brought up in Warren Co., Tenn., eight miles south of McMinnville near the stage road to Huntsville on the waters of Hickory Creek, where his brother John Thaxton now lives. His father is very old and lives on the same piece of land with his brother. He has one brother in Rhea Co., Missouri, by the name of Thos. Thaxton, and follows farming. One sister in Gibson Co., Tenn., married to a man by the name of Robt. Ellison. Two sisters in Warren County, one married to a man by the name of Elisha Runnels, the other to James Ellison. Said Thaxton has uncles in Kentucky by the name of Brooks, but knows not what county. Said Thaxton has dark hair, dark eyes and dark sin. A tailor by trade. Has a small scar on the wrist joint of the left hand, also a small scar on the joint of the thumb where it joins the hand. He served his apprenticeship with Thos. F. Hicks. [Ledger 45, p. 204] p. 222.
Martin Thaxton, age 22, born in Tennessee, occupation: tailor. Convicted of horse stealing by a court in Rutherford County, and sentenced to 3 years and 6 months in the Penitentiary. Received July 22, 1840 and discharged July 22, 1844. Notes: resentenced to 6 months.
Number in ledger 86: 459. p. 252.
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