"21nsrarrhin' "Published by The Memphis Genealogical Society

Mrs. Harry E. O'Hara, Editor5391 Shady Grove Terrace

Memphis 17, Tenn.

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THE PRESIDENT I S MESSAGEMemphis News and Notes

,. .OVER THE EDITOR'S DESK

News From Our Fellow Publishers, Tools For Research, FamilyHistories, Ancestors Are Where You Find Them. • . • • • • . 93

ICHARLES PUCKETT FAMILY BIBLE

Owned and copied by Biffle Owen • . . . • . . • . • . • • . 98

THE TRIUMPHANT TRIALS, TOILS, AND TRIBULATIONS OF REVOLDrIONARYPIONEER MOTHER, ELIZABETH BRIDGEWATER CONWAY --- A Biography to Showthe Human Portrait of This Heroine of the Western Frontier

Paper given by Virginia Walton Brooks (Mrs. Berry B., Jr.) 99

CONWAY-BRIDGEWATER FAMILY CHART 108

CONWAY FAMILY BIBLE RECORDSOwned and copied by Virginia Walton Brooks (Mrs. Berry B., Jr.). 109

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ROANE COUNTY, TENNESSEE TAX LIST - 1805'. .' Transcribed by Mable H. Thornton (Mrs. Robert E.). • • . • ill

INDEX TO GRANTEES AND LOCATORS IN GRAINGER COUNTY, TENNESSEE-1824/60Transcribed by the Editor • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • 119

MAur{Y COUNTY, TENNESSEE TAXABLES FOR THE YEAR 1811. :f~opied by Marise P. Lightfoot (Mrs. Jack L.) D (part) through H ]25

TENNESSEE GRAVE;{ARDS AND CEMEn'ERIES - LOCATED, Bur NOT COPIEDCompiled by Hermoine D. Embry (Mrs. Chas.A.) DAVIDSON (cont.) 131

TENNESSEANS BY BIRTH - RESIDENTS OF KENTUCKY IN 1850Copied from the 1850 census on microfilni by Thomas P. Hughes, Jr.CLAY (part), CLINTON, CRITI'ENDEN (part). • • • • •• •• •• 139

QUERIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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MEMPHIS NEWS AND NarES

In May your President and Editor of ANSEARCHIN' NEWS attended the genea- .logical Institute held in Dallas, Texas, by the Local History and Genealogy·Society. Much information was given on data to be found in differentstates by persons who had done research there. The meeting was most re-warding, and the courtesies of the Texas people to their visitors is some-thing to remember. This Society extends congratulations and good wishesfor a long continuation of the Texas way of work.

WARNING: Be careful how you send out your work; make it neat and readable.REASON: While in Dallas, one of your President's most valued corrElspondents,!Mrs. W. G. Dixon of that city, asked if I had s~en some of my handwriting inthe genealogical room of the library. .I had not, but it was there~ A legaltangle over property had been copied from the Shelby County, Tennessee records,by me on note-book paper, for Mrs. Dixon's "Waller Collection, II and is nowpreserved under glass. So, be careful, for one never can tell where one'swork will show up.

Mrs. Willis E. Ayres, Librarian df the Memphis Society, announced at theMay meeting that a set of COKAYNE (English records) had been located. TheSociety voted to purchase them for addition to our library collection, andthey are now on order. Anyone doing research in England or on Magna Chartalines will find these books invaluable.

Did you know that: ,Margaret (Mrs. Willis E. Ayres) was recently elected Regent of the Dames

of the Court of Honor for Tennessee?Carolyn (Mrs. W. M. Porter) was given a two column spread with picture

regarding her genealogical work? Carolyn was one of the three women chosenas the most outstanding Junior DAR's in Tennessee.

Laurence B. Gardiner was elected National First Vice-President of theHugueno't Society of the Founders of Manakin in the State of Virginia, andLillian {Mrs. L. B. Gardiner) was appointed National Parliamentarian?

Melville (Mrs. Walter K. Page) is Treasurer of the Fort AssumptionChapter, DAR, and State Treasurer of. the Daughters of l8l2?

Henrietta (Mrs. Charles R. Gilley) is doing research and writing a paperon the yellow fever epidemics in Memphis?

, All of which goes to prove that, as active members of our Society, these indi-'viduals have time and interest to work in the patriotic societies for whichtheir genealogical work has made them eligible.

Our thanks to Mrs. Henry Moore for her graciousness in inviting us to meetwith her at our May meeting, and to Mrs. Willis Ayres for her warm arid hos-pitable invitation for the June meeting. In July the pleasure will be mineto have the group at a night garden party.

Our deepest sympathy is extended to Jerry (Mrs. W. R. Blair), our QueryEditor, whose husband died suddenly on May 8th. No one knows better thatyour President what it means to "carry on" when one's heart is full of sadness.

Jewell Standefer (Mrs. E. M.)"President

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See the Southern Genealogist's Exchange Quarterly, Volume IV, Spring 1963Issue, No. 25 (address in January issue AN), for 1830 CENSUS OF MARIONCOUNTY, TENNESSEE, transcribed by Pollyanna Creekmore. MONROE and RHEACounties will also appear in 1963 issues of this quarterly.

FAMILY HISTORIES:

The many years of research on a family are often lost in a matter of minutesby the person who fails to put his or her notes in printed form and distrib-utes them for safe keeping. A family history does not have to be a "leather-bound edition" to record for posterity the work you have done. This thoughtwas provoked by the arrival of three more volumes of the work of Judge ZelmaWells Price of Greenville, Mississippi. Judge Price is a busy person, andyet she has put into print some nine books containing the history of many ofher lines. Volume V, THE WEATHERBEE-NORMAN VOLUME, takes up the family ofBartholomew Weatherbee, born 1593, Yorkshire, England, and William Norman,born about 1651, Yorkshire, England. This book also contains partial genea-logies of families of : Bealer, Burridge, Gundry, Moseley and Tucker.Volume VI, THE BOLLING VOLUME, Part I, contains partial genealogies of:Bolling, Pocahontas and Rolfe families. Part II contains partial genealogiesof: Batte, Belson, Biddlecombe , Blair, Brassieur, Bridger-Williamson-Taylor,Camp, Cary, Cocke, Fitzhugh-Knox, Fleming, Gordon, Robinson, Ruffin-Kinchin,Smith-Turner-Faunteleroy-Adams and Taliaferro families. No copies of thebooks are for sale, but they can be seen in all leading libraries. (See theApril 1962 issue of AN for information on other volumes.)

A GENEALOGY OF MCGEE HARRIS, LATTER DAY SAINT PIONEER, by Dr. Kenneth C.Bullock, traces the family of McGee Harris, born November 8, 1800, nearLebanon, Wilson County, Tennessee, son of William Harris and Margaret Sloan.His Wife, Mary Givens, born February 27, 1802, Stanford, Lincoln County,Kentucky, was the daughter of Robert Givens and Martha Givens. Order from:Dr. Bullock, 1035 North 9th East, Provo, utah.

AS A TREE GROWS - Cox and Allied Families of Richardson, Baker, Gambill,McGimsey, etc., (Richard Cox, 1500, Bishop of Ely, England, to the descend-ants of Capt. John Cox of Ashe County, North Carolina and Lt. David Coxof Grayson County, Virginia) may be bought from the compiler: Mr. VerI F.Weight, 5343 Halsted Avenue, Carmichael, California. Price: $12.00 postpaid.

SOUTHERN RELATIVES, Volume II, by ~~s. John S. Hammonds, Pipe Creek, Texas,is a supplement to her Volume I with many additional families. The bookcontains the following families with many branches: Alexander, Bonner,Bozeman, Carter, Chappell, Clower, Cook, Cowan, Cox, Davis, Dawson, Hammonds,Harris, Heath, Hobbs, Lester, Longstreth, Low (Lowe), Lynes (Lines), Munch,Mustin, Phillips, Preston, Randolph, Roberts, Rogers, Selby, Smith, Tatum,Wingfield and Wooten. Price: $8.85 from the compiler, Mrs. John S. Hammonds,Pipe Creek, Texas.

DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM DUNC~T, THE ELDER, of Culpeper County, Virginia, isavailable from the compiler, Nancy R. Roy, 10250 Prospect Avenue, Space 23,Santee, California. Price: $12.50 including postage.

THE SHERRILL FAMILY, 1531 members, 12 generations, 300 years in America, _compiled by Dr. W. L. Kitchens, 3037 14th Street, Port Authur, Texas. Price:$7.50.

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ANCESTORS ARE WHERE YOU FIND THEM:

From the:Oklahoma Genealogical Society QUARTERLY (P.O. Box 7652, Oklahoma City 16,Oklahoma, $3.00 annually), Vol. 7, No.4, Sec. I, December 1962, page 340:Ely, Darius Franklin, son of Solomon and Rachel Ely, born 11 May 1832,Carroll County, Tennessee, died 3 December 1904, Ames, Oklahoma. Parentsmoved to Dewitt County, Illinois, when he was four.

THE SOUTHERN GENEALOGIST'S EXCHANGE QUARTERLY (see January 1963 AN for theaddress), Vol. IV, Spring 1963 Issue, No. 25, page 15: Weatherly FamilyBible Records -- Joseph Weatherly, Sr., married Rezina Anderson, August 7,1800, Sumner County, Tennessee. They resided there until about 1818-1820.Page 31: John Pope, born July 16, 1794, Petersburg, Georgia, died March 27,1865, Memphis, Tennessee; Leroy Pope, Jr., born 1801 in Georgia and marriedMary Foote (in 1850 census Memphis, Tennessee); Albert Russell, born May 25,1755 in Pennsylvania, living in Rutherford County, Tennessee 1809, to Alabama1816. Page 32: Pension Record of John Moore who died in Bedford County,Tennessee in 1832 (wife Ellenor Marbury).

BULLETIN OF THE SEATTLE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY (see April 1963 issue of ANfor address), Vol. 12, No.8, April 1963, page 16: Clark County, Washington,1871 Census -- Aldy Neil, 69, farmer, married, born East Tennessee; AndrewJ. Wiley, 29, farmer, married, born Tennessee; Eliza A. Wiley,' 24, married,born Tennessee. Vol. 12, No.9, May 1963, page 19: same census -- AnnTurner, 58, married, born Tennessee. Vol. 12, No. 10, June 1963, same cen-sus -- page 22: M. Payne, 48, farmer, born Tennessee; page 23: James H.Bolton, 50, farmer, born Tennessee; Catherine Goodwin, 54 (could be wifeof Will. Goodwin), born Tennessee.

THE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS (see January 1963AN for address), April 1963, page 2: United Confederate Veterans -- JosephL. Crook, enlisted March 5, 1862, PVT, Co. A, 1st Miss. at Iuka, Mississippi.Resident of Shelby County, Tennessee, in prison at surrender. May 1963,page 11: Hog Island Cemetery, Falls City, Texas -- Henry L. Bennett, bornin Wilson County, Tennesse~ on December 6, 1808, died September 20, 1881.Page 12: Will of Jonathan Latimer', Sumner County, Tennessee, November 13,1802. Also will of Robert Latimer, Sumner County, Tennessee, January 26,1811.

ANCESTRAL NOTES FROM CHEDWATO (see January 1963 AN for address), Vol. 10,No.3, May 1963, page 49: data from Revolutionary Pension #S21l60, CharlesDibrill, born in Virginia, in 1832 he was 75 years old and residing inWhite County, Tennessee. Page 70: John Hall, son of John and Susannah Hall,born in Tennessee, 9 years old in 1850 census of Anderson County, Tennessee;William Britton, age 34, born Tennessee; Louisa Britton, age 27, born inTennessee; V~rtha Ann Britton, age 8, born Tennessee; Phebe J. Britton, age6, born Tennessee; Sarah C. Britton, age 4, born Tennessee; David T. Britton,age 9/12, born Tennessee; Rachel Portwood, age 48, born Tennessee. Page 72:1850 census Amite County, Mississippi -- Elizabeth Parker, age 40, born inTennessee (eVidently wife of John R. Parker).

OUR HERITAGE (see January 1963 AN for address), Voi. 4, No.3, contains."' .,.Il..... '.. ,

many good notes on the SaynCk, Spynkes,Spinche, Spinks Family -- CaptainJohn Spinks, born ca. 17 4, North Carolina, died 1863, Wilson County, Tenn.

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GENEALOGICAL REGISTER (Louisiana Genealogical & Historical Society, P.O.Box 335, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, $5.00 annually), Vol. X, No.1, March1963, page 4 and 5: from "Louisiana Newspaper Notices," featuring the"Planter I s Banner," Franklin, Louisiana -- John T. Spencer, dead at age 31,native of Madison County, Tennessee (9-15-1853); Mr. Robert Trousdale, diedOctober 29, 1853 at the age of 75 years, 10 months --- he was a brother ofthe hon. William Trousdale, former governor of Tennessee; Mr. WilliamPowell, age about 25, native of Tennessee, died 11-10-53. Page 7: 1850Census, Washington Parish, Louisiana -- E. Bagley, 35, farmer, born inTennessee; W. W. Black, 41, shoemaker, born in Tennessee; C. B. Booty, 25,farmer, born in Tennessee; Mahaley Johnson, 49, born in Tennessee; andValsune Schilling, 18, laborer, born in Tennessee.

KANSAS CITY GENEALOOIST (see January 1963 AN for address), Vol. III, No.4,April 1963, page 7: Cedar Cemetery (north edge of Fremont, Iowa) - MargaretBaird, died October 31, 1894, age 80 years, 4 months, 22 days. She wasreared in Wilson County, Tennessee, and was the wife of William Smith.Page 25: Bible record of Isaac Campbell Alexander Skillern, born in BledsoeCounty, Tennessee, August 2, 1807, died at Austin, Lonoke County, Arkansas,January 12, 188l. Page 126: From "Early Settlement of Saline County (Kansas)"land office opened in 1818 with Gen. Thomas A. Smith as Receiver. Gen. Smithmarried a sister of Judge Hugh L. White of Tennessee --- Cox'sBottom ~-Henry Nave of Tennessee settled in this area in 1816, having come overland.

NEW MEXICO GENEALOGIST (P. O. Box 8734, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 50¢ a copy),Vol. 2, No.2, April i963, page 20: 1850 Census, Territory of New Mexico -Ryder010 , Will., Qm. Corps, age 23, born East Tennessee.

THE COLORADO GENEALOOIST (Mrs. Bernice F. Hathaway, Editor, 1351 South MarionStreet, Denver, Colorado, $2.00 annually), Vol. XXIV, April 1963, No.2,page 49: Fort Laramie Census 1870 - Gabin, Michael, age 25, soldier, bornin Tennessee.

GENEALOOICAL FORUM OF PORTLAND OREGON MONTHLYBULLmIN (see April 1963 ANfor address), Vo. XII, No. 10, June 1963 - Jackson County, Oregon, 1870Census - Prim, Payne P., 46, married, born in Tennessee, Associate Justice;·Caroline F. Ritter (wife of Joseph), 35, born in Tennessee.

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CHARLES PUCKErr FAMILY BIBLE

This Bible is owned and was copied by Biffle Owen, P. O. Box 733, Clarksdale,Mississippi. The family was from Rutherford County, Tennessee.

BIRTHS

Charles Puckett, born 22 June 1772Elizabeth Akin Puckett, born 16 October 1778Polly R. Puckett, born 27 September 1802William A. Puckett, born 5 September 1803Mahala Puckett, born 30 December 1804Sarah L. Puckett, born 10 October 1806Paschal Puckett, born 19 March 1808Charles Puckett, born 17 May 1809Eliza Puckett, born 7 October 1811Caswell Puckett, born 7 April 1813Lewallen Puckett, born 7 September 1815Nancy L. Puckett, born 18 January, 1818Benjamin F. Puckett, born 14 October 1819Nathaniel Puckett, born 31 January 1765Hiram Jenkins, born 16 March 1816.Nancie Jenkins, born 8 January 1818WIn. R. Jenkins, born 10 September 1838James F. Jenkins, born 5 July 1840Charles H. Jenkins, born 18 March 1843Alice E. Jenkins, born 28 November 1846Nimrod Jenkins, born 17 May 1851 jr.Walter Berry Jenkins, Born 8 November 1864Lizzie Jenkins, born 25 June 1842Harry Kerr, born 11 October 1840Annie May Jenkins, born 25 May 1865Willie Thomas Jenkins, born 13 October 1866Hiram Jenkins, born 21 February 1780Nimrod Jenkins, born 22 September 1822 Sr.

MARRIAGES

Hiram Jenkins and Nancie E. Puckett, 7 September 1837James F. Jenkins and Lizzie J. Wilson, 5 July 1864Harry H. Kerr and Alice E. Jenkins, 20 December 1866

DEATHS

Charles Puckett, died 31 January 18541 aged 81 years 7 months and 8 daysElizabeth Puckett l died 11 June 18591 aged 80 years 8 months and 7 daysPolly R. Puckett 1 died 21 September 1845, aged 42 years 11 months and 21 dayscaswell Puckett 1 died 29 January 1865Hiram Jenkins Sr., died 10 October 1857, aged 77 yea.rs oldNimrod Jenkins, died 13 December 1855, aged 33 years oldWillie Thomas Jenkins, died 18 January 1868, 15 months old.Nathaniel Puckett l died 25 May 18421 77 years old.

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THE TRIUMPHANT TRIALS, TOILS, .AND TRIBULATIONS OF REVOLlJrIONARY PIONEERMOTHER, ELIZABETH BRIDGEWATER CONWAY --- A Biography to Show the Human

Portrait of this Heroine of the Western Frontier

Paper givenoy Virginia Walton Brooks (Mrs. Berry B., Jr.) at the Aprilmeeting of the Memphis Genealogical Society.

Elizabeth Bridgewater Conway was a native Virginian of English parent-age. About 1750-52 she became the wife of John Conway, Sr., a Latin scholarand teacher, who had emigrated from his Dublin, Ireland, home to Virginia.His teaching profession caused them to establish several homes in Virginiaand Kentucky. Their family Bible, owned by Mrs. Berry B. Brooks, a descend-ant, records the name and birth of nine of their children. Family traditiontells us that they lived in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. ~rom the war andpension records of their four sons we learn that each of them was born, orenlisted for military service in a different Virginia county. The birthdates of their five daughters and four sons ranged from January 11, 1753 toJune 25, 1775, a span of twenty-two years of childbearing. Yet this sturdymother lived an additional thirty-four years, dying July 30, 1809.

Being the mother of nine children involves a busy life of domesticity,plus the fact they made frequent changes in home and locale. It can beassumed the income of a Latinceacher was not a lucrative one, and was in-adequate for such a large and growing family. Thus adding extra burdensupon the mother to clothe and feed her family properly.

John Conway, Jr. stated on his pension application, that he was born inHenrico County, Virginia, on August 10, 1758. Joseph Conway, the fourthson, and ancestor of Mrs. Brooks, was born in Greenbrier County, Virginia(now West Virginia), December 14, 1763. Jesse Conway enlisted from RedIsland, in Montgomery County, Virginia, and Samuel, the eldest son, also en-listed from southwest Virginia. John Conway, Jr. was the first of hisfamily to become a "Pioneer of the West." He served under Capt. WilliamHarrod's Company in the Western Country (later Kentucky) in 1777. He re-turned to Virginia to induce his family to move into the undeveloped fron-tier of the west. The Conways had moved from Henrico County, into westernVirginia, beyond the Allegheny Mountains, then onward to reside in the vastwilderness of what we know as Kentucky, in 1799.

These freedom-loving Virginians were weary, worn pioneers as they trudg-ed the long and uninhabited trails of the buffalo into the fertile valley ofthe Ohio River. They moved under the constant threat of surprise attack bystealthy savages as they followed the buffalo tracks, on their explorationof the wilds of the aboriginal terrain of Bourbon County, Kentucky, then thefar Western Country. This perilous, arduous trek was hardest on the youngerchildren and courageous mother, who was responsible for their well-beingalong the long trail through the wilderness. They had to provide their ownfood and shelter along the extended journey into the unknown. The youngestchildren were four year old Sarah and nine year old Nancy. Joseph was six-teen, Jesse was eighteen, John, Jr. was twenty-one, and Samuel was twenty-three. The sons had been brought up on the use of arms and the pursuit ofgame. There were militia posted at different garrisons to guard the frontiersettlements. The Conways' destination was Ruddle's Station, on the upperwaters of Licking River, in the present county of Bourbon, in Kentucky. Arude log cabin was constructed for their habitation. Every able-bodied manand boy was engaged in backwoods soldiery as a militiaman of frontier WesternCountry. He broke the land, planted the crops, and protected the fort. These-frontiersmen and women came in their strength and determination with ax and

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rifle to conquer a wilderness. In that early settlement the pioneers wereharassed by the Indians who robbed the settlers of their peltry, furs,horses, and crops. The Conways were in the wilds, far beyond succor or re-lief. With frontier~pushing energy they were brought into contact with 'thesavage Indians who represented a figure of ' terror and possible sudden death.The hard-pressed settlement and outpost was under constant threat of annihi-l~ion..

Ruddle's Station was known as Hinkson's Station, located on the east bankof South Licking on the buffalo trace which ran to the Blue Lickings. '

Here Elizabeth Bridgewater Conway labored under the most harrowing, un-certain, and trying conditions in her new home in the far wilderness, awayfrom family, friends, adequate protection from the Indians, and without thenecessities of life.' To all this was added the constant threat of swift anddeadly attack by Indians and crop failure, with it's resulting starvation.It was necessary for her to uphold the spirits of her entire family and makethe best of her hazardous lot in life on the frontier. Elizabeth and Johngave their children the elements of a plain English education, plus a know-ledge of Latin. Thus the Kentuckian Conways became Indian Fighters andFrontiersmen. These brave frontierswomen, Elizabeth and her young daughters,were ever alert to the dangers of the wrath of the red man on the warpathdevastating frontier settlements. They must bear their share of the responsi-bility to defend their home and lives from Indian raids and attacks. Thefather and four sons had enlisted in the militia to help fight the blood-thirsty Indians, who preyed on the settlements.

Early in the spring of 1780, the danger of marauding Indians became sogreat that these migrator families were obliged to leave their own roughhewnlog homes to move into the fort for protection. While the women-folk andcnildren remained within the fort, the men went out daily to work, clearingthe land and planting the crops, alternating this work with acting in thecapacity of guards having their guns ready to protect the workers against anIndian attack.

Ruddle's Station, and the Conway family, had escaped the terror of adevaS'tating Indian raid until a peaceful Sunday morning, on that fateful day,June 19, 1780, when Elizabeth and John Conway's youngest son was scalped bymar.auding Indians sent by the British. There was no fore-warning that thiswas not to be like any other Sunday at the fort.

Early in the morning Joseph Conway and two of his young boy companionsleft the fort early to drive in the cows for milking. The cows were foundgrazing on the opposite side of the nearby river, which was but a shallowstream at this point. The boys started driving the cows back toward the fort,but when they reached the river, they caught a large loggerhead turtle, andcarried it back to the sandy beach to entertain themselves by teasing it withwillow twigs to make it snap at thE!!n. Some of the men from the fort were downat the edge of the water on the near side of the stream washing their handsand faces for breakfast. An Indian, lying concealed in the bushes near wherethe boys were playing with the turtle, fired on Joseph Conway, wounding himin the side, and then rushed out on him and tore off his scalp, broke hisskull with his deadly tomahawk, and left the defenseless youngster for dead.His two young teenage friends managed to escape a similar fate and savedthemselves. It was done so qUickly that the men on the opposite bank of theshallow stream were unable to give any assistance. The alarm was given atthe fort; the men hurried out with their guns and scoured the woods, but foundno trace of the Indian or his comrades. Swiftly, suddenly, and without warn-ing the stealthy red man had attacked sixteen year old Joseph with agile andcruel blows in all his native savagery.

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After the ravaging disaster of this inhumane attack, young Joseph wasrescued, revived, and, in time recovered from the point of death. Joseph'shead bled alarmingly. The wound in his side was slight compared with thescalped head. Back at the fort Joseph's mutilated scalp wounds were treat-ed with an' application of wads of cobwebs made into a poltice to stanch theblood. Even though considered unhygenic now, it saved the youngster's life.Of necessity Elizabeth Conway was well versed in, and heavily dependent uponhomemade remedies. In this emergency the life of her youngest son was atstake. Anxiety, grief, and fear were coupled with terror as her son's lifelingered at death's door. He required constant care and attention as he be-gan to regain consciousness and strength. The fort was thus alerted to fur-ther attack to follow this display of brutal, brazen, and barbaric attackupon a defenseless lad. They were aware that the heathen Indian had been ascout for the British, and was furnished with firearms and ammunition by theBritish to raid and attack the frontier settlers.

The frontiersmen and women had not recovered from the shock of the scalp-ing of Joseph, when, on June 22, 1780, Captain Henry Bird, Englishman, attack-ed Ruddle's Station with British, Canadian, and Indian Army troops with dead-ly assault. Bravely the men fought to hold back the assault of Britishsoldiers and red hordes sent down upon them by Lord Henry Hamilton at Detroit,the French-Canadian city far to the north. They were equipped with cannon,having cut a road through the wilderness forest for hauling the cannon. Thefort was proof only against common rifle balls, and quite inadequate againstcannon attack. Surrender was inevitable. The British commander, CaptainHenry Bird, promised protection and safe transport to Detroit of all thedwellers in the fort, but in this he failed. To prevent further bloodshedand: death, the brave frontiersmen surrendered the fort at Ruddle's Station oncondition that the British would take complete command of the prisoners, whichcomprised the men of the garrison, their courageous wives and helpless child-ren, including Joseph who was scalped three days previously. It will ever bea blot on the record and integrity of Captain Bird that he broke his solemnword and turned the prisoners over to the frenzied red men, who proceeded tomarch the hapless victims over one hundred sixty miles to Detroit with venge-ful inhumanity and cruelty. British indifference had amounted to connivanceat the capture and handling of the prisoners of Ruddle's Station.

Although the life of Joseph Conway was held in the balance following hisbrush with death only three days previously, no consideration was shown forhis desperate condition. During the confusion and trouble of this perilousjourney to Detroit, no effort could be made to dress Joseph's scalp wounds,and the weather being hot, green flies and creepers made their appearance. Akind old lady, Mrs. Weisman, among the captives, picked out the lothesome in-sects and dressed the boy's scalp and continued to help wait on him until thewound healed. On this long march there were many terrible incidents of crueltyand ruthlessness by the conquerers. History tells us more of Joseph Conwayon this merciless march __ "he was forced to march barefooted, his feet bleed-ing at almost every step, with the Indians, from the Ohio River to Detroit.The blood flowed down his back from the raw and unhealed wounds in the head,from which the scalp was taken. Still be was able to trudge on amidst painand suffering by his barbarous captors. A white woman, who was also a cap-tive, with the characteristic sympathy and kindness which belongs to her sex,gave Captain Conway a handkerchief, which she tied with womanly tendernessaround his bleeding head to protect the gaping wounds from the weather. Itwas a most humane act, and relieved his sufferings greatly during that long,tiresome,and tedious march." (From: Darby's "Personal Recollections")

.An aunt of the author, Miss Gladys Walton, attorney-at-law, of St. Louis)

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Missouri, writes, "One of my earliest recollections is that of my mother,Louisa Conway Walton, showing me a picture of her grandfather, Joseph Conway,and pointing out particularly the wig that he wore because of his bald andscarred head from the scalpings." (Excerpts from an address she gave July 11,1934 to the members of the St. Louis Round Table.) I ~uote further fromGladys Walton, "Between this pioneering Joseph Conway of Virginia and Kentucky,and Missouri, born in December 1763, deceased in 1830, and me, if you willbelieve it, are but two links, --- my mother and her father. "

Elizabeth Bridgewater Conway, her husband John, her sons John, Jr. andJoseph, and their three youngest daughters, Elizabeth Conway Daugherty, youngbride of William, she aged twenty, Nancy, ten, and Sarah, aged five years,were brutally forced to march along the tortuous journey northward as Britishcaptives under Indian command for the British, as prisoners of war, defendersof the fort at Ruddle 1 s Station. Never were defenseless human beings treatedwith less humanity, con?ideration, courtesy, nor less protection to theirlife's safety as prisoners of war, than these pioneers, especailly the womenand children captives.

By intent and malice the British had placed these savages in completecharge of marching the white prisoners to deliver them ~o the British authori-ty in Detroit at a distance that challenged the durability and stamina ofevery person on the march. These captives were miserable to the last degree.The old, the ill, the weak, and the very young, were re~uired to keep the samepace as the men in the con~uered party. Some were wantonly massacred by theIndian guards when they grew faint and weary and fell by the wayside. Therewere no facilities for feeding the capti\Tes and no shelter for the many nightstops along the way.

Every member of the Conway family, mother, father, two sons, even scalpedJoseph, and the three daughters, not only survived the march, but also sur-vived the four years of cruel and miserable captivity in the cold north coun-try. After this death march to Detroit, the city of the bitter cold winters,began their long ordeal of suffering and waiting, before finally being releas-ed. Here they were confined for four years of agony, privation, hardships, andwithout ade~uate shelter, food or clothing, or consideration.

Five year old Sarah was separated from her parent s and "adopted" by anIndian and his s~uaw as their own child. They never saw her during their cap-tivity. This added heaVily to the heartaches and hardships of their confine-ment. Nine years after their march to Detroit, after the Conways had returnedto Kentucky, they were able to get a trace of the whereabouts of their babygirl. John Conway searched and finally found her, now a girl of fourteen, whohad endured nine years of life as an Indian. By paying a heavy ransom to hercaptors, or foster parents of the red race, he was able to return his youngestchild to her home in Kentucky, thus the long search and suspense was endedhappily.

Through prayer and the Will of God, Elizabeth Bridgewater Conway, her hus-band John, and their captive children survived the rigors and exposure andindignities of prison life for four· years of severe Michigan winters as prison-ers of war. The entire family wap held captive for four years, except Sarah,until June 1, 1784, when they were released to find their way back home toKentucky, on their own power, as best they might, dependent upon their ownresourceful guidance to survive the long journey back to the Western Countryfar to the south.

During their four years confinement Elizabeth Bridgewater Conway hadsuffered the same privations as the soldiers who were actually enlisted in themilitia, These persons were regarded as prisoners of war both by the civiland military authorities. The fact that she was able and capable of giving

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material aid in the protection of the fort is evidenced by the fact that shewas strong enough to withstand all the hardships of the journey to Detroit,caring for her young ones, her loved ones,along the trail to see that theydid not fall by the way and get tomahawked by their wild savage captors incharge of the march north. Those who had not kept pace were slaughteredbrutally. Besides being a Patroit, Defender of the Fort, and Prisoner ofWar for four years, she rendered material aid for the Cause of Independenceby furnishing clothing and food to her menfolk and those within the Ruddle'sStation settlement. She had urged her husband and four sons to give servicein the militia to protect their freedom and win independence from Engiand~and King George III. She had espoused the cause of the colonists on therugged frontier. She had aided the cause of independence by such aid and re-sistance as she could give when Ruddle's Station was attacked by the Britishand Indians. She and her family had pledged their strength, support, andallegiance to the rebellious colonies against the British. During the fouryears of brutal capativity in Detroit she had resisted and repulsed theproffered alternative of siding with the captors, the British, and fightingon their side. Truly she was a loyal heroine, Revolutionary Mother, Pioneerof the West, who contributed her strength and endurance toward the develop-ment, protection, and conquest of the new Western Frontier. For this servicethe National Society Daughters of the American Revolution gave service toElizabeth Bridgewater Conway as Patroit, Defender of the Fort, and Prisonerof War.

Again I quote from Darby's "Personal Recollections," CAPI'AIN JOSEPHCONWAY, HIS SUFFERINGS AT THE HANDS OF THE INDIANS, pp. 81-84: "The in-credible sufferings, privations, hardships, and exposure which Captain Conwaywas made to endure during his captivity are beyond precedent, and can hardlybe described, and, but for his vigorous constitution be must have sunk underthem. On the bleak shores of the Canadian frontier he was detained four .....years as a prisoner, with no human habitation to protect him from the severi-ty of the weather, and made to endure and to bear all the privations incidentto that barbarous condition of life."

Without their beloved Sarah, the six Conwaystreked on foot back toLicking River, Kentucky, after their release from Detroit. They covered thetiresome journey south by August 1784. What rejoicing and thanksgivinggreeted their return as hopes of their survival had vanished with the pass-ing years of the war. With the encouragement and aid of friends and com-patriots, the Conways set out, once again, to build a home and make a newlife on the frontier, now won from the British, even though not entirely freefrom Indian threats and the wilderness itself.

Upon Joseph Conway's return to Licking River he went out on Harmer'sCampaigns against the Indians. I quote further from Darby's "Personal Re-collection," "He fought under General Harmer, and was in the battle whichmarked his defeat. Once, when the Indians were in hot pursuit, he dodged be-hind a tree and turned and fired and again loaded his gun as he ran, and inthis manner killed seven Indians. He also fought under Gen. Wayne, and sharedin his victories. The horrors of the border war he witnesses in common with-his associates, but his sufferings far exceeded those of his comrades. Indifferent battles he was shot three different times. He was tomahawked bythe savages and scalped three times. "

Thus a few hundred bold hunters, woodsmen, and fighters had held on towestern outposts of the great western regions to preserve the MississippiRiver basin from the continued British rule. otherwise this Canadian linewould have been established on the Appalachian crest. Before George RogersClark's great victory of the Revolution, in his conquest, the southern bor-

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der of Canada was the Ohio River. The land he conquered was settled byCanadians governed from Detroit. It had been conquered from the Frenchonly fifteen years before. Clark added this territory to the new nation.From the British empire and hostile Indian hordes, Clark took over a quar-ter of a million square miles of the most fertile and habitable land onthe North American continent; the Ohio Valley to the Father of Waters, theMighty Mississippi. He gave us OhiO, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and thenorth east tip of Minnesota, 245,000 square miles. He stretched the UnitedStates to the Mississippi River for the victorious thirteen original colonies.

For the next twenty-five years Elizabeth Bridgewater Conway led a lesshazardous, though active and useful life from 1784 until her death, July 30,1809. Her husband, John Conway, Sr. had died May 3, 1801 in Campbell County,Kentucky. Thus we have followed the trials, tribulations, service, and thesufferings of the Conway family in their share of winning freedom for thecolonies from the yoke of Great Britain, and in the opening up and develop-ment of the frontier. Elizabeth Bridgewater Conway, John Conway, Sr;, andJoseph Conway have been accredited by the DAR for their service as Patriots,Defenders of the Fort, and as Prisoners of War for four years. The war re-cord of the other three sons has been recognized, as well. Samuel, the eld-est son, was engaged in the manufacture of gun powder for the army. All fiveof the Conway men served as militiamen in fighting and protecting the fron-tier Western Country, in the service of their country. John, Jr. and Jessewere brave fighters, also.

We leave Elizabeth and John to their reward, and take up the life oftheir youngest son, Joseph. Ripley's "Believe It or Not" gave an ill:ustrat-

ed account of Joseph Conway with the followingrecord of his Indian tortures: "Captain JosephConway, St. Louis, Missouri, Scalped 3 times,tomahawked 3 times, shot 3 times, left for dead3 times, recovered and died at the age of 70. "From Darby I s "Personal Recollections" we glean,"Captain Joseph Conway was one of the pioneersof the West. He came to Louisiana during theSpanish times, and settled in Bonhomme, st.Louis District, in the year 1796, on the pieceof land granted to him that same year by ZenonTrudeau, at that time lieutenant governor ofUpper Louisiana. Capt. Conway came to Kentuckyin early youth and as soon as he was able tobear arms he took an active and distinguishedpart in the Indian wars which accompanied theearly settlements of that state. Young, brave,and daring, he was associated with Daniel Booneand many of the bold spirits of that time in

almost all their hazardous and dangerous enterprises. Boone came to this coun-try and got his grant of land about the same time that Capt. Conway obtainedhis. He improved his farm, and cultivated and lived on it for more than thirtyyears, and up to the time of his death, which occurred on the 27th of December,1830. "Often when I was a boy, when he would come into the house, would I in myboyish curiosity creep around his chair to get a good look at the back of hishead, to see where the Indians had taken off the scalps from his head. Capt.Conway was, in fact, one of the bravest and noblest men that ever lived in theState of Missouri, and of the strictest integrity. He left a name and a famethat commanded the respect and affectionate regard of all who knew him duringlife. He raised a large family, several of his sons haVing been honored with

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positions of public trust, such as judge of the County Court, sheriff ofSt. Louis County, and member of the Legislature, discharging the duties ofthe various offices they filled with honor and credit to themselves and tothe entire satisfaction of the public. f1

In 1776 Kentucky was organized as a separate county of Virginia. In1780 it was divided into three counties. In 1787 John Conway is witness toa deed in Bourbon County, Virginia (later KentuckY). On June 1, 1792,Kentucky was admitted as the 15th state of the Union. Since these recollec-tions were written at a later date than their occurance, the reference ismade to their location identification at the time of the account given. Infact these so-called peregrinating pioneers may have lived in the variouscounties of Virginia, yet never left home! Let us consider the formation ofcounties. York County, Virgini~ of 1634 was the parent of all the countiesin which the John Conway, Sr. family lived, from York down to Greenbrier,erected thus: King William, 1701j Spotsylvania, 1720j Shenandoah, 1722jCaroline, 1727j Augusta, 1738j Montgomery, 1776j Greenbrier, 1777. In reali-ty since Joseph Conway was born December 14, 1763, he was born in AugustaCounty, that became Montgomery County in 1776 and Greenbrier County in 1777.Now Greenbrier is in West Virginia. Since John Conway is said to have livedin Henrico, according to records, in 1758, 1763-64, perhaps his land extend-ed into Henrico. From the August 3, 1779 Montgomery County, Virginia, Court:f1Thomas Conway, sum of 100 lbs. and his Securities in sum of 50 each. JohnConway, 50 lbs. engaged in late Insurrection of this country. fI Thomas andJohn Conway signed. Then John Conway and family leave for Kentucky, joininga party of migrators who left Virginia, and journeyed toward the Western CGUU-try.

On February 22, 1792, in Bourbon County, Kentucky, Joseph Conway marriedElizabeth Caldwell, with the consent of her father, Samuel. Sne was bornSeptember 1, 1773 in Virginia, died September 30, 1821 in St. Louis County,Missouri, and is buried in 'the family burial ground near their homestead.She lies at rest beside her huslland and her family on a hilltop, beneath shel-tering trees, north of their home, on part of the 400 acres of original landgrant that Joseph received in 1798. This valuable land is now located on thecity limits of the metropolis of St. Louis. This Creve Coeur Lake Settlementis now know as Cnesterfield, Bonhomme Township, St. Louis County, Missouri.The old pioneer home still stands at what is now the corner of Conway andWhite Roads. On September 20, 1959 the Lucy Jefferson Lewis Cnapter, N.S.D.A.Rof Ne,; Madrid, Missouri, marked the grave of Captain Joseph Conway as a Revo-lutionary soldier and patriot. The ceremony was attended by many of his prouddescendants. April 6, 1813 Joseph Conway was again called into the serviceof his country. This time he was called into the active service of the UnitedStates, by His Excellency Benjamin Howard, Governor of the Territory ofMissouri. Again he was facing the British against his homeland. He servedin the Infantry with the rank of Captain in the War of 1812. At the age of49 years he had served in two wars against England, fighting for his youngcountry with vigor and strength.

The challenge to explore the Pacific northwest followed after PresidentThomas Jefferson bought the hugh Louisiana Territory from Napoleon in 1803.President Jefferson tendered to Captain Joseph Conway the command of what weknow as the Lewis and Clark Expedition, but he declined the appointment, andthe honor went to Lewis and Clark. Joseph Conway felt that his first responsi-bility was his family and their welfare, so he did not undertake the 1,600mile exploration up the Missouri River to it's source, across the Rockies,with descents to the Columbia River and the Pacific Ocean. Joseph Conway wason hand to give his blessings and good wishes to the small army detachment of

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thirty-one ~en in the Lewis and Clark Expedition that afternoon of May 14,1804. The "robust, healthy, hardy young men of the Corps of Discovery" setout in a keelboat and two p:rrogues, not to return until September 1806. Forfive months the party had outfitted at Wood River, fifteen miles north ofSt. Louis, where the shifting Mississippi River then received the MissouriRiver. Everyone was eager to learn the results of the exploration of theLouisiana Territory, but Joseph Conway felt he' owed his first duty to hisyoung family of five children, that was to increase to ten. Already he hadhad far more than his share of adventures.

The Conways were staunch Presbyterians. Joseph Conway gave the land,diagonally across the road from his home, and assisted in furnishing the funds,material, and construction labor for the erection of Bonhomme PresbyterianChurch, which stands to this day. It is said to be one of the oldest, andmany contend it is the oldest Protestant Church built west of the MississippiRiver. Built of sturdy stone, it stands proudly today as a landmark and monu-ment to the Christian principles of the founding Conway family.

The fourth son of Joseph and Elizabeth Conway was Samuel Conway, bornJuly 25, 1799; died October 28, 1870; married October 28, 1824, MourningBaxter, born January 17, 1804 in Madison County, Kentucky, died April 29, 1845in Missouri. She was the daughter of Green Berry Baxter and Elizabeth Jonesof Madison County, Kentucky, who came to the Territory of Missouri between1810-1814. Samuel Conway and his brother, Joseph, Jr., both served as sheriffof st. Louis County at different intervals. Samuel Conway sat on the benchof the st. Louis County Court; held a seat in the General Assembly of Missouriand was a Deacon in Bonhomme Presbyterian Church, founded by his father andUncle. During the War Between the States the follOWing incident is related ofhim. The story goes that Samuel Conway had the keys to the Bonhomme Churchand wouldn't let the Yankee soldiers in when they wanted to have services.The soldiers had to threaten to shoot Mr. Conway before he would yield thekeys. It delights the loyal Southern heart of the author to know her pater-nal great grandfather, Samuel Conway, was a "Southern Sympathizer." SamuelConway was twelve years old when the New Madrid, Missouri, earthquake of 1811occurred in which houses in the vicinity of his home were knocked down and thewhole country shook from the shock of the quivers that tore the earth asunderand formed Reelfoot Lake in western Tennessee. Samuel and Mourning Conwaywere the parents of nine children.

Samuel Conway died of typhoid fever in the only illness of his life. Helived in changing times in his young nation as is evidenced by the follOWingcalculations. Samuel Conway, born July 25, 1799, native born Missourian ofAnglo-Saxon parentage, was born in a Kingdom -- Spain (in 1800 Spain returnedthe territory to France). He was reared in an Empire -- France (France soldthe entire Louisiana Territory to the United States in 1803). He was educatedand spent his childhood in a Territory (in 1803 St. Louis became the capitalof the Upper Louisiana Territory). He attained manhood in this MissouriTerritory (became Missouri Territory in 1812). He became a citizen of a state,Missouri (Missouri, the 24th state, came into the Union as a slave state onAugust 10, 1821; Missouri did not secede from the Union in 1861). All ofthis, yet Samuel Conway never traveled more than 100 miles from where he wasborn. He lived out his life on his father's original land grant farm inBonhomme District, at Chesterfield, in the Creve Coeur Lake Settlement, st.Lpuis County, Missouri, where he first saw the light of day. Here he died onOctober 28, 1870 when typhoid fever took his sturdy life with the only illnesshe had ever experienced in his many years on earth. He was in his 68th year.

Samuel and Mourning Baxter Conway were the parents of Louisa Conway, bornApril 24, 1840 on the ancestral place of her father, Samuel Conway. She died

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: June 30, l.895, in St. Louis, Missouri, and is buried in Bellefontain. Sheattended Lindenwood College, St. Charles, Missouri, l.855-57. The Herbarium'she created while a s'tudent there is preserved to this day by her descend-ant, the author. The Sibl.eys founded this "Femal.e Academy" in l.827, situatedon 138 acres of the highest elevation in the extreme western part of St.Char'les, Missouri, then the capitol of the new state. From this high vantagepoint above the Missouri River a beautiful view was commanded of the rollingcountry side from the Linden shaded campus. On September 3, 1861 LouisaConway became the bride of Frederick Bates Wal.ton, grandson of GovernorFrederick Bates, of Missouri, for whom he was named. His mother, EinilyCarol.ine Bates, wife of Robert Alfred Walton, had gone back to her ancestralhome, "Thornhill., "·in St. Louis County, Missouri, to have her first child,the eldest of eight chil.dren. To follo~.. prideful tradition Louisa ConwayWalton went to "Thornhil.l," to give birth to her eldest surviving'-son, AllanWalton, one of nine chil.dren. All.an Walton was born March 4; l.864, and diedMay 6, l.9l9 in Blythevil.le, Arkansas. He was a world traveler and adventurer.On October 21, l.903 he married the beateous Virginia Warren Feild, of "Jonesboro, Arkansas, on her twenty-first birthday. From Jonesboro they ~entto Bl.ytheville, Arkansas, to make their home. Here he was successfully estab-lished in the whol.esale grocery business and was a leader in his community.Allan and Virginia Feild Walton were the parents of Virginia Feil.d Walton,born in Jonesborq, Arkansas, and reared in Blytheville, ;Arkansas. She attend-ed the Alma Mater of her paternal. gr~dcother, Louisa Conway, LindenwoodColl.ege in St. Charles, Missouri. From these sturdy ancestors she derived thestamina to l.ead an adventurous life of vorld travel. and jet circumnavigations.April 27, 1929, in Blytheville, Arkansas, Virginia Feild Walton became thebride of Berry Boswell Brooks,Jr. of l'~mphis, Tennessee, a renowned sports-man, big game hunter, and world traveler. They were the parents of VirginiaWalton Brooks, born June 4, 1933 in Nemphis, Tennessee. June 29, 1957Virginia Brooks became the wife of Alle:::l Martin of Katonah, New York. Theyare· the parents of Ann Feild Y~tin,born April 1,1959.

From Elizabeth Bridgewater Conway, Revolutionary Pioneer, Mother, andHeroine, we trace through four generations of Conways down through four directgenerations to complete eight generatio~s to the youngest descendant, fouryear ol.d Ann Feild Martin, her great, great, great, great, great granddaughter.

References:DRAPER MANUSCRIPTS, State Historical Society of Wisconsin, '24s 160-1; 169-176;l8s ll3-ll5; llS 15-16; lOS 81-83; 29J 25; 29J l.8; 26J Al2; 24, pp. 151-204.ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HISTORY OF ST. LOUIS, l·ITSSOURI, Vol.. I, pp. 477.A HISTORY OF MISSOURI, by Louis Houck, 1908, Vol.. 2, pp. 72-73, Vol. 3, pp.85-86-107·Letters of Henry Clay Ogle, Paris, K'e:ltucky, 1903 and 1912, relating Conwayhistory. He is the only source stating John Conway was the immigrant fromDUblin, Ireland, a Latin scholar, and school. teacher~'--ANNALS OF SOUlliWEST VIRGINIA (1929), L.P. Summers, p. 718.LOST LINKS, Francis and Moore. The author has twel.ve Bible records and twelvewil.ls in this publication. See pages l.69-l78 and 410.

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CONWAY FAMILY BIBLE

Conway family Bible inherited by George Pohlman, Macon, Missouri, present-ed by his widow, Mrs. Lillian Pohlman, 1955, to a Conway descendant, Mrs.Berry Boswell Brooks (nee Virginia Feild Walton), Epping Forest Manor,3661 James Road, Memphis, Tennessee.

Page separating the Old and New Testaments reads as follows:

THENEW TESTAMENT OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR

JESUS CHRISTTranslated out of the Original Greek and with the FormerTranslations Diligently Compared and Revisedstereotyped bY,B. & J. Collins, New YorkBRATTLEBORoUGH, VERMONT, Printed and sold by John Holbrook

1816

F.fI1'IILY RECORD MARRIAGES

Abdin Miller and Margerry Ackles married May 18, 1792.David Rush and Susanna Miller married August 11, 1814.Samuel Conway and Margery Miller married May 7, 1812.

MARRIAGES

Simeon Conway and Mary Merae, the daughter of William Merae married the2 day of October 1823.Albert H. Penewill and Melinda Thrasher married February 23, 1859.Menerva Penewill born May lOth, 1861.Mary Ann Penewill born July 19, 1862.Ellie B. Penewill born April 7, 1864.

'Mary Brownfield daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Conway departed thislife the 2d of April 1842 in the 57th year of her age.Simeon Conway departed this life September 4, 1857.

DEATHS

John Andrew Miller departed this life July the 17th 1818 age 25 years.Abdell Miller departed this life March 9, 1809.Polly M. Miller departed this life October 13, 1827 age 21 years.Joseph Miller died January 1st 1835 age 35 year.Joseph Conway departed this life June 25, 1860.Anna Miller daughter of Samuel Conway departed this life November 20th1866 age 69 years and 7 months.Elizabeth Conway the wife of Samuel Conway departed this life July lOth1806 in the 41st year of her age.Sally Conway departed this life January 17, 1818 aged 26·years.Mary Merae the wife of Simeoll Conway departed this life January 13, 1825in the 17th year of her age.Elizabeth Conway departed this life January 26, 1824 in the 38th year ofher age.Benjamin Conway departed this life August 18th 1825 age 26.Samuel Conway departed this life February the 14th 1825 age 31 years.Samuel Conway departed this life Sept. the 17th 1830 age in October follow-

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ing 74 years.John Conway died December the 4th 1801.His wife Elizabeth died July the 30th 1809.

BIRTHS

Drusellar Conway born Jan. the 11th 1753.Mary Conway born Jan. the 14th 1755.Samuel Conway born Oct. the 23rd 1756.John Conway born August lOth 1758.Elizabeth born April 16th 1760.Jessey Conway born Dec. the 17th 1761.Joseph Conway born Dec. 14, 1763.Nancy Conway born Janur. the 20th 1770.Sarah Conway born June the 25th 1773.

John Andrew Miller born March the 21st 1793.Gideon and William born February the 24th 1795.Susanna Miller born Feb. the 16th, 1797.Joseph Miller born June the 25th 1799.James C. Miller born May the 4t~ 1801.Samuel Miller born Oct. the 23rd 1803.Polly M. Miller born May the 16th 1806.

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Samuel Conway born the 23rd of Oct. 1756.Elizabeth his wife born August the 8th 1765.Mary Conway born April the 9th 1785.Elizabeth born Oct. the 18th 1786.Susanna Conway born Jan. 16th 1790.Sally born March the 25th 1792.Samuel, Conway Junr born June the lOth 1794.Anna Conway born July the 21st 1796.Benjamin born June the 15th 1799.Darcus Conway born April the 25th 1801.Simeon Conway born Sept. the 19th 1803.Mary his wife born May the 22nd 1808.Joseph Conway born Dec. the 13th 1805.

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ROANE COUNTY, TENNESSEE TAX LIST - 1805

Transcribed by Mable H. Thornton (Mrs. Robert E.), Rockwood, Tennessee

The 1805 Tax List of Roane County is on file in the Tennessee State Archives.The 1802 and 1808 Tax Lists were published in Emma Middleton Wells' Historyof Roane County (Chattanooga, no date) which also contains data on manyfamilies. The Goodspeed Publishing Company's History of Tennessee ... EastTennessee Edition (Nashville, 1887) contains biographical material relatingto some of the early settlers. Capt. W. E. McElwee (1837-1929) wrote aseries of articles on local history which were published in The RockwoodTimes in 1910 and 1911. Microfilm copies of these newspapers are availableat the Tennessee State Library and Archives.

In 1805 Roane County included much of the area which fell into Rhea andBledsoe Counties upon their creation in 1807. Many of the names on thislist are of record in Rhea, Bledsoe and Morgan Counties.

The transcriber will furnish references for the notes or other data from herfiles provided postage is enclosed.

lIA list of the Free Taxable Inhabitants of Roane County AD 1805 11

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John CraftonGeorge McPhersonSamuel MillerIsaac McPhersonRobert HuetJohn HuetWilliam MillsJohn PayneJohn McFallElias RobertsJames MillerJoseph SimpsonJohn GivensThomas ShoyDavid ThomasAron ParkerAlex. MahanJohn SimpsonJohn NailDavid Cler?Samuel Miller JUIJ.rNichodemus BarnsRichd. ArmstrongDaniel MorrissReubin Stalens?Robert TaylorJohn WalkerWilliam RichardsRobert McCorkleWiLLiam GardenhireJames McCullickWilliam Morriss

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William McCamyDavid GollaherJeremiah BuckhannonJohn BrashearsEdward DavisJame s GarnerRobert PhersonHugh JohnstonGeorge SimpsonWilliam ScottRobert BrashearsJames ShumakerRobert McNeelyMatthew NailThomas GalleherJohn DavisWilliam HoustonRobert DuncanSamuel McColleyAbraham LusterWilliam JohnstonJohn McGillFrancis LeaGabriel RichardsAron StubbsBurrel HornesbyMozey CrouchWilliam MillerEzekiel HenryRichard RichardsJoseph NaleJohn Parker

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Thomas HorneThomas CapshawJessee SherrellWoodson FranceMozey BoskinsSamuel OxhireDavid MahanJames CrouchAndw LowerJohn SiscowJoshua ChristianburyWilliam WilsonJoseph RentfroeObediah MorsJohn NaleIsham ChislomJames GalleherWilliam ShoemakerJohn RobertsGeorge ParkerSamuel FipherAndrew BurkDaniel MasonEvin EvinsMoses LooneyJames MillerSandy SiscowWilliam SiscowJacob WellsJohn SiscowJames WoodsJames Preston

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*97. Micheal Arnold *152~ Landen Rector98. Daniel Clibun *153. John Jones99. Rowland McKinnie *154. James McAlwee

100. Roger Gitton (Gideon) 155. James Rogers101. Joseph Moore *156. Daniel Rather

*102. Isham Cox Esquire 157. William Holland*103. Jesse Eldridge *158. James Blair*104. Jacob Gardenhire 159. Reubin Simmons105. William Black *160. Azariah David106. John Johnston *161. Robert S. Brashears107. John Black *162. John Hankins108. Thomas D. oConner 163. Britton Davia109. William Steller? 164. John McNabb

*110. Daries Browder 165. John Flatt Jur.*111. Jacob Jones Esq. *166. David McRoberts*112. Thomas Brown *167. Bazzle Davis113. Isaac Brock *168. John McElwee

*114. Richard Allin 169. Edward Powell115. Richard Oliver 170. Francis Glass Senr.

*116. John Allin 171. John Craford*117. James Allin 172. George Cooks118. Daniel McPhail 173. Richd. Swasy119. Sam1. Waddy , 174. James Coulter120. John Flatt Snr? *175. John Eblen121. John McCartey 176. Francis Glass Jur.122. Thomas McMury *177. Mason Luttrell123. ~£ancis Camrons 178. Jessee Jeans124. Thomas Byby 179. Thomas Walkerr25. George Smith *180. Miller France126. George Groves 181. John Walker127. ~narles Write 182. Charles Simmons128. James Willitt 183. Peter Cook129. William McNutt Esq. 184. Fuller Pruit130. Nathaniel Cox *185. James Hankins131. William Doherty 186. John Pate132. James McNutt 187. Hugh McIntire133. Nicholas Paschall *188. Hugh Beaty134. James Robertson *189. Jessee Blackwell

*135. John Smith T. *190. George Gardenhire*136. William Davidson *191. Hugh France137. William Byrns 192. Aron Masterson138. Waltch? Davidson 193. Right Roberts139. James Gordon 194. Anthony Street140. Townley Deakins *195. Zaccheus Ayre141. Robert Wood *196. William Ballard142. Merrian Langford 197. Joseph Conell143. John Formwalt 198. William Johnston144. Stephen Morriss 199. William McNutt T.R.

*145. John Stone *200. David Owen146. Jacob Clemmons 201. David David147. William Hopson *202. Enoch Willett148. John Walker 203. Chatton Dogwood149. Fredrick Clemmons 204. William Brown C.C.

*150. William Eblen *205. Isaac Bailey151. Charles Beckett 206. Christiphur Howell

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*262. Simeon Eldredge 317. Rial Matlock*263. Jered Hotchkiss *318. Micheal Baker

264. Moriss Morrson 319. William Walker265. William Anderson 320. Joshua Byrdwell266. John Thomas *321. John McMullin267. Alic Moore 322. Thomas Prichitt268. James Morgan 323. William Morgan

*269. Robert Liles 324. James Matlock270. Thomas McKinnie 325. William Matlock

*271. Jessee Byrd 326. John Fulton272. David Moore 327. Saml. McAlister

*273. Julias Hacker 328. Mat. A. Atkinson274. James Long 329. Phillip Ussery275. James Smith 330. John Poole276. William Brown 331. John Hall277. James Brown 332. Micheal Heckney278. Frances Crossland *333. Britton Goodwin279. Samuel Williams 334. John Flaningham

*280. Jo::'. Hawkins 335. John Glass*281. Wm. Franz? *336. Henry Miller

282. Alex. DUD~arr 337. John Esery*283. Jessee Blackwell 338. Reubin Brock*284. Robert King P.C. 339. William Walker

285. John White 340. John Colton286. Samuel Crenise? 341. Ephrem Walker

*287. James McNeil 342. Benj. Flatt288. William Thorpe 343. John Matlock289. James Eblen *344. Joseph Looney290. Thomas Roberts 345. George Light291. William McKinnie 346. John Byrdwell292. Robert Crows? 347. John Finley

*293. Thomas J. Vandychs *348. Jason Matlock294. Robert McCollesster*349. James McMullin

*295. tittle P. Sims *350. Reece Gullik296. Henry Davis 351. John Tucker

*297. William Peters 352. Nathan Durwin?298. Levy Wheat 353. John Flatt, Sen.299. Richd. Lamb 354. William Woods300. Mark Renfroe 355. Benjamin Fips301. Michael Gozey 356. Nathan Moore Snr.

*302. Edmund Waller 357. Nathan Moore Junr.303. Abraham McMurtery 358. Morriss Moore304. George McMurtry 359. James Hope305. Jacob Work *360. William Campbell

*306. Sollomon Geron 361. John Brasleton307. Daniel Haise 362. Henry Taylor308. Alxr. Cassey 363. Archd. Matthews309. William Gossett 364. Kinchem Matthews310. William Eliot 365. Christian Shall

*311. Hardin Evins 366. William Richmone312. Isaac Shinall 367. John McNabb313. Nicholas Johnson 368. William Davis314. William Luster 369. Ezekiel Lampkin315. John_ Luster *370. Silas Wilson316. James Luster 371. Peter Avery Junr.

*372. Peter Avery Snr.373. Thomas Avery374. Sollimon Mazey375. George H. ~wens376. Saml. Gragg377. Joseph Hardin378. Robert Shadden379. Thomas Jones380. Joab Sims381. William Luster

*382. Asa Cobb, Esquire383. Alx. Howard Snr.384. Alx. Howard Jun.385. William Brown

*386. John Rentfroe387. Edward Trayner?

*388. Nicholas Naile*389. John Nale

390. William White Jnr.391. Sam1. White392. John White393. Hugh White394. Joseph Ingland

*395. John Potter396. Allen Hinson397. John Cunningham398. George Layne399. John Starns Snr.400. Jessee Starnes401. John Starnes Junr.402. Nicholas Starns403. Hillard Hall404. Peter Balloe?405. William Sharp406. Julias K. Lusk407. William Pruitt Senr.

*408. J. Glasgow409. Peter Crouch410. William Sutherland411. Joseph McPherson

*412. Meriwether Smith413. John Gorman

*414. John McKinnie415. Jonathan Clenny416. Robert Proffitt417. William Murphey418. Lewis Braden419. Adam Carson420. John Winton

*421. Isaac Brashears422. John Pauson?423. Peake Nicks424. William Willett425. James Lidwell? .

*426. Michel Wiltson

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427. John Wakefield428. David Patton429. David Lea430. Samuel Lea431. James McNutt432. Andrew Kamp433. Samuel Wood

*434. Adam Sherell435 .. Thomas Brown

*436. David Griffeth437. Archd. Lackey438. Micheal Toomy

*439. William Evins440. Radford Tucker441. John McCowen442. Bazle Riddle

*443. John Woodby444. John Hickey

*445. Nathan Sullins446. Moses Winters

*447. Henry Strayaner?*448. Alex. Steward449. Joseph Sullins450. Fredrick Farmer451. John Hues452. George Jinnins453. William Ramsey454. William Kitchen

*455. George Preston456. John Walker P. G.457. Joseph Walker C.R.458. Joseph Robinson

*459. Clemmons Phillips460. Levy Thrailkill461. Benj. Grisham462. John Donelly463. John Parker

*464. Amos Griffith465. John Houston466. John Halts?467. Francis Miller468. James Moss

*469. Jesse Stubbs470. CoonradHusong?

*471. Nicholas Mansur?

3tate of Tennessee

472.*473.474.475·476.477.478.479·480.

*481.482.483.484.485.486.

*487.488.489.490.491.492.493.494.495.496.

*497.498.499.500.

*501.502.503.504.505·506.507·508.509·

*510.*511.*512.*513.514.

*515·516.

John McKinnieZaccheus RobertsJosiah JentJohn McHaleJeremiah PateJames ScottWarren SamsJohn ThomasThomas UssreyDaniel StonecipherWashington StephensThomas PhersonJohn WhitonWilliam BlairWilliam PhersonMilton CenterSterling KempIzrel CriddletonEdward ClarkJohn CainePeter DonaldNathan GowenWilliam HellemsJohn HelmsNicholas LongJames LatherdaleAndrew McNabbGeorge MooreThomas MooreWilliam WhiteWilliam NeelyDavid StewartMathew SimsWilliss StocktonRobert TuckerRobert WhiteheadJohn RiddleEdward WarrenJohn McNuttMoore MatlockBazzle BreshearsJames McIntireNathal MasonThomas MastersonStephen Rice

*517.518.

*519·520.521.

*522.*523·*524.*525·

526.*527·528.529·530.53l.

*532.533·534.

*535·536.

*537.538.539·540.541.542.543.544.545.

*546.547.

*548.549.550.55l.552.553.554.

*555·556.557·

*558.*559·560.

Grey SimsNichodemus BarnsRobert DuncanStephen DuncanJno LitlerAndrew LowerJames Seatee Snr.James Seate Jun.Moses SeaterWilliam Pruit Jnr.James ButlerJames Corner?Wm. Person?William AtkinsonJesse DelozierDavid BaileyGerge MooreThomas EldredgeJohn BrowderWilliam BriderWilliam OdearHugh BlithesElias McNabbThomas LittletonThomas HoodDavid AtkinsonJohn HollandGreen HensonIsaac Jearns?Joseph FranceJoseph Simso~.William HenryRobert Airos?William RobertsMartin ThomasThomas ReedDaniel SelfHugh Johnston Snr.Robert KimborrowLewis DavisEdward LuttrellJoseph Looney, Jnr.John BrownHugh Johnston Jnr.

I John Brown Sheriff of Roane County do hereby Certify~hat agreeable to an act of the General assembly in that Case made and pro-Tided I have used my utmost Strength and indeavour to assertain the Amount)f Free Taxable Inhabitants Residents in the County aforesaid and en asser-~aining the Same find the Amount to be Five Hundred and Sixty the foregoing)f Which is a List in General of their Names.

Given under my hand & Private Seal Not having a seal of office this

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15th day of July 1805 & 30th year of our American Independence.

John Brown Sheriff of Roane CountyA Copy test

Henry Breazeale Clerk of Roane County

FOOTN0rES:2. George McPherson, magistrate at organization of court 1801; Ranger 1801. George McPherson,

deceased, Inventory returned December, 1806.8. John Payne. Possibly the John Payne who m. Mildred Richards, b. 1775, dau. of Gabriel

Richards.10. Elias Roberts, deceased September, 1806.13. John Givens, member of first grand jury of Circuit Court in March, 1811.19. John Nail. See 388.27. John Walker. Capt. John Walker was Rev. Sold. Samuel P. Walker, deceased April, 1823,

and James Walker were Rev. Soldiers, also.28. William Richards, b. 1780, son of Gabriel and Nancy Richards, m. 1806 Polly Phillips,

located at Louisville. Had Thomas C., Margaret E. and Mary C.30. William Gardenhire. See 104.36. John Brashears. See 161.46. Mathew Nail resided Rhea County, 1809.50. See 519.51. Samuel McColley/McCallie/McCully, dec 'd May, 1840. Mary McCully, Admr.55. Francis Lea, Constable 1801, Roane County.56. Gabriel Richards, b. 1739, lived Pitts. Co., Va., and located in Roane Co. by 1804.

Children included: Mildred (b. 1775 m. John Payne), George (b. 1777, to Ind.), William (see28), Mary P. (b. 1(85), Gabriel (b. 1787 m. 1815 Peggy Ann Ayer, dau. of Zaccheus Ayer), Asa(b. 1789 m. 1822 Delila Wright), Rhoda (b. 1792 m. 1808 William Harvey, son of William Harvey,Rev. Sold.), Sally (b. 1794 m. 1814 Robert Harvey) and Richard (see 62). Other children.

61. Ezekiel Henry resided Rhea County, 1808.62. Richard Richards, b. 1782, son of Gabriel and Nancy Richards, J.P., owner of the noted

"Exchange Hotel" of Kingston 1821-1842.63. Joseph Nale, see 388.67. Jessee Sherrell m. 1806 Polly Francis, resided Bledsoe Co., 1810.70. Samuel OXhire/Oxier/Oxshear/Ochear, m. Sarah Wilson, dau. of Greenberry Wilson, removed

ca. 1807 into Sequatchie Valley, Bledsoe County.76. William Wilson, presumed to be son of Greenbury Wilson, removed by 1807 to Seluatchie

Valley, now Bledsoe Co. Reportedly moved to Oregon after marrying Margaret Tollett.79. John Nale, see 388.87. Daniel Mason, dec'd 1839. Will 15 Aug. 1839 names wife Martha and children: Lettice

(m. 1813 Alfred Haggard), Polly (m. 1826 Alexander Mason) .and afflicted dau., Clementine."Other children" not named.

96. James Preston, magistrate 1801. See 455.97. Micheal Arnold, dec 'd. Inventory returned April, 1823.

102. Isham Cox, magistrate at organization of court 1801, Trustee 1802-20, left numerousdescendants.

103. Jessee Eldridge, possibly a tailor. Oliver Morris (3rd Corp., enl. Jan. 1814, Col.John Brown)m. 1812 Katy Eldridge. 23 July 1823 Jesse E. Morris, aged 9 on 14 February last,bound to Jesse Eldridge to learn trade of tailor. Jesse Morris m. 1835 Rhea Co., PeggyBullard, with Simeon Eldridge, Bondsman.

104. Jacob Gardenhire, Rev. Sold., non-pensioner, and petitioner for creation of Roane Co.Will 18 Sept. 1824 of Jacob Gardenhire "of Overton Co., Tenn." names wife Margaret andchildren: Elizabeth Eldridge, William, George W., Thompson, Margaret Carmichael, Adam, John.110. Darius Browder, presumed to be brother of John Browder (535).111. Jacob Jones Esquire, commissioned 27 Nov. 1801 as Surveyor for Roane Co., Trustee of

Rittenhouse Academy 1806.112. Thomas Brown. One of the name m. 1801, Knox Co., Jane McElwee. Was quartermaster at

Southwest Point, and served in state legislature.114. Richard Allen, Rev. Sold., b. ca. 1754, Va., d. Roane Co., no widow. Children: James,

Sarah (m. 1831 Archibald Gilbert), Elizabeth Hankins and John who predeceased his fatherleaving issue.

116. John Allen. See 114.117. James Allen. See 114.135. John Smith T., Commissioner of town of Kingston 1799 and to erect courthouse 1801,

noted slave owner and landowner, rep. moved to Missouri.136. William DaVidson, Rev. Sold., non~pensioner.145. John Stone, Register, 1802-07.150. William Eblen. See 175.152. Landen Rector. One of the same is of record in Rhea County.

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153. John Jones resided Roane Co. 1802; called "Capt. John Jones" 1805.154. James McElwee, Rev. Sold., petitioner for Roane Co., member of large pioneer family of

Watauga Settlement, later of Knox and Roane Counties.156. Daniel Rather, Rev. Sold. Presumed to be father of Dr. David Rather who was a surgeon

of troops at Southwest Point 1792.158. James Blair, dec'd Jan. 1827. Will 5 Nov. 1826 names brother Hugh, "my wife Jane" and

children: Allen, Hugh, Wiley, William, Isabella (m. 1819 Samuel Prator) and Betsy.160. Azariah David, Rev. Pensioner, resided Rhea Co. 1808.161. Robert S. Brashears, dec'd Jan. 1816. Will 14 Oct. 1815 names children: Bazzle,

Elizabeth Satterfield, Phillip, Peggy Mahon, Nancy (m. zaccheus Roberts), Polly (m. DanielMason), Isaac, Samuel (of Sullivan Co., 1813), Phebe Rice and Rebecca Roberts.

162. John Hankins prob. removed to Sequatchie Valley by 1807. See 280.166. David McRoberts, Rev. Sold., drew pension in Rhea County.167. Bazzle Davis dec'd Jan. 1818. Admrs. Fanny Davis and Alfred Davis.168. John McElwee, son of James McElwee (No. 154) resided Rhea Co. 1808.175. John Eblen, petitioner for est. of Roane Co. John Eblen, dec'd July, 1828. Will 4 Oct.

1827 names children: Isaac, Keziah Johnson, William, John, Polly (m. 1807 William Ballard),Armey (m. 1815 Jonas Arnold), Elisey (m. 1812 John Oden), Edward, Samuel, Israel and Sary.

177. Mason Luttrell resided Rhea Co. 1808.180. Miller France (usually Francis), first Sheriff of Rhea Co., 1808.185. James Hankins. See 280.188. Hugh Beatty, Rev. Sold., Court organized 1801 at his house.189. Jesse Blackwell, Rev. Sold., non-pensioner.190. George Gardenhire. See 104.191. Hugh France (usually Francis), Rev. Sold., petitioner for creation of Roane Co., and

Captain of a Company of Militia, 1802.195. Zaccheus Ayer/Ayres, magistrate 1801, K~try Taker 1801. Mary Ayer, Alpha Kinsley and

John Brown Admrs. of estate in 1812.196. William Ballard m. 1807 Polly Eblen, dau. of John Eblen (No. 175).200. "David Owen" should read "o-wen David" - resided Rhea Co. 1808.202. Enoch Willet, dec'd Jan. 1831. Will 10 Nov. 1830 names wife Elizabeth and refers to but

does not name "my dear children."205. Isaac Baley m. 1804 Elizabeth Marney, b. 1787 Va., dau. of Amos.219. Robert Burk, Rev. Sold. and father of Robert Burk who built noted brick inn at Crab

Orchard, Cumberland Co. Robert Burk, dec'd Oct. 1839. Will 26 Dec. 183 names son-in-lawNeasbert Soward? and children: Robert{ John, Joseph, William, Peggy (m.:L8l8 William Ham~+,on),Betsey (m. 1835 Nesbit Soward?/LeonardJ, James, Phebe Burk and Sally Burk.

221. James Morris m. 1792 Sullivan Co. Dorcus Morgan, enlisted 1812 at Kingston, d. 1839.Surv. children: James (to Talladega Co., Ala.), Elizabeth (b. ca. 1794 m. Lindsey Tindell),Nancy (m. 1827 Isaac Burris, to Hamilton Co.), Margaret (b. 1810, m. 1831 Joseph Overton), Jane(m. 1819 Nicholas Mansfield, to "parts unknown"), Dorcus and James (1825-1896).227. John Morne?, unidentified. Amos Marney, Rev. Sold., 1760-1839, m. 1786 Va., Sarah Vance,

ca. 1800 to Roane Co., had children: Elizabeth, David, Amos, Samuel,·Robert, Polly, Margaret,Sarah, Phebe, Letitia or Lucretia, Patsy, Rebecca and Malinda.228. Cumberland Rector, Rev. Sold., non-pensioner.232. Thomas McMullin (see 349).242. Samuel Eskridge, Ordinary Keeper, Trustee of Rittenhouse Academy, 1806.245. David Campbell, Judge, member of a notable pioneer family, b. 1750 Augusta Co., Va.,

ca. 1810 to Rhea Co. where he died 1812.247. Henry Breazeale, Clerk of County Court 1802-36. Elizabeth Hawkins, dec'd July 1820 in

Will of 13 Dec. 1810 names: son, Willis Breazeale, oldest son, Wood Breazeale and son,HenryBreazeale.251. John Wood, Rev. Sold.253. Greenberry Wilson moved to Bledsoe Co. ca. 1807. Will 22 Sept. l8l0,proved l812

Jnames

wife Tempy and children: Charles B., Sarah, Betsy, Nancy, Carrie, Mary ("Polly"), Green Berry,and William B. (see 76.).

254. James Jones. One James Jones was merchant partner of Richard Meredith before 1809.One James Jones served 1812, removed to Hancock Co., Ill.258. Richard Meredith, early merchant in ~artnership with James Jones.260. William Ward, dec'd April 1815.262. Simeon Eldridge, Rev. Sold.263. Jared Hotchkiss, Rev. Sold. from Conn., to Tenn. ca. 1801, tailor.269. Robert Liles, Rev. Sold.271. Jesse Byrd, b. 1764 Franklin Co., Va., ferry operator, noted family.273. Julias Hacker, purchased Clinch River location 1798 before Roane Co., established.280. Jos. HaWkins/Hankins. Joseph Hankens of record 1802, 1808. Joseph Hankins, dec'd Oct.

1822. Will 10 May 1822 names wife Kizeriah and children: James, Joseph, George, John Smith T.,Sarah (m. 1808 Robert Brashear), Anna Ballard, Dicey Hankins and Elizabeth Hankins ..281. Wm. Franz? - will of William French proved Rhea Co., 1821.

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283. Jessee Blackwell. See 189.284. Robert King, Rev. Sold. for whom Kingston was named; Comm. of town of Kingston, 1799;

petitioner for creation of Roane Co., 1801.287. James M~Neil, Rev. Sold.293. Thomas J. Vandychs, usually Van Dyke, well known commander of troops stationed at South-

west Point and later Hiwassee Garrison, Rhea Co.295. Little P. Sims. Little Page Sims m. Mary Sherrill. 24 Dec. 1809 Gov. John Sevier and

wife and dau., Betsy, visited his home in Rhea Co. 11 July 1812 Little Page Sims and wife,Polly, of Madison Co., Miss., Bradleys and Greens, all heirs of Isaac Taylor, deeded land inRoane Co.

297. William Peters, dec'd June,1808.302. Edmund Waller, formerly of Henry Co., Va.306. Sollomon Geron, Rev. Sold.311. Hardin/Ardin Evins, Rev. Sold., b. ca. 1755; presumed to be son of Arden Evans of Pitts.

Co., Va.318. Micheal Baker, dec'd July,1812. Will 1 March 1812 names wife Fanny and children: Jacob,

Elizabeth, Jane and George.321. John McMullin. See 349.333. Britton Goodwin, dec'd Oct. ,1811. Will 17 Oct. 1810 names only wife Elizabeth and son,

Jesse Goodwin.336. Henry Miller, Rev. Sold., dec'd Jan., 1820. Inv. ret'd by James H. Miller, Admr.344. Joseph Looney, Sr., dec'd ca. 1818. Will 5 Nov. 1818? names children: Elizabeth Mansfield,

Jane Bogard (her oldest dau. Betsy Bogard by Abraham Bogard) and Joseph Looney.348. Jason Matlock. See 511.349. James McMullins, dec'd Jan. 1829. Will 6 Jan. 1827 names wife Rebecca and children: Polly,

Nancy (m. 1826 Elijah W. Breazeale), John, Thomas and Jason.350. Reece Gullik, Rev. Sold.360. William Campbell, magistrate 1801.370. Silas or Liles Wilson, owned land Hiwassee Dist., 1819.372. Peter Avery, Rev. Sold., non-pensioner. Inv. of Peter Avery, dec'd, returned Oct., 1816

by Nancy Avery, Admrx.382. Asa Cobb, member of first grand jury, Circuit Court, March, 1811.386. John Rentfroe, dec'd April,1839. Dowry to widow Sarah Rentfroe.388. Nicholas Nail, Rev. Sold. Will 20 Oct. 1813?, proved April 1828, mentions loving wife

and names children: John, Mathew, Aquilla, Nancy, Sally, Elizabeth, Andrew, Alexander, William,Joseph and Thomas.

389. John Nail, dec'd Jan., 1829. Will 19 May 1827 names wife Jane and children: John, Jane,Syntha, James King, Matilda, David Campbell, Andrew and Mary Ann (m. 1826 John Stubbs).395. John Potter, dec'd March11807. Will 3 March 1807 names wife Lydda and refers to child-

ren under age but does not name them.408. J. Glassgow, of record in Roane Co. as being "James Glasgow of Greene Co., N.C."412. Meriwether Smith, Comm. of town of Kingston 1799. Dec'd May; 1840. Will 11 Apr. 1837

names wife Sally and children: William P., Thomas J., George Washington, John, Samuel H.,Mary Black and grandson, Samuel Black.

414. John McKinnie. Will 7 July,1821 proved Oct. 1821 names wife Nancy, four sons: James,Annanias, Jesse (m. 1829 Matilda Harvey, to Bradley Co.) and Elisha; four daus.: Di~y, Rebecca,Nancy and Sarah.

421. Isaac Brashears. See 161.426. Michel Wiltson, unidentified. Micheal Wilson, b. ca. 1776, N.C., with wife Mary to

Roane Co. early. Will names children: John (b. ca. 1796 N.C., m. 1828 Martha Robinson),William, Michael Jr., Samuel (b. ~a. 1815 m. 1838 Emeline Moore), Elizabeth, Polly (m. Goddard),Anna (b. ca. 1815 m. Jos. K. Robertson) and Kiziah (m. Jesse Solomon).

434. Adam Sherell removed by 1810 to Bledsoe Co., dec'd by May, 1828, names sons, Charles K.and Craven in deeds of gift.

436. David Griffith, listed 22 Apr. 1809 as being a white settler without permit below theIndian Line in Sequatchie Valley.439. William Evins, Rev. Sold., non-pensioner.443. John Woodby, possibly John Woddy/Wooddy, a Rev. Sold.445. Nathan Sullens, Rev. Sold., non-pensioner.447. Henry Strayaner, unidentified. a family named Strazner/Straisner resided Rhea and Roane

Counties during this period. See 387, also.448. Alexander Stewart, dec'd Oct., 1815.455. George Preston, magistrate 1801. Commissioner of town of Kingston 1799. George Preston,

dec'd June,1808, Admrs. James Preston and Jane Preston. "Elizabeth Preston, widow of GeorgePreston," 1808. "James and Moses Preston, heirs of George Preston."

459. Cle~~ons Phillips, Rev. Sold.464. Amos Griffith, listed 22 Apr. 1809 as being a white settler without permit below the

Indian Line in Sequatchie Valley.469. Jesse Stubbs, dec'd April, 1828. Sale of Estate by consent of Mary Stubbs.

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471. Nicholas Mansur?, unidentified. Nicholas Mansfield resided in Roane Co., 1802, is ofrecord until Oct., 1831 when Inv. of Estate was returned by D. C. Mansfield, Admr.

473. Zaccheus Roberts, Rev. Sold., married Nancy Brashears, dau. of Robert S. Brashears, 161.481. Daniel Stonecipher in Bledsoe Co. census of 1830.487. Milton Center, Rev. Sold., stated to have been brother to Tandy Center (1761-1865), also

Rev. Sold.; both to Roane Co. very early.497. James Latherdale/ Ladderdale resided Rhea Co. 1808.501. William White, Rev. Sold., magistrate 1801-1835.510. John McNutt, Rev. Sold., born ca. 1763.511. Moore Matlock, dec'd April, 1812. Inv. returned by Jason Matlock, Admr.512. Bazzle Brashears m. 1800, Knox Co., Peggy Morton, dau. of Joseph. See 161.513. James McEntire, dec 'd. Inventory returned April, 1828.515. Thomas Masterson, to Sequatchie Valley by 1807.517. Grey Sims, Captain of a Company of Militia, 1802.519. Robert Duncan, dec'd, Inventory returned July Session, 1823.522. Andrew Lower, dec'd Oct., 1830. Inventory returned by Jacob Lower. Descendants to Hancock

Co., Ill. ca. 1850.523, 524, 525. Usually appears as Seaton in Roane and Rhea.527. James Butler, Rev. Sold., b. ca. 1749, Culpeper Co., Va. Later lived N. C. and S. C.

Married ca. 1785 Agnes . They moved 1828 to that part of Rhea which became Meigs Co.He died 12 Jan. 1836, Rhea Co., widow survived. A dau., Phoebe, m. 1826, Roane Co., EdmundFord and lived in Meigs Co., 1852.

532. David Bailey/Baley, dec'd Oct., 1830. Will 6 Dec. l820?/29? names as children: William,Isaac, James, Daniel, Lavina (m. 1813 Wiley Tuten) and grandson Solomon (a son of Daniel).

535. John Browder, dec'd July, 1818. Will 4 July 1818 names wife Fanny and children: David,James, Jinny, Darius, Jeptha, Nancy, Judah, Polly, Fanny and Elizabeth.

537. William Odear, possibly Otter or Oden -- both names of record.546. Joseph France, usually Francis, Rev. Sold., resided Rhea Co., 1808.548. William Henry resided Rhea Co. 1808. First court of Rhea County was organized at his

home.555. Robert Kimborrew/Kimborough, usually Kimbrough. His family kept a noted stagestop in

Roane County.558. Joseph Looney, Jr., see Joseph Looney, Sr, 344.559. John Brown, Sheriff 1802-25, and brother of Thomas Brown (112). He was owner of a large

tract of land including the site of Rockwood.

The above footnotes were obtained by Mrs. Thornton from the following scurces:

1. Abtracted wills and noted estates mentioned in Roane County through 1840.

2. Typed copy of marriage bonds through 1838} plus some of later dates, usingthe marriage bonds only to the extent that the daughter's married name wasgiven in the will. If used} a check was made for a corresponding marriageand when found} the year only and name of groom as given in bonds would beincluded.

3. County court minutes used for data on formation of county and jury lists.

4. Various lists which have appeared in print, primarily the Rhea County taxlist of 1808} and a list compiled by Capt. McElwee 1910 giving the namesof men "known to him" as Revolutionary Soldiers. Many of these men neverdrew pensions and each has been indicated as a t1non-pensioner. t1

5. Pension applications and three family genealogists.

6. Abstracts made from records in Roane} Rhea and Bledsoe Counties, primarilydeeds.

NOTE: The term t1John Jones, dec'd Oct., .1801" means by Oct., 1801 when someaction was taken in court.

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INDEX TO GRANTEES AND LOCATORS IN GRAINGER COUNTY, TENNESSEE

NO. OF .GRANT GRANTEES DATE OF GRANT YEAR NO. OF ENTRJ(Continued from April 1963)

9159 Hail, Mark August 21 1824 1119136 Hill, James August 24 1824 619121 Howell, John August 24 1824 59119 Honn (Houn) , Jacob August 24 1824 70

10005 Houston, Hugh December 11 1824 18211249 Hipshear , Jacob June 3 1825 22411290 Harvey, Basha June 7 1825 11011230 Hawkins, WIn. June 2 1825 25411293 Humphry, Jno. June 8 1825 22511289 Harrell, Jno. June 7 1825 10711228 Hawkins, WIn. (Hankins) June 2 1825 25311256 Howell, Thomas June 3 1825 19311212 Houston, Hugh June 1 1825 19612674 Hitower , Joshua April 3 1826 10112667 Hines, James March 31 1826 22012662 Hines, James March 31 1826 9412664 Hitower , Epaphroditus March 3 1826 10013404 Hilton, Alexander September 21 1826 6213391 Hodge, Eli September 19 1826 9113398 Henderson, Thomas September 19 1826 5813370 Herrell, William September 18 1826 7713427 Hill, Joseph September 23 1826 5213408 Hodge, Robt. C. September 21 1826 13713952 Haley, Claiborne February 6 1827 28313890 Hipshier, Henry January 31 1827 39713897 Hutcherson, Jermiah January 31 1827 36413876 Hines, James January 30 1827 29813878 Hays, William January 30 1827 32413879 Houston, Hugh January 30 1827 33413862 Hollowman, William January 30 1827 24313928 Hawkins, Stephen February 5 1827 38213944 Hawkins, Henry February 6 1827 21513904 Hines, Zephniah January 1 1827 29915329 Helton, Alexander G. July 9 1828 49515325 Herrill, WIn. July 9 1828 36916322 Howell, Thomas & William December 16 1829 52116494 Hopkins, Thomas July 16 1830 46316473 Houston, Hugh July 13 1830 57016475 Hipshin, John July 14 1830 44416464 Houston, Hugh July 13 1830 33216461 Houston, Hugh July 13 1830 --716469 Hickey, Joshua July 13 1830 39516467 Haley, Claiborne July 13 1830 51918822 Hone, Sam. M. June 19 1830 58518830 Harrell, John June 21 1834 55518833 Henderson, William Y. June 21 1834 65118801 Hilton, John June 4 :1,834 6161881 9 Hopper, Joshua June 19 1834 47818821 Hone, Saml M. June 19 1834 50218T98 Hipshier, John June 4 1834 611

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NO. OF GRANT GRANTEES DATE OF GRANT YEAR NO. OF ENTRY

18834 Hipshier, Henry June 21 1834 62518835 Hilton, John June 21 1834 61518837 Humberd, William P. June 21 1834 31118848 Harrell, John June 24 1834 37418850 Howeton, William June 24 1834 67319144 Harris, Isaac May 2 1835 83419204 Hinds, James October 1 1835 9619200 Hankins, William October 1 1835 7519802 Horton, Hugh April 24 1836 63819801 Horton, Hugh April 25 1836 50821779 Howell, James N. June 20 1838 81221789 Hipshire , William June 19 1838 40023363 Harris, Isaac December 30 1839 85823667 Hawkins, James March 30 1841 99623673 Hawkins, Henry L. November 25 1840 89824623 Hays, Harmon January 28 1842 189824622 Hubbs, John January 28 1842 189924638 Hubbs, John January 29 1842 93624618 Hipshere, Colbirt January 28 1842 88925174 Hipshier, John September 16 1844 65825182 Hipshier, Elijah September 17 1844 45225172 Hinlton, James September 16 1844 103125610 Hines, John B. May 11 1846 203626261 Hines, James August 22 1848 98926264 Hines, James August 23 1848 98826317 Hipshier, Henry October 23 1848 83926319 Hammers, Enoch October 24 1848 190926322 Hipshier, John October 24 1848 83027899 Hany, John March 12 1851 96628111 Hiphear, Henry August 18 1851 190028113 Harny, John L. August 18 1851 90828115 Harrill, Roadman August 18 1851 199328216 Hobbs, John August 27 1851 206328492 Hodge, Thomas February 21 1852 218528495 Hipshear, Jacob & Mily February 21 185229232 Hubbs, Adam W. December 4 1854 223629243 Hiphere, Jacob December 4 1854 224829312 Harris, David March 1 1855 210629371 Hill, John heirs of June 9 1855 883

Haskin, Thomas C. August 29 1855 92929563 Hubbs, John March 15 1856 201930255 Hankins, James Sr. May 28 1859 223830259 Hodges, Jacob C. May 28 1859 224230260 Hipsher, Wiley May 28 1859 2180

11243 Irby, Charles June 3 1825 24023359 Ivy, John December 20 1839 65223685 Ivy, Benjamin April 19 184129561 Inns, WIn. March 15 1856 876

9125 Johnston, Thomas August 24 1824 10210426 Jarnagin, Thomas February 7 1825 20411296 Jones, John June 8 1825 104

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NO. OF GRANT GRANTEES DATE OF GRANT YEAR NO. OF ENTRY

11245 Jack & Brown June 3 1825 18411224 Jones, Thomas June 2 1825 19113394 James, Nicholas September 19 1826 20813374 Jack & Brown September 18 1826 2513375 Jennings, John September 18 1826 6013891 Jarnagin, Caswell January 31 1827 29013871 Jarnagan, Jermiah January 30 1827 41313870 Jarnagan, Jermiah January 30 1827 41113901 Johnson, William January 1 1827 44113915 Johnson, Ambrose February 2 1827 37513914 Johnson, Joshua February 2 1827 28813910 Jarnagan, John January 1 1827 43215327 Jennings, William D. July 9 1828 29716483 Jarnagan, Jermiah July 15 1830 55816480 Johnson, Ambrose July 15 1830 46216466 Jones, William July 13 1830 49118799 Johnston, Ambrose June 4 1834 61018844 Jones, William June 23 1834 54019202 Johnston, Stephen October 1 1835 10819829 Jenning, William April 29 1836 37619817 Jackson, Corbin April 29 1836 75819814 Jackson, Corbin April 28 1836 77920659 Jenning, Royal April 5 1837 76121807 Jarnagan, Ira June 22 1838 80623367 Jarnagan, Jermiah December 25 1839 81623361 Jennings, Plesant December 20 1839 38023357 Jarnagan, Jermiah December 20 1839 87024637 Jarnagin, James January 29 1842 95824630 Jackson