128. Robert Gordon
ROBERT GORDON (1773-1854)
Robert Gordon was born about 1773, probably in North Carolina. He migrated through the Cumberland Gap to Madison County, Kentucky, married there, and moved on to Warren County, Tennessee when he was in his early 30s. He was very probably related to the John and James Gordon who also are known to have moved to Warren County from Madison County. Their lands in Warren County bordered each other, as shown by early plat records. There were two Robert Gordons who lived in Madison County. The other one, a son of Samuel Gordon and who married Mary Kennedy in 1790, is known through DNA testing to be unrelated.
Robert Gordon's birthplace is shown as North Carolina in the 1850 Tennessee Census. However, his oldest son William listed his father's birthplace as South Carolina in the 1880 Census. Robert's younger sons James and Davidson listed his birthplace as Kentucky in the 1880 Census, but his daughter Sally listed it as North Carolina. This conflicting information suggests that Robert Gordon was likely born in the Carolinas and lived in Kentucky before he moved to Tennessee. In the late 18th Century, there were several Gordons living in North Carolina that probably included ancestors of Robert, James, and John Gordon. The locations in North Carolina include Rowan and Iredell counties. The 1790 census for Cumberland County, North Carolina, contains a Robert and a William Gordon.
Some of the North Carolina Gordons who migrated to Kentucky may have also lived in Virginia. Under the primogeniture laws of Virginia, older sons inherited their fathers' estates and younger sons were forced to seek their fortunes elsewhere. As a result, Kentucky became almost as popular as North Carolina in providing a place for these younger sons to migrate. Many settlers bought land cheaply from Revolutionary War veterans who had been awarded western plots in lieu of monetary pay. "The European lifestyle and methods of farming resulted in an economy and population that depended on acquiring new, fertile land to sustain growth. Without rotation of crops or artificial fertilizers, new land had to be cleared for cultivation every seven years." (Clark, 61)
The great migration to the West brought many types of people over the mountains. First came the adventurous explorers, trappers, and hunters. They were followed by surveyors who opened the country to settlement. Later, land squatters began the task of taming the wilderness. They were soon supplanted by speculators who sent agents into the new settlements to buy the small farms and develop large plantations. The squatters were forced to move to new lands and leave the ever-expanding Kentucky settlements to another set of newcomers. For Robert Gordon, the path led southwest from Kentucky, up the Cumberland Valley into new lands that were opening up for settlement in Tennessee.
Robert Gordon lived in Warren County, Tennessee, for most of his adult life, from perhaps 1809 through 1854. His name appears on the Warren County tax lists of 1812, 1836, 1838, and 1854. The county, established in 1807, lies in Middle Tennessee along the western foothills of the Cumberland Mountains. McMinnville, the county seat, is 72 miles southeast of Nashville. The first white settler arrived in the area, then part of the Great Cherokee Nation, in 1800. Within ten years, the fertile county had a population of 5,725. Over the next ten years the population doubled, and by 1830, there were over 15,000 inhabitants. But as people began to move further west, the population receded a bit and then stabilized for the next several decades.
"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. The Indians had all been removed prior to that time, yet ample evidence of their presence here at one day remains; the ruins of an Indian village on Woodley Creek in the Seventh District, near John Woodleys old mill site, and an Indian mound of large dimensions on Collins River, in the Sixth District, and numerous other mounds and old burying grounds remaining at present. Among those who secured grants from North Carolina calling for lands in Warren County were ... Joseph Colville, ... Sarah Elam, ... Robert Gordon, ... Edward Hopkins, ... Wm. C. Smartt, ... So far as known, the first man to settle in the county was Elisha Pepper, who came to what is now the neighborhood of McMinnville from Virginia in about 1800." (From Goodspeed's History of Tennessee - Warren County.)
An 1809 land record shows Robert Gordon in Warren County, Tennessee, in a court-filed assignment with a Samuel McPheters. Warren Co. Deed Book A (pg. 385/86), State of Tennessee No. 3277 states in part that "there is granted by the State of Tennessee to Robert Gordon assignee of Samuel McPheters 200 acres in 3rd District (it later became the 9th District) of Warren County on the Collins River. Signed at Knoxville 21 Apr 1812 by Willie Blount, Governor. Reg. 20 Aug 1813." In 1842, Robert also purchased from James and William Elam a farm of 390 acres in the 11th District (it later became the 13th District) located on Barren Fork on the Collins River near the old stagecoach trace that ran from McMinnville to Nashville. Robert then lived on this plot the rest of his life; his wife Sarah (Sally) and two youngest sons, Davidson and James, farmed the original 200 acres.
Robert's age in the 1850 Census is given as 66, which would correspond to a birth year of 1783. The 1840 census shows his age as 50-60, while the 1830 census index also lists him as between 50-60. The 1820 Census shows his age as "45 or over." Thus, the earlier censuses (1820 and 1830) support a birth year between 1770-1775 while the 1840 and 1850 censuses support a birth year about 10 years later. The most authoritative source is a Warren County court record dated September 23, 1843, wherein Robert Gordon states that he is "now old, near or about seventy years of age and somewhat infirm ..." Thus, Robert was most probably born about 1773.
Robert Gordon married Sarah/Sally Robertson (who had a previous marriage to a James McNeely) in Madison County, Kentucky, in 1805. He arrived there several years earlier as part of the great flood of western migration. "The number of Kentuckians nearly tripled between 1790 and 1800. Population grew from 61,133 residents to 179,873." (Purvis, 261) In 1805, Robert would have been 32 years old, so Sally Robertson was not necessarily his first wife; however, his first known child (William) was born in 1810 and his last (James) in 1828. All of his known children were of his union with Sally Robertson. Robert married again sometime after 1843, apparently in 1848.
Robert Gordon lived near McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee, continuously from the early 1800s until his death in 1854. His name, variously spelled, appears in the following Warren County records:
1812 Tax List (Robert Gorden)
1820 Census (Robert Gordon)
1830 Census (Robert Gooden/Gorden/Gordon)
1836 Tax List (Robert Gordon, 208 acres, 1 slave. William Gordon also listed.) Civil District 9.
1838 Tax List (Robert Gordon, 200 acres, 1 slave. William Gordon is not listed.) Civil District 9. This tract, which was known for many years as the "Gordon Tract," was near Charles Creek.
1840 Census (Robert Gorden/Gordon)
1850 Census (Robert Gordon)
1854 Tax List (Robert Gordin?) Newbys, Civil District 13. This 390-acre tract, on the headwaters of the Barren Fork River would be in western Warren county, west or northwest of Trousdale (once named Jacksboro). Out that way, the two prongs of the Barren Fork (North and South) join.Robert Gordon is known positively to have had at least two wives. In the 1820 Census (where he is listed as being over 45 years old), the eldest female in the household is between the ages of 26-45. There are seven children, two boys and five girls, with the eldest child being a male 10-14 years old. (William, the eldest, was born June 10, 1810.) In the 1830 Census there are nine children, five boys and four girls. The eldest female is between the ages of 40-50. If the age brackets for this woman (presumably Robert's wife Sarah/Sally) are correct in both censuses, her birth date would be between 1781-1794. Given the 1810 birth date of her son William, it is unlikely that she was born after 1794. In the 1840 Census, only two children, both boys, remain in the family. The eldest female in that census is between the ages of 50-60, consistent with the previous two censuses. The youngest child (James) is 11, which means that his mother Sally was between the age of 39-49 when he was born. If Sally was 40 when he was born (near the end of normal child-bearing age), then she herself would have been born in about 1788, which fits the census records.
In the 1850 Census, there is a marked change. Robert Gordon's wife is only 50 years old. (Her name, like the first, was Sarah. The wife from the previous census, were she living with Robert in 1850, would have been between the ages of 60-70. Furthermore, Robert and the new Sarah have a child, Benjamin, who is 12 years old. (Benjamin is said to have later gone out West, where he was killed by Indians.) This Sarah would have been young enough to have given birth to Benjamin in the year 1847-1848, when she would have been 38, but Robert's wife of the previous census would have been far past child-bearing age by then. Finally, Benjamin Gordon probably was not be the natural child of Robert Gordon because he was already two years old when the 1840 Census was taken, and he was not listed in Robert's family in that census. Thus, it appears from the censuses that Robert Gordon's first wife Sarah, who had borne him at least nine children, died between 1840-1850. Robert then married the second Sarah, who already had a child, Benjamin, who took the surname Gordon. All Warren County marriage records prior to 1852 have been lost, but there is a record in adjacent Cannon County of a Robert Gordon marrying Sarah Hays on January 20, 1848.
One family source of information on Robert Gordon was Gordon Q. Hall of Pueblo, Colorado. Hall was one of Robert Gordon's great grandsons who assembled some family information in the late 1930s, some of it from Robert's grandson Charles Henry Gordon (1847-1940). Hall's grandfather was James Madison Gordon, the youngest natural son of Robert Gordon. G. Q. Hall learned that Robert Gordon had lived in Warren County, Tennessee, but did not know his date of birth, date of death, or the name of his wife. In 1937 he did, however, compile a list of Robert's children, to wit:
(1) Sally Gordon. Married Mr. Smith. Lived in St Louis Missouri (sic).
(2) Jane Gordon. Married Mr. Cusham. Lived in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri.
(3) Patsy Gordon. Married James Walling. Lived in Grapeland, Houston County, Texas, and had several children. David Walling was one of them and his son is Otto Walling, now [in 1937] living in Grapeland, Texas.
(4) Isaac Gordon. Lived in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri; Gordonville, Missouri, being named after him. He had two children.
(5) David Gordon. Came to Missouri with my grandfather [James M. Gordon] and settled later in Houston County, Texas. Married a widow, Mrs. Mobley, who had children by her former husband and none from David. He died some 25 years ago [i.e., about 1911].
(6) William Gordon. Born 1810 in Tennessee. Married in 1835 and moved to Clark County, Missouri. Later, after the war, moved to Paris, Texas, where he died in about 1896. Married Sarah [sic; Susan] Walding [sic; Walling] and had several children [which Hall then listed].
(7) James Madison Gordon. Born Middle Tennessee in 1828. Married in Tennessee in 1852 to Jane Byars of McMinnville, Tennessee. Moved shortly after to Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, where they raised a large family. He died in 1892; she in 1901.G. Q. Hall did not list the above names in any apparent order. He also listed two other names, but acknowledged that he was not sure that they were sons of Robert. These two were John Gordon and George Gordon, a soldier in the Civil War who died of smallpox in Georgia. One major item of information that Hall obtained from Charles Henry Gordon was that Robert Gordon's father was named William. C. H. Gordon said that his own father, William G. Gordon, was named after him.
The following information, taken from the 1820-1860 censuses, attempts to correlate the census data with that supplied by G. Q. Hall and other sources. It confirms the identities of many of his children and his two wives.
1820 WARREN COUNTY, TN
Robert GORDON 110001-32010-0200-01
1 male 45 or over (i.e., b. before 1776) Robert (born c. 1783)
1 female at least 26 but less than 45 (i.e., b. 1776-1794) Sarah R. (born c. 1788)
1 male at least 10 but less than 16 (i.e., b. 1805-1810) William G. (born 1810)
1 male under 10 (i.e., b. 1811-1820) Isaac (b. c. 1815)
1 female at least 10 but less than 16 (i.e., b. 1805-1810) Unknown
1 female at least 10 but less than 16 (i.e., b. 1805-1810) Unknown
1 female less than 10 (i.e., b. 1811-1820) Martha (Patsy) (b. c. 1813)
1 female less than 10 (i.e., b. 1811-1820) Sally (b. c. 1816)
1 female less than 10 (i.e., b. 1811-1820) Jane (b. 1817-1819)
1 male slave at least 14 but less than 26 (b. 1805-1820)1830 WARREN COUNTY, TN
Robert GOODEN (or Robt. GORDEN/GORDON) 20111001-0121001
1 male at least 50 but under 60 (i.e., b. 1771-1780) Robert (b. c. 1783)
1 female at least 40 but under 50 (i.e., b. 1781-1790) Sarah R. (b. c. 1788)
1 male at least 20 but under 30 (i.e., b. 1801-1810) William G. (b. 1810)
1 male at least 15 but under 20 (i.e., b. 1811-1815) Isaac (b. c. 1815)
1 male at least 10 but under 15 (i.e., b. 1816-1820) Unknown
1 male under 5 (i.e., b. 1826-1830) David (b. 1827)
1 male under 5 (i.e., b. 1826-1830) James M. (b. 1828)
1 female at least 15 but under 20 (i.e., b. 1811-1815) Martha (Patsy) (b. c. 1813)
1 female at least 10 but under 15 (i.e., b. 1816-1820) Sarah (Sally) (b. c. 1816)
1 female at least 10 but under 15 (i.e., b. 1816-1820) Jane (b. 1817-1819)
1 female at least 5 but under 10 (i.e., b. 1821-1825) Unknown3 slaves:
2 females at least 10 but under 24
1 female under 101840 WARREN COUNTY, TN
Robert GARDEN (or GORDEN) 00200001-00000001 7-Slaves
1 male at least 50 but under 60 (i.e., b. 1781-1790) Robert (b. c. 1783)
1 female at least 50 but under 60 (i.e., b. 1781-1790) Sarah R. (b. c. 1788)
1 male at least 10 but under 15 (i.e., b. 1826-1830) David (b. 1825-1826)
1 male at least 10 but under 15 (i.e., b. 1826-1830) James M. (b. 1828)7 slaves:
1 male under 10
1 female at least 24 but under 30
1 female at least 10 but under 24
4 females under 101850 WARREN COUNTY, TN 13th Civil District
Robert GORDON 66 (sic) Male Farmer NC (b. c. 1783)
Sarah Gordon 50 Female NC Illiterate (b. 1799-1800)
Benjamin F. Gordon 12 Male Tenn (b. 1837-1838)1850 SLAVE SCHEDULE, WARREN COUNTY, TN
Robert GORDON - 6 slaves
1 male, 30, Black
1 female, 29, Black
1 male, 12, Mulatto
1 female, 12, Black
1 female, 5, Mulatto
1 male, 2, Black1850 WARREN COUNTY, TN 9th Civil District
Davidson GORDON 24 Male Farmer Tenn $2000 land (b. 1825-1826)
James GORDON 21 Male Farmer Tenn (b. 1828-1829)
(The two sons may be living on the 200 acres in 9th Civil District for which their father was taxed in 1836 and 1838.)1860 WARREN COUNTY, TN
Sarah GORDAN 60 Female Housekeeper $1000/$3000 (b. 1799-1800)The 1850 Census for Clark County, Missouri, shows that Robert's son, William Gordon, 40, and William's two oldest children (ages 12 and 15) were from Tennessee. The rest of William's children (ages 2-10) were born in Missouri. Thus, William and his family must have moved from Tennessee about 1838-1839. After the Civil War, they moved to Texas, where they appear on the 1870 Lamar County Census. The James Gordon family moved to Missouri, where they appear on the 1860 and 1880 Scotland County Censuses. Robert's other children probably moved to Missouri much as reported by Gordon Q. Hall, with some of them later moving on to Texas.
In 1843, at the age of 70 years, being old and infirm and unable to attend to his ordinary affairs, Robert drew up an agreement with a John Hopkins wherein Hopkins would "attend to the personal care and comfort of Robert Gordon during the balance of his natural life." It further stated that his wife Sarah was occupying 200 acres of his land and living separately from him. Robert also listed the following slaves: Harriet, 36; Rose, 18; Jack, 11; Luci, 7; Mariah, 4; and Margaret, 2. However, this agreement never came to fruition. Perhaps it was challenged by his wife or his sons. Or perhaps it became moot by the death of his wife and his remarriage. When his wife Sarah/Sally (Robertson) died in about 1844-1848, Robert married the second Sarah (Hays?), and she and her young son lived with him and cared for him until he died in 1854.
Robert Gordon wrote a will in January 1852, and the will was proven in December 1854, shortly after his death in the late fall of that year. He bequeathed to his new wife Sarah all his property and annual profits to be used for the support and maintenance of herself and family during her widowhood. "At her death or third marriage, I wish my property to be divided equally among all my children except such portion of my estate as the law would entitle my widow to, which in the event of her next marriage she is intitled. I authorize my wife to make advances to my children during her widowhood as she deems reasonable, and any such advancements to be taken into account on the final distribution of my estate." The inventory of Robert's goods and credits included 390 acres of land, 3 slaves: Harriet 51, Juliet 9, Sam 18; 4 horses, 1 buggy, 10 cattle, 11 hogs, 1 ox wagon, 2 plows and gear, 1 bed and furniture, 1 bureaus, 1 cupboard, 1 table and chairs. Kitchen furniture and pots, pans, oven and pot-rack. Notes totaling several hundred dollars owed by several named individuals. Two Railroad Certificates for $26.00 each, $1,000.00 in money in my hands. Respectfully submitted December 19th, 1854."
Modern DNA testing has conclusively linked some of Robert Gordon's 5th generation descendents through his sons William George Gordon (1810-1896) and James Madison Gordon (1828-1892). Additionally, a William G. Gordon born in 1880 in Oran, Missouri, has been shown by DNA to be very closely related to Robert (with one possibility being through Robert's son Isaac Gordon, 1815-1859.)
From "A History of Oklahoma," p. 297 regarding Robert's grandson George Washington Gordon," :"--- a grandson of Robert Gordon who located in middle Tennessee in an early day in its history and became a prominent farmer and slave owner there. He was of Scottish descent, ---- "
129. Sarah Robertson
Robert Gordon and Sarah Robertson were married in Madison Co. KY in 1805. They were probably our Robert and Sarah. Sarah was previously married to a James McNeeley in Madison Co. in 1892.
It is probable that Sarah Robertson died or that Sarah and Robert were divorced and the second wife of Robert Gordon was also named Sarah, b. abt 1800 in NC as shown in TN 1850 Census. This would be the Sarah named in Robert's will. Robert's wife (Sarah Robertson)was shown as being about his age until the 1850 and 1860 censi when Sarah #2 (Hays?) is shown as being born about 1800.
130. Joseph Walling
A son, Hosea Walling, built many of the early grist mills in Warren Co., Tennessee. Later removed to Texas, thence to the Indian Territory Oklahoma where he died. First marriage to Mariah, produced children Thomas and Harriet.
132. Isaiah Mobley
Isaiah was on 1790 KY census; 1800 census, Warren Co., KY; 1800 KY tax list. Nancy Cox was 2nd wife, and apparently mother of all Isaiah's children except (Lydia) Libby (Sibby) Mobley.
134. William Thames
William Thames and his wife Deborah Newberry were 2nd cousins.
William inherited half of the estate of his father in his noncupative will of January 10, 1813. He sold this inherited land to his brother David Thames before going to Mississippi. Cumberland Co. Deed Book 28, page 363, recorded 1816.71 acres "Neck Road."
135. Deborah Ann Newberry
Her family resided in South Carolina, perhaps in Newberry County in the northern portion of the state. The County seat is also Newberry. Her family may have moved there from Virginia, or they may have settled there upon arrival in America. She and William Thames (pronounced "Tims" like the Thames River in England) probably married in South Carolina. The Thames seem to have finally settled in Brookhaven, Mississippi or near there. Following the death of Deborah Ann, daughter Martha Ann postponed her own wedding to Harvey Mobley to keep house for her father and the other children.
138. Richard R. McIntire
Richard Mclntire, after settling near Shawneetown for a year about May 1837, located per-manently at the Shawnee Crossing on Choctaw.
Information about two of his sons, age 12 and 14, being killed and scalped by Indians (possibly Shawnees) near Choctaw TX about 1838, from book "Indian Depredations in Texas" by J.W. Wilbarger. As Kentucky is designated in history as "The Dark and Bloody Ground, ---- so ought Grayson County be known as the battle ground of the Lone Star State, and be given precedence by its baptism of blood and human sacrifice."
Served as a private soldier in Republic of Texas Rangers stationed on the frontier of Fannin Co. in 1840 and was paid $150.00 in 1850. Discharge No 17.
Served on a Grand Jury in Fannin Co. convened in November 1840.
Texas Land Title Abstracts Record about Richard R. McIntire
Grantee: Richard R. McIntire
Certificate: 5
Patentee: Richard R. McIntire
Patent Date: 05 Dec 1845
Acres: 489
District: Fannin
County: Grayson
File: 72
Patent #: 550
Patent Volume: 1
Class: Fan. 2nd.Texas Land Title Abstracts Record about Richard R. McIntire
Grantee: R. Richard McIntire
Certificate: 5
Patentee: Richard R. McIntire
Patent Date: 05 Dec 1845
Acres: 791
District: Fannin
County: Grayson
File: 36
Patent #: 551
Patent Volume: 1
Class: Fan. 2nd.1850 United States Federal Census Record about Richd Mcintire
Name: Richd Mcintire
Age: 39
Estimated birth year: abt 1811
Birth place: Georgia
Gender: Male
Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Not Stated, Grayson, Texas
Property value $1,400.Listed as Slave Owner in 1850 Grayson, Texas
139. Mary
Shown in 1850 census, Grayson Co., TX, age 35.
144. Bailey Stewart
The 1880 Federal Census of Texas reports that Bailey and his wife Nancy were born in GA.
1880 United States Federal Census about William Bailey Stewart (son of Bailey Stewart)
Name: W B Stewart
Home in 1880: Precinct 1, Parker, Texas
Age: 53
Estimated birth year: abt 1827
Birthplace: Georgia
Relation to head-of-household: Self (Head)
Spouse's name: E. R.
Father's birthplace: GA
Mother's birthplace: GA
Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
W B Stewart 53
E. R. Stewart 48
E. P. Stewart 14
Rob L Stewart 8
Laura B Tidwell 6
John F Stewart 3From the "Stewart Clan Magazine", September 1953, Tome G, volume 31, number 3, page 9
"STEWARTS IN JONES COUNTY, GEORGIA"
"Bailey Stewart bought Jan. 10, 1806, of Benjamin King for $350, 100 acres of land in Columbia county, Georgia, on Greenbriar creek. He bought Nov. 19, 1807 of Samuel Mains for $300 400 acres of land on the waters of Greenbrier creek. He sold the 400 acre tract in Columbia Co.on 1 Jan 1810 to William Upton for $700 and moved to Jones County, where his name first appeared in the tax digest for 1811 as owning 212 acres on Cedar Creek. He bought 12 Feb 1812 of Gatewood Dunn 202 1/2 acres on Cedar Creek in Jones Co. where he has been decribed as among the "first settlers."On 1 May 1815, he sold his remaining tract in Columbia County to Daniel N. Pitman for $500."
"Bailey Stewart afterward moved to Monroe County, where he probably died. Nancy Stewart of Monroe County deeded 29 Dec 1830 to Nathan Jones for $250 about one acre of ground (part of lot 269 in the 12th district of Monroe Co), "including the shoal and site the sawmill belonging to the estate of Bailey Stewart, deceased, formerly stood." Witnesses to her deed were Noel Pitts and Thomas Barrows."
Bailey Stewart was a witness on John McKissacks Will in 1815. John McKissack was the father of Duncan McKissack and Lucinda McKissack, wife of John Stewart who was a son of a William Stewart.
There is a Bailey Steward listed in 1820 Putman Co., GA Census.
In 1828, Bailey paid poll tax in Monroe Co. for 13 persons, listed 202 1/2 acres of Land Class 2, 202 1/2 acres of Land Class 3 bordering on Itcheconee Creek in the 11th and 12th land districts # 14 and 269 Monroe County adjoining Gary O'Neal. A tax of $4.82 1/2 cents was paid.
Bailey was apparently a large land owner, and his Probate Records detail leasing out slaves. It also shows numerous debts paid to his estate after his death, so he appears to have been wealthy.
1830 Monroe Co. GA census shows Widow Nancy Stewart aged 40-50 with four children and six slaves.
1850 census shows Nancy in the home of son William Stewart, Division 66, Oglethorpe, GA
1860 census shows Nancy next door to son William Stewart, Geneva, Talbot Co., GA
For future research:
A William B. Stewart received land in 1827 from the Land Lottery. This might suggest that Bailey had a first name of William, or it could have been a different person.It is possible that Bailey's mother was a Bailey, and there were several Baileys in Monroe Co., some of whom received land in the land lottery. Possible cousins -- Stephen Bailey, John E. Bailey, James Bailey. Stewarts receiving land included a William B. Stewart and Charles Stewart. Persons mentioned in Bailey's Probate Records include a Hannah Bailey and a Frederic A. Bailey.
It is possible that Bailey was related to the McKissacks, as Duncan McKissack was among those listed in Bailey's Probate Records. Also, a John Stewart born Amherst Co., VA 1784 (wife Lucinda McKissack, parents William Stewart and Mary Ann Penn) died in Monroe Co., GA in 1828 and may have been a close relative. On Dec. 8, 2005, McKissack researcher Nelda Tarrer wrote: "Hi Larry, Bailey Stewart was surely related to John Stewart who married Lucinda McKissack (she was a sister to Duncan McKissack). Bailey is not a brother of John Stewart as I know who his siblings were. John F Stewart's parents were William Blanton Stewart and Mary Ann Penn. Bailey Stewart was a witness to John McKissack's will of 1815 (John McKissack was the father of Duncan and Lucinda McKIssack.) None of the information on Rootsweb gives the father of Bailey Stewart.
John F Stewart was born 1784 in Amherst Co Va and died 5 Mar 1850 in Monroe Co Ga. He married Lucinda MckIssack circa 1805 in Ga. I dont know when she died. Most of their children migrated to Rose Hill, Covington Co Al. There are other Stewarts in Covington Co as well and may be related but I dont know how."There is material on line suggesting that Bailey had a first name of Frederick. I believe this material is fabricated as I have found no reference to Bailey having a first name of Frederick.
145. Nancy Dunn
Notice in a Talbot Co. paper in 1873:
"Sister Nancy Stewart died in Talbot Co., GA May 26 in her 78th year of her natural life, and 62nd year of her membership in the M.E.Church.
She was born in Lincoln Co., GA, was the daughter of Nehemiah Dunn, and wife of Bailey Stewart, deceased. She was a good old mother in Israel, walked in all the ordinances of the Lord blameless, and left her children and grandchildren the rich legacy of a consistent Christian life, and a peaceful death."Sisters Jane Dunn Day (wife of Hon. Joseph Day 1787-1857), born 1787, died in Houston Co, GA April 7, 1857: Elizabeth Dunn Harris (wife of Dr. Moses Harris) born in Washington Co. GA March 4, 1794, died May 26 in Macon Co., Alabama.
Probate records show the Nancy Stewart paid Woodlawn Academy, Monroe Co., tuition for schooling her four children December 24, 1829.
1830 Monroe Co. GA census shows Widow Nancy Stewart aged 40-50 with four children and six slaves.
1850 census shows Nancy in the home of son William B. Stewart, Division 66, Oglethorpe, GA
1860 census shows Nancy next door to son William B. Stewart, Geneva, Talbot Co., GA860 Slave Schedule shows Nancy owning 5 slaves.
148. William Killen
1860 United States Federal Census about Wm Killen
Name: Wm Killen
Age in 1860: 59
Birth Year: abt 1801
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1860: Beat 11, Rusk, Texas
Gender: Male
Post Office: Bellvue
Household Members: Name Age
J W Sykes 26
Eliza Sykes 22
Thomas Sykes 2
Wm Killen 59
Julia Killen 17
150. Champion Choate
1830 United States Federal Census about Champion Choat
Name: Champion Choat
County: McNairy
State: TennesseeAfter leaving Tennessee, Champion and his wife, the former Ann Burke, settled in the NW area of Arkansas.
Champion was listed in the Johnson County Arkansas Territory Census in 1835, 37 and 38. 1860 U.S. Census in Texas indicates daughter Elizabeth was born in Arkansas in 1831, so the family must have been in Arkansas by 1831.
"There was a large number of the Cherokees who became known as the Old Settlers because they removed to Indian Territories before the forced removal on the Trail of Tears. Most settling in Arkansas, between 1817- 1835. They removed as to get away from the intruding whites on the Cherokee Nation. Not only were they the mixed blood families but the full bloods who left the original Cherokee lands."It is clear that Champion was a mixed blood Cherokee as attested by 1896 affidavits from several descendants, as will as 1896 affidavits submitted by other Cherokees who had known Champion to be a Cherokee prior to moving from TN. . Cherokees who had settled in Texas, Arkansas, Kansas and Missouri were not living in the Cherokee Nation were considered U.S. citizens, and were ineligible to sign the Dawes Rolls for Cherokees. Those descended from these Cherokees are unable to enroll in the Cherokee Nation even if they are able to prove their Cherokee heritage.
Champion later acquired land through the Fayetteville AK Land Office on August 2, 1838 and March 1, 1843, both under an Act or Treaty of April 24, 1820.
Arkansas Land Records Record about CHAMPION CHOATE
Name: CHAMPION CHOATE
Land Office: FAYETTEVILLE
Document Number: 955
Total Acres: 80
Signature: Yes
Canceled Document: No
Issue Date: August 2, 1838
Mineral Rights Reserved: No
Metes and Bounds: No
Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566
Multiple Warantee Names: No
Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820
Multiple Patentee Names: No
Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries
Land Description: 1 W½SE 5TH PM No 9N 23W 13
Arkansas Land Records Record about CHAMPION CHOATE
Name: CHAMPION CHOATE
Land Office: FAYETTEVILLE
Document Number: 956
Total Acres: 80
Signature: Yes
Canceled Document: No
Issue Date: August 2, 1838
Mineral Rights Reserved: No
Metes and Bounds: No
Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566
Multiple Warantee Names: No
Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820
Multiple Patentee Names: No
Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries
Land Description: 1 E½SW 5TH PM No 9N 23W 13Arkansas Land Records Record about CHAMPION CHOATE
Name: CHAMPION CHOATE
Land Office: FAYETTEVILLE
Document Number: 1559
Total Acres: 80
Signature: Yes
Canceled Document: No
Issue Date: March 1, 1843
Mineral Rights Reserved: No
Metes and Bounds: No
Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566
Multiple Warantee Names: No
Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820
Multiple Patentee Names: No
Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries
Land Description: 1 E½SW 5TH PM No 9N 23W 23
Arkansas Land Records Record about CHAMPION CHOATE
Name: CHAMPION CHOATE
Land Office: FAYETTEVILLE
Document Number: 1562
Total Acres: 40
Signature: Yes
Canceled Document: No
Issue Date: March 1, 1843
Mineral Rights Reserved: No
Metes and Bounds: No
Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566
Multiple Warantee Names: No
Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820
Multiple Patentee Names: No
Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries
Land Description: 1 NWSW 5TH PM No 9N 23W 13Arrived in Shelby Co., Republic of Texas, August 1839
Champion listed in the "Index to Military Rolls of the Republic of Texas 1835-1845, 2nd Regt.,2nd Brigade, Texas Militia," as were Champion's brother John and uncle Moses L..
1850 Census, Henderson Co., TX: Shoat, C. 44, M, Farmer, born Tennessee, wife Ann 39 born Kentucky.
Shown in 1860 and 1870 TX Federal Census, Athens Prct. 1, Henderson Co.
Champion's registered livestock mark of 1-1-1852, Henderson County, Texas: "Swallow fork in L. ear, upper half-crop in the right."Texas Land Title Abstracts Record about Champion Choate
Grantee: Champion Choate
Certificate: 52
Patentee: Champion Choate
Patent Date: 02 Oct 1849
Acres: 553
District: Jefferson; Liberty
County: Hardin
File: 15
Patent #: 144
Patent Volume: 6
Class: Lib. 3rd
Republic Claims Search Results
Your search term is Choate, Champion 1 record/s found
Claimant Name Name Mentioned Type Claim Number Reel First Last images id
Lund, Charles C. Choate, Champion PD 170 199 215 216
151. Anne Burk
ID: I4034 Name: Anne BURK Sex: F Birth: ABT 1812 in Kentucky Census:
15 AUG 1860 Beat 3, Athens, Henderson County, Texas Census:
6 SEP 1860 Henderson County, Texas Census:
2 JUL 1870 Precinct #1 , Athens, Henderson County, Texas Census:
16 JUN 1880 Precinct #2 , Van Zandt County, Texas Residence: 1880 living in the household of her son, William W. Choate, Van Zandt Co., TX.It is possible that Anne was a mixed blood Cherokee as was her husband Champion. A number of Burkes are listed in the Dawes Rolls. Anne Burk was born in KY within the boundaries of the Old Cherokee Nation.
More research need on this possibility.
154. Colonel John Haddix
Colonel in the War of 1812.
Member of the KY House of Representatives.
Benjamin was a Methodist "Exhorter", soldier in the War of 1812, and was wounded in the arm at Mobile, AL.
Headstone Inscription:
BENJAMIN HALL PVT SHARP'S CO 5 TENN MIL (or possibly) 6 TENN MIL? WAR OF 1812 FEBRUARY 4 1965
164. Henry Newby
Notes for Henry Newby:
Henry died without leaving a will but a Court record of the division of his property, dated 16 Jun 1855, lists all of his legal heirs and is the only legal document relating the Newby family.Vol. 1, pg 272, 1853-1857, Microfilm, N.W. MO. Genealogical Society.
Buchanon County, Missouri, Court of Common Pleas, Saturday June 16 1885 and 6th Day of the Term.NATHAN NEWBY, JEREMIAH NEWBY, WILLIAM NEWBY, ALEXANDER NEWBY, ASA MASON and MALORSIA MASON his wife, SALLIE NEWBY, JOHN AVERETT and NANCY AVERETT his wife, JAMES SEE and CATHERINE SEE his wife, VANHOOK SEE and SUSAN SEE his wife, (should be Lee) ISAAC GROOMER and MAHALA GROOMER his wife, SAMUEL NEWBY and ELIZA A. NEWBY, SALLIE A. NEWBY, MARTHA C. NEWBU and HENRY N. NEWBY by their Guardian SALLIE NEWBY, GEORGE H. NEWBU and CYNTHIA R. NEWBY, JAMES H. NEWBY, WILLIAM C. NEWBY, NATHAN NEWBY JR., and BENJAMIN NEWBY By their guardian GEORGE MOORE.
This cause now coming on for hearing upon Petition Exhibits and Other evidence the Court finds the facts to be that in the year 1851 one Henry Newby died in Buchanan County in the State of Missouri being the owner in fee simple and in the possession of The east half of the North West quarter of Section Numbered five in Township fifty five of Range thirty three commencing at the North East corner of said quarter Section thence running South one hundred and sixty five rods and two links, thence East to the beginning containing Eighty five acres and twenty six hundredths of an acre, more or less. That the plaintiffs are all the legal heirs of the deceased excepting Jonathon Newby, now deceased, who in his lifetime conveyed his interest in Said real estate to plaintiff Alexander Newby. That title of plaintiffs to said land is a fee simple title. That plaintiff Alexander Newby is entitled to two eighths of said land, and said Nathan , Jeremiah, William, Asa Mason and Malorsia his wife in right of Said Malorsia are each entitled to one eighth part thereof. That the heirs of Washington Newby deceased, Towit Catherine See, Susan See, Mahala Groomer, Samuel Newby, Eliza A. Newby, Sallie A. Newby, Martha C. Newby and Henry N. Newby are each entitled to one eighth part of one eighth part of said land their entire interest being one eighth thereof, and the children of James Newby dec. Towit, Geoge H. Newby, Cynthia R. Newby, James H. Newby, William C. Newby, Nathan Newby Jr. and Benjamin Newby are each entitled to one sixth part of one eighth part of said real estate, being in all one eighth part thereof subject in the last two shares to the dower interests of Sallie Newby widow of the said Washington dec. and Nancy Averett widow of the said James Newby dec. That the minor heirs of Said Washington and James are here represented by their lawful Guardians Sallie Newby and George Moore. The Court further finds that Said parties are entitled to a partition of the real estate herein described and that from the nature and amount of the land sought to be divided once the number of the owners thereof, that partition of Said land cannot be made in Kind without great prejudice to the Owners thereof.It is therefore ordered, adjudged and decreed that partition of Said land be made between the parties aforesaid in accordance with their respective rights and interests herein before described. That said land be advertised and sold for that purpose by the Sheriff of Buchanan County at the Court House door in the City of Saint Joseph as lands are advertised and sold under Execution, upon the following terms Towit: one third cash in hand, one third in Six and the balance in twelve Months the purchaser giving Bond with approved Security for the purchase Money and that the proceeds of said sale after payment of all costs and charges in and concerning this Partition, be paid over to said parties in accordance with their respective (rights and) in said land as herein set forth.
End of record
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HENRY NEWBY 1772-1851
FROM VIRGINIA, TENNESSEE, KENTUCKY TO MISSOURIHenry Newby, son of Whaley Newby and Elizabeth Thompson, was born about 1772 in Amherst County, Virginia. As a young man Henry went with his father and brothers to Tennessee and Kentucky. About 1796, in Kentucky, he married Susannah Pryor, Daughter of Richard Pryor and Mourning Thompson. Elizabeth and Mourning were sisters, thus Henry married his 1st Cousin.
Their first son, Nathan was born in Warren Co. KY about 1797. They were the parents of at least 7 more children all born in KY. or TN. He lived in southern Kentucky for about 30 years and then, with most of his sons, traveled to northwest Missouri above present day Kansas City. The U. S. Census records allow us to track his location from 1800 to 1850 as his family moved to Missouri and then scattered to Clay, Clinton, Platte, Buchanan and Gentry Counties. In the 1830 census Henry owned 8 slaves and in the 1840 census he owned 13. None are listed in the 1850 census.
U.S. Census Data:1800 Kentucky, Warren County
1810 no record found. Probably missed.
1820 Kentucky, Simpson County, pg. 9.
2 Males under 10 yrs of age, 1 M. 10-16, 2 M. 16-18, 1 M. 45 & over
1 Female under 10 yrs of age, 1 F. 26-45.1830 Missouri, Clay County, pg 296, line 11.
2 Males 10-15 yrs of age, 1 M. 15-20, 1 M. 50-60.
1 Female 15-20 yrs of age, 1 F. 30-40
8 Slaves, 4 Males & 4 Females.1840 Missouri, Clinton County, pg 10, line 15.
1 Male 15-20 yrs of age, 1 M. 70-80.
1 Female 10-15 yrs of age, 1 F. 60-70.
13 Slaves, 9 Males, 4 Females.1850 Missouri, Buchanan County, pg 691.
Henry Newby, 73 M, born in KY
More About Henry Newby:
Census: 1850, Platte Twp. Buchanan Co.
166. Jacob Cogdill
Notes for Jacob Cogdill:
Will Book D, Page 1088 - Buchanan County, Missouri
Filed for Probate the 28th of Jan. 1879In the Name of God, Amen. I, Jacob Cogdill, Sr, of the County of Buchanan in the state of Missouri Being in an infirm state of health and sensible to of my liability to sudden death at the same time Being According to my own apprehensions Of sound mind and disposing memory And being anxious to make a suitable And Equitable disposition of my Personal And Real estate do make and declare This to be my last will and Testament Hereby Revoking any and all former Wills and testament by me made.
Item 1st. It is my will and wish that all my just debts and Funeral Expenses Be paid by my Executor herein and After appointed out of my Personal as Soon as convenient. My death i give Devise and dispose of my Real and Personal Estate save what shall be necessary for the payment of my just Debts and Funeral Expenses in the following Manner to Wit
Item 2nd. I have given and delivered to my Children by my first Wife to wit: Catharine Bohart, Susannah Newby, Mary A. Stonman (Stonam), Mellisa Hiatt, Perlina Hiatt, Emeline Bradley, Sarrah J. Newby, Emily Wilkerson, James Cogdill and Jacob Cogdill Jr. Each the sum of Two thousand Dollars which I regard said amount a full and Equitable share of my Estate and therefore decline giving them any more Except the Sum of one dollar each.
Item 3rd. I have given and delivered to my Children by my last wife to wit: Margaret Gilmore, Mary E. Heatherage, Ross Cogdill, Martin V. Cogdill, Daniel B. Cogdill and Richard N. Cogdill, Land deeded to them. Daniel B. Cogdill and Richard N. Cogdill has the sum of Two Hundred Dollars Each. I give Martin V. Cogdill his farm to him at the age Of his Nineteenth Year the land that was deeded to him in the County of Platte.
Item 4th. I give and Bequeath to my present and Beloved Wife, Priscillar Cogdill all the Mules and Horses and Cattle and Hogs And Wagons and Farming Utensils and all of my corn on the Place all the household and Kitchen Furniture and All the meat that is in the smoke House. And all the grain that is mine on the Place.
Item 5th. If there should any thing Occur that She should not make a sufficient Support and pay the taxes off of the farm that I Have given to her and Daniel B. Cogdill and Richard N. Cogdill, then they Shall pay the taxes out of my money and Furthermore that my present wife Priscillar Cogdill shal hold the Above named so long as she Remains my Widow.
This Bearing Date
August the 28th 1875 hisWitnesses Paul Norris
T. W. BakerMore About Jacob Cogdill:
Burial: Antioch Cemetery
Military service: War of 1812