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Bogle Family File

Bogle Family File

The George Bogle Family        GEORGE BOGLE was born 1786 in Rowan Co., NC, and died 1854 in Cannon Co., TN.      He married MARGARET HINES.Thomas E. Partlow, Wilson County Tennessee Wills: books 1-13 1802-1850,  (Easley:Southern Historical Press, 1981), p.47, George Hines will: 18 Jan 1823. Lately of North Carolina. Heirs: s.i.l. George Bogle; my four children William Esq., Bentling, George, and Hannah Hines. Son Wm. is of Iredell Co.,NC. If my dau Hannah has received any part of the estate my will…

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Inventories of Estates (Abstracts) 1848-1859

Inventories of Estates (Abstracts) 1848-1859

Abstracts of Cannon County Tennessee County Court Clerk Inventories of Estates (April 1848 – April 1859) Recorded in order found on Cannon Co. Roll 16 Microfilmed Copy of Original Records from Tennessee State Library and Archives. Transcribed July 1998 donated for private use only 22 February 2003. THIS IS AN INCOMPLETE RECORD AND DOES NOT INCLUDE ALL OF THE ENTRIES ON ROLL 16  ___________________________________________________________________ Bates, William – Inventory No. 1 as taken by admin 14th Jan 1848; Buyers: Mrs. Lucy…

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Manuscript written by R.A. Dennis.

Manuscript written by R.A. Dennis.

  This is a family history manuscript written by R.A. Dennis.  (I am not sure if anyone really knows the exact time frame for when this began or when the last notes were made. There are events or dates mentioned in the manuscript that indicate 1940 – 1959)  Keep in mind as you read this that the language and terms used were normal for that time period. There are known errors in the manuscript along with improper spelling of many…

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Estate Inventories

Estate Inventories

Abstracts of Cannon County, Tennessee County Court Clerk Inventories of Estates (April 1848 – April 1859) Bates, William – Inventory No. 1 as taken by admin 14th Jan 1848;Buyers: Mrs. Lucy Bates; W.C. Miller;W. Hollen;A.Bryant;John Cooper;S.R. James;W.L. Covington;John Pendleton;A. Berger;F.M. Seawell;B. Bates;Robt. S. George;W. Riggs;H. Smithson;John Estes;A.J. Phillips;S.R. James;George Gamon;P.F. Manus;M. Daniel;Joseph Hale;John Webb;Wm. Gunter;Mitchel Daniel;E.S. Elkin;David Smith;R.P. Harris;T.G. Wood;J. Haley;J. Glazebrooks;B. Jetton;R.C. Price;John Pendleton;John Smith;John Barry;W.C. Barnes;J. Glazebrooks;W.S. McAdow;A.J. Phillips;J. Spurlock;A.M. Weedin;W. Kennedy;H. Trott;D. Phillips;James K. Eason;John Weble;R. Fowler;G….

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Cannon County Historians

Cannon County Historians

Historians Cannon County Historical Society Kathryn Bensinger – County Historian Address: Adams Memorial Library, 212 College Street, Woodbury, TN 37190-1402 Phone: (615) 563-5861 Meetings: Held Quarterly Membership: $10.00 per year – open to anyone interested in Cannon County History/Genealogy   

Bogle Land Deeds

Bogle Land Deeds

  DEED BOOK-A Pg 13   Henry Saul to Andrew Bogle 25 acres on Sanders’ Fork near the dividing ridge.  28 Oct 1836 (Pp. 181-182) Pg 14  Samuel Bryson to George Bogle 71 acres in the 13th District 25 Feb 1837.  (P. 188) Pg 21    Samuel Bogle and wife Isabel to James Odum 33 acres, it being their share as heirs of Thomas Bogle.  6 Feb 1837. (Pp. 311-312) Pg 31  Anthony Tittle and Nancy Tittle to Joseph H. Bogle a…

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Cannon County, History of Tennessee

Cannon County, History of Tennessee

    CANNON COUNTY HISTORY OF TENNESSEE ________ From the Earliest Time to the Present; Together with an Historical and a Biographical Sketch of from Twenty-five to Thirty Counties of East Tennessee, Besides a Valuable Fund of Notes, Original Observations, Reminiscences, Etc., Etc.     ILLUSTRATED. _______     Chicago and Nashville: THE GOODSPEED PUBLISHING CO., 1887.        More than half of Cannon County lies in the Central Basin, and the remainder on the Highland Rim.  Spurs shoot out…

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Cannon County Research/Resource List

Cannon County Research/Resource List

  A list of publications and private manuscripts used in Cannon Co. research Listed below are a few of the privately published resources and/or publications used in Cannon Co. research that might be helpful to you. These listings are for use only as a guide not as an offer to do lookups. Many of them are no longer in publication or only available from the individual author.  Some of them can be found at your local library or on loan from…

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Civil War History

Civil War History

  On June 8, 1861 Tennessee by a vote of 105,000 to 47,000 joined the new Confederacy. The vote in Cannon County was 1,149 for and 127 against. Seven infantry companies were soon raised under the commands of Captain’s Richard Rushing, J. H. St. John, Gran Wood, Timothy Allison, M. M. Brien, Jr., James H. Wood, and John C. New. Two cavalry companies also formed under Captain’s A. H. Wiley and J. W. Nichols. In the autumn of 1861, a…

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Wilson Family Files

Wilson Family Files

       Michael  WILSON  was born 15 Mar, 1819 in TN, and died 01 May, 1887 in Cannon Co., TN.       He married Martha “Mattie” BRYSON 16 Oct, 1838 in Cannon Co., TN, Martha is the daughter     of Joseph BRYSON and Sarah BOGLE. None of us know who Michael Wilson’s parents are. So far, I have found no records linking him to possible parents or even sibblings. Other than the marriage record found in 1838 Cannon County records the earliest record I have found on…

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