Ordered by the court that A. A. NANCE, W. T. WORRELL and J. B. BALL be and they are hereby appointed to set apart one years support for MRS. NOAH STALLINGS and family of NOAH STALLINGS desceased estate…
Alamo Tennessee Monday March 7th 1892
We the undersigned commissioners appointed at the February term of the Court to set aside one years allowance for the widow NORA [NOAH] STALLING. We herein set aside One Hundred Dollars to buy the nessary of life for one year. This Feb 6th 1892
A. A. NANCE W. T. WORRELL J. B. BALL
[Paulina “Lina” Robason was the wife of Noah Lee Stallings, and the daughter of Griffin & Elizabeth Robason] Transcribed and contributed by Natalie Huntley.
Alamo Tennessee Monday March 7th 1892 MRS. LINA STALLINGS ~VS~ H. S. RANDLE et als
This day came the Plaintiff it being the 7th day of March 1892. MRS. LINA STALLINGS by her attorney and filed her pertition in open court asking that dower be assigned her as the widow of NOAH STALLINGS died siezed and possessed of and it appearing to the court that NOAH STALLINGS died intestate in Crockett County Tennessee and he left the petitioner LINA STALLINGS as his widow and it further appearing that NOAH STALLINGS died seized and possessed of the following described tracts of land to witt situated and lying in the 7th civil district of Crockett County Tennessee bounded as follows one tract being part of Grant No 17210 range 245 and section 1112 and part of 2065 acre tract of land deeded by MARY FRENCH to JAMES H. FRENCH in Gibson County Tenn and bounded as follows… [description of land follows, bounded by…] to N. W. corner of a tract of land purchased by R. W. FLEMING from T. P. HALL… MRS. THOMPSON… containing by estimation 30 acres and it further appearing to the court from an inspection of the notice of this intended application has been regularly acknowledged by all adult heirs resident in this slate [state?] and that service has been regularly served? has upon DOSIA STALLINGS minor heir without regular guardian and that said servis and acceptance was more than five days prior to the filing of said application in this case. It is therefore ordered adjudged and decreed by the court that MRS. LINA STALLINGS widow of NOAH STALLINGS deceased is entitled Dower out of said real estate and upon motion it is ordered that JAMES BALL and TURNER WORRELL to gether with W. J. LAMBERT the county surveyor… be appointed commissioners to set apart and allot to MRS. LINA STALLINGS by meets and bounds one third of the real estate that NOAH STALLINGS died siezed and possessed of as dower…
[Paulina “Lina” Robason was the wife of Noah Lee Stallings, and the daughter of Griffin & Elizabeth Robason. Henry Smith Randle was the husband of Zilphia Stallings, who was the daughter of Noah Lee Stallings & Paulina Robason]
Alamo Tennessee Monday December 5th 1892 MRS. C. J. KENTON Guardian of DOSIE STALLINGS M. A. STALLINGS SENIA STALLINGS J. S. STALLINGS
On motion MRS. C. J. KENTON was this day appointed the Guardian of DOSIE, M. A., SENIA and J. A. STALLINGS.
Thereupon the said MRS. C. J. KENTON came into open court and entered into bond in the sum of Three Hundred Dollars with H. S. RANDLE, W. T. WORRELL and T. H. AVERY as her securities…
[Clarsie “Jane” Stallings Kenton was the daughter of Noah Lee Stallings & Paulina Robason, and the wife of J. C. Kinton. Theodocia Bell (Docia) Stallings was the daughter of Noah Frank Stallings & Mary Carr. Clarsie Jane & Noah Frank were brother and sister]
LOTT STALLINGS (my great-great-great-great uncle) was born about 1816 in Martin Co., NC, the son of JESSE and LYDIA STALLINGS. He died prior to the 1880 census. He married ELIZA _______. She was born 28 Aug 1818 in NC, died 5 May 1896, and is buried in the Antioch Cemetery, Crockett Co., TN
CHILDREN OF LOTT AND ELIZA STALLINGS
(1)JOE H. STALLINGS was born about 1842 in TN. He married SARAH ____. She was born about 1855
(2)HARRIET E. STALLINGS was born about June 1844 in TN. She married 27 Oct 1860 in Dyer Co., TN, to MARTIN VAN BUREN RIDDICK, the son of JOSEPH RIDDICK and IRITTA (IRITTIE) YARRELL. He was born 25 Aug 1835?, died 17 Mar 1879, and is buried in the Riddick Cemetery, Crockett Co., TN.
CHILDREN OF HARRIET E. STALLINGS and MARTIN VAN BUREN RIDDICK
(a)Ebenzer S. Riddick b: 25 May 1862 d: 21 Jun 1888 Burial: Riddick Cemetery, Crockett Co, TN (b)Joseph Lot Riddick b: 16 Sep 1864 in TN d: 8 May 1931 Burial: Floyd’s Chapel Cemetery, Crockett Co., TN ……………… +Rosa Lee Agee b: 30 Oct 1869 in TN d: 5 Jun 1928 Burial: Floyd’s Chapel Cemetery, Crockett Co., TN m: 31 Dec 1888 in Crockett Co, TN Father: Christopher Columbus Agee Mother: Sarah E. Connell (c)Andrew J. (Jack) Riddick b: Jan 1869 in TN ……………… +Nancy Alice Stallings b: Sep 1869 in TN m: 8 Apr 1888 in Crockett Co, TN Father: Noah F. Stallings Mother: Mary Carr (d)Argus G. Riddick b: 15 Dec 1878 in TN d: 13 Mar 1967 Burial: Floyd’s Chapel Cemetery, Crockett Co., TN ……………… +Rosa Belle Skipper b: 13 Nov 1882 in TN d: 18 Feb 1942 Burial: Floyd’s Chapel Cemetery, Crockett Co., TN m: 8 Jan 1899 in Crockett Co, TN Father: James O. Skipper Mother: Nancy H. Grady
(3)LYDIA FRANCES (LIDDY) STALLINGS was born in 1845 in TN, died in1884, and is buried in the Riddick Cemetery, Crockett Co., TN. She married 20 Dec 1866 in Dyer Co., TN, to JAMES KNOX POLK RIDDICK, the son of JOSEPH RIDDICK and IRITTA (IRITTIE) YARRELL. He was born in 1844 in TN, died in 1884, and is buried in the Riddick Cemetery, Crockett Co., TN
CHILDREN OF LYDIA FRANCES (LIDDY) STALLINGS and JAMES KNOX POLK RIDDICK
(a)Martin Van Buren Riddick (b)Magnolia F. Riddick b: 8 Jan 1868 in TN d: 19 Oct 1920 in Crockett Co, TN Burial: Floyd’s Chapel Cemetery, Crockett Co., TN ……………… +John Henry Brown b: 20 Aug 1866 in TN d: 23 Apr 1897 Burial: Floyd’s Chapel Cemetery, Crockett Co., TN m: 6 Oct 1884 in Crockett Co, TN Father: Robert Franklin Brown Mother: Susan “Ellen” Parker (c)Marion Gideon “Pillow” Riddick b: 7 Jan 1870 in TN d: 28 Sep 1919 Burial: Floyd’s Chapel Cemetery, Crockett Co., TN (d)Benjamin Knox Polk (Doc) Riddick b: 1873 in TN d: 1935 Burial: Floyd’s Chapel Cemetery, Crockett Co., TN ………….. *1st Wife of Benjamin Knox Polk (Doc) Riddick: ……………… +Zula Agee b: 26 Jun 1879 in TN d: 3 Jul 1901 Burial: Floyd’s Chapel Cemetery, Crockett Co., TN m: 9 Jul 1898 in Crockett Co, TN Father: Christopher Columbus Agee Mother: Sara Ann Kizziar (Kizzie) Goodwin ………….. *2nd Wife of Benjamin Knox Polk (Doc) Riddick: ……………… +Anna W. Wright b: 1883 d: 1922 Burial: Floyd’s Chapel Cemetery, Crockett Co., TN m: 27 Dec 1903 in Crockett Co, TN Father: David H. Wright Mother: Sarah E. (Bettie) Goganus ………….. *3rd Wife of Benjamin Knox Polk (Doc) Riddick: ……………… +Della (Dellar) Climer b: 1882 in TN d: 27 Apr 1968 in Jackson, Madison, TN Burial: Antioch Cemetery, Crockett Co, TN m: 15 Jun 1922 in Crockett Co, TN Father: Benjamin Franklin Climer Mother: Sarah Elizabeth Jones [Della was married 1st 20 Oct 1901 to James Henry (Jim) Wright] (e)James Andrew Jackson Riddick b: 7 Feb 1876 in Crockett Co, TN d: 7 Feb 1947 in Memphis, Shelby, TN Burial: Floyd’s Chapel Cemetery, Crockett Co., TN ……………… +Florence E. Nowell b: 5 Jan 1884 in TN d: 2 Dec 1937 Burial: Floyd’s Chapel Cemetery, Crockett Co., TN m: 6 Aug 1899 in Crockett Co, TN Father: Cullen Nowell Mother: Cornella (f)Mary Ann Riddick b: 4 May 1879 in TN d: 19 Jul 1958 Burial: Floyd’s Chapel Cemetery, Crockett Co., TN ……………… +Vineyard Marshall Brassfield b: 12 Nov 1876 in TN d: 27 Sep 1952 Burial: Floyd’s Chapel Cemetery, Crockett Co., TN m: 25 Oct 1899 in Crockett Co, TN Father: William P. Brasfield Mother: Nancy Elizabeth Leggett
(4)MARY E. STALLINGS was born about 1850 in TN. I have no further information on her
(5)BENJAMIN G. STALLINGS was born 26 Aug 1852 in TN, died 19 Mar 1909, and is buried in the Antioch Cemetery, Crockett Co., TN. He married 23 Nov 1880 in Crockett Co., TN, to FRANCES A. (FANNIE) DAVIS, the daughter of THOMAS B. DAVIS and LUCY ANN P. AGEE. She was born 5 Nov 1864 in TN, died 10 Dec 1913 in Bolivar, TN, and is buried in the Antioch Cemetery.
CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN G. STALLINGS and FRANCES A. (FANNIE) DAVIS
(a)Annie Stallings (b)Ida Stallings (c)Henry Stallings (d)Infant Stallings (e)Thomas Lott Stallings b: 5 Nov 1883 in TN d: 10 Dec 1957 Burial: Friendship Cemetery, Friendship, Crockett Co., TN [view tombstone] ……………… +Minnie Lou Clark b: 25 Jun 1880 in TN d: 30 Nov 1971 Burial: Friendship Cemetery, Friendship, Crockett Co., TN [view tombstone] m: 7 Aug 1904 in Crockett Co, TN (f)William Arthor (Willie) Stallings b: 6 Jan 1885 in TN d: 2 Oct 1960 Burial: Lebanon Cemetery, Crockett Co, TN ……………… +Lulu Ann Vaughn b: 18 Jul 1890 in TN d: 4 Dec 1965 Burial: Lebanon Cemetery, Crockett Co, TN m: 22 Sep 1907 in Crockett Co, TN Father: William R. (Dick) Vaughn Mother: Emma Lee Mansfield (g)James Marion Stallings b: 1 Mar 1887 in TN d: Nov 1963 Burial: Dyer Co. Memorial Gardens, Dyer Co., TN ……………… +Minnie Pate b: 22 Feb 1895 in TN d: Oct 1972 Burial: Dyer Co. Memorial Gardens, Dyer Co., TN m: 30 Oct 1910 in Dyer Co, TN Father: William H. Pate Mother: Susan M. Russell (h)Ivy F. Stallings b: Sep 1891 in TN ……………… +Andrew Scallions b: Abt. 1890 in TN
(6)SARAH L. STALLINGS was born in 1855 in TN, died in 1940, and is buried in the Antioch Cemetery, Crockett Co., TN. She married in Dec 1887 in Crockett Co., TN, to CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS COLTRAIN, the son of ALFRED COLTRAIN and MARY FRANCES _____. He was born in 1867 in NC, died 14 May 1946.
CHILDREN OF SARAH L. STALLINGS and CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS COLTRAIN
(a)Homer C. Coltrain b: Feb 1892 in TN (b)Lawrence Carlton Coltrain b: Mar 1895 in TN ……………… +Clara b: Abt. 1900 in TN m: Abt. 1927
(7)LAURENCE STALLINGS was born about 1861. He married 19 Nov 1882 in Crockett Co., TN, to MARTHA (MATTIE) BROOKS, the daughter of JAMES M. BROOKS and WINIFRED MOSELLA RUCKER. She was born about 1865 in TN.
(8)ALICE AUGUSTA STALLINGS was born 18 Jan 1862 in AR, died in 1938, and is buried in the Antioch Cemetery, Crockett Co., TN. She married 5 Dec 1880 in Crockett Co., TN, to JAMES ATKINS RIDDICK, the son of THOMAS JEFFERSON RIDDICK and NANCY EMILY RIDDICK. He was born 8 Apr 1860 in TN, died in 1928, and is buried in the Antioch Cemetery.
CHILDREN OF ALICE AUGUSTA STALLINGS and JAMES ATKINS RIDDICK
(a)John Z. Riddick b: 7 Sep 1881 in TN (b)Maude Florence Riddick b: 18 Sep 1883 in TN d: 3 Feb 1973 Burial: Maury City Cemetery, Maury City, Crockett Co., TN ……………… +James Lawrence Perry b: 22 Oct 1875 in TN d: 13 Mar 1957 Burial: Maury City Cemetery, Maury City, Crockett Co., TN m: 1 Sep 1900 in Dyer Co, TN Father: Joseph S. Perry Mother: Nancy Jane (Jennie) Smith (c)Ollie F. Riddick b: 1 Apr 1885 in TN d: 18 Dec 1911 Burial: Floyd’s Chapel Cemetery, Crockett Co., TN ……………… +William B. Lemons b: Nov 1885 in TN d: Abt. 1934 m: 29 Aug 1908 in Crockett Co, TN Father: Millard E. Lemons Mother: Frances Dean Agee (d)Bertha Mabel Riddick b: 19 Jul 1889 in Dyer Co, TN d: 2 Sep 1973 Burial: Maury City Cemetery, Maury City, Crockett Co., TN ………….. +James Henry (Harry) Badgett b: 16 Nov 1887 in Crockett Co, TN d: 28 Dec 1969 Burial: Maury City Cemetery, Maury City, Crockett, TN m: 16 Aug 1911 in Crockett Co, TN, Date of license Father: George Thomas Badgett Mother: Emma Alice Boon (e)Elsie Ernest Riddick b: Abt. 1892 in TN ………….. +Walter Pierce Riddick b: 6 Aug 1888 in TN d: 2 Feb 1951 in Fenton, Genesee Co, MI Burial: Floyd’s Chapel Cemetery, Crockett Co, TN m: 27 Dec 1910 in Crockett Co, TN Father: Joseph Livingston Riddick Mother: Mary Francis Brewer (f)James Fulton Riddick b:9 Mar 1894 in Maury City, Crockett Co., TN (g)Charles T. (Charlie) Riddick b: Sep 1896 in TN ………….. +Laura May Futrell b: Abt. 1905 in TN m: 24 Aug 1922 in Crockett Co, TN Father: Walter Griggs Futrell Mother: Mattie Newton (h)Bessie J. Riddick b: 10 Jun 1900 in TN d: 23 Jan 1990 Burial: Halls City Cemetery, Halls, Lauderdale Co., TN ………….. +William McKenley Cherry b: 5 Dec 1898 in TN d: 19 Oct 1964 Burial: Halls City Cemetery, Halls, Lauderdale Co., TN m: 14 Oct 1923 in Crockett Co, TN Father: John Cherry Mother: Lula Cherry (i)Willie Hazel Riddick b: Abt. 1903 in TN ………….. +Henry Cherry m: 17 Jul 1922 in Crockett Co, TN
