1830 HOMICIDE:RENSHAW AGAINST ESSERY
Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith
Mr. Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith of Jackson has published seven genealogical miscellanies for Henderson County. He wishes to share this information as widely as possible and has granted permission for these web pages to be created. We thank Mr. Smith for his generosity. Copyright, Jonathan K. T. Smith, 2001
JACKSON (Tenn.)GAZETTE, September 11,1830
William Renshaw, born about 1810, was likely one of the children of the widow, Hannab Renshaw, who lived in Warren Co., Tenn. in 1820 and who followed her son, Abraham Renshaw, to Henderson County. There is evidence that this widow was related to the Essary family. (HENSHAW REFLECTIONS, by Grace Park Renshaw, Baltimore, 1983, page 143) It may very well be that William Renshaw and William Essary were kinsmen. John Essary/Essery was likely the father of William Essary; the former moved away from Henderson County in the mid-1830s, settling down in Alcorn County, Mississippi.
Other works by Jonathan K. T. Smith can be found at the Madison County Records Repository at TNGenWeb.
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