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Wilder and Richardson Family

Wilder and Richardson Family

This Wilder-Richardson research was begun in early 2010 after a conversation with a descendant of these two families. When my friend [Private] told me she was a Wilder and that her grandmother was Nancy Richardson, I was hooked on learning more about how her Richardsons might be related to my own Richardsons in Franklin County. Another descendant [Private] has the Wilder Bible and shared a copy of the family record with me. In search of Nancy Richardson’s family, I began…

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Pylant Deeds & Family History

Pylant Deeds & Family History

Submitted by Stacy Hardin<stacy [dot] hardin [at] par-research [dot] com> Book M, page 79 – Indenture 22 August 1829 between William Ayers of Franklin Co. and William Pyland of same … $60 … land on Fall Lick branch and the east side a branch of Big Hurricane Creek, beginning on a dogwood branded thus MA … 20a … /S/ Wm. M. AYERS. Test: David Osborn; Alijah A. Simpson(?) Regíd. Feb. 1830. No. 1597. Billy Pyland enters 1000a in Franklin County…

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Thomas Gardner Family History

Thomas Gardner Family History

Submitted by Joy Gallagher Franklin County, Tenn. Court Loose Records 1880-1889 Gardner – Geohagen, Folder: 1880- 0376 Project Preservation, Franklin Co., TN Archives, 349 Dinah Shore Blvd., Suite 6, Winchester, TN 37398 W.W. Garner et als vs. George Turner et als 1889″ The deposition of Mrs. M. J. Turner taken by the C & M on reference to ascertain the heirs, Dec. 17, 1894. David Lynch C&M. 1. What is your age and residence? Ans. Age 54 years old, residence…

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Miller – Hill Family Records

Miller – Hill Family Records

Surnames mentioned in this file include HIGHERS, MILLER, HILL, RYMAN, HUNT, BURNETT, SLADE, RUSSELL, DOBBS. This essay was handwritten by Ella Frances Miller Highers, about 1929/30, as an application for membership in the United Daughters of the Confederacy. At the time of writing, she lived in Dixon Springs (Smith Co.), TN. Ella was born in Sewanee (Franklin Co.), TN, 8 Sept., 1879 and died in Dixon Springs, 16 April, 1965. She was married to Simon Claiborne Highers. Transcribed by Fran…

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Delzells Family History

Delzells Family History

Five generations of Delzells lived in Franklin County beginning with John Delzell (1808-1870), who migrated from Blount County, TN. about 1828. John, his young wife Louisa, her father and uncle settled at the foot of the mountain between Greenhaw and Cowan. John Delzell and Louisa B. Anderson were married on February 12, 1858 in Blount County, TN. by Dr. Issac Anderson, Pastor of the New Providence Presbyterian Church. They must have left soon for Middle Tennessee. In 1830 he is…

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John M. Bennett Family Records

John M. Bennett Family Records

The following abstract on John M. Bennett has been contributed by Margaret Kelleyís transcription obtained at Project Preservation, Franklin Co., Tennessee. J.M. Bratton Exr. vs Mariah Bennett & others Depositions of J.M. Bratton, Jackson Bennett, Mrs. Mary Gann, Argaylor Bratton Depositions taken on behalf of B.F. Bennett before the C&M on 12th January 1877, at his office in Winchester Tennessee J.M. Bratton first witness says hewas acquainted with John M. BENNETT for 40 years …was intimate with him for 20…

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James Sandlin, Samuel Colquit, Daniel Muse Revolutionary War Pensions

James Sandlin, Samuel Colquit, Daniel Muse Revolutionary War Pensions

About 1998, Judy Phillips wrote the following note: Three men whose names appear in the Franklin County Court House Minutes as having sworn an affidavit in order to receive a pension could not be found among the pension files. These three men are James SANDLIN, Samuel COLQUIT and Daniel MUSE. It is possible that the court determined that these men had not served long enough to qualify for a pension and their application was thus never forwarded to Washington.

John Smith Revolutionary War Pension

John Smith Revolutionary War Pension

John SMITH S4858 West Tenn. #7600 $30/ year issued (?) 1833 3 Nov. 1832 Franklin County John SMITH aged 72 (67 crossed out) states he was born in 1760 in Orange County Va., but has no record of his birth. He was a resident of Wilkes County, N.C., when enlisted (date not given) under Capt. William LENOIR and Col. Benjamin CLEVELAND and marched against the Cherokee Nation. There was a battle, but affiant’s company was behind guarding the baggage. He…

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Lewis Taylor Revolutionary War Pension

Lewis Taylor Revolutionary War Pension

Lewis TAYLOR, Sl728, NC & SC Lines. In the Revolutionary War LEWIS was a Private in the North Carolina line. His pension started at age 75. On Sep. 27, 1833, he drew $80.00 annual allowance for a total of $240.00. Soldier lived in Surry Co. NC at lst enlistment and later moved to SC and also enlisted there. After the war, he moved to Rutherford Co. NC then moved to Franklin Co., TN where he applied in Sep l832. Soldier…

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George Sherrell Revolutionary War Pension

George Sherrell Revolutionary War Pension

George SHERRELL S3902. West Tenn. #19035 $25/year issued 26 July 1833 30 Aug. 1832 Franklin County, George Sherrell aged about 70 states he was born in Lincoln County, N.C. Sept.. or Oct. 1762. He does not have his father’s family records. He served in 1780 as a private in Capt. Robert PATTON’s company of N.C. militias a substitute for Jacob PERK in a regiment commanded bu Col. Charles MCDOWD (MCDOWELL?). His detachment, commanded by Gen. HUGER, was defeated by the…

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