Wills from Will Book I (1808-1847) Page 8 – Will of Henry Heryford Sr. In the name of Almighty God, Amen. Inasmuch as it is appointed for all men to die, I Henry Heryford of Franklin County and State of Tennessee do make and ordain this my last will and testament as follows, viz: I give my body to be buried at the discretion of my wife and order that my just debts be paid. I give and bequeath to…
Roll No. 3, TSLA Transcribed by Judy Henley Phillips. All rights reserved. The tax lists on this roll of microfilm are paged consecutively. The Franklin Co., TN list begins with page 77 and is also numbered beginning with page 1. I have enclosed the microfilm page number in parenthesis for convenience in finding a page of interest. Each page has a double row of names with their number of polls. The polls are tallied at the end of each row…
Judy Henley Phillips Franklin County, Tennessee In The Year 1840, Featuring the 1840 Census with Abstracts of the 1840 County Court Minutes and Deeds. Full name index, including a slave and place name index The 1870 Franklin County, Tennessee Census, with full name index The 1880 Moore Co., TN Census, with full name index. (Remember, Moore was formed from Bedford, Franklin and Lincoln Counties in 1871). The Gipson Family of Franklin County, Tennessee, Their Ancestors and Descendants.This book traces the…
Transcribed by Judy Henley Phillips The following deeds are abstracted from the Franklin County Deed Books for the year 1840. Deed Book O (1834-40) p427 (Bill of Sale) – John G. BRAZELTON (constable) to Hayden MARCH for MARY and MOSES, two negroes sold as the property of Dyer MOORE … Whereas Bershir CRISMAN surviving partner of R.P. HARRIS & Co. recovered Judgment against one Dyer MOORE before James ROBINSON Esqr. on 14 Nov. 1839 … a negro boy named MOSES…
By Judy Henley Phillips The marriage book at the courthouse (1838-1875) was created by James J. Martin, clerk as ordered by the county court at its July term 1883 court. Martin’s transcription was taken from the original documents.During the course of many years of research, I have discovered the discrepancies given below. I’m sure there are more. Many of the brides have had a previous marriage. I have not included those in this list. I encourage you to submit any…
Compiled by Judy Henley PhillipsOur first marriage book for Franklin County begins January, 1838. There is no known marriage book prior to that date. For many years I have been compiling a reconstructed first marriage book for Franklin County – a spinoff from another project. As the cc for Franklin County, I decided to make my research available to those who visit my page. Some of these couples lived in the part of Franklin that became Coffee County in 1836….
Franklin Co., TN Marriage Book, 1:375 – John W. BOOTH to Louisa J. PAYNE, license issued 24 Feby. 1872. I solemnized the rite of matrimony between the within named parties on the 25th day of Feby. 1872. C.C. ROSE, J.P. “But,” you say, “John Wilkes BOOTH shot Abraham LINCOLN at Ford’s Theatre on the 14th of Apr. 1865 and is buried at the Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore, MD. So, how could he be at the marriage alter in Franklin…
Submitted by Debbie Wilkinson Franklin Co., Tenn. Deeds 1836-1840 (FHL#0576327).D.B. Q:115. Sampson THOMPSON and Nancy his wife to John J. HAYTER. Whereas Jacob Miller died seized and possessed of one tract of land in FC on or near the head of Norwood creek a branch of the Boiling Fork … 9a and 36 poles of said tract fell to us, It being one share as the heirs of said Miller … we Sampson Thompson and Nancy Thompson for $45 do sell the 9a…
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(?) Reg’d. Feb. 1830. No. 1597. Billy Pyland enters 1000a in Franklin…
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…