FRANCIS ASBERRY DAVIS 1821 – 1870 © Kay W. Davis (2007) Francis Asberry Davis was born August 21, 1821, in Indian Territory which later became Obion County, TN. When he was young he moved with his family to Dade County, … Continue reading →
Descendants of (Lewis) Crain and Elizabeth Head Submitted by Margaret Nolen Nichol, Jacksonville, Florida Note: there is an Index of names at the bottom The following genealogy report has been designed to allow for the descendants of Elizabeth Head to … Continue reading →
Robert Tillman Corum Submitted by talley bailey Robert Tillman Corum b. Caswell Co NC 2-7-1782 to William and Abigail Carman Corum. Robert m. November 1811 in Smith Co TN, Deborah Beasley, d/o Isham Beasley, an American Rev. war pensioner, one … Continue reading →
Henry and Elizabeth Johnson Callis, and Mary War Nan Johnson Early Settlers of Obion County Biography by Lynn Laster, 1998 Henry Callis was born in North Carolina on April 4, 1818 and died in Obion County on May 30, 1879. … Continue reading →
Andrew F(letcher?) Calhoun, Confederate Soldier Submitted by Martha Hooper, David B. Kersey and Jane Powell Andrew Fletcher Calhoun, was the son of Andrew Calhoun, b. 30 July 1794, and Eleanor George, b. 26 March 1799, d/o Reuban George and Nancy … Continue reading →
1 Brown 2 Richard B. Brown I b: Bet. 1785 – 1791 PA/NC d: Abt. 1879 Obion Co., TN Burial: Abt. 1879 Hogue Cem., Obion Co., TN … m.Nancy B. Watkins b: July 26, 1791 VA d: Dec 11, 1860 … Continue reading →
Early Obion County Settlers Submitted 1998, by Sharon Jones Vega George W. Broach and Mary Polly Farris were living in Obion County Tennessee in 1830 and enumerated on the 1830 Census. In 1835 David W. Farris, brother to Mary, was … Continue reading →
John Montgomery Bell was a Presbyterian of Scotch-Irish ancestry and a man of great stature and courage. He was a grandson of Major William Bell and Margaret Montgomery of Montgomery County, Tennessee. John M. Bell (and his brother Hugh Bell) … Continue reading →
Hugh F. Bell, b. 1 March 1845 Dickson County, TN Married 1st: 12 April 1876 Obion County TN, to S. Martha Caldwell, b. 1854 in Ky Married 2nd: 1 Jan 1884, White County AR to Rachel Emma Strayhorn b. 29 … Continue reading →
Early settler of Obion County, Lysander ADAMS was a prisoner of war on Johnson’s Island in Lake Erie until 1865 and then returned to Troy. His older brother, Aaron ADAMS, is living with him at the time of the 1850 … Continue reading →