MADISON COUNTY QUARTERLY COURT MINUTE BOOK 17
JUNE 1885-OCTOBER 1888
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Page 1: JAMES R. MAYO died in
Madison County, May 6, 1885.
Page 5: LWT of Mrs. C.
[CASSANDRA] LANIER was probated June 1, 1885. [Lebanon Methodist Cemetery: CASSANDRA,
wife of J.H. LANIER, Mar.24, 1814-Mar.18, 1885]
Page 9.ALLEN EDWARDS died in
Madison County in 1885.
Pages 11-12.The Court
eulogized one of its recently deceased members. C.W. CUNLIFFE, noting his
“liberal support to public necessary improvement and conscious not to tax the
people for unauthorized purposes.” As Court adopted, July 6, 1885. [McClellan
Cemetery: CHARLIE W.CUNLIFFE, April 4, 1836-January 5, 1885]
Page 30: Mrs. TRANCY BYRUM
died Madison County [date not given], as noted by the Court, August 18, 1885.
Page 31: HENRY POLKAMP died
in Madison County, July, 1885. [The WEST TENNESSEE WHIG, July 8, 1885, noted
that he was formerly of Manchester, Tenn., a German who died in Civil District
8, Madison County, July 4, 1885]
Page 39: The parents of
CAROLINE BULLINGTON, aged 3 years, were deceased; she was adopted by J.B.
JOHNSON, whose surname she would bear. Sept 15, 1885.
Page 40: W.D. FLETCHER died
in Madison County, July 31, 1885.
Page 41: JOSEPH D. THOMPSON
died in Madison County, July 27, 1885.
Page 42: WILLIAM TOTTEN,
black, died in Madison County, August, 1884; his wife “has since died.”
Page 51: On October 5, 1885
the Court authorized the payment of $2 to J.T. HARRIS for a coffin for BOB
COOPER, deceased.
Page 56: LWT of THOMAS WILLIAMS
was probated October 5, 1885.
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Page 57: Death of SAMUEL C. CHAMBERLIN “suggested and admitted,” Oct. 6, 1885.
Page 31: S.C. CHAMBERLIN died in Madison County, March, 1885.
Page 57: E.H. SOWELL died in Madison County, August 10, 1885.
Page 60: The widow [SARAH R.]
of NATHAN W. STEADMAN died January 26, 1885.
Page 63: JAMES TURNER died in
1871.
Page 67: O.E. CARPENTER died
in Madison County, October, 1885.
Page 68: JOHN R. ALSTON died in
Madison County, October, 1885. [Riverside Cemetery: JOHN R. ALSTON, March 6,
1847-October 26, 1885]
Page 69: SAMUEL GARDNER died
in Madison County, August 8, 1884.
Page 7: LWT of SARAH TURNER,
black, was probated November 10, 1885. [She died in 1885 as she executed her
will, January 13, 1885]
Page 75: LWT of ELIZABETH
HARRIS was probated November 17, 1885. [She died in 1885 as she executed her
will, September 17, 1885]
Page 94: J.W. WOOD, former
resident of Madison County, had died, as noted in Court, December 8, 1885.
Page 103: LWT of C.C. RUDDLE
was probated January 4, 1886.
Page 104: JOHN W. WOOLEY died
in Madison County, December, 1885.
Page 109: T.L. KENDRICK died
in Madison County, June, 1885. [Riverside Cemetery: THEOPHILUS LACY KENDRICK,
September 27, 1848-June 28, 1885]
page 115: JOHN M. NEILL died in Madison County in 1877.
Page 129: Mrs. REBECCA LONG
died in Madison County “recently.”
Page 129: JOHN S. ROCHELL
died in Madison County, October 28, 1885. [Mt. Tabor Cemetery: JOHN S. ROCHELLE,
March 31, 1828-October 30, 1885]
Page 136: RUDOLPH HAFELI died
January 16, 1886. Page 379 His death date once more given as January 16, 1886.
[Riverside Cemetery: RUDOLPH
HAFELI, November 3,
1851-January 16, 1886]
Page 137: W.N. COLLINS died
in Madison County in 1883.
Page 141: LWT of W.W. NICHOLS
was probated March 1, 1886. [He died in 1886 as he executed his will, February
15, 1886]
Page 141: A.R. REID died in
Madison County, January 18, 1886. [WEST TENNESSEE WHIG, January 20, 1886, noted
that he died January 15, 1886 aged 70 years]
Page 143: Mrs. MARTHA NEWTON
died in Madison County, January 30, 1886.
Page 143: JOHN LACY died in
Madison County, January 29, 1885. [WEST TENNESSEE WHIG, February 6, 1885 that
he died in Civil District 10, Madison
County, February 5,
1886, aged 68 years]
Page 156: LWT of J.H. COOPER
was probated April 5, 1886.
Page 161: GRAY HOLLAND died
in Madison County, April 22, 1886.
Page 161: LWT of YOUNG A.
McLEMORE was probated May 3, 1886. [YOUNG ATKINS McLEMORE buried in McLemore
Cemetery, with no dates on his tombstone]
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Page 169: JOHN WAKEFIELD died in Madison County, May,
1886. [Riverside Cemetery: JOHN WAKEFIELD Born in England, Dec., 1819; died
May, 1886]
Page 171: ADA DICKENS RICE, nee TOLBERT, died Panola
County, Mississippi, Nov. 18, 1885; her LWT was probated November 27, 1885.
Page 179: M.A.T. NANCE died in Madison County, January
4, 1886.
Page 191: ARCHIBALD S. ROGERS died in Madison County,
May 19, 1886. [Rogers Cemetery: ARCHIBALD S. ROGERS, April 9, 1818-May 19,
1886]
Page 192: LWT of LUCINDA THOMPSON was probated July
26, 1886. [She died in 1886 as she executed her will, February 10, 1886]
Page 193: LWT of W.H. McLEMORE was probated September
2, 1886. [He died in 1886 as he executed his will, May 11, 1886]
Page 194: HENRY WILSON, former resident of Madison
County, “was killed near Cairo [Illinois] on the 2nd day of July 1886” while a
railroad employee.
Page 196: LWT of JOHN G. BELL was probated August 23,
1886.
Page 208: A.R. GARNER died in Madison County, July,
1886, leaving no family; single.
Page 211: LWT of JOHN TAYLOR was probated September 8,
1886. [He died in 1886 as he executed his will, January 11, 1886]
Page 231: DAVID B. WADLEY died in Madison County,
October 1, 1886. [Riverside Cemetery: D.B. WADLEY Ju1y 16, 1854-October 1,
1886]
Page 232: TURNER J. FULLER died in Madison County,
September 27, 1886. [Maple Springs Cemetery: TURNER J. FULLER, January 25,
1819-September 27, 1886]
Page 234: W.A. STEVENS died
in Madison County in 1885.
Page 243: LWT of GIDEON I. CHRISTIAN was probated
November 18, 1886. [Riverside Cemetery: G.I. CHRISTIAN January 22, 1813-October
23, 1886]
Page 245: ELIZABETH HARDEE died in Madison County,
November 17, 1886.
Page 252: J.W. NICHOLS died
in Madison County [date not given] as noted by the Court, December 7, 1886]
Page 256: LWT of JERRY TROY
was probated December 8, 1886. [He died in 1886 as he executed his will,
October 25, 1886]
Page 270: JAMES GLIDEWELL
died in Madison County, December 28, 1886.
Page 275: A notation, January
4, 1887, that J.T. RUSHING was paid $10 by the Court for “burial expenses of burying ELIZA WOOD.”
Page 289: Mrs. MARTHA HICKS died in Madison County,
January 23, 1887. [Hicks Cemetery: MÂRTHA HICKS, Mother, died January 23, 1887
aged 65 years]
Page 291: Mrs. ELLEN CROW, former resident of Madison
County, died in Paducah, Ky., January 6, 1887.
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Page 294: GEORGE and MATILDA
EVANS, a childless married couple, petitioned the Court to allow them to adopt
LULA SEPHRONIA JOHNSON, an orphaned two-year-old whom they had been rearing; to
change her name to theirs, EVANS, and to be treated as if she had been “born to
them in lawful wedlock.” So allowed.
February 7, 1887.
Page 299: WILLIAM HOPPER died
in Civil District 1l, Madison County [date not given], as noted by the Court,
February 14, 1887.
Page 300: DANIEL M. STEPHENS
died in Jackson, Tenn., “latter part” of 1886.
Page 301: WILLIAM H. CANTRELL died in Kentucky, May 9, 1886.
Page 302: LOUIS EPPINGER died
in Jackson, January 31, 1887. [Riverside Cemetery: LOUIS EPPINGER, 1837-1887]
Page 304: LWT of ALMIRA E. STILL was probated February
19, 1887. [Died Feb. 11, 1887; buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis; widow of
William Still]
Page 309: Mrs. M.E. SHERMAN
died in Texas [date not given], as noted by the Court, February 25, 1887.
Page 312: WILLIAM H. HUNT
died in Madison County in 1873.
Page 315: ELLEN E. MILLER
died in the residence of her brother, THOMAS B. DUNCAN, Jackson, September,
l886; she and her children, WILLIAM and ANDREW, had lived with this brother
since 1878.
Page 317: It appeared to the
Court that THEODOCIA, heir of GRAY HOLLAND, married H.F. HOPPER and she had
died leaving an only child, DELLA HOPPER; so noted by the Court, March 28,
1887.
Page 317: Mrs. C.A. CHERRY
died in July, 1884. On Page 373, her death was given as having occurred in
Madison County, July 1, 1884.
Page 329: LORENZO LEA died
several years ago. [The Reverend LORENZO LEA, January 4, 1806-October 7, 1876,
as per notice in the NASHVILLE CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE, February 17, 1877]
Page 329: Mrs. A.A.
BLANKINSHIP died in Madison County, April 22, 1887. [Antioch Cemetery: MARTHA
BLANKENSHIP, March 10, 1835-April 22, 1887]
Page 332: Mrs. MARTHA HICKS
died in Madison County in February, 1887.
Page 332: JOHN D. HURT died “about 12 months ago,” as noted May 21, 1887.
Page 335: MARY C. CHILDRESS died in Madison County, November 26, 1886.
Page 355: LWT of WILLIAM M. MURCHISON was probated July 6, 1887.
Page 367: WILLIAM GRAY died
in Jackson, July, 1887.
Page 370: LWT of H.M. REID
was probated August 30, 1887. [He died in August
1887 as he executed his will,
August 12, 1887]
Page 377: LWT of CHARLES W.
DAVIS was probated September 12, 1887. He died in Madison County, December 26,
1887 (as noted on Page 378).
Page 379: SAMUEL A. SMITH
died in Madison County, September 15, 1887.
Page 396: WILLIAN GOODWIN died in Civil District 17, Madison Co., in 1852.
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Page 399: DR. W.C. STOVALL died in Madison County, May 17, 1887. [McClellan
Cemetery: W.C. STOVALL, April 8, 1816-May 17, 1887]
Page 408: LWT of T.F. LEWIS
was probated October 20, 1887. [He died in 1887 as he executed his will,
October 6, 1887.
Page 413: LWT of Mrs. S.E.
COLE was probated November 7, 1887. [She died in 1887 as she executed her will,
September 12, 1887]
Page 414: LWT of GEORGE R.
SCOTT was probated November 11, 1887. He died in Madison County about October
28, 1887.
Page 422: ARMSTEAD CAMPBELL
died in Madison County, November 6, 1887.
Page 422: GREEN JOHNSON, black, died in Madison County, April, 1887.
Page 424: HENRY BAKER died in Madison County, November 6, 1887.
Page 425: WILLIAM E. STEWARD
died in Madison County, November 9, 1887.
Page 445: NANCY D. RUSSELL
died in Madison County [date not given], as noted by the Court, December 17,
1887. Riverside Cemetery: NANCY, wife of JESSE RUSSELL, April 13, 1806-December
30, 1872]
Page 449: LWT of MOODY
PASSMORE was probated December 20, 1887. [He died in 1887 as he executed his
will, January 22, 1887]
Page 469: LWT of ELIZABETH
KUNZ was probated January 3, 1887. [Riverside Cemetery: ELIZABETH KUNZ,
February 6, 1840-December 29, 1884]
Page 481: ARTHUR DELOACH “has
died,” as noted by the Court, October 8, 1887.
Page 486: Mrs. S.G. OLIVER
died in Madison County, July 12, 1887.
Page 486: HOLLAND POPE LUCKEY
died in Madison County, January 5, 1888. [Riverside Cemetery: Mrs. H.P. LUCKEY
Born Granville Co., N.C., April 5, 1815. Died January 5, 1888]
Page 497: LWT of Mrs. MARY O.
HENDERSON was probated March 3, 1888.
Page 501: ALEXANDER LINDSEY died in Madison County, April 30, 1886.
Page 504: LWT of W.A.
CALDWELL was probated March 16, 1888. [Riverside Cemetery: WILLIAM ADDISON CALDWELL
Born N.C., Oct. 1, 1817. Died Jackson, Tenn., March 10, 1887]
Page 506: MOSES TOMLINSON
died in Madison County, March 17, 1888.
Page 521: W.F. ROBINSON died in Madison County, April 1, 1888.
Page 524: Dr. WILLIAM MAXWELL died in Jackson, March 29, 1888.
Page 537: T.A. HAYNES died in Madison County, December 1, 1881.
Page 537: LWT of JOHN DEBERRY, black, was probated June 2, 1888.
Page 570: THOMAS E. ASKEW died in Madison County, June, 1888. [Askew-Haughton
Cemetery: THOMAS E. ASKEW, March 11, 1847-June 6, 1888]
Page 570: WILLIAM F. STILL
died in Madison County “a long time since,” so noted by the Court, July 4,
1887. [Riverside Cemetery: Dr. WILLIAM F. STILL, died in 1872 aged 76 years]
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Page 571: LWT of Miss S.M. CARUTHERS was probated July 19, 1888. [Riverside
Cemetery: SUSAN M. CARUTHERS, September 1, 1838-June 13, 1888]
Page 572: W.W. DAVIS died in
Madison County, July 14, 1888.
Page 578: Mrs. MINERVA LANEY
died in Madison County, July 10, 1888.
Page 581: Mrs. MARY EMMERSON
died in Madison County in 1877.
Page 582: JOHN H. DAY died in
Madison County in 1856. [Riverside Cemetery: JOHN H. DAY Born Hanover Co., Va.,
Oct. 18, 1787. Died August 16, 1856]
Page 588: GEORGE McRUSSELL
died in Madison County, May 19, 1888.
Page 597: LWT of FANNY M.
HURT was probated September 25, 1888; that she died in 1888. [Riverside
Cemetery: FANNIE GUTHRIE HURT, March 18, 1844-Aug. 15, 1888]
Page 598: A.D. HURT died in
Madison County, July 30, 1888. [Riverside Cemetery: ABSOLEM DEBERRY HURT, March
3, 1844-July 30, 1888]
Page 599: WILLIAM BOON died
in Madison County in 1873.
Page 603: LWT of WILLIAM
HENRY was probated September 29, 1888. [Denmark Presbyterian Cemetery: WILLIAM
HENRY, Dec. 27, 1807-July 21, 1887]
Page 622: R.S. NEELY died in Madison County, August 17, 1888. [Denmark Presbyterian
Cemetery: Rev. R.S. NEELY, October 26, 1829-August 17, 1888]
Page 627: ANDREW HAYNES died in Madison County in 1860; his widow, Mrs. SALLY
HAYNES, died there in 1867.