Hill Family Migration

Posted on November 14, 2011 by

John Hill and wife, Mary Cosby moved from Va to Roane & Rhea Counties abt 1807. They moved with their children to Cedar County, Missouri abt 1838. Their children lived in and around the counties surrounding Cedar County. Their sons were: William C., John W., Jesse A., Elgin G., Timothy N., and Quinn/Guinn. Daughters, Mrs. Sims, Lucinda Stewart, Isbella Buster, Jane Galbraith, Mary Ann Whitenburg and Mariah Broyles. All moved to Missouri with exception of one, William C. Hill who went to Alabama.

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Rogers to Fannin Texas

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My Rhea County ancestors left Tennessee sometime between 1870 and 1880. Henry T. Rogers, b. April 19, 1835 d. August 24, 1897 and Mary Gillium. b. February 4, 1835 d. October 5, 1913, were married around 1858 in Rhea County. They left for Fannin County Texas sometime between 1870 and 1880. They are found in Bonham, Fannin Co., Texas on the 1880 census. Both Henry and Mary are buried in the Rosehill Cemetery just east of Bells, Texas.

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Logan Family to Barry County Missouri

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Samuel Logan and his wife Nancy (Orr) Logan departed Rhea County for Barry County, MO in 1836. Samuel was listed in the 1840 census of Sugar Creek Township, Barry County, MO. Samuel died in 1845 and Nancy in 1853 .

Samuel and Nancy’s children were all born in TN:
1. Jane Logan – William Woodward
2. Sarah Logan – Jesse L. Day
3. John Edward Logan – (1) Obedience Rowden (2) Katharine Bowman
4. Susan Logan – (1) Rev. Greenfield Buchanan (2) Winford Green Townsend
5. James Oliver Logan
6. Robert W. Logan – Mary Perkins
7. William Logan – Rachel Bowman
8. Nancy Logan – Joseph Rowden
9. Samuel Logan
10. Gideon Blackburn Logan
11. Mary Ann Logan – Armstrong Johnson

Submitted by Ira C. Nickle
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Reece Family Bible

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Here’s my migration, taken from the Reece family bible (dated 1828).

“I started to Mo. Nov. 19, 1835 and landed on Blackwater Johnson Co, Mo. the 9th of Feb. 1836” written in the bible by Isham Reece.

All told, here’s who came:

1) Jesse Reece, b. ~1760 in VA (shown as Reice in 1830 Rhea Co. Census)
1) Elizabeth ?, b. ~1780
2) Isham Reece b. May 16, 1806 in Grainger Co. E. Tn.
2) Mahaley Thompson b. Nov. 30th 1804 in L(s)ea Co. VA (as shown in Bible)
3) William R. Reece b. Oct. 16, 1830 in Rhea Co. Tn.
3) Esquire B. Reece b. Nov 18, 1832 in Rhea Co. Tn.
3) Elizabeth L. Reece b. Nov 20, 1834 in Rhea Co. Tn.

The first child born in MO was:
3) James McDonal Reece b. Aug 12, 1836 in Johnson Co. MO

There has been speculation that some other children of Jesse Reece also migrated, but I have found no hard evidence of this yet.

Submitted by David Reece

 

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Joseph McFalls to Missouri

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My Great grandfather Joseph McFalls left Rhea County before 1880, because he is found in Oregon County, Missouri Census Sheet 6 Line 29 in 1880. From some of the family members, he was a Mormon. As you can see three of his children were born in Missouri. I have always wondered why they moved to Missouri and then moved back. If any one knows anything of this family please contact me.

Brenda

Descendants of Joseph Rufus McFalls
Generation No. 1
1. JOSEPH RUFUS4 MCFALLS (CALVIN ROBERT3, DANIEL2, MCFALLS1) was born November-1853 in Tennessee, and died 19-September-1929 in Rhea County, Tennessee (Vaughn Cemetery). He married (1) ALOY A ELSIE PERKINS 1870, daughter of JAMES PERKINS and LUTIUSSIA LORTIA. He married (2) MARTHA GARRISON Aft. 1890.
Children of JOSEPH MCFALLS and ALOY PERKINS are:

i. VICTORIA5 MCFALLS, b. January-1876, Missouri; d. 1916, Bledsoe County, Tennessee (Worthington Cemetery); m. JAMES ROBERT BROWN,1891.

ii. WADE H. MCFALLS, b. 22-January-1879, Missouri; d. 17-April-1955, Rhea County, Tennessee, Stebbins Cemetery, Grandveiw; m. MARTHA JANE EDMONDS, 20-March-1899, Rhea County, Tennessee.

iii. WILLIAM D. MCFALLS, b. February-1879, Missouri; d. Unknown;m. NETTIE, 1903.

iv. JAMES R. MCFALLS, b. December-1882; d. Unknown; m. ROSIE.

v. RUFUS J. MCFALLS, b. January-1888; d. Unknown.

Child of JOSEPH MCFALLS and MARTHA GARRISON is:

vi. UTAH BROWN5 MCFALLS, b. 07-January-1894; d. April-1971, Spring City, Tennessee; m. ICY PEARL REED.

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Lesly Myers Goes West

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Lesly MYERS b abt 1807 Greene Co. TN came to Rhea/Meigs Co. area by 1830’s with his first wife Indianna ? She died there and he remarried Mary GREGORY. Lesly served Union with his son Wm. R. Several other sons served the Confederacy. Some of the boys drifted away, into MO, GA and AL while Wm.R and Lesly remained. Wm. R. md. Eliz. C. CANTRELL while his sister Mary md. John P.W. CANTRELL and another bro. James M. md. Mary CANTRELL.

Children of Wm. R. MYERS left TN for TX in the mid 1880’s and entered Ind. Terr. bef. 1890. Some of their CANTRELL cousins came with them including Lillie Davis.

I would love to locate family from the branches who migrated to MO, GA and AL as well as any others. Contact me at: SYLB26a@prodigy.com

Debbie Woolf

 

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Armstrong and Rowden Families to Miller Missouri

Posted on November 9, 2011 by

Abel and Tabitha (Rowden) Armstrong appeared on the census in 1830 in Rhea County, Tennessee. In 1860 they are found on the census of Richwoods Twp., Miller, Missouri.

Abednigo and Catherine (Hannah) Rowden appeared on the census 1819, 1820, 1821 in Rhea County, Tennessee, on the 1829 McMinn County, Tennessee Tax List, in the census of 1830 in Roane County, Tennessee, on the 1831 McMinn County, Tennessee Tax List, on the Rhea County, TN Tax Lists 1832-1834, the census in 1840 in Roane County, Tennessee, and on the census in 1850 in Being 26th. District, Dallas, Missouri.

Abraham Echols and Ann (Brandon) Rowden are found on the Rhea Co., TN Tax List in 1827, 1829, the Rhea County, Tennessee census in 1830, and on the census of 1860 in Boone Twp., Maries, Missouri.

Asa and Margaret (Hannah) Rowden appeared in the 1819 Tax Lists of Meigs County, Tennessee as residing in Rhea County, on the tax lists of 1821-1822 and 1827-1829 in Rhea County, on the census in 1830 in Rhea County, and on the census in 1860 in Boone Twp., Maries, Missouri. An unknown source gave information that they had arrived in Osage County, Missouri in 1842. Asa was named as an early resident of Maries County, Missouri in “Turnbo’s Tales of the Ozarks: Biographical Stories”.

Elijah A. and Celia (Hughes) Rowden appeared on the tax list of 1822 in Rhea County, Tennessee, and on the census of 1850 in District 17, Cedar, Missouri. By 1860 Elijah was in Looney Twp., Polk, Missouri with his second wife, Jane (Ford).

Laban B. Rowden married Jane Hubbert 27 Mar 1831 in Rhea County, Tennessee. They appeared on the census in 1850 in 16th District, Cass, Missouri.

Samuel Echols and Nancy (Smith) Rowden appeared on tax lists for Rhea County in 1829, and by 1840 they appeared on the census of Johnson County, Missouri. In 1850 they were residing in District 16, Cass, Missouri. He died in Sep 1876 in Freeman, Cass, Missouri.

Submitted by Carol Hattrup
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Womack Family to Arkansas

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My GG Uncle, Elijah T. Womack, was born in Polk County, TN on July 6, 1846. He is the son of Alexander & Freelove Thompson Womack, pioneers of Polk County. The family moved to McMinn Co during the Civil War. Elijah enlisted in the Fifth Tennessee Mountain Infantry and was honorably discharged June 27, 1865. In 1865, he also married Lucinda Francina Marler in McMinn County. Between 1870 & 1880, Elijah & family moved to Meigs County, TN., as they are listed on the 1880 Meigs Census. By 1881, they are residing in Benton County, Arkansas. Family rumor says that quite a few families traveled west at the same time. Elijah remained in Arkansas until approx. 1920, when he moved to Southwest City, McDonald Co., Missouri. This area is just across the state line of Arkansas. Elijah died August 6, 1929, and is buried in Southwest CityCemetery, McDonald Co., MO.

Submitted by Connie Bauman
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Pleasant Majors to Tarrant County Texas

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Pleasant Majors and Rachel left Rhea County after 1850. He married Mary King in Freestone, Texas October 1853 and received a land grant in Tarrant County, Texas on the waters of the Brazos River in 1856.

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Kerr Family to Missouri

Posted on November 7, 2011 by

Robert Kerr (1793 TN-1870 MO), son of Robert Kerr and Amy George. Married Elizabeth Clack (1797 KY – 1890 MO), daughter of Rawleigh Clack and Mary Randles, on 12 Dec 1816, Sevier Co TN. Robert and Elizabeth moved from Sevier Co TN to Rhea Co TN about 1830. They moved on to Lawrence Co MO abt 1845, where they both died. Both buried in Kerr Cem located Greene Co MO.

Thomas Jefferson Kerr (1805 TN – 1888 MO), son of Robert Kerr and Amy George. Married Martha Clack, daughter of Rawleigh Clack and Mary Randles, on 29 Aug 1826, Sevier Co TN. They moved to Rhea Co TN abt 1830. They moved to Lawrence Co MO abt 1849, where they both died. Both buried in Kerr Cem located Greene Co TN.

John Kerr (1806 – ), son of James Kerr and Anne Jones. Married Sarah Caroline Garrett, abt 1830. They lived in Rhea Co, then moved on to Bradley Co TN.

William Kerr (1803 TN – ), son of David Kerr and Rachel Goforth. Married Martha McCarroll, 1826, Sevier Co TN. Moved to Rhea Co abt 1830. Moved to Barry Co MO about 1839.

Submitted by Joyce Kerr
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