George Pritchett Went to Oklahoma

Posted on November 7, 2011 by

My great grandfather George W. Pritchett left Rhea Co. for Oklahoma in 1909. George was the son of William and Priscilla Essex Pritchett. William had lived in Rhea Co. from 1859 until his death 13 March 1916. Priscilla died in Rhea Co. 11 May 1905. William and Priscilla where married 1 April 1863. Priscillas parents were William and Mary Long Essex. They where married in Rhea Co. 4 Nov 1838.

William and Priscilla had the following children: George W., James Lindsay, William J., and Polly. William was married to Laura and according to my grandfather he went to Georgia.

James Lindsay Pritchett married Mary Texana McMillan and had the following children: Inda Bessie, Samuel A., Charles Benton, James Harvey, Jesse, George Levi, Robert, Alvin H., Joseph Manuel, Johnny, Daniel, Milton. James and his family also went to Oklahoma in 1909 and appear on the 1910 McClain Co. census. However they returned to Rhea Co. not long after that and many of James and Marys descendants still live in the county.

George married Martha McMillan 28 Feb 1886 and had the following children all born in Rhea Co: Andrew J., Wealthy Ann, James H., Joseph, Oscar William, Minta, Carol Roy, Lydia, and Viola. Wealthy died in Tennessee before the move to Oklahoma. The family settled in McClain Co., Oklahoma. Minta and Carol Roy died in just a few years. During the depression James H. Pritchett moved his wife Bertha Johnson Pritchett and his children to Eddy Co., New Mexico for several years and then to Fresno Co., CA. Oscar also came to Fresno Co. but most of the other children stayed in Oklahoma.

My father, James Edward Pritchett used to say that when they left Oklahoma they looked like the Grapes of Wrath except the car in the movie looked better than the one they actually had. They where very poor and worked at anything they could. James H. and Bertha eventually bought a boarding house. Their children have all been prosperous and hard working.

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Rhea County Families to Barrry County Missouri

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Here are some Rhea County couples that relocated to Barry Co. Mo

Henry McCary married Jane Thompson, daughter of Thomas K. and Pricilla (Looney) Thompson, in Rhea County Tn in 1834. They moved to Barry County Missouri in 1837 where Henry held several public offices including one term as Missouri State Representative.

Josiah McCary, minister, married Mary Hubbert in Rhea County TN and relocated to Barry Co. Missouri for a time, then moved to other sections of Missouri as a minister.

Lindsey McCary, a cabinet maker, married Mary A Peters in Rhea County Tn and moved to Barry County Missouri.

Labon Stewart married Nancy A Wells in Rhea County Tn in 1823, relocated to DeKalb Tennessee for the 1838 removal of the Cherokee and 1840 census, they settled in Barry County Missouri before 1845 and resettled in Williamson Co. Texas before 1870.

Stephen Henry Thompson, son of Thomas K and Pricilla (Looney) Thompson, married Elizabeth Petterson in 1837 in Rhea Co. and settled in Barry Co. Mo.

Absalom Logan Thompson, son of Jesse and Jean (Looney) Thompson, married Susanna Elizabeth West at Rhea County in 1834 and settled in Barry Co. Missouri.

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Godbehere Family to Hot Springs Arkansas

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William Godbehere was born 10/20/1820 to Thomas and Isabella (Taylor) Godbehere. He married Nancy W. Holland on 2/4/1841. They had 8 children: John T, Allen John (Jahue), Mary Jane, Thomas J, William Daniel, Nancy E, Sabella Angeline and James Monroe. William and his family left Rhea Co. in late 1848 or early 1849. Their original plans were to go to Texas, but once they reached the beautiful Hot Springs, Arkansas area – they decided to stop and declare this area their new home. The Godbehere farm was approximately 8 miles out on the old Little Rock Highway. Many of the Godbehere’s remain in the area to this day.

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Thomas Marlow Family in Campbell County, Tennessee

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My husband`s ggg grandfather, Thomas Marlow Sr. and his wife Elizabeth (Betsy) Ward were married in Rhea Co. on 11-3- 1824. He was born in VA. They then went to Campbell Co. TN. Maybe the Ward family was originally from there? We believe his brother, Reubin also married Susan Ward there on 12-13-1824. I`m not sure if they stayed or left. This is all relatively new material found by our cousin. Ayy more relatives out there?

Lori Jackson, Cleveland, OH
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Miller and Logan Families Migrate to Missouri

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Miller Lee and his wife Nancy Wheeler left Rhea County between 1835 and 1840. Children born in 1835 and 1837 are listed as being born in Missouri, but other Rhea records indicate Miller Lee was in Rhea County until the late 1830s. They are on the Barry County, Missouri census in 1840.

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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

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Larkin George Gothard Moves to Texas

Posted on November 6, 2011 by

Larkin George Gothard, son of George and Nancy (Carter) Gothard was born 1825 in Dayton, Rhea Cty., TN. He died in 1870 (pneumonia). He served in the Mexican War in San Augustine Cty., TX. He liked the area so much that when his time was up, he returned to Rhea Cty., TN and married Elizabeth Butler, daughter of Hampton and Sallie (Moyers/Majors?) Butler and both families moved to San Augustine Cty, TX . They were there by the 1850 Census. Larkin and Elizabeth’s children were:

1. George Gothard b.1852 San Augustine Cty, TX
2. Nancy Jane b. 1850
3. Sarah Jane b. 1854 m. Jim Sutton
4. James William b. 1856 m. Susanne Guthrie
5. Mary b. 1858 m. John W. Guthrie
6. Richard b. Feb 1860 m. Sara Duncan
7. Joseph Larkin b. Oct 22, 1862 m. Hester Ragsdale
8. Betty b. Mar 9, 1865 m. Dave Cagle

Larkin was in the Civil War on the Confederate side.

Hampton and Sallie (Moyers/Majors?) Butler’s children were:

1.Mary Butler b. 1820 Rhea Cty, TN
2. Samuel b. 1827 Rhea Cty, TN m. Adrian Howard
3. Elizabeth b. 1830 m. Larkin Gothard
4. James b. 1832
5. Nancy b. 1836 Rhea Cty,TN m. James Kinner, Jr.
6. Milly b. 1836 m. James Sowell
7. Jane b. 1839 m. ? Pearce
8. Wade Hampton b. 1843

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Casey Family Children Moves to Wright County Missouri

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James and Elizabeth Casey were in Rhea County, according to a tax list, by 1823. Elizabeth is shown as E. Caisy in the 1830 census, suggesting that James was deceased. A court record in Rhea in the summer of 1830 releases him from paying poll tax. Does anyone know what this means? He was probably in his mid to late sixties in 1830 because he was over 45 in 1810 (shown in the fragment of the Grainger Co., TN census that survives.) I didn’t think the poll tax extended to men over 60. Does anyone know the specific law?

In 1840, Elizabeth and some of her children were in Hamilton Co. A release of dower, signed as Elizabeth Lewis (implying a second marriage?), specified that she was the wife of James Casey, deceased. Their children who were listed in the 1839 release of dower were William (who I believe settled in McMinn Co. at an early date); James, John, Samuel Henry, Sterling (called Star), Elizabeth who married George Watson, Nancy who married Benjamin McKenzie and lived in McMinn Co., and Sarah who married what looks like Ruse.

James’ sister, Elizabeth Casey Blackwood, and her husband William Blackwood also lived in Rhea County. I would like to know the names of the Blackwood children and what happened to them. The Isaac Bullard family listed in the 1830 Rhea census is probably a nephew of James’. One of his sisters, Agnes, married John Bullard.

In 1842, some of the children of James and Elizabeth Casey: James, Samuel Henry, Sterling, and Elizabeth Watson and her husband George, moved to Webster (soon to be Wright) Co., Missouri.

I would like to learn what happened to their mother Elizabeth Casey (Lewis?). I have never been able to locate her maiden name either. Any help gratefully accepted. Thanks.

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Schultz and Rowden to Navarro Texas

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Martin Schultz and wife Sarah Rowden moved to Navarro Co, TX by 1848 where their daughter Cynthia Jane married William Hoggard in 1848; the latter were my GG Grandparents. Cynthia’s death certificate from OK in 1913 and her full page obituary in the Marshall Co. OK paper says she was born in Roane Co. TN.

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Blevins Family Moves to Texas

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John Henry Blevins (1855-1929), the youngest child of John Torbett Blevins and his wife, Florence Elizabeth (Pass) Blevins (1864-1915), moved their family from Spring City, Rhea, TN to Lake Creek, Lamar, TX in the late1890s. John was a farmer. His house was once featured in the Paris, TX newspaper. They had eight children. Luna (1883-1887) is buried in or near Spring City. Roy (1884-1968) was a barber in Paris, TX. Rufo moved back to Tennessee where he was a barber. Lawrence (1892-1954) Moved to Memphis, TX where he was a farmer. Lester (1893-1953) was a pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, a carpenter, and a farmer. Clayton (1898-1973) inherited the family farm. Robert (1899-1900) died in infancy. Paul (1902-1983) moved to Memphis, TX where he was a barber. After Elizabeth died, John moved to Memphis, TX, to live with Lawrence, where he eventually remarried. A niece describes him as a “tall, good-looking, gray-haired, southern gentleman.” Clayton’s son, Bill Blevins, still operates the family farm. Lester was my grandfather.

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Giles Smith and Sarah Singleton

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Jiles/Giles Smith and Sarah Singleton, dt of John and Elizabeth Singleton of Rhea Co., TN. were in Barry County, MO for the 1850 Federal Census. Jiles was the son of Charles and Nancy Jacobs Smith and was from Union Co., South Carolina to Rhea County. Charles was the son of James and Mary George Smith of Union County, SC and I think the George family may have had ties to Rhea County as well as did the Smith and Singleton family. John and Elizabeth Singleton died in Rhea County, TN., and they are listed on the 1830 Rhea County Census. It is interesting to look at the 1830 Rhea County, Tennessee census and pick out the names that are Barry Co., MO. names. It’s really unbelievable how many of these families moved over to Missouri and settled in Southern Missouri.

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Donna Cooper

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