NAME NO. OF WHITE BLACK COMMENTS
ACRES POLL POLL
ARRINGTON, Benjamin 10 1
ARRINGTON, Benjamin M. 1
ATTOM, Elihu 1
AKIN, Peter 1
ATTOM, John 58
BOGGS, F.W. 1
BUTRAM, John 10
BROWN, Little J. 1
BATTLES, William 10 1
BATTLES, William 10
BROWN, Jesse 40 1
BROWN, Jesse 30
BATTLES, Mary 15 1/2
CARROLL, Daniel W. 1
CRINER, Martha 40
CASEY, Willis 22 1/2 1
CHOAT, L.M. 1
CRINER, John A. 20 1
" , John A. 60
" , John A. 10
CASEY, James H. 1
DICKSON, James 1
DUDLEY, Guilford 1 1
DICUS, Oze 76 1
" , Oze 16
" , Oze 20
" , Oze 6
DAVIS, Anderson 25 1
" , Anderson 5
" , Anderson 5
" , Anderson 5
" , Anderson 6
DRONS, Elijah 1
ELLIOTT, James 27 1/2 4 14
" , James 10
" , James 62
" , James 184
" , James 30
" , James 10
" , James 5
" , James 20
" , James 42
" , James 15
" , James 28
" , James 10
" , J.C. 1 1 Town Lot
GIBBONS, John W. 1
GRAY, James P. 25 1 2
" , James P. 5
GARDNER, John C. 100 1
GORE, James 1
GRIGS, Felix G. 1
GILL, H.G. 30 1
" , H.G. 22
GOFORTH, William 1
GAMBELL, William C. 1
GANTER, Lanety 20 1
GOFORTH, Zachariah 22 1
GALLEGLEY, William M. 1
HARDIN, Amos 154 1 1
HODGES, David 10
" , David 10
HARRIS, James J. 1
HALFORD, Jonathan A. 10 1
" , Jesse 1
HAYNES, William 1
HARRIL, Robert 1 1
HERNDON, David A. 1 2
HANCOCK, J.C. 2 1 Town Lot
JONES, John W. 1
JOHNSON, John 1 Town Lot
INMAN, Hezekiah 32 1/2 1
" , Hezekiah 2
LEWIS, James M. 1
LAFFERTY, William M. 1
LANE, Bird 25 1 1
" , Bird 20
McADOO, David C. 80 1
" , David C. 25
McCULLEY, Mary 80
" , Mary 40
MONTAGUE, John 100 1 2
McCULLEY, E.F. 1
" , R.A. 73 1
MONTAGUE, William 80 1 2
NUNNELLEY, William M. 160 1 6
" , William M. 80
OVERTON, Miles 1
PRATER, Martha 20 1
PRATER, Eliphas 1
POWELL, John 1
PICKETT, Lacey 1
" , David 80
" , David 12
" , David 15
PRATER, Brice 34
PARKER, Charles 1
" , James 90
" , James 10 1/2
PADGETT, Hamilton 1
PRATER, Basie 1
POWELL, George 10
PULLEY, William 1
PICKETT, Thomas 1
PARKER, Josiah 4 1
ROSS, Thomas W. 1
RILEY, Samuel 10 1
" , Samuel 10
ROSS, Jesse S. 1 2 1 Town Lot
RAY, Greivison(?) 60 1
", Eaton 105 1
", Eaton 125
ROBERTS, John O. 100 1
" , John O. 5
ROBINSON, Michael 105 3
RILEY, Ningen 1
ROSS, William B. 20 4
" , William B. 160
" , William B. 105
" , William B. 25
" , William B. 60 1/4
" , William B. 15
" , William B. 300 1/2
" , William B. 70
SPANDS, Jacob 2 Town Lots
SANFORD, Edward 1 1 Town Lot
STEARMAN, Nicholas 1
SPENCER, D.B. 1
SPEER, Frances 100
" , Frances 30
" , William 25 1
SIMPSON, Hugh 1
" , John 1 Town Lot
TARKINTON, W.E. 1 1
" , Joshua 1
TURNBOW, Hugh 75 1
" , Hugh 51
TEAS, Charles 1
TORRENCE, Hugh (Heirs of) 225
THROGMARTON, E.B. 10 1
WARREN, William 1
WARRINGTON, J.S. 160 4 Town Lots
WINSTON, Joseph (Heirs of) 1
WOODY, Robert 1
WARMACK, Stephen R. 1
WALKER, James F. (Heirs of) 200
" , Geo. H.M. 1
WITHERSPOON, J.S. 216 3/4 4
WALKER, John 154 1/3 1
WILLMONS, Wesley 1
WOODWARD, Thomas 1
WARRINGTON, E. 18 1 1
ZACHARIAH, George 1
Author Archives: Betty Peacock
1836 Wayne County, Tennessee Tax List (District 01)
NAME NO. OF WHITE BLACK COMMENTS
ACRES POLL POLL
AMBERT, Jacob 1
BRILEY, Joshua 160
BENHAM, John N. 15 1
" , John N. 10
BENHAM, H.F. 1
BAKER, David 1
CHOAT, Simpson 100
CULP, Benjamin 6 1
" , Benjamin 5
CROSNO, Thomas Jr. 1
CRINER, Martha 75 3
CRINER, William 1
CARY, Robert 1
CROSNO, Thomas Sr. 160 1
" , Thomas Sr. 160
" , Thomas Sr. 12 1
" , Thomas Sr. 20
" , Henry 10 1
" , Jacob Jr. 1
" , William 1
" , George 160 1
CULP, Henry Jr. 25 1
" , Henry Jr. 15
CROSNO, Jacob Sr. 100 1
" , Jacob Sr. 15
" , Jacob Sr. 10
CULP, Hartwell 1
" , William 1
" , Henry Sr. 200 1 2
CHERRY, Daniel 160
" , Daniel 160
" , Daniel 100
CANYARD, Benjamin 1
CRINER, Robert S. 1
DAVIS, John W. 1
" , Alexander S. 110 1
" , William 1
" , Meredith 1
DOWDLE, David 200 1
DOBBINS, James 33
EAVINE, Christopher 1
EVANS, Garrett 1
" , Thomas 1
" , John D. 1
EATON, Eli 1
FENTRESS, John W. 12 1
GOODMAN, Abijah 1
" , Lemuel 1
GLASS, Thompson 15 1
" , Thompson 18
GREEN, Jefferson 1
" , Jackson 1
" , Elisha 15 Double Tax
" , Elisha 10 Double Tax
" , Elisha 6 Double Tax
" , Elisha 25 Double Tax
GRAY, James P. 40
" , James P. 20
HOLMES, Samuel 50
HERNDON, Robinson R. 1
HOWELL, John 1
HOUSTON, Henry 160
" , Henry 25
" , Henry 5
" , Henry 50
" , Henry 20
" , Henry 60
" , Henry 16
HAMMOND, William 25 1
" , Andrew 1
HALFORD, William 1
HUTCHINS, G.W. 1
HOWELL, Henry 1
HOWELL, Benjamin 63 1
HICKERSON, Jefferson 1
" , Leonard 1 Double Tax
HALEY, Wyette 80 1
HOLLOWAY, Stephen 1
INMAN, Abraham 1
JAMES, Joshua 1
JOHNSON, John 100 3
JAMES, James T. 1
" , Michael 1
KING, Nathaniel 1 Double Tax
LEONARD, Collin C. 1
LAWRENCE, Reuben 1 Double Tax
LANGLEY, James C. 1
MIDDLETON, Hanson H. 1
" , Richard 1
McGEE, Eliza 1
McNUTT, James 1
MABERRY, Daniel 52 1
MONTAGUE, Thomas 70 1 2
" , Thomas 44
McMAHAN, W.D. 1
ONEAL, Benjamin 40 1
OVERTON, William 22 1
PITMAN, Samuel 1
PARKER, Charles C. 1
PETERS, Abraham 1
PICKETT, Reuben 1
PICKETT, David 20
" , David 13
PRATER, Hathway 80 1
POWELL, William 2 1
PARKER, John H. 1
PARKER, Charles Y. 1 Double Tax
PHILLIPS, Samuel 5
ROBINSON, Josiah 34 1
" , Jonathan 94
" , James 1
REAVES, John H. 1 Double Tax
STEEL, Alexander 160 1
" , Benjamin 20 1
SCOTT, James 25 1
SHEPHERD, James 1
SOWELL, Martin D. 28 1
SHEPHERD, Joshua H. 1 Double Tax
SMITH, John 1
SUTHERLAND, Clayton 1 Double Tax
" , James 80 1
SANDERSON, Miles 1 Double Tax
TORENCE, Hugh (Heirs of) 180 Double Tax
TUCKER, Mary 4
" , Mary 10
TIDWELL, Jesse 25 1
TATE, Lewis 1
TIDWELL, Gladen 1
" , Richard 70
" , Richard 120
VICE, Eli 1 Double Tax
WYNN, Samuel 1
WILLIAMS, Hopkins L. 1
" , E.A. 1
WALKER, James P. (Heirs of) 100
" , James P. (Heirs of) 25
" , James P. (Heirs of) 60
" , Isaac 150 Double Tax
WLDER, Barnel B. 60 1
WYNN, John Double Tax
WILLIAMS, Isaac Double Tax
1836 Commissioner’s Report & Civil District Map
Transcribed from the original at the Tennessee State Library and Archives
by Edgar D. Byler, III
State of Tennessee Wayne County§
Pursuant to an act of the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee passed at Nashville on the 3rd day of December One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty five, entitled “An Act to Provide for the laying off the Several Counties in this State into districts of Convenient Size within which Justices of the Peace and Constables shall be elected and for other purposes, together with a Resolution appointing Commissioners for the Several Counties” the undersigned Commissioners (appointed agreeable to said Resolution) for the County Wayne Report the following Districts and places of holding Elections in said Districts agreeable to said act, viz:
FIRST DISTRICT – Beginning at the mouth of Beech Creek on Tennessee River running up Beech to the mouth of Morrison Fork thence up said fork to William Battles’ on the road leading from Carrollville to the mouth of Green River, thence East with said road to the Ridge dividing the waters of Beech Creek from Buffalo River thence with the ridge leading down to Buffalo River just below Isham Shoates, thence down Buffalo River to where the north boundary line of Wayne County crosses Buffalo River thence west with said line to the Tennessee River, thence up Tennessee River to the beginning.
SECOND DISTRICT – Beginning at the mouth of Beech Creek running up to the mouth of Morrison fork of Beech Creek, thence up said fork to William Battles’ on the road leading from Carrollville to the mouth of Green River, thence East with said road to the Ridge dividing the waters of Beech Creek from Green River, thence South with said Ridge so as to include all the waters of Beech Creek above said road and all the waters of Eagle Creek by running West with the ridge dividing the waters of Hardin Creek from Eagle Creek, thence North with the County line to the Northwest corner of said County near Ross’ landing thence down the River to the mouth of Beech.
THIRD DISTRICT – Beginning where the North boundary line of Wayne County Crosses Buffalo river Running East to the South East corner of Perry County, thence North with said County line to the North West corner of Wayne County, thence East with the north boundary line to the north East corner of Wayne County thence South with the East boundary line of Wayne County to the Ridge dividing the waters of Upper Rock House Creek from Trace Creek thence with said Ridge to Buffalo River thence down Buffalo River to the beginning
FOURTH DISTRICT – Beginning on the dividing Ridge between Buffalo River and Beech Creek West of Isham Shoates, running to Buffalo River below Isham Shoates thence up Buffalo So far as to include where William Duren lives thence with the Ridge dividing the waters of Moguison [Moccasin] Creek and Green River from Forty Eight Mile Creek running South West and North So as to include all the water of Moguison Creek and Green River in said district
FIFTH DISTRICT – Beginning where the West boundary of Wayne County Crosses Eagle Creek, Running East with the Ridge dividing the waters of Hardin Creek from Eagle Creek, thence South and West so far as to include all the waters of Hardins Creek by running West with the Ridge dividing the waters of Hardins Creek from Indian Creek and that all the waters of Hardin Creek and Flat Gap Creek compose said district
SIXTH DISTRICT – Beginning at a point in the East boundary line of Wayne County where Said lines crosses the Ridge dividing upper Rock House Creek and Trace Creek thence with said Ridge to Buffalo River, thence down Buffalo River to the Ridge dividing the waters of Moquison Creek and Green River from forty eight Mile Creek thence South and East with the ridge to the East boundary line of Wayne County thence North with the line crossing Buffalo River to the beginning so as to include the waters of Forty Eight Mile Creek and all the setlers on Buffalo river and Rock House Creek within the above described bounds.
SEVENTH DISTRICT – Beginning where the West boundary line of Wayne County crosses the ridge dividing the ridge dividing the waters of Flat Gap Creek and Hardin Creek from the Waters of Indian Creek, thence East with said Ridge to the Florence road thence South with said road to Andrew Browns So as to cross Weatherford fork including Matthew G. Pickens thence West to the West boundary line of Wayne County thence north with said line to the Beginning including all the waters of Indian and Weatherford fork as above described
EIGHT DISTRICT – Beginning on the Florence Road where the same crosses the ridge which divides the waters of Hardin Creek from Indian Creek runs South with said road so as to include where Andrew Brown now lives thence East and North so as to include all the head waters of Hardin and Indian Creek to the beginning and that said bounds comprise said District
NINTH DISTRICT – Beginning at Andrew Brown’s on the Florence road running West to Weatherfords fork of Indian Creek so as to include all the waters of said Creek above Matthew G. Pickens thence from Pickens to the West boundary line of Wayne County thence South with the County line to the South West corner thence East with the South boundary line so as to run with ridge dividing the head of Second Creek and the waters of Crenshaws fork of Cypress to the Beginning at Andrew Browns
TENTH DISTRICT – Beginning on the South boundary line of Wayne County where the same crosses the ridge dividing the head of Second Creek from Crenshaws fork of Cypress Creek running north with said Ridge near Andrew Brown thence East and South to the South boundary line so as to include all the waters of the middle fork of Cypress and Crenshaws fork of Cypress in said District
ELEVENTH DISTRICT – Beginning on the South boundary line of Wayne County where the same crosses the ridge dividing the middle fork of Cypress and little Cypress Creeks then North with said Ridge so as to include all the waters of Little Cypress and all the waters of Butlers Creek as low down as the mouth and all the waters of Holly Creek from Robert B. Floods down to the South East corner of Wayne County thence West with the State line to the beginning
TWELFTH DISTRICT – Beginning at Robert Floods plantation on Holly Creek running East so as to include all the waters of Factors fork of Shoal Creek and all the waters of Holly Creek above Floods. Thence north with the County line so as to include all the waters of said Factors Fork and Holly Creek by running West and South to the Beginning
The place of holding Elections in the first District shall be at the House of Richard Tidwell
The place of holding Elections in the Second District shall be at the House of George Powell On the head of Morrison fork
The place of holding Elections in the Third District shall be at the House of William Hardin on the head of Possum Creek
The place of holding Elections in the Fourth District shall be a Waynesboro
The place of holding Elections in the Sixth District shall be at the House of Charles Signer on Hardins Creek
The place of holding Elections in the Sixth District shall be at the house of Nathan Biffle.
The place of holding Elections in the Seventh District shall be at the house of John Sinclair on Weatherfords fork of Indian Creek
The place of holding Elections in the ninth District shall be at Elijah B. Harbour on Indian Creek
The place of holding Elections in the Ninth District shall be at [Capt – crossed out] John Broadaways
The place of holding Elections in the Tenth District shall be at the House of Thomas Lawson
The place of holding Elections in the Eleventh District shall be at Joel Whitten
The place of holding Elections in the Twelfth District shall be at John Bromleys
Giver under our hands this 25th day of January 1836. //s// Wm. B. Ross, G. Whitten, James D. Carr, Nathan Biffle, Commissioners.
End of Commissioners’ Report
Providence Baptist Church Petition (1833)
This petition was found by the late Earl Arnett of Columbus, Ohio in 1984 at the Tennessee State Archives and Library. He copies it and submitted a copy to the Wayne County Historical Society. Providence Baptist Church was the “mother church” of Memorial and Indian Creek Baptist Churches. Providence Baptist Church was active from before 1833 until 1909 when the church split; some of the members went to Memorial Church, while others started the Indian Creek Baptist Church at Three Churches. The petition and affixed names and signatures follow.
To the Honorable the State Legislature of the State of Tennessee
We your petitioners citizens of Wayne County and members of A Baptist Church caled [sic] providence Church on Indian Creek Would beg leave to have a piece of the vacant Land set apart for the purpose of Building a new meeting House and that a Law be passed allowing said Church to have Located any quantity of acres of land not Exceeding four and that sd Church be allowed to receive a grant from the State of Tennessee when it is entered and a plat and certificate Duly made out by the surveyor of the 7 Surveyors District and your Petitioners in duty bound will ever pray &c.
Nathaniel HORTON
Francis CYPERT
William YOUNGBLOOD
William WARREN?
George WARREN?
John STANFIELD
Eligah B. HARBOUR
James BANKS
Wily B. TACKET
Eligah HARBOUR
Grief TALLY
John EATON
Micaga REED
Job FOX
David JOHNSON
Robert FOX
Andrew SCOT
John REED
Abraham FOX
Zachariah CYPERT
Isaac HORTON
End of Petition
Petition To Free Slaves (1825)
with Will of John Akin appended
“To the honorable the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, now in session. We your humble petitions, heirs and legal representatives of John Akin, Dec’d, beg leave to represent to your honorable body, that the said John Akin, de’d, in his will ordered, willed and appointed Lott, a negro man servant of the said Akins, to be set free after three years service after his death and Esanah, a negro Girl to be set at liberty and made free immediately after his death. We therefore being the heirs and being willing that the said intentions of the said will of said Akins, dec’d should be compled with, pray your honorable body to pass such a law as may be thought most effectual for the final liberation and setting free said negroes, Lott having served the time required in s’d will of the said Akins, etc. and your petitioners in duty bound, will and pray.
//s//
W. V. Akin
William Grimes
Jacob Biffel
Moses Smith
Samuel W. Akin
John Akin
Robert H. Akin
Will of John Akin
In the name of God, Amen. I, John Akin, of the County of Wayne and State of Tennessee, being weak of boddy but of sound mind; calling to mind my mortality, I do feel it my duty to distribute my property amongst my children. I do make and order this my last weill and testament.
First: I bequeath to my eldest sone Robert Akin one yong bay borse & fourth of the crop and third of the Waggons and farming utentials.
I bequeath to my beloved son William B. Akin one third of an hundred acres of land where I now dwell lying on the waters of Tennessee in Wayne County and the fourth part of the hoggs and the fourth of the crop.
I bequeath to my beloved son Samuel Akins the third of the land, fourth of the crop and third of the waggons and third of the farming utentials.
I bequeath to my beloved son John Akin the third of the land, fourth of the crop and third of the waggons and third of the farming utentials.
I bequeath to my beloved daughter Martha L. Grimes one brown made and towo cows, Luck and Pink, and calf one bed and furniture and half the casting and loom and fourth of the hoggs —
I bequeath to my beloved daughter Pemelia Smith, one bed and furniture, one cow and calf, one three year old steer and yong sorrel mare and fourth of the hoggs.
I bequeath to my beloved daughter Ellenor Biffel, the remainder of the cattle and clock and half of the casting and dresser furniture, a yong gray horse, apails[?] and chairs and fourth of the hoggs. The books to be distributed amongst all the heirs.
I have through the prudence of God, two Black people cast on my care, the eldest named Esanah, the other Lot. I hereby ordain and decree that Esanah shall be free at my decease, free from bondage and from all persons. Lot, a black boy, I do ordain and decree that he shall serve my son John Akin three years after my deseace, then he shall be free from bondage and all persons.
I hereby appoint my beloved sons, Robert and Samuel Akin to be my faithful executors of this my last will and testament. Given under my hand and seal this 19th day of July 1821. //s// John AKin {Seal}
Witnesses:
Jacob Biffel
Joseph Scott
The execution of the last will and testament of John Akins was proved by the oaths of Jacob BBiffel and Joseph Scott.
The execution of the last will and testament of John Akins was proved by the oaths of Jacob Biffel and Joseph Scott and done in open Court in December Term 1821. Attest By //s// William Barnett, Clerk
State of Tennessee, Wayne County I, William Barnett, Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Session for Wayne County do hereby certify that this is a true coppy of the last will and testament of John Akins, Deceased, recorded in my office which I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the county to be affixed there too. Witness, Wm. Barnett, Clerk at office this 6th day of Oct 1825. //s// William Barnett, Clerk, by deputy, Wm. R. D. Barnett.
Petition To Move County Seat (1822)
To the Honorable the Senate and house of Representatives of the State of Tennessee
The petitions of the Subscribers, Citizens of the County of wayne Respectfully sheweth unto your Honorable body, that under the Existing Laws for the Organization of their County, they are placed in a Situation, disagreeable to them, and such as they Humbly Conceive calls loudly for Legislative interference. It is believed by your Petitions that the Prosperity of a County depends not Intirely upon a fertile Territory but also and in no small degree upon the Situation of its Seat of Justice. So as to Offer inducements to the settlement of men of Interprize and Capital, the County and its town mutually assist and support Each Other. Your Petitioners are Situated in a County including a Very large Proportion of sterile Land totally unfit for Cultivation, believe that they can Only hope to balance the Natural disadvantages of the County by selecting Some Spott within it as the site of a town and seat of Justice. which will Promp Individuals who possess the means and Inclination to carry on Extensive business of Various Kinds to settle themselves in the place. and thus Diffuse throughout the County the produce of their wealth, skill and industry. Restricted to a certain distance from the center, within those bounds to for their courthouse. It is utterly Impossible for them to injoy the Benefits Resulting from circumstances of the above description. Your Petitioners therefore humbly Pray your Honorably body that this county of wayne be arranged better to the advantage of the Citizens at large in the following manner (to wit) Beginning at a point on the South boundary line of Perry county so as to give bounds for a Constitutional County Including a certain Surplus lying between Hickman Lawrence Wayne & Perry and that so much be taken off from Each of the above named Counties as to Compleat a Constitutional County To … [the following line is illegible on copy] [second page] … of said County of wayne Extend Over Tennessee River So far as to Include a Certain bind which points South Eastwardly to the Site of Carrolsville and then to Run South and East &c for a Constitutional bounds and if there should be a Surplus let it be on the South boundary as being a large[?] bounds of Country intirely unfit for Cultivation. We further pray that the Premises considered the law Confining the Commissioners for wayne county to a certain distance from the Centre for the Location of their country Town may be Repealed. and that a law may be Passed authorizing the County Court or a Majority of them to Put in Nomination two or more Places (one on the River) that the Citizens of the County determine by a Majority of Votes amonge themselves which place shall be the [Place-marked through] the Seat of Justice or Such Other relief as to your honorable body may seem meet agreeable to the forgoing suggestions and your Petitioners as in duly bound shall Ever Pray &c. May 29, 1822.
[Editor’s Note: The form drawn up for the petitioners’ signatures has a place for each petitioner’s residence. However, the place of residence is given for the first twelve signatures only.]
Petition Signatures
1. Wm. B. ROSS – Ten. River
2. James[?] BLAIR – ” ”
3. John BLACKBURN – ” ”
4. John JOHNSON – ” ”
5. William STANFIELD – ” ”
6. Abraham MAYBERRY – ” ”
7. Dan’l MAYBERRY – ” ”
8. John STANFIELD – ” ”
9. Isham POWELL – Beech Cr.
10. Woolsey WARRINGTON – ”
11. Elijah WARRINGTON – ”
12. John WARRINGTON – ”
13. John ALLDREDGE
14. John W. NUNNELLY[?]
15. Isaac ROBINSON
16. William GALLOWAY
17. William BATTLE
18. James BOOTH
19. Wes JOHNSON
20. Joel PEOPLES
21. Reuben PEOPLES
22. Tennessee MURCHESON or HUETHSONE
23. Daniel GRIGGS
24. William SHERLY
25. Peter RENTFROW
26. John BENHAM
27. Benjamin HUDELSSON
28. M.[?] JOHNSON
29. Wilson PETTY
30. Isaac PETTY
31. Thos. GES
32. David RICKETT
33. John VAUGHN
34. Bengamin VAUGHN
35. Joel SHELTER[?]
36. William BENHAM
37. Mayes GREGGS
38. Charles RINER[?]
39. Henry MARRS
40. John MORRIS[?]
41. John BUTRAM
42. W.G. HUDDLETTE[??]
43. Hiram SALL
44. George GILL
45. Jonathan ELLIOTT
46. John GILL Sr.[?]
47. Elisha WALKER
48. William ALTOM
49. Isaac BENHAM
50. George O. MARES [?]
51. Elihue ALTOM
52. W.H. GILL
53. Holoman BATTLES
54. Alin NANCE
55. Willie MAGNUM
56. Charley HOLLAND
57. William GRIMES
58. Elijah WARRINTON
59. David LETHERS
60. Daniel HUDDLESTON
61. Jesse BROWN
62. James GILL
63. Elijah McMAHAN
64. Daniel[?] PULLY
65. George GILL, Senr.
66. William ROSE
67. V. ROSE
68. Charles R. WALKER
69. Abraham MONTAGUE
70. Bind[?] JONES[?]
71. James DAVIES
[numbers revert to 9]
9. E. RILEY
10. Granville SIMMONS
11. Ira MITCHELL
12. James RILEY
13. Willis CASEY
14. Grievous RAY
15. James BATTLES
16. Thomas McALROY
17. Jeremiah CASY
18. Ambrus POWEL
19. Hugh TURNBOW
20. Holoway PRATER
21. Jno. POWEL
22. Lewis POWEL
23. Eaeton RAY
24. Wm. BATTLES
25. Jursley[?] LOVEING[?]
26. Isom POWEL
27. Brice PRATER
28. A. HALLFORD
29. Joel CHILDRS
30. Jonathan HALFORD
31. James KNIGHTON
32. Harding POWEL
33. Mical ROBENSON
34. Mays GREGS
35. Duke GRIGS
36. John ROBINSON
37. Enoch JAMES [100 marked beside this name]
38. [skipped]
39. Laucen[?] SHADY[?]
??. James HALLFORD
40. Jonathan COOK
41. Miles MORRISON
42. Fergis SNODDY
43. George H. PRUETT
44. William M. NUNNLEY
45. Lem’l SIMMON
46. Lewis JOHNSON
47. Wm. B. SORRELS
48. John R. HOLLEND
49. John CRINOR
50. John MITCHEL
51. Joshua FLY
52. Ezekial STOW
53. Wm. BLACKBURN
54. Joshua DUREN or DYREN[?]
55. B. HENSLEY
56. Ning RILEY
57. Joshua WHITE [lined through]
[numbering picks up with 72]
72. Elisha [last name unreadable]
73. Edmund W. GEE (H. Cty.) [Hardin County??]
74. Robert SHANNON
74. John BUTRAM
76. Jacob REMAL
77. James ROBINSON
78. William DAVIS
79. John T. McELROY
80. Simon DEVER
81. Geo. H.M. WALKER
82. Thos. J. GRIGGS
83. Samuel BLACKBURN
84. G. ?. KELSEY
85. John RILEY
86. Ninon RILEY
87. John WALKER
88. Ric’d TIDWELL
89. James ROSS
90. W.H. OWEN
90. Sam’l SNODDY [signed on same number]
91. Wm. G. CORNWELL
92. Thomas CROSSNOW
93. George CROSSNOW
94. James DOBSON
95. T.F. EDWARDS
96. James WHITE
97. A.W. LAFFERTY
98. John McCALLISTER[?]
99. Holoway PRATER
100. Jacob REMALL
*There is 150 Signers to this Place
151. John W. GIBBONS
152. Joshua WHITE
153. John WHITE
154. Zachery THOMAS
155. M. FOREHAND
156. J.C. STOBOUGH
157. Leonard BERRY
158. G_____ ROADEN[?]
159. Josiah B. WEBB
160. George HOLOBOUGH
161. John WEBB
162. John M. LANKFORD
163. Josiah SULIVAN or GULIVAN
164. Moses RANDAL
165. Wm. OWEN
166. Willie S. PARKS
167. Henry ARY
168. John NUNN
169. Arther SMITH
170. James CAMEL
171. Mikel CLINE
172. Jacob FRALEY
173. Phillip LOVE
174. Jessee BOWEN
175. Wm. H. NANCE
176. John SHARP
177. David AREEN[?]
178. Adam STRUE
179. Alford WASSEM
180. James BOLAM
181. John CHILDERS
182. A. STOBAUGH
183. Peter LINEBERGER
184. B. McKENNY
185. McKenny BENNETT
186. Thomas SIMMONS
187. Moses RAY
188. J.W. RODGERS
189. Samuel HENSLEY
190. W.M. NEWTON
191. David CARTER
192. John MULRED[?]
193. C. TUCKER
194. B. TUCKER
195. John COLHOONE
196. A. CALHOONE
197. Wm. COLHOONE
198. Wm. GUNTER
199. John PARKS
200. The. PARKS
201. Henry FLOWERS
203. Hardy FLOWERS [202 skipped]
204. Nedom FLOWERS
205. John McELYEA
206. Humphrey McELYEA
207. Allen GUNTER
208. Charles COTTON
209. Ezekial SMITH
210. Henry CLAYTON
211. John HIGHSMITH
212. Elias HIGHSMITH
213. Job JENKENS
214. Willis E. PARKS
215. Phillip W. AUSTIN
216. Jacob RILEY
217. Caleb D. EDWARDS
218. Jesse W. EDWARDS
219. Aron B. EDWARDS
220. Martin DYE
—. John TUCKER
—. David LILES
—. Richard TUCKER
—. Wm. TUCKER
—. Benjamin BAIDSUN
226. Elija COTTOM
[Editor’s Note: Most of the signatures from #173 – #226 appear to be in the same handwriting, as are several other sets throughout the petition. Although there are no personal marks given, it would appear that someone signed for those who could not write. In the left hand margin of the second page of the petition is written the word “unreasonable”. At the end of the list of petitioners is written “Petition of the Citizens of Wayne County praying relief in Certain Caseses. H. Repres. 5 Aug 1822. Ref’d to Com’ee Prop & Grievances, T. HAMPADE, Clk. BURNS.” The last “Burns” is in reference to Representative William BURNS from Wayne County.]
Petition of Elkins Hand (1821)
Submitted by Edgar D. Byler, III
Originally published in the Wayne County Historian, Volume 1, Number 2 – June 1988, page 71.
The original of this legislative petition is located in the Tennessee State Archives and Library, Nashville, Tennessee. A xerox copy will be placed in the Wayne County Room, Wayne County Public Library, Waynesboro, Tennessee.
The Memoriel of Elkis Hand of Wayn County – To the Honorable the general Essembly of the State of Tennessee umbly sheweth that your Memorielest in the 1821 — Did make two small Entrys of land (to wit) of 20 acres Each founded on a Certificate Nov 1039 for 640 acres issued by the Commissionors of west Tennessee Dated the 2nd September 1817 in the 7th District in Harden County Range 11 and Section 2 on the head waters of Horse Creek, your Memorielest not being acquainted with the science of Mathematricks made a mistake in his locations and missed the land he Intended to take Run a contrary course in to the pine Hills where the land is not worth anything your Memorielest farther Represents that he has a large family of Children and is But in Moderate Circumstances, your Memorielest therefore prays that your Honorable Body would take his Case into consideration and grant him Relief By passing a Law to authorise him to withdraw or lift the two Entrys above Recited and Lay them on other vacant and unappropriated land and your Memorielest as in Duty Bound will Ever Pray &c. //s// Elkins Hand
– End of Petition –
Petition To Establish Wayne County (1819)
submitted by: Edgar D. Byler, III; input by Jerry W. Murphy
The following petition was submitted to the Tennessee State Legislature in 1819 by the people living in the area currently comprising Wayne and Hardin Counties. The original petition is on file at the Tennessee State Library and Archives and is available on microfilm roll number 6, Legislature Petitions. The petition is copied here in its entirety. There are 228 signatures appended to the petition. I have attempted to decipher them as best I could; some are completely unreadable and some have ink blots covering part of the signature. The copy of this petition has been placed in the Wayne County Room at the Wayne County Public Library for further research.
To the Honourable General Assembly of the State of Tennessee Gentlemen (Greetings) the undersigners, Inhabitants residing in part of the lands purchased of the Chickasaw Indians & within the bounds of your State beg leave to report to your honourable body that as citizens of [crossed out] we feel ourselves bound to Obey conform to & abide by the laws of our country & for the want of such, we labour under a considerable inconvenience. Therefore we pray the interference of your body to [this word may be realize or could also be release] the many greviences that may arise for the want of laws both civil and military by making a new county within the following bounds (viz) Beginning at the south west corner of Lawrence County, & to run with the west boundary of said County North Eighteen miles, then a due west course to Tennessee River, then up the meador of said river to the South boundary of the State of Tennessee, then with said boundary East to the beginning we beg leave to represent to your body that the above bounds contain land enough to make a consititional County, we will ever pray &c 1819.
[In the microfilm copy, this page is repeated. Written on the back of the page are comments relating to the work of the Assembly. Only part of these annotations can be read. It appears the petition was received 23 Sept 1819. The remainder is unreadable. The remaining eight pages of the petition are the appended signatures. It is interesting to note that many of the signatures are for people who were in the area which later became Hardin County.]
Petition Signatures
1. Isham CHERRY
2. John WHITE
3. Jas. STEEL
4. Noah LILLY
5. C. McFARLING
6. Jefferson FARRER
7. William BREWTON
8. Benj. C. COCKS
9. Thos. ENGLISH
10. Elijah POLLY
11. Sam’l BREWTON
12. James ENGLISH
13. Henry? MAHAN
14. Jas. PARMERLY
15. Jonathan R. PICKENS
16. Jas. ENGLISH, Sen’r
17. Turner CLIFTON
18. John YOUNT
19. Wm. PIBURN
21. Jacob PIBURN
22. Christopher PIBURN
23. John HOUSE
24. William MILLIGAN
25. Swain WARD
26. N.V. HARRISS (?)
27. John PICKENS
28. Walter WOOD
29. Sam’l WHITE
30. Josiah BOLTON or BUTTON
31. John WELCH
32. Isaac (?) BROOKS
33. William STRICKLIN
34. Jno. H. HOWARD
35. Willie R. JOHNSON
36. Jonathan PICKENS
37. Jeremiah PICKENS
38. Caleb SULLVANT
39. Elkuriah (?) SULLIVANT
40. John MAXWELL
41. Richard FOID
42. Eli CHERRY
43. Noel CHERRY
45. Joseph THESON or HESON
46. John WAGINER
47. Robert THESON or HESON
48. Samuel WILLIAMS
49. Robert STOUT
50. Linder (?) WILLIAMS
51. Andrew STOUT
52. Isiah STOUT
53. I.G. RETHERFOOD
54. Harry CLIFTON
55. Thos. BROOKS
56. Baily BROOKS
57. Bennet BROOKS
58. Samuel HARBOUR
59. Sherwood J. GEORGE
60. Henry RONIELS (DANIELS? or RUNELS?)
61. David KINNAMON??
62. Daniel SMITH
63. Wiley J. DUCKWORTH
64. Aron BRIANT
65. Absalom SMITH
66. William SMITH
67. James (?) KINEANON?
68. James EMERSON
69. John S. INGRAM
70. Jas. BOYD
71. William BEATY
72. W. HUDGING
73. Thos. GILLESPIE
74. Francis RIDEMON ??
75. Finpoles ?? JOHNSON
76. John ROBERTSON
77. Peter RATGOTMON???
78. Wooble?? WHITE
79. Joseph ENGLISH
80. Gabril PICKENS
81. Aachdel? DABS
82. Wm. HUBERT
83. John SILLIVANT
84. John MORTIN
85. John WORLEY
86. Redden BLOUNT
87. Jonathan W. MARTIN?
88. James P.? DILL???
89. Andrew SMITH
90. Abraham WORLEY
91. George WORLEY
92. William MARTIN
93. J. HITCHCOK
94. Chisley PANE
95. Robert STOUT
96. John _______?
97. Thos. GRAY
98. Sam’l GRAY
99. James ANSBACH??
100. unreadable
101. no signature, no number
102. unreadable
103. unreadable
104. unreadable
105. James HILL
106. Jno. CURTIS Senr. ??
107. Stephen MILLER
108. Paul ________[undecipherable]
109. Garsham HILL
110. Jno. CURTIS
111. Jeremiah GRAY
112. unreadable on copy
113. Henry RAYBURN
114. Francis _______?
115. Baker SYPETS
116. Levi McGILL
117. (first name unreadable) OSTEEN
118. Jno. OSTEEN
119. William ________?
120. Jesse CYPERT
121. George SMITH
122. Looks like Christopher COOK
123. Martin COOK
124. Phillop ROOS
125. Hugh A. MARTIN or MARKEN
126. Reddick ROOS
127. John ROOS
128. Eli ROOS
129. James KELLEY
130. Jno. M. ROOS
131. Charley ROOS
132. William ROOS
133. Charles ROLONS
134. James STEEL or STELL
135. Joel THARSTON
136. Richard SMILEY
137. Isiah PICKENS
138. Andrew WHITE
139. John COL
140. Peter COL
141. Jeaimiah HERREFF
142. James COPELAND
143. James ARNETT
144. John COOK
145. John MORRIS Jr.
146. John MORRISS
147. Eleecha? METHAN???
148. Arthur MURRY
149. Zacheriah THOMPSON
150. Leonard MORROW
151. John RAYBURN
152. James GIBSON
153. Jon’ GAGE
154. James ANDERSON
155. John CURTUES
156. Phillip SHULL
157. James DAVIS
158. David SHULL
159. Wm. MORELAND
160. John WORTHER
161. Phillip KENNARD
162. John COOK
163. Fredric HUMACH
164. John MORROW
165. Russell R. COVEY
166. Wm. WISDOM
167. Wm. LASEWELL (TASEWELL)
168. Henry TILLY
169. ______? TILLY
170. ______? RAYBURN
171. ______? CYPERT
172. Wm. MORRIS
173. Hyram BOONE
174. Sanders POOL
175. John CYPERT
176. George DAVIDSON
178. John G. WILLIAMS
179. Robt. LASEWELL (TASEWELL)
180. Jesse LASEWELL (TASEWELL)
181. John COPELAND
numbers repeat from 179
179. Craven BELSHA
180. Ewen BELSHA
181. Jessee BRUMLEY
182. Andrew _________??
183. Wm. BAREL???
184. Jesse HOGE
185. Giddeon HOGG
186. Jepson HOGG
187. Thrien YATS
188. skipped
189. William KURR??
190. David ________?
191. unreadable
192. James FARE??
193. Samuel COOPER
194. Stephen COOPER
195. Edmond GOAR
196. John HUTSON
197. Stokely CHOAT
198. Daniel CUTBRIAD
199. Lewis GARDNER??
200. Christophe CHOAT
201. William WEATHERFORD
202. John WATHERFORD
203. _______? DUREN??
204. Charles ROBANS
204. Green Debar? ROBANS
206. Thomas LOWRY
207. James HOLLIS
208. Thomas HOLLIS
209. Thomas CASEBUR
210. James HOLLIS Juner
211. Richard SMITH
212. Wm. ADDAMS
213. William HOLLIS
214. William SPARKS
215. John CASH
216. William BRAMLE???
217. S. JOHNSON
218. Tho’s LASSON
217. Alexander NORMAN
220. Gorshun HILL
221. Jno. THOMPSON
222. Jno. HILL or KILL
223. Jno. LAMB
224. Jno. THOMPSON
225. William BRUMLEY
226. Charles SMITH
227. William SMITH
228. Samuel MARTIN
At the top of the last page of appended signatures is written the following “By Johnson & T. Erwen for Justice of the Peace by a Majoyaty of the People & Thomas GAY a pointed
1860 Mortality Census of Wayne County
Reprinted from The River Counties, Volume 2, Number 1, January 1973. Originally transcribed and submitted by T. P. Hughes, Jr., Memphis, TN. Published in the Wayne County Historian, Volume 5, Number 1, March 1992, pages 20-21.
| Name | Age | Sex | Marital Status |
Birth Place |
Death Date |
Cause Of Death |
| Isaac Hollandsworth | 57 | M | M | Va. | Aug. | Unknown |
| Bethea Rutledge | 35 | F | W | N. C. | Jan. | Consumption |
| William A. Montague | 1/12 | M | Tenn. | June | Croup | |
| Mary Gore | 70 | F | W | N.C. | Jan | Liver Complaint |
| Bennett Cole | 58 | M | W | N.C. | Oct. | Consumption |
| Peter Stubblefield | 1 | M | Tenn. | Nov. | Croup | |
| Susan Rolls | 14 | F | Tenn. | Nov. | Pneumonia | |
| Inf. son of R. J. Cypert | 1/12 | M | Tenn. | July | Consumption | |
| Malcolm Gilchrist | 56 | M | M | Tenn. | Apr. | Pneumonia |
| Martha A. Moses | 1 | F | Tenn. | Aug. | Flux | |
| Margaret Moore | 21 | F | Tenn. | Jan. | unknown | |
| James M. White | 7/12 | M | Tenn. | Sep. | unknown | |
| William Moon | 2/12 | M | Tenn. | Aug. | Bronchitis | |
| Rebecca J. Beckham | 12 | F | Tenn. | Sept. | unknown | |
| Philip Rose | 66 | M | M | N.C. | Jan. | Rheumatism |
| Ann Green | 39 | F | M | Ga. | Oct. | Bowel Complaint |
| Joseph Short | 11/12 | M | Tenn. | Apr. | Croup | |
| Sarah Roberts | 46 | F | W | Tenn. | Mar. | Consumption |
| Rebecca Rose | 44 | F | M | N.C. | Aug. | Dropsy |
| Elizabeth Hinton | 48 | F | Tenn. | Sept. | Croup | |
| John W. White | 8 | M | Tenn. | Aug. | Accident | |
| Sarah H. White | 3/12 | F | Tenn. | July | Inflam. of Brain | |
| Henry B. Faris | 9/12 | M | Tenn | Jan. | Croup | |
| Nancy Harlow | 2 | F | Tenn. | Aug. | Whooping Cough | |
| John W. Hill | 9/12 | M | Ala. | Aug. | unknown | |
| Andrew J. Hill | 1 | M | Tenn. | Jan. | Scarlet Fever | |
| Margarett R. Whitton | 17 | F | Tenn. | Apr | Consumption | |
| Nancy Reed | 24 | F | Tenn. | Apr. | Consumption | |
| John A. Cypert | 1/12 | M | Tenn. | Dec | unknown | |
| Itson W. Bratcher | 1/12 | M | Tenn. | Mar. | Dropsy | |
| Tidence L. Bratcher | 1/12 | M | Tenn. | Nov. | Croup | |
| Thomas J. Phillips | 2 | M | Tenn. | Jan | Black Scurvy | |
| Laura A. E. Murfee | 3 | F | Tenn. | May | Consumption | |
| Jasper Pigg | 4 | M | Tenn. | Dec. | Apoplexy | |
| Thomas Phillips | 27 | M | M | Tenn. | Dec. | Apoplexy |
| Milly Nabors | 68 | F | W | S.C. | Sept. | Cancer |
| Frances Mosier | 6 | F | Tenn. | July | Flux | |
| Andrew J. Eaves | 11 | M | Tenn. | July | Flux | |
| Mary A. Kindle | 1 | F | Tenn. | Oct. | Croup | |
| Mary E. Hardwick | 21 | F | Ala. | Dec. | Consumption | |
| Julia Johnson | 1/12 | F | Tenn. | Aug. | Croup | |
| Jane Johnson | 1/12 | F | Tenn. | Aug. | Croup | |
| Mary Moton | 30 | F | M | Va. | Jan. | unknown |
| Inf. of N. Y. Brown | 1/12 | F | Tenn. | Aug. | Croup | |
| Mary A. Hassell | 30 | F | M | Tenn. | Apr. | Typhoid |
| Amos J. Hassell | 12 | M | Tenn. | May | Disease of Heart | |
| James H. Old | 11/12 | M | Tenn. | Aug. | Croup | |
| Mary A. Pugh | 10 | F | Tenn. | Aug. | Typhoid | |
| Elisa J. Stockard | 38 | F | M | Tenn. | Apr. | Dropsy |
| Turner J. Williams | 44 | M | N. C. | Jan. | Consumption | |
| Thomas Montague | 64 | M | M | N. C. | Feb. | unknown |
| Mary A. Nunly | 5/12 | F | Tenn. | Sept. | Spinal Disease | |
| George W. Branch | 16 | M | Tenn. | Feb. | Spinal Disease | |
| Joannah Warrington | 86 | F | W | N. C. | Nov. | Pneumonia |
| Sarah Mason | 7 | F | Tenn. | June | Congestive Chill | |
| John W. Thomas | 1/12 | M | Tenn. | July | Croup | |
| Mary L. Smith | 20 | F | Tenn. | Apr. | Pneumonia | |
| Susannah Allison | 100 | F | W | Tenn. | May | Old Age |
| Nancy M. Montague | 2 | F | Tenn. | Oct. | Croup | |
| Schedule was enumerated by Wm. Benham. | ||||||
1850 Mortality Census of Wayne County
Reprinted from The River Counties, Volume 1, Number 4, October 1972. Originally transcribed and submitted by T. P. Hughes, Jr., Memphis, TN. Also submitted to the Wayne County Historian by Fred Denker, 1201 Montell Rd., Wimberley, TX 78676. Published in the Wayne County Historian, Volume 5, Number 1, March 1992, pages 19 – 20.
Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 14, 6, 11, 12, and 13 enumerated by A. K. Hardin.
| Name | Age | Sex | Marital Status |
Birth Place |
Death Date |
Cause Of Death |
|
Mary Young |
50 | F | M | unknown | Feb | Chronced |
|
Nancy McAdoo |
38 | F | M | Tenn. | Sept. | Chronced |
|
Nancy Robinson |
38 | F | M | Tenn. | Feb | Suden |
|
Nancy G. Rink |
24 | F | M | Tenn. | Aug. | Fever |
| M. L. Lafferty | 48 | F | M | Ga. | June | Pluresy |
| Rhody Dicus | 77 | F | M | N.C. | July | Dropsy |
| James Scott | 3 | M | Tenn. | June | Suden | |
| Mary Worfield | 20 | F | Mo. | Apr | T. F. F. | |
| T. H. Melton | 37 | M | M | Tenn. | Nov. | Fever |
| Wm. Daniel | 62 | M | M | N.C. | Nov. | Fever |
| Irwin Daniel | 11 | M | Tenn. | Aug. | Fever | |
| Thomas Fisher | 6/12 | M | Tenn. | Sept. | Fever | |
| Elizabeth Brewer | 24 | F | Ky. | Oct. | Fever | |
| Mary Hollis | 2 | F | Tenn. | Oct. | B. Hives | |
| Elizabeth Taylor | 6/12 | F | Tenn. | Nov. | B. Hives | |
| Marthy E. Frison | 4 | F | Tenn. | Mar. | Dropsy | |
| Lucindy Blackahan | 26 | F | Tenn. | Sept. | Apoplexy | |
| Elizabeth Goforth | 11/12 | F | Tenn. | Nov. | Fever | |
| Elizabeth Honey | 1 | F | Tenn. | June | Croup | |
| Mary Grimes | 36 | F | M | Tenn. | Mar. | Consumption |
| Wm. E. Arneld | 8 | M | Tenn. | June | Dropsy | |
| Martha E. Harvl | 24 | F | Tenn. | Nov. | Suden | |
| Samuell Cypert | 19 | M | Tenn. | Jan. | Fever | |
| Leander Cypert | 4/12 | M | Tenn. | Nov. | Suden | |
| William Loson | 32 | M | M | Tenn. | Sept. | T. Fever |
| Mary Sutherland | 3 | F | Tenn. | Dec. | Fever | |
| Rachel Horton | 29 | F | M | Tenn. | Nov. | Suden |
| Mathew Atkerson | 4/12 | M | Tenn. | Oct. | Fever | |
| William D. McAnally | 27 | M | M | Tenn. | Oct. | Chronic |
| Mary Mirte | 60 | F | S.C. | Aug. | Fever | |
| Wm. H. Anderson | 8 | M | Tenn. | July | Fever |