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The Tennessee Genealogical Magazin~ "ANSEARCHIN'" NEWS ... ... -- _ -- ,e -- ... _- ,, 0..,.- . _---...--- , . .... .. , .. _...-.-".-.....--' , ... -- .-- ... ... , .....-. ...--...-- ......-.-- ..---- --. .. ... / , .. -- - -- ...--- ,- --- .....-........- ----..------- ,, -_.........-._-- ---:::-- ..----- , ...- . .,.-... -- ~--, _......-- - -.... ... --......-:...... -------------------. .. ~::~~----------------- Since 1954 ... For all of Tennessee NOT E 0 U R MA I liNG ADD RES SC HAN GE Please use our new mailing address for al I correspondence with us. The Tennessee Genealogical Society . ~ O. Box 111249 Memphis, Tn 38111-1249 Vol. 34, No. 4 Winter, 1987 THE TENNESSEE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY P. O. Box 111249 Memphis, Tennessee 38111-1249 OFFICERS AND STAFF FOR 1987 President Sarah Anderson Hull Vice-President Marilyn Johnson Ba~gus Recording Secretary Mary Louise Graham Nazor Correspondence Secretary Beverly Smith Crone Librarian Amelia Pike Eddlemon Assistant Librarian Lincoln Johnson Surname Index Secretary Elizabeth Davidson Chancellor Treasurer Jane Cook Hollis Editor Gerry Byers Spence Managing Editor Harry Milton Cleveland, Jr. Dir.ector Lucile Hendren Cox Director William Lesueur Holstun LIBRARY STAFF EDITORIAL STAFF BUSINESS STAFF Sandra Hurley Austin Betsy Foster West, Juanita Younginer Acree Mildred S. Boston Associate Editor Paul Frederick Acree Wilma Sutton Cogdell Judy Chambless Cleveland Margaret M. Crymes Lynn Hodge Cravens Estelle Atkins Horn Sherida K. Eddlemon Lola Kelly Davenport Clarence W. Spence Newell Sterling Garrett Dorothy Carter Greiner William Bryson Swafford Wanda Hurley Hawkins Geraldine Blanton Holstun Johnnie o. Hollis Wanda Clayton James Vyrah Mann Elizabeth Riggins Nichols Ruth Hensley O'Donnell Margaret Norvell Sinclair Emma Fisher O'Neal Jessie Taylor Webb The Tennessee Genealogical Mag~zine, "ANSEARCHIN'" NEWS, is the official publication of THE TENNESSEE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY. All subscriptions begin with the first issue of the year. Non-delivery of any issue should be reported to the Society within two months of the date of usual delivery. A charge of $2.50 will be ~de for redeeming and re-mailing copies which are returned to us, and which must be forwarded. Sub scribers may submit ONE free query per year of fifty words or less, which must be re ceived by this office by September first of that year. Contributions of all types of genealogical material will be accepted. We publish previously unpublished, Tennessee connected data, preferably that with pre"'CiviI Wa.r ela.tes, all of which is subject to editing to save space. Every effort will be made to print accurate material; however neither THE TENNESSEE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, "ANSEARCHIN'" NEWS, nor the Editor 'Can assume responsibility for errors on the part of contributors. Corrections of proven errors will be published. Publishable and unpublishable contributions are filed in our library for the use of members. Books donated to our library will be reviewed in the earliest possible issue of the quarterly. ·1'ANSEARCHIW 1, NEWS VOL. 34, NO.4, WINTER 1987 The Tennessee Genealogical Magazine, "ANSEARCHIN'" NEWS, ISSN 110003-5246, is published quarterly in March, June, September and December for $15.00 per year by the Tennessee Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 111249, Memphis, TN 38111-1249. Second Class postage paid at Memphis, TN. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to "ANSEARCHIN'" NEWS, P.O. Box 111249, Memphis, TN 38111-1249. Copyright 1987 by THE TENNESSEE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY •• whr wruur.a.arr (1)rurulogicul fluguztur, "Ausearrqin·'News • Mrs. Clarence W. Spence, Editor I VOLUME 34 WINTER 1987 NUMBER 4 - CONTENTS - OVER THE EDITOR'S DESK •.... 146 NEWS AND NOTES FROM OTHER PUBLICATIONS . 146 McNAIRY COUNTY, TENNESSEE MARRIAGES, 1861-1865 147 FAMILY GATHERINGS 153 Stephens, Shull-Norris, Wells, Black PETITIONS TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF TENNESSEE, 1812-1813 ...... .. 159 Anderson, Bedford, Davidson, Franklin, Giles, Greene, Humphreys, Knox, Maury, Rutherford, Smith, Stewart, Sullivan, Washington and Williamson INDEX TO 1840 CENSUS, CAMPBELL COUNTY, TENNESSEE ..... 165 1840 CAMPBELL COUNTY, TENNESSEE REVOLUTIONARY AND MILITARY PENSIONERS 169 MEMPHIS/SHELBY COUNTY, TENNESSEE ARCHIVES - PROBATE RECORDS 169 Baugus, Bell, Brooks, Cockran, Gatewood, Goolsby, Hines/Hynes, Johnson, Kennedy, Kimbrough, Lundy ROBERTSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE WILL ABSTRACTS, BOOK 1, 1796-1811 171 FRANCIS ASBURY'S TRAVELS IN TENNESSEE 177 INDEX TO LINCOLN COUNTY, TENNESSEE COUNTY COURT MINUTES, 1830-1833 183 BOOK REVIEWS 191 QUERIES 197 1987 SURNAME INDEX . 204 146 "Ansearchin'" News OVER THE EDITOR'S DESK MAI LIN G ADD RES SC HAN G E Our New Mailing Address Is: The Tennessee Genealogical Society and The Tennessee Genealogical Society Magazine "Ansearchin'" News Post Office Box 111249 Memphis, TN 38111-1249 Please use this address for all correspondence with us. This is my last issue as Editor of "Ansearchin'" News, and I want to thank the Editorial Staff for their help: Mary Louise Nazor, Elizabeth Nichols and Betsy West for the long hours spent in the office reading, abstracting, typing and proofing; Margaret Sinclair for processing and writing the Queries; Wanda James, Jane Hollis and all the book reviewers for their reports; Micky and Sherida Eddlemon for their News and Notes from Other Publications. Special appreciation goes to the compilers for the difficult task of preparing the yearly Surname Index: Jessie Webb, Lynn Cravens, Joan Piercy, Dorothy Greiner, Lola Davenport and Gerry Holstun. The list would not be complete without thanking my husband, Skeet Spence, for his patience, collaboration and sharing an interest in "Ansearchin'" News - he has been "my silent editor." Our task would be impossible without the cooperation of the officers and staff members of The Tennessee Genealogical Society and, most of all, you - our subscribers. NEWS AND NOTES FROM OTHER PUBLICATIONS Prepared by Sherida Eddlemon GEER FAMILY ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER, John C. Fledderjohn, Editor. $10. Three issues per year. Dues should be sent to Mrs. Jean Creznic, P.O. Box 6335, Harrisburg, PA 17112. Vol. 5, No.1, 16 pp. Includes news of various reunions in 1987, queries, bibliography of books containing Geers, and genealogical data. GENEALOGICAL COMPENDIUM OF BOOKS AND ARTICLES IN PRINT, Martin/Barnett Genealogical Co., Inc., 4314 Nenana, Houston, TX 77035. $20. Bi-annually. Vol. 1, No.2, 63 pp. Features a Directory of Societies, works in progress, an article on Oklahoma history in Texas, a cumulative index to family history books and articles in print, and, in general, informs the researcher about material being published and research tips. LAND NEWSLETTER, 3323 Highland Drive, Vicksburg, MS 39180. $15. Vol. 6, No.3, 8 pp. Contains genealogical information on the Land surname for Missouri, Georgia and Mississippi; and includes census, federal pensions and queri"es. (continued on page 196) Winter 1987 147 McNAIRY COUNTY, TENNESSEE MARRIAGES 1861-1865 Submitted by Albert Brown Rt. 1, Box 7 Buena vista Rd. Bethel Springs, TN 38315 McNairy County was created in 1823, but its earliest marriage records were destroyed in a courthouse fire during the Civil War. These records are the first extant ones. AP. denotes application for a license. No officiant was named. ---GROOM ---BRIDE DATE OFFICIANT Abernathy, A.K. Parish, Sarah F. 25 Jan 1865 D.W. Blankenship Alexander, C.M. Stegall, L.E. 3 Sep 1862 AP. Alexander, T.P. Chandler, Elizabeth 12 Feb 1863 W.H. Carothers Allen, William I. Aldridge, Martha L. 31 Dec 1865 R.T. McIntyre Alliston, William A. Massengill, L.C. 26 Aug 1865 W.H. Caruthers Anderson, R.D. Kerr, Eliza A. 13 Dec 1865 Robert Young Anderson, S.D. Smizh, Mary S. 5 Dec 1861 J.F. Spencer Andrews, J.K. Dixon, Harriet J. 17 Dec 1861 A.A. Sanders Armfield, LA. Hendrix, Mary J. --- l862? Armstrong, J.M. Hill, L.J. 28 Apr 1863 AP. Atkins, W.G. Aldridge, L.E. 17 Oct 1864 AP. Ayers, John H. Williams, Mary J. --- l86l? Baker, Henry Gray, Prici1la 5 Feb 1863 T.H. Bell Baley, J.W. Coffman, Elizabeth 15 Jun 1864 AP. Barnes, Dennis Middleton, Obedience 10 Aug 1865 Eliah Tidwell Barnes, L.W. Smith, M.C. 8 Oct 1865 Isaac McCullar Barnes, Samuel Droke, Martha Ann 12 Mar 1863 F.J. Spencer Barr, William Gage, Mary 26 Feb 1863 J.H. Lockwood Barrett, T.O. McCann, p.A. 28 May 1863 AP. Barton, Joseph Black, Mary E. 10 Jan 1863 Isaac Bundy Bashears, W.H. Wilkerson, Nancy M. 26 Feb 1862 J. R. Swain Basinger, George Hawkins, Eleanor 24 Jun 1861 W.H. Carothers Basset, Edward Burnes, Mary 8 Ju1 1862 AP. Bassham, Drue F. Russom, Louisa A. 10 Sep 1865 W.H.D. Maxedon Baucum, Wiley Beard, M.E. 21 Dec 1865 W.A. McHolstead Beard, W.F. Thurman, Lucy 12 Mar 1863 H.T.B. Spier Beaty, J.N. Brown, Margaret 26 Jul 1863 J.N. Adams Beck, J.W. Wrinkle, Nancy J. 8 Dec 1865 AP. Bell, Thomas H. Beard, Sarena 18 May 1861 AP. Bendall, Francis M. Kirk, Louisa J. --- 186l? Benson, J.W. Harden, Elizabeth 20 Jan 1862 J.R. Swain Bevett, Oren D. Ray, Ann 30 Mar 1863 A. S. Dorris Bird, Thomas Bradley, Rebecca 7 Jun 1863 H. Bell Bisse1, J.M. Forsyth, B.C. 5 Mar 1862 Robert Young Black, Alfred Johnson, Amanda 7 Oct 1865 N.F. Cherry Black, Porter Smith, Mary Jane 28 Sep 1865 David Horn Blakley, L.Y. Smith, Francis C. 21 Dec 1865 Tens1ey Weaver B1asengame, James F. Carver, Jane 25 Jan 1863 R.E. Harris Boles, G.M. Auten, F.L. 8 Jan 1863 AP. Booth, David Tidwell, Lucinda 30 Nov 1865 W. Leathan Borihus, Nelson Gray, Luci1la 12 Feb 1863 J.R. Lockwood Boughton, Wallace W. White, Tabetha 11 Apr 1863 AP. 148 "Ansearchin'" News McNairy County, Tennessee Marriages (continued) GROOM BRIDE DATE OFFICIANT Bowers, Thomas Luttrell, Lucinda 28 Dec 1865 S. W. McCullar Boyd, Patrick Avery, Sary 8 Apr 1863 AP. Brack, Franklyn Plunk, Nancy E. 17 Jan 1863 Nathan Barnes Bradshaw, Joseph R. Randolph, Elizabeth A. 2 Ju1 1861 J.R. Swain Branstudd, John Price, Louisa 18 Feb 1863 Andrew McKenzie Breeze, J.R. Daugherty, Susan C. 6 May 1863 AP. Brent, N.R. Morton, Martha 21 Dec 1865 J.G.