Descendants of Nicholas Shrum Generation No. 1 1. NICHOLAS1 SHRUM died 1793 in Lincoln County North Carolina. He married MARGARET HELMIC in Shenandoah County, Virginia. More About MARGARET HELMIC: Record Change: November 26, 2002 Children of NICHOLAS SHRUM and MARGARET HELMIC are: i. JACOB2 SHRUM. ii. BARBARA SHRUM. iii. SUSANNAH SHRUM. iv. DAVID SHRUM. v. SARAH SHRUM. vi. HANNAH SHRUM. vii. MARGARET SHRUM. viii. CHRISTINA SHRUM. ix. KATHEREENA SHRUM. x. ELIZABETH SHRUM. xi. MARY SHRUM. xii. NICHOLAS JR SHRUM. xiii. PETER SHRUM. 2. xiv. HENRY SHRUM, b. Abt. 1775. Generation No. 2 2. HENRY2 SHRUM (NICHOLAS1) was born Abt. 1775. Notes for HENRY SHRUM: Henry Shrum left Lincoln Co. NC after the death of his mother in 1809. He got a land grant #982 of 100 acres in Bledsoe County, TN and was still there in the 1830 cnesus. He had 4 sons and one daughter. Henry Shrum, son of Nicholas Shrum, pioneer to North Carolina. We found Henry Shrum listed in the 1830 census of Bledsoe county, Tenn. on page 270. His age, fifty to sixty years. children; two males, one male age fifteen to twenty, one male age five to ten. Three females, one age fifty to sixty, one age ten to fifteen, one age fifteen to twenty. This man would have been born about 1775. This would put him a little under twenty-one years of age when Nicholas died. He died sometime between 1791 when his will was made and 1793 when it was probated. In the land grant records in Nashville, Tenn., Henry Shrum, Land Grant No. 982 - Hundred acres of land in Bledsoe County, Tenn. Source: Shrum Family History book Child of HENRY SHRUM is: 3. i. MOSES3 SHRUM. Generation No. 3 3. MOSES3 SHRUM (HENRY2, NICHOLAS1) He married (1) MARY. He married (2) MARY PARSON 1824. She died October 1908. Children of MOSES SHRUM and MARY are: 4. i. MARY A4 SHRUM, b. Abt. 1841. ii. KATHERINE SHRUM, b. Abt. 1831. Notes for KATHERINE SHRUM: Katherin Shrum born in Marion County, Tennessee about 1831. She was the daughter of Moses Shrum. She never married. The date of her death was unknown. Records show that she was of considerable wealth of that day. Records in the Marion County Courthouse have recorded numbers of notes of various property as collateral for borrowed money. Katherine Shrum raised hogs and cattle. She lived to be a very old age. She was known as Aunt Kath Shrum. Katherine was noted for her bravery. In those days the Cumberland Mountains were noted to have had bear, tiger, (must mean Mountain Lions) and deer. The early settlers lived by hunting these deer and bear. Family legend holds that this Katherine Shrum raised hogs by the thousands in the mountains. There the hogs would sleep under the cliffs. One cold snowy winter night Aunt Kath heard her pigs squealing. She went under these cliffs where she felt in the dark until she found the bear that was killing her pigs. She stabbed it with a sticking knife. She then got some men the next day to track down the bear by the trail of the blood it left and capture it. [My Family File Copy 3.FBK.FTW] iii. ELIZABETH SHRUM, d. 1873, Fulton County Georgia; m. ROBERT EDWARD POWELL. iv. SARAH SHRUM. 5. v. SUSAN T SHRUM, b. Abt. 1836. 6. vi. MARTHA SHRUM, b. August 14, 1828; d. June 30, 1910, Foster Falls, TN Marion County. 7. vii. JOHN SHRUM, b. 1839, Marion County, TN. 8. viii. MOSES J SHRUM, b. October 1842, Marion County, TN; d. April 18, 1922. Generation No. 4 4. MARY A4 SHRUM (MOSES3, HENRY2, NICHOLAS1) was born Abt. 1841. She married BILL BURNS. Children of MARY SHRUM and BILL BURNS are: i. BILL5 BURNS. 9. ii. SAM BURNS. 5. SUSAN T4 SHRUM (MOSES3, HENRY2, NICHOLAS1) was born Abt. 1836. She married SAMUEL ROYAL RUST November 01, 1871, son of ISSAC RUST. Notes for SUSAN T SHRUM: Susan Shrum (Rust) birthdate about 1836. Daughter of Moses Shrum. Married a man by the name of Sam Rust. There seems to be some misunderstanding about this name. Records show in Jasper, Tenn., county seat of Marion County, Tenn. that she is a sister to Moses J. Shrum, Katherine Shrum, Martha Shrum, John Shrum, and Mary Ann Shrum. Susan signed a deed as Elizabeth, but she was know by all as Aunt Susan Rust. Her youngest daughter, Jeannie Adams of Tracy City, Tenn. is now 76 years old. Jeannie Adams vows that her mother's name was Susan Taylor Shrum. However, she had no document to show this. Shrum. Susan signed a deed as Elizabeth, but she was know by all as Aunt Susan Rust. Her youngest daughter, Jeannie Adams of Tracy City, Tenn. is now 76 years old. Jeannie Adams vows that her mother's name was Susan Taylor Shrum. However, she had no document to show this. Information from Shrum Family History book by James R. Shrum Sr. Abt 1970 Marriage Notes for SUSAN SHRUM and SAMUEL RUST: Marriage information came from the 1850-1874 Grundy County Marriage records[ Children of SUSAN SHRUM and SAMUEL RUST are: i. EDDIE5 RUST. ii. JAMES DELLIE RUST. More About JAMES DELLIE RUST: Occupation: Chiropractor 10. iii. MINNIE ETTA RUST. iv. NETTIE LYTIE RUST, m. CROFT SANDERS. More About NETTIE LYTIE RUST: Burial: Kingsport, TN v. SAMUEL KEY RUST, m. ANNIE DAVIS. More About SAMUEL KEY RUST: Burial: Hamilton, Ohio 11. vi. ELLEN TAYLOR RUST. vii. NEWTON ISSAC RUST, d. 1907. More About NEWTON ISSAC RUST: Burial: Oak Grove Cemetery, Marion County, TN viii. HATTIE RUST, m. ED HEDRICK. 12. ix. LAWRENCE WHIDDON L. RUST. x. JENNIE LILLIAN RUST, m. JOE ADAMS. 6. MARTHA4 SHRUM (MOSES3, HENRY2, NICHOLAS1) was born August 14, 1828, and died June 30, 1910 in Foster Falls, TN Marion County. She married CHARLES FOSTER July 07, 1853, son of ROBERT FOSTER and MARY WORTH. He was born January 30, 1802 in London, England, and died February 25, 1889 in Foster Falls, TN Marion County. Notes for MARTHA SHRUM: Burns Cemetery More About MARTHA SHRUM: Burial: Foster Falls, TN Marion County Religion: Episcopal Notes for CHARLES FOSTER: Christened at St. Annes, St. Agnes London Buried at Burns Cemetery Foster Falls Marion County, TN More About CHARLES FOSTER: Burial: Burns Cemetery, Foster Falls, TN Marion County Christening: St. Anne & St. Agnes, London, UK Education: Unknown Occupation: Artist, Agriculturalist, architect, printer Religion: Anglican Children of MARTHA SHRUM and CHARLES FOSTER are: i. FRANCES5 FOSTER, b. August 10, 1854; d. 1856, Foster Falls. More About FRANCES FOSTER: Burial: Burns Cemetery Foster Falls TN 13. ii. MARY JANE FOSTER, b. March 01, 1856; d. April 06, 1948. 14. iii. MARTHA FOSTER, b. April 01, 1858; d. 1938. 15. iv. ROBERT FOSTER, b. May 15, 1860, Foster Falls, TN Marion County; d. September 22, 1945, Chicago, IL. 16. v. ELLEN FOSTER, b. March 15, 1863, Foster Falls, TN Marion County; d. December 16, 1951. 17. vi. SARAH ANN FOSTER, b. October 22, 1866. 18. vii. ELIZABETH FOSTER, b. September 22, 1868. 7. JOHN4 SHRUM (MOSES3, HENRY2, NICHOLAS1) was born 1839 in Marion County, TN. He married JANE JOHNSON. Notes for JOHN SHRUM: John Shrum, son of Moses Shrum, son of Henry Shrum, son of Nicholas Shrum, pioneer to North Carolina. Born in Marion County, Tennessee. JoHn Shrum, was one of the first settlers of Marion County, Tenn. Since the Court House burned in Marion County, we could not go back any further than 1855, except to the same land grant to Moses J. Shrum. His name appears many times on deeds and notes. John Shrum owned large acreage of land in the Grundy and Marion counties. Records show that he sold a boundary of land known as the Johns Ridge in the Oak Grove community (which was named after him) for $200.00. There was 200 acres of land. He also at one time owned what is know as Pryor Ridge. The Tennessee Consolidated Coal Company mined coal from these lands for years. The Nashvile, Chattanooga and St. Louis R. R. Company laid tracks to haul the coal from this land. John Shrum was a soldier in the Southern Army of the Civil War. My father told me that his father (John Shrum) had been on Lookout Mountain when General Grant moved his forces around Moccasin Bend into Chattanooga. He had looked below at the valley which looked blue with Yankee soldiers. He said that he was barefoot, hungry, and almost frozen. He had thought he was in the wrong army, but this must have changed his mind. He was a republican in his politics. He was against slavery, he was against low tariffs on imports and high tariffs on exports. He was not a religious man until he was very old. He was converted to Christianity and was baptized. John Shrum had been confused about how to be baptized. He and his daughter Mary read the account of the baptism of Jesus and then got a North Methodist Minister to pour the water on him for baptism. John Shrum well known in his era. He also had the largest family. The greater part of descendants are from him. Shrum Family History Book Avt 1970 Children of JOHN SHRUM and JANE JOHNSON are: 19. i. JAMES (JIM)5 SHRUM, b. May 1889. 20. ii. CALVIN SHRUM, b. Abt. 1864. iii. REBECCA SHRUM, b. Abt. 1882. More About REBECCA SHRUM: 21. iv. MOSES SHRUM, b. June 08, 1859; d. June 11, 1922. 22. v. ADLINE SHRUM, b. 1866. 23. vi. MARGARET SHRUM, b.