More on the Bedford Co TN and Franklin Co NC connections

The Fall 2025 edition of the Bedford County Tennessee Quarterly is out and has an article about Revolutionary Veterans who were in Bedford County.  I was happy to see such a listing.  The article mentioned my 4th Great Grandfather, William Harrison noting that the info for his listing came from Texas DAR Roster.  I am baffled by the year of death they are showing  as 1816 so I'm trying to find the listing in the Texas DAR.  I found several who had joined under his service but they were all showing 1833 as the date of death.  There has been some confusion whether the month was Jan. or Jun., his year of death is 1833(given in widow, Elvira's pension file.)   William Harrison is enumerated in the 1830 census in Bedford Co. TN's  District 9 surrounded by family.  He is mentioned on the 1835 listing of pensioners but as having died in 1833.  His listing is under Rutherford County but the age would imply that it is him since he was born about 1749.  Rutherford County was over the county line just north of where he was in 1830. Since this was from a file

WILLIAM HARRISON

RUTHERFORD COUNTY
LIEUTENANT
NORTH CAROLINA CONT'L LINE
$240.00 ANNUAL ALLOWANCE
$2,424.66 AMOUNT RECEIVED
OCTOBER 6, 1820 PENSION STARTED
AGE 84
DIED JUNE 22, 1833

Source:  http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/statewide/military/warof1812/pensions/pen1835.txt

The is a deed between Thomas Callen and Jackson Lile in Bedford County TN Deed Book FF page 159 in October of 1834 that mentions Harrison in the land description in reference to a nearby tract. Specifically it says "beginning at a Black Oak & Dogwood near South of the place old man Harrison lived & died."  I'd really like to get this all figured out and find out where he is buried as well.

It's also worth noting that Jackson Lyle/Lile mentioned in the deed likely is connected to the Jackson Lyle who was in the Franklin Co NC Tax lists.

I need to look further into the females within the families as their might be a connection. Also need to work the deeds for Franklin Co NC.

Sources:  

Bedford County Tennessee Deeds v. EE-GG Sep 1834-Apr 1838,  images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSK6-13CW-W : accessed 16 September 2025), IGN 8150803,  image 361 of 819; citing Bedford County TN Deed Book FF page 160.

Carolyn Smotherman, “Revolutionary War Veterans in Bedford County, Tennessee,” The Bedford County Historical Quarterly 51, no. 3 (2025): 80–91.

My Memories of Living in Charlotte, Tennessee in the mid-1970s

I don't have a lot of memories from my childhood.  I probably used a good bit of that space to store 1980s song lyrics. When I started first grade in the fall of 1974, my family was renting a home from Ray and Rebecca Taylor on Liberty Road in Charlotte, Tennessee. At that time, kindergarten was not required, so I went directly into first grade.

The house we rented no longer exists. It was torn down around 1976 when the Taylors built their new home farther back on the same lot. The property is now addressed as 1171 Liberty Road. The older home sat to the right of the driveway near the front of the property, shaded by a few trees.

I remember several details about that place. A drain or gully ran along the yard, carrying off wash water. Wild apricots grew there, and my family planted a small garden to the right of the house. I loved running through the garden rows. Feral cats roamed the property—we named them Sluggo, Nancy, and Rare-Back. To the left of the driveway stood a tree with moss at its base. I used the moss to build tiny towns and lawns, with acorns serving as cars.

Because the house was surrounded by fields, ticks were a constant problem. We also heard mice and flying squirrels stirring around in the attic.

I was in Ms. Rachel Weaver’s first grade class at Charlotte Elementary, where Bill Caldwell served as principal. I rode Mr. Petty’s bus to school—possibly bus number 37.

In the fall of 1975, we moved from Charlotte to a house in the Spanish Oaks subdivision located in the Pomona community. At the time, I was in Mrs. Elliot’s second grade class at Charlotte Elementary. Since Pomona was then part of the Burns school district, I transferred to Mrs. C Richardson’s 2nd grade class at Burns Elementary. In that class they used a color coded reading program which I think was called SRA. I really loved these. 

About two years later, the school district lines were redrawn, and Pomona was placed in the Dickson district. From that point on, I attended Dickson Elementary, James E. Sullivan Middle School, Dickson Junior High School, and Dickson County Senior High. We remained in Spanish Oaks until the fall of 1986. 

W G Cook Rutherford Co TN--District 10 1912-1944

This is part of my research of William Green Cook, my great-grandfather, that I have published to my Ancestry Tree and is included in his Gallery. This is a listing from the Tax books of Rutherford Co TN for the years 1912-1944. Since anyone who is not a subscriber can't see it despite it being a PUBLIC tree, I'm publishing a copy of it here on my blog for others who are interested in the Wm Green Cook & Jane Bell King family.  I blogged about the process I used to create it several years back.  You can find that post HERE

W G Cook Rutherford Co TN--District 10  1912-1944

Year	North	South	East	West	Acres	Value
1912	Childress	Curren	Childress	Tucker	40	$150
1913	Childress	Curren	Childress	Tucker	40	$150
1914	Haynes	Curren	Thomas	Tucker	40	$150
1915
1916
1917	Haynes	Curren	Farris	Tucker	44	$200
1918	Haynes	Cowan	Farris	Tucker	44	$200
1919	Haynes	Cowan	Farris	Tucker	44	$200
1920	Haynes	Curren	Farris	Mangrum	44	$550(sic)
1921	Haynes	Coursey	Tmis	Mangrum	44	$250
1922	Haynes	Coursey	(blank)	Mangrum	44	$250
1923	Haynes	Currin	Thomas	Mangrum	44	$250
1924	Haynes	Curren	Thomas	Mangrum	44	$250
1925	Road Haynes	Curren Road	Thomas Thomas	Haynes Mangrum	40 4	$200 $50
1926	Road Haynes	Currin Road	Thomas Thomas	Haynes Mangrum	40 4	$200 $50
1927	Road Haynes	Curren Road	Thomas Thomas	Haynes Mangrum	40 4	$200 $50
1928	Road Haynes	Curren Road	Thomas Thomas	Haynes Mangrum	40 4	$200 $25 ) $225
1929	Road	Nance	Thomas	Haynes	44	$225
1930	(blank)	(blank)	(blank)	(blank)	44	$225
1931	Road Hayes(sic)	Nance Road	Thomas Thomas	Haynes Mangrum	44	$225
1932	Road Haynes	Nance Road	Thomas Thomas	Haynes Mangrum	44	$225
1933	Road Haynes	Nance Road	Thomas Thomas	Haynes Mangrum	6 38	$200
1934	Road Haynes	Nance Road	Thomas Thomas	Haynes Mangrum	6 38	$200
1935	Road Haynes	Nance Road	Road Mangrum	Mangrum Haynes	38 6	$200
1936	Road Haynes	Nance Road	Road Mangrum	Mangrum Haynes	38 6	$200
1937	Road Haynes	Nance Road	Road Mangrum	Mangrum Haynes	38 6	$200
1938	Road Haynes	Nance Road	Road Mangrum	Mangrum Haynes	38 6	$200
1939	Road Thomas	Nance Road	Road Mangrum	Mangrum Thomas	38 6	$200
1940	Road Thomas	Nance Road	Road Mangrum	Mangrum Thomas	38 6	$200
1941	Road Scott	Nance Road	Road Mangrum	Mangrum Scott	38 6	$200
1942	Road Scott	Nance Road	Road Mangrum	Mangrum Scott	38 6	$200
1943	Road Scott	Nance Road	Road Mangrum	Mangrum Scott	33(sic) 6	$200
1944	Road Scott	Nance Road	Road Mangrum	Mangrum Scott	33 6	$200

Notes & observations:

1915,1916 No tax books were found for these years

1918-1920 Cowan should be Currin verified with a check of the district that shows no Cowans Abe Currin shows Cook as his north bordering neighbor..

1920:  Property value likely $250 and not 550.

1921 & 1922:  Coursey should be Currin verified by checking Abe Currin’s entry

1921:  Tmis should be Thomas as the Ida Thomas Heirs are listed with Cook as their west bordering property.

1943 & 1944:  Not sure why the land acreage changed for these years.  The value remained the same.Possible typo? In the tax book?

Sources:

Rutherford Co TN Tax Books

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Tax books District 1-25 1912-1913 421410 8663749  

Tax books District 1-25 1914, 1917 421411 8663750

Tax books District 1-25 1918-1919 431412 8663751

Tax books District 1-25 1920-1921 431413 8663752

Tax books District 1-25 1922-1923 431414 8663753

Tax books District 1-25 1924 431415 8663754

Tax books District 1-25 1925 431416 8663755

Tax books District 1-25 1926 431417 8663756

Tax books District 1-25 1927 431418 8663757

Tax books District 1-25 1928-1929 431419 8452271

Tax books District 1-25 1930-1931 431420 8663758

Tax books District 1-25 1932 431421 8663759

Tax books District 1-25 1933 431422 8663760

Tax books District 1-25 1934 431423 8663761

Tax books District 1-25 1935 431424 8663762

Tax books District 1-25 1936-1937 431425 8663763

Tax books District 1-25 1938-1939 431426 8663764

Tax books District 1-25 1940-1941 431427 8663765

Tax books District 1-25 1942-1943 431428 8663766

Tax books District 1-25 1944-1945 431429 8663767