Wednesday, August 31, 2022

1882 Tax List Mulberry Twp, Franklin Co. Arkansas, USA

 

This image shows James Polk Cook and his brother Joseph Knox Cook listed on the 1882 Tax list in the Mulberry Township of Franklin County Arkansas.  J.K. Cook's daughter Melzora A Cook married J B Reid on the 15th of November 1881.  This was the same day that J P. Cook's step daughter Tennessee Ferguson married Hugh Clawson.  Both couples applied for marriage licenses on the 14th.  I'm still looking for proof but I feel certain that Tennie & Hugh must have annulled their marriage or divorced because she marries Henry Hill on the 1st of September 1886 under her maiden name of Ferguson.  I did not find Hugh Clawson on this Tax list but did notice that J B Reid was listed but like J K Cook's entry it doesn't have the PAID notation beside it.  They end up back in Tennessee and may have went back not long after the marriage.  Wm Clifford Cook(father of J.P Cook & J.K. Cook) died on the 1st of Jan 1882.  Still a lot of research needed on all of these folks. 

The 1884 Tax list has J P Cook listed in White Oak township of Franklin Co Arkansas

Source:  

Franklin Co Arkansas Tax record 1882, 1884, 1886, 1887 (Ozark District)
FHL Film 1027885 digital images at FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSK7-RSNQ-M?cat=122832)

Links to the previously mentioned blog posts concerning Tennessee Ferguson Hill

Tennie Hill 1862-1946

Tennie Ferguson Hill's Timeline

Saturday, August 27, 2022

What's Next on My "To-Do" List?

In Answer to Randy Seaver's "Saturday Night Genealogy Fun" challenge 

My next item is actually sort of in progress but is slow going right now. I hope to finish an article I'm writing about my Cook/King Great Grandparents and their descendants before the end of the year. These are my Paternal Grandfather's parents.  I wrote an article about my Paternal Grandmother's parents earlier this year.  While my paternal grandmother's family was much larger and is kind of complicated, the Cook/King project covers a smaller family but is way more complicated due to some key missing records, and a TB outbreak.  If any of my Cook/King cousins are reading this and have any information or pictures you want to send me, please contact me.  The best way is thru Facebook and then I can give you further contact info.   Every puzzle piece helps to present a clearer picture of our folks lives.

Once that tasks is complete, the next project will be better organizing my family pictures--both digital and prints.  I also need to write about both sets of my maternal great grandparents.  

Monday, August 22, 2022

Shared DNA Match Amounts between 2 Sibling Sets


The above chart is a visual representation of the Shared DNA between 2 sets of siblings that are known 4th cousins.  It is also believed that they may be Double 4th cousins but not yet proven.  They are kin to me and my siblings thru our Dad's side of the family.  I've also included my paternal aunt in the chart to show the DNA which they share with her.  While I'm not able to compare what my aunt shares with them to what Dad shared with them, I can see that my aunt shares almost double what any one my siblings or I share with JB.  I should also note that Bro-2 shares no DNA with JP or with JB.  That is not unusual once you get beyond the 2nd Cousin once removed level.

Jonny Perl's DNA Painter Website is very helpful for comparing match amounts thru the shared cM project and a number of other tools available there.  I am a subscriber, however the basic version of DNA Painter is free. If you intend to work with more than one chromosome map or tree, or take advantage of bulk import functionality, you will need to subscribe.  

Friday, August 19, 2022

D V Putnam--Dickson Co TN Confederate Pension Application #S8665


D V Putnam  S8665 Dickson Co. TN 11th Cav.

It appears that David Vance Putnam completed the application but it was not turned in until after his death.  Presumably this was so there would be some  notarized statements on file for the widow to apply for a widow's pension.  His claim was rejected as he was deceased and I've not yet found a claim made by his widow.  Will check further resources and make a follow-up post when and if I do find additional information.

See Original at

Source: "Tennessee, Confederate Pension Applications, Soldiers and Widows, 1891-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9GY6-SWBT?cc=1874474&wc=M6ZX-RZ9%3A171467301%2C174077601 : 31 October 2018), Filed by Soldier > no 8548-8698 > image 1623-28 of 2219; State Library and Archives, Nashville.

Letter of Explanation from T H Whitfield White Bluff TN  Jan 10 1907

Dear Mr. Hickerson & M? 

I enclose you application of D V Putman for Pension who died before
sending in.  You will please send me an application for her(his widow)
and also one for Mrs. Sarah Hall Widow of J A Hall who died last
year & would ask what has been done with  the case of E Buggett Company
B 49 Tenn.  I notice that in your ?  you have allowed quite a number
of 2nd class widows Please advise me what has been done in the case
of Mrs. Mary Andrews whose application has been there for quite a while
& if any other evidence is required very respectfully yours

T H Whitfield
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Wrapper of Application

Tennessee Confederate Pension Application 
Soldier #8665 D V Putman (Rejected)
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Soldier's Application for Pension

Under Class 1, 2, 3 or 4.

I, D V Putnam a native of the State of Tennessee and now a citizen of
Tennessee, resident of Flat Pond in the county of Dickson in said state 
of Tennessee and who was a soldier from the State of Tennessee, in the 
war between the United States and the Confederate States, do hereby apply
for aid under the Act of the General Assembly of Tennessee, entitled "An 
Act for the benefit of the indigent and disabled soldiers of the late war 
between the States, and to fix the fees of attorneys and agents for 
procuring such pensions, and fixing a penalty for the violation of the same, 
and amendments thereto" And I do solemnly swear that, while in the discharge of my duty in the service of the Confederate states as a member of 11th Tennessee Cavalry Tom Miller Capt, Ed Hamilton Lieut. Holman Col. I was first wounded  Sawing lumber for the construction of a railroad for the Confederacy. and that by reason of such wound and disability I am now entitled to receive the benefits of this Act.  I further swear that I do not hold any National, State, or County office, nor do I received aid or pension from any other State, or from the United States, and that I am not an inmate of any soldiers' home, and that I am unable to earn a reasonable support for myself and family.  I do further solemnly swear that the answers given to the following questions are true.

In What County, State and year were you born?
Answer:  Williamson Tennessee 1831.

When did you enlist and in what command?  Give the names of the regimental and company officers under whom you were serving at date of wound or other disability.
Answer:  1861 1st in 24th TN Infantry.  2nd 11th Tenn. Cavalry Holman Colonel Tom Miller Capt. Ed Hamilton Lieut.

What was the precise nature of your wound or disability?
Answer:  Was first struck in the side by Handstick while sawing lumber for the confederacy  2nd was struck in same wound by fragment of shell.

What limb, if any, did you lose by reason of said wound or wounds, and if no limb, state fully your disability, and if contracted in the services and is said disability permanent?
Answer:  After receiving above mentioned wounds my arm became almost useless.  Said wounds contracted in army service and is permanent.

Were you incapacitated for service by reason of said wound or disability incurred?
Answer:  Yes for about six weeks

Were you discharged from the army by reason of said wound or disability?
Answer:  No

If discharged from the army, where were you and what did you do until the close of the war?
Answer:  Was not discharged

What was the name of the surgeon who attended you?
Answer:  Dr. Hutton

How Did you get out of the army, when and where?
Answer:  Left sick on Hood Fall back in 1865 in Alabama

Did you take the oath of allegiance to the United States Government?
Answer:  No

If so, when and under what circumstances?
Answer:  Not So

Are you married, or have you been married?
Answer:  Yes

If so, what is the size of your family living together?
Answer:  Wife and five children

What are the respective ages of your wife and the children living with you?
Answer:  Wife 36 Children 12, 10, 8, 6, 3.

In what sex do your children belong?
Answer:  4 girls and 1 boy

Are not some of your children able to support you?
Answer:  None that is with me.

In what business are you now engaged, if any and what do you earn?
Answer:  Sawmilling, when able at one dollar per day

What estate have you in your own right, real and personal, and what is the value?
Answer:  Five acres land more or less valued at $25 and personal none

What estate has your wife in her own right, real and personal, and what is the value?
Answer:  None

How have you derived support for yourself and family for the last five years?
Answer:  By my manual labor

Do you use intoxicants to any extent?
Answer:  No

How Long have you been an actual residen of the State of Tennessee?
Answer:  All my life

Have you an attorney to look after this application?
Answer:  No

If so give his name and address
(Blank)

Witnessed my hand this April 15th day of 1904
D V Putnam(signature)

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Notarized Statements

Jas R Major M D --Physician
(J) G Cook --Witness
W J Christopher(His Mark)-- Witness
Witness W M Goodlett

Statement of Physician Jas R Major M D 
Notarized by W H Stringfellow

Personally appeared before me, W H Stringfellow Notary Public of said county, the above named Jas, R Major M D, one of the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing application, and who is a physician of good standing, and being duly sworn says that he has carefully and thoroughly examined D V Putnam, the applicant, and find him laboring under the following disabilities:

Serious impairment of the function of the left shoulder and arm caused from a wound in the left side just below the axillary region caused from a fragment of shell striking him while in battle, the shell striking an older wound said wounds both received during the civil war.

Witness my hand and seal of office this 15th day of April 1904

W H Stringfellow N.P.

State of Tennessee Davidson County

Personally appeared before me, W M Goodlett Notary Public of said county, the above named J G Cook and W J Christopher, two of the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing application, with whom I am personally acquainted, and known to me to be citizens of veracity and standing in this community, and who make oath that they are personally acquainted with the foregoing applicant, and that the facts set forth and statements made in this application are correct and true, to the best of their knowledge and belief, and that they have no interest in this claim, and that said applicant's habits are good and from from dishonor and we further make oath to the following facts touching the applicants service in the Confederate Army.

Witness my hand and seal of office this 4th day of May 1904

W M Goodlett 
Notary Public

Wednesday, August 10, 2022

Supporting Evidence in County Court Records



While reading through Delayed Birth Certificates, I noticed that several made reference to county court orders under the supporting evidence section. My curiosity got the better of me and I went looking for the County Court Minutes that was referenced in my Cook's delayed birth certificate  There were many more thru this the surrounding counties particularly during the time period when people were applying for a Social Security number.  


Just one of the many unindexed "gems" at FamilySearch.org. As I mentioned in a blog post from last year,  you can also find Military Discharge Records for some counties in the US. Be sure to check the FamilySearch catalog regularly for areas in which you have research to see what records are available.  

Monday, August 08, 2022

Dad's Maternal 1st Cousins--1950 US Federal Census


In a blog post I made in April, I listed the citations of the 1950 census entries for Dad, his siblings and a number of his paternal 1st cousins. I am doing the same of his maternal 1st cousins for this post.  A link to the Enumeration Districts is also included after each citation.  I didn't hyperlink the web addresses so you will need to copy and paste the url into your browser. This will be a great help to me when I read thru the districts again. When no one was at home a revisit was required and those revisits are listed at the end of each enumeration district.  The sheet #s for the revisit sections start with 71 to set them apart from the initial walk thru.  See this informative post at HistoryHub.

Aunt Lula's Children
Dad's maternal 1st cousin James Morton Gibson & family
Morton & Martha Gibson with sons Granville & Darrell
1950 US Federal Census, Davidson Co. TN, Nashville, Enumeration District 99-271, sheet 77, Serial/Household #144, Lines 5-8( James M Gibson Family); U.S. National Archives, 1950 Census (https://1950census.archives.gov/search/).
Link to District 99-271 https://1950census.archives.gov/search/?county=Nashville%2C%20Davidson&ed=99-271&state=TN

Dad's Maternal 1st Cousin Telitha Aline Gibson Stevens  w/ her husband Andrew & Daughter Patricia.
1950 US Federal Census, Davidson Co. TN, Nashville, Enumeration District 99-278, Serial/Household #211, sheet 17, Lines 26-28( Andrew D Stevens Family); U.S. National Archives, 1950 Census  (https://1950census.archives.gov/search/).
Link to District 99-278 https://1950census.archives.gov/search/?county=Nashville%2C%20Davidson&ed=99-278&state=TN

Aunt Cora's Children
Dad's Maternal 1st Cousin Lillian Irene Gibson Wagster & Family
1950 US Federal Census, Butler Co. OH, Ross Township(West of Route 127), Enumeration District 9-114, sheet 73, Serial/Household #201, Lines 25-28( Huston I Wagster Family); U.S. National Archives, 1950 Census (https://1950census.archives.gov/search/).
Link to District 9-114 https://1950census.archives.gov/search/?county=Butler&ed=9-114&state=OH

Dad's maternal 1st cousin Thomas Lytle Gibson and Family
1950 US Federal Census, Bedford Co. TN, Civil Dist. 24, Enumeration District 2-39, sheet 8, Serial/Household #60, Lines 20-21( Tom L Gibson Family); U.S. National Archives, 1950 Census (https://1950census.archives.gov/search/).
Link to District 2-39:  https://1950census.archives.gov/search/?county=Bedford&ed=2-39&state=TN

Dad's maternal 1st Cousin Verna Gibson Wagster & her husband
1950 US Federal Census, Bedford Co. TN, Shelbyville, Enumeration District 2-10, sheet 13, Serial/Household #128, Lines 27-28( Paul Wagster Family); U.S. National Archives, 1950 Census (https://1950census.archives.gov/search/).
Link to District 2-10 https://1950census.archives.gov/search/?county=Bedford&ed=2-10&state=TN

Dad's maternal 1st cousin Bertha Eunice Gibson Stokes Osteen and Family
1950 US Federal Census, Butler Co. OH, Hamilton, Enumeration District 96-21, sheet 19, Serial/Household #227, Lines 25-27( John R O'Steen Family); U.S. National Archives, 1950 Census (https://1950census.archives.gov/search/).
Link to Dist 96-21: https://1950census.archives.gov/search/?state=OH&county=Hamilton&Butler&ed=96-21&scheduleId=4612534

Dad's maternal 1st cousin  Preston C Gibson and Family
1950 US Federal Census, Bedford Co. TN, Tourist Court, Enumeration District 2-4, sheet 77, Serial/Household #174, Lines 8-12( Preston Gibson & Family); U.S. National Archives, 1950 Census (https://1950census.archives.gov/search/).
Link to District 2-4 https://1950census.archives.gov/search/?county=Bedford&ed=2-4&state=TN

Dad's Maternal 1st cousin. Leone Gibson Uselton & 1st Husband
1950 US Federal Census, Bedford Co. TN, Shelbyville, Enumeration District 2-11, sheet 6, 210 Jefferson, Serial/Household #66, Lines 17-18(Fred Uselton & Leone); U.S. National Archives, 1950 Census (https://1950census.archives.gov/search/).
Link to District 2-11 https://1950census.archives.gov/search/?county=Bedford&ed=2-11&state=TN

Aunt Kitty's Children
Dad's Maternal 1st Cousin Mary Magdalene Bell Dye & Family
1950 US Federal Census, Bedford Co. TN, Shelbyville, Enumeration District 2-10, sheet 13, Serial/Household #125, Lines 16-21(Bernum B Dye Family); U.S. National Archives, 1950 Census (https://1950census.archives.gov/search/).
Link to District 2-10 https://1950census.archives.gov/search/?county=Bedford&ed=2-10&state=TN

Dad's Maternal 1st Cousin Zada Florene Bell McGregor & Family
1950 US Federal Census, Bedford Co. TN, Shelbyville, Enumeration District 2-10, sheet 26, Serial/Household #255, Lines 27-30(Florene Bell McGregor & Family); U.S. National Archives, 1950 Census (https://1950census.archives.gov/search/).
Link to District 2-10 https://1950census.archives.gov/search/?county=Bedford&ed=2-10&state=TN

Dad's Maternal 1st cousin Lawrence Melvin Bell & Family
1950 US Federal Census, Bedford Co. TN, Shelbyville, Civil Dist 7, Enumeration District 2-16, sheet 5, Serial/Household #49, Lines 6-8( Lawrence M Bell & Family); U.S. National Archives, 1950 Census (https://1950census.archives.gov/search/).
Link to District 2-16 https://1950census.archives.gov/search/?county=Bedford&ed=2-16&state=TN

Dad's Maternal 1st cousin Patra Bell
1950 US Federal Census, Davidson Co. TN, Nashville, Enumeration District 99-265, sheet 6, Serial/Household #60, Line 17(Living in Clarence Huffman Household but arrow drawn to Household of Lillie B Adams HH 59); U.S. National Archives, 1950 Census (https://1950census.archives.gov/search/).
Link to District 99-265 https://1950census.archives.gov/search/?county=Nashville%2C%20Davidson&ed=99-265&scheduleId=5649164&state=TN

Dad's Maternal 1st cousin. Tom Bell Jr & Family
1950 US Federal Census, Bedford Co. TN, Shelbyville, Enumeration District 2-10, sheet 22, 703 Elliott, Serial/Household #216, Lines 26-30(Tom Bell Jr. & Family); U.S. National Archives, 1950 Census (https://1950census.archives.gov/search/).
Link to District 2-10 https://1950census.archives.gov/search/?county=Bedford&ed=2-10&state=TN

Dad's Maternal 1st cousins, Pearl, J.B., and Olive Bell living in the household of their parents
1950 US Federal Census, Bedford Co. TN, Shelbyville, Enumeration District 2-10, sheet 14, 530 Oak,  Serial/Household #130, Lines 5-9(Tom Bell (Sr) &  Family); U.S. National Archives, 1950 Census (https://1950census.archives.gov/search/).
Link to District 2-10 https://1950census.archives.gov/search/?county=Bedford&ed=2-10&state=TN

Uncle John's daughter
Dad's Maternal 1st Cousin Hazel P Jakes Jetton & Family
1950 US Federal Census, Rutherford Co TN, Murfreesboro, Enumeration District 75-25, Serial/Household # 89, sheet 76, Lines 9-11(John M Jetton Family); U.S. National Archives,  1950 Census  (https://1950census.archives.gov/search).
Link to District 75-25 https://1950census.archives.gov/search/?state=TN&county=Rutherford&ed=75-25&scheduleId=5664180

Uncle Will's Children
Dad's Maternal Uncle Will B Jakes Sr. & Family
1950 U.S. census, Davidson Co., TN, Old Hickory Civil Dist 4, ED 19-19, sheet 10, 311 30th Street, Serial/Household #111, line 29-30 & sheet 11, lines 1-2 (Wm B Jakes Sr. Family);  U.S. National Archives,  1950 Census  ((https://1950census.archives.gov/search/).
Link to District 19-19 https://1950census.archives.gov/search/?state=TN&county=Davidson&ed=19-19

Dad's Maternal 1st Cousin Lula Pauline "Polly" Jakes Sams & Husband
1950 US Federal Census, Bay Co. FL, Parker, Enumeration District 3-38, sheet 22, Serial/Household #202, Lines 1-2(Tom B Sams & wife); U.S. National Archives, 1950 Census (https://1950census.archives.gov/search/).
Link to District 3-38 https://1950census.archives.gov/search/?state=FL&county=Bay&ed=3-38

Sunday, August 07, 2022

1943-1944 Term Dupont Grammar School Report Card Davidson Co. TN


The images are scans of my Dad, Billy Joe Cooke's 6th Grade Report Card.  He was attending Dupont Grammar School in Old Hickory, Davidson County, Tennessee(USA).   
(Form No. 1)

Davidson County Elementary Schools Report

School reports are of value if they help parents understand the meaning of practices in school and the opinion of the school of the child's progress. We want each child to compete with his own record, not with those of other children. Therefore teachers and parents must avoid comparing the child with other children in class and home.

The school desires to help each child become a worthy member of the group, use his leisure time constructively, and master the school subjects.

Name: Billy Joe Cooke
Grade: 6





The grading period was every 4 weeks
Grade listed in parenthesis is his Final Average
Dad was graded on the following subjects :

Arithmetic(94)
English(93)
Geography(91)
Physiology-Hygiene(90)
Reading(90)
Spelling Test and Written work(98)

Days Present--173 Days
Days Absent-----3 Days
Days Tardy------0 Days

In that grade level they were also graded on a number of 
"Habits and attitudes Desirable for Citizenship"

Dad was Promoted to Grade 7

School  Dupont Grammar School
Principal:  W. M. Tate
Teacher:  Bertha McFerrin
Term 1943-1944

Parents Sign:  Mrs. T D Cooke signed 6 times

Dupont Grammar School Principal W M Tate (31 Dec 1896 - 31 Jan 1968)
William McKever Tate Sr. was the son of Daniel Anderson Tate & Clara Raulston and was born in Marion County, Tennessee.  He married Inez Roth in 1924 and the following year they came to Davidson County, TN where he was principal at Morny School. He worked at several other schools but held the position of principal at Dupont Elementary School from around 1938 until his retirement in 1962.  At the time of the 1940 census, Principal Tate and his family lived on Lawrence Street in Old Hickory.  That was two streets over and down about a block from where Dad and his parents lived during that time. According to his obituary, he is buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park 

6th Grade Teacher Bertha McFerrin (22 Mar 1911 - 8 May 2001)
Bertha McFerrin was the daughter of Arthur Alexander McFerrin and Callie Ann Vance. She was from the Cannon County town of Readyville.  Bertha graduated from MTSU(Then Middle TN State Teaches college) in 1936.  She never married nor had children of her own.  At the time of the 1940 Census she and her Dad were in Montgomery Co.,  Tennessee living with her sister and brother in law.  She is buried at Riverside Cemetery in Woodbury, Cannon County, Tennessee.

Sources:

  1. Cooke-Jakes Family Papers, in possession of Marie Cooke Beckman, "Report Card of Billy Joe Cooke, 6th Grade student at Dupont Grammar School," School Term 1943-1944. Item Digitized 7 Aug 2022.
  2. "W. M. Tate Sr. Services Today," The Tennessean(Nashville, TN) 2 Feb 1968, pg 35 Col 6; ; digital images, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 7 Aug 2022).
  3. "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K44V-7VJ : 11 January 2021), William M Tate, Civil District 4, Davidson, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 19-9, sheet 14A, line 25, family 267, NARA digital publication T627, National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3884.
  4. "U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012"; database with images, Ancestry(https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1265/: 7 Aug 2022), Tennessee > Middle Tennessee State Teachers College > 1936 > image 35 of 124.
  5. "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4Z6-M8G : 11 January 2021), Bertha McFerrin in household of Sterling B Odom, Civil District 12, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 63-24, sheet 3A, line 12, family 44, NARA digital publication T627. National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3923.
  6. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55567967/bertha-mcferrin: accessed 07 August 2022), memorial page for Bertha McFerrin (22 Mar 1911–8 May 2001), Find a Grave Memorial ID 55567967, citing Riverside Cemetery, Woodbury, Cannon County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Patricia Davidson (contributor 46638656).

Monday, August 01, 2022

Anna Putman & others VS Wm G Hight & Others


From the Burned Index deeds referenced in the Chancery Court Record whose transcription follows.
Not sure I understand what is going on because the Wm Putman father of D V Putman  had been thought to have died in 1855.  Did D V Putman just not record it til 1859 or is it Wm Putman's heirs/estate.  He only had one son--David Vance Putman.  At least this does list his heirs but it also raises some questions.  

Typed Index to burned volumes (extinct) made from the register's notebook, ca. 1852-1861
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKX-93LY-8?mode=g&cat=298281

1856 Sep 10  Bargainor: A P MoHundro  Bargainee: D V Putman    Deed 90 Acres
1857 Jan 16  Bargainor: D V Putman  Bargainee: O W Crockett  Trust Deed
1857 Oct 5  Bargainor: D V Putman  Bargainee: W G Hight  Trust Deed
1858 Jan 25 Bargainor: D V Putman Bargainee: W G Hight  Trust Deed
1858 Sep 23  Bargainor: D V Putman  Bargainee: W G Hight  Deed 90 Acres
1859 Nov 22 Bargainor: D V Putman  Bargainor: Wm Putman  Deed


Transcriptions Chancery Court Case Anna Putman & Others VS Wm G Hight & Others

Chancery Court minute books 1830-1965
Bedford Co TN Chancery Court Minutes 1871-1872 pg 201
IGN 8332818 Images 440 & 441 of 638
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSTZ-WQVT-F?i=439&cat=247725
(Page 201)
Anna Putnam & Others vs Wm G Hight & others
Final Decree be it remembered that this cause was finally heard on the 11th of Sept 1871 by Hon. A. S. Marks Chancellor & c on bill answer exhibit proof and on the motion of Richard Nance and Thos N. McCord Trustees of W G Hight to be (p. 202) made dependents which is allowed by consent of complainants and upon full consideration of the whole case the court is of opinion & so decrees that the deed executed by D V Putnam to his father Wm Putman in 1857 invested the vender with the legal title to the tract of land conveyed by A P Mohundro to D V Putnam that W G Hight when he took the absolute deed from D V Putnam on the 22 Sept 1858 knew of the existence of the deed from D V Putman to Wm Putman and is there for not an innocent purchaser.

It is decreed by the court that the surviving complainants are entitled to the said tract land less the interest of D V Putnam as one of the heirs and for the four or five acres purchased by him of Richard Nance and included in the deed of Sept 25 1858 to W G Hight subject to a lien for the purchase money and interest yet ____ unpaid at the date of the deed of D V to Wm Putnam which is hereby decreed  a lien on said land
It is further decreed by the court that this cause by referred to the Clerk & Master to take proof & report to the next term of this court the annual value of the rents of said tract of land including the four or five acres sold by R Nance to D V Putnam from the date of the deed from D V P to Wm Putnam to the time of making his report with interest. He will also report what betterments if any have been made by complainants and also what damages have been done said land since it's occupation by complainants under the deed to Wm Putnam all other matters being reserved


Images 448 & 449 of 638 (pg 217)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSTZ-WQVY-Y?i=447&cat=247725
Sept 14th 1871
(Pg 217)
Anna Putman & Others
vs
Wm G Hight & Others
Final Decree
Be it remembered that this cause came for hearing on this 11 Sept 1871 before the Hon. A S Marks Chancellor & C on bill, answer & proof and on motion of Richard Nance & Thos. N McCord Trustees of W G Hights to be made Defts which is allowed by the consent of Complts and upon consideration of the whole case(pg. 218) The court is of opinion  & so decrees that the deed executed by D V Putman and his father Wm Putman in Jan of Janry 1857 invested the vender with the legal title to the land in controversy & W G Hight when he took the absolute deed from D V Putman 22 Sept 1858 knew of the execution of the deed from D V and Wm Putman & does not in this answer place himself in condition to rely on the plea of an innocent purchase. The court decrees that the compts are entitled to the land as heirs at law of Wm Putman dec'd less the share of D V Putman as one of the heirs & the four or five acres purchased by him from Wm G Hight but that the land is first chargeable with 5/6 of the Miller Debt mentioned in the trust deed of D V Putman to Hight of 5 Oct 1857 the whole debt being unfixed at $275.00 with the interest on the 5/6 from the 25 Dec 1857
This cause is referred to the master to take an account with the year 1859 being the year after D V Putman moved from the land after the death of the Father  In estimating the value of the rents during the life of Anna Putman the widow, the master will consider her right to dower in the land and only estimate two thirds of the rents for that time.  By the consent of all parties upon the case shown by record the court further decrees that the land be sold first for the payment of the miller debt as herein set forth & secondly for the distribution or division among the compts & Wm G Hight or his trustees & that T S Steele C Master & C is appointed commissioner to sell the same & that he sell it on a credit of one  or two years taking notes & sureties for the purchase money first giving notice as required by law He will by consent sell the small piece purchased by D V Putman from Richard Nance and report to next term


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Anna Putman & Others
VS
Wm G Hight & Others
Decree
Be it remembered that this cause came in for further hearing and was heard on this 5th day of March 1872 before the Hon A S Marks Chalr & C upon the proceeding heretofore had and the report of the sale made by the mater which is in the words and figures following:
Report:
In the case the undersigned in pursuance of an interlocutory decree pronounced by the Hon Chancery Court for Bedford County at its Sept Term 1871 begs leave to submit the following
Report:
He advertised the land in the pleadings mentioned by printed hand-bills posted as required by law giving due and legal notice of the time place and terms of sale and on the 4th day of November 1871 the time as a advertised he attended his his Deputy James C Jett on the premises the place designated and offered said lands for sale at public auction to the highest bidder on one and two years credit, the mode & terms as advertised when and where after the same had been cried a reasonable time the said lands situated in Dist 9 Bedford County Tennessee adjoining the lands of John Landrum- James Foster--John King & others and containing 96 acres were struck off to A Tucker at his bid of $12 42 1/2 cents per acre aggregating the sum of (pg 348)
($1192.80) Eleven Hundred & Ninety Two 80/100 Dollars the same being the last highest & best bid offered for said lands.  The said purchaser has paid the undersigned the costs and commissions-after said sale the said A Tucker associated with him as an equal partner in said lands one W C Cooke and the said parties Tucker & Cooke have executed to the undersigned as Clerk & Co. their two promissory notes with the W M Boyce & J R(K?) Cooke securities in each Each note is for $547.90 and due respectively in one & two years after date- & dated on the 4th day of November 1871 and executed for the purchase money of said lands and a lien is also retained on said lands to secure the payment of said notes and is so expressed on the face of each-said notes are now in the hands of the undersigned subject to the orders of the Hon. Court.
All of which is respectfully submitted Nov 2 1871
Which being unexcepted to it is ordered in all things to be confirmed

It is further ordered by the court that all the right title claim and interest of the compts & defts in and to the land described in the pleadings be divested of them & vested in the purchasers subject to a lien for the purchase money and upon the payment of the purchase money, the clerk master will executed to them a deed in accordance with the terms of this decree and the cause was further heard on the report of the clerk as to rent which is not being excepted to it is ordered in all things to be confirmed. It is therefore ordered adjudged and decreed that T S Steele as clerk master recover for the use of the parties in interest of Charles Norville & Wife, Mary A.  Henry Warner & Wife Sarah, John A Vincent and wife Willy, Elizabeth Putman, Sciota Putman the sum of 120.00 the amount of said rent & in the adjustment he will allow them a credit for their respective portions as settled by the decrees of this court.  The clerk will also collect the rents which have accrued under the renting made by the clerk master of this court & distribute the same as settled by the decree of this court.  The clerk will proceed & collect the purchase money & pay the same together with (pg. 349) money now in the hand out after paying all unsettled costs to the parties entitled to the same as fixed by decree pronounced 14 Sept 1871 and the amount giving to W G Hight or to his trustees will be paid to their solicitors, Edmund Cooper, James L. Scudder & H L Davidson, who have a lien on the same for the payment of their fees, which is hereby declared.



Bedford County, Tennessee, Chancery Court minute books, 1830-1965, 1871-1872: page 201, digital images 440 and 441 of 638, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSTZ-WQVT-F : accessed 9 April 2024), citing IGN 8332818.

Bedford County, Tennessee, Chancery Court minute books, 1830-1965, 1871-1872: page 217, digital images 448 and 449 of 638, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSTZ-WQVY-Y?i=447&cat=247725 : accessed 9 April 2024), citing IGN 8332818.

Bedford County, Tennessee, Chancery Court minute books, 1830-1965, 1871-1872: page 347, digital images 513 of 638, FamilySearch  (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSTZ-WQVL-Y?i=512&cat=247725   : accessed 9 April 2024), citing IGN 8332818.