Monday, May 27, 2024

J. G. Cook and J. K. Cook(Jan 1899)-- Rutherford Co. TN


Transcription of mortgage agreement recorded in 
Rutherford Co TN Trust Deeds, 1897–1901, Book H

(Lower portion of page 552)

J.G. Cook
To | Mortg.
J.K. Cook

Know all men by these presents, that I, J.G.
Cook, of Eagleville, Rutherford County, Tenn.
acknowledge my indebtedness to J.K. Cook,
of Eagleville, Rutherford County, Tenn. in
the sum of Three hundred dollars ($300)
with six per cent interest from date, and for the security of said
sum I do hereby mortgage and sell and assign to the said
J.K. Cook, one sorrel Stallion, known as "Dave Jennings", one
Black Jack, known as "Big Star", and two sorrel mares, known
as "Blaze and Jane". The above named animals are free from
encumbrance, are now owned by me and in my possession
on the farm now occupied by me in the eighth civil district
two miles north of Eagleville, in said Rutherford County,
and I hereby authorize and empower the said J.K. Cook to
take possession of said property and to sell the same at
private sale, and appropriate the proceeds to the payment
of said debt and interest. The time of this sale to be at the option of
the said J.K. Cook. Witness my hand and

(continued on page 553
Seal this sixth day of Jan'y 1899 J G Cook

Witness: J Knox Cook
State of Tennessee
Rutherford County Personally appeared before me J S. Edwards,
a Notary Public in and for said county and State, the within
named J G Cook, the bargainor, with whom I am personally
acquainted, and who acknowledged that he executed the within
mortgage instrument for the purpose therein contained.

(Seal) Witness my hand and official seal at Eagleville Tenn
This 23 day of Jan'y 1899 J S Edwards Notary Public
Registered Jan'y 25th 1899

Source:  
Rutherford County, Tennessee, Deeds of Trust, 1897–1901, Book H: 552-553, mortgage agreement, J.G. Cook to J.K. Cook, 6 January 1899; digital image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSTZ-D351-S : accessed 27 May 2024), image 282 of 649, IGN 8332406.

Saturday, May 25, 2024

Bedford Co TN Newspapers at FamilySearch

The links to the Shelbyville Gazette & the Shelbyville Times Gazette newspapers are somewhat hard to locate within the FamilySearch catalog so I've pulled together the available links on a page for a better visual of coverage. As explained in the catalog entries, this is not all inclusive, some were misnumbered and others are missing. Still a really good selection from the newspapers of Bedford Co TN available for free with a FamilySearch Username(registration is free)





Shelbyville Gazette & Shelbyville Times-Gazette

Vol. 2, no. 46 (12 Nov. 1875)-v. 19, no. 6 (11 Feb. 1892)   
Vol. 19, no. 7 (18 Feb. 1892)-v. 22, no. 50 (26 Dec. 1895) 
Vol. 23, no. 1 (2 Jan. 1896)-v. 26, no. 5 (2 Feb. 1899)     
Vol. 26, no. 6 (9 Feb. 1899)-v. 33, no. 16 (25 Apr. 1907) 
Vol. 33, no. 17 (2 May 1907)-v. 38, no. 18 (4 May 1911) 
Vol. 38, no. 19 (11 May 1911)-v. 43, no. 14 (6 Apr. 1916) 
Vol. 43, no. 15 (13 Apr. 1916)-v. 45, no. 44 (7 Nov. 1918) 
Vol. 45, no. 44 (7 Nov. 1918)-v. 48, no. 16 (21 Apr. 1921) 
Vol. 48, no. 16 (21 Apr. 1921)-v. 50, no. 47 (15 Nov. 1923) 
Vol. 50, no. 49 (29 Nov. 1923)-v. 53, no. 33 (26 Aug. 1926) 
Vol. 53, no. 34 (2 Sept. 1926)-v. 58, no. 11 (14 Mar. 1929) 
Vol. 58, no. 12 (21 Mar. 1929)-v. 60, no. 28 (23 July 1931) 
Vol. 60, no. 29 (30 July 1931)-v. 63, no. 18 (3 May 1934)   
Vol. 63, no. 19 (10 May 1934)-v. 63, no. 45 (19 Nov. 1936) 
Vol. 63, no. 46 (26 Nov. 1936)-v. 66, no. 11 (16 Mar. 1939) 
Vol. 66, no. 12 (23 Mar. 1939)-v. 66, no. 48 (27 Nov. 1941) 
Vol. 66, no. 49 (4 Dec. 1941)-v. 71, no. 39 (28 Sept. 1944) 
Vol. 71, no. 40 (5 Oct. 1944)-v. 73, no. 36 (4 Sept. 1946)   
Vol. 73, no. 36 (4 Sept. 1946)-v. 74, no. 67 (21 Aug. 1947)  
Vol. 74, no. 68 (24 Aug. 1947)-v. 74, no. 125 (31 Dec. 1947)

Bedford County Sun --covers mainly 1949-1959

There are other Bedford Co TN newspapers available at FamilySearch
but the coverage is very "spotty" but if you want to check those out a good bit of them are on 
one roll which contains a little over 500 images
Image Group # 8141788
The Tennessee Herald     
Shelbyville Repertory
Western Intelligencer    
Western Freeman
The Western Star 
The People's advocate
The Shelbyville Intelligencer
The Shelbyville Enquirer
The Expositor
The Bedford Yeoman
The Tri-Weekly News
Daily Rebel Banner
American Union
The Weekly American Union
The Republican
The Rescue
The Bedford Bulletin
Shelbyville Commercial
Tennessee Advocate

Also check
Marshall Gazette Lewisburg, TN (1871-1960) Not all inclusive
Daily News Journal Murfreesboro, TN (1931-1960) Not all inclusive

Shelbyville Tennessee Cholera 1833

An article in Shelbyville Gazette from 1913 told the story of a list found in the wall of a house in Civil Dist 8. The house was purchased by Michael F Williams from Wilson Turrentine in 1852  The Williams children found the piece of paper in the wall while playing. This was according to Nannie Green, one of the children playing who recalled the incident for the 1913 article. The list is said to be in the handwriting of Methodist preacher Rev Daniel Turrentine.  

I found the deed in Bedford County Tennessee Deed Book DDD page 158.  From what I could tell the deed was recorded in 1862.  You will need to log in to FamilySearch to see but a user account is free with registration if you don't already have one.

It is odd that the amounts at the bottom of the listing do not match the number of persons listed. I found listings of the deaths for 1913 in several papers and while there is overlap of the names there are some that are only included on one list. Another of the listings also has the given names of the enslaved.  Maybe the person who wrote the list was trying to make a complete list of ALL who had perished during the outbreak using information he read in the newspapers.


Males
John Sims
John Brigs
John M Cannon
Tevin Marshall
W Wallis
John Bradford Jr
N E Coldwell
Dr A. B. Morton
Robert Waite
B. Martin
James Brittain
Joseph Brittain
Anderson Vannoy
Dr. Abner Gaither
Peter Donnolly
S. G. Gready
Charles Shanks, Sr.
William Low
Theophilas R Anderson
Thomas C Moore
James Ward
______  Ashburn
Daniel Turrentine
Peter Chilcut
John Miller
John A Mars
John A Mars Jr.
James Davidson
James Ward(listed twice)

Females:
Mrs. J G Whitney
Mrs. Edward Wade
Mrs. K. Anderson
Mrs. John Mitchell
M G Davidson
Mrs. _____Brittain
Mrs. John Miller
Mrs H. Wardlaw
Mrs. Sephronia Watts
Mrs. R. McClintoc
Mrs. M A Watkins
Mrs Amanda Murrough
Mrs. S. Winters
Mrs. _____Mars
Mrs. B Shapard
Mrs C Shanks
Mrs. D. Dwyer
Mrs. J Thompson
Mrs. T J Flint
Mrs. Sol Davis
Mrs. I Marshall
Mrs. Wm B Sutton
Mrs. J B Snodgrass
Mrs. ______ Jones
Mrs. ______Burdette


Children and Infants
John T Shanks
P. Brooks
John Mitchell
Richard Davis
John Marshall
J. Cunningham
Thomas Willingham
W. M Brown
L. A. Bird
One child of each of the following persons:
Mrs. Moon
Hugh Wardlaw
Wm Galbraith

Three children of G W Ruth

The following persons lost slaves as indicated by figures annexed to their names
S. Thompson(2)
Thomas Davis(2)
Mrs. McClinton(1)
James Mars(4)
John Eakin(1)
Dr. Lipscomb(1)
Wm Galbraith(1)
R T Cannon Jr.(1)
D McKissick(1)
R P Harrison(1)
Mrs. _____ Turrentine(1)
D. B. Jett(1)
P. Donnelly(1)
Willis Cannon(1)
Peacock Estate(1)
N E Coldwell(1)
Col R Cannon(1)
M Nelson(1)
James Brittain(1)
T. Holland, Sr. (1)
Mrs. _____  Whitney(1)
H. M Watterson(1)
G. Davidson(1)


Total Whites  75
Total blacks   34
Total             109


Sources: 
"Cholera in 1833." Shelbyville Gazette (Shelbyville, Tennessee), 7 August 1913, p. 2, col. 3. Digital image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHK-Q3T3-V81G : accessed 24 May 2024.), IGN 008992021, img 309 of 993. 

Doctors Ads from 1833, Western Freeman(Shelbyville TN), 3 June 1833, p.4 col.5. Digital image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSK4-ZSHF-D : accessed 25 May 2024), IGN 8141788, img 103 of 510. 

For comparison see: 



Wilson Turrentine to M.F. Williams, Deed, 29 March 1862, Bedford County, Tennessee, Deed Book DDD: 158; Register of Deeds, Shelbyville; digital image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKX-93K1-1?cat=298281 : accessed 25 May 2024), Deeds, v. DDD (includes full-name index), 1851-Sep 1865, Image 265 of 481, IGN 8150806.

Friday, May 24, 2024

Fanning Jones of Bedford Co. TN(1827)

This deed by Fanning Jones mentions that he is of Bedford Co. TN but now in Wake Co NC however the deed itself is recorded in Franklin Co NC. It is also one that mentions a Wm Harrison but I believe this one is a different one than husband of Elvira Cooper Harrison who would have already been in Rutherford and Bedford Co TN by this time according to his pension papers.

Franklin Co NC Deed Book 25 page 38

Know all men by these presents that I Faning Jones of the County of Bedford & State of Tennessee being now in Wake County No Carolina have and do by these presents, relinquish release & forever quit claim unto David Jones my son, for & in consideration of the natural love & affection & for and in consideration of my said son David Jones agreeing hereby to relinquish all claim that he may have to any other part of my real estate. I do hereby for myself my heirs & assignees relinquish all right & title to all the Lands or real Estate which I or any other of my heirs have or may have, that descended to me in right of my former wife Nancy Jones & Mother of my said son David Jones said Lands being 2 Tracts in Franklin County. first Tract adjoins Lark Fox & James Jones, the other adjoins William Harrison & Jones Cooke both tracts supposed to contain between 1500 or 1700 Acre bej the same more or less lying on both sides of Cedar Creek And, I do for myself, my heirs Executors Administrators and assigns for ever relinquish all right & title to said lands, and will forever Warrant and defend all the rights title interest claim & demand that I have or any other of my heirs or assigns Exrs. Admrs forever & will if required make any other or further relinquishment for the more perfect conveyance of said Lands & premises, at any other time whenever required so to do. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal at Raleigh this 11th day of January 1827
Paid before sign'd &
interlined?
Fanning Jones

State of North Carolina

Be it remembered that on this 11th day of January A.D. 1827 before me Leonard Henderson one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of the State aforesaid the within and foregoing Deed was duly acknowledged by Fanning Jones therein named.

Let it be therefore registered.
L. Henderson

The foregoing Deed is duly truly Registered this 12th October 1829.
Test
D Young P.R.

Source:
Franklin County, North Carolina, Deed Book 25: 38, Fanning Jones to David Jones (his son), 11 January 1827; digitized image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G96M-Z63Q : accessed 24 May 2024), "Deed records or real estate conveyances, 1779-1951, and index, grantor and grantee, 1776-1949," Deeds, book 25-26, 1828-1834, Image 217 of 554, IGN 7557904.

Thursday, May 23, 2024

Evander Warren Boyce(2 April 1866- 17 Dec 1944)

Funeral Services For Evander Warren Boyce

Funeral services for Evander Warren Boyce, 78, who died at 5:30 A.M. Sunday at his home in the 11th Civil District near Poplin's Cross Roads, were held Monday at 1:30 P.M., at the Rover Baptist Church by Rev. Crawford Reed and Rev. Bill Gentry. Burial was in Simpson Cemetery at Rover.

Mr. Boyce was the son of William Moody Boyce and Minerva Cook Boyce, both natives of Bedford County. Forty-seven years ago he married Miss Alda Epperson who survives. He was a farmer and had been a member of the Ray's Chapel Methodist Church twenty-two years.

Surviving besides his wife are five children; one daughter, Mrs. Pearl Wright of Chapel Hill; four sons, Clyde and Jno. of Chapel Hill, Forest of Eagleville and Herschel of Rockvale; 24 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild; one brother, H. H. Boyce of Unionville.

Source:
"Funeral Services for Evander Warren Boyce," The Shelbyville Gazette, Thursday, 21 Dec 1944, p. 3, col. 2; digital image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHK-93TS-532M : accessed 23 May 2024), IGN 8992189, image 105 of 1103.

Sunday, May 19, 2024

Scudder Rifleman List--Unionville TN from Shelbyville Gazette(1911)

Transcription of list printed in Shelbyville Gazette 4 May 1911

I used ChatGPT(free version) to aid in extracting the names by uploading 2 halves of the image.  It did an okay job but did a lot of repeating.  I did a complete review to insure that the listing was as printed.  It's not exactly in alphabetical order but that is the way it was printed in the paper.  See original image at the source listing below.  I probably could have read and typed it faster.  The image itself was fairly clear in comparison to some of the newspaper images I've used in my research.


Muster Roll July 1861

List of officers and privates of the "Scudder Riflemen" at Unionville, Tenn., mustered into service by Jas. L. Scudder, July 4th, 1861, and left for Camp Anderson July 13th.

W. C. Blanton, Captain, dead.
A. Poplin, 1st Lieutenant, dead.
A. Hatcher, 2d Lieutenant, Unionville.
A. Wilson, 3d Lieutenant, dead.
B. F. White, 1st Sergeant, dead.
W. C. Brown, 2nd Sergeant, Gainsville, Texas.
S. F. Smith, 3d Sergeant, killed at Shiloh.
E. Blanton, 4th Sergeant, dead.
P. M. W. McConnell, 1st Corporal dead.
J. M. Moore, 2d Corporal, dead.
B. A. McLain, 3d Corporal, Midland, Tenn.
B. M. Weaver, 4th Corporal, killed at Perryville.
H. R. Allison, died in camp.
D. C. Anderson, died at home.
F. M. Alexander, unknown.
W. B. Burch, killed at Selma Alabama.
J. T. Britton, dead.
J. C. Blanton, Mont Eagle.
W. M. Brown, dead.
Robert Bailey, dead.
J. T. Bigger, killed at Chickamauga.
J. G. Burris, killed.
E. P. Blackburn, dead.
James Chambers, dead.
Jno. W. Chambers, dead.
Joseph Chairman, unknown.
E. A. Covington, dead.
A. Davis, West Tennessee.
J. R. Deason, unknown.
J. R. Dillard, dead.
F. M. Dillard, 19th district Bedford County.
Frank Deason, dead.
W. L. Foster, dead.
W. E. Floyd, Caney Springs.
J. T. Green, Hickory Hill.
S. A. Garrett, died in camp.
Jno. R. Gault, killed at Murfreesboro.
Joseph Gault, Texas.
J. R. Griffin, Marshall County.
J. L. Goodrun, Nashville, leg off at Chattanooga.
J. M. Starkins, dead.
Jasper Harris, killed at Murfreesboro.
John Cooper, Fayetteville, Tenn.
J. P. Sleight, Fayetteville, Ark.
J. J. Jeffrees, Unionville.
W. H. Landis, Memphis, arm off at Shiloh.
F. S. Landers, Shelbyville, Tenn.
E. C. Landers, Huntsville, Ala.
J. B. Loftin, dead.
Dr. J. A. Landis, Gainesville, Texas.
Thos. Loyd, dead.
J. P. Lytle, dead.
W. T. North, killed at Drury’s Bluff.
W. M. Moore, Petersburg, Tenn.
W. E. Musgrave, Unknown.
F. H. Moore, Unionville.
J. A. Moon, dead.
Joseph Marshall, dead.
A. G. McGowan, unknown.
E._ McGowan, dead.
W. G. Morris, dead.
John Melton, died in camp.
A. Melton, dead.
P. Melton, killed by Blackwell.
Q. E. Morton, Longview.
Y. B. Moon, dead.
D. M. Orr, Kentucky.
J. J. Orr.
J. M. Orr.
W. M. Orr, dead.
J. R. Orr, dead.
J. L. Poindexter, unknown.
W. Puckett, killed at Drury’s Bluff.
Jacob Parsons, Kentucky.
B. F. Ray, dead.
S. L. Ray, dead.
F. R. Ray, dead.
John Woodward, Shelbyville.
W. T. Robertson, killed.
Thos. Robertson, unknown.
J. L. Stallings, Texas.
Isham Stammers, dead.
A. M. Shaw, dead.
E. M. Shearin, dead.
J. W. Shearin, Oklahoma.
T. M. Saunders, killed at Shiloh.
P. Steagall, Marshall County.
Stephen Sanders, dead.
D. S. Stallings, 19th district of Bedford County.
J. T. Stallings, Texas.
W. T. Sikes, unknown.
Fin Thompson, dead.
A. T. Thompson, dead.
W. T. Thompson, Shelbyville, leg off.
Powell Taylor, killed at Perryville.
G. W. Taylor, unknown.
Sam Tilford, dead.
B. S. Vincent, dead.
J. G. Whitaker, Wilson County.
A. M. Winsett, dead.
J. M. Winstead, dead.
S. H. Winn, dead.
J. R. Wilson, dead.
T. D. Wheeler, dead.
J. J. Wheeler, 8th district of Bedford County.
James A. Wheeler, Arkansas.

"Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, United States records," images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHK-Q3T3-83Z4 : May 19, 2024), image 627 of 631;IGN 8992020; citing Shelbyville Gazette(Bedford Co. TN), 4 May 1911, page 2, column 2.

Thursday, May 09, 2024

1876 Bedford Co TN 10th Dist page 2 name listings


Listing of Names from 1876 Bedford Co TN  10th Dist Tax list pg 2
My attempt at transcribing the list of names from the page that was missed during filming.

Dist 10

Cole J.H.
    "      " Guard(Guardian maybe?)
    "      Ms Nancy
Carson W.H.
Crick Dallas
Copelin Geo. col
Clay James
Carlton Mack col
Chambers J W
Cothran J H
Curtis Bennett
Cook William
    "      J P
Durgin B F Guardian of Call & Wheeler
    "      "
    "      "
Davis T W
Durgin B F Guar.  of Call & Wheeler
Day Lucy S
Davis R H
    "      L R
Ezell T M
Elmore James
    "      L C
Epison J.P.
Elmore J.H.
    "      W.M.
    "      T L
Edmons Henry col
    "      J S
Falwell Martha
Farmon B F
Farris G W
Floyd R E P
    "      Wm
    "      W M
    "      Henry col
Farris W S
Furgerson Bob
Floyd W W
Gant Mrs Mary

Bedford Co TN Tax Lists Dist 9-11 for years 1875-1888 at FamilySearch

This is a chart I made as a quick reference for one of my Cook projects. You will need to log in to FamilySearch  to follow the links but viewing is free with registration. The tax lists for this area and time period are available at FamilySearch but aren't indexed so making this is a timesaver as I will be frequently revisiting the lists during the project. At least they have a good bit of the later years(Ancestry doesn't for this area.) I thought maybe it would be useful for others so I'm sharing here.  

Bedford Co TN Tax Lists 1875-1888
Tax YearFilm YrsIGNBeginning
Image
Total # of
Images
Dist 9Dist 10Dist 11
18751875-187786596295Of5739095103
18761875-18778659629186Of573269274281
18771875-18778659629354Of573464470482
18781878-188186596285Of774112118127
18791878-18818659628207Of774305310319
18801878-18818659628393Of774494499509
18811878-18818659628584Of774681686695
18821882-188586596274Of7419499108
18831882-18858659627182Of741268274283
18841882-18858659627361Of741456462472
18851882-18858659627554Of741646652661
18861886-188886596265Of5679197106
18871886-18888659626176Of567276282291
18881886-18888659626370Of567469475485


You can also find the following Bedford Co. TN Tax Lists at FamilySearch




Tuesday, May 07, 2024

1876 Bedford Co TN Tax List: Missing Page Located


While working on a timeline project for my Cook research it became apparent that the 1876 Bedford Co. Tennessee District 10 tax list that is on FamilySearch has a page that was missed during the filming process.

Tax books, 1875-1895, 1897, 1899-1904, 1906-1923, 1925, 1931-1965

1875-1877 IGN 008659629 
Image #274 has Surnames starting with the letter "A" thru a small portion of "C"
The next image, #275 has surnames beginning with the  letters G thru H.

I contacted both the Tennessee State Library & Archives and the folks at the Bedford Co. Tennessee Archive to see if anyone was aware of the issue with the microfilm and if the page existed.  TSLA got back to me first and let me know that the set of tax records in their collection was the same microfilm that I was viewing at FamilySearch.  I heard back from the Bedford Co. Tennessee Archives yesterday afternoon. They have the duplicate book that TSLA used to create the microfilm and were able to clarify that the missing page does exist and was inadvertently skipped during the microfilming process. They took pictures of the missed page of the book and emailed them to me today.

I'm so grateful to the Bedford Co TN archives for doing that. Perhaps something can be done on a larger scale to make folks aware of the omission.  In the meantime, I'm posting here to make others who research Bedford Co. TN folks aware that the missing page does exist  and can be found at the Bedford County archives.  This is a great reminder to study the records so that you are able to recognize errors.

Sources:

Bedford County, Tennessee, 1876 Duplicate Tax Book, District 10, n.p(2nd page Cole, J H- Gant, Mrs Mary); imaged 7 May 2024 by Bedford Co Archivist Kathryn Hopkins.

Image Created using Dall-E-3