MarieB's Genealogy Blog--Southeastern USA

  Martha Ellen Jackson Taylor Born:  June 1, 1863 near Rover. Died:  June 14, 1901 Married Sidney Johnston Taylor Nov 27, 1890 Parents:  Dav...

David Crockett Jackson Born: October 26, 1836 in Bedford County, Tennessee, USA Died: August 31, 1894 Collin County, Texas, USA Buried at ...

My fourth great-grandparents are William Harrison (abt.1750–1833) and his wife, Elvira Cooper Harrison. Their son, Edward C. Harrison, marri...

I started pulling together a Deeds listing for William Harrison (1750-1833) and, once I'd finished with the known deeds, I searched usin...

Transcription of Bedford Co TN Court Minutes March Term 1849 Upon the petition of E.C. Harrison by his attorney John P Steele , which was t...

The following is an outline of my research and logic used in identifying the couple I believe is the parents of Wm Clifford Cook. I've b...

The Land Grant referenced in the previous blog post( E C Harrison to Wm Weaver)  Source: Bedford Co Tennessee Deeds Book v. 1851-1852 p 55, ...

 I found a deed(E C Harrison to Wm Weaver) that was registered in Bedford Co TN Deed books(1851-1852) in 19 July 1850 though the indenture d...

The Fall 2025 edition of the Bedford County Tennessee Quarterly is out and has an article about Revolutionary Veterans who were in Bedford C...

The reprint of the Pension Roll of 1835(available on Ancestry.com) contains an error in the entry for Lt. William Harrison, a Bedford County...

These two plats of Wm Harrison's land may be the ones where he and family are living in the 1830 Census of Bedford County Tennessee.  It...

Located two deeds of William Harrison who deeded property in the Alexander Creek area of Bedford Co TN.   Deed #1 William Harrison to John A...

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...

In the pension records for William Harrison's Revolutionary War Service the Bounty Land Warrant is listed as 507.  I searched for a Will...

On May 15th of 1820 William Harrison appears before John McNairy, judge of the East & West Districts of Tennessee as part of his applica...

Now that Wm C Cook's mother & family have been identified, I'm working in Dyer County Tennessee Deeds looking at Harrison deeds ...

While continuing to work on the paper trail to identify Elizabeth Harrison's Cook husband, I went ahead and connected her as Wm C. Cook...

To locate where Wm C Cook would have been around 1830 I used the information that was gained from the Williams vs. Putman State Supreme Cou...

Obituary of my 2C2R, Mary Etta Putman Stanley.  She was a granddaughter of Hiram Putman & his wife Rebecca Harrison.  Hiram was the brot...

Looking at a few of the families enumerated near Wm C Cook's 1840 Dyer Co TN entry I recognize surnames that have connections to Rutherf...