W B Jakes To E.P. Leach--Feb 1925 Bedford Co. TN

Bedford Co TN Trust Deed Book 32 p 527
FamilySearch, Digital image IGN 008568252 Image 621 of 655
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QY-X9CT-7

Accessed 26 August 2024

W B Jakes To E.P. Leach

Property used to secure the note: 
1 bay horse 8 yrs old 15 1/2 hands high and worth $200
1 light bay horse 7 yrs old 15 hands high worth $200
1 McMurray Rubber Tire Sulky worth $100
1 Joy Cart and harness worth $30

Said Property is located at my place of residence on the old Sherrin farm in the 7th district of Bedford County Tenn. 

Stipulation: 

The transfer or removal of said property from this county makes this mortgage immediately due.

This trust is made to secure said E.P. Leach for one note of this date for $125 and due Dec. 15--1925. and signed by W B Jakes, James Jakes, and John L Jakes.  Now if I pay said sum or sums as they mature, then this deed is to be null and void, but if I fail to pay said sum or sums above mentioned at maturity, then the said E. P. Leach may take immediate possession of said above described property, and is hereby empowered to sell the same either privately or publicly and pay the expenses of the deed first; second, to pay said note above described, and a reasonable attorney's fee if placed in the hands of attorney for collection, the balance to me or my order.

This 4 day of Feb 1925

My thoughts:  

I discovered this Trust Deed using the Full-Text Search at FamilySearch.org.  The summary and the transcription offered up in the side panel were riddled with errors so I didn't include it in this post. I am glad to have found this.  I plan to look at that period in Will's life and determine what was happening. 

I love seeing what my Great Uncle Will(W.B. Jakes) owned and it's an added bonus that in the process of giving the location of the property used to secure the note, it tells where he lived.

John L Jakes who signs is Will's brother, and James Jakes is their father

E P Leach was a merchant and carriagemaker who lived in Rutherford Co TN.  I believe this is why the heading says Rutherford Co TN immediately before this deed in the book.  To me, that would mean the deal was made in Rutherford but the property that secured the note was in Bedford Co TN(Will's county of residence.  Could this also be recorded in the Rutherford Co TN Deed books...I'll have to check that out.

McMurray Sulky Co.--From the Detroit Public Library Digital Collection

Don't Neglect Researching the More Recent Past

I obtained a digital copy of my Dad's 1st cousin's will by calling the county clerk's office two years ago. At the time I didn't have a working printer so I had not printed a copy out to put in my Cooke Jakes Archives Binder. I took care of that today. Cousin Hazel had no children of her own so the will was pretty straightforward. She was the only child of my paternal grandmother's brother John Jakes.  Great Uncle John had been a barber in Murfreesboro, TN. He passed away in 1937 when my Dad was really young thus Dad didn't have many memories to pass on concerning his Uncle John or his cousin Hazel who was 10 years his senior. People fall out of touch when there are deaths in the family and such was the case with my grandmother Pearl Jakes Cooke and her deceased brother's daughter Hazel.

I knew that she had married into the Jetton family but pretty much nothing else. When I was writing the article about my great-grandparents James Jakes and Annie Frizzell and their descendants, I found out more about her life. I wish I'd had the Full-text search that is offered in the FamilySearch Labs on FamilySearch.org at the time I was writing that piece.  It's probably just as well though as I am uncovering oodles of info and that would have been too much for the paper article which had already pushed the limit for inclusion in the quarterly.

The important point I want to make is that we shouldn't overlook researching our more recent relatives, such as parents, grandparents, their 1st cousins, and 1st cousins once removed. This is particularly important if you are using DNA research and want to identify matches on your DNA list. While there are privacy laws, there are still many public records that can be accessed through requests or by searching newspapers and directories. Be sure to explore the Full-text Search for those more recent ancestors and cousins.  It may give you ideas for additional places to search for information.

Nancy Harger Jakes Applies for Bounty Land

James Jakes 1788–1847
BIRTH 10 FEB 1788 • Franklin Co., Virginia, USA
DEATH 05 SEP 1847 • Bedford Co., Tennessee, USA
My 3rd great-grandfather, James Jakes married Nancy Harger on 29 MAY 1806 in Franklin Co., Virginia, USA  They have one unknown F under 10 in household during 1810 census In which they are in Franklin Co VA near John Jakes--James’ father. Their son George Jakes was my 2nd great Grandfather and was born in 1820 in Franklin Co VA. I do not have the census for them that year(1820.) The family was in Bedford Co TN by the time of son James Jakes’ birth in 1825 and the remainder of their children were born in TN. There are a good bit of descendants from John Jakes son of James & Nancy Harger Jakes so more work has been done on his line.

I had no idea that James served in the War of 1812. I just happened to do a search on the surname Jakes at the BLM site and found the listing below.  I would recommend checking the BLM GLO site to see if any of your ancestors applied for and received a warrant but opted to sell it.  

Looking at the individual entries it appears that James serviced under Capt Jones in the Virginia Militia during the War of 1812. Nancy filed for bounty land under the 1850 Act as well as the 1855 Act and sold the warrants as many did. I have copies of the Land Entry Case Files. I placed an order for Nancy's Bounty Land Applications but the Archives couldn't locate it and feel like it is either lost or misfiled. Many times the Bounty Land Applications are placed in with the pension files but with neither James nor Nancy applying for a pension that did not happen in this case.

Bounty Land under the 1850 Act:

Transcription From back of Warrant:

For Value Received I Nancy Jakes widow of James

Jakes to whom the within Warrant No(blank) was issued

do hereby sell and assign unto William C Davis & George Trumbull of

St Clair County Illinois to his heirs and assigns forever

the said warrant and authorise him to locate the same 

and receive a patent therefore.  Witness my hand

and seal this May 32st 1853.  Nancy (Her x Mark) Jakes Seal

Attest

Francis H Ragsdale

B. L. Chadwick

State of Tennessee Coffee County

On this 21st of May 1853 personally appeared Nancy

Jakes to me well known and acknowledged the foregoing

assignment to be her act and deed and I certify that the

said Nancy Jakes is the identical person to whom the

within issued and who executed the foregoing assignments thereof.

J A Brantley J P

State of Tennessee

Coffee County

I  A.M. Short Clerk of the County Court 

for said county certify that James A Brantley

Esqr whose genuine signature appears to the above certificate

is and was at the time of executing the same an acting Justice of

the peace in and for said county duly commissioned and

qualified and that full faith and credit is due to all his

official acts as such.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set

my hand and affixed my seal of office

at Manchester this 23rd day of May

1853     A M Short Clerk

Bounty Land Under the 1855 Act: 

Transcription from Back of Warrant

For Value Received I Nancy Jakes to whom the within Warrant

No 57991 was issued do hereby sell and assign unto Silas O Kellogg

of Steele County Minnesota Territory and to his heirs and assigns forever

the said warrant and authorise him to locate the same and

receive a patent therefor.

Witness my hand and seal this fifth day of Aprile 1856

Nancy (her x  mark) Jakes Seal

Attest

T. B. Martin

John Jakes

State of Tennessee County of Bedford

On this the fifth day of April in the year Eighteen

hundred and fifty six before me personally came Nancy

Jakes to me will known and acknowledge the foregoing assignment

to be her act and deed and I certify that the said Nancy Jakes

is the identical person to whom the within warrant issued and

who executed the foregoing assignment thereof 

Alexander Lee JP

State of Tennessee

County of Bedford

I J H. Thompson clerk of the county court

of the county and state aforesaid do hereby

certify that Alexander Lee Esq whose genuine signature appeared to the

foregoing certificate of acknowledgment is and was at the time of so

doing an acting justice of the peace within and for the county and

state aforesaid duly elected and commissioned and qualified and that full 

faith and credit is due all his acts as such.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed

the seal of my office as clerk aforesaid this eighth day of 

April AD Eighteen Hundred and fifty six   J H Thompson Clk

Sources:  

Nancy Jakes, widow of James Jakes(Priv., Capt Jones Company, Virginia Militia, War of 1812), bounty land Warrant file # 63701(Act of 1850 40 acres); Land Entry Case File; Record Group 49; Records of the Bureau of Land Management; National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Nancy Jakes, widow of James Jakes(Priv., Capt Jones Company, Virginia Militia, War of 1812), bounty land Warrant file # 57991(Act of 1855 120 acres); Land Entry Case File; Record Group 49; Records of the Bureau of Land Management; National Archives, Washington, D.C.

James Jakes & George Jakes Land--Coffee Co TN(1860)

"Coffee Co. TN, Deeds, 1836-1901; deed index, 1836-1910"
Register of Deeds
Deed Book K pg. 471 & 472
Microfilmed by TN State Library & Archives (1969)
Deeds, v. I-K 1857-1861
Digitized at FamilySearch
FHL Film 802760 DGS 8418603
Image 577 of 626
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS1X-3NCM?i=576
Deed for land from estate of Martha Wall registered for James Jakes & George Jakes

This indenture made and entered into this day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty between Hiram S Emerson Clerk of the County Court of Coffee Special Commissioner of the one part and James Jakes and George Jakes of the other parts, witnesseth that whereas the county court of Coffee County at it's January Term 1857 on the petition of the administrator and heirs at law of Martha Walls deceased decreed that the land belonging to the estate of said Martha Wall deceased be sold by the clerk of said court and whereas on the 16th day of February 1857 the said Hiram S. Emerson Clerk and said court after having first advertised the time and place of sale as required by said decree proceeded to sell the said land when W. A. C. Kendall became the purchaser at the sum of six hundred and fifty dollars, he paid Forty dollars down and executed his two notes with said James Jakes and George Jakes his securities payable in one and two years that said notes have since been fully paid off by said James Jakes and George Jakes and the said W A C Kendall transferred to the said Jakes all the rights and interest acquired by him under said purchase and directed the title to the sale land to be vested in said James Jakes and George Jakes, and the court having at the February Term of said court 1860 ordered and decreed that the said lands be conveyed to the said James Jakes and George Jakes by the Clerk of said court describing said land by metes and bounds, therefore in consideration of the premises and by virtue of decree aforesaid do hereby convey to the said James Jakes and George Jakes 2 certain tracts or parcels of land situated lying and being in the county of Coffee on the water of Rileys Creek in the 4th Civil District and bounded as follows towit, Beginning on two dogwoods and a stake the North East corner of Fifty acres entered and surveyed in the name of Thomas Jones, thence with the East boundary line of said tract South one hundred and twenty poles to two pawpaw about one and a half poles North of a large Buckeye marked W thence East passing a dogwood poplar and large Beech said to the Walter Daniels North West Corner at ten and a half poles continuing East in all seventy seven poles to a stake in said Daniels North Boundary line about three poles west of a dogwood marked as a corner thence North one hundred and thirty five poles to a stake in the South boundary line of an entry and survey for one hundred acres in the name of Barrett Adcock thence West with said south boundary line Seventy seven poles to a stake in said line thence south fifteen poles to the beginning, including and excluding fifteen acres older claims and one other tract bounded as follows to wit, Beginning on a stake about three poles west of a dogwood marked as a corner in Walter Daniels North boundary line and being also the south East corner of a fifty acre survey in the name of Martha Walls made upon entry No 1342 thence east with said Walter Daniels line seventy five and one half poles to a state in said Daniels field supposed to be on the west boundary line of W. Daniels land thence North Twenty six poles to a Black oak on the east band of a branch supposed to be said Wm Daniels North West corner thence North 27(degrees) West with a conditional line as laid off and agreed upon by and between James H Daniel and Alexr. Wall for Martha Wall one hundred and twenty four poles to a white oak the south east corner of an entry and survey in the name of Barrett Adcock for 100 acres thence West with said south boundary line of said survey eighteen poles to a state in said line, the North east Corner of said Martha Walls survey upon Entry No. 1349 for forty acres, thence south with the East boundary line of said survey one hundred and thirty five poles to the beginning.

To have and to hold the above mentioned and described land to them the said James Jakes and George Jakes the said Hiram S. Emerson Clerk and Special Commissioner as aforesaid do hereby convey to said James Jakes and George Jakes all the right title and claim of the heirs at law of Martha Wall deceased in and to said lands, hereby vesting in them the title to the same in as full and ample a manner as the said Hiram S. Emerson as clerk and Special Commissioner is capable of doing.  In testimony whereof the said Hiram S. Emerson hereunto set his hand and affixed his seal this the day and year above written

Hiram S. Emerson Clerk (seal)

& Special Commissioner

Deeds of Heirs of David Frizzell--Bedford Co. TN

Those researching David W Frizzell and wife, Rebecca Manley will be interested in the following deeds.  David and Rebecca had at least 11 children. Two of them predeceased David as did Rebecca.  He is sometimes confused with another David Frizzell who also lived in Bedford Co TN and died leaving a will naming his wife Nancy.   After Rebecca's death, David did remarry to Sallie McKee(she is the Sallie enumerated with him in 1870) however all of his known children are thru his 1st wife, Rebecca.  They lived in District 4 of Bedford County Tennessee.  I'll post any others I find and link the posts. David and Rebecca are my 2nd Great Grandparents(the maternal grandparents of my paternal grandmother)

Neighbors mentioned in the Deeds:

Heirs of James Hoover

Heirs of John Frizzell

Gray Lynch

John L Harris

John Holder 

B F Pearson

Jacob Lynn

Rebecca J Bingham

A D Fugett

Malinda Robinson

Jo Freeman

Joseph Giles

"Bedford County, Tennessee deed books and index, 1808-1966"

Register of Deeds
Deed Book QQQ pg. 202
Microfilmed by Tenn. Dept. of Education(1965)
Deeds v. QQQ-RRR Oct 1880-Nov 1882
Digitized at FamilySearch
Film #476372 DGS 8567901
Image 132 of 640
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QY-6Y3D?i=131
L P Frizzell and others Deed to D C Taylor

"Bedford County, Tennessee deed books and index, 1808-1966"
Register of Deeds
Deed Book QQQ pg. 203
Microfilmed by Tenn. Dept. of Education(1965)
Deeds v. QQQ-RRR Oct 1880-Nov 1882
Digitized at FamilySearch
Film #476372 DGS 8567901
Image 132 of 640
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QY-6Y3D?i=131
Jas R & Henry Frizzell Deed to D C Taylor


"Bedford County, Tennessee deed books and index, 1808-1966"
Register of Deeds
Deed Book QQQ pg. 204
Microfilmed by Tenn. Dept. of Education(1965)
Deeds v. QQQ-RRR Oct 1880-Nov 1882
Digitized at FamilySearch
Film #476372 DGS 8567901
Image 133 of 640
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QY-69MB-7
James Jakes & Wife Deed to D C Taylor

"Bedford County, Tennessee deed books and index, 1808-1966"  

Register of Deeds

Deeds v. SSS pg. 390

Microfilmed by Tenn. Dept. of Education(1965)

Deeds v. SSS-TTT Nov 1882-Feb 1885

Digitized at FamilySearch

Film #476373  DGS  8567902

Image 226 of 647

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QY-X327-4?cat=298281

James Jakes & wife deed to J M Fulks

"Bedford County, Tennessee deed books and index, 1808-1966"  

Register of Deeds

Deeds v. SSS pg. 391

Microfilmed by Tenn. Dept. of Education(1965)

Deeds v. SSS-TTT Nov 1882-Feb 1885

Digitized at FamilySearch

Film #476373  DGS  8567902

Image 226 of 647

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QY-X327-4?cat=298281

L P Frizzell & others deed to J M Fulks

Tennessee probate court books : COLLECTION RECORD, 1795-1927

Bedford Co. TN Court Clerk

Inventory of Sale v B pp 617 and 618

Microfilmed by Tenn. Dept. of Education(1965)

Wills & inventories, vol. A-B, Sept. 1863-Mar. 1878.

Digitized at FamilySearch

Film#  476081   4776095

Image 330 of 339 

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S7WF-SK9F-D9

Inventory of Estate Sale from David Frizzell Probate file

Sources:

• Bedford County, Tennessee, Deed Book QQQ:202, L P Frizzell and others to D C Taylor; microfilmed by Tennessee Department of Education, 1965, Deeds v. QQQ-RRR Oct 1880-Nov 1882; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QY-6Y3D?i=131 : accessed  22 July 2023), image 132 of 640, film #476372, DGS 8567901.
• Bedford County, Tennessee, Deed Book QQQ:203, Jas R & Henry Frizzell to D C Taylor," microfilmed by Tennessee Department of Education, 1965, Deeds v. QQQ-RRR Oct 1880-Nov 1882; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QY-6Y3D?i=131 : accessed  22 July 2023), image 132 of 640, film #476372, DGS 8567901.
• Bedford County, Tennessee, Deed Book QQQ:204, James Jakes & Wife to D C Taylor," microfilmed by Tennessee Department of Education, 1965, Deeds v. QQQ-RRR Oct 1880-Nov 1882; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QY-69MB-7 : accessed 22 July 2023), image 133 of 640, film #476372, DGS 8567901.
• Bedford County, Tennessee, Deed Book SSS:390, James Jakes & Wife to J M Fulks," microfilmed by Tennessee Department of Education, 1965, Deeds v. SSS-TTT Nov 1882-Feb 1885; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QY-X327-4?cat=298281 : accessed  22 July 2023), image 226 of 647, film #476373, DGS 8567902.
• Bedford County, Tennessee, Deed Book SSS:391, L P Frizzell & others to J M Fulks," microfilmed by Tennessee Department of Education, 1965, Deeds v. SSS-TTT Nov 1882-Feb 1885; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QY-X327-4?cat=298281 : accessed  22 July 2023), image 226 of 647, film #476373, DGS 8567902.
• Bedford County, Tennessee, Inventory of Sale v B:617-618, Inventory of Estate Sale from David Frizzell Probate file," microfilmed by Tennessee Department of Education, 1965, Wills & inventories, vol. A-B, Sept. 1863-Mar. 1878; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S7WF-SK9F-D9 : accessed  22 July 2023), image 330 of 339, film #476081, DGS 4776095.

Receipt from Dr. Andrew Hollabaugh, M.D.

 Two of the items in the Cooke/Jakes Family Archives binder are receipts from where my grandmother was a patient of Dr. Andrew Hollabaugh.  This particular one is from 23rd of August 1962.  There is another one dated 14th March 1963.  Dr. Hollabaugh suffered a fatal heart attack on the 7th of April 1963.

A few interesting items about Dr. Hollabaugh: 

• Medical Degree from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine(1926)
• Post Graduate Work at Nashville General & New York Poly Clinic Hospital.
• Eye, Ear, Nose, & Throat specialist(1929)
• He had also been an instructor at Vanderbilt Medical School in addition to being a member of the Nashville Academy of Medicine, Davidson County Medical Association and American Medical Association.
• Member of Phi Beta Pi fraternity
• Member of St. George's Episcopal Church
• Buried at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Nashville(which is also where my grandmother is buried)

If you are interested in knowing more about my Cooke/Jakes Family Archives binder you can read more about it in my post from 4 years ago entitled "Just a Small Portion of a Family's Paper Trail."

Source:

Cooke/Jakes Family Archive Binder, Receipt from the office of Dr. Andrew Hollabaugh dated 1962 Aug 23; binder is currently held by Marie Cooke Beckman.

“Hollabaugh Dies at 60,” The Tennessean, 08 Apr 1963, p. 19, col. 3; digital images, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 17 Sep 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

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).

James Jakes Death Notice(1941)

 

I'd written a blog post about finding my great grandfather's death notice in the Tennessean back in 2017(see post) Today I found a death notice in the Shelbyville paper.  The Tennessean had gotten several of the daughters names wrong.  Cora Gibson was printed as Mrs. Coy Gibson and Lula Gibson was shown as Mrs. Luke Gibson.  They also spelled my grandmother's married name as Cook instead of Cooke.  The Shelbyville paper got the names correct except for my Grandmother's married name.  They put Gibson instead of Cooke.  I think it's worth noting that this happens more than we realize.  I've even seen people who have been dead for almost 20 years listed as survivors in their sibling's death notice.  I've made a note on the image of the death notice below.  You should be able to identify these errors as you are researching because you will have multiple sources and you will need to evaluate the sources and the information contained in them.

Source:  "James Jakes, 84, Retired Farmer Dies in Nashville" The Bedford Co Times, 19 Aug 1941, p. 1, col. 2; digital images, Familysearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-B3T3-QZR9?i=706&cat=483088 : accessed 8 Jun 2022).

James M. Jakes(b. 02 May 1857-d. 15 Aug 1941) --52 Ancestors

My favorite find happened when the 1940 US Federal Census was released in 2012.  I located my paternal grandparents living exactly where I knew they would be in Old Hickory. To my surprise, my grandmother Pearl Jakes Cooke's dad, James Jakes was living with them.  I didn't even know he was still living and that time.  I'd searched for James' death certificate but did not have access to many records in my early research.   I knew that he had outlived his wife and I'd had her death certificate(from 1920) and information about her stone in the Willow Mount Cemetery.  His gravestone did not have his date of death either(and still doesn't.)  So I assumed he'd passed and went on to easier research for the time being.   I wonder what surprises the 1950 Census will bring me when it is released in a few months.  This also serves to remind me that I need to get his probate file which I have not found yet. He died the following year and I found his death certificate shortly after finding him in the that 1940 census.  I hope to do more research on him and also his children as we have some Jakes cousins showing up in our DNA research that I've not been able to place on the tree just yet. 

Source: "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K44V-H7Q : 11 January 2021), James Jakes in household of Thomas D Cook, Civil District 4, Davidson, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 19-9, sheet 10B, line 56, family 193, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3884.

Obituaries: Andrew Lee Gibson & Fannie Cora Jakes Gibson

I've been going thru folders and binders looking over copies of things I ordered when I first started researching my family history in 1990.  Around that time I sent a letter to the Shelbyville Time-Gazette or the library in Shelbyville(I can't remember which one and don't still have the envelope) and got a copy of the obituaries of my Paternal Grandmother's sister Cora Jakes Gibson and her husband, Andrew Lee Gibson.  The image I have included with this blog post is a side by side screenshot of the two copies of the obituaries.  The information within the two obituaries is included below.  

Andrew Lee Gibson Dies in Hamilton Ohio

Andrew Lee Gibson, 77, died this morning in Hamilton, Ohio following a long illness.
Funeral Services will be held Thursday at 4 pm from the chapel of he Gowen funeral Home. The Rev. Homer A Cate will officiate and burial will follow in Willow Mount Cemetery.

Mr. Gibson was a native of Bedford County and had lived in Shelbyville until he moved to Hamilton a year and a half ago.


He is survived by this wife, Mrs. Cora Jakes Gibson of Hamilton; 

Two Sons Lytle and Preston Gibson of Shelbyville
Four Daughter Mrs. Irene Wagster and Eunice Osteen of Hamilton
Mrs. Verna Waster and Mrs. Leona Uselton of Shelbyville
Four Brothers, Dee Gibson of Bell Buckle John Gibson of Normandy, Estell and Joe Gibson of Beech Grove and by 9 grand children and four great grandchildren.
The body was to arrived late today or tonight at the Gowen Funeral home.

Source:   Shelbyville Times-Gazette Wed. 17 Jan. 1951 Edition


Mrs. Gibson, 81, Dies. Services to Be On Thursday

Mrs. Fannie Cora Gibson, 81, died Monday night at her home on Hay Rd. after a long illness.
Funeral services will be at 4 p.m. Thursday at Gowen-Smith Chapel. Burial will be in Willow Mount Cemetery.

A native of Rutherford County, Mrs. Gibson was the daughter o he late James Jakes and Thelitha Ann Frizzell Jakes. Her husband Andrew Lee Gibson died in 1951. She was a member of the Hoover's Gap Baptist Church.

Surviving are 

Four Daughters, Mrs. Irene Wagster and Mrs. Eunice Osteen, both of Hamilton, Ohio
Mrs. Verna Wagster of Shelbyville(TN) and Mrs. Leone Whiteside of New Smyrna Beach, Fla.
Two Sons Lytle Gibson of the Flat Creek Community and Preston Gibson with whom she resided.
Two Sisters Mrs. Pearl Cooke and Mrs. Lula Gibson both of Nashville.
Two Brothers, Will Jakes and Euless Jakes, both of Old Hickory; 10 Grandchildren 16 Great Grandchildren and one Great Great grandchild.

Source:  Shelbyville Times-Gazette Wed. 7 Apr 1965 Edition

Bedford Co TN Deed--Holt to Jakes(1913)

Transcription of Land Sale /Deed Record. from Holt to Jakes. 

Filed Date & Time"  Dec 1st, 1913 at 1:20 o'clock P.M.

For the consideration of the sum of $750 to us paid and to be paid by Annie Jakes and James Jakes, we have this day bargained and sold, and do by these presents sell, transfer, and convey unto Annie Jakes, her heirs and assigns forever all the right, title, claim and interest which we have in and to the following described tract of land lying and being in the 6th Civil District of Bedford County state of Tennessee and bounded on the North by the lands of E T Mallard and B. K. Arnold and on the east by the lands of_____  Easton(note:  the blank is in the record); on the south by the land of I. N. Stafford, and on the west by the land of S.M. Hill containing 70 Acres be the same more or less being the same land purchased by us from JW Wilkerson by deed dated November 5th 1910 and registered in the register's office for Bedford County Tennessee in deed book 17 Page 442 & 443 to which deed reference is here made for full particulars as to the metes and bounds $350 cash paid,  the receipt of which we hereby acknowledge and the reminder in two equal payments of $200 each evidence by notes bearing a lien and the legal rate of interest due and payable in one and two years respectively from October 1st 1913 and to secure their payment and all accrued interest a lien is herein retained on the land hearin conveyed. The interest on said notes to be paid annually.  To have and to hold the same to her the said Annie Jakes her heirs and assigns forever.  And we do covenant  with the said Annie Jakes, that we are lawfully seized and possessed  of said land, have a good right to convey it, and the same is unencumbered. 

We further covenant  and bind ourselves,  our heirs and assigns against the lawful claims  of all persons whomsoever. 

It is agreed, and a part of the consideration entering into this sale, that if suit is brought for collection of the deferred payments  set out, or to enforce the vendor's lien that the bargainee herein waives the right of redemption or other equities in law that would defer the collection  of said notes and interest.  This September 23, 1913.  

R.M. Holt

Irene Holt

State of Oklahoma

Oklahoma County

Personally appeared before me Henry O Sitler's a notary public in and for said county and state the within named R M Holt and wife Irene Holt the bargainers with whom I am personally acquainted,  and who acknowledge that they executed the within deed instrument for the purposes therein contained. And Irene Holt wife of the said R M Holt having personally appeared before me privately and apart from her husband the said Irene Holt acknowledged the execution of the said deed to have been done by her freely voluntarily and understandingly without compulsion or constraint from said husband and for the purposes therein expressed. 

Witness my hand and official seal at Oklahoma City Oklahoma the 7th day of October 1913.

(Seal)  Henry O. Setler  Notary Public

Filed for record December 1st, 1913 at 1:20 o'clock P.M.

The ______Easton is actually Eaton and most likely Abe Eaton who within the next year or so buys the property from Annie and James Jakes.(see earlier post)

Source:

Bedford Co TN Deed Book 20 pg 578 & 579
Imaged at FamilySearch.org Film # 008567915  Image 661 of 702
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QY-NQ8F-2?i=660&cat=298281

Bedford Co TN Deed--Jakes to Eaton(1914)

Transcription of Land Sale /Deed Record. from James and Annie Jakes to Abe Eaton. 

Filed March 3rd 1914 at 9:30 a.m.

James Jakes & wife to Abe Eaton 
For and in consideration of the sum of $900 paid and to be paid as follows $300 in cash the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged $100 on the 10th day of April 1914 and $100 on the 15th day of November 1914 and these payments evidenced by two promissory notes of even date herewith  with a lien retained on the hereinafter described tract of land until these notes are fully paid and the assumption of two $200 notes given by me to Mr. R M Holt We Annie Jakes and James Jakes have this day bargained and sold and do hereby sell transfer and convey into Abe Eaton his heirs and assigns all the right title claim and interest which we have in and to the following describe tract of land lying and being in the 6th District of Bedford County Tennessee and described as follows bounded on the North by Luther Martin and B K Arnold on the east by Eaton on the south by I N Stanford and on the west S M Hill and containing 70 Acres more or less this land was bought by us from R M  Holt and said Holt  bought said land from J W Wilkerson by deed dated November 25th 1910 and recorded in deed book number 17 Pages 442 through 443 to which reference is made to have and to hold the same to the said Abe Eaton his heirs and assigns we covenant with the said Eaton that we are lawfully seized of said described tract of land and that it is unencumbered except the two notes of $200 each above named and we bind ourselves are heirs and representatives to warrant and forever defend our title to the said tract of land to the said Eaton his heirs and assign against the lawful claims of all persons whomsoever.   it is agreed and form a part of the consideration entering into this sale, that of suit is brought to enforce the collection of the deferred payment which is assumed by the grantee or to enforce the vendors lien, that the bargainee  herein waives the right of redemption or other equities in law that would defer the collection of said notes and interest this February 27th 1914
James Jakes
Nannie Jakes(image clearly says Nannie though listed as Annie in all other references)

State of Tennessee 
Bedford County.

Personally appeared before me W L Crigler notary public of said County and state the above named James Jakes and wife Annie Jakes the bargainers with whom I am personally acquainted and acknowledged that they executed the above and foregoing instrument for the purpose therein expressed and Annie Jakes wife of the said James Jakes having personally appeared before me privately and apart from her husband the said Annie Jakes acknowledged the execution of the said instrument to have been done by her freely voluntarily and understandingly without compulsion or constraint from her said husband and for the purpose there into expressed this 27th day of February 1914 W L Crigler notary public 

File for record March 3rd 1914 at 9:30 a.m. signed by J E Robert register

Source:  Bedford Co TN Deed Book 21 pg 123-124 FHL Film # 008567916(Bedford County, Tennessee deed books and index,1808-1966 Deeds v. 21-22 Jan 1914-Mar 1916) Image 93 & 94 of 684 

Initial Searches May Return Additional Relevant Results

 

From the Old Hickory Social News column in The Tennessean(Nashville TN) of Thur. December 12th 1940 page 12. 

Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Jakes have as their guests Mrs. Jakes' brother, T. C. Dean and Mrs. Dean of Wilmington, Del.  

I just happen to know who these folks are.  W. B. Jakes is William Bryan Jakes Sr(my paternal Great Uncle).and his wife Georgia Dean Jakes.  Georgia is also kin to me --a 3rd Cousin once removed thru her Dean--Snelling--King connection.  Her brother mentioned here is Thomas Clayton Dean along with his wife, Alice Lurline Prather Dean. 

Listing couples as Mr & Mrs. under the husbands name and in this case just initials is something I've seen in newspapers a great deal during the period from the 1920s to 1960s. Be sure to check for those you are researching listed this way especially during the first half of the 20th century.

Jakes Siblings in Delayed Certificate of Birth Database

Searching for siblings of Pearl G. Jakes Cooke(my paternal grandmother) in the TN Delayed Certificate of Birth database

Pearl's sister, Katherine "Kitty" Jakes Bell filed hers in February of 1957.  The documents she used for her supporting evidence were:

1. Old Family Bible(could it have been the same one my grandmother used?)
2. The Original(Delayed)Birth certificate of sister(my grandmother who got hers 6 years earlier)
3. The Original Birth Certificate of Child:  her son James Benjamin "J.B." Bell 

Pearl's sister, Fannie Cora Jakes Gibson filed hers in November of 1951 less than 2 weeks after my grandmother filed for her delayed certificate of birth.  The documents Cora used for her supporting evidence were:

1. Old Family Bible
2. Original Death Certificate of Sister--Ella Ruby Jakes Pirtle(my grandmother also used this document)
3. Original Birth Certificate of Child--Delayed Certificate with her Affidavit as Mom showing age
4. Original Birth Certificate of Child--Preston Cartwright Gibson

I tried searching for the Delayed Certificate of Birth(Item #3 above) by the number(listed on Cora's doc), as keyword, and browsing(using the year and month of birth and looking for the Cert. # within each year for each of Cora's children) but was never able to locate it so I could see which child's document she used.

Pearl's brother, Frank Euless Jakes filed his in January of 1942.  The documents Euless used for his supporting evidence were:

1. Affidavit of Andrew L Gibson(brother in law who married sister Cora)
2. Affidavit of J. W. Drake
3. Old Bible Record

The affidavits are on the back of the document.  Andrew L. Gibson's affidavit states, "I was present when Frank Euless Jakes was born.  I lived near the home of his parents at the time of his birth."  J W Drake's affidavit states, "I lived on the adjoining farm with the registrant's father and mother at the time of his birth.  My wife was present when Frank Euless Jakes was born.  I visited him immediately after his birth"

Pearl's brother, William Bryan Jakes filed his in  December of  1941.  It looks like he and Euless began gathering their paperwork around the same time but that Will's was completed first.  The documents Will used for his supporting evidence were:

1. Affidavit of Andrew L Gibson(husband of his sister Cora)
2. Affidavit of Jim Drake
3. Old Bible Record

The affidavits given for Will's application are identical to those used for Euless with the exception of the name.  The statement by the non-relative J.W. Drake makes me wonder if his wife helped delivered Will and Euless or if she was just there supporting Annie.  

I have not yet found Pearl's sister,  Lula Jakes Gibson's application for a delayed certificate of birth.  She passed in  1977 and I would think should have had one. She was widowed in 1929 under tragic circumstances and never remarried.  Pearl's siblings Ruby and John died in 1934 and 1937 respectively which was likely before the need for a birth certificate.  I did search for them within the database and couldn't find an entry for either of them.

Pearl Gray Jakes Cooke--TN Delayed Certificate of Birth

 My paternal grandmother was born in 1891 in Bell Buckle, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA.  The state of Tennessee did not began keeping birth records statewide until 1908.  It was 1951 before my grandmother applied for her delayed certificate which means she was 60 years old at the time of her application. 

It's interesting to see what documents are used for evidence.  The image below shows what my grandmother used.  I've marked thru the certificate number and the date for item 2 because it is that of my Aunt Bobbie who is still living.  I left the date on the column to the far right which is the date the original document was made which can vary a good bit from the date of birth.  

1. Original Family Bible--I have no clue where this Bible is but think it would most likely be that of James Jakes, Pearl's father.  He died 10 yrs prior to her application and did live with her the last few years of his life. Her mother died 31 years prior to her application.
2. Cert. Copy--Child's Birth Cert- This is the birth certificate of her youngest daughter who is still living.
3. Cert. Copy--Child's Birth Cert- This is the birth certificate of her next to the youngest daughter, June.
4. Orig. Death Cert. of Sister--This is the death certificate of her oldest sister Ella Ruby Jakes Pirtle.  

Tennessee's Delayed Certificates of Birth are two sided forms but this particular one didn't have a notarized statement from a witness or witnesses so the back of the document was blank other than the vital records office's not of address at the top left.  

Source:

Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909. Database with images.  Ancestry http://www.ancestry.com : 2012. Imaged from Tennessee Delayed Birth Records, 1869–1909. Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.

James Reuben Frizzell's Will--Bedford Co TN--1912

This is my transcription of the will of James Reuben Frizzell, brother of my paternal great grandmother, Thelitha Annie Frizzell Jakes.  She is mentioned in the will as are three of her children(Ruby Jakes, Cora Jakes Gibson and John L. Jakes)

Will of J. R. Frizzell

I, J.R. Frizzell make and publish this as my last will and testament.

After my just debts are paid I will and devise to John L Jakes half of the farm upon which I live, and he is to have the eastern part.  The line to run by a large willow tree about 60 yards west of the house I live in, and the balance of the tract I will and devise to my sister Annie Jakes and her daughter, Ruby Jakes.

I will and bequeath to Cora Gibson my household goods and furniture.

The above farm is located in the 4th Civil District of Bedford Co. Tenn and consists of about 45 acres and John L Jakes is to have half this number of acres the line to run north and south or nearly so by the willow mentioned above.

I nominate and appoint J. T. Lynn, executor of this will and if necessary to pay debts, he is authorized to sell enough real estate for this purpose, and he will make the purchaser deed.

He can sell it if necessary in any manner he sees fit to the best advantage this Nov 9 1912.

At the request of testator we  witness this will this Nov 9 1912
Sewell Linch
J.B. Woodfin

I, P. C. Steele County Court Clerk of said county hereby certify that the above is a full, true and perfect copy of the last will and testament of J. R. Frizzell dec'd as proven by the testimony of Sewell Linch and J. B. Woodfin, the attesting witnesses thereto in the 25th day of Nov 1912 and ordered by the court to be recorded as such as in shown by the original will now on file in this office.

Witness my hand at office, this the 25th day of Nov 1912.
P.C. Steele, Clerk
by Jo D Steele, D. C.

Source:
Bedford County, Tennessee, Will Book 2: 425, Will of J.R. Frizzell, 25 November 1912; imaged in "Tennessee, Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008," Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com ; accessed 1 December 2019) > Bedford > Wills Vol 1-2, 1861-1922 > image 668 of 832. 

Info from the Obits of Mr. & Mrs. Robert Jakes

I've pulled the information from two obituaries that were posted in the Nashville newspaper in March 1938.  Robert Jakes Sr. was my double 1st cousin 3 times removed.  He died one month and one day after his wife.  I've added some notes(shown in parenthesis below) using information known to me from my research of our families over the years.  I've also included a chart I made showing the intermarriages which it's essential to know when working with DNA matches from that side of my family.  These are all from my Paternal Grandmother's Dad's lines but there are Jakes who marry into the Frizzell family(other than my two lines of Frizzells) which are from my Paternal Grandmother's Mom's lines.

There are additional Jakes/Harger and Morrow/Sutton siblings
which I have not included here so that I could focus on these couples.

Mrs. Robert Jakes(Clementine Pearson Jakes)
Age 78
Place of Birth:  Bedford Co. TN
Parents:  John & Mary Pruett Pearson
Wife of Robert Jakes, Sr.(President of Jakes Foundry Co.)
Died Monday, Feb. 28 1938
Residence:  3509 Gillespie Ave. Nashville, TN
Ill for 3+ years
Member of Nashville Methodist Church for 40 years

Survivors
Husband:  Robert Jakes Sr.
4 Daughters:

• Mrs. H. M. Goodloe of Nashville(Bertha Lee Jakes)
• Mrs. Nannie C Ring of Nashville(Nannie Clementine Jakes)
• Mrs. Tom C Ashley of Valdosta, Georgia(Mary Margaret Jakes)
• Mrs. Tom McDonnough of Richmond, Kentucky(Ophelia Jakes)

6 Sons:

• J.W. Jakes of Nashville(John William Jakes)
• E.F. Jakes of Nashville(Edward Franklin Jakes)
• Robert Jakes Jr. of Nashville
• P.W. Jakes of Nashville(Percy Warner Jakes)
• C.B. Jakes of Nashville(Claud B. Jakes)
• J. T. Jakes of Newport, TN(James T. Jakes)

Sister:
Mrs. George Jakes of Nashville(Sarah C. Pearson--Geo Jakes was brother of Robert Jakes)

Brother:
Hiram W. Pearson of Weatherford, TN

18 Grandchildren & 3 Great Grandchildren.

Funeral March 2, 1938 (10:30 am)
Officiating:  Rev. John W. Estes with Rev. N. Burch Tucker assisting
Burial:  Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery

"Mrs. Robert Jakes," The Tennessean (Nashville, Tennessee) Tuesday, 01 Mar 1938, p. 3, col. 6, ; image copy, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 6 May 2019).


Mr. Robert Jakes, Sr. 
President of Jakes Foundry Co. he established abt 50 yrs ago
Age 79
Wife Clementine Pearson Jakes died a month ago(a month & 1 day ago)
Died Tuesday. March 29, 1938 at home of daughter Mrs. H. M Goodloe
POD: daughter's residence--3520 Byron Ave Nashville, TN
Ill for 3 months
Born in Bedford Co. TN Sept. 22, 1858
Member of Knights of Pythias and the Junior Order of United American Mechanics
Active member of West Nashville Methodist Church.

Survivors
4 Daughters:

• Mrs. H. M. Goodloe of Nashville(Bertha Lee Jakes)
• Mrs. Nannie C. Ring of Nashville(Nannie Clementine Jakes)
• Mrs. Tom C Ashley of Valdosta, Georgia(Mary Margaret Jakes)
• Mrs. Tom McDonnough of Richmond, Kentucky(Ophelia Jakes)

6 Sons:

• J.W. Jakes of Nashville(John William Jakes)
• E.T. Jakes of Nashville(Edward Franklin Jakes--middle initial wrong in obit)
• P. W. Jakes of Nashville(Percy Warner Jakes)
• C. B. Jakes of Nashville(Claud B. Jakes)
• Robert Jakes Jr. of Nashville
• J. T. Jakes of Newport, TN(James T. Jakes)

Brother: 
A. D. Jakes of Nashville

18 Grandchildren & 3 Great Grandchildren.

Funeral March 30, 1938 (3:00 pm)
Officiating:  Rev. J W. Estes & John R. Stewart
Burial:  Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery

"Jakes Funeral Planned Today," The Tennessean (Nashville, Tennessee)Wednesday, 30 Mar 1938, p. 10, col. 4, ; image copy, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 6 May 2019).

Obituary: Oscar Pete Earp(1888-1967)

I found my paternal great aunt(by marriage) listed in her brother's obituary.  I thought this was such a great example of how I wish every obit was written--full of details.  It also shows how family becomes scattered out across the country.  This is something to think about for those who are using DNA in our family history research.  The following is a listing of the information contained in the obituary.

Oscar Pete Earp
Age:  79
Born:  March 26, 1888
Died:  November 14, 1967
Place of Birth: Murfreesboro, TN
Parents:  Thomas Jefferson & Lydia Earp

Married:  Sept 1911 to Florence Adcock who died in 1923.  Four children from this marriage--3 sons and 1 daughter.

Married:  1925 to Lillie Mai Adcock
Ten children from this marriage--4 sons and 6 daughters.

One son & one daughter preceded him in death.

Survivors
Wife
Six Daughters:
Dessie Egenes(Storden, MN)
Betty Koch(Bucyrus, MO)
Marie Fields(Roby, MO)
Joyce Inscore(Roby, MO)
Faye Barnes(Sugar Creek, MO)
Sharon Kaye Earp(of the home)

Six Sons:
Alfred Earp(Loda, IL)
Frank Earp(Seattle, WA)
Ervin Earp((Success, MO)
Eugene Earp(Richland, MO)
Marlo Earp(Anchorage, AK)
Harold Earp(of the home)

Sisters:
Emma McKnight(Nashville, TN)
Arminda Jakes(Murfreesboro, TN)

30 Grandchildren
20 Great-Grandchildren

He moved to Missouri in 1935 and lived here until his death.

Member of Roby Baptist Church

Funeral: Friday, November 17, 1967
at Roby Baptist Church with Don Brower officiating.
Burial:  Palace Cemetery
Evans-Elliott Funeral Home in charge.

"Deaths: Earp, Oscar Pete." The Houston Herald(Houston, MO) 23 Nov 1967. Digital images, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com  accessed Apr 24, 2019.) citing original p. 11 col 5.

A Christmas Card from Granny's Paper Collection: Card 2

Another Christmas Card from my Paternal Grandmother's collection.

This one is also from Granny Pearl Jakes Cooke's brother, Will B Jakes and his wife Georgia.

Front of Card --Still has a great deal of Glitter

Inside of Card

There isn't a logo of any sort on the back of the card.  The bottom left corner has P-5 and the bottom right corner 124-2 (beneath that in tinier letters is Litho in U.S.A.)

Do you mail out cards during the holidays?  Did your family mail out cards?   Did any family members save cards they have received?