In Memoriam: Mrs. Jemima Poplin Elmore (1875 - 1954)

 

Jemima Tennessee Poplin Elmore

Born:  August 20, 1875 

Died:   March 23, 1954

Buried:  Simpson Cemetery

Daughter of William and Anna Jackson Poplin

Wife of Granville Elmore(d. 1951)

Survivors

Daughters:

Mrs. T. E. Sims of Akron, OH (Jessye T.)

Mrs. J. W. Parker of Akron, OH (Flora A)

Mrs. Gerald Powers of Unionville (Dorothy M)

Sons:

James R. Elmore of Akron, OH

Hugh G Elmore of Eagleville

Thomas J Elmore of Shelbyville

Sister: 

Mrs. Fred Moore of Unionville

Brothers:

John Lee Poplin of Charlotte, NC

W. A. J. Poplin of Unionville

24 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren

Sources:

Nashville Banner, March 24, 1954, p  2, col 4; image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/nashville-banner-obituary-for-jemima-pop/205473935/ : accessed September 7, 2026), clip page for Obituary for Jemima Poplin Elmore.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195605583/jemima_tennessee-elmore: accessed 7 Sep 2026), memorial page for Jemima Tennessee Poplin Elmore (20 Aug 1875–23 Mar 1954), Memorial ID 195605583, citing Simpson Cemetery, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA.

Heirs of Thomas Jones(1812-1896): White County, Tennessee Chancery Records

I found a court case at FamilySearch that involved land that Thomas Jones of White Co., Tennessee, owned at the time of his death. The land was being sold, so there was a need to confirm his heirs. This was not taking place a few months after his death, but over 25 years after he had passed. Some of his children were deceased by that time as well, which necessitated naming their children, and—in cases where a grandchild was deceased—their surviving children.

This is a lot of great information for anyone researching this family. Thomas' wife, Rebecca Hitchcock Jones, was a sister to my 3rd-great-grandfather, James P. Hitchcock. The file includes 12 children, 22 grandchildren (representing the 6 deceased children), and 10 great-grandchildren (representing the 2 deceased grandchildren).

I extracted the information on the heirs from the file and have organized it in a spreadsheet, in which I also included the source citation. I plan to save it as a PDF and attach it to Thomas Jones' profile within my family tree at Ancestry.

Cook Deed--Bedford Co TN-- Jan 1910

My transcription of the transfer and quit claim of a land purchased by Cass B Cook from Wm G Cook and his son John L Cook. The digitized copy of the deed is at FamilySearch and can be accessed via the reference link below the transcription.   Wm G Cook is my Great Grandfather and John L(who is refereed to as John Lamb and John Lamb Cook in several places although his name is John Lemuel Cook) is Wm G Cook's eldest son who is mentioned in W C Cook's will.  I've also included several other links below that concern Cass B. Cook (5 June 1857-15 March 1908) youngest son of Wm C. Cook and Elizabeth Putman.

W. G. Cook & Jno L Cook to A. J. Sims

Whereas C. B. Cook purchased from W. G. Cook and John Lamb Cook a certain tract of land containing seven (7) acres, being lot No . 1 in the division of W. C. Cook's tract of land containing 104 acres, located in the 9th Civil District of Bedford County, Tennessee, and the seven acres being described as follows ; Beginning on a stake Mrs. Whitworth's southwest corner of a twelve acre tract running S. 2 3/4 ° W. forty poles to a stake; thence S. (?)6 1/2 °  E. with a marked line twenty eight poles to a stake ; thence N. 2 3/4 °  E. forty poles to a stake in Mrs. Whitworth's line twenty eight poles to the beginning. And whereas the said C. B. Cook paid us the purchase money for said land but we failed to execute deed to him and whereas since the death of the said C. B. Cook, the said tract of land has been sold in the County Court of Bedford County, Tennessee, in the cause of Joe Cook and others vs. Willie Cook and others, and A. J. Simms became the purchaser of the same. Now, in order to perfect the title, we, W. G. Cook and John Lamb Cook do hereby transfer and convey and quit claim unto the said A. J. Simms all right, title, claim and interest of every kind , and character which we have in and to the above described tract of land. This January 26, 1910.

W. G. Cook
John L. Cook


STATE OF TENNESSEE
BEDFORD COUNTY

Personally appeared before me, B. D. Kingree, a Notary Public in and to for Bedford County, Tennessee W. G. Cook and John L. Cook bargainers with whom I am personally acquainted, and acknowledged that he executed the attached instrument for the purposes therein contained. Witness my hand and official seal, this 26th day of January 1910 (SEAL) B. D. Kingree Notary Public.
Filed for record January 26, 1910 at 2:30 o'clock P.M. J E Robert Register

Reference Note:
Bedford County, Tennessee, Deeds 1909-1910, Vol 16, pg 509, deed transfer & quit claim, W. G. Cook & Jno L Cook to A. J. Sims;  imaged, FamilySearch  (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QY-XYWJ : accessed  19 April, 2024), Image Group Number(IGN) 8567913  > image 623 of 648; citing Bedford County Register of Deeds, Shelbyville.[I couldn't determine what the character preceding "6 1/2 ° " was so I have noted that by use of a question mark in parenthesis in this attempt at transcription]


Other Relevant Documents involving Cass B Cook and his estate.

Deeds Mentions Pope Land, Albert and J B Landrum and Tom Seay.

• Bedford County, Tennessee, Deeds 1908-1909, Vol 15, pg. 224, Deed, T. H. Morton & Wife to C. B. Cook; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QY-X1F5 :  accessed 19 April 2024), Image Group Number(IGN) 8567913  > image 144 of 648; citing Bedford County Register of Deeds, Shelbyville.

• Bedford County, Tennessee, Deeds 1909-1910, Vol 16, pg. 536, Deed,  C B Cook & wife to E L McLean; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QY-XYHG :  accessed 19 April 2024), Image Group Number(IGN) 8567913  > image 637 of 648; citing Bedford County Register of Deeds, Shelbyville.

This estate sale listing referenced below covers 5 pages and is full of details. 

• Bedford Co TN Inventories & Wills, Vol G(1901-1910), pp 425-430,  Inventory of sales C.B. Cook;  imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S7WF-SF62-D9 : Apr 19, 2024), IGN  004776098  >  image 285 of 664; Tennessee. County Court (Bedford County).