Williamson Co. TN--Dist 25(1836-1840)--T-Z

Over the past few years I've been studying Williamson Co TN Dist. 25 in hopes that knowing how the families were interconnected will help me to find a lead and break thru my Cook brick wall.  I've been using a spreadsheet to pull together my notes and information on this community so that I had somewhere to quickly look for notes on the families if they showed up in any other parts of my research. I'm publishing this to my blog in the hopes of finding other researchers interested in the area and time period that the information here might help.  This portion contains families who were living in or taxed in District 25 of Williamson Co TN during the years 1836-1840 whose surnames begin with T-Z.  When possible I've noted connections in neighboring districts.  Simply put, there is a lot of overlap of families between Williamson Co TN Dist. 25,  the Versailles and Eagleville area of Rutherford Co TN and Bedford Co TN Dist. 10(Rover).   Also please note that anyone listed as NOT enumerated in District 25 should probably read not listed as Head of Household in Williamson Co. TN District 25.  They may be within another household OR they may not be enumerated at all within the district for a number of reasons. 

A-C           D-H            J-L          M-P           R-S           T-Z

Taylor:

Dr. William Taylor(Dist. 25 Tax List: 1837) Not enumerated in Dist. 25 in 1840.

Benjamin B Taylor(Dist. 25 Tax List: 1838, 1839) Not enumerated in Dist. 25 in 1840.
James J Taylor(Dist. 25 Tax List: 1837, 1839) Enumerated in Dist. 25 in 1840.
James C Taylor(Dist. 25 Tax List: 1836, 1837, 1838, 1839) Enumerated in Dist. 25 in 1840.
Joseph Sr. Taylor(Dist. 25 Tax List: 1836, 1837) Not enumerated in Dist. 25 in 1840.
Joseph Taylor(Dist. 25 Tax List: 1838, 1839) Enumerated in Dist. 25 in 1840.
Robert Sr. Taylor(Dist. 25 Tax List: 1836, 1837, 1838, 1839) Enumerated in Dist. 25 in 1840.

Robert Jr. Taylor(Dist. 25 Tax List: 1838, 1839) Not enumerated in Dist. 25 in 1840.
Thomas Pony Taylor(Dist. 25 Tax List: 1836, 1837, 1838, 1839) Enumerated in Dist. 25 in 1840.
Thomas L (young)Taylor(Dist. 25 Tax List: 1836, 1837, 1838, 1839) Enumerated in Dist. 25 in 1840.
Thomas S Taylor(Dist. 25 Tax List: 1836, 1837, 1838, 1839) Enumerated in Dist. 25 in 1840.
Valentine Taylor(Dist. 25 Tax List: 1838) Not enumerated in Dist. 25 in 1840.
Vincent Taylor(Dist. 25 Tax List: 1836, 1837, 1838, 1839) Enumerated in Dist. 25 in 1840.
William Taylor Esq.(Dist. 25 Tax List: 1836) Not enumerated in Dist. 25 in 1840.
William Swamp Taylor(Dist. 25 Tax List: 1836, 1837, 1838) Not enumerated in Dist. 25 in 1840.
William Taylor(Dist. 25 Tax List: 1838, 1839) Enumerated in Dist. 25 in 1840.

Tharp:

William D Tharp(Dist. 25 Tax List: 1836, 1837, 1839) Enumerated in Dist. 25 in 1840.

Trail:

Valentine Trail(Dist. 25 Tax List: 1836) Not enumerated in Dist. 25 in 1840.

William Trail(Dist. 25 Tax List: 1836, 1837, 1838, 1839) Enumerated in Dist. 25 in 1840.

Vanetta:

James Vanetta(Dist. 25 Tax List: 1839) Enumerated in Dist. 25 in 1840.

Ward:
Burrell Ward(Dist. 25 Tax List: 1836, 1839) Not enumerated in Dist. 25 in 1840. Burrell Ward is also on the Bedford Co TN Dist. 10 Tax list for 1836.

Webb:
Hugh Webb(Dist. 25 Tax List: 1836) Not enumerated in Dist. 25 in 1840.
Joseph Webb(Dist. 25 Tax List: 1839) Enumerated in Dist. 25 in 1840.
Mrs. Martha Webb(Not on Tax List) Enumerated in Dist. 25 in 1840.

Wilks:

John C Wilks(Dist. 25 Tax List: 1838, 1839) Not enumerated in Dist. 25 in 1840.

Wills:

William Wills(Not on Tax List) Enumerated in Dist. 25 in 1840.

Winsett:

Harby/Harley/Harvy Winsett(Dist. 25 Tax List: 1836, 1837, 1838) Enumerated in Dist. 25 in 1840.

Silas Winsett (Not on Tax List) Enumerated in Dist. 25 in 1840.

Wood/Woods:

John Wood(Dist. 25 Tax List: 1837, 1838, 1839) Enumerated in Dist. 25 in 1840.

Edmund Woods(Not on Tax List) Enumerated in Dist. 25 in 1840.

Wright:

George Wright(Dist. 25 Tax List: 1839) Not enumerated in Dist. 25 in 1840.

Young:

David Young(Dist. 25 Tax List: 1836, 1837, 1838, 1839) Enumerated in Dist. 25 in 1840. Also on Bedford Co TN Dist 10 Tax List for the years 1838 and 1839. W.C. Cook & wife sell land in Williamson Co TN to David on Aug 4th 1837.  At the time they are living in Bedford Co TN District 10.  David's wife is Elizabeth Reed.  They married in Williamson Co TN 22 Jan 1829 with a Wm Young signing off on the marriage bond.

 Sources: 

• Tennessee, US, Early Tax List Records, 1783-1895 https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2883/
• Williamson County(Tennessee) Tax Records 1800-1963) Tax records 1831-1845 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4V-V2HL?mode=g&cat=234786
• Tennessee State Library and Archives. Ancestry.com. North Carolina and Tennessee, U.S., Early Land Records, 1753-1931 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
• Nance, R. Fred, and John W. Nance. 1983. The history of Versailles, tenth district, and its people. Murfreesboro, Tenn. (P.O. Box 906, Murfreesboro 37130): Rutherford County Historical Society.
• "United States Census, 1840." Database with images. FamilySearch.

Bedford Co TN.  https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YTB-921F?wc=31SJ-161%3A1588669927%2C1588669780%2C1588665902&cc=1786457

Rutherford Co TN  https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYB9-98FZ?wc=31SK-FMD%3A1588669927%2C1588669425%2C1588665902&cc=1786457

Williamson Co TN  https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YB7-4DT?wc=31S2-443%3A1588669927%2C1588667580%2C1588665902&cc=1786457

• Rover Historical Society. History of Rover and the 10th district of Bedford County: lest we forget the people and things in our corner of the world. Vol. I(1986), Vol. II(1999). Paducah, Ky: Turner Pub. Co.

Angeline Cook (1838-1938)

Angeline Cook's 100 Birthday Celebration
(The Daily News-Journal (Murfreesboro, Tennessee) Wed. 16 Mar 1938,  pg. 3)
Born March 8, 1838, Longview Community
Daughter of W. C. Cook and Elizabeth Putman Cook(my 2nd Gr Grandparents)
Celebrated 100th Birthday on Sun. March 13, 1938
Held at home of Mrs. G. W. Turner(her daughter) in Rockvale
In the article, it says many pictures were taken.

Guests in attendance:

• Mr. & Mrs. J. M. Putman
• Jim Cook & Family
• Tip McCord
• W. E. McCord
• Clifford Cook
• U. O. Webb
• R. B. Lamb
• C. W. Reid & Family
• Mr. & Mrs. J P Kimmons
• Mr. & Mrs. Joe Cook & son
• C. B. Cook
• Mr.. & Mrs. Earnest Cook
• Mr. & Mrs. Grady Cook
• Mr. & Mrs. John Cook
• W. G. Cook(my Great Grandfather)
• S.W. Williams
• Sophie Williams
• Miss Pearl Tucker
• W. R. Turner
• H S. Smotherman
• Mr. & Mrs. D M Hay
• Buddie Hay
• Mrs. Watt Hay
• Mr. & Mrs. Luther Webb & Family
• Myrtle Lamb
• Mr. & Mrs. Richard Turner & Family
• Bennie Mae Lamb
• Veston Crick
• Mr. & Mrs. William Cook
• Mr. & Mrs. Herman Rowland
• Mrs. Leonie Mullins
• Mr. & Mrs. James Ward Cook
• Mr. & Mrs. J. H. McCord
• Mr. & Mrs. Carl Boyce
• Mr. & Mrs. A. G. Lamb
• Mr. & Mrs. Edward Delk
• Mr. & Mrs. Cooper Cook & Family
• Mr. & Mrs. E. W. Boyce & Son
• Mr. & Mrs. C. G. Cook & Family
• Mrs. Emma Taylor
• Mrs. Ella Martin
• Mr. & Mrs. Dave Cook & Family
• Lillian Cook
• Clem King and son
• Mr. & Mrs. G C Jernigan & Daughter
• Mr. & Mrs. Horace Brown
• Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Farris
• Mr. & Mrs. W. E. Brown & Family
• Dr. E. L. Williams
• Cass B. Cook & Family
• Mr. & Mrs. John M Elrod
• L.W. Lamb
• Daisy Cook
• Mrs. W. C. Cook & Family
• Mr. & Mrs. George D. Cook
• Mr. & Mrs. John Cook
• Mr. & Mrs. Eumph Boyce(Humphrey) & Family
• Clarence Cook and Sons
• Elizabeth Cook Rowland & Horace E. Rowland
• Pearl Tucker(*listed twice)
• Mr. & Mrs. Robert Turner & Family
• Mr. & Mrs. J. W. Cook
• Mrs. Greeley Smotherman & Family
• Mr. & Mrs. Horace Smotherman and Son
• Thomas Reid
• Clay Turner
• Thomas Turner
• Mr. & Mrs. Charlie Lamb
• Mrs. Stanley Rowland 

She passed away 19th of Oct 1938-- about 5 months later.

The Daily News-Journal (Murfreesboro, Tennessee) Fri. 21 Oct 1938, pg. 1

While researching the YDNA of the Cook line I have found a line that connects back to Shem Cook(as our YDNA line indicates) that also named a daughter Angeline and their daughter was also born in 1838 Georgia.

I have several of her descendants which have autosomal DNA tested who match me or my siblings.  I also have a number of descendants of those who attended her birthday celebration who are a match with me and/or my siblings.

1840 Williamson Co TN Census Head of Households

A look at the head of households in Dist 25 of Williamson Co TN in the 1840 Federal Census. This is the area where Joseph S Cook AND Wm C Cook are listed among the tax records in 1838. Wm C Cook is listed among the tax records of Bedford County's 10th Dist in two tax years prior to that(1836 & 1837)

* Name is not a duplicate and households differ in age breakdowns.

Williamson County, Tennessee District 25 pages 204A-206A (Beginning: Image 190 of 198)
Ancestry.com. 1840 United States Federal Census [database on-line: https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8057]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

Talking with a friend earlier I realized that while I had the 1940 Census Entry for Conway Twitty(Harold Jenkins) that I did not have Loretta Lynn's 1940 Census entry......and so I searched and found...

1940 Census entry for 7 yr old Loretta Lynn who was born Loretta Webb.
Shown here in Johnson Co KY Magistrate Dist. 2 Butcher Hollow with her parents Melvin & Clara.

My 32 Great Great Great Grandparents( 30 known, 2 unknown)

This is a follow-up to a previous post on my 16 GG Grandparents.

Paternal Lines(1-16)
Maternal Lines(17-32)


1. Cook(unknown to me)
2. Cook spouse(unknown to me)

3. Jabel Putman, b. 1772 in Culpepper Co., VA, USA; d. 1835 in Williamson Co., TN, USA. Son of James Putman and Joice Prince.
4. Nancy [?????], b. in SC USA.

5. John King, b. Mar. 04, 1799; d. Sept. 18, 1876. Son of John King and Nancy Brandon. .
6. Rebecca Upshaw, b. Aug. 08, 1800 in Elbert Co. GA; d. Apr. 23, 1877 in Bedford Co. TN. Daughter of Adkins Upshaw and Charity Ann Patton.

7. David Lemuel Manire, b. Jan. 18, 1792; d. Jan. 29, 1837 in Williamson Co., TN,USA. Son of John William Manire and Patty Ogilvie.
8. Susan Ann Elizabeth Jackson, b. Aug. 14, 1798; d. Feb. 19, 1862. Daughter of Mark Lambert Jackson and Durcilla Sarah Rainey.

9. James Jakes, b. Feb. 10, 1788 in Franklin Co., VA, USA; d. Sept. 05, 1847 in Bedford Co., TN, USA. Son of John Jakes.
10. Nancy Harger, b. 1790 in Franklin Co., VA, USA; d. Aft. 1850 in Bedford Co., TN, USA.

11. James Morrow, b. Bet. 1780 - 1790; d. June 1839.
12. Margaret [?????], b. Bet. 1790 - 1800; d. Bet. 1835 - 1839.

13. James M. Frizzell, b. Sept.r 21, 1787 in Anson Co., NC, USA; d. Jan. 30, 1862 in Calloway Co., KY, USA. Son of Nathan Frizzell & Ruahama Weaver.
14. Mary Kennedy, b. Jul. 02, 1790 in , , NC, USA; d. Jan. 19, 1875 in TN, USA. Daughter of Hugh Henry Kennedy and Ann [?????].

15. Reuben Manley, b. Oct. 14, 1782; d. Oct. 07, 1854.
16. Margaret Elizabeth Frizzell, b. Jan. 17, 1783; d. Jul. 25, 1827. Daughter of Nathan Frizzell and Ruahama Weaver.

17. Elisha Luna, b. 1784; d. 1842 in Dekalb Co., TN, USA. Son of Peter Luna and Mary Pitman.
18. Mary Ann Lennox, b. 1785; d. Aft. 1860.

19. Canada Rigsby, b. Abt. 1788; d. Bef. 1850. Son of Thomas Rigsby.
20. Mary Lewis, b. Abt. 1790; d. Bet. 1850 - 1860.

21. Daniel Pitman b. 1803 in NC, USA; d. Bet. 1860 - 1870. Believed to be son of John Pitman(Marion Co TN)
22. Comfort Hatfield, b. 1808 in KY, USA; d. Aft. 1870. Daughter of James Hatfield and Annie Rice(of the Ross Indians).

23. Thomas Adcock, b. Apr. 09, 1817 in Jefferson, Dekalb Co. TN, USA; d. August 30, 1905 in Dekalb Co., TN, USA.
24. Frances Bowles, b. March 11, 1819; d. Bet. July 1906 - 1910. Daughter of John M. Bowles and Frances Bolling.

25. Jonathan Acuff, b. Abt. 1809; d. Bet. 1880 - 1900. Son of William Acuff and Magdaline Hall.
26. Eleanor Curvin, b. 1817; d. Bet. 1870 - 1880.

27. Andrew Jackson McElroy, b. Apr. 24, 1820 in Warren Co., TN, USA; d. Aft. 1900 in Van Buren Co., TN, USA. Son of Andrew McElroy and Martha Shropshire.
28. Jane Webb, b. 1825 in White Co. TN; d. 1867. Daughter of Jeremiah Webb and Sarah Copeland.

29. William Taylor Hale b. 1820; d. 1861 in Collins River, Warren Co., TN, USA. Son of John Nathanel Hale and Catherine [?????].
30. Eliza Adeline Elzie b. Apr. 15, 1820 in , AL, USA; d. Apr. 20, 1906. Daughter of William Elzie.

31. James P. Hitchcock, b. Mar. 08, 1810 in Warren Co., TN, USA; d. 1897 in Bledsoe Co., TN, USA. Son of George Hitchcock and Millie Riddle.
32. Charlotta Fleming, b. Sept. 23, 1819 in Warren Co., TN, USA; d. Apr. 24, 1909 in Bledsoe Co., TN, USA. Daughter of John Fleming and Nancy Combs.