Bedford Co. TN Deed Book Entries--Putmans

Found more of the Putman deeds at FamilySearch.  Posting the locations of the entries here so that they will be easier to find by other researchers who might find them interesting. To view the images you will need to Log In to FamilySearch.  Registration for an account is free.

Bedford Co TN Deed Book Entries:  

William Taylor to Noah Putman 

Bedford Co Deed Book OO pg 153
Deeds v. OO-QQ Jan 1845-May 1849 Image 103 of 775
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QY-K3MM-K?i=102&cat=298281

Thomas B Carlton to Simpson Putman 

Bedford Co TN Deed Book SS pg 192
Deeds v. RR-TT May 1849-Sep 1852 Image 364 of 848
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKX-M861?i=363&cat=298281

John Bylar and others to Noah Putman 

Bedford Co Deed Book SS pg 197
Deeds v. RR-TT May 1849-Sep 1852 Image 367 of 848
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKX-M85F?i=366&cat=298281

Bedford Co TN Deed Book Entries--W. C. Cook Family

 Last week while I was scanning thru the Bedford Co TN Deed Books at FamilySearch for Jakes/Frizzell deeds I happened upon some from my Cook family.  Posting the locations of the entries here so that they will be easier to find by other researchers who might find them interesting.

Bedford Co TN--Deed Book Entries

• Deed Book QQ pg 370 W C Cook to John W Maxwell Deed in Trust 100 acres more or less (Dec 1848)
• Deed Book QQ pg 371 W C Cook to Longshore Lamb and Athey Elmoore Deed in Trust(livestock and household furniture (Dec 1848)
• Deed Book JJJ pg 276 and 277 D C Jackson and James P Taylor to J K Cook 116 acres 32 square poles more or less (Nov 1872)
• Deed Book MMM pg 404 J K Cook and wife Emily C Cook to T C Gentry 8 acres more or less (Apr 1876)
• Deed Book NNN pg 297 J K Cook and wife Emily C Cook to Thos J Lamb 193 acres  more or less  (Nov 1876)
• Deed Book QQQ pg 19 and 20 J K Cook and wife Emily C Cook to Elijah Morton 45 acres more or less  (Nov 1879)
• Deed Book QQQ pg 336 and 337 A Tucker to W C Cook (1873-1881)
• Deed Book QQQ pg 338 and 339 J K Cook and wife Emily C Cook to Cass Cook Bedford Co TN Dist 10 65 acres more or less (Oct 20 1880)
• Deed Book TTT pg 360 E. A. Morton and wife L.E. Morton to Cass Cook Bedford Co TN Dist 10 45 acres more or less  (Sep 15 1884)

The A.Tucker to W C Cook deed mentioned that it was the same land from the Chancery Court case of Anna Putman and others vs Wm G Hight and others.  It didn't mention the time period but I was lucky enough to find an index within the pages of  digitized microfilm from the Bedford Co TN Chancery Court Minutes which showed the page numbers for 3 entries concerning this case.  

Bedford Co TN Chancery Ct Min Book  

Mar. 1871 - Oct. 1872 (2nd Book on the roll of Microfilm)

• Book pg 201 and 202  Images 440 and 441 of 638
• Book pg 217 and 218 Images 448 and 449  of 638
• Book pg 347 and 348  Image 513 of 638

The 3 entries provide a bit of additional information about what happened to the land. After the death of William Putman, the land was sold by William's son, David Vance Putman  I need to transcribe the Minute Book entries.  The writing is a bit hard to read but it does give some more detail about the lands and dates of sale prior to it being purchased by A Tucker..  I have a digital copy of the file from Jabel Putman(Father of Wm Putman & Elizabeth Putman Cook) probate which shows how his land was divided among Jabel's heirs.  

You'll need to be registered and logged in to FamilySearch.org but registration is free.  From the above direct links to the Bedford Co TN Deed Book listing you should be able to find the book you want along with a clickable camera icon for the roll on which.  You will likely need to scroll to find it.  Once you find the film that book is on, you can browse to the page you are looking for or in the case of the Chancery Court Records I have provided the image numbers.  When I am looking for records that I might be interested in reading thru I do a search of the catalog by place and note that I want o view those which have images available online.  .

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.

The Effect of AncestryDNA's Purge on my Family's Test

I'm probably in the minority, but I've been looking forward to the purge.  I have felt it will make it much easier to work with the matches that I have that are closer and perhaps keep me from falling down a few rabbit holes.  If you look at the numbers and the percentage that were lost among my family's tests it seems like a lot.  I feel like it is more focused now though.  Before the purge I went thru and looked at the matches in the 6-7 cM range who shared a Common Ancestor with me.  Some of those shared more with one or both of my siblings so I will still see them in their match list. I still have plenty of matches to work with and those matches are at a higher confidence level.  

I was really glad to see that the purge took care of the Thruline that was making me crazy.  I had a match of  6 cM who was showing in Thrulines as the grandchild of my Paternal Aunt.  It was caused by someone attaching my Aunt's census records to a woman with the same name who was born in the same year and who also had parents similar in name to my Grandparents, Thomas DeWitt Cooke & Pearl G. Jakes Cooke.   The DNA match was a maternal one though which I could see when I viewed my Mom's test though she shared the same small amount with that tester.  

I hope this will show improvement across all of my Thrulines and keep me more focused.  It would be nice if we had the ability to filter similar matches at FTDNA.  I know you can download and filter matches at FTDNA but an onsite filter is so much more functional.  All of the DNA testing sites could do a better job of match list presentation.  AncestryDNA has really made improvements in theirs which make all the others look "clunky".  Perhaps now they can add a search location which will search more fields than just the birth location.  

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.