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Ancestors of Myrtle Christine Ensor

 
 

Generation No. 1

 1.  Myrtle Christine Ensor, born October 28, 1906 in Ensor, Putnam Co., TN; died December 10, 1991 in Springfield, Robertson Co., TN.  She was the daughter of 2. Simon Monroe (Rev.) Ensor and 3. Dora Angeline Isbelle.  She married (1) Curtis Ramsey O'Neal December 25, 1924 in Blanche, Lincoln Co., TN.  He was the son of William Andrew 'Bill' O'Neal and Ida Bee Henderson.

Notes for Myrtle Christine Ensor:
Ensor, Putnam County, Tennessee was listed as an US Post Office from 1899-1904.
Ensor, Tennessee, United States  is in Putnam County; location is 36°10'4"N 85°39'28"W elevation is 477 feet

Christine played the piano very well.  She used to play for her father who was a Minister.  She was to go on the study music after highschool, but instead married.  After her divorce she raised 2 daughters, sometimes living alone, sometimes with the help of her parents.  After her daughters married she became a nurse to the Hoover family children and traveled with them.  She continued being a nurse in the Sumner Co. TN hospital until a heart attack caused her to retire.  She then lived alternating between her daughter's family.  After Julia and her husband Jewel died she stayed with their 3 children and cared for them.

Notes for Curtis Ramsey O'Neal:
Worked for many years traveling around the USA installing huge power lines.  Finally settled in Mt. Hope  Ala.

Children and descendants of Christine and Curtis are omitted because of privacy reasons.

Generation No. 2

 2.  Simon Monroe (Rev.) Ensor, born June 04, 1880 in Putnam Co., TN; died March 15, 1957 in Springfield, Robertson Co. TN.  He was the son of 4. Jonathan Lasley Ensor and 5. Sara Frances Evans.  He married 3. Dora Angeline Isbelle June 24, 1900 in Cookeville, Putnam Co., TN.
 3.  Dora Angeline Isbelle, born June 21, 1880 in Putnam Co., TN; died February 08, 1963 in Springfield, Robertson Co., TN.  She was the daughter of 6. William Jefferson Isbelle and 7. Amanda Helen Starnes.

Notes for Simon Monroe (Rev.) Ensor:
1900 Census Putnam Co. TN Dist 8
Barr, Jacob Sept 1832 67 wd
         Rebecca Jan 1857  47 dau
         Nela April 1884 g-son 16
Ensor, Simon    Jun 1879 20 board farm labor

More About Simon Monroe (Rev.) Ensor:
Cause of Death: Stroke

Notes for Dora Angeline Isbelle:
PUTNAM COUNTY, TN - WILL INDEX - Putnam County Will Index Volume 6
Isbell, Angeline             page  84       will written Nov 24, 1892  age 12
She was 15 when her father died and 20 when she married.
Obit in the Citizen of Putnam Co. TN Feb 12, 1963  Tuesday Mrs. Dora Isbell Ensor
Funeral services for Mrs. Dora Isbell Ensor, 84, sister of Mrs. John H. Witson, Cookeville, were held Saturday at the First Methodist Church in Springfield and burial was in Elmwood Cemetery.  Mrs. Ensor's death occured Friday at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville, following a brief illness.  A native of Overton County, she was th daughter of William and Amanda Starnes Isbell, and was the widow of Rev. Simon Ensor, a Methodist minister, and also a native Putnam Countian.  Rev and Mrs Ensor called Robertson County home for several years while he was a minister at the Springfield and Cross Plains Methodist Chruches.  For 2 years she had resided with a sister, Mrs Jewell Lee of Nashville.  Besides her sister, she is survived by 4 sons, Edward of Miami, FL, Paul of Lawrenceville, GA, James of Galatin, and William of Conyers, GA., 3 daughter, Mrs. Roy Oakley of Livingston, Mrs Christine O'Neal, and Mrs. A. Brunson, Garland Texas; 16 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren.
 
 

Children of Simon Ensor and Dora Isbelle are:
  i. Clyde Isbelle Ensor, born May 11, 1901 in Cookeville, Putnam Co., TN; died December 07, 1957; married (1) Nora Lynch; married (2) Thelma Unknown Abt. 1949.

Notes for Clyde Isbelle Ensor:
 student in T.P.I. Cookeville in 1920 from Overton Co. News, Livingston TN

  ii. Edna Helen Ensor, born January 30, 1903 in Putnam Co., TN; died April 27, 1965 in Livingston, TN; married Roy B. Oakley in Livingston, TN.

Notes for Edna Helen Ensor:
Hearld - April 29, 1965 page 8 Mrs. Edna Ensor Oakley
Funeral services for Mrs. Roy B. Oakley, 62, were held today at the First Methodist Church in Livingson, of which she was a member.  Her death occured Tuesday at Lady Ann Hospital in Livingston after a long illness.  Burial in the Oakley Cemetery.  Mrs Oakley, a materal niece of Mr. John H. Whitson, Cookeville, was a native of Putnam County, daughter of the late Rev Simon and Dora Isbell Ensor.  She had called Livingston her home for several years.  Others survivors are her husband, 3 sons, L.E. Oakley, of Manchester, Charles Oakley of Smyrna GA,  Roy B. Oakley Jr. of Livingston, a daughter, Mrs. Marie Verble, of Dallas, 4 brothers, Paul Ensor, Lawrenceville, GA, Edward Ensor, Miami, FL, Bill Ensor, Conyers, GA, James Ensor, Gallatin, 2 Sisters, Mrs Christine O'Neal, Gallatin, Mrs. Dan Brunson, Dallas, 10 grandchildren and a great grandchild.

 1 iii. Myrtle Christine Ensor, born October 28, 1906 in Ensor, Putnam Co., TN; died December 10, 1991 in Springfield, Robertson Co., TN; married Curtis Ramsey O'Neal December 25, 1924 in Blanche, Lincoln Co., TN.
  iv. Edward Monroe Ensor, born December 09, 1909; died June 28, 1976; married Francis Moulton.
  v. Paul Evans Ensor, born August 13, 1912; died February 02, 1972; married Mary E. Cuttrell.
  vi. James Kelly Ensor, born August 18, 1918 in Cross Plains, TN; died January 23, 1967 in Gallatin, TN; married Dorothy Reddick.

Notes for James Kelly Ensor:
Citizen page 11 Jan 24, 1967  James Kelly Ensor
Funeral services for James Kelly Ensor, 48, will be at 2:00 Wednesday at the Harris-Donoho Funeral Home in Gallatin.  Burial will be in Crestlawn Memorial Park, Gallatin.  A son of the late Rev and Mrs. Simon Ensor, native Putnam Countians, he was a nephew of Mrs. John H. Whitson of Cookeville.  His mother was the former Dora Isbell and he has many relatives throughout the area.  Mr. Ensor, a salesman and resident of Gallatin, died Monday in the Sumner County Hospital after suffering a hear attack.  He was a WWII veteran.  Other survivors are his widow, Mrs. Dorothy Reddick Ensor, a daughter, Miss Barbara Ensor, Nashville, son Mike Ensor, Gallatin; sisters, Mrs. Chirstine O'Neal of  Galatin, Mrs. Alice Brunson, Dallas, TX, 3 brothers, Paul of Lawrenceville, GA, Bill of Conyers, GA, and Edward Ensor of Miami.

  vii. Sara Elizabeth Ensor, born August 18, 1923; married Attys Dan Brunson.
  viii. William Simon Ensor, born January 03, 1928 in Southside, TN; married Elizabeth Doss.
 

Generation No. 3

 4.  Jonathan Lasley Ensor, born December 06, 1847 in Putnam Co., TN; died March 07, 1930.  He was the son of 8. William Asbury (Capt.) Ensor and 9. Naomi Florilla Huddleston.  He married 5. Sara Frances Evans March 20, 1867 in Baxter, Putnam Co., TN.
 5.  Sara Frances Evans, born April 14, 1851 in Putnam Co., TN; died December 18, 1882 in Putnam Co., TN.  She was the daughter of 10. Thomas Jefferson Evans and 11. Margaret Ellen Shanks.

Notes for Jonathan Lasley Ensor:
JL Ensor buried in Allison Cem at Ensor Bottom
Census 1870 Putnam Co TN Dist 11
Ensor, J.L. 22 TN
 S.F.  19
 Virgina C.  2
 Margaret E. 1
Ivans, Margaret E. 38 VA
 S.O.  17 TN
 Elizabeth J.  14
 Harriet C.  10
 Mary B.  8

Census 1880 Putnam Co.TN Dist 17
Ensor,  John L.  33 Tn
 Sarah F  12
 Virginia C  11
 Margaret E 9
 William T  9
 Ruth F  7
 Dow A  4
 Simon M  1

Census 1900 Putnam Co.TN Dist 17
Ensor,  John Dec 1847 52 TN TN TN merchant
 Almeda  Jan  1867 33 wife
 Mary Oct 1889   10
 Sam W Feb 1892   8
 Birtie Jan 1895   5
 Gertie Jan 1895   5
 Charlie Mar 1897   3

Census 1910 Putnam Co. TN Dist 16 Baxter Rd.
Ensor,  John L. 62 TN
 Roda A  43 wife
 Samuel 18 son
 Birter 15 dau
 Gertie 15 dau
 Charley 13
 Robert L 8
 Ida A 6
 James B 3
He married (1) Sarah Frances Evans, 20 March 1867, (2) Frances C. Bryant, 04 January 1885, and (3) Rhoda Almedia Bryant, 27 November 1887.  He was the father of 18 children.  He and wifes #2 and #3 are buried in the Joe Bob Allison Cemetery in Putnam County, TN.  His 1st wife is buried in the Joseph Jared Cemetery in Putnam County, TN.

THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF J. L. ENSOR.  His will is recorded in the
County Clerks Office, Putnam County, TN, Will Book B, Page 197.

I --- J. L. Ensor of the town of Baxter, County of Putnam and State of
Tennessee, being of sound and deposing mind and memory, do make publish and
declare this to be my last will and testament, hereby revoking all former
wills by me at any time made.
                          WITNESSETH:
First,  I-- direct my Executor hereinafter named to pay my just debts and
funeral expenses.
Second.  All of my property, real, personal or mixed wheresoever situated,
which I now own or may hereafter acquire and of which I shall die seized or
possessed of, I give devise and bequeath absolutely and in fee-simple to my
son James B. Ensor, his heirs and assigns forever.
     This bequest is give to my son James with the understanding and for the
consideration that he is to look after and comfort my wife Mrs. R.A. Ensor
for and during her natural life and he is also to keep my son Charlie Ensor
and daughters Ida Ensor and Martha Ensor and to help them and it is my will
and desire that they all live and stay on the farm so long as they may desire.
Third, I name constitute and appoint my said son James B. Ensor, Executor of
this my last will and testament and I request that my Executor be not
required to give bond for the faithful performance of his duty as such.
    This March 5th, 1930.
                                                           /s/ J.L. Ensor

Obit Herald - March 13, 1930 Thursday John L. Ensor Answers Summon
J. L. Ensor, 82, highly respected farmer and citizen of the 16th Dist. died at his home near Baxter after having been in failing health for several months.  Funeral services were conducted at the home by Rev. J. A. Harris Saturday afternoon after which his remains were laid to rest in the Allison cemetery where the Masons had charge of the service.  Besides his wife, he is survived by 7 boys, Rev. D.A. Ensor of Cookeville, Rev. S.M. Ensor of Springfield, Rev. J.O. Ensor of Murray, Ky., S.W. of Detroit, and R. L. Ensor, Charlie Ensor, and J.B. Ensor of Baxter, and 7 daughters, Mrs. V.C. Allison of Cookeville, Mrs. R. B. Gentry of Lawton, OK, Mrs. O.P. Gentry of Smryna,TN., Mrs. Oliver Maxwell, Mrs. Birch Gentry, Misses Ida and Martha Ensor, all of Baxter, also 62 grand children, 59 great grandchildren, and 3 great great grandchildren.  Mr Ensor served from 1894-1898 as County Court Clerk of this county.  He was converted and joined the Methodist Church at the age of 17, and devoted his long, active life to the service of his Master, often conducting funerals and performing other church work in the absence of a minister.  He was the father of 3 well-known Methodist preachers, D.A., S.M., and J.O. Ensor.  One grandson and 1 son-in-law are also preachers.

Notes for Sara Frances Evans:
Sarah F. buried in Allison Cem.

Children of Jonathan Ensor and Sara Evans are:
  i. Virginia Catherine Ensor, born December 03, 1867 in Gentry, Putnam Co., TN; married Julius Pleasant Allison January 18, 1885 in Putnam Co., TN.
  ii. Margaret Ellen Ensor, born April 14, 1869 in Gentry, Putnam Co., TN; died April 13, 1937; married (1) Unknown McDonald; married (2) Richard Lafayette 'Fate' Waller November 04, 1885.
  iii. William Thomas Ensor, born April 02, 1871 in Gentry, Putnam Co., TN; died June 20, 1916; married Margaret E. Leftwich 1888.

Notes for William Thomas Ensor:
Census 1900 Putnam Co.TN Dist 17
Ensor, Billie April 1871 29 Merchant
 Meggie May 1867 33
 Leroy July 1889  10
 Martha Mar 1892  8
 Fred Sep 1899  8/12

Census 1910 Putnam Co. TN Dist 20
Ensor, William T. 39 TN Merchant
 Maggie E. 43 wife
 Martha  18 dau
 Fred G.   10 son
 William L  4   son

Census 1920 Put Co. TN Dist 20
Ensor,  Maggie  53 wd
 Willie L.   15 son

1916 Death Certificate Dis. 20 page 419  W.T. Ensor age 45 Merchant b. April 2, 1871 Put.Co. died June 20, 1916.   Atttested to by A.L. Richardson, Baxter. Father-John L. Ensor, Mother-Sarah Evans.
Died of Regurgitation as Mitral
Incompetency - W.C. Sypert, Baxter, TN. MD.
William T. Buried Ensor Cem.  Undertaker  - E.W. Stone and Sons

Putnam Co. Herald June 22, 1916 front page W.T. Ensor Dies
William T. Ensor died Tuesday night at his home at Ensor, 10 miles west of Cookeville.  His death was due to heart trouble with which he had suffered for several months.  He was 45 years old and was one of the best known and most highly esteemed merchants and farmers of this county.  He had been an active member of the Southern Methodist Church from childhood and was also a prominent Mason and Odd Fellow.  His is survived by his wife and 3 children - a daughter and 2 sons.  He was the eldest son of former County Court Clerk, John L. Ensor and is survived by several brothers and sisters.  Three of his brothers, Dow A. Ensor, John O. Ensor, and Simon M. Ensor, all Methodist ministers and all 3 are members of the Tenn. Conference.  Funeral services were conducted at the residence by Rev. R. J. Craig in the presence of about 500 friends of the deceased.  The internment took place at the family cemetery under the auspices of the Masonic and Odd Fellows Lodge.
Buried Billy T. Ensor Graveyard

Notes for Margaret E. Leftwich:
Census 1920 Putnam Co. TN Dist 20
Ensor, Maggie  53 wd
 Willie L. 15 son

Herald - March 17, 1924 Monday front page - Mrs. W. T. Ensor Passes Away
Mrs. Maggie Ensor, widow of the late W.T. Ensor, died at her home near Baxter, last Tuesday after quite a long sickness.  She was about 60 years of age and had been in feeble health for several years.  Mrs. Ensor is survived by 3 children, 1 daughter, Mrs. JS Leftwich and 2 sisters, Mrs LC Jared and Mrs. Sam Huddleston.  Her remains were laid to rest Wednesday beside her husband, who died several years ago.

  iv. Ruth Frances Ensor, born April 19, 1873 in Gentry, Putnam Co., TN; died September 10, 1930 in Lawton, OK; married Robert Byrd Gentry November 13, 1887 in Baxter, TN.

Notes for Ruth Frances Ensor:
Herald - Sept 11, 1930 Thursday front page Mrs R B Gentry Dies in Oklahoma
Mrs. Ruth Ensor Gentry, age 57, wife of RB Gentry of Lawton, OK died at her home Wednesday morning after a long illness.  Mrs. Gentry was born a reared in this county and was the daughter of the late John Ensor, prominent pioneer citizen of Baxter.  She was a devoted Chirstian, having been a member of the Methodist Church since childhood.  She has 3 brothers, Rev. John O. Ensor of Murray, KY, Rev. Simon Ensor of Springfield, Rev. Dow A Ensor of Cookeville, who are preachers in the Methodist Church.  Mrs. Virginia Allison of this city is the only sureviving sister.  Besides these, she is survived by her husband and 10 children, Solon Gentry of this city, Mrs. Lawrence Grace of Baxter, Miss Ora Gentry, Miss Virginia Ruth Gentry and R.B. Gentry, Jr. of Lawton, OK, Dow Gentry of Houston, TX, Paschal Gentry and Hubert Gentry of Dallas, TX, Mrs Clay Venable of OK City, Eugene Gentry of Norman, OK, Howard Gentry of Okenah, OK, several half-sisters and brothers and a large number of relatives.

Notes for Robert Byrd Gentry:
Super. of Schools in Lawton
Herald - Oct 26, 1944  Baxter
News was received here Saturday of the death of R. B. Gentry, of Lawton, OK.  He was for many years a resident of Baxter, and has many relatives and friends in this section.

  v. Dow Allison (Rev.) Ensor, born August 05, 1875 in Boma, Putnam Co., TN; died August 30, 1950; married Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Pillow Rash November 26, 1899 in Cookeville, TN.

Notes for Dow Allison (Rev.) Ensor:
Herald - Funeral services were held Friday afternoon for the Rev Dow Allison Ensor, 75 well known Methodist minister of this section who died at his home last Wednesday afternoon. A native of Putnam Co. the Rev. Ensor had been a minister for 53 years, holding pastorates at Donelson,Wartrace, Hartsville, Monterey, Gainesboro and other towns.  Retired in recent years he had made his home in Cookeville and continued to fill the pulpit in churches in this section.  He has probably officiated at more funerals than any other minister in this area of Tennessee often holding two services in one day.  Services were held at the First Methodist Church at 2:00 PM with Dr. Harry L. Upperman, president  of Baxter Seminary, in charge assisted by the Rev. Thornton Fowler, Pastor.  Member of his Sunday School Class of the Cookeville Methodist Church served as honorary pallbearers.  Burial was in the City Cemetery.  The Rev Ensor was the son of the late Jonathan L. and Sarah Evans Ensor.  Ordained to preach at the age of 22, the Rev Ensor was a member of a family of ministers.  He has two brothers, Simon Ensor of Springfield and John O. Ensor of Sikeston, MO and a brother-in-law, the Rev O. P. Gentry of Smyrna, all of whom are now retired Methodist ministers.  He was a Mason and kept his affiliation with the Masonic Lodge in Donelson.  Survivors in addition to his wife who before her marriage was Miss Lizzie Rash and two brothers include a son, Allison Ensor of Cookeville, two daughters, Miss Fanie Ensor of Cookeville, and Mrs. Brice Stone of Washington DC; three grandchildren, Allison Ensor Jr. of Cookeville, Douglas Stone and Miss Barbara Stone of Washington; a sister, Mrs. Virginia Allison of Cookeville; his step-mother, Mrs. Almeda Ensor of Baxter, four half-sisters, Mrs. O P Gentry of Smyrna, Mrs. Oliver Maxwell, Mrs. Burch Gentry, and Miss Ida Ensor of Baxter; three half-brothers, Sam Wirt Ensor of Detroit, Mich., Jim, Robert, and Charles Ensor.

 2 vi. Simon Monroe (Rev.) Ensor, born June 04, 1880 in Putnam Co., TN; died March 15, 1957 in Springfield, Robertson Co. TN; married Dora Angeline Isbelle June 24, 1900 in Cookeville, Putnam Co., TN.
  vii. Jonathan Owen (Rev.) Ensor, born April 18, 1881 in Putnam Co., TN; married Deasa Elizabeth Woodside February 16, 1902 in St. John, KS.

Notes for Jonathan Owen (Rev.) Ensor:
Methodist minister; moved to Sikeston, MO

Children of Jonathan Ensor and Frances Bryant are:
  i. Jordan A. Ensor, born July 15, 1886.
  ii. Joseph L. Ensor, born August 15, 1887.

Children of Jonathan Ensor and Rhoda Bryant are:
  i. Mary Florilla Ensor, born October 20, 1888; married Oscar Pittman Gentry.
  ii. Samuel Wirt Ensor, born February 29, 1892; married Ida Lollar September 21, 1913.
  iii. Bertie Ensor, born January 29, 1895; married Oliver Maxwell February 15, 1912.
  iv. Gertie Ensor, born January 29, 1895; married Allie Burch Gentry November 12, 1911.
  v. Charles Nicholas Ensor, born March 19, 1897.
  vi. Robert J. Lasley Ensor, born August 19, 1897; died March 12, 1992; married Nettie Tallant March 19, 1930 in Putnam Co., TN.

Notes for Robert J. Lasley Ensor:
Friday Mar 13, 1992 Herald Citizen Robert Ensor
Baxter - Funeral services for Robert L. Ensor 90 of Baxter will be held Saturday, March 14, at 1 PM with Masonic servies tonight, March 13, at 7pm in the Baxter Chapel of Hooper and Huddleston Funeral Home.  Burial will be in Odd Fellows Cemetery.  Mr. Ensor was deat on arrival at Cookeville General Hospital Thursday, March 12, 1992.  Born Aug 10, 1901 in Putnam Co, he was the son of the late Jonathan Lasley and Rhoda Almeda Bryant Ensor.  A retired farmer, he was a member of Baxter First United Methodist Church and 32nd degree member of Cookeville, Masonic Lodge 2966.  His family includes his wife, Nettie Tallant Ensor of Baxter; three daughter, Betty Pugh of Dayton, Ohio, Virginia Bennett of Silver Point and Margaret Newcomb of Rockport, Inidiana; two sons, James Ensor of Dayton, Ohio, and John Ensor of Baxter; one sister, Ida Smellage of Baxter; 10 grandchildren and four great-grandsons.  Active pallbearers will be Tony Bennett, John and Bob Ensor, Ken Birdwell, Richard Medley and Greg Bush.  The family will receive friends after 4 pm today at the funeral home.  Rev. Ernest Cashdollar and Dr. Richard Diemer will officiate at the services.

  vii. Ida Almeda Ensor, born May 31, 1904; died November 06, 1995; married John Smellage December 08, 1954.

Notes for Ida Almeda Ensor:
Ida Ensor Smellage, 91, Jared Ridge Road, Baxter, TN. a homemaker, died Tuesday, National Health Care Center, Cookeville.  Cause not disclosed.  Services 10 am tomorrow, Hooper & Huddleston Funeral Home, Cookeville,  Survivors: daughters, Reba Smellage and Frances Neal, Oadk Ridge, Evelyn Holmes, Memphis, Wanda Stewart, Fortville, Ind. and Bettie Koerber, Attica, Mich.; 11 grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren.  Nov 10, 1995

  viii. James Bryant "Jim" Ensor, born July 24, 1907.
  ix. Martha Luvenia Ensor, born March 13, 1912; died 1933.

Notes for Martha Luvenia Ensor:
Jan 9, 1947 Front page Rites Held Friday for Miss Martha Ensor, 33
Funeral services for Miss Martha Ensor, 33, who lived with her mother, Mrs. J.L. Ensor, near Baxter, were held Firday afternoon at the home.  The Rev. J.A. Porter, pastor of the Baxter Methodist Church, conducted the services.  Miss Ensor had been ill for several months before her death Thursday afternoon.  She was a member of the Methodist Church.  Besides her mother, Miss Ensor is survived by 4 sisters, 1 half-sister, 4 brothers, and 3 half-brothers.  They are Mrs. OP Gentry, Sparta, Mrs. Oliver Maxwell, Mrs. Burch Gentry, Miss Ida Ensor, Mrs. Virginia Allison, Sam Ensor, Detroit, Charlie, Jim, and Robert Ensor, and the Rev DA Ensor, the Rev. SM Ensor, and the Rev John O. Ensor.

 6.  William Jefferson Isbelle, born December 23, 1840 in Buffalo Valley, Jackson Co. TN; died March 20, 1895 in Cookeville, Putnam Co. TN.  He was the son of 12. James Livingston Isbelle and 13. Rebecca Jones.  He married 7. Amanda Helen Starnes August 01, 1867 in Laurel Hill, DeKalb Co., TN.
 7.  Amanda Helen Starnes, born January 29, 1849 in Smith  Co., TN; died August 30, 1913 in Putnam Co. TN.  She was the daughter of 14. Charles Starnes and 15. Nancy Rafferty.

Notes for William Jefferson Isbelle:
Buried in Cookeville City Cemetery
In 1869 he along with Capt. Prettyman Jones and Prettyman Puckett were trustees of the Methodist Church.  In 1870 census of Putnam Co. he was in district 9, and is listed as a school teacher.  He owned the Isbell Hotel in Cookeville, TN.  In 1880 Census of Putnam Co. TN he was in District 1, and was the Putnam Co. Court Clerk.  Later he was the County Trustee.

Putnam Co. TN 1880 Census
1st Civil District
Dwl 42 Fam 42
ISBELL, William J White Male Age 39 Married Profession - Clerk Co Ct. TN AL TN
              , Amanda   H         Female Age 29 Wife Keeping House TN TN TN
              , Nancy  M          Female Age 11 Daughter TN TN TN
              , James A              Male Age 10  Son TN TN TN
              , Mary A             Female Age 8    Daughter TN TN TN
              , Lillie D M         Female Age 5    Daughter TN TN TN
              , Dora  A            Female Age 2    Daughter TN TN TN
ADAMS, Mary                 Female Age 22  Boarder  Single         TN TN TN
SHELTON, William        Male     Age 25   Boarder   M  Teacher TN TN TN
                   , Hattie           Female Age 23 Boarder         Teacher TN TN TN
                   , Albert           Male     Age 1    Boarder TN TN TN
BULINGTON,  Nute        Male   Age22  Boarder             Student   TN TN TN
PUCKET, Joseph           Male  Age 22 Boarder             Student   TN TN TN
IVA,  Rebeca                 Female Age 7  Boarder            Nurse ?   TN TN TN
 
 
 
 

Children of William Isbelle and Amanda Starnes are:
  i. Charlie W Isbelle.
  ii. Eula Isbelle.
  iii. Nancy Melvena Isbelle, born September 14, 1868 in Buffalo Valley, Jackson Co. TN; died June 15, 1949 in Putnam Co. TN; married Joel Wesley Harvey Terry.
  iv. James Andrew Isbelle, born May 20, 1870 in Buffalo Valley, Putnam Co. TN; died February 27, 1946 in Putnam Co. TN; married Cora Leftwich March 03, 1900.

Notes for James Andrew Isbelle:
James was survived by 5 sisters when he died in 1946: Mrs. Simon Ensor of Springfield, TN; Mrs. Jewell Lee of Nashville, TN; Mrs. J.W.H. Terry; Mrs. W.C. Wade; Mrs. John H. Whitson of Cookeville, TN
He was educated at Washington Academy and Chattanooga University.  He owned handle factory in Baxter and Cookeville, TN.  He was President of Baxter Bank, Chairman of the Trustees of Baxter Seminary Steward Methodist Church and member of Cookeville Lions Club and Odd Fellows.

  v. Mary Ann Isbelle, born Abt. 1872 in Putnam Co. TN; married Oscar Gentry.
  vi. Lizzie Isbelle, born Abt. 1875 in Putnam Co. TN; married Daniel D. Reveler (Perler?).
  vii. Hattie Isbelle, born December 30, 1878 in Putnam Co. TN; died August 07, 1949; married Will C. Wade.
 3 viii. Dora Angeline Isbelle, born June 21, 1880 in Putnam Co., TN; died February 08, 1963 in Springfield, Robertson Co., TN; married Simon Monroe (Rev.) Ensor June 24, 1900 in Cookeville, Putnam Co., TN.
  ix. Myrtle Isbelle, born August 27, 1884; died January 02, 1968; married John Holland Whitson.
  x. Jewel Isbelle, born March 29, 1886; died October 19, 1967; married Robert Lee.
 

Generation No. 4

 8.  William Asbury (Capt.) Ensor, born March 14, 1825 in Ensor Valley, Putnam Co., TN (Source: Frances Ensor Benedict, "FEB Pedigree Chart."); died March 12, 1901 in Ensor Valley, Putnam Co., TN.  He was the son of 16. Jonathan Lasley Ensor and 17. Ruth Jared.  He married 9. Naomi Florilla Huddleston December 05, 1846 (Source: E. S. McLoud, E. S. McLoud.).
 9.  Naomi Florilla Huddleston, born May 14, 1827 in Jackson Co., TN; died October 22, 1901 in Putnam Co., TN.  She was the daughter of 18. Isaac Alexander Huddleston and 19. Janet Jane Allison.

Notes for William Asbury (Capt.) Ensor:
1850 Jackson Co. TN Census
625    William A Ensor            25    M     farming              ''
       Naomi                       23    F                          ''
       Jonathan                    3     M                          ''
       Isaac                       8/12  M                          ''
       Ruth Ensor                  50    F                          Va.
       Emeline Tate               6     F                          Tenn.
       America Thompson          20    F                          N.C.

Fought for the Conferate States of America
Company G, 84th Infantry
W.A. Ensor, Co. "G". Enrolled December 22 from Putnam County. Consolidated with "A" to form "E" of 28th Consolidated.
Buried Joseph Jared  Cemetery - Low Gap
The W.A. Ensor, TN, 84th Infantry, Company G, Captain was William Asbury
Ensor from Putnam County, TN.  William Asbury Ensor organized a group of
volunteers and was "elected" Captain.  It may be interesting to know that William Asbury Ensor was not a slave owner.
The 84th was at the Battle of Shiloh
General Donelson, in his report of the battle, stated: "The 84th, being a new and very small regiment, was assigned to my command December 29, 1862, only two days before the battle. I deemed it best to leave it in the rear in support of Carnes' Battery. Colonel Stanton's Regiment was not seriously engaged, though I do not doubt, if an opportunity had presented itself, that both he and his men would have fought most gallantly."

Children of William Ensor and Naomi Huddleston are:
 4 i. Jonathan Lasley Ensor, born December 06, 1847 in Putnam Co., TN; died March 07, 1930; married (1) Sara Frances Evans March 20, 1867 in Baxter, Putnam Co., TN; married (2) Frances Bryant January 02, 1885; married (3) Rhoda Almedia Bryant November 27, 1887.
  ii. Isaac Monroe Ensor, born January 18, 1850; died August 10, 1854.
  iii. Virginia Carr Ensor, born December 23, 1853; died August 14, 1854.
  iv. Lorenzo Dow Jared (Dr.) Ensor, born November 03, 1855 in Ensor Valley, Putnam Co., TN; died November 16, 1921 in Cookeville, Putnam Co., TN; married Alice Viola Kelly January 15, 1885.

Notes for Lorenzo Dow Jared (Dr.) Ensor:
Census 1910 Putnam Co. TN Dist 1
Ensor,  Dow 54 TN Physician
 A.V. 51 wife
 Bertha 22 dau teacher of music
 Ruth 18
 Rettie 15
 Naomi 12

Died 1921 of self-inflicted gunshot; buried in City Cem. Cookeville,TN

  v. Louvenia Jane Ensor, born May 06, 1859; married Frank Ballard.
  vi. Emma Avo Ensor, born January 28, 1862; married Martin Henry Leftwich.
  vii. Tennessee Francis Ensor, born January 23, 1866; married Louis Temple Leftwich.
  viii. William Wirt Ensor, born October 23, 1869; died October 17, 1901 in Putnam Co. TN; married Moncie Lee Amonett.

Notes for William Wirt Ensor:
Cookeville Press - Oct. 24, 1901 page 3 Thursday  Wirt Ensor dead - of 12th District - died last Thursday after a week's illness with flux, youngest of Capt. William Ensor, a Methodist, ca35, wife and children.
Buried Joseph Jared Cemetery

Notes for Moncie Lee Amonett:
THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF MONSIE ENSOR - Her will is recorded in the
County Clerks Office at Cookeville, Putnam County, TN.

I Moncie Ensor, being of sound mind disposing memory and knowing the
uncertainty of life & the certainty of death do make publish and declare this
to be my last will and testament.

1st. I want all my just debts and funeral expenses first paid.

2nd. I want all of my estate both real and personal equally divided with my
children, my executors to use the proceeds of farm and also personal property
sufficient to raise and care for children.

3rd. I want my executors to rent or have cultivated my lands as they shall
see best for children, but said lands not to be sold until youngest child is
twenty one years of age.

4th. I want the lands sold when youngest child is 21 years of age if children
can agree in disposing of lands they can do so.  if not to be sold privately
or publicly as executors think best.

5th. I nominate and appoint T.N. and J.A. Amonett my executors to this my
last will and testament and they shall not be required to give any bond for
the dame. and I here by revoke all other wills by me maid.  don't require my
executors to make any settlement with the court.  only probating will.

In witness whereof I here unto set my hand and seal.
                                                           Nov. 18 - 1908
                                                           /s/ Monsie Ensor
/s/ R.G. Hughes
/s/ J.A. Holladay
 
 

 10.  Thomas Jefferson Evans, born April 29, 1829 in Rock Spring Valley,Jackson / Putnam Co., TN; died April 17, 1862 in Killed Tullahoma, near McMinnville, TN  buried  Murfressboro, TN.  He was the son of 20. Obadiah Evans and 21. Sally Draper.  He married 11. Margaret Ellen Shanks January 07, 1850.
 11.  Margaret Ellen Shanks, born January 07, 1832 in VA; died May 22, 1920 in Boma, Putnam Co., TN.  She was the daughter of 22. William Simon Shanks and 23. Margaret 'Peggy' Maddux.

Notes for Thomas Jefferson Evans:
Census 1860 Putnam Co Dist 11
Evans, T. J. 31 TN
Margaret E. 27 VA
Sarah F.  9  TN
Simon O.  7  TN
Elizabeth  5 TN
Margaret E.  3 TN
Hariet C.   6/12

Private in the CSA, 16th Tennessee Infantry, Col. D. M. Donnell; Lieutenant-col. D. T. Brown; Adjutant, A. F. Claywell; Quartermaster, J. B. Ritchey; Surgeon, T. W. Leek; Assistant Surgeon C. K. Mauzy.
Company F. Captain W. W. Baldwin.  Source: Military Annals of Tenessee Regimental Histories  and Memorial Rolls.

Thomas enlisted Dec 29, 1861 at home by F. W. Amonett for 3 years.  Absent on duty in Hospital in Murfressboro, TN Dec 31, 1861.  Jan and Feb 1863 present.  Never paid.  Sent to Hospital April 14, 1862.  March-April 1862 sick in hospital.  From Chattanooga, Tn July 15, 1862 = Remarks: Died at Tullahoma, TN  Copyist= A.C. Black  Amount of money left $5.00.

Notes for Margaret Ellen Shanks:
PUTNAM COUNTY
CONFEDERATE PENSION APPLICATIONS
NAME:  Evans,  Thomas Jefferson.
WIDOW:  Evans,  Margaret E.
PENSION #:  W609

In 1870 Putnam Co. Census Margaret is listed with J.L. & S. F. Ensor  as
Ivans, Margaret E. 38 VA
S.O.   17 TN
Elizabeth J.  14
Harriet C.  10
Mary B.   8

In 1880, 1900 and 1910 Putnam Co Census
Margaret Evans is listed in the household of Joseph & Elizabeth Carr
Evans, Margarite E.  widow VA M-law

Death Certificate Roll 119 Putnam Co. Dis. 11 page 366
Widow age 88 died of Cattarh of bowels, no Doctor in attendance Joseph Carr= Ut. , Silver Point

Obit. in Putnam Co. Herald, Cookeville, TN  May 27, 1920
Margaret Ellen Shanks was born Jan 7, 1832.  Professed religion in Oct. 1849, and joined the Methodist Church about the close of the Civil War.  She was married to Thomas J. Evans June 22, 1850, being in her 18th year.  They lived happily together 12 years and 11 months; six children being born to them, five girls and one boy.  Her husband enlisted in the War in Oct. 1861, and lived only until the 17th of the following April, he having taken sick in camps at Tullahoma where he died and was buried.  Thus she was left to battle through life alone with five little children to support, the oldest being only nine years old, and the baby being not a year old.  One little girl died just before the father's death.  Margaret died May 22, 1920, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Joe Carr, three miles below Boma, her three surviving children, S. O. Evans, Mrs. Carr, and Mrs. W. E. Jared, being with her.  She was in her 89th year, and leaves a great number of descendents, over 200 in number, besides many other relatives, who will miss her friendly counsel and her lifelong example of industry and thrift.
Her remains were laid to rest Sunday in the lot that she had selected in the beautiful Smellage Cemetery near Boma, a vast concours of people having assembled to pay their last respects to this grand old lady, the funeral being conducted by three of her grandsons, Revs. D.A., S.M., and John O. Ensor, assisted by Rev. J.A. Harris.

Children of Thomas Evans and Margaret Shanks are:
 5 i. Sara Frances Evans, born April 14, 1851 in Putnam Co., TN; died December 18, 1882 in Putnam Co., TN; married Jonathan Lasley Ensor March 20, 1867 in Baxter, Putnam Co., TN.
  ii. Simon Obadiah Evans, born March 25, 1853; died Abt. 1947; married (1) Mary F. Sutton; married (2) Jane Anderson June 25, 1873.

Notes for Simon Obadiah Evans:
1880 Putnam Co. Census Dist 13
Evans,  Simon 28 TN
 Jane 29
 Mary E 6
 MedyC 5
 Margaret  3
 Fredona A 0

1900 Putnam Co. Census Dist 11
Evans, Obadiah March  1853 47 bl-s
 Mary      May 1859 42 wife
 L.S. Nov  1885 14 son
 Mattie B Jan 1889 11
 Mertie F April 1891 9
 Hattie F Feb 1893 7
 Thomas  April   1895 5
 Benton M. Oct 1898 1
Grace, Alfes S Nov 1885 14 mille (step-son)

1910 Putnam Co. Census Dist 11
Evan,  Simon O 57 TN Truck farming
 Mary F 51 wife
 Mattie B 21 dau
 Myrtle J 19 dau
 Hattie F.  17 dau
 Thomas J 15 son
 Benton 11 son
 Olgie S 5  dau
 

  iii. Elizabeth Jane Evans, born September 16, 1855; married Joseph Carr August 21, 1873.
  iv. Harriet Catherine Evans, born February 14, 1860; died October 21, 1879; married Joel Alfred Leftwich October 01, 1876.
  v. Mary Beauregard Evans, born May 13, 1862; died April 13, 1950; married William Ensor Jared December 16, 1877.

Notes for William Ensor Jared:
Have Obit on paper in files.

  vi. Margaret Evans, born December 25, 1864.

Notes for Margaret Evans:
Died young

 12.  James Livingston Isbelle, born September 16, 1815 in Adair Co., KY; died April 26, 1880 in Cookeville, Putanm Co., TN.  He was the son of 24. John Isbelle and 25. Rachel Parsley.  He married 13. Rebecca Jones.
 13.  Rebecca Jones, born January 30, 1822; died Bet. 1850 - 1851 in Between 1850 & 1851 Buffalo Valley, Jackson Co. TN.  She was the daughter of 26. Alfred Jones and 27. Elizabeth Nichols.

Notes for James Livingston Isbelle:
In Jackson Co. TN  1850 Census (304)
126    James Isbel                34    M     farming              ''
        Rebeca                     26    F                          ''
        William                    10    M                          ''
        Alfred                     8     M                          ''
        John                       5     M                          ''
        Nancy                      2     F                          ''
        Thomas Jones               26    M     farming              ''
        Hetty Brewington           10    F                          ''
his birth place is given as TN and in his household were also
Brewington family lived next farm over
In 1860 his household included Elizabeth Willis, age 22

Buried Cookeville City Cemetery

James purchased 50 acres of land from Alfred Jones on Oct 19, 1855.  On Sept 16, 1856 he purchased the interest of James R. Jones in Alfred Jones land.  In the 1840 and 1850 Census of Jackson Co.   He lived in District 13, and 1860 and 1870 Census he is in District 9, Putnam Co. TN.  He was a farmer and in 1860 Agriculture Census of Putnam Co. he is listed with 75 acres improved land, 75 acres of unimpoved land, 3 horses, 2 mules, 4 milk cows, 2 oxen, 7 other cattle, 20 sheep, and 60 hogs.  His farm produce per year was: 51 bushels wheat, 1 bushel rye, 1250 bushel corn, 60 lbs. wool, 50 bushel irish potatoes, 10 bushel swee potatoes, 50 lbs. butter, and 10 lbs. maple sugar.

In 1860 TN Agriculture Census Roll 9 Dist 9
James owns farm listed at value of $1000.00

Hannah ISBELL, sister of James married Wm Milton CROWNOVER. father of Archibald CROWNOVER husband of Amanda Frances MITCHELL

3rd wife Angelina died abt 1892 Putnam Co, Tn
Allison Stand Inn was owned by James Isbel and  Angeline Allison Isbell, who was the remarried widow of the inn's former proprietor, Joseph Allison.  Located at the corner of the Nashville road, now Highway 70, and the old Sparta road, the inn stood about two to three miles from Jim Brassell's home near what is now the Double Springs community, and it provided food and shelter for travelers passing through the area.

Notes for Melvina Mitchell:
Found some old notes that have a Susan(nee Ditty] Mitchell 5/7/1820 and C W Mitchell 6/22/1822 don't remember why I wote these down.  From the Patten Book

Notes for Angelina Unknown:
Allison Stand Inn was owned by the tax collector's father, James Isbell, and step-mother, Angeline Allison Isbell, who was the remarried widow of the inn's former proprietor, Joseph Allison.  Located at the corner of the Nashville road, now Highway 70, and the old Sparta road, the inn stood about two to three miles from Jim Brassell's home near what is now the Double Springs community, and it provided food and shelter for travelers passing through the area.

Children of James Isbelle and Rebecca Jones are:
 6 i. William Jefferson Isbelle, born December 23, 1840 in Buffalo Valley, Jackson Co. TN; died March 20, 1895 in Cookeville, Putnam Co. TN; married (1) Sara M. Cameron February 03, 1861; married (2) Amanda Helen Starnes August 01, 1867 in Laurel Hill, DeKalb Co., TN.
  ii. Alfred M Isbelle, born Abt. 1842.
  iii. John Isbelle, born Abt. 1845.
  iv. Nancy A Isbelle, born Abt. 1848.
  v. Mary E. Isbelle, born Abt. 1853.
  vi. Washington L. Isbelle, born Abt. 1860.

Children of James Isbelle and Melvina Mitchell are:
  i. Mary Elizabeth Isbelle, born November 22, 1852; married James Sidney Medley.
  ii. Washington LaFayette Isbelle, born June 1860; married Gertrude McDonald 1896.

 14.  Charles Starnes, born April 06, 1814 in Smith, now DeKalb Co., TN; died February 18, 1893.  He was the son of 28. Andrew Starnes and 29. Catherine Sherrill.  He married 15. Nancy Rafferty Abt. 1835.
 15.  Nancy Rafferty, born January 04, 1815 in TN; died December 28, 1904.  She was the daughter of 30. William Rafferty.

Notes for Charles Starnes:
1840 census of Smith County, TN:
227   23   Starn Chs    1 male under 5
                                    1 male 20-30
                                    1 female 15-20
                                    1 female 20-30
                                    4 total
                                    1 in agriculture

1850 census of Smith County, TN:
    37  650  650 Starnes        Charles        36   M         Laborer        500       Tennessee               X     X
      38  650  650 Starnes        Nancy          35   F                                  Tennessee
      39  650  650 Starnes        William        14   M                                  Tennessee
      40  650  650 Starnes        Jeramiah       10   M                                  Tennessee
      41  650  650 Starnes        Burket         5    M                                  Tennessee
      42  650  650 Starnes        Manda          4    F                                  Tennessee
      REMARKS:  Lists 2 Att School, 1 Read/Write

Children of Charles Starnes and Nancy Rafferty are:
  i. Ferrell Starnes.
  ii. William H.. Starnes, born 1836 in lived inSmith &  Dekalb Co. TN.

Notes for William H.. Starnes:
Pvt. C Co 23rd Inf. CSA ?

  iii. Jeramiah Moreland Starnes, born June 12, 1844 in Of, De Kalb & Smith', 'Tennessee , Tennessee; married Mary Ann STOKES January 25, 1866 in De Kalb, Tennessee.

Notes for Jeramiah Moreland Starnes:
Graves #21 (Jerry/Jeremiah), 22 (Mary Ann STOKES), 75 (Andrew), 76 (Catherine SHERRILL), 111 (Chas./Charles) & 112 (Nancy RAFFERTY) in the Mt Holy Reinterment Cemetery near Smithville (Dekalb) Tennessee.  The information came from the Nashville District of the US Army Corps of Engineers.

Co. C, 23rd Infantry was the unit the Jeremiah Moreland STARNES was in as a Private when he was wounded at the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee.  Those wounds resulted in a very short time in the Rebel Army.  I have documents that show his time in the CSA Army as well as his wounds.  Source page 381, Section 1 - Confederate Rosters. "Tennesseans in the Civil War, Part 2, A Military History of Confederate and Union Units with available Rosters of Persons in Two Parts."  It was published by the Civil War Commission Centennial Commission, Nashville, Tennessee, 1965.

  iv. Burket Ferrel Starnes, born January 21, 1847 in Smith, Tennessee; married Marina H. COGGINS September 26, 1869 in De Kalb Co., Tn.
 7 v. Amanda Helen Starnes, born January 29, 1849 in Smith  Co., TN; died August 30, 1913 in Putnam Co. TN; married William Jefferson Isbelle August 01, 1867 in Laurel Hill, DeKalb Co., TN.
 

Generation No. 5

 16.  Jonathan Lasley Ensor, born April 08, 1800 in Bristol, Washington Co., TN; died December 23, 1825 in Sangamon Co., IL.  He was the son of 32. William Talbott Sr. Ensor and 33. Martha Anne Lasly.  He married 17. Ruth Jared Abt. 1819.
 17.  Ruth Jared, born May 08, 1802 in Bedford Co., VA (Source: Eleanor McAllister Hall, Book of Jared.); died March 20, 1862 in Ensor Valley, Putnam Co., TN.  She was the daughter of 34. Joseph Jackson Jared and 35. Martha Agnes Beard.

More About Jonathan Lasley Ensor:
Cause of Death: Fell from horse

Notes for Ruth Jared:
Jonathan was from Bristol, TN.  He came down South after leaving home as a young man.  Sixteen miles down Walton Road, (now highway 70) at Low Gap, Ruth Jared lived in the home of her parents.  There was no school near, and little social life where  young folks participated.  She wondered what her fate would be.  One night she dreamed she saw a young man riding a bay horse.  He had beautiful, penetrating blue eyea and was wearing a brown jean suit.

When Jonathan arrived in Middle Tennessee, he stopped for the night at the home of Jospeh Jared.  A few days after her dream , when Jonathan knocked at the Jared door, Ruth recognized him immediately as the man in her dreams.  It was love at first sight for both of them, and they were soon married.

Ruth's brothers had a sawmill in Sagamon, Ill.  Five years after Jonathan and Ruth were married Johathan took his family there.  On Dec. 23, 1826 Jonathan was killed from a fall from his horse.  Ruth started back to Tennessee with her little children in a horse drawn wagon.  One of the horses died, and she exchanged the other and the wagon for 2 oxen and a cart, and made her way back to the home of her father.

Children of Jonathan Ensor and Ruth Jared are:
  i. Emaline Ensor, born November 24, 1821; married John Holliday.
  ii. Martha Ensor, born 1823; married William D. Tate.
 8 iii. William Asbury (Capt.) Ensor, born March 14, 1825 in Ensor Valley, Putnam Co., TN; died March 12, 1901 in Ensor Valley, Putnam Co., TN; married Naomi Florilla Huddleston December 05, 1846.

 18.  Isaac Alexander Huddleston, born May 14, 1804 in Rutherford, North Carolina; died May 27, 1876 in White Co., or Putnam Co., TN.  He was the son of 36. Charles B. Huddleston and 37. Martha Elizabeth Lollar.  He married 19. Janet Jane Allison June 14, 1825 in White Co., TN.
 19.  Janet Jane Allison, born January 09, 1806 in Orange Co., N C; died January 02, 1842 in White Co., TN.  She was the daughter of 38. John Robert Allison , Jr. and 39. Sarah Toller.

Notes for Isaac Alexander Huddleston:
1850 Smith Co. Census
4   359  359 Huddleston     Isaac A        46   M         Farmer         500       NC
 5   359  359 Huddleston     Elizabeth A    29   F                                  Ten                           X
 6   359  359 Huddleston     William L      19   M         Farmer                   Ten                     X
 7   359  359 Huddleston     Charles A      17   M         Farmer                   Ten                     X
 8   359  359 Huddleston     Rebbeca M      15   F                                  Ten                     X
 9   359  359 Huddleston     John L         12   M                                  Ten                     X
 10  359  359 Huddleston     Valstone B     11   M                                  Ten                     X
 11  359  359 Huddleston     Amanda E       9    F                                  Ten                     X
 12  359  359 Huddleston     Byron F        6    M                                  Ten                     X
 13  359  359 Huddleston     Elizabeth F    4    F                                  Ten
 14  359  359 Huddleston     Sina           11/12 F                                 Ten

Children of Isaac Huddleston and Elizabeth Carr are:
  i. Melvina M. Huddleston, born August 14, 1849; died October 18, 1864.
  ii. James C. Huddleston, born July 17, 1852; died February 26, 1873.
  iii. Isaac Alex Huddleston, born August 20, 1854 in Putnam Co., TN; died April 04, 1932 in Buffalo Valley, Tennessee; married Sallie Owings 1878.

Notes for Isaac Alex Huddleston:
Burial: Rock Springs Cemetery, Putnam Co., TN
Occupation: Farmer
Source:Jim Sanders Beasley
http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/b/e/a/Jim-S-Beasley-WI/index.html
 

Notes for Sallie Owings:
More About Sallie Owings:
Burial: Rock Springs Cemetery, Putnam Co., TN

  iv. Henry Carr Huddleston, born August 28, 1856 in Putnam Co., TN; died May 03, 1920 in Tennessee; married Tennessee Sexton 1880.

Notes for Henry Carr Huddleston:
Burial: Old Huddleston place, Rock Springs, Putnam Co., TN

Notes for Tennessee Sexton:
Burial: Old Huddleston place, Rock Springs, Putnam Co., TN

  v. Minerva Tennessee Huddleston, born January 09, 1859 in Putnam Co., TN; died Bet. 1884 - 1953; married James Antony Carlin.

Notes for James Antony Carlin:
Jim Sanders Beasley  says Minerva Tennessee Huddleston married James Antony Carlin January 13, 1878 in Tennessee; born May 24, 1854 in Putnam, Tennessee; died Bet. 1884 - 1945.
  Notes for James Antony Carlin:
[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 6, Ed. 1, Tree #0867, Date of Import: Oct 14, 1999]
Prominent Democrat, held office of Circuit and Criminal Court Clerk
for twelve years. Methodist and a Mason.

http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/b/e/a/Jim-S-Beasley-WI/index.html
James Antony Carlin

  vi. Jesse Huddleston, born December 01, 1860; died December 19, 1941.

Notes for Jesse Huddleston:
Burial: Rock Springs Cemetery, Putnam Co., TN

Children of Isaac Huddleston and Janet Allison are:
  i. Martha Ann Huddleston, born April 03, 1826.
 9 ii. Naomi Florilla Huddleston, born May 14, 1827 in Jackson Co., TN; died October 22, 1901 in Putnam Co., TN; married William Asbury (Capt.) Ensor December 05, 1846.
  iii. Sarah Adeline Huddleston, born April 11, 1829.
  iv. William Jasper Huddleston, born April 26, 1831.
  v. Charles Allison Huddleston, born February 07, 1833.
  vi. Rebecca M. Huddleston, born January 16, 1835.
  vii. John L. Huddleston, born July 04, 1837.
  viii. Raulston Bender Huddleston, born February 12, 1839; died April 17, 1890; married Sarah Frances Jared.
  ix. Amanda Eliza Huddleston, born November 03, 1840.
  x. Rilla Huddleston, born 1842.
  xi. Martha Huddleston, married Jackson Jared.

Children of Isaac Huddleston and Judith Wallace are:
  i. Byrum Frank Huddleston, born June 21, 1843; died April 14, 1912; married Ruth Jared.

Notes for Byrum Frank Huddleston:
Prvt. Company K, 13th Cavery CSA  Buried Jared / Huddleston Cem. near Gentry, PutnamCo. TN

  ii. Elizebeth F. Huddleston, born July 06, 1845; married William James Jared.
  iii. Mary J. Huddleston, born 1848.

 20.  Obadiah Evans, born 1787 in Tennessee; died Aft. 1860.  He was the son of 40. Nathaniel Evans.  He married 21. Sally Draper November 04, 1820.
 21.  Sally Draper, born January 04, 1792 in South Carolina; died 1867.  She was the daughter of 42. Thomas Draper , Jr. and 43. Sarah 'Sally' Lyles.

Notes for Obadiah Evans:
1820 Jackson Co., TN Census
Obadiah Evans and Thomas Draper not listed.

1830 Knox  Co., TN Census
Evans, Obediah 3m 10-15, 1m 30-40, 2f under 5, 1f 10-15, 1f 30-40

1830 Jackson Co., TN Census
Evans, Obadiah
1m Under 5, 1m 5-10, 1m 30-40, 3f under 5 1f 5-10, 1f 30-40
Draper, Thomas 1m 20-30, 1m 60-70, 1f 60-70
Draper, Thomas L. 1m 30-40

1850 Jackson County Census
195
Obadiah Evans  63 M farming TN
 Sally  58 F S.C.
 Jane  26 F Tenn.
 Thomas  21 M ''
 Sidney  16 M ''
 Elizabeth 15 F ''
 Harriett  13 F ''
 John  26 M farming ''

Listed in TN Agriculture Census 1860 roll 9 Dist 11
Obadiah Evans has farm valued at $6000.00

Could this Sarah be a sister-in-law to my  Obadiah born 1787.  She would have been born 1780.
1850  Smith Co. Tn Census
10  748  748 Evans          Sarah          70   F                        250       VA                            X
 11  748  748 Evans          Obadiah        45   M                                  Ten                           X
 12  748  748 Evans          Marsha         30   F                                  Ten

1850 Jackson Co., TN Census
Joseph Evans 41, farming, VA
Seney 51, VA
Hanah 14, TN
Joseph 8 TN

Margaret Shanks 45, VA
Harit (sp?) 16, VA
Craven 14, TN
Evalin 12, TN
William 10, TN
Catherine 6, TN
Margaret EVANS 18, VA

William Evans 37, farming, TN
Anna 32, TN
Elizabeth 12, TN
Tabitha 9, TN
Nancy 7, TN
Susanah 6, TN
Paralee 4, TN, Julia 1, TN
Julia 1, TN

These were the only Evans/Shanks listed in this census.
 

Children of Obadiah Evans and Sally Draper are:
  i. Aletha Evans, married Alexander Boyd.
  ii. Jane Evans, married James Ivans.
  iii. Edward Draper Evans, born February 18, 1824 in Putnam Co., TN; died February 18, 1902 in Liberty Hall, TX; married Malvina Jane Draper April 10, 1867 in Jennings Creek, Jackson Co., TN.
 10 iv. Thomas Jefferson Evans, born April 29, 1829 in Rock Spring Valley,Jackson / Putnam Co., TN; died April 17, 1862 in Killed Tullahoma, near McMinnville, TN  buried  Murfressboro, TN; married Margaret Ellen Shanks January 07, 1850.
  v. Sidney Smith Evans, born November 19, 1832 in Rock Spring Valley, Putnam Co., TN; died April 19, 1877 in Austin, TX; married Lucy Luvenia Draper.
  vi. Elizabeth Evans, born Abt. 1835; died 1886 in Bagdad, TX; married Samuel Benson.

 22.  William Simon Shanks, born 1799 in Fauquier County, Virginia; died 1846 in Putnam Co., TN.  He was the son of 44. Michael Shank and 45. Mary Michels.  He married 23. Margaret 'Peggy' Maddux November 15, 1823 in Fauquier Co., VA.
 23.  Margaret 'Peggy' Maddux, born 1804 in Fauquier Co., VA; died November 01, 1867 in Putnam Co. TN.  She was the daughter of 46. Craven Maddox and 47. Elizabeth Davis.

Notes for William Simon Shanks:
Story handed down through the William Henry Shanks family is "Simon rocked the babies and sang to them in Dutch."
Simon came to the Tennessee area in 1835 locating near his father-in-law, Craven Maddux.

1840 Census Jackson Co. TN Dist. 13
Simon Shanks
2 males under 5 1 female under 5
1 male 40-50 3 female 5-10
  2 female 10-15
  1 female 15-20
  1 female 30-40

1850 Census Jackson Co. Dist 13
Margaret Shanks 45 VA
Harit  16 VA
Craven  14 TN
Evalin  12
William Henry 10
Catherine  6
Margaret Evans 18 VA

1860 Census Putnam Co. D9ist
Margaret Shanks H 55 VA
Catherine  H 17 TN
W.H.      20
Nancy J.      21
Josephine M.       1
Robert S.                     8/12
 

Notes for Margaret 'Peggy' Maddux:
1850 Jackson Co. TN Census
220    Margaret Shanks    45    F                          Va.
        Harit                         16    F                          Va.
        Craven                     14    M                          Tenn.
        Evalin                      12    F                          ''
        William                    10    M                          ''
        Catherine                  6     F                          ''

Children of William Shanks and Margaret Maddux are:
  i. Josephine Shanks, born July 28, 1824 in Fauquier Co., VA; died 1906; married (1) Gordon G. Maxwell; married (2) Meredith J. Gentry.
  ii. Mary Elizabeth Shanks, born February 13, 1826 in Fauquier Co., VA; died 1888; married David Wood Maxwell.
  iii. Frances Ann Shanks, born February 28, 1828 in Fauquier Co., VA; died April 29, 1890; married (2) Meredith J. Gentry April 25, 1848.

Notes for Meredith J. Gentry:
Union Army Prvt Co. B 1st TN Mounted Infantry

  iv. Martha Jane Shanks, born January 24, 1830 in Fauquier Co., VA; died April 18, 1905 in Putnam Co. TN; married Robert Gentry.

Notes for Martha Jane Shanks:
No Children

Notes for Robert Gentry:
Union Army Pvt. B Company 1st TN mounted Infantry

 11 v. Margaret Ellen Shanks, born January 07, 1832 in VA; died May 22, 1920 in Boma, Putnam Co., TN; married Thomas Jefferson Evans January 07, 1850.
  vi. Harriet L. Shanks, born 1834 in Fauquier Co., VA; died September 25, 1895; married Amos Vaughn.
  vii. Craven Michael Shanks, born January 02, 1835; died September 23, 1899; married (1) Nancy C. Hendley May 17, 1854; married (2) Elizabeth Burgess Lindsey October 1880.

Notes for Craven Michael Shanks:
War records states that he had red hair and black eyes.  He was inducted in the Civil War Sept. 1, 1861 at Camp Dick, Robinson KY and was discharged Sept. 17, 1864, Nashville, Tn.   He was a private in C Company -- First Mounted Infantry Regiment USA  from Oct 13, 1863 to Nov 28, 1864.  His Captain was Francis M. Anderson or Wade Jones.
1880 Putnam Co., TN Census
Shank, Craven 45*,
Elizabeth 37,
Margaret L. 15,
William B. 12,
Craven F. 10
(page 200). *others in household not listed.

Tennessee Confederate Widows and their Families
Margaret E. Evans (SHANK). (1) Living in Putnam Co., TN at time of application
(2) POB of widow: Fauguler Co., VA. (3) Name of Soldier, year and POB: Thomas
Jefferson Evans: Putnam Co., TN (year of birth omitted) (4) Year and place of
marriage: Putnam Co., TN (year of marriage omitted) (5) Year and place of
Soldier's
Death: 1863, Coffee Co., TN
 
 

Notes for Nancy C. Hendley:
On Nancy's tombstone: "In God's own morn, Her orb will rise, Once more a star in paradise"
Buried on Shanks farm

  viii. Fannie Evaline Shanks, born March 05, 1838 in Putnam Co. TN; died March 10, 1908 in Ditty, TN; married Rev. David Lindsey McCaleb October 03, 1858.
  ix. William Henry Shanks, born July 08, 1840 in TN; died October 08, 1906 in St. Johns,  Kansas; married Nancy Jane Howard January 01, 1856.

Notes for William Henry Shanks:
Pvt in 1st Tennessee Mounted Infantry Regiment USA, Company C

  x. Catherine Shanks, born 1843; married James Howard.

 24.  John Isbelle, born 1786 in Wilkes Co., NC; died Abt. 1823 in Casey's Creek, Adair Co., KY.  He was the son of 48. William Tompkins Isbelle and 49. Lydia Barnes.  He married 25. Rachel Parsley May 17, 1811 in Adair Co., KY.
 25.  Rachel Parsley, born Abt. 1796.  She was the daughter of 50. John Parsley and 51. Mrs. Parsley.

Notes for John Isbelle:
Married at age 35

Notes for Rachel Parsley:
When John Isbell's sister Rebecca married on Nov 20, 1823, in Adair Co. KY guardian Rachel Isbell calles herself the only relatlion in the state.

Children of John Isbelle and Rachel Parsley are:
  i. Ann Aseneth Isbelle, born in Adair Co. KY.
  ii. Jephthy Chilton Isbelle, born in Adair Co. KY.
  iii. Parsley Isbelle, born in Adair Co. KY.
  iv. Washington Jefferson Isbelle, born Abt. 1814 in Adair Co., KY; died October 1861 in Dekalb Co., TN; married Sarah M Hayes February 03, 1861 in Dekalb Co., TN.

Notes for Washington Jefferson Isbelle:
Will dated July 30, 1861, recorded Oct. 1861 in DeKalb County, TN; he left his wife his entire estate, including the tanyard.
Dekalf Co. Census 1850, district 9,
Washington was 35 & born in TN, county court clerk, is living with Alexander and Elizabeth Jadwin, ages 34 and 33.  In Dekalb county Census 1860 Smithville, P.O. he is a clerk of the county court.  In 1860 he owned 2 slaves.  In the 1870 Dekalb census the only Isbells are black.

DEKALB COUNTY OFFICIALS
REGISTER OF DEEDS
(The term of office is four years.)
Washington J. Isbell 1842-1848

COUNTY COURT CLERK
(The term of office is four years.)
Washington J. Isbell 1848-1859

CLERK AND MASTER OF CHANCERY COURT
(Appointed by the Chancellor.)
Washington J. Isbell 1859-1861

TENNESSEE STATE RECORDS
CENSUS - 1860 CENSUS
Isbell Washington J. 46 DeKalb 133 147
Stone Iraby C. 34 DeKalb 133 147 male

Post Office  SMITHVILLE
Name of Postmaster Washington J. Isbell
Date of Appointment 13 Jan. 1846

I John Maynard of the county of DeKalb and the state of Tennessee ... Given under my hand and seal this the 1st day of December 1853. his John X Maynard (seal) mark Attest W. J. Isbell Attest

 12 v. James Livingston Isbelle, born September 16, 1815 in Adair Co., KY; died April 26, 1880 in Cookeville, Putanm Co., TN; married (1) Rebecca Jones; married (2) Melvina Mitchell February 27, 1851 in White Co, TN; married (3) Angelina Unknown Aft. 1874.
  vi. Hannah Ritter Isbelle, born 1819 in Adair Co. KY; died Bet. 1860 - 1870; married (1) William Berry September 15, 1839 in Franklin Co. TN; married (2) William Milton Crownover March 19, 1845 in Franklin Co. TN.

Notes for Hannah Ritter Isbelle:
Hannah ISBELL, sister of James married Wm Milton CROWNOVER. father of Archibald CROWNOVER husband of Amanda Frances MITCHELL 3rd wife Angelina died abt 1892 Putnam Co, Tn

 26.  Alfred Jones, born November 01, 1790 in Blount Co. TN; died 1855 in Buffalo Valley, Jackson Co. TN.  He was the son of 52. Prettyman Jones and 53. Sarah Unknown.  He married 27. Elizabeth Nichols.
 27.  Elizabeth Nichols, born January 02, 1799 in VA; died Aft. 1870.

Notes for Alfred Jones:
On Jan 26, 1826 Alfed entered 25 acres of land in Buffalo Valley, and it included where John Carr lives.  The land was surveyed on Jun 26, 1827 with John Carr and John Jones as chain carriers.  By 1831 Alfed had aquired the 50 acres granted to Henry M. Carr in 1825.  Then on Jan 2, 1833 as the assignee of Henry M. Carr he was granted 25 acres in the head of Buffalo Valley adjoining the "East boundary of said Carr's 50 acres now occupied by Alfred Jones.  Alfred also acquired a 100 acre grant of Henry M. Carr.  Henry had entered this land on June 8, 1827, and had it surveyed on May 29, 1831.  This land began at South boundary of the 70 acres of Prettyman Jones, and adjoined on the East the 25 acres of Alfed Jones and the 50 acres of Nathan Jared.  He owned this land by 1836 as the 1836 Tax List of Jackson County lists him with two 25 acre tracts, a 50 acre tract, and a 100 acre tract.

Alfred was the administrator of Prettyman's estate.  He and his brother, Byrd S. Jones, were the administrators of the estate of John Carr as they were sued by Alexander B. McNichols as administrtors of John Carr's estate on Nov 5 1841.  By 1842 McNicholds of Wilson Co., TN had recovered a judgement of $225.  But the suit continued as the depositions of the following witnesses were taken on Oct 1, 1846 at the Buffalo Valley Meeting House:  Charles R. Blair, Zachariah Kirkland, Garland Anderson about 37 years old, Joshua Bartlett, Thomas Anderson, William H. Jones, and James R. Jones about 33 years old.

The 1830 Census of Jackson County lists Alfred with 2 males under 5, 1 male 5-10, 1 male 30-40, 1 female 5-10, and 1 female 20-30.  In the 1840 Census of Jackson Co. he is listed in the 13th District with 2 males 5-10, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 15-20, 1 male 20-30, 1 male 40-50, 1 female under 5, and 1 female 40-50.  In 1850 he is listed in Distric 13, Jackson Co. as #125-125, and listed as 120-120 is Lavina Tucker; as 121-121 Pritiman Jones; as 122-122 Lewis J. Jones; as 123-123 Ira Carr; as 124-124 Garland Anderson; as 126-126 James Isbell; and as 129-129 Bird S. Jones.  In Alfred's household was Elizabeth 48 born VA; John 21 b. Tn; James 18 b. TN; Nancy 10 b. TN; Alfred Carr 21 b TN; and Elizabeth Nichols 8 b TN.  His son, Thomas 24, b Tn was living with James and Rebecca Isbel.

Alfred was a farmer.  The 1850 Jackson Co. Agriculture Census shows that he had 80 acres of improved land, and 70 acres of unimpoved land.  He had two horses, two milk cows, two oxen, four other cattle, 20 hogs, and 25 sheep.  On his farm he yearly produced 500 bushels of corn, 8 bushels of peas and beans, 150 lbs. of butter, and 100 lbs. of beeswax and honey.  The value of his land was $300, value of farm implements $10, value of livestock $200, value of home manufacturing $25, and value of animals slaughtered was $50.
1850 Jackson Co Census
125    Alfred Jones               56    M     farming              Tenn.
        Elizabeth                     48    F                                 Va.
        John                            21    M     farming              Tenn.
        James                         18    M     farming              ''
        Nancy                         10    F                          ''
        Alfred Carr                   21    M     farming              ''
        Elizabeth Nichols          8     F                          ''
On Jan 11, 1855 he was a witness for Joshua Bartlett in a land suit filed against Bartlett by Edward Anderson.  In his deposition he said he was about 58, that the boundary line crossed Valley Road just about woods pasture of Amonett, the Buffalo Valley Road was a dividing line between Bartlett and Anderson, and that his had been acquainted with the land 40 years or upwards.

He made his will on Oct 29, 1855 and it was probated on Dec 1, 1855.  To his wife, Elizabeth, on third plus one beef cow, two hogs, etc; mentions Thomas Jones & Gilchan; to two daughters, Charlotta Hazzard and Nancy D. Jones, $25; and balance of my estate to be divided between all my childresn except Rebecca Isbell she having received in the price of land.  Witnesses to the will were N.G. Duke, F.N. Patterson, and A. Plamer.  After his death William H. Jones sold to Bird S. Jones his interest in the land that belonged to his father on Sept. 11, 1856.  Witnesing the deed were James R. and Alred Jones.  On Sept 16, 1856 James R. Jones sold his interest in his father's land to James Isbel for $50.  In Oct 1856 term of Putnam County Court a decree was entered which shows that Bird S. Jones and Tlhomas Jones Executors of Alfred Jones deceased, Lott Hazard and wife Charloty Jones, Gillahn and wife Nancy, and James Isbell filed a petition to sell 100 acres of land of Alfred Jones.

We have found no record of the name of Alfred's first wife.  It would appear from the frequent use of Nancy in Alfred's family that her name may have been Nancy.  We feel she may have been a sister fo Henry M. Carr since it appears  that he and Alfred had a close relationship.

Children of Alfred Jones and Tabitha Unknown are:
  i. William H. Jones, born Abt. 1824.
  ii. Thomas Jones, born Abt. 1826.

Notes for Thomas Jones:
No record after 1856

  iii. John Jones, born Abt. 1829 in Buffalo Valley, Jackson Co. TN.

Notes for John Jones:
Died between 1850-1855

  iv. James R. Jones, born Abt. 1832 in Buffalo Valley, Jackson Co. TN.

Notes for James R. Jones:
No record after 1856

  v. Charlotta H. Jones, born Abt. 1835 in Buffalo Valley, Jackson Co. TN; married Lot Hazzard.
  vi. Nancy D. Jones, born Abt. 1840 in Buffalo Valley, Jackson Co. TN; married John Gillahan.

Children of Alfred Jones and Elizabeth Nichols are:
 13 i. Rebecca Jones, born January 30, 1822; died Bet. 1850 - 1851 in Between 1850 & 1851 Buffalo Valley, Jackson Co. TN; married James Livingston Isbelle.
  ii. William Jones, born September 1824.
  iii. Thomas H. Jones, born March 19, 1826.
  iv. Byrd V. or S. Jones, born September 03, 1829.
  v. James R. Jones, born July 14, 1832.
  vi. Nancy Jones.
  vii. Charlotta Jones.

 28.  Andrew Starnes, born Abt. 1770 in Starnberg ?, Germany; died Abt. 1842 in Cany Fork River, Smith Co. now DeKalb Co. Tennessee.  He married 29. Catherine Sherrill in Mecklenburg or Cabarais Co?, NC.
 29.  Catherine Sherrill, born 1772 in Pennsylvania (or Maryland); died 1852 in Caney Fork River, Smith Co. now DeKalb Co. Tennessee.  She was the daughter of 58. John Sherrill and 59. Sarah Unknown.

Notes for Andrew Starnes:
Moved to Smith county (now Dekalb County around 1800

Andrew and Catherine are  buried in Starnes Cemetery (now Lotnoil, Mt. Holly Cem.)
They are buried in Lot 1, Graves #21 (Jerry/Jeremiah), 22 (Mary Ann STOKES), 75 (Andrew), 76 (Catherine
SHERRILL), 111 (Chas./Charles) & 112 (Nancy RAFFERTY) in the Mt Holy
Reinterment Cemetery near Smithville (Dekalb) Tennessee.  The information
came from the Nashville District of the US Army Corps of Engineers.

Starnes, H. Gerald and Starnes, Herman, Of Them That Left a Name Behind, Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, MD: 1983, p. 694, and found the following summary of the
1850 census of Smith County, TN:
Charles Starnes, 36, Nancy, 35 (both born in TN.), William, 14, Jeramiah,10, Burket, 5, Manda, 4.
Frederick Starnes, 38, Mary, 39 (both born in TN.), Martha, 14, John, 11, William, 8, Jacob, 7, Joseph, 6.
Henry Starnes, 40, Delila, 38 (both born in TN.), Sarah, 19, Charles, 15, John, 8; Ladina, 4, Catherine, 78 [this appears to me to have been Andrew STARNES' widow, Catherine (SHERRILL) STARNES].
John Starnes, 24, Leatha, 28 (born in Tenn. & N.C.), Elizabeth, 6, Meter, 5, David, 2.
 

1820 Smith County Tennessee Census
88 1850 Starnes  Andrew  3 males under 10
                                          1 male over 45
                                          1 female under 10
                                          2 females 10-16
                                          1 female over 45
                                          1 of the above in agriculture
Source: Jim Lewis  Supposedly, Andrew owned all of the flat land from the bluffs up to Cove Hollow and about a mile up Long Branch and had 6 separate orchards on this land, which was left to the 6 children. Coincidently, Giles Williams owned much of this same land. The original home burned down on a Sunday morning in about 1917.
 
 
 

Children of Andrew Starnes and Catherine Sherrill are:
  i. Delilah Susanna Starnes, born Abt. 1795 in TN; died Aft. 1869; married Will or Alex McGinnis Abt. 1827.
  ii. Elizabeth Starnes, born June 25, 1807 in TN; died October 07, 1884; married Bennett Braswell Abt. 1830.

Notes for Bennett Braswell:
Bennett Braswell received Andrew Starnes' Family Bible at the time that Andrew's processions were divided

  iii. Jane (Jennie) Starnes, born Abt. 1808 in TN; died Aft. 1860; married John W. Williams Abt. 1830.

Notes for Jane (Jennie) Starnes:
1850 Smith County Tennessee Census
1   651  651 Williams       John           55   M         Laborer        250       Tennessee         X     X
           2   651  651 Williams       Jane           42   F                                  Tennessee
           3   651  651 Williams       Catherine      19   F                                  Tennessee
           4   651  651 Williams       Andy           17   M         Laborer                  Tennessee
           5   651  651 Williams       John           15   M         Laborer                  Tennessee
           6   651  651 Williams       Federick       13   M                                  Tennessee
           7   651  651 Williams       Margriet       13   F                                  Tennessee
           8   651  651 Williams       Whitfield      11   M                                  Tennessee
           9   651  651 Williams       Henry          3    M                                  Tennessee
           REMARKS:  Handwritten Page # 705;Lists 1 Married, 5 Att School

  iv. Henry Starnes, born Abt. 1810 in TN; died Abt. 1892 in possibly Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky; married Delila Unknown Abt. 1830.

Notes for Henry Starnes:
1850 census of Smith County, TN:
     20  647  647 Starnes        Henry          40   M         Laborer        500       Tennessee         X     X     X
      21  647  647 Starnes        Delila         38   F                                  Tennessee
      22  647  647 Starnes        Sarah          19   F                                  Tennessee
      23  647  647 Starnes        Charles        15   M         Laborer                  Tennessee
      24  647  647 Starnes        John           8    M                                  Tennessee
      25  647  647 Starnes        Ladina         4    F                                  Tennessee
      26  647  647 Starnes        Catherine      78   F                                  PA [this appears to have been Andrew STARNES' widow, Catherine (SHERRILL) STARNES].

Souce: Jim Lewis Iasgach@aol.com
In 1850 Henry was living on Long Branch with his mother, Katherine b1774, Penn.  In 1860 he was in Bedford County, Tennessee. His grandaughter, Fannie Lewis, reported that Henry died when she was
about 6 or 7 years old, which would have been in the early 1890s.  Nobody knows anything about Lila.

  v. Frederick Starnes, born Abt. 1812 in TN; died Abt. 1893; married (1) Mary Pop Exum Abt. 1835; married (2) Elmira Garner May 18, 1879; married (3) Susan Unknown January 14, 1888.

Notes for Frederick Starnes:
1840 census of Smith County, TN:
Starn  Frederick    1 male under 5
                              1 male 20-30
                              1 female under 5
                              2 female 20-30
                              5 Total
                              1  in agriculture

1850 census of Smith County, TN:
42  643  643 Starnes        Federick       38   M         Laborer        600       Tennessee               X
      1   643  643 Starnes        Mary           39   F                                  Tennessee
      2   643  643 Starnes        Martha         14   F                                  Tennessee
      3   643  643 Starnes        John           11   M                                  Tennessee
      4   643  643 Starnes        William        8    M                                  Tennessee
      5   643  643 Starnes        Jacob          7    M                                  Tennessee
      6   643  643 Starnes        Joseph         6    M                                  Tennessee
      7   643  643 Starnes        William        2    M                                  Tennessee
                        REMARKS:  Lists 4 Att School

 14 vi. Charles Starnes, born April 06, 1814 in Smith, now DeKalb Co., TN; died February 18, 1893; married Nancy Rafferty Abt. 1835.
  vii. John Starnes, born 1826 in Tennessee; married Leatha Unknown.

Notes for John Starnes:
1850 Smith Co Census
642 Starnes        John           24    M     Laborer   200   Tennessee    X    X   Lists 1 AttSchool2Read/Write
642 Starnes        Leatha         28    F    .    .              .         N Carolina        .     .     .    .    .
642 Starnes        Elizabeth      6     F    .    .              .         Tennessee         .     .     .    .    .
642 Starnes        Neter          4     F    .    .              .         Tennessee         .     .     .    .    .
642 Starnes        David          2     M    .    .              .         Tennessee         .     .     .    .    .
 

 30.  William Rafferty, born April 07, 1784 in lived in Augusta Co. VA > Smith Co. TN.  He was the son of 60. Richard Rafferty.

Notes for William Rafferty:
There is a William Rafferty in Smith Co. by 1813. May be same as Wm Rafferty in Augusta Co. VA Oder Book No. XXIV, Oct. 18, 1796, ordered bound to Wm. Martin to learn trade of breeches maker. He was 12 on April 7.
There is also a William Martin in the 1820 Smith Co. TN Census that may have been the same as the above.  It certainly looks as if could afford to have someone bound to him.
Ln#1214 Martin, William
2 males under 10
2 males 10-16
1 male over 45
2 females over 45
8 in agriculture
6 Slave Males under 14
2 Slave Males 14-26
1 Slave Male 26-45
2 Slave Males over 45
4 Slave Females under 14
1 Slave Female 14-26
3 Slave Females 26-45

1820 Smith Co. TN Census
83 LN1677 Raffety,  William 1 male under 10
   1 male 10-16
   1 male 26-45
   3 females under 10
   1 female  26-45
   1 of the above in Agriculture

1830 Smith Co. TN Census
William Rafferty
1 male 10-15
1 male 30-40
1 female 5-10
2 females 10-15
1 female 15-20
1 female 40-50
 

Children of William Rafferty are:
  i. Mary Jane Rafferty, born May 13, 1811; married Ryleigh R. League.
 15 ii. Nancy Rafferty, born January 04, 1815 in TN; died December 28, 1904; married Charles Starnes Abt. 1835.
 

Generation No. 6

 32.  William Talbott Sr. Ensor (Source: Frances Ensor Benedict, "FEB Pedigree Chart."), born 1771 in Baltimore Co, MD; died 1847 in Washington Co., TN.  He was the son of 64. Thomas Ensor and 65. Mary Talbott.  He married 33. Martha Anne Lasly September 27, 1797 in Washington Co., TN.
 33.  Martha Anne Lasly, born 1772 in South Carolina (Source: (1) Birth Certificate of Marie Rechner,  (Civil Registry Office, Noszlop, Hungary)., (2) 1850 Census.); died May 09, 1855 in Barren Co., KY.  She was the daughter of 66. William Lasly and 67. Sarah Unknown.

Notes for William Talbott Sr. Ensor:
Source:  Washington County, Tennessee, Marriages and Wills, Volume 1, by Ethel Depew Huffine and Ruth Stuart, Copyright 1963.
Page 11
ONSON, Wm. m. Marthe Lasley 27 September 1797.  Rites by Peter (his x mark) Shipley.  Test - John Waddell, Jr. & John Carter.

Notes for Martha Anne Lasly:
There was  minister living in Washington Co. Tn, when Marthat lived there, named Jonathan Leslie. We know her name could have been Leslie, because the clerk who issued the marriage license mispelled both names.  He could have been her brother or her Minister

Children of William Ensor and Martha Lasly are:
 16 i. Jonathan Lasley Ensor, born April 08, 1800 in Bristol, Washington Co., TN; died December 23, 1825 in Sangamon Co., IL; married Ruth Jared Abt. 1819.
  ii. Elizabeth Ensor, born 1804; died 1837; married William Beagles February 12, 1822 in Vinceness, ILL.
  iii. William T Jr Ensor, born Abt. 1807 in Washington Co., TN; married Ann Hodges.

Notes for William T Jr Ensor:
Buried on the old homestead, some eight miles northwest of Johnson City, Tennessee.  In 1972 the farm was owned by Cleveland Gray.  The Ensors sold the land on Feb 24 and Nov 21, 1796 both to John Austin.

  iv. Eli R. Ensor, born January 20, 1809 in Washington Co., TN; died January 23, 1883 in Washington Co., TN; married (1) Nancy Unknown; married (2) Martha Sherfield February 02, 1871.
  v. Sarah Ensor, born 1810; married Unknown Honeycut.
  vi. Martha Ensor, born 1812; died 1906; married John B. Buckingham.

Notes for John B. Buckingham:
Different source gives his name as William Buckingham
John is buried as Walnut Hill cemt. Barren Co KY

  vii. Thomas P. Ensor, born 1814; married Maranda France.

 34.  Joseph Jackson Jared, born January 12, 1760 in Loudon Co., VA; died January 07, 1848 in Jackson Co., TN.  He was the son of 68. John Jared and 69. Hannah Whitacre.  He married 35. Martha Agnes Beard October 23, 1780 in Lasie Town, Bedford Co., Va.
 35.  Martha Agnes Beard, born 1762 in Bedford Co., VA.  She was the daughter of 70. Unknown Beard and 71. Margaret M. Young.

Notes for Joseph Jackson Jared:
Joseph was a Private in Feagin's Company, Russell's Virginia Regiment.  He received a Tennessee Land Grant for his Revolutionary War Service.  Joseph entered service as a volunteer October 12, 1779 in London Co., VA.  He entered the service at Lacy's Tavern, on Bulskin Creek, under Captain Daniel Feagans, Lieutenant John Russell, Ensign Samuel Oliphant, Col. Russell, Major Merriweather, and Major Dick?

Colonel Russell's regiment was immediately marched from Lacy's Tavern to Richmond, from which place it anticipated they would move on to Hillsborough, but upon their arrival at Richmond, they were ordered to move on to Portsmouth, which they did.

After being at Portsmouth for a few days, they were moved on to Cabbin Point, where they were stationed for a short time.  At this place the regiment erected large tents of green pine trees with much regularity as to arrangement.  The manner of arrangement was such as is commonly used in laying off a town, as the tents were built in rows with streets between them.  The soldiers named this place Green Town, by which name it is still known.

From Green Town, they were marched to Petersburgh, VA., and remained there until the term for which they had volunteered had expired.  At this place, the regiment was reviewed by General Stuben, after which the soldiers were discharged, but were told to be ready to report for service when called.

Joseph Jared enlisted again as a volunteer in 1781, at the same place as before under Captain Elgin.  The regiment was marched to Richmond, thence to Glouster, near Little York, where it joined the main army under the command of General Washington, and there engaged in the Battle of Little York.  Here the regiment remained until after the surrender of Cornwallis.  At the close of the war, Joseph was discharged from the army.  After he was discharged from his first service, and before he again enlisted, he married Martha Agnes Beard at Bedford County, VA.  The date of this marriage being October 23, 1780
Ref: DAR # 297903; VA Troops File # 1539 - Dept. of Interior, TN DAR 33-34 yearbook, page 66.

Joseph Jared emigrated from Virgina about 1810 and located his farm on the ridge at a point known as Low Gap.

TENNESSEE PENSION ROLL OF 1835

JARED JOSEPH
JACKSON COUNTY
PRIVATE
VIRGINIA LINE
$20.00 ANNUAL ALLOWANCE
$      AMOUNT RECEIVED
OCTOBER 17, 1833 PENSION STARTED
AGE 74
 

Notes for Elizabeth 'Bessie' Baker:
Siftings from Putnam Co. TN lists her last name as Bolen.

Children of Joseph Jared and Martha Beard are:
  i. John Jared, born September 19, 1785; married Elizabeth Bandy.
  ii. Nancy Jared, born 1787; married William Wallace.
  iii. William Jared, born 1791; married Patsy Raulston.
  iv. Joel Jared, born 1795; married Loretta Atkinson.
  v. Naomi Jared, born September 17, 1797; married William Henry Carr.

Notes for William Henry Carr:
William was a Quaker. Believe it or not the husband of Naomi Jared was Henry M. Kerr/Carr per Smith
County, TN court records in which their son said my father was Henry M. Kerr.

D. Mitchell Jones
 

  vi. Dow Jared, born 1800.
 17 vii. Ruth Jared, born May 08, 1802 in Bedford Co., VA; died March 20, 1862 in Ensor Valley, Putnam Co., TN; married Jonathan Lasley Ensor Abt. 1819.

Children of Joseph Jared and Elizabeth Baker are:
  i. Agnes Jared, married Thomas Holladay.
  ii. Nathan Jared, married Unknown Hanies.
  iii. Parmelis Jared.
  iv. Josiah Jared, married Francis Bennett.
  v. Betsy Jared, born November 04, 1817; died 1882; married William W. Baker.

 36.  Charles B. Huddleston, born January 29, 1778 in Rutherford County, NC; died August 25, 1875 in Putnam Co., TN.  He was the son of 72. John L Huddleston and 73. Sarah Cleghorn.  He married 37. Martha Elizabeth Lollar August 05, 1803 in Rutherford County, NC.
 37.  Martha Elizabeth Lollar, born 1782; died 1860 in Lovelady, south of Salem, Putnam Co., TN.  She was the daughter of 74. Thomas Lollar.

Notes for Charles B. Huddleston:
 or Thomas Charles HUDDLESTON
CAME TO PUTNAM CO., FROM RUTHERFORD CO., N.C., ARRIVING ON MARCH 29, 1811,
WITH THO BROTHERS, DAVE AND JOHN.
CHARLES BOUGHT OUT AN EARLIER SETTLER NAMED MITCHELL, ONE MILE EAST OF
SALEM CHURCH.
[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 4, Ed. 1, Tree #1819, Date of Import: Dec 13, 1999]
In 1811, Charles Huddleston moved from Rutherford County, N.C. to what is now Putnum County Tennessee (Located E/SE of Cookeville.
Source Jim Sanders Beasley

http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/b/e/a/Jim-S-Beasley-WI/index.html

Buried: Salem Cemetery
 
 
 
 

Notes for Martha Elizabeth Lollar:
marriage bond dated 05 Aug 1803 in Rutherford Co., NC for Charles B. Huddleston and Martha Lollar.  The bondsman was Thomas Lollar.

There is another entry which lists a Martha Lollar born about 1780 in Lincoln Co., NC who married Charles Huddleston 5 Aug 1803 in Rutherford Co., NC.  She is listed as the daughter of Isaac Lollar and Martha.  Brothers and sisters listed for Martha are: Isaac, Thomas, Casannah, Richard and Archibald.
 

Children of Charles Huddleston and Martha Lollar are:
  i. Amanda Huddleston, born Bet. 1799 - 1828 in Rutherford County, NC or Cookeville, Putnam Co., Tennessee; died Bet. 1804 - 1910 in Missouri; married John Yunt.
  ii. Minerva Huddleston, born Bet. 1799 - 1828 in Rutherford County, NC or Cookeville, Putnam Co., Tennessee; died Bet. 1804 - 1910 in Missouri; married Newton Lollar.
 18 iii. Isaac Alexander Huddleston, born May 14, 1804 in Rutherford, North Carolina; died May 27, 1876 in White Co., or Putnam Co., TN; married (1) Elizabeth Jared Carr; married (2) Janet Jane Allison June 14, 1825 in White Co., TN; married (3) Judith Nicholas Wallace August 18, 1842.
  iv. John L. Huddleston, born February 21, 1806 in Rutherford County, NC; died February 01, 1893 in Putnam, Tennessee; married Rebecca Moore Bet. 1827 - 1854.

Notes for John L. Huddleston:
Burial: February 1893, Salem Cemetery, Putnam, Tennessee
Source: Jim Sanders Beasley
http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/b/e/a/Jim-S-Beasley-WI/index.html
 

  v. William A. Huddleston, born 1807 in Rutherford County, NC; died 1855 in White Co., Tennessee; married Naomi Allison in Cookeville, Putnam Co., Tennessee.

Notes for William A. Huddleston:
Burial: Howard Cemetery, White Co., TN

  vi. Charles Byram Huddleston, born Abt. 1814 in Jackson County, TN; died 1891 in Dekalb Co., MO.; married Elizabeth Unknown Bet. 1835 - 1863.
  vii. David Franklin Huddleston, born Abt. 1819 in Cookeville, Tennessee; died 1897 in Murphysboro, Illinois; married Ary E. Lollar November 20, 1845 in White Co., TN.

Notes for Ary E. Lollar:
Comment 1: Name could have been Arey L. Lollar
Comment 2: fm "White County Tennessee Oldest Marriag
Comment 3: Book 1809-1859"
 

  viii. Elizabeth E. Huddleston, born 1824 in Cookeville, Putnam Co., Tennessee; died 1924 in Missouri; married (1) William Bradford 1841; married (2) Thomas Pullen Aft. 1844.
  ix. Jordan Fleming Huddleston, born May 02, 1825 in Jackson County, TN; died March 30, 1918 in Putnam Co., TN; married Mary Bradford March 09, 1849 in Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee.

Notes for Jordan Fleming Huddleston:
Burial: Salem Methodist Cemetery, Cookeville, Putnam Co., TN

 38.  John Robert Allison , Jr., born 1762 in near Hillsborough, Orange Co., NC; died March 28, 1842 in Ditty,  White Co., TN.  He was the son of 76. John Allison , Sr. and 77. Martha Hamilton.  He married 39. Sarah Toller April 16, 1789 in Orange Co., N C.
 39.  Sarah Toller, born May 06, 1768 in Orange Co., N C; died Aft. 1850 in White Co., TN.  She was the daughter of 78. John Nehemiah Tollar and 79. Sally Thomas.

Notes for John Robert Allison , Jr.:
 Has child (Ruth) born in White Co. 1810 but Not listed in 1820 White Co. Census
John Robert ALLISON die din Ditty, White County, TN on March 28, 1842 and is buried in Old Kemp Cemetery

Children of John Allison and Sarah Toller are:
  i. Grizell "Grizzy" Allison, born November 05, 1789; died 1842; married John Campbell.
  ii. Martha "Patsy" Allison, born February 27, 1791 in Orange Co., N C; married Daniel Campbell September 04, 1811 in White Co., TN.
  iii. Frances Allison, born October 30, 1792 in Orange Co., N C; married James Jr. Allison Bef. 1810.
  iv. Sarah (Jerahe) Allison, born July 29, 1794 in Orange Co., N C; married James C. Mitchell Bef. 1822.
  v. Mary Allison, born January 24, 1798 in Orange Co., N C; died May 04, 1850 in White Co., TN; married Hiram Brown Abt. 1815 in Jackson Co., TN.
  vi. Joseph "Mime Lick Joe" Allison, born December 01, 1799 in Orange Co., N C; married Cynthia Stone.
  vii. James "Wooden Head Jim" Allison, born December 21, 1801 in Orange Co., N C; married Mary "Polly" Whitefield Abt. 1828 in White Co., TN.
 19 viii. Janet Jane Allison, born January 09, 1806 in Orange Co., N C; died January 02, 1842 in White Co., TN; married Isaac Alexander Huddleston June 14, 1825 in White Co., TN.
  ix. Naomi Allison, born March 17, 1809; married William W. Huddleston in White Co., TN.
  x. Ruth "Rutha" Allison, born August 29, 1810 in White Co., TN; married Joel Burgess.
  xi. John Raulston Allison, born August 23, 1812 in White Co., TN.

 40.  Nathaniel Evans.

Notes for Nathaniel Evans:
I'm looking for information regarding ancestors of my GGG Grandfather, Nathanial Evans, b. 1756 Botetourt County, VA., d. 1826, White County, TN., m. Mary Reynolds.
Nathanial was a soldier in Revolutionary War. He commanded Evans Battalion and was one of the heroic figures who turned the tide at King’s Mountain. According to family legend, in 1776 he rescued John Sevier from a trial of high treason, following the demise of the State of Franklin, of which he was Governor. (Sevier later became the first Governor of Tennessee.)

While I can document my direct line from Nathanial through his son Col. Severe Evans (named after Nathanial's close friend John Sevier), I know nothing about his ancestors, or of any other possible children. His father may also have been a Nathanial Evans.

Nathanial married Mary Reynolds in 1800 (when he was 44) and my line descends from their son Severe Evans. Since he married Mary so late in life, I’ve often wondered if he might have been married before. (That’s just speculation, of course).

Charles Snodgrass
Bryson City, NC
innkeeper@folkestone.com
 
 
 

Child of Nathaniel Evans is:
 20 i. Obadiah Evans, born 1787 in Tennessee; died Aft. 1860; married Sally Draper November 04, 1820.

 42.  Thomas Draper , Jr. (Source: Draper Families in America, pg 7.), born September 15, 1768 in Berkeley Co., South Carolina; died August 20, 1840 in Salt Lick Creek, Bagdad, Jackson Co., TN.  He was the son of 84. Thomas Draper , Sr and 85. Lucy Coleman.  He married 43. Sarah 'Sally' Lyles August 09, 1787.
 43.  Sarah 'Sally' Lyles, born October 17, 1766 in SC; died September 22, 1844 in Salt Lick Creek, Jackson Co., TN.

Notes for Sarah 'Sally' Lyles:
Could the Hiram Lyles list be a possible relation?
1850 Smith Co. TN Census
22  206  206 Lyles          Hiram          44   M         Farmer         4,000     KY
 23  206  206 Lyles          Avolina C      41   F                                  NC
 24  206  206 Lyles          John           14   M                                  Ten                           X
 25  206  206 Lyles          Sephen         12   M                                  Ten                           X
 26  206  206 Lyles          Susan E. S.    2    F                                  Ten

Children of Thomas Draper and Sarah Lyles are:
  i. Elizabeth Draper, born July 27, 1788; died Abt. 1881; married James Capt. Young.
  ii. James Draper, born May 08, 1790; married Jane M. Unknown.

Notes for James Draper:
Jackson County, Tennessee
1850 Census
District 11
Enumerated November 1850 by James R. Kerr
1204   Jas. Draper                60    M     farming              ''
       Jane M                     52    F                          Tenn.
       Sarah                      27    F                          ''
       Thomas J                   25    M     farming              ''
       Henrietta P                16    F                          ''
       Nancy J                    14    F                          ''
       Corilla                    13    F                          ''

 21 iii. Sally Draper, born January 04, 1792 in South Carolina; died 1867; married Obadiah Evans November 04, 1820.
  iv. Thomas Lyle Draper, born May 04, 1793; married Elizabeth Huddleston.

Notes for Thomas Lyle Draper:
Jackson County, Tennessee
1850 Census
District 4
Enumerated October 1850 by A.H. Morgan
590    Thomas Draper              57    M     (blind)              ''
        Elizabeth                  45    F                          Va.
        Edward H.                 18    M                          Tenn.
        Melvina J.                 17    F                          ''
        Anderson F.              16    M                          ''
        James M.                  14  &nbs