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THE NEW PART since
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01--Disclaimer and RequestHOW THE PAGE APPEARED Before 26 Feb 2005 07--Old Family Outline starting with Richard Gwin and Sarah Chesley and including the only known son, Isham Gwin and Ms. "Cleveland" |
10--George
and Juanita Fox's book: Selected
Data
11--Old Family Outline continues (see no. 07 above) with Isham's (then)-only-known son, John Gwin and Jane Walker, and their nine known children. 12--Some Interesting Search Results on Google 13--Church Minutes a--from the Forks of the Little Pigeon Baptist Church, Sevierville, TN;14--Commission Book of Gov. John Sevier, 2 Apr 1796 - 16 Jun 1801 15--More re: several neighbors of Isham Gwin in Crowson's Cove, Sevier Co., TN a----Henry Haggard16--DAR section on Early Baptist Churches of Blount (and Sevier) Co. 17--Partial Listing of East Tennessee Militia List, Cherokee Removal 18--Gwin Cemetery, Dubois Co., IN |
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This collection is a compilation of information I have received from many sources. After just a few years of genealogizing, I've only recently begun to *PROVE* any of it myself, and I finally feel I'm beginning to get the hang of it! This particular page has much information that I have cleaned up, having documented quite a bit. My goal is to eventually have it right. But there are still many gaps and much possibility for error. I still have no idea how correct some of this information is. There may be some of you who may be sad or even angry when you read parts of this, because you know that a particular segment is wrong. But I present it here in good faith, so if you have information that substantiates, corroborates, conflicts with, expands, disproves, corrects, or complements any of this information, please share it with me, and I will gladly include your family line, add your comment, correct the error, and/or present your claim! Please e.mail me at jmcdgwin@zianet.com. I use an iMac, so I will probably be able to receive info sent as attachments. Thank you for visiting my site! John McDonald Gwin
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| 1. In 1999 I became interested in my Gwin genealogy and collection I had inherited from my father's brother, Uncle James Gwin, who listed our farthest-back person in the Gwin line as a Richard Gwin who married Sarah Chesley, both of Jamestown, VA. Uncle James listed as his source The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol. I, p. 706. | ||
| 2. Uncle James further listed Sarah and Richard's son as Isham
Gwin who married a "Miss Cleveland". (I was somewhat
surprised
that the Compendium's source did not know John's mother's first
name. I would later learn that she also did not even recall correctly
her
last name!) In fact, Isham had married Mary Canterbury
in Montgomery Co., VA, in 1783. |
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| 3. He listed Isham's son as John Gwin who married Jane Walker in Blount Co., TN, on 8 Apr 1812. I would later find out that all nine known children of this couple had been born in and around Dallas Co., AL. | ||
| 4. I finally found a copy of the complete set of this Compendium (mentioned in step one above). It became obvious to me that the Compendium's source for all the information on this Gwin line was a Champe McCulloch, husband of John and Jane Gwin's granddaughter, Emma Basset. Emma's mother and John's and Jane's daughter, Sarah Gwin Basset, lived with Emma and Champe for many years, and this seemed to me to give great credence to the Compendium's information. | ||
| 5. John Gwin, my ggg-grandfather, told census takers in 1850, 1860, and 1870, that he himself was born in 1792 (his gravestone also lists his year of birth as 1792) in Tennessee. Yet some researchers listed him as having been born "in the Carolinas". When I learned that Tennessee did not become a state until 1796, having been part of North Carolina prior to that, it suddenly made sense to me that both were right. | ||
| 6. And so I set off for east Tennessee in the summer of 2003 to see what I could find that would confirm Isham's existence as John's dad. I started with John's and Jane's marriage license and certificate in the Blount Co. Courthouse at Maryville. It was right there, and I held it in my hands and had a copy made of it. This proved that they had indeed been married in this county on that date. It also showed that the person who performed the marriage was a Joseph Walker--brother of the bride and Justice of the Peace! (This raises a question which may be answered in no. 15 below.) Further search that day turned up Jane's father, Thomas Walker, as living in Tuckaleechee Cove, Blount Co. | ||
| 7. After two more days of searching, I came upon a publication by George and Juanita Fox which led me to a copy of the 1807 deed of an Isham Gwin to 249 acres "in Crowson's Cove on the waters of Walden's Creek" in Sevier Co., TN, which deed's microfilm was located at the Cox Museum and Archives in Greeneville (http://www.ggcpl.org/cox.htm). Assuming this to be the same Isham Gwin mentioned in The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy and therefore my gggg-grandpa, I returned home and began to expand my research on Isham. | ||
| 8. Collecting the deeds to as many residents of 1807 Crowson's Cove as I could find, with the help of Cousin Barb Ward and the abovementioned George Fox, I mapped out the plats of many of those neighbors' farms, thereby showing who lived next-door to whom. Two of these neighbors were a David Denton and a Kinsey Veatch. | ||
| 9. Some of that research in church records confirmed that Isham Gwin and Kinsey Veatch of Crowson's Cove were very active in starting and serving as elders and preachers in the Wear's Cove--aka Crowson's Cove--Baptist Church and that Isham had been called to preach in a daughter church in Tuckaleechee Cove, Blount Co., some three miles west of and just across the county line from Crowson's Cove. Then Isham and Kinsey disappeared from church records just before 1820. | ||
| 10. In July 2004, I went back to Seveir County and confirmed the location of Crowson's Cove with the help of Sam Maner and his staff at the Seveir County Genealogy Library in Seveirville. My plat maps lined up almost exactly with the topo map of Wears Cove, formerly Crowson's Cove. I stood on what, some 200 years before, had been Isham's land, and again returned home. | ||
| 11. That's when Jim Wall contacted me concerning his family of Crawford, Harrison, and Orange counties, Indiana. He descends from an Isham Gwin and his daughter, Elizabeth Gwin, the latter of whom had married a David Denton, and their earliest children had been "born in Tennessee". | ||
| 12. Jim Wall has sent me copies of scores of documents he has come across in his research, including Isham's will, almost all of which are posted either on this page or elsewhere in this site. Some of his research shows that his ancestor, Isham Gwin, and a neighbor, Kinsey Veatch, had helped start some Baptist churches in southern Indiana just before 1820. The Dentons were there, too. | ||
| 13. Isham's will provides a list of his children, but my John Gwin is missing from it. Nevertheless, there is a seven-year gap between Isham's 2nd child, Elizabeth (b. 1788 and who married David Denton) and his "third", Virginia Jane, (b. 1795). That tells me that my John Gwin, b. 1792, who claims to be the son of Isham, could easily fit between Elizabeth and Virginia Jane. | ||
| 14. Furthermore, there is one more person who turned out to be a brother of John: William Gwin , and another, Chesley R. Gwin, who perhaps was also. Both of these are in Dallas Co., AL., at the same time John is. So it could be that all three of these--William, John, and C.R.--fit into the above-mentioned seven-year period. | ||
| 15. Church records in Tennessee show that Isham may have had a temper, he once confessing to having struck a man in anger. We do know that he was a preacher and church planter, so it would stand to reason that he would want to preside at his own children's weddings. But John and Jane were married, not in a church, but by a secular Justice of the Peace, who--perhaps as if to add insult to injury--was a brother of the bride! Then, when Isham, his ministry partner Kinsey Veatch, and his son-in-law David Denton and their families moved to Indiana a few short years later, John and Jane, William and Susanah, and Chesley and his wife all moved the other direction, to Alabama. Were these moves deliberate attempts to get as far from each other as possible? Was Isham holding a grudge in his anger against his son for not allowing him to preside at their wedding? One document that may support such a theory is the list of children of Isham and Mary that ended up on this webpage; when I first encountered this list, it completely omitted John, William, and Chesley! And yet there is a seven-year gap in the listed children's birth dates where John's and William's dates of birth seem to fit perfectly. | ||
| 16. Aha. Now the real reason for their separation may have
surfaced.
Cousin Jim Wall has sent me a copy
of a section of a history book of some of the citizens of
Keokuk
Co., IA, one of whom was William W. Gwin, one of Isham's and Mary's
grandsons.
In it the author says of this William's grandfather, Isham, that though
he owned slaves himself, he came to hate slavery, eventually freeing
his
slaves and moving to Indiana, a free state, where he would no longer be
around this institution. We know that most of his family moved to
Indiana
with him, including the new families of all his married daughters, but
that sons William and John (and maybe Chesley) instead moved their
families
south to Alabama where they would be allowed to continue holding
slaves,
as we indeed know at least John and one of John's sons did. Slavery was
a hot, divisive issue, and it appears that this was most likely the
very
reason for the parting of the ways of Isham's family. 17. Perhaps the most compelling data to me is the fact that this same history book states that Isham had TEN children--not just the seven who appear in his will. |
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| 18. In summary, we know that in 1807 an Isham Gwin did live in what was then called Crowson's Cove and today is called the Wear Valley, Sevier Co., TN. We know he had a large family and was active in Baptist churches there. We know he and many of his family moved to Crawford, Harrison, and Orange counties, Indiana, sometime before 1820, and that the abovementioned book says the reason was to escape from the presence of the hated institution of slavery. We know the names of most of Isham's children and grandchildren from church minutes in Tennessee and Indiana, Isham's will, and the probate documents that accompanied his will--and that the book states that Isham had TEN children. And we know that the man who would become my ggg-grandfather, John Gwin, who later would tell his children and grandchildren that his father's name was Isham, married Jane Walker in Tuckaleechee Cove, Blount Co., TN, about 5-8 miles west of where this Isham Gwin's land was and where Isham had preached before he left for Indiana. |
22.00--Isham Gwin, b. ca. 1770 in VA; d. Dec 1830 in Orange Co., IN; bd. Orange Co., IN; m. near Blacksburg, VA, to Mary Canterbury (b. ca. 1770 (age 80 in 1850 census) in VA; d. after 1850 in Orange Co., IN; bd. in Orange Co.); at least 11 children:Immediately following, then, isMy Best Guess at how the family of Isham Gwinlooks based on the many pieces of data sent to me from various sources. AGAIN, SOME OF THIS IS UNDOCUMENTED. THERE ARE MANY MISSING PIECES. I collected most of this from Jim Wall in the fall and winter of 2004-2005 and present it here in my own format in Feb 2005. Below that is how my page looked prior to Feb 2005.--John M. Gwin
From: JAMESTWALL@aol.com23.01--Polly Gwin, b. ca. 1787; d. before 1855; bd. unk.; m. Thomas Walker, Jr., in Blount Co., TN; [JMG Note: Children's names are from Isham's will. Also, this Thomas Walker, Jr. is the brother of my ggg-grandma Jane Walker Gwin. These five sons and four daughters, then, are double-first cousins to the children of John Gwin and Jane Walker, 3.4 below.]
Date: Sun Dec 11, 2005 01:18:36 PM US/Mountain
To: jmcdgwin@zianet.com
Cc: JAMESTWALL@aol.com, kgwin@indy.net, Dogyar3@aol.com, oldfolks2@epowerc.net
Subject: ISAM GWINN & OTHERS, HARRISON CO., INDIANA, 1820 FEDERAL CENSUSISAM GWINN: MALES 1 16 TO 18; 1 16 TO 26; AND 1 45 & UPWARDS; FEMALES: 1 UNDER 10; 3 10 & UNDER 16; AND 1 26 TO 45. 2 ENGAGED IN AGRICULTURE. THERE IS A TOTAL AT THE END OF THE LINE WHICH IS NOT LEGIBLE.
FOUR LINES BELOW IS JOSEPH TIPTON, WHO IS, I BELIEVE, THE HUSBAND OF JANE GWIN.
JOSEPH TIPTON: MALES 1 UNDER 10 YEARS; 1 26 TO 45; FEMALES 3 UNDER 10 YEARS; & 1 26-45 YEARS. 1 ENGAGED IN AGRICULTURE.
THREE LINES BELOW IS THOMAS WALKER??
THOMAS WALKER: MALES 2 UNDER 10 YEARS; 1 26-45; FEMALES 1 UNDER 10 YEARS; AND 1 16-26. I PERSON ENGAGED IN AGRICULTURE.
TWO LINES BELOW IS JOSHUA LINKHORN/JOSIAH LINCOLN, WHOSE DAUGHTER ELIZABETH ISOM DENTON MARRIED ON 17 JULY 1826. JOSIAH WAS THE UNCLE OF PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
JIM WALL[JMG NOTE: In a wonderful, major discovery on 22 Dec 2005, I stumbled across my double fifth cousin, Michael Shelby Walker, who descends through Isham Gwin Walker, 4.1 immediately below, and who corrected me in that this Isham Gwin Walker's father is Thomas Walker, Jr., not Joseph (as I had originally misstated above!) Michael has confirmed his lineage through participating in the Walker Family DNA Project.]
24.01--Isom Gwin Walker, b.23.02--Elizabeth Gwin, b. 1788 (ca. 1787) in [Sevier Co.] TN--age 63 in 1850 census of Orange Co., IN; d. 1858 Orange Co, IN; bd. unk.; m. David Denton (b. 1778 in Hampshire Co., VA--now WV--age 72 in 1850 census of Orange Co., IN; d. 1860);
24.02--Elizabeth Walker, b.
24.03--James Walker, b.
24.04--Thomas Walker (III), b.
24.05--Mary Walker, b.
24.06--Anderson Walker, b.
24.07--Mahala Walker, b.
24.08--Manerva Walker, b.
24.09--Houston Walker, b.Jim is John's and Mike's 5th cousin; John and Mike are double 5th cousins
Relationship Michael Shelby Walker's Line Relationship James T. Wall's Line
Elizabeth MagillIsham Gwin m.
Mary Canterburyparents
parents
Thomas Walker Sr. m. Elizabeth Magill
Isham Gwin m. Mary Canterbury
parents
Isham Gwin m. Mary Canterbury
siblings
siblingsThomas Walker Jr. b. 1791/95 Blount Co., TN; d. unk.;
m. Polly Gwin
(moved to Indiana)siblings 3.2--Elizabeth Gwin
m. David DentonDouble
1st CousinsIsham (Isom) Gwin Walker b. 1815 TN; d. 1835 Martin Co., IN; m. Clarrissa Thurston 1st Cousins 4.3--Isom Denton
m2. Elizabeth (Betty) WeathersDouble
2nd CousinsThomas Thurston Walker b. 10/22/1854 Richland Co., IL; d. 1/15/1926 Wabash Co., IL; m. Lucinda Riley 2nd Cousins 5.10--Mary Angeline Denton
m. John William PattersonDouble
3rd CousinsShelby Lemon Walker b. 9/3/1885 near French Lick, IN; d. 6/5/1948 Claypool, Kosciusko, IN; m. Beulah Fern Potts 3rd Cousins 6.01--Vernia William Patterson m1. Georgia Alice Usery Double
4th CousinsFrank Walker m. Janice Snoke 4th Cousins 7.01--Ruth Newlin Patterson,
m. Mr. Wall;
jmcdgwin@zianet.comDouble
5th CousinsMichael Shelby Walker
appinscot@bellsouth.net5th Cousins 8.01--James T. Wall
jamestwall@aol.comThe section in this faded violet color, below, is taken from a Genforum Post (on the Denton Family Forum) -- click HERE.
24.01--Allen Denton, b. in Jefferson Co., TN, 16 Jul 1804; d. 18 Dec 1883, age 79, at Harrison Co., IN; m1. 30 Oct 1825 at Bartholomew Co., IN, to Hannah Anderson; m2. Clara Foster; [JMG NOTE: The source for all the material in this blue, below, can be found at item 10V on the Gwins In Indiana page.]; b. ca. 1804 in east TN; d. age 79, death certif. filed 22 Dec 1883; lived in Stampers Creek Twp., Orange Co., IN.; the 1850 Census for Southeast Twp, Orange Co., IN, shows David Denton, age 72 [born ca. 1778], b. in VA; his wife Elizabeth [Gwin] Denton, age 63 [b. ca. 1787], b. in TN. David and Elizabeth Denton, Allen's parents, lived in residence #35, and in res. #33 was Manervy Right [Wright], age 39, b. TN. Was she the widow of Elijah Wright? I believe that she could have been one of the last children of Isom and Mary Canterberry Gwin. Her Right children were: Ruth, 21 (I believe she married a Childress. JTW); Susan, 19; Benjamin, 14; Leander, 10; and Elijah, 5. (I recall seeing these names in the settlement of Isom Gwin's estate in 1855. JTW)Also living in the house was Mary Gwyn, 80, born in Virginia, who could not read or write, and was blind. Was this lady the widow of my ancestor (4ggf) Isom Gwin/Isham Guinn? I must note that there is a marriage between Isom Gwin and Mary Likens recorded 20 Oct 1819 in Crawford County, Indiana-- is this Isom Gwin, Senior or Junior? [JMG NOTE: Almost assuredly Isham Jr., who was probably also the husband of Betsy Snowden]
The papers of Lucien Williams were filed in the Filson Club in Louisville, Kentucky, after his death around 1952. Mr. Williams was preparing a genealogical book on the Weathers (and other) family, but died before he could complete it. He mentioned in the notes that Benjamin Weathers' second wife was Virginia Jane Tipton, whose father Isham Gwynn was a Baptist preacher, and her mother was a Canterbury. He did not indicate the source of his information.
25.01 or 25.02--unnamed son Denton, b. betw.1825 and 1829 [age 0-4 in the 1830 census of Blue River Twp., Harrison Co., IN];
25.02 or 25.01--unnamed dau. Denton, b. betw.1825 and 1829 [age 0-4 in the 1830 census of Blue River Twp., Harrison Co., IN];25.00--Thomas Denton; Allen received a Father's pension from his son Thomas' service in Co. B, 24th IN vols; pension states he was blind in one eye.--from Item 2 on the Gwins In Indiana page.24.02--Jane Denton, b. in TN; d. unk.; m. 21 Dec 1824 to William Watkins;24.03--Isom Denton, b. in TN 1808; d. Sep 1888 in Blue River Twp., Harrison Co., IN; m1. 17 Jul 1826 to Elizabeth Lincoln; m2. Elizabeth Weathers;
Isom Denton m2. Elizabeth (Betty) Weathers
b. 1808 in TN. [JMG NOTE: Prob. Crowsons' Cove, Sevier Co.]; d. Sep 1888 in Blue River Twp., Harrison Co., IN.--from Item 2 on the Gwins In Indiana page; m. Jul 1826 in Harrison Co., IN, to Elizabeth Lincoln (d/o Josiah Lincoln, [b/o Thomas Lincoln {f/o Abraham Lincoln}]); when Isom m. Elizabeth, his older brother Allen (6.1 above) gave the consent of his father David Denton and the consent of Josiah Lincoln, Elizabeth's father,17 Jul 1826;25.10--Mary Angeline Denton m. John William Patterson26.01--Vernia William Patterson m1. Georgia Alice Usery27.01--Ruth Newlin Patterson, m. Mr. Wall;28.01--James T. Wall;24.04--George Denton, b. 1810 in e. TN [JMG NOTE: I have no doubt he was born in the west end of Crowsons' Cove, Sevier Co.]; d. in Orange Co., IN.--from Item 2 on the Gwins In Indiana page; m. in Orange Co., IN, on 19 Jul 1830 to (Margaret?) Arreta/Aritta Weathers (b. 1815 at unk. place); lived in Scott, Bartholomew, Crawford, and Orange counties; at least 3 ch;25.01--Rachel Denton, b. 10 Jan 1829 in Crawford Co., IN; d. 11 Apr 1911 in Orange Co., IN; m. 20 Jan 1860 in Orange Co., IN, to Jonathan McDonald;25.02--David Denton, b. 24 Sep 1834 in Crawford Co., IN; d. 17 Dec 1903 in Washington Co., IN; m. 2 Aug 1857 in Washington Co., IN, to Elizabeth Suddarth;
25.03--Joseph Denton, b. 1835 in Crawford Co., IN; d. 1887 at unk.; m1. 2 APR 1857 in Washington Co, IN, to Margaret Cristell, m2. Miriam Purkhiser, m3. Mary Elizabeth Jenkins, m4. Lydia Ann Bryant, m5. Mary A. Nixon, m6. Florence Vandever;
25.04--Elizabeth Denton, b. 1839 in Crawford Co., IN
25.05--George Washington Denton, b. 1840 in Crawford Co., IN; d. unk.; m. 18 Mar 1865 in Orange Co., IN, to Fayyn McPherson; m2. Dolly Perkins
25.06--Martha Denton, b. 1847 in Harrison Co., IN;
25.07--Mary Denton, b. 1849 in Harrison Co., IN;
25.08--Harmon Denton, b. 1850 in Crawford Co., IN; d. 28 Dec 1932in Orange Co., IN; youngest son, settled in Orange Co.,worked as butcher and tenant farmer; m1. 29 Oct 1874 at Orange Co.,IN., to Lydia Cornwell (d. unk.); m2. Sarah (Trusty) Akers; several ch.;
26.00--Bert Denton, b. 1886; d. n. of Paoli while saving his bro. Harry from drowning in a pond 14 Jul 1922; lived on Sandyhook Road in Orange Co.; hard-working, yeoman class, as farm laborer, cabinet worker; m. 1911 to Julia Hazel Longest; 6 ch.;25.9--Rebecca E. Denton, b. 185427.01--Mabel Denton, b. betw. 1911 and 1922; m. Mr. Williams26._--Harry Denton. b. 14 Jul 1904 (youngest ch.); d. unk.;
27.02--Helen Denton, b. betw. 1911 and 1922;
27.03--Frederick Denton, b. betw. 1911 and 1922;
27.04--John Denton, b. betw. 1911 and 1922;
27.05--Lawrence Denton, b. betw. 1911 and 1922;
27.06--Roy Denton, b. betw. 1911 and 1922;
26._--Mary Emily Denton m. William W. CornwellThis section in this faded violet color is taken from the following Genforum Post (on the Denton Family Forum.)
Re: Denton David 1817 TN/Bolt
Posted by: Mary Morris Goldman (ID *****4310)
Date: July 19, 2005 at 12:05:47
In Reply to: Re: Denton David 1817 TN/Bolt by Betty Palmisano #2392 of 2445"Betty, I am a descendant of
David Denton and Elizabeth Gwin thru their son
George Denton and Arritta Weathers, their son
Harmon/Hirman Denton and Sarah Trusty, their daughter
Mary Emily Denton and William W Cornwell, and their daughter
Hazel Belle Cornwell and George Lafe Morris. I would like information on Thomas Denton and wife Elizabeth."27._--Hazel Belle Cornwell m. George Lafe Morris
28._--Mary Morris m. Mr. Goldman
24.5--William Denton, b. 1815 in TN [JMG NOTE: Prob. Crowsons' Cove, Sevier Co.]--from Item 2 on the Gwins In Indiana page; also, a William Denton, age 20-30 and wife, age 30-40, are found in the 1840 census of Orange Co., IN); m. 1836 in Crawford Co., IN, to Matilda Jones; unk. ch.; however, the William Denton in the 1840 census has three children, 2 younger than five and one five to ten, so if these two Williams are one and the same, then there are at least these three children; [JMG Note: WARNING--the data shown here in this blue-green is not yet confirmed to belong to THIS William Denton]25.1--Denton, b. betw. 1836 and 1840;24.06--David Denton, b. 1817 in TN [JMG NOTE: Prob. Crowsons' Cove, Sevier Co.]--from Item 2 on the Gwins In Indiana page; m. 21 Apr 1841 to Eliza Emeline Bolt;
25.2--Denton, b.betw. 1836 and 1840;
25.3--Denton, b.betw. 1836 and 1840;24.07--Thomas Denton, b.1820 in Harrison Co., IN. (age 30 in 1850 census of Orange Co., IN; also, a Thomas Denton and wife, ages 20-30, are found in the 1840 census of Orange Co., IN); died in Feb 1865--from Item 2 on the Gwins In Indiana page; m. 27 Dec 1838 to Fannie Mariah (Minerva?) Downs (b. ca. 1820, POB unk., age 30 in 1850 census of Orange Co., IN); moved to South East Twp., Orange Co., IN, betw. 1840-1850; 5 ch.;
25.1--Rebecca Denton, b. after the 1840 census;
25.2--Joel Denton, b. 1843; d.1894; m. Mary Ann Agan (b. 1842; d. 1918); homestead was part of what became known as Little Africa; 6 ch.;26.01-- Denton, b.
26.02-- Denton, b.
26.03--Aniel Denton, b. 1865; owned and operated a grocery store at Unionville (Youngs' Creek) 1892-1900; in 1900 bought property, moved near Harned Chapel Church, built and operated a general store and post office known as Bacon, IN.; d. 1918 of a heart attack; m1.1883 to Michelle Pearson (d. 1866 [sic--JMG Note: prob.1886] in childbirth); m2. 1892 to Mary Jane Apple.27.01--Alice Denton, b. 1866 [sic--JMG Note: prob.1886] m. Charley Moore (of Valeene).AD m2. in 1892 to Mary Jane Apple; (gd/o Thomas Floyd Apple); 1 ch.;27.02--Thomas Floyd Denton, b. unk.; d. Jan 1957; m. 1914 to Dora Pearl Mason (b. unk.; d. Feb 1972); 3 ch.;28.01--Nova Denton, m. 1940 to Lucy Lane (m1. unk.; d. 1958); 1 ch.;29.01--Diane Kay Denton, b. unk.; m. May 1972 to Bob Meredith of Hodgenville, KY; live in Dubois, IN; 4 ch.;N.D. m2. in 1972 to Geneva Holmes Wilson;10.01--Dionne Meredith,
10.02--Danyelle Meredith,
10.03--Ashlee Meredith,
10.04--Kyle Meredith28.02--Beatrice Denton, b. unk.; m. 1946 to Paul Newlin of Marengo, IN; 2 ch.;
29.01--Robert Denton of New Albany; 2 ch.;28.03--Knofel Denton, b. unk.; m1. in 1941 to Virginia Lindley (b. unk.; d. 1975); 1 ch.;10.01--Rick Denton29.02--Patsy Denton; m. Mr. Cole of Leavenworth; 1 ch.
10.02--Ronnie Denton10.01--Bradley Cole,29.01--Garey Denton, b. unk.; d. unk.; of Paoli; 2 ch.;K.D. m2. in 1980 to Billy Ann Lee (d. of heart attack Nov 1989);10.01--Cindy Denton,
10.02--Carie Denton,26.04--25.03--Isom Denton, b. ca. 1845 in IN (age 5 in 1850 census of Orange Co., IN);
26.05--
26.06--
25.04--Cynthia Denton, b. ca. 1847 in IN (age 3 in 1850 census of Orange Co., IN);
25.05--Liza Ann Denton, b. ca. 1850 in IN (age 3 months in 1850 census of Orange Co., IN);
24.08--Mary Denton, b. 12 Jan 1822 in Harrison Co., IN; d. 31 Jul 1885 m. 20 Jun 1839 in Crawford Co, IN, to Joel Downs;23.03--William Gwin, b. unk., but prob. around 1790; d. 1833 in AL; m. bef. 26 Jun1813 (probably in Blount Co. or Sevier Co., TN), to Susanah Beard; 11 children (in 1830 census of Dallas Co., AL) and either one more or else we've found the #4.08 son--we're not sure);24.09--Rebecca Denton, b. 1827 in IN; d. 1884 in IN.--from Item 2 on the Gwins In Indiana page; m. Barnett Stalcup;
24.10--John Denton, b. 1830 in Crawford, IN--from Item 2 on the Gwins In Indiana page; m. Tempa Downs;
We've listed the sons below in red, since their offspring will have kept the Gwin surname and thus be easier to find in census searches.
24.01--(son) Gwin, b. betw. 1810 and 1815--age 15-20
24.02--(daughter) Gwin, b. betw. 1815 and 1820--age 10-15
24.03--(daughter) Gwin, b. betw. 1815 and 1820--age 10-15
24.04--(son) Gwin, b. betw. 1820 and 1825--age 5-10
24.05--(daughter) Gwin, b. betw. 1820 and 1825--age 5-10
24.06--(daughter) Gwin, b. betw. 1820 and 1825--age 5-10
24.07--(daughter) Gwin, b. betw. 1820 and 1825--age 5-10
24.08--(son) Gwin, b. betw. 1825 and 1830--age 0-5
24.09--(daughter) Gwin, b. betw. 1825 and 1830--age 0-5
24.10--(daughter) Gwin, b. betw. 1825 and 1830--age 0-5
24.11--(daughter) Gwin, b. betw. 1825 and 1830--age 0-5
24.12--Thomas F. Gwin, b. 1831 in Dallas Co., AL; m. Mrs. Nancy (Holman) Green [Note that Thomas F. could also be the #4.08 son, especially if his biographer erred in his research of Thomas' birth year.]
23.04--John Gwin, b. Nov 1792 in (then) Crowson's Cove, Greene Co., NC, (now) Wears Valley, Sevier Co., TN; d. 7 Mar 1877 in Wilsonville, Shelby Co., AL; bd. Gwin family plot, Wilsonville Cem.; m. 8 April 1812 in Blount Co., TN, by Justice of the Peace Joseph Walker (brother of the bride) to Jane Walker (b. 1794 in Blount Co., TN; d/o Thomas Walker and Elizabeth Magill);24.01--Mary Gwin--b. ca.1813-1816 (33 in 1850 Census); d. aft. 1850; m1. 27 Dec. 1838 to Drury H. Roark;23.05--Virginia Jane Gwin, b. 1795; d. bef. 1880 in Crawford Co., IN; bd. bef. 1880 in Walton Cem., Washington Co., IN; m1. (in Sevier Co., TN?) to Joseph Tipton (b. ca. 1795 in Baltimore Co., MD; d. bef. 1828 in Bartholomew Co., IN; s/o Joshua Tipton and Janet Shields); m2. 22 Dec 1827 in Orange Co., IN, to Benjamin Weathers (b. ca. 1788 in TN; d. 14 Sep 1881 in Crawford Co., IN; bd. Walton Cem., Washington Co., IN; m1. Ms. Bullington); [Jim Wall Note: they attended Blue River Ch. of Christ in Harrison Co., IN]; 3 ch., 8 total [John M. Gwin Note: info on children and third marriage from Mike Walker.]25.01--Walter J. RoarkMGR m2. on 17 May 1849 to Mr. Abel Turner25.02--Annie Turner24.02--Thomas Gwin--b. ca. 1814-1816; data unk.24.03--Isom Gwin, b. 17 Mar 1817 in probably Shelby (but not Dallas) Co., AL territory; d. 7 Dec 1853; m. Mary Burdine Wilson; MBWG m2. 28 Jan 1859 to Rev. John Steadman (Steadman was minister of the Protestant Methodist Church in Athens, Dallas Co., AL, where Isom and Mary lived and attended services; we speculate that this church sat on the property to which the St. Luke's Episcopal Church of Cahaba was moved (and where it still stood until 2007 when it was dismantled and moved back to Cahaba), because Isom, who died in 1853, is buried across the road from this church.
24.04--William Gwin (18 Dec 1820--29 Apr 1889); m. 12 (13?) May 1842 in Dallas Co., AL, to RoseAnne "Roe" Carlisle Jones Wilson
24.05--Sarah Gwin, b. ca. 1826; d. 31 Mar 1885); m. 18 Mar 1841 to Louis Basset
24.06--Ann Gwin (ca. 1827--1845); m. 19 Jan 1843 to Joseph Lavalette Basset
24.07--Martha J. Gwin (ca.1828--unk).; m. 22 Apr 1847 to Jesse Comelander
24.08--Chesley R. Gwin; (ca.1828--after 1880); m1. 20 Mar 1850 Frances E."Fannie" Bell; m2. a widow, Mrs. Paralee (nee unk.) Blevins
24.09--Louisa A. Gwin; (ca. 1829-30--b. bef. 1830 census); d. unk.; bd. at New Cem., Cahawba, AL, beside her mother; m1?. Mr. Gaviness; m2. 17 May 1849 Mr.Wm. J. McKnight.
24.01--Sally Tipton, b. ca. 1826 in IN;Virginia Jane Gwin m2. Benjamin Weathers; 5 ch., 8 total24.02--Lydia Tipton, b. ca. 1828 in IN;
24.03--Isom Gwin Tipton, b. 1 Mar 1822; d. 21 Jul 1904 in New Albany, IN; bd. in Corydon Chapel, Harrison Co., IN; m. 29 Oct 1847 to Mary Emma Murr (b. 20 Feb 1830 in Woodstock, VA; d. 6 Apr 1876 in Corydon Chapel, Harrison Co., IN; d/o George Murr and Catherine Hamman);
25.01--Mary Emma Tipton, b. 12 Jul 1867 in IN; m. 9 Feb 1887/1888 to Edward Wesley Dierking (b. 19 Sep 1859; d. 19 Mar 1942; bd. Walnut Ridge Cem., Jeffersonville, IN);26.00--Dierking, b. ;27.00--Dierking, b. ;28.00--Dierking, b. ;29.00--Dierking, b. ;24.04--Warden Weathers, b. ca. 1829 in Crawford Co., IN; d. 1861 in In.Virginia Jane Gwin m3. Mr. Tipton24.05--Manerva Weathers, b.;
24.06--Nancy Jane Weathers, b.;
24.07--Eliza Weathers, b. 8 Mar 1831 in Crawford Co., IN; d. 24 Dec 1919 in Crawford Co., IN; bd. in Hardinsburg Cem., Washington Co., IN;
24.08--Hannah Weathers, b. 30 Apr 1836 in Crawford Co., IN; d. 24 Jul 1920 in Crawford Co., IN; bd. in Union Chapel, Crawford Co., IN;
23.06--Isham Gwin II, b. 1797; [JMG Note: Jim Wall's term for this child of Isham and Mary is "shadowy". I like that. We're not sure just who he is yet. He is possibly the same Isham Gwin who m. 1 Mar 1824 in Orange Co. to Betsy Snowden, since the 7 Aug 1819 Minutes of the Providence Church of Greenfield Township, Orange Co., IN, where Isham I was called to preach, state that a Snowden family were part of that congregation. But he could also be the husband of Mary Likens--the following is copied from Jim Wall's Item 10V from my Gwins in Indiana page: "I must note that there is a marriage between Isom Gwin and Mary Likens recorded 20 Oct 1819 in Crawford County, Indiana-- is this Isom Gwin, Senior or Junior?" Let's speculate that this is indeed the same Isom in each case, first the husband and widower of Mary Likens, then the husband of Betsy Snowden.]
Isom Gwin---------------------------------Mary Likens-----------------------------------20 Oct 1819
Gwin Nancy-------------------------------Squire Huston---------------------------------27 Oct 1822
Gwin Isom---------------------------------Snowden Betsy-------------------------------1 Mar 1824
Grew ?, Minira-(Gwin, Minerva)------Wright Elijah----------------------------------31 Jul 1827
Gregory Milton----------------------------Snowden Nancy------------------------------7 Aug 1836
From: JAMESTWALL@aol.com
Date: Sat Dec 10, 2005 08:40:00 PM US/Mountain
To: jmcdgwin@zianet.com
Cc: JAMESTWALL@aol.com, Dogyar3@aol.com, oldfolks2@epowerc.net, kgwin@indy.net
Subject: ISAM GIVIN/ISAM GWIN IN ILLINOIS, 1830HERE IS ISAM GIVIN IN ILLINOIS IN THE 1830 FEDERAL CENSUS. IT SHOWS 3 MALES: one UNDER 5; one 5-10; AND one 30-40. THERE ARE 2 FEMALES: one UNDER 5; AND one 20-30.
IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THE OLDER MALE CHILD IS THE SON OF MARY LIKENS AND THE TWO YOUNGER CHILDREN ARE CHILDREN OF BETSY SNOWDEN?
JIM WALL1830 United States Federal Census Record about Isam Givin:
Name: Givin, Isam
Township: Miscellaneous Townships
County: McDonough and Schuyler
State: IllinoisFrom: JAMESTWALL@aol.com
Date: Sun Dec 11, 2005 12:00:43 PM US/Mountain
To: jmcdgwin@zianet.com
Cc: JAMESTWALL@aol.com, Dogyar3@aol.com, kgwin@indy.netSubject: ISOM GUIN/GWIN IN 1840 FEDERAL CENSUS, MONROE CO., ILLINOIS
ISOM GUIN, 1 MALE 30, UNDER 40 (FARMER); FEMALES: 2 UNDER 5; 1 5 & UNDER 10; & 1 20 & UNDER 30.
1840 United States Federal Census Record about Isom Guin
[John M. Gwin Note: Jim Wall also reports another Isham Guinn in the 1840 census, this one in Wayne Co., TN (see below). Either seems viable to me: i.e., that this son might have moved to Monroe Co., IL (on the Mississippi River immediately south of St. Louis, MO), or that he might have moved to Wayne Co., TN(immediately north of the NW corner of AL).]
but I really DO want to come back to it!
Name: Isum Guin
[Isam Gwin]
[Mary Guin]
[Guin]
John M. Gwin
Comments
Home in
1900:Center,
Martin, INMartin Co. is west of and abutting Orange Co., making this Isam's location very close to our Isham's (who, if I'm right, is this Isam's grandfather).
Age: 73
DOB: Oct 1826 We know that Virginia Jane Gwin was just older than Isham II and was b. in TN in 1795. We know that Richard W. Gwin was b. in TN in 1807 and was just younger than Isham II. If Isham II is the father of this Isam (III?), then this 1826 DOB would be just about perfect.
POB: Indiana
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relat
2HoH:Head
FPOB: VA This is the only piece of data in this chart that does not coincide with Isham II being the father of this Isam.
MPOB: TN
Mar. Stat.: Wd.
Res.: Center Twp. (All S. of White R.), Martin, IN
Household
Members:
Name Age Isum Guin 73 Edward Guin 33 Lucy E Guin 20 Della M Guin 18 David Guin 14 [John M. Gwin Note: I stumbled onto this 1900 census for an Isam Gwin and four of his kids. I know this could not be Isham and Mary Cantrbury Gwin's son, Isham II, since he was born in TN, not IN, some 25 years before this Isam. However, it is VERY possible that this is Isham II's son, whom I'll here call Isham III. ]
[John M. Gwin Note: In Feb 2006, Jim Wall sent me the following Data on the Guinns buried at the Concord Cemetery in Tippecanoe Co., IN. I don't know if these are descendents of 2._--Isham Gwin and Mary Canterbury or not, but if they are, then they have to be descendants of one of his sons, since their last name is Guinn and not Walker, Denton, Huston, or Wright. Further, since William, John and Chesley are all in Alabama, that only leaves this 3.6--Isham and 3.8--Richard W. (below), the latter of whom has no known sons named Isham. Therefore, by process of elimination, I have placed this family here--meaning it may be my first clue to Isham Gwin II's family. And maybe not.]
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/in/tippecan/cemetery/concord.txt
Concord Cemetery Tippecanoe County, Indiana
Surname Given Name Birth Death John M. Gwin's Comments a.--Guinn Hannah w/o Moses 11 Oct 1811 15 Oct 1841
b.--Guinn I. G. 1829 unk. I. G. Guinn! This must be another Isham. Sure enough, gravestone entry "h" below shows that Martha is the wife of an Isam G. Guinn. This then could be their son, I. G. Guinn, Jr. c.--Guinn infant unk. unk.
d.--Guinn Infant child of Moses and S. 14 Apr 1843 unk.
e.--Guinn Infant James D. Guinn unk. unk.
f.--Guinn Jane Rash formerly widow of Wm. H. 68y 10m 7d [14 Feb 1817] 21 Dec 1885
g.--Guinn Martha J. d/o Moses and S. 6y 5m 2d [21 Sep 1846] 23 Jan 1853
h.--Guinn Martha w/o Isam G. 66y 7m 25d [21 Feb 1781] 18 Oct 1855 If my calculations and the tombstone's numbers are correct, this "Martha wife of Isam G." would've been born in1781, as shown here. If, then, she is the wife of Isham's and Mary's son Isham II, whose date of birth is listed as 1796, then she would've been 16 years older than he! And that seems highly unlikely to me. But what if, due to some transcription error, Isham II's DOB were really 1786, not '96, and he were Isham's and Mary's firstborn instead of Elizabeth. Then Martha would've been only 5 years older than he, not nearly so uncommon an occurrence.
On the other hand, if this were true, then how do we account for this Isham II being completely out of the picture during the family's years in Tennessee? He'd have been in his mid-30's and she almost 40 when the family made its exodus from Tennessee to Indiana just before 1820. Surely they would've shown up there in SOME document or other, yet we have no trace of them.
i.--Guinn Mary A. 1838 1901
j.--Guinn Moses Mc? s/o Isam G. & Martha 5y 9m 11d [11 Sep 1853] 22 Jun 1859
k.--Guinn Phebe d/o ? unk. 6 Nov 1857
l.--Guinn Rahelle [Rachelle?] d/o L.G. & M.A. unk. 28 May 1863
m.--Guinn Ruby Ethel d/o A.E. & K.A. 11y 1m 17d [27 Dec 1883] 13 Jan 1895
n.--Guinn William H. 46y 2m 11d [20 Jun 1818] 1 Sep 1864
The following outline is partly speculation; however, it IS based on the above grave stones' stories:
1.0--Isam G. Guinn, b. unk.; d. 1853 or after; m. Martha (nee unk.; b. 21 Feb 1781; d. 18 Oct 1855; see tombstone "h" in chart above)2.0--Moses Guinn, b. unk. (est. ca. 1810); d. unk.; m1. Hannah (nee unk., b. 11 Oct 1811; d. 15 Oct 1841; see tombstone "a" in chart above); m2. S. (nee unk.)Moses Guin m2. ca. 1841-1842 to S. (nee unk.):
3.0--Infant child of Moses and S., b. 14 Apr 1843; see tombstone "d" in chart above;2.0--William H. Guinn, b. 46y 2m 11d [20 Jun 1818]; d. 01 Sep 1864; see tombstone "n" in chart above;3.0--Martha J. d/o Moses and S., b. 6y 5m 2d [21 Sep 1846]; d. 23 Jan 1853; see tombstone "g" in chart above;
2.0--Moses Mc? Guinn, s/o Isam G. & Martha, b. 11 Sep 1853; d. 22 Jun 1859 [age 5]; see tombstone "j" in chart above;
23.07--? Gwin, b. 1799, [JMG Note: COULD THIS BE CHESLEY? We have reason to believe that there was indeed a child of Isham and Mary named Chesley, named for Isham's mother's maiden name. When he was born or where he would have appeared in the birth order is beyond speculation at this point. One theory states that the Chesley R. Gwinn who married Levinia Clay could be this child of Isham and Mary. But the estimated DOB for that Chesley is 1780, some seven years before Polly--Isham's and Mary's thought-to-be oldest--was born!]
From: JAMESTWALL@aol.com
Date: July 3, 2007 10:11:21 AM MDT
To: jmcdgwin@zianet.com, walk5755@bellsouth.net
Cc: JAMESTWALL@aol.com
Subject: Land purchase in Illinois by Chesley Guinn, 1819
Illinois Public Land Purchase Records about GUINN, CHESLEY
Name: GUINN, CHESLEY
Section: SE
Price: 00000
Total: 0000000
Date: 19 Jan 1819
Volume: 808
Page: 632
Type: MT
Sect: 22Township: 06N
Range: 07W
Meridian: 4
Acres: 016000
Corr-Tag: 0
ID: 577174
SocStat:
Blank: W
Reside: 000
Jim, this is very interesting! So there was a Chesley, and he is buying land in Illinois about the same time as Isham and Mary Gwin, David and Elizabeth Denton, Tom and Polly Walker, and all the rest of Isham's kids are getting settled in southern Indiana.
Is this Chesley a son of Isham and Mary? Or is he of the other Gwin families who arrived in the Indiana/Illinois area from Virginia rather than through Tennessee?
Where can I find where Township 6 North and Range 7 West are in the state?
Surely this is 160.00 acres--a quarter section--and not 16,000 acres (25 square miles)!
Can we find him there in the Illinois census records?
1820:
1830:
1840:
1850:
23.08--Richard W. Gwin, b. ca. 1804 (age 76 in 1880 census) in (what was almost certainly Crowson's Cove, Sevier Co., NOT Lincoln Co.) TN; m. 10 or 12 (book is not clear if this is the application date or the wedding date) Apr 1824 in Harrison Co., IN (IN Bk. 2, pg. 72, says Doris Gyarmati) to Nancy Watkins (b. ca. 1807--age 73 in 1880 census--in KY; both parents b. in MD); lvg. in Independence, Montgomery Co., KS, in 1880 census (age 76);
Name: Nancy Gwin
Age: 73
Estimated birth year: <1807>
Birthplace: Kentucky
Occupation: Housekeeper
Relationship to head-of-household: Wife
Home in 1880: Independence, Montgomery, Kansas
Marital status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Female
Spouse's name: Richard W. Gwin
Father's birthplace: MD
Mother's birthplace: MD1880 United States Federal Census Record about Richard W. Gwin
Name: Richard W. Gwin
Age: 76
Estimated birth year: <1804>
Birthplace: Tennessee
Occupation: Farmer
Relationship to head-of-household: Self
Home in 1880: Independence, Montgomery, Kansas
Marital status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Spouse's name: Nancy Gwin
Father's birthplace: VA
Mother's birthplace: VA24.01--Mary Gwin, m. Gideon Bear
24.02--William W. Gwin, m. Catherine Rush
24.03--Jane Gwin, m. unk.
24.04--Sarah Gwin, m. unk.
24.05--Martha Gwin, m. William W. Snyder
24.06--John Gwin, m. Mary J. (nee unk.)
24.07--Eliza Louisa Gwin, m. unk.
24.08--Nancy Gwin, m. unk.
24.09--Elizabeth Gwin, m. unk.
24.10--Marguerette Gwin, m. unk.
24.11--Caroline Gwin, m. unk.
24.12--Hanna Gwin, m. unk.
24.13--Richard W. Gwin, (Jr.), m. unk.[JMG Note:there is a Richard W. Gwin, Jr., lvg. in KS in 1880]
24.14--Martin (V.?) Gwin, m. unk.
24.15--Silas Walter Gwin, m. unk.1880 United States Federal Census Record
about Silas Gwin
Name: Silas Gwin
Age: 30
Estimated birth year: <1850>
Birthplace: Iowa
Occupation: Farmer
Relationship to head-of-household: Self
Home in 1880: Guilford, Wilson, Kansas
Marital status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Spouse's name: Cora Gwin
Father's birthplace: TN
Mother's birthplace: KYSilas Gwin Cora Gwin Guilford, Wilson, KS <1850> Iowa Self
View Record Cora Gwin Silas Gwin Guilford, Wilson, KS <1855> Illinois Wife
View Record Nellie Gwin Silas Gwin,
Cora Gwin Guilford, Wilson, KS <1874> Kansas Daughter
View Record Ettie Gwin Silas Gwin,
Cora Gwin Guilford, Wilson, KS <1875> Kansas Daughter
View Record Lou Gwin Silas Gwin,
Cora Gwin Guilford, Wilson, KS <1877> Kansas Son
23.09--Nancy Gwin, b. 1805; m. [27 Oct 1822 in Orange Co., IN (see below)] Squire Houston; [JMG Note: In Isham's will, he clearly leaves two shares of his estate to two Hustons--Squire and J. E.--who are likely brothers who have married two of Isham's daughters. Since these are the only two daughters on our list of Isham's children unaccounted for in the will, it appears to me that these two sisters, Nancy and Sarah married those two Huston brothers. Which brother married which sister was not clear in the will; however Doris Gyarmati and several others have it that Nancy indeed married Squire--but Doris has that Sarah m. William, whose name does not appear in the will. For now, then, we'll leave it like this until we learn more.]Isom Gwin---------------------------------Mary Likens-----------------------------------20 Oct 1819
Gwin Nancy-------------------------------Squire Huston---------------------------------27 Oct 1822
Gwin Isom---------------------------------Snowden Betsy-------------------------------1 Mar 1824
Grew ?, Minira (Gwin, Minerva)------Wright Elijah----------------------------------31 Jul 1827
Gregory Milton----------------------------Snowden Nancy------------------------------7 Aug 1836Re: Jesse Houston Kentucky 181023.10--Sarah Gwin, b. 1806; m. 10 or 12 (book is not clear if this is the application date or the wedding date) Apr 1824 in Harrison Co., IN (IN Bk. 2, pg. 72, says Doris Gyarmati) to J. E. (William M.?) Houston;[JMG Note: In Isham's will, he clearly leaves two shares of his estate to two Hustons--Squire and J. E.--who are almost certainly brothers who have married two of Isham's daughters. Since these are the only two daughters on our list of Isham's children unaccounted for in the will, it appears to me that these two sisters, Nancy and Sarah married those two Huston brothers. Which brother married which sister was not clear in the will; however Doris Gyarmati and others that Nancy indeed married Squire--but she has that Sarah m. William, whose name does not appear in the will. Another source, James Stevenson, (immediately above) has him as "John B. Houston" and Sarah as "Mahala C. Gwin"! For now, then, we'll leave it like this until we learn more.]
Posted by: Darrell Hooker (ID *****5590)
Date: April 29, 2003 at 01:48:56
In Reply to: Jesse Houston Kentucky 1810 by William Charles W. Houston
Posting no. 3304 of 3936William, I am currently trying to sort out the members of the Houston family who left Hardin Co., KY, and moved to Crawford Co., IN and Brown and Adams Cos., IL. I have been focussing on Jesse Houston and Squire Houston primarily because I feel that Aaron Burr Houston and George W. Houston of Putnam Co., MO (in the 1860's and later) were brothers or half-brothers and sons of either Jesse (the younger) or Squire. A newspaper clipping concerning George W. Houston, written in the 1880's, states he was born in Crawford Co., IN and that "While quite young his parents moved to Adams County, IL." I find Jesse Houston in the 1830 census of Crawford Co., IN (age 40-50) who must be the elder Jesse. He was listed as Jessee Husten in the 1820 Hart Co., KY census (formerly part of Hardin Co. I find the family of Squire Houston and his wife Nancy Guin in Brown Co., IL in 1830, 1840, and 1850.
I have searched the Hardin Co., KY tax lists and find that Jesse Huston was taxed for the first time in 1804 and Andrew Huston's first listing is in 1794. Have you been able to find any record that tells us that Andrew was the father of Jesse? Do you know where the family was prior to 1804?
Darrell Hooker
Re: Issac Houston, born Abt. 1770 and family
Posted by: James Stevenson (ID *****8914) jimstevensonphdatyahoodotcom
Date: March 03, 2005 at 13:35:58
In Reply to: Issac Houston by Richard Houston
Posting no. 3802of 3936I have an Isaac Huston, wife Elizabeth, and their children. One of the children was Isaac, born 1802 who married Louisa, last name unknown, children unknown. My file shows Isaac born KY. The patriarch Isaac Huston/Houston was born about 1770. His first daughter, Jane, was born 1794 and married my great-great-great grandfather John Stevenson of Hardin County, KY on Sept 11, 18. Isaac lived in Hardin County KY near John Stevenson, and Isaac is buried in Bacon Creek, KY. Several of the family moved through Indiana, to Cass County, Illinois.
Here is what I have:
Descendants of Isaac Houston
21.00--Isaac Houston was b. ca. 1770; d. Bacon Creek, KY; m. Elizabeth (nee unk.; b. unk.; d. Hardin Co.?, KY?); 7 known ch.;22.01--Jane Houston, b. 1794; d. 26 Dec 1847 in Brown Co., IL; m1. 22 Sep 1811 in Hardin Co., KY, to John Stevenson (b. ca.1786 in IN?; d. WFT est. 1819-1877); m2. 11 Mar 1822 in Harrison Co., IN, to William L. Dehart (b. 1801; d. 1852 in Brown Co., IL);22.02--William M. Houston, b. 1798; m. 28 Nov 1820 in Harrison Co., IN, to Sarah Gwin
22.03--Rachel Houston, born Abt. 1800. She married Zachariah Downs 09 September 1817 in Jeffersonfville, Clark Co., IN.
22.04--Squire Houston, b. 1800; d. Mar 1882 in Brown Co.(?), IL; m. 27 Oct 1822 in Orange Co, IN, to Nancy Gwin (b. ca. 1805);
22.05--Isaac Houston, born 1802 in Kentucky. He married Louisa.
22.06--John B. Houston, b. 1805 in KY; d. 1861; m1. Mahala C. (b. 1808 in TN; d. 1880 in IA); m2. Mahala C. Gwin
22.07--Uriah Houston, born 12 February 1813 in Kentucky; died 09 April 1885 in Cass County (?), Illinois. He married (1) Harriet Barker. He married (2) Harriet Barker 05 January 1837 in Schuyler County, Illinois; died 05 April 1875.
1860 Federal Census of Buckhorn, Brown Co., Illinois
Res/Fam Given Name Surname Sex Age in
1860Approx.
YOBPOB John Gwin's Comments
Squire Houston M 55 1805 KY Squire Houston is likely a widower here, as Nancy is clearly not in the picture.
Minerva Houston F 24 1836 IL Minerva's age here places her birth about fourteen years into the marriage of Squire and Nancy, if the 27 Oct 1822 date I have for their marriage is correct (Jim Wall got it from Ancestry.com). That means there are likely five to eight more unaccounted-for Houstons out there at this point. She is likely named for her aunt Minerva Gwin Wright, Isham's and Mary's youngest.
Uriah Houston M 19 1841 IL He is likely named for his father's brother, 2.07 above.
Malinda Houston F 17 1843 IL
Isam Houston M 15 1845 IL He is evidently named for his maternal grandfather, Isham Gwin.
1880 Census of Pleasant Grove, Des Moines Co., IA
Res/Fam Given Name Surname Sex Age at
censusRelation Approx.
YOBOcc. POB F's
POBM's
POBJohn Gwin's Comments
Squire Houston M 54 self 1826 farmer KY KY KY This is the only Squire Houston I could find anywhere in the US in 1880. I believe he must be the oldest son of the above Squire. (See my note for Minerva in the 1860 chart above.) The only thing that doesn't line up with known facts is the mother's POB--Nancy Gwin was born in Sevier Co., TN. Did this son not know that? Or is this the son of someone else?
Suphronie Houston F 51 wife 1829
NC
Abraham J. Houston M 24 son 1856
IA
Gilbert W. Houston M 22 son 1858
IA
Albien P. Houston M 19 son 1861
IA
Theodore P. Houston M 16 son 1864
IA
James I. Houston M 14 son 1866
IA
James' middle initial may be for Isham, his maternal great-grandfather.
Isom Gwin---------------------------------Mary Likens-----------------------------------20 Oct 1819
Gwin Nancy-------------------------------Squire Huston---------------------------------27 Oct 1822
Gwin Isom---------------------------------Snowden Betsy-------------------------------1 Mar 1824
Grew ?, Minira (Gwin, Minerva)------Wright Elijah----------------------------------31 Jul 1827
Gregory Milton----------------------------Snowden Nancy------------------------------7 Aug 1836Re: Huston William 1800? TN/Gwin23.11--Manerva Gwin, b. 1807; d. after 1850; bd. unk.; m. Elijah Wright; [JMG Note: Children's names from Isham's 1855 probate record; Elijah's first name from Doris Gyarmati (see note in 1850 census chart below).]
Posted by: Jack Withers (ID *****8252)
Date: July 31, 2005 at 11:25:53
In Reply to: Re: Huston William1800? TN/Gwin by John Gwin
Posting no. of 1516Hi John,
Just returned home; here is what I have.
Sarah Gwin B 1806 Lincoln Co, TN, died Aft. 3/25/1842 Hart co, KY, Married? to william Huston?
Sources=James T. Wall=jameswall@aol.com & Jeff Canterbury=J_canterbury@yahoo.comNancy Gwin B 1805 Lincoln Co, TN, died Bef. 1850 Brown Co, IL, married 10/27/1822 Orange Co, In to Squire Huston B 1800-1805 Lincoln Co, TN, died Aft. 8/2/1869 Browmn Co, IL.
Sources=LDS & James T. Wall
Not sure how correct they are?
Jack M WithersIsom Gwin---------------------------------Mary Likens-----------------------------------20 Oct 1819
Gwin Nancy-------------------------------Squire Huston---------------------------------27 Oct 1822
Gwin Isom---------------------------------Snowden Betsy-------------------------------1 Mar 1824
Grew ?, Minira (Gwin, Minerva)------Wright Elijah----------------------------------31 Jul 1827
Gregory Milton----------------------------Snowden Nancy------------------------------7 Aug 183624.01--Ruth A. Wright; m. ca. 1852 to Young Childers (s/o James and Sela Childers); [JMG Note: marriage date and spouse's name from Doris Gyarmati's post (see 1850 census note below.]24.02--Isom Wright; m. ca. 1854 to Millie (Mildred? Amelia?) Childers (d/o James and Sela Childers); [JMG Note: marriage date and spouse's name from Doris Gyarmati's post (see 1850 census note below.]
24.03--Mary Jane Wright; m1. Mr. Charles Stalcup; POW in Richmond, VA;
25.01 ?m2. Henry Stalcup (2d cous?); 4 ch.;25.00--Peter Hardin Stalcup,24.04--Bazle Wright;26.00--PRIVATE,27.00--Doris Gyarmati, b.24.05--Leander H. Wright; m. Ellen (nee unk.); was a blacksmith in Unionville, Orange Co., IN, in 1880; [JMG Note: WARNING--most of the data shown here in this blue-green is not yet confirmed to belong to THIS Leander Wright.]
25.01--Benjamin F. Wright; b. ca. 1862 (age 18 in 1880 census);24.06--Elijah R. Wright, b. ca. 1846 (age 34 in 1880 census); m. Sarah A. (nee unk., b. ca. 1849--age 31 in 1880 census); was a minister in Unionville, Orange Co., IN, in 1880; [JMG Note: WARNING--most of the data shown here in this blue-green is not yet confirmed to belong to THIS Elijah Wright.]
25.02--Mary E. Wright; b. ca. 1865 (age 15 in 1880 census);
25.03--Charlie L. Wright; b. ca. 1870 (age 10 in 1880 census);
25.04--Major C. Wright; b. ca. 1871 (age 9 in 1880 census);
25.05--Amey E. Wright; b. ca. 1873 (age 7 in 1880 census);
25.06--Lizzie A. Wright; b. ca. 1876 (age 4 in 1880 census);
25.07--Sarah A. Wright; b. ca. 1877 (age 3 in 1880 census);25.01--Hamilton L. Wright; b. ca. 1868 (age 12 in 1880 census);
25.02--Fidellas E. Wright; b. ca. 1870 (age 10 in 1880 census);
25.03--Laura J. Wright; b. ca. 1872 (age 8 in 1880 census);
25.04--William P. Wright; b. ca. 1875 (age 5 in 1880 census);
25.05--Volney O. Wright; b. ca. 1880 (age 3/12 in 1880 census);
1850 Census of Orange County, Indiana
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Fam #First Name Last Name Age Occupation Prop.
ValuePOB Other John Gwin's Comments 35-35 David DENTON 72 Farmer 50 VA
I believe this is the same David Denton who bought land in Crowson's Cove (Sevier Co., TN) from Susanna Richardson in 1807 and who allegedly married Isham Gwin's daughter Elizabeth and moved to Indiana. If this is true, then he is John Gwin's--the John Gwin of Cahaba who is buried in Wilsonville, AL--brother-in-law.
Elizabeth DENTON 63
TN
I believe this is Isham Gwin's daughter Elizabeth, sister of John Gwin who married Jane Walker in the Wear Valley and moved to Alabama. If I'm right, then she is my ggg-grandaunt. 36-36 Thomas DENTON 30 Farmer 200 IN Can Not
Read Or
WriteI believe this is the seventh-born son of David and Elizabeth for four reasons: living next door, same surname, approximate right age, and a son, Isom, who has the same given name as his grandfather--if I'm correct. Also if I'm right, then he is my first cousin four times removed
Fanny M. DENTON 30
unk. CNROW
Rebecca DENTON 9
IN
Joel DENTON 7
IN
Isom DENTON 5
IN
I believe these five children are my second cousins thrice removed and that this one was named for his grandpa (and my own gggg-grandpa) Isham Gwin.
Cynthia DENTON 3
IN
Liza Ann DENTON 2/12
IN
33-33 Manervy RIGHT 39
600 TN
I believe this is Minerva "Manervy" Gwin: widow of Mr. Wright, tenth-born child of Isham and Mary Canterbury Gwin, sister of Elizabeth Gwin who married David Denton (res. 35 above, this census), and sister of John Gwin who moved to Alabama and is my ggg-grandpa; she has invited her mother, Mary, to move in with them to spend Mary's last years (see scenario below). In 2001, Ms. Doris Gyarmati posted on the Childers Family Forum that Manerva's husband's name is Elijah (see note immedieately below).
Ruth RIGHT 21
IN
In 2001, Ms. Doris Gyarmati posted the following on the Childers Family Forum: I am researching the Wright family in southern Indiana, and they married into the Childers family. The following is what I have:
Elijah Wright and Manvera Gwin had two children who married into the James Childers and Sela (unknown) family:
Ruth Wright married Young Childers abt. 1852.
Isom Wright married Milly Childers abt. 1854. Located in southern Indiana.
Susan RIGHT 19
IN
Benjamin RIGHT 14
IN
Leander RIGHT 10
IN
See 1880 Census immediately following.
Elijah RIGHT 5
IN
See 1880 Census immediately following.
Mary GWYN 80
VA yes This is most likely Mary Canterbury Gwin, widow of Isham, living with her daughter Minerva, the widow Wright.
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brothers
listed in the 1850 census above are very high. What makes it somewhat unbelievable, however, is that Leander could say their mother, Manerva Gwin, was born in VA and that Elijah could say IN, when--if she was born in 1809 (as she claims in 1850)--it's all but a given that she was born in Crowson's Cove, Sevier Co., TN! |
| Ellen | Wright | 40 | 1840 | IN | Keeping House | wife | Unionville, Orange, Indiana | M | W | IN | IN | ||
| Benajmin F. | Wright | 18 | 1862 | IN | . | son | Unionville, Orange, Indiana | S | W | IN | IN | ||
| Mary E. | Wright | 15 | 1865 | IN | . | daughter | Unionville, Orange, Indiana | S | W | IN | IN | ||
| Charlie L. | Wright | 10 | 1870 | IN | . | son | Unionville, Orange, Indiana | S | W | IN | IN | ||
| Major C. | Wright | 9 | 1871 | IN | . | son | Unionville, Orange, Indiana | S | W | IN | IN | ||
| Amey E. | Wright | 7 | 1873 | IN | . | daughter | Unionville, Orange, Indiana | S | W | IN | IN | ||
| Lizzie A. | Wright | 4 | 1876 | IN | . | daughter | Unionville, Orange, Indiana | S | W | IN | IN | ||
| Sarah A. | Wright | 3 | 1877 | IN | . | daughter | Unionville, Orange, Indiana | S | W | IN | IN | Sarah A. is likely named for her aunt (see next chart). |
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brothers
listed in the 1850 census above are very high. What makes it somewhat unbelievable, however, is that Leander could say their mother, Manerva Gwin, was born in VA and that Elijah could say IN, when--if she was born in 1809 (as she claims in 1850)--it's all but a given that she was born in Crowson's Cove, Sevier Co., TN! |
| Sarah A. | Wright | 31 | 1849 | IN | Keeping House | wife | Unionville, Orange, Indiana | M | W | IN | IN | Sarah A. is likely the namesake for her niece (see above chart). | |
| Hamilton L. | Wright | 12 | 1868 | IN | Works On Farm | son | Unionville, Orange, Indiana | S | W | IN | IN | ||
| Fidellas E. | Wright | 10 | 1870 | IN | . | son | Unionville, Orange, Indiana | S | W | IN | IN | ||
| Laura J. | Wright | 8 | 1872 | IN | . | daughter | Unionville, Orange, Indiana | S | W | IN | IN | ||
| William P. | Wright | 5 | 1875 | IN | . | son | Unionville, Orange, Indiana | S | W | IN | IN | ||
| Volney O. | Wright | 3/12 | 1880 | IN | . | son | Unionville, Orange, Indiana | S | W | IN | IN |
John, I am providing you a transcription of the will of Isom Gwin and the settlement of his estate about 25 years later, after the death of his wife. Two of my ancestors collected shares of the estate for money due their wives: David Denton, who married Elizabeth Gwin; and Benjamin Weathers, who married second Mrs. Jane Gwin Tipton.
One of the heirs was named Childers--that is interesting to me, because in Virginia one of the Gwins who was probably married to a relation of George Holmes Gwin married a Childress. In Martin County, Indiana, Isum Gwin married a Chattin--I believe that Gwins and Chattins married in Virginia.It appears that there were 9 heirs. There were only two sons listed I. [Isom] and Richard W. Gwin; there was not William Gwin shown. Unfortunately, the daughters names are not clearly stated. I. Gwin was Isom Gwin [Junior]-- I think he may have left Indiana for Illinois. I found Richard W. Gwin living in Iowa and Kansas later on.
Best wishes,
Jim
July 4, 1988Below is typed the will and probate record of Isom Gwin my Fourth Great Grandfather, who apparently died about the end of December, 1830, in Orange County, Indiana.James T. Wall, 2511 N. Stuart St., Arlington, Virginia 22207 Telephone (703) 524-2198
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[Page] 57LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF ISOM GWIN Orange Probate Court, January Term for 1831:
Benjamin Ratcliff produced in open Court the last will and testament of Isom Gwin of which probate was made by the Reuben Whitt(en) one of the subscribing witnefses, ordered that the said will be recorded and that Benjamin Ratcliffe one of the executors named therein file bond in the Clerks office with a penalty of one thousand Dollars with Samuel Stallcup as his security and that he otherwise qualify to as as executor according to law.
In the name of God Amen, I Isom Gwinn of the County of Orange and State of Indiana, being sick and weak in body but of sound mind and disposing memory {for which I thank God} and calling to mind the uncertainty of human life, and being desirous to dispose of all such worldly estate as it has pleased God to blefs me with I give and bequeath the same in manner following that is to say
1st I give to my wife Mary Gwin all my estate both real and personal for and during the term of her natural life, except such as heretofore been provided for our maintenance and support
2ndly After the death of my wife Mary Gwin I give all my estate both real and personal except such as heretofore being provided for our support and [ma] aintenance to my children equally to be divided among them and t[o be en]joyed by them forever[Page 58]and lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my friends Benjamin Ratcliff and Elijah R. Wright executors of this my last will and testament hereby revoking all other former wills or testaments by me heretofore made in witnefs where of I have heretofore set my hand and affix my seal this 26th of October in the year of our Lord 1830Isom Gwin
Signed sealed published and diclared
as and for the last will and testament
of Isom Gwin in the presence of usReubin Whitten
Obadiah Crandall
Concerning the preceding, in the margin opposite Obadiah Crandall's signature is written "Isom Gwin"s Will"State of Indiana } PctPersonally came before me Reubin Whitten one of the subscribing witnesses to the within will of Isom Gwin who being by me duly sworn deposeth and saith that the said Testator signed and executed this will in deponent's presence without persuasion or coercion and in his proper state of mind.
Orange County }In witness whereof I, James Collins, Jr., Clerk of the County of Orange aforesaid, have hereunto attached my hand this 6th day of Jany. 1831.
Jas. Collins Jr. Clk* * * * * * * * * * * PROBATE COURT RECORD
John Gwin's Transcription
of Photocopies of Original Record
Photocopies Provided by Cousin Mike Walker
John M. Gwin Original Comments:
More John M. Gwin Comments:
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Sam'l McIntosh administrator de bonus now with the will of Isom Gwin dec. annexed comes now and on his motion It is ordered that he do first pay $3.35 subsequent costs accrued herein which he now here accordingly does -- and it is further ordered that he do pay out said surplus of $1343.00 as follows to wit:
The record of Isham's will begins about two-thirds of the way down page 457 of the record book. I have used black text to indicate text that was written on the date the will was recorded. I used red to show addenda to the record by the clerk and others on later dates.
To heirs of Elijah Wright dec. to wit:
Elijah Wright is the husband of Manerva Gwin, youngest of Isham's and Mary's children. Evidently both Elijah and Manerva are deceased, having left these six surviving children to inherit her share. Assuming this amount ($149.22) to be a "full share", and assuming that each of Isham's children would receive one full share, I will list in this column in this green the names of these children and their spouses.
01. Elijah Wright is the husband of Minerva Gwin.
Ruth A Childers --
Isham's granddaughter, Ruth Wright. d/o Elijah and Minerva Gwin Wright, married a Mr. Childers.
Isom Wright
Evidently Manerva liked her father well enough to name a son after him!
Mary Stocup
This is the phoneticized "Stalcup", Isham's granddaughter Mary Wright's married name. She may have married a Samuel Stalcup, Samuel being named as security for the executorship of Reuben Whitten.
Benjn Wright
Leander Wright
Elijah R. Wright
This 149.22 is the total of the six partial shares (@ 24.87) and not a separate full share.
To the heirs of Polly Walker, dec, to wit:
Thomas Walker is the husband of Polly Gwin, oldest of Isham's and Mary's daughters. Evidently both Thomas and Polly are deceased, having left these children to inherit her share. 02. Polly Gwin is the wife of Thomas Walker.
Isom WrightWalker$16.58
15May1855Red Elizabeth Wright this sum Richard Radcliff $16.58
Forty-two days after the will was recorded, the clerk wrote what is shown here in non-bold red, Richard Radcliff (the only one left of Isham's originally named administrators) actually signing his own name (shown here in red boldface) to show he'd received Elizabeth's share.
7 July 1855 Rc'd of admr. by J. Payne two hundred and ninety seven dollars}
and ninety seven cents: to pay out in this distribution) A.M. Black, Ck.}
(Capt. Gwin, dec.)
This receipt is written--perpendicular to the other lines in the left margin of the book--by the clerk, A. M. Black. The third line of his note indicates that Isham Gwin was a captain, perhaps in a militia.
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end of page 457
Tuesday 3rd April AD 1855
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page no. 458
James Walker 16.58
Thomas Walker 16.58
Mary Walker 16.58
Anderson Walker 16.58
Mahala Walker Rd this sum Richard Radcliff 16.58
The clerk wrote what is shown here in non-bold red, Richard Radcliff actually signing his own name (shown here in red boldface) to show he'd received Mahala Walker's share.
Manerva Walker 16.58
Huston Walker 16.58
David Denton
$149.22 2/9
[James T. Wall Note: My ggg-grandfather, who m. Elizabeth Gwin, d/o Isom and Mary Canterbury Gwin.] 03. David Denton is the husband of Elizabeth Gwin.
Benj Weathers
$149.22 2/9
[James T. Wall Note: My ggg-grandfather, who m2. Virginia Jane Gwin Tipton, d/o Isom and Mary Canterbury Gwin.] 04. Ben Weathers is the husband of Virginia Jane Gwin.
I. Gwin
$149.22 2/9
05. Isom Gwin, Jr., m1. Betsy Snowden, m2. Mary Likens.
J. B. Huston & wife
$149.22 2/9
06. This appears to be a THIRD Houston brother who has then married still another GWIN SISTER, since she, too, has received a full share!
Squire Huston & wife
$149.22 2/9
07. Squire Houston is the husband of Nancy Gwin. Richard Gwin Red. of clk. my share, RWGwin
$149.22 2/9
08. Richard Walton Gwin married Nancy Elizabeth Watkins.
William Huston AM Black clk this sum William Huston
$149.22 2/9
09. William Houston is the husband of Sarah Gwin.
and file the receipts of said distributees for said amounts. upon which it is ordered that he be discharged herefrom. 8 May 1855. Rec of admr. by hand of J. Payne the sum of $116.06 in full of the above shares of Isom WrightWalker, James Walker, Thomas Walker, Mary Walker, Anderson Walker, Manerva Walker & Huston Walker and [illegible word] for filed--
Attest AMBlack
his.........
ThosXWalker
mark......
* * * * * * * * * * * *[Page] 460Wednesday 4th April 1855 Samuel McIntosh administrator de bonus n[o]n [of the, words written and lined through] with the will of Isom Gwin dec: annexed, comes now & files receipts showing he has made full payment to the said heirs of Elijah Wright who have a guardian in this court, and Isom G. Wright, Charles m. [or N?] St[a]lcup and George [?] Childers, and the receipts of Benjamin Weathers for David Denton & wife Isom Gwin, J B Huston & wife Squire Huston & wife & for the share of said Benjamin Weathers.
Ordered that all matters and things not otherwise disposed of be and he same are continued until the next term of this court, and there being no further business before this court It is ordered that the same be adjourned until the next [term] --4 April 1855
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Silver Composition: Believed to be Sterling ---- Maker: D.B.H. & Co. ---- Age: 1800-1849
Can you tell why I bought this early rat-tail type serving spoon on eBay? (Look at the three items in red.) It was sold to me from Zionsville, Indiana, in September 2005. The seller believes that it "is sterling or coin silver though it is not marked as to silver content. It is marked on the back side 'D.B.H. & Co'. On the front it is engraved 'Mary Gwin' in an early ornate style. Spoon is about 9" long and is in excellent condition with no real problems. There are fine lines from use, especially in the bowl as would be expected."What do you think the odds are that this is a spoon that once belonged to my gggg-grandmother, Mary Canterbury Gwin?
The Gwin families allegedly came from Wales, where the name means "white". I still believe all spellings of Gwin to be related, including Gwinn, Gwinne, Guin, Guinn, Guinne, Guyn, Guynn, Guynne, Gwyn, Gwynn, and Gwynne. I've been told the first known Gwins in America settled on the east coast in the 1740's in Virginia and migrated into Kentucky, New York, Indiana, the Carolinas, Georgia, Tennessee, and Alabama.
1.--Richard Gwin; allegedly lived near Jamestown, Virginia, said to be of Scotch Irish descent; m. Sarah Chesley; one known son: Isham/Isom.
Uncle James said he got this information from the "Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol. I, p. 706", so I included it. Finally, in Sep 2002, I discovered the complete seven-volume set of ACAG in my local library and read the entire entry myself. Now I can see the source of the article's information as none other than Richard's g-granddaughter, Sarah Gwin (John's and Jane's daughter, Louis Basset's wife and widow, Emma Basset McCulloch's mother, and mother-in-law to Emma's husband Champe Carter McCulloch--former CSA major, mayor of Waco, TX, and passionate family historian who submitted the article). This information is now much more credible to me, then, since John Gwin himself was still alive for a full ten years after his granddaughter Emma married Champe. I imagine that the wealthy Champe and Emma wrote letters to John (who, though illiterate, was always around family who could read and write), probably even occasionally traveling by railroad to visit him and other relatives in Cahaba, Oakleyville, and/or Wilsonville. If any reader has other documentation, please notify me--I'd love to hear from you!
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I saw for the first time Richard and Sarah in an LDS IGI microfiche file at our local Family History Center. I wasn't sure how to read the documentation or even if there was any; nevertheless, three new possibly-documented pieces of data were added for me that day: 1. Richard was--again, all allegedly--born ca. 1748 in Jamestown, James City Co., VA;YET NOWHERE--not in Virginia, North Carolina, nor Tennessee, and under none of the different spellings of Gwin, could I see any indication that this couple had any children. They must have moved somewhere else--but where?
2. Sarah Chesley was born there ca. 1755; and
3. they were married there ca. 1773.
In July 2003 I traveled to eastern Tennessee and found a deed that confirmed that an Isham Gwin lived in Sevier County where he owned 249 acres in Crowson's Cove on Walden's Creek (near today's Dollywood!). As this is just the next hollow over from the one where Jane Walker's family lived, this gives me great encouragement that this Isham is indeed the father of our John Gwin who married this Jane Walker.
2.--Isham Gwin (no dates listed) m. a Ms. Cleveland; from other sources, we've heard that Isham (some spell it Isom--pronounced EYE-sum) was allegedly a South Carolina planter; some puzzle pieces seem to be coming together that may indicate at this time (Jan 2002) that Isham had at least two more sons in addition to John, below: perhaps a William Gwin and a Chesley R. Gwin;
In July 2003 I traveled to east Tennessee to find out where Isham lived. All I had to go on was (1) the fact that John and Jane were married in Blount Co., TN, on 8 Apr 1812, and (2) John's testimony on three separate censuses that he was born in Tennessee. From the courthouse in Maryville, Blount Co., I got a copy of John's and Jane's marriage license. And from the Green Co. courthouse in Greenville, I got a photocopy of the microfilmed deed record where Isham had purchased 249 acres of land in Sevier Co., TN, in Crowson's Cove on the waters of Walden's Creek (Grant No. 2540 found in Book 4, p. 38). However, in mid 2004, we have uncovered evidence that shows that Walden's Creek today is not what was called Walden's Creek in 1807, when the land was surveyed and the deed was drawn up. Instead, we're now know that today's Cove Creek in Wear's Cove or Wear's Valley, the next hollow over and to the south, was then called Walden's Creek![JMG Note: I did a search on Google for Crowson's Cove which produced four hits (listed in some detail at the bottom of the page)]. The deed reads as follows (capitalization that of the writer; emphasis mine):
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Canterburys of West Virginia Entries: 10715 Updated: Mon Aug 27 12:21:19 2001 Contact: Gordon K. Lacy
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* ID: I04952
* Name: Isham GWIN
* Sex: M
* Birth: ABT. 1757 in TN
* Death: DEC 1830
* Event: Minister Crawford Co., IN from Oct 1819 until his death, also at Bethel Church where he married his son Richard W. Gwinn
* Event: Marriages Harrison Co., IN
Marriage 1 Mary Ann CANTERBURY b: ABT. 1758
* Married: 25 JAN 1787 in Montgomery Co., VaChildren
1. Polly GWIN b: ABT. 1787
2. Elizabeth GWIN b: 1788Look at this seven-year gap! Is there not room for son JOHN GWIN to have been born here in 1792? And William? Chesley? others? --John M. Gwin3. Virginia Jane GWIN b: 1795
4. Isham GWIN II b: 1797
5. ? GWIN b: 1799
6. Richard W. GWIN b: 1804
7. Nancy GWIN b: 1805
8. Sarah GWIN b: 1806
9. Manerva GWIN b: 1807
A Brief History of the
Crowson's Cove Map Project
I found Isham Gwin's deed the summer of 2003 in Greene Co., TN, and when I returned home, I used the surveyor's data to draw a map of Isham's property. This gave me the shape of the farm, but I still didn't know exactly where on Walden's Creek it was. It mentioned the names, however, of some of his neighbors, so Cousin Barbara Ward joined in and ordered films, searched them, and found and sent me the printouts of three of those neighbors' deeds--Shields', Bennifield's, and Brickey's farms!Using their surveys, I drew these maps that show the general shapes of the respective properties of the Richard Shields, Isham Gwin, Peter Brickey, and Charles Bennifield families on Walden's Creek in Crowson's Cove, along with the names and general adjacent borders of several more of their neighbors. Our objective was to read the surveys and draw maps of the farms until we had enough clues to tell more precisely where the Isham Gwin farm was located. We did not know what to expect when we would find this, but anticipated that it might include the site of Gwin's grave.
The most obvious clue, of course, was that some of these farms were "in Crowson's Cove on Walden's Creek." But Bennifield's was not, so we believed that Walden's Creek passed through or bordered the Shields, Brickey, and Gwin farms but not the Bennifield property. In fact, we knew from Brickey's deed that one of the fence corners was located "on the creek," so we knew one point for sure through which the--or a--creek ran.
Most exciting to me, however, to this point, was the revelation from Brickey's deed that his NW boundary--what would be a single straight line almost a half mile long and shared with Henry Haggard--took a short detour around a piece of property belonging to "the meeting house." We knew from some other records (see below) that at least Haggard, Gwin, Shields were very active in the Wears Cove Baptist Church. Could this "meeting house," then, be that church?
Then came a surprise letter from friends George and Juanita Fox of NC (whose book had first enabled me to find Isham's land in July 2003 as detailed below). They, too, had been seeking the exact location of Crowson's Cove--for some time--and in April 2004, they were able to nail it down! In the surveyor's details of Peter Brickey's land grant (see map below), Brickey's NW property line is interrupted by a concave intrusion of an acre or so of neighboring property belonging to "the meeting house." The Fox's knew that this would have to be Wear's Cove Baptist Church, so they contacted the local Baptist association to see what they knew of it. The church had burned long ago, they were told, but its cemetery's location is still well known, it being the resting place of the body of Aaron Crowson, for whom Crowson's Cove is named.
The Foxes immediately traveled the short journey to Sevier Co., found and photographed the cemetery (and Crowson's grave in particular), and they're now able to proclaim the mystery of the location of Crowson's Cove as solved: the Wear's Cove Baprist Church graveyard is located in Wear's Cove on today's Cove Creek, not on today's Walden's Creek!
Having gone there myself in July 2004, I now believe that this local Baptist association was either (1) incorrect in telling the Foxes that the church was located where the Crowson Cemetery is or (2) were speaking of perhaps another later church of the same name that MOVED from the location mentioned on the 1807 deeds to the cemetery site.
Well, now we've progressed much further into the Crowson's Cove Project and have created a page of its own. Let us know what you think!
Also, if you would like to make a map using an old deed of your own,
here's how I did it.
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Sevier County, Tennessee, State of Tennessee Land Grants 1806-1900 by George and Juanita Fox |
The data in the following table is gleaned from the excellent work Sevier County, Tennessee, State of Tennessee Land Grants 1806-1900, compiled and copyrighted (2002) by George and Juanita Fox , 25 Cottage Ridge Rd., Fletcher, NC 28732 (e.mail juanitafox@att.net), and used here with their permission.I am greatly indebted to them, for it was through their labor that I was able to find the deed describing the land of my gggg-grandfather, Isham Gwin. I have listed here the information from several entries, all of which I believe add valuable clues to a clearer knowledge of my family.
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| 01. | 621 | 16 Mar 1807 | Susanna Richardson | 36.5 | Crowson's Cove, Walden's Creek | none | John Hill William Gwin |
none listed | Grant #1751, Bk. 3, p. 54 | Barbara and I have found Susana's deed, and this William Gwin must be our relative. He is likely the same person we later see in the 1820 census of Dallas Co., AL, whom we believe to be another son of Isham and an older brother of John Gwin. | |
| 02. | 748 | 18 May 1807 | Isham Givin | 249 | Crowson's Cove, Walden's Creek | none | none listed | none listed | Grant #2540, Bk. 4, p. 31 | This is clearly our Isham Gwin, my gggg-grandpa. (If there is a single flyspeck over the first downstroke of the "W" in Gwin, it is very easily mistranscribed as Givin as was understandably done here! :-) (see line 12) | |
| 03. | 782 | 28 Jan 1807 | Charles Gwin | 51.5 | Guest's Creek | none | none listed | none listed | Grant #2504, Bk. 4, p. 30 |
All these must be Gist's Creek, which starts about 7 miles NNW of where Crowson's Cove is. It generally follows Sugarloaf Rd. east, Goose Gap Rd. north, Chapman Hwy. east, and the Old Knoxville Hwy. north to where it joins the Little Pigeon River just before it empties into the French Broad River just west of the Cobb Town Rd. bridge. Charles T. Gwin must be a relative, but we have not yet been able to connect him. (See also lines 7, 11, and 14 this table.) | |
| 04. | 794 | 26 Mar 1807 | William Hatcher | 160.25 | Crowson's Cove, Walden's Creek | none | none listed | none listed | Grant #623, Bk. 1, p. 623 |
We've located this William
Hatcher's deed, and he shares a property line about two city
blocks
long with Richard Shields and a corner with Shields, Brickey,
and Haggard (see map above and lines 6, 8, and 10 below).
The Connection in East Tennessee names him as the father of the Elijah Hatcher who marries Jane Walker's sister Rebecca in 1819. (Jane Walker is Isham Gwin's daughter-in-law, John Gwin's wife, and our ggg-grandma.) See our Walker page. |
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| 05. | 858 | 5 May 1807 | William McCamy | 29, 1 rod 7 perches | on Knob Creek below the fork. | Benjamin Chandler, John Guin | Benjamin Chandler, Hugh Cowan, Andrew Cowan | none listed | Grant #1411, Bk. 2, p. 505 |
John Guin is probably Isham's son John Gwin, Barb's and my ggg-grandpa, who, in 1807, would've been about 15 years old, the age of many a chain carrier of the day. | |
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| 06. | 870 | 25 Mar 1807 | Henry Haggard | 180 | Crowson's Cove, Walden's Creek | none | none listed | none listed | Grant #1402, Bk. 2, p. 497 |
Could this be Merle's ancestor? Regardless, he is clearly Peter Brickey's neighbor to the northwest. The line they share is interrupted by a tract of land referred to in Brickey's deed as the "Meeting House" property, land now known to be that of the Wear's Cove Baptist Church. | |
| 07. | 274 | 26 Jun 1807 | 6 Oct 1808 | Daniel Farley | 84.75 | Guist Creek | none listed | none listed | Matthew Farley, Charles Gwin |
Bk. 1, p. 274 | Gist's Creek (see my comments, Row 3). |
| 08. | 988 | 18 May 1807 | 9 May 1810 | Richard Shields | 134.25 | Crowson's Cove, Walden's Creek | none listed | none listed | Isham Gwin, joined with William
Hatcher, Peter Brickey |
Bk. 2, pg. 114 | Richard Shields and Peter Brickey are mentioned by name in the description of Isham Gwin's land (see map and deed above) and were clearly next-door neighbors. |
| 09. | 1645 | 18 May 1807 | 20 Jun 1810 | Charles Bennifield | 25 | Crowson's Cove | none listed | none listed | Guin line, Veach line | Bk. 2, pg. 693 | Mentioned in Isham Gwin's deed as running adjacent to his land. Charles Bennifield and Gwin share over 17 chain (some one-fifth mile) of property line. A Nathan Veach shows up in church records of the region with Isham Gwin and also later with an Isham Gwin in Indiana. |
| 10. | 2575 | 21 Mar 1807 | 31 Jul 1812 | Peter Brickey | 124, 2 rods | Crowson's Cove, Walden's Creek | none listed | none listed | Charles Coulter, Amerine, Joshua Guin,Richard Shields, Hatcher, Henry Haggard | Bk. 4, pg. 15 | Deed found and platted (see above). "Joshua" Guin is a
mistranscribed Isham
Gwin. Capital J's and I's were made exactly the same,
and often the curlicue associated therewith could be mistaken for an
O.
The S and H are the same in both names, and the A unclosed at the top
in
haste is easily an A, etc.
From Isham's deed, this is George Amerine, whose deed has not been found as of Dec 2004. Haggard's (see line 6 above) and Coulter's deeds have been found. |
| 11. | 2504 | 24 Jun 1807 | 5 Aug 1812 | Charles Gwin | 51, 2 rods | Gesses | none listed | none listed | David Nelson | Bk. 4, pg. 30 | Gist's Creek (see my comments, Row 3 above). |
| 12. | 2540 | 18 May 1807 | 5 Aug 1812 | Isham Guinn | 249 | Crowson's Cove, Walden's Creek | none listed | none listed | Peter Brickey, George Amerine | Bk. 4, pg. 31 | See map above. We've not yet found George Amerine's deed (we expect to soon), but he shares 45 chain (over half a mile) of fence line with Isham and about a third as much with Brickey. |
| 13. | 2553 | 14 May 1807 | 5 Aug 1812 | John Guinn | 47, 3 rods | academy tract, Second Knob Creek | none listed | none listed | none listed | Bk. 4, pg. 32 | Could this be our John Gwin, son of Isham? If so, he was only 15 years old when he was granted the land. I speculate that this may not have been uncommon, though, in the case of the children of such wealthy landowners as Isham. However, this could also be a brother to Isham and thus the uncle of ourJohn Gwin, son of Isham. |
| 14. | 2546 | 27 Aug 1807 | 5 Aug 1812 | David Nelson | 47, 3 rods | Guesses Creek | none listed | none listed | Guinn line | Bk. 4 pg. 62 | Gist's Creek (see my comments, Row 3). This Guinn line must be that of Charles Tellis Gwin (see lines 3, 7, and 11 above). |
| 15. | 23320 | 2 Mar 1838 | 17 Dec 1839 | Johnson Adams | 8.5 | Wears Cove | none listed | none listed | Isham Givens, J. Matore | Bk. 23, pg. 422 | This is our Isham Gwin again. Wear's Cove and Crowson's cove are the same. While we've not yet found Mr. Adams' deed, his property could easily have been adjacent to Isham Gwin's. |
Some Good Communication:
From: "John M. Gwin" <jmcdgwin@zianet.com>
Date: Sun Aug 10, 2003 08:36:34 AM US/Mountain
To: juanitafox@att.net, jmcdgwin@zianet.com
Subject: Gwin family in Crowson's Cove, Sevier Co., TNGeorge and Juanita Fox
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Fox:
Thank you SO MUCH for the time and money you have spent compiling and publishing your book, Sevier County, Tennessee, State of Tennessee Land Grants 1806-1900.
Using it in the Knoxville Library's Archives last month, I was able to finally find (in Greenville's Archives) the deed for the 249-acre-farm "in Crowson's Cove on the waters of Walden's Creek" of my gggg-grandpa, Isham Gwin!Please take a look at how I want to use some of the information in your book concerning other people (whom I believe to be directly related to each other somehow) I also found in your work.
The table I constructed contains data I gleaned directly from your work, and I'd like your permission and blessing to use it there.
If you have time, please take a quick three minutes and look at this table to see if it meets with your approval. It's at <http://www.zianet.com/jmcdgwin/gwinisham.htm>
Thanks again for all your work and for any assistance you can give me in developing this line further.Sincerely, and
In Jesus,
John Gwin
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Date: Mon Aug 11, 2003 04:46:27 AM US/Mountain
To: "John M. Gwin" <jmcdgwin@zianet.com>
Subject: Re: Gwin family in Crowson's Cove, Sevier Co., TNJohn,
Thanks for your kind e-mail. You have our permission to use the information found in our book.
You have done a lot of work on the on the Crowson's Cove area. I hope when you visit the area you make use of the Genealogy Dept. of the Sevier County Library. The people there try very hard to be helpful. The head guy, Sam Maner, is developing into an expert on the area. He answers the queries sent to the Sev. Co. Library web site.
Wonder if anyone has mapped out the plats for the cove. There was a lady, a Ms. Wells, who mapped many of the plats in Sevier County (don't know about Crowson's Cove). Sam was in the process of acquiring her documentation.
Anyhow, I am excited to know another person working on early Sevier Co. history. Because of the courthouse fire, I feel people have a tendency to "give up" too easy. As you know, there are still many sources.
Hope you continue your work. Make sure Sam knows so he can share with other researchers. Many people can benefit from your work.Best,
George (& Juanita) Fox========================================================
23.00--John Gwin (middle name unk.)--b. 7 Nov 1792 (from his gravestone--see photo) in TN (then NC--per his report to the 1850, 1860, and 1870 AL Census takers of Dallas Co.--possibly (and I believe he was) born in Crowson's Cove on Walden's Creek in Sevier Co.,); d. 7 Mar 1877 at Wilsonville, AL; m. 8 Apr 1812 (age 19.5) in Blount Co., TN, by Joseph Walker (Jane's brother, and Justice of the Peace) to Jane Walker, (b. ca. 1794; d. at Cahaba after 1864 and before 1870 census; bd. at New Cem., Cahaba, Dallas Co., AL, beside her dau. Louisa A. Gwin McKnight (see note "I" below); d.o. Thomas Walker, Sr., and Elizabeth Magill, both of Virginia); nine children; in 1860 Dallas Co., AL, Census, John, 68, and Jane, 66, were living in the home of W. G. Grice, 32, a carpenter b. in SC, and his wife, Eliza Grice, 20, b. in AL, along with Walter J. Roark, 15, and Elizabeth Comelander, 15 (two of John's and Jane's grandchildren, Walter being Daughter Mary's son and Elizabeth being Daughter Martha's daughter).
24.01--Thomas Gwin--b. ca. 1814-1816; data unk.
24.02--Mary Gwin--b. ca. 1816; m1. 27 Dec. 1838 to Drury H. Roark; m2. on 17 May 1849 to Mr. Abel Turner
24.03--Isom Gwin, b. Mar 1817 in AL territory; d. 7 Dec 1853; m. Mary Burdine Wilson; MBWG m2. 28 Jan 1859 to John Steadman
24.04--William Gwin (18 Dec 1820--29 Apr 1889); m. 12 (13?) May 1842 Rosann "Roe" Carlisle Jones Wilson
24.05--Sarah Gwin (ca. 1826--31 Mar 1885); m. 18 Mar 1841 to Louis Basset
24.06--Ann Gwin (ca. 1827--1845); m. 19 Jan 1843 to Joseph Lavalette Basset
24.07--Martha J. Gwin (ca.1828--unk).; m. 22 Apr 1847 to Jesse Comelander
24.08--Chesley R. Gwin; (ca.1828--after 1880); m1. 20 Mar 1850 Frances E. "Fannie" Bell; m2. a widow, Mrs. Paralee (nee unk.) Blevins
24.09--Louisa A. Gwin; (ca. 1829-30--b. bef. 1830 census); m1?. Mr. Gaviness; m2?. on 17 May 1849 Mr. Wm. J. McKnight.
Meanwhile, Henry and Dolly (Randolph) Haggard continued to live in the forks of the Little Pigeon River. This area of Jefferson County in 1793 was formed into Sevier County named in honor of John Sevier. (A Sevier County was formed in 1785 by the State of Franklin but only lasted as long as the state). The site for the county seat, to be named Sevierville, was chosen at the forks near the Baptist Church. The town grew rapidly.
The Haggards lived at the forks for about 16 years. It was here that their remaining children (Martin, Lucy, and Nancy) were probably born. The Sevierville County courthouse burned in 1856, destroying the deeds, wills and other important records. Henry served as delegate from the Forks of the Little Pigeon Baptist Church to the Association Meetings from 1790 to 1794, and 1800, 1802, and 1805.
Their children Noah, Martin, Lucy, and Nancy, were apparently still
at home about 1807 when Henry and Dolly moved from Sevierville five
miles
to the southwest. Here "in Crowsons Cove on the waters of Walden
Creek",
Henry had surveyed on 25 March 1807, 180 acres adjacent to Aaron
Crowson,
William Crowson, Mr. Hatcher and Cove Creek. He paid $180
($1/acre);
the patent was issued 1 June 1810. The land description given above,
which
appears in the patent, implies that Henry's land was in the forks
of
Walden and Cove Creeks.
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| FRIAR | John Senior | Grant # 937 |
| GEORGE | Edward | Grant # 724 |
| GIDDIN | James | Grant # 750 |
| GIVIN | Isham | Grant # 748 |
| GIVIN | John | Grant # 734 |
| GIVIN | William | Grant # 760 |
| GREEN | George | Grant # 743 |
| GWIN | Charles | Grant # 782 |
| HAGGARD | Henry | Grant # 870 |
| HAGGARD | Henry | Grant # 1401 |
| HATCHER | Jno. | Grant # 504 |
| HATCHER | William | Grant # 794 |
#187
SHADRICK CASTEEL-140 acres-Knox County-on Stock Creek beginning
on a white oak corner with JACOB HOOSONG, MOR corner, GIVINS
line, MARY BLACK’s corner-CC ABENDIGO CASTEEL and THOMAS ANDERSON
Surveyed
June 18, 1807
#361
THOMAS ANDERSON-207 acres-Knox County-on Knob Creek beginning
on a post oak corner with JAMES MOORE, leaving MOORE’s line then with
CASTEEL’s
line, GIVIN’s line-CC WM. ANDERSON
and WM. GIVIN Surveyed June 17,
1807
#621
SUSANNA RICHARDSON-36 1/2 acres-Sevier County-Crowsons
Cove waters of Waldens Creek-CC None Surveyed March 16, 1807
Assigned
to DAVID DENTON
consideration $200 January 6, 1808 Witnesses JOHN HILL and WM.
GWIN [JMGwin
Note: I now believe this David
Denton to be the husband of Elizabeth Gwin, one of the
oldest
daughters of Isham Gwin and older sister to John Gwin
(the
John who married Jane Walker). David
and Elizabeth moved to Indiana with Isham; John and Jane moved
to Dallas Co., Alabama, with his brother William
(above-named witness to the property sale). ]
#707
WILLIAM GWIN-56 acres-Knox
County-on
___?___ Creek beginning on a white oak on THOMAS ANDERSON’s line-CC
THOMAS
ANDERSON and SHADERICK CASTEEL Surveyed June 18, 1807
#711
WILLIAM GUINN-124 3/4 acres-Cocke
County-on Big Pigeon River beginning at a pine on JAMES ROMINE’s line,
up the river opposite the dwelling house on the bank of the river,
continuing up
the river, corner to GEORGE KELLY, his line, KELLY’s corner, corner to
JAMES ROMINE, his line-CC BURLEY DODIBY and JAS. ROMINE Surveyed May 9,
1807
#348 [JMGwin Note: 738]
ISHAM GIVIN [JMGwin
Note: Isham GWIN, my
gggg.grandpa] -249 acres-Sevier County-Crowson's
Cove
waters of Walden's Creek-CC None Surveyed May 18, 1807
#782
CHARLES GWIN-51 1/2 acres-Sevier
County-Guests Creek-CC None Surveyed June 20, 1807
#858
WILLIAM McCAMY-29 acres 1 rod 7 perches-Sevier County-on Knob
Creek below the fork-CC BENJ. CHANDLER and JOHN
GUIN Surveyed May 5, 1807 Assigned to MARTIN HOUK
consideration
$218 February 1, 1808 Witnesses BENJAMIN CHANDLER, HUGH COWAN and
ANDREW
COWAN [JMGwin Note: I
understand that the CC stands for "Chain Carriers", two (usually young)
men who moved the 66-foot surveyor's chain at the surveyor's direction
and whose names usually appeared on the deeds. The
above-mentioned
John
Guin may have been Isham Gwin's son and my ggg-grandpa, who
would've
been fourteen-and-a-half years old on this survey date and living only
about ten miles south of this land on Knob Creek.]
#956
GEORGE KELLEY-84 3/4 acres-Cocke County-on Big Pigeon River
beginning at a beech and elm corner to WILLIAM
GUINN, up the meanders of the river, corner to ORIGINAL
WROE,
corner to WILLIAM GUINN-CC BEVEDRY
GODSEY and JAMES ROMINE Surveyed May 9, 1807
35. HENRY Haggard REV. (NATHANIEL Haggard , JAMES Haggard ,
ANTHONY
Haggard , PETER ) was born 27 Mar 1745 in , HANOVER, VA. He died 1842
in
, BIBB, AL. HENRY married DOROTHY DOLLY RANDOLPH,
daughter
of THOMAS ISHAM RANDOLPH, about 1766 in , ALBEMARLE, VA. DOROTHY was
born
in , CHESTERFIELD, VA. She died 1813 in CROWSONS
COVE, SEVIERVILLE, TN.
Duane,
On page 35 of Ray Brickey's "Brickey Heritage" is listed the following:
Gerard Brickey married Amy Compton. Their daughter, Elizabeth
Brickey (listed as being born 5-9-1791) in East Tn., Holston
River
area. married to Samuel Coleman and had 12 children. Died
1809.
Some of the dates in Ray's book are not correct...Unfortunately, Ray.
went
no further with the female lines. However, Gerard Brickey (m Amy
Compton)
is the son of John Brickey and Mary Garner, 2nd Jane
Scott.
John Brickey's father was Peter Brickey m Winifred Lucas,
and Peter's father was John Brickey I, Immigrant from France.
There
is much more information that I don't have on the computer yet. I would
have to send via US post office. Will be glad to share with you!
I would love to have an outline of this family to add to my files.
Elizabeth Jane's siblings were:
John C. Brickey m Lydia Smith,Unfortunately, Ray did not index his book and is now deceased. I can give the address where to order his book if you are interested. I have put together a book, also (loose leaf, and in need of re-typing) over 300 pages. I did include as much on female lines as I could, but do not think it has anything on Eliz. and Samuel Coleman. We have the same Brickey family, but different lines.
Sally Bush Brown;
Mary Brickey m John McAdams,
Thomas Dobkins;
Lydia Brickey m Edward Millsap;
Jeremiah Brickey m Frances North,
Mrs. Wisor;
Elizabeth Brickey and Samuel Coleman;
Peter Brickey m Nancy Sutton;
Nancy Ann Brickey m Joseph Chadbourne, and
William Brickey who married Cynthia Atkinson.
I am looking for family who are researching the Shields family of Sevier County, Tennessee. My line is from Richard Shields (War of 1812 vet) through his son Jesse William Shields (Mexican and Civil Wars vet), who died sometime around 1869, somewhere in Alabama, purportedly a town named Mosbey, which doesn't seem to exist.
From: jmcdgwin@zianet.com
Date: Thu Oct 30, 2003 11:13:05 AM US/Mountain
To: jmcdgwin@zianet.com
Subject: Mary Jo Guinn's query on John B. Guinn Sevier Co., TNGUINN, VARNELL
Need information on the John B. GUINN family.
John B. GUINN married Sarah VARNELL on 25 Nov. 1807 in Sevier Co., TN.
They had several CHILDREN:Mary Ann Guinn, b. 1813 in Sevier Co;.The family moved to McMinn Co. sometime during the period of 1820-1830. I would appreciate any information and gladly share any that I have. Thanks so much for all of your help.
Charles Tellis Guinn, b. July 4, 1821 in Sevier Co:.
John (Jesse) Pierce Guinn, b. Dec. 24, 1825 in Sevier Co:.
Matilda Guinn,;
Sarah Guinn,;
Covington Guinn,;
Mary Jo Moore -- 16 Thimbleberry Ct. , The Woodlands, TX 77380
wm@main.com
Submitted on Sat Mar 7 09:15:40 EST 1998
An interesting link:Tennessee State Library and Archives -- Historical and Genealogical Information
------------------------------------------------------------------------LETTERS OF THE TENNESSEE GOVERNORS
JOHN SEVIER 1796 - 1801 ( Part 1 )http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/pubsvs/letter02.htm
Dear Mr. Gwin,It was with great pleasure I received your regular mail inquiry, although I can contribute no information on Richard Shields you asked about. I thoroughly enjoyed seeing such beautiful handwriting. I'm keeping that letter!
About my Shields work…some years ago I did a lot of research for a doctor here in town so he could get into SAR. He is now deceased, and I gave every piece of Shields information I'd gathered to his daughter, who lives some place in Dallas but isn't really interested in doing any research or was not last time I heard of her. There was not a Richard as part of their ancestry, though, that I remember.
One thing I noticed on looking over your great website for your Gwin family was that Isham Gwin married a Miss Cleveland. I might point you toward a source to check. You mentioned South Carolina roots for part of the family, and it brought to my mind an ancestry done on a southern line of Clevelands, Colonel Benjamin Cleveland, a Revolutionary War figure. I wonder if maybe Miss Cleveland might be part of this family. If so, you might find something in that genealogy book, a very small one, done on that Cleveland family; it's available through your FHC. This particular southern line is not the line of my Moses Cleveland, (a northern one), although they're probably related somehow in England years and many more back. I was just thinking it might be good to put a sort of tracer on old Colonel Benjamin Cleveland, or whatever his first name is, and see where he went and see if any Gwins are around. Just a passing thought to give you on Clevelands. Looking into the early Cleveland history of Benjamin might lead to Gwin info, the proximity thing. A Google search will get you to Vickie Cleveland's pages, and she has the most info online on that name.
I hope you enjoy your holidays, and I’m so sorry I really can't help you about Richard. There were a world of Shields men, and as many spellings of the name. Big families, spread out all over. I had a really tough time finding his.
Good luck with your work,
Billye D. Jackson
billyedjackson@cox-internet.com
WALTER REED SCOTT, 88, of Sevierville, Tenn., formerly of Memphis, retired from the Tennessee Valley Authority, died Sunday at Fort Sanders-Sevier Hospital in Pigeon Forge. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Forest Hill Funeral Home Midtown with burial in Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Pigeon Forge. Mr. Scott, the husband of Mae Scott, also leaves two daughters, Sandra Alexander of Germantown and Becky Long of Memphis; a son, Gary Scott of Lakewood, Colo.; a stepdaughter, Vickie Cleveland of Sevierville; a sister, Mary Rawlings of New Port Richey, Fla., six grandchildren, and a great-grandchild.http://www.commercialappeal.com/mca/archive/0,1426,MCA_561_11-13-2003,00.html
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Hi Again,
Found this reference to an Isham Gwin:
"I am descended from Isham Guinn/Isom Gwin who was
a
Baptist preacher at Tuckaleeche Cove, Blount Co., TN about 1809 and at
Sevier Co., TN around 1810. He later was a Minister of the Gospel
in Harrison
and Crawford and Orange? counties.He was preacher at El Bethel Baptist
Church, Crawford Co., Indiana until 1817 and at Providence
Baptist Church in Crawford/Orange, In., until his death around
1830.
He was listed in a book listing Baptist preachers, printed in Boston,
MA
in 1811.
Isham served in the Montgomery Co., Militia, Va in
1787.
He m. around 1787 to Mary Canterberry, d/o of Samuel."
This was signed by James T. Wall
(jamestwall@aol.com)
dated April 29, 2002, so it's not too old. It was posted to the
GUESTBOOK
FOR PRIMITIVE BAPTIST RESEARCH IN TENNESSEE, KENTUCKY, AND INDIANA @
http://carthage.lib.il.us/community/churches/primbap/Guestbook-KY-IN-html
James lives in Arlington, Va (703-524-2198)
I know that your uncle James B. Gwin's records state
that our Isham Gwin was married to Ms. Cleveland, but Cleveland may
have
been a second wife. It's worth checking out. I know you said there were
a lot of Gwins/Guinns in that area, but I didn't see any more "Ishams".
Why don't you contact him and see if we can connect.
Good luck!
BARB
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From: "Barbara L.Ward" <genealogy@prodigy.net>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 18:11:02 -0800
To: "John Gwin" <jmcdgwin@zianet.com>
Subject: Isham Guinn #2
Hi John,
I looked again at your land grants and saw that Isham Givens (Guinn)
was a witness to a deed in 1839, so that must mean that he's not
the Isham
Guinn that I wrote about a couple days ago that relocated to
Indiana. I
did check out the Canterbury site and see that maybe he wasn't our guy
after all from your notation.
Been checking the 1840 census on any Guinn/Gwin's who were
still
in the area.
Found only one that had anyone of the age of Isham. There was a William
Guinn (20-30) with a older male (70-80) and female (60-70)
residing with
them. This very well could be Isham residing with son William. I
couldn't
find this William in the 1850 census Sevier County.
1840 stuff:
There was a John Gwin (30-40)
Nancy Guinn (30-40) with a older female (70-80)
James Gwin (age 30-40)
another James Gwin ? ((20-30)
Found Richard Shields ( (40-50)
And found Johnson Adams (Isham witnessed his deed with J. Matore)
Couldn't
find J. Matore even tho it was only one year later (1839) Adams was age
bracket 50-60.
Did you know that Jane Walker's sister Rebecca married William
Hatcher's
son Elijah (of the Hatcher Papers).
Catch you later,
BARB
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From: "Barbara L.Ward" <genealogy@prodigy.net>
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 23:59:11 -0800
To: "John Gwin" <jmcdgwin@zianet.com>
Subject: Package on its way tomorrow
Hi John,
Putting your Connections book in the mail tomorrow along with
some material that I think you're going to like. I didn't want to go
into
it in an email; needed to write it out. I'm pretty sure I found where
our
Isham Guinn went after Sevier Co., TN. You might have seen the queries
regarding an Isham Guinn being a Baptist preacher in Tuckaleeche Cove.
Well, I did find quite a bit of material from the Tennessee Baptist
Convention
in Jonesboro (Washington Co.), TN 1810-1810. He indeed attended this
convention
as a minister/messenger. Don't know which but he is listed from
1803-1810;
Tuckaleeche first and in 1810 Wears Cove. Also sending census records
for
Isham Guinn and his neighbor Nathan Veach along with
material from
Crawford
County, Indiana on Elders Isham Guinn and Nathan Veach
(these two coming previously from Sevier Co.).
Let me know when you get the package. I am sending it regular mail.
Take care,
BARB
http://www.sevierlibrary.org/genealogy/churchhis/cif.htm
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JEFFERSON COUNTY AND SEVIER COUNTY TENNESSEE OCTOBER 1797 TO SEPTEMBER 1828 Church Book A History of church Government owned and Espos,d bus. the under Subscribers * Holding believers baptism by Immersion, original Sin, Unconditional Election, Effectual calling free Justificationaly the Instituted Righteousness of Christ, The perservering power of God's grave in the Soul, a progressive work of Sanctification, The forgiveness of Sin, The Resurrection of the body, and final Judgment by Jesus Christ. Owning the baptist confession of faith Reprinted in Philadelphia in the [year of] our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty two as the best human composition taking the Scriptures of the old and new testament as the only rule of faith and practice, taking the over-sight of Each other, praying with and for Each other according to our Lords holy Commandment iming (sic) at the prosperity of Zion. Second - We believe it to be our duty to assemble our selves to gather on all Convenient opportunities to Worship God, And in an Especial manner not to be neglect the filling our seats at our Monthly meetings met with out Lawful Reasons Third - As touching private trespasses we believe to be our duty to take the Lords holy Institute as given in the Eighteenth of Saint Matthew That is if thy brother trespass against thee tell him his fault between thee and him aloan repent forgive him but if he neglect to hear thee...with the one or two more that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be (unreadable) but if he neglect to hear them (unreadable). Fourth We believe that Jesus (unreadable).
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From: JAMESTWALL@aol.com
Date: Fri Jun 23, 2006 05:52:49 AM US/Mountain
To: jmcdgwin@zianet.com, walk5755@bellsouth.net, rjgench@earthlink.net, oldfolks2@epowerc.net, Dogyar3@aol.com
Cc: JAMESTWALL@aol.com
Subject: Isham Guinn/Isom Gwin, Baptist preacher - my fourth great-grandfatherI am providing information on my ancestor showing his involvement in the Primitive Baptist Church in Eastern Tennessee in the early 1800s. -- Jim Wall
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http://www.sevierlibrary.org/genealogy/churchhis/BAM.htm
Delegates from Sevier County Churches to Tennessee Baptist Association 1803-1862Elaine R. Wells and Beulah S. Linn, Sevier County Historian
Introduction
A copy of the original 345 page handwritten manuscript entitled "Minutes of the Tennessee Association of United Baptists 1802-1862" in the Carson Newman College Library was transcribed and typed by Elaine R. Wells of Clabourne, Texas, courtesy of Mr. Al Lang, archivist. The typed 282-page document is now in the Carson Newman College Library.
The Tennessee Association Minutes record the activities of the association, the names of delegates from the churches and whether or not the association received a letter from the church. The letter recorded the number of members received by experience or letter, the number of letters of dismission, the number of members excommunicated, the number of members deceased and the total membership.
Family historians will find the names of many delegates whose name has not been preserved in census records.
The minutes begin with page 3 recording the plan of the association and end with the minutes of the October meeting in 1862.
Wears Cove Baptist Church1810 Isham Guin, Richard Davis; 1811 Henry Haggard, Charles Coulter; 1812 Parsons Davis, John Wood; 1813 Noah Haggard; 1814 Noah Haggard, Joshua Sims; 1815 Noah Haggard; 1816 Thomas Walker, Mignon Boaz; 1817-1824 none; 1825 Christopher F. Winder; 1826 C.F. Winder; 1827 minutes missing; 1828 R. Davis, W. Davis, E. James; 1829-1830 Edward James; 1831 minutes missing; 1832 J. Adams, D. Cunningham; 1833 J. Rush, D. Cunningham; 1834-1835 D. Cunningham; 1836 J. Adams, T. Ridings; 1837 D. Cunningham, G. Bryant; 1838 C. Cunningham; 1839 M. Cunningham, D. Cunningham; 1840 J. Adams, G. Bryant; 1841 D. Cunningham, J. Adams; 1842 D. Cunningham, J. Patty, M. Cunningham, W.M. Compton; 1843 J. Adams; 1844 none; 1845 Johnson Fancher, William Adams; 1846 D. Cunningham; 1847 D. Cunningham, W. Adams; 1848 D. Cunningham; 1849 W. Hatcher, W.M. Compton; 1850 J. Adams, 1851 J. Patty, M. Compton; 1852 A. Cook; 1853 P. Headrick, J. Patty; 1854 none; 1855 J. Fancher, A. Salts; 1856 Alexander Salts; 1857 J. Fancher; 1858 J. Headrick, G. King; 1859 J. Headrick, L. Fancher; 1860-1862 none.
Churches -- Delegates -- October 1805:
5. Tuckaleechee -- Isham Guinn, Wm Davis, John Friar -- 3.17.6.3.0.91
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of Governor John Sevier April 2, 1796 - June 16, 1801 Taken from Mr. Sam Maner's transcription of Ms. Rebecca Knox's
transcription
of this book: NOTE: I have copied the complete transcriptions for Blount and Sevier Counties from this webpage, not to detract from its excellence but to(1) protect the contents by providing another source for it, This publication follows verbatim the original book containing entries of the initial Commissions issued by John Sevier, the first Governor of Tennessee. Pages 1 through 8 contain entries of commissions issued to
Judges of
the various Superior Courts of the State; Attorneys General of the 3
Districts;
Licenses issued to Page 8 through 51 contain Commissions, both civil and
military, for
County Officers; Justices of the Peace; Sheriffs; Coroners; Field and
Staff
Officers for the regiments of All male inhabitants and indentured servants 18 to 45 years of
age,
with certain exemptions, composed the Militia of the State and should
they
fail to report for the various Each Infantry company which consisted of not less than 40 nor
more than
80 privates was commanded by a Captain, 1 Lieutenant, 1 Ensign, 3
Sergeants,
2 Corporals, 1 The muster grounds were used for holding musters, paying taxes, holding elections, and other official community gatherings. Each company was divided into divisions, numbering from 1 to 10, for the purpose of regular routine duty when called into service. The Index was prepared by Robert T. Quarles, Jr., Director of the Archives Divison, Tennessee State Library and Archives. by The Tennessee Historical Commission Nashville Members of the Tennessee Historical Commission Daniel M. Robison, Chairman Other Members Ex Officio John Clack, William Henderson Junior, Robert Calvert,
Joshua Guest,
Abraham McCleary, Andrew Cowan, Joseph Vance, Robert Pollock, Adam
Wilson,
James Riggin, Alexander Montgomery, Jessee Griffin and Isham
Guin commissioned Justices of the
Peace,
April 23rd 1796. page 42-------------------------------------------- William Henderson of the County of Sevier commissioned Lieutenant in the regiment of cavalry, of the district of Hamilton, during his good behaviour, October 4th 1796. Robert Henderson of the County of Sevier commissioned Cornet in the regiment of cavalry of the district of Hamilton, during his good behaviour, October 4th 1796. William Richardson, John McClung, Adam Fost, Robert McGill, Alexander McLaughlin, Josiah Rodgers and Andrew Cowan commissioned Captains in the regiment of Sevier County during good behaviour, October 10th 1796. Joseph Dickson, John Campbell, Grieph Thomas, James Handy, Richard Crowson, Samuel Blair and George Rogers commissioned Lieutenants in the regiment of Sevier County during good behaviour, October 10th 1796. Philemon Higens, Ralph Campbell, Daniel Lemon, Robert Prentice, William Walroud, James Creaton, Archibald Alexander commissioned Ensigns in the regiment of Sevier County during good behaviour, October 10th 1796. William Henderson Junior of the County of Sevier commissioned a Captain in the regiment of cavalry of the district of Hamilton, during his good behaviour, August 16th 1797. Vice Josep Evans promoted. James McMahan, James Baxter, Allan Bryan and John Dixson commissioned Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Sevier during good behaviour, November 2nd 1797. Thomas Buckingham Junior commissioned Sheriff in and for the County of Sevier, for the Term of two years from July Ultimo, August 2nd 1798. John Toomey commissioned Coroner in and for the County of Sevier for the Term of two years from May Sessions 1798, August 2nd 1798. William Davis commissioned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Sevier, during good behaviour, January 5th 1799. John Mahan commissioned a Captain in the regiment of Sevier County during good behaviour, April 4th 1799. John Williams commissioned a Lieutenant in the regiment of Sevier County during good behaviour, April 4th 1799. Abraham Mulendore and James McGauhy commissioned Ensigns in the regiment of Sevier County during good behaviour, April 4th 1799. James Shields commissioned Captain in the regiment of Sevier County during good behaviour, May 1st 1799. Henry Simmons commissioned a Lieutenant in the regiment of Sevier County during good behaviour, May 1st 1799. Daniel Duggan and David McDaniel commissioned Ensigns in the regiment of Sevier County during good behaviour, May 1st 1799. Nathaniel Buckingham, Nathan Veitch, James Furguson and Robert Armstrong commissioned Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Sevier, during good behaviour, October 26th 1799. John Mahon commissioned second Major of the regiment of Sevier County during good behaviour, May 3rd 1800. page 43------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thomas Buckingham commissioned Sheriff in and for the County of Sevier for two years from the May Sessions of the Court of the said County in the year 1800; July 9th 1800. Flail Nicolas commissioned Coroner in and for the County of Sevier for two years from the May Sessions of the Court of the said County in the year 1800; July 9th 1800. Jacob Layman commissioned Captain in the regiment of Sevier County during good behaviour, July 30th 1800. Obediah Mathews commissioned Lieutenant in the regiment of Sevier County during good behaviour, July 30th 1800. Thomas Pete and Edmond Woldridge commissioned Ensigns in the regiment of Sevier County during good behaviour, July 30th 1800. Robert Henderson of the County of Sevier commissioned Captain in the regiment of cavalry of the district of Hamilton during good behaviour; August 22nd 1800. Vice William Henderson resigned. William Miller Junior of the County of Sevier commissioned Lieutenant in the regiment of cavalry of the distric of Hamilton during good behaviour, April 20th 1801. Isaac Clarke Junior of the County of Sevier commissioned Cornet in the regiment of cavalry of the district of Hamilton during good behaviour, April 20th 1801. Jeremiah Barns and Flail Nicholas commissioned Captains in the regiment of Sevier County during good behaviour, June 16th 1801. Stephen Lovelady commissioned Lieutenant in the regiment of Sevier County during good behaviour, June 16th 1801. Jesse Lovelady commissioned Ensign in the regiment of Sevier County during good behaviour, June 16th 1801. Blount County Andrew Bogle, Joseph Black, William Davidson, Andrew Miller,
William
Lowry, George Ewing, William Wallace, John Wallace, Samuel
Houston, James Greenaway, Mathew Wallace, William Hamilton,
John Cochran, John Tremble and Thomas Galahor commissioned Justices of
the Pease during their good behaviour April 23rd 1796. page 8------------------------------------------------------------------------ George Snider commissioned Cornet of the Volunteer troop of cavalry of Blount County during his good behaviour, November 8th 1796, provided the General Assembly, shall at their next session by a Legislative act, approve and sanction the same. James Gillespie commissioned Captain in the regiment of Blount County during his good behaviour June 8th 1797. Norton Gum commissioned Lieutenant in the regiment of Blount County during his good behaviour, June 8th 1797. Luke Hall commissioned Ensign in the regiment of Blount County during his good behaviour, June 8th 1797. Richard Dearmond commissioned Ensign in Captain Rheas company in the regiment of Blount County during his good behaviour vice John Kelly, June 8th 1797. Andrew Woods, Robert McCulley, John Singleton, Andrew Thompson and Barclay McGhee commissioned Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Blount during good behaviour November 2nd 1797. Joseph Colville commissioned Sheriff in and for the county of Blount for two years from the 13th of June Ultimo, October 4th 1798. James Gillespie and Joseph Tedford commissioned Justices of the Peace in and for the county of Blount during good behaviour, January 5th 1799. Lewis Nelson and David Coldwell commissioned Captains in the regiment of Blount county during good behaviour, March 29th 1799. Thomas Adams and Umphrey Montgomery commissioned Lieutenants in the regimsnt of Blount county during good behaviour March 29th 1799. Edmond Casteele, William Durham and Jonathan Bice commissioned Ensigsn in the regiment of Blount county during good behaviour, March 29th 1799. Richard Dearmond, Thomas Morrisson and John Sherrell commissioned Lieutenants in the regiment of Blount county during good behaviour, May 25th 1799. Matthew McClenahan, George Broyls and Reuben Rogers commissioned Ensigns in the Regiment of Blount county during good behaviour May 25th 1799. Alexander Montgomery and John Cowan commissioned Captains in the regiment of Blount county during good behaviour September 26th 1799. Samuel Norwood commissioned a Lieutenant in the regiment of Blount County during good behaviour September 26th 1799. Prettyman Jones commissioned an Ensign in the regiment of Blount county during good behaviour September 26th 1799. Richard Dearmond commissioned a Captain in the regiment of Blount county during good behaviour, October 23rd 1799. John Woods commissioned an Ensign in the regiment of Blount county during good behaviour, October 23rd 1799. James Campbell, John Tedford, William Burk, John Allison, William Gillespie, James Gillespie and William Young commissioned Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Blount during good behaviour, October 26th 1799. Reuben Rogers commissioned Lieutenant in the regiment of Blount county during good behaviour, April 8th 1800. page 9------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eli Griffitts commissioned Ensign in the regiment of Blount county during good behaviour, April 8th 1800. William Burke commissioned Sheriff in and for the County of Blount for two years from the thirteenth day of this Instant June; June 11th 1800. James McGinley, John Kelley, John Allison and James Gillespie commisioned Captains in the regiment of Blount county during good behaviour, September 17th 1800. Moses Hues, Joseph Alexander, James Wattson, James Weir, Solomon McCampbell and William Walker commissioned Lieutenants in the regiment of Blount county during good behaviour, September 7th 1800. Moses Reves, Nathaniel Bigham, Samuel Hose, Robert Donaldson, John McRandels, Robert Parsons, and James Gailey commissioned Ensigns in the regiment of Blount county during good behaviour, September 7th 1800. William Durham commissioned Lieutenant in the regiment of Blount county during good behaviour, January 6th 1801. James Taylor and Hugh Bogle commissioned Ensigns in the regiment of Blount county during good behaviour, January 6th 1801. David Lovelice and Matthew McClanahan commissioned Lieutenants in the regiment of Blount county during good behaviour, June 16th 1801. Ahimaaz Reagan, Andrew Hannah, and Peter Snider commissioned Ensigns in the regiment of Blount county during good behaviour, June 16th 1801. Searchable database provided by the Owen County Historical and Genealogical Society, courtesy Roger Peterson, archivist. For printed material regarding any individual in the database, the Owen County Society's Publications webpage may be contacted directly [H E R E]. Use the [FIND] button of your browser to localize the name you are searching. It is not necessary to enter the entire name if the spelling is difficult to determine; however the button will not check alternative spellings. You may find it necessary to move the FIND window out of the way to see the result. The format of the database is "Person; Person; Date of Marriage; Minister." Not all marriages will appear twice due to splitting of the database. Groves, Michel; Ervin, Mary Ann; Apr 11, 1831; License, no return |
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in 1807 Crowson's Cove: the Haggards, Amerines, Hatchers, Loveladys, Boazs, Veatches, Brickeys, & Dentons Henry Haggard 15b.
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16.
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A partial listing--containing names of interest to John Gwin-- LAST-----------FIRST----------------OUTFIT
of Sam Maner's transcription found at
http://www.sevierlibrary.org/genealogy/militialist/cherokee.htm
East Tennessee in the
Cherokee Removal Militia List Alfa
...
DENTON Isaac Caldwell Co.-1 Mtd Inf Pvt
DENTON Isaac Caldwell Co.-L Reg Mtd Vol Pvt
DENTON Jefferson Hurst Co.-1 Mtd Mil Pvt
DENTON Jonas Terry Co.-1 Mtd Inf Vol Pvt
...
GUINN Abram Hudlow Co.-1 Inf Pvt
GUINN Allman Boyd Co.-1 Inf Pvt
GUINN William Waterhouse Co.-1 Bat Mtd Inf Pvt
GUINN William K. Talbott Co.-2 Mtd Inf Pvt
...
GWIN Allman Boyd Co.-1 Inf Pvt
GWINN David Cherry Co.-L Bat Mtd Inf Pvt
GWINN Daniel Cherry Co.-L Bat Mtd Inf Pvt
GWINN George Dossett Co.-3 Bat Inf Pvt
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HAGARD Martin Elliott Co.-L Bat Mtd Inf Pvt
HAGGARD Martin Elliott Co.-L Bat Mtd Inf Pvt
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HATCHER Armstard Hurst Co.-1 Mtd Mil Pvt
HATCHER Armstead Hill Co.-2 Mtd Inf Pvt
HATCHER Charles W. West Co.-2 Mtd Inf Vol Pvt
...
HOUSE George F. Cannon Co.-1 Mtd Inf Vol Pvt
HOUSE Henry C. Cannon Co.-1 Mtd Inf Vol Pvt
...
KEENEY Joseph Cannon Co.-1 Mtd Inf Vol Pvt
...
KEENY James Cherry Co.-L Bat Mtd Inf Pvt
...
MC GILL Walter Cannon Co.-1 Mtd Inf Vol Pvt
...
PACKARD Wm Cooke Co.-3 Bat Inf Pvt
...
RENFRO Mark Peak Co.-2 Mtd Inf Pvt
RENFRO Ransom Cunningham Co.-L Reg Mtd Vol Pvt
RENFRO Robert Cunningham Co.-L Reg Mtd Vol Pvt
RENFROW Thomas Vernon Co.-1 Mtd Inf Pvt
...
ROARK Isell Farris Co.-L Bat Mtd Inf Pvt
ROARK John ? Co.-L Bat Mtd Inf Pvt
ROARK William F. Neely Co.-3 Bat Inf 4 Corp
...
SHIELDS Daniel Cannon Co.-1 Mtd Inf Vol Pvt
SHIELDS George Caldwell Co.-L Mtd Vol Pvt
SHIELDS Richard West Co.-2 Mtd Inf Vol 1 Lt
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TALLENT Jeptha Caldwell Co.-L Reg Mtd Vol Pvt
TALLENT Thomas Caldwell Co.-L Reg Mtd Vol Pvt
TALLENT Greenbury W. Parham Co.-3 Mtd Inf Pvt
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TIPTON David B. Morrow Co.-1 Mtd Inf 1 Lt
TIPTON J?? Hurst Co.-1 Mtd Mil Pvt
TIPTON Jacob Boyd Co.-2 Mtd Mil Pvt
TIPTON Jacob Cunningham Co.-2 Mtd Mil Pvt
TIPTON Jacob B. Morrow Co.-1 Mtd Inf Pvt
TIPTON John Caldwell Co.-1 Mtd Inf Pvt
TIPTON John Cunningham Co.-2 Mtd Mil Pvt
TIPTON Jonathan Morrow Co.-W Mtd Inf Ensign
TIPTON Nathaniel Powell Co.-1 Mtd Inf 3 Corp
TIPTON Reuben Powell Co.-L Reg Mtd Vol Pvt
TIPTON Samuel P. Powell Co.-1 Mtd Inf 2 Corp
TIPTON Thomas Morrow Co.-1 Mtd Inf Pvt
TIPTON William R. Mc Clellan Co.-2 Mtd Inf Pvt
...
WALKER Anderson W. Scrugg Co.-2 Mtd Mil 1 Sgt
WALKER Elisha Gillespie Co.-2 Mt Dinf Pvt
WALKER Hiram Cunningham Co.-2 Mtd Mil Pvt
WALKER Isaac Wallace Co.-3 Bat Inf Pvt
WALKER James ?. Cunningham Co.-2 Mtd Mil Pvt
WALKER Jeremiah Terry Co.-1 Mtd Lnf Vol Pvt
WALKER John W. Cherry Co.-L Bat Mtd Inf Pvt
WALKER Mordion Boyd Co.-2 Mtd Mil Pvt
WALKER Robert E. Mc Millin Co.-1 Mtd Mil Pvt
WALKER Robert E. Morrow Co.-L Reg Mtd Vol Pvt
WALKER Samuel Prigmore Co.-1 Mtd Mil Pvt
WALKER Thomas B. Roger Co.-2 Mtd Mil Sgt
WALKER William Scrugg Co.-2 Mtd Mil Pvt
WALKER William Hill Co.-1 Inf Pvt
WALKER William F. Peak Co.-L Reg Mtd Vol Pvt
WALKER William ?. Wild Co.-L Bat Mtd Inf Pvt
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Re: Denton David 1817 TN/Bolt
Posted by: Mary Morris Goldman (ID *****4310)
Date: July 19, 2005 at 12:05:47
In Reply to: Re: Denton David 1817 TN/Bolt by Betty Palmisano #2392 of 2445Betty, I am a descendant of David Denton and Elizabeth Gwin thru their son George Denton and Arritta Weathers, their son Harmon/Hirman Denton and Sarah Trusty, their daughter Mary Emily Denton and William W. Cornwell, and their daughter Hazel Belle Cornwell and George Lafe Morris. I would like information on Thomas Denton and wife Elizabeth.
From: JAMESTWALL@aol.com
Date: Wed Dec 14, 2005 08:41:07 PM US/Mountain
To: jmcdgwin@zianet.com
Cc: JAMESTWALL@aol.com
Subject: Fwd: ISHAM GUINN- SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY CO., VIRGINIA MILITIA IN 1787John, FYI.
JimFrom: "Hugh or Evelyn Jackson" <oldfolks2@epowerc.net>
Date: Wed Dec 14, 2005 08:22:50 PM US/Mountain
To: <JAMESTWALL@aol.com>
Subject: Re: ISHAM GUINN- SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY CO., VIRGINIA MILITIA IN 1787Jim,
Thank you so very, very much for the record of Isham Guinn. I now have proof for another supplemental to the Daughters of 1812 through my mother's side. I have one on file for David Jones, and my membership is through Theadore Ctalin on my father's side. So thank you again.I am Indiana State Chaplain of the Daughters of 1812 and presently serving my own chapter, Jonathan Jennings, as treasurer and will be chapter president the next term. I am also presently researching those from Harrison, present day Crawford and present day Washington County who served in the War of 1812. This research includes the date of birth, date of death, where buried, to whom married and names of children and their spouses. Today I found at the John Hay Center where there were 30, so it is an awesome task. The national society wants to compile a book similar to the patriot Index in DAR.
I also found out at the Center today where Ben Weathers had set a marker at the Walton Cemetery for Virginia Jane Gwinn Tipton. Now if I could just find out who and if my Sarah Tipton was related to Joseph--ej
Evelyn Harper Jackson
3765 Totten Ford Road NW
Depauw, Indiana 47115-8252----- Original Message -----
From: JAMESTWALL@aol.com
To: jmcdgwin@zianet.com
Cc: JAMESTWALL@aol.com ; kgwin@indy.net ; Dogyar3@aol.com ; oldfolks2@epowerc.net
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 11:09 AM
Subject: ISHAM GUINN- SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY CO., VIRGINIA MILITIA IN 1787PRIVATE ISHAM GUINN SERVED 19 0R 20 DAYS IN THE COMPANY OF CAPTAIN JOHN INGLIS. SERVICE IS LISTED ON A PAY ROLL HELD AT THE ARCHIVES DEPARTMENT, VIRGINIA STATE LIBRARY.
JIM WALL
James T. Wall
2511 N. Stuart St.
Arlington, VA 22207-5163
(703) 524-2198; cell (703) 980-2358
E-mail: JAMESTWALL@aol.com
Re: Issac Houston, born Abt. 1770 and family
Posted by: James Stevenson (ID *****8914)
Date: March 03, 2005 at 13:35:58
In Reply to: Issac Houston by Richard Houston
of 3942 GoI have an Isaac Huston, wife Elizabeth, and their children. One of the children was Isaac, born 1802 who married Louisa, last name unknown, children unknown. My file shows Isaac born KY. The patriarch Isaac Huston/Houston was born about 1770. His first daughter, Jane, was born 1794 and married my great-great-great grandfather John Stevenson of Hardin County, KY on Sept 11, 18. Isaac lived in Hardin County KY near John Stevenson, and Isaac is buried in Bacon Creek, KY. Several of the family moved through Indiana, to Cass County, Illinois.
Here is what I have:
Descendants of Isaac Houston
1. -- Isaac1 Houston, b. Abt. 1770; d. in Bacon Creek, KY; m. Elizabeth (nee unk.; d. in Hardin Co.?, KY?); 7 known ch.2 -- i. -- Jane2 Houston, b. 1794; d. 26 Dec 1847 in Brown Co., IL; m1. 22 Sep 1811 in Hardin Co., KY, to John Stevenson (b. ca. 1786 in IN?; d. WFT est. 1819-1877); m2. (from FTM Marriages IL & IN:) 11 Mar 1822 in Harrison Co., IN, to William L. Dehart (b. 1801; d. 1852 in Brown Co., IL)Followups:3 -- ii. -- William M. Houston, b. 1798; m. 28 Nov 1820 in Harrison Co., IN, to Sarah Gwin
4 -- iii. -- Rachel Houston, b. ca. 1800; m. 09 Sep 1817 in Jeffersonfville, Clark Co., IN, to Zachariah Downs
5 -- iv. -- Squire Houston, b. 1800; d. Mar 1882 in Brown Co.(?), IL; m. Nancy Gwin 27 October 1822 in Orange Co, IN; b. ca. 1805.
6 -- v. -- Isaac Houston, b. 1802 in Kentucky. He married Louisa.
7 -- vi. -- John B. Houston, b. 1805 in KY; died 1861. He married (1) Mahala C.; born 1808 in Tennessee; died 1880 in Iowa. He married (2) Mahala C. Gwin.
8 -- vii. -- Uriah Houston, b. 12 Feb 1813 in KY; d. 09 Apr 1885 in Cass Co. (?), IL; m1. Harriet Barker; m2. Harriet Barker 05 Jan 1837 in Schuyler Co., IL; d. 05 Apr 1875.
* Re: Issac Houston, born Abt. 1770 and family Richard Houston 3/07/05http://genforum.genealogy.com/houston/messages/3802.html
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Gwin Cemetery -- Located in Dubois Co., IN, on the northern edge of Harbison Township, northeast of Haysville--(Latitude: 382931N, Longitude: 0865332W)Click on Link A to go to a topographical map of the area (with the Gwin Cemetery at its center).
Link A: http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=38.4919444444444&lon=-86.8922222222222&datum=nad83&u=6
Using this map, I measured out the following directions to reach the Gwin Cemetery:
Take U.S. 231 north from Jasper in Dubois Co. to Haysville. At the center of town, 231 will intersect state route 56, which take to the east exactly one mile (it will bear south as you approach the edge of town, then return to an east bearing). On your left, you will see a small road going up the hill to the NNE, which follow exactly one-half mile (yes, it will turn to one-lane dirt--stay with it!). The cemetery is about 750 feet up the hill to your right--due east from where you parked your car--atop the ridge overlooking the river.Immediately below is the link to the TerraServerUSA satellite photo image of this same area--Link B. If you open two windows on your screen--one for the satellite photo and the other for the topo map--you can see that the cemetery is atop this heavily wooded ridge in the midst of prime farm country. The road mentioned above appears to likely be a private road going to the two farms that are clearly visible in the photo. Therefore, perhaps a better route to the cemetery may be to continue farther east on Rt. 56 about half a mile past the abovementioned turnoff on the left to the next turnoff to the left, parking your car somewhere along this little blocklong road near the barn in the photo, then walking on in, skirting the field on its west side and going past the large pond area into the woods. It appears to me that one would greatly profit from the use of a GPS to find the cemetery going either route.
Link B: http://terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?T=1&S=11&Z=16&X=1273&Y=10650&W=1
I used the following Link C to find Links A and B above. There is a wealth of information here regarding this area:
Link C: http://home.att.net/~Local_History/Dubois-Co-IN.htm#CEMETERIES
Which Gwins are buried here? Who will find it? Who will chalk the faces of the tombstones and photograph them for me?
From: Gerald Ulrich <gniulrich@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri Feb 03, 2006 07:13:26 PM US/Mountain
To: jmcdgwin@zianet.com
Subject: Gwin cemeteryJohn:
Today I called Dubuois County Historical Soceity at 812-482-3074 -- I spoke to John, and he said there were only three stones remaining in the Gwin Cemetery.David H. Gwin 26-March-1817 14-December-1849There may be as many as fifty or sixty other graves marked only with field stones and no names are available.
His wife
Sarah A. Gwin 4-March-1824 9-March-1854
Their son
David H. Gwin 1-February-1849 11-September-1854
Ila Jean Ulrich gniulrich@yahoo.com
From: kgwin@indy.net
Reply-To: kgwin@indy.net
To: John Gwin <jmcdgwin@zianet.com>
Subject: Re: Gwin Cem. in Dubois Co.
Hello John.
I have been to the cemetery you refer to. I went up
there
about two years ago. This was indeed a family plot; there are three
people
buried in this area.
I was a little shocked at the condition of the plot; one stone was lying down, and one was in three pieces; all are readable. They are in a group of trees and covered with broken limbs and weeds.
I am going to have to dig my paperwork out and get you the info on the stones. There are a father, mother, and young son buried there. OK, they are:
David H. Gwin
16 Mar 1817
14 Dec 1849Sarah A. Gwin
4 Mar 1824
9 Mar 1854David H. Gwin
1 Feb 1849
11 Sep 1854From what I gathered from the county office in Jasper, the father of the boy and family buried there was a brother-in-law to Harbison, from whom the township is named. Gwin and Harbison together owned about 200 acres in that area. When Gwin sold out, he had a clause in the deed which set aside 1/4 acre for this cemetery.
The current owner of the land was a little reluctant for me to go up to the site, so I went anyway, took a bunch of pictures, and enjoyed the walk back to the site. Its probably 3/4 mile from the highway. I was thinking I sent Mr. Wall a couple pics of the cemetery, maybe not, I can't remember.
Regards, Kenny Gwin
P.s. I had a computer crash last summer and lost all my pics. trojan virus...
Left: This is the old barn (see arrow) west of the cemetery, still standing in 2004. (The cemetery is up the hill to the right.) You can see this old barn in the TopoZone map in Link A above. Right: Atop the ridge approaching the cemetery (see arrow) from the south.
From: John Gwin <jmcdgwin@zianet.com>
Sent: Jan 31, 2006 8:06 AM
To: "Kenneth L. Gwin" <kgwin@indy.net>
Subject: Gwin Cem. in Dubois Co.On Saturday, April 30, 2005, at 04:23 PM, kgwin@indy.net wrote:
Dear John,
I have a lot of information on the Gwin family who migrated from Pittsylvania County, Va. John Gwin of Danville Va. settled in Harrison Cty, 1804. There were 9 children, one of whom was my gg-grandfather Homes Gwin. He had brothers Geo., Ed, John, and Thomas, and four sisters, Elizabeth, Nancy, Sallie, and Polly.I believe I read somewhere in your site that Geo or maybe it was John had a son who was a Capt. in the Civil War. The capt. was Isum Gwin, son of Homes and Mary Patterson Gwin ( see the 80th Indiana on your web--type in 80th Indiana). Scott Meeker of Wis. has written a great deal on the 80th. I donated Isum's Civil War diary to the
Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis, last year. If you are interested in more info, such as George,s migration to Macoupon County, IL, I will be glad to help you with this info.Please consider there were many Geo. Gwins, Holmes Gwins, and Homes Gwins. John Gwin's brother Thomas also came to Harrison County in 1804. All settled in Lanesville, IN. My g-grandfather Isum was born in Lanesville in 1826 and died and was buried in Martin County, IN, in 1906.
Hope to hear from you. Kenneth L Gwin
3255 St Meinrad Rd.
Bristow, IN (Perry County next to Harrison County)Hey, Ken! I sure hope you're well and enjoying yourself (and everyone else, too)! I haven't heard from you in awhile, and I wanted to get in touch.
Besides that, I have some very interesting information about which you may know something. I can see a small cemetery in Dubois Co., just north of you, called "Gwin Cem." on the online topo map. If you got to Jasper, then to Haysville, then went east of there a couple of miles, it'd be a few hundred yards north of Rt. 56. If you click this link, it'll take you to a spot on my Isham Gwin page where I have two more links--one to the topo map location, and the other to a satellite photo of the same spot. If you put both side by side, you can get a better idea of what the land's like there. There appears to be no road within 150 yards or so, so it may be a really old cemetery. If you don't know anything about it, then it's anybody's guess as to who's buried there. Would you be interested in going up there to see and maybe chalk and take a few pictures of the gravestones? I'm so curious, I can hardly sit still! Here's the link: http://www.zianet.com/jmcdgwin/gwinisham.htm#gwinCemDuboisCoIN I hope to hear from you soon--talk to you again then.
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From: "JamesT Wall" <jamesthomaswallthird@msn.com>
Date: Mon Mar 27, 2006 07:40:28 PM US/Mountain
To: jmcdgwin@zianet.com, JAMESTWALL@aol.com
Subject: Isham Guinn in Wayne County, Tennessee in 1840http://www.netease.net/wayne/1840census.htm
Wayne County, Tennessee
1840 Federal Census
Transcribed by Edgar D. Byler, IIITranscribed from NARA Microfilm Publication M704, Roll # 899 (Sixth Census of the United States, 1840). Originally published in "Wayne County, Tennessee Census Records Volume I: 1820, 1830 & 1840", The Byler Press, 1974.
Only the name of the head of each household is listed. All other individuals living in the household are listed by the number of individuals in a given age group with the exception that pensioners living in a household were listed by name and specific age and will appear in parentheses directly after the name of the head of household. A question mark appearing inside brackets (e.s. [?]) indicates a question by the transcriber concerning the name or its spelling.
This transcription follows the standard shorthand enumeration. The column headings for this census are
Free Whites:
Male: under 5 years/5 to 10/10 to 15/15 to 20/20 to 30/30 to 40/40 to 50/50 to 60/60 to 70/70 to 80/80 to 90/90 to 100/100 and up.
Female: under 5 years/5 to 10/10 to 15/15 to 20/20 to 30/30 to 40/40 to 50/50 to 60/60 to 70/70 to 80/80 to 90/90 to 100/100 and up.Slaves and free colored persons:
Male: under 10/10 to 24/24 to 36/36 to 55/55 to 100/ 100 and up.
Female: under 10/10 to 24/24 to 36/36 to 55/55 to 100/ 100 and up.
For the purpose of this transcription, slaves are given as a whole number following the free while females. Free persons of color are listed as enumerated.
For example on page 67, the first entry:This means that in the household of Thomas Franklin the following people were living:Thomas Franklin 310001-/120001-
3 males between the ages of 0 and less than 5 years
1 male between the age of 5 and less than 10 years
0 males between the age of 10 and less than 15 years
0 males between the age of 15 and less than 20 years
0 males between the age of 20 and less than 30 years
1 male between the age of 30 and less than 40 years
- no other entries in the male columns.
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1 female between the age of 0 and less than 5 years
2 females between the ages of 5 and less than 10 years
0 females between the age of 10 and less than 15 years
0 females between the age of 15 and less than 20 years
0 females between the age of 20 and less than 30 years
1 female between the age of 30 and less than 40 years.
- no other entries in the female columns.
since there are no other numbers following the last dash, there were no slaves living in the household.Free blacks if living in the household would be enumerated separately, following the last column of the white females, and would be listed by free black males and free black females.
Page 101Isham Guinn 100001-/20001-
[John Gwin Note: Wonderful! OK, let's speculate as to who these people would be:
One male between the age of 0 and less than 5 years (i.e., b. betw. 1835 and 1840)One male between the age of 30 and less than 40 years (i.e., b. betw. 1800 and 1810) -- This would be the Isham Guinn, head of household.
1. One could argue from the closeness of the DOB that this could possibly be the "shadowy" 3.6--Isham Gwin II, sixth-born child of Isham and Mary Canterbury Gwin.Two females between the age of 0 and less than 5 years (i.e., b. betw. 1835 and 1840)One female between the age of 20 and less than 30 years (i.e., b. betw. 1810 and 1820) -- This would be the wife of Isham Guinn, head of household.
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From: JAMESTWALL@aol.com
Date: Sun Apr 16, 2006 10:57:22 AM US/Mountain
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Subject: Isham Guin/Isom Gwin, Baptist Preacher16 April 2006
ISHAM GUIN, BAPTIST PREACHER
I have found references to my fourth great-grandfather, Isham Guin/Isom Gwin in Primitive Baptist Church records in Eastern Tennessee in the early 1800s, from 1803 to 1810. These records are contained in full on two web sites indicated below. I have copied only those portions mentioning my ancestor plus the introduction.
It appears that Isom Gwin (I generally use that spelling version of his name) was ordained a minister about 1804. He was associated with four churches in Eastern Tennessee during that time period: Forks of Little Pigeon Church; Providence Church; Tuckaleechee Church; and Wears Cove Baptist Church. He attended seven church conventions in the region from 1803 to 1810. In six of the church meetings he attended as an ordained minister.
After moving to Indiana from Tennessee, Isom Gwin was associated with two churches: El Bethel in Crawford Co. and Providence Church in Crawford? [John Gwin Note: Orange] Co. He served at Providence Church until his death about 1830.
James T. Wall
2511 N. Stuart St.
Arlington, VA 22207-5163
703-524-2198
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Delegates from Sevier County Churches to Tennessee Baptist Association 1803-1862
Elaine R. Wells and Beulah S. Linn, Sevier County Historian
Introduction
A copy of the original 345 page handwritten manuscript entitled “Minutes of the Tennessee Association of United Baptist 1802 (sic) ?1862” in the Carson Newman College Library was transcribed and typed by Elaine R. Wells of Clabourne Texas, courtesy of Mr. Al. Lang, archivist. The typed 282-page document is now in the Carson Newman College Library.
The Tennessee Association Minutes record the activities of the association, the names of the delegates from the churches and whether or not the association received a letter from the church. The letter recorded the number of members received by experience or letter, the number of letters of dismission, the number of members excommunicated, the number of members deceased and the total membership. (underscoring added)
Oct 1803; Isom Guin; Forks of Little Pigeon Church; 37.24.38.3.2.219; Meeting at Big Spring Meeting House on the Kentucky trace, Grainger Co.
Oct 1805; Isham Guin; Tuckaleechee; 3.17.6.3.0.91; Meeting at Dumpling Creek Meeting House, Jefferson Co.
Oct 1806; Isham Guin; Tuckaleechee; 4.6.7.2.0.102; Meeting at Davises Creek Meeting House, Claybourne Co., powels’ valley
Oct 1807; Isham Guin; Tuckaleechee; 1.9.29.2.0.79; Meeting at County Line Meeting House, North of Holston River, Grainger Co.
Oct 1808; Isham Guin; Tuckaleechee; 0.5.3.4.1.61; Meeting at East Fork of Poplar Creek Meeting House, Anderson Co.
Oct 1809; Isam Guin; Tuckaleechee; 0.0.0.0.0.59; Meeting at Little Pigeon Meeting House, Sevier Co.
Minute 15. The Corresponding letter to the Holston Association called for read and approved, and Appointed brethren, viz, William Johnson, Thomas Hudeburgh, Isham Guin, Elijah Rogers, William Williams, and Thomas Brown the messengers to the Holston Assn. To sit at Buffaloe ridge meeting House the second Friday in August next.
Oct 1810; Isham Guin; Wears Cove Baptist Church; 0.1.3.2.0.57; Meeting at Gap Creek Meeting House in Powell’s Valley, Claiborne Co.
Minute 17. After prayer by the Moderator, adjourned to the second Saturday in October next, viz, 1811, at Richland meeting house, Granger County. Elder Richard Wood to preach the introductory sermon, and in case of failure, Elder Guin Supply.
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http://www.sevierlibrary.org/genealogy/churchhis/prov.html
PROVIDENCE BAPTIST CHURCH
JEFFERSON COUNTY AND SEVIER COUNTY, TENNESSEEMINUTES
OCTOBER 1797 TO SEPTEMBER 1828Church Book
PROVIDENCE CHURCH
Convened monthly
Of the Primitive Baptist...the fifteenth January 1804...A petition from Tuchaleechey Church for brother Isom Gwin to be ordained to take the pastorial care of them it was granted if he is found Sufficient when Examined before a presbytery which is to Set at the fork pigeon on the first Saturday and Friday in April...
Barb, I found your query on http://genforum.genealogy.com/gwin/messages/361.html. You queried: I am looking for information on Elizabeth Gwin who married Richard Douglas Lilly September 13, 1827, Harrison County, Indiana. Any one know anything about Elizabeth? She was born a bout 1809 in Indiana. Please help.Barb bbzservice2@citilink.net
Date: Mon Apr 17, 2006 03:14:56 PM US/Mountain
To: bbzservice2@citlink.net
Cc: JAMESTWALL@aol.com, jmcdgwin@zianet.com
Subject: Gwin/Lilly Marriage in Harrison Co., 1827Gwin/Lilly Marriage
in Harrison Co., IN, 1827
In MARRIAGE AFFIDAVIS AND CERTIFICATES, Harrison County, Indiana, by Walter S. Beanblossom, Ancestral Trails Historical Society, March 1973, there are several GWIN marriages which give additional information about Elizabeth.
Page 21 9/12/1827 Richard Lilly c/o Susannah Lilly by Wm. Engelman
................Elizabeth Gwin c/o Thomas Gwin by ................William Gwin
Thomas Gwin is Elizabeth's father. My guess is that William is a brother.Page 26
9/9/1831 Thomas Gwin Jr. c/o Thos. Gwin Sr. by
..............Uriah R. Kyees
..............Lucy Ann Sackett a. [age attested to] by
..............Uriah R. Kyees
It appears that the father of Elizabeth Gwin is Thomas Gwin Sr. Also, Thomas Gwin Jr. appears to be Elizabeth's second brother.Page 39 6/24/1835 Berry [Littleberry] Gwin c/o
..............Thomas Gwin by Charles Sacket
..............Mary Harbison c/o Charles Sacket
It appears that there is yet another son of Thomas Gwin and brother of Elizabeth Gwin!I am quite sure that Thomas Gwin [Sr.] is a son of George Holmes/Homes Gwin who died in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia about 1793. Several of his sons moved to Harrison Co., Indiana from Pittsylvania Co. Barb, please provide me your mailing address and telephone number, so that I can contact you. I have additional info on George Holmes Gwin which I can provide you.
I am descended from Isom Gwin and Mary Canterberry Gwin who went from Montgomery Co., Virginia to Tennessee to Southern Indiana (Harrison/Crawford/Orange counties). I am sure that there is a relationship between George Holmes Gwin and Isom Gwin. However, I haven't figured it out yet. -- Jim Wall
From: JAMESTWALL@aol.com
Date: Thu Apr 27, 2006 03:40:07 PM US/Mountain
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Subject: 1820 Indiana Census of MalesI have extracted the following information from The Indiana 1820 Enumeration of Males, compiled by Mary M. Morgan, The Family History Section, Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis, 1988. Only fourteen of the thirty-three counties required with the requirement of the 1816 Indiana Constitution. The counties which reported in the 1820 enumeration do not cover all those where my ancestors and related families lived. For example, Harrison and Clark counties were not included.
Jim Wall
Crawford County
Page 1
GUEN ISM (my 4th great-grandfather. JTW Note the unusual spelling!)
Page 2
LIKINS MARK (I recall an Isom Gwin marrying Mary Likins in 1817 or 1819. I wonder who this is in relation to Mary Likins?)
STROUD THOMAS (There was an Isom G. Stroud-- see below. Wonder what his relationship is to Thomas and to Isom Gwin?)
Page 3
WEATHERS BENJAMIN (my third great-grandfather. JTW) (In 1827, after his wife Glathy Bullington Weathers died, he remarried to Jane Gwin Tipton, a widow who was the daughter of Isom Gwin and Mary Canterberry.)
BULLINGTON WILLIAM (my fourth great-grandfather had the same name. I wonder if this is my ancestor or a son?)
GOLDMAN MOSES (one of the daughters of Benjamin Weathers married a Moses Goldman, a cobbler. They ended up in Boulder, Colorado.)
Page 21
Jefferson County
GUIN JOHN
Page 42
Orange County
STALCUP JOHN (There is a connection of Stalcups and my Gwins.)
GIVENS ELISHA (Is this a Gwin?)
Page 43
WEATHERS JOHN (These are my relatives and associated families.)
BULLINGTON ROBERT
BULLINGTON BENGAMIN
EVANS STROUD
JONES HENRY (His wife was a Weathers.)
AGAN WILLIAM (I believe he married a Weathers)
STROUD ISHAM ( I think he was Isham G. (Gwin) Stroud.)
STALCUP WILLIAM
STALCUP SAMUEL
Page 44
STALCUP PETER SR
STALCUP PETER JR
STALCUP HENRY
STALCUP STEPHEN
Page 52
Posey County
USERY JOHN (I wonder what relation he is to my Bolin Ussrey (Usery) who was in Pike County in 1840?)
Page 65
Washington County
WRIGHT ELIJAH (Didn't he marry a Gwin?) [John Gwin Note: Yes, he married Isham's and Mary's lastborn daughter Manerva/Minerva Gwin.]
WINN ISAAC (Gwin?)
Page 65
WRIGHT ASA (Wasn't he an heir of Isom Gwin?)
I didn't list the Walkers-- there were quite a few. If there are particular ones in certain counties, I will look them up for you.
Best wishes,
Jim
From: "Mike Walker" <walk5755@bellsouth.net>
Date: Thu Apr 27, 2006 05:13:42 PM US/Mountain
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Subject: RE: 1820 Indiana Census of MalesJim,
Since you were so kind as to send the last email with your ancestors, I thought I would share my extraction of the 1820 Indiana Census, with all of the Walkers. (Sorted by Twp, Co, State, First name)
MikeFrom: "Mike Walker" <walk5755@bellsouth.net>[John Gwin Note: Thanks for all this good stuff, Jim and Mike! Mike, I went through your lists below and indented and highlighted those from the counties of Orange, Crawford, Harrison, and Dubois, since it seems most likely to me that those who would have come from east Tennessee with the Gwins et al would've settled in the same places. I know 'tain't necessarily so, but it's a next step in sorting.]
Date: Thu Apr 27, 2006 05:24:26 PM US/Mountain
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Subject: 1830 Indiana Census of Males - FYI
1820 US Census Indiana Walkers
Head of Household
Twp., Co., State
James Walker
Aurora,Dearborn,INIsaac WalkerFrancis Walker
Bainbridge, Dubois,IN
Jonathan Walker
Bainbridge, Dubois,IN
Brookville, Franklin,IN
James Walker
Brookville, Franklin,IN
John Walker
Brookville, Franklin,IN
Samuel Walker
Brownsville, Fayette,IN
William Walker
Brownsville,Fayette,IN
George B Walker
Connersville,Fayette,IN
Robert Walker
Connersville,Fayette,IN
Edward Walker
Cotton,Switzerland,IN
Elbert Walker
Flat Rock,Delaware,IN
Wm Walker
Flat Rock,Delaware,IN
Oliver Walker
Greensfork,Randolph,IN
George Walker
Greenville,Floyd,IN
Howard Walker
Greenville,Floyd,IN
James Walker
Harrison,Knox,IN
Benjamin Walker
Hartford,Dearborn,IN
John Walker
Hartford,Dearborn,IN
Benjamin Walker
Laughery,Dearborn,IN
Robert Walker
Laughery,Dearborn,IN
Daniel Walker
Lawrenceburg,Dearborn,IN
John Walker
Lynn,Posey,INAndrew WalkerSamuel Walker
Northeast, Orange, IN
Robert Walker
Not Stated, Crawford, IN
Not Stated,Delaware,IN
Charles Walker
Not Stated,Harrison,INThomas WalkerObediah Walker
Not Stated, Harrison, IN
Not Stated,Jackson,IN
Alfred Walker
Not Stated,Jefferson,IN
James Walker
Not Stated,Jefferson,IN
John Walker
Not Stated,Jefferson,IN
John Walker
Not Stated,Jefferson,IN
Lewallen F (Unknown) Walker
Not Stated,Jefferson,IN
John Walker
Not Stated,Jennings,IN
Alexander Walker
Not Stated,Lawrence,IN
James Walker
Not Stated,Perry,IN
Philip Walker
Not Stated,Perry,IN
James Walker
Not Stated,Sullivan,IN
John L Walker
Not Stated,Vigo,IN
Joseph Walker
Not Stated,Vigo,IN
Aaron Walker
Not Stated,Washington,IN
Robert Walker
Not Stated,Washington,IN
George Walker
Not Stated,Wayne,IN
Isaac Walker
Not Stated,Wayne,IN
John Walker
Not Stated,Wayne,IN
Samuel Walker
Not Stated,Wayne,IN
Wm Walker
Not Stated,Wayne,INBenjamin B. WalkerWalker
Paoli, Orange, IN
Perry,Martin,IN
Elvera Walker
Posey,Franklin,IN
James Walker
Randolph,Dearborn,IN
Stephen Walker
Randolph,Dearborn,IN
John Walker
Robb,Posey,IN
Abraham Walker
Vincennes,Knox,IN
Wm M Walker
Vincennes,Knox,IN
David Walker
Washington,Clark,IN
Isaac Walker
Washington,Knox,IN
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.1830 US Census Indiana Walkers
Head of Household
Twp., Co., StateIsaac WalkerWilliam Walker
Bainbridge, Dubois, Indiana
Brandywine, Hancock, Indiana
Samuel Walker
Center, Wayne, Indiana
Edward Walker
Clark, Perry, Indiana
Lewis Walker
Clark, Perry, Indiana
Stanley Walker
Clark, Perry, Indiana
Obadiah Walker
Driftwood, Jackson, Indiana
Phelix Walker
Driftwood, Jackson, Indiana
Thomas Walker
Franklin, Johnson, IndianaCharles WalkerIsaac Walker
Harrison, Harrison, Indiana
Hensley, Johnson, Indiana
Jacob Walker
Hensley, Johnson, Indiana
James P Walker
Hensley, Johnson, Indiana
Zephaniah Walker
Hensley, Johnson, Indiana
George Walker
Jackson, Shelby, Indiana
James Walker
Jackson, Shelby, Indiana
Samuel Walker
Jackson, Shelby, Indiana
John Walker
Lancaster, Jefferson, Indiana
John Walker
Lancaster, Jefferson, Indiana
William Walker
Lancaster, Jefferson, Indiana
Henry Walker
Langley, Dearborn, Indiana
James Walker
Langley, Dearborn, Indiana
Mary Walker
Langley, Dearborn, Indiana
Henry Walker
Lawrenceburg, Dearborn, Indiana
John Walker
Lynn, Posey, Indiana
Vincent Walker
Lynn, Posey, Indiana
Goerge Walker
New Albany, Floyd, Indiana
Howard Walker
New Albany, Floyd, Indiana
John Walker
New Albany, Floyd, Indiana
Thos B Walker
New Albany, Floyd, Indiana
James Walker
New Harmony, Posey, Indiana
Saml Walker
New Harmony, Posey, Indiana
Daniel Walker
Nineveh, Johnson, Indiana
Alexander Walker
Northeast of the State Road, Clark, Indiana
David Walker
Northeast of the State Road, Clark, Indiana
Samuel Walker
Northeast of the State Road, Clark, Indiana
William C Walker
Northeast of the State Road, Clark, Indiana
George Walker
Not Stated, Boone, Indiana
Danial Walker
Not Stated, Clay, Indiana
Davis Walker
Not Stated, Clay, Indiana
Ephram Walker
Not Stated, Clay, Indiana
James Walker
Not Stated, Clay, Indiana
Levie Walker
Not Stated, Clay, Indiana
Mary Walker
Not Stated, Clay, Indiana
Richard Walker
Not Stated, Clay, Indiana
William Walker
Not Stated, Clay, Indiana
James Walker
Not Stated, Daviess, Indiana
John Walker
Not Stated, Daviess, Indiana
John Walker
Not Stated, Daviess, Indiana
Joseph Walker
Not Stated, Daviess, Indiana
Joseph Walker
Not Stated, Daviess, Indiana
Rebecca Walker
Not Stated, Daviess, Indiana
Samuel Walker
Not Stated, Daviess, Indiana
William Walker
Not Stated, Daviess, Indiana
John Walker
Not Stated, Decatur, Indiana
Elbert Walker
Not Stated, Fayette, Indiana
Henry Walker
Not Stated, Fayette, Indiana
William Walker
Not Stated, Fayette, Indiana
William Walker
Not Stated, Fayette, Indiana
George B Walker
Not Stated, Fountain, Indiana
James Walker
Not Stated, Fountain, Indiana
John Walker
Not Stated, Fountain, Indiana
John B Walker
Not Stated, Franklin, Indiana
William Walker
Not Stated, Franklin, Indiana
Catherine Walker
Not Stated, Greene, Indiana
Charles Walker
Not Stated, Greene, Indiana
John Walker
Not Stated, Greene, Indiana
John Walker
Not Stated, Hendricks, Indiana
Thomas Walker
Not Stated, Hendricks, Indiana
Am Walker
Not Stated, Knox, Indiana
Eli Walker
Not Stated, Lawrence, Indiana
John Walker
Not Stated, Lawrence, Indiana
Bennett Walker
Not Stated, Martin, Indiana
Edward Walker
Not Stated, Monroe, Indiana1830 (continued)
Jeremiah Walker
Not Stated, Monroe, Indiana
John W Walker
Not Stated, Monroe, Indiana
John Walker
Not Stated, Monroe, Indiana
Francis Walker
Not Stated, Morgan, Indiana
Robert Walker
Not Stated, Morgan, IndianaAlexander WalkerEuiler Walker
Not Stated, Orange, Indiana
Andrew Walker
Not Stated, Orange, Indiana
Catherine Walker
Not Stated, Orange, Indiana
Charles Walker
Not Stated, Orange, Indiana
John Walker
Not Stated, Orange, Indiana
Samuel Walker
Not Stated, Orange, Indiana
Thomas Walker
Not Stated, Orange, Indiana
Not Stated, Owen, Indiana
James Walker
Not Stated, Owen, Indiana
Jesse Walker
Not Stated, Owen, Indiana
Jesse Walker
Not Stated, Parke, Indiana
Merit Walker
Not Stated, Parke, Indiana
Robert Walker
Not Stated, Parke, Indiana
Abraham J Walker
Not Stated, Putnam, Indiana
Arthur Walker
Not Stated, Putnam, Indiana
William A Walker
Not Stated, Putnam, Indiana
Alexr Walker
Not Stated, Rush, Indiana
James Walker
Not Stated, Rush, Indiana
James Walker
Not Stated, Rush, Indiana
John Walker
Not Stated, Rush, Indiana
Geo Walker
Not Stated, Sullivan, Indiana
David Walker
Not Stated, Switzerland, Indiana
Henry B Walker
Not Stated, Switzerland, Indiana
John K Walker
Not Stated, Switzerland, Indiana
Robert Walker
Not Stated, Switzerland, Indiana
Samuel H Walker
Not Stated, Switzerland, Indiana
Susannah Walker
Not Stated, Switzerland, Indiana
William Walker
Not Stated, Switzerland, Indiana
Lewis Walker
Not Stated, Union, Indiana
Robert Walker
Not Stated, Union, Indiana
Widow Walker
Not Stated, Union, Indiana
William Walker
Not Stated, Union, Indiana
William Walker
Not Stated, Union, Indiana
William Walker
Not Stated, Union, Indiana
Thomas Walker
Not Stated, Vanderburgh, Indiana
James Walker
Not Stated, Vermillion, Indiana
James Walker Senr.
Not Stated, Vermillion, Indiana
John L Walker
Not Stated, Vigo, Indiana
Henery Walker
Not Stated, Warren, Indiana
Aaron Walker
Not Stated, Washington, Indiana
James Walker
Not Stated, Washington, Indiana
Robert Walker
Not Stated, Washington, Indiana
Rolley Walker
Not Stated, Washington, Indiana
Wm Walker
Not Stated, Washington, Indiana
Debra Walker
Oil, Perry, Indiana
Elijah Walker
Oil, Perry, Indiana
Phillips Walker
Oil, Perry, IndianaJohnathan WalkerRobert Walker
Patoka, Dubois, Indiana
Randolph, Dearborn, Indiana
Stephen S Walker
Randolph, Dearborn, Indiana
Wm Walker
Robb, Posey, Indiana
Francis Walker
Shelby, Shelby, Indiana
Henry Walker
Shelby, Shelby, Indiana
James Walker
Shelby, Shelby, Indiana
John Walker
Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana
Alexander Walker
Sparta, Dearborn, Indiana
Edward Walker
Vernon, Geneva, and Columbia, Jennings, IN
John Walker
Vernon, Geneva, and Columbia, Jennings, IN
Willian Walker
Vernon, Geneva, and Columbia, Jennings, IN
Charles Walker
Washington, Wayne, Indiana
George Walker
Washington, Wayne, Indiana
James Walker
Washington, Wayne, Indiana
George Walker
Wayne and Montgomery, Owen, Indiana
James Walker
Wayne, Allen, Indiana
Asa Walker
Wayne, Wayne, Indiana
Isaac Walker
Wayne, Wayne, Indiana
Robert Walker
Wayne, Wayne, Indiana
Samuel Walker
Wayne, Wayne, Indiana
John Walker
West River, Randolph, Indiana
Oliver Walker
White River, Randolph, Indiana
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From: "Mike Walker" <walk5755@bellsouth.net>
Date: Sat Jun 24, 2006 09:46:58 AM US/Mountain
To: <JAMESTWALL@aol.com>, "John Gwin" <jmcdgwin@zianet.com>
Subject: RE: Isham Guinn/Isom Gwin, Baptist preacher - my fourth great-grandfatherJim and John,
One interesting thing I noticed. In 1816 Thomas Walker and Mignon Boaz are listed at the Wears Cove Baptist Church. I don't know if you remember or not, but some researchers have a Mary Boaz listed as a wife of Thomas Walker (Polly Gwin's hubby), with a marriage date of 21 June 1816. It is obvious that this could not have been correct, because Tom and Polly were married and had at least 2 kids by 1816. I'll bet that if there is a marriage record for Thomas Walker and Mary Boaz, that it is Thomas the father, not the son. His wife, Elizabeth Magill, may have died by then. I don't have a death date for her. Elizabeth would have been 66 years old by 1816, and Thomas would have only been 50, if you believe the most commonly listed dates for them.
Mike-----Original Message-----
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Subject: Isham Guinn/Isom Gwin, Baptist preacher - my fourth great-grandfatherI am providing information on my ancestor showing his involvement in the Primitive Baptist Church in Eastern Tennessee in the early 1800s. -- Jim Wall
http://www.sevierlibrary.org/genealogy/churchhis/BAM.htm
Delegates from Sevier County Churches to Tennessee Baptist Association 1803-1862
Elaine R. Wells and Beulah S. Linn, Sevier County Historian
Introduction
A copy of the original 345 page handwritten manuscript entitled "Minutes of the Tennessee Association of United Baptists 1802-1862" in the Carson Newman College Library was transcribed and typed by Elaine R. Wells of Clabourne, Texas, courtesy of Mr. Al Lang, archivist. The typed 282-page document is now in the Carson Newman College Library.The Tennessee Association Minutes record the activities of the association, the names of delegates from the churches and whether or not the association received a letter from the church. The letter recorded the number of members received by experience or letter, the number of letters of dismission, the number of members excommunicated, the number of members deceased and the total membership.
Family historians will find the names of many delegates whose name has not been preserved in census records.
The minutes begin with page 3 recording the plan of the association and end with the minutes of the October meeting in 1862.
Wears Cove Baptist Church
1810 Isham Guin, Richard Davis; 1811 Henry Haggard, Charles Coulter; 1812 Parsons Davis, John Wood; 1813 Noah Haggard; 1814 Noah Haggard, Joshua Sims; 1815 Noah Haggard; 1816 Thomas Walker, Mignon Boaz; 1817-1824 none; 1825 Christopher F. Winder; 1826 C.F. Winder; 1827 minutes missing; 1828 R. Davis, W. Davis, E. James; 1829-1830 Edward James; 1831 minutes missing; 1832 J. Adams, D. Cunningham; 1833 J. Rush, D. Cunningham; 1834-1835 D. Cunningham; 1836 J. Adams, T. Ridings; 1837 D. Cunningham, G. Bryant; 1838 C. Cunningham; 1839 M. Cunningham, D. Cunningham; 1840 J. Adams, G. Bryant; 1841 D. Cunningham, J. Adams; 1842 D. Cunningham, J. Patty, M. Cunningham, W.M. Compton; 1843 J. Adams; 1844 none; 1845 Johnson Fancher, William Adams; 1846 D. Cunningham; 1847 D. Cunningham, W. Adams; 1848 D. Cunningham; 1849 W. Hatcher, W.M. Compton; 1850 J. Adams, 1851 J. Patty, M. Compton; 1852 A. Cook; 1853 P. Headrick, J. Patty; 1854 none; 1855 J. Fancher, A. Salts; 1856 Alexander Salts; 1857 J. Fancher; 1858 J. Headrick, G. King; 1859 J. Headrick, L. Fancher; 1860-1862 none.Churches -- Delegates -- October 1805
5. Tuckaleechee -- Isham Guinn, Wm Davis, John Friar -- 3.17.6.3.0.91
From: JAMESTWALL@aol.com
Date: Sun Oct 08, 2006 02:16:36 PM US/Mountain
To: jmcdgwin@zianet.com, walk5755@bellsouth.net
Cc: JAMESTWALL@aol.com
Subject: Isham Guinn, Lincoln County, Tennessee - 1820 Federal Census; KY & IN marriagesAll 1820 United States Federal Census Results
1820 United States Federal Census Record about Isham Gwinn
I looked at this census on Ancestry.com. On the preceding page, written "page 41," I found Fielding Luttrell, Nathan Luttrell and Vincent Luttrell. On the following page 77 of 91, written "page 42," I found:
William Guinn ---1--1 -1---1
Several lines below were:
Mary Luttrell followed by
Isham Gwinn 2---1-3 1-1--1 and
Champion Gwinn 32-2--- -----3I doubt that the Isham Gwinn in Lincoln County, Tennessee is the Isom Gwin who lived in Indiana at about the same time. I provided the persons named Luttrell because I am pretty sure that one of the children of George Holmes Gwin of Virginia married a Luttrell. I thinks that several sons of George Holmes moved to Indiana, and that some Luttrells came with them.
Somehow I think that my Isham Guinn/Isom Gwin is related to George Holmes Gwin of Goochland, Albemarle and Pittsylvania counties, Virginia. Some day I hope to find how.
To put things in perspective with some facts, I am providing additional information on Indiana GWINs who were living about the same time.
11/28/1820 Wm. Huston obtained a marriage license to marry Sarah Gwin, with c. of f. (consent of father) Thom [I am sure that it is Isom. JTW]. This is contained on page 9 of MARRIAGE AFFIDAVITS AND CERTIFICATES Harrison County, Indiana 1809-1865, by Walter S. Beanblossom (a LOVE VIERS BAKER CLORE cousin of mine. JTW), March 1973, published by the Ancestral Trails Historical Society, Vine Grove, Kentucky.
Pre-1850 Orange County, Indiana Marriages
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/in/county/orange/marriages/marrg.htm
From: JAMESTWALL@aol.com Date: May 25, 2007
To: jmcdgwin@zianet.com, walk5755@bellsouth.net
Subject: GWIN (various spellings) in Civil & Rev. War pension and bounty-land documents
http://www.footnote.com/searchdocuments.php?query=Isum+Gwin&collection=-1&submit=Search#12163089
790 results for Isum Gwin
Civil War Pensions
Publication Number: T289
Publication Title: Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900.
Publisher: NARA
State: Indiana
Arm Of Service: Infantry
Regiment: 80
Company: D
Name: Gwin, Isum
Rank: Capt.
Date: 23-SEP-1887
State/arm Of Service: Ind. Inf.
Company/regiment: D,80Page 50; James Bates; Bates; B; Virginia; Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files
Publication Number: M804
Publication Title: Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files
Publisher: NARA
State: Virginia
Veteran Surname Starts With: B
Veteran Surname: Bates
Veteran Given Name: James
Pensioner Surname: Bates
Pensioner Given Name: Lavina Francis
Service: Va.
Pension Number: W. 5787
Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files -- The National Archives
Publication Number: M804
Publication Title: Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files
Publisher: NARA
State: Virginia
Veteran Surname Starts With: B
Veteran Surname: Bates
Veteran Given Name: James
Pensioner Surname: Bates
Pensioner Given Name: Lavina Francis
Service: Va.
Pension Number: W. 578717 annotations have been added to this document:
Jesse Gwyn
Jesse Gwin
Levine Gwynn
James Bates
Jesse Gwin
Guy P Vance
George Holmes Gwin
Jesse Gwin
Gwyn
Jesse Gwin
John Gwin
Gwynn
Gwin
James Bates
Gwin
Margaret F Vance
Johnson Carrington
PROBATE COURT RECORD
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| The record of Isham's will
begins
about two-thirds
of the way down page 457 of the record book. I have used black text to
indicate text that was written on the date the will was recorded. I
used
red to show addenda to the record by the clerk and others on later
dates. |
| Elijah Wright is the
husband of
Manerva Gwin,
youngest of Isham's and Mary's children. Evidently both Elijah and
Manerva
are deceased, having left these six surviving children to inherit her
share. |
| Isham's granddaughter, Ruth Wright. d/o Elijah and Minerva Gwin Wright, married a Mr. Childers. |
| Evidently Manerva liked her father well enough to name a son after him! |
| This is the phoneticized "Stalcup", Isham's granddaughter Mary Wright's married name. She may have married a Samuel Stalcup, Samuel being named as security for the executorship of Reuben Whitten. |
| Thomas Walker is the husband of Polly Gwin, oldest of Isham's and Mary's daughters. Evidently both Thomas and Polly are deceased, having left these children to inherit her share. |
| Forty-two days after the will was recorded, the clerk wrote what is shown here in non-bold red, Richard Radcliff actually signing his own name (shown here in red boldface) to show he'd received Elizabeth's share. |
| This receipt is written--perpendicular to the other lines in the left margin of the book--by the clerk, A. M. Black. The third line of his note indicates that Isham Gwin was a captain, perhaps in a militia. |
| end of page 457 |
| page no. 458 |
| The clerk wrote what is shown here in non-bold red, Richard Radcliff actually signing his own name (shown here in red boldface) to show he'd received Mahala Walker's share. |
| [My ggg-grandfather, who m. Elizabeth Gwin, d/o Isom and Mary Canterbury Gwin. James T. Wall] |
| [My ggg-grandfather, who m2. Virginia Jane Gwin Tipton, d/o Isom and Mary Canterbury Gwin. James T. Wall] |
