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Robert B. Carothers [Male] b. 20 DEC 1795 TN - d. 17 JUL 1873 Williamson Co., TN
Son of Revolutionary War veteran Robert B. Carothers, Sr (1750-1837) and second wife, Margaret Scott (1753-1826).
Brother of Sarah (d. 1819, Sumner Co.); Margaret "Peggy" Carothers Garner; Martha (died as a child in North Carolina); Mary McKay; William (d. 1826, Sumner Co.); James C., whose family lived near Robert's; Andrew (d. 1873, Williamson Co.); and Jane Carothers Hodge, both of Williamson County, Tennessee.
Married Elcy Blair, 6 Jan 1816, in Maury County, Tennessee.
Married widow Martha S. Anthony Whitsitt, 27 Feb 1843, in Williamson County, Tennessee.
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Spouses:
Elcy Blair Carothers (1798 - 1837)
Martha S. Anthony Carothers (1801 - 1873)
Children:
William B. Carothers (1817 - 1850)*
Jane Caroline Carothers Walker (1819 - 1871)*
Martha Ann Carothers Jordan (1822 - 1895)*
Mary Margaret Carothers Jordan (1828 - 1901)*
Manerva A. Carothers (1832 - 1835)*
Son of James Menees Whitsitt and Martha S. Anthony.
William Whitsitt married Nancy Jane Morton on 24 Sep 1839, in Williamson County, TN. They had two daughters, Martha and Sallie (mar T. S. Buford).
After Nancy's death in 1849, he married Malinda Weatherly on 12 Jan 1850, in Davidson County.
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Parents:
Martha S. Anthony Carothers (1801 - 1873)
Spouses:
Nancy Jane Morton Whitsitt (1823 - 1849)
Malinda Weatherly Whitsitt (1818 - 1906)
Inscription:
William and Malinda on same monument.
Side inscription: Blessed are the dead which/ die in the Lord./ They rest from their labors/ and their works do follow them./ Watching and waiting for us.
Burial:
Whitsitt Family Cemetery (Wm A. Whitsitt)
Antioch (Davidson County)
Davidson County
Tennessee, USA
Son of Revolutionary War soldier Samuel Morton (abt 1755-1825) and Levicey Watson (d. abt 1833). Samuel Morton senior moved his family to Nashville, Tennessee, about 1806.
From "Concord Baptist Church, 1804-1846," by George Franklin Watson; Williamson County Historical Society Publication No. 16, Spring 1985, pp 12, 13; and cited in Burials, Volume 3, Williamson County Historical Society, 1991:
Samuel Morton, born "about 1755 in Prince Edward Co., VA, son of a Revolutionary War soldier, Thomas Morton, and his wife, Cicily Katherine Moore Morton; died by Oct. 1825, probably in Sept. of that year. Samuel was also a soldier of the Revolutionary War."
Burials, Volume 3, lists Samuel and Levicey Watson Morton as "probably buried here [Morton Cemetery, Nolensville Road]."
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Spouse:
Levicey Watson Morton
Children:
Samuel Morton (1779 - 1851)*
Jacob Morton (1791 - 1854)*
From "Concord Baptist Church, 1804-1846," by George Franklin Watson; Williamson County Historical Society Publication No. 16, Spring 1985, pp 12, 13; and cited in Burials, Volume 3, Williamson County Historical Society, 1991:
Levicey Watson Morton, "wife of Samuel Morton; [birth date] not given; d. between Oct 1825 and Oct. 1833, probably in Sept. 1833."
Burials, Volume 3, lists Samuel and Levicey Watson Morton as "probably buried here [Morton Cemetery, Nolensville Road]."
Son of Revolutionary War soldier Samuel Morton (abt 1755-1825) and Levicey Watson (d. abt 1833).
Samuel Morton moved his family to Nashville, Tennessee, about 1806. One of Jacob's brothers, also buried in Williamson County, is Dr. Samuel Morton.
Jacob Morton married Elizabeth Dunn Burge, 16 Dec 1811, in Williamson County, Tennessee.
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Parents:
Samuel Morton (1755 - 1825)
Levicey Watson Morton
Spouse:
Elizabeth Dunn Burge Morton (1796 - 1864)
Children:
Samuel S. Morton (1814 - 1880)*
Eliza B. Morton Alston (1817 - 1868)*
Luvicy Brown Morton Dabney (1825 - 1849)*
Mary Margaret Westbrook married John H. Hill, 23 Dec 1858, in Williamson County, Tennessee.
She married Augustus Alston 22 Mar 1870, also in Williamson County.
1880 US census shows combined household of Mr and Mrs Alston, their two daughters, and her two youngest sons from her first marriage.
Son of John Alston & Jane Hardaway Davis, who emigrated in 1810 to Williamson County, Tennessee, and located near Triune on property bought from Thomas Sumner.
Augustus Alston's sisters were Elizabeth Davis Alston Hyde, Sarah Kearney Alston Johnson, and Lucy Alston King.
Brothers were Hardaway (1800-1876), James (1805-1879) Solomon (1813-1880), and John (1820-?) "Jack" Alston.
(Alston family information provided by Karen Neely Mullins, #46955310.)
Augustus Alston married Eliza B. Morton Scales 29 May 1834, in Williamson County. They had two surviving daughters.
After Eliza's death, he married Margaret Westbrook Hill on 22 Mar 1870, also in Williamson County. They also had two daughters, and a combined household including her two youngest sons from her previous marriage.
Date of death listed above is from death certificate.
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Parents:
John Alston (1781 - 1837)
Jane Hardaway Davis Alston (1782 - 1866)
Spouses:
Eliza B. Morton Alston (1817 - 1868)*
Mary Margaret Westbrook Alston (1843 - 1899)*
Children:
Mary Jane Alston Carl (1835 - 1887)*
Daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Burge Morton.
Eliza B. Morton is recorded as having married Absolom R. Scales, 18 Nov 1830, Williamson County, Tennessee.
Eliza B. Scales married Augustus Alston, 29 May 1834, also in Williamson County.
In the 1850 US census, Eliza Alston is enumerated in the household of her husband, and with a birth date of about 1817. Augustus Alston remarried in 1869.
Emigrated in 1810 to Williamson County, TN. In 1812, bought 600 acres on Arrington Creek from Thomas E. Sumner. (From Col. John L. Jordan, Notes on "King Family", Williamson County Archives)
Note: Stone destroyed. Transcription by Mrs Herman Major & Mrs. Joe Bowman, March 1978; Dorothy E. Smotherman, 1968.
Daughter of John Alston & Jane Hardway Davis, who emigrated in 1810 to Williamson County, and located on the upper waters of Arrington Creek on property bought from Thomas Sumner.
She married John King, 2 Jan 1834, in Williamson County.
From Col. John Jordan of Triune, in Notes on "King Family": She, like many pioneer women, was self reliant, and in the absence of doctors, learned the value of the roots and herbs, barks and etc., and she was accounted the equal of any country doctor of the times. She was called upon often by neighbors, and it is said she was highly successful, in the administration of her homemade remedies, although she neither sought nor received any financial compensation for her ministrations."
Lucy Alston's sisters include Elizabeth Davis Alston Hyde (married Hartwell Blount Hyde, buried Hyde Cemetery, Williamson County, TN) and Sarah Kearney Alston Johnson (married William Weakley Johnson, buried Triune Cemetery, Williamson County, TN).
Her brothers were Hardaway (1800-1876), James (1805-1879) Solomon (1813-1880), Augustus (1815-1891) and John (1820-?) Alston.
(Alston family information provided by Karen Neely Mullins, #46955310.)
Children were John Alston (d. 1864, Battle of Atlanta), James C. (d. 1858), Sara Jane (d. 1841), Thomas Solomon, William E., Bettie King Jordan (m. Josiah Turner), Anna Eliza King Rains (memorial #80579351, m. Wilford R.), and Laura King Sparkman (m. James T.)
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Parents:
John Alston (1781 - 1837)
Jane Hardaway Davis Alston (1782 - 1866)
Spouse:
John King (1808 - 1895)
Children:
Thomas Solomon King (1840 - 1928)*
William E. King (1841 - 1915)*
Mary Elizabeth King Jordan (1844 - 1904)*
Laura Jane King Sparkman (1849 - 1892)*
Inscription:
wife of John King- married Jan 2, 1834
Son of William S. King (b. 17 Mar 1783, Bertie Co, NC; d. 10 Sep 1864, Williamson Co, TN) and Mary Peay (b. 26 Nov 1789, d. 1834, Triune, Williamson Co, TN).
Married Lucy Ann Alston, 2 Jan 1834, in Williamson County.
The couple immediately moved to property known as Mammoth Spring Farm, comprising 415 acres on both sides of the Nolensville-Franklin Road, about 1-1/2 miles SW of Nolensville. The big spring rises in the corner of the yard, about 100 yards from a fork of Mill Creek. John King died on this farm at the age of 87.
The Kings raised four boys, four girls, and lost an infant. Three sons joined the 20th Tenn Inf, Co. B, before the state seceded from the Union in 1861; the eldest, sharpshooter John Alston King, died at the Battle of Atlanta.
(In 1960, the above was taken from Notes on "King Family", compiled by Col. John L. Jordan of Triune, TN)
Children were John Alston, James C. (d. 1858), Sara Jane (d. 1841), Thomas Solomon, William, Bettie King Jordan (m. Josiah T.), Anna Eliza King Rains (m. Wilford R.), and Laura King Sparkman (m. James T.)
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Spouse:
Lucy Ann Alston King (1810 - 1890)*
Children:
Thomas Solomon King (1840 - 1928)*
William E. King (1841 - 1915)*
Mary Elizabeth King Jordan (1844 - 1904)*
Laura Jane King Sparkman (1849 - 1892)*
Son of John W. and Lucy Alston King of Triune, Williamson County, Tennessee.
Thomas, with his brothers Jack Alston and William, joined the 20th Tenn Infantry, Co. B, before the state seceded in 1861. Oldest brother Jack was the sharpshooter, William was the fiddler, and Thomas the daredevil.
He traveled with Gen. Morgan on raids across Indiana and Ohio, volunteering for various escapades. He then made his way from there to Gen. Bragg's army in Georgia, and subsequently through Federal lines to his home near Nolensville. While ill in Lavergne, he was captured, and paroled near the end of the war.
From Col. John L. Jordan's Notes on "King Family", "While at home on furlough in 1865, Thomas King was riding south through the village of Triune, when he met ... Gen. N. B. Forrest at the head of his hard fighting troopers. The General asked if he had seen any Yankees, and he replied that he had not, when Forrest turned and, looking toward the high rocky hill east of Triune, said, 'There they are now.' Sure enough...."
In 1866, Thomas King married Bettie Barnes Goodwin, whose father had died in Knoxville during the Civil War. Together they had twelve children: George Washington King, John King, Floyd Hammer King, Jesse Cox King, Fannie William King, Jack Fitzhugh King, Forrest King, Thomas Solomon King, Jr., twins Edward and Edwin King, Samuel B. King, and Philip Morris King.
After Bettie's death, Thomas King married Lucille Beerman.
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Parents:
John King (1808 - 1895)
Lucy Ann Alston King (1810 - 1890)
Spouse:
Elizabeth Barnes Goodwin King (1849 - 1918)*
Children:
Fannie King Wilkerson (1878 - 1950)*
George B. Goodwin was reportedly buried "near Knoxville" after dying of exposure during the Civil War.
Inscription:
Erected By a bereaved wife to the memory of her husband George Goodwin/ who was born April 28, 1796 and departed this life in the state of Alabama on a visit to his sister on the first November 1, 1836 -- Davidson County Cemetery Survey, Mill Creek Baptist Church, site surveyed November 4, 2000
Note: Information also from Tennessee Records: Tombstone Inscriptions and Manuscripts, Acklen comp. (1933)
Inscription:
Sacred to the memory of Jane T. Widow of George Goodwin who was born March 23, 18.. and died .... --Davidson County Cemetery Survey transcription, site surveyed November 4, 2000
Note: (stone broken) Information also from Tennessee Records: Tombstone Inscriptions and Manuscripts (1933)
Arrived in Nashville from Danville, Kentucky on December 14, 1778. At first the family lived at Fort Nashborough with others of the first settlers of Nashville, and bilding the third home there. In 1785, he moved his family about 6 miles east of the fort, and built his own fort, named Buchanan Station, on Mill Creek. They eventually built the first mill in the county here. The fort was repeatedly attacked by Indians, most notably on September 30, 1792, when a force of around 900 Indians attacked. The men of this fort fought back all night, killing one Indian chief and many others, but only having one settler slightly wounded.
He was the oldest son of James and Jane Trimble Buchanan. His second marriage was to Sarah Ridley, who is buried beside him. A grandson of the son of his first wife was John Price Buchanan, a Governer of Tennessee.
Birth: 1727, Ireland
Death: 1792
Nashville
Davidson County
Tennessee, USA
John Buchanan married Jane "Jennie" Trindle prior to 1758 in Pennsylvania. He and his family were early settlers of Nashville having arrived 14 December 1778. He was the father of five children, John (Major), Jane "Jennie" who married James Todd, Alexander, Samuel, Nancy who married James Mulherin and probably James (No proof of this son). Alexander was mortally wounded by Indians during the attack known as "The Battle of the Bluffs" on the French Lick Station on April 2, 1781, and died shortly thereafter. Samuel was killed about 1783 a mile below the fort (Buchanan Station) on Mill Creek.
His grandson Henry was elected to the legislature of Tennessee in 1875 and his great grandson John Price Buchanan was elected to the legislature in 1886 and 1888 and elected Governor of Tennessee in 1890.
John Sr. was killed by the Indians in his cabin near the fort (Buchanan Station), two or three months before the battle of Sept. 30, 1792. Jane is believed to have died after 1792 at Buchanan Station on Mill Creek.
Both Jane and her husband John are believed to buried in the Buchanan Station Cemetery on Mill Creek along with sons,Samuel, Alexander, and Major John and probably her daughter, Jane Buchanan Todd. One report says that the center of the cemetery where there is a bushy area with broken stones is the last resting place of Jane and John.
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Spouse:
Jane "Jennie" Trindle Buchanan (1740 - 1792)*
Children:
John Buchanan (1759 - 1832)*
Jane "Jennie" Buchanan Todd (1760 - 1792)*
Alexander Buchanan (1763 - 1787)*
Samuel Buchanan (1765 - 1786)*
Jane "Jennie" Buchanan was born November 5, 1760 in Harrisburg, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter John Buchanan Sr. and Jane Trindle Buchanan.
She married James M. Todd September 17, 1777 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. She and her family were early settlers of Nashville having arrived 14 December 1778.
She was the mother of nine children, Mary "Polly" who married Robert Casebolt, Nancy who married Henry Phenix, John Buchanan who married Nancy Kemper, Jennie, Esther, Rebecca who married Dr. Andrew W. Davison, Elizabeth who married Henry McBride, James Mulherin who married Mary Porter and Sarah who married Dr. Joseph Davison.
She and her husband James settled on their land known as Todd's Knob which overlooked Stone's River near the current settlement known as Donaldson's.
Jane died 1802 at her home on Todd's Knob. It is believed that she is buried with her parents and brothers in the Buchanan Cemetery at Mill Creek.
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