Children of Thomas Whitlock (abt. 1745 – 1830) and Wife Hannah Phillips: Charles Whitlock (abt. 1773 – 1796) and Wife Mary Davies

January 23, 2023

Or, Subtitled: “He was Living in the House with Thomas Whitlock at the time his Sone Charles was killd by the fall of a tree” The next child of Thomas Whitlock (abt. 1745 – 1830) and wife Hannah Phillips, their third child if I have their children in correct order, was a son Charles Whitlock. … More Children of Thomas Whitlock (abt. 1745 – 1830) and Wife Hannah Phillips: Charles Whitlock (abt. 1773 – 1796) and Wife Mary Davies

Additions and Corrections to Previous Posting: John Hammons’s Daughter Elizabeth and Husband King L. Henderson

January 21, 2023

In my last posting, I stated that John Hammons’s daughter Elizabeth appears to have been born 1805-1810, and that she married a Henderson, according to Becky Shrader’s testimony about John’s children in 1831. I also concluded that, because Elizabeth is not named in the 1838 list of John’s children the linked posting cites, she had … More Additions and Corrections to Previous Posting: John Hammons’s Daughter Elizabeth and Husband King L. Henderson

Children of John Hammons (1770/2 – 1828) and His Whitlock Wife

January 20, 2023

Or, Subtitled: “There are six now living, two dead“ In what follows, I’ll tell you what I know of the children of John Hammons and his wife who was a daughter of Thomas Whitlock and whose given name I have not discovered. I do not have proof positive that all of these children were born … More Children of John Hammons (1770/2 – 1828) and His Whitlock Wife

Children of Thomas Whitlock (abt. 1745 – 1830) and Wife Hannah Phillips: Daughter Who Married John Hammons (2)

January 16, 2023

Or, Subtitled: “Defts who first being duly sworn on the Holy Evangalists depose as follows“ Warren County, Tennessee, Years, 1807-1819 As the previous posting indicates, John Hammons Jr. disappears from the Wayne County tax list after 1807, when he moved with his father and brothers Leroy and Woodson to Warren County, Tennessee. On 7 August … More Children of Thomas Whitlock (abt. 1745 – 1830) and Wife Hannah Phillips: Daughter Who Married John Hammons (2)

Children of Thomas Whitlock (abt. 1745 – 1830) and Wife Hannah Phillips: Daughter Who Married John Hammons (1)

January 15, 2023

Or, Subtitled: A Cross-Slit and Underkeel in Each Ear — The Value of Earmarks in Genealogy According to Margaret Austin of Bay Village, Ohio, who researched the Hammons family exhaustively for years and shared her research notes with me in April 1997, Thomas Whitlock’s son-in-law John Hammons appears to have been born about 1770-2. Margaret … More Children of Thomas Whitlock (abt. 1745 – 1830) and Wife Hannah Phillips: Daughter Who Married John Hammons (1)

Children of Thomas Whitlock (abt. 1745 – 1830) and Wife Hannah Phillips: Daughter Who Married William Hannah

January 8, 2023

Or, Subtitled: Migrated from Surry County, North Carolina, to Sumner County, Tennessee, “and cast their lot in a land of strangers“ I’m now resuming my chronicle of the life and family of Thomas Whitlock (abt. 1745 – 1830) of Virginia and Kentucky, which I interrupted in the past several weeks to report on new information … More Children of Thomas Whitlock (abt. 1745 – 1830) and Wife Hannah Phillips: Daughter Who Married William Hannah

Dennis Lindsey (1794 – 1836): Additional Information

January 1, 2023

The following posting contains new notes or emendations or corrections I’ve added to several previous postings about Dennis Lindsey (1794 – 1836), son of Mark Lindsey and Mary Jane Dinsmore. These additions, emendations, and corrections are based on material I gathered during my October trip to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, and … More Dennis Lindsey (1794 – 1836): Additional Information

Additions to Multiple Postings: Jane Brooks Lindsey, Mark Lindsey, Thomas R. Brooks, David Dinsmore Lindsey, Nancy Lindsey Morris

December 28, 2022

I have continued adding new material to previous postings here, material I found on my visit in October to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, and also material I obtained digitally from the Lawrence County, Alabama, archives following that visit. Here’s a summary of new items I’ve added to previous postings in the … More Additions to Multiple Postings: Jane Brooks Lindsey, Mark Lindsey, Thomas R. Brooks, David Dinsmore Lindsey, Nancy Lindsey Morris

Additions to Multiple Postings: Charles Brooks, Mark Lindsey, Jane Brooks Lindsey, James Brooks, James Irwin Brooks

December 16, 2022

In the past two days, I’ve added new material (notes, and in some cases, documents) to a number of previous postings here. I wanted to alert readers who may have read those postings previously to the revisions and additions I’ve made to these previous postings:

William Burke Lindsey (1812 – 1867/1870): Additional Information

December 15, 2022

I have now added new material to a posting I made in May 2020 about William Burke Lindsey (1812 – 1867/1870), son of Mark Lindsey and Mary Jane Dinsmore of Wayne County, Kentucky, and Morgan County, Alabama. This new material abstracts documents I copied on my trip in October to the Family History Library in … More William Burke Lindsey (1812 – 1867/1870): Additional Information