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
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)
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)
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
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
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
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:
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
I recently opened an account at Mastodon, and am posting a notice about that here since there’s a verification option at Mastodon that allows a new user to verify her/his Mastodon account by posting about it at another account owned by that new user. You’re welcome to link to me at Mastodon, if you wish, … More Recently opened a Mastodon account….
Or, Subtitled: A “Coffy” Mill, Kows, Chears, a Barrel of “Dryed” Apples, and a Large Bible This posting is a continuation of a previous one discussing Thomas Whitlock’s final years in Cumberland County, Kentucky. That posting ended with a transcription of the will Thomas made on 22 January 1824 in Cumberland, County, which was proved … More Thomas Whitlock (abt. 1745 – 1830) of Louisa and Wythe Counties, Virginia, and Cumberland County, Kentucky: Cumberland County Estate Documents
BEGATS AND BEQUEATHALS 