Welcome to our group Edgar!........enjoy Jackson County site...it's a GOOD one!.............Faye in Tx. ----- Original Message ----- From: Edgar D. Byler, III <edby3@netease.net> To: <ARYELL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2000 11:22 AM Subject: [ARYELL-L] Westmoreland, Tucker, Townsel, Harkey, Robinson > Greetings Yell County! > > Thank you, to all the people who have responded to my recent postings on the > GenConnect board concerning the Westmoreland and Tucker families. I thought > I had already subscribed to the Yell Co. list and didn't realise I hadn't > until I got Faye Sandy's message. That minor error has been corrected as > you can see by this post. > > With the indulgence of the list, I'd like to clarify the situation > concerning Alberty Westmoreland. > > First, I am not (at least not to me knowledge) a descendant of the Tucker > family. My connection comes through the Westmorelands. The Alberty > Westmoreland, b. 1808 SC, on the 1860 and 1870 Yell Co., AR census was a > brother to my ggg-grandmother, Catherine Westmoreland Harris Walker Gallion > (1804-ca. 1881). I've been trying to locate descendants of Uncle Alberty. > Here's a brief outline of what I know (or surmise) based on census records > (Thanks Mary Leek and Faye Sandy for the additional census readings). > > Alberty Westmoreland was born in Spartanburg Dist. SC about 1808, the son? > of William and Sary Alberty Westmoreland. He moved with father and family to > Catawba Co., AL in the summer of 1822 and then to Lauderdale Co., AL in the > fall of 1822. I've not been able to find a marriage record for him, but from > the estate settlement of the Michael Wilson (d. 1836) estate Wayne Co., TN, > I know that Alberty had married to Mary Wilson, dau. of Michael, about 1830. > (still haven't determined if Alberty and Mary are the Moses A. Westmoreland > listed on the 1830 Wayne Co., TN census or if Moses was Alberty's brother). > In 1840 I believe Alberty and family were living in Fayette Co., TN. By 1844 > they were in Independence Co., AR (per a deed where Alberty and Mary sold > their interest in the Michael Wilson estate). > > Sometime between 1844 and 1849, Mary Wilson Westmoreland died, probably in > Ruddell Twp., Independence Co., AR. I searched for a tombstone some 25 years > ago, but never found her burial place. > > On 11 July 1849, Alberty Westmoreland (age 42) married Martha Turrell (age > 23), in Independence Co., AR. In the 1850 Independence Co., AR census, > Alberty is listed in Ruddell Twp, household #1038, with 6 children but no > wife. From information that Faye Sandy sent, it would appear that Martha > Turrell Westmoreland was living with her parents? Oren and Nancy Terrell in > 1850. This might indicate that Alberty and Martha had separated, and that > may well be true. But in January 1853, Alberty and Martha, his wife, sold > 160 acres of land in Independence Co., AR (SE qtr, sec. 23, T 11 N, R 4 W) > to Jacob H. Coffman for $250.00. Both Martha and Alberty signed the deed > (Martha with a "X". which was witnessed). > > Alberty appears on the 1860 Yell Co., AR census living in Chickalah Twp with > wife Sarah, age 35, b. MS and a house full of children. In 1870 Yell Co., > Chickalah Twp, Alberty is still listed with wife Sarah. Don't know if Sarah > is Martha or if Sarah was Uncle Alberty's third wife. Have not found, so > far, any additional marriages for him. But the arrangement of the children > on the census records would indicate that there were THREE wives, Sarah > being the third. > > Alberty Westmoreland appears to have had 15 or more children. Here's how I > have them enumerated: > > 1. Amanda E. Westmoreland, b. ca. 1834, Wayne Co. TN, m. Isaac Robinson 8 > July 1852, Independence Co., AR, d. bef. 1853. > 2. Levi L. Westmoreland, b. 1836, TN > 3. Lidda Margaret Westmoreland, b. 1838 TN, m. 6 Feb 1868 Yell Co., AR to > James TOWNSEL. > 4. Nancy J. Westmoreland, b. 1840 > 5. Lincy Catherine Westmoreland, b. 1842 AR > 6. Moses B. Westmoreland, b. 1845, AR, m. 1 Nov 1866 Yell Co., AR to Julia > C. HARKEY. Living in Johnson Co., AR in 1870 and in Logan Co., AR in 1900. > 7. Samuel D. Westmoreland, b. 1847 AR (not listed on 1850 census) > 8. Elizabeth Ann Westmoreland, b. Dec. 1849/Jan 1850 (11 in 1860)(listed > with mother Martha Terrell/Turrell Westmoreland in the Terrell Household in > 1850, age 6/12). > 9. Matilda Westmoreland, b. 1851 > 10. William Westmoreland, b. 1854 > 11. Martha Westmorealnd, b. 1857 > 12. Susan Angeline Westmoreland, b. Dec? 1859 > 13. Lucinda Westmoreland, b. 1862 > 14. Mary Westmoreland, b. 1864/5 > 15. Ellen Westmoreland, b. 1868/9. > > There could be another daughter, Sarah, b. 1832, which would fit with the > 1840 census, although cannot be certain of that. A Sarah Westmoreland, age > 18 was living in the household of Minerva Tucker, age 31, b. TN, in Jackson > Co., Ar in 1850 (Thanks Faye for that information). It is possible that > Sarah was the eldest daughter and was named for her grandmother, Sarah > (Sary) Alberty Westmoreland, who died about 1831/2, Lauderdale Co. AL. It > was the Sarah Westmoreland, b. 1832 we think married Paul Tucker about > 1854/5 somewhere in Arkansas. Could they have married in Jackson Co., > AR????? > > I'm sorry this message is so long, but this was a BIG family. > > Ya'll have been a great help on this family. If anyone is interested in the > ancestors of Alberty Westmoreland and his first wife, Mary Wilson, I do have > some of that information. And I'm still digging for information on Alberty's > descendants. > > Edgar > Edgar D. 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