I have seen early deeds for Robert Cross Jennings where he bought land in Wilson...there was a document that said 9 sept 1824 Mr. McGavock Register of West Tennessee Sir Please to issue my one acre Land Warrant part of Military Warrant (or certificate) no. -------- and deliver to John Never Return. And this my order shall be your receipt for the same. And Oblige yours & co./s/ Robt. Jennings Robert Cross Jennings also received a land grant as assignee of James H. Graham 104 acres....10 April 1856 ...paid $1275.22 into the treasury of said state (TN)for the use of common schools. sighned by Andrew Johnson\\ Linda Jackson -Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2000 3:48 PM Subject: [JENNINGS-L] Re: JENNINGS-D Digest V00 #17 >Hi, Don - > >I'd love to clear up your Jesse Jennings as well, especially if he had roots >in Henrico, Va. Here are the Jesse Jennings I've discovered: > >Obediah Jennings and Eliabeth Dodson Jennings (who lived in Claiborne Co. at >one point) had a son named Jesse Dodson, who was born Dec. 23, 1802 - but >there's no mention of his going to Missouri, and his wife's name was Lucinda >- so that's probably not your Jesse. Obediah and his family moved to Warren >Co. TN around 1810. > >There was a Jesse Jennings of Henrico, Va b. 1750, who had a son Jesse, born >1783 (could have had another Jesse by 1800?). This Jesse had a son named >Hezekiah (1772) as well, and I am trying to link them to Claiborne Co. but >haven't so far. The older Jesse did marry a Mary, but the younger married >Sallie Gordon. Other offspring of the older Jesse were: David (1777-79), >Thomas (1782) Mary (1784) and Samuel (1774). > >It is interesting to note that in a 1799 Grainger Co. petition, one of the >signers was a Jesse Jennings (of course, too old for your Jesse, but maybe >his father?). He is listed with Noah, Royal (my line, I think), Thomas and >William. I would love to know more about who these Jennings were. > >There were a couple of Jesse Jennings that left this part of Tennessee >(Grainger/Claiborne) and headed for Kentucky as well. > >Finally, the only other Jesse in TN I've come across is also too old for >yours: This is Jesse, the son of Robert Jennings and Catherine Sallee, b. 176 >in Virginia and died in 1828 in Wilson Co., TN. I do know that at least one >member of this family spent some time in Claiborne - Rial Cason Jennings. > >Hope this helps a little. > > >Ann > > >P.S. to Andrew: > >Your Robert Cross Jennings was the son of William Jennings (1763), who was >the son of another Robert Jennings, born in 1736. This is the one I'm curious >about serving in the Revolutionary war. Figured they might have come to >Tennessee on land grants. > > >PPS - I accidentally deleted an interesting email with the subject Am >Revolionary Soldiers from someone named Mountain - was it from anyone in this >group? Thanks. > >>>>>>original messages<<<<< > >X-Message: #1 >Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 20:31:26 -0600 >From: "Andrew Jackson" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [JENNINGS-L] Re: Hezekiah and John S. Jennings >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >My Robert Cross Jennings who resided in Wilson county was born in >1789...therefore did not serve in the Rev. War... but Possible that he >served in the war of 1812. >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] <[email protected]> >Date: Sunday, January 23, 2000 2:25 PM >Subject: [JENNINGS-L] Re: Hezekiah and John S. Jennings >In a message dated 00-01-25 05:23:26 EST, you write: > ><< Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 11:33:12 EST > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [JENNINGS-L] Re: Hezekiah and John S. Jennings > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Was wondering if their is anything on the Clairborne pioneering register on > Jesse Jennings born around 1800 in Va was wondering who and when he > married. His oldest child Mary was born in 1824 I believe. He resided in > Tenn prior to coming to Mo before 1832.Have been unable to determine >which > of the many many jennings he belonged too.The Census records listed his wife > given name as Mary. also,.Thanks > Don Wilt > >> >Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 11:33:12 EST >From: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [JENNINGS-L] Re: Hezekiah and John S. Jennings >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Was wondering if their is anything on the Clairborne pioneering register on >Jesse Jennings born around 1800 in Va was wondering who and when he >married. His oldest child Mary was born in 1824 I believe. He resided in >Tenn prior to coming to Mo before 1832.Have been unable to determine which >of the many many jennings he belonged too.The Census records listed his wife >given name as Mary. also,.Thanks > Don Wilt > > >==== JENNINGS Mailing List ==== >Have any good Jennings outlaw stories? >