Sherry, I found the 1860 census record of the James Brent that I wrote about earlier and he was 60 years old at the time the census was taken. That would make him born in or around 1800, and it showed his state of birth as North Carolina, and his occupation as a farmer. This was in District 11, Petersburg area. I think they may have been living on farm that his wife Stacy inherited from her first husband, James Ellis. Joyce Park Riggs

I do not know if this is the James Brents that you are looking for, if not disregard. This is from the biography of Dr. T. W. Brents that I have. Thomas Brents, Sr. 1775-1837, wife Margurett McQuirter {McWhorter} had the following children : Alpheus; William; James, wife Rhoda Davis Cowden; Elizabeth, husband, Steven Talley; Mary Lucinda, husband, Hill; Jane, husband, Fleming; Matilda, husband, Brooks; and Thomas Wesley {Thomas Wesley, was Dr. T. W. Brents}. Thomas Wesley Brents Sr. and Margaret {Jane} McWhorter were born in Kentucky. Dr. T. W. Brents was born in Marshall County. His son Dr. T. E. Brents md. Orphia Prosser my great aunt. This family descends from Hugh Brents, 1642 of England > Virginia > Kentucky > Tennessee. I found the abandoned cemetery where Thomas Brents and Jane McWhorter are buried in the Talley Station Community within 1 mile of the farm that my great grandfather Jonathan Prosser had. Tom Brents that lives in Fort Worth is a descendant. Mr. Hulen Horton from Quitman, TX. that attended our 1st Chestnut Ridge Cousins reunion has done a lot of research on this family. Mrs. Horton now deceased was also a descendant. Bobby Prosser ----- Original Message ----- From: <Markbruce@aol.com> To: <TN-CHESTNUTRIDGECOUSINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2003 9:33 PM Subject: Re: [TN-CHESTNUTRIDGECOUSINS] BRENTS > Sherry, > > I found the 1860 census record of the James Brent that I wrote about earlier > and he was 60 years old at the time the census was taken. That would make him > born in or around 1800, and it showed his state of birth as North Carolina, > and his occupation as a farmer. This was in District 11, Petersburg area. I > think they may have been living on farm that his wife Stacy inherited from her > first husband, James Ellis. > > Joyce Park Riggs > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >