I am not sure but I will let you know if find anything. I have just started and I am trying to get organized. Thanks ----- Original Message ----- From: Terry Winchester<mailto:tacticaltal@yahoo.com> To: tnhardin@rootsweb.com<mailto:tnhardin@rootsweb.com> Cc: tnhardin@rootsweb.com<mailto:tnhardin@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 7:04 PM Subject: Re: [TNHARDIN] Rebecca Wade Did any of these WADEs migrate to southern Indiana, particularly Posey, Pike and Gibson counties? My maternal line is WADE, RICKETTS and GOURLEY. Would appreciate any info. Thanks, Terry Winchester Evansville, IN WINCHESTER, PEERMAN, MOORE, ROWE, WADE, RICKETTS, GOURLEY Robert Wade <jwade9301@msn.com<mailto:jwade9301@msn.com>> wrote: David, I am kin to the wades,my dad was Nelson Wade, his father was Robert Elvis Wade, his father was Samuel Perkins Wade and his father was Noah Wade Sr. I have been trying to locate Noah's grave and this the first clue I have had. Most of them lived around the Hardin and mcnairy Co Line. Thanks Robert Wade ----- Original Message ----- From: David Cagle To: Betty Stivers Cc: tnhardin@rootsweb.com<mailto:tnhardin@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 5:43 PM Subject: Re: [TNHARDIN] Rebecca Wade Betty, There is very much a connection. You see that your William M. Wade and my Sarah Wade Whitlow were brothers and sisters and were children of Noah and Rebecca Satterfield Wade. That makes us some kind of cousins. Milton and Sarah Whitlow are buried on Whitlow Creek near the old Carrollville Ford of Indian Creek. Noah Wade who apparently died ca 1845 is buried about a mile northeast on the other side of Indian Creek, on or near his old home place. David ....... 2 Noah Wade 1780 - 1850 (1845?) ........... +Rebecca Satterfield 1793 - 1860 ................ 3 David Hampton Wade 1810 - 1878 .................... +Pamelia M Moseley 1815 - 1878 ......................... 4 Noah F Wade 1832 - 1912 ............................. +Linnie Parmelia Polk 1835 - 1910 ......................... 4 Thomas B Wade 1835 - ......................... 4 Pamelia A Wade 1838 - ......................... 4 John H Wade 1840 - ......................... 4 Mary J Wade 1843 - ......................... 4 Teressa Ann Wade 1845 - ......................... 4 Sarah F Wade 1848 - ................ 3 Sarah Wade 1812 - 1868 .................... +Milton Whitlow 1808 - 1870 ................ 3 Harvey B Wade 1813 - .................... +Amanda ................ 3 Nymphia Wade 1818 - ................ 3 William M Wade 1827 - 1882 .................... +Jane McCasland 1817 - 1892 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty Stivers" > To: > Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 4:46 PM Subject: Re: Rebecca Wade > Hello David, my name is Betty Asbille Stivers. I received this article > today. You said that Rebecca Wade was your 3x great grandmother. I have a > great grandmother named Rebecca Elizabeth Wade, she was married to William > Anderson Boroughs. Rebecca's parents were William Wade and Mary Jane > McCasland Wade. I am wondering if there could be a connection? > Sincerely, > Betty Asbille Stivers > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Cagle" > > To: > > Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 8:00 AM > Subject: [TNHARDIN] Happy New Year from Cerro Gordo > > >> The following is an article that I wrote for the Courier about a year ago >> at this time of year. If your family lived at Cerro Gordo, you might >> find their name on the books John White kept from 1830 to 1845. In a few >> weeks, I have an article that I hope will be published in the Courier >> concerning The Pitts brothers and in particular, John Hardy Pitts who >> operated the store from about 1900 until 1955. If any of these are your >> relatives below, let me know and we will try to figure out where they >> lived if that is of interest. >> Happy New Year, >> David >> _________________ >> >> >> "The Store" >> At Cerro Gordo >> B. G. Brazelton in his "History of Hardin County" written in 1885, tells >> us that the first retail business was established in Hardin County when >> L. H. Broyles opened a store in a log house at James Hardin's place. His >> first sale was that of two wool hats for a buck each to Miss Nellie >> Thacker for her two boys, William and Shepherd Thacker. Broyles remained >> at this location for a year or so then moved to Hardinsville after the >> county seat was moved there in 1822. James Hardin continued to operate a >> ferry until his untimely death in 1826, after which his immediate family >> moved to Western Kentucky. About 1830 John White, probably from Bertie >> County NC, and Elisha Bryant purchased several acres of land which >> included the land where the present 94 years old, 90 by 100 feet brick >> building now stands at Cerro Gordo Landing. John and Elisha were in >> business there for about 11 years. Elisha Bryant died in May of 1841. >> John white continued to operate the store until he died in 1845. A! >> record of an Inventory and Sale of his estate gives us a glimpse of what >> people would buy from a frontier store in 1845 and at the same time gives >> many of the names of the citizens who lived in our community and a few >> form elsewhere. >> >> An inventory of the items to be sold at the estate sale of John White >> included 115 separate items with some items having as many as 120 units >> to as few as 1. Some unusual items were: 16 bottles paregoric; 8 vials >> laudanum; 1 scythe & cradle; 8 chamber pots; 120 gallons of whiskey; 1 >> spinning wheel; 18 pair shoes; 6 bear knives, the list goes on and >> includes guns, flints, caps, powder and shot and about anything you would >> need to survive on the frontier. Most people who where at the sale bought >> 1, 2 or perhaps 3 items. Those who bought the most appeared to be other >> merchants trying to get a good deal. Some of these merchants appear to >> have been: James Irwin - 17 items; P. S. Hawkins - 10; Margaret S. >> White - 56 (widow of John White); George Johnson - 20 (Administrator of >> John White's Estate); Alexander Russell - 21; and James S. Nichols - 9 >> items. My kinfolks who were purchasers were: Green H. Polk (the brother >> of my g/g/grandmother, Eliza Polk Cagle); Milton Whitlow (my g/g/! >> grandfather) and his brother, Paschal Whitlow. >> >> Following are a list of individuals that were doing business with John >> White on a routine bases. The first group had signed notes and promised >> to pay, while the second group had open accounts. These individuals >> should be a very good representative of the people who live in the north >> part of Hardin County as of 30th April 1845. >> >> John White was carrying a note on the following individuals: Archibald >> Pool; Thomas White; Harvey White; J. W. Ellis; Edly Shannon; D. H. Wade; >> Isaiah Brown; Redick White; E. Y. Hindly; Jonathan Courtney; Ebenezer >> Thompson; Peter White; Henry Tilley; G. W. Carter; Ezekiel Conley; >> William Winchester; Granville Alexander; James A. Bell; Jacob Reynolds; >> Thomas Caldwell; Woodson Wells; Abraham Branch; Berry Holland; Silas >> Oates; Joseph McMahan; John K. Orr; S. P. Bowls; Jesse Turner (my >> g/g/grandfather); Thomas S. Spencer; Joseph Howard; J. Y. Nichols; P. B. >> Hawkins; S. Brown; Joseph McMullin; William Williams; Phillip Harris; >> Williams Wells; Shepard Thacker; William Winchester; W. W. Mosley; John >> Turner; James McLin; Martin, H. Stephens; J. F. Garner; J. B. Hargrove; >> A. S. Brown; D. B. Beasley; A. Nesbitt; Samuel Smith; George Johnson; >> Thos White; Thos Thacker; William Wells; David Smith; John Cagle (my >> g/g/grandfather); E. T. Rousey; Joseph Damien; D. B. Beasley; Josiah >> Alexan! >> der; Thomas Holland; Thomas Layton; John McConnell; Wayne Hopkins; Garner >> Wade; James F. McCall; Isaac Wells; Needham Wells; S. B. Hargrove; Novel >> White; William West; Thomas White; Rix Randolph; Jacob Bost; Garrard >> Stephens; James S. Nichols; and James Barnett. >> >> John White, Book Accounts: Elijah Alexander; Dicey White; Joseph Wilson; >> A. Russell; Priscilla Layton; James A. Nichols; S. B. Hargrove; ?ama >> Hooker; Thomas Crotts;Samuel Newman; William Clark; Thos. L. Woodriver; >> R. R. Russell; Rix Randolph;W. McCurray; John D. Wells; Rob Russell; >> Jefferson Nichols; Fanny Gil; Leroy Blache; J. W. Findley; David Finch; >> Thomas Layton; Daniel McCall; Michel Kincannon; Wm. White; Granville >> Whitlow; Wm. Russell; Thos White; John Cagle (my g/g/grandfather); Garred >> Shelly; Elijah Kelly; Elizabeth Lee; Taylor Alexander; John Slaughter; >> Hugh McCall; A. Hutchens; H. G. Garner; L. Thacker; Thomas Holland; >> Redick White Sr.; Arch Pool; John Lane; Mary McConnell; James Went; >> Ephraim Churchwell; T. Joyce; D. H. Wade; Rebecca Wade, (my >> g/g/g/grandmother); Holt White; Thomas Martin; John Polk; Josiah Gattan; >> P. G. Nichols; Joseph Danville; Andrew Brown; T. G. Lee; U. L. Lee; >> Norbert Lee; William Wells; Williamson Wells; John McConnell; Charley >> Holland; Tom ! >> Hanes; Ezekiel Alexander(my g/g/g/grandfather); W. S. Alexander; Thos F. >> Pool; Marion Clifton; Widow Barry; Joseph McMullin; William Love and G.H. >> Polk. >> >> I have made an attempt to learn what happened to the store at Cerro Gordo >> Landing after the death of John White. We know from reading A. A. >> Watson's "Bits and Pieces of Hardin County History" that John was buried >> on top of the hill behind Hardy Pitts' garden. But who bought the store? >> >> On the 7th of April 1845, Margaret White (the widow) and George Johnson >> were appointed by the court as the administrators of the estate of John >> White. That is the source of the names listed just above. On the 7th of >> December 1846, George Johnson was appointed as the guardian of Marshall >> White; James D. White; Henry A. White; Isaac N, White; John White; Martha >> A. White; Emily C. White; Margaret A. White and George M. Dallas White, >> minor heirs of John White. The daughters became wards of their husbands >> as they were married: Martha to B. F. Guinn in 1855; Margaret to G. H. G. >> Penn in 1860 and Emily to J. S. Perry also in 1860. >> >> About 1846-48, James H. Filgo married the widow of John White. The 1850 >> census of Hardin Co., TN shows that family as follows: James H. Filgo, 28 >> NC; Margaret S. (White), 40 TN; Mary F. Filgo, 1 TN; Henry A. White, 19 >> TN; Martha A. White, 12 TN; Isaac W. White, 16 TN; Emily White. 9 TN; >> George M. D. White, 6 TN. Marshall White, age 22, a boatman was living >> in the household of Felix G. Lee of the 12th C. D., while James D. White, >> age 20, was living in the household of Lewis B. Parrish in the 4th C. D. >> In 1860, Margaret, age 18 is living with her husband, G. H. G. Penn, 23, >> a lawyer in Decatur County, while Martha, age 22, is living with husband, >> B. F. Guinn, a salesman in the 2nd C. D. James Filgo was the original >> owner of part of the old Cagle Home-Place where my parents were living >> when I was born 1940. He likely built the old board and batten house >> located on that tract where I spent the first three years of my life. >> >> The land of John White appears to have been parceled out. I am not sure >> how the land was sold, but apparently the John White Estate was divided >> into 8 parcels and the widow had a dower interest as well. C. S. Broyles >> obtained Margaret White Filgo's tract on 10 January 1851. Henry A. White >> also sold to C. S. Broyles; John White to Isaac White; James D. White and >> Frank Guinn, (B. F. Guinn, husband of Martha White) to Thomas D. Shelby . >> William H. Cherry later sold two tracts to R. D. Deford referred to as >> the Isaac White Tract and the Emily White Tract. All or most of this John >> White Land, that part which included Cerro Gordo Landing, appears to have >> been purchased by Conway Sevier Broyles who already owned about 1500 >> hundred acres nearby know as the Hardin Bottom and was formerly James >> Hardin property. Although I don't have the specifics, C. S. Broyles >> appears to have owned a mill, blacksmith and carpenter shop a gin and a >> store at Cerro Gordo Landing soon after John White di! >> ed. The 1850 census lists C. S. Broyles as a merchant. >> >> Beginning about 1876, Risden D. Deford and some of his family began to >> buy the property that had originally belonged to John White and Elisha >> Bryant. They bought most of the property from Conway Sevier Broyles, and >> some from William H. Cherry. The Defords, who already had a mill and >> other businesses at Olive Hill, were expanding their operations. However, >> on the 19th day of September of 1882, Risden D. Deford sold out at Cerro >> Gordo to E. B. Harbour for $5000, what amounted to 284.6 acres of land >> including mill and machinery, blacksmith and carpenter tools, >> storehouse-fixtures and furniture including safe, desk, and store >> showcase. E. B. Harbour who was married to Martha Frances Pitts of Hardin >> Creek, did quiet well in the mercantile business. He soon expanded his >> business to include operations in Paducah Kentucky requiring additional >> manpower to manages his properties. Harbour brought his nephews into the >> business- John Hardy, John Abrham, Barney Brownlow and Elijah Frankli! >> n Pitts. The business at Cerro Gordo became known as Harbour-Pitts >> Company. >> >> Business was so good as to outgrow the two-story white frame store >> building that sat in what is now Hardy Pitts' driveway immediately across >> Clifton Road from the existing brick store building. A new building was >> needed. I am guessing, about 1910 construction begin toward that goal. A >> brick kiln was set up on the top of the ridge east of the store, thus the >> bricks for the proposed building were made on site. By 1911, a new 90 by >> 100 feet two story brick building came out of the ground, having brick >> walls reported to be 5 or 6 layers thick. The new building was completed >> in 1912. The next year, Elisha B. Harbour sold his interest to his >> nephews. By deed recorded on the 8th of July 1913, Harbour transferred >> his holdings at Cerro Gordo to Harbour-Pitts Company which amounted to >> about 400 acres including Cerro Gordo Landing and other property. The >> Pitts Brothers continued to do well and eventually bought additional land >> at Cerro Gordo that once had belonged to C. S. Broyles and ! >> Amos Hardin. However, I think due in part to illness in the family, >> Harbour-Pitts Company sold their Cerro Gordo holdings to The Cerro Gordo >> Mercantile Company owned by E. P. Churchwell and son, this transaction >> being recorded on the 10th of February 1920 in Deed Book UU-565 in the >> Hardin County Courthouse. About two years later on the 16th of January >> 1922, this process was reversed, and The Cerro Gordo Mercantile Company >> deeded the property back to Harbour-Pitts Company. The "Store" remained >> with the Pitts family until it closed a few years ago. >> >> When I was growing up in the 40's and early 50's Pitts' Store was the >> place to go when you needed anything from groceries, hardware, seed, >> feed, dry goods, shoes, clothing, dishes, pots & pans, guns and >> ammunition, horse collars, wagons, and a little before my time, coffins. >> I remember as a youngster sneaking to the basement to see the two or >> three old coffins down there. One was reported to have been too short or >> too narrow and had been returned. It's still there. I got new shoes about >> once a year. Brogans--boy did they hurt my feet. It took forever to break >> in those new shoes, but after a mud hole or two and letting them settle >> to my feet, I guess it wasn't so bad. Those shoes never did feel just >> right until they were almost worn out. I'm sure you've been there. Then >> you had to begin the process again. I couldn't wait until spring to go >> barefooted. >> >> The Store survived as long as it did, in part, because of travel >> limitations. A 10 mile round trip was an all day affair driving mules and >> a wagon. The depression and the 2nd War did not help this problem as >> transportation was severely limited. However, the upside for everyone >> involved was that you could buy just about anything you needed at the >> store, also borrow money and mortgage your property if need be. The old >> Store that ceased operation about the turn of this century was a >> Wal-Mart, Lowes, a Bank and a Post Office all rolled into one and was >> located out in the center of our community. 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David, I am kin to the wades,my dad was Nelson Wade, his father was Robert Elvis Wade, his father was Samuel Perkins Wade and his father was Noah Wade Sr. I have been trying to locate Noah's grave and this the first clue I have had. Most of them lived around the Hardin and mcnairy Co Line. Thanks Robert Wade ----- Original Message ----- From: David Cagle<mailto:dcagle1@charter.net> To: Betty Stivers<mailto:BLS@g5i.net> Cc: tnhardin@rootsweb.com<mailto:tnhardin@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 5:43 PM Subject: Re: [TNHARDIN] Rebecca Wade Betty, There is very much a connection. You see that your William M. Wade and my Sarah Wade Whitlow were brothers and sisters and were children of Noah and Rebecca Satterfield Wade. That makes us some kind of cousins. Milton and Sarah Whitlow are buried on Whitlow Creek near the old Carrollville Ford of Indian Creek. Noah Wade who apparently died ca 1845 is buried about a mile northeast on the other side of Indian Creek, on or near his old home place. David ....... 2 Noah Wade 1780 - 1850 (1845?) ........... +Rebecca Satterfield 1793 - 1860 ................ 3 David Hampton Wade 1810 - 1878 .................... +Pamelia M Moseley 1815 - 1878 ......................... 4 Noah F Wade 1832 - 1912 ............................. +Linnie Parmelia Polk 1835 - 1910 ......................... 4 Thomas B Wade 1835 - ......................... 4 Pamelia A Wade 1838 - ......................... 4 John H Wade 1840 - ......................... 4 Mary J Wade 1843 - ......................... 4 Teressa Ann Wade 1845 - ......................... 4 Sarah F Wade 1848 - ................ 3 Sarah Wade 1812 - 1868 .................... +Milton Whitlow 1808 - 1870 ................ 3 Harvey B Wade 1813 - .................... +Amanda ................ 3 Nymphia Wade 1818 - ................ 3 William M Wade 1827 - 1882 .................... +Jane McCasland 1817 - 1892 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty Stivers" <BLS@g5i.net<mailto:BLS@g5i.net>> To: <dcagle1@charter.net<mailto:dcagle1@charter.net>> Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 4:46 PM Subject: Re: Rebecca Wade > Hello David, my name is Betty Asbille Stivers. I received this article > today. You said that Rebecca Wade was your 3x great grandmother. I have a > great grandmother named Rebecca Elizabeth Wade, she was married to William > Anderson Boroughs. Rebecca's parents were William Wade and Mary Jane > McCasland Wade. I am wondering if there could be a connection? > Sincerely, > Betty Asbille Stivers > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Cagle" <dcagle1@charter.net<mailto:dcagle1@charter.net>> > To: <tnhardin@rootsweb.com<mailto:tnhardin@rootsweb.com>> > Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 8:00 AM > Subject: [TNHARDIN] Happy New Year from Cerro Gordo > > >> The following is an article that I wrote for the Courier about a year ago >> at this time of year. If your family lived at Cerro Gordo, you might >> find their name on the books John White kept from 1830 to 1845. In a few >> weeks, I have an article that I hope will be published in the Courier >> concerning The Pitts brothers and in particular, John Hardy Pitts who >> operated the store from about 1900 until 1955. If any of these are your >> relatives below, let me know and we will try to figure out where they >> lived if that is of interest. >> Happy New Year, >> David >> _________________ >> >> >> "The Store" >> At Cerro Gordo >> B. G. Brazelton in his "History of Hardin County" written in 1885, tells >> us that the first retail business was established in Hardin County when >> L. H. Broyles opened a store in a log house at James Hardin's place. His >> first sale was that of two wool hats for a buck each to Miss Nellie >> Thacker for her two boys, William and Shepherd Thacker. Broyles remained >> at this location for a year or so then moved to Hardinsville after the >> county seat was moved there in 1822. James Hardin continued to operate a >> ferry until his untimely death in 1826, after which his immediate family >> moved to Western Kentucky. About 1830 John White, probably from Bertie >> County NC, and Elisha Bryant purchased several acres of land which >> included the land where the present 94 years old, 90 by 100 feet brick >> building now stands at Cerro Gordo Landing. John and Elisha were in >> business there for about 11 years. Elisha Bryant died in May of 1841. >> John white continued to operate the store until he died in 1845. A! >> record of an Inventory and Sale of his estate gives us a glimpse of what >> people would buy from a frontier store in 1845 and at the same time gives >> many of the names of the citizens who lived in our community and a few >> form elsewhere. >> >> An inventory of the items to be sold at the estate sale of John White >> included 115 separate items with some items having as many as 120 units >> to as few as 1. Some unusual items were: 16 bottles paregoric; 8 vials >> laudanum; 1 scythe & cradle; 8 chamber pots; 120 gallons of whiskey; 1 >> spinning wheel; 18 pair shoes; 6 bear knives, the list goes on and >> includes guns, flints, caps, powder and shot and about anything you would >> need to survive on the frontier. Most people who where at the sale bought >> 1, 2 or perhaps 3 items. Those who bought the most appeared to be other >> merchants trying to get a good deal. Some of these merchants appear to >> have been: James Irwin - 17 items; P. S. Hawkins - 10; Margaret S. >> White - 56 (widow of John White); George Johnson - 20 (Administrator of >> John White's Estate); Alexander Russell - 21; and James S. Nichols - 9 >> items. My kinfolks who were purchasers were: Green H. Polk (the brother >> of my g/g/grandmother, Eliza Polk Cagle); Milton Whitlow (my g/g/! >> grandfather) and his brother, Paschal Whitlow. >> >> Following are a list of individuals that were doing business with John >> White on a routine bases. The first group had signed notes and promised >> to pay, while the second group had open accounts. These individuals >> should be a very good representative of the people who live in the north >> part of Hardin County as of 30th April 1845. >> >> John White was carrying a note on the following individuals: Archibald >> Pool; Thomas White; Harvey White; J. W. Ellis; Edly Shannon; D. H. Wade; >> Isaiah Brown; Redick White; E. Y. Hindly; Jonathan Courtney; Ebenezer >> Thompson; Peter White; Henry Tilley; G. W. Carter; Ezekiel Conley; >> William Winchester; Granville Alexander; James A. Bell; Jacob Reynolds; >> Thomas Caldwell; Woodson Wells; Abraham Branch; Berry Holland; Silas >> Oates; Joseph McMahan; John K. Orr; S. P. Bowls; Jesse Turner (my >> g/g/grandfather); Thomas S. Spencer; Joseph Howard; J. Y. Nichols; P. B. >> Hawkins; S. Brown; Joseph McMullin; William Williams; Phillip Harris; >> Williams Wells; Shepard Thacker; William Winchester; W. W. Mosley; John >> Turner; James McLin; Martin, H. Stephens; J. F. Garner; J. B. Hargrove; >> A. S. Brown; D. B. Beasley; A. Nesbitt; Samuel Smith; George Johnson; >> Thos White; Thos Thacker; William Wells; David Smith; John Cagle (my >> g/g/grandfather); E. T. Rousey; Joseph Damien; D. B. Beasley; Josiah >> Alexan! >> der; Thomas Holland; Thomas Layton; John McConnell; Wayne Hopkins; Garner >> Wade; James F. McCall; Isaac Wells; Needham Wells; S. B. Hargrove; Novel >> White; William West; Thomas White; Rix Randolph; Jacob Bost; Garrard >> Stephens; James S. Nichols; and James Barnett. >> >> John White, Book Accounts: Elijah Alexander; Dicey White; Joseph Wilson; >> A. Russell; Priscilla Layton; James A. Nichols; S. B. Hargrove; ?ama >> Hooker; Thomas Crotts;Samuel Newman; William Clark; Thos. L. Woodriver; >> R. R. Russell; Rix Randolph;W. McCurray; John D. Wells; Rob Russell; >> Jefferson Nichols; Fanny Gil; Leroy Blache; J. W. Findley; David Finch; >> Thomas Layton; Daniel McCall; Michel Kincannon; Wm. White; Granville >> Whitlow; Wm. Russell; Thos White; John Cagle (my g/g/grandfather); Garred >> Shelly; Elijah Kelly; Elizabeth Lee; Taylor Alexander; John Slaughter; >> Hugh McCall; A. Hutchens; H. G. Garner; L. Thacker; Thomas Holland; >> Redick White Sr.; Arch Pool; John Lane; Mary McConnell; James Went; >> Ephraim Churchwell; T. Joyce; D. H. Wade; Rebecca Wade, (my >> g/g/g/grandmother); Holt White; Thomas Martin; John Polk; Josiah Gattan; >> P. G. Nichols; Joseph Danville; Andrew Brown; T. G. Lee; U. L. Lee; >> Norbert Lee; William Wells; Williamson Wells; John McConnell; Charley >> Holland; Tom ! >> Hanes; Ezekiel Alexander(my g/g/g/grandfather); W. S. Alexander; Thos F. >> Pool; Marion Clifton; Widow Barry; Joseph McMullin; William Love and G.H. >> Polk. >> >> I have made an attempt to learn what happened to the store at Cerro Gordo >> Landing after the death of John White. We know from reading A. A. >> Watson's "Bits and Pieces of Hardin County History" that John was buried >> on top of the hill behind Hardy Pitts' garden. But who bought the store? >> >> On the 7th of April 1845, Margaret White (the widow) and George Johnson >> were appointed by the court as the administrators of the estate of John >> White. That is the source of the names listed just above. On the 7th of >> December 1846, George Johnson was appointed as the guardian of Marshall >> White; James D. White; Henry A. White; Isaac N, White; John White; Martha >> A. White; Emily C. White; Margaret A. White and George M. Dallas White, >> minor heirs of John White. The daughters became wards of their husbands >> as they were married: Martha to B. F. Guinn in 1855; Margaret to G. H. G. >> Penn in 1860 and Emily to J. S. Perry also in 1860. >> >> About 1846-48, James H. Filgo married the widow of John White. The 1850 >> census of Hardin Co., TN shows that family as follows: James H. Filgo, 28 >> NC; Margaret S. (White), 40 TN; Mary F. Filgo, 1 TN; Henry A. White, 19 >> TN; Martha A. White, 12 TN; Isaac W. White, 16 TN; Emily White. 9 TN; >> George M. D. White, 6 TN. Marshall White, age 22, a boatman was living >> in the household of Felix G. Lee of the 12th C. D., while James D. White, >> age 20, was living in the household of Lewis B. Parrish in the 4th C. D. >> In 1860, Margaret, age 18 is living with her husband, G. H. G. Penn, 23, >> a lawyer in Decatur County, while Martha, age 22, is living with husband, >> B. F. Guinn, a salesman in the 2nd C. D. James Filgo was the original >> owner of part of the old Cagle Home-Place where my parents were living >> when I was born 1940. He likely built the old board and batten house >> located on that tract where I spent the first three years of my life. >> >> The land of John White appears to have been parceled out. I am not sure >> how the land was sold, but apparently the John White Estate was divided >> into 8 parcels and the widow had a dower interest as well. C. S. Broyles >> obtained Margaret White Filgo's tract on 10 January 1851. Henry A. White >> also sold to C. S. Broyles; John White to Isaac White; James D. White and >> Frank Guinn, (B. F. Guinn, husband of Martha White) to Thomas D. Shelby . >> William H. Cherry later sold two tracts to R. D. Deford referred to as >> the Isaac White Tract and the Emily White Tract. All or most of this John >> White Land, that part which included Cerro Gordo Landing, appears to have >> been purchased by Conway Sevier Broyles who already owned about 1500 >> hundred acres nearby know as the Hardin Bottom and was formerly James >> Hardin property. Although I don't have the specifics, C. S. Broyles >> appears to have owned a mill, blacksmith and carpenter shop a gin and a >> store at Cerro Gordo Landing soon after John White di! >> ed. The 1850 census lists C. S. Broyles as a merchant. >> >> Beginning about 1876, Risden D. Deford and some of his family began to >> buy the property that had originally belonged to John White and Elisha >> Bryant. They bought most of the property from Conway Sevier Broyles, and >> some from William H. Cherry. The Defords, who already had a mill and >> other businesses at Olive Hill, were expanding their operations. However, >> on the 19th day of September of 1882, Risden D. Deford sold out at Cerro >> Gordo to E. B. Harbour for $5000, what amounted to 284.6 acres of land >> including mill and machinery, blacksmith and carpenter tools, >> storehouse-fixtures and furniture including safe, desk, and store >> showcase. E. B. Harbour who was married to Martha Frances Pitts of Hardin >> Creek, did quiet well in the mercantile business. He soon expanded his >> business to include operations in Paducah Kentucky requiring additional >> manpower to manages his properties. Harbour brought his nephews into the >> business- John Hardy, John Abrham, Barney Brownlow and Elijah Frankli! >> n Pitts. The business at Cerro Gordo became known as Harbour-Pitts >> Company. >> >> Business was so good as to outgrow the two-story white frame store >> building that sat in what is now Hardy Pitts' driveway immediately across >> Clifton Road from the existing brick store building. A new building was >> needed. I am guessing, about 1910 construction begin toward that goal. A >> brick kiln was set up on the top of the ridge east of the store, thus the >> bricks for the proposed building were made on site. By 1911, a new 90 by >> 100 feet two story brick building came out of the ground, having brick >> walls reported to be 5 or 6 layers thick. The new building was completed >> in 1912. The next year, Elisha B. Harbour sold his interest to his >> nephews. By deed recorded on the 8th of July 1913, Harbour transferred >> his holdings at Cerro Gordo to Harbour-Pitts Company which amounted to >> about 400 acres including Cerro Gordo Landing and other property. The >> Pitts Brothers continued to do well and eventually bought additional land >> at Cerro Gordo that once had belonged to C. S. Broyles and ! >> Amos Hardin. However, I think due in part to illness in the family, >> Harbour-Pitts Company sold their Cerro Gordo holdings to The Cerro Gordo >> Mercantile Company owned by E. P. Churchwell and son, this transaction >> being recorded on the 10th of February 1920 in Deed Book UU-565 in the >> Hardin County Courthouse. About two years later on the 16th of January >> 1922, this process was reversed, and The Cerro Gordo Mercantile Company >> deeded the property back to Harbour-Pitts Company. The "Store" remained >> with the Pitts family until it closed a few years ago. >> >> When I was growing up in the 40's and early 50's Pitts' Store was the >> place to go when you needed anything from groceries, hardware, seed, >> feed, dry goods, shoes, clothing, dishes, pots & pans, guns and >> ammunition, horse collars, wagons, and a little before my time, coffins. >> I remember as a youngster sneaking to the basement to see the two or >> three old coffins down there. One was reported to have been too short or >> too narrow and had been returned. It's still there. I got new shoes about >> once a year. Brogans--boy did they hurt my feet. It took forever to break >> in those new shoes, but after a mud hole or two and letting them settle >> to my feet, I guess it wasn't so bad. Those shoes never did feel just >> right until they were almost worn out. I'm sure you've been there. Then >> you had to begin the process again. I couldn't wait until spring to go >> barefooted. >> >> The Store survived as long as it did, in part, because of travel >> limitations. A 10 mile round trip was an all day affair driving mules and >> a wagon. The depression and the 2nd War did not help this problem as >> transportation was severely limited. However, the upside for everyone >> involved was that you could buy just about anything you needed at the >> store, also borrow money and mortgage your property if need be. The old >> Store that ceased operation about the turn of this century was a >> Wal-Mart, Lowes, a Bank and a Post Office all rolled into one and was >> located out in the center of our community. We didn't know we had it so >> good. >> >> David Cagle >> December 2006 >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> TNHARDIN-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:TNHARDIN-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: > 269.17.13/1206 - Release Date: 1/1/2008 12:09 PM > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNHARDIN-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:TNHARDIN-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Betty, There is very much a connection. You see that your William M. Wade and my Sarah Wade Whitlow were brothers and sisters and were children of Noah and Rebecca Satterfield Wade. That makes us some kind of cousins. Milton and Sarah Whitlow are buried on Whitlow Creek near the old Carrollville Ford of Indian Creek. Noah Wade who apparently died ca 1845 is buried about a mile northeast on the other side of Indian Creek, on or near his old home place. David ....... 2 Noah Wade 1780 - 1850 (1845?) ........... +Rebecca Satterfield 1793 - 1860 ................ 3 David Hampton Wade 1810 - 1878 .................... +Pamelia M Moseley 1815 - 1878 ......................... 4 Noah F Wade 1832 - 1912 ............................. +Linnie Parmelia Polk 1835 - 1910 ......................... 4 Thomas B Wade 1835 - ......................... 4 Pamelia A Wade 1838 - ......................... 4 John H Wade 1840 - ......................... 4 Mary J Wade 1843 - ......................... 4 Teressa Ann Wade 1845 - ......................... 4 Sarah F Wade 1848 - ................ 3 Sarah Wade 1812 - 1868 .................... +Milton Whitlow 1808 - 1870 ................ 3 Harvey B Wade 1813 - .................... +Amanda ................ 3 Nymphia Wade 1818 - ................ 3 William M Wade 1827 - 1882 .................... +Jane McCasland 1817 - 1892 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty Stivers" <BLS@g5i.net> To: <dcagle1@charter.net> Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 4:46 PM Subject: Re: Rebecca Wade > Hello David, my name is Betty Asbille Stivers. I received this article > today. You said that Rebecca Wade was your 3x great grandmother. I have a > great grandmother named Rebecca Elizabeth Wade, she was married to William > Anderson Boroughs. Rebecca's parents were William Wade and Mary Jane > McCasland Wade. I am wondering if there could be a connection? > Sincerely, > Betty Asbille Stivers > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Cagle" <dcagle1@charter.net> > To: <tnhardin@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 8:00 AM > Subject: [TNHARDIN] Happy New Year from Cerro Gordo > > >> The following is an article that I wrote for the Courier about a year ago >> at this time of year. If your family lived at Cerro Gordo, you might >> find their name on the books John White kept from 1830 to 1845. In a few >> weeks, I have an article that I hope will be published in the Courier >> concerning The Pitts brothers and in particular, John Hardy Pitts who >> operated the store from about 1900 until 1955. If any of these are your >> relatives below, let me know and we will try to figure out where they >> lived if that is of interest. >> Happy New Year, >> David >> _________________ >> >> >> "The Store" >> At Cerro Gordo >> B. G. Brazelton in his "History of Hardin County" written in 1885, tells >> us that the first retail business was established in Hardin County when >> L. H. Broyles opened a store in a log house at James Hardin's place. His >> first sale was that of two wool hats for a buck each to Miss Nellie >> Thacker for her two boys, William and Shepherd Thacker. Broyles remained >> at this location for a year or so then moved to Hardinsville after the >> county seat was moved there in 1822. James Hardin continued to operate a >> ferry until his untimely death in 1826, after which his immediate family >> moved to Western Kentucky. About 1830 John White, probably from Bertie >> County NC, and Elisha Bryant purchased several acres of land which >> included the land where the present 94 years old, 90 by 100 feet brick >> building now stands at Cerro Gordo Landing. John and Elisha were in >> business there for about 11 years. Elisha Bryant died in May of 1841. >> John white continued to operate the store until he died in 1845. A! >> record of an Inventory and Sale of his estate gives us a glimpse of what >> people would buy from a frontier store in 1845 and at the same time gives >> many of the names of the citizens who lived in our community and a few >> form elsewhere. >> >> An inventory of the items to be sold at the estate sale of John White >> included 115 separate items with some items having as many as 120 units >> to as few as 1. Some unusual items were: 16 bottles paregoric; 8 vials >> laudanum; 1 scythe & cradle; 8 chamber pots; 120 gallons of whiskey; 1 >> spinning wheel; 18 pair shoes; 6 bear knives, the list goes on and >> includes guns, flints, caps, powder and shot and about anything you would >> need to survive on the frontier. Most people who where at the sale bought >> 1, 2 or perhaps 3 items. Those who bought the most appeared to be other >> merchants trying to get a good deal. Some of these merchants appear to >> have been: James Irwin - 17 items; P. S. Hawkins - 10; Margaret S. >> White - 56 (widow of John White); George Johnson - 20 (Administrator of >> John White's Estate); Alexander Russell - 21; and James S. Nichols - 9 >> items. My kinfolks who were purchasers were: Green H. Polk (the brother >> of my g/g/grandmother, Eliza Polk Cagle); Milton Whitlow (my g/g/! >> grandfather) and his brother, Paschal Whitlow. >> >> Following are a list of individuals that were doing business with John >> White on a routine bases. The first group had signed notes and promised >> to pay, while the second group had open accounts. These individuals >> should be a very good representative of the people who live in the north >> part of Hardin County as of 30th April 1845. >> >> John White was carrying a note on the following individuals: Archibald >> Pool; Thomas White; Harvey White; J. W. Ellis; Edly Shannon; D. H. Wade; >> Isaiah Brown; Redick White; E. Y. Hindly; Jonathan Courtney; Ebenezer >> Thompson; Peter White; Henry Tilley; G. W. Carter; Ezekiel Conley; >> William Winchester; Granville Alexander; James A. Bell; Jacob Reynolds; >> Thomas Caldwell; Woodson Wells; Abraham Branch; Berry Holland; Silas >> Oates; Joseph McMahan; John K. Orr; S. P. Bowls; Jesse Turner (my >> g/g/grandfather); Thomas S. Spencer; Joseph Howard; J. Y. Nichols; P. B. >> Hawkins; S. Brown; Joseph McMullin; William Williams; Phillip Harris; >> Williams Wells; Shepard Thacker; William Winchester; W. W. Mosley; John >> Turner; James McLin; Martin, H. Stephens; J. F. Garner; J. B. Hargrove; >> A. S. Brown; D. B. Beasley; A. Nesbitt; Samuel Smith; George Johnson; >> Thos White; Thos Thacker; William Wells; David Smith; John Cagle (my >> g/g/grandfather); E. T. Rousey; Joseph Damien; D. B. Beasley; Josiah >> Alexan! >> der; Thomas Holland; Thomas Layton; John McConnell; Wayne Hopkins; Garner >> Wade; James F. McCall; Isaac Wells; Needham Wells; S. B. Hargrove; Novel >> White; William West; Thomas White; Rix Randolph; Jacob Bost; Garrard >> Stephens; James S. Nichols; and James Barnett. >> >> John White, Book Accounts: Elijah Alexander; Dicey White; Joseph Wilson; >> A. Russell; Priscilla Layton; James A. Nichols; S. B. Hargrove; ?ama >> Hooker; Thomas Crotts;Samuel Newman; William Clark; Thos. L. Woodriver; >> R. R. Russell; Rix Randolph;W. McCurray; John D. Wells; Rob Russell; >> Jefferson Nichols; Fanny Gil; Leroy Blache; J. W. Findley; David Finch; >> Thomas Layton; Daniel McCall; Michel Kincannon; Wm. White; Granville >> Whitlow; Wm. Russell; Thos White; John Cagle (my g/g/grandfather); Garred >> Shelly; Elijah Kelly; Elizabeth Lee; Taylor Alexander; John Slaughter; >> Hugh McCall; A. Hutchens; H. G. Garner; L. Thacker; Thomas Holland; >> Redick White Sr.; Arch Pool; John Lane; Mary McConnell; James Went; >> Ephraim Churchwell; T. Joyce; D. H. Wade; Rebecca Wade, (my >> g/g/g/grandmother); Holt White; Thomas Martin; John Polk; Josiah Gattan; >> P. G. Nichols; Joseph Danville; Andrew Brown; T. G. Lee; U. L. Lee; >> Norbert Lee; William Wells; Williamson Wells; John McConnell; Charley >> Holland; Tom ! >> Hanes; Ezekiel Alexander(my g/g/g/grandfather); W. S. Alexander; Thos F. >> Pool; Marion Clifton; Widow Barry; Joseph McMullin; William Love and G.H. >> Polk. >> >> I have made an attempt to learn what happened to the store at Cerro Gordo >> Landing after the death of John White. We know from reading A. A. >> Watson's "Bits and Pieces of Hardin County History" that John was buried >> on top of the hill behind Hardy Pitts' garden. But who bought the store? >> >> On the 7th of April 1845, Margaret White (the widow) and George Johnson >> were appointed by the court as the administrators of the estate of John >> White. That is the source of the names listed just above. On the 7th of >> December 1846, George Johnson was appointed as the guardian of Marshall >> White; James D. White; Henry A. White; Isaac N, White; John White; Martha >> A. White; Emily C. White; Margaret A. White and George M. Dallas White, >> minor heirs of John White. The daughters became wards of their husbands >> as they were married: Martha to B. F. Guinn in 1855; Margaret to G. H. G. >> Penn in 1860 and Emily to J. S. Perry also in 1860. >> >> About 1846-48, James H. Filgo married the widow of John White. The 1850 >> census of Hardin Co., TN shows that family as follows: James H. Filgo, 28 >> NC; Margaret S. (White), 40 TN; Mary F. Filgo, 1 TN; Henry A. White, 19 >> TN; Martha A. White, 12 TN; Isaac W. White, 16 TN; Emily White. 9 TN; >> George M. D. White, 6 TN. Marshall White, age 22, a boatman was living >> in the household of Felix G. Lee of the 12th C. D., while James D. White, >> age 20, was living in the household of Lewis B. Parrish in the 4th C. D. >> In 1860, Margaret, age 18 is living with her husband, G. H. G. Penn, 23, >> a lawyer in Decatur County, while Martha, age 22, is living with husband, >> B. F. Guinn, a salesman in the 2nd C. D. James Filgo was the original >> owner of part of the old Cagle Home-Place where my parents were living >> when I was born 1940. He likely built the old board and batten house >> located on that tract where I spent the first three years of my life. >> >> The land of John White appears to have been parceled out. I am not sure >> how the land was sold, but apparently the John White Estate was divided >> into 8 parcels and the widow had a dower interest as well. C. S. Broyles >> obtained Margaret White Filgo's tract on 10 January 1851. Henry A. White >> also sold to C. S. Broyles; John White to Isaac White; James D. White and >> Frank Guinn, (B. F. Guinn, husband of Martha White) to Thomas D. Shelby . >> William H. Cherry later sold two tracts to R. D. Deford referred to as >> the Isaac White Tract and the Emily White Tract. All or most of this John >> White Land, that part which included Cerro Gordo Landing, appears to have >> been purchased by Conway Sevier Broyles who already owned about 1500 >> hundred acres nearby know as the Hardin Bottom and was formerly James >> Hardin property. Although I don't have the specifics, C. S. Broyles >> appears to have owned a mill, blacksmith and carpenter shop a gin and a >> store at Cerro Gordo Landing soon after John White di! >> ed. The 1850 census lists C. S. Broyles as a merchant. >> >> Beginning about 1876, Risden D. Deford and some of his family began to >> buy the property that had originally belonged to John White and Elisha >> Bryant. They bought most of the property from Conway Sevier Broyles, and >> some from William H. Cherry. The Defords, who already had a mill and >> other businesses at Olive Hill, were expanding their operations. However, >> on the 19th day of September of 1882, Risden D. Deford sold out at Cerro >> Gordo to E. B. Harbour for $5000, what amounted to 284.6 acres of land >> including mill and machinery, blacksmith and carpenter tools, >> storehouse-fixtures and furniture including safe, desk, and store >> showcase. E. B. Harbour who was married to Martha Frances Pitts of Hardin >> Creek, did quiet well in the mercantile business. He soon expanded his >> business to include operations in Paducah Kentucky requiring additional >> manpower to manages his properties. Harbour brought his nephews into the >> business- John Hardy, John Abrham, Barney Brownlow and Elijah Frankli! >> n Pitts. The business at Cerro Gordo became known as Harbour-Pitts >> Company. >> >> Business was so good as to outgrow the two-story white frame store >> building that sat in what is now Hardy Pitts' driveway immediately across >> Clifton Road from the existing brick store building. A new building was >> needed. I am guessing, about 1910 construction begin toward that goal. A >> brick kiln was set up on the top of the ridge east of the store, thus the >> bricks for the proposed building were made on site. By 1911, a new 90 by >> 100 feet two story brick building came out of the ground, having brick >> walls reported to be 5 or 6 layers thick. The new building was completed >> in 1912. The next year, Elisha B. Harbour sold his interest to his >> nephews. By deed recorded on the 8th of July 1913, Harbour transferred >> his holdings at Cerro Gordo to Harbour-Pitts Company which amounted to >> about 400 acres including Cerro Gordo Landing and other property. The >> Pitts Brothers continued to do well and eventually bought additional land >> at Cerro Gordo that once had belonged to C. S. Broyles and ! >> Amos Hardin. However, I think due in part to illness in the family, >> Harbour-Pitts Company sold their Cerro Gordo holdings to The Cerro Gordo >> Mercantile Company owned by E. P. Churchwell and son, this transaction >> being recorded on the 10th of February 1920 in Deed Book UU-565 in the >> Hardin County Courthouse. About two years later on the 16th of January >> 1922, this process was reversed, and The Cerro Gordo Mercantile Company >> deeded the property back to Harbour-Pitts Company. The "Store" remained >> with the Pitts family until it closed a few years ago. >> >> When I was growing up in the 40's and early 50's Pitts' Store was the >> place to go when you needed anything from groceries, hardware, seed, >> feed, dry goods, shoes, clothing, dishes, pots & pans, guns and >> ammunition, horse collars, wagons, and a little before my time, coffins. >> I remember as a youngster sneaking to the basement to see the two or >> three old coffins down there. One was reported to have been too short or >> too narrow and had been returned. It's still there. I got new shoes about >> once a year. Brogans--boy did they hurt my feet. It took forever to break >> in those new shoes, but after a mud hole or two and letting them settle >> to my feet, I guess it wasn't so bad. Those shoes never did feel just >> right until they were almost worn out. I'm sure you've been there. Then >> you had to begin the process again. I couldn't wait until spring to go >> barefooted. >> >> The Store survived as long as it did, in part, because of travel >> limitations. A 10 mile round trip was an all day affair driving mules and >> a wagon. The depression and the 2nd War did not help this problem as >> transportation was severely limited. However, the upside for everyone >> involved was that you could buy just about anything you needed at the >> store, also borrow money and mortgage your property if need be. The old >> Store that ceased operation about the turn of this century was a >> Wal-Mart, Lowes, a Bank and a Post Office all rolled into one and was >> located out in the center of our community. We didn't know we had it so >> good. >> >> David Cagle >> December 2006 >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> TNHARDIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: > 269.17.13/1206 - Release Date: 1/1/2008 12:09 PM > >

Did any of these WADEs migrate to southern Indiana, particularly Posey, Pike and Gibson counties? My maternal line is WADE, RICKETTS and GOURLEY. Would appreciate any info. Thanks, Terry Winchester Evansville, IN WINCHESTER, PEERMAN, MOORE, ROWE, WADE, RICKETTS, GOURLEY Robert Wade <jwade9301@msn.com> wrote: David, I am kin to the wades,my dad was Nelson Wade, his father was Robert Elvis Wade, his father was Samuel Perkins Wade and his father was Noah Wade Sr. I have been trying to locate Noah's grave and this the first clue I have had. Most of them lived around the Hardin and mcnairy Co Line. Thanks Robert Wade ----- Original Message ----- From: David Cagle To: Betty Stivers Cc: tnhardin@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 5:43 PM Subject: Re: [TNHARDIN] Rebecca Wade Betty, There is very much a connection. You see that your William M. Wade and my Sarah Wade Whitlow were brothers and sisters and were children of Noah and Rebecca Satterfield Wade. That makes us some kind of cousins. Milton and Sarah Whitlow are buried on Whitlow Creek near the old Carrollville Ford of Indian Creek. Noah Wade who apparently died ca 1845 is buried about a mile northeast on the other side of Indian Creek, on or near his old home place. David ....... 2 Noah Wade 1780 - 1850 (1845?) ........... +Rebecca Satterfield 1793 - 1860 ................ 3 David Hampton Wade 1810 - 1878 .................... +Pamelia M Moseley 1815 - 1878 ......................... 4 Noah F Wade 1832 - 1912 ............................. +Linnie Parmelia Polk 1835 - 1910 ......................... 4 Thomas B Wade 1835 - ......................... 4 Pamelia A Wade 1838 - ......................... 4 John H Wade 1840 - ......................... 4 Mary J Wade 1843 - ......................... 4 Teressa Ann Wade 1845 - ......................... 4 Sarah F Wade 1848 - ................ 3 Sarah Wade 1812 - 1868 .................... +Milton Whitlow 1808 - 1870 ................ 3 Harvey B Wade 1813 - .................... +Amanda ................ 3 Nymphia Wade 1818 - ................ 3 William M Wade 1827 - 1882 .................... +Jane McCasland 1817 - 1892 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty Stivers" > To: > Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 4:46 PM Subject: Re: Rebecca Wade > Hello David, my name is Betty Asbille Stivers. I received this article > today. You said that Rebecca Wade was your 3x great grandmother. I have a > great grandmother named Rebecca Elizabeth Wade, she was married to William > Anderson Boroughs. Rebecca's parents were William Wade and Mary Jane > McCasland Wade. I am wondering if there could be a connection? > Sincerely, > Betty Asbille Stivers > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Cagle" > > To: > > Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 8:00 AM > Subject: [TNHARDIN] Happy New Year from Cerro Gordo > > >> The following is an article that I wrote for the Courier about a year ago >> at this time of year. If your family lived at Cerro Gordo, you might >> find their name on the books John White kept from 1830 to 1845. In a few >> weeks, I have an article that I hope will be published in the Courier >> concerning The Pitts brothers and in particular, John Hardy Pitts who >> operated the store from about 1900 until 1955. If any of these are your >> relatives below, let me know and we will try to figure out where they >> lived if that is of interest. >> Happy New Year, >> David >> _________________ >> >> >> "The Store" >> At Cerro Gordo >> B. G. Brazelton in his "History of Hardin County" written in 1885, tells >> us that the first retail business was established in Hardin County when >> L. H. Broyles opened a store in a log house at James Hardin's place. His >> first sale was that of two wool hats for a buck each to Miss Nellie >> Thacker for her two boys, William and Shepherd Thacker. Broyles remained >> at this location for a year or so then moved to Hardinsville after the >> county seat was moved there in 1822. James Hardin continued to operate a >> ferry until his untimely death in 1826, after which his immediate family >> moved to Western Kentucky. About 1830 John White, probably from Bertie >> County NC, and Elisha Bryant purchased several acres of land which >> included the land where the present 94 years old, 90 by 100 feet brick >> building now stands at Cerro Gordo Landing. John and Elisha were in >> business there for about 11 years. Elisha Bryant died in May of 1841. >> John white continued to operate the store until he died in 1845. A! >> record of an Inventory and Sale of his estate gives us a glimpse of what >> people would buy from a frontier store in 1845 and at the same time gives >> many of the names of the citizens who lived in our community and a few >> form elsewhere. >> >> An inventory of the items to be sold at the estate sale of John White >> included 115 separate items with some items having as many as 120 units >> to as few as 1. Some unusual items were: 16 bottles paregoric; 8 vials >> laudanum; 1 scythe & cradle; 8 chamber pots; 120 gallons of whiskey; 1 >> spinning wheel; 18 pair shoes; 6 bear knives, the list goes on and >> includes guns, flints, caps, powder and shot and about anything you would >> need to survive on the frontier. Most people who where at the sale bought >> 1, 2 or perhaps 3 items. Those who bought the most appeared to be other >> merchants trying to get a good deal. Some of these merchants appear to >> have been: James Irwin - 17 items; P. S. Hawkins - 10; Margaret S. >> White - 56 (widow of John White); George Johnson - 20 (Administrator of >> John White's Estate); Alexander Russell - 21; and James S. Nichols - 9 >> items. My kinfolks who were purchasers were: Green H. Polk (the brother >> of my g/g/grandmother, Eliza Polk Cagle); Milton Whitlow (my g/g/! >> grandfather) and his brother, Paschal Whitlow. >> >> Following are a list of individuals that were doing business with John >> White on a routine bases. The first group had signed notes and promised >> to pay, while the second group had open accounts. These individuals >> should be a very good representative of the people who live in the north >> part of Hardin County as of 30th April 1845. >> >> John White was carrying a note on the following individuals: Archibald >> Pool; Thomas White; Harvey White; J. W. Ellis; Edly Shannon; D. H. Wade; >> Isaiah Brown; Redick White; E. Y. Hindly; Jonathan Courtney; Ebenezer >> Thompson; Peter White; Henry Tilley; G. W. Carter; Ezekiel Conley; >> William Winchester; Granville Alexander; James A. Bell; Jacob Reynolds; >> Thomas Caldwell; Woodson Wells; Abraham Branch; Berry Holland; Silas >> Oates; Joseph McMahan; John K. Orr; S. P. Bowls; Jesse Turner (my >> g/g/grandfather); Thomas S. Spencer; Joseph Howard; J. Y. Nichols; P. B. >> Hawkins; S. Brown; Joseph McMullin; William Williams; Phillip Harris; >> Williams Wells; Shepard Thacker; William Winchester; W. W. Mosley; John >> Turner; James McLin; Martin, H. Stephens; J. F. Garner; J. B. Hargrove; >> A. S. Brown; D. B. Beasley; A. Nesbitt; Samuel Smith; George Johnson; >> Thos White; Thos Thacker; William Wells; David Smith; John Cagle (my >> g/g/grandfather); E. T. Rousey; Joseph Damien; D. B. Beasley; Josiah >> Alexan! >> der; Thomas Holland; Thomas Layton; John McConnell; Wayne Hopkins; Garner >> Wade; James F. McCall; Isaac Wells; Needham Wells; S. B. Hargrove; Novel >> White; William West; Thomas White; Rix Randolph; Jacob Bost; Garrard >> Stephens; James S. Nichols; and James Barnett. >> >> John White, Book Accounts: Elijah Alexander; Dicey White; Joseph Wilson; >> A. Russell; Priscilla Layton; James A. Nichols; S. B. Hargrove; ?ama >> Hooker; Thomas Crotts;Samuel Newman; William Clark; Thos. L. Woodriver; >> R. R. Russell; Rix Randolph;W. McCurray; John D. Wells; Rob Russell; >> Jefferson Nichols; Fanny Gil; Leroy Blache; J. W. Findley; David Finch; >> Thomas Layton; Daniel McCall; Michel Kincannon; Wm. White; Granville >> Whitlow; Wm. Russell; Thos White; John Cagle (my g/g/grandfather); Garred >> Shelly; Elijah Kelly; Elizabeth Lee; Taylor Alexander; John Slaughter; >> Hugh McCall; A. Hutchens; H. G. Garner; L. Thacker; Thomas Holland; >> Redick White Sr.; Arch Pool; John Lane; Mary McConnell; James Went; >> Ephraim Churchwell; T. Joyce; D. H. Wade; Rebecca Wade, (my >> g/g/g/grandmother); Holt White; Thomas Martin; John Polk; Josiah Gattan; >> P. G. Nichols; Joseph Danville; Andrew Brown; T. G. Lee; U. L. Lee; >> Norbert Lee; William Wells; Williamson Wells; John McConnell; Charley >> Holland; Tom ! >> Hanes; Ezekiel Alexander(my g/g/g/grandfather); W. S. Alexander; Thos F. >> Pool; Marion Clifton; Widow Barry; Joseph McMullin; William Love and G.H. >> Polk. >> >> I have made an attempt to learn what happened to the store at Cerro Gordo >> Landing after the death of John White. We know from reading A. A. >> Watson's "Bits and Pieces of Hardin County History" that John was buried >> on top of the hill behind Hardy Pitts' garden. But who bought the store? >> >> On the 7th of April 1845, Margaret White (the widow) and George Johnson >> were appointed by the court as the administrators of the estate of John >> White. That is the source of the names listed just above. On the 7th of >> December 1846, George Johnson was appointed as the guardian of Marshall >> White; James D. White; Henry A. White; Isaac N, White; John White; Martha >> A. White; Emily C. White; Margaret A. White and George M. Dallas White, >> minor heirs of John White. The daughters became wards of their husbands >> as they were married: Martha to B. F. Guinn in 1855; Margaret to G. H. G. >> Penn in 1860 and Emily to J. S. Perry also in 1860. >> >> About 1846-48, James H. Filgo married the widow of John White. The 1850 >> census of Hardin Co., TN shows that family as follows: James H. Filgo, 28 >> NC; Margaret S. (White), 40 TN; Mary F. Filgo, 1 TN; Henry A. White, 19 >> TN; Martha A. White, 12 TN; Isaac W. White, 16 TN; Emily White. 9 TN; >> George M. D. White, 6 TN. Marshall White, age 22, a boatman was living >> in the household of Felix G. Lee of the 12th C. D., while James D. White, >> age 20, was living in the household of Lewis B. Parrish in the 4th C. D. >> In 1860, Margaret, age 18 is living with her husband, G. H. G. Penn, 23, >> a lawyer in Decatur County, while Martha, age 22, is living with husband, >> B. F. Guinn, a salesman in the 2nd C. D. James Filgo was the original >> owner of part of the old Cagle Home-Place where my parents were living >> when I was born 1940. He likely built the old board and batten house >> located on that tract where I spent the first three years of my life. >> >> The land of John White appears to have been parceled out. I am not sure >> how the land was sold, but apparently the John White Estate was divided >> into 8 parcels and the widow had a dower interest as well. C. S. Broyles >> obtained Margaret White Filgo's tract on 10 January 1851. Henry A. White >> also sold to C. S. Broyles; John White to Isaac White; James D. White and >> Frank Guinn, (B. F. Guinn, husband of Martha White) to Thomas D. Shelby . >> William H. Cherry later sold two tracts to R. D. Deford referred to as >> the Isaac White Tract and the Emily White Tract. All or most of this John >> White Land, that part which included Cerro Gordo Landing, appears to have >> been purchased by Conway Sevier Broyles who already owned about 1500 >> hundred acres nearby know as the Hardin Bottom and was formerly James >> Hardin property. Although I don't have the specifics, C. S. Broyles >> appears to have owned a mill, blacksmith and carpenter shop a gin and a >> store at Cerro Gordo Landing soon after John White di! >> ed. The 1850 census lists C. S. Broyles as a merchant. >> >> Beginning about 1876, Risden D. Deford and some of his family began to >> buy the property that had originally belonged to John White and Elisha >> Bryant. They bought most of the property from Conway Sevier Broyles, and >> some from William H. Cherry. The Defords, who already had a mill and >> other businesses at Olive Hill, were expanding their operations. However, >> on the 19th day of September of 1882, Risden D. Deford sold out at Cerro >> Gordo to E. B. Harbour for $5000, what amounted to 284.6 acres of land >> including mill and machinery, blacksmith and carpenter tools, >> storehouse-fixtures and furniture including safe, desk, and store >> showcase. E. B. Harbour who was married to Martha Frances Pitts of Hardin >> Creek, did quiet well in the mercantile business. He soon expanded his >> business to include operations in Paducah Kentucky requiring additional >> manpower to manages his properties. Harbour brought his nephews into the >> business- John Hardy, John Abrham, Barney Brownlow and Elijah Frankli! >> n Pitts. The business at Cerro Gordo became known as Harbour-Pitts >> Company. >> >> Business was so good as to outgrow the two-story white frame store >> building that sat in what is now Hardy Pitts' driveway immediately across >> Clifton Road from the existing brick store building. A new building was >> needed. I am guessing, about 1910 construction begin toward that goal. A >> brick kiln was set up on the top of the ridge east of the store, thus the >> bricks for the proposed building were made on site. By 1911, a new 90 by >> 100 feet two story brick building came out of the ground, having brick >> walls reported to be 5 or 6 layers thick. The new building was completed >> in 1912. The next year, Elisha B. Harbour sold his interest to his >> nephews. By deed recorded on the 8th of July 1913, Harbour transferred >> his holdings at Cerro Gordo to Harbour-Pitts Company which amounted to >> about 400 acres including Cerro Gordo Landing and other property. The >> Pitts Brothers continued to do well and eventually bought additional land >> at Cerro Gordo that once had belonged to C. S. Broyles and ! >> Amos Hardin. However, I think due in part to illness in the family, >> Harbour-Pitts Company sold their Cerro Gordo holdings to The Cerro Gordo >> Mercantile Company owned by E. P. Churchwell and son, this transaction >> being recorded on the 10th of February 1920 in Deed Book UU-565 in the >> Hardin County Courthouse. About two years later on the 16th of January >> 1922, this process was reversed, and The Cerro Gordo Mercantile Company >> deeded the property back to Harbour-Pitts Company. The "Store" remained >> with the Pitts family until it closed a few years ago. >> >> When I was growing up in the 40's and early 50's Pitts' Store was the >> place to go when you needed anything from groceries, hardware, seed, >> feed, dry goods, shoes, clothing, dishes, pots & pans, guns and >> ammunition, horse collars, wagons, and a little before my time, coffins. >> I remember as a youngster sneaking to the basement to see the two or >> three old coffins down there. One was reported to have been too short or >> too narrow and had been returned. It's still there. I got new shoes about >> once a year. Brogans--boy did they hurt my feet. It took forever to break >> in those new shoes, but after a mud hole or two and letting them settle >> to my feet, I guess it wasn't so bad. Those shoes never did feel just >> right until they were almost worn out. I'm sure you've been there. Then >> you had to begin the process again. I couldn't wait until spring to go >> barefooted. >> >> The Store survived as long as it did, in part, because of travel >> limitations. A 10 mile round trip was an all day affair driving mules and >> a wagon. The depression and the 2nd War did not help this problem as >> transportation was severely limited. However, the upside for everyone >> involved was that you could buy just about anything you needed at the >> store, also borrow money and mortgage your property if need be. The old >> Store that ceased operation about the turn of this century was a >> Wal-Mart, Lowes, a Bank and a Post Office all rolled into one and was >> located out in the center of our community. We didn't know we had it so >> good. >> >> David Cagle >> December 2006 >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> TNHARDIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: > 269.17.13/1206 - Release Date: 1/1/2008 12:09 PM > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNHARDIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNHARDIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.

I have a copy of a receipt dated April 20th 1914 from HARBOURS, PITTS & CO signed by Jno H Pitts Pres. with an ad on the side for Hanford's Balsam & Myrrh, an external remedy for the Human System and Domestic Animals. The receipt was for a purchase made by Bill Ricketts for a coffin and other funeral items related to the death of his mother, Stacy Ricketts nee Sanders. This company was also the local undertaker in Cerro Gordo according to the death certificate of Stacy Ricketts Apr 21, 1914. ___________________________ Bob Ricketts {bobr@foresight.net} -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Annette Williams" <awilliams1@mindspring.com> > > David, I told you before that I have some old receipts from my great > grandfather John Riley McMahan. One of them is something you might find > interesting. The printed portion reads- ONE PRICE AND SPOT > CASH-HARBOUR'S-PADUCAH, KY. Our Guarantee, Each sale slip filled out is as > much our personal guarantee for the rightness of goods and prices as though > issued personally. We count this personal responsibility and the > confidence it begets as the basis of our success. E.B.HARBOUR In case of > Error or Exchange please present this Bill. BILL ON OTHER SIDE. > That is everything that is printed on the front. On the back, there are > some scribbled numbers. There are no printed lines or words on the back. > Handwritten on the front in pencil, above the ONE PRICE etc., it says EB > Harbour Cerro Gordo Tenn. Then on various parts of the front EB Harbour is > written five more times. These look like signatures. There are also > signatures that look like B.B. Pitts written about three times. (I guess > that would be the Barney Brownlow you mentioned) One of the Pitts > signature could be something different but it is hard to read. > Very curious. I'm not sure why there are so many signatures and why they > look as if a different person signed all of them. All the receipts I have > date between the late 1890's early 1900's. > > Annette Stricklin Williams > awilliams1@mindspring.com >

I found some other receipts from E.B. Harbour. This one has no store name printed but is a receipt for money received from John Riley McMahan. It is dated June 15, 1900 and is for the receipt of $1.25 on "Bob Bishop Burial Bill" It is stamped E.B. Harbour, Cerro Gordo, Tenn. Then it is signed by S.P. Wells I wonder who Bob Bishop was and why John was paying part of his burial bill. There is one other Harbour imprinted bill that simply says Harbour's with Paducah, Ky .........190.. printed below it. Paducah has been marked out so it was probably from Cerro Gordo. The date filled in is 4/28 and the numeral 6 for the year. Looks like someone named Ray was the salesperson and the grand total was 45 cents for coffee .25 -c. comb .5-something for .15 that looks like Lob?? They obviously went through a lot of salespads since they imprinted with 190.. instead of just 19... Annette Stricklin Williams awilliams1@mindspring.com > [Original Message] > From: David Cagle <dcagle1@charter.net> > To: <tnhardin@rootsweb.com> > Date: 1/1/2008 8:01:38 AM > Subject: [TNHARDIN] Happy New Year from Cerro Gordo > > The following is an article that I wrote for the Courier about a year ago at this time of year. If your family lived at Cerro Gordo, you might find their name on the books John White kept from 1830 to 1845. In a few weeks, I have an article that I hope will be published in the Courier concerning The Pitts brothers and in particular, John Hardy Pitts who operated the store from about 1900 until 1955. If any of these are your relatives below, let me know and we will try to figure out where they lived if that is of interest. > Happy New Year, > David > _________________ > > > "The Store" > At Cerro Gordo > B. G. Brazelton in his "History of Hardin County" written in 1885, tells us that the first retail business was established in Hardin County when L. H. Broyles opened a store in a log house at James Hardin's place. His first sale was that of two wool hats for a buck each to Miss Nellie Thacker for her two boys, William and Shepherd Thacker. Broyles remained at this location for a year or so then moved to Hardinsville after the county seat was moved there in 1822. James Hardin continued to operate a ferry until his untimely death in 1826, after which his immediate family moved to Western Kentucky. About 1830 John White, probably from Bertie County NC, and Elisha Bryant purchased several acres of land which included the land where the present 94 years old, 90 by 100 feet brick building now stands at Cerro Gordo Landing. John and Elisha were in business there for about 11 years. Elisha Bryant died in May of 1841. John white continued to operate the store until he died in 1845. A! > record of an Inventory and Sale of his estate gives us a glimpse of what people would buy from a frontier store in 1845 and at the same time gives many of the names of the citizens who lived in our community and a few form elsewhere. > > An inventory of the items to be sold at the estate sale of John White included 115 separate items with some items having as many as 120 units to as few as 1. Some unusual items were: 16 bottles paregoric; 8 vials laudanum; 1 scythe & cradle; 8 chamber pots; 120 gallons of whiskey; 1 spinning wheel; 18 pair shoes; 6 bear knives, the list goes on and includes guns, flints, caps, powder and shot and about anything you would need to survive on the frontier. Most people who where at the sale bought 1, 2 or perhaps 3 items. Those who bought the most appeared to be other merchants trying to get a good deal. Some of these merchants appear to have been: James Irwin - 17 items; P. S. Hawkins - 10; Margaret S. White - 56 (widow of John White); George Johnson - 20 (Administrator of John White's Estate); Alexander Russell - 21; and James S. Nichols - 9 items. My kinfolks who were purchasers were: Green H. Polk (the brother of my g/g/grandmother, Eliza Polk Cagle); Milton Whitlow (my g/g/! > grandfather) and his brother, Paschal Whitlow. > > Following are a list of individuals that were doing business with John White on a routine bases. The first group had signed notes and promised to pay, while the second group had open accounts. These individuals should be a very good representative of the people who live in the north part of Hardin County as of 30th April 1845. > > John White was carrying a note on the following individuals: Archibald Pool; Thomas White; Harvey White; J. W. Ellis; Edly Shannon; D. H. Wade; Isaiah Brown; Redick White; E. Y. Hindly; Jonathan Courtney; Ebenezer Thompson; Peter White; Henry Tilley; G. W. Carter; Ezekiel Conley; William Winchester; Granville Alexander; James A. Bell; Jacob Reynolds; Thomas Caldwell; Woodson Wells; Abraham Branch; Berry Holland; Silas Oates; Joseph McMahan; John K. Orr; S. P. Bowls; Jesse Turner (my g/g/grandfather); Thomas S. Spencer; Joseph Howard; J. Y. Nichols; P. B. Hawkins; S. Brown; Joseph McMullin; William Williams; Phillip Harris; Williams Wells; Shepard Thacker; William Winchester; W. W. Mosley; John Turner; James McLin; Martin, H. Stephens; J. F. Garner; J. B. Hargrove; A. S. Brown; D. B. Beasley; A. Nesbitt; Samuel Smith; George Johnson; Thos White; Thos Thacker; William Wells; David Smith; John Cagle (my g/g/grandfather); E. T. Rousey; Joseph Damien; D. B. Beasley; Josiah Alexan! > der; Thomas Holland; Thomas Layton; John McConnell; Wayne Hopkins; Garner Wade; James F. McCall; Isaac Wells; Needham Wells; S. B. Hargrove; Novel White; William West; Thomas White; Rix Randolph; Jacob Bost; Garrard Stephens; James S. Nichols; and James Barnett. > > John White, Book Accounts: Elijah Alexander; Dicey White; Joseph Wilson; A. Russell; Priscilla Layton; James A. Nichols; S. B. Hargrove; ?ama Hooker; Thomas Crotts;Samuel Newman; William Clark; Thos. L. Woodriver; R. R. Russell; Rix Randolph;W. McCurray; John D. Wells; Rob Russell; Jefferson Nichols; Fanny Gil; Leroy Blache; J. W. Findley; David Finch; Thomas Layton; Daniel McCall; Michel Kincannon; Wm. White; Granville Whitlow; Wm. Russell; Thos White; John Cagle (my g/g/grandfather); Garred Shelly; Elijah Kelly; Elizabeth Lee; Taylor Alexander; John Slaughter; Hugh McCall; A. Hutchens; H. G. Garner; L. Thacker; Thomas Holland; Redick White Sr.; Arch Pool; John Lane; Mary McConnell; James Went; Ephraim Churchwell; T. Joyce; D. H. Wade; Rebecca Wade, (my g/g/g/grandmother); Holt White; Thomas Martin; John Polk; Josiah Gattan; P. G. Nichols; Joseph Danville; Andrew Brown; T. G. Lee; U. L. Lee; Norbert Lee; William Wells; Williamson Wells; John McConnell; Charley Holland; Tom ! > Hanes; Ezekiel Alexander(my g/g/g/grandfather); W. S. Alexander; Thos F. Pool; Marion Clifton; Widow Barry; Joseph McMullin; William Love and G.H. Polk. > > I have made an attempt to learn what happened to the store at Cerro Gordo Landing after the death of John White. We know from reading A. A. Watson's "Bits and Pieces of Hardin County History" that John was buried on top of the hill behind Hardy Pitts' garden. But who bought the store? > > On the 7th of April 1845, Margaret White (the widow) and George Johnson were appointed by the court as the administrators of the estate of John White. That is the source of the names listed just above. On the 7th of December 1846, George Johnson was appointed as the guardian of Marshall White; James D. White; Henry A. White; Isaac N, White; John White; Martha A. White; Emily C. White; Margaret A. White and George M. Dallas White, minor heirs of John White. The daughters became wards of their husbands as they were married: Martha to B. F. Guinn in 1855; Margaret to G. H. G. Penn in 1860 and Emily to J. S. Perry also in 1860. > > About 1846-48, James H. Filgo married the widow of John White. The 1850 census of Hardin Co., TN shows that family as follows: James H. Filgo, 28 NC; Margaret S. (White), 40 TN; Mary F. Filgo, 1 TN; Henry A. White, 19 TN; Martha A. White, 12 TN; Isaac W. White, 16 TN; Emily White. 9 TN; George M. D. White, 6 TN. Marshall White, age 22, a boatman was living in the household of Felix G. Lee of the 12th C. D., while James D. White, age 20, was living in the household of Lewis B. Parrish in the 4th C. D. In 1860, Margaret, age 18 is living with her husband, G. H. G. Penn, 23, a lawyer in Decatur County, while Martha, age 22, is living with husband, B. F. Guinn, a salesman in the 2nd C. D. James Filgo was the original owner of part of the old Cagle Home-Place where my parents were living when I was born 1940. He likely built the old board and batten house located on that tract where I spent the first three years of my life. > > The land of John White appears to have been parceled out. I am not sure how the land was sold, but apparently the John White Estate was divided into 8 parcels and the widow had a dower interest as well. C. S. Broyles obtained Margaret White Filgo's tract on 10 January 1851. Henry A. White also sold to C. S. Broyles; John White to Isaac White; James D. White and Frank Guinn, (B. F. Guinn, husband of Martha White) to Thomas D. Shelby . William H. Cherry later sold two tracts to R. D. Deford referred to as the Isaac White Tract and the Emily White Tract. All or most of this John White Land, that part which included Cerro Gordo Landing, appears to have been purchased by Conway Sevier Broyles who already owned about 1500 hundred acres nearby know as the Hardin Bottom and was formerly James Hardin property. Although I don't have the specifics, C. S. Broyles appears to have owned a mill, blacksmith and carpenter shop a gin and a store at Cerro Gordo Landing soon after John White di! > ed. The 1850 census lists C. S. Broyles as a merchant. > > Beginning about 1876, Risden D. Deford and some of his family began to buy the property that had originally belonged to John White and Elisha Bryant. They bought most of the property from Conway Sevier Broyles, and some from William H. Cherry. The Defords, who already had a mill and other businesses at Olive Hill, were expanding their operations. However, on the 19th day of September of 1882, Risden D. Deford sold out at Cerro Gordo to E. B. Harbour for $5000, what amounted to 284.6 acres of land including mill and machinery, blacksmith and carpenter tools, storehouse-fixtures and furniture including safe, desk, and store showcase. E. B. Harbour who was married to Martha Frances Pitts of Hardin Creek, did quiet well in the mercantile business. He soon expanded his business to include operations in Paducah Kentucky requiring additional manpower to manages his properties. Harbour brought his nephews into the business- John Hardy, John Abrham, Barney Brownlow and Elijah Frankli! > n Pitts. The business at Cerro Gordo became known as Harbour-Pitts Company. > > Business was so good as to outgrow the two-story white frame store building that sat in what is now Hardy Pitts' driveway immediately across Clifton Road from the existing brick store building. A new building was needed. I am guessing, about 1910 construction begin toward that goal. A brick kiln was set up on the top of the ridge east of the store, thus the bricks for the proposed building were made on site. By 1911, a new 90 by 100 feet two story brick building came out of the ground, having brick walls reported to be 5 or 6 layers thick. The new building was completed in 1912. The next year, Elisha B. Harbour sold his interest to his nephews. By deed recorded on the 8th of July 1913, Harbour transferred his holdings at Cerro Gordo to Harbour-Pitts Company which amounted to about 400 acres including Cerro Gordo Landing and other property. The Pitts Brothers continued to do well and eventually bought additional land at Cerro Gordo that once had belonged to C. S. Broyles and ! > Amos Hardin. However, I think due in part to illness in the family, Harbour-Pitts Company sold their Cerro Gordo holdings to The Cerro Gordo Mercantile Company owned by E. P. Churchwell and son, this transaction being recorded on the 10th of February 1920 in Deed Book UU-565 in the Hardin County Courthouse. About two years later on the 16th of January 1922, this process was reversed, and The Cerro Gordo Mercantile Company deeded the property back to Harbour-Pitts Company. The "Store" remained with the Pitts family until it closed a few years ago. > > When I was growing up in the 40's and early 50's Pitts' Store was the place to go when you needed anything from groceries, hardware, seed, feed, dry goods, shoes, clothing, dishes, pots & pans, guns and ammunition, horse collars, wagons, and a little before my time, coffins. I remember as a youngster sneaking to the basement to see the two or three old coffins down there. One was reported to have been too short or too narrow and had been returned. It's still there. I got new shoes about once a year. Brogans--boy did they hurt my feet. It took forever to break in those new shoes, but after a mud hole or two and letting them settle to my feet, I guess it wasn't so bad. Those shoes never did feel just right until they were almost worn out. I'm sure you've been there. Then you had to begin the process again. I couldn't wait until spring to go barefooted. > > The Store survived as long as it did, in part, because of travel limitations. A 10 mile round trip was an all day affair driving mules and a wagon. The depression and the 2nd War did not help this problem as transportation was severely limited. However, the upside for everyone involved was that you could buy just about anything you needed at the store, also borrow money and mortgage your property if need be. The old Store that ceased operation about the turn of this century was a Wal-Mart, Lowes, a Bank and a Post Office all rolled into one and was located out in the center of our community. We didn't know we had it so good. > > David Cagle > December 2006 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNHARDIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

David, I told you before that I have some old receipts from my great grandfather John Riley McMahan. One of them is something you might find interesting. The printed portion reads- ONE PRICE AND SPOT CASH-HARBOUR'S-PADUCAH, KY. Our Guarantee, Each sale slip filled out is as much our personal guarantee for the rightness of goods and prices as though issued personally. We count this personal responsibility and the confidence it begets as the basis of our success. E.B.HARBOUR In case of Error or Exchange please present this Bill. BILL ON OTHER SIDE. That is everything that is printed on the front. On the back, there are some scribbled numbers. There are no printed lines or words on the back. Handwritten on the front in pencil, above the ONE PRICE etc., it says EB Harbour Cerro Gordo Tenn. Then on various parts of the front EB Harbour is written five more times. These look like signatures. There are also signatures that look like B.B. Pitts written about three times. (I guess that would be the Barney Brownlow you mentioned) One of the Pitts signature could be something different but it is hard to read. Very curious. I'm not sure why there are so many signatures and why they look as if a different person signed all of them. All the receipts I have date between the late 1890's early 1900's. Annette Stricklin Williams awilliams1@mindspring.com > [Original Message] > From: David Cagle <dcagle1@charter.net> > To: <tnhardin@rootsweb.com> > Date: 1/1/2008 8:01:38 AM > Subject: [TNHARDIN] Happy New Year from Cerro Gordo > > The following is an article that I wrote for the Courier about a year ago at this time of year. If your family lived at Cerro Gordo, you might find their name on the books John White kept from 1830 to 1845. In a few weeks, I have an article that I hope will be published in the Courier concerning The Pitts brothers and in particular, John Hardy Pitts who operated the store from about 1900 until 1955. If any of these are your relatives below, let me know and we will try to figure out where they lived if that is of interest. > Happy New Year, > David > _________________ > > > "The Store" > At Cerro Gordo > B. G. Brazelton in his "History of Hardin County" written in 1885, tells us that the first retail business was established in Hardin County when L. H. Broyles opened a store in a log house at James Hardin's place. His first sale was that of two wool hats for a buck each to Miss Nellie Thacker for her two boys, William and Shepherd Thacker. Broyles remained at this location for a year or so then moved to Hardinsville after the county seat was moved there in 1822. James Hardin continued to operate a ferry until his untimely death in 1826, after which his immediate family moved to Western Kentucky. About 1830 John White, probably from Bertie County NC, and Elisha Bryant purchased several acres of land which included the land where the present 94 years old, 90 by 100 feet brick building now stands at Cerro Gordo Landing. John and Elisha were in business there for about 11 years. Elisha Bryant died in May of 1841. John white continued to operate the store until he died in 1845. A! > record of an Inventory and Sale of his estate gives us a glimpse of what people would buy from a frontier store in 1845 and at the same time gives many of the names of the citizens who lived in our community and a few form elsewhere. > > An inventory of the items to be sold at the estate sale of John White included 115 separate items with some items having as many as 120 units to as few as 1. Some unusual items were: 16 bottles paregoric; 8 vials laudanum; 1 scythe & cradle; 8 chamber pots; 120 gallons of whiskey; 1 spinning wheel; 18 pair shoes; 6 bear knives, the list goes on and includes guns, flints, caps, powder and shot and about anything you would need to survive on the frontier. Most people who where at the sale bought 1, 2 or perhaps 3 items. Those who bought the most appeared to be other merchants trying to get a good deal. Some of these merchants appear to have been: James Irwin - 17 items; P. S. Hawkins - 10; Margaret S. White - 56 (widow of John White); George Johnson - 20 (Administrator of John White's Estate); Alexander Russell - 21; and James S. Nichols - 9 items. My kinfolks who were purchasers were: Green H. Polk (the brother of my g/g/grandmother, Eliza Polk Cagle); Milton Whitlow (my g/g/! > grandfather) and his brother, Paschal Whitlow. > > Following are a list of individuals that were doing business with John White on a routine bases. The first group had signed notes and promised to pay, while the second group had open accounts. These individuals should be a very good representative of the people who live in the north part of Hardin County as of 30th April 1845. > > John White was carrying a note on the following individuals: Archibald Pool; Thomas White; Harvey White; J. W. Ellis; Edly Shannon; D. H. Wade; Isaiah Brown; Redick White; E. Y. Hindly; Jonathan Courtney; Ebenezer Thompson; Peter White; Henry Tilley; G. W. Carter; Ezekiel Conley; William Winchester; Granville Alexander; James A. Bell; Jacob Reynolds; Thomas Caldwell; Woodson Wells; Abraham Branch; Berry Holland; Silas Oates; Joseph McMahan; John K. Orr; S. P. Bowls; Jesse Turner (my g/g/grandfather); Thomas S. Spencer; Joseph Howard; J. Y. Nichols; P. B. Hawkins; S. Brown; Joseph McMullin; William Williams; Phillip Harris; Williams Wells; Shepard Thacker; William Winchester; W. W. Mosley; John Turner; James McLin; Martin, H. Stephens; J. F. Garner; J. B. Hargrove; A. S. Brown; D. B. Beasley; A. Nesbitt; Samuel Smith; George Johnson; Thos White; Thos Thacker; William Wells; David Smith; John Cagle (my g/g/grandfather); E. T. Rousey; Joseph Damien; D. B. Beasley; Josiah Alexan! > der; Thomas Holland; Thomas Layton; John McConnell; Wayne Hopkins; Garner Wade; James F. McCall; Isaac Wells; Needham Wells; S. B. Hargrove; Novel White; William West; Thomas White; Rix Randolph; Jacob Bost; Garrard Stephens; James S. Nichols; and James Barnett. > > John White, Book Accounts: Elijah Alexander; Dicey White; Joseph Wilson; A. Russell; Priscilla Layton; James A. Nichols; S. B. Hargrove; ?ama Hooker; Thomas Crotts;Samuel Newman; William Clark; Thos. L. Woodriver; R. R. Russell; Rix Randolph;W. McCurray; John D. Wells; Rob Russell; Jefferson Nichols; Fanny Gil; Leroy Blache; J. W. Findley; David Finch; Thomas Layton; Daniel McCall; Michel Kincannon; Wm. White; Granville Whitlow; Wm. Russell; Thos White; John Cagle (my g/g/grandfather); Garred Shelly; Elijah Kelly; Elizabeth Lee; Taylor Alexander; John Slaughter; Hugh McCall; A. Hutchens; H. G. Garner; L. Thacker; Thomas Holland; Redick White Sr.; Arch Pool; John Lane; Mary McConnell; James Went; Ephraim Churchwell; T. Joyce; D. H. Wade; Rebecca Wade, (my g/g/g/grandmother); Holt White; Thomas Martin; John Polk; Josiah Gattan; P. G. Nichols; Joseph Danville; Andrew Brown; T. G. Lee; U. L. Lee; Norbert Lee; William Wells; Williamson Wells; John McConnell; Charley Holland; Tom ! > Hanes; Ezekiel Alexander(my g/g/g/grandfather); W. S. Alexander; Thos F. Pool; Marion Clifton; Widow Barry; Joseph McMullin; William Love and G.H. Polk. > > I have made an attempt to learn what happened to the store at Cerro Gordo Landing after the death of John White. We know from reading A. A. Watson's "Bits and Pieces of Hardin County History" that John was buried on top of the hill behind Hardy Pitts' garden. But who bought the store? > > On the 7th of April 1845, Margaret White (the widow) and George Johnson were appointed by the court as the administrators of the estate of John White. That is the source of the names listed just above. On the 7th of December 1846, George Johnson was appointed as the guardian of Marshall White; James D. White; Henry A. White; Isaac N, White; John White; Martha A. White; Emily C. White; Margaret A. White and George M. Dallas White, minor heirs of John White. The daughters became wards of their husbands as they were married: Martha to B. F. Guinn in 1855; Margaret to G. H. G. Penn in 1860 and Emily to J. S. Perry also in 1860. > > About 1846-48, James H. Filgo married the widow of John White. The 1850 census of Hardin Co., TN shows that family as follows: James H. Filgo, 28 NC; Margaret S. (White), 40 TN; Mary F. Filgo, 1 TN; Henry A. White, 19 TN; Martha A. White, 12 TN; Isaac W. White, 16 TN; Emily White. 9 TN; George M. D. White, 6 TN. Marshall White, age 22, a boatman was living in the household of Felix G. Lee of the 12th C. D., while James D. White, age 20, was living in the household of Lewis B. Parrish in the 4th C. D. In 1860, Margaret, age 18 is living with her husband, G. H. G. Penn, 23, a lawyer in Decatur County, while Martha, age 22, is living with husband, B. F. Guinn, a salesman in the 2nd C. D. James Filgo was the original owner of part of the old Cagle Home-Place where my parents were living when I was born 1940. He likely built the old board and batten house located on that tract where I spent the first three years of my life. > > The land of John White appears to have been parceled out. I am not sure how the land was sold, but apparently the John White Estate was divided into 8 parcels and the widow had a dower interest as well. C. S. Broyles obtained Margaret White Filgo's tract on 10 January 1851. Henry A. White also sold to C. S. Broyles; John White to Isaac White; James D. White and Frank Guinn, (B. F. Guinn, husband of Martha White) to Thomas D. Shelby . William H. Cherry later sold two tracts to R. D. Deford referred to as the Isaac White Tract and the Emily White Tract. All or most of this John White Land, that part which included Cerro Gordo Landing, appears to have been purchased by Conway Sevier Broyles who already owned about 1500 hundred acres nearby know as the Hardin Bottom and was formerly James Hardin property. Although I don't have the specifics, C. S. Broyles appears to have owned a mill, blacksmith and carpenter shop a gin and a store at Cerro Gordo Landing soon after John White di! > ed. The 1850 census lists C. S. Broyles as a merchant. > > Beginning about 1876, Risden D. Deford and some of his family began to buy the property that had originally belonged to John White and Elisha Bryant. They bought most of the property from Conway Sevier Broyles, and some from William H. Cherry. The Defords, who already had a mill and other businesses at Olive Hill, were expanding their operations. However, on the 19th day of September of 1882, Risden D. Deford sold out at Cerro Gordo to E. B. Harbour for $5000, what amounted to 284.6 acres of land including mill and machinery, blacksmith and carpenter tools, storehouse-fixtures and furniture including safe, desk, and store showcase. E. B. Harbour who was married to Martha Frances Pitts of Hardin Creek, did quiet well in the mercantile business. He soon expanded his business to include operations in Paducah Kentucky requiring additional manpower to manages his properties. Harbour brought his nephews into the business- John Hardy, John Abrham, Barney Brownlow and Elijah Frankli! > n Pitts. The business at Cerro Gordo became known as Harbour-Pitts Company. > > Business was so good as to outgrow the two-story white frame store building that sat in what is now Hardy Pitts' driveway immediately across Clifton Road from the existing brick store building. A new building was needed. I am guessing, about 1910 construction begin toward that goal. A brick kiln was set up on the top of the ridge east of the store, thus the bricks for the proposed building were made on site. By 1911, a new 90 by 100 feet two story brick building came out of the ground, having brick walls reported to be 5 or 6 layers thick. The new building was completed in 1912. The next year, Elisha B. Harbour sold his interest to his nephews. By deed recorded on the 8th of July 1913, Harbour transferred his holdings at Cerro Gordo to Harbour-Pitts Company which amounted to about 400 acres including Cerro Gordo Landing and other property. The Pitts Brothers continued to do well and eventually bought additional land at Cerro Gordo that once had belonged to C. S. Broyles and ! > Amos Hardin. However, I think due in part to illness in the family, Harbour-Pitts Company sold their Cerro Gordo holdings to The Cerro Gordo Mercantile Company owned by E. P. Churchwell and son, this transaction being recorded on the 10th of February 1920 in Deed Book UU-565 in the Hardin County Courthouse. About two years later on the 16th of January 1922, this process was reversed, and The Cerro Gordo Mercantile Company deeded the property back to Harbour-Pitts Company. The "Store" remained with the Pitts family until it closed a few years ago. > > When I was growing up in the 40's and early 50's Pitts' Store was the place to go when you needed anything from groceries, hardware, seed, feed, dry goods, shoes, clothing, dishes, pots & pans, guns and ammunition, horse collars, wagons, and a little before my time, coffins. I remember as a youngster sneaking to the basement to see the two or three old coffins down there. One was reported to have been too short or too narrow and had been returned. It's still there. I got new shoes about once a year. Brogans--boy did they hurt my feet. It took forever to break in those new shoes, but after a mud hole or two and letting them settle to my feet, I guess it wasn't so bad. Those shoes never did feel just right until they were almost worn out. I'm sure you've been there. Then you had to begin the process again. I couldn't wait until spring to go barefooted. > > The Store survived as long as it did, in part, because of travel limitations. A 10 mile round trip was an all day affair driving mules and a wagon. The depression and the 2nd War did not help this problem as transportation was severely limited. However, the upside for everyone involved was that you could buy just about anything you needed at the store, also borrow money and mortgage your property if need be. The old Store that ceased operation about the turn of this century was a Wal-Mart, Lowes, a Bank and a Post Office all rolled into one and was located out in the center of our community. We didn't know we had it so good. > > David Cagle > December 2006 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNHARDIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The following is an article that I wrote for the Courier about a year ago at this time of year. If your family lived at Cerro Gordo, you might find their name on the books John White kept from 1830 to 1845. In a few weeks, I have an article that I hope will be published in the Courier concerning The Pitts brothers and in particular, John Hardy Pitts who operated the store from about 1900 until 1955. If any of these are your relatives below, let me know and we will try to figure out where they lived if that is of interest. Happy New Year, David _________________ "The Store" At Cerro Gordo B. G. Brazelton in his "History of Hardin County" written in 1885, tells us that the first retail business was established in Hardin County when L. H. Broyles opened a store in a log house at James Hardin's place. His first sale was that of two wool hats for a buck each to Miss Nellie Thacker for her two boys, William and Shepherd Thacker. Broyles remained at this location for a year or so then moved to Hardinsville after the county seat was moved there in 1822. James Hardin continued to operate a ferry until his untimely death in 1826, after which his immediate family moved to Western Kentucky. About 1830 John White, probably from Bertie County NC, and Elisha Bryant purchased several acres of land which included the land where the present 94 years old, 90 by 100 feet brick building now stands at Cerro Gordo Landing. John and Elisha were in business there for about 11 years. Elisha Bryant died in May of 1841. John white continued to operate the store until he died in 1845. A record of an Inventory and Sale of his estate gives us a glimpse of what people would buy from a frontier store in 1845 and at the same time gives many of the names of the citizens who lived in our community and a few form elsewhere. An inventory of the items to be sold at the estate sale of John White included 115 separate items with some items having as many as 120 units to as few as 1. Some unusual items were: 16 bottles paregoric; 8 vials laudanum; 1 scythe & cradle; 8 chamber pots; 120 gallons of whiskey; 1 spinning wheel; 18 pair shoes; 6 bear knives, the list goes on and includes guns, flints, caps, powder and shot and about anything you would need to survive on the frontier. Most people who where at the sale bought 1, 2 or perhaps 3 items. Those who bought the most appeared to be other merchants trying to get a good deal. Some of these merchants appear to have been: James Irwin - 17 items; P. S. Hawkins - 10; Margaret S. White - 56 (widow of John White); George Johnson - 20 (Administrator of John White's Estate); Alexander Russell - 21; and James S. Nichols - 9 items. My kinfolks who were purchasers were: Green H. Polk (the brother of my g/g/grandmother, Eliza Polk Cagle); Milton Whitlow (my g/g/grandfather) and his brother, Paschal Whitlow. Following are a list of individuals that were doing business with John White on a routine bases. The first group had signed notes and promised to pay, while the second group had open accounts. These individuals should be a very good representative of the people who live in the north part of Hardin County as of 30th April 1845. John White was carrying a note on the following individuals: Archibald Pool; Thomas White; Harvey White; J. W. Ellis; Edly Shannon; D. H. Wade; Isaiah Brown; Redick White; E. Y. Hindly; Jonathan Courtney; Ebenezer Thompson; Peter White; Henry Tilley; G. W. Carter; Ezekiel Conley; William Winchester; Granville Alexander; James A. Bell; Jacob Reynolds; Thomas Caldwell; Woodson Wells; Abraham Branch; Berry Holland; Silas Oates; Joseph McMahan; John K. Orr; S. P. Bowls; Jesse Turner (my g/g/grandfather); Thomas S. Spencer; Joseph Howard; J. Y. Nichols; P. B. Hawkins; S. Brown; Joseph McMullin; William Williams; Phillip Harris; Williams Wells; Shepard Thacker; William Winchester; W. W. Mosley; John Turner; James McLin; Martin, H. Stephens; J. F. Garner; J. B. Hargrove; A. S. Brown; D. B. Beasley; A. Nesbitt; Samuel Smith; George Johnson; Thos White; Thos Thacker; William Wells; David Smith; John Cagle (my g/g/grandfather); E. T. Rousey; Joseph Damien; D. B. Beasley; Josiah Alexander; Thomas Holland; Thomas Layton; John McConnell; Wayne Hopkins; Garner Wade; James F. McCall; Isaac Wells; Needham Wells; S. B. Hargrove; Novel White; William West; Thomas White; Rix Randolph; Jacob Bost; Garrard Stephens; James S. Nichols; and James Barnett. John White, Book Accounts: Elijah Alexander; Dicey White; Joseph Wilson; A. Russell; Priscilla Layton; James A. Nichols; S. B. Hargrove; ?ama Hooker; Thomas Crotts;Samuel Newman; William Clark; Thos. L. Woodriver; R. R. Russell; Rix Randolph;W. McCurray; John D. Wells; Rob Russell; Jefferson Nichols; Fanny Gil; Leroy Blache; J. W. Findley; David Finch; Thomas Layton; Daniel McCall; Michel Kincannon; Wm. White; Granville Whitlow; Wm. Russell; Thos White; John Cagle (my g/g/grandfather); Garred Shelly; Elijah Kelly; Elizabeth Lee; Taylor Alexander; John Slaughter; Hugh McCall; A. Hutchens; H. G. Garner; L. Thacker; Thomas Holland; Redick White Sr.; Arch Pool; John Lane; Mary McConnell; James Went; Ephraim Churchwell; T. Joyce; D. H. Wade; Rebecca Wade, (my g/g/g/grandmother); Holt White; Thomas Martin; John Polk; Josiah Gattan; P. G. Nichols; Joseph Danville; Andrew Brown; T. G. Lee; U. L. Lee; Norbert Lee; William Wells; Williamson Wells; John McConnell; Charley Holland; Tom Hanes; Ezekiel Alexander(my g/g/g/grandfather); W. S. Alexander; Thos F. Pool; Marion Clifton; Widow Barry; Joseph McMullin; William Love and G.H. Polk. I have made an attempt to learn what happened to the store at Cerro Gordo Landing after the death of John White. We know from reading A. A. Watson's "Bits and Pieces of Hardin County History" that John was buried on top of the hill behind Hardy Pitts' garden. But who bought the store? On the 7th of April 1845, Margaret White (the widow) and George Johnson were appointed by the court as the administrators of the estate of John White. That is the source of the names listed just above. On the 7th of December 1846, George Johnson was appointed as the guardian of Marshall White; James D. White; Henry A. White; Isaac N, White; John White; Martha A. White; Emily C. White; Margaret A. White and George M. Dallas White, minor heirs of John White. The daughters became wards of their husbands as they were married: Martha to B. F. Guinn in 1855; Margaret to G. H. G. Penn in 1860 and Emily to J. S. Perry also in 1860. About 1846-48, James H. Filgo married the widow of John White. The 1850 census of Hardin Co., TN shows that family as follows: James H. Filgo, 28 NC; Margaret S. (White), 40 TN; Mary F. Filgo, 1 TN; Henry A. White, 19 TN; Martha A. White, 12 TN; Isaac W. White, 16 TN; Emily White. 9 TN; George M. D. White, 6 TN. Marshall White, age 22, a boatman was living in the household of Felix G. Lee of the 12th C. D., while James D. White, age 20, was living in the household of Lewis B. Parrish in the 4th C. D. In 1860, Margaret, age 18 is living with her husband, G. H. G. Penn, 23, a lawyer in Decatur County, while Martha, age 22, is living with husband, B. F. Guinn, a salesman in the 2nd C. D. James Filgo was the original owner of part of the old Cagle Home-Place where my parents were living when I was born 1940. He likely built the old board and batten house located on that tract where I spent the first three years of my life. The land of John White appears to have been parceled out. I am not sure how the land was sold, but apparently the John White Estate was divided into 8 parcels and the widow had a dower interest as well. C. S. Broyles obtained Margaret White Filgo's tract on 10 January 1851. Henry A. White also sold to C. S. Broyles; John White to Isaac White; James D. White and Frank Guinn, (B. F. Guinn, husband of Martha White) to Thomas D. Shelby . William H. Cherry later sold two tracts to R. D. Deford referred to as the Isaac White Tract and the Emily White Tract. All or most of this John White Land, that part which included Cerro Gordo Landing, appears to have been purchased by Conway Sevier Broyles who already owned about 1500 hundred acres nearby know as the Hardin Bottom and was formerly James Hardin property. Although I don't have the specifics, C. S. Broyles appears to have owned a mill, blacksmith and carpenter shop a gin and a store at Cerro Gordo Landing soon after John White died. The 1850 census lists C. S. Broyles as a merchant. Beginning about 1876, Risden D. Deford and some of his family began to buy the property that had originally belonged to John White and Elisha Bryant. They bought most of the property from Conway Sevier Broyles, and some from William H. Cherry. The Defords, who already had a mill and other businesses at Olive Hill, were expanding their operations. However, on the 19th day of September of 1882, Risden D. Deford sold out at Cerro Gordo to E. B. Harbour for $5000, what amounted to 284.6 acres of land including mill and machinery, blacksmith and carpenter tools, storehouse-fixtures and furniture including safe, desk, and store showcase. E. B. Harbour who was married to Martha Frances Pitts of Hardin Creek, did quiet well in the mercantile business. He soon expanded his business to include operations in Paducah Kentucky requiring additional manpower to manages his properties. Harbour brought his nephews into the business- John Hardy, John Abrham, Barney Brownlow and Elijah Franklin Pitts. The business at Cerro Gordo became known as Harbour-Pitts Company. Business was so good as to outgrow the two-story white frame store building that sat in what is now Hardy Pitts' driveway immediately across Clifton Road from the existing brick store building. A new building was needed. I am guessing, about 1910 construction begin toward that goal. A brick kiln was set up on the top of the ridge east of the store, thus the bricks for the proposed building were made on site. By 1911, a new 90 by 100 feet two story brick building came out of the ground, having brick walls reported to be 5 or 6 layers thick. The new building was completed in 1912. The next year, Elisha B. Harbour sold his interest to his nephews. By deed recorded on the 8th of July 1913, Harbour transferred his holdings at Cerro Gordo to Harbour-Pitts Company which amounted to about 400 acres including Cerro Gordo Landing and other property. The Pitts Brothers continued to do well and eventually bought additional land at Cerro Gordo that once had belonged to C. S. Broyles and Amos Hardin. However, I think due in part to illness in the family, Harbour-Pitts Company sold their Cerro Gordo holdings to The Cerro Gordo Mercantile Company owned by E. P. Churchwell and son, this transaction being recorded on the 10th of February 1920 in Deed Book UU-565 in the Hardin County Courthouse. About two years later on the 16th of January 1922, this process was reversed, and The Cerro Gordo Mercantile Company deeded the property back to Harbour-Pitts Company. The "Store" remained with the Pitts family until it closed a few years ago. When I was growing up in the 40's and early 50's Pitts' Store was the place to go when you needed anything from groceries, hardware, seed, feed, dry goods, shoes, clothing, dishes, pots & pans, guns and ammunition, horse collars, wagons, and a little before my time, coffins. I remember as a youngster sneaking to the basement to see the two or three old coffins down there. One was reported to have been too short or too narrow and had been returned. It's still there. I got new shoes about once a year. Brogans--boy did they hurt my feet. It took forever to break in those new shoes, but after a mud hole or two and letting them settle to my feet, I guess it wasn't so bad. Those shoes never did feel just right until they were almost worn out. I'm sure you've been there. Then you had to begin the process again. I couldn't wait until spring to go barefooted. The Store survived as long as it did, in part, because of travel limitations. A 10 mile round trip was an all day affair driving mules and a wagon. The depression and the 2nd War did not help this problem as transportation was severely limited. However, the upside for everyone involved was that you could buy just about anything you needed at the store, also borrow money and mortgage your property if need be. The old Store that ceased operation about the turn of this century was a Wal-Mart, Lowes, a Bank and a Post Office all rolled into one and was located out in the center of our community. We didn't know we had it so good. David Cagle December 2006

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If she still monitors this board, or you know what has become of her, I'd like to know. I get no answer when I try to call her. She was working on her Turner family relations, as it pertains to Nancy Matilda Turner Burns Parker. I've been trying to reach her to let her know that I now have Nan's paternal line nailed down, with documentation and at least know her mother's maiden name. Nobody was correct in previous efforts to track her. Kathy Dell

In a message dated 12/14/2007 6:52:21 A.M. Central Standard Time, dcagle1@charter.net writes: Dianne, With your help, I finally found it. It was listed as James Bonie in the index, I think I tried everything else. The 1870 census makes it appear that he is not the son of John W. Bonee? do you have anything further on this? I could find nothing else on the Curtis family either David David YES John is father of James Bonee thank you Dianne **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004)

Hi Bill; I am sorry to be so long in getting back with you. My father passed away the Sunday after Thanksgiving and I have been out of town. I would love to exchange information with you on your Scott's too. My gr, grandmother, Mattie McClain, married a Scott and moved to Mississippi Co., AR sometime between 1900 and 1910. Do you know of any such marriage? I don't know if they married in TN or AR. I can't find a record of it. Mattie and her first husband, John Wilson McClain, are living in Hardin Co., TN on the 1900 census with their younger kids. Then she is in MS Co., AR with the last name of Scott on the 1910 census living with her older daughter and her husband. I would appreciate any help you could give. And let me know if there is anything I can help you with. I would be happy to send you what I have. Thanks a lot. Charlotte ----- Original Message ----- From: ClinchRiverRuff@aol.com To: tnhardin@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 6:07 PM Subject: Re: [TNHARDIN] Waites Cemetery in Hardin Co., TN I am related to the Carsons and Scotts of Waterloo. Robert N Scott, b 1854 d 1909 married Mary Elizabeth Carson. They lived in Hardin Co and died there but were buried in the Carson Cemetery a few miles from Waterloo. This is a very small cemetery in the boonies. A brother of Mary, Henry J Carson and his wife Isabella Waites are also buried there. The Carson Cemetery and Waites are a few miles from each other on secondary roads. Waites overlooks the Tennessee River downstream (as the water flows) from Waterloo and Richardson Cemetery. Robert N Scott's father, John Scott b 1800 in NC d 1884 in Waterloo also married a Mary Elizabeth Carson b about 1810 d 1842. John's second marriage in 1844 was to Harriet Ferrell Thompson, widow of Sam Thompson. Robert N Scott was the last child born to John and Harriet. James N Carson b 1835 d 1921 is buried at Wesley Chapel just south of Savannah, TN. He and his wife, Ann, b 1837 d 1929 are the parents of the Mary Carson that my g gf, Robert N Scott married. There was a third Mary E Carson b 1836, d 1910 who is buried at Waites. Other Carsons in the Waterloo area were Andrew, Job P and John F. I think that 9 Carsons are buried at Wesley Chapel. Would appreciate any information on Carson connections. The first Mary b about 1810 was born in NC. I have not been able to find out what county in NC she and John Scott came from. Where did the Carsons go? Did they go to Arkansas as did many others or to Oklahoma or___? Help! Bill Scott ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNHARDIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.34/1134 - Release Date: 11/16/2007 9:52 AM

There were a lot of Curtis's that came down from Tennessee with the Starr's and Morris's in the Late 1800's and early 1900's and settled around the Harrison County, Texas area. You may want to explore this. Herb -----Original Message----- From: tnhardin-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:tnhardin-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of David Cagle Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 6:20 PM To: tnhardin@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TNHARDIN] Curtis Family Dianne, I found your families in 1870, Lawrence Co., TN 9th Civil District. I never did find James and Elenor in Hardin Co. 1870 Census, Lawrence Co., TN HH433 John W. Bonee 56 AL farmer Nancy 53 MS Melvina 18 TN Sarah P. 16 TN Salena C. 14 Tn Morgan A. 12 TN Safrona E. 10 TN James 21 TN farm laborer HH435 Andrew Curtis 47 TN farmer Mary A.37 TN William L. 20 TN Elenor J. 18 TN Joseph P. 16 TN Henry G. 14 TN John W. 12 TN Sarah M. 10 TN Tessee M. 8 TN Robert A. 2 TN Martha E. 1 TN ----- Original Message ----- From: <McGeesGirl@aol.com> To: <tnhardin@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 7:16 PM Subject: Re: [TNHARDIN] Curtis Family > Sorry David > I couldn't make out the exacts and ancestry wont let me cut and paste > Thank You > Dianne > > > > **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes > (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNHARDIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.1/1182 - Release Date: > 12/12/2007 11:29 AM > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNHARDIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Dianne, With your help, I finally found it. It was listed as James Bonie in the index, I think I tried everything else. The 1870 census makes it appear that he is not the son of John W. Bonee? do you have anything further on this? I could find nothing else on the Curtis family either. David ----- Original Message ----- From: <McGeesGirl@aol.com> To: <tnhardin@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 8:26 PM Subject: Re: [TNHARDIN] Curtis Family > > In a message dated 12/13/2007 8:20:50 P.M. Central Standard Time, > dcagle1@charter.net writes: > > Dianne, > I found your families in 1870, Lawrence Co., TN 9th Civil District. I > never > did find James and Elenor in Hardin Co. > > > > > Hi David: > Thank You > James is listed as Jeames Bonie on ancestry.com 1910 Hardin Co > and Ellen J > > > > **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes > (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNHARDIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.1/1183 - Release Date: > 12/13/2007 9:15 AM > >

In a message dated 12/13/2007 8:20:50 P.M. Central Standard Time, dcagle1@charter.net writes: Dianne, I found your families in 1870, Lawrence Co., TN 9th Civil District. I never did find James and Elenor in Hardin Co. Hi David: Thank You James is listed as Jeames Bonie on ancestry.com 1910 Hardin Co and Ellen J **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004)

Dianne, I found your families in 1870, Lawrence Co., TN 9th Civil District. I never did find James and Elenor in Hardin Co. 1870 Census, Lawrence Co., TN HH433 John W. Bonee 56 AL farmer Nancy 53 MS Melvina 18 TN Sarah P. 16 TN Salena C. 14 Tn Morgan A. 12 TN Safrona E. 10 TN James 21 TN farm laborer HH435 Andrew Curtis 47 TN farmer Mary A.37 TN William L. 20 TN Elenor J. 18 TN Joseph P. 16 TN Henry G. 14 TN John W. 12 TN Sarah M. 10 TN Tessee M. 8 TN Robert A. 2 TN Martha E. 1 TN ----- Original Message ----- From: <McGeesGirl@aol.com> To: <tnhardin@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 7:16 PM Subject: Re: [TNHARDIN] Curtis Family > Sorry David > I couldn't make out the exacts and ancestry wont let me cut and paste > Thank You > Dianne > > > > **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes > (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNHARDIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.1/1182 - Release Date: > 12/12/2007 11:29 AM > >

Sorry David I couldn't make out the exacts and ancestry wont let me cut and paste Thank You Dianne **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004)

Name: <HLT> m m <H [James M Bonie] Age in 1910: 65 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1845 Birthplace: Tennessee Relation to Head of House: Head Father's Birth Place: Alabama Mother's Birth Place: Tennessee Spouse's Name: Ellen J Home in 1910: Civil District 1, Hardin, Tennessee Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Neighbors: _View others on page_ (http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?viewrecord=1&ti=0&r=an&db=1910USCenIndex&F2=TNT624_1504-0544) Household Members: Name Age _Jeams m Bonee_ (http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1910USCenIndex&indiv=try&h=27210739) 65 _Ellen J Bonee_ (http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1910USCenIndex&indiv=try&h=139133954 ) 58 _Viola Bonee_ (http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1910USCenIndex&indiv=try&h=139133955) 23 _Alfred Bonee_ (http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1910USCenIndex&indiv=try&h=139133956) 20 _Beula Bonee_ (http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1910USCenIndex&indiv=try&h=139133957) 15 _Ora Bonee_ (http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1910USCenIndex&indiv=try&h=139133958) 14 _Morgan Bonee_ (http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1910USCenIndex&indiv=try&h=139133959) 12 _Edgar Bonee_ (http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1910USCenIndex&indiv=try&h=139133960) 7 _Virgia Bonee_ (http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1910USCenIndex&indiv=try&h=139133961) **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004)

David here it is shes married to James Bonee _http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/default.aspx?htx=View&r=an&dbid=7884&iid=TN T624_1504-0544&pid=27210739&ssrc=&fn=Jeams+m&ln=Bonee&st=g_ (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/default.aspx?htx=View&r=an&dbid=7884&iid=TNT624_1504-0544&pid =27210739&ssrc=&fn=Jeams+m&ln=Bonee&st=g) thank you DIanne **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004)

Dianne, What was the Civil District and Household No. for Eleanor Jane Curtis in 1910? David ----- Original Message ----- From: <travis56@bellsouth.net> To: <tnhardin@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 4:08 PM Subject: Re: [TNHARDIN] Curtis Family > The Thomas Curtis family has no record of Eleanor Jane Curtis, There are > Curtis' in McNairy County and Iuka, MS (Crossroads) > Travis Curtis > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <McGeesGirl@aol.com> > To: <tnhardin@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 8:53 PM > Subject: [TNHARDIN] Curtis Family > > >> Searching for info on my great grandmother Eleanor Jane Curtis Bonee. >> married to James Bonee, need info on her line. >> She is listed as 58 yrs old on the 1910 Hardin Co census,born in TN. >> Listed with James and children. >> >> thank you for any leads on the Curtis family >> Dianne >> >> >> >> **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes >> (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> TNHARDIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNHARDIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.1/1182 - Release Date: > 12/12/2007 11:29 AM > >