This was shared with me about the Locke family. Passing the kindness along. Ginny K > > According to the TN records there are 2 marriage records for my Jacob > Lock(e) > > 1. Manda S Mullins (Amanda) in 1844 > Children of this union Mary and James C > 2. Sarah Mullins in 1849 > Nancy > Josephine (Josie) > John > Jacob > Jacob was killed by lightning in 1859. Last child born to Jacob and > Sarah obviously was born after death since the LCT Pioneers indicates he > leaves his wife and 5 children. Somewhere at one time someone had found > something that showed Amanda died in 1847/48 and then he married Sarah. > We believe they were both sisters and children of William and Mahalia > Mullins. Some think that Manda S and Sarah are one and the same because > of the S. I don't think so. After Jacob was killed you will notice > that my James is now living with his grandmother Elizabeth (not sure > where Mary is) and Sarah and the 4 children with Jacob are now next door > to her parents William and Mahalia Mullins. Why isn't the oldest son > James with Sarah if she was his mother? > > Of course they made mistakes on documents back then. The only way this > could be the same is if they divorced and then remarried because of the > dates of the children. James C and Mary were both born before the > marriage in 1849. I know the marriage bond for my other set of gg > grandparents had the spelling of the first name wrong. > > I know I am descended from Anthony Mullins via William and Mahalia. In > the LCT 1840 census which only list heads of household William is the > only Mullins in the area with girls the age for marriage. I think we > "Mullins Cousins" have pretty well verified all of William and Mahalia's > children, based on ages in the 1840 census. > > Please let me know if you come across anything further on this. > Somewhere in a book, old paper of LCT there is a mention of Amanda > dying. I just can't remember who told me or where they saw it. > > Kaye > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Virginia L. (Ginny) Keefer in LasVegas > [mailto:ginnykeefer@cox.net] > Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 4:44 AM > To: TNLINCOL-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [LCT] Locke > > I have no copies of documents and am not related but found this that > might > be helpful. Ginny Keefer > > Civil Dist. 2, 19th District, LCT Census > HH 248 > John Locke age 23 b TN > SALLY age 49 mother born VA, both parents born VA > Jacob E. 20 TN brother > Nancy A. 24 sister TN > James H. Mitten age 14 brother TN > Willa Ann Hobbs 5 niece TN > > Looks like mother Sarah [Sally] and her children lived with her son John > > Locke. > ** > May be of interest, 1850 Bedford Co TN census > Unionville, Western District 11. > HH 1157-1112 > J.W. Locke 41 TN > Isabella 39 [all the family born TN] > J.W. male 17 > N.I. ?? female 14 > C.W. male 14 > M.A. female 12 > William 10 > Elizabeth 8 > Cassie [Catherine?] 6 > J. M. [looks like age 1?] male > > 1860 Henryville, Lawrence Co TN census 11th civil dist. > HH 913-681 > N. H. ? Locke 47 male [all born TN] > Susan B. or R. 42 > Elvira V. 8 > Richard A. 4 > George A. 2 > ** > Ancestry.com > John Locke b VA md Elizabeth Tankersley b VA > Children; > 1. Emily > 2. James > 3. Rebecca > 4. William > 5. Jacob B. - see below > 6. Sidney > 7. Erastus P. > 8. Mary > > Jacob B. Locke married Sarah Amanda Mullins. Children; > 1. Josephine > 2. Nancy > 3. James C. married Mary Elizabeth Hill. Had son John H. Locke md Ollie > Mae > Brimage who had dau. Minnie Bell Locke-[??? child of this family??? be > sure > to verify this one.] > 4, Mary > > William Mullins b ca 1795 VA, d LCT [ Subd. 1, 1850 census] Son of > Anthony > Mullins of Italy and Mary [Polly] Clark. > William married Mahalia Emily Locke b 1796 VA. d 1898 Hancock Co TN. > [listed > 1850 LCT census] Children; > 1. Amanda Sarah m Jacob B. Locke > 2. Martha > 3. William > 4. Henry > 5. Colrin > 6. Elizabeth > 7. Jane b ca 1831 > 8. Andrew Jackson b ca 1832 md Martha Ann Vickers 28 Aug 1856 LCT > 9. Emily b ca 1833 > 10. Calvin b ca 1835 > The lady who posted above children had three listed twice so be careful > of > errors in her work. > >