----- Original Message ----- From: Ruth Muhleck To: TNMACON-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 5:51 PM Subject: Re: [TNMACON] Lovelady questions. Mary, sounds more likely than what I can up with. Ruth Ruth I went on a quest to see if I could find information that would make this somewhat accurate. Looking for my Lovelady info I got sidetracked and got involved in a quest to find more information on my STONE and FRAIM (FRAME) connections to the Lovelady's. So I was delayed on getting this LOVELADY info posted. I have some information concerning the Dower of Mary Lovelady, widow of John Lovelady dec'd. John died intestate (without a will) in 1841 Smith Co. TN. Listed besides Mary as his heirs were: Peter Shrum & wife Sarah, Nancy Parker, Jeremiah Gammon & wife Susannah, Joseph Gifford & wife Polly, Asa Lovelady, William Ellis & wife Rebecca, Moses Lovelady, John Lovelady, Thomas Lovelady, & William Lovelady heirs of said dec'd. I don't have the actual record but information about it and it looks like there was a bill filed ?Feb. 18, 1842 in Smith Co. TN circuit court concerning this Dower. At the time Wm. & Rebecca Ellis, Joseph & Polly Gifford and Thomas Lovelady were non-residents of the State of Tennessee. Vincent Lovelady was not mentioned in this Dower information, which makes me believe he probably died prior to his father or perhaps before this bill was filed in Feb. 1842? The William Lovelady and John Lovelady mentioned in the Dower info, I believe were sons of Vincent not sons of John & Mary Lovelady. Wm. & Rebecca Ellis were living in Montgomery Co. MO at the time. I haven't located where Joseph & Polly Gifford were yet. According to the Court records on the Jackson Co. website concerning the heirs of John Lovelady, it says son Thomas Lovelady died in 1843 in Illinois. So Thomas was probably in Illinois in 1841 but I haven't found out where yet. The Jackson Co. records also say that John Lovelady died leaving his widow and 9 children as his heirs and names the children as: 1. Sarah, who married Peter Shrum, 2. Nancy who married John Parker, 3. Susannah who married Jer. Gammon, 4. Rebecca who married William Ellis, 5. Polly who married Joseph F. Gifford, 6. Asa, 7. Thomas, 8. Moses and 9. Vincent R. Lovelady So here is what I have for John & Mary Lovelady and children. John Lovelady Bet. 1760 - 1770 SC d. 1841 Smith Co. TN married bef 1790 to Mary Unknown (maybe ELLIS?) b. ca 1767 SC d. aft Jan 1853 probably Macon Co. TN. Children. 1. Sarah b. ca 1790 d. ca 1879 married ca 1805 to Peter Shrum b. ca 1787 NC. d. ca 1870 Macon Co. TN 2. Susannah b. ca 1795 SC d. aft 1880, ?Trousdale Co. TN married Mar. 24, 1814, Smith Co. TN to Jeremiah Gammon b. 1793 Pittsylvania County, Virginia d. February 07, 1863 Smith Co. TN 3. Asa b. ca 1798 SC d. bef 1870 Jackson Co. TN married bef 1825 to Nancy? McWhorter b. ca 1814 TN d. 1850-1860 Jackson Co. TN. Married 2nd ca 1850-1860 to Nancy Unknown (widow Caruthers) b. ca 1812 TN d.? 4. Polly b. February 07, 1799 (unsure if birth date is correct?) d. bef Jan 7, 1853 married Joseph F. Grifford b. ca 1776 Pennsylvania d. ? 5. Rebecca Jane b. February 08, 1799 (unsure if birth date is correct?) d. 1856 Montgomery Co. MO. married ca 1819 in Tennessee to William E. Ellis b. May 25, 1799 TN d. January 29, 1870 Montgomery Co. MO. Both buried New Providence Cemetery, Montgomery County, Missouri. 6. Nancy b. ca 1800 SC d. aft 1860 Macon Co. TN married bef 1815 to John Parker b. ? d. bef 1841 probably Smith Co. TN 7. Moses Jones b. ca 1803 TN d. Dec 1890 Arcadia, OK married abt 1821 to Nancy Ward b. ca 1803 VA d. bef Dec 1854, married second December 17, 1854 to Nancy Cash b. Jan 1, 1820 MO. d. ? 8. Thomas b. ca 1805 TN d. 1843 Illinois married ca 1821 to Darcas McWhorter b. ca 1798 KY d. aft 1850 ? Jackson Co. TN 9. Vincent R. b. ca 1806 TN d. Bet. 1839 - 1842 ?TN married bef 1834 to Mary Unknown (some people have ELLIS as her maiden name?) b. Bet. 1800 - 1810 d. ? Some of these dates I got from various rootsweb Worldconnect files and I question the birth dates for Polly & Rebecca. As you can see they are one day apart. So the only way I could see that that could possibly be accurate would be if they were twins and one of them born after midnight on the same (and or next) day. I did find William & Rebecca Ellis in 1850 Montgomery Co. MO census and there names are recorded in and online transcription of the New Providence Cemetery on the Montgomery Co. MO website. But there are no dates listed online for Rebecca. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mackley/Mo1850Jpegs/Montgomery/Montgomery50_P203.jpg HH# 498 William Ellis 51 farmer 500 b. Tenn Rebecca Ellis 51 b. SC Nancy Ellis 23 b. Tenn Louisa Ellis 21 b. Tenn William Ellis 19 b. Tenn http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mackley/Mo1850Jpegs/Montgomery/Montgomery50_P203A.jpg Sylvester Ellis 15 farming b. Mo Rebecca Ellis 13 b. Mo Elizabeth Ellis 10 b. Mo James Ellis 8 b. Mo The last I found on Vincent R. Lovelady was 1830 Smith Co. census. Not sure where he went after that. I found this information but have not verified any of this yet on Vincent's sons and his widow. "Vincent, son of John Lovelady (Mary) of Smith co, TN; bc1806 m Mary Ellis (of Willis) dc1839-1842. Had sons John bc1834 (Mary Elizabeth McGee) d1874 Caney, KS; William bc1836 (Elizabeth Jane McGee) d1883 Douglas c, NB. Widow Polly m Charles Tompkins 20 May 1849, listed 1850 census Platte, c, MO. The sons married sisters children of John Henry McGee & Mildred Bowling." I guess that's enough for you to digest for now. Mary Knight