I do not know who the ancestors are of My Benjamin Franklin Read. But for what it is worth, this is what I have. Rita Descendants of Benjamin Franklin Read, Sr. 1 Benjamin Franklin Read, Sr. b: Abt. 1830 in Cheatham Co. TN . +Mary Ann Krantz b: March 26, 1839 in Robertson County, TN, See Notes d: July 04, 1910 in Cheatham County, TN m: May 06, 1868 ........... 2 Victoria E. Read b: December 06, 1852 in TN d: May 26, 1899 in Ashland City, Cheatham Co., TN ........... 2 William 'Bill' James Read b: Bet. 1854 - 1858 d: 1929 ........... 2 Edward Washington Read b: Abt. 1856 ........... 2 John David Read b: May 06, 1864 d: December 26, 1928 ........... 2 Benjamin Franklin Read, Jr. b: Abt. 1864 ........... 2 Henry Alexander Read b: April 13, 1870 in Cheatham Co., TN d: December 02, 1918 in Cheap Hill, Cheatham Co. TN ........... 2 R. E. Read b: 1872 ........... 2 Thomas A. Read b: 1876 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Merlene" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 8:33 PM Subject: [TNRUTHER] roll call REED READ LOVETT DOXY BRINTLE PATTERSON HICKS > Hello from Blue Eye, MO ( near Branson ) by way of Lubbock TX. > My name is Merlene REED Lash. I am looking for info on > REED, READ, LOVETT, DOXY, BRINTLE, PATTERSON. HICKS > Josiah REED moved from North Carolina to Williamson Co., TN. in 1806. with > a wife Mary and four children, Nancy, Clement, William and Mary. Robert > was born in 1808. Josiah settled on 70 acres at the head of the Harpeth > River. > I descend from William, b. 1805, NC, married to Thankful Lovett, b 1810 m > on 9-8-1830 in Williamson Co. TN Josiah died in either 1839 or 1840. > William died in about 1848.Their children: > Robert 1832 Mary 1833 James Madison 1834 Jane 1835 Rachael 1839 > Benjamin 1844 John 1848. > I descend from James Madison. and Lauretta DOXY 1833 m. 1854.(father > Daniel DOXY m. to Susanna HICKS about 1821) > The James Madison REED family moved to KY duing the Civil War, then to TN > in about 1872. They located in Eagleville, Rutherford Co., TN by 1880. > James died near Eagleville TN. Would like to know where. Their Children: > Sarah 1855, Elizabeth 1856 John 1858 Susan 1861 William Robert 1862 > Thankful 1864 Rachael 1866 Annie 1867 James 1870 Jane 1872 > Martha 1875 > I descend from James Franklin REED b 1870 KY m Beulah Dee BRINTLE b 1880 > TN > We have a facinating story of why my Grandfather James Franklin REED left > TN. > > The story goes that he was selling .22 rifles to the blacks because they > needed them to hunt rabbits and squirells to exist in the troubled times > after the War. The Klu Klux Klan told him to stop or else. Of course, he > didn't stop. He dug a trench in front of his place, plowed with a saddle > on his horse and watched. One day he saw them coming. He unhitched the > plow, rode for his ditch, had a shoot out , won, loaded all the bodies in > the wagon, took them to Eagleville, dumped them on the town square and > headed for Texas. > Now if there is any truth to this tale, surely there will be articles in > the papers for that period. He was born in 1870. so should have been > between 1880 and early 1890's as he went to Texas, then Indian territory > and married in 1895 in Oak Dale, OK. . > Could some kind soul help prove or lay to rest this wild tale? He was a > gun man and he was a lawman in Indian Territory in OK. SOOOO? > Would love to hear from all long lost cousins. Merlene > > > > ==== TNRUTHER Mailing List ==== > For Rutherford County Marriages from the years 1881-1883 check out Mari > and Marty's site at http://www.tngenweb.org/rutherford/marr81-83.htm >