>To: [email protected] >From: Mari Byers <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [Forum:] George Joy > >At 05:14 PM 9/10/2004, you wrote: >>The following new message has been posted on Forum at >><http://www.tngenweb.org/rutherford/webbbs/bios/index.cgi>. >> >>*************************************************************************** >> >> MESSAGE: (#27) George Joy >> >><http://www.tngenweb.org/rutherford/webbbs/bios/index.cgi?rev=27> >> AUTHOR: Ann Bowman >> DATE: Friday, 10 September 2004, at 5:14 p.m. >> >>George Joy lived in Rutherford County, Tennessee from about 1810 to around >>1819. He was born between 1783 and 1786 in South Carolina. The first >>record of >>him in Rutherford County is the 1810 Tax List of Rutherford County. He >>served >>in the War with the Seminole Indians and the War of 1812, volunteering in >>Murphriesborough, TN. Also serving with him were John and Jesse Joy. A >>relationship between the three men has not been determined, but since George >>and John both show up later in Crawford County, Arkansas it seems very >>likely >>that they are related. George Joy was married twice and had five children >>from >>each marriage. From his first marriage (wife's name unknown to me)he had >>Elizabeth C., Porter F., Adeline G., Charles, and Chesley. From his marriage >>to widow Martha (maiden name unknown) Chesser he had: Shadrach C., James >>Alexander, Purvine Permelia, Robert D. and David L. He also had a step-son >>William Lewis Chesser. George Joy and his second wife Martha were active >>members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Newton County, Missouri. >>George Joy died on January 15, 1875 in Lampasas County, Texas and is >>buried in >>the Joy Mohler Cemetery now in Mills County, Texas. Martha Chesser Joy died >>October 25, 1880 in Kimble County, Texas. >> >>*************************************************************************** >> >>This is an automatically-generated notice. If you'd like to be removed from >>the mailing list, please visit Forum at >><http://www.tngenweb.org/rutherford/webbbs/bios/index.cgi>, or send your >>request to [email protected] If you wish to respond to this message, >>please post your response directly to the board. Thank you!