Thank you, George and Bill, I will also post to Sumner County. Finding the sales of all the land might give me the clue I need to find more information on these families. Was it still in Smith County or did it become a part of Macon, or Sumner or Trousdale? The deeds I found showing R. G. Briant/Bryant/Brien as the grantee were in Smith County. I have not yet written off to get copies, but I will. There were seven (7) purchases and only three (3) sales of land from 1800-1852 that I have found. In the 1850 census, R. G. is living in Macon County and he dies in 1851. I do not know if his estate was administered or not. The tricky part is that if there was an executor or an administrator, sometimes, the clerk would index a sale under the name of the executor or administrator and not the deceased. Also it is possible that if the land were still in Smith County, the estate could have possibly been probated or administered in Smith County, not Macon County where he died. There is also the question of who legally became R. G.'s children's' guardian. If one was appointed by the courts, then I would presume it was Elisha Steward/Stewart whose wife I believe was R. G.'s sister, Martha Miram Bryant - I found three of his daughters living with the Stewarts in the 1860 Monroe County, KY census. The Stewarts were in Macon County in 1850. I do not know if anyone is interested or can help, but I found these deeds abstracted in a book Compiled by: Thomas E. Partlow, Lebanon, Tennessee, Smith County, Tennessee Deed Books B-M 1800-1835,(Greenville, S.C., Southern Historical Press, Inc., 1993) and another book Compiled by: Thomas E. Partlow, Lebanon, Tennessee, Smith County, Tennessee Deeds, -Vol. 2-, 1835-1852, (Southern Historical Press, Greenville, S. C., 1997). 1. Land Purchase, John Wood to R. G. Bryant, February 1827 - Smith County, Tennessee Source: Smith County, Tennessee Deed Books B-M 1800-1835 Page 238, (Abstracted from Deed Book I, Page 471-472, Smith County, Tennessee Records.) 2. Land Purchase, Joseph Arnold to Rhodeham G. Bryant, 21 August 1830 - Smith County, Tennessee Source: Smith County, Tennessee Deed Books B-M 1800-1835 , Page 262, (Abstracted from Deed Book K, Page 276, Smith County, Tennessee Records.) 3. Land Sale, R. G. Bryant to Allen Bryant, 21 February 1834 - Smith County, Tennessee Source: Smith County, Tennessee Deed Books B-M 1800-1835, Page 303, (Abstracted from Deed Book L, Page 478, Smith County, Tennessee Records.) 4. Land Purchase, Peter Grigg and Branch Grigg to Rhodeham G. Bryant, 28 April 1836 - Smith County, Tennessee Source: Smith County, Tennessee Deeds, -Vol. 2-, 1835-1852, Page 17, (Abstracted from Deed Book N, Page 297, Smith County, Tennessee Records.) 5. Land Purchase, Dixon Ferguson to R. G. Brien and Elisha Steward, 14 March 1835 - Smith County, Tennessee Source: Smith County, Tennessee Deeds, -Vol. 2-, 1835-1852, Page 23, (Abstracted from Deed Book H, Pages 393-394, Smith County, Tennessee Records.) 6. Land Purchase, Branch Grigg to R. G. Bryant, 2 November 1837 - Smith County, Tennessee Source: Smith County, Tennessee Deeds, -Vol. 2-, 1835-1852, Page 40, (Abstracted from Deed Book O, Page 104, Smith County, Tennessee Records.) 7. Land Purchase, D. B. Donoho and others to R. G. Bryan, 7 October 1837 - Smith County, Tennessee Source: Smith County, Tennessee Deeds, -Vol. 2-, 1835-1852, Page 48, (Abstracted from Deed Book O, Page 254, Smith County, Tennessee Records.) 8. Land Purchase, Branch Grigg to R. G. Bryant, 3 November 1838 - Smith County, Tennessee Source: Smith County, Tennessee Deeds, -Vol. 2-, 1835-1852, Page 58, (Abstracted from Deed Book O, Page 412, Smith County, Tennessee Records.) 9. Land Sale, R. G. Bryant to Nathaniel M. Adams, 19 August 1837 - Smith County, Tennessee Source: Smith County, Tennessee Deeds, -Vol. 2-, 1835-1852, Page 58, (Abstracted from Deed Book O, Page 412, Smith County, Tennessee Records.) 10. Slave Purchase, John W. Bowen to R. G. Bryant, 2 November 1841 - Smith County, Tennessee Source: Smith County, Tennessee Deeds, -Vol. 2-, 1835-1852, Page 108, (Abstracted from Deed Book Q, Page 76, Smith County, Tennessee Records.) 11. Slave Purchase, Thomas Carman to R. G. Bryant, 6 December 1841 - Smith County, Tennessee Source: Smith County, Tennessee Deeds, -Vol. 2-, 1835-1852, Page 110, (Abstracted from Deed Book Q, Page 99, Smith County, Tennessee Records.) 12. Land Sale, R. G. Bryant to Prior Carter, 1 December 1841 - Smith County, Tennessee Source: Smith County, Tennessee Deeds, -Vol. 2-, 1835-1852, Page 110, (Abstracted from Deed Book Q, Page 103, Smith County, Tennessee Records.) [email protected] wrote: >Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Cemeteries along Goose Creek or Hwy 10 (Bill Smothers) > 2. Cemeteries along Goose Creek or Hwy 10 (A. Murdock) > 3. Re: Obit > 4. Re: Cemeteries along Goose Creek or Hwy 10 (George Stone) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > <>Message: 1 Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 06:03:17 -0400 From: "Bill Subject: Re: [TNMACON] Cemeteries along Goose Creek or Hwy 10 To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> My Smothers ancestors lived along Goose Creek, ca 1818-1855, according to Tax records, etc. I think Goose Creek where they lived was/is in the Sumner/Macon Co., region, not Smith County. Bill Delaware "A. Murdock" <[email protected]> said: > Can anyone tell me if they know the names of the cemeteries close to > Goose Creek? > > My ancestor, R. G. Briant?/Bryant (aka Rhodehaven or Rhodeham G.) owned > property on Goose Creek. It was originally in Smith County, then Macon > County, and for all I know it could now be in Trousdale County. I would > like to find where he is buried, but with so many cemeteries close to > Goose Creek or along Hwy 10, I do not know if I will be able to find > him. He died in 1851. I think his wife's name was Lucy (possible > Stewart) and she died in 1841. > > Thanks so much for any help. ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 08:12:30 -0400 From: "A. Murdock" Subject: [TNMACON] Cemeteries along Goose Creek or Hwy 10 To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Thank you, Ruth. I posted to the Smith County list and also the Trousdale County list since Goose Creek flows through both of those and since Smith County was the mother county of Macon and Trousdale. I would have thought it would have been closer to Monroe County, Kentucky since some of the family ended up there and there seemed to be a lot of going back and forth between Macon County and Monroe County. I have read somewhere that R. G. went by Rhody. Supposedly, R.G. Briant/Bryant is a son of Jesse Bryant and Mary Hill Nelson Bryant - the original Macon County book showed this, but I have not been able to find another source showing it. If his wife was a Stewart, I think she might have been the daughter of Alexander Stewart, possibly brother or somehow related to John C. Stewart (b. Scotland), Murdock Stewart (b. abt 1791 Virginia - d. Dec., 1860 Macon Co., TN), Patric Stewart (b. abt 1788 Virginia - d. before 1860, probably Macon Co., TN), Elizabeth Stewart (wife of John Crawford), William Stewart, Catherine Stewart Davis, Polly Stewart Davis, and Louisa Stewart Dill. I think Alexander Stewart also had a daughter named Polly. Again, thanks for any help anyone can give and Ruth, thank you again for responding. Ann ------------------------------ Message: 3 >Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 01:32:24 -0500 >From: "Ruth >Subject: Re: [TNMACON] Cemeteries along Goose Creek or Hwy 10 <[email protected]> <>>Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > >Ann, >I have search both our cemetery books and found no matches for the people >you are looking for. Have you tried looking in Smith Co? There have been no >changes in the county lines between Macon, Smith and Trousdale counties >since 1842. I found just a few people by the name Bryant. There are not any >by the names Briant, Rhodehaven or Rhodeham. there are 3 or 4 by the name of >Rhodes but they don't match the names you mentioned. >Ruth ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 19:43:59 -0500 From: "George Subject: Re: [TNMACON] Cemeteries along Goose Creek or Hwy 10 To: "Bill Smothers" Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original On old deeds, the creek refers to the watershed region (where all the small streams drained to), not necessarily sitting on the bank of the creek or near by.
would you do a look up in monroe co ky for john Gass & tomar or lamar cheeney with son Milton abt 1811 0r later? is it near smith co tn?how far from wayne co ky? thank you earleene ----- Original Message ----- From: "A Murdock" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 1:39 PM Subject: [TNSMITH] Cemeteries along Goose Creek or Hwy 10 - Bryant and Stewart Families > > Thank you, George and Bill, I will also post to Sumner County. > > Finding the sales of all the land might give me the clue I need to find > more information on these families. Was it still in Smith County or did > it become a part of Macon, or Sumner or Trousdale? > > The deeds I found showing R. G. Briant/Bryant/Brien as the grantee were > in Smith County. I have not yet written off to get copies, but I will. > There were seven (7) purchases and only three (3) sales of land from > 1800-1852 that I have found. In the 1850 census, R. G. is living in > Macon County and he dies in 1851. I do not know if his estate was > administered or not. The tricky part is that if there was an executor > or an administrator, sometimes, the clerk would index a sale under the > name of the executor or administrator and not the deceased. Also it is > possible that if the land were still in Smith County, the estate could > have possibly been probated or administered in Smith County, not Macon > County where he died. There is also the question of who legally became > R. G.'s children's' guardian. If one was appointed by the courts, then > I would presume it was Elisha Steward/Stewart whose wife I believe was > R. G.'s sister, Martha Miram Bryant - I found three of his daughters > living with the Stewarts in the 1860 Monroe County, KY census. The > Stewarts were in Macon County in 1850. > > I do not know if anyone is interested or can help, but I found these > deeds abstracted in a book > Compiled by: Thomas E. Partlow, Lebanon, Tennessee, Smith County, > Tennessee Deed Books B-M 1800-1835,(Greenville, S.C., Southern > Historical Press, Inc., 1993) and another book Compiled by: Thomas E. > Partlow, Lebanon, Tennessee, Smith County, Tennessee > Deeds, -Vol. 2-, 1835-1852, (Southern Historical Press, Greenville, > S. C., 1997). > 1. Land Purchase, John Wood to R. G. Bryant, February 1827 - Smith > County, Tennessee Source: Smith County, Tennessee Deed Books B-M > 1800-1835 > Page 238, (Abstracted from Deed Book I, Page 471-472, Smith > County, Tennessee Records.) > 2. Land Purchase, Joseph Arnold to Rhodeham G. Bryant, 21 August 1830 - > Smith County, Tennessee Source: Smith County, Tennessee Deed > Books B-M 1800-1835 , > Page 262, (Abstracted from Deed Book K, Page 276, Smith County, > Tennessee Records.) > 3. Land Sale, R. G. Bryant to Allen Bryant, 21 February 1834 - Smith > County, Tennessee Source: Smith County, Tennessee Deed Books > B-M 1800-1835, > Page 303, (Abstracted from Deed Book L, Page 478, Smith County, > Tennessee Records.) > 4. Land Purchase, Peter Grigg and Branch Grigg to Rhodeham G. Bryant, > 28 April 1836 - Smith County, Tennessee Source: Smith County, > Tennessee > Deeds, -Vol. 2-, 1835-1852, Page 17, (Abstracted from Deed Book N, > Page 297, > Smith County, Tennessee Records.) > 5. Land Purchase, Dixon Ferguson to R. G. Brien and Elisha Steward, 14 > March 1835 - Smith County, Tennessee Source: Smith County, > Tennessee > Deeds, -Vol. 2-, 1835-1852, Page 23, (Abstracted from Deed Book H, > Pages 393-394, > Smith County, Tennessee Records.) > 6. Land Purchase, Branch Grigg to R. G. Bryant, 2 November 1837 - > Smith County, Tennessee Source: Smith County, Tennessee > Deeds, -Vol. 2-, 1835-1852, Page 40, (Abstracted from Deed Book O, > Page 104, > Smith County, Tennessee Records.) > 7. Land Purchase, D. B. Donoho and others to R. G. Bryan, 7 October > 1837 - Smith County, Tennessee Source: Smith County, Tennessee > Deeds, -Vol. 2-, 1835-1852, Page 48, (Abstracted from Deed Book > O, Page 254, > Smith County, Tennessee Records.) > 8. Land Purchase, Branch Grigg to R. G. Bryant, 3 November 1838 - > Smith County, Tennessee Source: Smith County, Tennessee > Deeds, -Vol. 2-, 1835-1852, Page 58, (Abstracted from Deed Book > O, Page 412, > Smith County, Tennessee Records.) > 9. Land Sale, R. G. Bryant to Nathaniel M. Adams, 19 August 1837 - > Smith County, Tennessee Source: Smith County, Tennessee > Deeds, -Vol. 2-, 1835-1852, Page 58, (Abstracted from Deed Book > O, Page 412, > Smith County, Tennessee Records.) > 10. Slave Purchase, John W. Bowen to R. G. Bryant, 2 November 1841 - > Smith County, Tennessee Source: Smith County, Tennessee > Deeds, -Vol. 2-, 1835-1852, Page 108, (Abstracted from Deed Book > Q, Page 76, > Smith County, Tennessee Records.) > 11. Slave Purchase, Thomas Carman to R. G. Bryant, 6 December 1841 - > Smith County, Tennessee Source: Smith County, Tennessee > Deeds, -Vol. 2-, 1835-1852, Page 110, (Abstracted from Deed Book > Q, Page 99, > Smith County, Tennessee Records.) > 12. Land Sale, R. G. Bryant to Prior Carter, 1 December 1841 - Smith > County, Tennessee Source: Smith County, Tennessee > Deeds, -Vol. 2-, 1835-1852, Page 110, (Abstracted from Deed Book > Q, Page 103, > Smith County, Tennessee Records.) > > > [email protected] wrote: > >>Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Re: Cemeteries along Goose Creek or Hwy 10 (Bill Smothers) >> 2. Cemeteries along Goose Creek or Hwy 10 (A. Murdock) >> 3. Re: Obit >> 4. Re: Cemeteries along Goose Creek or Hwy 10 (George Stone) >> >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> > > <>Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 06:03:17 -0400 > From: "Bill > Subject: Re: [TNMACON] Cemeteries along Goose Creek or Hwy 10 > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > My Smothers ancestors lived along Goose Creek, ca 1818-1855, according > to Tax records, etc. I > think Goose Creek where they lived was/is in the Sumner/Macon Co., > region, not Smith County. > > Bill > Delaware > > "A. Murdock" <[email protected]> said: >> Can anyone tell me if they know the names of the cemeteries close to >> Goose Creek? >> >> My ancestor, R. G. Briant?/Bryant (aka Rhodehaven or Rhodeham G.) owned >> property on Goose Creek. It was originally in Smith County, then Macon >> County, and for all I know it could now be in Trousdale County. I would >> like to find where he is buried, but with so many cemeteries close to >> Goose Creek or along Hwy 10, I do not know if I will be able to find >> him. He died in 1851. I think his wife's name was Lucy (possible >> Stewart) and she died in 1841. >> >> Thanks so much for any help. > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 08:12:30 -0400 From: "A. Murdock" > Subject: [TNMACON] Cemeteries along Goose Creek or Hwy 10 To: > [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; > charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Thank you, Ruth. I posted to the Smith > County list and also the Trousdale County list since Goose Creek flows > through both of those and since Smith County was the mother county of > Macon and Trousdale. I would have thought it would have been closer to > Monroe County, Kentucky since some of the family ended up there and > there seemed to be a lot of going back and forth between Macon County > and Monroe County. I have read somewhere that R. G. went by Rhody. > Supposedly, R.G. Briant/Bryant is a son of Jesse Bryant and Mary Hill > Nelson Bryant - the original Macon County book showed this, but I have > not been able to find another source showing it. If his wife was a > Stewart, I think she might have been the daughter of Alexander Stewart, > possibly brother or somehow related to John C. Stewart (b. Scotland), > Murdock Stewart (b. abt 1791 Virginia - d. Dec., 1860 Macon Co., TN), > Patric Stewart (b. abt 1788 Virginia - d. before 1860, probably Macon > Co., TN), Elizabeth Stewart (wife of John Crawford), William Stewart, > Catherine Stewart Davis, Polly Stewart Davis, and Louisa Stewart Dill. I > think Alexander Stewart also had a daughter named Polly. Again, thanks > for any help anyone can give and Ruth, thank you again for responding. > Ann ------------------------------ Message: 3 >Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 > 01:32:24 -0500 >From: "Ruth >Subject: Re: [TNMACON] Cemeteries along > Goose Creek or Hwy 10 > > <[email protected]> <>>Message-ID: > <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; > format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > >Ann, >I > have search both our cemetery books and found no matches for the people > >you are looking for. Have you tried looking in Smith Co? There have > been no >changes in the county lines between Macon, Smith and Trousdale > counties >since 1842. I found just a few people by the name Bryant. > There are not any >by the names Briant, Rhodehaven or Rhodeham. there > are 3 or 4 by the name of >Rhodes but they don't match the names you > mentioned. >Ruth ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Mon, 12 > May 2008 19:43:59 -0500 From: "George Subject: Re: [TNMACON] Cemeteries > along Goose Creek or Hwy 10 To: "Bill Smothers" Message-ID: > <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; > format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original On old deeds, > the creek refers to the watershed region (where all the small streams > drained to), not necessarily sitting on the bank of the creek or near by. > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >