What is the date of birth for your John Parchman and who did he marry? I have a John Parchman who married Martha Dora Tomlinson with no dates or any other info. Rita ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerry Parchman" <lib2uus@comcast.net> To: <TNSTEWAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 8:32 AM Subject: Re: [TNSTEWAR] BRANDON > Your reference to early seettlement in Stewart County doesn't agree with my > research. Maybe you are referring to the area around Dover? There were > earlier settlements in Stewart County. > > John Parchman was along Guice's Creek by about 1789. In the Tennessee > Historical Society papers on file at the State Library and Archives in > Nashville, there is a handwritten manuscript (no author) on some of the > history of Stewart County, which says, "The first settlement in Stewart > County was made near Cumberland City by James Tagert in 1784 or 1785. The > next earliest settlers in the county were David and Lewis Roling. John > Parchman settled on Guice's Creek in 1790." > > However, I have documents that show that John Parchman/Parchment was on a > militia in Sumter County in 1787 (later part of Robertson County) and > served on grand juries in Robertson County in 1789. Although unclear, I > think that a corner of Robertson County dipped into the area around Guice's > Creek according to old maps. A court case in Robertson County in 1789 > indicates that he was reimbursed for travel to Springfield that was exactly > the distance to Guice's Creek. After Stewart County was formed in 1803, he > was on the first grand jury in Stewart County. > > Gerry Parchman > > > > ==== TNSTEWAR Mailing List ==== > Stewart Co. Genealogy search engine: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnstewar/stewsearch.htm > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >
John Milton (?) Parchman was born about 1765-1770 probably in Pennsylvania (although possibly in VA). John Jasper (Coon) Parchman (b 1853, son of Jesse, the brother of John Milton) married Martha Mandora Tomlinson on March 4 1888 in Houston County. Gerry