At 08:33 PM 5/21/2002 -0700, Kathleen wrote: >1850 Census of Wilson County, TN >District 17, household 1209 >HUDDLESTON, William W. 42, born VA > Mary 36, born NC >Children: Joseph 18, Thomas 13, Patrick 13, Valoria (f) 11, William 10, >Mary 8, Elvira 6, Ugenia 3, ADELIA 2. All born TN. > >NOTE: William W. Huddleston had a Will in probate in 1855. Does anyone have the text of this will? It appears my great aunt Valiera WHITE MAYO (1892 TN) was named for Wm Huddleston's daughter, Valoria above. This daughter married a physician - Gutheridge Lancaster ROBINSON and her name is spelled "Valiera' in later records. These two bio's (which provide some info re: family relationships) are from Goodspeed's history of Wilson County (published 1896): >G. L. ROBINSON, M. D., of Lebanon, Tenn., was born October 8, 1821, in >Smith County, one of eight children of Stephen and Mary (Lancaster) >Robinson, who were of English origin. >The father was born in Virginia in 1778, and was a farmer by occupation. >He came to Tennessee in his youth and his parents were among the very >first settlers of Middle Tennessee. He died in January, 1846. He was a >soldier in the war of 1812, and was twice married, being the father of >nine children. The mother was born June 6, 1798, in Tennessee, and died >the same year as her husband. Our subject's early education was acquired >in the common schools, and served in the Mexican war in Joseph E. Thomas' >Tennessee Cavalry, serving twelve months. After his return he began >studying under Dr. G. M. Alsop, of Statesville, and in 1848 entered the >medical department of the Louisville (Ky.) University and graduated as an >M. D. in 1850. He practiced his profession in Statesville, Alexandria, and >in 1854 came to Lebanon, where he has since resided. September 7, 1851, he >married Emily D. Anderson, daughter of Frank Anderson; she died June 7, >1875, leaving one child, Churchwell, who died in 1877. In 1878 the Doctor >married Valeria HUDDLESTON, daughter of Winston and Mary B. HUDDLESTON. >She was born January 21, 1839, and she and the Doctor are members of the >Christian Church. >J. W. HUDDLESTON, retired physician and surgeon, of Lebanon, was born in >Tennessee in 1834, son of W. W. and Mary (Tarver) Huddleston. The father >was born in Buckingham County, Va., in 1808, and was a farmer and merchant >by occupation. He came to Tennessee in his boyhood and was married in >1827, dying in 1855. The mother was born in Tennessee in 1812, and died in >1854. J.W. Huddleston attended the academies of his native county and the >University of Nashville for nearly two years. At the age of twenty he >began studying medicine under Dr. Alsup, and the following year entered >the medical department of the Nashville University, graduating in March, >1857. as an M. D. He practiced for some time in Nashville, afterward in >Wilson County; thence to Marshall County, in 1877. In 1884, he finally >located in Lebanon, where he purchased property and has since resided. He >has been a leading man in his profession, and in 1862 was surgeon in the >Confederate armies. In politics the Doctor is a Democrat, but was a Whig >while that party was in existence. In February, 1858, he was married to >Alice Robertson, daughter of Dr. Peyton and Ellen (Davis) Robertson, and >granddaughter of Gen. James Robertson, one of Tennessee's most noted >pioneers. He was a sturdy, brave and influential man, and Robertson County >was named in his honor. (See history for further facts concerning him.) >Mrs. Huddleston was born in Nashville, in 1838, and she and husband have >two children, Nellie (wife of W. R. Chambers) and Josie. My great-aunt was the daughter of Martha Flaura ROBERTSON (1867 TN - 1896 TN) and James Henry WHITE (1869 TN). I have been unable to find a connection between my g-grandmother and the HUDDLESTON family. Martha Flaura ROBERTSON was the daughter of Charles L ROBERTSON (1840 VA - > 1900 ) and Sarah A BYERS (1850 TN - 1867 TN). I would be very grateful to anyone able to provide information about a connection between these lines. Renee