Thank you, thank you :) I had about half of that info. I appreciate it so very much! You all are so very kind. Mari At 09:07 AM 1/8/2008, you wrote: >Did some more lookups for you. > >FYI >RE EARLY HARPOLE MARRIAGES: > >Re 1st WILSON Co. TN Marriages >(Wilson Co. TN was formed in 1799 out of a portion of Sumner Co. TN) > >According to the book, "Marriages of Wilson Co. TN, 1802-1850", by Edythe >Rucker Whitley >The 1st marriages were both performed Sept 16, 1802 and were between: >John W. Baker to Polley Boleman, and Robert Eason to Lydia Hariss. > >Re 1st SUMNER Co. TN HARPOLE Marriages >Found at: >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~providence/marrndx.htm > Harpole, Daniel Riley, Rachel 4 April 1800 Railey, John > Harpole, George Chapman, Sally 23 May 1808 Cuffman, Parris > Harpool, Martin Rule, Betsey 16 August 1791* Reed, William > > >Re DAVIDSON Co. TN (the mother of Wilson and Sumner counties) >The book, "Marriages of Davidson Co. TN, 1789 - 1847", by Edythe Rucker >Whitley, shows NO Harpoles listed in the Index. > >Another book, "Tennessee Records: Bible Records and Marriage Bonds", by >Jeannette Tillotson Acklen, >in Chapter titled: "Marriage Bonds in Lebanon, Wilson Co. TN" >The 1st mention of the name Harpole in when John Harpole was the bondsman >Feb 3, 1808 for the marriage of Thomas Dill to Agness Hopson. > > >---------------------------------------------- >RE WILLIAM BARFIELD of Rutherford Co. TN > >Did some lookups in a Rutherford County book I have. >Nothing that is probably "brick wall tear down", but some interesting >insights into the life of the man. > >From, "Rutherford Co. TN Abstracts of Record Books 1-7, 1802 - 1829", by the >Rutherford Historical Society, Publication 336 > >1. Record Book 1, page 58 >Bill of Sale >James Barefield to William Barefield - slave boy Charles, 7 years. >Witness Frederick Barefield, Nov 20, 1806. > >(NOTE - the 1820 Census of Rutherford Co. shows that >William Barfield owned 3 Slaves: >1 male age 26 to 45, 1 female under age 26, and 1 female age 26 to 45. >and Frederick Barfield owned 17 Slaves) > >2. Record Book 2, page 190, DEEDS > >Frederick and William Barfield to Benjamin D. Wills, Oct 27, 1808 >James Barfield to William M. Hall, Feb 16, 1808 > >3. Record book 4, page 136 >Settlement of the Estate of Hance Hamilton, June Term 1818 >Estate owed: William Barfield and James Barfield. >Commissioner: Fred. Barfield > >4. Record book 4, page 216 >Inventory of John Fisher, June 21, 1819 >Estate owed: William Barfield > >5. Record book 5, page 55 >Inventory of Isaac Ledbetter, June term 1819 >Owed to Estate - William Barfield (among many others) > >6. Record book 5, page 122 >Settlement of Estate of John Underwood, March 12, 1821 >Estate owed: William Barfield > >7. Record book 5, page 235 >Settlement of the Estate of Benjamin Cooper, Oct 28, 1822 >Owed to Estate - William Barfield (among others) > >8. Record book 6, page 274 >Inventory/Sale of Estate of George McCracken, Nov 25, 1826 >Owed to Estate - William Barfield. >------------------------------------ >More re the Wilson Co. TN Sullivans and Tarvers to follow. >Kathleen in CA > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Mari Byers" <yldfire@comcast.net> >To: "Rodger Grimm" <rgrimm@mindspring.com>; <tnwilson@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 11:33 AM >Subject: Re: [TNWILSON] ancestor > > > > Hi Rodger, > > Thank you so much for the help. My line is actually Squire, > > Thomas Jefferson, etc. I think my Squire is a brother to John, etc. > > in Wilson. Wasn't John the first white male to marry or be born in > > Wilson after it was made a county? I may have that wrong. My brick > > wall is really Rutherford County's Williams Barfield. That man is > > gonna kill me!!! <vbg> I do want to find John's line though. Thanks > > again. > > Mari in Murfreesboro > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > At 08:24 PM 1/6/2008, you wrote: > >>Mari- I have located 2 Harpoles in Wilson County. Elizabeth Harpole > >>married > >>Peter Moser in Va. and moved to Wilson. Susannah married Adam Moser, also > >>in > >>Va. and also moved to Wilson. I'm sure there were others, but I cannot > >>locate that information. Will look more later. The Mosers are my wife's > >>ancestors. > >> > >>Rodger in Nashville > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: "Mari Byers" <yldfire@comcast.net> > >>To: <TNWILSON@rootsweb.com> > >>Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 6:55 PM > >>Subject: [TNWILSON] ancestor > >> > >> > >> > Hi everyone, > >> > I'm Mari and I'm new to the list. My ancestor from Wilson > >> > County was John Harpole. Has anyone ever heard of a Harpole from > >> > Wilson as there were reportedly several? > >> > Thanks so much, > >> > Mari Byers > >> > > >> > > >> > ------------------------------- > >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> > TNWILSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >>------------------------------- > >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >>TNWILSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > >>the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > TNWILSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >TNWILSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message