Charles DODSON 1 married Ann.
10 Jul 1679 - 7 Jul 1680. Old Rappahannock Deeds and Wills, 1677-1680, Part II, p. 278. Peter ELMORE of Rappa, Planter, to Charles DODSON of Rappa, Planter... lett to farm as much plantable land as three tithables can tend in Corn and Tobb. with priviliege of leaving out for pasteridge and privilege of Coopers and Carpenters Timber for the use of ye Plantation for term of Nineteene years from this date, and Elmore to furnish DODSON with Aple trees and Peach trees sufficient to make an Orchard both of aples and peaches, and at expiration of term, the sd. DODSON to leave a thirty foot dwelling house and a fifty foot Tobacco house... and if DODSON should leave before that time, ELMORE to have right of first refusall. s/ Perter [his mark] ELMOR. Wits: William SMOOTE, Charles WILSON. Recog. 7 Jul 1580.
In 1691, the counties of Richmond and Essex were organized from Old Rappahannock (which was then abolished), with the land of the Smoots of Old Rappahannock becoming part of Richmond:
15 May 1681 North Farnum Parish, Old Rappahannock (later Richmond) Co, VA. Born. Thomas, s/o Charles and Anne DODSON11 Jan 1702/3-06 Feb 1705 Folio 95r. Will of Charles DODSON. Son Charles the plantation formerly called [Col. Travers’] Quarter with 150 a; son Thomas / a plantation seated in a neck formerly called the Rich neck with 150 acres of land;" Son Bartholomew Richard the plantation known by the name of [Oak] Neck of 150 a; son William the plantation in Hickory Neck of 150 a; sons John and Lambert tracts of land; wife Anne; daughters Anne and Elizabeth; Exec: wife; no wits; proved by Christopher PETTY, 6 Feb 1705/6 and John BECKWITH, 6 Mar 1705-6. Inv. 17 Oct 1706, f102r. (Headley and DNFP)
Charles and his wife, Anne (maiden name unknown) were the parents of Thomas DODSON, born 15 May 1681. DNFP identifies Thomas’ 150 acres and Charles 150 acres as a tract originally conveyed to Charles, Sr. by Samuel TRAVERS. Charles Sr.’s widow Ann m (2) John HILL by 3 Jul 1706 when they petitioined the court ofor an appraisement of the estate. The court ordered John RANKIN, William SMOOTE, John MILLS and Richard WHITE, or any three of them, to appraise and inventory (Richmond Co. OB4:171).
A Compilation of Smoot Records
Compiled by Fred Smoot and Carole Hammett
Annotated by Carole Hammett ((CH Note: ... ))((CH Notes: Catherine WILLIAMS m by 1693, Abraham GOAD. Their daughter, Alice (Ellis), m Fortunatus DODSON; their daughter, Hannah, m William DODSON and their daughter, Alice, m Fortunatus DODSON, all s/o Charles and Anne DODSON, Sr. Several of their children married descendants of Charles and Anne DODSON, Sr.))
4 Aug 1711-1 Jun 1715. Richmond Co, VA WB, p. 210. Will of Thomas DURHAM of North Farnum Parish. Wife Dorothy the plantation, after her death to son Thomas and Mary his wife; son John; daughter Mary DODSON; grandson Thomas DODSON; Exec. wife; no wits. Inv. 6 Jul 1715, p. 212. (Headley) / to wife, Dorothy, my plantation and lands for her natural life, and at her death plantation and lands to son Thomas DURHAM and maary his wife provided he signs over 50 acres to my son John DURHAM or pay him 8,000 pounds tobacco and to daughter Mary DODSON 1,500 pounds of tobacco.” (DNFP)
04 Aug 1711- 01 Jun 1715 Richmond County, Virginia, Wills & Inventories, 1709-1717. In the name of God Amen, I, Thomas DURHAM of Northfarnham in the County of Richmond being sick in Body but of sound and perfect Memory. Praise be given unto God therefore calling to Mind His Mortallity of my body and that it is appointed for all Men once to Die, Do make and Ordain this my Last Will & Testament, That is to say-- Principally & first of all I Recommend my soul unto the hands of God that gave it and my Body to the Earth to be Buried in Christian and Decent manner at the Discretion of my Executors hereafter named; nothing Doubting but at the generall Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty Power of God; And as touching such Worldly Estate wherewith it hath Pleased God to Bless me in this Life-----
Item. I give and Bequeath unto my Dear & Loving wife Dorothy DURHAM the use of my Plantations, together with all my Lands & Tenements with all and Every of their Appurtenances--Proffits and Commoditys __________ Belonging or appertaining for & During the _____________ of her natural Life and after her Decease if my Son Thomas DURHAM and Mary his wife do by some sufficient Instrument in writing under their hands and seals and affording to due forme of Law Release and acquitt all and singular their Right, Title and Interest in and unto Fifty acres of Land being the same Tract & Plantation which we had conveyed us by Mary GILBERT unto my son John DURHAM and his heirs or pay him the said: John DURHAM Eight Thousand Pounds of Tobacco in Lieu of His said Land and also pay unto my Daughter Mary DODSON Fifteen hundred pounds of Tobacco that then and upon this consideration-------aforesaid: I do give and bequeath unto my said son Thomas DURHAM and his heirs Lawfully Begotten and for want of such issue unto my son John DURHAM and his heirs Lawfully Begotton and in _______ of such issue unto my Grandson Thomas DODSON and his heirs, But if my said son Thomas DURHAM doth refuse and will not release the said fifty acres of Land nor pay the Tobacco aforesaid: I do will and Bequeath the said Plantation whereon I now dwell with all my Lands unto my son John DURHAM and his heirs---
Item. I give and Bequeath unto my Son John DURHAM Fifty acres of Land more or less being the Plantation with all the Tract and Parcell of Land that was Conveyed us by Mary GILBERT, to have and to hold the said Tract and Parcell of Land with the appurtainances unto my said son John DURHAM and his heirs Lawfully begotten and for want of such issue unto my Grandson Thomas DODSON and his heirs--- Item. I give and bequeath unto my Son John DURHAM one Feather Bed and Furniture, one Cow and calf, one Mare and Iron Pott, Two ____ Dishes and half a dozen Plates
ITEM I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Mary DODSON Five Thousand Pounds of Tobacco; Fifteen hundred Pounds of the same to be paid by my son Thomas DURHAM within Nine months after the Decise of my wife and Five hundred the Rest of the said Tobacco to be paid by my Son John DURHAM at the Decease of my Wife----
Item. I give and Bequeath all the Residue of my Estate, Goods, Cattle and Chattells unto my wife Dorothy DURHAM for & During her widowhood, but if she doth Marry that _____ off my Personall Estate, Except what is herein given to John DURHAM shall be Equally Divided between my wife and my three Children, and I do make and Ordain my Dear & well beloved Wife Sole Executrix of this my Last Will & Testament---Rattifying and Confirming this & none other to be my Last Will & Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this Fourth Day of August in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eleven.
Signed, Sealed & Published and Declared in the presence of us--
Joan O SEARLES her mark, Arthur KAY his mark, Miles WALTERS
Thomas DURHAM his mark (seal)
Att. at a Court held for Richmond County ye ffirst Day of June 1715
This Will was approved in open Court by the oaths of Arthur KEY & Joan SEARLES ______ of the Witness or tthereto be on admitted to Record...Tests M: BECKEWITH C.C.O.”
(Supplement to the History of the Dodson-Dotson Family of Southwest Virginia. Compiled and edited by the Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr. N.p: the author, 1966., p. 108)16 Jul 1715 North Farnum Parish, Richmond Co, VA. Born. Anne, d/o Charles and Anne DODSON
01 Aug 1715 North Farnum Parish, Richmond Co, VA. Died. Charles DODSON
8 Jul 1715-02 May 1716. Richmond Wills, p. 250. Charles DODSON of Farnum Parish to son Charles all land between spring branch and the branch that parts my land from the land of Thomas DODSON; son Fortunatus all land below my spring branch; wife Anne; Exec: wife; Wits: Bartholomew R. DODSON, George PETTY. Inv. pres. by the adm. Anne Dodson, 6 Jun 1716, p. 268. f.inv, 5 Sep 1716.((CH Notes: Charles, Jr., s/o Charles Sr. (died 1703-5) and Ann, was brother of the above Thomas, b 15 May 1681, and Bartholomew Richard.))
05 Oct 1715 North Farnum Parish, Richmond Co, VA. Born. Mary, d/o Thomas and Mary DODSON
04 Apr 1718-04 Mar 1718-19. Richmond Wills, p. 78. Will of Anne DODSON. Sons Charles, William and James; dau. Mary; Exec: son Charles; Wit: Bartholomew Richard DODSON.((CH Notes: Anne, widow of Charles DODSON, Jr. d 1715.))
6 Aug 1753. Richmond Wills. will of William DODSON. Brother James; Alice FOWLER; nephew Samuel DODSON; nieces Anne and Alice DODSON, wife Hannah. Exec: Charles and Samuel DODSON; wits: Rawleigh CHINN, Thomas LAWRENCE, Hannah LINDSEY. Inv. 6 Aug 1753, p. 5.
((CH Notes: William, s/o Charles and Anne DODSON, Jr., m aft 1739, Hannah GOAD, d/o Abraham and Catherine WILLIAMS Goad, and widow of Tobias PHILIPS (s/o John and Elizabeth TOBIAS Phillips). Alice FOWLER is Alice GOAD (sister of Hannah) who m (1) Fortunatus DODSON (s/o Charles and Anne, Jr.) and (2) John FOWLER. Samuel, Anne and Alice DODSON are her children by Fortunatus.))
11 Jan 1702/3-06 Feb 1705 Folio 95r. Will of Charles DODSON. Son Charles the plantation formerly called [Col. Travers’] Quarter with 150 a; son Thomas / a plantation seated in a neck formerly called the Rich neck with 150 acrtes of land;” Son Bartholomew Richard the plantation known by the name of [Oak] Neck of 150 a; son William the plantation in Hickory Neck of 150 a; sons John and Lambert tracts of land; wife Anne; daughters Anne and Elizabeth; Exec: wife; no wits; proved by Christopher PETTY, 6 Feb 1705/6 and John BECKWITH, 6 Mar 1705-6. Inv. 17 Oct 1706, f102r. (Headley and DNFP)
((CH Notes: Charles and his wife, Anne (maiden name unknown) were the parents of Thomas DODSON, born 15 May 1681. DNFP identifies Thomas’ 150 acres and Charles 150 acres as a tract originally conveyed to Charles, Sr. by Samuel TRAVERS. Charles Sr.’s widow Ann m (2) John HILL by 3 Jul 1706 when they petitioined the court ofor an appraisement of the estate. The court ordered John RANKIN, William SMOOTE, John MILLS and Richard WHITE, or any three of them, to appraise and inventory (Richmond Co. OB4:171).))
01 Aug 1715 North Farnum Parish, Richmond Co, VA. Died. Charles DODSON
8 Jul 1715-02 May 1716. Richmond Wills, p. 250. Charles DODSON of Farnum Parish to son Charles all land between spring branch and the branch that parts my land from the land of Thomas DODSON; son Fortunatus all land below my spring branch; wife Anne; Exec: wife; Wits: Bartholomew R. DODSON, George PETTY. Inv. pres. by the adm. Anne Dodson, 6 Jun 1716, p. 268. f.inv, 5 Sep 1716.
((CH Notes: Charles, Jr., s/o Charles Sr. (died 1703-5) and Ann, was brother of the above Thomas, b 15 May 1681, and Bartholomew Richard.))
05 Oct 1715 North Farnum Parish, Richmond Co, VA. Born. Mary, d/o Thomas and Mary DODSON04 Apr 1718-04 Mar 1718-19. Richmond Wills, p. 78. Will of Anne DODSON. Sons Charles, William and James; dau. Mary; Exec: son Charles; Wit: Bartholomew Richard DODSON.
((CH Notes: Anne, widow of Charles DODSON, Jr. d 1715.))
04 Apr 1723 North Farnum Parish, Richmond Co, VA. Born. Abraham, s/o Thomas and Mary DODSON
25 May 1725 North Farnum Parish, Richmond Co, VA. Born. Joshua, s/o Thomas and Mary DODSON
22 Feb 1727 North Farnum Parish, Richmond Co, VA. Born. Elisha, s/o Thomas and Mary DODSON
21 Sep 1740 North Farnum Parish, Richmond Co, VA. Died. Thomas DODSON
17 Feb 1739/40-02 Mar 1740-1741. Richmond Will Book V, pp. 378-9. Will of Thomas DODSON of Northfarnum Parish. Wife Mary; sons Thomas, George 150 a. of land whereon he now lives; Greenham the tract of land bought of Lambarth DODSON, Elisha the plantation where I now live; Abraham, and Joshua; daughters Alic, Mary OLDHAM; granddaughter (unnamed), the daughter of David DODSON; Exec: Wife and son Greenham; wits: Henry MISKELL, John HIGHTOWER, Charles DODSON.
((CH Notes: Thomas, s/o Charles and Anne DODSON, b 1681, m Mary, d/o Thomas and Dorothy DURHAM, Sr.))
29 Sep 1743 North Farnum Parish, Richmond Co, VA. Married. Mary DODSON and Robert GALBRATH
((CH Notes: Mary DURHAM Dodson m (2) Robert GALBRATH.))6 Aug 1753. Richmond Wills. will of William DODSON. Brother James; Alice FOWLER; nephew Samuel DODSON; nieces Anne and Alice DODSON, wife Hannah. Exec: Charles and Samuel DODSON; wits: Rawleigh CHINN, Thomas LAWRENCE, Hannah LINDSEY. Inv. 6 Aug 1753, p. 5.
((CH Notes: William, s/o Charles and Anne DODSON, Jr., m aft 1739, Hannah GOAD, d/o Abraham and Catherine WILLIAMS Goad, and widow of Tobias PHILIPS (s/o John and Elizabeth TOBIAS Phillips). Alice FOWLER is Alice GOAD (sister of Hannah) who m (1) Fortunatus DODSON (s/o Charles and Anne, Jr.) and (2) John FOWLER. Samuel, Anne and Alice DODSON are her children by Fortunatus.))
They had the following children:
M i Thomas DODSON was born 15 May 1681 and died Unknown.
Elisha DODSON [Parents] was born 1753 in Pittsylvania Co., VA. He died 1 May 1850 in Giles Co., TN. Elisha married Ann DODSON on 19 May 1808 in Maury Co., TN.
1850 Giles Co, TN Census District 16
p. 419:
180 Elisha DODSON 35 M Farmer 1000 Tenn
Elizabeth 35 F Tenn
Leonidus 12 M Tenn X
Asa D. 10 M Tenn X
Elisha T. 8 M Tenn X
Elizabeth A. 6 F Tenn X
Malissa C. 4 F Tenn
Ann DODSON was born about 1792. She married Elisha DODSON on 19 May 1808 in Maury Co., TN.
Samuel SAMPLE "Sr." married Elizabeth HEASLET in Green Co., TN.
Elizabeth HEASLET [Parents] was born about 1767 in TN. She married Samuel SAMPLE in Green Co., TN.
They had the following children:
F i Margaret SAMPLE was born 1 Jun 1793.
William FULTON married Margaret SAMPLE.
Margaret SAMPLE [Parents] was born 1 Jun 1793. She married William FULTON.
Benjamin Clark , Sr. HEASLET [Parents] 1 was born 26 Feb 1780 in Tennessee. He died 26 Sep 1837 in Talladega County, Alabama. Benjamin married Eleanor Kennedy MCCULLOUGH on 1799 in Jefferson County, Tennessee.
1.1 - 2.7 Benjamin Clark Heaslet, Sr.
1780-1837
Eleanor Kennedy McCullah -Duncan (Widow) 1776-1833
Married. 1799
Benjamin Clark Heaslet, Sr. Eleanor Kennedy McCullah Duncan b. 2-26-1780 Tenn. b. 9-2-1776 Va.
d. 9-26-1837 Talladega, Co. Ala. d. 10-2-1833 Talladega Co., Ala.
They were married in Tennessee in 1799. She is buried in Shelby County, Alabama which is just across the river from where their home was. They came to Talladega County in 1830 and since she died so soon afterwards, probably there are no cemeteries established in Talladegala County. They are said to have been among the first white settlers on the east side of the Coosa River. Just across the Coosa River from their home was a cemetery with only field stones as grave markers but the present owners in years past cleared all the plantation for pastures and this cemetery has been lost to the present generations. Benjamin Clark was buried on a knoll near his home. When he died, big rains had swollen the Coosa River so high until it could not be forded to carry his body across to where his wife and two children were buried. Eleanor, daughter Harriett Heas!et born 1808 and son Addison Anderson Heaslet born 1812, all three died in 1833 of Typhoid fever. Benjamin's grave is in the middle of a pasture and marked by a tombstone with his wife and oldest daughter's (Eleanor) inscriptions. These graves are enclosed in a wrought iron fence. Other graves are there but no markers. His home, one and one half stories, was burned in 1846. His daughter, Eleanor, was burned to death at the time. It was rebuilt and that building has since burned. His home place was known as the "Fish Trap Shoal."The dictionary says that "Shoals" is a sandbank or sandbar that makes the shallow water in a river. This was why they called it "Fish Trap Shoal" and probably where they put out fish traps to catch fish. It must have been rather shallow because there was an island in the river where Mrs. Mary Jackson said her mother's mother told her about her brothers who planted corn. The river had to be shallow enough there for them to be able to take their plows, tools and mules over to the island to plant and work the corn. The island is now under water because in about 1912 a dam was built below this island about 10 miles which covered the island and in 1967 this dam was built about 12 feet higher. It made the water back up into the creeks resulting in many lakeside homes being built in the area. There were no creeks around the old Heaslet place therefore no lakeside homes were built there. About 2 1/2 miles up the river from the Heaslet place is the Gaston Steam Plant which furnishes electricity for the surrounding area.
Eleanor- Kennedy McCullah Duncan was the daughter of Joseph and Mrs. Eleanor Kennedy McCullah. They were from Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee.Joseph McCullah was born 9-1-1740 and died 1-3-1822 in Jefferson Co., Tenn. Eleanor Kennedy was born 3-17-1748 in Va. Eleanor's parents were Felix and Agnes Kennedy.
Joseph was a soldier in the American Revolutionary War. He was a surveyor and Civil Engineer and helped survey the lands of East Term. He was a school teacher and had the honor of teaching the alphabet to Andrew Jackson who later became President of the United States.
Benjamin Clark Heaslet, Sr. was in Captain Tipton's Company, Knox Co., Tennessee with 1 poll and 50 acres. (Earliest Tax List 1806). He was still in Tennessee when his father William Heaslet, made his Will on February 6, 1806 and also when he signed it January 3, 1813 as be was named as one of the executors. He was in Madison County, Alabama in 1816. In 1816 it was the Mississippi Territory and later Monroe County which comprised the biggest portion of Alabama. He was in 1819 census of Monroe County, Alm., the 1820 census of St. Clair Co., AIa. and 1 830 census of Shelby Co., Ala. He could have lived at the same place in St. Clair County and Shelby County and the county lines changed to form more counties.
He was a Justice of Peace for Shelby Co. for 14 years. He erected the first gin in Shelby County. He was a member of the Masonic Fraternity. He and his wife were members of the Old Blue Stocking Presbyterian Church, and took great interest in the cause of religion.
He was a cabinet maker by trade and then turned to farming. He came to Talladega County in 1830 and settled on a claim on the east side of the Coosa River. This land stayed in the hands of the Heaslets until 1963 when the only heir of Robert Henderson Heaslet died without heirs and it was sold for division with some 50 or more heirs of Benjamin Clark Heaslet per the WilI of Robert Henderson Heaslet.
It is said Benjamin Clark Heaslet, Sr. built the first log house on the East side of the Coosa River in Talladega County, in the southern part, of the county. He served in the Creek War from 1812 to 1815 under General Jackson. He camped at Fort Williams on Cedar Creek (Talladega County) and was in the battle of Talladega County and surrounding area. He was a Tennessee Volunteer who fought under General Jackson. He camped in the vicinity of where he settled in 1830 and died in 1837.
Mary Gordon Buffies' Sketches of Alabama says, "Upon the return of Coffee's Brigade to Tennessee, the men were haunted with memories of that fair valley in Alabama. Their term of service entitled them to land warrants. In 1815, many Tennesseans came to inspect, some to buy, and some to locate their land grants. The United States acquired a right to the land in 1814 but the whites were not allowed to take general possession until 1816."
On January 13, 1794, President Washington approved a measure adding two stars and two stripes to the American flag, following the admission of Vermont and Kentucky to the Union.
Tennessee was admitted to the Union as the 16th state on June 1, 1796. It is known as the Volunteer State. The state flag, adopted in 1905, consists of a crimson field with a narrow white stripe and a broader blue strip at the fly. Centered in the field is a blue disk ringed in white and bears three five-pointed stars.
Tennessee is the northern border of Alabama.
Alabama was admitted to the Union as the 22nd state on December 14, 1819. The word Alabama, which is derived from the Choctaw language, is probably best translated as "thicket clearers." The state flag was adopted February 16, 1895. A crimson cross of St Andrew on a field of white.
Eleanor Kennedy MCCULLOUGH 1 was born 2 Sep 1776 in Virginia. She died 2 Oct 1833 in Talladega County, Alabama -- Buried in Shelby County, Alabama from Typhoid Fever and was buried in Shelby, Alabama. Eleanor married Benjamin Clark , Sr. HEASLET on 1799 in Jefferson County, Tennessee.
Eleanor Kennedy McCullah was a daughter of Joseph and Eleanor McCullah. They were from Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Joseph McCullah was born September 1, 1748 and died January 3, 1822 in Jefferson County, Tenn. Eleanor Kennedy was born March 17, 1748 in Virginia. Eleanor's parents were Felix and Agnes Kennedy. Joseph was a soldier in the American revolutionary war. He was a surveyor and Civil Engineer and helped survey lands of East Tennessee. He was a school teacher and had the honor of teaching the alphabet to Andrew Jackson who later became President of the United States.
They had the following children:
F i Eleanor Kennedy "Ellen" HEASLET 1 was born 1802 in Tennessee. She died 13 Sep 1846 in Talladega County Alabama from Burned to death when their house burned down..
Elenor Kennedy Heaslet was born in Tennessee and died in Talladega County, Alabama. She was a mute.
She was burned to death when their home burned and she is buried on the knoll beside her father near the old home place. One gravestone with the inscription for each. The site of the graves is in a pasture with an iron fence around them. It is near the present steam plant on the Coosa River. The Goodners are the present owners of the old Heaslet home place. (1974)
Elenor's sister and brother had gone across the River to a party and the house caught fire while they were gone. Her sister Elizabeth managed to get out of the house but Elenor did not follow her out. Elizabeth's hands were badly burned, probably from attempting to save Elenor. Her brother Robert Henderson Heaslet erected a tombstone to she and her father.M ii James Ambrose "Jim" HEASLET 1 was born 1804 in Tennessee. He died 11 Nov 1857 in Upsher County, Texas.
James "Jim" Ambrose Heaslet was born in Tennessee and lived in Alabama where he married in Talladega County. They were in Talladega County, Alabama in 1840 and moved to Texas about 1847and died in Upsher County, Texas. He bought land in Texas and went into town to work as a carpenter to pay for his land and to send his children to school. March 11, 1849 he was in Marshall, Harrison County, Texas. His daughter was in boarding school for females of Daingerfield, Texas when he died. He left a will giving his two children $1000 each, part of which was set aside for their education. The rest which he left to his wife, Catherine.
Catherine Ward was a daughter of Matthias and Elizabeth Ward of Talladega County, Alabama. Matthias Ward's will is recorded in Talladega County, Alabama. After his death, his wife and children moved to Texas. Jim Heaslet also went at this time. Elizabeth Ward died in 1853 in Texas. Matthias died probably (as his Will was dated Jan. 1837) in 1837 in Talladega County.
J.A. Heaslet was an Entered Apprentice at Tusculm Lodge #86 about 1851 at Pine Tree, Gregg County, Texas. (Texas Genealogical Magazine) Jim Heaslet made his first crop in Texas in 1848 and in 1849 his mother-in-law, Mrs. Matthias Ward gave him three hands to work. Then, May 25, 1851, he was in Gilmer, Texas and his wife's (Catherine) niece Margaret ward married Gordon Templeton. By June 1853, "Mother" Ward had died and was buried at Daingerfield, Texas. Her son Matthias Ward, Jr., a United States Senator and a Civil War soldier died about 1862 and was buried in Dangerfield, Texas. Probably, Jim Heaslet was buried in this same cemetery at Dangerfield, Texas.
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James Ambrose Heaslet
Last Will and Testament of James A. Heaslet Filed in Office Nov. 30, 1857.
The State of Texas, Upshur County, October 22, 1857, In the Name of God Amen. I James A. Heaslet of the County and State aforesaid, Being of sound mind though feeble in body do make and ordain and publish this my last Will and testament hereby revoking all Wills Codicils and testaments heretofore made by me.
Item Ist I render to God my soul and to the dust my body and direct my executors herein after named to have my body Buried in a decent and Christian like manner agreeable to the wishes of the family.
Item 2nd It is my will and wish that all my just debts be paid.
Item 3rd I will bequeath to my daughter E.E.R. Heaslet and the heirs of her body one negro girl named Ann also three hundred and fifty dollars one bay filly two years old saddle and bridle also two cows and calves also bed and furniture.
Item 4th To M.B.C. Heaslet my son I will and bequeath one negro boy named Washing also one sorrell Filly Bridle and saddle. The filly two years old saddle and bridle furthermore I will my son M.B.C. Haslet five hundred dollars for the completion of his education also two cows and two calves also one bed and furniture.
Item 5th To my wife Catherine Haslet I will and bequeath during her life time the following negro property Viz: a girl Mary Susan and Jane at the death of my wife Catherine Haslet it's my will and wish that the above named negroes and their increase revert back to my two children or the heirs of their bodies for and equal between them the two furthermore that a negro boy Bill be sold at publick out-cry and the proceedings thereof be applied for the purchase of another negro if my executors think it expedient furthermore I will to my wife six hundred dollars now cash on hand to her and to use at her discretion for the benefit of the family.
It is my will that the money for the notes on hand together with the present cotton crop be applied to my children as above described and if not sufficient enuf Stock I had be sold to make the amount of eight hundred and fifty dollars The balance of my stock horses cattle hogs sheep and goats household and kitchen furniture belong to my wife during her life time for the cammon benefit of the family It is furthermore my will that my wife have and hold for cammon benefit of the family the place where I now live during her life time provided she stays on it or near enough to derive a support there from if she dies or leaves the place gets out of the reach of the above named objects it is my will that the land revert to my two children or the airs of their bodies for and equal division.
Item 6th It is my will that my Black Smith tools and such other things as the family may not need may be soll.
Item 7th It is my will that Catherine Hazelet my wife act as executor in connection with Gordon Simpleton Executor together act out and execute these several parts of my Will in witness whereof I have set my hand and seal and Publish this my last Will and testament in the presents of
Test John Turner
Neil Buie J.A. Heaslet (Seal)
The State of Texas, Upshur County before me J.M. Simpson Chief Justice of Upshur County on the 30th day of November 1857 personally appeared John Turner and after being duly sworn says that the above signature as an attesting witness is his act and that he was called upon to attest the same as a witness and that he saw J.A. Heaslet signed said Will in his presence.
John Turner Sworn and subscribed before me the 30th day of Nov. 1857.
J.M. Simpson Chief Justice.F iii Mary Clark HEASLET 1 was born 12 May 1806 in Tennessee. She died 18 Oct 1873 in Fayetteville, Alabama Cemetery.
Mary Clark Heaslet was was the second wife of James Cunningham Russell.Her brother Robert Henderson Heaslet erected a tombstone on her grave in the Fayetteville, Alabama Cemetery.F iv Elizabeth Madison HEASLET 1 was born 11 Apr 1807. She died 8 May 1882 in Fayetteville, Alabama Cemetery, Talladega County.
She was married before 1858 according to a letter from her brother James Ambrose "Jim" Heaslet. Her brother Robert Henderson Heaslet placed a tombstone on her grave.
She joined the Fort Williams Baptist Church (near Fayetteville) by letter in February 1836. The Rev. Alexander Watson was called as pastor to the church in December 1832 and served through December 1842. While serving there his first wife died and the Church voted to erect railing fence around her grave, in December 1842. This has probably long since rotted and her grave lost to the present generations. He is probably buried in the same cemetery with no marker to his grave. No records found in Church records. It is said he drove his buggy into a rain swollen stream and was washed or fell out of the buggy and was drowned.F v Harriett HEASLET 1 was born 1808 in Tennessee. She died 23 Sep 1833 in Talladega County Alabama -- Buried in Shelby County from Typhoid Fever.
Harriett Heaslet was born in Tennessee and died in Talladega County, Alabama of Typhoid fever. She is buried in Shelby County with her mother and brother, Addison Anderson Heaslet, of the same disease. Her grave is lost to the present generations.M vi Benjamin Clark , Jr. HEASLET 1 was born 25 Feb 1810 in Tennessee. He died 21 Jan 1895 in Fayetteville, Alabama Cemetery.
Benjamin Clark, Jr. and Eleanor Keys Rogers were married in Talladega County, Alabama by Willis Wood (J.P.). Benjamin Clark Heaslet, Jr. was born in Tennessee and came with his parents to Alabama in 1812 and lived in Madison County, Alabama. Later they lived in Shelby County and then into Talladega County, Alabama where he married Eleanor Keys Rogers. He and Eleanor's house was on the site where the Robert C. Heaslet's home is. Eleanor died in 1847 and is buried in the Old Fort William Cemetery and when her body was carried there for burial, the party who gave the land for the cemetery objected to the place selected for her grave. Her husband carried her body back to his friend John wood's home on the Cedar Creek and left it over night until a new selection was made and a new grave dug for her the following day. After her death, he moved near Fayetteville in a large double log house where he lived the remainder of his life. The house in 1971 was in a dilapidated condition and no one lives in it.
Benjamin Clark Heaslet, Jr., was a member of the Fort Wiliam Baptist Church in 1857 when baptized. Sarah Emiline was born in Abbeville, South Carolina. She was a daughter of James Cunningham Russell and Sarah Huston of Abberville, Alabama, S.C. Benjamin and Sarah Heaslet are buried in the Fayetteville, Alabama cemetery, Talladega County where James C. Russell is also buried. Sara H. Russell is buried between Childersburg and Winterboro, Alabama.
OBITUARY
This venerable pioneer passed away at his home the 21st day of January 1895. at the age of nearly eighty five years.
He was born Feb. 25. 1810, in the State of Tennessee. In 1812 his parents removed to Alabama and settled near Huntsville. In 1816 they moved again and settled in Shelby County, near Huntsville. Here the family remained until 1830 when they settled in what is now Talladega County. It was then a wilderness traversed only by Indian trails. They were among the first whites who settled in Talladega County and the county was covered by vast forest. Young Heaslet helped his father build the first house that was reared by white men in that part of the county. His father's name was B.C. Heaslet. In this section the rest of his life was spent. He was a man of strong constitution and encountered the hardships of life and labors incident to that day with hardihood and energy and patience. In the strength of his youth he helped to cut away the forest growth and plant in the wilderness the dominion of Civilized man. He belonged to that generation of men who opened up the fields, traced the roads, and built the homesteads of Alabama.
In 1835 he was married to Miss Ellen Rogers, and seven children were born by this first marriage. Of these five are still living and two are deceased. His wife died in 1847 and he remained a widower until August 1855, when he was married to Miss S.E. Russell. By this marriage, his second, nine children were born, seven still living and two deceased. He was baptized into the fellowship of the Fort William Baptist Church in 1857 and lived an honest consistent Christian life. He was a close student of the scriptures and grew familiar with all the promises of God. His conversation was largely concerning the meaning and interpretation of scripture. His manner of life was unpretentious. In speech he was of few words, candid, and straight forward, knew but one way to say a thing and that in the fewest words. In life he was earnest: in faith he was strong; in habit he was temperate. His will, his constitution, and his convictions were strong. Although he was a representative pioneer and lived to see the vast forests disappear and fields of corn and cotton take its place. For sixty-five years he has continually lived in Talladega County, and never had a spell of sickness.
In November 1893 he was thrown from his buggy and received the injuries which finally carried him off. He was confined to his room for fourteen months, during which time he suffered much bodily painM vii Addison Anderson HEASLET 1 was born 1812 in Alabama. He died 25 Aug 1833 in Talledega, Alabama from Typhoid Fever.
Addison 25 Aug 1833 Talladega County Alabama -- Buried in Shelby County Alabama.M viii John Anderson HEASLET 1 was born 1814 in Alabama. He died 13 Dec 1815 in Madison County, Alabama. M ix Robert Henderson HEASLET 1 was born 13 May 1816 in Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama. He died 5 Apr 1897 in Fayetteville, Alabama Cemetery -- Talladega County Alabama.
R. H. Heaslet was raised in Alabama, and though-he had but limited opportunities for securing an education in his boyhood days, yet in later life, by means of books and papers, he became unusually well informed on all subjects of, general interest. On October 23, 1875, he married Mrs. Laura J. Parks, widow of Leonidas Parks, and daughter of James and Mary (McMillan) Graham. To this marriage there has been born one child, Laura L., a mute. In 1864, Mr. Heaslet enlisted under Capt. Hardie, in the Alabama infantry, and being a cripple he was assigned to the commissary department. He was however, not in active service. After the close of the war, he began life without property or money, but has been so successful that now he is surrounded by all the necessities and comforts of life.
His daughter, Laura L., is a student at the Deaf and Dumb institution at Talladega. At a meeting of the directors, held June 25, 1892, she recited a piece of on her hands, which Dr J.H. Johnson, the principal, interpreted, and which Miss Atwood, one of the oral teachers, sang, Mr. Williams, a blind student, playing the accompaniment on the piano. Taken altogether it was considered a wonderful performance.
Mr. Heaslet is one of the leading citizens and one of the most substantial planters. He can well remember when the Indians lived here. At one time it was reported that the Indians were comings upon the settlers, and Mr. Heaslet and his father remained in then cabin, while the rest of the family, and, indeed, the entire neighborhood, left the county, some of them never stopping until they reached Tuscaloosa. After all it proved to be a false alarm.
Source: Memorial Record of Alabama (Personal Memoirs -- Talladega County Pages 962-63.
William Marion , Sr. HEASLET 1 was born about 1740 in Shippenburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. He died 4 Jan 1819 in Knox County, Tennessee. William married Mary CLARKE on 6 Apr 1762 in Lancaster, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
Mary was daughter of William Clarke of York County married William Haslett of Shippensburg in Cumberland County, Penn.
They are probably buried in the vicinity of Knoxville Tennessee. He first made his Will on 6 February 1808 but did not sign it until 3 January 1813. Records of his Will and sale of lands found at Courthouse in Knoxville, Tennessee. Other records found on him from "Memorial Records of Alabama Vol. II, 1893."
The following information was given by his grandson, Henderson Heaslet:
He served in the Revolutionary War and was granted land in Tennessee by the State. William Heaslet was a soldier under General Washington all through the Revolutionary War. One incident in the life of William Heaslet was, General Washington desired to send a dispatch across the Potomac River, but as the river was frozen over no one could be found to volunteer to carry it across until William Heaslet mounted his horse and volunteered to make the venture. He had but just safely landed on the other side of the river when The whole mass of ice broke up and floated down the river.
He served as a Private from Pennsylvania. He was probably in the cavalry as the above article says "he mounted his horse." No records found in Washington D.C. nor Raleigh, N.C. The "Ansearchin News of Tennessee" gives one William Heaslet of Tennessee marrying a couple but gave no names. places, or dates. He could have been a Justice of Peace. He served as a juror in Knox Co., Tennessee in 1793 and 1794.
William Heaslet -- 300 acres in Captain Tipton's Company, Knox County, Tennessee in 1806 (Vol. 26 pg 102 - East Tenn. Historical Society.)
8 May 1810, William Heaslet sold 50 acres of land on the south side of the Holston River for $100.00 to Thomas Humes. This being part of a track of land granted by this State to William Heaslet, Knox County, Tennessee.
A deed of conveyance of William Heaslett's Heirs to Adam Thomas, 290 acres of land for $925.00 on the 9th of October 1829. This land was sold for division after his wife's death. (Per his Will)
The following signed the deed:
Samuel Sample, William Hazellette, Jr., William Nichol, William Barnett, George W. Hazelette, Benjamin C. Heaslet, William Alexander, Margaret Alexander, and James D. Alexander, (The last three being grand children.)
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January Session 1819The Last Will and Testament of William Heaslet deceased, was produced to Court for probate. Whereupon, William Park, one of the Subscribing Witnesses thereto made oath that he saw the said William Heaslet sign, seal and heard him pronounce, publish and declare the same to be his Last Will and Testament and that he was at the time of publishing the same of sound mind and perfect memory according to the best of his knowledge and belief and that he saw Robert Farguhenson sign his name as a subscribing witness thereto, which Will is ordered to be recorded and is in these words to wit:
In the name of God amen, I William Heaslet, of the State of Tennessee and the County of Knox being in perfect health of body and of perfect memory thanks be to God for his mercies, calling to mind mortality of my body and it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament and principally and first of all I recommend my soul into the hands of almighty God who gave and nothing doubting but at the final Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God, and my body I recommend to the earth to be buried in a decent Christian burial, at the discretion of my executors---And as for such worldly goods wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me with this life, I give, dismiss and of the same in the following manner and form, And first off I give and bequeath to my faithful and best beloved wife, Mary Heaslet, all my personal estate, to be at her disposal in her life and at her death--and--my land I likewise leave to her for her support during her life, and at her death to be sold and the price equally divided amongst all my children. The purchase money of the land it is my will that it should be paid out of the rent likewise--And I do hereby constitute. and appoint my son-in-law Samuel Sample, and my sons William and Benjamin Heaslet, to be executors in this my last Will and Testament, together with my wife Mary Heaslet and I do hereby utterly revoke and make void, all former and other Wills, Legacies, and bequeathment whatsoever, allowing this and no other, to be my last Will and Testament, In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this seventh day of February Anno Dom 1808.
3rd day January 1813.
(The seventh day of February 1808 had a line drawn through it and 3rd day of
January 1813 written under it.)Signed, Sealed, Pronounced,
Published and Declared
In the presence of
William Oark R. FarguhansonThe above alteration in date was made at the time of signing.
William Heaslet SEAL
Whereas it appears to the Court here that. William Heaslet, late of this County is deceased having first made his last Will and Testament in which he hath appointed Samuel Sample, William, Benjamin. and Mary Heaslet executors and the said Will having been proved, and admitted to record, and the said Samuel Sample. and William Heaslet qualified as executors and given bond with security as the law requires--It is therefore that letters testamentary issued we therefore empower the said Samuel Sample and William Heaslet to take into their possession all and singular the goods and chattels, rights, and credits to the Testator, and all the same may be found and all just debts of the said Testator, and all the Legacies specified in the said "Will" will and truly to pay as far as the said goods and Chattels, rights, credits according to items of the said "Will" and the law of the land-- Witness Charles McClung Clerk of our said Court at office the third Monday of January 1819
Charles McClung Clerk ---------by his Dep. William Swain.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
An inventory of the Estate of William Heaslet deceased, was returned to Court by the executors and admitted to record to wit:1 horse beast, 1 cow, 16 hogs, 2 calves, 2 beds of furniture, 1 man's saddle, 1 woman's saddle, 1 flax wheel, 4 water pails, 2 pickling barrels, 1 washing tub. 2 keggs, 2 pots, 1 oven and led, 1 skillet, 1 pair fire tongs, 1 fire shovel, 2 bedsteads, 1 looking glass, 3 crocks, 1 food can, 1 pewter dish, 6 pewter plate, 7 pewter spoons, 1 pewter tea pot, 1 tin pan, 1 tin cup, 2 Coffee pots, 9 tea cups and saucers, 2 white bowls, 3 white plates, 2 dishes, 1 Bible, 1 New Testament, 2 Confession of Faith, Flowwells Works, with several old books, 2 pewter basons, 1 coffee mill, 6 knives and forks, 1 tumbler and pepper box, 1 elate, 1 note of hand $25...1 due bill 10 dollars, 1 note of hand 10 dollars, 2 candle stands, 1 smoothing iron, 1 reel, 2 bottles. 1 due bill $18.50 very doubtful, 5 chairs, 1 chest, 1 cupboard, 2 tables, 1 iron wedge, 1 pair cotton cards, one hundred and forty three dollars and six cents in silver.
Ordered that the perishables part of the estate of William Heaslet deceased be exposed of to Public sale as the law directs.
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No. 301 William Heaslet to Thomas Humes 50 acres South side of Holston River.This Indenture made this eight day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ten between William Heaslet of the County of Knox and State of Tennessee of the one part and Thomas Humes of the town of Knoxville and State of Tennessee of the other part witnesseth that the said William Heaslet for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred dollars to him in hand paid the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, hath and these present do grant, bargain, sell, alein, enforce and confirm, unto the said Thomas Humes his heirs and assignee forever, a certain track or parcel of land, containing 50 acres lying and being in the County of Knox on the south side of the Holston River, being part of a track of land granted by the State to the afore said William Heaslet, Beginning on two small hickorys near to a pine on said Humes line, then north fifty six west eight chains to a pine then north thirteen east forty eight chains to a pine, thence north seventy five East forty two chains to a hickory saplin John McEldsrrys corner thence South eighty one and East twelve chains to a pine saplin, thence a direct line to the beginning, with all and singular the woods, water courses, profits, commaditys, hereditaments and appurtenances whatsoever to the said tract of land belonging or appertaining and the reversion and revisions remainder and remainders, rents and ploucss, thereof and all the estate title, right, interest, property claim and demand of him the said William Heaslet his heirs and assigns forever, of, in, and to the same and every part and parcel thereof either in law or equity, To have and to hold the said 50 acres of land with the appurtenances unto the said Thomas Humes his heirs and assigns forever against the lawful title, claim, demand of all and every person or persons, claiming by, through, or under me. Will warrant and forever defend by these presents
Signed Sealed and Delivered in the presents Jeremiah Jack & Samuel Fryer William Heaslet {SEAL}
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July session 1810 ( The execution of the within deed of Conveyance was duly acknowledged in open court by William Heaslet Sen'r the grantor herein named and admitted to record. Let it be registered. The State Tax having been paid to me according to law. Given under my hand and seal of Office at Office this 9th day of July 1810.
Charles McClung Clk. Knox Co.
Registered and reviewed A. 7, 1810 by his deputy
John N. Gamble
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) Personally appeared before me William A.B.Ramsey ------------------------------------
State of Tennessee..............)Clerk of the Chancery Court at Knox County, Knoxville, Eilliam Doyle one of
the subscribing Witnesses to the foregoing deed of conveyance who being first sworn depososeth and saith that he is personally acquainted with the above name bargainers and that they acknowledged the Execution of the foregoing deed in his presence for the purpose therein expressed and Samuel B. Boyd and others of the subscribing witnesses being also sworn, deposeth and saith that he is personally acquainted with the Willliam Barnett, Samuel Sample, William Hazelett four of the above bargainers and that they acknowledged the execution of the foregoing conveyance in his presence for the purposes therein expressed and Samuel Sample, Jr. another of the subscribing witnesses being also sworn upon oath and saith that he is--witness of William Alexander, James Alexander and Margaret Alexander three of the above named bargainers and that they acknowledged the Execution of the foregoing deed in his presence for the purpose therein contained and Richard Keyhild another of said witnesses also being sworn deposeth and saith that he is personally acquainted with Benjamin C. Hazelett one of the bargainers and that he acknowledged the Execution of the foregoing deed in his presence for the purpose therein contained and Alexander Boyd another of the subscribing witnesses also being sworn deposeth and saith he is acquainted with George W. Hazelett one of the bargainers and said he acknowledged the Execution of the foregoing Deed for the purpose therein contained.Witness my hand at office this 30th October 1835
William B.A. Ramsey, Clerk and Master
State of Tennessee ) Personally appeared before me Moses M. Knox County ---- Swan, Clerk of the County of Knox, Adam Thomas one of the subscribing Witnesses to the within deed and being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is personally acquainted with Samuel Sample one of the within named barginers and that he acknowledged the Execution of the said deed for the purposes therein contained.Given under my hand at Office this Ilth day of January 1838.
Moses M. Swan, Clerk---Registered 12th January, 1838.
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A Deed of Conveyance --- Hazletts Heirs to Adam ThomasThis indenture made this 9th day of October in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and twenty nine between Samuel Sample of the County of Knox and State of Tennessee, William Nicol of the County of Anderson and State aforesaid, William Barnett of the County of McMinn and State aforesaid, William Hazlett of County of Bedford and State aforesaid, Benjamin C. Hazlett of County----- and State of Alabama, William Alexander and Margaret Alexander of the County of Mecklenberg and State of North Carolina and hairs of William Hazlett Senior deceased of the one part and Adam Thomas of the County of Knox and State of Tennessee of the other part Withnesseth that the said Samuel Sample, William Nichol, George W. Hazlett, William Barnett, William Hazlett, William Alexander and Margaret Alexander for and in consideration of the sum of nine hundred and twenty five dollars to me in hand paid the receipt whereby acknowledged we bargain alined and sold and by these presents we do convey and confirm to the said Adam Thomas his heirs and assigns forever a certain track of land situated in the County of Knox and the State of Tennessee bounds as follows: Beginning at a black jack oak near the head of a spring and running south sixty then west fifty chains to an old pine tree north fifty six one hundred and sixteen chains to a pine at Youngs corner thence north and again east to Thurmans corner thence north ten and east nineteen chains to a post oak then south thirty six east ten chains to a sourwood then east forty two chains to a pine thence leaving McElderry's line south then east ninety eight chains to the beginning containing two hundred and ninety acres which track of land together with the heridiments and appurtenances thereto belonging to the said Samuel Sample. William Nichol, George W. Hazelett, William Barnett, William Hazelett, William Alexander and Margaret Alexander for themselves and their heirs to the said Adam Thomas his heirs and assigns will warrant and forever defend against the lawful claim of all persons whatever by these present as an indefrasible inheritance in fee simple.
In testimony whereof the said Samuel Sample, William Nichol, George W. Hazelett, William Barnett, William Hazelett, Benjamin C. Hazelett, William Alexander, Margaret Alexander have hereunto set our hands and seals the year and day written above.
Signed Sealed and Declared in the presence of:
William Doyl
Samuel B. Boyd
Alexander Boyd
William Doyl
Samuel Sample, Jr.
Adam Thomas
Richard KayhillWilliam Barnett (Seal)
Samuel Sample (Seal)
William Hazelett (Seal)
George W. Hazelett (Seal)
William Alexander (Seal)
James D. Alexander (Seal)
Margaret Alexander (Seal)
Benjamin C. Hazelett (Seal)
Mary CLARKE 1 was born about 1745 in Pennsylvania. She died 1828 in Knox County, Tennessee. Mary married William Marion , Sr. HEASLET on 6 Apr 1762 in Lancaster, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
Mary was daughter of William Clarke of York County married William Haslet of Shippenburg in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
They had the following children:
F i Elizabeth HEASLET was born about 1767. F ii Mary HEASLET was born about 1768 and died after 1855. M iii William Marion , Jr. HEASLET was born 13 Feb 1773 and died 30 Nov 1850. F iv Martha HEASLET was born about 1777. F v Rachel HEASLET was born about 1778. M vi Benjamin Clark , Sr. HEASLET was born 26 Feb 1780 and died 26 Sep 1837. M vii George W. , Sr. HEASLET was born 17 Feb 1782 and died 8 Apr 1867.
William Marion , Jr. HEASLET [Parents] 1 was born 13 Feb 1773 in North Carolina. He died 30 Nov 1850 in Bedford, Tennessee. William married Elizabeth JAQUES JACK on 28 Jan 1794 in Knox County Tennassee.
Other marriages:HUBBARD, Melvina Levine
William M. Heaslet, Jr. was in Captain's Company --- 1 free poll, Knox County, Tennessee.
William Heaslett was in Bedford Co., Tenn in 1830 census. He was living in Bedford Co., Tenn. in 6 Aug. 1812 as he performed marriages at that time. He was probably a Justice of Peace. He was living there when the land was sold for division, Oct. 9, 1829. William Heislett was in Captain Tipton's Co.--1 free poll Knox Co., Tenn in 1806. (Vol. 26 pg 102 East Tenn Historical Society.) He served as a juror in Knox Co., Tenn. 1794 and 1795. (Minutes of County Court Knox Co., Tenn.) (Bk. O\"O" 1792-1795.) Records burned in Redford Co., Tenn and no record of his Will.
William Haislet, Jr. 1f (20-30). Probably a son by a first marriage and a second wife with a young daughter. He was born ca. 1775.
Elizabeth JAQUES JACK 1 was born about 1779 in Of, Knox, Tennessee. She died about 1828. Elizabeth married William Marion , Jr. HEASLET on 28 Jan 1794 in Knox County Tennassee.
Information about the Jaquea/Jack pedigree was obtained from Ezra Stonecypher up dated July 13, 2003 (wizardOfwarwick@yahoo.com.
They had the following children:
M i John R. HEASLET 1 was born 1796. F ii Mary HEASLET 1 was born 1798 in RTennnessee. F iii Julia Ann HEASLET 1 was born 1798 in Tennessee. M iv James HEASLET 1 was born 1810 in Tennessee. F v Emily HEASLET 1 was born about 1812.
William Marion , Jr. HEASLET [Parents] 1 was born 13 Feb 1773 in North Carolina. He died 30 Nov 1850 in Bedford, Tennessee. William married Melvina Levine HUBBARD on 4 Jun 1829 in Flat Creek, Bedford County, Tennessee.
Other marriages:JACK, Elizabeth JAQUES
William M. Heaslet, Jr. was in Captain's Company --- 1 free poll, Knox County, Tennessee.
William Heaslett was in Bedford Co., Tenn in 1830 census. He was living in Bedford Co., Tenn. in 6 Aug. 1812 as he performed marriages at that time. He was probably a Justice of Peace. He was living there when the land was sold for division, Oct. 9, 1829. William Heislett was in Captain Tipton's Co.--1 free poll Knox Co., Tenn in 1806. (Vol. 26 pg 102 East Tenn Historical Society.) He served as a juror in Knox Co., Tenn. 1794 and 1795. (Minutes of County Court Knox Co., Tenn.) (Bk. O\"O" 1792-1795.) Records burned in Redford Co., Tenn and no record of his Will.
William Haislet, Jr. 1f (20-30). Probably a son by a first marriage and a second wife with a young daughter. He was born ca. 1775.
Melvina Levine HUBBARD 1 was born 1807. She died after 1878. Melvina married William Marion , Jr. HEASLET on 4 Jun 1829 in Flat Creek, Bedford County, Tennessee.
The general residence of Melvina Levine Hubbard Heaslet was Post Office of Flat Creek, Belford County, Tennessee from 1852 to 1878. It is possible that 1878 was the date of her death.
They had the following children:
F i Julia Ann HEASLET 1 was born 7 Mar 1830. She died 10 Jul 1913 in Flatt Creek, Tennessee. M ii William Penn HEASLET 1 was born 1834. M iii John HEASLET 1 was born 1838. F iv Sarah HEASLET 1 was born 1840. M v Martin HEASLET 1 was born 1843.
William BARNETT 1 was born 1761. He died 1847. William married Mary HEASLET.
Soldier in the American Revolutionary War. Revolutionary War Pensioner -- N.C. Mary W 1532
RLWt 27589-160-55.
Mary HEASLET [Parents] 1 was born about 1768 in Pennsylvania. She died after 1855. Mary married William BARNETT.
Revolutionary War Pensioner, N.C. ----- Mary W. 1532 RLWT 27589-160-55.
They had the following children:
M i James Mitchell BARNETT 1 was born 2 Apr 1804. He died 12 Nov 1847. M ii William Heaslet BARNETT 1 was born 28 Jun 1802. M iii John Wilson BARNETT 1 was born 15 May 1796. M iv Samuel Henderson BARNETT 1 was born 4 Nov 1807. M v Robert Carrick BARNETT 1 was born 2 Oct 1809. F vi Mary "Polly" Clark BARNETT 1 was born 27 Sep 1798. F vii Sally Morrow BARNETT 1 was born 21 May 1800. M viii Joseph Thompson BARNETT 1 was born 22 Dec 1805.
William , Sr. ALEXANDER 1 married Martha HEASLET on 20 Oct 1796 in Knox County Tennassee.
William Alexander, Sr. -- -- Cowan's District Blount Co., Tenn. in 1801 (J.G.M. Ramsey). William Alexander 400 acres 1 poll and 10-1/2 lots in Hawkins Co. Tenn in 1809-1812.
Martha HEASLET [Parents] 1 was born about 1777 in Tennessee. She married William , Sr. ALEXANDER on 20 Oct 1796 in Knox County Tennassee.
They had the following children:
M i William , Jr. ALEXANDER 1. F ii Margaret ALEXANDER 1. M iii James D. ALEXANDER 1. M iv Homer ALEXANDER 1 was born 1896. He died 1988 and was buried in Eckhart Cemetery, Gillespie County, Texas.