From an anonymous contributor:
From the will of George Faris KEESEE, who died in Sumner Tennessee in 1825. The list includes first names and which family member he "left" them to. As follows(as best I can make out the handwriting):
To his wife Agnes: Daniel, Aice(?), Ben, Gabriel, (Chaina?)
To his daughter, Larree (or Laura) Smith, wife of Lance Smith: Clay, Tailor, Big Rachel, Ann, Charles, Harris.
To his daughter Patience Smith: Penny, Gillen, Peter, Gin, Hardy, Andy.
To his daughter Rhody (Rhoda) McKnight (wife of William McKnight): Chapel, Iram(Isram?), Mary, Harriet, Jacob, Little Bob.
To his son Thomas Keesee: Booker, Big Isram, Clock(?), M---, Gabriel, China.
To his daughter Agnes Lyon (my g-g-g-g-grandmother, wife of John Lyon, lived in Todd County, KY as of the 1850 census): Rose, Ben, S---, Esther, Nelson, Will.
To Champness Ball (his grandson by his deceased Daughter, was raised by Agnes Lyon): Willis.
To his daughter Nancy Henry (wife of William Henry): Daniel, Hidi(?), Hint(?), Ise(?), Jack Charity.
To his son George Faris Keesee Jr.: David, Buster, Big Bob, Tim, Tom, Stephen. (all names written very clearly.)
To Robert Saunders, husband of his deceased daughter Jane: Rachel.
To his son Champness: Bery.
TENNESSEE, Maury and Lincoln Counties: Whitaker (1815-1854)
ReplyDelete1. Enslaved: names below, as written; ages as given; [?] = uncertain reading.
2. Slaveholders: John Whitaker (d. 1834) of Maury Co., his minor heirs, and his widow Elizabeth (Love) Whitaker (d. 1854); Mark Whitaker of Lincoln Co.
3. Sources: estate inventories, guardian hire reports and settlements, a circuit court suit, a bill of sale.
4. Dates and places: as given in each entry.
1834, 6 Dec., inventory of the estate of John Whitaker, deceased, Maury Co., Tenn. (Wills 1832-1840, pp. 236-237): Bill about 35, Jarmin 15, Will 16, Chaney about 30, Westly 6, Milliner [?] 2, Alfred 8, Caroline 12; Silva 31, Isaac 8 months, Mary 5, Julia 8, Orange 33, Emily 12; Mick 16, Joseph 15, Matilda 21, Dobbins 18, Jefferson 16, Ann 13; Melvina 6 months, Margarett 7, Spiers 5, Samuel 37, Jordin 2, Morris 6, Amy 29, Oins [?] 11; Carroll 3 months, Samuel 15, Mariah 16, George 8, Bart 38, Louis 3, Manuel 13; Malinda 19, Caroline 2, Mill 20, Myra 4 months, Wilson 2.
1837, 6 Mar., guardian hire report for three children of John Whitaker, Maury Co. (Wills p. 449): Sarah E. Whitaker's share: Amy [?], Lewis, Cornelius [?], Caroline, Morris; T. J. (Thomas) Whitaker's share: Caroline, Wilson, Malinda, Myra, Jefferson; Susan E. Whitaker's share: Mary, Silvey, Luly, Isaac, Orange.
1838, guardian settlements for minor heirs of John Whitaker, Maury Co. probate case file: Larkin Whitaker's share (Elizabeth Whitaker, guardian): Melvina, Spirs [?], Kesiah, Anna [?], Jordon, Jim; Josephus L. Whitaker's share: Jack, Milly, Owins; Perlina J. Whitaker's share: Chany, Alfred, William. "Milly & 3 children" unnamed. 1839: Perlina J. Whitaker v. Bennett G. Parsons, Maury Co. Circuit Court, over the death of Chany, hired out in 1838.
1854, 4 Oct., inventory of the estate of Elizabeth Whitaker (born Love), deceased, Maury Co. (Inventories and Settlements 1854-1855): Maria 37, Malissa 15, Andy 7, Sam 17, Sarah 3 months, Perlina 9, Delia 3, Ellen 5, Jane 13, Mand [?] 16, William 11, George 27, Jack 18.
1815, 18 July, bill of sale, Mark Whitaker of Lincoln Co., Tenn., to Andrew Campbell: Fanny, 34. 1842, 27 Oct., inventory of the estate of Mark Whitaker, deceased, Lincoln Co. (Inventories and Settlements 1842, p. 45): [unnamed infant] (about two weeks), Anderson (boy, 7), Louisa (girl, 8), Cato (man, 50), Carsel (boy, 3), Bill (man, 13), Frankey (woman, 30), Jane (girl, 4), Rebecca 6, Malinda (woman, 30), Martin 2, Emily (girl, 8), America 1, Perlind [Perlina?] (woman, 15), Berry (boy, 5).
Images and full citations: Beyond Kin directory, https://beyondkin.org/enslaved-population-research-view-details/?pdb=3250 and ?pdb=3251; FamilySearch notes on John Whitaker L7GM-CHF and Elizabeth Love LCT7-L1N.
Anne Elizabeth Whitaker, Lush Green Corner Genealogy, Dallas, Texas
TENNESSEE, Maury and Lincoln Counties: Whitaker and Love (additions, 1828-1837)
ReplyDelete1. Enslaved: Dukelin; Caty; Sudea; Riner and two children; Maria; Mary; Jessee; Frankey; Sampson; Prisy; Bill; Bob.
2. Slaveholders: Mr. Whittaker (probably John Whitaker, d. 1834) of Hurricane, Maury Co.; John Whitaker of Lincoln Co. (will 1837); estate of David Love, Maury Co., and its buyers, including John Whitaker (d. 1834).
3. Sources: newspaper reminiscence; will; estate account of sales.
4. Dates and places: below.
Undated, "at an early day": Dukelin, "a splendid fiddler, owned by Mr. Whittaker," played at dances in John Whittaker's brick house near Hurricane, Maury Co.; recalled in the Herald and Mail (Columbia, Tenn.), 4 May 1877, p. 3 (clipping https://www.newspapers.com/article/x/196981310/). This Mr. Whittaker is probably John Whitaker (d. 1834); not proved.
1837, 31 Jan., will of John Whitaker, Lincoln Co., Tenn. (Wills p. 142, proved July Term 1837): Caty, woman, to his wife Nancy; Sudea, girl, to his granddaughter Nancy W. Sebastian. Image https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89PS-K5Z1
1828-1830, estate of David Love, Maury Co., Tenn., account of sales of 14 June 1831 (Wills Vol. E, pp. 380-381): Riner and two children (unnamed), hired to John Elliott (1828), sold to John Whitaker 21 Apr. 1828; Maria, about 18 (1829), hired to John Smith (1828) and John Whitaker (1829), sold to J. Whitaker 3 Mar. 1829; Mary, about 13 (1829), hired to E. Young (1828) and John Whitaker, sold to [Wade?] Jones 30 Apr. 1829; Jessee, 7 or 8 (1830), sold to Crofford & Bradshaw 27 Nov. 1830; Frankey, 37 (1830), hired to Polly Love, sold to H. Crofford & A. Bradshaw 28 Nov. 1830; Sampson, hired to Polly Love and J. D. Love, sold to John D. Love, Aug. 1830; Prisy, hired to Polly Love, sold to her 27 Dec. 1830; Bill, hired to John D. Love; Bob, hired by John D. Love, admr. Images https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-2RKS-J9 and https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-2RKW-79
Beyond Kin directory: https://beyondkin.org/enslaved-population-research-view-details/?pdb=3250 , ?pdb=3252 and ?pdb=3253.
Anne Elizabeth Whitaker, Lush Green Corner Genealogy, Dallas, Texas
TENNESSEE, Williamson County: Sheppard and Jordan (1828, 1852)
ReplyDelete1. Enslaved: names below (unnamed people by sex, age and color); [?] = uncertain reading.
2. Slaveholders: James Sheppard (will 1828); estate of Stephen Jordan.
3. Sources: will; county court estate record.
4. Dates and places: Williamson Co., Tenn., 1828 and 1852.
1828, 22 Sept., will of James Sheppard, Williamson Co., Tenn. (original loose will; recorded Will Book 4: 346-349), groups as bequeathed: James, Lucy, Sibby[?], Edward, Larken[?] (five, valued together at $2,000); Sina, Shadrick, Jack, Susannah (four, valued together at $1,800); Alferd (one "Negro boy" valued at $500); Chany, Thornton, Richard, Martha, Eliza, Frank (six, valued together at $1,800); Harriott[?], Milly (two, valued together at $1,200); Lacey[?], Fillis, Wilson (three, valued together at $1,200); Kitt, Edmond, Ellick, Henderson, Milly (five, valued together at $1,550); Richmond, Milly (two, valued together at $1,000); Sarah, Charles, Nelson, Ned, Tom, Larkin (child of Edy), Ben, Big Harry, Edy, Jack, Jim, Little Harry (twelve named; one further name struck through). "Edy and her Child Larkin" are named together.
Source: Williamson County, Tennessee, loose probate file, original will of James Sheppard, dated 22 September 1828; "Tennessee, Probate Court Files, 1795-1955," database with images, FamilySearch, Williamson County, DGS 004727168, images 1702-1707 (image 1702 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-2JZN-W); image 1707 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-2JZ8-N) : accessed 17 October 2026); filmed as a photocopy of the damaged original.
1851-1852, distribution of the estate of Stephen Jordan, deceased, Robert D. Jordan, administrator, Williamson Co. County Court, May Term 1852, pp. 252-253: Noah, valued at $700; Emily [?] and Caroline [?], valued together at $1,075; and one person received by Newton Jordan, name too faint to read.
Source: Williamson County, Tennessee, County Court, record book (title not shown on the image), p. 253, "Robert Caruthers Receipt," dated 6 January 185[1?], produced and ordered recorded May Term 1852; digital image, FamilySearch, DGS 004775972, image 138. Image supplied by Anne Elizabeth Whitaker as Cartuthers_004775972_00138-15.jpg, 14 Oct. 2026; image ARK not captured.
Anne Elizabeth Whitaker, Lush Green Corner Genealogy, Dallas, Texas
TENNESSEE, Maury and Hardeman Counties: Sheppard, Whitaker and Pattillo (1829-1860)
ReplyDelete1. Enslaved: names below (unnamed people by sex, age and color); [?] = uncertain reading.
2. Slaveholders: William C. Sheppard and his mother Phebe Sheppard; W. L. Whitaker; John L. Pattillo (mortgage to John D. Love).
3. Sources: census and slave schedules; deed of trust; chancery exhibit.
4. Dates and places: Hardeman and Maury Cos., Tenn., 1829-1860.
1840 U.S. census, Hardeman Co., Tenn., p. 281, line 24, William C. Shepherd: 17 enslaved people counted by age group only (9 male, 8 female).
1846, 6 Apr., deed of trust, W. C. Sheppard to James H. Thomas, Maury Co. deed book p. 222: "six Slaves now in possession of Phebe Sheppard" (not named), in which W. C. held an undivided remainder.
1850, 7 Sept., U.S. census slave schedule, Columbia, Maury Co., Tenn., folio 445, lines 6-13, William C. Shepperd (8 people, not named): M 40 (B), F 38 (M), M 25 (M), M 21 (M), M 20 (M), F 5 (M), M 50 (B), M 35 (B).
1860, 5 June, U.S. census slave schedule, District 9, Maury Co., Tenn., p. 3, lines 28-29, W. C. Sheppard (2 people, not named): M 60 (B), F 48 (M).
1860, 26 July, U.S. census slave schedule, District 24, Maury Co., Tenn., p. 53, lines 4-27, W. L. Whitaker (24 people in 4 slave houses, not named): F 34 (B), M 36 (B), F 16 (B), F 10 (B), F 6 (B), M 4 (B), M 1 (B), M 13 (B), F 5 (B), F 4 (B), M 3 (B), F 23 (B), M 6 (B), F 3 (B), M [1?]/12 (B), F 39 (B), F 25 (B), M 22 (B), F 12 (B), F 8 (B), M 5 (B), M 4 (B), M 4 (B), M 22 (B).
1829, 21 Apr., mortgage, John L. Pattillo to John D. Love, Maury Co., to secure $361 due 21 July 1829: Hercules, "a certain Negro Boy Slave," about eighteen years. Exhibit in Love v. Pattillo, Maury Co. Chancery.
Anne Elizabeth Whitaker, Lush Green Corner Genealogy, Dallas, Texas
TENNESSEE, Knox, Lincoln and Sumner Counties: Love, McLemore and Turpin (1807-1859)
ReplyDelete1. Enslaved: names below (unnamed people by sex, age and color); [?] = uncertain reading.
2. Slaveholders: Samuel Love Sr. and the Knox Co. Love family; John Mitchell; estate of Sterling C. McLemore; estate of Charity Turpin.
3. Sources: bills of sale; will; county court minutes; estate records.
4. Dates and places: Knox Co. 1807-1824; Lincoln Co. 1826; Sumner Co. 1858-1859.
1807, 13 Apr., bill of sale, David Love to Samuel Love Sr., Knox Co.: Jenny, about eighteen.
1808, 7 Oct., sheriff's bill of sale by deputy David Love, Knox Co.: Salley, a woman, levied on as the property of John Mitchell and sold to Joseph C. Strong.
1824, 2 Nov., will of Samuel Love Sr., Knox Co.: Mary, Harry and Avery, left to his wife Mary; Let, a girl, willed to his son Joseph for a daughter; George, a man, to be liberated by the executors.
This Knox County Love family is not known to be the family of David Love of Maury Co.
1826, 3 July, Lincoln Co. County Court: "a negroe woman named Chloe belonging to said estate" of Sterling C. McLemore, deceased (administrators Wm. Moore and Isaac Holman), ordered sold to pay the estate's debts.
Estate of Charity Turpin, widow of Edmund Turpin, Sumner Co., Tenn.: George, "the Negro boy George," hired out six months in the estate sale of 1 Feb. 1858; petition to sell him by Feb. Term 1859; decree of 5 July 1859 (Wm. H. Draper, Admr. v. Wm. Durrett et als.) calls him "not very valuable" and nearly all of the estate; sold by order of Oct. Term 1859 for $113.00.
Anne Elizabeth Whitaker, Lush Green Corner Genealogy, Dallas, Texas