Notes
Note for: Elizabeth Seward, ABT. 1793 - ABT. 1856 Index
From Website at:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~westxan/np57.htm#iin5103
There is a Seward Cemetary in Eads, Shelby, Tenn. (still being taken care
of by Ronnie & Paul
Seward according to an Aug, 2000 post on GenForm.) Some Sewards may be
buried in a cemetery in Fisherville, Tenn. (not a far distance from
Eads). Eads is just a short distance from Memphis on U.S. Highway 64.
In her will of 25 June 1856, proved 11 Nov 56, Elizabeth Braswell of
Shelby County, Tennessee, bequeathed "Whatever money I may die possessed
of be divided equally between Martha Elizabeth Moore, Lucy Wickham,
Marcus Braswell, Columbus Calhoun Huffman, and Susan Ann Briley." {WB3E,
1855-1862, #1670, page 30.} Elizabeth left the bulk of her estate - 50
acres each - to her five grandchildren, Caroline Braswell, Susan Ann
Briley, Columbus Calhoun Huffman, Martha Elizabeth Moore, and Rebecca
Wickham. She also left "My old negro man Stephen has served me long and
faithful, I desire Lucretia E(theridge) take him and treat him well."
I assume Caroline is the adopted daughter of Marcus.
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1850 Shelby county, Tenn census, p 108, 6th Civil District shows:
Thomas Etheridge, 49, N.C,, Hannah, 48, N.C., Clarinda, 27, N.C.
Notes
Note for: Winifred Nanney, 15 MAY 1793 - AFT. 1830 Index
From Website at:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~westxan/np63.htm#iin5278
Some reports spell it as Nanny. She had six known siblings.
Ancestry.com: Winifred Nanney, born 15 May 1793, Brunswick county,
Virginia, married Absolem Williams, marriage date not listed. Gives death
date as 1794. Obvious problem with being married but only lived one year.
I have to assume this Williams marriage is confused with someone else.
Note: both Williams as surname (her sister-in-law, Nancy, married a
Williams) and Tabitha as given names appear in connections to Braswell
family.
Notes
Note for: Warren D. Murphy, - Index
According to Website at:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~westxan/np64.htm#iin5302
Warren and Lucy Murphy went to Fayette county, Texas, from the area of
the border between Marshall and Maury county, Tennessee.
Notes
Note for: Ransome Foster, ABT. 1750 - ABT. 1804 Index
According to Website at:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~westxan/np64.htm#iin5303
Source for Him and wife is LDS records. Another report has birth about
1743.
Notes
Note for: Peter Ransome Foster, ABT. 1778 - AFT. 1815 Index
According to Website at:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~westxan/np68.htm#iin5456
He was in Greene county, Tn, from approximately 1812 onward, probably
until the late 1830's or so, according to Nancy Foster. LDS shows last
child born in Virginia but show 2 previous children born in Greene co, Tn
in 1813 and 1814. It appears the children moved west to Missouri and
Kansas.
Notes
Note for: Beverly Foster, ABT. 1784 - MAY 1873 Index
According to Website at:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~westxan/np68.htm#iin5459
They lived in Granville county, NC, until about 1823 when they sold their
property. They stopped in
Tennessee for a short time before moving on westward - at least one son
married there -- probably close to one of the Fosters already in
Tennessee. They next showed up in Lincoln county, MO, about 1830 when
their youngest daughter was born.
Notes
Note for: Samuel Foster, JUN 1787 - 1855 Index
According to Website at:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~westxan/np68.htm#iin5460
Per Nancy Foster: His family moved to Tennessee and is found in Gibson
and Rutherford counties there.
Notes
Note for: Jesse J. Braswell, AFT. 1800 - 1880 Index
From Website at:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~westxan/np69.htm#iin5505
From Ray Sasser: "Jesse Braswell (Jr.) [Warren's father] never left
Brunswick County, so you won't confuse him with any Jesses in Tennessee.
However, John Braswell (son of Jesse Sr. and Lucy) had a son named Jesse
J. Braswell who did go to Tennessee; he is the one who lived in Fayette
County and died there in 1880. His name appears at least once in
Tennessee as "Jesse G. Braswell" and also
as "Jesse Bradswell."
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1840-1844 Fayette County Court Minute Book B (Tennessee) listed a Jesse
Braswell with various spellings of Jesse Brasswell, Jerus S Brassell (the
double S is underlined to indicate a question of the proper spelling),
and also I J Braswell. The three notations all indicate he was a hand for
working the Stage Road in Fayette county 'from 15 mile post to the county
line'. This would have been the last 15 miles of state road before
entering Shelby county.
Also listed as hands are Samuel and Phillip Seward.
There are several Jesse Braswells and I am still researching which is
which.