tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52648277880999515252024-02-06T18:26:23.196-08:00Barb's Family HistoryWRIGHT/WEATHERINGTON/WITHERINGTONBarbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13090663216372562455noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264827788099951525.post-16044703634156393542013-08-25T07:56:00.004-07:002013-08-25T07:56:48.053-07:00Cousins found from Robert WITHERINGTON/ Lovy OLDS lineIt's been a year since finding Lovy's maiden name of OLDS. The other day, I was searching in www.usgenweb.com for the state of North Carolina and found a post by Cliff Darden which mentions the Witherington/Olds names. I contacted Cliff and he referred me to Martha Marble who, in turn, referred me to Mike Edge, director of Greene County Researchers for contact information for Sybil Thomas of Snow Hill, Greene County, North Carolina.
I phoned Sybil and talked with her daughter, Dorothy and then Sybil. Sybil is 94 with a very sharp mind. They both gave family history information and I figured that Sybil and I are fourth cousins. Her line is 1. Martha Witherington md. Amos H. Joyner (Martha was the daughter of Robert and Lovy) 2. Charles Exum Joyner md. Ava Elizabeth Pridgen 3. Amos Henry Joyner md. Addie Melissa Sugg, then 4. Sybil Joyner md. Lewis Thomas. My line: 1. Lavina Ann (Lovy) Witherington md. Thomas Wiley P. Wright (Lavina is daughter of Robert and Lovy and is sister to Martha) 2. John Franklin Wright md. Annie Etta Wells 3. Verna Fay Wright md. Barney B. McBride, then me, Barbara McBride md. Robert Larry Vaughn.
Sybil suggested I purchase the "Greene County Heritage" book because she has put her family history in it. I ordered it right away. She is also sending me more information by mail so I am very excited to have found her and Dorothy. More to come.Barbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13090663216372562455noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264827788099951525.post-39148443816346765382012-07-11T21:34:00.000-07:002012-07-11T21:34:21.547-07:00Maiden name found for Lovy AnnJul. 2012---I searched <a href="http://www.ncgenweb.us/greene/vitals/news-marr-deaths.htm">www.ncgenweb.us/greene/vitals/news-marr-deaths.htm</a> and found the following:<br />
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Carolina Federal Republican Newspaper; New Bern, NC (CFRep) Mar. 5, 1814)<br />
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<strong><em>"Married. Greene Co. on the 24th Ultimate, Robert WITHERINGTON of Lenoir Co. to Miss Lovey OLDS."</em></strong><br />
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My assumption: 24th Ultimate would have been Feb 24, 1814 since 24th of Mar had not happened yet.<br />
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After a little doubt, and a lot of hope I immediately went to ancestry.com and looked for family trees who might have listed Lovey Olds and found several. Some have 5 generations back on her line. There are several family stories and documents which all tie in to our Lovey. Lovey mentioned her children and grandchildren's name in her will and these families are found in Greene Co, NC also. In fact, there is a town there now, named "Olds". Her daughter Martha and husband, Amos Joyner are found there in Olds in 1860 and in Snow Hill just a few miles away in 1880, both in Greene County.Barbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13090663216372562455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264827788099951525.post-90568358932395903492012-07-09T15:19:00.001-07:002012-07-09T15:19:43.562-07:00Transcription of Lovy Weatherington Outlaw's willLast Will and Testament of Lovey Outlaw <br />
State of Tennessee, Haywood County, , ordered from Haywood Co. Clerk, 1 N. Washington, Brownsville, TN 38012 Book E, page 475<br />
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"I Lovy Outlaw do make and publish this my last will and testament. First I direct my funeral expenses and of my just debts to be paid. Secondly I wish my executor who may be hereafter named to sell my tract of land that I now live on to the highest bid(d)er on such terms as he may think best and I give him full power to make a good deed for the same and after selling all of my effects and collecting the money to settle my estate and pay all expenses I wish the balance divided and paid to the following heirs one sixth to be equally divided between Lovy Ann Brown, Jessee Dismall, Francis Dismall, Samuel Dismall and Nancy Dismall, children of my daughter Julia to them and their heirs for even. <br />
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The balance I wish divided and paid equally between the following heirs my son, Gideon Weatherington, my daughter Mary Fife, my daughter Martha Joyner, my daughter Lovy Wright, my grandchildren Charles L Weatherington, Barthena Weatherington and James R Weatherington, children of my son, Robert Weatherington.<br />
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Lastly, I do hereby nominate and appoint John H. Cobb my executor in witness where of I do to this my last will set my hand and seal this the 1st day of September in the year of our Lord 1860. Signed, sealed and published in our presence and we have subscribed our names hereto in the presence of testator <br />
Simion A. Cobb Lovy Outlaw<br />
Robert W. Vann<br />
Acknowledge to me the 2nd day Dec 1876<br />
W.T. Cobb<br />
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Transcriber's Note: It appears Lovy Outlaw actually signed the second page and the word "attest" appears after Simion A. Cobb's and W.T. Cobb's signature.Barbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13090663216372562455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264827788099951525.post-2925432795647366822012-07-09T15:00:00.001-07:002012-07-09T15:00:55.915-07:00Will of Lovy Weatherington Outlaw (mother of Lovy Weatherington Wright)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is the will of Lovy (maiden name unknown) Weatherington Outlaw<br />
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Note: Both pages of will appear to be the same however Lovy signed the second one.<br />
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<br />Barbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13090663216372562455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264827788099951525.post-77684543431913614822012-06-09T12:46:00.000-07:002012-06-09T12:46:18.038-07:00If the images are too small to read, click on "page" in the upper right hand corner of your screen. Then, click on "zoom". Click on the percentage that is easier to read.Barbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13090663216372562455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264827788099951525.post-49763271767344672272012-06-09T12:42:00.001-07:002012-06-09T12:42:08.574-07:00Saturday, June 9, 2012<br />
Sometimes these ancestors tap me on the shoulder and tell me to look in a new website for their information. Lately, I have been using <a href="http://www.ancestry.com/">http://www.ancestry.com/</a> almost every day in my research. There is a fee to use that site, however, it is well worth it if you plan to do much researching. They have census records, military records, birth, death and marriage records and much more. I have put my family tree on their site as well as others so we can coordinate our family lines. Another good site is <a href="http://www.familysearch.org/">http://www.familysearch.org/</a>. This site will be changing their name soon to familytree.org. For a list of almost all websites that pertain to family history research, see: <a href="http://www.cyndislist.com/">http://www.cyndislist.com/</a>.Barbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13090663216372562455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264827788099951525.post-69723706566847298662011-02-07T11:46:00.000-08:002011-02-07T11:47:16.520-08:00You may post comments here or email me at barbokie@hotmail.com.Barbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13090663216372562455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264827788099951525.post-15796470467906334652011-01-10T13:24:00.000-08:002011-01-10T14:06:26.488-08:00Time to blogA friend told me about a webinar at <a href="http://legacyfamilytreemaker/webinars.asp">http://legacyfamilytreemaker/webinars.asp</a> about getting the most out of "Google" presented by Thomas MacEntee, webhost of <a href="http://www.geneabloggers.com/">http://www.geneabloggers.com/</a> After listening to it, I am so enthusiastic about signing up for several google accounts. There are so many things you can do with Google not excluding genealogy, of course. This webinar is available to listen to until Feb. 5th, 2011 but after that you may purchase the cd. I highly recommend it. Larry and I are Winter Vistors in Yuma, AZ so I plan to get lots of time in on family history. It is difficult when the days are pretty as there are so many activities here outdoors. My love for family will never fade, however and I will never be bored as long as I can read and type.Barbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13090663216372562455noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264827788099951525.post-23855623526244979592010-06-07T18:15:00.000-07:002010-06-07T18:23:29.474-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB8g1G8EUtmYS4cS-6feScBKtw1Zp5tm6yzcM4r1_NJx6Vv85oNAZvpRXiznoO1WHYn4hZ_KErnV7uZZeLAcmZYRi-UV4lO8OgeEl2_kvDi1R_sfSwUll4peR0asoE8ThX56a3MXObhjHV/s1600/Wiley+P.+Wright+stone+after+chalk.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480206202576158610" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB8g1G8EUtmYS4cS-6feScBKtw1Zp5tm6yzcM4r1_NJx6Vv85oNAZvpRXiznoO1WHYn4hZ_KErnV7uZZeLAcmZYRi-UV4lO8OgeEl2_kvDi1R_sfSwUll4peR0asoE8ThX56a3MXObhjHV/s320/Wiley+P.+Wright+stone+after+chalk.JPG" border="0" /></a> This is the tombstone of our Great Grandfather, Wiley P. Wright, buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, east of Stilwell, Oklahoma. No birth or death date. Census records show he was born in North Carolina. He later lived in Haywood County, Tennessee, then wound up in Arkansas/Oklahoma. His wife, Lavinia (Louann, Lovey, Annie,L.A.) died in Texas.<br />Please see the rest of my blog for more information on her.<br /><br />If you have any further information on the Wrights, please post it.Barbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13090663216372562455noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264827788099951525.post-67732617334325030182010-03-23T13:07:00.000-07:002010-03-23T13:12:05.825-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMDjd3PVst3rxMZ0Ir8eGzhTOHvidvGZZxMEI5slDp-9SUjCg0KzmEgxbumKoylEFqVCBUimbyQ5STmS_LTVK1p0On_XjU59kE9DJYJtkgA_0On-0MSx7iFjfVJnb-nLgQZ0LCVf-Yr2xx/s1600-h/Nicholas+Cobb+Descendants+pg+385.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451924525543634498" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 259px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMDjd3PVst3rxMZ0Ir8eGzhTOHvidvGZZxMEI5slDp-9SUjCg0KzmEgxbumKoylEFqVCBUimbyQ5STmS_LTVK1p0On_XjU59kE9DJYJtkgA_0On-0MSx7iFjfVJnb-nLgQZ0LCVf-Yr2xx/s320/Nicholas+Cobb+Descendants+pg+385.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7M68G5oVKzbn2u2rWn_GpsKAVPYjMA1V_cwvr3r8BKzoGQZuhFEuZyISTp14ZqH1oexCwOw9HLGjknmHUZ3e8GCnuTsKW0vkAfNRedjUF_s6tYuYby32pyNjy09CWDReE_lqYmOLKdUUT/s1600-h/Nicholas+Cobb+Descendants+pg+384.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451924441805870194" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 246px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7M68G5oVKzbn2u2rWn_GpsKAVPYjMA1V_cwvr3r8BKzoGQZuhFEuZyISTp14ZqH1oexCwOw9HLGjknmHUZ3e8GCnuTsKW0vkAfNRedjUF_s6tYuYby32pyNjy09CWDReE_lqYmOLKdUUT/s320/Nicholas+Cobb+Descendants+pg+384.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgJdcTik5kXF7t3ynfhj9TqJMmSXrjxbLp98maXHIOZDGU5sMRuMWLITu7DFsGdiFgxXB-kdk4KQeIfrh__mb-gy6LZ1uI8ISF2I9HmSb2R-ki5UbQorCwD9C6xudPDa2UNMQbzUkENJNg/s1600-h/Nicholas+Cobb+Descendants+pg+383.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451924340301916338" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 201px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgJdcTik5kXF7t3ynfhj9TqJMmSXrjxbLp98maXHIOZDGU5sMRuMWLITu7DFsGdiFgxXB-kdk4KQeIfrh__mb-gy6LZ1uI8ISF2I9HmSb2R-ki5UbQorCwD9C6xudPDa2UNMQbzUkENJNg/s320/Nicholas+Cobb+Descendants+pg+383.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicB65K1J1TEOXiJWiRYKVJnQyIGb-rR4lYZX8kRpd-6KIJt4dcKVdFju-NakchKsh0eFVtqmh_kWJU9v83-tT-vOfr2HcRP-1CkUIRLoT9fLV1K5c5xFkyCLWc1cuGKRdfq8lnd1Nkp-Eg/s1600-h/Nicholas+Cobb+Descendants+pg+381.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451924240732847906" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 216px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicB65K1J1TEOXiJWiRYKVJnQyIGb-rR4lYZX8kRpd-6KIJt4dcKVdFju-NakchKsh0eFVtqmh_kWJU9v83-tT-vOfr2HcRP-1CkUIRLoT9fLV1K5c5xFkyCLWc1cuGKRdfq8lnd1Nkp-Eg/s320/Nicholas+Cobb+Descendants+pg+381.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz0sRQl7OLgk1ONXvveAv1g4qlUh7zJiJyuHX2EwuUK-4M1X6nNK72YcqGZbqwju4hnh-RSVxZIOuNdW_WhetI8Lrn1qLiBqWXkwipjLmFeZWklO-7yDEZRjO2x2cN9R7uudyu-h-xsFWF/s1600-h/Nicholas+Cobb+Descendants+Title+Page.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451923952715944178" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 221px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz0sRQl7OLgk1ONXvveAv1g4qlUh7zJiJyuHX2EwuUK-4M1X6nNK72YcqGZbqwju4hnh-RSVxZIOuNdW_WhetI8Lrn1qLiBqWXkwipjLmFeZWklO-7yDEZRjO2x2cN9R7uudyu-h-xsFWF/s320/Nicholas+Cobb+Descendants+Title+Page.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div>Barbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13090663216372562455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264827788099951525.post-44728021092250486502009-09-03T15:33:00.000-07:002009-09-03T20:00:11.682-07:00More information found 8.09<div align="justify">Since I had so much luck with a "google" search on T.W.P. Wright, I have since, put in one for Robert Weatherington and Lovy. It brought up part of a book titled "Nicholas Cobb Descendants". It showed a brief paragraph stating Lovy Weatherington so I ordered it on inter-library loan. Here is what it reads:<br /><br />1. Joe H. Cobb, P.E.,R.L.S. 1983, Nicholas Cobb Descendants, Neighbors and Relatives 1613-1983, M.L.W. Publishing Company, P.O.Box 41021, Nashville, TN 37204-1021, Loaned from Mid-Continent Public Library, Genealogy & Local History Branch, 317 W. Highway 24, Independence, MO 64050, 929.2 C6334 H.A.G.S.<br /><br />page 383: "Sometime between Mourning Outlaw's death in 1846 and the time of the census in 1850, David Outlaw remarried. The new wife was listed on the 1850 census as Lovy Outlaw. She was the former Mrs. Lovy Ann Weatherington who was the widow of Robert Weatherington of Lenoir County, North Carolina (O-132). David Outlaw's widow, Lovy, lived to the year 1876. She was enumerated on the 1870 census in the elventh district of Haywood with the post office being Bellville. She was in the household of her son-in-law, H.H. Fife, and his wife, Mary. She was seventy-four years old in 1870."<br /><br />"She wrote her will in 1860. Sim A. Cobb and Robert W. Vann witnessed it. The will was proven before magistrate W.T. Cobb on the 2nd December 1876. A portion of the will is repeated below as it was recorded in book V, page 475 at Brownsville, Tennessee: "Second, I wish my executor to sell the tract of land that I now live on to the highest bidder on the best terms that he may think best, and I give him full power to make a good deed for same, and after selling all my effects and collecting the money to settle the estate and pay all expenses, I wish the balance to be divided and paid to the following heirs. One sixth to be equally divided between <strong>Lovy Ann Brown, Jesse Dismall, Francis Dismall, Samuel Dismall and Nancy Dismall, children of my daughter, Julia____________.</strong> The balance to be divided and paid equally between the following heirs: <strong>my son Gideon Weatherington, my daughter Mary Fife, my daughter Martha Joyner, my daughter Lovy Wright, my grandchildren Charles L. Weatherington, Barthena Weatherington and James R. Weatherington, children of my son Robert W. Weatherington.</strong> Lastly, I hereby nominate and appoint John H Cobb executor this 1st day of September 1860.".<br /><br />So with this new information, I gathered the names of Lovy's children and some of her grandchildren. It appears that her daughter, Julia may have died and left children by two different fathers, Brown and Dismall.<br /><br />Lovy (the mother of our Lavinia Ann (Lovy) is listed on the Haywood Co, TN census in 1870 in the household of Martha and W.G. Dalton and their children, W.W., D.A., and cook, Mary Dalton(black). Slaves took on their masters name back then and Mary probably stayed on with them after the Civil War which probably means they treated her well. This may not be Lovy's daughter, Martha, who is listed in her will as Martha Joyner. However, it could be that Martha's first husband died and she remarried to Mr. Dalton. J.R. and Charles are listed on the census with them in the same household also. This appears to be the sons of Robert W. (grandson of Lovy) The last name appears to be Welington on the census. Lovy's last name here is Outlaw as she was married to David E. Outlaw after Robert H. Weatherington died.<br /><br />The Cobbs seem to be related by Lovy's second husband, David Outlaw only.</div>Barbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13090663216372562455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264827788099951525.post-76810103140461834762009-04-15T13:30:00.000-07:002009-04-15T13:36:42.758-07:00T.W.P. Wright deed to William Jones<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPxehde_A0z2A5E0HoJJoRJAn1WQDzNmnJr57xk8eCLc2RkHpSq15fljrVHkIcqiUeU8VQs0yWQr-Zx6zZaF7AGAKttnZ8Xz8hC1YU8oAbquihFddtcJD_rLVqWKNDC39neoWAcvjfYh93/s1600-h/TWP+Wright+sale+of+land+Haywood+Co,TN+pg+1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325019608422377922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 227px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPxehde_A0z2A5E0HoJJoRJAn1WQDzNmnJr57xk8eCLc2RkHpSq15fljrVHkIcqiUeU8VQs0yWQr-Zx6zZaF7AGAKttnZ8Xz8hC1YU8oAbquihFddtcJD_rLVqWKNDC39neoWAcvjfYh93/s320/TWP+Wright+sale+of+land+Haywood+Co,TN+pg+1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6BxJYWMqESziJyH9SYP49QCxftO0yNQBYll92DtjC8VcndiUGAkzK_vnulgmjRB_a4MNcvbzoU1-viNYbPLl2JrlUTu2iBMJr7rg2Nf94tuk5zYIiqlc0xZVR7uQ8BoqGXSfdRE-G5vw9/s1600-h/TWP+Wright+sale+of+land+Haywood+Co,+TN+pg+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325019599305794978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 224px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6BxJYWMqESziJyH9SYP49QCxftO0yNQBYll92DtjC8VcndiUGAkzK_vnulgmjRB_a4MNcvbzoU1-viNYbPLl2JrlUTu2iBMJr7rg2Nf94tuk5zYIiqlc0xZVR7uQ8BoqGXSfdRE-G5vw9/s320/TWP+Wright+sale+of+land+Haywood+Co,+TN+pg+2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>This document shows that T.W.P. Wright deeded land to William Jones 18 Apr. 1855, Haywood County, TN</div></div>Barbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13090663216372562455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264827788099951525.post-68880212700863754972009-04-15T13:18:00.000-07:002009-09-03T15:27:55.493-07:00Sale of Property by Martha E. Wethington<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiee7vblQwESsHf5bKPq8G4ZCrGikwPjTPRPPxH5atSpHCircLP7EQFWKow8OTaCWGvRflflTfMINifTU2-SUOFFbj4FK-FmbYny41PGWXIm8Q11bpHbQAq0CTsy8d9FptByoYPF9NJ7xTZ/s1600-h/sale+of+propertyMartha+Witherington+.+TWP+Wright+admin+for+Robt+Witherington.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325016943433464578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 233px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiee7vblQwESsHf5bKPq8G4ZCrGikwPjTPRPPxH5atSpHCircLP7EQFWKow8OTaCWGvRflflTfMINifTU2-SUOFFbj4FK-FmbYny41PGWXIm8Q11bpHbQAq0CTsy8d9FptByoYPF9NJ7xTZ/s320/sale+of+propertyMartha+Witherington+.+TWP+Wright+admin+for+Robt+Witherington.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>This document shows Martha selling the property and T.W.P. Wright as administrator for Robt. H. Withington. It is dated Aug 1854 in Haywood County, TN. (I believe this Martha is the daughter of Robert H. and Lovy Withington (Weatherington).</div>Barbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13090663216372562455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264827788099951525.post-88291451749315588962009-04-14T20:24:00.000-07:002009-04-15T13:02:50.795-07:00If you click twice on these documents, they will appear larger where you can read them better. I have marked the names in yellow before scanning.Barbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13090663216372562455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264827788099951525.post-73917246436611173992009-04-14T20:17:00.001-07:002009-04-14T20:21:31.605-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiff_p4tYuWUdNyric-TpjDAA2wTsrDoDbUvvgewrAAgRKhsv0pkVy28ePodJJtMFK6KkqZtl9t8D77ezXw8fB3DSpzWE-l4bDe6ynLvHLVXj7NqXhEptkShQFu01Z58ReflOjBin1yHjsl/s1600-h/Robt.+Witherington+suit+over+slaves+pg+3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324752885212071362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiff_p4tYuWUdNyric-TpjDAA2wTsrDoDbUvvgewrAAgRKhsv0pkVy28ePodJJtMFK6KkqZtl9t8D77ezXw8fB3DSpzWE-l4bDe6ynLvHLVXj7NqXhEptkShQFu01Z58ReflOjBin1yHjsl/s320/Robt.+Witherington+suit+over+slaves+pg+3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivqI8sdLsDT_0rVvyPdF6QOFNRosKAjwJRgmHQi8tLrm1lr2nu5iCWb4QQz1m9hjb7k_hG6OObRQqlO_ehpyHokZKGd7GebzGh4SJR2auPzNz-etmSAxXiphPzV9bTV80w5m2X5H59GMeB/s1600-h/Robt.+Witherington+suit+over+slaves+pg+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324752879667499266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 234px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivqI8sdLsDT_0rVvyPdF6QOFNRosKAjwJRgmHQi8tLrm1lr2nu5iCWb4QQz1m9hjb7k_hG6OObRQqlO_ehpyHokZKGd7GebzGh4SJR2auPzNz-etmSAxXiphPzV9bTV80w5m2X5H59GMeB/s320/Robt.+Witherington+suit+over+slaves+pg+2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEStM1vQw77e49PzYtYauVnK7GnyPaaPVCla14vNH5AyxCBJOcex5SwJ8IEAg5tZKMr8lfj9OriO1AaWBA25Ben1J6f0ZOe3HD6N7ltR4gsvEkEIHIo_GUZ6XVdLPFh9ffv-YIodHtZWcN/s1600-h/Robt+Witherington+suit+over+slaves+pg+1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324752877697037602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 319px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEStM1vQw77e49PzYtYauVnK7GnyPaaPVCla14vNH5AyxCBJOcex5SwJ8IEAg5tZKMr8lfj9OriO1AaWBA25Ben1J6f0ZOe3HD6N7ltR4gsvEkEIHIo_GUZ6XVdLPFh9ffv-YIodHtZWcN/s320/Robt+Witherington+suit+over+slaves+pg+1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>Here are the scans of the documents we found.</div></div></div>Barbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13090663216372562455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264827788099951525.post-32533264927075006452009-04-14T20:09:00.000-07:002009-04-14T20:13:04.968-07:00Scans of Witherington-Wright documentsBarbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13090663216372562455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264827788099951525.post-63318451556398504482009-04-14T13:51:00.000-07:002009-09-03T20:16:23.985-07:00Maiden name found for Lavinia Ann WRIGHT<div align="justify">In the fall of 2008, Larry and I took a 6 wk. trip in our motorhome back east for the sole purpose of going to cemeteries, courthouses, libraries and genealogical societies to search for our ancestors. We spent a considerable amount of time in Tennessee since both our ancestors lived there at one time.<br /><br />We went to Haywood County in Brownsville, TN and found a couple of land records. They were written in small longhand in the early 1800's, making them very difficult to read. We filed them in our stack and laid the stack aside when we got home in October because we still had to clean up the garden, and then came the holidays. After the holidays, we spent a month in Yuma and now we are getting ready to garden again so it doesn't leave a lot of spare time for family history.<br /><br />Just recently, I put in a google search for Thomas W.P. Wright which is my great grandfather on my mother, Verna's side. It brought up a book which google had digitized and made available online. This is what is listed :From "Tennessee Tidbits, 1778-1914"-Google Book Search<br /><br />(copyrighted material)<br /><br />This is transcribed from the internet 4/09<br /><br />Page 336:<br />WITHERINGTON, Robert<br />“ Died before 10 January 1849 as shown by the suit of R.W. Witherington next friend of Lovey Ann Wright vs Thomas W.P. Wright. Lovey Ann was the wife of Thomas W.P. Wright and was entitled to 3 negroes derived from her father, Robert Witherington, <strong>deceased.</strong> Thomas Wright had sold the negroes and the suit was to recover the money for them and a trustee was to be named to hold same for her benefit. (Mad TN, Ch Ct Min, 1/61) Lovey Ann had received the negroes from her father’s estate while she was single. She will retain two of them for herself and her children and they will not be subject to the debts of her husband. Jno R. Jelks was appointed to act as trustee. (lbid 65) 16 January<br /><br />page 337:<br />1850, Thomas W.P. Wright and wife, Lucy(Barb's note: this was probably meant to be Lovy) Gideon Witherington, Amos Jonier & wife Martha(note: this is probably Robert and Lovy Weatherington's daughter, Martha) vs David Outlaw & wife Lovey, Halliday H. Fife & wife Mary & Robert Witherington (punctuation as shown). Plaintiffs dismissed their bill. Defentant Outlaw & wife withdrew Ex. No. 1 filed in their answer & filed another. “Recd. Of Lovey Witherington guardian to my wife all of her part of her fathers Estate, This 10th Feby 1837. EX. No.1 (signed) H. H. Fife.” (lbid 103)"<br /><br />Upon finding this record, I started looking through our stack we brought home and found the actual document but I'm not sure I could have deciphered it without the help of that article.<br /><br />At any rate, it gives Lovey's father's name as Robert H. Witherington. The article above shows Robert W. but it looks more like an H. to me. Also that article states the last name as Witherington but in the document, it is actually spelled Witherigton, Worthigton, Wetherigton. and Weatherington. My guess is the clerk just guessed at the spelling each time. The document was filed 27 Jan. 1849. This was 12 years before the beginning of the Civil War when the slaves were freed.<br /><br />I found another document where Martha E. Wethington sold property in 1837 and T.W.P Wright was the administrator for Robt. H. Withington. It is a bit confusing now but at least I have a maiden name for Lovey.<br /><br />Thomas Wiley Wright is listed on the 1850 Haywood County, TN census as T.P.W. Wright in District 5. It shows he was born in North Carolina and gives his age as 28 in 1850. It lists his wife as Lavinia Ann and she is 21 that year. Their children listed were James R., age 4,; Thomas, age 1 and a boarder named Thomas Williams, age 21.<br /><br />They are listed in Alvarado, Johnson County, Texas census in 1860 as T.W.P. Wright, age 38, male, farmer, born N.C., wife, L.A., age 35, female, housewife, born N.C. Children were James R. Wright, age 13, male, born TN; Thos. C. Wright age 11 , male, born TN; Wiley P. Wright, age 9, male born TN, John F. Wright, age 7, male, born TN; L.A.P. Wright age 4, female, born TN, Victoria L. Wright, age 3, female, born Texas, Wm. R. Wright, age 7/12, male , born TX. So according to this they moved to TX between 1856 and 1857 from TN.<br /><br />1870 Census-Burnham, Ellis Co, TX, post office, Cummins Creek, roll M593_1583, page 320, image 42, dwelling #286th house visited, #287th families visited<br />Wright, Thomas W., age 48, male, white, blacksmith, value of real estate $200, value of personal estate $2,000, born NC<br />Lavinia, age 45, female, white, keeping house, born NC<br />Wilie, age 19, male, white, born TN (this spelling is probably how census taker spelled it)<br />Frank, age 18, male, white, born TN (this is John Franklin, my grandfather)<br />Lena, age 14, female, white, born TN<br />Victoria, age11, female, white, born TX<br />Gideon, age 7, male, white, born TX<br />Simon, age 4, male, white, born TX<br /><br />1880 Census-Fannin Co, TX, Precinct 6,<br />Lovie A. Wright, age 52, estimated birth 1828, born NC, white, female, head of household, widowed.<br />Wm. R. Wright, age 20, son<br />Jo. G. Wright, age 16, son<br />Living next door was James R. Wright, 34, wife Salley,29, son Robt. 8, dau.Mattie,1yr. (probably<br />Lovie's son)<br /><br />Thomas Wiley P. Wright is buried in the Oak Grove Cemetery east of Stilwell, Oklahoma. His stone reads "Wiley P. Wright, age 60, native of Tennessee"<br /><br />~on Cherokee Nation Cherokee Indian Roll of John F. Wright with wife Lizzie and their children, (he was not an Indian, Lizzie and children were. This roll lists John's father as Wyly Wright and mother as Annie Wright which is probably short for Lavinia Ann that I found on another document . John was married to Lizzie (Elizabeth Byers) first and then to my grandmother, Annie Etta Wells.<br /><br />So the first names I have found on documents for Lavinia Ann are Louann, Annie, Lovey and initials L.A.<br /><br />Finding her maiden name now has given me another surname to look for, although the correct spelling is yet to be had (Weatherington, Welington, Withigton, Witherington, Withrigton). This is also the first evidence that some of our family were slave owners. I find it interesting that the suit was filed against her husband because he sold her slaves when her father had given them to her before she married T.W.P. but as you can see, the suit was dropped.</div>Barbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13090663216372562455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264827788099951525.post-33982571619552757942009-04-14T13:38:00.000-07:002009-09-03T20:17:41.268-07:00Purpose of my blog<div align="justify"><span style="color:#cc66cc;">Family History is my hobby and passion. I have been looking for ancestors over 30 years off and on. I published "Barney and Verna McBride Family History" last year in hardbound which is a history of my mom and dad and us 5 siblings. I interviewed my brothers, Norman and Glen and my sister Doris. I missed getting Melvin's memories as he passed away in 1999. </span></div><span style="color:#cc66cc;"><div align="justify"><br />Next, I transcribed the tapes onto my computer, then I found a publisher and had it printed. Most of you in the family have a copy of it and I hope you appreciate the history, that might have otherwise, been lost. </div><div align="justify"><br />I have started this blog for the main purpose of sharing our family history with you and making you aware of new finds on our ancestral lines.</span> </div>Barbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13090663216372562455noreply@blogger.com0