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I have some info that I thought might help others. I am not going to type the whole thing put the info I think will help. If you want a copy, please contact me.
Wanted to share a report that I found with you
Tillman Bettes, was on of the first settlers of Shelby County (along with James, William, and John Bettes; Gideon, Thomas, Anderson and Overton Carr; Thomas and Drewry Patterson, as well as others). He was born in NC near the VA border on Oct 6, 1788 of Irish descent and became a farmer. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church. He was married in Wilson Co., TN on May 10, 1809, to Miss Sallie Carr. They came to Shelby Co., TN in 1819, traveling on a flatboat with several other families bound for New Orleans. Upon reaching this point, they were so well-pleased with the country that they decided to settle there. The first white female child born in Shelby Co., TN was Mary Bettis, the sixth child of Tillman P. and Sallie Bettis.
Sallie was born in VA on Dec 23, 1784, the daughter of Thomas Carr, born May 15, 1742 and he died May 5, 1821 and Ann Sanders, born Feb 6, 1750 and she died Sept 10, 1826. Thomas was the son of Gideon Carr, who was born Jan 1, 1712 and he died Apr 14, 1783 and Susannah Brooks, who was born c1719. Gideon was the son of William Carr born c1680, whose parents were Sir Thomas Carr and Mary Garland, who was born and wed in England. Sallie died in Memphis at the birth of her ninth child June 19, 1826.
His second wife, Mrs. Sallie Harkleroad Gribbin, was born in PA in 1800. They were married in AR, March 1827. Tillman owned extensive acreage laying between present-day Poplar Avenue and Union Avenue. He died at his home on Union Avenue on Feb 6, 1854 and is buried in the family plot on the grounds now owned and occupied by the Convent of the Good Shepherd.
Tillman's name is sometimes seen as Tilman and Bettis or Bettes.
Children of Tillman and Sallie Carr Bettis
1. William Talbot Bettis, b. 3/11/1810, married Sarah Wiseman, d. 9/4/1877
2. Annie L. Bettis, b. 8/9/1811, married D. Harkleroad, d. 2/28/1875
3. Drewry Lyon Bettis, b. 8/21/1814, married ?, d. 4/9/1854
4. Salena Bettis, b. 1816, married Albert Blakemore, d. 1872
5. Lucy Bettis, b. 1/29/1818, married Charles King, d. 9/19/1905
6. Mary Bettis, b. 12/1819, married William Pittman, d. 10/9/1868
7. Martha Bettis, b. 4/30/1822, d. 8/3/1839
8. Tillman Carr Bettis, b. 4/20/1824, married Jane Harper, d. 2/2/1894
9. Sallie Carr Bettis, b. 6/19/1826, married Simeon Horn, d. 8/28/1880
Children of Tilman and Sallie Harleroah Gribbin
1.Samuel G. D. Bettis, b. 4/9/1828, married ?, d. 11/23/1841
2. Shelby A. Bettis, b. 10/19/1829, married Phada J. Womack, d. 3/19/1864
3. Elizabeth W. Bettis, b. 6/24/1831, married Seth G. Yarbrough, d. 1/24/1910
4. Anderson Carr Bettis, b. 3/18/1933, married Fannie M. Pryor, d. 9/19/1875
5. John Claiborne Bettis, b. 1835, married Martha Miller, d. 1862
6. Nathaniel Anderson Bettis, b. 4/30/1837, married Theo Pullium, d. 11/17/1905
7. Virginia Carolina Bettis, b. 7/24/1840, married Robert K. Craft, d. 2/10/1915
Info taken from report giving to me by a friend, that states that a Mrs. Brown found a booklet with this family listed. She also did her own research and reports this too.
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