Joseph Dunn married Anna Medley
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In reply to:
Joseph Dunn (1804 NC - 1855 White Co TN) - Parents???
Richard Zieman 6/04/03
The Deeds of Trust Book of White County, Tennessee show that in December 1855, the same brother-in-law William Dunn sold some 171 acres of "the estate of my late father, Joseph Dunn deceased" to W. F. Carter for the sum of One Hundred Dollars.(Joseph and Anna Dunn are found in Household 51 of the 1850 White County census, with son William at age 18).Curiously, there is no attempt whatsoever to describe the property; we must assume this is the majority basis for the 186 acres of the Partition Deed of the heirs of Mary A(nn) Carter of 1890.It is our opinion the 1855 deed is, in fact, defective and the cause for the elaborate Partion Deed of 1890.See all documents with annotations below.
[Separately, Joseph Dunn had paid over One Hundred Eighty Dollars for only 52 acres back in 1851.All in all, this 1855 purchase is very dubious indeed].
Herald Times at Sparta TN, Saturday, November 17, 1855 - No. 50:
STATE OF TENNESSEE - County Court for White County - November Term 1855
Wm. F. Carter & others vs. John W. (Wesley) Dunn & others
Petition to sell land
In the case it appearing to the Court from the petition wich is sworn to, that
Joseph B. Medley, Mary Ann Medley and James B. Medley, part of said
defendants are non-residents of the State of Tennessee, so that the ordinary
process of the law cannot be served upon them … etc.etc.etc.