Re: Timothy, Greene or Bledsoe County, TN, late 1700s to mid 1800s
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Timothy, Greene or Bledsoe County, TN, late 1700s to mid 1800s
Duane Boggs 2/04/08
I have a copy of Joseph Hixson's will recorded in Early Greene County (TN) Will Book 1. It was written Nov 26, 1803 (although the will actually reads: "this twenty six day November one thousand eight and three". The word hundred appears to have been left out. The heirs named in the will are his wife, Susanah, and his children Andrew, William, Timothy, Joseph, Ephraim, John, Susanah Davis, Benjamin, and James. Susanah Hixson married William Davis Aug 27, 1794 in Greene County, TN. They are the parents of my g-g-grandmother Sarah Davis who married John Stewart in 1815 in Bledsoe County, TN. John and Sarah Stewart went to Greene County, Missouri about 1850. When Sarah Stewart applied for a War of 1812 widow's pension, she obtained affidavits from her brother Joseph Davis and her husband's brother George Stewart proving her marriage. Joseph Davis deposed the following:
"that he is 74 years of age, and that he was present and Saw John Stewart and Sarah Davis married by one Timothy Hixson, who was at the time a Justice of the Peace; in the County of Bledsoe and State of Tennessee. He further States that he can not fix the precise date of the marriage in his mind, but says to the the best of his recollection and belief, it was in the year 1815 or 1816." The date of the deposition was August 9, 1878.
I am an SAR member and would like to submit a supplemental as a descendant of Joseph Hixson. Joseph Hixson already has an SAR file, although I have not yet seen it. If anyone has or knows of a document that would connect Sarah Davis to her mother Susanah Hixson Davis, I would be very grateful.
Jim Wilson
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