William E. VENABLE grt-grt-grandson of T. GOLDSBY
William E. VENABLE, b. 27-Sept-1913 in Millington, Shelby Co., TN & d. 17-May-1999 in Millington, Shelby Co., TN, was a great-great-grandson of Terrell Thomas GOLDSBY.Terrell T. GOLDSBY was b. 16-May-1802 in Milestone Creek, Oglethorpe Co., GA and migrated to Shelby Co., TN about 1820 +/-.He and his brother Miles/Myles Walton GOLDSBY, along with their father, Richard Boykin GOLDSBY left Randolph Landing, GA and were led by an Indian to what was then called Area 3.This became Lucy, TN and is now a part of Millington, TN.Terrell Thomas GOLDSBY was buried in the "GOLDSBY Family Cemetery" in land that was owned by William E. VENABLE of Millington, TN, a great-great-grandson of Terrell Thomas GOLDSBY.
This VENABLE family might be linked to the family of Lewis VENABLE, a schoolteacher of Old Burke Co., NC, who married Mary "Polly" GOLDSBY, and shorthly thereafter in the 1820's left for "points unknown".
Bill Swearingen - Bellville, TX (60 mls. W./Houston)