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The following is information concerning sisters of Bartholomew Childress
1800 SC - 1881 AL that never show in Bartholomew's genealogy.
Bartholomew's sister Elizabeth is my ancestor. She married Willis Center and
according to the following, they walked from GA to KY. I have never read any
information stating that Bartholomew was in GA, but with many missing records is
it possible.
Does anyone have any leads on the parents of Bartholomew, William, Nancy
and Elizabeth? Allsey and Nancy Terrell Childress Brown and their children
are buried in the Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church in Allen County KY near the
Macon Co TN border. I assume Willis and Elizabeth Children Center are
buried in unmarked graves in the same location.
My ancestry: Elizabeth Childress w/o Willis Center > Elizabeth Center>
William Fletcher Center m. Mary Ellen Hogue > John Yetman Centers m. Maude
Haines > Alma Lois Centers m. Aubrey Tabor (my grandparents)
Sharon Tabor
WILLIAM ALLEN BROWN
Biographical Sketch written by E. Scott Brown dated 14 Nov. 1897
Transcribed and Submitted by Anna Brown Hunt _bethtx50(a)iwon.com_
(mailto:bethtx50@iwon.com)
William Allen Brown was born was born in Allen Co. Ky. on 22nd day of
April 1820 at the Old Orchard on part of a 400 acre survey owned at our times
by on head waters of Dry Creek about 5 miles
southeast of Scottsville near the Old Willis Center Place- afterwards owned by
s'd Wm. A. B. & the house when he was born he afterwards moved about 1/4
mile S.E. to where & is which his son the writer of this sketch was born. In
a log house, brick chimney, shingle roof, the roof was nailed on with shop
nails made at a blacksmiths shop & cost about 25 cts. a pound. The spring
where water was obtained for this family was about 150 yds. S.E. of the
house & still furnishes plenty water. Dr. Robert Paris of Scottsville was the
family physician. Said Wm. A.'s father was Allsey Brown who was born in
(space) Co. North Carolina on (blank) day of (blank) 179_. And died on East
Fork of Bays Fork in Allen Co. Ky. on (blank) day of Oct. 1864, was a
youth say about 16 years of age when he moved for N. C. to Ky. with his father
Drury Brown who settled near & on adjoining farm to where Wm. A. was born.
Said Drury was born in N.C. & died on this said farm where he settled in
Allen Co. Ky. aged about 70 years- died about 1832 & buried under a walnut
tree on said farm. He was a man of rather small stature, black eyes, black
hair & was a constable & school teacher - good motivator & a good citizen.
Said Drury’s wife, Allsey’s mother was Lizzy Jent & was a sister to
Margaret (Peggy) Jent Brown wife of Wiley Brown who was a brother to said Drury
& was sister to Winnie (Jent) Cook-wife of Syon Cook-father of Calvin Cook
& Amos Cook & Syon Cook. Said Drury’s father never came to this state Ky.
& Wm. A does not know his name, does not know the extraction or nationality
of said Drury’s ancestry-Said Drury had brothers as follows Wiley,
Ruben and Charles. Wiley lived on Long Creek in Allen Co. Ky. Where Oliver
Brown his grandson afterwards lived-Wiley had children to wit: Willis Brown,
who lived near & east of s’d Oliver Brown, who moved to Missouri at say 50
or 60 years of age and died there. He was a very nervous fidgety man.
His, Willis’ wife was Jincy Kelsey & sister to Burton Brown’s wife and Henry,
who lived and died on Long Creek in Allen Co. Ky., was a soldier in the
War of 1812. He married Ailcey Austin sister of Willis and Wilson and
Williamson Austin. His children were Harrison, Oliver, Robertson, Adaline &
William H.
Drury’s brother Ruben moved from North Carolina to Sequatchie Valley
Tennessee between Cumberland Mt. & Walden’s Ridge-in Bledsoe County - Pikesville
the county seat- while a youth. Said Ruben Married Miss Sallie
Worthington and had children to wit: Jesse, James & two daughters Minerva
and________. Said Ruben lived about 6 miles east of Pikesville owned a large tract of
very rich land on Bledsoe Creek in Bledsoe County Tenn. Owned 30 black
slaves & was wealth- lived in a brick house. Said Wm A. made a visit to his
said great uncle Ruben Brown in fall of 1842 or about said year & remained
10 days was cordially received & entertained. Said Ruben was a man of good
size broad shouldered, weight about 175 lbs. Got his start by breeding
cattle in the mountains in east Tennessee. Jesse & James lived on land given
to them their father Ruben and had families. Said Ruben’s brother Charles
moved westward to the “Yellow Banks” at or near Owensboro Ky.-had a
family but never returned or visited his relatives here & Wm. A. knows nothing
further of his history.
Allsey Brown, father of the subject of this sketch, was married on
day of 18 to Miss NANCY TERRELL CHILDRESS who was born in South
Carolina on the day of 17 and who was living with old Harry
Collins in Allen Co. Ky. then Warren Co Ky. till near the time when she and
Allsey married. She was a sister to Willis Center’s wife, ELIZABETH & came to
Ky. on foot, leading a horse which carried such goods as they brought.
She had a brother BARTHOLMEW CHILDRESS who lived in Mobile Ala & was at our
time Sheriff of his County. Said Nancy came from Georgia here.
Said Allsey Brown was a large land owner- owning 800 acres or more which
he for the most part divided among his children before he died. Said Allsey
Brown owned six Negro slaves, to wit; Dinah, Jo, & Kit & her 3 children-
Bruce, Geo. & Bob. He was a great deer hunter & killed more venison & wild
turkey than the family could use. Had a deer park as field & a number of
tamed deer to which the wild deer made visits & thus after came in range of
Allsey rifle.
He was married only the one time & had children to wit:
1. Henry Jackson born
2. John Harrison born
3. William Allen born
4. Celia Garner born
5. Drury Burton born
6. Thomas Jent born
7. Willis Denton who died as infant
8. Samuel Bartholomew born
9. Sarah Elizabeth born
10. Gillah Ann Melinda born
Said Wm. A was married on 26th day of February 1846 to Miss Sarah Holliday
Alexander daughter of Amzi Chapens Alexander at said Amzi’s by Rev.
Hartwell Burge a Methodist Minister then in charge of the circuit where they
lived. The mother of said Sarah H. was Elizabeth Watkins Holliday of Rev.
Charles Holliday & his wife Sarah Holliday.
To said Wm. A. and Sarah H. were born the following children
1. Eugene Scott born 3 Dec. 1846 died 21 Oct. 1898
2. Elizabeth Luella born 13 Oct. 1848 died 26 Nov 1869
3. George Lee born 26 April 1851 died 27 May 1885
4. infant son unnamed born 4 June 1853 died the same day
5. Nannie Celia born 11 June 1854 died 15 Dec. 1858
6. Sarah Allie born 6 April 1857 died 26 Jan. 1890
7. Ann Rebecca born 11 July 1859
Said Wm. A. attended the schools of his vicinity beginning at about 7
years of age-first went to school to his Grand Father- the said Drury- who
taught in a small cabin schoolhouse on Dry Creek in the woods near Lafayette
Tenn. Road. Eliza Alexander, afterward Bailey afterwards Shelly, was
attended at said school. Then at “Old Liberty” to Urial Grace from Sumner Co.
Tenn. Then to his Uncle Burton Brown a number of schools at Old Liberty.
Then at said place to James H. Long 2 schools, was about 14 years old when at
these schools. Then Wm. A. moved with his parents to the farm on East
Fork of Bays Fork-head waters there of- where his said parents died as stated
above. Then again attended said James H. Long’s school near said place in
his Uncle Allen Brown’s old house then the property of his Uncle Denton
Brown. Then at Pleasant Hill to his said Uncle Burton Brown which ended his
educational course. Said Burton Brown greatly enjoyed giving his scholars a
treat at Christmas after a great romp of being turned out of the
schoolhouse by his pupils or rather being barred out till he would agree to treat
and give 2 weeks holiday-once he got in by disguising himself as a negro
woman, after decoying the larger pupils away by this strategy having another
man to ride up near the schoolhouse in his clothes so that the larger pupils
pursued the wrong man while the smarter pupils let the negro woman in to
warm. But on the return of these larger pupils he was caught & bound &
carried toward a pond, but the imminent danger of a dunking brought him to terms
and a very liberal treat and two weeks holiday were given. But at the
regular hours & days for study he (Burton) was a rather a strict teacher and
highly respected and much loved by his pupils.
He, Wm. A. studied Noah Webster’s American Standard Spelling Book-
penmanship- Pike’s Arithmetic. Said Wm. A.’s wife attended the same schools with
him except to Drury Brown’s to James Hunt who taught on Bays Fork about 1
mi. below her fathers place & she afterwards in 1838 went to school to her
Uncle Prof. Nelson G. Alexander in Wilson Co. Tenn. near Cherry Valley P.O.
studied Arithmetic (Pike’s), Geography, Grammar. At about 14 went to
school to Jared P. Willis near John Whitney’s farm & boarded at James Cowden Sr
’s on Barren River. She afterwards read a great deal of History & general
Literature and devoted much time to classical literature- Read,
Shakspeare, Byran, Burns, Campbell, Camper, Thompson, etc. etc.
She and said Wm. A. lived on adjoining farms from his 14th year till they
married.
Wm. A. was elected Justice of the Peace for Scottsville District in 186_-
at about close of the war. Was appointed County School Commissioner, then
elected J.P. of his Magisterial Dist. (Scottsville) but resigned as J.P.
after a year or so because an Act of Legislature made the offices of School
Commissioner and J.P. incompatible. Was elected School Commissioner by the
magistrates of this county and held the office till 186_ was Deputy
Sheriff under J.H. Gilliam in 187_ made two races for Representative- one against
John J. Gatewood, Democrat but was defeated 45 votes in 1865. Then
against Thomas J. Morehead-Democrat- 1873 but was defeated. Took Census as U. S.
Enumerator for Scottsville in 1890 & Raleigh in 1880. Was Land
Processioner for Allen Co. Ky. for 15 years - 1882 to 1897-being still in said
position. Personal description-height 6 feet; complexion medium; hair black;
eyes dark blue; born in Allen Co. Ky.,occupation farmer. Member of M.E.
Church & of Graham Masonic Lodge No. 208 & of the Republican party - was a
decided Republican from the organization of that party- Was a whig or a
Nonothing. His father was a Whig. His wife’s father was a whig or a nonothing.
His grandfather Drury was a whig.
At the end of the sketch he wrote:
Said Allsey Brown’s brothers and sisters were as follows:
1. Allen Brown born in N.C. 17
Married Peggy Miller in Allen Co., 18
& they had children to wit: Wm.; Mary Ann; Martha Ann; Dow;
Hector; Newton; Bradford; & Rebecca.
2. Burton Brown born 18
Married Annie Kelsey on 18
& they had children to wit : Sam H.; Hugh K.; Hester; Ginnetta;
Robert L.; Virgil; Rinnie ( De Funiac Springs, Fla.) married L. I.
Smith.
3. Drury Denton Brown born 18
Married Sarah Brown (sister to Oliver Brown’s wife) & they had
Children to wit: Sketton, John E., Mary Elizabeth, Wm. C.; Mattie.
4. Tilitha born
And died without marrying.
5. Gillah born
Married Thomas Jent
& they had children viz: Hiram
6. Polly born
Married Jesse Jent
& they had children to wit:Allsey
7. Betsey born
Married Eli Pitchford
8. Margaret (Peggy)
Married Levi Center
& they had children, viz: Mandy, Cornelius Denton; then Levi died &
She married John Russell & they had children to wit: Wm.
_The Childers ~ Childress Family Association Childress Genealogy_
(http://original.childers-childress.com/hanks2.html) PLEASE LEFT CLICK: NOW
Checkout APPOMATTOX_ & SAPPONIE CREK: The John & PRISILA
That is John Childress & Prissila Stinnett< WHO IS MY 5TH Great Grand
AUNT, In Amherst County VIRGINIA. PLEASE REPLY. THANKS CUZ AT
_atpowelljr(a)aol.com_ (mailto:atpowelljr@aol.com)
I'm trying to get my family together ,I've had our DNA test done and have
gone to the 111 test and won't have the results until sometime next month.
So far, I don't connect with your family I don't think. I maybe wrong, but
when I find my info is a sure thing I will pass info over to you. I pray
we all have the time to get our family info together. Yes, I have many John
Childress' in my family but there is a bunch of them to go through. Talk to
you soon. Irma Summers
In a message dated 8/14/2013 4:42:32 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
Atpowelljr(a)aol.com writes:
_Benjamin Marion Stinnett_
(http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=altaira9&id=I1539
4) b: 22 OCT 1792 d: 30 JUL 1876
3 _David Stinnett_
(http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=altaira9&id=I1928
6)
2 _Susannah Stinnett_
(http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=altaira9&id=I1540
1) b: ABT 1750
+ _Henry Childress_
(http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=altaira9&id=I1540
2) b: BEF 1769
3 _Richard Childress_
(http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=altaira9&id=I1967
6) b: ABT 1784PLEASE THIS Benjamin Stinnett was My
6th great grand father.
Susannah Stinnett was my 5th great grand aunt. I am 87 years & was born
&
partly raised in the part of Amherst County Va That this
Stinnett/Childres
Families live in, Does any one of the LIVING Childress HAVE ANY
INFORMATION. YEA I know, BUT still kin folks The Descendants of AUNT
SUSANNAH ARE
along back; FOR me I at 87 have Three Great Great Grand Children =ing 12
generations CUZ AT
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