Pierce Family Memories
by Angella Perry Graybeal
The Key to the
Numbering system: Each descendant listed
is first found under his/her parents name, on the far left side of the
page. A number is given if the person has children. Go forward
to the number found in bold type at the left to find the person with
their spouse and children.
1. HARDY
PIERCE The Cora Pierce family
bible has Hardy next to Arthurs name. It
could be his father as it appears or the person writing the entry could be
confused with all of the other Hardy
Pierces in this family tree. no
proof has been found so far. I also
found two other researchers that had Hardy as the parent.
Children of HARDY
PIERCE are:
2. i. ARTHUR PIERCE, b. Abt. 1774, Wake County, NC;
d. June 04, 1854, Overton, TN.
3. ii. JOHN PIERCE, b. Abt. 1772, NC; d. 1808, Carter
Co. Tn..
4. iii. HARDY PIERCE, b. Abt. 1770, Wake, NC; d.
February 11, 1851, Overton, TN.
Arthur, Hardy and John were
blacksmiths. Blacksmiths were critical
to the early communities. Not only did they shoe the horses and build the wagons
but they also made wagon wheel rims and made repairs. As commerce picked up and
more settlers arrived, there was an increasing demand for plows and rifles.The
Revolutionary War effort alone provided a great demand for blacksmiths and
gunsmiths. The loggers needed saws and axes as well as chains and hooks.
Homesteaders needed hardware and house wares, most of which the blacksmith
made. Blacksmiths made and repaired hinges, household goods, farm implements,
tools, and locks.
Life in
the mountains: Most everything was made
by hand: wool hats, shoes, tools and
bedding filled with cattails, oak leaves or corn shucks, unless one was lucky
enough to collect feathers to fill a tick.
They made their own candles but often were forced to use saucers filled with
tallow and a cloth wick, which were called sluts. They often had to use molasses instead of
sugar as sweetening. Usually once a year
people would organize horse or ox teams and head for South Carolina or Georgia
for staples such as salt and sugar.
Each community had a mill to grind corn
into meal. It was a custom that for every turn of ground corn, the miller got a
small measure, called a toddick. It was
a rule that every man work one day a month on the roads. Most of the furniture was handmade and held
together with wood dowels.
Women had to work very
hard. Besides cooking and cleaning, they
joined together in making quilts and coverlets, helped to plant, hoe and gather
crops; they even plowed and split rails,
if needed. They made cider and molasses
and made all the clothing on spinning wheels and looms.
For relaxation and social activity, the
communities got together for corn shuckings and molasses pulls. This was designed to promote courtships.
Music was played on banjos or an adaptation of the German zither called a
dulcimer, a oblong string instrument created in the Appalachian Mountains.
In the 1790's, it was still dangerous
in East Tennessee. The settlers had suffered greatly at the
hands of the Indians during the Revolutionary War. Even after the war, the Indians continued to attack and raid
the white settlers. There are many
records of attacks upon settlers and
cabin-homes throughout all the territory of Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky
during the 1790's
Generation No. 2
2. ARTHUR PIERCE
(HARDY1) was born Abt. 1774 in Wake County, NC, and died
June 04, 1854 in Overton, TN. He married
(1) MARY Fitzgerald Abt. 1796. She was born Abt. 1775 in NC. He married (2) NANCY TOMPKINS August 21, 1817
in Carter County TN., daughter of WILLIAM TOMPKINS and ELIZABETH OWENS. She was born March 08, 1800 in Carter County,
TN, and died 1824 in Overton, TN. He
married (3) MARY ANN MARBREY Abt. 1826.
He married (4) REBECCA MYERS Abt. 1836.
She was born Abt. 1821 in Tennessee.
Notes for ARTHUR
PIERCE:
!MILITARY: War of 1812, Source:
William Parsons said he served in
the War of 1812 with Arthur Pierce and lived near him in Carter and Overton
Counties. p 30 Jume Rayfield Welch
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In 1790, Arthur Pierce
was taxed in Washington Co. North
Carolina.
In 1791, he was still
in Richard White District, as were Samuel McQueen and Rowand Jenkins
Arthur was on the 1805 Carter County TN tax roll
August 1805: He was authorized five dollars by the County
Court for "supporting.. one of the poor" fifteen days; Carter County
July 28, 1806: Signed a petition to build a road
January 1, 1808: Arthur purchased 300 acres on Stoney
Creek for $150 from John Carriger. p
45,
February 14, 1809: Arthur mortgaged the land back to Carriger for $150. Terms: $159 due February 14, 1811. Deed Book B page 191 and 192.
February 14, 1809: Deed book B page 206: Arthur sold to John Carriger for $32.00: 3
year old mare, an 11 year old mare, 1
year old colt, 8 head of cattle, 15
hogs, 100 bushels of corn, 2 feather beds, furniture, 2 pots.
February 1, 1812: signed as surety to a marriage bond of Lucy
Pierce and William Parsons, Carter County
May 27, 1817: Summoned
to serve on a "jury of view" for land for iron ore production, Stoney
Creek, Carter County
August 5, 1817: Part of
a "jurors of view" reporting on 3,000 acres for iron ore production
in Stoney Creek, Carter County
1819: bail on John Rose, Carter County, TN
December 17, 1819: Likely hosted the marriage of Elisha Cross
and Rebecca Pierce
1822: Was on a jury of
view for Carter County
February 13, 1824:
Served as a complainant on a debt,
Carter County
June 26, 1824: Along with William Garland, seller of 64
acres on Stoney Creek, Deed Book D, pp
30-1
June 26, 1824 , William Garland, Arthur Pierce &
John Glover to John Glover for $450, 64 acres on Stoney Creek, it being a part
of the tract granted to Arthur Johnston & and from Johnston heirs to
William Garland. Jno. Berry & John G. Evans. Proved May court 1825. Deed book D
page 45, 49 and 50
February 23, 1828: Served a warrant on a debt complaint, Carter County
September 22,
1831: Arthur Pearce, of Overton Co.
conveyed to Sarah Pierce, of Carter Co.
for $10.00, land on Stoney Creek adjoining Bessendine, Carriger and Arthur
Stone "upon which Sarah Pierce now lives," the same 29 1/2 acres heretofore sold as the
property of Siam Pierce by Sheriff William Carter, of Carter County, and
purchased by Arthur Pierce. ( Arthur was
relinquishing the land to Sarah Pierce, widow of Siam Pierce.) Carter Co., TN Deed Book D, p. 416
July 1, 1844: Bound to
work on a third class county road, Overton County, TN
July 7, 1845: Bound to work on a second class county road,
Overton (Pickett) County
July 7, 1845: Released
from payment of taxes in the amount of
30 1/2 cents for the year, Overton County, TN
August 3, 1846: Bound to work on a second class county road,
Overton County
January 3, 1848: Bound
to assist and reported on the laying off of a slope to a mill dam across the Wolfe River
January 4, 1849: Bound to work on a second class county
road, Overton (Pickett) County, TN
June 4, 1854:
Burial Pierce-Sells Cemetery, Oak Hill Community, Overton County, TN
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Census: 1830 Carter County, Arthur Pierce and wife between age 50-60, 1
son under age 5, 1 son age 15-20, one daughter age 20-30.
CENSUS: 1850 Overton Co
Tenn census: Pierce Arthur 74 farmer
North Carolina, Rebecca (wife)
29 TN, Nancy 13, Susan 10, Joseph 9, Ann 6, Effee 4, Margaret 5/12
There is about 45 years
difference in the ages of Arthur and
wife Rebecca.
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HISTORY: The Pierces
now living in Pickett Co Tenn are all descendants of Arthur and Hardy Pierce
who were supposedly brothers. Arthur
& Hardy were born in North Carolina during the 1770's. They came to East Tenn in the early 1800's
and were in Overton Co., Tenn, (now Pickett Co., Tenn) in the Oak Hill
Community by 1830. Arthur & Hardy Pierce were both members of the Wolf
River United Baptist Church. Arthur was
dismissed from the church. It appears
Arthur may have moved back to East Tenn and then returned to Overton Co., Tenn
where he was living in 1850 with the family - listed above . According to
Caryle Amonett, the early Pierces were blacksmiths, and their shop was
located on the present John L. Johnson farm in the Oak Hill Community of
Pickett Co Tenn. Arthur died in 1854.
History of Families in Pickett Co
Tenn.
In 1819, The Sewells, The Tompkins, The
Cargills, The Staleys, The Parsons, The Pierces and others who had come from
WILKES CO North Carolina and settled along the Wolf River, formed the nucleus
for the membership of Wolf River Baptist Church. Arthur Pierce donated the original site for
the church. Later a "reform
movement" led by "Raccoon John" Smith, Alexander Campbell,
Jonathan Young and the Sewell brothers, left the congregation in August of 1842
and started another church later to be known as the Christian Church.
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RELIGION: On May 5,
1821, Arthur and Nancy Pierce were 2 of the 28 Charter members of the Wolf
River Baptist Church, in Overton Co. TN.
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Arthur divorced his
first wife to marry a younger woman. His
2nd wife died.
His 3rd wife was
excluded from Wolf River United Baptist Church "for swearing on a Bible,
making mischief between Viney Cole and husband, and being unreasonable in the
correction of Mary Ann's stepchildren. p
29 June Rayfield Welch
Arthur and 3rd wife, Mary Marbrey divorced.
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source for Jane's birth
date is Church of Latterday Saints family files. There is the possibility that Elizabeth ,
Rebecca or Jane are Hardy's children.
Researchers are disagreeing and I have seen no proof.
No proof that Mary
Fitzgerald was wife of Arthur. Our
family bible did not list Griffin Pierce's mother. The name has come from other researchers. I did find a NC will record online for John
Fitzgerald who died 1751 and mentioned
his daughter Mary Fitzgerald Pierce and husband Arthur. These dates make it impossible to be this
Arthur Pierce. Robert Nave, Historian
suspects that a Griffin was the first wife.
"According to Wolf River Baptist Church
records. Nancy died 1824." Nancy Thomkins Pierce & Arthur were early
members of Wolf River Church.
Children of ARTHUR
PIERCE and MARY FITZGERALD are:
5. i. HARDY3 PIERCE, b. 1815, Carter
County, TN; d. 1867, Overton, TN.
ii. JANE PIERCE, b. September 25, 1800 m. JACOB VANHUSS, August 18, 1833, Carter
County TN..b. 1791 d. 1856
6. iii. LUCY PIERCE, b. 1794, Wake County, NC; d. 1865,
Overton, TN.
6b iv. REBECCA PIERCE, b. 1795; d. 1859; m. JOSEPH L.
CABLE,
7. v. GRIFFIN PIERCE, b. February 22, 1797, North Carolina; d. 1854,
Carter Co. Tn..
8. vi. MICHAEL B. PIERCE,
b. February 22, 1799, NC; d. March 04, 1876, Carter County, TN.
9. vii. ANDERSON K. PIERCE, b. Abt. 1806, Carter
County, TN; d. Aft. 1861, (probably)
Carter County, TN.
11. viii. SION ARTHUR PIERCE, b. Abt. 1795, NC; d. Abt.
1830, Carter County, TN.
12. ix. ELIZABETH PIERCE, b. 1800, NC; d. 1840, Carter
County.
Children of ARTHUR
PIERCE and NANCY TOMPKINS are:
13. x. WILLIAM BAILEY3 PIERCE, b. Abt.
1820, Washington County, TN.
xi. SARAH PIERCE, b. Abt. 1818; m. HENRY BERRY,
December 03, 1848, Carter County TN.; b. Abt. 1814, Carter County, TN.
14. xii. ARTHUR H. PIERCE, b. Abt. 1824, Tennessee; d.
Carter County, TN.
15. xiii MARY PIERCE, b. August 18, 1811, NC; d. January
25, 1900, Carter County.
Children of ARTHUR
PIERCE and MARY MARBREY are:
16. xiv. JACOB CAMERON3 PIERCE, b. 1827,
Overton, TN.
17. xv. HENRY NATHAN PIERCE, b. April 17, 1834,
Overton, TN; d. December 12, 1902, Clinton, KY.
Children of ARTHUR
PIERCE and REBECCA MYERS are:
xvi. NANCY3 PIERCE, b. Abt. 1837.
xvii. SUSAN PIERCE, b. Abt. 1840.
18. xviii. JOSEPH PIERCE, b. November 11, 1840, Overton,
TN; d. December 19, 1922, Carter County, TN.
xix. ANN PIERCE, b. Abt. 1844, Overton, TN.
xx. EFFIE MACK
PIERCE, b. Abt. 1846, Overton, TN.
Lemuel C. Wright is Effie's daugter
Nancy's father). Lemuel was married to
Permelia Huddleston with whom he had at least 9
children. While Lemuel was
married to Permelia, he also fathered
several children with Effie.
He was the father of most or all of Effie's children. Lemuel and his family lived
next door to Effie in 1880.
1880 Fentress
County, Census: L. C. Wright 35, Permelia 33, John A 13,
Elizabeth 11, Elihue 9, Robert H 7,
Nancy 5, Catharin 3 , Sarah 26,
Neice, Elizabeth 84? mother
1880 Fentress
TN Census: Mack Pierce 35, Cyan ? 15,
Gina 11, Bob 9, Mary 5
Effee's
Children : Sion, Gina, Bob, Mary,
Joe, Nancy Isabell Pierce born 1883)
xxi. MARGARET PIERCE, b. 1850, Overton, TN.
xxii. HENRY PIERCE, b. 1851.
Notes for HENRY PIERCE:
Book": Pickett Co
TN Cemeteries", Believed to be the
son of Arthur & Rebecca Myers Pierce.
He was an uncle of Nancie Pierce Brannum, and is buried in an unmarked
grave near Dee Brannum's grave. Buried
in row with J. D. (Dee) Brannum, probably the grave next to Sarah Brannum
Garrett; Unmarked
3. JOHN PIERCE
(HARDY1) was born Abt. 1772 in NC, and died 1808 in
Carter Co. Tn.. He married NANCY ANN
BROWN Abt. 1795. She was born September
24, 1779 in VA, and died June 06, 1850 in Carter County.
Notes for JOHN PIERCE:
LAND: Carter Co.,
January 2, 1796 John Pearce was involved in a land transaction. He witnessed a deed when George Brown sold
land to Godfrey D. Stout both of Washington County Territory South of the R.
Ohio for $106.50, 300 Acres, Campbells Creek of Little Doe Deed book A: 119
Nancy married William
Dugger after John died.
1850 Carter County
Census :Ann Dugger, FARMING (m 1790) VA
,76 Nancy Dugger 39, Maryann S. 31
Sarah Ann Dugger 14, Nancy J. 7,
John F. Dugger 4 , Martha Dugger 50,
Children of JOHN PIERCE
and NANCY BROWN are:
i. PATTY PIERCE, b. November 15, 1795.
19. ii. HANNAH PIERCE, b. October 03, 1797, NC; d.
October 29, 1883, Vermillion County, Indiana.
iii. JENNIE PIERCE, b. September 25, 1800.
20. iv. GEORGE MORTON
PIERCE, b. November 22, 1802, NC; d.
Aft. 1880, Carter County, TN.
21. v. HARDY PIERCE, b. November 14, 1804, TN; d. Bef.
1880, Parke County, Indiana.
22. vi. HENRY C. PIERCE, b. June 05, 1807, Tennessee;
d. May 23, 1892, Carter County, TN.
4. HARDY PIERCE
(HARDY1) was born Abt. 1770 in Wake, NC, and died
February 11, 1851 in Overton, TN. He
married SUSAN Abt. 1790 in Wake County, NC.
She was born Abt. 1772 in NC, and died 1859 in Overton, TN.
Notes for HARDY
PIERCE:
On 28 July 1806, in
Carter Co. TN, Hardy signed a petition to open a wagon road from the North
Carolina boundary near the Roane's Creek iron works through Elizabethton to the
main road on the Watauga River. The
General Assembly was to give $200 and the signers-including Hugh Jinkins,
Leonard Shoun, Arthur "Perce", John Pierce and Hardy
"Peirce"-would contribute their labor.
Hardy Pierce purchased
land in Carter Co on October 14, 1816 p
75,78,84 Abstracts of Deeds of Carter Co Tenn 1796-1825
1822, Minutes of Carter
County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions v.2 pp. 12,21, 39, 66 106, 112, 148,
191, 243, 262. Hardy was on a 1819 jury
with Hugh Jenkins and in 1820 was a grand juror and petit juror with Joseph
Tompkins. Hardy, Arthur Pearce, and Roland Jenkins were on a jury of view .
July 5, 1824: Land Entry, Book A, page 32, Blue Springs
area, south side of Stoney Creek 50 acres where he currently lived.
October 2, 1824: Survey
of 50 acres on Stoney Creek, Book A page 59,
September 18, 1829: State land grant, 50 acres on Stoney Creek, TN land Grant page 550
Hardy came to Overton
Co about 1830 from Carter County
October 3, 1831: Carter County Deed Book D, Hardy Pierce of Overton County sold land to
Jonathan Lipps of Carter County for $50.
Witnesses were Arthur Pierce and James Berry.
Carter County Deed Book
C page 163, 325-6: Hardy Pierce witnessed a deed.
March 20, 1832: land entry, 150 acres Fish Springs, Carter
County, book B, page 89,
November 12, 1832: survey of 150 acres, north side Watauga
River, Fish Spring beside Ezekiel Smith and
William
Dugger, chain Bearers: Henry Pierce and George W. Campbell
Overton County Deed
Book J, p 78: Hardy conveyed 172 acres adjoining Stephen Sewell, Jenkins
Tompkins and Jonathan A. Sewell, to his son John M. Pierce, July 3, 1841.
Overton County Deed
Book M, p 61: Hardy Pierce sold land to
Arthur Pierce.
CENSUS: 1830 Overton
Co., TN Pierce Hardy 60 - 70, wife 50 - 60,
boy 5 - 10, girl
10 - 15
CENSUS: 1840 Overton
Co., TN Sr Pearce, Hardy 60 - 70,
wife 60 - 70, male 15 - 20, female
15 - 20
HARDY'S Occupation: Blacksmith
Children of HARDY
PIERCE and SUSAN are:
i. HARDY PIERCE, b. 1792;
23. ii. SUSAN PIERCE, b. September 22, 1795, Wake, NC;
d. July 17, 1880, Clinton, KY.
iii. NANCY PIERCE, b. 1797; d. August 21, 1817,
Carter Co. Tn.; m. PETER MIERS, August 21, 1817, Carter County TN..
iv. RICHARD PIERCE, b. 1799; m. MARY.
24. v. REBECCA PIERCE, b. 1801.
25. vi. MARY "POLLY" PIERCE, b. February 07,
1802, Carter Co. Tn.; d. March 11, 1867, Amonette Ridge, Overton, TN.
26. vii. SION BENJAMIN J. PIERCE, b. 1805, Carter Co.
Tn..
27. viii. HANNERETTA PIERCE, b. Abt. 1806, Tennessee; d.
Bet. 1861 - 1869, Clay County, KY.
28. ix. JOHN MORTON PIERCE, b. July 04, 1807, Carter
Co. Tn.; d. June 23, 1864, Mintonville, Casey, KY.
29. x. SARAH "SALLY" PIERCE, b. October 21,
1809, Carter Co. Tn.; d. October 26, 1893, Byrdstown (Pickett) TN.
30. xi. ELIZABETH PIERCE, b. May 05, 1815, Carter
County, TN; d. October 10, 1897, Carter County,
TN.
Generation No. 3
5. HARDY PIERCE
(ARTHUR2, HARDY1) was born 1815 in
Carter County, TN, and died 1867 in Overton, TN. He married CYNTHIA PARSONS. She was born Abt. 1816 in TN.
Notes for HARDY PIERCE:
1850 Overton County, TN
Census: Pearce Hardy
35 TN (occupation: Farmer), Cynthia
34, William 12,
Arthur 10 , Granville
8, James 6 ,
Samuel 3, Elizabeth
2/12
Children of HARDY
PIERCE and CYNTHIA are:
i. WILLIAM4 PIERCE, b. 1838, Overton,
TN.
ii. ARTHUR M. PIERCE, b. 1840, Overton, TN.
iii.
GRANVILLE PIERCE, b. 1842, Overton, TN.
iv. SAMUEL H.
PIERCE, b. 1847, Overton, TN.
v.
ELIZABETH PIERCE, b. 1850.
vi. FRANKLIN PIERCE, b. 1852.
vii. JAMES H. PIERCE, b. October 1844, Overton, TN;
m. LORINA PIERCE; b. November 18, 1845; d. March 31, 1901.
6. LUCY PIERCE
(ARTHUR2, HARDY1) was born 1794 in Wake
County, NC, and died 1865 in Overton, TN.
She married WILLIAM PARSONS February 01, 1812 in Carter County,
TN.. He was born June 05, 1791 in Wilkes
County, NC, and died August 14, 1859 in Overton, TN.
Shortly after his
marriage William Parsons joined the Army to serve in Colonel Ellison's Regiment
under Capt. Adam Winsell with a group of TN Volunteers who constructed Forts
Madison and Jackson in the War of 1812. After
the War of 1812, He traded a land grant he received for his services during the
war and with some additional money purchased 200 acres of land in the 12th
district of Overton County, in the extreme northeastern part of the
county. In 1827, he moved his family to
a farm adjoining his father-in-law Arthur Pierce.
William and Lucy joined
the Wolf River Baptist Church on August 7, 1838.
Arthur Pierce signed as
Surety for Lucy and William's marriage on Feb 1, 1812
Children of LUCY PIERCE
and WILLIAM PARSONS are:
i. SUZANNAH4 PARSONS, b. Abt. 1823.
ii. JAMES C. PARSONS, b. August 02, 1819, Carter
County, TN; d. April 25, 1899, prob.
Fannin, Texas; m. (1) ELIZABETH BIGGERSTAFF; m. (2) MARY E. TOMPKINS, 1839; b.
Abt. 1817, TN; d. 1851, Overton, TN.
iii. JOHN CALLEY PARSONS, b. March 21, 1825, Carter
County, TN; d. August 22, 1860,
Byrdstown, Overton County, TN.
iv. SUBRIA PARSONS, b. Abt. 1829, Carter
County, TN.
v. ELIZABETH B. PARSONS, b. December 11, 1833,
Overton, TN; d. May 14, 1892, Pickett Co., TN; m. WILLIAM MULKEY AMONETT.
6b
REBECCA PIERCE, b. 1795; d.
1859; m. JOSEPH L. CABLE, December 12, 1815, Carter County TN.; b. 1791; d.
1882. Wolfe County, KY
Wolfe County, KY 1880 Census: Joseph
Cable age 89 widower, NC, Stephen b. abt 1831,Casper b. abt 1827 TN,
Elizabeth 1834
Joseph Cable is the son of Casper Cable and
Elizabeth Baker. Casper was born 1755.
He lived with his family in
Hanover, Germany and was nineteen years old when he came to America with the
company of Hessian soldiers who were paid by the British to fight against the
Colonists. He was captured by George
Washington at Trenton, New Jersey on Dec 26, 1776. He volunteered out of prison and fought with
the colonists until the end of the war.
For his service Casper was given a grant of land by the American
Government for hundreds of acres of land in what is now Johnson County. He
owned many slaves who cleared the land and carried on considerable
farming. Later Casper had a large apple
orchard. The apples were used in making
brandy. It has been told while
Casper lived in Hanover, Germany, his father had arranged a marriage for him
with a girl who was many years older, and who was scarred from smallpox. Financially it was a great match for Casper;
however he was opposed to the match. As
the wedding date drew near, he became desperate and ran away to join the German
Army. He was then sent to the province
of Hesse Cassel. He was one of 22,000
troops hired by England to fight the Colonists.
Casper
was a friend of Julius Ceasar Dugger. Casper was a prosperous man and
had great pride in his family. When Adam
Mast came over the mountains from Valle Crucis to pay court to Casper's
daughter, Ellizabeth, and the wedding date was announced, Casper saddled his
horse and swung on his saddlebags and traveled many miles by bridle-path
through the wilderness to Jonesboro to buy Elizabeth's wedding trousseau. It took three days to make the trip. Casper's children: Joseph, Peter b. 1792, Benjamin b. 1789,
Conrad, John, Casper Jr, Sarah, Daniel,Samuel, Elizabeth
Children of Rebecca and Joseph are:
i. Stephen Cable, b abt 1831
ii. Casper Cable, b. abt 1827
iii. Elizabeth Cable, b. abt 1834
7. GRIFFIN3 PIERCE (ARTHUR2,
HARDY1) was born February 22, 1797 in North Carolina, and
died 1854 in Carter Co. Tn.. He married
MARY CRAWLEY June 01, 1819 in Carter County TN.. She was born October 14, 1802 in Campbell,
Tennessee, and died Aft. 1870 in Carter County, TN.
Notes for GRIFFIN
PIERCE:
January 5, 1826: A land entry for 50 acres; Blue Springs
Branch, Carter County
February 4, 1829: A
land survey for 50 acres; Blue Springs Branch
October 9, 1830: State
land grant No. 16537 for 50 acres, Blue Springs Branch
November 3, 1831: Deed
Bk D pg 339, sold land (formally belonging to Arthur Pierce) to William Allen
for $150.
March 8, 1843: hosted a meeting of the Stoney Creek Baptist
Church, Carter County
May 24 , 1845: land entry for 1,000 acres (with William
Peters), Iron Mountain, Stoney Creek, Book B, pg 259
November 27, 1845: land
survey for 1,000 acres along with William Peters, Iron Mountain, Book C, pg 182
November 28, 1845:
signatory to a note with J.H. Hyder; Carter County, TN
March 10, 1846: state
land grant (no. 23362) of 1,000 acres along with William Peters; Iron Mountain,
Stoney Creek,
April 25, 1846: Deed
Book K page 327, Griffin Pierce gave Bond of $1,100 to Benjamin and Sally
Brewer.
November 18, 1848: land
entry for 20.25 acres along with William Pierce, Stoney Creek
January 23, 1850: land survey for 20.25 acres along with
William Pierce, Stoney Creek
April 15, 1851: Deed
Book M page 45 Griffin Pierce bought land from Sally Brewer for $553
December 16, 1852: Signatory to a note to Pleasant Williams due
on the date indicated; Carter County
August 19, 1854: sickness, unknown reasons but evidenced by visit
of doctor (C. Myers)
August 28, 1854:
sickness - required catherization as evidenced by visit of doctor
August 29, 1854:
illness- required catherization as evidenced by visit of doctor
1854: buried in a
coffin provided by C C Myers for $4, Carter County
November 25, 1854: Estate - 6 head of cattle, 3 sows and pigs,
150 bushels corn, "120 dozen" oats
June 14, 1856: Carter county Deed book O page 185 ,
Tennessee Pearce, William A. Pearce, David B. Pearce, Tennessee Buckles and
Margaret Pierce Buckles are listed at heirs of Griffin Pearce of Carter
County. They sold the land known as the
"Griffin Pearce Tract" to
Pleasant Williams for two hundred dollars.
The tract adjoined the land of James Berry, Thomas Crow and Reuben
Brooks.
Carter County Estate
Records show that In 1855, minor heirs of Mary Crawley, Widow of Griffin
Pierce, were Henry, Nathaniel, Eliza, Samuel and Rueben.
Name spelled: Griffin, Griffen, and G.C. , on records
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1830 Carter County
Census: Griffin Pierce between age 30
and 40, Wife between age 20 - 30, 2 sons under age 5, 2 sons age 5-10, 1 son
age 10-15, 1 daughter under age 5, 1
daughter between age 5-10
1840 Carter Co.
Census: Griffin Pierce between age
40-50, wife between age 30-40, 3 sons under age 5, 2 sons age 5-10, 2 sons age
10-15, 2 daughters under 5, 1 daughter between age 10-15,
1850 Carter County
Census: Griffin Pierce 53, Mary 45,
Daniel 27, Armstrong 21, Henry 16, Nathaniel 12, Reuben 10, Eliza 7, Samuel 5
1860 Census: Mary Bowers
60, Rubin Pierce 20, Eliza 17, Samuel D 15
Mary Crawley married John Teter Bowers on April 20,
1856. He was born January 27, 1792. Ocupation Collier. He had served in the war of 1812.
Children of GRIFFIN
PIERCE and MARY CRAWLEY are:
31. i. TENNESSEE C.4 PIERCE, b. 1819,
Carter County, Tennessee; d. Aft. 1880, Carter County, TN.
32. ii. WILLIAM A. PIERCE,
b. 1821, TN; d. Bet. 1880 - 1900, Carter County, TN.
iii. DANIEL PIERCE, b. 1824.
33. iv. LEVICY PIERCE, b. Abt. 1825, Carter County, TN;
d. Aft. 1880, Carter County, TN.
34. v.
DAVID B. PIERCE, b. 1825, Tennessee; d.
October 11, 1899, Carter County, TN.
vi. JACOB CAMERON PIERCE, b. 1827; m. VICEY J.
CARRIGER, February 28, 1856, Carter County TN..
Notes for JACOB CAMERON
PIERCE:
Land: Deed book N, page 560, April 17, 1856. Jacob C. Pierce " lawful heir of
Griffin Pierce" deceased. Sold
land that had belonged to Griffin Pierce to Henry N. Pierce for 60 dollars The land adjoined Thomas Crow, Reuben Brooks
and James Berry on South Stoney Creek, Carter County.
5. vii. ARMSTRONG BLEVINS PIERCE, b. January 06, 1829,
Carter County, TN; d. May 16, 1902, Carter County, TN.
36. viii. MARGARET J. PIERCE, b. September 08, 1830,
Carter County, TN; d. March 17, 1894,
Butler, Bates, Missouri.
37. ix. HENRY N. PIERCE,
b. August 12, 1832, Carter County, Tn.; d. October 24, 1895, Johnson Co. Tn..
38. x. ELIZABETH PIERCE, b. August 12, 1832, Carter
County, TN; d. January 12, 1919, Carter County, TN.
39. xi. NATHANIEL J. PIERCE, b. 1833, Carter County,
Tennessee.
xii. RUEBEN PIERCE, b. 1840.
40. xiii. ELIZA J. PIERCE, b. 1842, Carter County, TN; d.
May 07, 1910, Carter County, TN.
41. xiv. SAMUEL D. PIERCE, b. July 1845, Carter County,
TN; d. 1888, Carter County, TN.
8. MICHAEL B.3 PIERCE (ARTHUR2,
HARDY1) was born February 22, 1799 in NC, and died March
04, 1876 in Carter County, TN. He
married MARY CAROLINE "POLLY" DUGGER October 13, 1828 in Carter
County, TN, daughter of JULIUS DUGGER and MARY HALL. She was born August 18, 1800 in Carter Co.
Tn., and died August 13, 1875 in Carter County,
TN.
Notes for MICHAEL B.
PIERCE:
1830 Carter County
Census: Michael Pierce head of
household
1850 Census: Michael 51,( Farmer ) Mary 49, Margaret E.C.
19, William C 14, Julius 11
1860 Carter County
Census: Michael Pierce 61, Farmer born
in NC, Mary 58, Julius 21
Deed Book J page
343, Michael PIerce sold 50 acres of
land to David Dugger for $150 on October 1, 1862 Anderson K. Pierce was witness
TVA records indicate
that Michael and Mary were moved from Pierce Cemetery #2 to Berry cemetery in
1947. This is incorrect. They are still at the Pierce-Campbell
Cemetery.
MICHAEL B. PIERCE:
Burial: Pierce-Campbell Cemetery, (Piercetown Rd) Butler, TN
Cause of Death:
heart source: TVA record
Tombstone reads: Mary Pierce wife of M. Pierce born August 18,
1800 died August 13, 1875. Some sources
have death date as Sept 13, 1875
Tombstones beside each
other, Michael Pierce and Mary Pierce
Children of MICHAEL
PIERCE and MARY DUGGER are:
42. i. MARGARET CAROLINE4 PIERCE, b.
December 24, 1830, Carter County, TN; d. September 25, 1905, Carter County, TN.
43. ii. WILLIAM C. PIERCE,
b. December 15, 1835, Carter County, TN; d. August 13, 1881, Carter County, TN.
44. iii. JULIUS DUGGER PIERCE, b. July 1838, Johnson
County, TN; d. May 07, 1902, Butler,
Johnson County, TN.
9. ANDERSON K.3
PIERCE (ARTHUR2, HARDY1) was born
Abt. 1806 in Carter County, TN, and died Aft. 1861 in (probably) Carter County, TN. He married RHODA P. DUGGER November 30, 1829
in Carter County, TN, daughter of WILLIAM DUGGER and NANCY MILLARD. She was born March 28, 1801 in Carter County,
TN, and died Aft. 1861 in Carter County,
TN.
Notes for ANDERSON K.
PIERCE:
Land: Deed book N
page 346, January 10, 1852, Anderson K. Pierce and wife Rhoda Dugger
Pierce sold land to Elizabeth Dugger.
The land was conveyed to Anderson and Rhoda by William Dugger, dec'ed
and Benjamin T. Dugger executor of William Dugger's will.
Deed book O page 461
Anderson and Rhoda sold land that Rhoda had inherited to Thomas C. Crowe for
$1000 on May 6, 1861
1830 Carter County
Census: Anderson Pierce one- 15 through 19 one - 30 through 39
1850 Carter County Census: Anderson Pierce 43, Rhoda 49, Nancy E 19,
Martha R 17, Lavina P. 15, William R 12,
Sarah C. 5
1860 Carter County
Census: Anderson Pierce 60, Rhoda 59,
Nancy E. 29, William A 23, Sarah C. 16, Martha Dugger 61 ( Rhoda's sister)
Children of ANDERSON
PIERCE and RHODA DUGGER are:
i. NANCY E.4 PIERCE, b. Abt. 1830.
45. ii. MARTHA REBECCA PIERCE, b. 1831, Overton County,
TN.
iii. LAVINA J. PIERCE, b. Abt. 1835.
46. iv. WILLIAM A. PIERCE, b. Abt. 1837, Carter County,
TN; d. Bef. 1875.
v. SARAH C. PIERCE, b. Abt. 1845; m. RICHARD
SELLS.
11. SION PIERCE (ARTHUR2, HARDY1)
was born Abt. 1795 in NC, and died Abt. 1830 in Carter County, TN. He
married SARAH 1808. She was born Abt.
1792 in NC, and died April 1860 in Carter County, TN.
Notes for SION PIERCE:
Also spelled Scion and Siam
1830 Carter County
Census: Sarah Pearce age 30-40, one son under age 5, one son age 5-10, 2 sons
age 15-20, one daughter age 5-10, one
daughter age 10-15
1840 Sarah Pierce-
1 male - 5 through
9, females: one -
less than 5, one- 15 through 19,one - 20 through 29, 1 - 30 through 39
1850 Carter County Census: Sarah Pierce 57 NC, Nancy 26, Henry 17, Sarah
13, Matilda 7, David 4, Alfred 1 ( Married 1808)
1860 Census: Matilda was with the T.H. Taylor family,
Alfred was living with Henry
1860 Carter County
Census: Henry Pierce 27, Pheba Jane 23,
Elizabeth 5, Amanda 3, Isaac C 1, ALFRED 12
Notes for SARAH: Archer family records has Sarah Yarber born
in Sullivan County, TN
Sion died about 1830
and it is unknown who is the father of the rest of Sarah's children. I've included them because they used the last
name Pierce.
The Archer family
records says that Sarah Pierce Archer b. 1836 had 2 brother's, "Cy"
short for Sion and Richard. Robert
Pierce, a grandson of Eliza Archer
Rains, says that his grandfather said Richard Pierce was a brother to
Sarah. Other descendents of Eliza Archer
say that Sarah had brothers named Henry and George, and a sister named
Elizabeth. There is an unidentified child on the 1830 Census that
could be Elizabeth age 10-15.
Children of SION PIERCE
and SARAH are:
i. GEORGE4 PIERCE,
49. ii. RICHARD PIERCE, b. October 1811, TN; d. April
29, 1904, Stoney Creek, Carter County, TN.
50. iii. SION PIERCE, b. 1826, NC; d. Bef. 1900, Carter
County, TN.
iv. NANCY PIERCE, b. 1824; d. Bef. August 07, 1853,
Carter County, TN; m. NELSON J. MARKLAND, March 16, 1851, Carter County TN.; b.
August 1827, Carter County, TN; d. Abt. 1901.
Notes for NELSON J.
MARKLAND:
1880 Carter County
Census: Nelson Markland 54 TN NC TN
(crippled) Lukinzie 44 (wife), Mary 17 Angeline 12, Millie 7, Daniel 21 (works
for Knox Car W. Company) Mary 18 (daughter in law) 18
1900 Carter County
Census: Nelson J. Markland 72, Arthie
62, married 47 years with 12 kids and 5 kids living. Mary 1860 age 39 4
children and 4 living, Alice M. Heatherly (granddaughter 15, Arthie Heatherly
12, Dora Heatherly 9, Amelia Heatherly 5
v. HENRY PIERCE, b. 1834; Stepchild.
51. vi. SARAH JANE PIERCE, b. March 26, 1836, Carter
County, TN; d. April 30, 1923, Carter
County, TN; Stepchild.
vii. MATILDA PIERCE, b. 1843, Tennessee; Stepchild;
m. KANNEDAY TIPTON PEOPLES, October 31, 1887, Carter County TN.; b. Abt. 1838,
TN; d. 1907.
Notes for MATILDA
PIERCE:
1870 Carter County
census: John C. Smith 26, (dry goods
merchant) Eva D 24, Meena 9/12, Matilda
Pierce 26
1910 Carter County
Census: Matilda Peoples 62, Alfred
Pierce 60 (brother)
viii. DAVID PIERCE, b. 1846; Stepchild.
52. ix. ALFRED PIERCE, b. Abt. 1848, Tennessee;
Stepchild.
x. ELIZABETH PIERCE, b. abt 1817
12. ELIZABETH3
PIERCE (ARTHUR2, HARDY1) was born
1800 in NC, and died 1840 in Carter County.
She married JAMES C. BERRY January 24, 1819 in Carter County TN., son of
SAMUEL BERRY and NANCY CROWE. He was
born September 27, 1800 in Washington County, VA, and died July 07, 1864 in
Carter County, TN.
Elizabeth is
thought to be Arthur's daughter. Elizabeth's half sister Mary married James
Berry after her death.
Children of ELIZABETH
PIERCE and JAMES BERRY are:
53. i. SAMUEL4 BERRY, b. June 24, 1818; d.
May 22, 1877.
54. ii. NANCY BERRY, b. 1822, Carter County, TN; d. 1861, Carter County, TN.
iii. WINNY BERRY, b. 1828, Carter County, TN; m.
ROBERT BUCKLES, June 19, 1861.
55. iv. MARY EVALINE BERRY, b. September 14, 1835,
Carter County, TN; d. December 21, 1866.
v. RICHARD BERRY, b. 1840, Carter County, TN.
13. WILLIAM BAILEY3
PIERCE (ARTHUR2, HARDY1) was born
Abt. 1820 in Washington County,
TN. He married MATILDA CROSS,
daughter of ABRAHAM CROSS and MARY PIERCE.
She was born 1821 in Ky, and died 1883.
CENSUS: 1850 Overton Co
TN, Pearce, William 30 TN
farmer, Matilda 29 KY, Nancy 7,
Joseph 2
Children of WILLIAM
PIERCE and MATILDA CROSS are:
i. NANCY4 PIERCE, b. 1843.
ii. JOSEPH PIERCE, b. Abt. 1848.
iii. CAROL PIERCE, b. 1849.
56. iv. SOLOMON HARDY PIERCE, b. November 29, 1850,
Olin, Overton Co., TN; d. December 12, 1910, Gordon, Texas.
v. ABE PIERCE, b. 1854.
vi. JOHN PIERCE, b. 1857.
14. ARTHUR H.3
PIERCE (ARTHUR2, HARDY1) was born
Abt. 1824 in Tennessee, and died in Carter County, TN. He married SERENA. She was born Abt. 1823 in Tennessee.
Notes for ARTHUR H.
PIERCE:
1860 Clinton County, Ky
Census: PIERCE, A.H., 36, farmer, TN;
Serena, 37, housework, TN; John, 16 , TN; Sarah E, 12 , TN; Lucinda, 10 , TN;
Poly Ann, 8 , TN
Children of ARTHUR PIERCE and SERENA are:
i. JOHN4 PIERCE, b. Abt. 1844.
ii. SARAH E. PIERCE, b. Abt. 1846.
iii. LUCINDA PIERCE, b. Abt. 1850.
iv. POLLY ANN PIERCE, b. Abt. 1852.
15. MARY3
PIERCE (ARTHUR2, HARDY1) was born
August 18, 1811 in NC, and died January 25, 1900 in Carter County. She married JAMES C. BERRY January 07, 1844
in Carter County TN., son of SAMUEL BERRY and NANCY CROWE. He was born September 27, 1800 in Washington
County, VA, and died July 07, 1864 in Carter County, TN.
further research needed
on the birthdate of Mary and her mother .
Researchers disagree on them.
I've been unable to verify.
1870 Carter County
Census: Mary Berry 58 NC, Alfred J 22,
Sarah E 20, William J 18, Elizabeth 18, Margaret 15, Mary 12, Alfred 10
Children of MARY PIERCE
and JAMES BERRY are:
i. BENJAMIN4 BERRY, b. 1845.
ii. ALFRED J. BERRY, b. August 20, 1847, Carter
County, TN; d. April 17, 1915, Carter County, TN; m. SARAH ELIZABETH CARRIGER,
January 31, 1867, Carter County TN.; b. Abt. 1848, Carter County, TN.
Alfred Berry: Death
Record: Died married - Death
cause : "pilegary" Informant: J. F. M. Berry of Watauga Valley record
(1915 ) # 89
57. iii. SARAH ELIZA BERRY, b. September 1847, Carter
County, TN.
iv. ELIZABETH BERRY, b. 1853.
58. v. MARGARET BERRY, b. August 17, 1855, Carter
County, TN; d. February 25, 1934, Carter County, TN.
59. vi. WILLIAM JAMES BERRY, b. September 10, 1852,
Carter County, TN; d. April 14, 1927, Carter County, TN.
16. JACOB CAMERON3
PIERCE (ARTHUR2, HARDY1) was born
1827 in Overton, TN. He married LAVICA
JANE. She was born Abt. 1839 in TN.
Notes for JACOB CAMERON
PIERCE:
1860 Clinton County,
Kentucky Census: PIERCE, Jacob C., 33 m, farmer, TN; Janes, 21 f, housework,
TN; Reuben, W., 3 m, TN; Henry J., 1 m, TN
1870 Clinton County, KY
Census: PIERCE, Cameron, 43, (coal
miner) TN; Lavica Jane, 33,TN; Reuben W, 13, TN; Henry J, 11, TN; John B, 9, KY; James G, 7, KY; Nancy V, 6, KY; Mary E, 4, KY; Margaret
E, KY
Children of JACOB PIERCE and LAVICA JANE are:
i. HENRY J.4 PIERCE, b. Abt. 1859,
Tennessee.
ii. REUBEN W. PIERCE, b. Abt. 1856.
iii. JOHN B. PIERCE, b. Abt. 1861, Clinton County,
KY.
iv. JAMES G. PIERCE, b. Abt. 1863, Clinton County,
KY.
v. NANCY V. PIERCE, b. Abt. 1865, Clinton County,
KY.
vi. MARY E. PIERCE, b. Abt. 1866, Clinton County,
KY.
vii. MARGARET E. PIERCE, b. Abt. 1868.
17. HENRY NATHAN3
PIERCE (ARTHUR2, HARDY1) was born
April 17, 1834 in Overton, TN, and died December 12, 1902 in Clinton, KY. He married (1) SUSANNA MARILDA TOMPKINS March
22, 1860, daughter of JENKINS TOMPKINS and SARAH PIERCE. She was born October 07, 1841 in Overton, TN,
and died August 24, 1863 in Illinois. He
married (2) SUSAN ELIZABETH PERDUE
December 18, 1865 in Kentucky.
She was born August 28, 1833 in Kentucky. d. September 22, 1917, Clinton
County, KY
Notes for HENRY NATHAN
PIERCE:
1860 Clinton County,
Kentucky Census: PIERCE, Henry M.,
26 farmer, TN; Susannah M., housework, TN
1870 Clinton Kentucky Census: Henry N. Pierce 36, farmer, TN, Susan E 36
Ky, Mary J 9 KY
Notes for SUSANNA
MARILDA TOMPKINS:
"In 1863, in
Illinois, Susannah Marilda Pierce was
the victim of typhoid fever. On her death bed, she asked for her father, Jenkins
Tompkins, and requested those attending her to sing "Amazing Grace."
Their hearts were grieved, so she sang the sweet old hymn from beginning to
ending, and died Aug. 24, 1863". After the death of his daughter, Jenkins
Tompkins made the long trip from Illinois and brought back with him Henry R.
Pierce, Sarah Elizabeth and Mary Jane Pierce , to Tennessee. Jenkins and his wife raised Sarah Elizabeth
Pierce and Henry
Children of HENRY
PIERCE and SUSANNA TOMPKINS are:
i. MARY JANE4 PIERCE, b. January 01,
1861, Ky; d. October 10, 1936, Cumberland, KY.
ii. SARAH ELIZABETH PIERCE, b. November 08, 1862,
Kentucky.
iii. HENRY R. PIERCE, b. 1861
Children of HENRY
PIERCE and SUSAN PERDUE are:
iv. LORETTA BELLE PIERCE, b. January 6, 1872, d.
April 13, 1924. She married William
Sherman Carr.
v. WILLIAM ALVIN PIERCE. b. August 28, 1868, d.
March 8, 1924. He married Ellen Jean
Miller
vi. ELIHU
GRIFFIN PIERCE, b. October 19, 1875. He
married Luda McWhorter.
vii. WILLIAM LEO
PIERCE, b. August 28 1868, d. August 16, 1869
viii. JAMES H. PIERCE, b. September 27, 1866, d.
December 7, 1866.
18. JOSEPH3
PIERCE (ARTHUR2, HARDY1) was born
November 11, 1840 in Overton, TN, and died December 19, 1922 in Carter County,
TN. He married DELCENIA CAMPBELL,
daughter of DANIEL CAMPBELL and JULIANA VANHUSS. She was born October 01, 1837 in Carter
County, TN, and died March 22, 1925 in Carter County, TN.
Notes for JOSEPH
PIERCE:
CENSUS: 1850 Overton Co
TN living with parents age 8
CENSUS: 1860 Carter Co
TN living with Pleasant Williams and Levica ( Joseph's neice) age 21 born Tenn
CENSUS: 1880 Carter Co
TN, Deleena L. 42,
Anderson K. 17, Daniel T. 14, Arthur C.
9, Julia A. K. 4
CENSUS: 1900 Carter Co
TN, Pierce Joseph, Nov 1840
59, Married 37yr TN NC TN
farmer, can read, write, speak
English Owner-Farm-Free of mortgage, Delcenia
wife Oct 1837 62 TN
TN TN 4 child, 4 living, can read and write, Arthur
April 1871 25 single,
teacher, can read and write, unemployed 8 Months, Julia
R. Sep 1875, 24
single, teacher, can read and write, unemployed 8 Months
CENSUS: 1910 Carter County: Joseph Perce 69 Delcinia 72 (4 children)
maried 47 years
More About JOSEPH
PIERCE: Burial: Pierce Cemetery #1 Then
moved to the Hyder Cemetery in 1947 by the TVA
Cause of Death:
paralysis record # 223
More About DELCENIA
CAMPBELL: Burial: Pierce Cemetery #1,
Butler, TN moved to Hyder Cemetery in 1947 by TVA
Cause of Death: Mitral
Regurgitation of heart - death record #52
Children of JOSEPH
PIERCE and DELCENIA CAMPBELL are:
60. i. DANIEL T.4 PIERCE, b. 1866, Carter
County, TN; d. March 29, 1949, Johnson
County, TN.
61. ii. ARTHUR CALVIN PIERCE, b. April 06, 1871, Carter
County, TN; d. January 07, 1928, Carter County, TN.
62. iii. JULIA ANN R. PIERCE, b. September 16, 1875,
Tennessee; d. September 19, 1936, Carter County, TN.
63. iv. ANDERSON K. PIERCE, b. May 27, 1863, Carter
County, TN; d. April 23, 1931, Carter County, TN.
19. HANNAH3
PIERCE (JOHN2, HARDY1) was born
October 03, 1797 in NC, and died October 29, 1883 in Vermillion County,
Indiana. She married THOMAS DUGGER
December 26, 1822 in Carter County, TN, son of WILLIAM DUGGER and NANCY
MILLARD. He was born May 16, 1797 in
Carter County, TN, and died 1878 in Vermillion County, IN.
Notes for THOMAS
DUGGER:
1850 Census: Thomas Dugger 53, Farmer, Hannah 52, James H
22 (farmer) George M 17, Rosa J 14, Nancy E
8
Moved to Vermillion
County Indiana in 1861. He was a
Republican. Religion: Missionary Baptist
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History of Tennessee
Valley Baptist church: The TN Valley
Baptist Church ranks as one of the oldest houses of worship in Vermillion
County, Indiana. The church still stands
on the land that was once settled by a native of the state of TN. Mr Thomas Dugger, who did not believe in
slavery.
Before the Civil War
began Mr. Thomas Dugger travelled north on horseback to Indiana to look at the
Free State and traded his farm and home located in Tennessee for this land
where this church stands. In 1860, Mr Dugger
left his family to return to Vermillion County to visit the Indiana land he had
purchased. He liked what he saw and
promptly named his new land and the surrounding land, Tennessee Valley.
The Civil War
intervened and his family was unable to join him until 1864. When the war ended, Thomas went back to
Tennessee and to bring his family, friends and some relatives, who were against slavery, to his land in
Indiana.
"the Old
Records" stated "They had occasion leave the State of Tennessee, it
not being very healthy there during and
after the war."
By 1870, other friends
and relatives of the Dugger family had came to live in the Tennessee Valley,
Indiana. All of those people were
Baptists and they brought their membership cards to the Heidle Baptist Church
in Vermillion County.
Elder William McMasters
of Montzuma was the pastor of that church and he received permission to preach
one sermon per month in the Staats School where the Dugger group maintained a
mission house. Pastor William McMasters
held a revival meeting that resulted in the addition of 3 new members to the
Dugger Group.
In September, 1872, the
Tennessee Valley Baptist Church was organized in the Staats School. The first members were: Thomas Dugger and wife, James B. Lewis and
wife, Henry J. Howard and wife, Rose J.
Pierce Underwood, James A. G. Dugger and Wife, John J Dugger and Benjamin
Dugger and wife
By 1885 the membership
increased from 12 to 100 members.
On December 12, 1875
the church organized a Sunday school class.
James B. Lewis was the first superintendent and held that office until
his death 25 years later.
Children of HANNAH
PIERCE and THOMAS DUGGER are:
i. JAMES H.4 DUGGER, b. 1823, Carter
County, TN; m. MARIAH FRANCIS, February 11, 1859, Washington County, TN; b.
Bet. 1834 - 1835.
ii. SARAH "SALLY" DUGGER, b. 1824; m.
SMITHPETER.
64. iii. WILLIAM HARDEN DUGGER, b. October 05, 1825,
Carter County, TN; d. June 09, 1902, Cherokee County, KS.
65. iv. GEORGE MARION DUGGER, b. 1833, Carter County,
TN; d. October 14, 1864, Civil War,
Knoxville, TN, Military Hospital.
66. v. ROSA JANE DUGGER, b. 1836, Carter County, TN;
d. April 05, 1912, Vermillion County, IN.
vi. NANCY E. DUGGER, b. 1842, Carter County, TN.
20. GEORGE MORTON3 PIERCE (JOHN2,
HARDY1) was born November 22, 1802 in NC, and died Aft.
1880 in Carter County, TN. He married
LAVINA CAMPBELL August 02, 1823 in Carter County TN., daughter of HANNAH
CAMPBELL. She was born 1805 in
Tennessee, and died Bef. 1880 in Carter County, TN.
Notes for GEORGE MORTON
PIERCE:
1830 Carter County
Census: George Pearce, one male under
age 5, one son age 5-10, one male age
20-30, one female under age 5, one
20-30- one age 50-60 and one female age 90-100
Leah Campbell is living
with Lavina and her mother here.
1840 Carter County
Census: George M. Pearce one male -
less than 5, two females - 5 through
9, 1 Female age 10-14, one female age 30-39 one male
age 10-14 one male age 15-19, one
male age 30-39
1850 Carter County
Census: Geroge M. Pearce 49 NC, Levina
49, Elbert S 21, Francis M. 16, Ann 14, William 10, Louise 7, Nancy R. 3,
Hannah Campbell 70 Va
1860 Johnson County Census: George Pierce 59, Lovina 58, William C 20,
Harriett L 17, Nancy R 14, Hannah Campbell 80 VA
1870 Carter County
Census: George Pierce 69, Lavina 66,
Bailey P. 9 Andrew J 5, Hannah Campbell
101, VA
1880 Johnson Co TN
Census: Louisa Gragg 39, Pierce George
81 father TN TN TN, Bailey 19 son
TN TN TN, Andrew 15 son,
Jane 12 dau, Catherine 10 dau
above: 1866 document stating that Lavinia Pierce and
Nancy R. Pierce were present at David Lewis's house during the marriage of Ann
Pierce and Solomon Lewis signed by
Lavina and Nancy Rebecca Pierce
Hannah Campbell
(Lavina's mother) was the daughter of Zachariah Campbell born 1740 (Son of
James Campbell b. 1712 in Glascow, Scotland).
Zachariah was of Scotch-Irish
ancestry, who emigrated from County Tipperary, near Cork, Ireland, settling
first in Virginia, where he married, Leah (born about 1740 d. abt 1835) before
removing to Carter county, Tennessee, where he was very prominent in the early
days, being a member of the county court when the county was organized July 4,
1796. He was one of the commissioners appointed to locate the county seat of
justice. Zachariah was present and participated in the organization of the
court of pleas and quarter sessions, July 4, 1796. Previous to his removal to
Carter county he had served in the Revolutionary war. Three of his sons, Isaac,
Solomon and Jeremiah Campbell, were also soldiers of the Revolution and Isaac
likewise participated in the War of 1812. Isaac Campbell enjoyed the well
merited reputation of being a good citizen and just man. Solomon served as one
of Carter County's first constables.
Children of GEORGE
PIERCE and LAVINA CAMPBELL are:
67. i. HENRY CLAY4
PIERCE, b. June 10, 1824, Carter County, Tennessee; d. March 1905,
Carter County, TN.
68. ii. EMALINE E. PIERCE, b. Abt. 1828, Tennessee.
iii. ELBERT S. PIERCE, b. Abt. 1829, Carter County,
TN; d. March 21, 1864, Civil War; m. ROSA JANE DUGGER, December 21, 1852,
Carter County, TN; b. 1836, Carter County, TN; d. April 05, 1912, Vermillion
County, IN.
Notes for ELBERT S.
PIERCE: died in the Civil War of Small
Pox
1860 Carter County Census: Elbert Pierce 31 Rosa G. 24
iv. HANNAH C. "ELIZA" PIERCE, b. Abt.
1832, Tennessee; m. JOHN MCINTOSH, January 27, 1849, Carter County TN.; b. Abt.
1824, Tennessee.
Notes for JOHN MCINTOSH: 1850 Carter County Census: John McIntosh 26 (farmer) Eliza 18
69. v. FRANKLIN M. PIERCE, b. January 12, 1833, Carter
County, TN; d. February 21, 1916, Johnson County, TN.
70. vi. ANN PIERCE, b. December 10, 1834, Carter
County, TN; d. February 17, 1922, Johnson County, TN.
vii. WILLIAM C. PIERCE, b. Abt. 1840.
Census:
1870 Union County Indiana Census dwelling number 155: William C. Pierce age 30 born in TN, Higby
McIntosh age 14 TN
71. viii. HARRIET LOUISA PIERCE, b. July 12, 1842, Carter
County, Tennessee; d. June 25, 1917, Johnson County, TN.
72. ix. NANCY REBECCA PIERCE, b. July 01, 1848, Carter
County, TN; d. June 03, 1920, Johnson
County, TN.
21. HARDY3
PIERCE (JOHN2, HARDY1) was born
November 14, 1804 in TN, and died Bef. 1880 in Parke County, Indiana. He married MARGARET CAMPBELL July 09, 1830 in
Carter County TN.. She was born Abt.
1802 in TN.
Notes for HARDY PIERCE:
1850 Parke County, Indiana Census: Hardin Pierce
49 ( Gun Smith) N.C., Margaret 52
TN, Nancy A 17 TN, Celia E 16 TN, Hezekiah 18 TN, Mary E 14 IN, Jacob V 12,
Eliza 10 IN
1860 Parke County,
Indiana Census: Hardy Pierce 55,
TN, Margaret 58 TN, Ezekiel 24 (South
Carolina) Eliza 19 Indiana
Occupation:
GunSmith (gunsmithing required the skills of a blacksmith, and woodworker to build a gun. A finished
weapon required fine detail work on iron and steel, the carving of decorative
designs, hammering and casting brass and silver into complex shapes, and
engraving hard and soft metals. ) Because imported firearms were cheaper than
those made in America, the gunsmith mainly repaired guns and other objects.
Gunsmiths often repaired axes and other items made by blacksmiths, cast shoe
buckles and other items like bells, and sometimes repaired silver objects.
Moved to Indiana about
1837
George M. Pierce signed
marriage bond as the surety for Hardy Pierce and Margaret Campbell.
Children of HARDY
PIERCE and MARGARET CAMPBELL are:
i. NANCY A.4 PIERCE, b. Abt. 1833.
ii. CELIA E. PIERCE, b. Abt. 1834.
iii. HEZEKIAH PIERCE, b. Abt. 1832.
iv. MARY E. PIERCE, b. Abt. 1836.
73. v. JACOB V. PIERCE, b. Abt. 1838, Parke County,
Indiana.
vi. ELIZA PIERCE, b. Abt. 1840.
22. HENRY C. PIERCE
(JOHN2, HARDY1) was born June 05, 1807
in Tennessee, and died May 23, 1892 in Carter County, TN. He married ELIZABETH ANN ALLEN March 09, 1829
in Carter County TN., daughter of JOHN ALLEN and CONSTANCE MERRITT. She was born November 23, 1807 in Tennessee,
and died August 01, 1892 in Carter County, TN.
Burial: Pierce
Cemetery #3, Hampton, TN
Notes for HENRY C.
PIERCE: Tombstone has last name
spelled: PEARCE
1830 Carter County
Census: Henry Pearce age 20-30, wife age
20-30, one son under age 5
1850 Carter County Census: Henry Pierce 42, Elizabeth Ann 42, William
A.D. Pierce (occupation: millwright) 21, John T. 18, Robert L 12, Mary Ann 11,
James D 8, Martha H. 5, Anderson 3
1880 Carter County
Census: Henry C. Pierce 72, Elizabeth 72
(neuralgia)
Children of HENRY
PIERCE and ELIZABETH ALLEN are:
74. i. WILLIAM A. D.4 PIERCE, b. February
04, 1830, Carter County, TN; d. January 24, 1912, Carter County, TN.
ii. JOHN T. PIERCE, b. 1832.
Civil War: John was in
the Fourth Tennessee Infantry which was recruited by Colonel Daniel Stover, at
Louisville, KY in the spring of 1863. The unit was composed of exiles from East
Tenn. These soldiers were guided through
Confederate Lines by scouts. Their
marches through East TN to KY were made by night. Their days during marches were spent hiding
in caves & forests to escape capture by Confederate Conscript Officers.
He was second
lieutenant; Company B and H; age 32 ; born Carter County; enrolled as a private
in Company B at Strawberry Plains, October 1,
1863; detached on recruiting duty from muster-in through Oct 1864;
promoted to 2nd lieutenant, Company H,
May 31, 1865; mustered in Company H, June 5, 1865; discharged, August 2,
1865. He served in the Union Army. Forgotten Soldiers: History of the
4th Tennessee Volunteer Infantry Regiment 1863-1865 p 118 & 46 by Eddie
Nikazy
75. iii. ROBERT S. PIERCE, b. Abt. 1838, Carter County,
TN; d. Kentucky.
iv. MARY ANN PIERCE, b. Abt. 1839, Carter County,
TN; m. JOHN H. CAMPBELL, November 25, 1857, Carter County TN.; b. Abt. 1837,
Carter County, TN.
v. JAMES D. PIERCE, b. 1838; d. 1902, Johnson
County, TN.
Civil War: James D.
Pierce, corporal, Company H; age 23;
enrolled at Elizabethton, November 1,
1864; mustered in at Knoxville. March 2,
1865; promoted to corporal, April 28,
1865; discharged August 2,1865;
file contains enlistment papers. He served in the Union Army.
Burial: Pierce Cemetery
#4, In 1947 TVA moved him to
Bakersgap Cemetery
vi. MARTHA A. PIERCE, b. October 27, 1844, Carter
County, TN; d. May 02, 1866, Carter County, TN.
76. vii. CHRISTIAN ANDERSON A. PIERCE, b. 1847; d.
Washington County, TN.
23. SUSAN3
PIERCE (HARDY2, HARDY1) was born
September 22, 1795 in Wake, NC, and died July 17, 1880 in Clinton, KY. She married EDWARD PROTHERO REEVES II 1815 in
Carter County TN.. He was born August
07, 1777 in Bladen County, NC, and died May 06, 1841 in Clinton County, KY.
Notes for EDWARD
PROTHERO REEVES II:
Early Times in Clinton
County, Vol. II - "On May 6, 1841,
Edward Prothero Reeves, with his youngest son Edward, riding behind him,
was fording the swollen Wolf River with his other sons. He made it across the river safely but as he
rode up the bank, the soft ground caved in, throwing them back into the
swirling waters, and he and his young son were swept away and drowned."
Children of SUSAN
PIERCE and EDWARD REEVES are:
i. ARTHUR DUFFIELD4 REEVES, b. 1816,
Carter County, TN; d. 1899, Belknap, Texas.
ii. DAVID P. REEVES, b. 1818, Carter County, TN; d.
April 06, 1862, Battle of Shiloh, Civil War.
First Lieutenant,
Company "C", 28th Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, C.S.A. Died in Battle of Shiloh.
Military: Civil
War, 1st Lieutenant, 28th TN
Infantry, died at battle of Shiloh
iii. ROBERT THOMAS REEVES, b. 1820, Carter County,
TN; d. Abt. 1913, Whitewright, TX; m. LAVENIA BROWN.
ROBERT's Occupation: Baptist Minister
iv. JANE REEVES, b. Abt. 1821, Clinton County, KY;
d. Clinton County, KY; m. (1) JACKSON BROWN; m. (2) GREENBERRY LITTLE.
v. JAMES E. REEVES, b. Abt. 1823, Clinton County,
KY; d. Abt. 1908, Clinton County, KY.
vi. HIRAM G. REEVES, b. Abt. 1824, Clinton
County, KY; d. 1861, Clinton County, KY.
vii. HARDY PIERCE REEVES, b. Abt. 1826, Clinton
County, KY; d. 1897, Belknap, Texas.
viii. NANCY A. REEVES, b. 1828, Clinton County, KY;
d. Willow Grove, TN; m. FRANCIS MARION BISTROW; b. 1821.
ix. SARAH REEVES, b. Abt. 1830, Clinton County, KY;
d. 1858, Clinton County, KY; m. SIM SCRIBENER.
x. EDWARD PROTHERO REEVES, b. 1832, Clinton
County, KY; d. May 06, 1841, Clinton County, KY. drowned with his father, and buried in
Griffin graveyard.
xi. OTIS T. REEVES, b. 1834, Clinton County, KY; d.
1838, Clinton County, KY.
xii. DAMARIS REEVES, b. 1836, Clinton County, KY; d.
1838, Clinton County, KY.
xiii. GEORGE W. REEVES, b. 1837, Clinton County, KY;
d. 1910, near Chattanooga, OK.
24. REBECCA PIERCE
(HARDY2, HARDY1) was born 1801 d. 1867
KY. She married ELISHA CROSS December
17, 1819 in Carter County TN.. He was
bornin. 1794 and died in 1858 KY
Children of REBECCA and
ELISHA CROSS are Elizabeth, Joseph,
William, James, Rebecca, Rhoda, Leetha, Katherine ( they had 15 children)
Elisha Cross granted 50 acres on April 29,1837 in Clinton County, KY
1850 Clinton County, KY census: CROSS,
Elisha, 56 farmer, TN; Rebecca, 49 TN;
Elizabeth, 27 TN; James, 11 , KY; Rebeca, 5
KY; Roda A, 7 KY; Leetha J,
3 KY; Katharin, 6/12, KY
25. MARY
"POLLY"3 PIERCE (HARDY2, HARDY1)
was born February 07, 1802 in Carter Co. Tn., and died March 11, 1867 in
Amonette Ridge, Overton, TN. She married
ABRAHAM CROSS April 13, 1820 in Carter County TN..
Notes for MARY
"POLLY" PIERCE:
!NAME-BIRTH-MARRIAGE:
History & Genealogy of Families in Pickett Co TN p820 also see p 1091
According to Richard
Pierce, of Pickett Co, author of Pickett Co Cemeteries page 82, he stated Polly
was the daughter of Hardy Pierce and his
wife Susan.
According to Carol
Nelson, Norman Oklahoma, there was a child William Cross born 1823 in Sullivan
Co., TN, and there was a child born in 1828 in Sullivan Co and a child born
1832 in Sullivan Co.
BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL:
Cemeteries of Pickett Co TN p 82
Cemetery is on Sampson Amonett place.
The cemetery is on the old Abraham Cross place constraining 150 acres
that he purchased Oct 7 1846 from Arthur D. Reeves. Reeves had purchased 45 acres of this land
from John M. Pierce Sep. 23 1841. John
Pierce had obtained 172 acres July 3 1841 from Hardy Pierce SR.
CENSUS: 1850 Overton
Co, Cross Abram 50 TN, Mary 50, Jefferson 20, Cyntha 16,
Susan 14, Loony 12, Hardy 10, John 9
CENSUS: 1860 Tenn - Overton Co , Cross Mary
58, Luny 24,
Susan 21, Hardy 19, John
17
BURIAL: In a wooded
area of Amonette Ridge, lies the body of Abraham Cross, marked only by a small
headstone that is almost invisible unless one almost stumbles across it. To get to it, one must hike a half mile from
the country road .
RESIDENCE: Abraham came
from Sullivan Co Tenn to Clinton Co KY in about 1830 & from there to what
is now Pickett Co in the early 1840's , settling on the Amonette Ridge where he
died May 9 1850.
Children of MARY PIERCE
and ABRAHAM CROSS are:
82. i. MATILDA4 CROSS, b. 1821, Ky; d.
1883.
ii. WILLIAM CROSS.
iii. DAVID CROSS, b. September 14, 1825; d. March
26, 1898; m. MARY ELIZA STOCKTON; b. February 22, 1828, Clinton, KY; d. August
12, 1910.
Notes for DAVID CROSS:
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Pickett Co TN Cemeteries p 188
CENSUS: 1850 Overton Co
TN , David Cross 24 TN, Mary 23 KY Mary 3 TN, Thomas 3/12 TN
Census:
1860 Overton County TN, David Cross 33, Elizabeth 33, Mary 12, Thomas
10, Susan 8, Elizabeth 5, Margaret 1
Census:
1870 Overton Co:. David Cross,
Farmer 43 TN, Eliza 32 Ky, Mary E 21,
Ky, Thomas E 19, TN, Susan A 17 KY,
Eliza C 12 TN, Margaret O 10, TN James W 5 TN
iv. THOMAS JEFFERSON CROSS, b. 1830.
v. CYNTHIA CROSS, b. June 07, 1828, Clinton, KY;
d. March 11, 1866, Overton, TN.
vi. SUSAN CROSS, b. August 01, 1836.
vii. LOONEY CROSS, b. 1838.
viii. HARDY PIERCE CROSS, b. December 26, 1840.
ix. JOHN CROSS, b. 1842.
26. SION BENJAMIN
J.3 PIERCE (HARDY2, HARDY1)
was born 1805 in Carter Co. Tn.. He
married ELIZABETH HEATHERLY July 25, 1827 in Carter County TN., daughter of
EWING HEATHERLY and ELIZABETH GUINN. She
was born Abt. 1805.
Notes for SION BENJAMIN
J. PIERCE:
1830 Carter County
Census: Scion Pierce and wife (age 20-30)
with a daughter and a son under age 5,
CENSUS: 1860 Overton Co
Tenn, Pierce Sion 55 TN
farmer $150 Real $300 personal, Robert
27 Alvin 22, Evaline 18 TN, Samuel 17 TN,
Lorina 15, William 14, James 10
Children of SION PIERCE
and ELIZABETH HEATHERLY are:
83. i. COLUMBUS WILLIAM4 PIERCE, b. Abt.
1828, Carter County, TN; d. Bet. 1880 - 1886, Pickett County, TN.
ii. ROBERT P. PIERCE, b. 1833, Carter County, TN;
d. 1896, Pickett, TN; m. SARAH E. TIDROW; b. October 11, 1844, Overton, TN; d.
April 11, 1920, Pickett, TN.
Notes for ROBERT P.
PIERCE:
CENSUS: 1870 Overton Co
Tenn, Pierce Robert P. 37 TN farmer Real Estate $150 Personal $200
Sarah 25 TN Lorina 3 TN Sion 2 TN
CENSUS: 1880 Overton Co
Tenn, Pierce Robert 45,
Sarah 36, Louisa 13, Sion
12, Charlotte 7, Vina J
4, Lorina 2
CENSUS: 1900 Pickett Co
Tenn: Pierce Sarah E. widow/farmer/head of family had 7 children-5 living Lorina J. Lorinal B.
Ida M. Alvin brother-in-law
CENSUS : 1910 Pickett
Co Tenn Sarah was living with her daughter's family, Lorianle Bell Gross, Henry
Pierce, a half uncle, was living with them . This Henry must have been a son
from a 2nd marriage of Sion, father of Robert.
MILITARY: On available
records on the Company Muster Roll of Company D 25 Reg. Tennessee Infantry, it
states Robert was present January-February of 1863 and was enlisted on February
8 1863 by Colonel Hughes in Livingston.
He was paid March 1, 1863 & deserted April 15, 1863. He was paid May 1, 1863 by Captain Dibrel and
deserted August 19 1863 from Louden, Tennessee and on April 6, 1864, a muster
roll said he deserted August 12, 1863.
The records also show, Robert served in the same company, Company D 25
Reg. Tennessee Infantry, with his brother, Samuel A. Pierce and his uncles and
cousins and other relatives, James H. Pierce, Granville A. Pierce, E. H.
Pierce, Arthur Pierce, S. H. Pierce and W.A. Pierce.
On the widow applicant
of pension, Sarah E. Pierce states, her husband enlisted about 1862 in the 25th
TN Infantry, Company D (Captain Myers).
Confederate Army. Pension # W4664.
She did not know how long her husband had served in the company , but
Robert Pierce surrendered somewhere in Virginia. She states her husband did not talk much
about the war.
She stated they had 7
children: Si, age
44, Abe 24, Luzia 46, Sarah
29 (died), Lotta 30, Ota 33, Bell
31. She also stated she had no
property, real or personal.
On question number 15,
it asked "What property real or personal did you possess at death of
husband or did he leave you and what disposition, if any, by sale or gift have
you made of the same?" Her answer, " Real Estate $200, personal one horse-$500,
cow-$15 and hogs-$20. Real Estate
Lawedaway." Affivet got nothing from it now own nothing. Stated, "I have no family & stays
with her children and no person is legally bound for her support." Sworn
to and subscribed the 14 June 1911.
Witnesses for Sarah
were H. J. Dillon and G. F. Groce.
DILLON stated he knew
Robert was born in East Tennessee and knew him for 60 years. Robert was born in East Tennessee and he
married Sarah just after the Civil War.
Robert enlisted in 1862 in Company D 25 th TN Infantry in Colonel
Stanton Regt. & he was a member of the same company & regiment. Dillon said he didn't know how long Pierce
performed regular military duty, after the Battle of Stone River, the regiment
went to Virginia, & he, Dillon, went on special detail. Robert 's regiment
& company surrendered in Virginia & Dillion's detail surrendered near
Carthage, Tennessee. GROCE stated he was in the same army company as Pierce
till he, Groce, was transferred to the 8th Regiment Tennessee Cavalry. He knew Sarah was the widow of Robert Pierce
and she owned no property of any kind.
M.F.Amey, Trustee of
Pickett Co TN certified the tax books showed Sarah Pierce, widow of Robert
Pierce, had $00.00 personal property.
On Jan 4, 1913 F. C.
Amonett sent a letter to the Secretary of State , Board of Pensions, inquiring
about the claim of Sarah Pierce, due to the fact she had heard nothing from
them.
Sarah's pension claim
was rejected July 22, 1914
iii. ALVIN PIERCE, b. 1837. Burial: Bloomington, Pickett, Tennessee,
Cross/Pierce Cem
iv. MARY EVELYN PIERCE, b. 1842; d. 1887; m. JAMES
KNOX POLK FERRELL.
v. SAMUEL ANDERSON PIERCE, b. June 10, 1842,
Tennessee; d. December 23, 1901; m. MARGARET SELLS; b. November 17, 1846,
Virginia; d. February 10, 1929.
Burial: Pickett, Tennessee, Sam
Pierce Cemetery
vi. LORINA PIERCE, b. November 18, 1845; d. March
31, 1901; m. JAMES H. PIERCE; b. October 1844, Overton, TN.
vii. WILLIAM PIERCE, b. Abt. 1847.
viii. JAMES PIERCE, b. 1850.
27. HANNERETTA3
PIERCE (HARDY2, HARDY1) was born
Abt. 1806 in Tennessee, and died Bet. 1861 - 1869 in Clay County, KY. She married JOHN JESSE LIPPS June 26, 1823 in
Carter County TN., son of JONATHAN LIPPS and SARAH GULLETT. He was born 1798 in NC, and died Aft. 1870 in
Clay, KY.
Notes for JOHN JESSE
LIPPS:
1850 Clay County, Ky
Census: John Lipps age 52, NC Farmer,
Hannah 46 NC, Hardy 19 TN, Elizabeth 18, TN. Nancy 17 TN, Hannah
15 TN, Nelson 12 TN. Julian 11 KY,
Jessie 9 KY, David 5 KY, Jonathan 22 (brother)
TN, Manerva Swafford 10
Alabama
1860 Clay County, KY
Census: Jesse Lips 68 NC (blacksmith) NC, Hannah 52 TN, Jonathan 28, TN,
Nelson 21, ( farm laboror born in Whitley County KY), Jesse 14( b. Whitley Co
KY), Polly Sizemore 45( clay County KY),
Servant John Sizemore 10 (clay county,
KY)
1870 Clay County, KY
Census: Jesse Lipps 70 NC, farmer, Nancy (house keeper) 36 KY, Mary 11,
KY, George 6, Robert 3, Rachel 1 KY,
Children of HANNERETTA
PIERCE and JOHN LIPPS are:
i. SARAH4 LIPPS, b. 1820, Carter
County, TN; d. Clay, KY; m. (1) SILAS
LUNCEFORD; b. 1806, Wilkes, NC; d. February 25, 1872, Clay, KY; m. (2) JOSEPH
HUBBARD, March 10, 1876, Clay, KY; b. Abt. 1805, NC.
ii. JOHN LIPPS, b. 1824.
iii. WILLIAM LIPPS, b. 1826.
iv. JONATHAN LIPPS, b. 1828, Overton, TN.
v. HARDY LIPPS, b. 1831, Overton, TN; d. 1895,
White Oak Mt, Pope, AR.
vi. ELIZABETH LIPPS, b. 1832, Overton, TN; d.
September 04, 1913, Clay, KY; m. ANDERSON LUNCEFORD, January 15, 1856, Clay,
KY; b. Clay, KY; d. March 12, 1885, , KY.
vii. NANCY JANE LIPPS, b. 1833.
viii. HANNAH LIPPS, b. 1835.
ix. NELSON W. LIPPS, b. May 12, 1838, Whitley
County, KY; d. Clay, KY; m. LOUISA SMITH, December 25, 1860, Clay, KY; b. 1840,
Clay, KY; d. 1887, Clay, KY.
x. JULIA ANN LIPPS, b. December 09, 1839.
xi. JESSE LIPPS, b. February 02, 1843, Whitley
County, KY.
xii. DAVID LIPPS, b. 1845.
28. JOHN MORTON3
PIERCE (HARDY2, HARDY1) was born
July 04, 1807 in Carter Co. Tn., and died June 23, 1864 in Mintonville, Casey,
KY. He married MARY ANNE TOMPKINS
November 29, 1827 in Overton, TN, daughter of JOSEPH TOMPKINS and MARY
JENKINS. She was born 1806.
Notes for JOHN MORTON
PIERCE:
Was elected Lieutenant
of TN militia in the early 1830's and became captain in Pickett County sometime
between 1836 and 1840. He was later
major and regimental adjutant.
Was a TN Justice of
Peace from 1844 to 1848, he resigned and moved to Kentucky in 1849. He moved to Fentress County, TN in 1857 and
was again elected Justice of the Peace and held office until the Civil War
began.
In the summer of 1862,
John joined Company C, 7th TN infantry.
In the spring of 1863 he transferred to Company D, 11th TN Cavalry and
was duty sergeant for Captain John C. Wright.
He was discharged as disabled Jan 16, 1864 in Tell County,
Virginia. Discharge showed that he had
blue eyes, light hair, fair complexion and stood 5 feet and 7 inches.
On Sept 2 1873, Mary
applied for pension #211156. Her
husband, John Pierce had died of disease contracted in line of duty. She had lost everything when rebels had
forced her from her home and she could not recover from it. Mary died before the claim was complete. Her son Joseph M. Pierce took care of her for
12 years; the last 6 years she was an invalid.
He appointed Mrs. Louisa Cox, of Humphrey, Casey Co., KY, as his
agent. His records had been lost in a
house fire.
RELIGION: John helped
establish Mount Pleasant Church, Cumberland Co , KY. In Sept 1850: John served that church &
2 others as clerk. In Feb 1857, John's
family received letters of dismissal to help found a Fentress County church on
the Clear Fork of the Cumberland.
PERSONAL: On 26 August
1880, William C. Root and E. A. Tompkins, friend of 20 years, said John M.
Pierce was a stout, able bodied man when he went into the army. Root was Lt., Company C, 1st KY Cav. post
commissary at Somerset, where Pierce drew rations while in the hospital in
1863. He saw Pierce in January 1864 on
the way from Knoxville, TN to KY; weak from diarrhea, he rode Root's
horse. Tompkins got a permit to
accompany John M. to TN on recruiting service.
Dr. J. F. Wesley, of Middleburg, Casey Co.,
KY, on 16 August 1880 , said he treated John M. from 14 Feb 1864 until his
death on 23 June 1864.
Joseph M. Pierce, Jr., in Clinton Co., KY,
swore 21 Aug 1873, that he was with John M. until he died, 23 June 1864, of
chronic diarrhea contracted in the army.
RESIDENCE: He was
justice of the peace from 1844-1848.
Moved to Kentucky in 1849, back to Fentress County in 1857, &
remained until 1861
CENSUS: 1850 Cumberland
Co. KY ; Pearce, John M. 43 TN, Mary 44
TN, N.J 22, M 19, S.B 16, Louisa 14, E.A 12, L.A 10, P.J 8, A.C 5, J.M 3,
Burton George 16 TN
, Polly 75 VA
CENSUS: 1860 Fentress
Co Tennessee p 109 Pierce John M. 52 TN
farmer $650 $980,
Mary 52 TN, Elizabeth
21, Alvin C. 15
Joseph M. 13
More About JOHN MORTON
PIERCE: Burial: Armathwaite, Fentress,
Tennessee, Nash Cem
Children of JOHN PIERCE
and MARY TOMPKINS are:
i. SARAH ANN M.4 PIERCE, b. January 11,
1840, Overton, TN; d. February 23, 1919, Garvin, Oklahoma; m. ISSAC DENTON
WELCH, 1860, Overton, TN; b. 1830, Overton, TN; d. December 04, 1884, Garvin,
Oklahoma.
Notes for SARAH ANN M.
PIERCE:
They moved to Illinois
and to Wise Co., Texas about 1879.
(Granddaughter Gertrude Brim said that after Isaac's first wife and 18
month old child died, he married Sarah. Two children, Florence and Willie, died
during the move to Texas. Isaac became
ill on the way to Illinois. Sarah
regretted leaving there, although she was the one who had wanted to go to
Texas). History of Overton Co.
Sarah lived in
Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, and Texas, before moving to Wynnewood, Indian
Territory, where she died. Her sympathies were Northern. Tradition is that her
father was a general.
Sarah smoked a corn cob
pipe, dipped snuff. She lived with Doc Welch for several years until her death.
ii. NANCY JANE PIERCE, b. 1828; m. GEORGE W.
BURDEN, Abt. 1852, Cumberland County, KY; b. 1826.
George and Nancy lived near
Montpelier, KY and conveyed land on Fanny 's Creek to Henry Sell on January
14, 1857
84. iii. MALINDA PIERCE, b. 1831, Overton, TN.
85. iv. SAMUEL BRINTON PIERCE, b. April 23, 1833,
Overton, TN; d. September 10, 1910.
v. LOUISA PIERCE, b. 1836.
vi. ELIZABETH ANN PIERCE, b. 1838.
vii. L. JEAN PIERCE, b. 1842.
viii.
ALVIN C. PIERCE, b. September 19, 1844, Fentress, TN; d. June 12, 1914,
Cumberland, KY.
ix.
JOSEPH M. PIERCE, b. February 11, 1847, Tennessee; d. December 26, 1895,
Adair County, KY; m. MARTHA JANE PAGE; b. February 19, 1845, Kentucky; d.
February 09, 1917.
Joseph was to young for the Army, he spent the Civil
War in Tennessee with his mother.
A minister, he lived in
Cumberland, Casey and Adair counties, KY, and was pastor of Stony Point Baptist
Church in Clinton County KY.
The family was ardently
Republican.
29. SARAH
"SALLY"3 PIERCE (HARDY2, HARDY1)
was born October 21, 1809 in Carter Co. Tn., and died October 26, 1893 in
Byrdstown (Pickett) TN. She married
JENKINS TOMPKINS 1827 in Overton, TN, son of JOSEPH TOMPKINS and MARY JENKINS. He was born 1807, and died 1880.
Jenkins was a Baptist Minister. Pastor of Wolf Ridge Baptist from 1864 until
his death, he trained long-time Wolf River Pastor Porter Parsons, grandson of
Lucy Pierce Parsons.
Most of the family was
Unionist, in or out of uniform. At Wolf
River, Jenkins' congregation included soldiers from both sides, but he always
prayed for the Union. One Confederate
soldier, home on furlough , visited the church with a nephew of Jenkins. He raised his rifle to shoot the praying
preacher. The nephew knocked the gun down, warning, "If you shoot that old
man neither of us will get out of here alive."
JENKINS TOMPKINS: Cause of Death: paralysis
Children of SARAH
PIERCE and JENKINS TOMPKINS are:
i. MARY4 TOMPKINS, b. October 20, 1827.
ii. ELIZABETH L. TOMPKINS, b. September 07, 1829,
Overton, TN; d. August 19, 1876.
iii. MARGARET MARENA TOMPKINS, b. August 08, 1833.
iv. MAHALA JANE TOMPKINS, b. August 20, 1835; d.
October 25, 1869.
v. JOHN TOMPKINS, b. March 30, 1837, Overton, TN; d.
July 20, 1851.
vi. LUCINDA TOMPKINS, b. February 09, 1839,
Overton, TN; d. December 03, 1876; m. EDWARD HEATHERLY PIERCE, November 08,
1859; b. Abt. 1833.
vii.
JOSEPH K. TOMPKINS, b. October 19, 1840.
viii.
HARDY JENKINS TOMPKINS, b. January 18, 1846.
ix. HANNAH CAROLINE TOMPKINS, b. January 05, 1848,
Overton, TN; d. October 22, 1919, Pickett, TN; m. MARTIN VAN BUREN AMONETT,
December 18, 1866; b. March 05, 1837; d. March 17, 1920, Pickett, TN.
Notes for MARTIN VAN
BUREN AMONETT:
Civil War: Confederate
He was a very honest man. While
he was drawing a Tennessee Pension, he sold considerable timber and asked to be
taken off the pension list. Later when
sickness and misfortune put him in need again for the pension, he had a hard
time convincing the authorities that he was entitled to the pension. from
History of Pickett Co TN
x. REBECCA ISABEL TOMPKINS, b. November 14, 1849,
Overton, TN; d. October 11, 1854, Overton, TN.
xi. ZERUAH CLEMENTINE TOMPKINS, b. July 30, 1851;
d. March 23, 1923.
xii.
ALVIN COOPER TOMPKINS, b. July 01, 1853, Overton, TN; d. October 30, 1858.
xiii. F.V. TOMPKINS, b. May 24, 1854.
xiv. SAMUEL LAFAYETTE TOMPKINS, b. September 17,
1855, Overton, TN; d. September 23, 1855, Overton, TN.
xv. WILLIAM P. TOMPKINS, b. January 05, 1831,
Overton, TN; d. December 18, 1876.
87. xvi. SUSANNA MARILDA TOMPKINS, b. October 07, 1841,
Overton, TN; d. August 24, 1863, Illinois.
xvii. SARAH ADOLINE PIERCE TOMPKINS, b. April 23,
1844, Overton, TN; d. February 27, 1849, Overton, TN.
30. ELIZABETH3
PIERCE (HARDY2, HARDY1) was born May
05, 1815 in Carter County, TN, and died October 10, 1897 in Carter County, TN.
She married NELSON LIPPS August 23, 1846 in Carter County TN., son of
JONATHAN LIPPS and SARAH GULLETT. He was
born March 10, 1812 in TN, and died May 17, 1894 in Carter County, TN.
1850 Carter County
Census: Nelson Lipps 38, Elizabeth 35,
Martha 10 , Eliza 7, John 5, Daniel W 2, Sarah 11/12
1870 Carter County
Census: Nelson Lipps 58, Elizabeth 54,
Daniel W 23
1880 Carter County
Census: Nelson Lipps 68 TN NC NC,
Elizabeth 64, (TN NC NC) Elizabeth Markland 15 granddaughter
More About NELSON
LIPPS: Burial: Ensor Cemetery, Carter
County. Military: Civil War: Union
Army,
Nelson's father was a
Baptist Preacher from NC and moved to Carter County in 1815
Occupation: Blacksmith
and taylor
Children of ELIZABETH
PIERCE and NELSON LIPPS are:
i. MARTHA W.4 LIPPS, b. Abt. 1840.
ii. ELIZABETH LIPPS, b. Abt. 1843.
iii. SARAH LIPPS, b. Abt. 1849.
iv. JOHN LIPPS, b. Abt. 1845.
88. v. DANIEL WEBSTER LIPPS, b. 1847, Carter County,
TN; d. January 24, 1929, Carter County, TN.
vi. NANCY LIPPS, b. 1852.
vii.
ANDREW LIPPS, b. 1855.
Generation No. 4
31. TENNESSEE C.4
PIERCE (GRIFFIN3, ARTHUR2, HARDY1)
was born 1819 in Carter County, Tennessee, and died Aft. 1880 in Carter County,
TN. He married (1) PHEBE JENKINS
September 05, 1843 in Carter County TN..
She was born Abt. 1828. He
married (2) DELCENA BLEVINS Abt. 1857.
She was born 1826, and died Aft. 1880.
Notes for TENNESSEE C.
PIERCE:
Disabled. Heart
disease.
1850 Carter County
Census: Tennessee C. Pierce 31, Phebe
22, Martha A 3, Mary E. 1
1870 census: Tennessee 52, Delena 44, Martha A. 23, Armstead 19, Levi 14, Jackson 12
1880 census: Tennessee Pierce age 61, Delcena 55, Levi 21,
Nathaniel 19
Children of TENNESSEE
PIERCE and PHEBE JENKINS are:
i. MARTHA A.5 PIERCE, b. Abt. 1847,
Carter County, TN.
89. ii. MARY E. PIERCE, b. Abt. 1849, Carter County,
Tennessee.
90. iii. ARMSTEAD P. PIERCE, b. September 04, 1851, TN;
d. October 14, 1920, Carter County, TN.
Children of TENNESSEE
PIERCE and DELCENA BLEVINS are:
91. iv. LEVI E. PIERCE, b. Abt. 1857, Carter County,
Tennessee; d. Bef. 1889, Carter County, Tennessee.
92. v. JACKSON D. C. PIERCE, b. November 01, 1858,
Carter County, TN; d. October 24, 1925, Carter County, TN.
vi. NATHANIEL PIERCE, b. Abt. 1861.
32. WILLIAM A. PIERCE (GRIFFIN3,
ARTHUR2, HARDY1) was born 1821 in TN,
and died Bet. 1880 - 1900 in Carter County, TN.
He married MARTHA JANE "PATSY" WILLIAMS May 31, 1849 in Carter
County TN.. She was born 1830, and died
Bet. 1880 - 1900 in Carter County, TN.
Notes for WILLIAM A.
PIERCE:
1850 Carter County
Census: William A. Pierce 27, Martha 17,
Arzilla 5 month
1870 Johnson County
Census: William A. Pierce 49, Martha 40,
Jacob C 18, Griffin 16, Lorina 10, Pleasant 7
1880 census: William Pierce 58 , Martha J 48, Pleasant 18
Pleasant Williams,
Justice of Peace married William and Martha,
Pleasant Williams signed as surety on the marriage bond
Children of WILLIAM
PIERCE and MARTHA WILLIAMS are:
93. i. ARIZILLA5 PIERCE, b. 1850, Carter
County, Tennessee; d. Abt. 1885, Carter County, TN.
94. ii. JACOB CAMERON PIERCE, b. 1852, Carter County,
TN; d. July 05, 1937, Carter County, TN.
95. iii. GRIFFIN P. PIERCE,
b. November 11, 1854, Carter Co. Tn.; d. June 16, 1934, Carter Co. Tn..
96. iv. LORINA V. PIERCE, b. April 1859, Carter County,
TN; d. March 09, 1920, Carter County, TN.
97. v. PLEASANT W. PIERCE, b. February 1862, Carter
County, TN; d. February 08, 1937, Carter
County, TN.
33. LEVICY4
PIERCE (GRIFFIN3, ARTHUR2, HARDY1)
was born Abt. 1825 in Carter County, TN, and died Aft. 1880 in Carter County,
TN. She married PLEASANT WILLIAMS
October 14, 1845 in Carter County TN., son of ALEXANDER OVERBAY and ELIZABETH
HURLEY. He was born 1821 in Carter
County, Tennessee, and died 1890 in Carter County, TN.
Notes for LEVICY
PIERCE:
1860 Census: Pleasant 39 , Lavisa, 37, Elihu 13, Magee 11,
Nancy J 9, Celia 7, Harvey 4, Adaline 2 Joseph Pierce 21 ( lavisa's uncle)
1880 Carter County
Census: Pleasant Williams 59, Levicy 56,
Nancy 27, Henry 19, Samuel 17, Everett 15, Ida 13, Elizabeth 82 (pleasant's
mother)
Notes for PLEASANT
WILLIAMS:
Civil War: Was commissioned and mustered as Captain of
Company A 13th Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry Union Army, November 7,
1863, and resigned April 30, 1864. He
did not see any active service in the field.
After the war, he
represented Carter county in the General Assembly of the State. Member of the House, 34th General Assembly,
served April 3, 1865 to July 24,
1866.
His mother married Mark
Williams after her first husband died.
1850 Carter County
Census: Pleasant 29 , Levisa 25, Elihu J. 2, Magee 4month
1860 Carter County
Census: P. Williams 39, Lavisa 37, Elihu
13, Magie 11, Nancy J 9, Celia 7, Harvey R 4, Adaline 2, Joseph Pierce 21
Occupation: Baptist Minister
Children of LEVICY
PIERCE and PLEASANT WILLIAMS are:
i. ALFRED M.5 WILLIAMS.
98. ii. ELIHU WILLIAMS, b. Abt. 1847, Tennessee.
iii. MAGGIE WILLIAMS, b. Abt. 1849.
iv. NANCY J. WILLIAMS, b. Abt. 1853.
99. v. CELIA WILLIAMS, b. January 13, 1854, Carter Co.
Tn.; d. April 10, 1943, Carter Co. Tn..
100. vi. HARVEY WILLIAMS, b. February 1856, Carter
County, TN; d. July 15, 1915, Carter County, TN.
vii. ADALINE WILLIAMS, b. Abt. 1858.
viii. HENRY J. WILLIAMS, b. Abt. 1861.
ix. SAMUEL C. WILLIAMS, b. Abt. 1863.
x. EVERETT WILLIAMS, b. Abt. 1865.
xi. IDA J. WILLIAMS, b. 1867, Carter County,
Tennessee; d. 1952, Carter County, Tennessee.
Tombstone: Ida McQueen Vaughn -
Burial: Vaughn Cemetery, Carter County, TN
34. DAVID B.4
PIERCE (GRIFFIN3, ARTHUR2, HARDY1)
was born 1825 in Tennessee, and died October 11, 1899 in Carter County,
TN. He married MARY ANNER BLEVINS
February 1857 in Carter County TN., daughter of KATTIE MCQUEEN. She was born March 31, 1835 in Tennessee, and
died April 28, 1916 in Carter County, TN.
Burial: Pierce Cemetery, Butler
Notes for DAVID B.
PIERCE:
1860 Carter County
Census: David B. Pierce 37, Mary A. 25,
Napoleon B. 2, Henry S. 5/12
1870 Johnson County
Census: David B. Pierce 49, Mary A. 38,
Napoleaon B. 13, Henry 11, Albert 7, Martha B. 3
Mary A. living with daughter Mary D. Pierce Morley in
1900 and 1910 census:
Mary and David's tombstones
More About MARY ANNER
BLEVINS:
Cause of Death:
Pneumonia fever record #90
Children of DAVID
PIERCE and MARY BLEVINS are:
i. NAPOLEON B.5 PIERCE, b. Abt. 1857;
m. ELVA L. MCQUEEN; b. Abt. 1865, Johnson County, TN.
101. ii. ALBERT T. PIERCE, b. February 1862, Carter
County, Tennessee; d. February 09, 1937, Carter County, TN.
102. iii. HENRY SMITH PIERCE, b. 1860, TN; d. Abt. 1936,
Carter County, TN.
103. iv. MARY D. PIERCE, b. April 1871, TN.
104. v. MARTHA DEMIE PIERCE, b. August 1866, Carter
County, Tennessee; d. 1921, Carter County.
35. ARMSTRONG
BLEVINS4 PIERCE (GRIFFIN3, ARTHUR2,
HARDY1) was born January 06, 1829 in Carter County, TN,
and died May 16, 1902 in Carter County, TN.
He married CELINA J. LEWIS January 15, 1852 in Carter County TN.,
daughter of STEPHEN LEWIS and DICY HEATHERLY.
She was born February 27, 1829 in Carter County, TN, and died December
17, 1918 in Carter County, TN.
Notes for ARMSTRONG
BLEVINS PIERCE:
Deed Book O bage
268, Armstrong B. Pierce sold land for
60 dollars to Henry N. Pierce. The land
was adjoining Thomas Crow, James Berry
and Reuben Brooks' land. 121 1/4
acres.
1880 Carter County
Census: Armstrong 52, Celina 52, Emilie,
Samuel L 22, Andrew B 17, Julia, James L 11
1900 Carter County
Census: Armstead 1829, Selina 1829,
Julia 1864 ( had 8 children and 7 are living)
picture 1: The Lewis House on Stoney Creek. Celina's brother James Francis Marion Lewis
inherited the home.
L. to Right is Sally, James, Mary, Julie and
Stant (James's wife and children) This is the home Celina grew up in.
Picture 2. Celina's death Certificate: Burial: Buckles Cemetery Cause of Death: old age death record 228
Children of ARMSTRONG
PIERCE and CELINA LEWIS are:
i. ANDREW B. PIERCE, b. April 1865, Carter County,
TN.
ii. JULIA PIERCE, b. 1864; m. JOHN ESTEP,
September 17, 1886, Carter County TN..
105. iii.
MARY EMILY PIERCE, b. 1859, Carter County,
TN; d. Stoney Creek, Carter County, TN.
106. iv. SAMUEL LUSK PIERCE, b. March 25, 1858, Carter
County, TN; d. April 04, 1939.
107. v. JAMES FRANCIS MARION PIERCE, b. April 29, 1869,
Carter County, TN; d. January 06, 1942,
Kings Mountain Hospital, Bristol, VA.
108. vi. LEODACIA R. C. PIERCE, b. June 1853, Carter
County, TN.
109. vii. NANCY LOUISA JANE PIERCE, b. January 11, 1861;
d. December 09, 1944.
36. MARGARET J.4
PIERCE (GRIFFIN3, ARTHUR2, HARDY1)
was born September 08, 1830 in Carter County,
TN, and died March 17, 1894 in Butler, Bates, Missouri.
She married TENNESSEE NAVE BUCKLES May 09, 1849 in Carter County TN., son
of SAMUEL BUCKLES and REBECCA NAVE. He
was born January 29, 1826 in Carter County,
TN, and died August 20, 1906 in Leavenworth, Kansas. Burial: Kansas City, MO, Cole Cemetery
1850 Carter County
Census: Tennessee Buckles 24, Margaret J. 19, Samuel L. D. 3 month,
Jacob C. Pierce 23
Tennessee Nave Buckles
served in the Civil War. He
enlisted 18 April 1863 at Westport, MO.
He was a Private in
Company I, 6th Kansas Calvary Regiment. He was discharged 7 Jan 1864 at Kansas
City, MO. Cause of discharge was a
disability - cancer of lip
Height: 6 feet Complexion: dark Eyes: blue
Hair: gray He could read and
write, Religion: Protestant, Occupation: farmer
He had a pension of
$12.00,pension certificate #548636
He was admitted into
the hospital, July 28, 1906. He died at 4:00AM a nd his funeral was held at
8:00AM.
About 1858, the family
moved from Tennessee to Saline County, Missouri. After hard times, the family moved to Jackson
County, Missouri. Mary Buckles, daughter
of Samuel, thought Tennessee Buckles had 1 or 2 brothers who went to Illinois
about the same time Tennessee moved to Jackson County. She thought the brothers came to Saline
County with Tennessee, then moved on to Illinois.
Clara Buckles, Widow of
Willard, said Tennessee came to Saline County, Missouri in 1858.
Children of MARGARET PIERCE and TENNESSEE BUCKLES are:
i. HENRY PIERCE5 BUCKLES, b. October
09, 1857, Tennessee; d. October 24, 1911, Jackson Co., MO.
ii. SAMUEL L.D. BUCKLES, b. February 24, 1850.
iii. MATLIDA CAROLINE TAYLOR BUCKLES, b. August 24,
1851.
iv. MARY T. BUCKLES, b. July 23, 1853.
v. REUBEN BUCKLES, b. November 09, 1855,
Tennessee; d. June 21, 1958, Jackson Co., MO.
vi. LOUISA BUCKLES, b. July 16, 1860, Jackson Co.,
MO; d. March 24, 1931, Goodman, McDonald, Missouri.
vii. WILLIAM B. BUCKLES, b. January 12, 1863,
Jackson Co., MO; d. May 13, 1927, Summersville, Texas, Missouri.
viii. JOHN T. BUCKLES, b. December 25, 1864, Jackson
Co., MO; d. Boone, Arkansas.
ix. MARGARET CENA BUCKLES, b. April 18, 1867,
Jackson Co., MO; d. June 20, 1935, Jackson Co., MO.
x. ELVIRA BUCKLES, b. March 03, 1870, Jackson Co.,
MO; d. September 05, 1903.
37. HENRY N. PIERCE (GRIFFIN3,
ARTHUR2, HARDY1) was born August 12,
1832 in Carter County, Tn., and died October 24, 1895 in Johnson Co. Tn.. He married PHOEBE JANE CROWE May 13, 1854 in
Carter County TN., daughter of ISAAC CROW and ELIZABETH HART. She was born December 20, 1838 in Carter
County, TN, and died June 15, 1891 in Johnson County, .
Burial: Robinson Cemetery, Doe Valley
1870 Johnson County
Census: Henry 36, Phoeba 30, Elizabeth
14, Amanda 12, Isaac 10, Mary 8, Nelson 5, James 2
above:
Death Certs for: Mary Pierce Miller,
James Pierce, Amanda Pierce Taylor
HENRY N. PIERCE: Military: Civil War: 13th TN Calvary, Union
Phoebe Jane Crowe was a
charter member of Doe Valley Methodist Church
Tombstone says Pheby
Jayne Pierce. Burial: Robinson Cemetery,
Doe Valley
Isaac Crow's brother
John C. Crow married Levicy Carriger daughter of Christian Carringer b. 1779 and Levicy Ward
b. 1789 Christian and Levicy Ward
Carriger had fourteen children, all of whom were born in Carter County. In 1842 Christian and Levicy and some of the
younger children left Carter County and settled in Independence, Missouri. They moved to Missouri for a while and then
set out to California, but Christian died en route. Christian Carriger was
buried in the Rocky Mountains. Levicy
Ward Carriger and family continued on to California .
Christian was Colonel in the War of 1812, He built the first brick house in Carter
County. He served 2 terms in TN General
Assembly. (Christian's father is Godfrey Carriger born 1731..see Allen
Carriger and Margaret Pierce number 42 for Godfrey's story)
Phoebe's grandfather, Robert
Campbell Crow born 1783 served in
the War of 1812. He settled on the
Lincoln Plantation, Carter, TN. His wife was Phoebe Williams. Thirteen children and one step-son listed on
unprobated Will found in the office of the County Clerk's Office Carter, TN
dated 1867.
Robert Campbell Crow's father also named
Robert Crow ( Phoebe's Great grandfather) was born abt 1750. Robert (b. 1750) enlisted December 1777 for 3
years in the Revolutionary War. He served as private in Capt. Joseph Crockett's
Company, 7th VA regiment. With that
company, he marched from Fincastle County, VA (Wythe) to Valley Forge, PA. Then he went to Monmouth Courthouse, NJ on June 28, 1788. He fought in the Battle of Monmouth
Courthouse. His next move was to White
Plains, NY. In July 1779, he was given
early discharge from the army for apprehending 3 deserters. By 1804, he was living in Carter County,
TN. Robert applied for a war pension on Oct, 1819. In 1822, Robert stated his wife, age 67, was
nearly blind and that he was old and very infirmed and indigent and incapable
of supporting himself by his own labor.
In 1823, he received pension of $8.00 per month. Robert
and wife Nancy lived in
Washington, VA on the south side of the Middle Fork of the Holston River. In 1797, they are found in Carter, TN until
1811 when they moved to Roane , TN where they both died. On the 1772 Fincastle tax records found in
Botetourt, VA, Robert, who just turned age 21, is declared by his father,
Robert Crow, to be his son.
(Robert Crow's ancestry has been traced to
John Crow, Esquire, Adventurer, of Waterford, Ireland, who booked passage for
100 persons from London, England to Virginia in the early 1600s. "Descendants From First Families of
Virginia and Maryland," by Maude Crowe, Copyright - 1978.)
Pheobe's mother was
Elizabeth Hart. Elizabeth was the
daughter of Leonard Hart born 1758 in
Germany and his wife Mary Emmert Poland.
Leonard Hart (Phoebe's grandfather)
and two of his brothers went to North Carolina and fought in the
Revolution with the NC Patriots.
Leonard went to
Sullivan County, TN and settled on land near Beaver Creek and the Holston
River.
Leonard was one of the
over-mountain men from Sullivan County who gathered at Sycamore Shoals on the
Watauga River and left on September 25, 1780 for the march to King's Mountain,
South Carolina. There British forces were
killed or captured on October 7, 1780.
Although Leonard was in the ranks, he did not engage in the shooting
warfare because he and several others, came down with smallpox on the way to
the battle. Within the sound of battle, these men with smallpox were left to
guard the horses of those who did the fighting.
In 1792, Leonard bought
400 acres in Sullivan County. Ten
children were born in Sullivan County before his first wife Sally Goodman died.
In 1807, He sold most
of his Sullivan county land. He left his
son, John, there to farm the remaining 50 acres and moved to Carter County.
Leonard paid Joseph Sevier $1,500.00 for 200 acres
near Sycamore Shoals.
He married 2nd (
married about 1808) Mary Emmert widow of John Poland. They had 4 children.
In 1812, Leonard was
deeded 139 acres in Sullivan County, founded on TN land grant # 2318, issued on
February 1, 1796. Two months after he
registered this grant, he sold the land.
Part went to his son John and part to John Smith of Sullivan County.
In 1823, He married
Phoebe Profitt, no children were born of
this marriage.
In 1823, during a spell
of sickness, Leonard made a legal agreement with his son, William, who was to
inherit all of his father's land and property in exchange for caring for Phoebe
Profitt Hart and William's younger brothers and sisters and making payment to
the older children. However, William died in 1825.
In 1847, Leonard gave 1
acre of land in Turkeytown to the
Baptist meeting house.
When Leonard died in
1852, the remainder of his land was divided between his sons Solomon and
Abraham.
Tombstone at Sinking
Creek Cemetery reads: HART, Leonard
1758-1852, "An overmountain man and Revolutionary War Veteran of the Kings Mountain Battle is
buried in these grounds".
Picture 1. marriage
bond for Leonard Hart and Phoeby
Proffitt 2. Marriage Cert for Isaac Crow and Elizabeth
Hart
Children of HENRY
PIERCE and PHOEBE CROWE are:
i. NANNIE5 PIERCE. died as a child
ii. PARLEE PIERCE.
died as a child
iii. ELIZABETH "BETTY" PIERCE, b. 1855; m.
WILLIAM WILEY MCCANN, December 1898.
110. iv. AMANDA PIERCE, b. November 11, 1856, Carter
County, Tennessee; d. June 01, 1919, Carter County, Tennessee.
111. v. ISAAC GORDON PIERCE, b. February 25, 1858,
Carter County, TN; d. August 16, 1917, Johnson County, TN.
vi .MARY PIERCE, b. October 16, 1862, Carter
County, TN; d. June 03, 1921, Johnson
County, TN; m. (1) Thomas P. Elliott,
November 8, 1888, Carter County, TN, b. 1836;
m (2) SHERMAN TAYLOR; m. (3) ADAM MILLER;
Notes for Mary : Burial: Pierce Cemetery, Butler
Cause of Death: Aortic
regurgitation, heart- death record #
112
112. vii. NELSON PIERCE, b. February 14, 1865, Johnson Co.Tn.; d. June 24,
1912, Johnson Co.Tn..
113. viii. JAMES L. PIERCE, b. 1868; d. August 18, 1931,
Carter County, TN.
ix. ROBERT C. PIERCE, b. March 1872, Johnson
County, TN; d. 1936; m. ALLIE LARIMER,
July 1899; b. 1867, Virginia.
1900 Johnson County
Census: Robert C. Pierce b. 1872, Allie
1867 wife, Ninnie sister 22, Sallie 21 (sister)
x. CLARA PIERCE, b. 1871; d. 1906. never married
xi. NINNIE PIERCE, b. December 1877, Carter County,
TN; d. January 29, 1912, Johnson County, TN.
Cause of Death:
Consumption death record #100
- 47514
xii. SALLY PIERCE, b. 1878; m. ROBERT WASHINGTON
DICKINSON, August 1917.
38. ELIZABETH4
PIERCE (GRIFFIN3, ARTHUR2, HARDY1)
was born August 12, 1832 in Carter County, TN, and died January 12, 1919 in
Carter County, TN. She married LORONZO
DOW WILLIAMS August 06, 1849 in Carter County TN., son of MARK WILLIAMS and
ELIZABETH HURLEY. He was born Abt. 1829
in Tennessee, and died Bef. 1900 in Carter County, TN.
Notes for ELIZABETH
PIERCE:
Deed book N page 350 and 351 February 1856, Loranzo and Elizabeth Williams sold land for
55 dollars to Henry N. Pierce. The land
was adjoining Thomas Crow and James Berry's land on South Side of Stoney
Creek, Carter County.
ELIZABETH PIERCE: Burial: Buckles Cemetery, Cause of Death:
Lobar pneumonia death record # 6
death
record
Notes for LORONZO DOW
WILLIAMS: Served in Civil War 13th TN
Calvary
OCCUPATION: Miner
Deed Book N page 350
and 351, Loranzo D. Williams and Elizabeth Williams sold land to Henry N Pierce for $55 on February 14, 1856
1850 Carter County
Census: Lorenzo Williams 20, Elizabeth
17, David 1/12
1870 Carter County
Census: Loranza Williams 41, Elizabeth
39, Margaret J 18, Jonathan 16, Eliza 9, James G 7, Reuben 4
1880 Carter County
Census: Lorenzo Williams
(occupation: miner) age 49, Elizabeth 48, James 17, Ruben 14
1900 Carter County
Census: Elizabeth Williams age 67, Lizie
Jenkins (border) born 1879 age 20
Children of ELIZABETH
PIERCE and LORONZO WILLIAMS are:
i. DAVID5 WILLIAMS, b. 1850.
114. ii. MARGARET J. WILLIAMS, b. 1852, Carter County,
Tennessee.
iii. JONATHAN WILLIAMS, b. 1854, Carter County, TN;
d. September 07, 1932, Carter County, TN.
115. iv. ELIZA WILLIAMS, b. Abt. 1861; d. Bef. 1900.
v. JAMES G. WILLIAMS, b. 1863, Carter County, TN;
m. ALICE MILLER, July 28, 1897, Carter County TN..
vi. REUBEN WILLIAMS, b. Abt. 1866.
39. NATHANIEL J.4
PIERCE (GRIFFIN3, ARTHUR2, HARDY1)
was born 1833 in Carter County, Tennessee.
He married REBECCA BOWERS December 24, 1857 in Carter County TN.. She was born Abt. 1819, and died Abt. 1888.
Notes for NATHANIEL J.
PIERCE:
1860 Carter County
Census: Nathan Pierce 24 TN, Rebecca 35
TN, Delritha Bowers 60 (mother in law)
1870 Johnson County
Census: Nathaniel 29, Rebecca 55,
William 9, Mary Bowers 69 TN
1880 carter Co.
census: Nathaniel Pierce 47
(carpenter) Rebecca 62 (wife) She has
rheumatism. William 19 (carpenter)
Child of NATHANIEL PIERCE
and REBECCA BOWERS is:
116. i. WILLIAM B. B. PIERCE, b. April 1861, Carter
County, TN.
40. ELIZA J. PIERCE
(GRIFFIN3, ARTHUR2, HARDY1)
was born 1842 in Carter County, TN, and died May 07, 1910 in Carter County,
TN. She married SAMUEL MURRAY STOVER BOWERS
November 27, 1860 in Carter County TN., son of JOHN TETER BOWERS and
MARY LINCOLN STOVER. He was born 1843 in
Carter County, TN.
Notes for
"MURRAY" BOWERS: 1870 Carter County Census: Murray Bowers 27, Eliza 27, Loretta J 7,
Daniel B 4, Emelne 2, John T 3/12
Murray's parents, John
Teter Bowers and Mary Stover had the following children: John Leonard Teter
Bowers, b. 1830 (see # 191) , Christian Nave Bowers b. 1836., David Stover
Bowers b. 1817, David B. Bowers b. 1820, Isaac Bowers, b. 1839, Murray
Bowers, Teter Bowers, Jemima Bowers, Mary Bowers
About 1846, the family moved to Missouri. Some family members became ill with Malaria
and the family returned to Carter County.
Murray's maternal
grandparents were Daniel Stover and Phoebe Ward. Phoebe Ward's sister, Mary Ward married Isaac
Lincoln ( the great uncle of Abraham
Lincoln) Thomas Lincoln, Isaac's nephew
came from Kentucky to Carter County and spent a year with his uncle. Thomas lived alone in a small cabin at the
base of Lynn Mountain and helped Isaac
on the farm. Isaac was very particular
and Thomas found it impossible to please him.
Thomas returned to Kentucky and marrried. Thomas was the father of
President Lincoln. In 1796, Isaac had
1200 acres of land in Carter County.
Isaac's estate was inventoried in November 1816. He had loaned large amounts of cash to his
neighbors. He owned 20 slaves, had 55 hogs,
52 sheep, 13 horses, cattle, geese and turkeys.
Isaac Lincoln purchased land directly across the Watauga River from the
3000 acre Carriger Plantation.
Murray's Paternal
grandfather, Leonard Bowers was
born 1760 in Hagerstown , MD, and died October 05, 1840 in Carter County,
TN. He married Rebecca Nave, b.
1769. He was a farmer and slave holder. He was a noted minister and established
several churches. Leonard served in the Revolutionary War: - On May 17, 1778, Leonard Bowers went to
Frederick, Maryland and enlisted as a private in Captain Grasland's Company of
Colonel Otho H. Williams' 6th Maryland Regiment for a period of 3 years. He
marched to Valley Forge, Pennsylvania where Washington's troops were encamped
the previous winter. He participated in the following battles: Monmouth, New
Jersey June 28, 1778, Camden, South Carolina August 16, 1780, Cowpens, South
Carolina January 17, 1781, Guilford Court House, North Carolina, March 15,
1781. Leonard was captured along with
several hundred others at the Battle of Camden, South Carolina. He and the
others were rescued and freed by Colonel Francis Marion and 17 men.
Rebecca Nave's
ancestry: The immigrant ancestor of this family. Dr. Conrad Naaf, was born 1713 in
Switzerland. He came from Wallisellan Parish, and sailed from Zurich. The ship
arrived in Philadelphia, Pa. on May 29, 1735. He later lives in Shenandoah
Valley, Va. His son, Tetar Nave b. 1745
in Germany, married Ann Vandenpool, daughter of Abraham and Rebecca
Vandenpool (Van der Pool), ca. 1766 in Augusta Co., Va. The Vandenpool family
originated from Holland. Teter was the
first Settler in Siam Valley, Carter County, TN. He arrived at the Watauga Settlement about
1770. Teter was in the Battle of Kings Mtn. during Revolutionary war in 1780.
He was a Farmer and Slave holder. German Spelling of name: Deiter Naff .
Teter and Ann were Rebecca Nave Bowers' parents
Children of ELIZA
PIERCE and MURRAY BOWERS are:
i. DANIEL B.5 BOWERS, b. Abt. 1862,
Carter County, TN; d. November 23, 1930, Carter County, TN.
Cause of Death: pellagra death record # 24601
ii. EMELINE BOWERS, b. Abt. 1868.
iii. JOHN T. BOWERS, b. 1870.
iv. LORETTA J. BOWERS, b. Abt. 1863.
41. SAMUEL D.
PIERCE (GRIFFIN3, ARTHUR2, HARDY1)
was born July 1845 in Carter County, TN, and died 1888 in Carter County,
TN. He married SARAH E. VANDEVENTER
December 05, 1865 in Johnson County TN., daughter of JACOB VANDEVENTER and
LORINA. She was born July 06, 1846 in
Carter County, Tennessee, and died December 22, 1919 in Carter County, TN.
Samuel was in the
Fourth Tennessee Infantry which was recruited by Colonel Daniel Stover, at
Louisville, KY in the spring of 1863.
The unit was composed of exiles from East Tennessee. These soldiers were guided through
Confederate Lines by scouts. Their
marches through East TN to KY were made by night. Their days were spent hiding in caves and
forests to escape capture by Confederate Conscript Officers. Carter County Book page 34
Samuel D. Pierce: Civil
War, Private, 4th TN Cav, Union, Company H age 18, enrolled
at Elizabethton, April 1, 1864, Mustered in at Loudon on May 7, 1864, discharged
August 2, 1865, military file contains enlistment papers.
1880 Carter Co.
Census: Samuel 35, Sarah 33, Andrew 13,
Jacob . 12, James G. 10, Thomas 8, William A 5, Jonathan 4, Samuel E 2
1900 Carter Co.
Census: Sarah Pierce 1845 age 55, James
G feb 1872 age 28, Thomas sept 1873 age
26, Kellip may 1883, Alfred 1884
1910 Carter County
Census: Sarah Pierce 65, Griffin 39,
Caleb 27, Alfred 25
More About SARAH E.
VANDEVENTER: Cause of Death not listed,
: Death record # 289
Children of SAMUEL
PIERCE and SARAH VANDEVENTER are:
117. i. ANDREW DALLAS PIERCE, b. September 1867, Carter
County, TN.
118. ii. JACOB CAMRON PIERCE, b. April 17, 1868, Carter
County, TN; d. November 27, 1940, Carter County, TN.
iii. JAMES GRIFFIN PIERCE, b. Abt. 1871. married Anna Mae Oliver, b. 1902
Children: Ellen, Novella, Corine, Elige, Ray, Evelyn,
Jasper
Notes for JAMES GRIFFIN
PIERCE:
1920 Carter County
Census: James G Pierce 50 TN TN
1930 Carter County
Census: Griffin Pierce 59, May 28
(wife), Jasper 8, Elijah 6, Ray 5, Ellen
iv. THOMAS PIERCE, b. 1872; d. 1950.
119. v. WILLIAM A. PIERCE, b. May 1874, Carter County,
TN.
vi. SAMUEL E. PIERCE, b. Abt. 1878.
120. vii. JONATHAN WESLEY PIERCE, b. 1876, Carter County,
TN.
121. viii. CALEB M. PIERCE, b. 1882, Carter County,
Tennessee; d. 1955.
122. ix. ALFRED B. PIERCE, b. September 1884, Carter
County, Tennesse
42. MARGARET
CAROLINE PIERCE (MICHAEL B.3, ARTHUR2,
HARDY1) was born December 24, 1830 in Carter County, TN,
and died September 25, 1905 in Carter County, TN. She married ALLEN T. CARRIGER September 22,
1852 in Carter County TN., son of GODFREY CARRIGER and ELIZABETH LOVELACE. He was born July 03, 1823 in Carter County,
TN, and died January 10, 1907 in Carter County, TN.
Notes for MARGARET
CAROLINE PIERCE:
They lived and raised
their children beside the Old Carriger Mill on Blue Springs Road. Buried at the
Carriger/Grindstaff Cemetery just off Blue Springs Road, Carter County, TN
Allen's
grandfather, Godfrey Sr. was born in
Germany about 1732. He sailed with his parents, brother and sister from
Rotterdam, Holland on the ship "Friendship" They traveled to America. Godfrey Carriger SR, served in the
Revolutionary War. In 1782, he came to
the Watauga Settlement from Brunswick County,
PA. Godfrey SR was one of the wealthiest men in the
area. He brought from PA six wagon loads
of supplies which included furniture, and iron cook stove ( the first in the
area) over $35,000 in gold and several slaves.
The 1792 tax role shows him owning almost 3000 acres of land in Carter
County. He was overseer of the wagon
road from Sycamore Shoals to the foot of Holston Mountain. Godfrey Carriger SR. and his sons were iron workers and involved
in politics.
1870 Census: Allen T. 48, Caroline 39, Mary 16, Margaret
15, Michael 12, Eliza 10, Ulyses 7, Edney George 60 TN
1900 Carter County
Census: Allen Carriger b. 1822, Caroline
b. 1830, Eliza 1860, Mary McKinney (granddaughter) 1884, Ethel Smith 1892 (grand daughter)
Religion: Members of
Hunter United Methodist Church
Children of MARGARET
PIERCE and ALLEN CARRIGER are:
i. MARY E.5 CARRIGER, b. Abt. 1854.
123. ii. MARGARET D. CARRIGER, b. March 29, 1855, Carter
County, TN; d. June 03, 1929, Carter County, TN.
iii. MICHAEL W. CARRIGER, b. Abt. 1858.
iv. ELIZA J. CARRIGER, b. Abt. 1860.
v. ULYSES S. G. CARRIGER, b. Abt. 1863.
43. WILLIAM C. PIERCE (MICHAEL B.3,
ARTHUR2, HARDY1) was born December 15,
1835 in Carter County, TN, and died August 13, 1881 in Carter County, TN. He married SARAH JANE DUGGER August 30, 1857
in Carter County TN., daughter of WILLIAM DUGGER and NANCY LACEY. She was born December 17, 1837 in Carter
County, TN, and died December 08, 1926 in Carter County, TN.
Notes for WILLIAM C.
PIERCE:
1860 Carter County
Census for Duggers Ferry: William 23 TN, Jane 20, TN Michael 2 TN
1870 Carter County
Census: William C. Pierce 34, Sarah Jane
32, Mary CC 9, Nancy LL 7, Margaret E.C. 5, John Emmert Pierce 17
1900 Carter County
Census: Sarah Pierce 12-1837, Cordelia
12-1882 granddaughter ( sarah had 5 children and only 1 (Nancy ) living in
1900. living beside Griffin P. Pierce
Cordelia, Sarah 
Sarah and Nancy
Tombstone reads W. C.
Pierce born Dec 15, 1837 died August 13, 1881
45 year 8m 28 day old, Family
records has date of birth as December 05, 1837
SARAH
JANE DUGGER:
Deed Book U page 582
and 582, June 4, 1886, Carter
County
Sarah J. Pierce
administrator of William C. Pierce, deceased, gives Mary C. C. Berry 30 acres
Sarah deeds land to
Cordia Jane Pierce, Sarah also deeds
land to her daughter Nancy L.L.
Pierce Deeds witnessed by Henry Clay
Pierce
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James B. Pierce's
pension record contains a deposition dated December 29. 1886 from Sarah Jane
Dugger Pierce. states:
My name is Sarah Jane Pierce. I am 49 year
old, I am widow of William C. Pierce and I live near Duggers Ferry, TN. I am
cousin of Henry C. Pierce, Our fathers were half-brothers. I know
Frankie Pierce, wife of Henry C. Pierce.
I am not connected with her except through her husband. I have known Frankie Pierce and her family
all my life. At the time the war broke
out, I lived within 2 miles of said Henry Pierce with the Watauga River between
us. And ever since 1860, I have lived
within 3 miles and part of the time within 1/4 of a mile of her. From 1860 until Sarah Ann moved away to Indiana. I lived within 1/4 of a mile of Mrs Sarah Ann
Pierce who is also my cousin. I know James
B. Pierce son of Frankie Pierce who was said to have died in service while a
member of Co A 13 Tenn Cav. James worked for my husband a month in Spring of
the year in which he enlisted in the Fall.
He did farm work for my husband and for his labor we gave his mother
some bacon and bread-stuff while he was still working. what was not paid for of his labor was
settled for by my husband with the mother of said James B. after said son
enlisted. The son told us when he left
our employ to finish paying him by giving what we owed him to his mother
Frankie Pierce. The contribution so made
was necessary to the support of Frankie Pierce because she was poor and did not
have much.
Henry C. Pierce, husband of Frankie Pierce
could not support his family because the Rebels would not let him stay at home
to work "a man could not work and scout in the woods". If
Henry ever had complained of having rheumatism before the war or ever
walked lame or used a cane, I did not know it.
Henry has been complaining of rheumatism in his knees ever since he came
out of the army, whenever I have seen
him and I saw him within a week after his return home from the war. Sometimes he complains of hurting all
over. I first saw him lame the next
winter after he came home. I saw him one
winter with his leg all drawed up and he had to walk on his cane. That was after the war and while he was
teaching school or had just finished a term.
Except the lameness and the drawed- up leg, I have never seen any
evidence of his having rheumatism. Mrs.
Pierce has worked out ever since I have known her and this family have always
been poor and dependant on their own labor for their living. Sarah J Pierce
David Jesse Morely,
Civil War Pension file contains :
Deposition A Case of minor of
David J. Morley, On this 29 day of October 1913 at Fish Spring, county of
Carter, appeared Sarah J. Pierce, who says:
I am 77 years old: am the widow
of William Pierce. My address is Butler,
TN # 3 route. I knew David J. Morley all
his life and I knew Sarah Clawson whom he married nearly all her life. Neither had a former marriage. I am sure of this. I was present when their child Iris was born
and she was born Sept. 2 1881. I know
that because my grandson Crumley was born Sept. 2, 1880 and Iris was a year
younger to a day. I was also present
when their youngest child Roy was born but I cannot give the date to save my
life, but I recollect he was a right
small little boy, about 4 years old as near as I can come to it, when his
mother died. I don't recollect the date
of her death but it was in July. It was
then or near then just before she took down sick and Roy wanted to go with her
to hunt a cow. He must have been at
least 4 years old. Oh yes, he was over 3
years old. He was wearing onesies when
his mother died but boys wore onesies back them days til they were 4 or 5 years
old. I am very distantly related to
claimants aunts. I recollect the two
children were born between Iris and Roy, One was a boy born in March 1886 for I
have a granddaughter who was born the same night, March 22. Her boy died after a few months. Now Roy came next. I recollect it was he came a little over 2
years later.
Sarah Pierce ( Sarah Jane Dugger Pierce)
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More About SARAH JANE
DUGGER:
Burial: Pierce-Campbell
Cemetery, (Piercetown Rd) Butler, TN
Children of WILLIAM
PIERCE and SARAH DUGGER are:
i. MICHAEL5 PIERCE, b. Abt. 1858,
Carter County, TN; d. Bef. 1870.
124. ii. NANCY L. L. PIERCE, b. December 18, 1862,
Carter Co. Tn.; d. July 14, 1917, Carter Co. Tn..
125. iii. MARGARET ELIZABETH C. PIERCE, b. July 21, 1865,
Carter County, Tennessee; d. January 19, 1886, Carter County, TN.
126. iv. MARY CALLIE C. PIERCE, b. 1860, Carter
County, TN; d. November 21, 1893, Carter
County, TN.
44. JULIUS DUGGER
PIERCE (MICHAEL B.3,
ARTHUR2, HARDY1) was born July 1838 in
Johnson County, TN, and died May 07,
1902 in Butler, Johnson County, TN. He married MARY ANN WAGNER March 26, 1867 in
Johnson County, Butler, TN, daughter of JOSEPH WAGNER and NANCY WAGNER. She was born July 05, 1843 in Johnson County, TN, and died October 25, 1922 in Butler,
Johnson County, TN.
Notes for JULIUS DUGGER
PIERCE:
Sheriff in Carter
County 1872-1874
Military:
Civil War
He was with
"Second East TN Volunteer Infantry" which was organized at Camp Dick
Robinson, Kentucky, as part of the Union Army in 1861. The Carter County members in this unit had
scouted through Confederate Lines under the guidance of Daniel Ellis.
Pension Record 486.789
: Application # 150.80; Private in
Company E 2nd TN infantry. Enlisted on
July 26, 1863. His company joined the
13th TN Cavalry in October 1863 at Strawberry Plains, TN. He remained until November 19, 1863 and went with them to
Camp Nelson, KY. When they went to
Nashville in January 1864, Julius was left behind because he was sick.
Julius died from the
effects of Rheumatism resulting disease of heart from rheumatic poison and Bronchitis and results.
Mary was getting a
widows pension of $30. month when she died.
1870 Carter County
Census: Julius D. Pierce 32 TN, Mary A
27, James A.C. 2, William J.M. 1 1/2, Angaline Wagner 17
1880 Johnson County
Census: Julius D. Pierce 35, Mary A.
C. 38,James A. C. B. 12, William J.M.
C. 10, Ida S. E. C. 9,Nancy L.E. J. 8
1900 Johnson County Census: Julius Pierce 62, Mary A 56, Ethel 17, Emma
Sims 21 Housekeeper
Coffee Brothers Store
ledger 1861-1862: Mary A. Wagner
purchased 1/2 quire paper for 12 and 1/2 cents
More About MARY ANN
WAGNER: Burial: Stout Cemetery, Johnson
County
Cause of Death: Acute
indigestion death record 30
Children of JULIUS
PIERCE and MARY WAGNER are:
127. i. JAMES ALLEN C. B.5 PIERCE, b. April
10, 1868, Johnson County, TN; d. June
07, 1925, Los Angeles, CA.
128. ii. WILLIAM JOSEPH M. C. PIERCE, b. July 12, 1869,
Johnson County, TN.
iii. IDA S. E. C. PIERCE, b. December 13, 1870,
Johnson County, TN; m. WILLIAM NICHOLAS.
129. iv. NANCY L. EDNA J. PIERCE, b. May 02, 1872,
Johnson County, TN.
130. v. MARY ETHEL PIERCE, b. April 07, 1883.
45. MARTHA REBECCA4
PIERCE (ANDERSON K.3, ARTHUR2, HARDY1)
was born 1831 in Overton County, TN. She
married HENRY M. CROW January 11, 1855, son of ROBERT CROWE and PHOEBE
WILLIAMS. He was born 1833 in Carter
County, TN.
Children of MARTHA
PIERCE and HENRY CROW are:
i. WILLIAM T.5 CROW, b. 1858.
ii. CAMPBELL A. CROW, b. 1859.
iii. MANDA J. CROW, b. 1862.
iv. ISAAC B. CROW, b. 1864.
v. JOHN L CROW, b. 1866.
vi. ROBERT L. CROW, b. 1868.
vii. RHODA F. CROW, b. 1874.
46. WILLIAM A.
PIERCE (ANDERSON K.3, ARTHUR2, HARDY1)
was born Abt. 1837 in Carter County, TN, and died Bef. 1875. He married MARY CARRIE NAVE October 09, 1860
in Carter County TN., daughter of WILLIAM NAVE and JEMIMA CROW. She was born
July 17, 1844 and died July 26, 1926..
Notes for MARY C. NAVE:
1880 Carter County
Census: Samuel C. Nave 31, Sally 42
William 10, Marget 7, Mary 4, Andrew 3, RHODA J. Pierce 16 (neice)
1880 Carter County
census: William H. Nave 57, Jemiah 55, Rutha E 16, Chrisley 19 (grandson) Sarah
E Pierce (Granddaughter) 11
next
house: 1880 census: Ruben Carden 25 TN, NC NC Mary C 37 , Marget
3, Martha E 2, July A. Pierce 10 ( Stepdaughter)
1880 Census has William
A. Pierce's aunts Martha and Rosemond Dugger living with Jenne U. Pierce 10
(Servant) (live next to the Above ) May be William A Pierce and
Mary C. Nave Pierce's child also.
Children of WILLIAM
PIERCE and MARY NAVE are:
i. RHODA J.5 PIERCE, b. Abt. 1864.
ii. SARAH PIERCE, b. 1862. d. 1958 m. Thomas Crow
on November 29, 1883. Thomas Crow was
born
October 10, 1855
and died 1942. They had 8 children.
iii. NANCY PIERCE, b. Abt. 1868.
iv. CHRISLEY PIERCE, b. 1861.
v. JULIE A. PIERCE, b. Abt. 1870. married John
Estep on September 18, 1886
vi EUGENIA
"JENNIE" PIERCE, b. abt 1870
married John Crow on March 11, 1888.
49. RICHARD PIERCE
(SION ARTHUR3, ARTHUR2, HARDY1)
was born October 1811 in TN, and died April 29, 1904 in Stoney Creek, Carter
County, TN. He married REBECCA VENABLE
Abt. 1841 in Johnson County TN., daughter of JOSEPH VENABLE and MATILDA
MERRITT. She was born November 1819 in
Carter County, TN, and died Bef. 1908 in
Carter County, TN.
Notes for RICHARD
PIERCE:
1830 Carter County
Census: Richard Pierce 2 males under 5,
1 male age 20-30, 1 female 20-30
1860 Carter County
Census: Richard 46, Rebecca 39, Lewis M.
14, Laura C. 6, Robert H. 4, Lilburn L 2/12
1870 Carter
Co.Census: Richard Pierce 55 TN, Rebecca
49, Laura E. C. 16, Robert H 14, Lidburn L 10
1880 Carter County
Census: Richard Pearce 65 (miller) TN TN
NC Rebecca 58
1900 Carter County
Census: Richard born Oct 1811 age 88 (married 60 year, 8
children, 5 living) Rebecca born Nov.
1819 age 80
Robert Henry Pierce's
Descendant records has Richard with a brother Sion, George ( thought to have
moved to Missouri) and a brother
Henry. He had a sister Sarah who married
an Archer.
Sarah Pierce Archer's
death Certificate list parents as Scion Pierce born NC and Sarah Pierce born NC
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Coffee Brother's Store
Ledger, 1861-1862, Richard Pierce purchased 2 pounds of rice for 25 cents
More About RICHARD
PIERCE: Burial: Ensor Cemetery
Occupation: Miller
Children of RICHARD
PIERCE and REBECCA VENABLE are:
131. i. SARAH CAROLINE5 PIERCE, b. November
29, 1841, Alabama; d. February 22, 1903, Vermillion County, IN.
132. ii. LEWIS M. PIERCE, b. April 1845, TN; d. December
11, 1909, Johnson County, TN.
133. iii. LAURA C. PIERCE, b. Abt. 1854.
134. iv. LILBERN LEROY PIERCE, b. March 29, 1860, Carter
County, TN; d. October 28, 1924, Carter
County, TN.
135. v. ROBERT HENRY PIERCE, b. May 18, 1856, Carter
County, TN; d. October 12, 1927, Carter County, TN.
50. SION PIERCE
(SION ARTHUR3, ARTHUR2, HARDY1)
was born 1826 in NC, and died Bef. 1900 in Carter County, TN. He
married SARAH KING September 07, 1846 in Carter County TN.. She was born September 1827 in VA, and died
Bef. 1910 in Carter County, TN.
Notes for SION PIERCE:
Deed Book Z page
335, July 9, 1891 "Siam Pierce and Sarah Pierce"
secure a $200 loan from D. M. Simerly.
The money is to buy a horse. They
agree to make 3 payments, and if they don't make the payments, Mr Simerly is to
sell their land and take the $200 from the profit.
1860 Carter County
Census: Cyrus Pierce 33, Sarah 28, Nancy
A 12, Margaret E 9, Lafayette 7, William C. 4, John S. 1
1870 Carter County
Census: Sion 47, Sarah 37, Eveline 21,
Lafayette 18, William 16, John 11, Rogan 7, Carrie 10, Florence 2
1880 Carter County
Census: Sion 57., Sarah 47, Rogan 17, Lists Carrie as divorced age 19
1900 Carter County Census: Sarah Pierce b. Sept 1827 age 72, Johnnie born January 1860 age 40
SION PIERCE: Occupation: Miller
Children of SION PIERCE
and SARAH KING are:
136. i. MARGARET EVELINE PIERCE, b. Abt. 1849, Carter
County, TN.
ii. HENRY LAFAYETTE PIERCE, b. July 1851.
iii. JOHN PIERCE, b. January 1860, Carter County,
TN; d. 1909, Carter County, TN.
Cause of Death not
listed: death record 6475
iv. CARRIE PIERCE, b. 1861; m. FERDINAND GENTRY,
August 05, 1877, Carter County TN..
138. v. ROGAN PIERCE, b. March 1869, TN.
139. vi. FLORENCE PIERCE, b. 1868, Carter County, TN.
140. vii. WILLIAM M. PIERCE, b. May 1855, TN; d. April
16, 1936, Carter County, Tennessee.
140 b viii. NANCY A. PIERCE, b. 1847, Carter County, TN. d.
abt 1887
51. SARAH JANE
PIERCE (SION ARTHUR3, ARTHUR2, HARDY1)
was born March 26, 1836 in Carter County,
TN, and died April 30, 1923 in Carter County, TN. She met (1) JAMES PLEASANT. He was born Abt. 1816 in Botetourt County,
VA, and died February 25, 1890 in Carter County, Tennessee. She married (2) JOHN ARCHER October 14, 1860
in Carter County TN., son of JOHN ARCHER and REBECCA SMITH. He was born Abt. 1838 in TN, and died Abt.
1863 in Carter County, TN.
Carter County death
Record # 112, Sarah Archer age 88,
parents Scion pierce and Sarah Pierce, death cause: old age. Pierce Cemetery
Notice that Sion could
not be the father. He is not
living.
Notes for JAMES
PLEASANT: James M. Pleasant was enrolled
on September 20, 1863 at Elizabethton in Co. F, 13th Regiment of TN Cavalry
Volunteers to serve 3 years,or during the war, and mustered into service as a
private on October 28, 1863 at Strawberry Plains, TN in Co. F, 13th Regiment
.
He contacted Liver
disease during his army service for which he was discharged out of the U.S
Hospital at Knoxville, TN May 27, 1865.
May 1, 1889, there is a
record for an increase in Invalid Pension.
It stated that he was age 73. In
this document is says "The disability for which he is now pensioned has
increased since last examined causing total blindness"
In his claim for
invalid pension, it states that he was attacked with Typhoid Fever in the line
of duty at Nashville on May 1, 1864. It
says it had attacked his eyes and chest to such an extent as to render him
unfit to perform manual labor of any kind.
He was 5 feet 6 inches
tall, fair complexion, blue eyes and dark hair and by occupation when enlisted
was a Carpenter.
1860 Johnson County
Census: James Pleasant VA Carpenter,
Elizabeth 39 PA, Sarah C 17, Martha 2, Mary J 15, Susan 13, Eliza 10, Nancy C.
7,
1880 Carter County
Census: James Pleasant 63 (blind) VA VA
VA, Elizabeth 59 PA PA PA
1900 Carter County
Census: Sarah Archer, widow, 1837 Tn, tn
tn , Allen 1878 TN TN TN (had 5 children
and all 5 living in 1900)
There are 3 stories
about the death of John Archer.
- One story is that
John Archer said to have died 1861 in Motley County, TX.
- Second, his
granddaughter, Eva White, told a story
that in 1863 a stranger came to the house and called John out. He left with the man and was not heard from
again.
- Third. He was killed in a hunting accident. He went hunting with Joseph M. Elliott who leaned
a rifle against a fence, and climbed over.
The gun fell and discharged, killing John Archer. This story is likely because Serena Archer
became a ward of Joseph Elliott's relatives.
Serena married Peter Bolinger Elliott, son of Joseph.
Children of SARAH
PIERCE and JAMES PLEASANT are:
141. i. ELLA ARCHER, b. December 30, 1867, Carter
County, Tennessee; d. December 04, 1934, Carter County, TN.
ii. ALLEN ARCHER, b. December 16, 1877, Carter
County, TN; d. June 13, 1934, Carter County, TN.
Allen Archer's father
was James Pleasant. Allen died at age 57
from Heart Failure, Ensor Cemetery, died
June 13, 1934 Death record 123298 Burial: Ensor Cemetery
Children of SARAH PIERCE and JOHN ARCHER are:
iii. LORETTA ARCHER, b. Abt. 1859; m. DAVE TAYLOR.
142. iv. SERENA VICTORIA ARCHER, b. 1861, Carter County,
TN; d. 1947, Carter County, TN.
143. v. ELIZA ARCHER, b. April 23, 1863, Carter County,
TN; d. 1932, Carter County, TN.
52. ALFRED PIERCE
(SION ARTHUR3, ARTHUR2, HARDY1)
was born Abt. 1848 in Tennessee. He
married MARY WHITE August 03, 1873 in Carter County TN., daughter of ROBERT
WHITE and SARAHFINA BARTEE. She was born
Abt. 1856 in Tennessee.
Notes for ALFRED
PIERCE:
1860 Carter County
Census: Lived with his cousin Henry
Pierce.
1880 Carter county
Census: Alfred 38 (works in the iron foundry), Mary 24, Cashaim 12, Nancy 6, Martha 1, Mary 1, Robert
White 62
border--works at foundry -- father-in-law
Children of ALFRED
PIERCE and MARY WHITE are:
i. CASHAIM PIERCE, b. Abt. 1868. probably Mary White's stepdaughter
ii. NANCY PIERCE, b. Abt. 1874.
iii. MARTHA PIERCE, b. Abt. 1879.
iv. MARY PIERCE, b. Abt. 1879.
53. SAMUEL4
BERRY (ELIZABETH3 PIERCE, ARTHUR2, HARDY1)
was born June 24, 1818, and died May 22, 1877.
He married FRANCIS HEATHERLY June 14, 1844. She was born June 09, 1816 in TN, and died
April 20, 1907.
Notes for SAMUEL BERRY:
1870 Carter County
Census: Samuel Berry 50, Fannie 51,
Margaret 23, Elbert C 19, James T 17, Samuel M.S. 14, Cary H 11, Alvin R 6
Children of SAMUEL
BERRY and FRANCIS HEATHERLY are:
144. i. ELBERT C.5 BERRY, b. October 16,
1860, Carter County, TN; d. February 24,
1920, Johnson County, TN.
ii. MARGARET E. BERRY, b. 1847.
iii. JAMES T. BERRY, b. Abt. 1853, Tennessee.
145. iv. MURRY SAMUEL BERRY, b. Abt. 1856; d. 1939.
v. CARY H. BERRY, b. Abt. 1859.
vi. ARVIN BERRY, b. Abt. 1864, Stoney Creek, Carter
County, TN.
54. NANCY4
BERRY (ELIZABETH3 PIERCE, ARTHUR2, HARDY1)
was born 1822 in Carter County, TN, and
died 1861 in Carter County, TN. She
married ALFRED CROOK PETERS June 05, 1840 in Carter County TN., son of JAMES
PETERS and AMELIA WARD. He was born June
12, 1818 in Carter County, TN, and died December 13, 1888 in Carter County, TN.
ALFRED C. PETERS:
Military: joined Captain Joseph Powell's Company of the
1st TN Regiment Mounted Volunteers at Camp Wood in McMinn County on Jul
1837. He was discharged on 29 Jun 1838
at Fort Cass.
Children of NANCY BERRY
and ALFRED PETERS are:
i. CHRISTOPHER CHRISTIAN5 PETERS, b.
October 09, 1846, Carter County, TN; d. July 16, 1920, Carter County, Siam
Cemetery; m. ELIZA LEWIS, February 22, 1866, Carter County TN..
More About CHRISTOPHER
CHRISTIAN PETERS:
Burial: Siam, Carter
County, TN Cause of Death: "intestinal
nephritis" death record # 187
146. ii. JAMES H. PETERS, b. 1841; d. July 18, 1864,
Civil War, Gallatin, TN.
iii. SAMUEL PETERS, b. October 1842, Carter County,
TN; d. probably Kerr County, TX.
iv. WILLIAM
A. PETERS, b. 1844.
147. v. REUBIN PETERS, b. October 1845, Carter County,
TN; d. May 12, 1905, Carter County, TN.
vi. SITHARD THOMAS PETERS, b. 1849.
vii.
CATHERINE PETERS, b. 1851.
viii.
ALFRED M. PETERS, b. 1853; d. July 02, 1912; m. NANCY NIDDIFER, July 18, 1874;
b. 1854; d. July 16, 1927.
ix. SARAH ELIZABETH PETERS, b. 1854.
148. x. HENRY TUCKER PETERS, b. 1858.
xi. MICHAEL PETERS, b. June 20, 1860; d. December
20, 1934, Carter County, TN; m. LUCY BUCKLES, November 14, 1881; b. October 05,
1865; d. September 04, 1945.
More About MICHAEL
PETERS:
Burial: Forbes
Cemetery Cause of Death:
myocarditis death record 26817
55. MARY EVALINE4
BERRY (ELIZABETH3 PIERCE, ARTHUR2, HARDY1)
was born September 14, 1835 in Carter County, TN, and died December 21,
1866. She married RUBEN B. PETERS
November 10, 1852 in Carter County TN., son of WILLIAM PETERS and NANCY BROOKS. He was born Abt. 1833 in Carter County, TN.
More About RUBEN B.
PETERS:
Military: Civil War,
Company A, TN Union Cavalry
Children of MARY BERRY
and RUBEN PETERS are:
i. AMANDA5 PETERS, b. Abt. 1855.
ii. NANCY PETERS, b. Abt. 1856.
iii. ELIZA PETERS, b. Abt. 1859.
iv. ISAAC PETERS, b. Abt. 1860.
v. MARGARET PETERS, b. Abt. 1861.
vi. JAMES PLEASANT PETERS, b. September 12, 1862,
Carter County, TN; d. September 26, 1917, Sullivan County, TN. Burial: Shipley Cemetery
vii. BENJAMIN PETERS, b. Abt. 1865.
viii. REBECCA PETERS, b. Abt. 1866.
56. SOLOMON HARDY4
PIERCE (WILLIAM BAILEY3, ARTHUR2, HARDY1)
was born November 29, 1850 in Olin, Overton Co., TN, and died December 12, 1910
in Gordon, Texas. He married AUGUSTA
HUNTER JIANT December 25, 1872. She was
born April 03, 1854 in Logan Co,. Ky, and died 1936 in Gordon, Texas.
Children of SOLOMON
PIERCE and AUGUSTA JIANT are:
i. WILLIE E.5 PIERCE.
ii. ROBERT LEMMIT PIERCE.
iii. ANNIE MAY PIERCE.
iv. MATTIE EULELA PIERCE.
v. ADDIE BELLE PIERCE.
vi. MORTIE WEBSTER PIERCE.
57. SARAH ELIZA BERRY
(MARY3 PIERCE, ARTHUR2, HARDY1)
was born September 1847 in Carter County, TN.
She married DANIEL S. BOWERS December 31, 1867 in Carter County TN., son
of DAVID BOWERS and CHRISTINA JOHNSON.
He was born August 09, 1848 in Carter County, TN.
Notes for DANIEL S.
BOWERS:
1880 Carter Co TN
Census: Bowers David 32 TN, Eliza
32 TN, Caldonia 10, Reece B. 7 , Hester
6, Elizabeth 3, Virginia
1 TN
1900 Carter County
Census: Dan S. Bowers 51, Liza 52,
(married 34 years, 10 kids, 7 living)
Lizzie 24 (2 children 1 living)
Mary 14, Laura 9, Luther (grandson) 4
Daniel Bowers father
David is the brother of Murry Bowers
that married Eliza Pierce see #40 for
Bowers information.
Children of SARAH BERRY
and DANIEL BOWERS are:
149. i. VIRGINIA "JENNIE"5 BOWERS,
b. 1878, Carter County, TN.
150. ii. REECE B. BOWERS, b. 1871, Carter County, TN; d.
1941.
151. iii. LIZZIE BOWERS, b. 1875.
iv. MARY BOWERS, b. 1885.
v. CALDONIA BOWERS, b. Abt. 1870.
vi. ELIZABETH BOWERS, b. Abt. 1877.
vii.
LAURA BOWERS, b. 1891.
152. viii.
HESTER A. BOWERS, b. 1874, Carter County, Tennessee; d. 1957.
58. MARGARET BERRY
(MARY3 PIERCE, ARTHUR2, HARDY1)
was born August 17, 1855 in Carter County, TN, and died February 25, 1934 in
Carter County, TN. She married FREDERICK
J. CRUMLEY Abt. 1886. He was born May
1847 in Tennessee.
Notes: MARGARET BERRY: Burial: Buckles Cemetery, Carter Co., TN
1870 Carter County
Census: Fredrick Crumley 23 TN, Arzilla
20, Elihue 3
1880 Carter County
Census: Frederick Crumley 33, Arazilla 30,
Elihu J 13
1900 Carter County
Census: Frederick Crumbley 53, Mag 44,
Eston A 7, Isaac Williams ? born 10- 1881 age 19
Child of MARGARET BERRY
and FREDERICK CRUMLEY is:
i. ESTON A. CRUMLEY, b. November 1892.
59. WILLIAM JAMES
BERRY (MARY3 PIERCE, ARTHUR2, HARDY1)
was born September 10, 1852 in Carter County, TN, and died April 14, 1927 in
Carter County, TN. He married (1) MARY CALLIE C. PIERCE February
15, 1877 in Carter County TN., daughter of WILLIAM PIERCE and SARAH
DUGGER. She was born 1860 in Carter
County, TN, and died November 21, 1893
in Carter County, TN. He married (2)
VICIE COMBS Abt. 1897. She was born
1874, and died 1951 in Carter County,
TN. Burial: Pierce-Campbell Cemetery, (Piercetown Rd) Butler, TN
Picture: James Berry with daughter Nancy Berry Buckles
holding Basil, Alfred Buckles holding Seymore,
boy possibly Harold Berry
Picture 2: Nancy Berry Buckles and Alfred
Notes for WILLIAM JAMES
BERRY:
Store record at W. C.
Pierce's merchantile
March 1905 bought
coffee and matches, sugar,
He traded corn and meat
for store credit
July 1905 he bought
Starch, soap, thread, sugar, matches
He traded eggs,
chickens and ties for credit.
See number 170 for more information on William James
Berry
1880 Carter County
Census: James Berry 28 TN TN NC, Callie
20, William 1, Margret 24 (sister) Mary
67 Mother NC NC NC, Alferd 20 (nephew)
Mary Myers 32 (cousin)
1910 Carter County
Census: William J. Berry 47, Vicy 38,
Griffin 23, Emma 11, Callie 9, Bertha 4, Harold 2 Donnie 19, Daughter in Law
(griffin's wife)
Children of JAMES BERRY and MARY PIERCE are:
i. UNNAMED5 BERRY, b. February 12,
1878, Carter County, TN; d. February 12,
1878, Carter County, TN.
ii. WILLIAM A. BERRY, b. March 19, 1879; d.
February 26, 1882.
iii. SCHYLER BERRY, b. July 07, 1880.
153. iv. ROBERT GARFIELD BERRY, b. February 28, 1882,
Carter County, TN; d. February 18, 1960,
Carter County.
v. CORA ELIZABETH BERRY, b. August 17, 1883; d.
April 13, 1937.
vi. MARY EVA BERRY, b. January 24, 1885, Carter
County, TN; d. March 03, 1979, Springfield, Illinois.
154. vii. GRIFFIN P. BERRY, b. December 03, 1886, TN; d.
November 14, 1967, Carter County, Butler, TN.
viii. CHARLIE BERRY, b. July 07, 1888.
155. ix. NANCY JANE BERRY, b. November 30, 1889; d. May
07, 1959.
x. MIKE BERRY, b. August 19, 1891.
xi. UNNAMED BERRY, b. November 20, 1893, Carter
County, TN; d. November 20, 1893, Carter
County.
Children of WILLIAM
BERRY and VICIE COMBS are:
156. xii. EMMA BERRY, b. March 24, 1899, Carter
County, TN; d. October 29, 1973, Carter
County, TN.
157. xiii. CALLIE BERRY, b. March 10, 1902, Carter County,
TN; d. May 31, 1992, Carter County, TN.
158. xiv. BERTHA MAE BERRY, b. January 28, 1906, Carter
County, TN; d. May 29, 1981, Carter
County, TN.
159. xv. HAROLD R. BERRY, b. February 29, 1908, Carter
County, TN; d. February 07, 1994, Washington County, TN.
xvi. ALONZA BERRY, b. October 13, 1911, Carter
County, TN; d. May 08, 1992, Cocoa, Florida; m. HATTIE OSBORNE; b. Abt. 1908,
Carter County, TN; d. June 16, 1988, St. Cloud,
Florida. Burial: Florida Memorial
Funeral home, Cocoa, FL
xvii. JAMES HASKEL BERRY, b. April 19, 1914, Carter
County, TN; d. October 22, 1918, Carter
County, TN.
More About JAMES HASKEL
BERRY:
Cause of Death:
Diptheria death record #234
60. DANIEL T.4
PIERCE (JOSEPH3, ARTHUR2, HARDY1)
was born 1866 in Carter County, TN, and
died March 29, 1949 in Johnson County,
TN. He married (1) JULIA C. ROWE
March 27, 1887 in Carter County TN.. She
was born January 1864. He married (2)
SARAH STOUT February 25, 1924. She was
born 1880 in Johnson County, TN, and
died in Johnson County, TN.
Notes for DANIEL T.
PIERCE:
In 1942, Tennessee
Valley Arthority Records: D.T. Pierce,
House location: Carter County, West side
of Highway 67 between Fish Springs and dam site. His father was born in Pickens County in Middle
TN and died at the age of 83 years.
Daniel has occupied his present residence for 32 years. One child, Lucy Evelyn is in the 3rd year of
high school at Hampton. Water is
furnished in the house by hydraulic ram from a nearby spring. Mr Pierce, having been a farmer all his life,
is now too weak and infirm to work. He
rents part of his 266 acre farm to his son-in- Law, S.P. Pierce, who lives
across the highway. He also rents 17
acres to a company from Johnson County to be planted in beans. The balance of the cultivated land of the
farm is tended to by other renters.
1900 David Pierce march 1866, Julia