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• _FSFTID: K4JW-5XW
• _UID: 176E0FC8A1E74939969F53C2035A6F4ECA3B
• Census: 8 Jul 1870, Choctaw, Mississippi, United States; Address:
  Township 18 Range 10
• Census: 29 Jun 1880, Choctaw, Mississippi, United States

Notes:

1870 Census lists her at Sireny L.D. Tennison. 1880 Census lists her as T.L.D. Tennison.

Census:
In 1880, she is enumerated as S.L.D. Tennyson

Betty married Lewis Humphries on 10 Jan 1884. Lewis was born on 23 Apr 1858; died on 2 Dec 1926. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. James Humphries was born on 11 Oct 1884; died on 10 Mar 1914.
2. Bertha Humphries was born on 15 Feb 1886; died on 6 Aug 1888.
3. Ada Humphries was born on 17 Dec 1887; and died.
4. Lula Humphries was born on 12 Dec 1889; died on 5 May 1954.
5. Elmer Humphries was born on 9 Feb 1892; died on 23 Jan 1920.
6. Ophia Humphries was born on 12 May 1894; and died.
7. John Humphries was born on 19 Aug 1897; and died.
8. Etta Humphries was born on 4 Mar 1900; died on 27 Feb 1927.
9. Elizabeth Humphries was born on 28 Jul 1905.
10. Zenas Humphries was born on 3 Dec 1902; and died.
11. Uel Humphries was born on 18 Aug 1896; died on 25 Sep 1896.

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• _AMTID: 162485319939:1030:191555462
• _FSFTID: LCMH-57T
• _UID: 6798A3C8277946FE9C0D87CC984CC6978BE3
• Census: 25 Nov 1850, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States
• Occupation: 25 Nov 1850, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States; physician
• Census: 29 Aug 1860, Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States
• Occupation: 29 Aug 1860; Physician
• Occupation: 29 Aug 1860, Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States; physician
• Possessions: 29 Aug 1860, Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States; real property valued at $1800, personal property valuded at $514
• Misc: Aug 1866, Mississippi, United States; Address:
  paid tax as a physician
• Census: 8 Jul 1870, Choctaw, Mississippi, United States; Address:
  Township 18 Range 10
• Occupation: 8 Jul 1870, Choctaw, Mississippi, United States; physician
• Possessions: 8 Jul 1870, Choctaw, Mississippi, United States; real property $800, personal property $850
• Occupation: 2 Nov 1877, Choctaw, Mississippi, United States; appointed postmaster; Address:
  Ada
• Census: 29 Jun 1880, Choctaw, Mississippi, United States
• Occupation: 29 Jun 1880, Choctaw, Mississippi, United States; physician

Notes:

PARENTS: In the 1880 census, he reports that his father is from Maryland, mother from Scotland

His age suspiciously drops in the 1880 census. I expect having a new, young wife might have something to do with this.

Ref: [,1970,gm1]

John W. Tennyson was a doctor.

According to a typescript produced maybe in the 1950's, the family came to MS from KY in about 1850. The Tennysons (Tennisons) were originally from the "old country" Wales. The first families settled in Kentucky. Dr. John W. Tennyson was from Kentucky. His wife, Ann Malinda Biggers, was from Alabama. They lived in Kentucky about 10 years before coming south. Dr J.W. and Ann M. Tennyson came to Alabama and stayed about 5 years, then came on to Mississippi, Pontotoc County about 1850. In 1856, the settled in Choctaw County. According to the 1880 census, J.W. Tennyson's father was from Maryland and his mother was from Scotland. Subsequent research has not shown this story to be terribly accurate.

Census records show that J.W. Tennyson was in Lauderdale County, Alabama in 1850, Pontotoc County, Mississippi in 1860 and Choctaw County, Mississippi in 1870. 1860 shows that he has $1800 of real estate, but I cannot find any deeds in the index for him in Pontotoc County. Would real estate in Alabama be recorded in the Federal Census? He does not appear in the Slave census. Non-Population Cenus are not available for MS.

I do not believe they married in Kentucky. There is no reason for the Biggers to be in KY.

Buried:
FINDAGRAVE: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=40734356

John married Ann Malinda Biggers about 1842 in Alabama, United States. Ann (daughter of William Biggers and Cynthia Ann Buck) was born on 22 Sep 1824 in South Carolina, United States; died on 3 May 1878 in Choctaw, Mississippi, United States; was buried in Chester, Choctaw, Mississippi, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _FSFTID: KNSX-M2T
• _UID: 9A8AA2461F884B378FAADD4F46C3B75AB449
• Census: 25 Nov 1850, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States
• Census: 29 Aug 1860, Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States
• Census: 8 Jul 1870, Choctaw, Mississippi, United States; Address:
  Township 18 Range 10

Notes:

CONFLICT: 1870 census records her as being from SC, some sources record it as AL.

Either the birth date or the marriage date is not right for Ann Malinda Biggers. She would have been only 11 at her marriage, and that's awfully young.

Buried:
FINDAGRAVE: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=40734355

Notes:

Married:
Not married in Kentucky. Probably Alabama.

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• _FSFTID: 9X9N-83F
• _UID: 54F0D384F5874B7691E6EAF8359E5C95F50C
• Possessions: 1797, Caswell, North Carolina, United States
• Possessions: 1815, Caswell, North Carolina, United States
• Misc: 1817, Green, Kentucky, United States; appears in Green County tax list
• Census: 1820, Green, Kentucky, United States
• Census: 1830, Green, Kentucky, United States
• Possessions: 29 Oct 1838, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States
• Census: 1840, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States
• Census: 22 Nov 1850, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States
• Occupation: 22 Nov 1850, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States; farmer
• Possessions: 22 Nov 1850, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States; real property $100

Notes:

Alabama Ancestry Administration Pages. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/8799/007736933_00115?pid=7015719&backurl=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D8799%26h%3D7015719%26tid%3D41552722%26pid%3D19642809954%26hid%3D17422475176%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3DYfG4704%26_phstart%3Ddefault%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue&treeid=41552722&personid=19642809954&hintid=17422475176&usePUB=true&_phsrc=YfG4704&_phstart=default&usePUBJs=true#?imageId=007737009_01366



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Birth:
Sue Green points out that John's family moved to Caswell not long after the 1775 census in Maryland.

Possessions:
John bought property as late as 1815 in Caswell, after his parents and siblings had migrated to Green County, Kentucky. But he went not too long after that.

Census:
Listed as over 45, 6 children at home.

Census:
Only 1 male 10-15 at home (John W)

Census:
Enumeration: 000100001-000111001, 6 people, no slaves

John married Nancy in BY 1796 in North Carolina, United States. Nancy was born in 1775 in Kentucky, United States; died after 1860 in Lauderdale, Alabama, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _FSFTID: LRFZ-TPJ
• _UID: BEF8B32DE9104E21805F8BF2B2E6D2A569A4
• Census: 29 Aug 1860, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States

Notes:

Nancy could have been born in MD or KY. She is found in the 1860 Census in the home of her daughter Elizabeth Arnett in Lauderdale Co.,AL. According to Dr. J.W. Tennison, her son, she was born in Scotland. He reported this in the 1880 Census.

There are a number of Caswell County, North Carolina marriage records that indicate that she is actually Betsy Cheatwood

Census:
The 1860 census enumerates Nancy as born in Maryland.

Notes:

Married:
There is confusion between John B. marrying Nancy and marrying Rachel Grant. It appears that Nancy is his wife by the argument presented.

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• _AMTID: 162485314770:1030:191555462
• _FSFTID: KP77-3ZG
• _UID: 98EE5345FDD3417B853BFBC923806ECB0A8E
• Possessions: 30 Dec 1856, Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States; purchased 80 acres from A.J. Lewis
• Census: 29 Aug 1860, Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States; Address:
  Tocopola
• Occupation: 29 Aug 1860, Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States; farmer; Address:
  Tocopola
• Possessions: 29 Aug 1860, Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States; real property $750, personal property $975; Address:
  Tocopola
• Probate: 13 Aug 1866, Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States

Notes:

In 1850, in the US Agricultural Census of York County, SC, there is an entry for the estate of William Biggers. Since we find this William, with Cynthia, in 1860, this is not him. However, it does not appear to be a brother or nephew either. So, perhaps the story of the Irish flight is not as accurate as it might be.

In the enumeration, William Biggers estate is enumerated after Davis M. Watron, and before John Price, James E Wilson, William Anderson and William E Anderson. That makes me think that either Davis Watron or John Price is connected to the Biggers family.

In the Eugene Morris Biggers book, the author claims that William is found in the 1850 Pontotoc census. I can't find this yet to be true. Additionally, the William Biggers in Lowndes County in 1840 is 20-29 years old and therefore cannot be this William.

There are a bunch of Biggers, including William Biggers, in York county, SC in 1830.

I am skeptical of the Ireland story where Mary Ann fled while pregnant. She would have had to marry once she got to the US to support herself and her children. With as many Biggers in the area as there are, I would think that either she came with her husband or some other connection was there.

Possessions:
E 1/2 NE 1/4 S 11 T 9 R 1 E
For $300
From Alexander Lewis and wife.

Census:
In 1860, William & Cynthia lived with Kinchen & Sarah.

Probate:
Administration granted to K.M. Gray

At the end of 1869, the estate was still not closed. They had sent citations to Lafayette county with no reply. It looks like the case may have moved to Lafayette for administration.

In the meantime, there is a gap from 1869 to 1872 in Pontotoc. The 1872 records have no internal index so no records have been found yet.

Probate records, do list heirs and distributees, including Mrs. A M Tennyson

William married Cynthia Ann Buck. Cynthia was born about 1787 in South Carolina, United States; died before 13 Aug 1866 in Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _AMTID: 162485315045:1030:191555462
• _FSFTID: LC24-1PZ
• _UID: 168D9F46CE64414D88C3D7DF777495BD862F
• Census: 29 Aug 1860, Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States; Address:
  Tocopola

Notes:

Legend has it that Cynthia Ann Buck was an "indian Maiden from SC"

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• _AMTID: 162485319910:1030:191555462
• _UID: 648344CC3BBF4066A669AF2AE2E8E078A183
• Residence: 1776, Prince Georges, Maryland, British America
• Census: 1786, Caswell, North Carolina, United States
• Residence: 1786, North Carolina, United States; found on tax lists
• Possessions: 1795, Caswell, North Carolina, United States; purchases 200 acres on Dobbins's Creek

Notes:

Ignatius middle name was either Nevil, Newil, Navie, or Nevin. All are seen from time to time.

According to a the tax collection to build the first school house and pay a teacher in Green County, KY (about 1803-1806). The tax collector searched for each male in the area and collected $1. It appears that the tax collector went down the Little Barren river looking for males. The first farm North of the Green County line on the Little Barren river had two males living there alone, Richard N. Atwell and Ignatius Tennison. The second farm North of the Little Barren river was James Forbis and his wife Phoebe Bryan. She was the daughter of William Bryan and Mary Boone. William Bryan was the brother of Daniel Boone's wife and Mary Boone was the sister of Daniel Boone.

In the will of James Forbis. Richard N. Atwell and Ignatius Tennison,neighbors of James Forbis watched him write his will and signed it as witnesses. In the will James Forbis divided up all his land and slaves among his children. It stated that he owned land on both sides of the Little Barren river. It named which slaves each child would receive.James Forbis left his wife nothing except the right to live on his land the rest of her life.

Richard N. Atwell and Ignatius Tennison left Sarah Tennison in Caswell County, NC before 1803 and went to Green County, Ky and purchased land on the Little Barren River just North of the Green County line. They built a home and started a farm there. In 1812 they both returned to Caswell County, NC to get Sarah Tennison and all their possessions and bring them back in wagons to Green County, KY. Neighbors and relatives in Caswell County heard about it and joined the wagon train back to Green County, KY (thirteen wagons in all through the Cumberland gap).

On any good map of KY you can find the Little Barren crossing the Green County and Metcalfe County line near Sulphur Well, KY. Metcalfe County was not created until 1859. The Little Barren river at Sulphur Well is about 20 feet wide and you can cross it without getting your knees wet. However, back in 1803 that water may have been very valuable.

Richard N. Atwell and Ignatius Tennison also started a church called the Shady Grove Meeting House at a point on the map called Shady Grove. That church is now call the Shady Grove Baptist Church.

Residence:
PG County census in 1776

Census:
Caswell County Census, 1786.
3 males under 20, 5 females
northeast part of the county, Caswell District

Ignatius married Lucrecia about 1767. Lucrecia was born in CA 1743; died on 5 Mar 1829. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1776, Prince Georges, Maryland, British America

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James married Mary Ann about 1775 in Ireland. Mary was born in Ireland; died in Sharon, York, South Carolina, United States; was buried in Sharon, York, South Carolina, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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