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The Captain James Vinson Family of Sumner County, Tennessee
Copyright (c) 1993-2002 by D La Pierre Ballard
BalCro, 12-MAR-2004
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This webpage was created using the software program FIXRAN.TEA which
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This webpage covers the family of Captain James Vinson and his
wife Rhoda Benthall. They came from Northampton County, North
Carolina to Sumner County, Tennessee about 1791. Also covered are
the related Benthall and Hamilton families.
Captain James Vinson is nearly always referred to with his
Tennessee Militia title of Captain in order to keep him straight from
both his father and his son who have the same name.
Much of the material on the Vinson and Benthall families in North
Carolina, Tennessee, Louisiana and Texas was provided by Carolyn
Hecker. Most of what is correct in this book is due to her
painstaking genealogical research: whatever turns out to be incorrect
in this webpage is due to the author. Additional material on the
Vinson, Benthall and Hamilton families came from the books listed in
the Bibliography.
Quite a number of persons provided very valuable information regarding
the families covered in this webpage. These persons are listed now.
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Carolyn Hecker \TAMAC F. -
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Charles David Moore M. -
Charles helped at lot with the Stokely Vinson family.
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Marcelle Cornay Foret F. -
Marcelle is a descendant of Captain Florian Octave Cornay, C.S.A.,
who was a commander to Thomas Stokely Vinson. Captain Cornay
died in active service on 26-APR-1864.
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Ruth Eubanks F. -
Ruth helped with the family of James Vinson the son of Captain
James Vinson.
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D La Pierre Ballard "D" \SRSELD M. -
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CHAPTER: 001: Descent Tags: Telling How Everyone Is Related
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Descent Tags have been assigned to each person in this webpage who is
descended from Captain James Vinson. A Descent Tag tells in a
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coded form how the person to whom it is applied is descended from
Captain James Vinson. A Descent Tag consists of a backslash
followed by some letters. The letters designate the ancestors in the
line of descent from James Vinson to the person in question.
Periods which are included indicate persons known to have existed but
whose first names are unknown.
Captain James Vinson is denoted by the solitary backslash. Each of
his children is denoted by a backslash followed by a single capital
letter which usually is the first letter of that person's first name.
Each of his children's children have one more capital letter added
which is usually the first letter of that person's name. Here is a
chart showing one line of descent from the Captain.
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Captain James Vinson \ M.1761-1822
Susannah Vinson "Sucky" \S F.1787-1832
Rhoda M. Hamilton "Rhody" \SR F.1823-1911
Susan Mary Stone "Sue" \SRS F.1848-1939
Leola James Ward "Ola" \SRSE F.1876-1914
Leola May Smith "Leola" \SRSEL F.1910-1996
D La Pierre Ballard "D" \SRSELD M. -
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The above chart shows a descent to modern times from Captain James
Vinson in the name format used in this webpage. In this format the
person's name is followed by what the person was normally called. Then
comes the Descent Tag followed by the sex, and then the birth and
death dates.
The Descent Tag for Captain James Vinson is just the backslash.
His daughter Susannah Vinson has the backslash followed by an "S"
which is the first letter of her first name. The Descent Tag for Rhoda
M. Hamilton has an added "R" to her mother's Descent Tag. The
Descent Tag for Susan Mary Stone has the letter "S" added to her
mother's Descent Tag. Leola James Ward has the letter "E" added to
make her Descent Tag from that of her mother because "E" is the second
letter in her first name. Her older sister, Lula, got to use the
letter "L".
In some cases persons are descended more than once from Captain James
Vinson. When a person's mother and father both have descent from
Captain James Vinson the Descent Tag shows the line of descent
through the person's father.
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CHAPTER: 002: The Captain James Vinson Family
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Captain James Vinson received a land grant on 14-JUN-1808 from the
state of Tennessee in Sumner Co which consisted of about
fifty-four acres. This same land he gave to his son Stoakley
Vinson on 25-JUL-1818 "for and in consideration of the natural
love and affection which he has for the said Stoakley Vinson
because he is his son."
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CHAPTER: 003: Introduction to Thomas Stokely Vinson
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Here are the Name Lines showing the line of descent from Captain James
Vinson to Thomas Stokely Vinson. Notice that Thomas was a
great grandson of the Captain.
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Captain James Vinson \ M.1761-1822
Stokely Vinson W12 \T M.1796-1879
Lorenzo Dow Vinson \TL M.1817-
Thomas Stokely Vinson "Tom" CSA \TLT M.1843-1930
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The next chapter has the obituary of Thomas Stokely Vinson, and
the following chapter has the family history which he wrote in 1922.
This family history has been entirely included. Sometimes Thomas
Stokely Vinson used commas when he should have begun new
sentences. Generally these sentences have been broken into smaller
sentences for readability. In one or two places he probably made
factual errors. These have not been changed. In some cases persons
names have been expanded out for clarity. The only real additions are
the Name Lines which have been added to provide essential biographical
data on the persons he discusses.
Both the obituary and the family history have been provided by Carolyn
Hecker.
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CHAPTER: 004: The Obituary of Thomas Stokely Vinson
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T. S. VINSON PASSES AWAY
Confederate Veteran and Aged Citizen of Sumner Dies in Louisiana
Thomas Stokely Vinson, Confederate veteran and one of Sumner
County's best known citizens, died at 7:30 o'clock a.m. Wednesday,
December 10, 1930, at the home of his relative, Mrs Vincent Laurent,
at Lake Arthur, Louisiana, where he was visiting. He left Gallatin on
October 1st to visit relatives in New Orleans, Lake Arthur and in
Texas. Having completed his visit in New Orleans and Texas he was at
the home of relatives in Lake Arthur resting for a few days before
beginning the journey back to his home here. Recently he had suffered
several heart attacks and died suddenly Wednesday morning while
sitting in a chair awaiting the announcement for breakfast.
Mr Vinson was born September 1st, 1843, in the third civil
district of this county. At the time of his birth his parents Lorenzo
Dow Vinson and Susan Courtney Moss Vinson, resided on a farm
on the Coles Ferry pike. His mother having died while he was yet young
he and his two younger brothers were cared for by their grandparents,
Stokely Vinson,Sr and Sarah Fleetwood Vinson, who resided at
what is now known as the John B. Harris place on the Cole Ferry
road.
John B. Harris M. -
Stokely Vinson,Sr, built the residence now on that farm. In the
fall of 1861 Thomas S. Vinson enlisted in the Confederate Army,
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joining "St Mary's Cannoneers" from Louisiana. He was a brave
Confederate soldier and at close of the Civil War came home with an
honorable discharge. He was a member of Donelson Bivouac of Gallatin.
In 1871 Mr Vinson married Miss Jennie Edwards Baker daughter
of Zack Baker, prominent citizen of this county. To this union
four daughters were born as follows: Jennie Baker Vinson, Annie
Courtney Vinson, Lorena Fleetwood Vinson and Mildred Allen
Vinson. Of these only Mrs Annie Vinson Stratton of
Saundersville survives. The oldest daughter, Mrs Albert A. Riley
of Thomasville, Georgia, died on January 10, 1921. Three
grandchildren, two girls and a boy, living in Georgia survive.
The greater part of Mr Vinson's life was spent in Gallatin. For a
while he was in the grocery business. He served several terms as City
Recorder of Gallatin and was appointed Coal Oil Inspector here by
Governor Robert L. Taylor. He was a man of a high order of
integrity, neat in personal appearance, courtly in manners, and was in
every respect a gentleman of the Old School.
The remains were brought to Gallatin for burial. Funeral services were
conducted at the Alexander Undertaking Parlor at 10 o'clock a.m.
Saturday. The burial followed at the Gallatin cemetery.
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CHAPTER: 005: The Family History by Thomas Stokely Vinson
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PREFACE
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Having been earnestly requested by my daughter, Mrs Annie Vinson
Stratton, to write a history of our Family, I will try and write a
partial account, as far as I know or can remember.
I'm very sorry, that I did not in my youthful days, have a desire to
ask more questions in regard to the same, or that I was not
voluntarily informed more, by my immediate parents.
Therefore, what I shall write, will not be entirely satisfactory or
interesting.
Thomas Stokely Vinson
August 1st, 1922.
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CHAPTER ONE
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My Great Grandfather was named James Vinson. I do not know whether
he was born in Tennessee or whether he came to Tennessee in early life
from North Carolina or Virginia. I have no knowledge of his parents on
either side of the house.
He was called Captain James Vinson, by men who knew him and spoke
of him many years ago, and was said to have been a soldier in the War
of the Revolution. This statement I have not been able to prove
satisfactorily.
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He lived and owned a body of land near Gallatin, Sumner County,
Tennessee, in the latter years of the 1700's and the first years of
the 1800's, and his name appears often in the old Deed Books, in the
transfer of land, during the years mentioned.
His wife was a Benthall, but I do not know her first or given name, or
where from.
Rhoda Benthall b.North Carolina F.1761-1836
They had three sons that I know of named: Benthall Vinson, Enos
Vinson and Stokely Vinson. Stokely, who I think was the
youngest, was my Grandfather, but I don't know which of the others was
the elder. I think they had a daughter or two, but I don't know their
names.
I know nothing of the history of Benthall Vinson, or his family. I
think he moved to Missouri. Enos, I think, married a Bloodworth. He
had two sons that I know of: James Vinson and Carroll Vinson,
and three daughters: Eliza Vinson, Jane Vinson and Parthena
Vinson. My grandfather, partly raised or provided for the
daughters, their father dying before they were quite grown.
James Vinson, the son of Enos and nephew of my grandfather Stokely
Vinson, married a Tennessee lady named Harper, about the year
1845. He moved and lived in Southern Louisiana, on a sugar plantation
which he owned, on the Bayou Lafourche, eight miles from
Donaldsonville on the Mississippi River. He had two sons and two
daughters, the sons named Walker Vinson and Richard Vinson,
and the daughters named Alice Vinson and Lilly Vinson. Walker
was in the Confederate Army and was badly wounded in the head, he
married and was afterward a professor in schools in Jefferson, Texas,
and other places and is now dead. Richard married and in later life
was Mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana. He is now dead. Both were very
handsome men.
Of the daughters of James Vinson, son of Enos, Alice and Lilly, I
know very little. Alice married a man named Green and lived in
Nashville part of the years when I lived in Gallatin and Cousin James
lived with them, having sold his plantation in Louisiana and he
visited myself and family when I lived at the brick house on East Main
Street. I never met Lilly, though she visited in Gallatin once at the
home of Colonel Turner, whose wife was her aunt. Cousin James died
some years ago and I know nothing of Lilly.
Carroll Vinson, son of Enos, and nephew of my Grandfather, moved
from Tennessee to southern Louisiana about the time my Grandfather
did, in the year 1848. He lived and owned a sugar plantation on the
Bayou Beouf, near Morgan City in St-Mary's Parish, Louisiana. I
remember to have seen him once when I was a boy, he was a very fine
looking man. He married a Miss Berwick, sister of Mr David and
Nathan Berwick, who owned sugar plantations on Bayou Sale', near
my Grandfather's.
David Berwick M. -
Nathan Berwick M. -
Berwick's Bay was named after the Berwick family. They had three sons
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and one daughter, the sons named: Bailey Peyton Vinson, Van Buren
Vinson and Baldridge Tyler Vinson. The daughter was named
Josephine Vinson. I saw her a number of times, about as handsome a
woman and fascinating as one ever saw.
Bailey was the oldest and named after the Honorable Bailey Peyton
of Tennessee. He early enlisted in the Confederate Army and became a
noted Captain of Scouts. Both he and his father killed a man in
Franklin, Louisiana, in self defense. The man Bailey killed was a
Trousdale, Cousin of the Trousdales of Tennessee.
Van Buren Vinson was a fine looking man and much polished in his
manners. I knew him fairly well, he was in the Confederate Army, has
been dead several years, also Bailey. I did not know the wives of
either of them.
Baldridge, the third son, was a rather large man, being over six feet
and well proportioned. He belonged to the St Mary Cannoneers, the same
Company I did and I knew him well, he seemed to think a good deal of
me. When I was sick with the chills in Arkansas, he waited on me in
several ways. He married a Miss Alice Baldridge of near Gallatin,
but I did not know her. He owned a home and lived and died near
Houston, Texas, several years ago. I exchanged a few letters with his
wife just previous to and after his death. I don't know their
children.
Cousin Josephine Vinson had one daughter named Olive or Olivia,
but I only saw her as a child once or twice, when her mother was on a
visit to my Grandfather's, her Grand Uncle.
As previously mentioned Enos Vinson had three daughters, Eliza,
Jane and Parthena, and who were nieces of my Grandfather. They came to
Louisiana about the time their brothers, James and Carroll did. Eliza
Vinson married a sugar planter named D. P. Sparks, who owned a
plantation on the Bayou Teche', three miles below Centerville. I saw
her once, when my Grandmother took me with her, when a boy, on a
visit. The Sparks' had two sons, Calhoun Sparks and D. P.
Sparks,Jr, and a daughter named Mattie or Martha Sparks. I saw
them a few times in my boyhood days. Jane Vinson married a man
named Kemper, whom I don't remember to have seen in my boyhood.
Parthena Vinson married a man named William Garrett, who owned
a sugar plantation on Bayou Sale', three miles from my Grandfather's.
I saw a good deal of her and family during my boyhood and youth and in
later years. Cousin Jennie Garrett, the daughter, I know very
well, both before and after the war, as the families visited a good
deal. She married a man, Jesse T. Baldwin and had a daughter named
Lilly, who was a beautiful girl and woman.
James Vinson Garrett, the oldest son, was about my age and
belonged to the St Mary Cannoneers and was in the same mess and we
bunked together during the war. He married a Miss Fleming, had two
daughters, and he and wife died several years since.
Clinton Garrett, another son, clerked in my store during my
absence of three months on my first visit to Tennessee in 1870. He did
very well, the store was in the yard on the North Bend plantation,
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where my father lived at the time and he kept a supervision over the
business. That was during the days of my success and prosperity, not
dreaming of the disappointment and sorrow that was to come in the
following years.
Clinton married and became a successful manager of plantations in
after years. See the foregoing pages, which have been devoted to the
partial history of my Great Grandfather and the families of his sons
Enos and Benthall, the latter of whom I knew so little, and then to
the families of the sons of Enos, James and Carroll.
My Grandfather, Stokely Vinson, youngest son of Captain James
Vinson and brother to James and Benthall was born in Tennessee in
1797. He inherited, as I suppose the others must have done, a part of
his father's land, situated on the Coles Ferry pike near Gallatin.
Upon this land he built a good two storey brick house and lived there
until the year 1848, when he sold it to Doctor Smith, the father of
Colonel Baxter Smith of Forrest's Cavalry during the Civil War.
Baxter Smith M. -
He owned Negroes and was a well to do man for those times. I am
informed that he was part contractor for the building of the Woods
Ferrypike. Also at one time had a paper mill and rope factory near the
Cumberland River. He was a partner in the drygoods business with
Colonel A. R. Wynne and General Samuel R. Anderson, prominent
men of Sumner County in those days, and have heard that at one
time he was a County Officer.
A. R. Wynne b.Sumner Co, Tennessee M.1800-
Samuel R. Anderson b.Sumner Co, Tennessee M.1804-1883
Sam Dale M. -
He also ran a Steamboat, called the Sam Dale, in the trade between
Nashville and New Orleans, on which boat, my father Lorenzo Dow
Vinson, was first clerk, and whose letters, from my father and
mother written at that time to each other, proving that fact. He was a
soldier in the second war with England, called the War of 1812 and
1814, and was in General Coffer's Brigade of General Andrew
Jackson's Army, and received his Pension as such, in the latter
part of his life, not having applied for it sooner.
Andrew Jackson b.South Carolina M.1767-1845
When he sold his farm in Tennessee, he moved to Centerville in
St-Mary's Parish, Louisiana, and bought a sugar plantation. All
the personal property, including Negroes, horses, wagons, grandfather
clock, piano and all household furniture, was hauled from Gallatin to
Nashville and loaded on a steamboat, which went down the Cumberland
into the Ohio River and from it, into the Mississippi River and thence
by rivers or bayous to Centerville on the Bayou Teche', the plantation
being eight miles from Centerville.
My Grandfather married Miss Sarah Fleetwood, who was from North
Carolina. They lived together long years on the farm in Tennessee,
where all their children were born, before moving to Louisiana. He was
51 years of age, when he moved to Louisiana.
My Grandparents had eight children, six sons and two daughters. The
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names of the sons were: Lorenzo Dow Vinson, Stokely Texas
Vinson, Gideon Blackburn Vinson, Robert Boyers Vinson,
John Hall Vinson and Alfred Douglass Vinson. Three of them
were named for prominent Preachers of long ago, being Lorenzo Dow,
Gideon Blackburn and John Hall.
Lorenzo Dow M. -
Gideon Blackburn M. -
John Hall M. -
Robert Boyers was named for the father of Colonel Thomas
Boyers, founder of the old Gallatin EXAMINER.
Robert Boyers b.North Carolina M.1786-1870
Thomas Boyers b.Sumner Co, Tennessee M.1826-
Alfred Douglass was named for a prominent Sumner Countian, one
time registrar of the County.
Alfred Douglass M. -
Stokely had Texas for a middle name, because Grandpa was absent in
that State when he was born. The daughters were named Caroline
Vinson and Caledonia Vinson.
My father was the oldest child and son. He married Susan Courtney
Moss, youngest daughter of a Virginia gentleman, who came to
Tennessee in early life and settled in Sumner County. His name was
Cato Moss. She was well educated and wrote beautiful letters, as
regards both the language and penmanship, and my daughter has a
letter, written by her in 1846, to my father, when he was a clerk on
the steamboat Sam Dale, which will confirm this statement. She was
rather small in stature. Miss Emily T. Peyton, daughter of
Honorable Bailey Peyton, who was in Congress from Tennessee, has
often visited my family and a number of times, spoke of my mother as a
beautiful Lady.
Emily T. Peyton F. -
Bailey Peyton b.Sumner Co,TN, US Congressman M.1803-1878
I know very little of the history of my Grandfather Cato Moss, on
my mother's side. His name appears in the old Deed Books of Sumner
County of more than a Century ago, in the buying and selling of
property. My Grandmother on my mother's side, was a Courtney, but I do
not know her given name. They had two sons: John Moss and Thomas
G. Moss and five daughters, named: Martha Moss, Sophia
Moss, Sarah Moss, Mary Moss and my mother Susan Moss,
and of course the others were my Uncles and Aunts.
Cato Moss b.Virginia M.1786-1835
Nancy Courtney F. -1840
John Moss M. -1841
Thomas G. Moss M.1807-
Martha Moss F. -
Sophia Moss F. -
Sarah Moss F. -
Mary Moss F. -
John Moss died with the cholera in about the year 1841. He married
Rhoda Odom, a niece of Eli Odom.
Rhoda Odom F. -
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Eli Odom M. -
Thomas G. Moss married Adelaid Essex, descendant of an old
English family.
Adelaid Essex F.1824-
Sophia married Reuben Warner.
Reuben Warner M. -
Martha married Benjamin Gray, Sarah married James Walsh, Mary
married James Allen, brother of Mr Frank Allen, who married a
Trousdale, and a second time married Madison Goodrich of Nellys
Bend, Davidson County.
Mary Gray F.1847-
Benjamin Gray M. -
James Walsh M. -
James Allen M. -
Frank Allen M. -
Madison Goodrich M. -
Susan, my mother, married Lorenzo Dow Vinson, my father.
As I have already mentioned, my father was first Clerk on the
steamboat, Sam Dale, which Grandfather owned and ran in the trade
between Nashville and New Orleans.
I was born Sept. 1st, 1843, there was a second son William Edwards
Vinson, who died in early childhood and a third son, named Lorenzo
Sue Vinson, because soon after his birth, my mother died. I was so
young when she died that I have no recollection whatever of her. Soon
after her death, all Grandfather's family, including my father, myself
and the baby Brother moved to southern Louisiana as already mentioned.
Myself and brother were raised and cared for, by our Grandparents,
which they lovingly and faithfully performed in all respects.
I will now return to my Uncles and Aunts on the Vinson side. Stokely
Texas Vinson was a tall good looking man. He married Josephine
Leonard a year or two before the Civil War. He was living on the
Mississippi River above New Orleans when he died with yellow fever,
date unknown. Gideon Blackburn Vinson, was manager of Grandpa's
plantation for several years until the beginning of the War. He
married Miss Martha Fenesee a few years before the War. She was a
most estimable Lady, educated, refined and gracious, and a musician. I
remember her with love and respect. I don't know when or where she
died, and Uncle Gid died in Texas at an advanced age. Robert Boyers
Vinson married Miss Salena Shaw. I also remember her with
respect and much kindness. Uncle Bob, as we called him, was drowned on
the Gulf Coast while on a partial pleasure and business trip, the
vessel being blown over in a sudden storm. Aunt Salena, his widow,
lived some with my Grandparents after his death. She had a daughter
named Dona or Donie Vinson. I never saw any more of them after the
War. John Hall Vinson was in the Confederate Army, he married late
in life, Mrs Wright, the mother of the lady my brother married,
Miss Jennie Wright.
This was in Houston County, Texas, where my Grandfather refuged
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from Louisiana, after the Federal Army came into the south Louisiana
during the War, taking sugar and molasses and enticing the Negroes to
leave their homes.
Alfred Douglass Vinson, Grandpa's youngest son, married Miss
Corinna Hamilton of near Gallatin, (you will remember her) just
before the War and brought her to the old plantation home when I was
about fifteen years of age. They lived at different places in
St-Mary's Parish until the War came on, when Uncle Dug joined
Captain Bailey Vinson's Company of Scouts. After the War he was
appointed assessor of the Parish and afterwards was manager of
different plantations, and when on the Zenor Plantation, near Berwicks
Bay in southern part of St-Mary, he was stricken with yellow fever
and died, in about 1878. His widow, lived in Morgan City near where he
died, for some time and then to New Orleans, where she lived until her
death some years since. I took one of her boys, Guy Douglass
Vinson, who lived with me a while. When he grew up, he had a good
position for several years, with the Southern Pacific Railway in New
Orleans. Maud Vinson, the only daughter, is now living in New
Orleans.
I will now mention Aunt Caroline Vinson, the eldest of Grandpa's
daughters. As I was quite young during her lifetime I don't remember
much about her. I have heard that she was a handsome Lady. She was
married in Tennessee before the Vinsons moved to Louisiana to William
Douglass. I have heard Mr Frank Allen say that he was at the
"awfair", they called it in those days, when they were married. I
suppose they came to Louisiana about the time Grandpa did. She died in
early life. I saw a good deal of Uncle Will, her husband, in after
years. He was a very amiable and nice man of fine family. They had two
sons, Clifford Douglass and William Douglass. They stayed a
good deal at Grandpa's on the plantation, after their mother died, and
they and my brother and myself were boys together. Clifford is still
living in Texas. Willie married Miss Mary Stuart Wright, sister of
the lady my brother married. I have always called them Sister Jennie
and Cousin Stuart. They were both most amiable women, fairly well
educated and of good family. Willie and Sister Jennie have been dead
some years. I have visited them in Texas many years ago. Cousin Stuart
is still living.
Aunt Donie Vinson, the youngest daughter and child, somehow I
remember very little about, though as a boy I must have seen her a
good deal. She and Uncle Dug, went away to school in about 1853 or 55,
when I was about ten or eleven years old, and I remember that I wrote
to them, being about the beginning of my youthful correspondence. Aunt
Donie went to Holly Springs, Mississippi and Uncle Douglass went to
Jackson, Louisiana. They must have remained away for a year or two.
When they returned there was yellow fever in New Orleans and I think
there may have been some cases of it on a boat on which they traveled
some. Aunt Donie took the fever and died in about a week or ten days
after their return. Grandpa had it but recovered. That was the only
time I ever saw my good Grandma prostrated with grief. Aunt Donie was
buried three miles from our home, on the South Bend plantation, in a
Vault belonging to Mr Hudson.
Mr Hudson M. -
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I will now return to Grandpa Vinson. As already stated, when the
Federal Army came into Southern Louisiana and were finally driven out,
Grandpa, fearing they might return, had three or four large wagons of
four mules each loaded with part of the furniture and household
articles of all kinds for camping and for use after they reached their
destination and started for Texas. The Negro women rode most of the
time with a few children and the men rode some and walked some. Of
course they carried flour, sugar, meal, meat and other necessary
articles of all kinds, as Granpa did not know that he could buy what
he might need on the long journey of 350 miles and though at that
time, a sparsely settled country, especially western Louisiana, and
eastern Texas. I don't know but it must have taken them more than
three weeks to make the journey, maybe not so long. Grandma had her
carriage and horses and there was a buggy or two. There may have been
a small wagon or two. My brother was about fifteen years of age and I
think he rode horseback. He was a good shot with gun and rifle and
killed some game on the way especially after they got into Texas where
he killed turkeys and a deer or two. I don't know how many of the
Negroes were carried with them, as some had gone to the Yankees, but
suppose that there must have been 25 or 30. Most of the older ones
were Negroes whom Grandpa had owned in Tennessee and brought with him
to Louisiana, of the women there were Caroline ?? and Mary Lloyd
?? , two fine house servants.
Caroline ?? F. -
Mary Lloyd ?? F. -
Grandma never complained nor worried about giving up her good home but
was the same cheerful good managing helpmeet she had always had been.
At the end of the journey a good home was established in every way,
and they lived there two or three years. Several good cotton crops
were raised, which were hauled down to Houston about a hundred miles
and sold at big prices.
They never came back to Louisiana to live, but afterwards moved to
Belton, Bell County, where Grandma died, never returning to her
home in Louisiana. Grandpa returned on a visit and was at my house in
Centerville at Uncle Dug's and at Pa's who was still living on the
plantation. Uncle Gid was in Texas and Grandpa returned and lived
until he died in 1880 at the age of 84. Uncle Gid died a few years
later.
I will now state that my father, some ten or twelve years after my
mother died in Tennessee, married in Louisiana, a Miss Susan
Harbour, a resident of the Parish of the Point-Couper on the
Mississippi River above New Orleans. She was of a wealthy family,
having plantations in that Parish and I think my father received
through her some twenty thousand dollars.
He and Grandpa together bought a plantation in St-Marins Parish,
about sixty miles above the home place in St-Mary Parish. They
also bought Negroes, paying as high as $1800.00 for men and $1200.00
for women. This was just before the War between the States and they
only made two crops, when the Federal Army came into that section and
took all of the second crop of sugar and molasses, about twenty five
thousand dollars worth, the Negroes were free, the plantation was
overflowed from waters from the Mississippi River, so that the venture
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was an almost total loss.
My father and step mother had three daughters, Judith Ann Vinson,
Malvina Stone Vinson and Daisy Vinson, all born in
St-Mary's Parish. I saw a good deal of them when they were small.
Judith looked a good deal like my Jennie. She died in Texas some ten
years ago. Daisy died in Texas several years ago. Sister Mallie is now
living in Houston, Texas, has two married daughters, Mabel and Daisy.
I don't remember their husbands names. Sister Mallie's husband's name
is James King, and they also have a son named James King. They
once owned a home and lived in Cameron, Texas.
My father lived on the plantation in Louisiana when Grandpa moved and
refuged in Texas, several of the Negroes remaining with him.
I will now write of my brother, Bud, as he was called by everyone. As
already stated, he married in Texas after the War, where he had gone
with Grandpa, to Miss Jennie Wright. They lived on a farm, which
had belonged to his wife's father, for a number of years, where nearly
all of their children were born. It was in a remote section of
Houston County, with very few advantages of any kind. He removed
to near Huntsville in Walker County, Texas, where the older
children began going to school. They had ten children, William
Vinson, Dow Vinson, Susan Vinson, Daisy Vinson,
Lillian Vinson, Gibbs Vinson, Irene Vinson, Mallie
Vinson and John Fleetwood Vinson. Dow died in childhood and
one in infancy. Irene died when about grown.
I saw them all during my several visits from Tennessee to see my
brother in Texas, twice while he lived in Houston County, once
when he lived near Huntsville and once when he lived in Huntsville,
after his wife died.
That has now been a long time ago. William and Gibbs live in
Huntsville, all the others live in or near Houston and doing very
well, and all married. They all grew up to be nice respectable men and
women, considering the want of early schooling and limited education.
I can truthfully say that they were a nice, obedient set of children
and in all of my visits, I never saw or heard any unusual noise or
disobedience in their manner or deportment among themselves or towards
their parents; they were just one happy family, though not well off in
situation or this world's goods.
Sister Jennie was an exception of a woman, possessing all the virtues
of a good wife and mother. I never saw or heard even the semblance of
a disagreement between her and my brother.
Having written what little I know of most of the descendants of my
great grandfather and of Grandpa, without going into small
particulars, I will now write at your request, something of my humble
self. As stated, I was born near Gallatin on September the first,
1843. I was taken with the family, at the age of about four and a half
years to south Louisiana when they removed from Tennessee to that
state. I have a very faint remembrance of falling from Beauty, a
beautiful white saddle horse of my mother's, when I happened to be
left alone upon him for a short time, by the person I suppose was
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coming for me, also of rolling down a small grassy hill, with the
larger Negro boy named Shed ??, who was appointed to mind and care
for me in my play. All else of that few years in Tennessee is a
complete blank.
Shed ?? M. -
I will say, however, that I was told in after years, that once one of
the Negro women took me to see an old Mrs Forrester, who lived on
a small place near my Grandpa's, and that on returning home, I had
said that I had eaten eleven batter cakes, not knowing really the
significance of numbers.
Mrs Forrester F. -
As related already, we were on a steamboat from Nashville to New
Orleans, down the Cumberland into the Ohio and then the Mississippi.
The boat was a stern wheeler, and Uncle John H. Vinson and myself
were at the very end of the boat in the cabin looking down at the
wheel going over and over, when I, by accident, dropped a pen knife
over the railing into the water. All else of the trip, a blank.
I don't remember the arrival at the plantation, where Grandpa was to
make his home, or anything of any consequence until I was about ten
years old, when Uncle Dug and Aunt Donie left to go to school, as
already mentioned.
Yes, I recall one incident. Aunt Donie, before leaving for Holly
Springs, Mississippi, to school, had been going to school to a private
teacher on the plantation of Mr Hudson, about two miles from
Grandpa's. One morning, I was allowed to ride a small horse, with an
older Negro boy up behind me, to accompany her part of the way. Upon
reaching the lane, between our home and the Rice plantation, the horse
I was riding, on account of the mosquitoes being so bad, turned around
with his head towards home and ran away with me, and all that half a
mile ride home, I was calling Whoa, whoa, and Will ??, the Negro
boy was shouting, hold him Thomas, hold him.
Will ?? M. -
We made such a noise that as we neared home, some of them in the yard
ran to the front gate and out quickly, which made the horse shy
suddenly, and off I tumbled into the road, though the boy behind me
did not fall. They thought I was nearly killed, but was only stunned,
and the commotion was soon over.
Some time after that and after Uncle Dug and Aunt Donie had gone away
to school, I went to school a while at Mr Hudson's and after that,
went to school at Mr David Berwick's, four miles from home and
rode Old Beauty, my mother's saddle horse in Tennessee, which had been
brought south, when the other stock was.
Some larger boys induced me one day at noon, to chew a little tobacco,
and I soon became deathly sick and was permitted to go home on Beauty.
I was so sick that I could not go to school for several days. I don't
think Grandma knew exactly what was the matter with me. On reaching
home and riding up to the carriage house, I just slipped off and left
him unsaddled, hardly able to reach the house. Of course, I remember a
good deal about the days on the plantation when myself and Bud and
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Clifford and Willie were there, and we had our boyish sports. Clifford
Douglass and Willie Douglass were Aunt Caroline's sons, who
lived there some after her death. The cooper shop, and blacksmith's
shop, the big barn, the carriages and buggies and horses, the sugar
house and sugar making in fall and winter and the darkies singing in
the field when at work, and the fiddle and tambourine in the quarters
at night.
Nearly everyone had a horse for his own use. We had plenty of good
servants, and all things going on with law and order. Bud and myself,
about once a week, would go to the cabin of Old Uncle Charles ??,
the carriage driver, and hear him sing and beat the tambourine with,
Oh Lord ladies pity my case, for I have a jawbone in my face, up
Jamboree; and then he would tell of times in Tennessee before old
Marster and Miss Sallie came to Louisiana, "Them days is gone
forever".
Uncle Charles ?? M. -
Then the big fishing parties down on the shell banks on the Gulf, the
Planters and their wives and children, with the Negro men to have the
seine, the nice Negro women to attend to the cleaning of the fish and
the cooking, and the boiling of the shrimp and crabs. Fish were
usually plentiful for all and plenty to take some home. We caught red
fish, sheepshad, flounder, trout and mullet and some others. The big
seine was about one hundred yards long, with three or four men at each
end when they were way out in the water, and then haul to the shore
and then haul again.
We had a good deal of company in those days, and with plenty of
everything and servants, it was no hardship, but seemed to be a
pleasure to all.
We had piano and two Uncles had violins, so there was music.
Of course, I could relate many pleasant incidents of boyhood days, but
must pass to March, 1856, when my father took me to Tennessee to go to
school. We made the entire trip from New Orleans to Nashville on the
same steam boat. Though twelve years old and past I do not remember
much of the trip. We made the trip from Nashville to Gallatin by
Stage, but I don't know much about it, and don't remember how I met,
or was received by my Aunts, but of course, it must have been with
kindness.
I boarded with my Aunt Patsy Gray during the entire time of over
two years, and it was a pleasant and agreeable home all the while.
Their son, Frank Gray, two years older than me went to the same
school at the same time.
Patsy Gray F.1812-
Frank Gray M.1841-
The teacher was Dr. W. W. Lambain, who was from Baltimore. He was
very strict and often whipped some scholar for failing in their
lessons.
Dr W. W. Lambain M. -
Nearly all that I know, in the commoner branches of education was
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learned at that school, called the "Transmontania Academy". It was
quite a little walk from Aunt Patsy's (Martha) to the school. There
was no bridge over the town creek in those days and we had to cross on
a large foot log.
My father remained in Gallatin all that summer, as it was his first
visit in eight years, since leaving Tennessee in 1848, and it proved
to be his last.
I had accounts at one or two stores, where I could get such things as
needed. I went to Sunday School and very often to Church with the
family. I did not go over to town much and very seldom at night.
When I left Tennessee in the summer of 1858, to return home in
Louisiana, having gone to school more than two years, my father sent
money for me to pay my accounts, and passage home. He sent me in a
letter, the half of a fifty dollar bill, with instructions to inform
him as soon as it was received and then he would send me the other
half. This was in order to insure against the loss of one part of it,
so that the other part might be redeemed at full value. I arrived
safely at home after a tedious journey, as roads and connections in
those days were not as convenient as today. I remained at home two
years, going to school to private tutors on near plantations part of
the time, when in 1860, I again went to Tennessee to school. I went to
the same academy, but under a different teacher. His name was Hubbard,
a nice easy man. I don't think I learned very much more at that time.
I boarded at that time with Uncle Thomas G. Moss, who lived in the
two storey brick house on East Main Street, where I afterwards lived
myself.
Miss Kate Essex, Nanny Moss, Susie Moss and Charlie
Moss were young folks in the house with me at that time. And there
was good Aunt Adelaide Moss, always to be lovingly remembered.
Kate Essex F. -
Nanny Moss F.1846-
Susie Moss F. -
Charles Moss M.1849-
Adelaide Moss F.1825-
In the summer of 1861, I again returned to Louisiana where I remained
until in the fall, the War being on, I joined the St Mary Cannoneers,
which by the name, was intended to be an artillery company or battery.
They remained in barracks at Camp Hunter, from the fall of 1861 until
the spring of 1862. I joined the company on the 7th of October, 1861
In April, 1862, we were ordered to New Orleans, and we expected to be
ordered to a camp, near where the Battle of Shiloh was soon afterwards
fought, but were sent down to Fort Jackson, 80 miles below New Orleans
on the Mississippi River. I remember very well marching through the
streets of the city with a heavy musket on my shoulder, but did not
feel very important.
We had been in Fort Jackson a few days when the Federal Fleet and big
mortars began the bombardment of the fort and for more than a week,
the big cannon balls and the big 15 inch shells were coming all the
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time, day and night. I did not do much, except to stand guard now and
then.
The Confederates had stretched a hugh chain across the River just
below the fort to interfere with the passage of the enemy's vessels up
the River, but one dark night they passed. The fort and the small
Confederate gun boats could not prevent them, so they passed on up to
New Orleans, which surrendered rather than be shelled. The fort and
all the men in it were compelled to surrender.
The Cannoneers were carried up to New Orleans on the enemy gunboats.
We were treated well and turned loose on parole. We all went home: how
I got home I do not remember. We were on parole about two or three
months, when we were exchanged. Then we were reassembled at New
Iberia, some 25 miles above Franklin on the Bayou Teche, where we got
our guns (cannons) and horses and became a battery of artillery. I can
not go into details about our marches over Southern Louisiana and
Arkansas, but will speak of the principal battles we were in. I was in
a mess in which were Jim Garrett, Beverly Berwick, Joe and
Oscar Berwick, from nearby plantations, making with others, ten in
a mess.
Beverly Berwick F. -
Oscar Berwick M. -
Joe Berwick M. -
We marched and counter marched over a good deal of middle and northern
Louisiana and southern Arkansas. I had the chills in Arkansas, they
came upon me every twenty-one days. I would have two or three, take
plenty of quinine and then in the specified time chills would come
again. I had them for several months after the War. I used to be right
sick at the time, but would never ride in the ambulance, but on the
ammunition box in front of the gun, when we were on the march, to see
that the man who was detailed to drive in my place did not abuse my
horses.
General N. P. Banks of the Federal Army made his expedition and
march up the Red River country of Louisiana in the spring of 1864. He
had a large army and gun boats in the river. The Confederates
retreated before him, until we reached Mansfield in north Louisiana.
Gen. Nathaniel Prentiss Banks M.1816-1894
General Richard Taylor of our Army, turned and gave battle there
and defeated them badly. That was the most important battle our
company was ever in.
Gen. Richard Taylor M.1826-1879
We had about 18,000 men and the enemy had 25,000. Pleasant Hill was
fought the next day ten miles south with the enemy in full retreat.
John E. Bonimo of our company, found and brought a violin to camp
that night and I played on it, though I had seen many dead men and
horses on the battlefield that day. When we followed them on the
retreat and reached Red River, we fought their gunboats as they came
down the river, and captured two transports and drove two gun boats
back up the river.
John E. Bonimo M. -
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Captain Florian Octave Cornay, our first captain, was killed in
that fight and was succeeded by First Lieutenant Minos T. Gordy. I
could relate many minor incidents, but it would take up too much
space.
Capt. Florian Octave Cornay d.26-APR-1864 M. -1864
Lt. Minos T. Gordy M. -
We were in a number of smaller battles, following the enemy on their
retreat.
My father had sent me a pair of long-leg boots through the lines in
1863, which were of benefit to me. They were made in Franklin and cost
$40.00 in greenbacks, as prices were very high at that time.
Just before the War ended, we were encamped at Shreveport, Louisiana
and marched from there to Navarro County, Texas, on our way to
Mexico, so it was said. This was after Lee and Johnston had
surrendered. Then seeing how foolish it was, we were disbanded.
Gen. Robert E. Lee M.1807-1870
Gen. Joseph Eggleston Johnston M.1807-1891
Grandpa was then in Texas, about a hundred miles down the Trinity
River, so I made my way down to where he was in Houston County,
and remained there from May, when we disbanded, until October, when I
rode one of the horses 350 miles back to Louisiana and to the
plantation where my father was living.
I remained there until January when at the request of Pa, I rode the
350 miles again to Grandpa in Texas and staying a few days, returned
with five mules, my brother with me, to Louisiana. My father wished
the mules to aid in the cultivation of the sugar cane, for a crop in
the fall of that year, 1865.
My brother went to school in Centerville about a year, when he
returned to Texas.
I remained upon the place that year, when Uncle Dug, commenced a store
in Centerville, and I clerked for him several months and in the fall,
went to New Orleans as entry clerk in the Wholesale Grocery of Cammack
and Squires. Major Squires of our artillery battalion wrote to me
and gave me the position. This was in the fall and winter of 1866 and
67.
Maj. Squires M. -
In the spring of 1867, the firm failed, so I returned to the
plantation and worked in the sugar making that fall and winter.
In 1868, father and Uncle Douglass Vinson planted a large crop of
sugar cane on the North Bend plantation, just above our old place,
because there was a steam mill for grinding cane on that place. On a
small stock of goods bought by my father, I commenced a store in a
nice building, a short distance from the residence in the yard, and
had a horse and saddle and managed the hands in the field at the same
time.
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I did well that year and made and saved some $1500. The crop was a
complete success in every way. Sugar was high and the crop netted
$20,000, Uncle Dug one-third and Pa two-thirds.
The next year 1869, I attended strictly to my store and did well,
having a good Negro trade from three plantations.
In 1870 I still had my store and in the late spring concluded to make
a visit to Tennessee and see my mother's relatives. Some time in May
or June of 1870, I made preparation to take the trip. A few months
before, however, being in doubt about going, I had bought a fine horse
and buggy and thought if I could get out from the store more and drive
about some, it would answer in place of making the trip.
But it did not satisfy me, so leaving my distant cousin, Clinton
Garrett, to stay in the store, under the supervision of my father,
the store being in the yard where he lived, I made the trip to New
Orleans, staying a few days, where for once in my life I was a little
extravagant, buying a silk vest, $10.00, silk umbrella, $10.00,
walking cane, $10.00, and some other fine articles. I boarded a large
splendid boat, The Great Republic, had a large state room, different
hours for meals, bills of fare, small tables, so one could eat alone,
and most splendid fare. It was not a fast boat, but one of the finest
on the River. The eight hundred miles from New Orleans to Memphis was
made in due time. I remained there one night and took the train for
Nashville and Gallatin. Arriving in Gallatin, I went to Aunt Patsy
Gray's where I intended to spend most of the summer, and how well
I remember my reception.
Instead of going on the front porch, I went around to the ell gallery
and walked in. Two ladies were visitors, Mrs Coun and Mrs
Elkins, but when my Aunt saw me she rose quickly and putting her
arms around me and kissing me, began to cry with joy. You see, I was
the son of the baby sister who died so early in life. The visitors
soon departed, and then began the happy talk all around. I was given a
nice big room to myself, and memory often dwells upon that happy
summer.
Mrs Coun F. -
Mrs Elkins F. -
The next day, Mary Gray and myself, no, I think we went that
night, over to Uncle Tom's to see them all, and what a great somebody
I was to them all, as it had been nine years since I had bid them
goodbye, in the summer of 1861.
I cannot dwell upon the memory of that, the happiest summer of my
life, since I have been grown. Mary Gray was especially good and
kind to me all the time. I took Uncle Tom Moss down to Nashville
with me and spent the night with John Gray. Also I took three
young ladies to Nashville. We visited the Maxwell house parlor, had
music and a nice supper at a restaurant.
John Gray M. -
I received letters from my father in Louisiana saying my business was
prospering, then one came saying my fine horse had been killed, but I
was doing well and did not allow that to worry me in the least.
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Towards the last of the summer I bought a nice driving horse and later
on bought two wellbred mares from the Frakes family, paying two
hundred and twenty five dollars a piece for them.
I showed them to Mary, and we named them all, Ashby, Mollie Gray and
May Beverly, the last after a character in SURRY OF EAGLES NEST by
John Esten Cook, a good part of which book I read aloud to Mary as
we sat in the cool wide hall.
John Esten Cook M. -
I went over to Uncle Tom's every few days and all night sometimes.
In the fall, I bade them all goodbye, had my horses taken down to
Nashville and shipped on a small steamboat down the Cumberland and to
Cairo, Illinois, when I shipped and took passage on a large boat to
New Orleans. I had a man to attend to the horses.
Arriving in New Orleans, I had to ship again on train to Morgan City
and from there on boat up the Bayou Teche to Centerville and then ride
down to the plantation where my store was.
Pa was on the wharf when the boat landed and the horses were taken
off. All admired the horses, and Tom Vinson was somebody again,
just arrived from his summer visit to Tennessee.
My business had prospered. I took inventory of my stock and went down
to New Orleans on the 10th of January and bought more goods. I did
business again until January 1st, when taking stock again I found that
I had made from the 10th of October to January 1st, $1,000 in two
months and twenty days. That winter, I sent Aunt Patsy a half barrel
of syrup and a barrel of oranges, and I sent Uncle Tom a barrel of
sugar, half a barrel of syrup and a barrel of oranges: the weight of
what I sent cost over one hundred dollars.
I sold my store to Pa and in the spring of 1871, went to Tennessee
staying with Aunt Patsy and Uncle Tom, and was married on the 24th of
August. My aunts were all at the wedding. We went to Bowling Green,
saw Walter Baker and some of the family and that evening to
Memphis. We left the next day and arrived in New Orleans the next day.
We remained there one day, left and arrived in Centerville the same
day. We had intended going to Uncle Douglass' as they were looking for
us, but Pa being on the wharf when the boat landed, we went down to
North Bend. My nice horse and buggies were all hitched up and ready at
the wharf when we arrived. I had bought that in New Orleans and had it
shipped up ahead of me.
Walter B. Baker M.1844-
We remained at North Bend a day or two, then we went to Aunt
Corinna's. We bought a nice place and house from Jesse Lacy, put
up store, went to New Orleans, bought goods, and all things for
housekeeping. We were doing very well. We were close to neighbors,
friends had called. The lady became sick and dissatisfied. We had to
sell out everything and return to Tennessee. We were boarding at E. O.
Buchanan's when Jennie was born, May 27, 1872. All my aunts were
in attendance.
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Edward O. Buchanan M.1845-
Jesse Lacy M. -
Then we moved to cottage opposite to Mrs Moore's; made investments and
lost, returned to Louisiana in the fall of 1873, took charge of store
again, had nice horse and buggy again.
We remained at North Bend until the spring of 1874, when we returned
to Tennessee on a visit. We returned to Louisiana in the fall of '74
to North Bend and had charge of the store. We remained there until the
spring of '75, when my father requested me to move on account of
disturbance. I went to Mr Garrett's and sold my fine saddle horse
which I had bought in '74 in Tennessee.
I bought a store from William Cary on the Grand Woods plantation
on the Bayou Teche' below Centerville. I also built a trading boat for
the store on the Teche'. I opened a store in Centerville, built a nice
house of five rooms and a hall, with a front and back gallery,
kitchen, store room, cistern, etc. It was all well furnished and
finished, and it cost about three thousand dollars in 1877.
William Cary M. -
In about 1880, the yellow fever appeared some ten miles south of us
and upon the advice of our physician we left for Tennessee.
I will go back a year or two and state that Annie was born soon after
moving to Centerville and Rona near two years later.
After arriving in Tennessee we never returned to Louisiana to live,
but I returned to settle up some business and saw my father the last
time and returned to Tennessee.
We lived five years in the two storey brick house on East Main Street.
Judge S. Frank Wilson, while a candidate for governor, and wife,
boarded with us for nearly a year.
Judge S. Frank Wilson M.1845-
I had a store at the time on North Water Street. It did well but the
clerk robbed me of a good deal all the while. My little girl, Lorena,
died in March, while we were living at the brick house.
We moved and lived in a house on College and Franklin Streets for one
or two years, and then built a house on Gray Street and then moved
again. We had a very nice little home with chickens, a good garden and
always a good cook and lots of company. During the time I lived in the
College Street house and the one I built, I visited my brother in
Texas four times and visited Willie Douglass at Caldwell and my
half sister, Mallie, in Cameron once.
I cannot write of the personal experiences of my life, during the
latter part of my life in Gallatin. While I had lost good money with
which I came to Gallatin, my family always lived in good houses and
were well provided for and always had a servant. I was honored and
elected several times to city offices in Gallatin. I was city
recorder, tax collector and did clerical work at the same time for
others. I was appointed coal oil inspector twice by Governor Robert L.
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Taylor. Judge Wilson and the Honorable Julius S. Trousdale
were my friends in the legislature at the time.
Governor Robert L. Taylor M. -
Julius S. Trousdale M. -
My daughter, Jennie, having married and Annie being in her middle
teens, and she and her mother having a good little home well
furnished, I obtained a divorce and left Gallatin for Thomasville,
Georgia in August, 1897.
Arriving in Thomasville with very little money, I wrote to the
Cumberland Mills in Nashville for samples of flour, meal and grits, to
try my hand at the brokerage business. The samples came and in three
months I had succeeded so well, that the Mills began shipping their
products to me by the car load on consignment, to be sold as a
brokerage. They soon paid the rent for a store in which to keep the
goods, paid the license and the drayage from depot to store, and they
shipped me in that way for five or six years. I made a little money
and soon began to add some other goods, hams, sugar, rice, etc. on my
own account, and succeeded very well with it all. In September, 1899,
a little over a year after I landed in Thomasville, Dorothy having
been born, and about a year old, I received a letter from Jennie
saying the baby was very sick, and hoped I would come to see them.
I left the next morning for Gallatin and arrived the second morning to
see them the first time in two years which was longer than I had ever
been about before. Annie soon came over to see me.
I remained about a week and Dorothy improving a little, I was
compelled to bid a sorrowful goodbye and return to my business.
In 1900 Annie came down to see me and in the summer I took her back
with me to Tennessee on a visit, remaining about two months, myself
with Jennie and Harry on Franklin Street and she with her mother and
Jennie.
I bought Jennie a sewing machine which she kept and used twenty years
or more.
I now forget in which month we returned to Thomasville. I had left my
business in good hands during my absence and it was all right.
The next year, 1901, I closed out my business and I took Annie with me
to New Orleans. I forget how long we stayed at Aunt Corinne's, maybe a
month. We left and I returned to Thomasville and she returned to
Gallatin. I am not sure, but I think the next time I returned to
Gallatin was in 1903, soon after Harry died. I did not stay long and
returned to Thomasville.
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CHART 006: Thomas Vinson M.1690-1763
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Thomas Vinson M.1690-1763
Born: 1690 Virginia
Will: 15-JAN-1762 Northampton Co, North Carolina
Died: 1763
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Probate: FEB-1764 Northampton Co, North Carolina
Father: Thomas Vinson M. -
Mother: Sarah ?? F. -
Spouse: Isobel ?? F. -
Thomas Vinson and his wife Isobel were the grandparents of Captain
James Vinson. It is believed that Thomas Vinson, the father,
was from Prince-George Co, Virginia. Also, it is believed, that
Thomas Vinson had brothers named John, Peter, William and David.
Another source gives the father of Thomas, the son, as Peter Vinson
who died in Surry Co, Virginia in 1728. Peter's wife was Sarah
Jones.
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They had the following children.
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John Vinson M. -
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Thomas Vinson M. -
Spouse1: Hannah Jordan F. -
Spouse2: Betsey Davidson F. -
About 1780 they moved to Halifax Co, North Carolina.
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William Vinson M. -
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Jesse Vinson M. -
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James Vinson M.1729-1797
See the chart for his family.
Born: 1729
Died: 1797
Spouse: Unity ?? F.1731-
Born: 1731
James Vinson and his wife Unity were the parents of Captain James
Vinson.
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Peter Vinson M. -
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David Vinson M. -1810
Died: 1810 Franklin Co, North Carolina
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Charity Vinson F. -
Spouse: ?? Carter M. -
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Susanah Vinson F. -
Spouse: ?? Morgan M. -
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Sarah Vinson F. -
Spouse: ?? Fuller M. -
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Isabel Vinson F. -
Spouse: Robert Duke M. -1767
Will: 12-OCT-1766 Northampton Co, North Carolina
Probate: FEB-1767
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Source: NORTHAMPTON COUNTY,,WILLS.
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CHART 007: James Vinson M.1729-1797
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James Vinson M.1729-1797
Born: 1729
Will: 26-OCT-1797 Northampton Co, North Carolina
Probate: DEC-1797 Northampton Co, North Carolina
Father: Thomas Vinson M.1690-1763
Mother: Isobel ?? F. -
Spouse: Unity ?? F.1731-
Born: 1731
They were the parents of Captain James Vinson.
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They had the following children.
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Henry Vinson M.1759-1842
See the chart for his family.
Born: 1759 Northampton Co, North Carolina
Died: about 1842 probably in Carroll Co, Tennessee
Spouse: Talitha Benthall F. -
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Captain James Vinson \ M.1761-1822
See the chart for his family.
Born: 20-MAY-1761 North Carolina
Died: 11-MAY-1822 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Buried: Vinson Cem, S of Gallatin, Sumner Co, TN, marked
Spouse: Rhoda Benthall F.1761-1836
Born: 08-JUL-1761 North Carolina
Died: 11-AUG-1836 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Buried: Vinson Cem, S of Gallatin, Sumner Co, TN, marked
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Abner Vinson M.1763-
See the chart for his family.
Born: 1763 North Carolina
Spouse: ?? Ross F. -
He was probably in the Wilson Co, Tennessee militia in 1804.
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Silas Vinson M.1765-
Born: 1765
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David Vinson M.1767-
Born: 1767
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Lydia Vinson F.1769-
See the chart for her family.
Born: 1769
Spouse1: Lewis Malone M. -1791
Died: 1791 Sumner Co, North Caroline
Spouse2: John Lawrence M. -
Married: 29-AUG-1792 Sumner Co, North Carolina
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Samuel Vinson M.1771-
Born: 1771
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Sarah Vinson F. -
Spouse: ?? Bass M. -
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Elizabeth Vinson F.1773-
Born: 1773
Spouse: ?? Gatling M. -
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Source: NORTHAMPTON COUNTY,,WILLS.
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CHART 008: Henry Vinson M.1759-1842
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Henry Vinson M.1759-1842
Born: 1759 Northampton Co, North Carolina
Died: about 1842 probably in Carroll Co, Tennessee
Father: James Vinson M.1729-1797
Mother: Unity ?? F.1731-
Spouse: Talitha Benthall F. -
Died: before 1830
Father: Joseph Benthall M. -1798
Henry was a brother to Captain James Vinson. Henry moved from
Northampton Co, North Carolina with his brother Captain James
Vinson and his sister Lydia Vinson Malone to Sumner Co,
Tennessee shortly after the 1790 Census. Henry is on the Sumner Co Tax
List of 1792.
Per Census 1830: in Sumner Co, Henry was age 60 to 70 lived alone. Per
Census 1840: Henry was age 70 to 80 and lived with a woman. The woman
was age 30 to 40 and was most likely a daughter. Per Census 1850:
Henry has not been found and probably had died.
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They had the following children.
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Rhoda Vinson F. -
Born: before 1795
Spouse: Frederick Miller M. -
Married: 27-JAN-1812 Sumner Co, Tennessee
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Wiley Vinson M. -
Born: before 1795 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Died: Missouri
Spouse: Catherine Bennett F.1796-
Born: about 1796 Prince-Edward Co, Virginia
Died: probably Missouri
Wiley Vinson moved to Missouri about 1840.
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Delilah Vinson F. -
Spouse: William Stuart M. -
Married: 1803 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Bondsman: John Stuart M. -
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John Vinson M. -
There is a John Vinson on the 1812 Tax List for Sumner Co,
Tennessee.
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Drew Vinson M. -
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Susan Vinson "Lucky" F. -
Born: before 1800
Spouse: Thomas Valentine M. -1877
Married: 04-FEB-1818 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Died: 1877 Nash Co, Tennessee
Bondsman: Solomon Barnes M. -
Child: James Bunn Valentine M. -
Child: Nancy Ann Valentine F. -
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George P. Vinson M.1813-
Born: 1813 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Died: after 1850 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Spouse1: Margaret ?? F. -
Spouse2: Sally Stalcup F. -
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Elizabeth Vinson F. -
Born: before 1820 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Spouse: ?? Dinwiddy M. -
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Mary Vinson F. -
Born: before 1820 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Spouse: ?? Miller M. -
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Mason Vinson M. -
Born: before 1820 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Spouse: ?? Turner F. -
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Rachel Love Vinson F. -
Born: before 1820 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Spouse: ?? Hazelwood M. -
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Source: NORTHAMPTON COUNTY,,WILLS.
Source: Ruth Eubanks
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CHART 009: Abner Vinson M.1763-
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Abner Vinson M.1763-
Born: 1763 North Carolina
Father: James Vinson M.1729-1797
Mother: Unity ?? F.1731-
Spouse: ?? Ross F. -
Abner was probably in the Wilson Co, Tennessee militia in 1804.
Another source gives a birthdate of 1774 and a death date of 1830 for
Abner. That source gives a marriage date of 1795 for Abner.
Per 1820 Census: they lived in Franklin Co, Alabama
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They had the following children.
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Littleberry Vinson M.1796-
Born: 1796
Spouse: Amity Hardwicke F. -
Married: 1817
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Edwin Sherrod Vinson M.1802-
Born: 1802 Northampton Co, North Carolina
Died: 20-SEP-1874
Spouse: Ronie Hardwicke F. -
Married: 1827
They had the following son:
Child: Arthur Energy Vinson M. -
Arthur is the grandfather of Billye Vinson Burnett.
Who: Billye Vinson Burnett F. -
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CHART 010: Lydia Vinson Malone Lawrence F.1769-
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Lydia Vinson F.1769-
Born: 1769 North Carolina
Father: James Vinson M.1729-1797
Mother: Unity ?? F.1731-
Spouse1: Lewis Malone M. -1791
Died: 1791 Sumner Co, North Caroline
Spouse2: John Lawrence M. -
Married: 29-AUG-1792 Sumner Co, North Carolina
Lydia Vinson is the sister of Captain James Vinson. John had married
Betsy Hynes on 04-FEB-1791 in Sumner Co.
Who: Betsy Hynes F. -1791
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They had the following children.
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Lewis Malone M. -
Father: Lewis Malone M. -1791
Spouse: Martha Beard F. -
Married: 29-APR-1826 Sumner Co, Tennessee
In APR-1792 Lewis was bound to Thomas Payton to learn the hatting
trade. It is believed that Lewis was living in Wilson Co, TN in
1801. Probably Lewis was living in Montgomery Co, TN in 1807.
Who: Thomas Payton M. -
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David Malone M. -
Father: Lewis Malone M. -1791
David was living in Wilson Co, TN in 1807.
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Drury Malone M. -
Father: Lewis Malone M. -1791
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In 1813 Drury was living in Shelby Co, Kentucky.
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CHART 011: Captain James Vinson \ M.1761-1822
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Captain James Vinson \ M.1761-1822
Born: 20-MAY-1761 North Carolina
Died: 11-MAY-1822 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Buried: Vinson Cem, S of Gallatin, Sumner Co, TN, marked
Father: James Vinson M.1729-1797
Mother: Unity ?? F.1731-
Spouse: Rhoda Benthall F.1761-1836
Born: 08-JUL-1761 North Carolina
Died: 11-AUG-1836 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Buried: Vinson Cem, S of Gallatin, Sumner Co, TN, marked
Father: Joseph Benthall M. -1798
James Vinson was commissioned a Captain in the Tennessee militia on
06-DEC-1798.
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They had the following children.
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Benthall Vinson \B M. -
See the chart for his family.
Born: North Carolina
Spouse: Jane Patton F. -1833
Married: 14-NOV-1803 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Will: Proved NOV-1833 Sumner Co, Tennessee
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Parthena Vinson \P F.1785-1827
See the chart for her family.
Born: 1785 Northampton Co, North Carolina
Died: 1827 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Spouse: William McCall M.1779-1863
Born: 1779 North Carolina
Died: 1863 Gadsden Co, Florida
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Enos Vinson \E M. -1838
See the chart for his family.
Born: North Carolina
Died: 1838 St-Mary Parish, Louisiana
Estate: 15-MAY-1843
Spouse: Charity W. Baldridge F.1792-1829
Married: 22-JUL-1812 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Born: 20-MAR-1792
Died: 15-MAY-1829 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Buried: Vinson Cem, S of Gallatin, Sumner Co, TN, marked
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James Vinson \J M.1793-1844
See the chart for his family.
Born: 26-AUG-1793 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Died: 09-OCT-1844 Lincoln, Benton Co, Missouri
Buried: Old Mt Pleasant Cemetery, Lincoln, Missouri, marked
Spouse: Clarissa Bennett F.1795-1850
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Born: 1795 Prince-Edward Co, Virginia
Died: 1850 Lincoln Co, Missouri
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Susannah Vinson \S F.1787-1832
See the chart for her family.
Born: 09-NOV-1787
Died: 09-FEB-1832
Spouse: James Hamilton M.1786-1875
Married: 08-APR-1806 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Born: 21-JAN-1786
Died: 20-MAR-1875 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Buried: Darnall Cem, S of Gallatin, Sumner Co, TN,marked
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Stokely Vinson W12 \T M.1796-1879
See the chart for his family.
Born: 19-SEP-1796 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Died: during the Spring of 1879 in Texas
Spouse1: Sarah Fleetwood F.1797-1869
Married: 13-MAR-1816 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Born: 23-MAR-1797 North Carolina
Died: 18-SEP-1869 Texas
Spouse2: Emily A. Wright F. -
Married: 31-DEC-1869 Bell Co, Texas
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Edmund Vinson \D M. -
Born: before APR-1793, Sumner Co, North Carolina
Mother: Nancy Mercer F. -
Spouse: Merina Fleetwood F. -
Married: 04-DEC-1816 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Bondsman: Stokely Vinson W12 \T M.1796-1879
Edmund was the illegitimate son of Captain James Vinson.
Edmund's mother later married William Clary on 03-APR-1794.
Edmund was left property in Kentucky by the will of the Captain.
Who: William Clary M. -
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Source: Carolyn Hecker
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CHART 012: Benthall Vinson \B M. -
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Benthall Vinson \B M. -
Born: North Carolina
Father: Captain James Vinson \ M.1761-1822
Mother: Rhoda Benthall F.1761-1836
Spouse: Jane Patton F. -1833
Married: 14-NOV-1803 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Will: Proved NOV-1833 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Bondsman: William McCall M.1779-1863
Father: Thomas Patton M. -1818
Mother: Sarah ?? F. -
In 1807 they were living on Cedar Creek, Wilson Co, TN. On
08-JUN-1814 Benthall was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the 15th
regiment of the Tennessee militia. In the War of 1812 Benthall was a
Private in the Tennessee Volunteer Mounted Gunmen. He was in the
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Battle of New Orleans, 08-JAN-1815, against the British. On the 1830
Census for Sumner Co, Jane is age 40 to 50, one boy is age 20 to 30,
another is age 10 to 15 and two daughters are age 10 to 15. Benthall
died about 1822 based upon a letter of trust to Doctor Thomas
Essex in which Benthall wants his possessions to be held in trust
for his children.
Who: Thomas Essex, M.D. M. -
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They had the following children.
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Louisiana Vinson \BL F. -1833
Died: by 1833
Spouse: Alfred M. Beard or Baird M. -
Married: 29-JUL-1824 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Bondsman: Alfred M. Beard M. -
Per Census 1830: Sumner Co, their ages are as follows.
Alfred is 30 to 40, Louisiana is 20 to 30, two daughter are under 5
and a boy is 15 to 20 who is most likely not Louisiana's.
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Evelina Vinson \BE F. -
Spouse: William E. Beard or Baird M. -
Married: 20-AUG-1829 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Bondsman: A. F. Yound M. -
Per Census 1830: for Sumner Co the parents were age 20 to 30.
Per Census 1830: they had one child under age 5.
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Hardy C. Vinson \BH M. -
Spouse: Eliza S. Stewart F. -
Married: 02-JAN-1832 Wilson Co, Tennessee
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James Monroe Vinson \BJ M. -
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Sarah Eliza Vinson "Sally" \BS F. -
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Source: Carolyn Hecker
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CHART 013: Parthena Vinson McCall \P F.1785-1827
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Parthena Vinson \P F.1785-1827
Born: 1785 Northampton Co, North Carolina
Died: 1827 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Father: Captain James Vinson \ M.1761-1822
Mother: Rhoda Benthall F.1761-1836
Spouse: William McCall M.1779-1863
Born: 1779 North Carolina
Died: 1863 Gadsden Co, Florida
Father: James McCall M. -
Mother: Rebecca Kelly F. -
William married Delia Wood on 25-NOV-1830 in Sumner Co. William
married a third time to Sarah Edwards Hassell. William had children by
his other wives also.
Who: Delia Wood F. -
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Who: Sarah Edwards Hassell F.1805-
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They had the following children.
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Albert Gallatin McCall \PA M.1805-1885
See the chart for his family.
Born: 1805 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Died: 1885 Henry Co, Tennessee
Spouse: Ann ?? F.1802-
Born: 1802
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Maria McCall \PM F.1807-
Born: 1807 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Spouse: Maborne Anderson M. -
Married: 04-DEC-1834 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Probably they lived in Illinois.
They are not a household on the 1840 Census for Sumner Co.
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Samuel McCall \PS M.1809-1812
Born: 1809 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Died: 1812
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Rhoda Vinson McCall \PR F.1811-
Born: 1811 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Spouse: Amzi L. Bell M. -
Married: 28-NOV-1832 Sumner Co, Tennessee
They are not a household on the 1840 Census for Sumner Co.
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James McCall \PJ M.1815-1836
Born: 15-MAY-1815 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Died: 1836
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Hyram McCall \PH M.1818-1865
Born: 1818 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Died: 1865 Illinois
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Rebecca Kelley McCall \PE F.1820-
Born: 19-APR-1820 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Spouse: Gregory McMahon M. -
Married: 30-OCT-1843 Sumner Co, Tennessee
They are not on the 1840 Census for Sumner Co, Tennessee.
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Polly McCall \PP F.1822-
Born: 21-AUG-1822 Sumner Co, Tennessee
She is not on the 1850 Census for Sumner Co, Tennessee.
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Source: Carolyn Hecker
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CHART 014: Enos Vinson \E M. -1838
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Enos Vinson \E M. -1838
Born: North Carolina
Died: 1838 St-Mary Parish, Louisiana
Estate: 15-MAY-1843
Father: Captain James Vinson \ M.1761-1822
Mother: Rhoda Benthall F.1761-1836
Spouse: Charity W. Baldridge F.1792-1829
Married: 22-JUL-1812 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Born: 20-MAR-1792
Died: 15-MAY-1829 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Buried: Vinson Cem, S of Gallatin, Sumner Co, TN, marked
Bondsman: William McCall M.1779-1863
Enos was commissioned as a Captain in the 15th Regiment of the
Tennessee militia on 07-JUL-1815. This family probably moved to
Louisiana shortly after 1829.
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They had the following children.
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James B. Vinson \EJ M.1814-
See the chart for his family.
Born: 1814 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Spouse: Lucy S. Harper F.1818-1864
Married: 05-OCT-1837 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Born: 1818
Died: 1864 Caddo Parish, Louisiana
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Carroll M. Vinson \EC M.1815-1862
See the chart for his family.
Born: 1815 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Estate: 14-JUL-1862 St-Mary Parish, Louisiana
Spouse: Eleanor Helen Berwick F.1814-
Married: 15-JUN-1836 St-Mary Parish, Louisiana
Born: 15-JUL-1814 Louisiana
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Parthena Ann Vinson \EP F.1821-1900
See the chart for her family.
Born: 1821 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Died: 1900 Plaquermine, Iberville Parish, Louisiana
Spouse: William Garrett M.1818-
Married: 19-DEC-1839 Franklin, St-Mary Parish, Louisiana
Born: 1818 Louisiana
Baptized: 18-DEC-1880 Franklin Epis. Church
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Eliza Vinson \EE F.1822-
See the chart for her family.
Born: 1822 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Spouse: Daniel P. Sparks M.1793-
Married: 29-MAY-1841 St-Mary Parish, Louisiana
Born: 1793 South Carolina
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Rhoda Jane Vinson "Jane" \ER F.1824-1861
See the chart for her family.
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Born: 1824 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Estate: 14-JAN-1861 St-Mary Parish, Louisiana
Spouse: Samuel Kemper M.1816-1854
Married: 13-MAR-1838 St-Mary Parish, Louisiana
Born: 1816 Louisiana
Estate: 18-FEB-1854 St-Mary Parish, Louisiana
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Source: Carolyn Hecker
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CHART 015: James Vinson \J M.1793-1844
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James Vinson \J M.1793-1844
Born: 26-AUG-1793 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Died: 09-OCT-1844 Lincoln, Benton Co, Missouri
Buried: Old Mt Pleasant Cemetery, Lincoln, Missouri, marked
Father: James Vinson \ M.1761-1822
Mother: Rhoda Benthall F.1761-1836
Spouse: Clarissa Bennett F.1795-1850
Born: 1795 Prince-Edward Co, Virginia
Died: 1850 Lincoln Co, Missouri
Father: William Bennett d.Sumner Co,TN M.1755-1823
Mother: Catherine Bernard d.Sumner Co,TN F.1758-
Clarissa's parents were from Cumberland Co, Virginia. Clarissa was
descended from Pocahontas. She was a sister to Mary Bennett
mentioned elsewhere.
Who: Pocahontas F.1595-1617
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They had the following children.
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Rhoda A. Vinson \JR F.1820-
Born: 1820 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Spouse: Dr. Alfred Head physician M.1815-1897
Married: 19-SEP-1836 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Born: 17-OCT-1815 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Died: 06-OCT-1897 Missouri
Father: Henry Head M.1773-1852
Mother: Elizabeth Ann Sanford F.1777-1873
Per Census 1840: they were living in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
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Barnett Vinson \JB M.1822-1845
Born: 07-MAR-1822 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Died: 24-AUG-1845 Lincoln, Benton Co, Missouri
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James G. Vinson \JJ M.1824-1898
Born: 1824 Gallatin, Sumner Co, Tennessee
Died: 06-SEP-1898 Texas
Spouse: Sally Cheatham F.1824-
Born: 1824
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William Vinson \JW M.1826-
Born: 1826
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Levi Warner Vinson \JL M.1827-1888
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Born: 12-MAR-1827 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Died: 21-AUG-1888 Lincoln, Benton Co, Missouri
Spouse: Mary Ann Smith F.1828-
Born: 1828
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Franklin Vinson \JF M.1829-1888
Born: 1829 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Died: 12-AUG-1888 Tennessee
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Bennett Vinson \JE M.1838-1888
Born: 1838 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Died: 02-AUG-1888 Tennessee
Spouse: Fanny ?? F. -
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CHART 016: Susannah Vinson Hamilton \S F.1787-1832
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Susannah Vinson \S F.1787-1832
Born: 09-NOV-1787 Northampton Co, North Carolina
Died: 09-FEB-1832 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Father: James Vinson \ M.1761-1822
Mother: Rhoda Benthall F.1761-1836
Spouse: James Hamilton M.1786-1875
Married: 08-APR-1806 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Born: 21-JAN-1786 Sumner Co, NC but now Tennessee
Died: 20-MAR-1875 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Buried: Darnall Cem, S of Gallatin, Sumner Co,TN, marked
Bondsman: John Hamilton M. -1832
Mother: Isabell Snoddy F. -
By an act of the Tennessee legislature in 1805 James Snoddy was
adopted by John Hamilton and became James Hamilton.
Who: John Hamilton M. -1832
The name of the father of James Hamilton and the maiden name of
his mother constitute one of the great mysteries confronting
researchers of the Snoddy surname.
The step-father of James Hamilton was Henry Houdeshell.
Who: Henry Houdeshell M. -1793
The second wife of James Hamilton was Jane Taylor.
Who: Jane Taylor F.1802-1873
Married: 04-NOV-1834 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Died: 07-AUG-1873
Buried: Darnall Cem, S of Gallatin, Sumner Co, TN,marked
The land that James Hamilton lived on nearly all of his life came
from his step-father Henry Houdeshell who received that land by a
land grant from North Carolina on 17-APR-1786. Persons who had arrived
in that area of what was then North Carolina prior to 1783 and who had
helped defend against Indians could receive a land grant of 640 acres.
Per Census 1850,1860: they were living in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
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They had the following children.
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Claiborn W. Hamilton \SC M.1806-1854
See the chart for his family.
Born: 11-DEC-1806 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Died: 1854
Mother: Susannah Vinson \S F.1787-1832
Spouse: Lucinda E. Parsons F.1809-
Married: 23-FEB-1829 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Born: 14-OCT-1809
Bondsman: S. L. McCall M. -
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Azel Bentle Hamilton \SA M.1808-1878
See the chart for his family.
Born: 18-SEP-1808 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Died: 09-SEP-1878
Mother: Susannah Vinson \S F.1787-1832
Spouse1: Elizabeth Alexander F.1815-1854
Married: 23-MAR-1833
Born: 15-FEB-1815
Died: 18-APR-1854
Spouse2: ?? Mosby F. -
Died: Lonoke, Arkansas
Spouse3: Rebecca Kaye Todd F.1829-1904
Born: 07-OCT-1829
Died: 05-MAR-1904
Buried: Lonoke, Lonoke Co, Arkansas
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John Vinson Hamilton \SJ M.1810-
See the chart for his family.
Born: 31-JUL-1810 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Mother: Susannah Vinson \S F.1787-1832
Spouse: Elizabeth Gourley F.1818-
Married: 21-FEB-1838 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Born: 1818
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Cealia C. Hamilton \SE F.1812-1846
See the chart for her family.
Born: 08-SEP-1812 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Died: 15-OCT-1846
Mother: Susannah Vinson \S F.1787-1832
Spouse: Phillip Chapman M.1810-
Married: 25-FEB-1834 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Born: 06-JAN-1810
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Stokely Vinson Hamilton \SS M.1814-
Born: 01-OCT-1814 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Mother: Susannah Vinson \S F.1787-1832
Spouse: Martha McClain F. -
Stokely served as a Private in the Trousdale Company of the Second
Regiment, First Brigade of the Volunteer Mounted Militia in 1836 in
the Seminole War.
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James Calvert Hamilton \SM M.1816-1887
See the chart for his family.
Born: 28-NOV-1816 Sumner Co, Tennessee
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Died: 22-MAY-1887 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Buried: Belote-Hamilton Cemetery, Sumner Co, TN, marked
Mother: Susannah Vinson \S F.1787-1832
Spouse: Martha Patterson Swaney "Patsy" F.1820-1893
Married: 14-APR-1841 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Born: 12-SEP-1820
Died: 22-MAR-1893 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Buried: Belote-Hamilton Cemetery, Sumner Co, TN, marked
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Sallie L. Hamilton \SL F.1818-
See the chart for her family.
Born: 30-NOV-1818 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Mother: Susannah Vinson \S F.1787-1832
Spouse: Samuel White M. -
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Sumner County Hamilton CSA \SU M.1821-
See the chart for his family.
Born: 26-SEP-1821 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Mother: Susannah Vinson \S F.1787-1832
Spouse: Ellen Hayes F.1824-
Married: 16-SEP-1842 Wilson Co, Tennessee
Born: 1824
Sumner served as a 2 Lt. 2nd (Smith's) Cav. TN, C.S.A.
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Rhoda M. Hamilton "Rhody" \SR F.1823-1911
See the chart for her family.
Born: 06-OCT-1823 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Died: 08-FEB-1911 Denton, Denton Co. Texas
Buried: Prairie Mound Cemetery, Denton Co, TX, unmarked
Mother: Susannah Vinson \S F.1787-1832
Spouse: Nicholas Munro Stone "Munro" M.1825-1896
Married: 23-NOV-1847 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Born: 08-NOV-1825 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Died: 22-OCT-1896 Denton, Denton Co, Texas
Buried: Prairie Mound Cemetery, Denton Co, TX, unmarked
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Aurelia Taylor Hamilton F.1836-1918
See the chart for her family.
Born: 09-JUL-1836 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Died: 12-DEC-1918 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Mother: Jane Taylor F.1802-1873
Spouse: James Darnall "Doc" M.1827-1910
Married: 19-OCT-1854 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Born: 15-FEB-1827 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Died: 08-NOV-1910 Sumner Co, Tennessee
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Taylor Patterson Hamilton CSA M.1838-1915
See the chart for his family.
Born: 08-MAR-1838 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Died: 14-AUG-1915
Mother: Jane Taylor F.1802-1873
Spouse: Sallie Norton F.1853-1935
Born: 17-JUN-1853
Died: 11-APR-1935
Taylor served as a Sgt. A Co. 7th Cav. Bn. TN, C.S.A.
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Corinne Sproule Hamilton F.1841-1915
Born: 12-JUL-1841 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Died: 13-JUL-1915 New Orleans, Louisiana
Mother: Jane Taylor F.1802-1873
Spouse: Alfred Douglass Vinson CSA \TA M.1835-1878
Married: 30-MAY-1859 Sumner Co, Tennessee
See the chart for his family.
Born: 16-AUG-1835 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Died: 27-OCT-1878 Centerville, St-Mary Parish, LA
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Lenora Hamilton F.1843-1878
See the chart for her family.
Born: 09-JUL-1843 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Died: 26-MAY-1878
Mother: Jane Taylor F.1802-1873
Spouse: Francis Darnall Escue CSA M.1838-1922
Married: 09-JUL-1861 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Born: 03-APR-1838
Died: 31-AUG-1922
Frances served as a Pvt. A Co. 9th Cav. TN, C.S.A.
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Source: John Lee Swaney, HAMILTON GENEALOGY.
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CHART 017: Stokely Vinson W12 \T M.1796-1879
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Stokely Vinson W12 \T M.1796-1879
Born: 19-SEP-1796 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Died: during the Spring of 1879 in Texas
Father: James Vinson \ M.1761-1822
Mother: Rhoda Benthall F.1761-1836
Spouse1: Sarah Fleetwood F.1797-1869
Married: 13-MAR-1816 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Born: 23-MAR-1797 North Carolina
Died: 18-SEP-1869 Texas
Bondsman: Enos Vinson \E M. -1838
Spouse2: Emily A. Wright F. -
Married: 31-DEC-1869 Bell Co, Texas
They moved to Louisiana shortly before 1850.
Emily's last name was from her first husband.
Stokely served in the Second Tennessee Mounted Regiment,War of 1812.
He was in the Battle of New Orleans,08-JAN-1815,against the British.
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They had the following children.
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Sarah Eliza Vinson \TS F.1816-1818
Born: 1816
Died: 1818
Mother: Sarah Fleetwood F.1797-1869
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Lorenzo Dow Vinson \TL M.1817-
See the chart for his family.
Born: 23-NOV-1817 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Mother: Sarah Fleetwood F.1797-1869
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Spouse1: Susan Courtney Moss F.1823-1848
Married: 17-AUG-1842 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Born: 15-SEP-1823
Died: 30-JAN-1848
Buried: Gallatin Cemetery, Gallatin, Sumner Co,TN,marked
Estate: 01-AUG-1851 St-Mary Parish, Louisiana
Spouse2: Susan Harbour F.1826-
Married: 25-JUN-1857
Born: 16-JUL-1826
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Caroline W. Vinson \TC F.1823-1852
See the chart for her family.
Born: 06-JUL-1823 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Died: 06-JUN-1852 Louisiana
Mother: Sarah Fleetwood F.1797-1869
Spouse: William A. Douglass "Will" M.1824-
Married: 13-NOV-1845 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Born: 12-JAN-1824 Tennessee
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Martha A. Vinson \TM F.1825-1836
Born: 20-FEB-1825 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Died: JAN-1836 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Mother: Sarah Fleetwood F.1797-1869
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Stokely Texas Vinson \TT M.1827-1878
Born: 11-JAN-1827 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Died: OCT-1878 Louisiana
Mother: Sarah Fleetwood F.1797-1869
Spouse: Uranie Josephine Leonard "Josephine" F. -
Married: 25-JUL-1859 St-Martin Parish, Louisiana
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Gideon Blackburn Vinson "Gid" \TB M.1829-
Born: 17-SEP-1829 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Died: Texas
Mother: Sarah Fleetwood F.1797-1869
Spouse1: Martha Fenesee F. -
Married: 21-JUL-1861 St-Martin Parish, Louisiana
Spouse2: Susan Speaker F. -
Married: 29-DEC-1870 Bell Co, Texas
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Robert Boyers Vinson "Bob" \TR M.1831-1859
See the chart for his family.
Born: 05-MAY-1831 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Died: 12-NOV-1859 Louisiana
Mother: Sarah Fleetwood F.1797-1869
Spouse: Salena Helen Shaw F.1836-1921
Married: 28-MAY-1857 St-Martin Parish, Louisiana
Born: 1836
Died: 1921 Cuba
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John Hall Vinson CSA \TJ M.1833-
Born: 08-FEB-1833 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Mother: Sarah Fleetwood F.1797-1869
Spouse: Mary E. Young F.1830-
Married: Houston Co, Texas
Born: 1830 Tennessee
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Father: William Young M.1786-1843
Mother: Jane ?? F.1798-1852
They lived in Louisiana.
Mary E. Young was the widow of James S. Wright.
Who: James S. Wright b.SC M.28-MAY-1850 M.1820-
She was the mother of Octavia Jane "Jennie" Wright, who married
Lorenzo Sue Vinson.
She was also the mother of Mary Stuart Wright both of whom
married into the Vinson family.
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Alfred Douglass Vinson "Douglass" CSA \TA M.1835-1878
See the chart for his family.
Born: 16-AUG-1835 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Died: 27-OCT-1878 Centerville, St-Mary Parish, LA
Mother: Sarah Fleetwood F.1797-1869
Spouse: Corinne Sproule Hamilton F.1841-1915
Married: 30-MAY-1859 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Born: 12-JUL-1841 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Died: 13-JUL-1915 New Orleans, Louisiana
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Sarah Caledonia Vinson "Donie" \TH F.1838-1855
Born: NOV-1838
Died: 07-AUG-1855 St-Mary Parish, Louisiana
Mother: Sarah Fleetwood F.1797-1869
Donie died of yellow fever.
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Source: Carolyn Hecker
Source: Thomas Stokely Vinson
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CHART 018: Albert Gallatin McCall \PA M.1805-1885
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Albert Gallatin McCall \PA M.1805-1885
Born: 1805 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Died: 1885 Henry Co, Tennessee
Father: William McCall M.1779-1863
Mother: Parthena Vinson \P F.1785-1827
Spouse: Ann ?? F.1802-
Born: 1802
On the 1860 Census they were living in Henry Co, Tennessee. On the
1840 Census for Sumner Co they have two boys and two girls.
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They had the following children.
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William S. McCall CSA \PAW M.1833-
Born: 1833 Sumner Co, Tennessee
William served in the 12th Cav. KY, C.S.A. William applied for a
pension for his service from Tennessee. He lived in Henry Co,
Tennessee.
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CHART 019: James B. Vinson \EJ M.1814-
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James B. Vinson \EJ M.1814-
Born: 1814 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Father: Enos Vinson \E M. -1838
Mother: Charity W. Baldridge F.1792-1829
Spouse: Lucy S. Harper F.1818-1864
Married: 05-OCT-1837 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Born: 1818
Died: 1864 Caddo Parish, Louisiana
James was still living per 1880 Census.
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They had the following children.
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R. Walker Vinson CSA \EJR M.1838-
See the chart for his family.
Born: 1838
Spouse: Sophia Saunders Gibbs F. -
Married: 10-NOV-1868
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Richard Tucker Vinson \EJI M.1842-
See the chart for his family.
Born: 1842
Spouse: Sallie Hill F. -
Married: 1864 Caddo Parish, Louisiana
Father: Allen Hill M. -
He was mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana at one time.
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Alice B. Vinson \EJA F.1853-
Born: 1853 Louisana
Spouse: John T. Green M.1845-
Born: 1845 Tennessee
Per 1880 Census, John's middle initial is S, and this family was
living with Alice's widowed father. John was from Nashville. They had
the following children.
Child: Minnie L. Green b.TN \EJAM F.1875-
Child: Vinson Green b.TN \EJAV M.1876-
Child: Marvin Green b.TN \EJAR M.1878-
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Lillie Vinson \EJL F. -
Spouse: John McKee Harper M. -
Father: Dr. William Harper f.Jefferson,TX M. -
Lillie was not married in 1880 per 1880 Census.
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Source: Carolyn Hecker
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CHART 020: Carroll M. Vinson \EC M.1815-1862
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Carroll M. Vinson \EC M.1815-1862
Born: 1815 Sumner Co, Tennessee
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Estate: 14-JUL-1862 St-Mary Parish, Louisiana
Father: Enos Vinson \E M. -1838
Mother: Charity W. Baldridge F.1792-1829
Spouse: Eleanor Helen Berwick F.1814-
Married: 15-JUN-1836 St-Mary Parish, Louisiana
Born: 15-JUL-1814 Louisiana
Father: Joseph Berwick M. -
Mother: Ellen Comstock F. -
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They had the following children.
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Josephine I. Vinson \ECJ F.1837-
Born: 1837 St-Mary Parish, Louisiana
Spouse: Lewis F. Smith M. -1859
Married: 30-JUN-1857
Died: 1859
Josephine is on the 1850 Census for Sumner Co. She was living with the
J. W. Baldridge family.
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Bailey Peyton Vinson CSA \ECB M.1838-
Born: 1838 St-Mary Parish, Louisiana
He served as Captain of Scouts, C.S.A.
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Van Buren Vinson \ECV M.1840-
Born: 1840 St-Mary Parish, Louisiana
Spouse: M. T. Johns F. -
Married: 13-MAR-1869 St-Landry Parish, Louisiana
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Baldridge Tyler Vinson CSA \ECA M.1842-1918
Born: 06-DEC-1842 near Franklin, St-Mary Parish, LA
Died: 26-NOV-1918
Spouse: Alice Baldridge F.1848-1919
Married: 19-JUL-1876
Born: 23-APR-1848 Franklin, Louisiana
Died: 15-SEP-1919
Baldridge served in the St Mary Cannoneers, C.S.A.
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Soule Vinson \ECS F.1846-
Born: 1846 Louisiana
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Blanche Vinson \ECL F.1850-
Born: 1850 Louisiana
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Frank Vinson \ECF M.1852-
Born: 1852 Louisiana
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Source: Thomas Stokely Vinson
Source: Carolyn Hecker
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CHART 021: Parthena Ann Vinson Garrett \EP F.1821-1900
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Parthena Ann Vinson \EP F.1821-1900
Born: 1821 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Died: 1900 Plaquermine, Iberville Parish, Louisiana
Father: Enos Vinson \E M. -1838
Mother: Charity W. Baldridge F.1792-1829
Spouse: William Garrett M.1818-
Married: 19-DEC-1839 Franklin, St-Mary Parish, Louisiana
Born: 1818 Louisiana
Baptized: 18-DEC-1880 Franklin Epis. Church
Father: John Joshua Garrett M. -
Mother: Phoebe Armstrong F. -
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They had the following children.
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Virginia Garrett "Jennie" \EPV F.1839-
Born: 1839 Louisiana
Spouse: Jesse T. Baldwin M. -
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James Vinson Garrett \EPJ M.1845-1889
Born: 03-AUG-1845 Centerville, St-Mary Parish, LA
Died: 15-APR-1889 Franklin, St-Mary Parish, LA
Spouse: Lucy V. Fleming F.1840-
Born: 1840
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Clinton Garrett \EPC M.1852-1914
Born: JAN-1852
Baptized: 22-FEB-1854 Centerville, Louisiana
Died: JAN-1914 Plaquermine, Iberville Parish, LALouisi
Spouse: Frances Jane McFall F.1848-1902
Married: 01-MAR-1880
Born: 04-FEB-1848 Arkansas
Died: 17-MAY-1902 Plaquermine, Iberville Parish, LA
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Leo Garrett \EPL M.1858-1862
Born: 14-MAR-1858 Louisiana
Died: 17-DEC-1862
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William Garrett \EPW M.1859-
Born: 1859 Centerville, Louisiana
Baptized: 07-APR-1867 Centerville, Louisiana
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Source: Thomas Stokely Vinson
Source: Carolyn Hecker
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CHART 022: Eliza Vinson Sparks \EE F.1822-
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Eliza Vinson \EE F.1822-
Born: 1822 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Father: Enos Vinson \E M. -1838
Mother: Charity W. Baldridge F.1792-1829
Spouse: Daniel P. Sparks M.1793-
Married: 29-MAY-1841 St-Mary Parish, Louisiana
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Born: 1793 South Carolina
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They had the following children.
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John O. Sparks \EEJ M.1842-
Born: 1842 Louisiana
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Daniel P. Sparks \EED M.1845-
Born: 1845 Louisiana
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Martha F. Sparks \EEM F.1847-
Born: 1847 Louisiana
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Susan Sparks \EES F.1849-
Born: 1849 Louisiana
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Calhoun Sparks \EEC M. -
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Source: Carolyn Hecker
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CHART 023: Rhoda Jane Vinson Kemper \ER F.1824-1861
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Rhoda Jane Vinson \ER F.1824-1861
Born: 1824 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Estate: 14-JAN-1861 St-Mary Parish, Louisiana
Father: Enos Vinson \E M. -1838
Mother: Charity W. Baldridge F.1792-1829
Spouse: Samuel Kemper M.1816-1854
Married: 13-MAR-1838 St-Mary Parish, Louisiana
Born: 1816 Louisiana
Estate: 18-FEB-1854 St-Mary Parish, Louisiana
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They had the following children.
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Nancy Kemper \ERN F.1840-
Born: 1840 Louisiana
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Walker Kemper \ERW M.1846-
Born: 1846 Louisiana
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Samuel Kemper \ERS M.1848-
Born: 1848 Louisiana
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Source: Carolyn Hecker
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CHART 024: Claiborn W. Hamilton \SC M.1806-1854
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Claiborn W. Hamilton \SC M.1806-1854
Born: 11-DEC-1806 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Died: 1854
Father: James Hamilton M.1786-1875
Mother: Susannah Vinson \S F.1787-1832
Spouse: Lucinda E. Parsons F.1809-
Married: 23-FEB-1829 Sumner Co, Tennessee
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Born: 14-OCT-1809
Bondsman: S. L. McCall M. -
Per Census 1850: they lived in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
Per Census 1860: Lucinda lived in Sumner Co, Tennessee. Per Census
1870: Lucinda lived with her daughter Lucinda, Sumner Co.
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They had the following children.
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Maria C. Hamilton \SCM F.1829-
Born: 23-DEC-1829 Sumner Co, Tennessee
She has not been found on the 1850 or later Censuses.
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Susan P. Hamilton \SCS F.1831-1880
See the chart for her family.
Born: 18-JAN-1831 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Died: 06-JUN-1880 Cooke Co, Texas
Spouse1: John Nelson Stone "Nelson" farmer M.1822-
Married: 01-NOV-1848 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Divorced: 16-SEP-1858 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Born: 1822 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Spouse2: Samuel Strahan M. -1862
Married: 14-SEP-1860
Died: 02-AUG-1862
Spouse3: Henry P. Bigham M.1815-1898
Married: 18-MAR-1865 Waxahachie, Texas
Born: 10-AUG-1815 Alabama
Died: 16-JUL-1898 Marietta, Indian Territory
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John M. Hamilton cooper \SCJ M.1832-
Born: 25-OCT-1832 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Per Census 1850: John lived with his parents.
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Sarah M. Hamilton "Sally" \SCR F.1833-1928
See the chart for her family.
Born: 08-SEP-1833 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Died: 1928
Spouse1: William J. Cox CSA M.1832-
Born: 1832
Spouse2: Henry W. Williams CSA M. -1869
Married: 12-DEC-1866 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Died: JUL-1869
William served as a blacksmith in C Co. 7th Cav. Bn, TN, C.S.A.
Henry served as a Pvt. in C Co. 7th Cav. Bn. TN, C.S.A.
Henry served as a Pvt. in K Co. 2nd (Robison's) Inf. TN, C.S.A.
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Lucinda E. Hamilton "Louise" \SCL F.1836-1917
See the chart for her family.
Born: 04-NOV-1836 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Died: 02-SEP-1917
Buried: Pruitt Family Cem, Cairo, Sumner Co, TN, marked
Spouse: Paul R. Pruitt or Preuett CSA M.1834-1906
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Married: 07-JAN-1857 Sumner Co, Tennessee
Born: 29-JAN-1834
Died: 03-FEB-1906
Buried: Pruitt Family Cem, Cairo, Sumner Co, TN