AUNT LOU’S HOUSE IS NO MORE

 

    Louisa Owen was the youngest child of Marshal and Caroline Thomas Owen, having been born February 26, 1867. She married Samuel Brickell and together they reared five children on part of the Marshal Owen property she and Samuel later acquired title to following Marshal’s death in 1892.

    After Louisa’s death in 1950 the Brickell house and farm was bought by one of Louisa’s granddaughter’s and her husband who had a new house constructed. Since then the old house has mostly sat empty and abandoned. That granddaughter recently passed away and the house was purchased by the owner of the surrounding property, who had the house torn down and the undergrowth removed.

    Marshal Owen at one time owned all of the land on both sides of what is now McMinn County Road 181 from County Road 186 to County Road 189, comprising about six hundred acres. Starting at Marshal and and Caroline’s place moving west, the houses were in this order: Marshal and Caroline, W. D. and Jane Owen Wade, Samuel and Louisa Owen Brickell, W. C. and Harriet Owen Hughes, and last, Thomas and Martha Ellen Wade Owen. The original houses have either burned or been torn down over the years until the only original house left standing was that of Samuel and Louisa. Now, it too is gone.

    For years I have passed the house walking and before it became so overgrown would sometimes seek shelter on the front porch when I would unexpectedly be caught in a rain shower. While standing waiting for the shower to pass I would fondly recall my weekly visits to the Brickell house where I was sent by my mother to pick up a pound of butter from “Aunt Lou”. I remember her as a kind and gentle lady.

Spradling Home Place

The above drawing of the Spradling Home was made by Dr. Lewis W. Sradling from memory in October of 1932, some seventeen years after the house burned in 1915. William S. Spradling, son of Richard Spradling Jr., was living in the house with his family when it burned, but all escaped without injury. The house was located on a small bluff approximately three hundred feet west of the intersection of current McMinn County Roads 185 and 187.

    It is believed Lewis made the drawing for his Aunt Mary Tennessee Spradling who married William Thomas Land. Mary Tennessee could vividly recall and relate events of the Civil War and how the soldiers came to their home and confiscated much of their food. Mary Tennessee, the daughter of Richard Sprading Jr., went to live with her son, Robert Taylor Land, some time after the death of her husband in 1900.

    Hanging on the wall of the Land home in Athens was the drawing of the Spradling Homeplace. Mary Tennessee died in 1943 at the age of ninety and the house where she lived was eventually torn down to make way for the widening of the highway and also a doctor’s office. Fortunately the drawing was saved and taken to the home of Mary Tennessee’s granddaughter Madlyne in Chattanooga.

    When Madlyne entered a nursing home her children thought the best place for the drawing was back at the old homeplace where “Aunt Tenn” grew up one hundred and fifty years ago. Consequently they brought it to Richard and Billie Jean Land who currently reside on part of the Spradling homeplace.

THOMAS FAMILY CEMETERY

The Thomas Family Cemetery is located northeast of Rogers Creek Baptist Church on a hill behind the house built by Jonathan Thomas about 1840. Brick for the house were formed by slaves around the spring that flows from beneath the red clay hillside. The water that flows from the spring comprises a significant part of the headwaters of Rogers Creek.

Fifty-five identifiable graves can be found in the cemetery, four of which have unmarked field headstones. Each represent a father, mother or child which undoubtedly were laid to rest with sadness and sorrow.


The following is a listing of those persons in the order of their passing, starting with Jonathan Thomas in 1864. While the century in which they died has twice changed, the sorrow felt by those left behind is not lessened by generation. It is natural to die and it is natural to grieve. It is with love, respect and honor that we remember.

Name------------------- Born---------- Died

Jonathan Thomas - 07/25/1800 - 01/11/1864
Mary Ann Owen - 02/09/1863 - 02/23/1865
Elizabeth Owen - 08/30/1855 - 02/08/1867
Infant Son of M C Owen - 06/01/1869 - 06/01/1869
Emma E Thomas - 11/22/1872 - 11/20/1873
Mary M Thomas - 06/26/1875 - 10/17/1875
Texas Ann W Cagle - 12/28/1859 - 08/24/1878
James Thomas - 03/23/1859 - 10/04/1879
John Hughes - 10/06/1879 - 10/30/1879
Jane Thomas (86 Years) / / 11/24/1883
Infant Son of W C Hughes - 05/02/1886 - 05/02/1886
Caroline Thomas Owen - 10/19/1830 - 02/19/1889
Marshal C. Owen - 10/13/1833 - 06/30/1892
Louisa Thomas Wattenbarger - 07/10/1828 - 03/24/1893
Frank Thomas - 07/27/1862 - 05/15/1894
Bonnie Mae Wattenbarger - 05/07/1895 - 08/16/1895
Twin Infant Wattenbargers -10/01/1898 - 10/01/1898
Charlie Hughes - 09/15/1892 - 10/09/1898
Henry Creed Wattenbarger - 05/02/1896 - 01/06/1899
Infant Daughter of W C Hughes - 03/17/1900 - 03/17/1900
Harriet Fike - 09/23/1832 - 02/22/1901
Horace Thomas - 10/09/1882 - 11/28/1904
Jacob Wattenbarger - 05/05/1826 - 10/15/1905
Infant Daughter of J Thomas - 10/16/1907 - 02/02/1908
Mary Thomas Lankford - 11/06/1864 - 02/07/1909
Samuel A Brickell - 12/07/1860 - 06/18/1916
Carson D Hughes - 12/26/1913 - 02/10/1922
Alfred C Thomas - 1836 - 1924
Malinda Thomas - 1839 - 1924
Frank Thomas (Not found) 1860 -  1930
James H Thomas - 06/02/1868 - 12/03/1948
Louisa E Brickell - 02/26/1867 - 12/22/1950
James Grant Wattenbarger - 04/17/1866 - 04/29/1955
James Alfred Thomas - 08/04/1909 - 01/01/1957
Sallie Legg Thomas -10/06/1872 - 10/19/1957
Mary E Hart Wattenbarger - 02/05/1875 - 12/29/1959
Fred S Wade - 07/29/1898 - 02/20/1976
Lonna Mae Thomas Bohannon - 08/04/1902 - 04/21/1978
Phyllis Boyd Bohannon - 11/16/1926 - 11/15/1980
Edgar B Bohannon - 10/11/1898 - 04/20/1982
Rev. Murry Conrad Morgan - 05/21/1909 - 12/09/1982
Matthew Daniel McVey - 08/18/1987 - 08/18/1987
Bobbye Runyon Gilbert - 05/29/1935 - 09/16/1989
Maggie Wattenbarger W Morgan - 02/08/1910 - 01/05/1992
Rev. Charles Scott Runyon - 08/24/1905 - 11/04/1994
Eliza Bohannon Thomas - 10/17/1910 - 01/26/2001
Alma Paisley Thomas - 07/21/1928 - 07/12/2008
James Burkett Thomas - 02/03/1929 - 08/05/2009
Edgar B Bohannon, Jr. - 08/12/1924 - 01/19/2011
Dixie Wattenbarger Runyon - 07/14/1913 - 06/16/2012

AUNT DIXIE (1913 - 2012)

A lady bent and drawn with age sits in a wheel chair just inside the door of her granddaughter’s home. When someone enters she asks, “Do you have a car?” If the answer is yes, she then pleads, “Will you take me home?”

The home Aunt Dixie longs for is a place most do not know ever existed. Its location was approximately eight miles northwest of downtown Athens at the intersection of current County Roads 180 and 187. There Dixie’s father, J. G. Wattenbarger, once operated a country store which also served as Fiketon Post Office. Though all traces of the original structures are gone, the location is still designated on some maps as Fiketon.

In 1849 Dixie’s grandfather, Jacob Wattenbarger, traveled a few miles south from his parent’s home in the Tranquility community and married Louisa Thomas, daughter of plantation owner Jonathan Thomas. Jacob and Louisa acquired property from Jonathan in the vicinity of Rogers Creek Baptist Church and built a log house where they reared their family.

When the Civil War broke out, Jacob faced a dilemma. Being from the Tranquility Community, which supported the Union, he was living at the very center of a community which supported the South. Jacob hid out in the hills above his home to elude conscription into the Confederate Army and sometimes slept in a cave that to this day bears his name.

Dixie’s other grandfather was John Hart whose property joined that of her grandfather Jacob. John Hart was a strong southern supporter and fought with the Confederacy during the Civil War, enduring the Siege of Vicksburg and other battles. John Hart and Jacob Wattenbarger were each sincere in their beliefs. Now the two former adversaries lie on opposing hillsides, separated by the community that now only exists in the mind of Aunt Dixie.

Yesterday Dixie Wattenbarger Runyon returned to Fiketon and now lies at rest beside her husband Charlie and daughter Bobbye in the family cemetery overlooking her childhood home. It was a custom in Dixie’s grandfather’s day that one toll of the church bell be sounded for each year the deceased had lived. As Dixie was laid to rest, ninety-eight tolls rang out across the valley.

LOUISA SPRADLING WADE BRANDON

 

 Louisa Spradling

    Louisa Spradling was born to Richard Spradling and Elizabeth (Beaver) Baber in Virginia about 1808. She married James Wade in Albermarle County, Virginia, October 26, 1827. The following year with Louisa’ parents they moved to an area a few miles south of what is now known as Tranquility and settled on approximately three hundred acres south of and adjoining the property of Michael and Nancy Wattenbarger.

    Louisa’s parents settled on several hundred acres adjoining and to the south of the Wade place. The stream that was later to become known as Rogers Creek originated in the Wade spring from which the family got their water.

    Louisa bore five children to James before he died October 29, 1842. The ages of the children ranged from fourteen (William) down to James who was only two years old. There were four boys and one girl who they named Malinda. Malinda was also later known as Linny and eventually Minnie after she moved to Texas.

    Louisa then married Hiram Brandon, a “Minister of the Gospel” September 1, 1845. Hiram’s name is listed as one of those who helped organize Tranquility Methodist Church in 1848. The family appears in the census records of surrounding counties in the following years evidently as Hiram moved when he was called to different churches. The Wade children eventually disappeared from the Brandon census records and were replaced by the five children Louisa bore to Hiram.

    It is believed Hiram died sometime after 1889 and we know from the records  available Louisa died July 14, 1897, at approximately age ninety. We do not know where Louisa was living when she died or where she is buried. In a document dated July 20, 1897, and signed by five Brandon descendants, Louisa’s belongings were assigned to Silas to dispose of and distribute any remaining proceeds, above that required to meet expenses, to the rightful heirs. From this I surmise Louisa was probably living in the Mt. Zion area where other Brandon family members are buried.

    Silas paid his cousin Richard Spradling Jr. $1.00 to “Cry” the sale of Louisa’s belongings that were not divided among the heirs. The sale brought in $39.00. Silas paid James Colens $7.50 for Louisa’s “cofin”. He paid Steve Brandon $1.00 for “feeding the hogs”. He paid A. Wattenbarger $2.97 for “buring close”. He paid E. L. Harmon for 8 days $5.00 doctor bill. He pade out to Steve for “mesh” 50 cents. Total paid out  $17.97.

    Equally of interest is how this information is still with us. Following Silas’ death in 1902 his only living son, W. D. Wade, was appointed the administrator of his estate. W. D. gathered up all of Silas’ papers and notes, placed them in an old cardboard suitcase, and brought them down to his home in Rogers Creek.

    A few years later W. D. and his cousin W. S. Sradling formed a partnership and opened a “country store” out of the W. D.’s former father-in-law Marshal C. Owen’s house which he had purchased from his sister-in-law, Angeline Owen Campell. The attic of the old house was used for storage and that is where Silas’ old cardboard suitcase was placed.

    And there the suitcase remained until 1989 when Bettye and I tore down the old Owen house to make way for the new house. I looked through some of the papers and found Silas’ “Grand Army of the Republic” medal and many documents and records.     Also, there was one picture in the suitcase. Obviously someone who was important to both Silas and his son W. D. The fading tintype picture was of a lady who appears to be about ninety years old. Her face reflects the hardships of her life. Her eyes penetrate ones soul. Could this be Silas’ mother, Louisa Spradling Wade Brandon?

GRANDPA’S BARN

Grandpa’s old barn is the only original structure left standing on the homeplace. It sits on a small hill behind where the house once sat. But its days are now numbered as much of the metal roof has blown away leaving the wooden lathe and structural members exposed to the elements.

Geraldine has been in the nursing almost ten years and her brothers have all passed on, leaving no one to look after the upkeep of the once proud structure. Vultures can frequently be seen perched along the highest point of the barn, evidently on the lookout for any rodent that might venture out into the open.

The barn was constructed in the 1890’s not long after W D’s father Silas had an identical barn built on his place. Silas’ barn however, has fared much better. When Bowaters Paper Corporation purchased Silas’ place many years ago they began clearing the land to plant pine trees. Any buildings were put up for sale and removal.

Silas’ grandson Roy acquired the old barn and moved it down to his property just north of the intersection of McMinn County Roads 188 and 186. Following Dexter’s ownership the property was sold to a man who has enclosed the barn and it now is one of the better looking buildings in the community.

But back to Granpa’s place and realizing there is now little evidence of his former presence, Alan and I constructed a cover for the old well and carved his name into the cedar boards, W D WADE. I believe Grandpa would be proud.

JONATHAN THOMAS' ESTATE

Jonathan Thomas Dec'd Settlement with Executor

State of Tennessee ] 21st. day of September 1865

                   ] This day E L Miller Executor of the estate of Jonathan Thomas Dec'd came to the Clerk's Office and made Settlement as the law directs, n Will Book G page 86 said Executor is chargeable with, as per Inventory 1157.02

        Amt. rec'd from Harriet and Jane Thomas  $1600.00   

                                                 $2757.02 Vouchers

       One note to David Cleage with Interest   $ 753.30

       One note to David Cleage with Interest   $1743.92

                              Amt brt. forward  $2497.22

       One Account of Allen Butler              $   2.50  

       One  "  "   "  Nat Morrison              $  10.60

       One  "  "   "  Elijah Benton             $   2.00

       One  "  "   "  John Price                $  25.00

       Bal. of Note to Wm. Gowdin               $   3.00

        "   "   "    " A H Crow                 $  60.12

        "  on Judgement to H Brandy             $  10.00

       One Account of Robert Boyd               $  29.35

        "   "  "   " J W Blackwell              $  27.06

       Fees of Office to Clerk                  $  11.15

                                                $2678.00

                                                $  79.02

                     Allowed Extr. 5 pr Cent on $2757.02

                                                $ 137.85

                    Balance due Executor        $  58.83

Jonathan Thomas Dec'd. Inventory and Account of Sales

       Chas. Rufett           1 Rifle Gun                  $   9.50

       James Coffer           1 Cow                        $  20.50

       James Coffer           1 Yoke of Oxin               $  42.00

       James Coffer           1 Bull Ox                    $  23.00

       Jacob Wattenbarger     1 Steer Ox                   $  37.00

       Jane Thomas            4 Yearlings                  $  23.75

       Lewis Stanton          1 Jack Colt                  $  30.00

       A C Thomas             1 Mule Colt                  $  66.00

       Jane Thomas            1 Gray Mare                  $   5.00

       Harriet Thomas         1 Jinney                     $   6.00

       J L Thomas             1 Mule Colt                  $  47.00

       James Thomas           1 Bay Filly                  $  50.00

                                            Carried over   $ 359.75

       Jane Thomas            1 Bay Horse                  $  31.00

       J L Thomas             1 set of Smith Tools         $  50.00

       Jacob Wattenbarger     3 lots of Iron               $  11.00

       M Wattenbarger         1 lot of Iron                $   9.97

       Lewis Stanton          1 lot of Iron                $   5.51

       Nat Morrison           2 lots of Iron               $   5.96

       A C Thomas             2 bars of Iron               $  10.08

       Marshall Owens         1 bar of Iron                $   7.47

       J L Thomas             1 bar of Iron                $   7.47

       R Boyd                 1 bar of Iron                $   6.90

       Jacob Wattenbarger     Woodwork of Wagon            $  20.00

       Jacob Wattenbarger     1 Large Wagon                $  75.00

       Jacob Wattenbarger     Part of Wagon                $   4.00

       A C Thomas             3 Wagon Wheels               $  14.00

       T H Butler             1 Thrashey ???               $ 129.00

       Jacob Wattenbarger     1 Wagon Wheel                $   7.00

       R Boyd                 1 Set of Tyre                $  52.71

       R Faulkney             2 Chains                     $   2.50

       Jacob Wattenbarger     1 Crow Bar                   $   2.85

       Jacob Wattenbarger     1 Still 2 tubs               $ 172.50

       James Thomas           1 Still 2 tubs               $  97.35

       Cash received on J Williams Note                    $  50.00

       Cash received on P Davis Note                       $  25.00

                             FOR A TOTAL OF $1157.02  

  

The forgoing is a true Inventory and Account of Sales of the personal property of Jonathan Thomas Dec'd that has come into my hands, or the hands of any person also for me to the best of my knowledge and belief.

  Sworn before me 17 July 1865                 E L Miller

               R M Fisher Clk.                      Extr.

Note. The above accounting of property and sales does not include the 1735 acres of land upon which taxes were charged under the Act of Congress, entitled "An Act for the Collection of Direct Taxes in Insurrectionary Districts within the United States, and for other purposes" approved June 7, 1862, and the Act amendatory thereof approved February 6, 1863. The taxes in the amount of $21.11 were paid on in the name of Jonathan Thomas December 7, 1865.

Jonathan Thomas also advanced considerable sums of money to his children prior to his death and made these sums absolute gifts in his will dated February 28, 1863.

According to the above settlement of Jonathan Thomas' estate Jane and Harriet advanced $1600.00 to E L Miller, Executor, as the $1157.02 proceeds from the sale of Jonathan's personal property was not sufficient to cover his debts. Jane and Harriet received the homeplace as directed in Jonathan's will.

                                       

THE HART FAMILY

It has been passed down our ancestor John Hart traveled from South Carolina to Roane County Tennessee where he married Ruth Stout, daughter of Peter Stout, October 1, 1810. John Hart II until recently was the only known child of John and Ruth and his birth is listed in family records as January 27, 1813.

One hundred years later in an article that appeared in the local paper upon the retirement of McMinn County Sheriff James Franklin Hart states: Frank’s grandfather was killed in the “Battle of Horseshoe Bend” in 1814. The article also states John Hart Sr. had several children. The question arises as to who these children were and what happened to them, other than John Hart II who lived and died at Rogers Creek.

Adding to the mystery is the fact a John Heart is listed in the 1830 McMinn County census, age 40-50, with a wife and eight children born after 1814. This places the birth of the John Heart listed in the 1830 census between 1780 and 1790, which is consistent with our ancestor John Hart Sr. being born in 1789. This John Heart does not appear in the McMinn County Census Records after 1830.

Also a John Hart filed a Land Grant in 1827 on the East Half of the Southwest Quarter of Section 5 in McMinn County. It is unlikely this was John Hart II, as he was only fourteen years old at the time. Also relevant is the relationship of Elliot Heart, age 15-20 who is listed near John Hart at the time of the 1830 census and is shown living with a female age 15-20, evidently his wife. Elliot also disappears from the McMinn County Census records after 1830.

It seems to be more than coincidence when John Hart disappears from the McMinn Census after 1830 a John Hart born in South Carolina appears in the 1840 Greene County Missouri Census with eight children.

John Hart, age 61 SC, appears again in the 1850 Greene County Census with Caroline 23 Tn, Mary 19 Tn, Nancy E. 17 Tn, Lewis J. 14 Tn, Glovina 12 Tn. These are evidently some of the children of Benjamin Hart from Tennessee whose names match those listed in McMinn County Court Records CR 5 15 wherein John Hart was appointed guardian over said children 1 November 1841. One of the children of John and Ruth was named Benjamin who in turn was possibly the father of those children. Elizabeth’s name does not appear in the 1850 Greene County Census.

Elliot Hart 39 Tn and Ellen 38 NC and their nine children appear in the 1850 Madison County Mo. Census. I believe Elliot is the oldest son of John Hart Sr. and moved to Missouri with his father about 1840, leaving our ancestor John Hart II and his family in McMinn County.

Elliot Heart was living in Missouri and working as a blacksmith during the Civil War. His services were demanded by both the North and the South with threats of dire consequences by each side if he served to other. The situation became so bad Elliot hid out in a cave in fear of his life. He had twin sons who were listed as being thirteen in the 1860 Shannon County Missouri Census. They were both captured by the Bushwhackers. They tied a rope around the neck of one and told the other they would hang the first if he did not go get his father. Elliot came out of hiding and the bushwhackers cut off both his hands with the family watching. They then killed Elliot and left him for the women in the family to bury.

We are still left with the question as to which Hart died in the “Battle of Horseshoe Bend” in 1814. Could it have been the father of John Hart who was born in South Carolina in 1789? Did John Hart travel from South Carolina to Roane County by himself or was he part of a larger group and did that larger group include his father? I will leave up to the reader to decide.

The Group Record of the ancestral Hart families follow. There is some uncertainty in distinguishing between the children of John and Ruth from those of Benjamin over which John was appointed guardian in 1841. We believe Benjamin’s children begin with Serena Jane as she is the first of seven children listed in McMinn County Court records.

JOHN HART I

FAMILY GROUP RECORD

HUSBAND: John Hart, l
BORN: ca. 1789 PLACE: South Carolina
MARRIED: Ruth Stout 10/01/1810 PLACE: Roane County, TN.
DIED: ca.1861
FATHER:
MOTHER:

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WIFE: Ruth Stout
BORN: ca: 1794 PLACE:
DIED: ca. 1841 PLACE:
FATHER: Peter Stout
MOTHER:

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CHILDREN
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Elliot Heart
BORN: 5/14/1811 PLACE: Roane County, TN.
MARRIED: Dorcas Willis 1829 PLACE:
MARRIED: Mary E. Blackwell 1836 PLACE:
DIED: ca. 1864 PLACE: Missouri
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John Hart
BORN: 01/27/1813 PLACE: Roane County, TN.
MARRIED: Mary Elizabeth Spradling 1834 PLACE:
MARRIED: Nancy A. Womack 10/02/1857
DIED: 06/17/1902 PLACE: McMinn County, TN.
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Cindrilla Heart
BORN: ca.1814 PLACE:
MARRIED: Overton Spradling PLACE: McMinn County, TN.
MARRIED: John W. Bradley PLACE:
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Benjamin Heart
BORN: ca. 1818 PLACE:
MARRIED: PLACE:
DIED: PLACE:
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Julianna Heart
BORN: ca. 1820 PLACE:
MARRIED:
DIED: PLACE:
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Franklin Heart
BORN: 03/04/1822
DIED: 1824
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The following are believed to be the children of Benjamin which
John was appointed Guardian over in 1841 in McMinn CO. TN.
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Serena Jane Heart
BORN: 08/20/1823 PLACE:
MARRIED: Sylvester Stokes 1842 PLACE: Greene Co. MO.
DIED: 06/23/1880 PLACE: Greene Co. MO.
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William Jasper Heart
BORN: 09/22/1825 PLACE:
MARRIED: PLACE:
DIED: PLACE:
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Martha Caroline Heart:
BORN: 10/11/1827 PLACE:
MARRIED: Martin Best 02/08/1853 PLACE: Greene Co. MO.
DIED: PLACE:
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Eliza Heart
BORN: 09/13/1828 PLACE:
MARRIED: Thomas L. Murphy 03/04/1845 PLACE: Greene Co.
DIED:
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Mary Ann Heart
BORN: 11/20/1831 PLACE:
MARRIED: John Sago 01/05/1852 PLACE:
DIED: PLACE:
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Nancy Elizabeth Heart
BORN: ca. 1833 PLACE:
MARRIED: Reuben Wiatt 05/07/1853 PLACE: Greene Co. MO.
DIED: PLACE:
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Lewis Jackson Heart
BORN: 01/30/1836
MARRIED: Pernita C. Snow PLACE: Crawford Co. Ark.
DIED:
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Glovina Heart
BORN: 02/17/1838 PLACE:
MARRIED: Thomas C. Presley 03/12/1856 PLACE: Greene Co.
DIED: PLACE:
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JOHN HART II

FAMILY GROUP RECORD

HUSBAND: John Hart, II
BORN: 01/27/1813 PLACE: Roane Co. TN.
MARRIED: Mary Elizabeth Spradling 1834 PLACE: McMinn Co.
DIED: 06/17/1902 PLACE: McMinn Co. TN.
FATHER: John Hart, I
MOTHER: Ruth Stout
OTHER WIVES: Nancy A. Womack

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WIFE: Mary Elizabeth Spradling
BORN: 1818 PLACE: Virginia
DIED: Before 1847 PLACE: McMinn Co. TN.
FATHER: Richard Spradling, Sr.
MOTHER: Elizabeth Baber

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CHILDREN
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Elizabeth Hart
BORN: 02/04/1835 PLACE: McMinn Co. TN.
MARRIED: F. N. Million PLACE:
MARRIED: James Robeson PLACE:
DIED: 12/27/1910 PLACE:
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Richard Hart
BORN: 09/16/1837 PLACE:
MARRIED: PLACE:
DIED: PLACE: McMinn Co. TN.
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Benjamin Hart
BORN: 05/27/1838 PLACE: McMinn Co. TN.
MARRIED: Eliza Lawson 1860 PLACE:
DIED: 10/28/1894 PLACE: Strawn, Texas
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John Hart III
BORN: 04/16/1841 PLACE: McMinn Co. TN.
MARRIED: Henreitta Amelia Snyder 12/19/1866 PLACE:
DIED: 12/01/1935 PLACE: McMinn Co. TN.
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