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Carothers Family
Information about the family of Robert Carothers, born in Pennsylvania in
1750, who moved to Williamson County about 1797. 14 pages.
Crichlow Family
Information about the Crichlow family including James Crichlow, born in North
Carolina in 1793, who married Sarah Nelson, and Elizabeth Guinn Crichlow
(1811-1905) who married William Temple Sneed. 30 pages
Crockett Family
Information about descendants of Samuel and Esther (Thompson) Crockett of
Virginia who were pioneer Brentwood settlers, particularly their sons Andrew
Crockett, born 1745, and John Crockett who married Elizabeth Montgomery. 11
pages.
Edmondson Family
Data on several Edmondson/Edmiston families who came to Tennessee from Virginia in the late
1700s. Includes several accounts written by descendants in various branches of
the family including that of Col. William Edmiston, a Revolutionary War
soldier, John Edmiston (born ca. 1740) and wife Sarah Donnell, and Samuel
Edmiston (born 1738 in Maryland) and wife Elizabeth Donnell. 46 pages.
Edmondson
Family Part
2
Continuation of
data from Part One. 59 pages.
Edmondson Family Part 3
Report of a
Tennessee Supreme Court case between M.C.H. Puryear and Elizabeth Edmondson,
involving the estate of Samuel Winstead. 13 pages
Edmondson Family Part 4
Letters to Vance Little from Edmondson descendants, and information about
Edmondson land transactions in Williamson County. 17 pages.
Frost Family
An article about the family of Capt. John Frost, pioneer Brentwood settler and
War of 1812 veteran. 2 pages.
Gray Family
Genealogical
charts, census and marriage data about Grays in Tennessee. Also a sketch of
the family of John Gray (1760-1838) and wife Anney Price who came to Brentwood
from Halifax County, Virginia. 17 pages.
Gray Family Part 2
Continuation of the John Gray family sketch. 20 pages.
Hadley Family
Account of the marriage of Mary Hadley and Maj. William Clare during the Civil
War. 2 pages.
Herbert Family
Genealogy of the Herbert family who settled in Virginia prior to the
Revolution. Brothers Nathaniel (1772-1831) and Richard (1777-1834) came to
Williamson County. Includes accounts by Robert Nathaniel Herbert and John
Green Herbert written ca. 1900 regarding their ancestry, youth and Civil War
service. Articles about a tree on the Herbert property which bears historic
carvings are also included. 37 pages.
Hill Family
Sketch of Green Hill (died 1826), Williamson County pioneer Methodist
preacher. 2 pages.
Holt Family
Information about John and Isabella Hardeman Holt who settled on Crockett Road
in the early 1800s. Records include copies of deeds, letters written by J.P.
Holt from Texas in the 1890s. Connections to the Herbert and Owen families are
documented. 32 pages.
Hunt Family
Brief sketch of Gersham Hunt who came to Brentwood from Rowan County, North
Carolina, and was a founder of the Liberty Methodist Church. His father was
Jonathan Hunt, a colonel in the Revolutionary War. 2 pages.
Johnston Family
Outline of the heirs of Maj. John Johnston who died in 1816. 1 page.
McDowell Family
Transcription of court records including the 1877 trial of Thomas Waller and
others who were accused of attacking J.P. McDowell and his son W.K. McDowell
in a public brawl. 3 pages.
McGavock Family
Outline of the family of Lysander McGavock (born 1800) and Elizabeth Crockett
(1795-1862). 1 page.
McKay Family
Article about the family of John McKay, tavern owner and founder of Williamson
County in 1799, and The Landings apartments which were erected on the McKay
farm in the 1980s. 1 page.
McNish Family
Court records pertaining to the settlement of Thomas F. McNish's estate in
1879. 4 pages.
Mayfield Family
Part 1 Information about
the family which established Mayfield Station in the 1780s, including cousins
Isaac, James, Southerlin and John Mayfield. Court records of a land dispute
between the Mayfield and Haggart families in 1818 are included. 27 pages
Part 2 Continued
Mayfield-Haggart court records; family record of Francis Nunn (born 1752);
account of Mayfield family given at Century Nashville III celebration in 1979;
correspondence between T. Vance Little and Mayfield descendants. 35 pages
Moore Family
Detailed account of the Moore family of Lincoln County, North Carolina, and of
descendant James Moore (1764-1838) who emigrated to Brentwood. His wife was
Eleanor Irwin. 22 pages.
Noble Family
Brief account of Albert Noble, who opened a drug store in Brentwood in 1928,
and his son Glenn Noble who was a restaurant and motel owner. 2 pages.
Oden Family
Sketch of Dr. Solomon Fletcher Oden (born 1848) and his family. His
grandfather was Solomon Oden of Loudon County, Virginia, who married Mildred
Athey and came to Tennessee after 1812. 3 pages.
Primm Family
Genealogical material about the Primms of Williamson County, including court
records, deeds, wills and correspondence. The earliest settler appears to have
been John Primm whose will was probated in 1819. His sons were Jeremiah,
Abraham, John Wesley, Charles and Green H. Primm.
28 pages.
Sneed Family
Bible records, correspondence, articles and photographs pertaining to the
family of James Sneed (1764-1853) and wife Bethenia Harden Perkins, who were
early Brentwood settlers. 35 pages.
Williams Family
Genealogical data and correspondence about the family of Henry Williams
(1734-1785) of Caswell County, North Carolina, whose descendants settled in
Williamson County. Among them was daughter Jane William who married David Rice
Gooch in 1788; Gooch family material is also found in this file. 35 pages.
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