Tennessee Families
By Jeannette Holland Austin
Copyright 2006
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Allen.
Allen, George D. (Capt.) "comes of "Old Dominion" stock. His
father, Maj. W. A. Allen, was born in Amelia county, Virginia., in 1815, and
reared on a plantation. He, with his father, Capt. Alexander Allen, removed to Bedford county, Tenn.,
in 1834, where he married Martha E. Davidson, daughter of George Davidson, who
was a native North Carolinian. Maj. Allen, while a resident of Tennessee, was a man of
distinction and influence, having served a term in the senate of that state.
After the war he came south and located at Forsyth, Ga.,
where he now resides, enjoying, by choice, the life of a quiet citizen, much
loved and respected by the people of his community.
Capt.
George D. Allen was born in Shelbyville, Tennessee on Dec. 30, 1843, and passed
his boyhood days on the home plantation, and was being educated at the
Shelbyville university when war became the cry. He at once enlisted in Company
B, Forty-first Tennessee regiment of the C. S. A., and served through the
entire four years. His service, for the most part, was in the Army of the West,
where he was in all the important battles. At the fall of Fort
Donelson, in 1862, he was captured and
spent seven months in prison at Indianapolis.
He was exchanged in time to take part in the siege of Vicksburg. From this time he served as
aide-de-camp to Gen. H. B. Davidson, and at the close of the war was on the
right flank of Lee's immortal band at Appomattox.
Capt.
Allen returned to his father's country home in June, 1865. The following
October he married Miss M. Eufaula Scandrett, an accomplished lady of Griffin, Ga.
They are the parents of eight children, four of whom are living: Lawson D.,
George D., Jr.; Harry S., and Stewart W., all of whom are now having the best
educational advantages.
Capt.
Allen came to Georgia in
1866, engaged in cotton planting two years, and in 1868 embarked in the
mercantile business at Forsyth,
Ga. He was chairman of board
county commissioners and mayor of the city. It was during his administration
and largely owing to his energy and influence that the Monroe Female college,
the oldest female college in the south, was rebuilt.
The
year 1884 marks the date of Capt. Allen's coming to Macon, since which he has been one of her
most energestic and successful business men. He engaged in the wholesale
grocery trade, and in 1890 organized the firm of Allen & Dumas Co., of
which he was president and general manager. In December, 1894, he became sole
owner of the business, which includes the Juliette water mills, located at Juliette, Ga., twenty-two
miles north of Macon,
on the Southern railway, and one of the largest and best-equipped grist mills
in the south.
Capt.
Allen is, in religion, a Methodist, is a Knight Templar Mason, and a citizen of
whom Macon may
well feel proud for his enterprise and ability."
Campbell.
David Campbell, the son of David
and Mary (Hamilton) Campbell, was b. 1750
Augusta Co., Virginia., d. Rhea Co., Tenn.
11/11/1812 married 1779/1780 Elizabeth Outlaw, daughter of Alexander Outlaw (b.
N. C. 1738, d. Alabama
1826). Rev. War Soldier in Virginia. under Gen.
Nathaniel Greene or Rhode Island and Georgia.
Judge, State of Franklin, in North Carolina in 1779. Issue: Mary Ann b.
6/15/1781 Virginia.
d. 3/12/1853
Troup Co., Ga. m. John Tucker; Penelope Smith m. Thomas
Jefferson
Van Dyke; Mary m. 8/17/1813 Joseph Lane,
Washington Co., Tennessee; Betsey; Thomas J. m. 1817 Sarah Bearden; Alexander;
Victor; Morean; Caroline; Letitia; Margaret; Harriett. Augusta Co., Virginia. 1803
Judgements, Kennedy v. McChesney: David Campbell and his wife are about to
remove out of the State 10/16/1802. David
Campbell
was Capt. in Virginia.
Militia at Kings Mountain 10/1780, Revolutionary War.
David
Campbell, David 8/1753-8/18/1832 Wilson County,
Tennessee,
married Margaret Campbell.
Coffey. Peter Coffey, Sr. was born in
Ireland ca 1690/1700 and
died 1763 in Prince Edward County,
Virginia.
“Peter
Coffey from Newgate to Virginia
on ship Forward Galley, received onboard October 28, 1730.”
Peter
Coffey was listed as an early settler of Prince
Edward County,
Virginia. “Peter Coffey, 220 acres on Vaughans Creek,
9/20/1748; Peter Coffey – 192 acres on Vaughans Creek 9/20/1748.”
Known
Children: Joshua (born 1745) Peter (born 1750 in Prince
Edward County,
Virginia
married Sarah Smith 1774 same county).
Joshua
Coffey, born 1745 in Prince Edward County,
Virginia, was Captain of the Virginia Mounted
Guards in Granville County,
North Carolina. In 1780, Lt. Joshua Coffey served in the
North Carolina Militia. He was listed on the 1790 Rockingham County,
North Census. He married Elizabeth
Graves (1751-1804) in 1769. They were
the parents of Colonel John Coffee of Tennessee who married Mary Donelson and
had children: General John Coffee, born 1789 in North Carolina, died 10/3/1842
in McMinnville, Tennessee, married in 1810 Jane Trousdale. Other children of Joshua and Elizabeth were:
Thomas, Michael (married Margaret), his LWT dated 6/23/1804, probated 11/1840
in Rockingham County, N. C.
Peter
Coffey (son of Peter, Sr.), was born 1750 in Prince
Edward County,
Virginia. He married 11/14/1773 in Granville County, North Carolina,
Sarah Smith. Children: Elizabeth (born 1775), Nancy (born 1778 married Abram
Heard), Susannah (born 1780), John (born 1782, General in War of 1812 from Telfair County, Georgia), Sarah (born 1784), Joshua
(born 1786), Mary (born 1789), Cynthia (born 1791), Patsy (born 1793). Peter’s LWT was dated 10/18/1803, probated 2/6/1804
in Hancock County, Georgia naming wife, Sally and
children: John, Joshua, Polly, Cinthy, Patsy, Sally Harris, and Susannah
Randall.
Fite. Henderson Wesley Fite was born
11/27/1824 in McMinn County,
Tennessee. Removed to Gordon County, Georgia
in 1844. "He was a descendant of Johannes Vogt or Fogt in Saxony who
migrated to Pennsylvania, and thence to North Carolina." Son, A. W. Fite was born in Gordon County
on June 15, 1852 on his father's farm and was ducated in the common schools of
Gordon, later attending the Pine Log Masonic Institute where he later taught.
Christopher Inman d. 1737 Beverley,
England,
married 1719 Hampswaite, England Mary Wood Whitefield, and had issue:
Charles Inman born 1725 Hampswaite, England, d. 1767 in Jamaica, married Mary Bowly. Issue:
Robert Inman of Maryland
married Henrietta Hardin. Issue:
Ezekiel Inman, Sr. born 1730 Frederick County, Maryland, died Rowan County, North
Carolina, married Hannah Retta Hardin of Rockbridge County, Virginia. He owned
land on the Linville
River in Burke County,
North Carolina. Records of Burke
County have been
destroyed. Issue: Susannah; Benjamin; William; Meshach (1749-1767), killed in
North Carolina by Indians; Susannah born 1754; Shadrach born 27 Jan 1747, died
20 Sept 1830 Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee, buried St. Pauls Church
Yard, Hamblen, Tennessee; and Abednego born 1 Jul 1752, died 2 Feb 1831
Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee, buried Hopewell Presbyterian Church,
Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee.
Abednego Inman born 1 Jul 1752, died 2 Feb 1831 Dandridge, Jefferson County,
Tennessee, buried Hopewell Presbyterian Church, Jefferson County, Tennessee
married Mary Ritchie, born 16 Nov 1752 Prince Edward County, Virginia, died 23
Jun 1826 Dandridge, buried Hopewell Cemetery, Jefferson County, Tennessee,
daughter of John Ritchie and his wife, Jane Davis.
27 Nov 1771 Shadrach, Abednego and
Meshach signed a petition to form of Burke County, North Carolina from Rowan
County In 1772 Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were designated, along with
Daniel Boone, to explore the country west of the Cumberland mountains (now
Tennessee).
"In due
season they crossed the mountain ranges lying in the path of travel, and winter
soon swept down upon them. For days they had little or no food during this
time, for that which they had brought with them had been exhausted. They were
therefore compelled to depend upon such game for their subsistence as they
could bring down with their rifles, and killing game at that season of the year
was not always easily accomplished. When they had arrived near the central
part of the
present stat of Tennessee
and were encamped near a cave, probably the famous Nick-a-Jack cave, they were
surprised and attacked one night by Indians.
Being asleep at the time, and not having taken the precaution of posting
sentinels, nearly all of the little band of adventurers were either killed or
wounded.
Among the
slain was Meshach Inman. Among the wounded were Shadrach Inman and his brother
Abednego Inman. The former received a wound in the side from a spear, which
weapon is still in the possession of one of his descendants. Abednego Inman
received a wound in the forehead from an Indian tomahawk, leaving a scar which
he carried for the remainder of his life, but surviving his wound, remained
nine days without food and with but little water, at the end of which time he
was so far recovered as to be able to leave his strange habitation, and
eventually and with extreme difficulty,
to make his way back to his home in North Carolina. The company
was thus
broken up and dispersed, and the expedition abandoned. Among the number of
those who escaped were Boone and Shadrach Inman."
Issue:
I. Mary Inman 12 Feb 1795-26 Jan 1872 Jefferson County, Tennessee,
buried Hopewell Presbyterian Church, Dandridge,
Tennessee
II. Shadrack Inman born 16 Feb 1793 Dandridge,
Jefferson County, Tennessee,
died 31 Aug 1852 Dandridge, Jefferson
County, Tennessee,
buried Hopewell Presbyterian Church
III. Annis W. Inman born 16 Feb 1797 Jefferson County, Tennessee,
died 1880
IV. Margaret Harriet Inman born 9 Mar 1805
Dandridge, Jefferson County,
Tennessee
V. Fannie Jean Inman born 5 April 1784 Jefferson County, Tennessee,
died 4 Mar 1807
VI. Hannah Retta Inman born 2 May 1782
Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee,
died 1848 Dandridge, Tennessee
VII. Ezekiel Inman born 19 May 1786 Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee,
died 27 May 1825 Franklin County, Alabama
VIII. John Ritchie Inman born 5 Jul 1788 Dandridge,
Jefferson County, Tennessee,
died 4 Mar 1877 Huntsville,
Madison County, Alabama. Issue:
A. Shadrach
Walker Inman born 17 Sept 1811 Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee, died 2
Feb 1896 in Atlanta, Georgia married on 27 Jan 1841 in Jefferson County, Tennessee,
Jane Martin who died 1852. Shadrach W. Inman married Jane Martin Hamilton.
Shadrach was a prosperous merchant and planter. The Inman family was extensive
in Jefferson County, Tennessee. After the Civil Shadrach W.
Inman, having lost his wealth, went into business. His brothers, William H.
Inman and Walker P. Inman, were businessmen who returned to their lines of
business following the war. Samuel M. Inman and John H. Inman, the two eldest
sons of Shadrach, were Confederate soldiers that become two of the wealthiest
men on the east coast. Hugh T. Inman, youngest son of Shadrach, worked among
the various family businesses with his father, uncles and brothers, founding
related businesses of his own. As a family unit, they were one of the most
influential in Atlanta
and in the South during the period.
Issue:
1. Mary
Inman born Dandridge, Jefferson County,
Tennessee.
2. John
Hamilton Inman born 23 Oct 1844 Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee.
3. Hugh
Theodore Inman born 1846 Dandridge, Jefferson
County, Tennessee.
4. Samuel
Martin Inman was born on 19 Dec 1842 in Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee.
He married twice, 1st, in 1868, to Miss Jennie Dick of Rome, Georgia.
She died in 1890, leaving two sons and a daughter. He married (2), December,
1892, Miss Mildred McPheeters, of Raleigh,
North Carolina. He removed to Atlanta when a young man
and began developing real estate. Samuel M. Inman, a cotton merchant, persuaded
Joel Hurt to sell his insurance company and join with him to form the East Atlanta
Land Company. In about 1892 they developed the oldest suburb in Atlanta, Inman
Park.
The electric
railroad, Atlanta's first, opened on August 22,
1889 and the tracks ran down Edgewood
Avenue, later extended to Clifton Road, in what at the time was the
town of Edgewood.
Today known as the Candler Park, Edgewood was incorporated into the city of Atlanta in 1908.
Samuel Inman was described as being a
"...merchant and philanthropist, was born in Jefferson County, Tennessee....
He was one of the organizers and was also a directory of the Southern Railway,
the yards of which in Atlanta
are named for him. He was directory of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, of
the Atlanta Constitution, and of several banks.
He was a close friend and trusted
advisor of President Samuel Spencer of the Southern Railway, and of Henry W.
Grady, the gifted editor of the Constitution. Earlier he had been financially
interested in some of the enterprises of his brother, John Hamilton Inman, to
whom sound judgement had been valuable."
"While still engaged in active
business, he found time to work fir the welfare of his city and section. He was
treasurer of the International Cotton Exposition held in Atlanta in 1881, and backed it up when
failure seemed certain. He also made possible the opening of the Cotton States
and International Exposition in Atlanta
in 1895.
After his retirement he gave more and
more of his time to civic duties, and, though from choice he never held any
public office, he was universally acclaimed the "first citizen of Atlanta." He was
influential in founding the Georgia School of Technology, to which he
contributed largely in money and time, serving as president of the board of
trustees; he gave liberally to Agnes Scott Institute (now Agnes Scott
College) and through his
example interested others. He made donations to Oglethorpe and Emory
universities, and was a member of the committee to choose Rhodes scholars for Georgia.
He was prominent in the agitation which led to increased appropriations for
public schools and the establishment of agricultural high schools. In fact, he
allowed hardly an appeal for any educational, religious, or benevolent object
to go unheeded. He is known to have given away more than a million dollars in
his lifetime, and the total of his benefactions was probably much greater. He
was for many years an elder in the First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta. The Samuel M.
Inman School
in that city, erected in 1893-94, was named in his honor. On the day of his
funeral courts and schools were closed and business was almost suspended.
His sister, Jane W. Inman, left her
property, amounting to about $150,000, to Agnes Scott
College as a memorial to
her brother. Inman was twice married: first, on 19 February 1868, to Jennie
Dick of Rome, Ga.,
who died in 1890; and, second, on 12 December 1892, to Mildred McPheeters,
daughter of Alexander M. McPheeters of Raleigh,
North Carolina, who, with three
children of the first marriage, survived him."
“The case of
Trammell, et al vs. Samuel Inman
Big
Ejectment Suit has begun
The trial of the first of the
ejectment suits commenced by John Trammell and his two sisters, Mr. Hattie
Turner and Mrs. Mattie Neill, as heirs of the late Mrs. Lucinda Trammel, for
the recovery of various pieces of valuable real estate in the business portion
of Atlanta was begun before Judge J. H. Lumpkin in the superior court this
morning. This is the suit against Samuel M. Inman and involves real estate on
the west side of Forsyth street
just south of Mitchell street,
which is valued at $75,000 to $100,000.
The plaintiffs base their claim for
recovery on a marriage settlement executed by their father and mother at the
date of their marriage in 1846, in which Dickerson H. Walker was appointed
trustee. The property has since that time changed hands a number of times, and
the defendants claim undisputed title by prescription. The plaintiffs contend
that the marriage settlement made Walker
trustee for Mrs. Trammell and her children; in other words, that Mrs. Trammell
had a life estate in the property only and that upon her death the property was
vested in her children. The defendants take issue with this contention and
maintain that Mr. Trammell took the whole fee simple estate and that when the
property was conveyed by Walker, trustee, the purchaser from him acquired
perfect title to the whole estate. In all there is nearly a score of suits. The
other defendants are Walker P. Inman, George C. Drummond, V. P. Sisson, Hoke
Smith and others, Mary J. Warnock, Lemuel C. Downs, Walter B. Walcott, Helen B.
Leavens, Mrs. Eulah Griffin, James F. Hollingsworth, Julian H. Dickson, Mrs.
Georgia Dunlap, William A. Downs, East Atlanta Land company, Mary A. Smith,
Owen Halleran and Mrs. H. H. Meyers. This is one of the largest land claims
ever filed in Georgia
and when it comes down to the legal aspects of the case one of the most
complicated. It puts in jeopardy property which has been held in some cases by
the present holders, for twenty, thirty, and even forty years. In some cases
this property has been acquired recently by various persons from those who had
held it for several years believing the titles safe. The first of the cases
which is now on trial promises to be a long and hardfought one. The attorneys
in the case are Ulyses Lewis and King & Spalding for the plaintiff and
Gray, Brown & Randolph and John L. Hopkins & Sons for the
defendant."
B. William H. Inman, son of John
Ritchie Inman.
C. Walter P. Inman, son of John
Ritchie Inman.
D. Hugh T. Inman. born Jefferson County, Tennessee.
Hugh Inman of Atlanta was executor of the LWT of
William D. Bridges, probated in 1878, Atlanta.
IX. Susannah Inman born 13 Jul 1800 Dandridge,
Jefferson County, Tennessee
X. Benjamin B. Inman born 25 Aug 1790 Jefferson County, Tennessee,
died 3 Feb 1838 Walker County, Georgia
XI. William Hardin Inman born 28 Sept 1779,
died 18 Jan 1817 Hardin County, Kentucky
married Eleanor Wilson 14 Jul 1798 in Jefferson
County, Tennessee.
Issue:
A. Mary Ritchie Inman, daughter of
William Hardin Inman, born 23 Sept 1799
Jefferson County, Tennessee.
B. Betsy H. Inman, daughter of William
Hardin Inman, born 16 Dec 1802
Jefferson County, Tennessee.
C. Benjamin Ritchie Inman, son of
William Hardin Inman, born 28 Jul
1805 Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee married on 19 Dec 1833 in Jefferson County, Tennessee, Anna Carson born 6 Mar 1814 Jefferson County, Tennessee,
died before Jan 1852. She was a
daughter of Samuel Carson and his wife Anna Jarnagin
. Issue:
1. Ann E. Inman born ca 1831 Jefferson County, Tennessee.
2. Joseph H. Inman born ca
1835 Jefferson County, Tennessee.
3. Samuel C. Inman born ca
1837 Jefferson County, Tennessee.
4. James J. Inman born 7 Dec
1833 Jefferson County, Tennessee, died 30 Apr 1900 Myrtle, Knox County,
Missouri married on 5 Mar 1851 in Knox County, Missouri, Catherine Cunningham,
born 1828 Polk County, Tennessee, died 13 April 1902, the daughter of John and
Margaret A. Cunningham. Issue: Thomas C.
Inman born 15 Feb 1858 Illiois, died 8 Aug 1904 Knox County,
Missouri; William E. Inman born 1859 Illinois;
Martha Ann Inman born 15 Mar 1861 Adams
County, Illinois, died 15 Mar 1947 Rutledge, Missouri married on 19 Jan 1881
John Perryman Wilkins; John Inman born 11 May 1862 Missouri; James H. Inman
born 27 May 1864 Illinois
married Lola E. Killun on 25 Dec 1889; Emiline Frances Inman born 12 Apr 1866
Missouri married (1) Thomas J. Burch (2) James A. March; James Wilson Inman,
son of William Hardin Inman, born 1 Mar 1808 Cleveland, Bradley, Tennessee,
died 25 Mar 1851; Jane Taylor Inman, son of William Hardin Inman, born 1 Jan 1813
Jefferson County, Tennessee; and Joseph Hardin Inman, son of William Hardin
Inman, born 20 Jan 1816 Jefferson County, Tennessee.
New. John New was born ca 1720 and died
1780 in Duplin County, North Carolina.
William New, son of John, was born ca
1760/1765, Revolutionary War Soldier. He
was a resident of North Carolina from ca 1780
until 1804 when he drew in the 1805 Georgia Land Lottery land in Clarke County, Georgia. From 1806-1816 he was a resident of Elbert County, Georgia before removing to Wilson
County, Tennessee where he died 4/23/1839.
He was listed on the 1820 Wilson County, Tennessee Census, five
daughters. He married (2) Frances
(born 1773) on 7/23/1813 in Wilson
County, Tennesse. Frances collected his pension
annuity as a result of his service as a soldier during the Revolutionary War.
William New, son of William, was born
1789 in North Carolina, died before 1874, listed on 1820 Wilson County, Tennessee
Census.
Perdue. Howell Gregory Perdue was born ca 1780, died
1820-30 in Montgomery County,
Tennessee. He settled in Insiana where he married Nancy
Jane Dixon.
Jerrett Dixon Perdue, son of Howell
Gregory Perdue, was born in Montgomery,
Tennessee and died 1874 in Marion
County, Illinois. He was married to
Rebecca Farmer, born in North
Carolina, died in Marion County, Illinois.
William Carroll Perdue, son of Jerrett
Dixon Perdue, was born 3/23/1825 in Montgomery County, Tennessee, died 1/8/1899
in Haines County, Illinois, married Martha Elizabeth Keele (born 12/23/1827 in
Montgomery County, Tennessee, died 6/30/1898 in Haines, Marion County,
Illinois), a daughter of James H. Keel (born 1802) and his wife, Nancy (born
1803).
James Alvin Perdue, son of William
Carroll Perdue, was born 11/10/1848 in Bloomington,
Illinois, died 5/15/1931 at Fort
Morgan, Colorado, married Martha
Ann Smith (born 3/4/1851 in Bloomington, Illinois, died 9/10/1910 in Centerville, Kansas).
Redmond. Solomon Redman, son of Solomon Redman, Sr.,
who died 1719 in Westmoreland County,
Virginia. Solomon died 1749 in Richmond County, Virginia,
the date of his Last Will and Testament.
He named: Sarah, Winnefred, John, Joseph and Benjamin. “Sarah Redman, daughter of Solomon and Mary,
born 7/28/1725; John Redman, son of Solomon and Mary, born 8/30/1730.”
John Redmond, son of Solomon, resided in Richmond County, Virginia.
“John Redman, son of Solomon and Mary Redman, was born January 2, 1727.” John married Mary Lawson, spinster, on
2/1/1750 in Richmond
County. John died 1773 in Richmond County
per the inventory of his estate.
Stephen Redmond, son of John,
Revolutionary War Soldier, was born October 1762 in Richmond
County, Virginia and died 1844 in Macon County, North
Carolina. He
was married to Susannah Stewart on 9/5/1792 in Washington County, Tennessee. Susanna applied for his pension from Macon County, North
Carolina in 1844. Children: Isabella born ca 1794 in Tennessee married William Peek in Buncombe
County, North Carolina; Morgan
born 1793 in North Carolina; Jerry, born 1795
in Washington County, Tennessee
married Nancy; John, born 1808 in Washington County, Tennessee
married Eliza; and William born ca 1810, resident of Buncombe County
in 1840.