Inman of England, North Carolina, Virginia, Illiinois Tennessee & Fulton County

Christopher Inman d. 1737 Beverley, England, married 1719 Hampswaite, England Mary Wood Whitefield, and had issue: [1]

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 foodduring this time, for that which they had brought with them had been exhausted.They were therefore compelled to depend upon such game for their subsistenceas they could bring down with their rifles, and killing game at that season of theyear was not always easily accomplished. When they had arrived near the centralpart 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 byIndians. 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 Inmanand his brother Abednego Inman. The former received a wound in the side from aspear, 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 scarwhich 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 withextreme difficulty, to make his way back to his home in North Carolina. The companywas thus broken up and dispersed, and the expedition abandoned. Among the numberof those who escaped were Boone and Shadrach Inman." [2]

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. [3]

"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." [4]

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.
D. James Wilson Inman, son of William Hardin Inman, born 1 Mar 1808 Cleveland, Bradley, Tennessee, died 25 Mar 1851.

E. Jane Taylor Inman, son of William Hardin Inman, born 1 Jan 1813 Jefferson County, Tennessee.

F. Joseph Hardin Inman, son of William Hardin Inman, born 20 Jan 1816 Jefferson County, Tennessee.