Mccorkle - Chapter Twelve

Chapter Twelve Middle Tennessee Records

Contents:

1. The Will of Reverend James Blythe, father of two daughters who each married a McCorkle brother: William and Robert McCorkle

2. The Shiloh Presbyterian Church near Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee—in 1834 its members tried to remember and name the founding and early members

3. The Anderson Bible Record of Sumner County—Thomas Anderson married Elizabeth McCorkle, a daughter of Robert McCorkle by 1^st Wife Lizzie Blythe: the Anderson-McCorkle children: Elizabeth Anderson McMurry; Robert Anderson; Julia Anderson; and Martha Anderson Leath

4. ```````Looking for Elizabeth McCorkle Anderson’s Daughter’s, Martha Anderson Leath’s, LEATH Descendants

5. Where Is the Grave of Rev. War Lt. (“colonel”) John Purviance and Wife Mary Jane Wasson (Purviance)?

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Our Robert McCorkle first married Elizabeth Blythe of Sumner County, Tennessee, by whom he had one surviving child: Elizabeth McCorkle (Mrs. Thomas Anderson), who was raised by her grandmother Elizabeth King Blythe, wife of Reverend James Blythe.

Will of James Blythe
Signed 20-March-1799

Submitted by Sue Pearson Carpenter Source: Will Book I, pages, 53-54 (TSLA Microfilm)

[By this time the testator’s daughter “Lizzie” Elizabeth Blythe McCorkle (the 1^st Mrs. Robert McCorkle) was dead.]

In the name of God Amen, I JAMES BLYTHE of the county of Sumner and State of Tennessee, being of perfect mind and memory ___ by God do this twentieth day of March in the year of our Lord, One thousand seven hundred and ninety nine, make, ordain, and publish this my last will and Testament in the manner following:

Viz: I give and bequeath unto ELIZABETH my beloved wife the full possession of the plantation on which we now live, with the farming implements, all during life. I likewise give and bequeath unto my beloved wife a Negro Girl called MINDA, likewise the house, furniture, horse, cattle and other stock (one mare exception) At the death of my Beloved wife the plantation above mentioned shall fall to my son RICHARD - I also give full power to my beloved wife to bequeath the Negro Girl MINDA the household furniture, Horses, cattle, and other stock (one mare exception) as she may think proper. I give and bequeath to my son JAMES and all other legatees too tedious to mention one English Crown cash, I likewise give and bequeath to my son ANDREW a Negro Boy called MICAH which shall fall to him as soon as he is in a family capacity One year after he has _ possession he must pay to daughter ANNA the just and fair sum of fifty dollars. I give and bequeath to my daughter ANNA one mare with _ which mare has been already mentioned. I give and bequeath to my son SAMUEL a Negro boy called Peter, but said boy is to continue at the _ of my beloved wife until her death.
I do also bequeath to my son SAMUEL the profits of this place on which I now live on for the year(s?) The term of time beginning with the date of _ _ except what my beloved wife may think necessary for a genteel man _ for the family. My son SAMUEL must pay to my daughter ANNA fifty dollars at the expiration of _ years before mentioned. I also give and bequeath to my daughter ANNA fifty dollars which is to be paid by my son RICHARD at the expiration of _ years which money _ be made and of the portion of the plantation. It is my _ wish that my dear children should attend particularly to the council and advise of my friend and _ Robert KING. I do make and ordain with my wife ELIZABETH my son(s?) JAMES BLYTHE and RICHARD KING Executors of this my last will and Testament. In witness whereof I have I, the said JAMES BLYTHE do to this my last will and Testament set my hand and seal the day and year above written. James Blythe (Seal)
Signed, sealed, published, and declared by the said JAMES BLYTHE the testator as his last will and testament in the presence of FIZ____ SLOAN -- [Our Margaret Morrison McCorkle’s mother, Mrs. Andrew Morrison, was née Elizabeth Sloan} --Is this FERGUS SLOAN perhaps?

Many thanks to Sue Pearson Carpenter for the will of Rev. James Blythe, father of the 1^st Mrs. Robert McCorkle and the 1^st Mrs. William McCorkle.

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WILLIAM ANDERSON --SUMNER COUNTY, TENNESSEE, WILL RECORDS. [Elizabeth McCorkle Anderson, daughter of Robert McCorkle & 1^st wife Elizabeth Blythe McCorkle, married Thomas Anderson and had a daughter, Elizabeth Anderson (McMurry) who married a Cumberland Presbyterian minister named J. Mitchell McMurry. He long preached in McMinnville, but retired to Lebanon, Tennessee.]

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· MCMURRY, John, signed 6-July-1820, recorded August Term 1820

· MCMURRY, Margaret, signed 19-May-1870, recorded April Term 1878

· MCMURRY, Mary, signed 31-Aug-1871

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Shiloh Church Remembered Members, 1834 [Is this Shiloh Presbyterian Church, Sumner County, Tennessee, near Gallatin? If so, we should check this cemetery, which I’ve read is also known as King Cemetery near Gallatin, Tennessee.]

... . Maclin, James 75 King, Davies Maclin, Robert 76 King, Rebecca Maclin, John 77 King, Rhoda Maclin, Catharine 78 Campbell, … … … … … … … …

Mr. McCorkle [I expect this is our Robert McCorkle, but do not know of course. It might be William McCorkle, brother to Robert.]

Asenath 79 Purviance,

Jane McCorkle, -- is this Jennie Graham McCorkle, 3^rd wife of William McCorkle who married him in 1800?

Mrs. 80 Blythe -- Is this Elizabeth King Blythe, wife of Rev. James Blythe, parents of the two 1^st wives of Robert and William McCorkle?

Samuel K. [King?] McCorkle,

William 81 Blythe,

Anne McCorkle,

Montgomery 82 Reese -- This fascinates me because Mary Evelyn Smith of Dyer County born about 1920 married Dick Reese of Gallatin, and I imagine this is his kinsman. -- ,

George McCorkle,

Blythe 83 Reese,

Flavius REESE...
... Motheral, Sarah 92 Alexander, Priscilla Motherall, Robert 93 Alexander, Josiah Nesbitt, Mr. 94 Alexander, Daniel Nesbitt, Mrs. 95 Alexander,

Mrs. Purviance -- Would this be Mary Jane Wasson, wife of Lt. (after the Rev. War called “Colonel” ) John Purviance, Sr.? If so, she’s the mother of Elizabeth Purviance (Mrs. William Thomas) and grandmother of Mrs. Edwin Alexander McCorkle, née Jane Maxwell Thomas.

Jane 96 Browning, Jacob Reese, Mr. 97 Dobbins, Alexander Reese, Susan 98 Dobbins, Mrs. Reese,

Joel 99 McMurray,

David Reese,

Ruth 100 McMurry, ...
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Here is the same information again, but in a better form:

Shiloh Presbyterian Church
List of Remembered Persons at the Time of Church Organization (ca 1793)

Compiled by Theda Womack Reprinted with permission.

The following is an excerpt from the: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Session of the Shiloh Presbyterian Church, 1834.

"In the statement which the session clerk is now about to submit to the Presbytery of Shiloh, he begs leave to state that by some means or other unknown to him, all past records of the history of this church have been as he believes, lost, and that therefore for all that for all he shall state, he is indebted to tradition, or to his own memory."

"The following persons are remembered to have been members of this church at the time of its organization: viz.--"

Numerical Listing in Church Record		Alphabetical Listing
1	King, Mrs.	______, Margaret Donnell (daughter of Robert King)
2	Reese, ______	______, John
3	?The first Mrs. Robert McCorkle?______, born Elizabeth Blythe	______, Phebe Anderson
4	______, Phebe Anderson	______, Elizabeth Blythe
5	______, Margaret Donnell (daughter of Robert King)	______, Mrs.
6	Motheral, Sarah	Alexander, Daniel
7	Anderson, Mary	Alexander, Wm.
8	Barr, Nancy	Alexander, Mrs.
9	Hodge, Euphemia	Alexander, Priscilla
10	McGready, Wm.	Alexander, Josiah
11	Anderson, Wm. B.	Alexander, Prudence
12	Anderson, Ann	Alexander, Esther
13	Anderson, John	Alexander, Mrs.
14	Anderson, Sarah	Anderson, Jane
15	Anderson, Wm. C.	Anderson, Mary
16	McGready, Martha	Anderson, Wm. B.
17	Anderson, Jane	Anderson, John
18	Baird, David	Anderson, Ann
19	Baird, Mrs.	Anderson, Sarah
20	Sloane, Fergus	Anderson, Wm. C.
21	Sloane, Prudence	Baird, Anne
22	Foster, William	Baird, Isabella
23	Foster, Mrs.	Baird, Jane
24	Johnson, James	Baird, Saml.
25	Johnson, Mrs.	Baird, Adam
26	Nesbitt, Mr.	Baird, Mary
27	Nesbitt, Mrs.	Baird, Elizabeth
28	McMurry, John – J Mitchell McMurry?	Baird, David, Junior
29	McMurry, Elizabeth [Elizabeth Anderson m. Rev. J. McMurry] [Robert McCorkle’s granddaughter by 1^st wife Elizabeth Blythe.	Baird, Mary, Junr.
30	Bowman, Mr. J.	Baird, Thomas
31	Bowman, John, Jr.	Baird, Mrs.
32	Bowman, Mrs.	Baird, David
33	Bowman, Mrs.	Barr, Nancy
34	Wilson, Joseph	Barr, Elizabeth
35	Wilson, Mrs.	Barr, Hugh
36	Reese, Soloman	Barr, Catharine
37	Reese, Mrs.	Blythe, Samuel K.
38	Stewart, James	Blythe, Anne
39	Green, Ann (or Greer)	Bowman, Mr. J.
40	Motherall, Robert	Bowman, Mrs.
41	Farr, James	Bowman, John, Jr.
42	Farr, Mary	Bowman, Mrs.
43	Stewart, Jane	Browning, Jacob
44	______, John	Campbell, Mr.
45	______, Mrs.	Dobbins, Robert
46	Baird, Saml.	Dobbins, Priscilla
47	Baird, David, Junior	Dobbins, Sarah
48	Baird, Jane	Dobbins, Alexander
49	Baird, Adam	Dobbins, Mrs.
50	Baird, Mary	Farr, Jane
51	Baird, Elizabeth	Farr, Mary
52	Baird, Anne	Farr, James
53	Baird, Isabella	Foster, Mrs.
54	Baird, Mary, Junr.	Foster, William
55	Baird, Thomas	Foster, Nancy
56	Dobbins, Robert	Foster, Robert
57	Dobbins, Priscilla	Foster, Catharine
58	Dobbins, Sarah	Foster, Martha
59	Farr, Jane	Foster, David
60	Rutherford, Griffith	Green, Ann (or Greer)
61	Rutherford, Mrs.	Hodge, Euphemia
62	Barr, Hugh	Hodge, John
63	Barr, Elizabeth	Hodge, Jane
64	Steele, Roebrt	Johnson, Frances
65	Steele, Mrs.	Johnson, Mrs.
66	Steele, Isabella	Johnson, James
67	King, Martha [Mrs. John Purviance, Jr? then Mrs. Wm McCorkle?]	King, Davies
68	McCorkle, William [brother to our ancestor Robert McC]	King, Rebecca
69	McCorkle, Mrs. [???née Margaret Morrison, the 2^nd Mrs. Robert McCorkle?]	King, Wm.
70	McCorkle, Montgomery [son of William McCorkle—he was Samuel Montgomery McCorkle, I think.	King, Rhoda
71	McCorkle, Blythe	King, Mrs.
72	McCorkle, Asenath	King, Martha
73	McCorkle, Elizabeth [later m. Thomas Anderson?] [Daughter of Robert & 1^st wife Elizabeth Blythe?]	Maclin, David
74	King, Wm.	Maclin, James
75	King, Davies	Maclin, Robert
76	King, Rebecca	Maclin, John
77	King, Rhoda	Maclin, Catharine
78	Campbell, Mr.	McCorkle, Asenath
79	Purviance, Jane [? Mrs. Col. John Purviance, Sr.?]	McCorkle, Mrs.
80	Blythe, Samuel K.	McCorkle, William
81	Blythe, Anne	McCorkle, Montgomery
82	Reese, George	McCorkle, Blythe
83	Reese, Flavius	McCorkle, Elizabeth
84	Reese, Ruth	McGready, Wm.
85	Reese, Joel	McGready, Martha
86	Reese, Susan	McMurray, Margaret
87	Reese, Mr.	McMurray, David
88	Alexander, Wm.	McMurry, Elizabeth—Elizabeth Anderson m. J. Mitchell McMurry; Eliz was dau of Eliz. McCorkle (Anderson)
89	Alexander, Mrs.	McMurry, John
90	Alexander, Prudence	McMurry, Elizabeth
91	Alexander, Esther	Motheral, Sarah
92	Alexander, Priscilla	Motherall, Robert
93	Alexander, Josiah	Nesbitt, Mr.
94	Alexander, Daniel	Nesbitt, Mrs.
95	Alexander, Mrs.	Purviance, Jane [néeMary Jane Wasson?]
96	Browning, Jacob	Reese, Mr.
97	Dobbins, Alexander	Reese, Susan
98	Dobbins, Mrs.	Reese, Joel
99	McMurray, David	Reese, Ruth
100	McMurry, Elizabeth [Anderson]	Reese, ______
101	McMurray, Margaret	Reese, Mrs.
102	Johnson, Frances	Reese, George
103	Foster, Catharine	Reese, Flavius
104	Foster, Martha	Reese, Solo,pm
105	Foster, Nancy	Rutherford, Griffith
106	Foster, David	Rutherford, Mrs.
107	Foster, Robert	Sloane, Prudence
108	Barr, Catharine	Sloane, Fergus
109	Hodge, John	Steele, Mrs.
110	Hodge, Jane	Steele, Isabella
111	Maclin, David	Steele, Roebrt
112	Maclin, James	Stewart, Jane
113	Maclin, Catharine	Stewart, James
114	Maclin, Robert	Thomas, Mrs.
115	Thomas, James	Thomas, James -- son of Jacob Thomas & Margaret Brevard? If so, brother to our William Thomas who married Elizabeth Purviance.
116	Thomas, Mrs.	Wilson, Joseph
117	Maclin, John	Wilson, Mrs.

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Gallatin, Tennessee. Is this the grave of John Purviance, Jr., who was scalped by hostile Indians in 1792? Yes, absolutely.

Rice-Henley Cemetery Sumner County, Tennessee Location: 2 & 2/5 mi. NE of Gallatin on Hwy 31-E; then 5/10 mi. North on Martin Lane.

PURVIANCE, John. Aged 24 yrs. Fell by Indian Barbarity 7 May 1792.

His widow née “Mattie” King then married William McCorkle, a brother to our ancestor Robert McCorkle. Scalping him was the reason our “Col.” John Purviance [John Purviance, Sr.] [and son David Purviance and, I suppose: our ancestor Elizabeth Purviance Thomas] went up to Bourbon Co., Ky. The father, John Purviance, Sr., returned down to Tennessee, but I cannot find where he is buried. Perhaps here, in the same place where John Purviance, Jr., is buried? ????

... Snoddy Family Album Entry

... belongingfor his wife. At the time of his will, Samuel held 7 slaves that he willed out to his children. One going to Agness HALL and one to Martha PURVIANCE and then son Thomas retaining the five other slaves, which he named, and also the plantation. The 1800 census for Iredell County, N.C. states ...
http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsumner/snoddy2.htmSAMUEL SNODDY was born abt 1720 possibly in Northern Ireland. He died abt Aug, 1806 in Rowan/Iredell Co, NC. Samuel married Elizabeth SLOAN. On a 1759 Rowan County Petition to the King of England we find Samuel SNODDY’s signature on the list. This dates his living on the land in Rowan County, N.C., which predates previous records of his settling in Rowan.

In 1772 Samuel was on the Tax of Taxables for William and John SNODDY. In October, 1772 in Rowan Co. NC, Samuel signed on a marriage bond for his eldest daughter Eleanor SNODDY to James MORRISON. Samuel acquired a formal title to his land in 1778 deeded to William MORRISON and John IRELAND, both of whom were given the Kings' grant to develop and survey the adjoining tracts of land three miles up Elk Shoals Creek from its' mouth on the Catawba River. It is very probable that Samuel and family were early settlers in this region and were there as squatters without formal papers until 1778. As one of Samuel's sons stated that he had been born in 1758, in Rowan County, North Carolina. Also Samuel's brother John SNODDY bought land nearby in Rowan in 1755, which suggests that the SNODDY'S were in the first wave of Scot. Irish settlers into the North Carolina Piedmont area. John Stutesman found a statement in a later land claim had been formerly entered by Samuel SNODDY in Grantville's Office. [Earl of Granville???] That office was closed in 1763.

Sumner Co., TN Bible Records Index

... , Perdue) * Allen Family Bible Records (Allen, Sullivan, Trousdale, Webster) * Anderson Family Bible Records (Anderson, Blythe, Donnell, Hall, Nemo, McCorkle, McMurry, Moore, Wilson) * Angel, John F. Family Bible Records (Angel, Pulley, Turner) * Anglea, Robert Allen Family Bible Records (Angel, Anglea ... http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsumner/sumnbibl.htm 07/27/05, 25542 bytes

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“Anderson Bible Record

“Contributed by Rusty Kleine
1999

“NOTE:
”Copied from Bible dated 1851 owned by Mrs. Kate Miller East Main Street, Gallatin, Tennessee, Copied by Mrs. Alice Guthrie. Information taken from LDS film #0024840

“Alexander Anderson married Phoebe Hall May 30, 1787
James Anderson married Elizabeth Nemo March 1815
William Anderson married Asenath McCorkle June 1815
Elizabeth Anderson married Samuel Wilson Sept. 7, 1820
T.C. Anderson married R.A. McMurry June 5, 1834
David E. Anderson married Laura Moore Sept. 5, 1871

Alexander Anderson born Oct. 10, 1764
Phebe Hall born May 17, 1762
Elizabeth Anderson born Mar. 30, 1788 -- This is not Elizabeth McCorkle Anderson, is it???? This Elizabeth McCorkle m. Thomas Anderson. Is this the Elizabeth Mebane Anderson who was mother to the Thomas Anderson who married Elizabeth McCorkle, daughter of Robert McCorkle by his 1^st wife, Elizabeth Blythe?
James Anderson born Oct. 9, 1789
Miller Anderson born Sept 28, 1791
Mebane Anderson born Aug. 25, 1795
Mary Anderson born July 12, 1793
Margaret Anderson born Jan 23, 1798
John Anderson born Jan. 3, 1800
Thomas Anderson born Oct. 21, 1801
Jane Anderson born Mat. 5, 1804
David McMurry born Feb. 1778
Ann Blythe McMurry born Feb 29, 1777
James B. McMurry born Jan 18,1 1803
John M. McMurry born Sept. 30, 1804 -- [ I think this is the John MITCHELL McMurry who married Elizabeth Anderson, daughter of Thomas Anderson and Elizabeth McCorkle Anderson.
Elizabeth E. McMurry born Apt. 19, 1806 -- The positioning makes me think this is our Elizabeth E. Anderson McMurry, granddaughter of Robert McCorkle & Elizabeth Blythe]
Mary A. McMurry born Aug. 22, 1808
Rachael McMurry born June 6, 1811
David Blythe born May 25, 1827
Ann E. McMurry born Jan. 12, 1840
Mitchel Donnell born Nov. 30, 1835
Asenath Donnell born Aug. 25, 1841
George Donnell born Nov. 1844
Amanda A. Anderson born Nov. 1, 1836
Alexander? Anderson born Nov 23, 1838?
Phebe E. Anderson born Jan. 15, 1837
David B. Anderson born July 19, 1842
Mebena D. Anderson May 12, 1845
James M. Anderson born Feb. 17, 1848

Rev. Alexander Anderson died Feb. 1804 Phebe Hall , his wife
Mrs. R.A Anderson died Dec. 6, 1849
Mebane Anderson 1954
Jimmie W. Anderson - 1865
Michael A. Anderson died July 3, 1863
Rev. T.C. Anderson died Feb. 3P 1862

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1830 census in Sumner County, Tennessee: shows Dosiah? Josiah? McCorkle; and Montgomery McCorkly. Also, an Anock Thomas; and a John Thomas. MAXWELL, WILLIAM

____________________Is this Valeria Leath (Mrs. Smith) who is buried in Kentucky a descendant of [Generation One] Robert McCorkle & his first wife Elizabeth Blythe, through [Generation Two] Elizabeth McCorkle (Mrs. Thomas Anderson), and through [Generation Three] Martha D. Anderson (Mrs. James T. Leach) who may have moved to Memphis where he was an attorney. Martha D. [Anderson] Leath appears in the 1850 census of Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, but by the 1860 census James T. Leach seems to have another wife: Mary Leath, born in New Jersey, aged 35 in 1860. I have therefore approximated the date of death of Martha Anderson Leith on http://www.ancestry.com as circa 1855. List of Davis gravestones in Jessamine County, Kentucky cemeteries ...
Valeria Leath Smith W/O James B. Davis ... 6may1858 -1dec1928

Valeria Leath Smith W/O James B Davis I doubt it.

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(Thomas McDonnel)  --  In trying to find the grave of “Colonel” John Purviance Sr., the one who married Mary Jane Wasson and begot the John Purviance who was scalped in 1792 in Sumner County, Tennessee: look for this Thomas McDonnel because we are told that McDonnel preached the colonel’s funeral.  Where? In Preble County, Ohio?  In Middle Tennessee?

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[End of Chapter 12]

Here is the same information again, but in a better form:

McCorkle, Montgomery [son of William McCorkle—he was Samuel Montgomery McCorkle, I think.