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Descendants of John Brown

Generation No. 15

18. ANNE¹⁵ EPPES (MARY¹⁴ ANDERSON, MARY¹³ JORDAN, MARY¹² BROWN, WILLIAM¹¹ BROWNE, THOMAS¹⁰, THOMAS⁹, JOHN⁸, THOMAS⁷, CHRISTOPHER⁶, CHRISTOPHER⁵, JOHN⁴ BROWN, JOHN³, JOHN², JOHN¹) was born September 15, 1743 in Albermarle Parish, Surry Co., VA,, and died December 17, 1810 in Hawkins Co. TN. She married III THOMAS GIBBONS III Abt. 1762 in Sussex, VA, son of JOHN GIBBONS and REBECCA GIBBONS
Notes for ANNE EPPES:
Information on the Eppes line comes from the book Francis Epes His Ancestors and Descendants by Eva Turner Clark, Published by Richard R. Smith, New York 1942.

Information on christening is from Michael Teakell, Dec. of Edmond Gibbons

The birth of Anne Eppes is recorded in the Albemarle Parish Register. She was born on 9/15/1743 and was christened on 1/8/1744 with godparents Richard Avery, Arthur Freeman and Eliza Bell.

Anne married Thomas Gibbons, eldest son of John Gibbons of York County, VA. Thomas Gibbons is on the DAR Patriot's Roll, a soldier from North Carolina.

She lived with her husband in Sussex Co. from 1762 to 1774. Where they resided throughout the period of the American Revolution is not known.

Anne is not mentioned in the will of her husband, it is therefore presumed that she predeceased him.

!Information on the Eppes line comes from the book Francis Epes His Ancestors and Descendants by Eva Turner Clark, Published by Richard R. Smith, New York 1942.

Information on christening is from Michael Teakell, Dec. of Edmond Gibbons

The birth of Anne Eppes is recorded in the Albemarle Parish Register. She was born on 9/15/1743 and was christened on 1/8/1744 with godparents Richard Avery, Arthur Freeman and Eliza Bell. Anne married Thomas Gibbons, eldest son of John Gibbons of York County, VA. Thomas Gibbons is on the DAR Patriot's Roll, a soldier from North Carolina. She lived with her husband in Sussex Co. from 1762 to 1774. Where they resided throughout the period of the American Revolution is not known. Anne is not mentioned in the will of her husband, it is therefore presumed that she predeceased him.


More About ANNE EPPES:
Baptism (LDS): January 08, 1744, Albemarle Parish, VA, Surry Co., USA
Fact 6: January 08, 1744, Albemarle Parish, VA, Surry Co., USA

Notes for III THOMAS GIBBONS III:
Thomas Gibbons was born in Charles Parish, York Co., Virginia, 30 Oct 1734, and died, 1809, in Hawkins Co. Ten. He was the eldest son of John Gibbons, grandson of Thomas Gibbons(sheriff of York in 169-), and great-grands on of Thomas Gibbons, active in Bacon's Rebellion. When Thomas was about fourteen years of age, his parents in 1746 removed to that part of Surry Co. which, in 1754, became Sussex. He married Anne, daughter of Edward Eppes of Sussex Co .

Records of Albermarle Parish show they continued to live in Sussex for the next l0 years. Where they lived in the following decade is not known, but in 1787 the first Court of Hawkins Co., N. C. (later Tennessee) was held at his house (State Records of North Carolina, XXIV. 831), and it was here that his death occurred in 1809. His will of that year does not mention his wife, so she was probably already dead . He wishes his estate to be equally divided among the following children: Thomas Gibbons, Nancy Howard, Betsy Chisholm, Edmond Gibbons , Sally Gillenwater, and Epps Gibbons, and a child's share to be equally divided among grandchildren, Nancy, Isham, Garrett Fitzgerald, and Elizabeth Babb, children of daughter, Molly Fitzgerald. Two hundred pounds in lieu of land is bequeathed to son Edmond Gibbons, over and above his share, he to be executor with son-in-law , William Howard . Following children, having already received their share, are bequeathed one dollar each: Rebecca Bell, John Gibbons, and James Gibbons.

Historical Southern Families, Vol XVII, Edited by Mrs. John Bennett Boddie, Genealogical Pub. Co. Inc. Baltimore 1972

According to the book Tennessee Cousins- pg 197-Thomas Gibbons, Sr . was born and raised in old Albermarle Parish, in Surrey Co., VA. He married Anne Eppes, the daughter of Col. Edward Eppes, who settled in the upper parts of Knox Co., near the line of Grainger and later Claiborne Co. This Thomas Gibbons, Sr. was the father of the Thomas Gibbons who was on the first Grand jury.

The Albermarle Parish Register kept by Rev. William Wylie, the Rector, in those old days, shows the children of Thomas and Anne Eppes Gibbons.


     
Children of ANNE EPPES and THOMAS GIBBONS are:

Generation No. 16

19. ELIZABETH¹⁶ GIBBONS (ANNE¹⁵ EPPES, MARY¹⁴ ANDERSON, MARY¹³ JORDAN, MARY¹² BROWN, WILLIAM¹¹ BROWNE, THOMAS¹⁰, THOMAS⁹, JOHN⁸, THOMAS⁷, CHRISTOPHER⁶, CHRISTOPHER⁵, JOHN⁴ BROWN, JOHN³, JOHN², JOHN¹) was born November 12, 1774 in Surrey Co., Virginia/Albemarle Parish, VA, and died August 04, 1851 in TN, Hardeman Co., USA.. She married JAMES STEWART CHISUM January 26, 1794 in TN, Hawkins, USA,, son of ELIZABETH GIBBONS:
Helen Hall shows a death date on her group sheet of 1851 ?

Source Hardeman Co. TN Probates Wills 1845-1901
Spelling and punctuation as written

Last Will and Testament of Elizabeth Chisum

I Elizabeth Chisum (widow of James) of Hardeman County of State of Tennessee do make and publish this my last will and testament hereby revoking all wills by me heretofore made.

lst I give to my beloved son John G. my Bureau Table Cupboard cooking utensils knives forks and spoons.

2nd I give to my beloved daughters to wit Rebecca Robinson Nancy Vernon Livinia Turner and Elizabeth my beds bedstids and clothing to be equally divided between them.

3rd I give to my sons Claiborne and Thomas and my daughters Polly Johnson and the heirs of Lucy Hill one dollar each.

4th In consideration of my son John being youngest and not to well provided for (in?) land as the balance I give unto him my Negroes Jacob Dinah Siller Elridge Sam and Emily them and their increase all my money notes and accounts stock in fact everything I may leave I give to my son John except the gift above mentioned to my four daughters.

Lastly I hereby constitute and appoint my son John executor to this my last will and testament in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal 24th July 1844.

Elizabeth Chisum (Seal)

Signed sealed and published in our presence and we have subscribed our names hereto in the presence of the testator the day and date above written.

John Caldwell Inv.t (?)
James Toone Inv.t (?)

State of Tennessee County Court August....? 1851 Hardeman County was this the sithin?, last will and testament of Elizabeth Chisum produced in open court and duly proven by the oaths of James Toone and John Caldwell the two subscribing witnesses to the same and ordered by t he court to be recorded and filed 4th Aug. 1851.
R.P. Neely Clk
L.B. Adam Dle# (3)

Elizabeth (Betsy) Gibbons, daughter of Thomas Gibbons and his wife , Anne Eppes. James and Elizabeth were married in Hawkins Co., TN. 2 6 Jan 1794.



More About ELIZABETH GIBBONS:
Burried: Hardeman Co., Tennessee

Notes for JAMES STEWART CHISUM:
On 1 Aug 1795 James was commissioned Lieutenant in Hawkins Co. Militia by Territorial Gov. William Blount. On 16 Jun 1800 he was commissioned Capt. in Grainger Co. Militia Reg and was living in Claiborne Co. at its organization in 1801, where he was a member of the Co. Court. James and Elijah Chisum removed to Middle Dist. of Tenn in 1801 after Elijah purchased 3000 acres of land. By 1809 James was in White Co. and was a recognized surveyor of Tenn. lands.

James Chisholm of Hawkins Co. TN; he served in the War of 1812, after which he was known as Major Chisholm; he represented Overton Co. in the State Senate of Tennessee, 1820-1823; He entered service 8 Oct 1811 as a private under Capt. Abel Willis Co, Col. Thomas McCorory's Reg. West Tenn Militia.

He transferred 17 Oct 1813 to Capt. William Russell's Co., Mounted Spies; served to 4 Apr 1814, residence at that time was Monroe Co.

The Mallary book says of James: "James remained in Overton Co., TN where he became the founder and trustee with Moses Fiske of the Fiske Female Academy (the first girls' school in the territory south of the Ohio River) . From 1819 to the time they moved to Hardeman Co., TN, he was a member of the Tenn. Assembly or Legislature. The whole family was well educated and interested in helping others to get an education.

From 1821 to 1825 James represented Overton, Jackson and White Counties in the 14th and 15th General Assemblies of the Tenn. State Senate.

In 1823 He came to Hardeman Co. and settled on land on Clover Creek near Cloverport. He was a Major of the Militia of Hardeman County. His home Place was owned by his son-in-law Robert Hicks Vernon and was known as the "Old Vernon place". On it is an old cemetery in which lie James Chisum and his wife and beside them lie Robert H. Vernon and his wife Nancy. Major James Chisum died intestate in 1834 and his wife Elizabeth died in 1851.

They had ten children.

Besides a large plantation in Hardeman Co., TN, he owned a lumber mill, several farms as well as seventeen slaves. He died in Bolivar, TN in 1835.

Found in Hardeman Co., TN, 21 July 1837 is the following in Deed Bk . E, p.287: Claiborne Chisum, Thomas G. Chisum, John Johnson and wife Polly, Walter Robinson and wife Rebecca, Andrew Turner and wife Levina, Jonah Robinson and wife Elizabeth, to Robert H. Vernon (Husband of Nancy Epps Chisum) claim they may be entitled at death of Elizabeth Chisum, widow of James, in dower.

6 June 1836, James S. Chisum sells to George Overton, land in 10th Dist. R#, Sec. 6, 268 1/2 acres.

21 Sept. 1836, Hardeman Co., TN is settlement with Robert H. Vernon , administrator of the estate of James S. Chisum.

He became an extensive dealer in lands in Western Tennessee; he died in 1835 at his home in Hardeman Co.

Issues: Mary, Claiborne (father of John S . Chisholm,"cattle King" of the 1870's, for whom the Chisholm Trail was named), Lucinda, Rebecca, Nancy Eppes, Thomas G., Levina, James S., Elizabeth, and John G. Chisholm, and in 1840, they removed with their family to what is now Lamar Co. Texas.

Their daughter Sarah was twice married:
1.Benjamin Turner. 2. Dr. Henry G. McDonald. Of the first marriage was born John Benjamin Turner, father of the compiler of this material. Of the second marriage, a son, William J. Mc Donald, was born 21 Dec. 1844; he never married and, at his death in 1926, he left the bulk of his fortune to the University of Texas for the purpose of building an astronomical observatory. The observatory, built on Mt. Locke, was completed in 1939 and has the second telescope in size in this country.

James was appointed as Justice of the Peace of the newly formed Claiborne Co., TN in 1801; he was 27 years old. He, along with his father Elijah and brother John, formed the Chisum Land Company in Overton Co., TN. It is said they were quite wealthy.


Maude Pirtle Taylor Notes:
Major James Chisum removed with his father's family from Virginia to NC, and resided in the District of Washington and Sullivan Counties, which was included in the South West Territory in 1789. They were living in that part of Sullivan that became Hawkins Co., NC in 1786. Thomas Gibbons family also lived in the same district during the Rev. War. James Chisum was a surveyor by profession, and many deeds of East, and also West TN, bear his signature; also early town-sites plats, and county boundaries, maps, etc.

He served also as Capt., and later, Major of the Hardeman Co. Militia.

Received from M. Louise (Click) McPherson, date of birth to be 26 Nov 1774 instead of Jan.

1835 Adam Ross Simonton of Iredell Co., NC power of atty to James S . Chisum to sell land allotted to Wife, Jane, one of the Legatees of Washington Byers, Dec'd Hardeman Co., Deeds E, 8



More About JAMES STEWART CHISUM:
Burried: Chisum Homeplace, TN, Cloversport, USA
Fact 5: October 01, 1998
     
Children of ELIZABETH GIBBONS and JAMES CHISUM are:

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