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From: "Tyler Dennis" <>
Subject: John Dennis in McNairy Co., TN. - Does anyone have information on this Dennis family
Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2001 11:55:23 -0600


Tennessee Convicts: Records of the State Penitentiary'



John Dennis from McNairy County. Crime: grand larceny. Sentence: three years. Rec'd 20 Dec. 1838. He is 34 years old, 5' 8" high, weighs 153 lbs. Born and brot up in G[u]ilford County, N. Carolina. Has a wife and seven children living nine miles north of Purdy in McNairy Co., Tenn. He has dark hair, blue eyes, fair skin, very heavy beard. [Ledger 45, page 36]





Page: 30





Name: John Dennis [Demis?], age 24, born in North Carolina, occupation: labourer. Convicted of grand larceny by a court in McNairy County, and sentenced to 3 years in the Penitentiary. Received Dec. 20, 1838 and discharged Nov. 4, 1841. Notes: pardoned by Gov. Jones. Number in ledger 86: 363.



Page: 210



1830 Census for McNairy Co., TN - Page 147: Shows John Dennis - head of household, 1m. 0-5, 1m.20-25, 1f. 0-5, 1f.5-10, 1f. 20-25.



1840 Census for McNairy Co., TN - Page 147: Shows Emeline Dennis - head of household, 1m. 0-5, 1m. 5-10, 1m. 10-15, 2f. 5-10, 1f. 10-15, 1f. 15-20 & 1f. 30-40



1850 Census for McNairy Co., TN lists a John Denney age 35, but no John Dennis. John Dennis should have been 45 by now?


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