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From: "w. cary anderson" <>
Subject: Re: [TARVER-L] john tarver - northampton > amite
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003 23:11:22 -0600
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I wrote an earlier message that I had jumped the gun. I agree with all you
write here, except I do wonder about Allen since John Tarver who m. Martha
Mathis named a son Allen. He had a daughter Elizabeth which was the name of
the wife of the Methodist preacher John Tarver. He also had a daughter
Nancy. I have seen Nancy given as the wife of William Mathis/Mathews, but no
evidence presented as to that. So it would appear that John and Martha
named girls for Elizabeth, mother of John, and Nancy, mother of Martha.
Then, I would think the Allen, son of John and Martha Tarver, would have
been named for brother Allen.

I do not have the type of evidence I would like to have for the parentage of
John Tarver, b. c. 1789, and m. 1812, Martha Mathias. I grasp each tidbit
of information that helps build a case as to his father. I often wonder
what became of the land of John Tarver who received land in Amite Co., MS,
in 1807[?] I am sure that this is the widower of Elizabeth. Then he
married the widow of his neighbor Chadick in 1811 in Ms.

It sure helps that you have time to discuss this today. I had lunch with my
cousin and was at my wits end as to how to proceed. She is 86, has a heart
condition and other ailments. It took all her efforts not to cry in public.
I called her about how the 1800 census of John in Barnwell had helped me see
things a bit clearer. She perked up tremendously.
Cary


----- Original Message -----
From: "Lotus Cirilo" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 10:31 PM
Subject: [TARVER-L] john tarver - northampton > amite


>
> Cary, You write: John Tarver who had a wife Bramley, would be the son of
> Samuel of Northampton who had sons Samuel, John, and Benjamin.
>
> Are you then suggesting that John who married Bramley was the circuit
> rider Methodist minister? Benjamin Tarver's Autobiographical Sketch
> written in the 1870s states his father, Benjamin Sr., had an older
> brother named JOHN who converted to Methodism and became a Circuit Rider.
>
> I believe this Benjamin Sr. was the son of Samuel of Northampton who had
> sons Samuel, John, and Benjamin.
>
> Sisters to this three TARVER men were: Penny, Mary, Sarah, Ele(nor), and
> Hannah ... per the autobiography and Samuel Tarver's will written May 23,
> 1778 and it was proved at the December Court 1778 in Northampton Co., NC.
>
> My thinking has been that John who married Bramley was likely the father
> of West Tarver & Nancy Tarver and perhaps of Allen Tarver who all come
> from Barnwell and marry into the Cockerham family of Orangeburg-Barnwell
> SC - Amite MS areas. These three West, Nancy & Allen Tarver marry
> siblings, all children of John Cockerham Sr.
>
> West Tarver and wife Nancy Cockerham name a daughter BRAMLEY and a son
> JOHN.
>
> Nancy Tarver and husband John Cockerham, Jr. also name a dau BRAMLEY and a
> son JOHN TARVER Cockerham ... Among their other children are sons WEST
> Cockerham, Henry ALLEN Cockerham, and James, Thomas and Phoebe.
>
> Allen Tarver and wife Elizabeth Cockerham, on the other hand, name their
> children Elijah Lovett, Elisha Lott, & Elizabeth Ann. By his second wife,
> he has children Mark, William, Mary, Melissa, Caroline & James. His sons'
> names more closely reflect Billison's line.
>
> lotus
> tarver-gen
>
>
>
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