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From: "Clytice Duzan" <>
Subject: [LCT] Fw: Church
Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2003 13:56:09 -0600

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> > George, I am trying to learn the names of my ggrandfather's (Thomas
> > Franklin Church) parents and siblings. He was born 4 December 1828,
> > probably in TN. I have data for his family since his marriage.
> > According to some information that I have received, a Joshua Church
> > and wife Pricilla came to Lincoln Co around 1816. He followed or came
> > with a John Church. They are mentioned in Courts Plea and Quarter
> > Sessions 1814-17 to do the road work for the first time. At Joshua's
> > death, the court records name Pricilla and all their children. Land
> > grant and deeds show that the family land in Lincoln Co bordered and
> > overlapped into Franklin Co. (This is all from someone else.) I can
> > find Joshua and John Church on census...and later Priscilla, the
> > widow. I have also learned the names of the children of Joshua and
> > Priscilla (John, Rachel, Elizabeth, Samuel, Ruth, Joshua, Lucinda E.,
> > Sophia, Francis, Mary, and Rebekah). My interest is in their son
> > Samuel, born 1806 NC. I think he may be the Samuel on the 1840 census
> > in Williamson Co who has a male child the right age to be my
> > ggrandfather. This couple has 6 children. The 1850 census lists a
> > Samuel and family in Franklin Co. with 7 child- ren. Some of the older
> > children are already not living at home (either they have married or
> > have died). I have located two wives for a Samuel Church that would
> > fit for the time frame for this man: Elizabeth Campbell, m. 28 Jan.
> > 1836 Williamson & Eve Weaver, m. 6 Jan. 1848 Franklin Co. Eve is the
> > wife on the 1850 census. Samuel was a boy of 10 years of age when the
> > family migrated to your county from North Carolina around 1816. He
> > may have married his first wife prior to 1825 in order to have
> > fathered the children on the 1840 census. I have not been able to
> > learn the name of this wife, nor the identity of the older children
> > who are not on the 1850 census. Do you have any marriage records for
> > Lincoln Co for the years between 1800- 1830? Is there anyone in your
> > county doing research on the Church surname? ( I did not find it on
> > the surname list.) I would greatly appreciate any help.
> > Sincerely,
> > Clytice Church Duzan m-cfarm@ inter-linc.net
> >
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