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Subject: Re: [TUCKNESS] From Jerry Rogers- New information on Early TucknessFamily
Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:07:03 -0400
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Cousins,

Who was Thomas Jefferson Tuckness b. 1819 in Tennessee? I believe he must have been the first child of our Old Henry who was b. ca. 1794.? Remember, the 1820 Maury census showed only one child, a male under 10. Was that Thomas Jefferson Tuckness? I think so.

So, if Old Henry was the father of Thomas Jefferson Tuckness then Old Henry was born in Pennsylvania.?Now, we just need to figure out who his father was.

Jerry


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Subject: [TUCKNESS] From Jerry Rogers- New information on Early Tuckness Family



Hi Cousins and welcome back to Luke,

I've saved the best for last, but don't peak. I've been looking at the 1860 -
1880 for Tuckness connections and found one that I had not seen before: In the
1880 Fed Census in Panola Co, MS a Sarah E. Tuckness b. ca 1819 in NC is listed
as the Mother-in-Law of Robert P. Smith b. ca 1847 in MS. His wife (and Sarah
E.'s daughter) was also listed......Mattie E. (Tuckness) b. in TN. Robert and
Mattie's two children were also listed: Robert E. age 4 and Conrad E. age 2.
Both were born in MS.

So, who is this Sarah E. and what Tuckness born around 1815-1820 was she married
to? It was a bit hard to find since I did not know her maiden name, but I did
know that her daughter was an M. E. Tuckness that married a Robert P. Smith. It
took awhile, but there it was. Mary E. Tuckness b. 10 Dec 1843 in Mason, Tipton
Co, TN married Robert Palmer Smith 2 Mar 1875 in Charleston, Tallahatchie Co,
MS. I found that in an email from "The Quince" on 19 Aug 2000.

Mary E. (Mittie) was the dau of Thomas Jefferson Tuckness b. 1819 in Maury Co,
TN and Sarah E. (Sallie) Hilliard b. ca 1819 in Giles Co, NC. She married T. J.
Tuckness on 15 Nov 1840. Sarah E. Hillard's parents were Epps Hilliard and
Sallie Lewis born born in NC. I found that in an email from Gail (GENENUT) on
23 Jan 2000: 3. Book, Century Review of Maury County, pub. 1907 which states:
"A.T. Hilliard came to Maury Co. in 1831. A.T. Hilliard married Laura, dau. of
T. J. [Thomas Jefferson] Tucknis, of Fayette Co. Mr. Tucknis was born near Mt.
Pleasant, 1819, and married Sallie, dau. of Epps and Sallie {Lewis} Hilliard, of
N. C. She is still in good health."

T.J. and Sarah's children that I have listed are:

Louiza (Loura) F. Tuckness b. ca 1841 in TN
Virginia (Jinnie) B. Tuckness b. ca 1842 in TN
Mary Elizabeth (Mitte) Tuckness b. 10 Dec 1843 in Mason, Tipton Co, TN d. 19 Dec
1894 in Williamson Co, TN
Laury H. Tuckness b. ca 1849 in Mason, Tipton Co, TN

I'm not sure how A.T. Hilliard that married T
.J. and Sarah's dau, Loura is
related to Sarah E. (Hilliard) Tuckness, but there must be a relationship.
Interestingly enough in the IGI I also found that an A.T. Hilliard married
Virginia (Jennie) B. Tuckness in Maury Co. So that may have been a second
marriage.

Thanks to Gail, we also know that Thomas Jefferson Tuckness served in the Civil
War in the Confederate Cavalry (16th or 18th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry
(Logwood's) Company J. So, where was T. J. in the 1880 census? Why was he not
with his wife, Sarah E. (Hilliard)? No, he was not dead. He is listed back in
Tipton Co, TN in the 1880 Fed Census. He is listed as married, but his wife is
not listed. Of course no, she was with her daughter in Panola Co, MS. T. J. is
listed with the occupation: "Tay". Anyone have any idea what that might be?
Listed with T. J. are: J. J. Sommerville and W. A. Sommerville who appear to be
farm hands.

OK, now for the best part. In the 1880 Census, T. J. indicates that his father
was born in Pennsylvania.......yes, Pennsylvania!!! His mother is listed as
being born in Kentucky. Who are his parents?

We now have proof that the TN Tuckness line is connected to the PA Tuckness
line, but we still need to find T. J.'s parents. Any theories?

Hope to hear from you soon.

Jerry

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