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From: Char Corey <>
Subject: Re: [TUCKNESS] TUCKNESS Digest, Vol 2, Issue 20
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 15:50:39 -0700 (PDT)
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Just did search on "Tay" and came up with

Jewish (from Poland): metonymic occupational name for a tea merchant, from central Yiddish tay ‘tea’.

-Charolette Corey

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> Subject: TUCKNESS Digest, Vol 2, Issue 20
> To:
> Date: Sunday, September 7, 2008, 2:02 AM
> Today's Topics:
>
> 1. Re: From Jerry Rogers- New information on Early
> Tuckness
> Family ()
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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
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kristy Williams <>
> To: Tuckness-L <>
> Sent: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 8:35 pm
> 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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