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- Land on Manning's Branch 9 Oct, 1824 Sevier Co., TN Deeds Entry No. 236
Another plot on Manning's Branch 6 April 1826, Sevier Co., TN. both for 50 acres, Pg 36, Sevier Co., TN Deeds Entry No 523.
Barnabas Thurman and Sarah Moon--> their daughter Elizabeth Thurman, who married Jesse R. Stafford;
Elizabeth and Jesse's daughter Sarah Elizabeth Stafford (b. 1857 Tennessee, died 1933 Oklahoma), marries Fredrick Emert Robertson;
their daughter Josie Virene Robertson born Sevier, TN marries Walter L. Sims, moves to Oklahoma around 1900, later she and Walter move to California and die there. Josie is my husband's great-grandmother.
DEED
August 8, 1836:
The copy of the deed I received from the State of Tennessee Archives is not legible enough to quote it here, but, it says the following in summary:
William Thurman sold 91 acres to Barnabus Thurman of Sevier County for the sum of one hundred dollars. This land is in Blount County in Tuckaleechee Cove. Property description is given but no adjoining land owners are mentioned.
Notation in "In the Shadow of the Smokies" says the exact spot of his grave is not known.
October 12, 1846, Sevier Co., TN:
Jesse Stafford to John Fox, $62.50, Dist 1, 50 ac adj sd Fox heirs of Benjamin Manning dec'd, heirs of BARNABUS THURMAN dec'd. Witnesses: A. Lawson Jr., M. W. McCown
Sevier County Deed book H page 120
December 29, 1846 Sevier Co., TN deed abstracts, book H:
Sale of land belonging to BARNABUS THURMAN, deceased, 250 acres on Manning Branch, sold to Sanford Allen, quit claim by (heirs), John Thurman, Mary Thurman Newman (James Newman): Virena Thurman Layman (John Layman), William Thurman, Elizabeth Thurman Stafford (Jesse Stafford).
Darrell Thurman in Scio, OR
Children:
Elizabeth "Betty" Thurman, b. 8 Apr 1821, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 18 Dec 1890
2. Virena Thurman
Barnabas Thurman was born in 1794 in Albemarle, VA. and died in 1839 in Sevier County, Tenn. He was the son of John Thurman and Nancy Ann Sandridge. Barnabas Thurman married Sarah Moon around 1818.
From: http://www.news-leader.com/legacy/genealogy/queries326.shtml
The children of Barnabas Thurman and Sarah Moon are:
1. Caleb Thurman, who was born around 1834 in Sevier County, Tenn. and died on Jan. 11, 1909. He is buried in Wade Chapel Cemetery, Republic, Mo. He married Mary A. S. Jenkins around 1855 in Sevier County.
2. Elizabeth Thurman was born around 1821 and died around 1890. She married Jesse Stafford around 1837 in Sevier County.
3. Nancy Thurman was born around 1831.
Barnabas Thurman's murder, Sevier Co. TN 1839
Posted by: Charles Sherrill (ID *****0261) Date: July 14, 2012 at 09:13:31
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Among the papers of Tennessee Governor Newton Cannon is an affidavit sworn by William and Nancy Manning stating that Barnabas Thurman was at enmity for a "great while" with George Long, and still was at the time of Thurman's murder. Dated 19 July 1839, Sevier County, Tenn.
Another affidavit was sworn on the same date by Jane Manning, who was imprisoned for the murder of Elizabeth Long but later acquitted. She states that Barnabas Thurman came to the "window of the dungeon in which I was confined" and said "I made a damned mistake - instead of killing Long I killed your sister; but I don't care, I have got you both safe any how."
Other papers in the file indicate that George Long was sentenced to death for the murder of Elizabeth Long. A petition for Long's pardon is also in the file.
I am not connected to these families, but I hope someone who is will review these more closely and untangle this tragic story. The Cannon papers are on microfilm and available for interlibrary loan.
(Newton Cannon papers, Tenn. State Library & Archives, box 3, folder 1.)
9 Oct 1824 Sevier TN Survey No. 236
50 acres for Barnabas Thurman adjacent Benjamin Manning and Barnabas Thurmans’ old line surveyed by Daniel Kerr; Andrew Canatzer and Samuel Brown chain carriers
9 Oct 1824 Sevier TN Deed
Indenture between Barnabas Thurman of Sevier and Henry “Manon” of Sevier for 20-1/2 acres on Manning’s Creek adjacent Benjamin Manning witnessed by Richard Shields and Addam Fox.
6 Apr 1826Sevier TN Surveys p. 36 No. 523
50 acres for Barnabas on Manning’s Branch adjacent Barnabas Thurmans’ old survey. Surveyed by Daniel Kerr; Andrew Canatzer and Samuel Brown chain carriers.
1830 Sevier, TN
Census shows William Tunis and Randall James (sons-in-law of John and Nancy Thurman), also Richard Shields (who married a Susannah Thurman) near Emert, Manning and Moon families but NO Thurmans are found.
1830Blount, TN
William Thurman listed near John Thurman (who has a woman Nancy Sandridge Thurman’s age in his household) and David McClanahan.
8 Aug 1836 Blount, TN
William Thurman of Blount sells to Barnabas Thurman of Sevier 50 acres on the Little River in Tuckaleechee Cove adjacent John Thurman and David McClanahan and also 91 acres in District 15 Blount TN.
1837 Tax List
District 15 Tuckaleechee Cove, Blount TN
Lists Barnabas Thurman and William Thurman
1837 Tax list
District 4 Sevier TN
? Thurman (possibly Barnabas) listed with 715 acres valued at $200 and 202 acres of school land valued at $217. John Thurman also listed with 80 acres valued at $350.
23 May and 22 Jul 1837
George McCown’s Store Ledger Sevierville, TN
Barnabas Thurman entries. Also 13 Feb 1837 entry for John Thurman [Jr.] “per son”.
U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
Name Barnabas Thurman
Gender Male
Birth Date 1794
Death Date 1839
Cemetery Stafford Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place Sevier County, Tennessee, United States of America
Has Bio? Y
Father John Thurman
Mother Nancy Thurman
Spouse Sarah Thurman
Children Elizabeth Stafford
Caleb Thurman
John Moon Thurman
URL https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32452006/barnabas-thurman
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1794 - 1839 (45 years)
