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- James Madison was the President of the USA from 1809-1817!
Tennessee, Early Tax List Records, 1783-1895
Name: James Finchum
Year: 1839
Residence: Cocke, Tennessee
1840 United States Federal Census
Name: James Fincham
County: Cocke
State: Tennessee
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 2 (b 1836-1840)
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1 (b 1831-1835)
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1 (b 1826-1830)
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1 (James)(Born about 1811-1820)
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 2 (b 1836-1840)
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1 (b 1831-1835)
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1 (Matilda) (b 1811-1820)
Total - All Persons (Free White, Free Colored, Slaves): 9
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 7
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 9
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 9
There are 2 adult Anderson families near this family in 1840: Joseph and Reddick Anderson. There is also a James Anderson living in Cocke Co., TN in 1840.
CENSUS: 1850 census of Cocke Co., TN Dist. 11 29th Aug 1850 Family 230 Finchum, (Finchin)
James 33 M Farmer NC (b abt 1817) William 15 M TENN
Harriet 14 F TENN Martha 12 F TENN Elijah 10 MTENN Nancy 8 F TENN John 7 M TENN Thomas 5 M TENN Anderson 3 M TENN Mary 1 F TENN Thomas, Mary 32 F b SC Sally 7 F " Mary 5 F " CENSUS: 1860 census of Cocke Co., TN Newport P.O. page 235 Family 1698 Finchum, James 49 M W Farmer 160 NC ( b about 1811) Mary 42 F W NC John 18 M W TENN Thomas 16 M W TENN Anderson 13 M W TENN Mary 12 F W TENN Thomas Mary 11 F W TENN Finchum, Alexander 9 M W TENN Matilda 7 M W TENN
(Frances, age 21 and Wesley, age 1 living with Elijah and Elizabeth in Cocke Co., TN)
U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
Name: J.P. Finchum
Side: Confederate
Regiment State/Origin: Tennesee
Regiment Name: 16 Battalion (Neal's) Tennessee Cavalry.
Regiment Name Expanded: 16th Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry (Neal's)
Company: E
Rank In: Private
Rank In Expanded: Private
Rank Out: Private
Rank Out Expanded: Private
Alternate Name: James/Finchem
Film Number: M231 roll 14 CENSUS: 1870 census of Cocke Co., Tenn P.O. Newport, District 9 p. 16 Finchum, Jas. 56 m w farmer 180 200 NC (b about 1814) Mary 53 f w k. h. NC Thomas, Mary 21 f w at home Tenn Finchum, Alexander 19 m w at home TENN Matilda 17 f w TENN Safronie 1 f w TENN
Cocke Co., TN: 1876 -- Courthouse burned and almost all records were damaged.
1876 Cocke Co., TN Tax List, District 9: James had 50 acres valued at $200 and paid no poll; Anderson had 153 acres $700 value and paid $1.50 poll; Alexander paid only $1.50 poll tax
1877 Cocke Co., TN District 9; James 50 acres $200 value paid no poll; Anderson 153 acres $700 value paid $1.50 poll; Alexander $1.50 poll tax
No Tax List for 1878-1880
1881 Cocke Co., TN Tax List, District 9: James 40 acres $200 value paid no poll; Anderson 87 acres $250 and 1.50 poll and 76 $250 paid $1.50 poll tax (Alexander may have moved to another district-but did not take the time to locate him!)
1882 Cocke Co., TN Tax List, District 9:James illegible, illegible paid no poll; Anderson 180 acres $550 value and $2.00 poll tax
1883 Cocke Co., TN Tax List, District 9: James 40 acres $120 value paid no poll; Anderson 180 acres $500 value 1.25 poll tax
1884 Cocke Co., TN Tax List, District 9: Mary 40 acres $130 value paid no poll; Anderson 87 acres $250 value and 93 acres $250 value paid $1.25 poll tax
No Tax List for 1885-1889
1889 Cocke Co., TN Tax List, District 9; Anderson 195 acres $560 value $2.00 poll tax
1890-1894 Anderson is listed
CENSUS: 1880 census of Cocke Co., TN 4th dist Finchum, James w m 66 head farmer TN TN TN (b about 1814) Mary w f 58 wife h. h. TN TN TN Wesley w m 21 son working TN TN TN (I believe that this is actually a grandson!) Frony w f 12 g.dau. TN TN TN
Selected U.S. Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880
Name: James Finchum
Location: Cocke, Tennessee, USA
Enumeration Date: 1880
Schedule Type: Agriculture
Sophronia Finchum b abt 1869 d abt 1896 m Mark Sisk, Jr. b 1865 - 1938
Mark m 2nd Mary Ann "Mollie" Swanson, b. 20 Aug 1875, d. 7 Feb 1934
Children with Sophronia
1. Luther Sisk, b. 20 Jul 1891, d. 20 Jun 1915
There is a Safronie, later called Frony who is listed in the 1870 Cocke Co., TN Census as a granddaughter. It is unclear who her parents were.
1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Elira T Finchum (listed as a servant)
Home in 1880: Dutch Bottom, Cocke, Tennessee
Age: 15
Estimated birth year: abt 1865
Birthplace: Tennessee
Father's birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's birthplace: Tennessee
Neighbors: View others on page
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Gender: Female
John B. Stokely 34
Annie Stokely 27
Willie B. Stokely 7
James R. Stokely 5
John M. Stokely 3
Gehn F. Stokely 2
Elira T Finchum 15
In the family Bible, Alexander Finchum's parents are listed as James Madison Finchum and Mary Anderson, but on his death certificate, Lorena Finchum is listed. I believe that Mary's sister was James Madison's first wife and that her name was Matilda Lorena Anderson!
James married twice. One of his sons, Anderson, (b. 1838) married Nancy Jane Gray Baxter (b. 1838) in 1870. Anderson was a farmer and moonshiner in the English Mountain area. He served for the Union, Company D. 8th Regiment Cavalry.
Searches in Cocke Co., TN Archives located at the Stokely Library, Newport, TN:
Adm Settlements 1877-1910 Indexed by Adm-No Finchum found
Inventories of Estates 1882-1886-Visual search-No Finchum found
Adminstration & Bonds Minutes 1877-1920-No Finchums in Index found
Land Survey Aug 1856-Apr 1889-No Finchum in Index
Register of Deeds/Land Entries Apr 1874-Jun 1898-No Finchum in Index
Guardian Settlements & Bonds 1877-1910-No Finchum in Index
Trust Deeds 1899-1902 Alex Found selling horse, mare, and 6 areas of wheat in Del Rio
Church Records searched in Cocke Co., TN-no Finchums found:
Union Bpatist Church 16 Jan 1882 Membership list
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church 1838-1860
Big Pigeon Baptist Church 1787-1874
Church of Christ
State Creek Baptist Church Minutes 1812-1876
Union Baptist Church of Christ 16 Nov 1844-21 Jul 1877 Julia Finchum dismissed by letter on 4 Jan 1889
Find A Grave:
James Madison Finchum
Birth: 1814
Stokes County
North Carolina, USA
Death: 1884
Cocke County
Tennessee, USA
James “Madison” Finchum was born in Stokes (Pitt Co.), N.C. in 1814. His parents came to N.C. from Virginia around 1800. James and other family members were in Cocke County, Tenn. in the 1830s, maybe earlier. Madison married twice, two Anderson sisters, whose family came from South Carolina.
He married Matilda Lorena Anderson in 1833. They had 9 children. Lorena must have been deceased by 1850. She was not listed in the census for that decade.
Madison and Lorena’s children listed in the 1850 census report were: William (15), Harriet (14), Martha (12), Elijah (10), Nancy (8), John (7), Thomas (5), Anderson (3) and Mary (1). Living with the family was Mary Thomas (identity unknown) and her two children.
William Finchum (oldest son) served the Union army in the Civil War (79th Indiana Infantry Regiment). He was a casualty of that war. (Some researchers believe this is the wrong William Finchum. Additional research is needed.)
Harriet Finchum (daughter) married Samuel Fisher in Cocke County. In 1870 (census data), they and their 7 children were living in the English Creek Community of Cocke County. In 1900 (census data) Samuel (67) was living with son Lemuel and family in Franklin County, Tenn. In 1923 (age 89), Samuel died in a home for Confederate soldiers near Nashville and was buried there. Death and burial records for Harriet are lacking. Lemuel died in Oklahoma in 1958. Harriet and Samuel's son Charles lived in Jefferson County (White Pine). Charles' death certificate lists Georgia as the place of his birth, but census data have him living with his family in Cocke County as a youth. Another son, Robert, died in Texas. Son David died in 1942 in Franklin County, Tenn. A daughter, Alice, married twice (W.A. Chapman and J.P.B. Reneau).
Records are not readily available for Martha Finchum and Elijah Finchum.
Nancy Finchum (daughter) married William Lindsey in Jefferson County in 1860. In 1900 (census data), they were still living in Jefferson County. Additional data are not available.
John Filmore Finchum (son) married Nancy Morgan in 1863. They raised a family Jefferson County.
Thomas Finchum (son) married Nancy Jane Beard in 1861. Soon after marriage, he served as a Confederate soldier in the Civil War. After the war, he married Mary Ann Oxford in Illinois. Mary Ann died in 1870. Thomas died in Hardin County, Ill. in 1889. Nancy Jane died in 1915 in Jefferson County.
[Madison and Lorena's son Anderson “Ance” Finchum was my great-great grandfather. My family line: Harriet (Finchum) Kyker, my g-grandmother; Essie (Kyker) Clevenger, my grandmother; and Mary (Clevenger) Bryant, my mother. Ance Finchum was widely know for his “moonshine” whiskey, which he made at the base of English Mountain. In recognition of this noterity, the road where Ance lived is named "Shiner Ridge Drive," which appears on all GPS maps. Ance served as a Union soldier in the Civil War, while 2 other brothers divided loyalty between Union and Confederacy. --Gene Bryant]
James Finchum (son) died as an infant.
Mary Finchum (daughter) in 1970 (census data) at age 21 was living with her parents in Cocke County. This is the last available data for her.
After first wife Matilda Lorena Anderson died, Madison married her sister, Mary Anderson, in 1850. They had 2 children, Alexander and Julia Matilda “Tildie.”
Alexander Finchum (son) and his sister Tildie are buried in the Morris Cemetery off Cosby Road just south of Newport.
[Tildie Finchum, who married James Allen, was my great grandmother. My family line: Dollie (Allen) Bryant, my grandmother; and James Bryant, my father. Dollie’s name at birth was Sophronia Frances. Dollie had an aunt named Sophronia and another named Frances, but “Dollie” was a common nickname for young women in the Finchum family. The name came form Dollie Madison, wife of President James Madison, the namesake of James Madison Finchum. --Gene Bryant]
Madison’s brother, William Finchum Jr., married Elizabeth “Betsy” Frazier in Cocke County. They may have moved to Franklin County, Tenn. Three of their sons, Polk Finchum, John Finchum and William Finchum, died in Franklin County.
Family links:
Children:
William Finchum (1834 - 1864)*
John F. Finchum (1838 - 1914)*
Anderson Finchum (1847 - 1904)*
Alexander Finchum (1851 - 1914)*
Julia Matilda Finchum Allen (1853 - 1927)*
Burial:
Finchum Cemetery
Cocke County
Tennessee, USA
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Abt 1814 - Abt 1884 (70 years)
