Author Archives: thaxtongenealogy
Thaxton / Thackston tidbits, Smith Co., Tennessee
From Smith County Historical and Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 18:4 (Fall 2006): “The Diaries of Elenora Kelly Wilson,” 1896: 11/24: “A lovely day. Kelly has been real sick all day. Dr. Sampson came to see him this evening. Mr. Wilson … Continue reading
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Thackston Carter’s mother – not a Thackston (Jackson Co., Tenn.)
We recently ran across a great piece by researcher David Johnson, describing a chancery court lawsuit in Smith County, Tennessee, unequivocally establishing that Mary Stanton, not Thaxton, married Charles Carter of Jackson County, Tennessee. The details also happen to be salacious: Accusations of … Continue reading
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Zadock Baker Thackston letter to his son Paul (1832)
This 1832 letter from Zadock Baker Thackston of “near Scottsville, Kentucky,” to his son Paul Thackston, “near Fort Blount,” Jackson Co., Tennessee, is courtesy of Western Kentucky University Manuscripts and Archives.
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Charles Allen Thackston letter book (1852-1853) – catalog description only
Thanks to Worldcat’s new ArchiveGrid search, we now know that this book of letters written by Charles Allen Thackston (son of Benjamin Thackston and Betty Ann Chambers of Prince Edward Co., Va.) is available in San Marino, California. Would love … Continue reading
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Simpson County, Kentucky – Thaxton, Starks, Eidson, etc.
1855 Simpson County tax list: No Eidson, no Starks, no Ragar, no Thaxtons 1856 Simpson County tax list: No Eidson, no Starks, no Ragar, no Thaxtons note: a G. W. Russell and other Russells (Abigal, James, James A.) 1858 Simpson … Continue reading
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Dickson obituaries, etc., in Henderson County, Tennessee
From “Crossing the Dark River: Henderson County, Tennessee, Obituaries 1827-1950,” Brenda Kirk Fiddler, Lexington, Tenn., 1999, some obituaries relating to the family of John H. Dickson and Lucinda Thaxton (daughter of William W. Thaxton and Martha S. possibly Kincannon of … Continue reading
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Benjamin F. Thackston notice of death (1898 Ky.)
From the Maysville (Ky.) Evening Bulletin, 07 Apr 1898, a notice of death of Benjamin F. Thackston, son of John H. Thackston and Frances Vawter, grandson of National Thackston and Elizabeth Foster, great-grandson of James Thackston and Mary Wimbish:
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