Stephanie's Family Tree

Brick Walls

• Dozier Bragg -- born 1763 in Virginia and died 1858 in Cannon County, Tennessee. He married Peggy Bussey on December 29, 1790 in Fauquier County, Tennessee. Who were his parents? His grandparents were most likely Joseph Bragg and Susannah Dozier.
• James Walter Crow -- born in Virginia (probably 1780-1800) and died in 1841 in Arkansas. He married Keziah Cornelius on September 30, 1821 in Union County, Illinois. Who were his parents?
• Jane Laura Hill -- born August 10, 1841 in Lincoln, Tennessee and died January 25, 1929 in Bell County, Texas. She married Jesse Jackson Crow on July 6, 1855 in Bowie County, Texas. Who was her father? Her mother's married name was Martha Hill. What was her mother's maiden name?
• William Marion Robertson -- born about 1829 and died unknown. He married Iza Evaline Summers on May 27, 1850 in Cannon County, Tennessee. In the 1860 census, he lived next door to R. S. Robertson who probably was his brother. Who were their parents? ** SOLVED **
• Benjamin Kuser -- born in Pennsylvania or Germany and died about 1856. He married Sarah Jane Featherston in February, 1847. His father's last name was Kuser. His mother's last name was Reinhardt. What were their first names?

Family Stories

• Jesse Jackson Crow (my great-great-great-grandfather) was murdered in Bell County, Texas. It was the biggest case of Bell County at that time. Crow had a dispute with schoolteacher H. H. Hudson over school board matters. Hudson shot Crow, and then Crow died about two weeks later. Crow was able to testify on who shot him and why. Hudson's defense was that Crow deserved to die because 1) he was a mean man and 2) he called Hudson’s wife a prostitute. Hudson was found guilty and sentenced to 99 years in prison. The Appeals Court remanded it back to the lower court. The case was tried again, and Hudson got 50 years in prison.
• In circa 1890, Hugh Morgan Hughes (my great-great grandfather) was practically kicked out of Tennessee. Hughie shot a neighbor’s hogs that kept getting into his corn. The neighbor was part of a vigilante group, and they came after Hughie. They attacked him, and hit him on the head with an ax causing serious injury. Hughie escaped and hid in a barn loft. In the middle of the night, he, wife Allie Griffith, and his children fled from their home in the Sequatchie Valley in Tennessee. They tried to sharecrop corn somewhere on the way to Texas, but the crop was lost due to flooding. They migrated to Johnson County, Texas where his wife's brother (William Harrison Griffith) was postmaster. They eventually settled in what is now Godley, Texas. The trip took six weeks of traveling by ox wagon. Hughie was a blacksmith and passed the trade down to his son, Aaron. (Source: Lamb and Allied Familes of the Sequatchie Valley by James L. Mohon)
• I'm my own sixth cousin. It was very common back in the olden days for cousins to marry cousins. My great-great-grandparents were also second cousins so that means that I'm my own sixth cousin. My duplicate ancestors are Carlous Featherstone (or spelled Carlous Featherston) and Lucy Elmore who are my 5th great-grandparents. Some Featherston / Featherstone researches say Carlous was a descendant of the people who owned Featherstone Castle in England. So, if I am to be double-related to myself, I'm glad it's to them.

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Last updated on 12/01/02 by me.