Tennessee Tidbits
1778-1914
Vol.III
by Marjorie Fischer & Ruth Burns

*Excerpted*

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Thomas Scurry
Died before 4 December 1826 when Henry Small and Katharine Scurry were appointed administrators with Jacob Tipton, David Lauderdale, William M. Kerr and Elias F. Pope as security. William M. Kerr, Elizs F. Pope and Hance Larrimore were appointed to lay off a years provision for Katharine Scurry, widow. (Top TN, Co CT Min, A/76) 4 June 1827 the administrators of Thomas Scurry as guardian of Richard C. Sanford, made a report. (Ibid 104) 4 June 1832 John T. Brown was appointed Administrator de bonis non in place of Henry Small deceased. (Ibid B/226)

P406
Samuel Williams
On 3 March 1828 sold one fourth part of one thousand and ninety seven acres of land in Fayette County to Robert G. Green. The deed was witnesses by Henry Small & Richard Small. (Tip TN, Co CT Min. A/139)

P290
John Pearcil
Died before 3 December 1828 when Henry Small was appointed Administrator with John Robinson, Holt Farmer, Thos. J. Dobyns, James Hodges Jur. And Hance Larimore as security. (Tip TN, Co. CT Min, A/199) In the suit of Thomas H. Wright vs Henry Small Admr. Of John Pearsal decd., the plaintiff was granted leave to take the depositions of Thomas Kenncan, David Hooks, James Wilkinson & Hogan Hunter of Duplin County North Carolina. (Ibid 206) John T. Brown was appointed Administrator de bonis non 4 June 1832, in the place of Henry Small deceased. (Ibid B/226)

p.118
Holt Farmer
Died before 1 June 1829 when Richard Small was appointed administrator with John T. Brown, Robert M. Sanford & Granville D. Searcy as security. Tipton Co Court Minutes (Tip TN, Co Ct. Min, A/225)


P341
Henry Small
Died before 4 June 1832 when John T. Brown was appointed Administrator with Robert W. Sanford, John Eckford, Daniel A Dunham, Thomas Durham and Edmund Booker as security.(Tip TN, Co CT Min, B/226)


P258

Monroe Chancery Court Minutes 1832-1865 include Blount and McMinn Counties
McPherson, Burton
Died before 23 Sept 1841. His heirs were Henry Matlock, John McPherson, Elizabeth McPherson widow of Burton McPherson deceased, Alexander McPherson, Thomas Johnston and his wife Mary formerly Mary McPherson, Wesley Whitten and wife Sarah formerly Sarah McPherson, Henderson Small and wife Eliza formerly Eliza McPherson, Ann McPherson, Rufus McPherson, Sarah Eliza McPherson, Elizabeth McPherson and Isabella McPherson heirs at law of Burton McPherson deceased. Burton McPherson had become indebted to the representatives of John McEwin deceased on 9 Feb 1825. Burton McPherson died intestate and no administrator has been appointed. His only property was the interest he had in the lands purchased from John McEwin which has not been paid for. After giving notes to John EcEwin he removed to Mississippi. Henry Matlock may not have been an heir. (Mon TN, Ch Ct. Min, 1/238) Of the heirs named above Rufus McPherson, Sarah Eliza McPherson, Elizabeth McPherson and Isabella McPherson were children of Richard McPherson deceased who was an heir of Barton McPherson. The land was sold to satisfy the notes owed to john McEwen estate. (ibid 252)

P300
Price, Esiagah (Euagh, Esiagal, Euassah)
Died before 23 March 1852 as shown in as petition to sell land made by George W. Small Admr. And the heirs. (War TN, Ch Ct Min, 1/320)

P305
Rains, Robert
Died before 29 March 1866 as shown in the suit of Thomas Rains Admr. Of Robert Rains vs Isaac Rains, Jackson Rains, Washington Small & his wife Elizabeth, George W. Rains, Richard Price & his wife Patsey, Calvin Price, Loyd Price, Franklin Price, Druzella Price &
Mary Jane Price, heirs at law of Robert Rains. The defendants are non residents. R. Rains died intestate in 1862 & Compls. & Defts. are his heirs. (War TN, Ch CT Min, 3/332 This suit was shown again 25 September 1866 with the same parties except Franklin Price was not listed. Clavin, Loyd, Drucilla & Mary Jane Price were children of Polly Price. Thomas Rains was also an heir and he purchased the land. (Ibid 474)

TENNESSEE GENEALOGICAL RECORDS

Miscellaneous Papers

These documents are not filed or arranged but were found stored in a box at the Tennessee State Archives.

Cocke Co. Deed from Wm. Small to Alexander Outlaw for 218 acres

On 6 Aug. 1800 William Small of Cocke Co., Tenn., conveyed land to Alexander Outlaw of Jefferson Co., Tenn; the land is that whereon said Small now lives and William Thornton formerly did live, on Big Peagon River, adjoining (land of) said Thomton, John Nave, and Wm. Bells. The deed was witnessed by Paul McDermott, Chas. T. Porter, and Thomas Mitchell. Proved in Cocke Co., Tenn., Aug. Term, 1804.

HENRY CO., TN.

WHERE WERE THEY IN 1827

NOTE; "The West Tennessean", a newspaper published in Paris, Henry County, Tennessee, by W. Terrill, dated Nov. 5, 1827; carried the message of Sam Houston, Governor of Tennessee delivered October 15, 1827. It also carried a list of letters remaining in the post office at Paris on the first of October 1827, un-
claimed. Those whose names appear on the list had either been in the county and left or had not arrived in the county. They may not have been in Paris, but somewhere in that section of the State.

(other names deleted for clarity)
Small, Robert

Signed by the Postmaster

John L. Allen

Henry SMALL

From Red River Settlers

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Bryce Stewart was prominent in the Annals of Clarksville. There was a time when half the coffee pots in use in Clarksville rested on tiles from Bryce Stewards castle.

It was a homely place. The building of Bryce Stewards castle was probably the biggest architectural news in the nineteenth century in the county. The walls were never completed, but enough of the mansion remained at the end of the century to remind one who saw it as a child of "Balmoral, the residence of the Duke of Argyll, the Petit Trianon... and the Mosque of Saint Sophia."

There are numerous legends as to why work was discontinued. One is that Stewart was broken-hearted at the death of his wife, for whom it was intended. Another is that its construction was halted by the War Between the States and that Union soldiers used the unfinished rooms as a small-pox ward.

Stewart's villa entrance interior, now a business establishment, still contains huge doors once destined for the builder's unfinished castle. Ornaments were used here with a lavish hand. The house, built by a tobacco man who had traveled to New Orleans, dates from about 1858. It faces the Cumberland River, and once had a nine foot observatory on the roof.

I know little of the ancestry of Bryce Stewart. He may have been descended from the Sfcewarfcs who were in Montgomery County while it was still "Old" Tennessee County and who were prominent in the development of the county and the surrounding territory.

The name Duncan Stewart may be found in the history of every Middle Tennessee County from long before Tennessee became a state. His activities in the building and development of the Miro District were so great that a county was named for him in 1803. The new county was cut from Montgomery and Davidson, and Yellow Creek, the section of Montgomery where Stewart, White, the Smalls, and others lived at one time. Most of the creek fell in Dickson County.

Charles Stewart, a brother of Duncan Stewart, was also prominent in the section. There is a power of attorney, dated 15 September 1787 (W.B. 1797-1810, p. 197, Montgomery County) in which Thomas Brown -of Bladen County, North Carolina, for causes, appointed Col. Duncan Stewart of Tennessee to sell 640 acres of land patented by Jacob Messack on the south side of Cumberland River.

There is a bond in which Charles Stewart was nominated and appointed guardian of Tingnal Jones Stewart, son of Duncan Stewart, and Tignal Jones Stewarfc, son of Charles Stewart, in October 1810. (W. B. 1797-1810, p. 511, Montgomery County)

One of the Duncan Stewarts of Montgomery County moved to Mississippi, for on p. 505 of Will Book 1797-1810, Montgomery County, the following information is found:

"Duncan Stewart now of Mississippi Territory and at the Natchez Landing because of moving, gives power of attorney to my father James Stewart of Montgomery County" to sell and collect certain property in Montgomery County, 5 February 1811.

Both Duncan and Charles Stewart were assigned land on Sulphur Fork of Jones Creek. These two places fell in Stewart and Dickson Counties after the new counties were created. Duncan Stewart was granted 640 acres of land on warrants no. 3863 and 3853 on South Harpeth River. A 1000 acre and a 228 acre tract of land, warrants no. 536 and 557, were on the east side of Wells Creek. This is where Duncan Stewart lived in Montgomery, later Stewart, County (Davidson County, Tennessee Deed Book D, No. 4, p. 27).

Duncan and Charles Stewart were both land dealers, buying and selling large tracts at least as early as 1794.

Henry Small, who located in Clarksville, was associated with Duncan Stewart. Small was there as early as 18 March 1797, for it is recorded that he purchased lot No. 7 in the town from Win. Capshaw. Henry Small was Sheriff of Montgomery County in 1802, 1804, 1808, and 1810. Mr. Small did a great deal of business with a man named Roe, and their transactions were made in the name of Small and Roe. In addition to his other services, Mr. Small was actively engaged in the progress and erection of the public buildings in the county. After Stewart County was created in 73

1803, Mr. Small moved from Clarksville to the new county where, with Duncan Stewart, he took part in the formation of that county. Small later moved on westward, and the last I know of him, he was in Tipton County, Tennessee.

William White of Waxhaw, North Carolina married Margaret Williamson of Bladen County. Their daughter, Mary Elizabeth White, married Henry Small as his second wife. Small's first wife, Anna Bailey, was probably the daughter of Charles Bailey, an early settler of Montgomery County, for Bailey and Small are found associated in deeds. The two wives of Mr. Small are thought to have been cousins.

Henry Small had several children. However, a complete record is not available at this time. One daughter, Catherine Weedon Small, was born in 1827 in Tipton County, Tennessee, died in 1915 in Grenada, Mississippi, and was married in 1845 to Samuel H. Young (Mss. data, Whitley Collection).

Henry Small served in many capacities of public office in Montgomery while it was still "Old" Tennessee County. In 1809, Henry Small was overseer of the road from Clarksville to Wine Miller's old place on the Nashville Road.