Book TN Early Taxpayers

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Early East Tennessee Taxpayers

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compiled by Pollyanna Creekmore

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Southern Historical Press 1980

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[p. 41] Blount Co. 1801 Capt. McGinley's Company [columns: land, free poles (sic: polls), black poles, town lots] Wallace, Joel 0110 Wallace, Adam 0100 Wallace, Benj 0100 Wallace, Wm 0100 Wallace, David 0100 Wallace, John 0100 Wallace, Andrew 0100 [p. 66] Knox Co. 1806 Capt. Bond's Company [columns: acres, free polls, slaves, lots, studs] Brooks, Samuel 0-1000 Brooks, Joseph* 150-1000 * Son of John and Ann (Irwin) Brooks; married in Knox County, Mary Gamble, daughter of Robert and Mary (McElroy) Gamble; moved to Rhea County in 1806; became a member of the first court and captain of the militia district; died in 1810. Penelope Johnson Allen, "Leaves from the Family Tree," Chattanooga Times, Dec. 3, 1933 [p. 67] Gamble, Robert* 245-3000 Gamble, John 195-1000 McClellan, John 700-1200 * Revolutionary soldier born in Ireland in 1732 and came with his parents to Bucks County, Pa., then to Augusta County, Va.; an early settler of Knox County. See Allen "Leaves from the Family Tree," loc. cit., Dec. 3, 1933. [p. 68] Capt. Boyd's Company Clift, James 75-1000 [p. 75] Captain Dunlap's Company Brooks, Moses* 250-1000 Brooks, Moses agent for Alexander McNutt 140-0000 * Son of John and Ann (Irwin) Brooks, born April 1, 1760, in Augusta County, Va., Jan. 25, 1830; fought in the Battles of King's Mountain and Guilford Court House; removed to Greene County, N. C., and in 1787 to what is Knox County; married in 1787 or 1788 Agnes (Gamble) Fowler (June 9, 1765 - Aug. 2, 1826), widow of Robert Fowler, Jr., who died in Washington County, Tenn., in 1784, and daughter of Robert and Mary (McElroy) Gamble. By her first husband she had one daughter, Esther Ann Fowler, who married Samuel Fleming, of Knox County. Allen, "Leaves from the Family Tree," loc. cit., Dec. 24, 1933. [p. 180] Greene Co. 1805 Robert Gamble