Robin Richmond's 4th Great Grandfather
Bio and 4-generation descendancy from from pp.181-186 of The Billingsley Family In America, by Harry Alexander Davis, published by Tuttle Antiquarian Books, Rutland, VT.
With added notes by Robin Richmond
John Billingsley (1781 Onslow Co, NC-1856 Bledsoe Co, TN)
who migrated to Tennessee as a child, and is buried in Smyrna Cemetery in Bledsoe County, Tenneee, flanked by his two wives.
Great*4 Grandfather of Robin Richmond
With [[notes in brackets by Robin Richmond]]
88 JOHN (7) BILLINGSLEY
(Samuel 6, James 5, William 4, William 3, John 2, Francis 1.)
Born Onslow County, North Carolina 10 September 1781, moved to Sullivan County, Tennessee with his parents in 1787. He married (1), 10 October 1802 Martha Blackwood, born North Carolina 12 March 1786. From a published account in Biographical Album in 1898 and furnished by his son, Leander T. Billingsley, the claim is made that John and his bride started from North Carolina on a blind pony to find themselves a home. They finally reached the Sequatchie Valley with a cash capital of one dollar and twenty five cents. This marriage may have taken place in North Carolina but we feel that as no documentary evidence exists to prove it the logical presumption is that it occurred either in Sullivan or Washington County, Tennessee and it was from this point they made the trip to Sequatchie Valley. They located in Bledsoe County, cleared some ground and made a crop with the pony. During the spring of the following year the pony fell and broke its leg and the second crop was made with a young bull.
Martha died 11 March 1829 and he married (2) 15 September 1831 Jane Hoodenpile, born North Carolina 21 April 1812, a daughter of Philip Hoodenpile, a native of Holland. From an humble start John became one of the wealthy and prominent citizens of Bledsoe County. He served some forty years a member of the County Court, and part of the time its Chairman; he also represented the County in the State legislature. At the time of his death 25 May 1856 his property was valued at $85,000. Jane survived him many years and died 3 September 1894. Family Baptists. He and his two wives are buried in the old Smyrna graveyard, the graves of John and Jane are marked but that of Martha on his side is unmarked.
Children
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Samuel (8) Billingsley: b 3 Oct. 1803 [[d.1863 Carroll Co, TX]]
William Billingsley: b 20 Sept. 1805, died 1811.
Nancy Billingsley: b 7 July 1807 Bledsoe Co., Tenn.
[[Nancy Samantha Billingsley, d. 7 Jan 1867 Bledsoe Co, TN, my GG Grandmother]],
she m prior to 1831 John Hutcheson, b Tenn. 1800
[[20 Jan 1800-7 Mar 1873; married 25 Aug 1825]].
He was a farmer. Both were living in 1860, resided Bledsoe Co., Tenn. They had, known
Flavius Josephus Hutcheson: b 1831, [[5 Oct 1829-29 Apr 1909 Bledsoe Co (my GG Grandfather)]] m prior to 1855 Narcissus A. Myers, b Tenn. 1834 [[10 Feb 1834-6 Nov 1896; married 7 Jun 1852]]
daughter of John Myers, see
Leander Travis Billingsley : b 20 Oct. 1843. [[d. 12 Jun 1927 Bledsoe Co]]
Statira A. Billingsley: b 15 Dec. 1845, m Tullers A. Reynolds, said to have resided White Co., Tenn.
Sarah Flora Billingsley: b 15 Nov. 1847, m 9 Feb. 1868 at Pikeville, Tenn. William Franklin Hutcheson, b. Meigs Co., Tenn. 24 Dec. 1835, resided Pikeville, Tenn. where he died 28 Mar. 1915 and she died 22 Apr. 1923. They had:
Josie Hutcheson: b 18 Dec. 1868, m 27 June 1894 James Robert Lee, b Bledsoe Co., Tenn. 12 Feb. 1861. Reside Sparta, Tenn. She has furnished information on this family. They had:
William Franklin Lee: b 24 Apr. 1895, m 12 June 1923 Ruth Young, reside Sparta, Tenn.
James Robert Lee, Jr.: b 6 Nov. 1901, m 17 June 1924 Bernice Fancher, reside Sparta, Tenn.
John Thomas Lee: b 14 Oct. 1903, m 22 May 1928, Frances Pearson, reside Sparta, Tenn.
Gordon Ball Lee: b 22 Oct. 1905.
Charles Phillip Hutcheson: b 5 Jan: 1871.
Maggie Eva Hutcheson: b 9 Apr. 1873, m Albert H. Carpenter, reside Spring Hill, Tenn.
Della Grace Hutcheson: b 4 Apr. 1881, m Samuel Walter Swafford, reside Pikeville, Tenn.
Evalista J. Billingsley: b 6 Apr. 1853 [[d. 28 Nov 1935 Stamford, Jones Co, TX]], m John Swafford, reside Stamford, Texas in 1931, no record of children.
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