Finis Billingsley: Robin's Roots

Abt 1863 -

TNG Ancestor Charts

Graphical formats

"Standard" charts have a lovely graphical format that shows the name and birth/death years in a box for each person's box. Additional data for each person can be pulled down from that box. They are in the shape of a standard pedigree chart, with empty boxes for ancestors that are not present in the tree.. Unfortunately, they generate so much whitespace that they require a lot of scrolling to read, and are virtually impossible to print. (But see the "PDF" chart below.)
"Vertical" charts are also lovely graphical charts. These flow down up instead of across the page. Since vertical charts do not use blank boxes for ancestors who are missing from the database, they are more compact than the "Standard" charts. But you cannot pull down additional data from each box. And depending on the number of ancestors in the tree, they can be too wide to print.
"Compact" charts are like "Standard" chart in their shape, but their boxes are much smaller because they contain only names.
"Box" charts are like "Standard" chart in their shape, but their boxes are bigger because they contain some of the data that is pulled-down from the "Standard" chart boxes. As a result, they are even more unweildy than the "Standard" charts.
"Fan" charts are remarkable. All I can say is "try one".
"PDF" chart are variants of "Standard" chart. They create a one-page PDF file that can hold up to six generations of data.
Most PC's these days can generate PDF printouts of any web page, but PDFs are distinctive because they control the page margins and page breaks,
The "Map" is not a chart. Rather, it is, well, a map. The places of ancestors' birth, marriage, and death are shown as pins on the map. It's pretty remarkable - you should give it a try, though the map would be easier to interpret if the pins were colored or numbered to represent generations.

(The graphical charts' connecting lines sometimes disappear at certain zoom level. When they are missing, you can use you mouse scroll wheel or hit control-plus or control-minus to change the zoom level.)

Text formats

"Text" charts are shaped just like the "Standard" charts, with lines drawn from person-to-person. They just don't put each person's data into graphical boxes.
"Text+" charts are quite distinctive, and unique to TNG. They are kind of a cross between the graphical and text formats. They are much more compact than the text charts, partly because they do not leave blank space where ancestors are missing. The ancestor tree extends to the right like typical charts, stretch vertically rather than horizontally, and can includes upwards of 15 generations in the width of one printed page (albeit sometimes with legal-length paper in landscape mode). They are also much more flexible than the other formats, with several (perhaps too many) run-time options.
"Ahnetafel" charts follow a standard genealogical text format that is descriptive - more like prose than a 'chart'. They contain almost all of the data that I have for each person, including free-form notes. But they don't give the kind of visual overview of the family tree that the other charts give.
"Media" charts are not focused on media, and they don't actually show pictures; they just indicate whether each ancestor's record has media item attached to it. (They don't distinguish between photos, scans of documents, and other types of media.) Their presentation of ancestors is very simple, and easy to read and print.

Less detail

Generation: 1

1.	Finis Billingsley was born about 1863 in Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA (son of Cyrus Billingsley and Elizabeth Plumlee). Other Events and Attributes: Residence: 1870, Bone Cave, Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA

Generation: 2

Cyrus Billingsley was born on 13 Dec 1839 in Tennessee, USA (son of John M Billingsley and Hannah Davis Myers); died on 21 Apr 1867 in Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Sparkman Cemetery, Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1850, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA
Residence: 1860, Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA

Cyrus married Elizabeth Plumlee on 20 Dec 1858 in Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA. Elizabeth was born on 5 Oct 1843 in Tennessee, USA; died on 29 Nov 1903 in Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Sparkman Cemetery, Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth Plumlee was born on 5 Oct 1843 in Tennessee, USA; died on 29 Nov 1903 in Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Sparkman Cemetery, Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Burial: Sparkman Cemetery, Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA
Residence: 1850, Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA
Residence: 1850, Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA
Residence: 1860, Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA; With new husband A.J. Green and 3 Billingsley children
Residence: 1870, Bone Cave, Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA; With new husband A.J. Green and 3 children by Cyrus Billingsley
Residence: 1870, Bone Cave, Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA; With new husband A.J. Green and 3 children by Cyrus Billingsley
Residence: 1880, Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA

Notes:

Birth:
Parents: Finis E Plumlee & Elizabeth Sparkman

Children:

John M Billingsley was born on 18 Dec 1859 in Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA; died on 1 Sep 1883; was buried in Sparkman Cemetery, Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA.
1. Finis Billingsley was born about 1863 in Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA.
Benjamin Fillip Billingsley was born on 24 May 1863 in Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA; died on 21 Feb 1941 in Colfax, Whitman County, Washington, USA; was buried in Oakesdale Cemetery, Oakesdale, Whitman County, Washington, USA.

Generation: 3

John M Billingsley was born on 19 Nov 1805 in Barren County, Kentucky, USA (son of Samuel Billingsley, Jr and Nancy Howard Mulkey); died on 16 May 1883 in Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Town Cemetery, Spencer, Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1838, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA
Residence: 1840, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA; Age 30-30; Two males( presumably sons whose names I do not know) aged 10- 14; no females. He married again in 1843. I'll assume that his first wife Millie Metcalf died before 1840.
Residence: 1850, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA; One son; wife Hannah
Residence: 1860, Spencer, Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA
Residence: 1870, Bone Cave, Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA
Residence: 1880, Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA; District 4

John married Hannah Davis Myers on 19 Nov 1843. Hannah (daughter of John Blackburn Moyers and Mary Snoddy) was born on 23 Dec 1814 in Long Creek, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA; died on 9 Apr 1867 in Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hannah Davis Myers was born on 23 Dec 1814 in Long Creek, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA (daughter of John Blackburn Moyers and Mary Snoddy); died on 9 Apr 1867 in Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1850, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA
Residence: 1860, Spencer, Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA

Children:

2. Cyrus Billingsley was born on 13 Dec 1839 in Tennessee, USA; died on 21 Apr 1867 in Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Sparkman Cemetery, Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA.
William Newton Billingsley was born on 9 Nov 1853 in Pikeville, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA; died on 26 Mar 1912 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA.

Generation: 4

Samuel Billingsley, Jr was born on 9 Apr 1775 in Guilford County, North Carolina, USA (son of Samuel Billingsley and Mary Griffith); died on 29 Apr 1857 in Cold Spring, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Smyrna Cemetery, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1830, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA

Notes:

Buried:
GRid=5570961; Above-ground crypt with stone walls and roof. Inscription in one of the mud-mortared stones in the wall. Photos of crypt show vista from cemetery.

Samuel married Nancy Howard Mulkey in 1798 in Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA. Nancy was born on 9 Apr 1780 in North Carolina, USA; died on 4 Sep 1850 in Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Smyrna Cemetery, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nancy Howard Mulkey was born on 9 Apr 1780 in North Carolina, USA; died on 4 Sep 1850 in Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Smyrna Cemetery, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1850, Eastern District, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA

Children:

4. John M Billingsley was born on 19 Nov 1805 in Barren County, Kentucky, USA; died on 16 May 1883 in Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Town Cemetery, Spencer, Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA.

10.

John Blackburn Moyers was born on 30 Jan 1792 in Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA (son of James Moyers and Mary (Polly) Blackburn); died on 13 Nov 1875 in Warren County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Smyrna Cemetery, Irving College, Warren County, Tennessee, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Possessions: 25 Jun 1824, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA; 50 acres granted to John Moyers "On the waters of Long Creek ...beginning at a post oak in the line of Samuel Bell's running thence west 38 poles to a stake near a wanut..."
Residence: 1830, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA; As John Moyers. Age 38. Wife Mary (not named, 40). Probably brother Henry (29), plus 8 children (consistent with what we know); Free White Person Male<5:1,<10:2,<14:1,<29:1,39:1;Female<5:2,<10:1,<19:1,<49:1
Residence: 1836, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA; County tax records: 158 Acres $800 Tax: $1.20
Residence: 1850, Warren County, Tennessee, USA; 58, Wife Mary, Son John (30), and Daughters Melcina (19) and Narcissa (15). Farmer $2000 Real Estate. Adjacent to son Thomas
Residence: 1860, Warren County, Tennessee, USA; 58, Wife Mary, plus Martha McGreger(6). $300 Personal Estate.
Residence: 1870, Warren County, Tennessee, USA; As John Myres, age 78, Wife Adeline (42) Children Gertrude(9) and William (6) - Preacher

Notes:

Buried:
GRid=30290004; No Headstone

John married Mary Snoddy on 14 Oct 1812 in Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA. Mary (daughter of Albert "Thomas" Snoddy, Esq and Hannah Davis) was born on 15 Jul 1790 in Edgecombe, Edgecombe County, North Carolina, USA; died on 8 Nov 1861 in McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Smyrna Cemetery, Irving College, Warren County, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

11.

Mary Snoddy was born on 15 Jul 1790 in Edgecombe, Edgecombe County, North Carolina, USA (daughter of Albert "Thomas" Snoddy, Esq and Hannah Davis); died on 8 Nov 1861 in McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Smyrna Cemetery, Irving College, Warren County, Tennessee, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1850, Warren County, Tennessee, USA
Residence: 1860, Warren County, Tennessee, USA

Notes:

Buried:
GRid=30290013; her husband's death year is recorded as hers in FindAGrave

Children:

Malinda Matthews Myers was born on 23 Jul 1813 in White Pine, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA; died on 7 Jul 1817 in White Pine, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Old Christopher Moyers Cemetery, White Pine, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA.
5. Hannah Davis Myers was born on 23 Dec 1814 in Long Creek, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA; died on 9 Apr 1867 in Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA.
James Alexander Myers was born on 21 Aug 1815 in Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA; died on 18 Jul 1819 in White Pine, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Old Christopher Moyers Cemetery, White Pine, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA.
Thomas Snoddy Myers was born on 30 May 1818 in Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA; died on 10 Nov 1914 in McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Smyrna Cemetery, Irving College, Warren County, Tennessee, USA.
John Newton Myers was born on 19 Mar 1820 in Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA; died on 26 Jan 1892 in Warren County, Tennessee, USA.
Andrew Emmons Myers was born on 6 Jan 1822 in Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA; died on 16 Jan 1889; was buried after 1880 in Bethany, Brooke County, West Virginia, USA.
Mary Blackburn Myers was born on 25 Oct 1823 in Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA; died on 7 Jan 1895 in Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA.
David Henry Myers was born on 12 Nov 1825 in Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA; died on 10 Jan 1903 in Cherokee County, Texas, USA.
Susannah Jane Myers was born on 9 Jan 1827 in Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA; died on 16 Sep 1908 in Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Smyrna Cemetery, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA.
Melcena Lansden Myers was born on 21 May 1830 in Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA; died on 22 Aug 1854 in Warren County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Smyrna Cemetery, Irving College, Warren County, Tennessee, USA.
Narcissa Ann Myers was born on 10 Feb 1834 in Warren County, Tennessee, USA; died on 6 Nov 1896 in Cold Spring, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Smyrna Cemetery, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA.


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