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Born Bledsoe County, Tennessee 1 February 1814: He married 24 July 1845 Susan Jane Myers, born Tennessee 9 January 1827, see Myers Excursus. He was listed as a farmer in 1850, and later became a minister in the Christian. Church, he died 4 March 1889,. she survived him many years and, died 20 September 1909, resided Bledsoe County, Tennessee.

Children

1. Nicrotia Pennina Billingsley: b 2 May 1846, m (1) in 1865 Thomas Farmer, he died and she m (2) 3 May 1868 Andrew M. Payne. She died 2 Mar. 1922, resided Dunlap, Tenn. They had:
   1. Mary Loutella Farmer: b 186 , m 23 Sept. 1886 W. V. Freiley, reside Dunlapi Tenn. They had:
      1. Lora Mae Freiley: b 18 , m Creed Bates Heard, reside Dunlap, Tenn.
      2. Andrew Lother Freiley: b 18 , m Flossie Della Lewis, reside Jackson, Miss
      3. Leslie Christian Freiley: b 18 , m Bonnie Lee Hixson, reside Kingsville, Texas.
   2. Andrew Tarleton Payne: b 18 , m Mary Putnam, he died 28 Sept. 1891, resided Billingsley, Tenn.
   3. Homer P. Payne: b 18 , m Allie Jane Walker, reside Dunlap, Tenn. They had:
   4. Howard Berlin Payne: b 1 , m Mary 0. Jones, reside Nashville, Tenn.
   5. Robert Walker Payne: b 1 
       
2. John Trot Billingsley: b 4 July 1848, m 24 Nov. 1875 Josephine Schoolfield, b Tenn. in 1852, resided Bledsoe Co., Tenn. In 1880. They subsequently moved to New Mexico and he died at Tucumcari 14 June 1924. They had:
   1. Estil Andrew Billingsley: b 1877, m Dolly Worthington, reside Tucumcari, N. Mex. They had:
      1. Pauline.
      2. Martin.
      3. Mattie Joe.
      4. Howard.
      5. Willa.
      6. John T.
   2. Lena Rivers Billingsley: b 1878, m Thomas Andrew Farmer, b Feb. 1870, son of W. W. Farmer and Viola C. Billingsley, see No. 88. Reside Pikeville, Tenn. They had:
      1. Wade Farmer.
   3. Patrick Henry Billingsley: b 188 , m Abbie May Lawson, reside Pikeville, Tenn. They had:
      1. Lena Ruth. b Malcolm. c Norwood. d Maurine. e John T.
   4. Harry Grover Billingsley: b 188 ; m Ola Ruth Smithers, reside Tucumcari, N. Mex. No children.
   5. Thomas Samuel Billingsley: b 18 , m Lois Hoge, reside Pikeville, Term. They had:
      1. Conway.
      2. Josephine.
      3. Christine.
      4. Neal
      5. John. Twin.
      6. Billie, deceased.
          
3. Mary Billingsley: b 20 Aug. 1850, m 25 Sept. 1872 Darius Samuel Pope, b 18 Nov. 1847, see Pope Excursus, she died 4 Sept. 1924, he survives her (1931), resides Texas. They had:
   1. Andrew Victor Pope: b 18? , m Belle Grisson, reside Warren Co., Tenn.
   2. Mary Beatrice Pope: b 187 , m Jesse Duncan, she died 26 Nov. 1911, resided Warren Co., Tenn.
   3. James Jarome Pope: b 187 , m Dovie Pendergraft, reside Warren Co., Tenn.
   4. Susan Jane Pope: b 18 , m J. L. Whitlock, reside Washita Co., Okla.
   5. LeRoy C. Pope: b 18 , died 21 May 1894.
   6. Walter Pope: b 18 , m Effie Johnson, reside Corpus Christi, Tex.
   7. Arthur Pope: b 18 , m Onia Patterson, reside Ciowa Co., Okla.
   8. Tarlton L. Pope: b 18 , m Ruth Cooper, reside Oklahoma City, Okla.
      
      
4. Elizabeth Mahala Billingsley: b 10 Oct. 1852, m John Payne, reside Pikeville, Tenn. They had:
   1. Eula Mattie Payne: b 18 , m James Benton Miller, reside Athens, Tenn.
   2. Wood Samuel Payne: b 18 , m Susie Powell, he died 31 Jan. 1919.
   3. Lonas Andrew Payne: b 18 , m Irene Steadman, reside Pikeville, Tenn.
       
5. Amanda Billingsley: b 7 June 1857, m 22 Apr. 1879 Andrew Jackson Clark, she died Aug. 1887, resided Dayton, Tenn. They had:
   1. Malcolm Lewis Clark: b 22 Nov. 1880, m Jan. 1912, Elizabeth Agee, reside Pikeville, Tenn. They had:
      1. Amanda Lee Clark: b 26 Sept. 1912.
      2. Anna Louise Clark: b 31 Aug. 1913.
      3. Lenol Jackson Clark: b 20 Dec. 1914.
      4. Evella Elizabeth Clark: b 22 July 1916.
      5. Malcolm Gordon Clark: b 8 Mar. 1918.
   2. Nellie Abigail Clark: b 30 Aug. 1882, m James Colvard, reside Pikeville, Tenn. They had:
      1. Clark Colvard: b 2 Dec. 1910.
   3. Maggie Anah Clark: b 12 Sept. 1886, m 15 Dec. 1909 Coy Hixson Coulter, reside Pikeville, Tenn. They had:
      1. Jeanelle Coulter: b 13 July 1911
          
6. Thomas Snoddy Billingsley: b 15 Mar. 139. He migrated to Texas in the 1880's changed his name to THOMAS RANSOM BILLINGER, he married 27 Dec. 1887 , he died 7 Nov. 1919, resided at Lone Oak, Texas. He was completely lost to his relatives in Tennessee for more than twenty five years, we have not been informed the reason for the change of name. They had:
   1. Estes Blackwood Billinger: b 188 , m Alice Shelden, reside Ontario, Calif.
   2. Velma Louis Billinger: b 189 , m R. C. Whittle, reside Point, Rains Co., Tex.
   3. Erma Lee Billinger: b 189 , m N. A. Burnside, reside Wichita Falls, Tex.
   4. Tennie Mae Billinger: b 189 , m Olin S. Gotcher, reside Oklahoma City, Okla.
   5. Willie Tom Billinger: b 18 , m Lean Mae , reside Bentonville, Ark.
   6. Adelia Lucile Billinger: b 1 , m Porter Slack, reside Dallas, Tex.
   7. James Lake Billinger: b 1 , m Georgia McMillan, reside Lone Oak, Tex.
   8. Johnnie Elizabeth Billinger: b 1 , m Charlie Armstead, reside Temple, Tex.
      
      
7. Dora Ann Billingsley: b 7 June 1864, she married 1 Dec. 1887 Charlie Pope, b 3 July 1860, see Pope Excursus, reside near Mt. Airy, Tenn. They had:
   1. Lula Margaret Pope, b 15 Oct. 1888, married 9 Apr. 1916 William Joseph Holladay. She is active in D. A. R. work, and has furnished much of the information on this branch of the family, reside Cookville, Tenn. They had:a Charles Thomas Holladay: b 21 Feb. 1921.
   2. Grace Imogene Pope: b 6 May 1890, m 2 July 1929 Percy H. Brown, reside Memphis, Tenn.
   3. Blanche Pope: b 28 Apr. 1893, m 18 Sept. 1912 William C. Evans, reside San Antonio, Tex. They had:
      1. William Pope Evans: b 10 Dec. 1913.
      2. Harry Gunn Evans: b 28 Oct. 1916.
      3. Joyce Ethyln Evans: b 9 Oct. 1918.
   4. Andrew Hershal Pope: b 3 Dec. 1894, m 22 Oct. 1922 Virgie Mae Walker, reside Pikeville, Tenn. They had:
      1. Ola Imogene Pope: b 9 Apr. 1924.
      2. Charles Ernest Pope: b 15 Nov. 1925.
      3. John Hollis Pope: b 24 Sept. 1928.
   5. Clemma Lenora Pope: b 10 Feb. 1897, m 7 June 1930 Harold G. Ferguson, reside Pikeville, Tenn.
   6. Sutton Oliver Pope: b 9 June, m 16 Sept. 1923 Ina Ruth Barker, reside Chattanooga, Tenn. They had:
      1. Doris Lynn Pope: b'7 Dec. 1924.
      2. Helen Ann Pope: b 8 Oct. 1930.
   7. Paul Jarome Pope: b 27 Jan. 1904, died 31 Mar. 1907.
       
8. Susan Tecora Billingsley: b 9 Jan. 1866, m 20 Nov. 1895 Charles Bissel Hart, she died 6 Feb. 1925, resided Pikeville,Tenn. They had:
   1. Dimple Jane Hart: b 189 , a teacher, Milligan College, Tenn.
   2. John Hart: b 1 ,Supt. of Schools, Gastonia, N. C.
   3. Ada Bess Hart: b 1 , a teacher Milligan College,Tenn.
   4. Grace Hart: b 1 , m John McMahan, reside Liberty, Miss.