(→1802 tax list, Anderson County, TennesseePollyanna Creekmore, "Early East Tennessee Taxpayers," East Tennessee Historical Society Publication No. 23, 117–135, at 12 (Ancestry), in Ancestry.com, Tennessee, U.S., Early Tax List Records, 1783-1785 [database online] (Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com, 2013); original data from Tennessee State Library and Archives, Early Tax Lists of Tennessee, microfilm.: Wikipedia link. Also, what happens if we move the ref outside the header?) |
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== Records that are indisputably Nathan Alldredge == | == Records that are indisputably Nathan Alldredge == | ||
=== Death notice === | === Death notice<ref name="deathNotice" /> === | ||
[[File:Nathan Alldredge Death Notice.jpg|thumbnail|right|alt=Death notice of Nathan Alldredge, from the ''Enquirer'' (Knoxville), 17 Jan 1827.|Death notice of Nathan Alldredge, from the ''Enquirer'' (Knoxville), 17 Jan 1827.]] | [[File:Nathan Alldredge Death Notice.jpg|thumbnail|right|alt=Death notice of Nathan Alldredge, from the ''Enquirer'' (Knoxville), 17 Jan 1827.|Death notice of Nathan Alldredge, from the ''Enquirer'' (Knoxville), 17 Jan 1827.]] | ||
There is no question that our ancestor, Nathan Alldredge, died on 31 Dec 1826 in Knox County, Tennessee. His death notice appeared in the ''Enquirer'' (Knoxville) on 17 Jan 1827: | There is no question that our ancestor, Nathan Alldredge, died on 31 Dec 1826 in Knox County, Tennessee. His death notice appeared in the ''Enquirer'' (Knoxville) on 17 Jan 1827: | ||
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It is from this same record that we fix his approximate birthdate at about 1739. | It is from this same record that we fix his approximate birthdate at about 1739. | ||
=== Will of Nathan Alldredge<ref | === Will of Nathan Alldredge<ref name="will" /> === | ||
Nathan Alldredge signed his will on 23 Mar 1818, not so "sick and weak in body" that he didn't live another nine years. The following transcription is from the Historical Records Project's transcription of Knox County Estate Book No. 4 (1824–1830) — the original book apparently no longer extant. | Nathan Alldredge signed his will on 23 Mar 1818, not so "sick and weak in body" that he didn't live another nine years. The following transcription is from the Historical Records Project's transcription of Knox County Estate Book No. 4 (1824–1830) — the original book apparently no longer extant. | ||
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It appears the spelling ''Alldridge'' is consistent throughout the will, with the name spelled ''Alldredge'' at the signature. This spelling serves as a distinguishing mark of this Nathan and his family compared to other Aldridge families. | It appears the spelling ''Alldridge'' is consistent throughout the will, with the name spelled ''Alldredge'' at the signature. This spelling serves as a distinguishing mark of this Nathan and his family compared to other Aldridge families. | ||
=== 1799 Knox County petition<ref | === 1799 Knox County petition<ref name="1795petition"> === | ||
Nathan Alldredge, a resident of Knox County, Tennessee, by 1799, signed a petition of Knox County residents for the division of the county for better administrative convenience: | Nathan Alldredge, a resident of Knox County, Tennessee, by 1799, signed a petition of Knox County residents for the division of the county for better administrative convenience: | ||
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The spelling ''Alldredge'' is present in the available transcription. (The "Nath'l" of Nathan Junior, we will excuse as a bad reading.) | The spelling ''Alldredge'' is present in the available transcription. (The "Nath'l" of Nathan Junior, we will excuse as a bad reading.) | ||
=== 1795 Knox County deed<ref | === 1795 Knox County deed<ref name="1795deed" /> === | ||
The first record of Nathan Alldredge in Tennessee is a deed, recorded in Knox County, Tennessee, Deeds of Conveyance Book C2, page 81, on 6 May 1795: | The first record of Nathan Alldredge in Tennessee is a deed, recorded in Knox County, Tennessee, Deeds of Conveyance Book C2, page 81, on 6 May 1795: | ||
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== Ambiguous records == | == Ambiguous records == | ||
=== 1802 tax list, Anderson County, Tennessee | === 1802 tax list, Anderson County, Tennessee<ref name="1802tax" /> === | ||
The name of Nathan Aldridge on an 1802 tax list in [[wikipedia:Anderson County, Tennessee|Anderson County, Tennessee]], adjacent to Knox County, could refer to either Nathan Alldredge Sr., or to his son, [[Nathan Alldredge (b. 1781)|Nathan Alldredge Jr]]. Anderson County was created by act of the Tennessee legislature on 6 Nov 1801, from fractions of Knox and Grainger counties. Though Nathan Sr.'s will was probated in Knox County, it is not certain that he resided there all the time from 1799 until his death. | The name of Nathan Aldridge on an 1802 tax list in [[wikipedia:Anderson County, Tennessee|Anderson County, Tennessee]], adjacent to Knox County, could refer to either Nathan Alldredge Sr., or to his son, [[Nathan Alldredge (b. 1781)|Nathan Alldredge Jr]]. Anderson County was created by act of the Tennessee legislature on 6 Nov 1801, from fractions of Knox and Grainger counties. Though Nathan Sr.'s will was probated in Knox County, it is not certain that he resided there all the time from 1799 until his death. | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
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<ref name="deathNotice">''The Enquirer'' (Knoxville), 17 Jan 1827, page 3. [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-enquirer-nathan-alldredge-death-noti/99325990/ Clipping on Newspapers.com].</ref> | |||
<ref name="will">Historical Records Project, Knox County Estate Books 1812–1830, Book 4 (1824–1830), 250-251 (images 854–855), pages 325–327 in original book. Available at [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:2:77TV-YLBX?i=853&wc=M6QQ-WWL%3A179635401%2C179786701&cc=1909088 FamilySearch] and [https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9176/images/004769031_00854 Ancestry].</ref> | |||
<ref name="1799petition">Tennessee Genealogical Society, ''Ansearchin' News', vol. 15, no. 3 (July–September 1968), 121–122. [https://www.tngs.org/resources/Documents/Magazine/Vol%2015%20No%203%201968.pdf Available from Tennessee Genealogical Society].</ref> | |||
<ref name="1795deed">Knox County, Tennessee, Deeds of Conveyance, Book C2, page 81. [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4Y-7SCB-8?i=46&cat=147206 Available on FamilySearch]. Transcript by Memory Aldridge Lester, ''Alldredge-Aldridge'', 16 ([https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/26644/images/dvm_GenMono007254-00017-0 Ancestry], [https://archive.org/details/alldredgealdridg00lest/page/16/mode/1up Internet Archive]). (This book is also available at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/202048 FamilySearch], when the viewer is working.)</ref> | |||
<ref name="1802tax">Pollyanna Creekmore, "Early East Tennessee Taxpayers," East Tennessee Historical Society Publication No. 23, 117–135, at 12 ([https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2883/images/33119_290491-00015?pId=244103 Ancestry]), in Ancestry.com, ''Tennessee, U.S., Early Tax List Records, 1783-1785'' [database online] (Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com, 2013); original data from Tennessee State Library and Archives, Early Tax Lists of Tennessee, microfilm.</ref> | |||
Revision as of 00:12, 3 July 2023
| Name: | Nathan Alldredge |
| Born: | about 1739 probably Anne Arundel County, Maryland |
| Died: | 31 Dec 1826 Knox County, Tennessee |
| Parents: | Believed to be son of William Aldridge (b. 1702) |
| Children: | William Alldredge, Eleanor (Alldredge) York, Margaret (Alldredge) Allred, Sylvania (Alldredge) Long, Mary (Alldredge) Allred, Sarah (Alldredge) Julian, Nathan Alldredge (b. 1781), Andrew Alldredge, James Alldredge, Enoch Alldredge (b. 1790), Hannah (Alldredge) Wood, Elizabeth Alldredge |
Overview
Nathan Alldredge was born about 1739, probably in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. He is believed to be the son of William Aldridge (b. 1702), who settled in about 1755 on Sandy Creek in what was then Orange County, North Carolina, now Randolph County. Nathan received his own land grant in Randolph County in 1786. Migrating westward, Nathan died in Knox County, Tennessee on 31 Dec 1826.
A great deal of genealogical confusion has resulted from the fact that there was also a man named Nathaniel Aldridge, a contemporary of Nathan Alldredge, who also settled in Orange County, North Carolina, at around the same time. Genealogists over the years have ascribed records to Nathan that actually related to Nathaniel, and vice versa, even sometimes conflating the two men as one. They also have assumed that both men were related to William Aldridge (b. 1702), placing both Nathan and Nathaniel as William's sons.
Recent DNA research at the Aldridge Surname Group DNA Project at Family Tree DNA has proved conclusively that Nathan Alldredge and Nathaniel Aldridge were two different men with different, unrelated paternal lineages. But untangling the confused and conflated records of the two men is an ongoing task. In this page, I will seek to present exactly what is known and can be proven about Nathan Alldredge.
Records that are indisputably Nathan Alldredge
Death notice[1]
There is no question that our ancestor, Nathan Alldredge, died on 31 Dec 1826 in Knox County, Tennessee. His death notice appeared in the Enquirer (Knoxville) on 17 Jan 1827:
- DIED — On the 31st of last month, in this county, NATHAN ALDRIDGE, aged 87 years.
It is from this same record that we fix his approximate birthdate at about 1739.
Will of Nathan Alldredge[2]
Nathan Alldredge signed his will on 23 Mar 1818, not so "sick and weak in body" that he didn't live another nine years. The following transcription is from the Historical Records Project's transcription of Knox County Estate Book No. 4 (1824–1830) — the original book apparently no longer extant.
- Nathan Alldridge
- The last will and testament of Nathan Alldridge was produced to court for probate, whereupon Alexander Stowell & Maxwell Brown subscribing witnesses thereto made oath that they saw the said Nathan Alldridge sign and seal, and heard him pronounce publish and declare the same as his last will and testament and that at the time of publishing the same he was of sound mind and memory to the best of his knowledge and belief — and the same is admitted to record and is in the words and figures following to wit —
- "In the name of God Amen. I Nathan Alldridge of the county of Knox being suck and weak in body but of sound mind and disposing memory (for which I thank God) and calling to mind the uncertainty of human life, and being desirous to dispose of all such worldly substance, as it has pleased God to bless me with, I give and bequeath to my well beloved wife Hannah to live in the house I now live in, during her natural life if she should continue a widow, also two feather beds and furniture and bedstead and cord — one cow and calf and all the puter and kitchen furniture and one chest and one table, one flax wheel, one check reel, one arm chare & one common chare.
- Item. I give to my son William Alldridge 1 dollar.
- Item. I give to my daughter Ellenor York one dollar.
- Item. I give to my daughter Margaret Allred one dollar.
- Item. I give to my daughter Sylvanie Long one dollar.
- Item. I give to my daughter Mary Allred one dollar.
- Item. I give to my daughter Sarah Julian one dollar.
- Item. I give to my son Nathan Alldridge one dollar.
- Item. I give to my son Andrew Alldridge one dollar.
- Item. I give to my daughter Elizabeth Alldridge one lume, one flax wheel and one cotton wheel, one cow and calf and two year old heifer and one sorrel horse, saddle and bridle, two feather beds and furniture, one bedstead and cord — one ewe and two weathers and one lamb and one Bible —
- Item. I give to my son James Alldridge fifty acres of land where he now lives — Running strait across the tract — Beginning on the lower line of the tract I live on — Running north forty five — East so as to include fifty acres on his part —
- Item. I give to my son Enoch Alldridge fifty acres of land where I now live to run strait across the tract with James line, also one sorrel mare, one saddle and bridle and one gray horse and all the plantation and carpenter tools, two feather beds and furniture and one bedstead and cord, one cow and two year old heifer, five head of sheep, and all the tubs, barrel and cags and all other such like plunder and twenty two dollars that is due from Julian Millicom, and Enoch to be at the expence of all demands against the estate. I also give to Enoch one rifle gun, and it is my desire that all the hogs be left for the familys use.
- Item. I give to my daughter Hannah Wood one dollar. And lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my son William Alldridge and James Alldridge Executors of this my last will and testament, Hereby revoking all other former wills or testaments by me heretofore made; in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 23d day of March and in the year of our Lord 1818.
- Nathan {his mark X} Alldredge
- Signed, sealed, published and declared to be the last will and testament of the above named Nathan Alldridge in presents of us who at his request and in his presents have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses to the same.
- Alexander Stovall
- Aron Gentry
- Maxwell Brown
It appears the spelling Alldridge is consistent throughout the will, with the name spelled Alldredge at the signature. This spelling serves as a distinguishing mark of this Nathan and his family compared to other Aldridge families.
=== 1799 Knox County petitionCite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag
Ambiguous records
1802 tax list, Anderson County, Tennessee[3]
The name of Nathan Aldridge on an 1802 tax list in Anderson County, Tennessee, adjacent to Knox County, could refer to either Nathan Alldredge Sr., or to his son, Nathan Alldredge Jr. Anderson County was created by act of the Tennessee legislature on 6 Nov 1801, from fractions of Knox and Grainger counties. Though Nathan Sr.'s will was probated in Knox County, it is not certain that he resided there all the time from 1799 until his death.
- A List of taxable property and polls in Capt. McCamey's Company for 1802. By John McCamey Esquire.
- Aldridge, Nathan
- 50 acres
- Brush[y] Fk
- 1 poll
Also listed:
- Allred, Solomon [son-in-law of Nathan Sr., husband of Mary], 1 poll
- Juland, George [probably Julian], 125 acres, B. Fork
- Juland, John [probably Julian, and son-in-law of Nathan Sr., husband of Sarah], 1 poll
Disputed records
DNA evidence
References
- ↑ The Enquirer (Knoxville), 17 Jan 1827, page 3. Clipping on Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Historical Records Project, Knox County Estate Books 1812–1830, Book 4 (1824–1830), 250-251 (images 854–855), pages 325–327 in original book. Available at FamilySearch and Ancestry.
- ↑ Tennessee Genealogical Society, Ansearchin' News', vol. 15, no. 3 (July–September 1968), 121–122. Available from Tennessee Genealogical Society.
- ↑ Knox County, Tennessee, Deeds of Conveyance, Book C2, page 81. Available on FamilySearch. Transcript by Memory Aldridge Lester, Alldredge-Aldridge, 16 (Ancestry, Internet Archive). (This book is also available at FamilySearch, when the viewer is working.)
- ↑ Pollyanna Creekmore, "Early East Tennessee Taxpayers," East Tennessee Historical Society Publication No. 23, 117–135, at 12 (Ancestry), in Ancestry.com, Tennessee, U.S., Early Tax List Records, 1783-1785 [database online] (Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com, 2013); original data from Tennessee State Library and Archives, Early Tax Lists of Tennessee, microfilm.