Tonia's Roots » McEntire http://www.toniasroots.net Family History and Genealogy Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:01:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Marriage of James M. Greenlee and Harriett Rice http://www.toniasroots.net/2011/09/16/the-marriage-of-james-greenlee-and-harriett-rice/ http://www.toniasroots.net/2011/09/16/the-marriage-of-james-greenlee-and-harriett-rice/#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:55:20 +0000 Tonia Kendrick http://www.toniasroots.net/?p=6138

Greenlee genealogy

On this date in 1843 in McDowell County in the state of North Carolina, James M. Greenlee made application for a license for a marriage to be celebrated between him and Harriett Rice.  James, my second cousin three times removed, was the son of David Washington Greenlee and Mary Howard McEntire and the grandson of Thomas Young Hemphill McEntire and Martha Hemphill.

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North Carolina

McDowell County

I Thomas Bratcher Hemphill of the aforesaid county and state, being of sound mind, but considering the uncertainty of my earthly existence, do make and declare this my last will and testament.
FirstMy Executor hereinafter named shall give my body a decent burial, suitable to the wishes of my friends and relatives. And for all funeral expenses together with all any just debts out of the money which may come into his hands belonging to my estate.
SecondI give and devise to my beloved sister Mary Ann McEntire’s legal heirs and Thos. A. Porter and Wm. Y. Porter equally my entire landed property and all [?] chattel [sic] property & in said state.
second [sic]I give and devise to my two nieces [sic] Mary Jane Stroud and Josephine Butler of Georgia my land in Murry [sic] County Ga.
ThirdI give and bequeath to my beloved nephew J. C. McEntire my rifle gun.
FourthI give and bequeath to my beloved nephew John Bratcher Porter son of Thomas Porter my double barrel shot gun.
FifthI give and bequeath to my beloved neice [sic] Rosanna Barrett my horses mules and wagon, buggy etc. hogs and three choice milk cows provided she stays here if she does not then they must be sold and the proceed divided between the McEntire heirs and Thomas & Wm Porter (equal).
sixthI give and bequeath to my beloved neice [sic] Rosanna Barrett my household and kitchen furniture.
seventhI give and bequeath to my nephew Geo. Lytle three or four hundred dollars in cash provided theres money enough to do it. If not have what may be left of the Amt.
EighthI give and bequeath to my beloved nephew Thos. Hemphill son of Jas. Y. Hemphill one hundred dollars provided theres money to pay it.
NinthI give and bequeath to my beloved neice [sic] Rosanna Barrett my farming tools Crop of corn & wheat &c.
TenthI hereby constitute and appoint my trusted friends Thomas A. Porter and Rosanna Barrett my lawfull executor to all interests and purposes to execute this my last will and testament.
According to the true intents and meaning of the same and every part and clause thereof hereby revoking and declaring utterly void all other wills and testaments by me heretofore made.
In witness whereof I the said Thomas Bratcher Hemphill do hereunto set my hand and seal. This the 22nd day of Oct. 1903.
Thomas Bratcher Hemphill {seal}

Signed and published and declared by the said Thomas Bratcher Hemphill to be his last will and testament in the presence of us, who at his request and in his presence do subscribe our names as witnesses thereto.
J. O. Simmons {seal}
T. E. Sallerwhite {seal}
North Carolina
McDowell County } In the Superior Court
It is therefore considered
And adjudged by the Court that the said paper-writing and every part thereof is the last will and testament of Thomas Bratcher Hemphill deceased.
Let the said will together with the probate be recorded and filed
This the 26th day of October 1903.
Thomas Morris
Clerk of the Superior Court

Source:  McDowell County, North Carolina, “North Carolina Probate Records, 1735-1970″, will book entry for Thomas Bratcher Hemphill pp. 554-555, digital images no. 308-309; “Wills 1869-1903,” digital images, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org: accessed 30 June 2011).

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McEntire Carter Sons

The sons of James Alexander McEntire and Georgia Carter.  My first cousins, three times removed.

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Mary Elizabeth McEntire Hemphill

Mary Elizabeth (McEntire) Hemphill – my 2nd great-grandmother.

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Births

  • Mary Howard (McEntire) Greenlee was born in 1795 in Burke County, North Carolina.
  • Benjamin Burgin was born in 1798 in Burke County, North Carolina.
  • Joel Elbert Searcy was born in 1827 in Rutherford County, North Carolina.
  • Delia Magnori Johnson was born in 1896 in Fannin County, Georgia.

Marriages

  • Rosa Edna Hemphill and Dewey Hobson Pendley were married in 1919 in Akron, Ohio.
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Births

  • Mary Ann (Patton) Burgin was born in 1783.
  • William P. Hemphill, Jr. was born in 1844.

Deaths

  • Martha E. (Harris) McEntire died in 1917.
  • Ruby V. (Kendrick) Sanford died in 2006 in Chatsworth, Georgia.
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Births

  • Michael Dellinger was born in 1761.
  • James Leach McEntire was born in 1856 in Murray County, Georgia.

Deaths

  • William Davidson died in 1814 in Raleigh, North Carolina.
  • Margaret (Hemphill) Dysart Hemphill died in 1862 in Old Fort, North Carolina (my 3rd great-grandmother).
  • Mary Ann Eliza (Whiteside) Williams died in 1879 in Calhoun County, Alabama.
  • Wyatt Langford died in 1865 in Murray County, Georgia.
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Births

  • Hannah Garrett was born in 1674 in England.
  • Sarah Garrett was born in 1676 in England.
  • Johannes Rottenhauser was born in 1697.
  • William Henson Patterson was born in 1859 in Gilmer County, Georgia.
  • Luke Hemphill Butler was born in 1916 in Quanah, Texas.

Deaths

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Births

  • Elizabeth A. (Alexander) McEntire was born in 1806 in Buncombe County, North Carolina (my 3rd great-grandmother).
  • Samuel Houston Kendrick was born in 1892 in Georgia.
  • Coy Johnson was born in 1920.

Deaths

  • John Pattillo died in 1798 in Burke County, North Carolina.
  • Malinda (Patterson) Ritland died in 1894.

Marriages

  • Thomas M. Roden and Nancy Clarissa Whiteside were married in 1850 in Benton County, Alabama.
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Births

  • Mary Jane McEntire was born in 1845 in Murray County, Georgia.
  • Olean Milton Roberts was born in 1918.

Deaths

  • Levi Mote died in 1900 in Lumpkin County, Georgia.
  • Alfred O. Flowers died in 1976.

Marriages

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