Re: Devereux Jarratt, daughter born 1724
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Re: Devereux Jarratt, daughter born 1724
9/04/00
Betty, Hi. I have seen references of your Uncle Austin(Wheeler Smith?)before. For the life of me, I cannot remember who mailed me the document my info comes from (of which I'm about to refer) but in those pages they stated your Uncle's book "Smith-Jarratt Genealogy as a reference and it did list only John, Thomas, Susannah, Judith, William, Woodson and Frances May as children.But the document then goes on to provided other references as "Imogene May Boswell"and "Sue Wallace" and a book called "Electronic - A genealogy of Smith and Jarratt families", by Bob Ransom. Do you know who any of these people are?
Anyway, ... I was lead to understand from the additional references that Robert May & Susannah Jarratt had the following children:
1.John B. Mayb. (abt) 1815
2.Sarah J. May b. (abt) 1816 -(MY SARAH?) m. James I. Reames 1835
3. Thomas J. May b. (abt) 1818 m. America Howell.
4.Susanna T. May b.(abt) 1817m. Charles Gunderson Smith 1-9-1837,m. Elridge Smotherman 7-15-1844, m. Anthony Forth (aft) 1844.
5.Judith Mims May b. (abt) 1822 m. Joshua King 7-15-1839 in Shelby TN
6.Robert B. May b. 1823
7.Mary N. Mayb. 1824 m. Thomas Hendrick 11-20-1843.
8.William Woodson May b. 1826
9.Rebecca S. May b. 1828 possibly m. Johnathan Smotherman and/or possibly m. John H.Holt 1-5-1854
10.Elizabeth Frances May b. 1830 m. Alexander Gregory 12-15-1845.
11.George S. May b. 1832
12.Evalina D. May b. 1833
13. Hester Ann R. May b. 1836 m. John Henry Holt 9abt) 1854,m. James H. Jones (btwn) 1855- 1860.
All of these marriages (except Judith) take place in Rutherford Co TN.
(NOTE:I have always been confused over the two sisters Rebecca and Hester both marring James H(enry) Holt? and both in 1854????)But to complicate matters even futher, Also provided in those papers was the following tid-bit of curious info:In the Rutherford Co Tn Book N20 page 65 (Wills?) it states that Devereaux Jarratt, guardian for Jasper Holt, a minor heir of Robert May Dec'd, has filed claim against the estate for said ward.Is this the child of either Rebecca & James Holt or Hester & James Holt, and how did Devereaux Jarratt end up with Robert & Susannah's grandchild?
I'm inclinded to agree that in the nature of your Uncle's profession, accuracy would be extremly important. I'd like to untangle this myself so as not to keep following the wrong lead.My line is Sarah May, so it's not necessary to send me info on Thomas, Susannah, Judith or Frances just yet. Let me find out if I'm even on the correct family line. I will be waiting for next reply. (If we keep writing these complete dialogs to each other, I guess we'd best use e-mail?) [email protected]
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Re: Devereux Jarratt, daughter born 1724
Nedra West 7/28/05
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Re: Devereux Jarratt, daughter born 1724
9/04/00