14. | Abraham Tennison was born in 1763 in , Edgecombe County, North Carolina, USA; died in 1825 in , Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Jamison Cemetery, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
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Abraham Tennison Jr. (born c.1760 - died c.1825) of Rutherford Co., was a soldier in the NC Line, Rev. War according to Rootsweb "John Huddleston Descendants".
Abraham was married to Jane Adams (1760-1831). They had at least 10 children. Their oldest daughter, Levisa (Lucy) married Samuel Fulks, whos daughter Caroline Fulks married Thomas Allen Jamison. Many of their decendants are buried in this cemetery.
Abraham was a soldier in the American Revolution in the cause of freedom from British rule. He was a Private in the NC Line from Rowan Co. He is listed in the Army accounts of NC (NC Army Accounts, Vol. IX, P 8 Folio 1.
(REF: "TENNISSON GENEALOGY", BY FAY TENNYSON DAVIDSON, SEP 91, BOLIVAR TN.
ABRAHAM WITH FATHER'S FAMILY HAD MOVED TO ROWAN CO BY 1790, THENCE TO "WESTERN TENNESSEE" IN 1804, SETTLING IN RUTHERFORD CO. ABRAHAM ALSO SERVED IN THE WAR 1812, WITH SONS SOLOMON AND EDMUND: CAPT ISAIAH RENSHAW'S TENN VOLUNTEERS.
Jamison Cemetery:
This grave site was identified by Gaither Hoover who remembers the Cemetery. Gaither Hoover was the great grandson of Martha Helton Hoover and William Frances Hoover, grandson of Thomas Newton Hoover and Mary E. Arnette Hoover. Thomas Newton and Mary E. had 5 children.
He said that the first grave in the cemetery was old man Tennison, an uncle to Andrew Jamison's Mother.
Place of birth and marriage in NC provided by Paulette Faulkner - Add Ons to My North Carolina Family.
Edgecombe County, North Carolina Vital Records, 1720-1880
- courtesy ahowellrobinson familytree on ancestry.com
Abraham Tennison's Will, 1825, Rutherford Co TN
April 29, 1821
In the name of God, Amen! I, Abraham Tennison in the County of Rutherford, and State of Tennessee, being of perfect mind and memory, thanks be to God therefore calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die. Do make and ordain this my last will and testament, that is to say, principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it, hoping through the merits, death and passion of my saviour Jesus Christ to have full and free pardon and forgiveness of sins, and inherit everlasting life, and my body I commit to earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my executor hereinafter named. Nothing doubting but at the General ressurection, I shall receive the same again, by the Mightly power of God. And as touching such worldly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me with in this life. I give, devise, and dispose of the same in the following manner, and that is to say, I first will that all those debts and butie
2nd. I give and bequeath unto my wife JANE my plantation with all the property that I have, to hold during her life or widowhood, except such as shall hereafter name to my children.
3rd. I give to my wife JANE her bed and furniture and two cows to her to dispose of as she pleases and my Nell mare. And my children that have left me, I have given them their share, which is CORNELIUS BRANDONS's wife and SAMUEL FULK's wife and HUGH CARNAHAN's wife and SOLOMON and EDMUND TENNISON and JAMES HILTON's wife, I have given her share. And I give to my daughter Rebecca her bed and furniture and one mare named Trusty and one cow and calf. And I give to my daughter NANCY ADAMS one bay horse called Peter and one cow and calf and her bed and furniture. And my plantation I now live on I allow to be equally divided between my sons HIRAM and ARCHIBALD and to cast lots for choice, and I give unto my son HIRAM one Sorrel mare called Stockings, and one stud colt called Rinard and what he make on plantation, to be his own except what goes to the support of my wife and family. And I give to my son ARCHIBALD one gray mare called Dull and one cow and calf and one bed and furniture, and at my wife's death,
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written. Singed, sealed, published and pronounced and declared by the said ABRAHAM TENNISON as his last will and testament, in the presence of us the subscribers.
ABRAHAM TENNISON
Britton Pace
John Wilson
James King
Recorded Dec. 1, 1825, Rutherford County, State of Tennessee
- from ancestry.com 27 April 2011
Image of Will location: Tennessee, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008 for Abraham Tennison - Rutherford County
Records For Books, Vol 1-6, 1804-1827 Images 751-752
From the State Gazette of NC, Apr. 9, 1789.
BANISHED
The inhabitants of the counties of Edgecomb, Martin, and Pitt, where their lines intersect each other, do hereby certify, that a set of obnoxious characters have been driven out from amongst us for the baneful practice of stealing horses; cattle; hogs, &c. and for breaking open and plundering houses, kitchens, &c. Their names are as follow: From Edgecomb, Roderick LLOYD, Frederic BEEL, Abraham TENNISON, Sen. Absalom TENNISON, Abraham TENNISON, Jun. Jacob TENNISON, Wm. TYLER, Peter TYLOR, Thomas TYLOR, John STATON, and Charles STATON. -- From Pitt, John WORSLEY, James WORSLEY, Petman WORSLEY, and James WHITE. -- -- From their confession it appears that they are in league with like characters in other parts of this state, and in South Carolina and Georgia. It is hereby earnestly requested, that if any such confederacies should be ousted, that we may have notice thereof in like manner, in order to prevent inposition in future.
Gen. Assembly - Fayetteville - On Tues., Nov. 9, 1790. Received from the House of Commons. The committee of propositions and grievances to whom the petition of a number of the inhabitants of Pitt, Martin, and Edgecombe, has referred, report - That on information before the committee it fully appears that Roderick Loyd, Abram Tennison, Jun., Abram Tennison, Sen., Jacob Tennison, Absolom Tennison, Thomas Tennison, Joseph Tennison, James Worsley, John Worsley, Pitman Worsley, Media White, Nathan Thigpen, Thomas Tyler, Peter Tyler, William Tyler, John Stanton, Charles Stanton, Sovereign Meeks, David Meeks, Elijah Hobgood, John Hobgood, and William Cherry, against whom some outrage has been committed, persons of infamous and abandoned characters, against whom, from their cunning and address, the laws had proven inefficient; and that the concerned in said outrage should be pardoned. It also appears that Daniel Bunton hath been indicted for trespass, assault, battery, riot or misdemeanor against the aforesa
Fred Hargett. Ch.
from State Records of NC, Vol. XXI, 1788-1790, Page 752
Abraham + Jane Adams. Jane (daughter of Hopewell Adams) was born in 1760 in , , Maryland, USA; died in 1831 in , Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in 1831. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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