Rucker Heritage


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Joseph Cason, Deceased 1835, and His Descendants


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Joseph Cason (ca. 1776-1835) was probably born in North Carolina. Rebecca Miller (ca. 1773-1835) was born in Laurens County, South Carolina, the daughter of John and Mary Anderson Miller. They were married in Georgia, close to the Mississippi border, before 1799. They had ten children, ca. 1798-ca. 1820. The family was living in North Carolina for the birth of their oldest child, in Abbeyville District, South Carolina, by 1800 and in Tennessee by 1812. Joseph and Rebecca Cason died in a cholera epidemic in Wilson County, Tennessee. Descendants lived in Tennessee, Texas, Oklahoma, and elsewhere.




The Cates Chain


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Hiram Cates (1814-1872), possibly a son of William Cates, was born in Bedford County, Tennessee. He married twice and moved to Smith County, Texas. Descendants and relatives lived in Tennessee, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, California and elsewhere.




David Young and Sarah Phillips Descendants, Wilson County, Tennessee, 1796-1994


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David Young was born Jan. 6, 1774. He married Sarah "Sally" Phillips on Dec. 9, 1796 in Davidson County, Tennessee. She was born Sept. 9, 1776 in North Carolina and died after 1840. David married second Mary "Polly" Petway before 1850. She was born ca. 1780 in Virginia. David died April 13, 1856 in Wilson County, Tennessee. David and Sarah were the parents of fourteen children all born in Wilson Co. They are: James, Elizabeth "Betsy or Betty", Delphy, Joseph, Doke, Carson, David Jr., Sarah "Sally", Alexander S., Alpha, Mary "Polly", Louisiana "Lucy Ann", and Frances "Fanny". Descendants live in Tennessee, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Ohio, California, New York and elsewhere and include among many others the names of Beard, Beasley, Bryan, Cooksey, Huddleston, Puryear, Quarles, Turner, etc.




Incidents of the War


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Transcribed, edited, and anotated Civil War journal written by Mary Jane Chaduck during the years of Federal invasion, 1862-1865.




Dixon and Amburn Family History


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White County, Tennessee Oldest Marriage Book, 1809-1859


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White County, Tennessee originally encompassed all of what is now Warren County, as well as parts of the counties of Cannon, Coffee, De Kalb, Franklin, Grundy, Putnam, and Van Buren. The 2,000 marriages in this book, as the title indicates, are the oldest on record. The marriages are arranged alphabetically by the names of the grooms and furnish the names of brides and officiating ministers, along with a number of genealogical annotations.




Settling the Valley, Proclaiming the Gospel


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"Spanning the first decade after the Mormon exodus to the Salt Lake Valley, these fourteen "general epistles" were written by Brigham Young and his counselors in the church's First Presidency. They provide a glimpse of the Mormons' earliest years in the Great Basin and their simultaneous missionary efforts worldwide."--Provided by the publisher.