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1821-1825 White County, TN Tax Lists – Caney Fork and Cane Creek Area

1821-1825 Tax Book - Cane Creek & Caney Fork Militia District

Important Notes:

Page numbers are .pdf page numbers from the CD, White Co, TN Deeds.
Transcribed spellings may not be accurate in every case, due to the difficulty of reading the original text.
If you have information to correct identities of these people or spellings of these names, please contact: Info@DanielHaston.blog

The 1819-1820 White County, TN Tax lists are missing. The next existing list is 1821.

1821 White County, TN Tax List - Cane Creek & Caney Fork Area

1821

Pages 12-13

Captain Scoggon

Nicholas Gillentine, Esquire (J.P.)

Occupant	Acreage	Situation
Acuff, Christopher	15	Cane Creek
Anderson, Jacob	292	C. Fork
Brown, Isaac	120	C. Creek
Brown, Jesse
Brown, Joseph	35	Mountain
Bradley, Isham
Barton, Sarah	50	Cane Creek
Crane, Abijah	100	Ditto
Crane, William	20	Mountain
Crane, Stephen	130	C. Creek
Camp, Martin
Counts, Isaac	50	McElhiney Cove
Clark, Thomas A.	640	Ditto
Dunon, Ora
Dotson, Benjamin	19	Cane Creek
Dale, Daniel	200	Ditto
Doyle, Rhodam	110	Shockleys Cove
Denny, William	167	Ditto
Evans, Henry C.	7	Cane Creek
Gamble, Robert	175	Ditto
Gillentine, John
Gillentine, Nicholas	358 3/4	Ditto
Glidewell, Mark	30	Ditto
Hasting, David	100	Big Spring
Hasting, Joseph	20	Ditto
Hasting, Daniel	150	Ditto
Hasting, Isaac
Hodges, Abner	96	C. Fork
Huedon, Israel
Jackson, David	100	McElhineys Cove
Justice, James
Jackson, Graham	25	C. Fork
Keener, Jacob
Keener, John
Lewallen, Burk
Lawson, Leonard	25	Ditto
Lewis, William	214	Ditto
Maynor, Drury	102	C. Creek
Moore, James	60	Ditto
Mitchell, Spence	224	Ditto
Mitchell, Arthur
Moore, Thomas	50	Ditto
Mooney, Sampson	65	Big Spring
Mitchell, Jacob	50	Ditto
McElhiney, James	100	McElhineys Cove
McElhiney, William
Nearur, Aquilla
Ogle, Hercules	114	C. Creek
Ogle, Wyatt
Ogle, John	98	Ditto
Parker, Arthur	120	C. Fork
Plumlee, Isaac	380	Caney Fork
Porter, Samuel
Parker, Samuel
Riddle, John
Scott, James	147	C. Creek
Scott, John	52	Ditto
Simmons, Solomon	100	C. Fork
Stafford, William
Shockley, Samuel	10	Shockleys Cove
Shockley, Isaiah	100	Ditto
Scoggon, Jesse	85	C. Fork
Simmons, Joseph	58 1/2	Ditto
Shockley, William	47	McElhiney Cove
Simmons, James	129	C. Fork
Simmons, John
Stickley, Christopher	40	Ditto
Stipe, Jacob	178 1/2	Ditto

1822 White County, TN Tax List - Cane Creek & Caney Fork Area

1822

Pages 36-37

Captain Parker

N. Gillentine, Esquire (J.P.)

Occupant	Acreage	Situation
Adams, William	35	Caney Fork
Anderson, Jacob	290	H. Valley
Brown, Joseph	35	Shockleys Cove
Brewer, Jesse
Bradley, Isham
Bishop, Roddy
Bradshaw, Joel Sr.	400	H. Valley
Barton, Sary	50	Cane Creek
Brown, Isaac	120	Cane Creek
Crain, Abijah	100	Ditto
Crain, Stephen	130	Ditto
Crain, Dickson
Danood, Asa
Doyle, Rhodam	110	Shockleys Cove
Denny, William	167	Ditto
Dodson, Nathan
Dotson, Benjamin	19	Cane Creek
Dodson, Jonas
Evans, Henry C.	7	Ditto
Evans, Josiah (or Jacob)
Felton, John	84	H. Valley
Gouge, Thomas	30	Cane Creek
Gillentine, Nicholas
Gamble, Robert	225	Ditto
Gillentine, Terry	94 1/2	Ditto
Glidewell, Mark	80	Ditto
Gillentine, John	269 1/2	Ditto
Grantham, Nathan
Hasting, Joseph	20	Shockleys Cove
Hasting, Isaac	150	Big Spring
Hasting, David	100	Ditto
Hodges, Ephraim
Hodges, Abner	96	Caney Fork
Justice, James
Johnson, James	51 1/2	Ditto
Kenner, John
Kenner, Joseph
Kenner, Abel
Lawson, Bosley	15	Cane Creek
Lawson, Leonard	25	C. Fork
Lewis, William	214	H. Valley
Moore, Thomas	50	C. Fork
Mitchell, Spence	224	H. Valley
Mitchell, Arthur
Mitchell, Jacob	50	Big Spring
Maynard, Drury	102	C. Creek
McBride, William	30	C. Fork
Mooney, Sampson	8	Cane Creek
Moore, James	70	Ditto
Nearn, Aquilla
Ogle, Wyatt	90	Ditto
Ogle, Hercules	114	Ditto
Parker, Arthur	120	C. Fork
Plumlee, Isaac	380	Ditto
Simmons, James	125	Ditto
Simmons, John
Stipes, Jacob	178 1/2	Shockleys Cove
Shockley, Isaiah	100	Ditto
Shockley, Samuel	10	Ditto
Simmons, Solomon	100	H. Valley
Simmons, Joseph	58 1/2	C. Fork
Steele, Andrew H.	16 1/2	Ditto
Stickley, Christopher	40	Ditto
Scott, James	127	Cane Creek
W__?, Lewis
Webb, Mosley

1823 White County, TN Tax List - Cane Creek & Caney Fork Area

1823

Pages 52

Captain Parker

D. Hasting, Esquire (J.P.)

Occupant	Acreage	Situation
Anderson, Jacob	214	C. Fork
Brock, John	22 1/2	Ditto
Brock, David
Brown, Joseph	35	Ditto
Bradley, Isham
Barton, Sally	50	Ditto
Brown, Isaac	120	C. Creek
Brewer, Jesse
Crane, Abijah	100	Ditto
Crane, Stephen	130	Ditto
Crane, Dickson
Dotson, Benjamin	19	Ditto
Doyle, Rhodam	112	Ditto
Dunon, Asa
Dotson, Nathan
Denny, William	167
Felton, John	74	Ditto
Gouge, Thomas	30	Ditto
Gillentine, Terry	94 1/2	Ditto
Gillentine, John	94 1/2	Ditto
Gillentine, Nicholas	194 3/4 (?)	Ditto
Glidewell, James	30	Ditto
Gamble, Robert	225	Ditto
Grantham, Nathan
Grantham, Lewis
Glidewell, Mark	50	Ditto
Haston, Daniel	50
Haston, Joseph	70
Haston, Isaac
Hodges, Abner	96
Haston, David	100
Jackson, David	70
Keener, Abel
Lawson, Barley
Lewis, William	214
Mooneyham, Shadrach
Mooney, Sampson	65
May_?, Russell
Mitchell, Arthur
Moore, James
Moore, William
Maynard, Drury	92
Mitchell, Spence	224
McElhiney, James	100
McElhiney, Henry
McElhiney, William
Moore, Thomas	50
Nearn, Aquilla
Ogle, Wyatt	90
Ogle, Hercules	114
Parker, Arthur	120
Porter, John	150
Plumlee, Joel
Plumley, Isaac	380
Plumley, William
Riddle, John W.
Rogers, William
Roberts, Frances	16
Shockley, Isaiah	100
Shockley, Richard
Shockley, Samuel	10
Scott, James	102
Stickley, Christopher	40
Simmons, James	125
Scoggon, Jesse	85
Stipe, Jacob	178 1/2
Shockley, William	50
Shockley, William	60
Vest, ?	60
Woodle, Lewis

1824 White County, TN Tax List - Cane Creek & Caney Fork Area

1824

Page 71

Captain Arthur Parker

David Haston, Esquire (J.P.)

Occupant	Acreage	Situation
Acuff, John
Akins, Peter
Anderson, Jacob	174	Caney Fork
Brown, Joseph	35	Mountain by ditto
Barton, Sally	50	Cane Creek by ditto
Brewer, Jesse
Brown, Isaac	120	Ditto
Brown, William
Bain, Nicholas	10	Mountain
Cantrell, Anthony
Crane, Abijah	100	Cane Creek ditto
Crane, Stephen	130	Ditto
Crane, Arthur
Dorton, Benjamin	19	Ditto
Doyle, Rhoddeam	137	on road from mtn. (?)
Wm. Denny	169	on road ditto (?)
John Felton	74
Gouge, Thomas	30	Cane Creek by ditto
Gamble, Robert	225	Ditto
Gillentine, Nicholas	170	Ditto
Glidewell, Mark	50	Ditto
Glidewell, James	30	Ditto
Griffith, Dan	100	Caney Fork by ditto
Haston, Joseph	70	On the big spring by ditto
Haston, Daniel	50	Ditto
Haston, David	100	Ditto
Hodges, Henry	456	in ? by ?
Johnson, James	50 1/2	Cane Creek by ditto
Jackson, David	150	Cane Creek
Kenner, John
Kenner, Joseph
Kenner, Able
Lawson, Willie
Lawson, Boxel	15	Ditto
Lewis, William	214	Hickory Valley
Mitchell, Arthur
Moore, Thomas	60	Cane Creek by ditto
Manor, Drury	102	Ditto
Manor, Burney
Mooneyham, Shadrach	20	Cane Creek
Mooney, Sampson	65	on the Big Spring
More, James	77	Cane Creek
Macelhaney, James	100	on the road to Warren
Macelhaney, William
Macelhaney, Henry
Mitchell, Spence	224	Caney Fork _?_
Nearn, Aquilah
Ogle, Wyatt	73	Cane Creek
Ogle, Hercules	114	Ditto
Plumley, Isaac	380	Caney Fork by _?_
Plumley, William
Plumley, Joel
Plumley, Danton
Parker, Arthur	190	on road _?_
Rogers, John
Riddles, John
Roberts, Frances	16	mountain by ditto
Steakly, Christopher	40	Caney Fork by ditto
Smith, Thomas
Steele, Andrew
Stafford, William
Scott, James	130 1/2	Baren by ditto
Shockley, Isaiah	100	Cove _?_
Shockley, Samuel	10	Ditto
Shockley, Richard
Shockley, William	50	Big Spring
Shockley, William I.	60	on the cove (cane?) road
Shockley, Booker
Stipe, Jacob	178	on the road Cane Creek
Simmons, James	125	Caney Fork by ditto
Scoggin, Jesse	85	Ditto by ditto
Scote, John	53	Cane Creek
Vasse, Prior	60	Caney Fork
Woodele, Lewis

1825 White County, TN Tax List - Cane Creek & Caney Fork Area

1825

Pages 95-96

Captain Parker

William Denny, Esquire (J.P.)

Occupant	Acreage	Situation
Anderson, Jacob	260
Brown, Isaac	289 3/4
Brewer, Jesse
Brown, Joseph	35
Baker, Robert
Brock, John
Crane, Stephen	130
Crane, Bethel
Crane, Abijah	100
Doyle, Rhodam	137
Dorton, Benjamin	40
Dorton, John	5
Denny, William	167
Felton, John	84
Grantham, Nathan
Griffith, Dan	100
Gillentine, John	100
Glidewell, Mark	30 (+ 50, school land)
Gamble, Robert	225
Hickey, John
Hasting, Joseph	70
Hasting, Daniel	50
Hasting, David	100
Kenner, John,
Kemp, ?
Kenor, Joseph
Keenor, Abel
Lewis, William Sr.	215
Lawson, Jesse
Lawson, Arllie
Lawson, Barley
Lewis, William Jr.
Mooneyham, Thomas
McElhaney, James
Mitchell, Spencer Sr.	224
Mitchell, John	(50, school land)
Moore, James	77 (+ 50, school land)
Moore, Thomas	50
Maynard, Burrell	92 (+ 50, school land)
McBride, Wm. Sr.	30
Mitchell, Arthur	100
McElhaney, William
Medley, Joseph
Mooney, Sampson
McElhaney, Henry
Ogle, Wyatt	70
Ogle, Hercules	114
Plumley, Isaac	310
Plumley, William
Plumley, Joel
Plumley, Denton
Plumley, John	(160, school land)
Parker, Arthur	190
Porter, Samuel	(25, school land)
Rogers, John
Riddle, John W.
Stype, Jacob	278 1/2
Shockley, William Jr.	50
Scoggon, Jesse	85
Shockley, William Sr.	47
Smith, Thomas	70
Seals, John Sr.	50
Shockley, Isaiah
Shockley, Richard
Shockley, William
Shockley, Booker	14
Scott, John	53
Shockley, Isaiah	100 (+ 50, school land)
Shockley, Samuel	10 (+ 50, school land)
Stickley, Christopher	40
Wooddle, Lewis

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1837-1839 White County, TN Tax Lists – Caney Fork and Cane Creek Area

1837-1839 Tax Book - Cane Creek & Caney Fork Civil District

Important Notes:

Page numbers are .pdf page numbers from the CD, White Co, TN Deeds.
Transcribed spellings may not be accurate in every case, due to the difficulty of reading the original text.
If you have information to correct identities of these people or spellings of these names, please contact: Info@DanielHaston.blog

1837 White County, TN Tax List - Cane Creek & Caney Fork Area

1837

Pages 35-37

District 15

Occupant		Acreage
Anderson, Jacob		242 (+110, school land)
Ballard, William		20 (+ 135, school land)
Baker, (William) Robert
Brown, Garfield
Brown, Cornelius D.
Brown, Robert
Bryant, Adrian		100 (+ 75, school land)
Brown, Tilman
Bean, Robert		50 (+ 250, school land)
Brock, Samuel		(50, school land)
Chuck (Cheek?), William		25 (+ 65, school land)
Crane, Russell T.
Crane, Abijah		160 (+ 536, school land)
Cummings, W.B.		175
Carter, Peter Jr.
Cummings, Gab. D.		135 (+ 105, school land)
Carter, John M.
Camp, Vardery		13 (+ 150, school land)
Camp, John		(750, school land)
Cummings, Jo. Jr.		240 (+ 142, school land)
Dale, Daniel		391 (+ 428, school land)
Dodson, Jesse		44
Dodson, William		80 (+ 175, school land)
Denton, Elijah Jr.		25
Denton, John S.		135
Denny, William		316 (+ 5148, school land)
Denny, Charles		9 (+ 2000, school land)
Dyer, John
Dotson, Eli heirs of		30 (+ 150, school land) by Jo. Cummings Jr. Guardian
Duranse, Nathan		(2000, school land)
Dunagan, Absalom		(50, school land)
Drake, Isaac		55
Fleming, Tho. M.		30 (+ 125, school land)
Felton, John		81 (+ 50, school land)
Frisby, John
Felkins, William M.
Fleming, John		(100, school land)
Gillentine, John		100 (+ 5000, school land)
Gillentine, J. Guardian to W.T. Carter
Griffin, Wilson
Gillentine, Terry		119 1/2 (+ 50, school land)
Grantham, Nathan
Gault, William M.
Goddard, Edmund		73 (+ 12 1/2, school land)
Goddard, James		80 (+ 10, school land)
Goddard, Sampson		30
Graham, Russell
Graham, William		(200, school land)
Gamble, Robert		254 (+ 162 1/2, school land)
Grissom, Alexander
Grissom, William		(200, school land)
Hodges, Jonah		(501, school land)
Hodges, Edward		(300, school land)
Harris, Alexander		(200, school land)
Haston, Isham B.		(211, school land)
Haston, Willie B.		100 (+ 150, school land)
Haston, David M.
Hopkins, William
Hopkins, James
Haston, Thomas C.		(74, school land)
Haston, David		150 (+ 75, school land)
Hailey, William		(284, school land)
Hollingsworth, Daniel		245 (+ 70, school land)
Hollingsworth, Moses
Hollingsworth, Thomas
Hodge, John
Hodge, Abner		120
Haston, Isaac		(100, school land)
Jones, Thomas		(37600 ?), school land)
Jones, James		(150, school land)
Kenner (?), John
Kirkland, John		50
Keigher (?), Henry		(103 1/2, school land)
Kenner, Joseph
Love, Robert		208 (+ 203, school land)
Love, Claiborn S.
Love, Jacob
Love, Legrand
Lawson, Bassel		27
Lewis, William
Lane, Jacob A.		(300, school land)
Moss Green H.
Moore, Samuel M. Sr.		(25, school land)
Moore, Samuel Jr.
Moore, William
McGuire, John		30 (+ 200, school land)
Moore, Edward		(12, school land)
Moore, James		82 (50, school land)
McCann, Campbell		(50, school land)
McCommack, Clayton
McGloughlin, Elias Jr.
McGloughlin, Elias Sr.		(100, school land)
Mitchell, William S.		58 1/2 (+ 277, school land)
Manard, Burrel		82 (+ 125, school land)
Malloy, William J.
Moore, Alexander
Mitchell, Arthur		100 (+ 42, school land)
Mitchell, Spencer		255
Mitchell, Joesph G.
Mitchell, Barnett K.
Mitchell, Robert L.
Moore, Thomas		85 (+ 107 1/2, school land)
Malloy, James		(50, school land)
McBride, James
McBride, Daniel
McBride, Jesse
McGlochling, Martin		(75, school land)
Measles, Cader		(65, school land)
Mooneyham, Shadrach		(64, school land)
Mooneyham, Daniel		(100, school land)
Meek, Thomas		(200, school land)
McCormick, John B.		(5000, school land)
Parker, Andrew K.		(5640 ?, school land)
Parker, Samuel		(153 1/2, school land)
Parker, Eleanor		120 (+ 50, school land)
Prater, William
Plumlee, Margaret		200 (+ 300, school land)
Perry, John
Parker, John S.
Peed, Martin
Reese, Solomon		80 (+ 104, school land)
Rollins, George
Riddle, John W.		7 (+ 150, school land)
Roberts, Thomas		55
Ritchy, John
Stipe, Jacob		178 1/2 (+ 07 1/2, school land)
Stipe, William
Scoggin, Jesse		85 (+ 25, school land)
Steakley, Christopher		43 3/4 (+ 2093, school land)
Steakley, Willis		(2000, school land)
Steakley, Charles
Steakley, Daniel
Simmons, Zachariah
Seals, Solomon		(91, school land)
Stipe, Thomas		158 (+90 1/2, school land)
Shockley, Samuel		40 (+741, school land)
Shockley, Josiah Sr.		75 (+100, school land)
Stipe, John		137
Shockley, William Sr.		126 (+62 1/2, school land)
Shockley, Lynch A.		(25, school land)
Sparkman, George		211 (+ 170, school land)
Simmons, Micajah		(700, school land)
Seales, John		30 (+ 78, school land)
Seales, Zebidee		(50, school land)
Seales, William
Seals, Zealy
Seales, James		(240, school land)
Sparkman, William
Shockley, Samuel P.		61 (+ 58, school land)
Shockley, William Jr.		(50, school land)
Simmons, James		800
Sparkman, Bryant		87 1/2
Shockley, Isaiah Jr.		(50, school land)
Simmons, Francis		(40, school land)
Smallman, Grief		117
Schoolfield & Carter		200
Schoolfield, J.L.		100
Staunton, George H.		(1000, school land)
Teter, William
Trogdon, Nathan F.		48
Trogdon, Abraham		(300, school land)
Turley, Jesse
Taylor, Asa T.
Taylor, William D.		40 (+ 13, school land)
Tally, Larkin		(100, school land)
Land of Turney & Vanlin		140
Vaughan, Daniel
Vest, Willis		(200, school land)
Walling, Daniel		(14100, school land)
White, John Sr.		1
Walker, Micajah		(65, school land)
Wellson, Thomas
Walker, Thomas		(100, school land)
Walker, David
Walker, Joseph
Ward, William
Worley, David
Walling, Thomas		(300, school land)
Walling, Thomas		(1850, school land)
Walling, John		(150, school land)
Yates, John		(193, school land)

1838 White County, TN Tax List - Cane Creek & Caney Fork Area

1838

Pages 69-72

District 15

Occupant		Acreage
Anderson, Jacob		145 (+ 110, school land)
Brian, Andrew		100 (+ 20, school land)
Baker, Robert
Brock, Samuel		(50, school land)
Brock, Nancy		22 1/2 (+ 50, school land)
Brown, Cornelius D.
Brown, Robert
Bean, Robert		50 (+ 250, school land)
Brown, Tilman		35 (+ 105, school land)
Camp, Vardery		13 (+ 150, school land)
Crain, Russel T.
Crain, Abijah		160 (+ 536, school land)
Cummings, Wm. B.		75
Cummings, Gabriel P.		135 (+ 105, school land)
Camp, Jehu		(2050, school land)
Cummings, Joseph		240 (+ 142, school land)
Dodson, William		80 (+ 175, school land)
Denny, William Sr.		326 (+ 2640, school land)
Dale, Daniel		353 (+ 628, school land)
Dodson, Eli heirs of		30 (+ 150, school land)
Denny, Charles		9 (+ 2213, school land)
Davis, Reuben
Davis, Jehu		(200, school land)
Davis, John
Denny, Wm. I. (?)
Denton, Teilessee (?)		80 (+ 54, school land)
Denton, John S.
Durream (?), Nathan		(2000, school land)
Eastland, Thomas C. (?)		(5000, school land)
Frisby, John
Fleming, Thomas M.		80 (+ 180, school land)
Fletcher, Absalom
Felkins, William M.
Felkins, James H.
Felton, John		80 (50, school land)
Fleming, John		100
Godard, James		30 (100, school land)
Godard, Edmund		73 (+ 12 1/2, school land)
Godard, Cachaim (?)		80
Grissom, William		(100, school land)
Grantham, Nathan
Grissom, Alexander
Gillentine, Terry		119 1/2 (+ 75, school land)
Gamble, Robert		254 (+ 162, school land)
Graham, Russell
Graham, William		(200, school land)
Glenn, Joseph B.
Gustry (?), Thomas		(200, school land)
Gillentine, John		100 (+ 5000, school land)
Gillentine, John Guard. to W.T. Carter
Gillentine, Terry Tax on $744.68 on money in __?__ for shaving 21 1/4 acres (?)
Hollingsworth, Daniel		207 (+ 75, school land)
Hollingsworth, Moses
Hollingsworth, Thos.
Hodges, Josiah		(100, school land)
Hodges, Abner		121
Hodges, John
Hopkins, William
Haston, David		150 (+ 75, school land)
Haston, Thomas C.		(70, school land)
Hailey, William
Hopkins, Isaac
Hopkins, James
Haston, Willie B.		100 (+ 125, school land)
Haston, Isham B.		50 (+ 360, school land)
Haston, David M.C.
Haston, Isaac		(100, school land)
Harris, Alexander		(200, school land)
Hoge, Edward		(300, school land)
Jones, Thomas		(37600 ?, school land)
Jones, George
Jones, James		(150, school land)
Kuhn (?), Henry		(103 1/2, school land)
Kirklan, John		50
Lawson, Bosley		150
Lewis, William
Love, Robert		208 (+ 203, school land)
Love, Claiborn S.
Love, Legrand
Love, Jacob
Manard, Burrel		82 (+ 125, school land)
McGlochlin, Martin		(75, school land)
McComack, Clayton
McGlochlin, Elias Sr.		(100, school land)
McGlochlin, Elias Jr.
Mitchell, Arthur		100 (+ 42, school land)
McGuire, John		(200, school land)
Moore, Edward		(12, school land)
Moore, James		57 (+ 55, school land)
Moore, Thomas		57 (+ 55, school land)
McBride, John		80
McBride, Jesse
McBride, David
Meek, Thomas		(200, school land)
Moore, Samuel W.		(25, school land)
Moore, Samuel
Moore, William
Moonyham, Shadrach		(264, school land)
Moss, Green H.
Mitchell, Joseph
Mitchell, Spence		225
Mitchell, William L.		58 1/2 (+ 327, school land)
Mitchell, Robert S.
Moonyham, Daniel		700
Malloy, James		50 (+ 70, school land)
Malloy, (James) Wm. J.
Measles, Cader		(65, school land)
McCormick, John B.		(5000, school land)
Mitchell, John		(100, school land)
Nichols, Clifton
Owens, Hezekiah G.		(125, school land)
Pettitt (?), William		35 (+ 25, school land)
Parker, Samuel		(153 1/2, school land)
Prater, William
Parker, Eleanor		159 (+ 113, school land)
Plumlie, Margaret		200 (+ 300, school land)
Parker, John S.
Plumlie, Abraham
Parker, Andrew K.		(5940, school land)
Rickey, John W.
Reese, Solomon
Riddles, John W.		(150, school land)
Sparkman, Solomon		(280, school land)
Sparkman, George		110 (+ 68, school land)
Sparkman, Bryant		79 3/4
Shockley, Wm. Sr.		131 (+ 62 1/2, school land)
Shockley, Lynch A.		(25, school land)
Simmons, Zachariah
Shockley, Isaiah Sr.		75 (+ 100, school land)
Shockley, Saml. Sr.		40 (+ 3215, school land)
Shockley, Charles P.		61 (+ 33, school land)
Stipe, Jacob		178 1/2 (+ 4007 1/2, school land)
Stipe, William
Seals, Solomon		(91, school land)
Shockley, Richard		(47, school land)
Steakley, Christopher		43 (+ 2093, school land)
Steakley, Charles
Sparkman, William		50
Seals, Zebedee		(50, school land)
Stipe, John		137
Stipe, Thomas		158 (+ 90 1/2, school land)
Scoggins, Jesse		85 (+ 25, school land)
Steakley, Willie		(2428 , school land)
Steakley, Daniel
Seals, John		30 (+ 78, school land)
Seals, James		(200, school land)
Seals, William
Seals, Zealey
Simmons, James		80
Shockley, Ephraim
Smallman, Grief		110
Shockley, Wm. Jr.		(50, school land)
Shockley, Isaiah Jr.		(50, school land)
Shockley, Saml. Jr.
Simmons, Micajah		(640, school land)
Simmons, Jonathan		60
Schoolfield, James A.		(100, school land)
Schoolfield, Carter		(100, school land)
Sparkman, Lewis		(60, school land)
Simpson & Vanlin		1400
Teters, William
Teters, Isham
Turley, Jesse		(295, school land)
Trogdon, Abraham
Trogdon, Nathan T.		48
Talley, Larkin		(100, school land)
Vaughn, Daniel
Vest, Willis		(200, school land)
Williamson, Thomas W.
Walling, Daniel		(15100, school land)
Walling, Joseph D.		(2500, school land)
Wilson, Thomas
Walker, David
Walker, Joseph
Walker, Thomas
Walker, Micajah		(65, school land)
Waddle, William
Walling, Thomas		(5300, school land)
Walling, John		(162 1/2, school land)
Wallis, William		(55, school land)
White, John		1
Yates, John		(193, school land)
York, Uriah		640

1839 White County, TN Tax List - Cane Creek & Caney Fork Area

1839

Pages 102-104

District 15

Occupant		Acreage
Anderson, Jacob Sr.		145 (+ 110, school land)
Anderson, Jacob Jr.		130
Brown, Robert		50
Baker, Robert
Brown, Tilman		85 (+ 105, school land)
Brock, Nancy		22 1/2 (+ 50, school land)
Brown, Cornelius D.
Bryan, Andrew		100 (+ 75, school land)
Bean, Robert		50 (+ 250, school land)
Ballard, William		(150, school land)
Crain, Russel T.
Camp, Vardery		13 (+ 150, school land)
Camp, John		(2050, school land)
Cummings, William B.		175
Crain, Abijah		220 (+ 836, school land)
Cunningham, Edmund		(250, school land)
Cummings, Gabriel P.		135 (+ 105, school land)
Cummings, Joseph		240 (+ 142, school land)
Dale, Daniel		5 (+ 30, school land)
Durham, Nathan		(2000, school land)
Denny, William
Dodson, William		80 (+ 175, school land)
Davis, Reuben
Denny, William		316 (+ 3328, school land)
Denton, Tedince		80 (+ 50, school land)
Denton, John S.
Dodson, Elizabeth heirs of		30 (+ 150, school land)
Eastland, Thomas B.		(5000, school land)
Felkins, Wm. M.
Felkins, Thos. H.
Felton, John		134 (+ 50, school land)
Frisby, John
Fleming, Thos. M.		80 (+ 50, school land)
Fleming, John		(100, school land)
Franks, Christian		(2400, school land)
Griffith & Goff		One Turnpike Gate at six hundred Dollars.
Goddard, Edmund		73 (+ 12 1/2, school land)
Gillentine, Terry		(250, school land)
Gustery (?), Thomas		(100, school land)
Grantham, Nathan
Goddard, Catharine		80
Grantham, John
Glenn, Jesse B.
Gamble, Robert		374 (+ 272, school land)
Graham, William		(200, school land)
Grissom, Nathan		(100, school land)
Gillentine, John		100 (+ 5000, school land)
Gillentine, Jno. Guard.
Hoge, Edward		(300, school land)
Haston, Sarah		9
Hollinsworth, Daniel		245 (+ 50, school land)
Hollinsworth, Moses
Hollinsworth, Thomas
Hollinsworth, James
Haston, Isham B.		53 (+ 360, school land)
Haston, David		150 (+ 75, school land)
Haston, Thomas C.		(70, school land)
Hodges, Abner heirs of		115
Hodges, Isaiah		(110, school land)
Hodges, John
Hodges, William
Hopkins, William
Hopkins, Isaac
Hopkins, James
Haston, David M.C.
Haston, Willie B.		100 (+ 125, school land)
Harris, Alexander		(200, school land)
Hailey, William (D. ?)
Hailey, Wilson (D. ?)
Holland, Jesse L.
Haston, Isaac,
Jones, Thomas		(37600, school land)
Johnson, Squire
Keener, Joseph
Kughes, Henry		(103 1/2, school land)
Kirklan, John		50
Love, Robert		180 (+ 175, school land)
Love, Claiborn S.
Love, Legrand
Love, Jacob
McGuire, John		(200, school land)
Moore, James		57 (+ 50, school land)
Moore, Thomas		59 1/2 (+ 50, school land)
Moore, Edmund		(12, school land)
Mitchell, Robert S.		(12, school land)
McBride, John		80
Mitchell, Arthur		100 (+ 52, school land)
Mitchell, William L.		58 1/2 (+ 277, school land)
Mitchell, Spence		225
McGlochlin (?), Elias Sr.		(75, school land)
McGlochlin, Elias Jr.		(100, school land)
McCormack, Clayton
Manor, Burrell		82 (+ 125, school land)
Mooneyham, Daniel		(700, school land)
Malloy, James		50 (+ 32, school land)
McCormick, John B.		(5000, school land)
Meek, Thomas		(200, school land)
McBride, Jesse
McBride, Daniel
Mitchell, John		(100, school land)
Mayes, Moses		30 (+ 100, school land)
Mitchell, Joseph G.
Moore, Samuel		100 (+ 100, school land)
Moore, Samuel W.		(25, school land)
Moore, William
Measles, Cader		(205, school land)
Lawson, Bosley		27
Lewis, Rhodum
Nelson, Madison		(309, school land)
Nicholas, Clifton
Owens, Hezekiah G.		(125, school land)
Pittett (?), William		25 (+ 25, school land)
Plumlie, Margaret		200 (+ 300, school land)
Parker, Samuel		(+ 146 1/2, school land)
Parker, John S.
Parker, Andrew K.		(4440, school land)
Parker, Eleanor		159 (+ 50, school land)
Rollins, George
Reese, Solomon		(65, school land)
Ritchey, John W,
Randalls, James T.
Riddles, John W.		(207, school land)
Stipe, Thomas		158 (+ 90 1/2, school land)
Sparkman, Geo.		229 1/2 (+ 68, school land)
Sparkman, Jacob
Steakley, Charles
Steakley, Daniel
Stipe, William
Sparkman, William
Seals, Solomon		(91, school land)
Shockley, Samuel		40 (+ 3000, school land)
Shockley, Isaiah		75 (+ 700, school land)
Shockley, Charles P.		61 (+ 83, school land)
Shockley, Linch A.		(25, school land)
Sparkman, Bryant		(280, school land)
Steakley, Christopher		43 1/4 (+ 2093, school land)
Shockley, William Sr.		131 (+ 62 1/2 , school land)
Seals, James		(200, school land)
Shockley, Isaiah Jr.		(50, school land)
Shockley, William Jr.		(100, school land)
Shockley, Samuel Jr.
Shockley, Richard		(47, school land)
Shockley, Thomas
Seals, Zelin (?)
Simmons, Zachariah
Stipe, John		137
Scoggin, Jesse		85 (+ 25, school land)
Simmons, James		80
Smallman, Grief		110
Seals, John		30 (+ 78, school land)
Seals, Zebidee		(50, school land)
Seals, William
Steakley, Willie		(2428, school land)
Schoolfield, James L.		(100, school land)
Schoolfied, Carter		(100, school land)
Stipe, Jacob		178 1/2 (+ 607 1/2, school land)
Simmons, Micajah		60 (+ 500, school land)
Simpson & Nanlin		140
Teters, William
Teters, Isham
Turley, Jesse		(795, school land)
Talley, Larkin		(100, school land)
Trogdon, Abraham
Vest, Willis		(200, school land)
Vaughn, Daniel
Williamson, Thomas M.		(100, school land)
White, John		1
Walker, David
Wilson, Thomas
Walling, Daniel		(15100, school land)
Walling, Joseph D.		(2500, school land)
Walling, Thomas		(5300, school land)
Walling, John		(162 1/2, school land)
Ward, William
Wallis, William		55 (+ 100, school land)
Waddle, William
Walker, Micajah		(65, school land)
Yates, Eli
Yates, John		(193, school land)
York, Uriah		(7640, school land)
Young, James

1840 Cane Creek & Caney Fork Area

1840

White County District 15 Absorbed into the New Van Buren County, TN

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1811-1815 White County, TN Tax Lists – Caney Fork and Cane Creek Area

1811-1815 Tax Book - Cane Creek & Caney Fork Militia District

Important Notes:

Page numbers are .pdf page numbers from the CD, White Co, TN Deeds.
Transcribed spellings may not be accurate in every case, due to the difficulty of reading the original text.
If you have information to correct identities of these people or spellings of these names, please contact: Info@DanielHaston.blog

1811 White County, TN Tax List - Cane Creek & Caney Fork Area

1811

Pages 7-9

Captain Isaac Pruett

Esquire: (Not Indicated)

Occupant	Acreage	Situation
Adkinson (Anderson?), John
Brown, William	267	Cane Creek by entry
Brown, Joseph
Brown, Isaac	100	Cane Creek by grant
Bowen, Charles
Bowen, Arthur
Briggs, John
Boyd, Margaret	100	Cane Creek by entry
Bowman, William	94	Cane Creek by entry
Brock, John
Cate, Isaac
Crane, Dozier	100	Cane Creek by grant
Crane, William	20	Cane Creek by entry
Cummings, David
Clements, Richard
Carter, Peter
Crane, Stephen	100	Cane Creek by grant
Cummings, Joseph	150	Caney Fork by grant
Cummings, John	80	Caney Fork by entry
Crane, Abijah	50	Cane Creek by entry
Denton, Benjamin	50	Caney Fork by entry
Denton, Samuel	202	Caney Fork by entry
Denton, Abraham
Dodson, Gibbons
Foster, William	30	Caney Fork by entry
Griggs, John	57	Caney Fork by entry
Goudges, Thomas
Gourd, James
Gillentine, Nicholas	139	Caney Fork by entry
Godard, Moses
Hill, Robert	50	Caney fork waters by entry
Hastin, Daniel	150	Big spring by grant
Hastin, David	50	Caney Fork by grant
Hill, James	50	Caney Fork by entry
Holt, Henry
Hill, John
Holland, Daniel
Hastin, Joseph
Hog, Abraham
Jess, John
Keithley, John Sr.	50	Caney Fork by entry
Keithley, John	90	Caney Fork by entry
Keith, Joseph
Mitchell, Charles	50	Caney Fork by grant
McBride, John
McBride, William
Mayburn, David H.	50	Caney Fork by entry
Medley, Samuel
Martin, Jesse
Maynor, Drury	88	Cane Creek by entry
Mitchell, Jacob	50	Cane Creek by entry
Meek, Thomas	200	Caney Fork by entry
Medley, John	100	Caney Fork by entry
Meckery, Richard
Medly, Richard
Medley, John Sr.	100	Caney Fork by grant
Midkiff, John	144
McDaniel, Robert	28	Caney Fork by grant
McDaniel, John
Medlock, John
Ogle, John	150	Caney Fork by grant & entry
Ogle, Hercules	150	Caney Fork by grant & entry
Ogle, Hercules	180	Caney Fork by grant
Porter, Alexander
Prewit, Isaac	200	Caney Fork by entry
Robertson, John	100	Cane Creek by entry
Richardson, John
Shockley, Isaiah
Shockley, William
Steakly, Christian
Stipes, Jacob	194	Caney Fork by entry
Saunders, Elihu	70	Caney Fork by grant
Saunders, George	395	Caney Fork by grant
Smith, Samuel	100	Caney Fork by entry
Taylor, Abraham
Terry, John	120	Cane Creek by grant
Woods, John
Winkler, Jeremiah
Woods, Nathan

1812 White County, TN Tax List - Cane Creek & Caney Fork Area

1812

Pages 41-42

Captain Isaac Pruett

Joseph Smith, Esquire (J.P.)

Occupant	Acreage	Situation
Anderson, John
Anderson, Jacob	270
Brinlee, Stephen
Bowen, Arthur
Bowen, Charles
Brock, Jesse	30
Brock, John	30
Briggs, John	50
Bose, James (sp?)
Branson, Thomas
Boyd, Margaret	100
Brown, William	267
Brown, Isaac	100
Bowman, William	60
Brewer, Jesse
Bradshaw, John
Bradshaw, Joel	384
Brown, Joseph
Creally, James T.
Crane, Stephen	150 (100?)
Crane, Abijah	50
Clements, Richard
Crane, William	20
Cates, Isaac
Cowen, Archibald
Elab, Christopher
Evat, John
Foster, William	30
Gourd, Stephen
Gourd, James
Griggs, John Sr.	57
Griggs, John Jr.
Goudge, Thomas	30
Gautham, James
Gillentine, Nicholas	189
Hastin, David	100
Hastin, Joseph
Holt, Henry	90
Hodges, Abner
Hastin, Daniel	150
Kitchens, Jesse
Lewis, William	214
McBride, John	25
Meek, Thomas	200
Mitchell, Charles
Mitchell, Charles	[Note: Two identical entries do appear in the record for Charles Mitchell.]
Mitchell, Jacob	50
Mitchell, Spence	169
Maynor, Drury	88
Martin, Jesse	15
Ogle, Hercules
Ogle, John	150
Ogle, Hercules Jr.	180
Ogle, William
Ogle, Hercules	115
Prewet, Isaac	132
Plumlee, Isaac	180
Robertson, John	60
Richardson, John
Shockley, William
Shockley
Scoggon, John	21
Stipe, Jacob	144
Stickly, Christopher
Smith, Samuel	100
Scoggon, Jesse	69
Therulow, Dery T. (sp?)
Williams, James	59
Webb, Mosley
Webb, Edward
Watson, Robert
Woods, Nathan
Wilson, James

1813 White County, TN Tax List - Cane Creek & Caney Fork Area

1813

Pages 61-63

Captain Isaac Prewitt

Nicholas Gillentine, Esquire (J.P.)

Occupant	Acreage	Situation
Anderson (?), John
Anderson, Jacob	270	Hickory Valley
Akef, Christopher
Beards, Archibald	41	Caney Fork
Bowen, Charles
Branson, Thomas
Briggs, John
Brinlee, Stephen
Bowen, Arthur
Boyd, Margaret	100	Smiths Cove
Brewer, Jesse
Brown, William	167	Browns Cove
Brinlee, Robert
Brock, Jesse
Brown, Joseph	20	Smiths Cove
Brock, John	38	Cane Creek
Branson, John
Brown, Isaac	100	Ditto
Bradshaw, Joel	384	Caney Fork & Calfkiller
Bradshaw, John
Crane, Abijah	50	Cane Creek
Crane, William	20	Ditto
Crane, Dosier T.	100	Ditto
Crelly, James T.
Crane, Stephen	105	Ditto
Cline, John
Cates, Isaac	13	Ditto
Clements, Richard
David, Edward	35	mountain
Foster, William	30	Hickory Valley
Gamble, Robert	123	Cane Creek
Gouge, Thomas	30	Ditto
Goade, Squire
Griggs, John Sr.	57	Smiths Cove
Griggs, John Jr.
Grantham, James
Hastin, Daniel	150	Big Spring
Hastin, Joseph
Hastin, David	100	Big Spring
Hodge, Abner
Kitchen, Jesse	28	Cane Creek
Lewis, William	214	Hickory Valley
McBride, William	25	Caney Fork
Meeks, Thomas	200 1/3
Manard, Drury	88	Cane Creek
Manard, Jesse	80	Ditto
Midkiff, John
Mitchell, Spence	169	Hickory Valley
Mitchell, Jacob	50	Big Spring Branch
McBride, John	25
Ogle, Hercules Sr.	182
Ogle, William
Ogle, John	150	Cane Creek
Ogle, Hercules	126 3/4	Cane Creek
Plumlee, Isaac	180	Caney Fork & Calfkiller
Patterson, John
Porter, John	100
Porter, Alexander
Prewet, Isaac	150	Smiths Cove
Richardson, John
Robertson, John	60	Cane Creek
Reynolds, Joseph
Shockley, William
Smith, Joseph	133	Smiths Cove
Smith, Samuel	100	Ditto
Shockley, Isaiah	100	Browns Cove
Stickly, Christopher	10	Smiths Cove
Stipe, Jacob	194	Cane Creek
Shockley, William
Scoggon, Isaac
Scoggon, Jesse	69	Hickory Valley
Watson, Robert
Woods, Nathan	40	Caney Fork
Webb, William
Webb, Edward
Wallis, Richard	40	Cane Creek
Wallis, Francis C.
Winkler, Jeremiah	10	mountain above S. Cove
Williams, James	84	Hickory Valley
Vist , Prior
Yeates, George	25	Caney Fork

1814 White County, TN Tax List - Cane Creek & Caney Fork Area

1814

Pages 93-95

Captain Isaac Prewitt

Nicholas Gillentine, Esquire (J.P.)

Occupant	Acreage	Situation
Acuff, Christopher
Anderson, Jacob	270	Hickory Valley
Bowen, Charles
Brock, Jesse
Brewer, Jesse
Brown, Isaac	100	Cane Creek
Bowen, Arthur	25	S. ?. Calfkiller
Boyd, Margaret	100	Prewit’s Cove
Brock, John	50	Cane Creek
Barton, William	50	Ditto
Boyten, William
Bradshaw, Joel Jr.
Bradshaw, Joel Sr.	384	H. Valley
Bradshaw, John
Brinlee, Robert
Crane, Abijah	50	Cane Creek
Crane, Stephen	105	Ditto
Cline, John
Crane, William	20	Ditto
Crane, Dosier T.	100	Ditto
Cates, Isaac	13	Ditto
David, Lewis	35	N. (North of?) Big Spring
Denny, William	132	Midkiffs Cove
Foster, William	30	Hickory Valley
Griggs, John Sr.	75 1/2	Smiths Cove
Griggs, John Jr.
Griggs, George
Glidwell, Mark
Gouge, Thomas	30	Cane Creek
Grantham, James
Gamble, Robert	123	Ditto
Goad, James	10	Smiths Cove
Gillentine, Nicholas	299	Waters C. Fork
Hastin, Joseph
Hastin, David	100	Big Spring
Hastin, Daniel	150	Ditto
Hogg, Abner	86	S. ?. C. Killer
Holloway, James
Kitchen, Jesse	38	Cane Creek
Lewis, William	214	H. Valley
Manard, Drury	88	Cane Creek
Manard, Jesse	80	Ditto
Mitchell, Jacob	50	Big Spring
Meek, Thomas	200	Prewits Cove
McBride, William	50	Ditto
Mitchell, Spence	169	H. Valley
Ogle, Hercules Jr.	111 3/4	Cane Creek
Ogle, Wyatt
Ogle, Hercules	182	Ditto
Owen, James	15	Ditto
Ogle, John	100	Cane Creek
Ogle, William
Porter, John	200	S. Caney fork
Parker, Nicholas
Prewet, Isaac	120	Prewets Cove
Plumlee, Isaac	180	H. Valley
Pullman, John
Roberts, Shadrach
Reynolds, Joseph
Robertson, John	60	Cane Creek
Shockley, Samuel
Shockley, Isaiah	100	Browns Cove
Shockley, William	10	Ditto
Stickley, Christopher	40	Prewets Cove
Scoggons, Isaac	21	H. Valley
Scoggons, Jesse	64	Ditto
Shockley, William
Shockley, Wilson	14	Smiths Cove
Smith, Samuel	100	Ditto
Smith, Joseph
Stipe, Jacob	194	Cane Creek
Vest, Prior	10
Wallace, Frances	40	Cane Creek
Webb, Mosley
Williams, James	139	H. Valley
Webb, William
Watson, Robert	19	Cane Creek
Warrel, John	30	Smiths Cove
Yeates, George	25	S.C.F. [probably South Caney Fork]

1815 White County, TN Tax List - Cane Creek & Caney Fork Area

1815

Pages 135-136

Captain William Denny

(Not Indicated), Esquire (J.P.)

Occupant	Acreage	Situation
Acuff, Christopher
Anderson, Jacob	270	H. Valley
Brown, Isaac	100	Cane Creek
Bowen, James	100	Smiths Cove
Brock, Jesse
Brock, John	50	C. Creek
Bowen, Arthur	25	Ditto
Boyd, Margaret	100	Smiths Cove
Barton, William	50	Cane Creek
Brewer, Jesse
Bowen, Charles	55	Browns Cove
Bradshaw, Joel Jr.
Bradshaw, Joel Sr.	384	H. Valley
Briggs, John	20	Browns Cove
Bradshaw, John
Barnes, Archibald	130	head Cane Creek
Crane, Abijah	50	Ditto
Crane, William	20	Ditto
Crane, Dosier T.	100	Ditto
Crane, William Jr.
Cummings, John	55	Browns Cove
Crane, Stephen	105	Cane Creek
Cates, Isaac	13	Ditto
Denny, William	132	Browns Cove
Davis, Edward	35	Ditto
Foster, William	30	H. Valley
Goard, John
Griggs, John Sr.	75	Smiths Cove
Griggs, John Jr.
Gamble, Robert	123	Cane Creek
Grantham, James
Gouge, Thomas	30	Ditto
Gillentine, Nicholas	239	Caney Fork
Hogg, Abner	80	Smiths Cove
Hastin, David	100	Big Spring
Hastin, Daniel	150	Ditto
Hastin, Joseph
Hastin, Isaac
Keith, Bird	20	Glade Creek
Kitchen, Jesse	26	Cane Creek
Lewis, William	214	H. Valley
Manard, Jesse	80	Cane Creek
Manard, Drury	88	Ditto
Meek, Thomas	200	Brown Cove
McBride, William	25	Ditto
McGuire, Jesse	25	Ditto
Mitchell, Jacob	50	Big Spring
Mitchell, Spence	169	H. Valley
Manard, Henry
Owens, James	15	Cane Creek
Ogle, Hercules Sr.	182	Ditto
Ogle, Hercules Jr.	111 3/4	Ditto
Ogle, John	100	Ditto
Plumlee, Isaac	180	H. Valley
Prewitt, Isaac	120	Smiths Cove
Porter, John	200	C. Fork
Robertson, John	60	Cane Creek
Roberts, Shadrach	30	Smiths Cove
Shockley, Isham	25	Browns Cove
Stickley, Christopher	40	Smiths Cove
Scoggon, Isaac	21	Hickory Valley
Scoggon, Jesse	64	Ditto
Shockley, Ephraim	14	Mountain
Stype, Jacob	78 1/2	Cane Creek
Shockley, Samuel	10	Browns Cove
Shockley, Isaiah	10	Ditto
Vaughn, Daniel	36	Cane Creek
Williams, James	139	Hickory Valley
Webb, William
Watson, Robert	19	Cane Creek
Wallis, Frances	40	Ditto
Yeates, George	25	C. Fork

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Haston Big Spring – alias Swamp Spring

How BIG is the Haston Big Spring Branch

When the Hastons moved (late 1803 or early 1804) to what became White County, TN in 1806, Daniel Haston located his cabin on a hill above the emergence (springhead) of what was then called “the Big Spring Branch.” It soon became known as the “Haston Big Spring.” After Daniel Haston died, the spring’s name became “David Haston’s Big Spring.”

Sometime later, apparently, the State of Tennessee officially gave it the name “Swamp Spring” or “Big Swamp Spring.” In recent years the spring has been part of a major U.S. Geological Survey. Here’s an overview of what is now known about what I still call the “Haston Big Spring.”

(N. 35.80243°, W. 85.44439°)

Excerpts below from U.S. Geological Survey Karst Interest Group Proceedings, October 19-20, 2021

At its low water level, the discharge of water is approximately 3,591 gallons per minute.

At its high water level, the discharge of water is approximately 112,208 gallons per minute.

That’s a very BIG Spring!

A dye injection was conducted and it took ten days for the main stream in the Rumbling Falls Cave to reach Swamp Spring. But, during higher flows this travel time would likely be much less.

Read the Swamp Spring Hydrological Report

Hydrology Vocabulary

A area is a place where water is able to seep into the ground and refill an aquifer because no confining layer is present.
Resurgence is the point at which an underground stream reaches the surface and becomes a surface stream.
Karst is a topography formed from the dissolution of soluble rocks such as limestone, dolomite, and gypsum. It is characterized by underground drainage systems with sinkholes and caves.
Sump is a pit or reservoir serving as a drain or receptacle for liquids
The cubic foot per second (symbol: ft3/s)is the unit of volumetric flow rate equal to that of a cubic foot moving each second.

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If It Is Not Documented

Basic Rule of Recording History = Valid Documentation!

The "Beyond Family Lore" Series

Wayne's Rant

As a Ph.D. student at the University of Tennessee, I was required to take a collection of courses on how to conduct credible professional-quality research, including an outstanding class on “historiography“–researching and writing history. One thing you learn quickly in those kinds of classes is that “I heard it through the family grapevine” just won’t cut it! It may be an interesting “story” that’s worth sharing, but the events in the story “ain’t history” (‘scuse my vernacular in this case) if you don’t support it with valid documentation. And, yes, I said VALID documentation–documentation that provides the kind of support that proves the actuality of the story.

Three brothers came in here (White County, Tennessee) and they were from Holland.

My Dear Mother

For example, my dear godly and honest-as-the-day-is-long (as we say in Tennessee) mother always told me that my Haston ancestors came from Holland. Several times she told me about my father’s ancestors, by saying, “three brothers came in here from Holland.” That was an interesting story but it wasn’t history. Even if it had been true and all of that really happened, I had no way of knowing of knowing if it was historically accurate until many years later I began digging for the documentation. Bottom line: We have to find actual proof of the historicity of a story before we can claim it is history.

So, just because your beloved parent or aunt and uncle or grandparents told you a story about your family’s history doesn’t mean it’s true. And that doesn’t mean they were dishonest people. It simply means they were probably passing along what they heard, without knowing if it was true or not.

When I began researching and writing our Haston history, I quickly discovered that much of the passed-down Haston “history” is family folklore. And I love folklore stories; there’s nothing wrong with sharing them. But it is important that we share them as “stories” and not as “history” unless we can verify them with credible evidence. So, often I will qualify a story with a preface such as this, “John Doe said….” That’s a signal to alert the reader to know that it’s only a story until proven to be historically accurate.

As I’ve said many times, I was deeply disappointed to learn (by digging down to the documents and evaluating the credibility of the documents) that the “story” about our Daniel Haston being a Revolutionary War veteran was only a story, not a historical fact. I’ve laid all of that out in articles on this site, as well as in three chapters of The Story of the Daniel Haston Family. By the way, the book contains mostly history that is documented, but it also includes stories–some are known to just be (or may be) stories but they are presented as such.

Here's What Credible Family Historians and Genealogists Say

Without adequate documentation, [even] a well-researched family history or tree looks like fiction.

Thomas W. Jones

The value of your family history research relies in large part on the thoroughness and clarity of your documentation.

National Genealogical Society

Documentation is the most important task that genealogists undertake. Without documentation, genealogical research results are nearly meaningless.

Standards for Genealogical Documentation

Family stories embellished and retold across the generations are particularly susceptible to elaboration as well as deception. Critical family history requires scrutiny of the lived events uncovered—some of which may be in sharp contrast to family myths passed down through generations.

Luanna Meyer

If genealogists, whether hobbyist or professional, do not apply rigorous standards to our research then our genealogy turns into (at best) fun stories, regardless of whether they are true.

Legacy Tree Genealogists

When I talk with those unfamiliar with genealogical research, they are often surprised by all that goes into what we do as professional genealogists. Rather than simply “looking up” family trees online, our work is characterized by the thorough, detailed, and careful examination of historical documents in relation to a specific research problem.

Elizabeth Shown Mills

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Hasting – Howard Hillman

1905 – 2003

Howard Hillman Hasting, Sr.

Rank and Branch of Military

Colonel, U.S. Army

Years of Service

Graduate of the United States Military Academy, West Point in 1928. Separated from the armed service in 1931, he practiced law in Arkansas until he was recalled to duty after the attack on Pearl Harbor. He served in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps during the war, stationed at West Point. Served as the chief assistant to the American Judge for the War Crimes Tribunal for the Far East after the war. Retired May 1, 1960.

Military Schools Attended

United States Military Academy at West Point, New York (1928 Graduate)

Assignment

He served in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps during the war, stationed at West Point. Served as the chief assistant to the American Judge for the War Crimes Tribunal for the Far East after the war.

Awards, Decorations, Badges, etc.

Commendation Ribbon with Medal Pendant, Oak Leaf Cluster

Stories of Interest Involving the Service Member

Relationship to the Daniel Haston Family

Howard H. Hasting descended from Daniel Haston through Daniel’s son Joseph: Joseph>Isaac (son of Joseph)>James Thomas>Isaac Thomas>James Isaac>Howard Hillman Hasting, Sr. You can read about this family line in Colonel Hasting’s family report. Howard’s father and other family members moved to Yell County, Arkansas in about 1880, where they (as a family group) changed their “Haston” name to “Hasting.

Other Information About the Service Member's Haston or Haston-Related Ancestry

Colonel Hasting did extensive research on the Daniel Haston family. He wrote the first edition in 1954 and the revised and updated edition in 1980.

Obituary

Person who submitted this information and relationship to the honored veteran:

Wayne Haston, based on information reported by his son, Howard H. Hasting, Jr., military records, and information from his genealogical research report, “The Daniel Haston Family.”

Email address to the person who submitted this information:

WayneH37@aol.com

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Seven Major Errors in Early Haston Genealogy Documents

Seven Major Errors in Early Haston Genealogical Documents

The "Beyond Family Lore" Series

There is much to appreciate about Haston family members of earlier generations who sincerely sought to discover and record the history of Daniel Haston’s massive family of descendants. Unfortunately, compared to our current genealogical research tools and resources, they were severely constrained by their lack of mobility and communication channels which caused them to rely heavily on oral stories handed down from relatives and neighbors. They relied on what they were told and not what they discovered through credible methods of research. To a large degree, I stand “on their shoulders,” benefiting from much they have passed down. However, their limitations as historians resulted in some faulty assumptions, disproven theories, and family myths that just won’t go away because they were initially received from folks they loved and respected and dared not question. For the sake of future generations who are more interested in substantiated truth than lore, the record needs to be set straight about the following seven mistakes that have crept into what many Hastons still believe and pass along to future generations in their family lines. -Wayne Haston

1. Daniel Haston's Parents and Earlier European Ancestry

As I explained in the article accessible through the link below, from the time of some of Daniel Haston’s grandchildren, there was uncertainty as to whether Daniel’s ancestors were from England, Ireland, Scotland, Germany, or the Netherlands. No earlier Haston researchers suspected Switzerland, the real homeland of Daniel’s ancestors.

But I want to focus on one fallacious view that was very popular among Haston family genealogists (at least as early as) in the first half of the 20th Century, and even later, by families who blindly copied that view. Some unknown person came up with the idea that our Daniel Haston was the son of William Haston and Allison Montgomery. See this example that is still one of many that floating around the internet:

Ancestry.com Page for Daniel Haston

If you drill down deeper on this Ancestry.com record, you will find that this William Haston was (presumably) from Scotland. And the person who posted this confused the death date of Daniel’s real father, Henrich Hiestand, with this Scottish William Haston. Obviously, whoever concocted this view only found someone in old records with the name “Haston” (actually, Hestan or Hasten in the records) and assumed without further evidence that he–William H_____–was Daniel’s father. And that unsubstantiated assumption has created an enormous amount of confusion to Daniel Haston descendants who have sought to discover their family’s roots. And the myth is still alive in many places!

2. The Insertion of "Montgomery" into the Middle of Daniel Hiestand/Haston's Name

There are at least two more errors in the above record.

These are just a few of many examples of the “Daniel MONTGOMERY Haston” that you may come across while searching the internet. I don’t know for sure, but I assume that the middle name “Montgomery” came from the previous myth–that his mother was Allison Montgomery (Haston). If so, the first (above) error led to a second error that still hangs around like a proverbial ghost from our past. There is NO documented evidence to support this fallacy. We now know that Daniel was born into a SWISS Mennonite German-speaking family and the Scottish surname Montgomery would not have been assigned to him.

3. The Insertion of "McComiskey" (or other spellings of that name) into the Middle of David Haston's (Son of Daniel) Name

This is one of the more popular myths in the Daniel Haston family. Ancestry.com says it is found in 816 public family trees, but that’s not exactly true–it appears in many family trees, but not all 816. And by the way, the Mc____ name is spelled at least a half dozen different ways.

Yes, there was a connection between Daniel’s oldest son David and a McComiskey family. Many earlier researchers assumed that David’s mother’s name (wife of Daniel) was McComiskey, but not so. The maiden name of David’s mother-in-law was McComiskey. Mary McComiskey, who married Philip Roddy, was the mother of David’s wife, Margaret (Peggy) Roddy. Peggy’s grandfather was Daniel McComiskey from Baltimore County, Maryland. You can learn more about that story by linking to an article I’ve written about the McComiskey family. Use the link below.

4. Relationship of Montgomery Greenville (M.G.) Haston to the Daniel Haston Family

Montgomery Greenville Haston just started appearing in Van Buren County records at the time he became an adult, but there was no indication to which branch of the Daniel Haston Family he belonged. He was born too late to have been a son of Daniel and he doesn’t appear in any of the family records of David or Joseph Haston, the two sons of Daniel who remained in Tennessee. The most common theory, which you will see in some old family documents, is that he was a son of Joseph because for a few years he lived adjacent to Joseph’s widow, Sarah Haston. But there is MUCH more evidence that he was a grandson of David Haston, illegitimately born to David and Peggy’s daughter Mary (Polly) Haston. The entire story can be found in the articles linked to below:

5. Two Knox County, TN "Hastings" Girls Assumed to Be Daughters of Daniel Haston

Some of the earlier Daniel Haston researchers stated unequivocally that Peggy Hastings, a daughter of Daniel, married John Ault in Knox County, TN on November 22, 1809. WRONG! Daniel and his family were already settled in White County by then. And the will of Bedford County, TN John Hastings clearly states that Peggy Hastings Ault was his daughter.

Early Haston research reports also state that Mary/Polly Hastings, a daughter of Daniel, married James Milliken (or Milligan) in Knox County, TN on September 4, 1805. Right or wrong? I can’t say for sure, but this is almost certainly INCORRECT. You can read more about these theories:

6. The Original and Real Family Name of Daniel and His Ancestors

Colonel Howard H. Hasting, Sr. – a 1950s–early 1980s Haston family researcher – opened his research report on the family of Daniel Haston with this question: What is the name of this family? He then proceeded to reference several different ways our H-surname has been spelled in official records. I often get a similar question–Why so many different spellings of our H-family name?

Was the original and real name spelled – Haston, or Hastin, or Hasting, or Hastings, or Hastain, or Hestand, or something else. Some (but not all) second and third generations of Daniel’s descendants–the ones who moved away from Middle Tennessee–began changing their family names based on incorrect assumptions about their earlier family roots. But Daniel’s sons, Jesse and Jeremiah who also moved away (to Missouri}, kept the H-A-S-T-O-N spelling.

As you will see in the article linked to below, all of the these last names were wrong, if you go back to Daniel’s original surname! It wasn’t until 2008 that DNA settled the question–Daniel was a Hiestand, but the name got changed to Haston while the family was living in East Tennessee, probably to conform to the tendencies of English and Scots-Irish clerks to misspell Hiestand.

7. Theory that Daniel Haston was a Revolutionary Veteran

This is the old theory that I was NOT excited about challenging. I began my research fully accepting the family story that Daniel Haston had received a military bounty land grant for 640 acres for his service in a North Carolina line of Revolutionary War Army. But desiring to be a good historian, I had to find proof that this hand-me-down story was historically accurate and supported by credible documentation.

The more I investigated the theory, the more I became disappointed. I consulted with some of the leading historians of our generation who were experts about the Revolutionary War service of the North Carolina army. Bottom line, the legend was established on the basis one very questionable document. Furthermore, other pieces of evidence made the theory of his service unbelievable, maybe even impossible. Overall, I spent MANY hours over 20 years trying to discover the truth about Daniel’s possible involvement in the Revolutionary War.

It’s a story I wanted to believe. And it’s a story that some members of our family refuse to let go of, even in spite of numerous layers of evidence. If you are a truth-seeker and want to let the facts speak for themself, I encourage you to read the following four articles that lay out most, if not all, of what is known about this matter:

These issues are also addressed in The Story of Daniel Haston Family book.

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Part 1 – The Killing of Woodville Haston

Part 1 - The Killing of Woodville Haston

December 17, 1897 - Woodville Haston Shot and Killed

The above article says “Maynard’s horse returned without its rider,” but that is an error. It should have stated, “Haston’s horse returned without a rider.”

Kendrick (“Kin”) Maynard, Jr. and Woodville “Woody” Haston were cousins.* And they, no doubt, grew up as buddies. What would cause Kin to shoot his cousin five times? A girl! Well, that’s how the story goes that has been passed down to us.

*Kin Maynard’s mother was Berthina Haston (who was a Great Granddaughter of Daniel Haston, via. Isaac T. and David) = Kin, a GG Grandson of Daniel. Woody Haston’s father was John Taylor Haston (who was a Great Grandson of Daniel Haston, via. James Alfred and his father Joseph) = Woody, a GG Grandson of Daniel. So, Kin Maynard and Woody were third cousins.

Here’s a typical version of the story of the killing of William Woodville (not Woodrow) Haston as recorded by Colonel Howard H. Haston (attorney and West Point graduate) who descended from Daniel Haston’s son, Joseph, as did Woodville Haston.

Note: Newspaper accounts do not agree with the popular story that he died on the front porch of William Carroll Haston’s home.

1900 Home Locations of the Four Men Who Were Riding Together that Fateful Night

In 1900, a little more than two years after the murder of Woody Haston, Woody’s family was living in the 3rd District of (northern) Van Buren County, TN, two houses away from the home of the two Mitchell boys who were riding near where the shooting occurred. Sopha (Sophie) Mitchell was the sister of the two Mitchell boys. Keep these things in mind as you proceed through the story.

In 1900, a little more than two years after the murder of Woody Haston, Kin Maynard’s parents, and family were living in the 3rd District of (southern) White County, which was separated from the 3rd District of Van Buren County, TN by the Caney Fork River. Even though the Maynards lived in White County, the distance between where they lived and where Woody Haston and the Mitchell boys lived was not very far.

More About the Killing and Subsequent Actions of Kin Maynard

Location of Woody Haston's Body

Kin Maynard Evaded Arrest

The Initial Arrest and Preliminary Hearing

A few days later Kin Maynard was captured in Livingston, TN, about 40 miles north of where the crime occurred in the Cummingsville community of northern Van Buren County. Thomas Price was a justice of the peace. The hearing was conducted in the Cummingsville Methodist Church, near where the killing occurred.

Maynard Arrested in Texas

Kin Maynard escaped again, fled to Texas, and lived there for over a year before being arrested and returning to Tennessee.

Maynard Returned to Sparta and Charged with Murder

What is habeas corpus in simple terms? The “Great Writ” of habeas corpus is a fundamental right in the Constitution that protects against unlawful and indefinite imprisonment. Translated from Latin it means “show me the body.” It is a writ requiring a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court, especially to secure the person’s release unless lawful grounds are shown for their detention.

What happened to Kin Maynard?

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Haston – Richard Dale

1924 – 2010

Richard Dale Haston

Rank and Branch of Military

E-6, Navy

Years of Service

1941-1945

Locations of Training, Deployment, and Service

RTC San Diego, CA – Served aboard the USS Hammondsport AKV-2

Military Schools Attended

Anti Aircraft Training Center – San Diego, CA 2nd and 3rd endorsements – June 1944

Wartime Theaters of Assignment and Major Battles

Pacific Fleet

Awards, Decorations, Badges, etc.

Asiatic Pacific Area Campaign Medal, American Area Campaign Medal, World War 2 Victory Medal

Stories of Interest Involving the Service Member

The ship he served on was a converted railroad ferry used in the Staten Island area. A big open cargo hold with railroad rails in the bottom. They used the open cargo area to shuttle folding wing aircraft from the states to the south Pacific as needed.
He related a story of a time they were having trouble navigating the ship. The rudder was not responding. They made it to a dry dock and found a large, round hole in the rudder. A torpedo has missed the ship and gone through the rudder. Repairs corrected the steering issue.

Relationship to the Daniel Haston Family

Descended from Daniel Haston through Daniel’s son, Jeremiah Haston.

Obituary

Submitted by:

Son, Howard D. Haston

Email address of person who submitted this information:

hhaston1@gmail.com

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Haston – Howard D.

1947 –

Howard D. Haston

Rank and Branch of Military

Navy, E-5

Years of Service

1965 – 1971

Locations of Training, Deployment, and Service

Machinist Mate “A” School – NTC Great Lakes, Illinois to Naval Nuclear Power School ( Phase I ) at Mare Island, Vallejo, CA to Nuclear Power Training Unit ( Phase II ) at Arco, NV.

Wartime Theaters of Assignment and Major Battles

Two WestPac cruises during the Vietnam Conflict aboard the USS Enterprise.
1968 January – February we spent a month cruising in the Sea of Japan as part of a Naval battle group responding to the North Koreans capturing the USS Pueblo.
1969 April – May we spent a month cruising in the Sea of Japan as part of a Naval battle group responding to the North Koreans shooting down an EC-121 reconnaissance plane.

Awards, Decorations, Badges, etc.

National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal for Korea, Vietnam Campaign Medal, Naval Unit Commendation Medal, Good Conduct Medal

Stories of Interest Involving the Service Member

In January of 1969, while undergoing operational training evaluation off the coast of Hawaii, there was a fire on the flight deck of the USS Enterprise. The fire occurred as we were about to go to General Quarters to assess our battle readiness. The pilots were in the planes, ready to launch with full fuel tanks and fully armament. The fire began when a Zuni rocket detonated on a plane sitting of the rear plane elevator. It got pretty exciting after that. The flight deck was awash in fuel and fire as the Captain headed the ship into the wind to drive the fire aft. A missile from one of the planes went forward up the flight deck, turned and headed towards the control island which houses the bridge. The missile lodged in the elevator to the bridge but did not detonate. As bombs from the planes exploded, other bombs rolled into the holes created in the flight deck with one blowing a hole near the water line after exploding in the ship’s laundry under the fantail.

It was a long day with 28 casualties. Pilots in the planes were forced to eject overboard to save their lives and the flight deck crew showed their metal committing many acts of bravery and sacrifice. Scary when your floating home catches fire and there is no land in sight.

Relationship to the Daniel Haston Family

Descend from Jeremiah Haston, son of Daniel Haston

Submitted by:

Howard D. Haston

Email of Person Making This Submission

hhaston1@gmail.com

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William Lester Haston – Victim of WWI Gas Warfare

William Lester Haston, Sr. - Victim of WWI Poison Gas Warfare

Part 1 - Military Service

The Story of a WWI (Haston) Veteran Who Ultimately Gave His Life for Our Country

Part 2 will be posted the weekend of June 3 and 4, 2023.

Not all soldiers who give their lives for our country die on the field of battle. Some die in training exercises; some die of suicide from post-traumatic stress disorder. And some, like our William Lester Haston, Sr., die of injuries or other life-shortening conditions they encountered during a war.

In 1915, prior to the United States’ entry into World War I,
Germany surprised Allied troops by using poisonous gases.

On April 22, 1915, the Germans launched their first and only offensive of the year. Known as the Second Battle of Ypres, the offensive began with the usual artillery bombardment of the enemy’s line. When the shelling died down, the Allied defenders waited for the first wave of German attack troops but instead were thrown into panic when chlorine gas wafted across no-man’s land and down into their trenches. The Germans targeted four miles of the front with the wind-blown poison gas and decimated two divisions of French and Algerian colonial troops.

The United States, which entered World War I in 1917, also developed and used chemical weapons. Future president Harry S. Truman was the captain of a U.S. field artillery unit that fired poison gas against the Germans in 1918. In all, more than 100,000 tons of chemical weapons agents were used in World War I, some 500,000 troops were injured, and almost 30,000 died, including 2,000 Americans. Source

William Lester Haston, Sr.

Lester Haston, as he was called, grew up on the north side of Cane Creek across the road and creek from what is now “Bluebird lane” in Van Buren County, Tennessee. The local, down-the-creek, post office for that area was known as Sweet Gum.

He was a 24-year-old single farmer when he registered with the Selective Service Board on June 5, 1917.

On May 24, 1918, Lester was officially inducted into military service and, the following day, was”entrained” (boarded on a train) for Camp Pike in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Military Service in the 81st Infantry Division, the "Wildcat Division"

Think about it: Lester Haston (and many others) was on the Western Front of World War 1 less than three months after he was inducted into the army. Doughboys (term used for American soldiers in WW1) like Lester were sent into battle with very little (and inadequate) training. This was because President Woodrow Wilson refused to prepare American men for the war. Many of these young men died as a result of their lack of training. But by the end of the war many others (including Sgt. Alvin York) performed amazing well–even heroically–on the bloody battlefields of the war.

In the last days of World War I, the 81st Division attacked a portion of the German Army's defensive line on 9 November 1918, and remained engaged in combat operations until the Armistice with Germany at 1100 hours on 11 November 1918. The division sustained 461 casualties on the last day, 66 of them killed.

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1890 Northern Van Buren County, TN

1890 - Key Features of Interest to Hastons & Many Other Families

This map was created about 86 years after Daniel Haston settled on the Big Spring Branch in what became the Cummingsville community. Daniel’s son, David Haston, died only 30 years prior to the map’s creation. The natural geographical features are the same as they were 200+ years ago. But from the time Daniel Haston settled his family in a canebrake near where Cane Creek flows into the Caney Fork, you can see how much the human-constructed infrastructure developed by 1890. But how much has it changed 133 years later?

Below the map, see the KEY that identifies each of the 22 sites highlighted on the map.

(Old) Union Cumberland Presbyterian Church and Cemetery – David Haston was a founding member of this congregation and early meetings were held in his home, south of the river. The church was officially instituted in 1811, but probably was informally founded several years earlier. More info on the church. More info on the church. More info on the cemetery.
River Hill Ford and Ferry – In the low water season, apparently the Caney Fork River could be forded at this site, but a ferry was there for seasons when the river was not fordable. Notice: The ford was west of (downriver from) the mouth of Cane Creek. In the early 20th Century “double bridges” were located–one from the White County side to the Van Buren County side–above the entry of Cane Creek. Another bridge spanned Cane Creek so that people could go from the south landing of the Caney Fork bridge to the west side of Cane Creek. The Caney Fork bridge was destroyed in the historic 1929 Flood.
Big Fork Cemetery and the former site of the Big Fork Primitive Baptist Church – By 1890, the Big Fork Church had been dissolved about 35 years, but the cemetery was still a popular burial ground for families in that area. More info on the church. More info on the cemetery.
The road leading to the Greenwood community and on to Doyle, TN – This route is basically the same now as it was when the map was created.
Denney’s Crossroads – Apparently, only a three-way junction in 1890, in the early 1800s this was called “Denney’s Crossroads” (after William Denney, an early prominent settler in the area). Apparently, the road west of the crossroads intersection was changed in the latter half of the 1800s.
Haston Big Spring Branch – When Daniel Haston settled at this site, the spring that emerges out of the foot of the mountain on the northeast corner of his 150 acres was called “Big Spring Branch.” The spring soon became known as the “Haston Big Spring.” It empties a large volume of clear water into a branch that runs approximately 850 yards before merging with Cane Creek. More Information.
The lower end of Cane Creek – This is the same creek that pours over Cane Creek Falls. Fall Creek (of Fall Creek Falls) joins it and Cane Creek runs about 20 miles before its confluence with the Caney Fork River.
Daniel Haston Farm (passed down to David and his family) – Location of Daniel Haston’s 150-acre farm, granted to him in 1808. He was a squatter on the land for about four years before the State of Tennessee could grant him the land. More information.
Isaac T. Haston Cemetery – Isaac T. Haston was buried in 1875 at this location on his farm. Over the years, many of his descendants have been buried in this neat little cemetery. Notice the 90 degrees south-southwestern turn of the road as of 1890. The current main highway does not make that turn. But the turn is consistent with information found on the survey of Isaac T. Haston’s land. More information.
Cane Creek Road (now Hwy. 285, Cummingsville-Cane Creek Road) – This 1890 route is essentially the same route that the current road follows along Cane Creek. In earlier years, the main route along Cane Creek was on the north side of the creek.
“Old Spencer Mountain Road” – This is essentially the same route as the present Highway 111.
Earlier Path/Road to and from Spencer – When David Haston and his family traveled to Spencer in 1840 and following years, this was the route he followed on horseback–through Shockley Cove and up the mountain leading to Spencer.
General location of Lemont Road (also known as the Yates Mountain Road) – Apparently this road was not built before 1890. Those of us who grew up in that area in the mid-1900s knew it as the Yates Mountain Road.
Thomas Jefferson Haston Century Farm – This farm became a part of the Haston family in 1879. Originally, it was owned by the Robert Gamble family, into which Hastons married. For many years most locals knew of it as the James Robert Haston place (on “Bluebird Lane”).
Turkey Scratch Road – This is an old road that is very steep in some places, particularly near the bottom end of the road as it approaches the Cane Creek Road.
McMinnville Road – This is still the location of the road to and from Warren County and McMinnville. The Laurel Creek community, at the bottom of the mountain on this road, is a part of Van Buren County.
Burritt College – Burritt College, a private religious school, was founded in 1848 on the eastern edge of Spencer. Many Hastons received an excellent classical education at Burritt. It closed in 1939, but not before producing many outstanding alumni who went on to become prominent leaders in various fields.
Dunlap Road – This old road to Dunlap, on the way to Chattanooga, was reduced to a local-only road when Highway 111 was constructed in the late 1960s.
Dry Fork Branch – This branch flows through the “M.G. Haston” farm. A pre-Civil War rock wall runs along the west side of the branch through the Haston farm. Since the construction of Highway 111, the water flow in times of flooding has increased greatly down the branch.
M.G. Haston Haston Century Farm – This farm, originally owned by Montgomery Greenville Haston, has been in the Haston family since 1858. It is the 3rd oldest Century Farm in the county. A Haston School and a Civil War camp were once located on the farm. Cane Creek – the same creek carrying water from Cane Creek Falls and Fall Creek Falls – flows through the farm. More information.
Haston Point – Once this peak (now part of Fall Creek Falls State Park) was the site of a sawmill that attracted loggers from all over that area.
Mooneyham Community – The Mooneyham community is located at the top of the mountain on Route 30 (formerly the “Herbert Domain Road”). From there, Route 30 then runs by the north entrance of Fall Creek Falls State Park and on to Pikeville, TN.

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Three Stage of Daniel Haston Family Research

The Evolution of Research on the Daniel Haston Family

I don’t know when members of the Daniel Haston FAMILY began to develop an interest in discovering the historical story of Daniel Haston’s life and ancestry. I can imagine it started as an informal collection of oral family lore and legends. When I became interested, in the Fall of 1999, some of the family’s best researchers had moved from what I’ll call Stage I to Stage II, but others were still lingering behind. I think the beginning of the transition from Stage I to Stage II occurred in the 1950s. I was fortunate to be a part of the transition from Stage II to Stage III in 2008.

Stage I - Pre-1950 (approximately)

I assume that soon after the Civil War, some members of Daniel Haston’s family began “puttin’ down” (as we say in Tennessee) some of what they knew–or thought they knew–about Daniel and where he came from, etc. A library card was located in an Arkansas library that was filed there in 1908 with several thought-to-be (but mostly erroneous) “facts” about Daniel. At least someone was trying to make sense of our family’s past. An inquiry about David Haston’s father–his name and whether or not he rendered any service in the Revolutionary War–appeared in the July-December 1913 issue of the Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine. And there are documents from the pre-1950 era that were created by anonymous-to-me sources which clearly indicate some people had been attempting to piece together the family story.

Due to very limited access to credible historical resources for most ordinary folks during the first 125 years or so following Daniel Haston’s death, it is understandable that many of their ideas about the family’s history were misguided and conclusions were faulty. I’m thankful for the “good stuff” they uncovered and preserved. But unfortunately, some their erroneous conclusions still rest in Haston family file cabinets, desk drawers, attic boxes, as well as populate family trees all over the internet.

In a following article, I will make you aware of seven popular genealogical and historical legends and assumptions from those well-meaning earlier Haston descendants that haunt Haston researchers who now know better.

Stage II - 1950s (approximately) - 2008

Of course, these stages and date ranges are all somewhat arbitrary. But, I do see a shift in more serious documented research that occurred in this 1950s-2008 era. There were others who did some excellent work on various branches of the Haston family in the earlier years–for example: the Jeremiah Haston branch, the Isaac Haston/Hastings branch, and the Jesse Haston branch. But one man and one couple stand out as Haston family researchers who raised the bar for researching Daniel’s family, as a whole.

Colonel Howard H. Hasting

March 23, 1905-April 1, 2003

Colonel Hasting (descendant of Daniel Haston’s son Joseph) was a 1928 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Separated from the armed services in 1931, he practiced law in Arkansas until he was recalled to duty after the attack on Pearl Harbor. He served in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps during the war, stationed at West Point. He served as the chief assistant to the American Judge for the War Crimes Tribunal for the Far East after the war.

Sometime after World War II, probably about 1950, Howard H. Hasting became seriously interested in researching his paternal family history. He traveled extensively to conduct research on the Haston family, including a 1951 visit to White and Van Buren County, TN.

Howard compiled a 100+ page report of his family research. It was completed more than 50 years ago, so there are errors and gaps in his work that have been corrected and filled in since his work was released. (See the button link below)

David Rhea and Estelle Suggs Haston

Dave: October 2, 1900-April, 1985

Estelle: January 26, 1910-November 29, 1998

When David (Dave) and Estelle retired from the Tennessee Valley Authority in October 1965, they moved to Sparta, TN and began to pursue Daniel Haston family research with a passion. Dave had grown up in Van Buren County and attended Burritt College in Spencer. Together, they did a lot of excellent research on the Daniel Haston family. Estelle communicated with Hastons all over the country and developed quite a network of descendants of Daniel with whom she collaborated. They steered clear of most of the earlier undocumented Haston-history theories and were on the threshold of some discoveries that would be confirmed in Stage III.

Stage III - 2008 to Current

I chose 2008 as the beginning of this current Haston research era because that is when genetic (DNA) genealogy was first used in Daniel Haston family research. DNA solved the most haunting longtime question about Haston history–who were Daniel’s ancestors and what was their European nationality. The discovery of his descent from a Swiss Mennonite Hiestand family, who had fled to the Rhineland of Germany because of religious persecution, was a major advance in researching our family’s roots.

But the transition from Stage II to Stage III actually began in the late 1990s when electronic communications, namely email, social media, and the Internet-based worldwide web made distant communications easy, inexpensive, and powerfully effective. And the Internet gradually put an abundance of credible genealogical and historical documents available at the finger tips (literally) of researchers all over the country and from all major branches of Daniel’s descendants. The downside of all of this is that Stage I undocumented and inaccurate family lore and legends also were spread to people who uncritically accepted and spread them.

When I became interested in our family’s history, there was already an email group that was actively exchanging information among branches of Daniel Haston’s descendants. Some of the members of that very active group were beginning to question some of the conclusions of family lore that had circulated for decades. My Heritage of Daniel Haston website, launched late in 1999, became an online hub for collecting and disseminating Haston family history. And now the Daniel Haston Family Association strives to pull the various branches of the FAMILY together in an attempt to preserve Haston FAMILY history and heritage.

The Future

I assume that more historical data will be discovered that will answer some of the remaining questions about the history of the Daniel Haston family. Advancements in technology, especially future developments in genetic (DNA) genealogy will be a huge part of that.

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Haston Family Mini-Reunions

Let Us Help You Organize & Promote Your Haston Mini-Reunion

As I got older, the reunions became rarer and much smaller in attendance. The older folks who did all of the organizing were passing away, and the younger family members were not interested in keeping these gathering going. By the time I was finishing high school, we rarely included more than one or two families.

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I don’t know about you, but this sounds exactly like something I might say. When I was a kid, we attended a Haston (later, Haston-Wallace) reunion every year. Then later, we attended an annual reunion for my mother’s Davis family. I didn’t particularly look forward to them, but now I look back to them as a valuable part of my “growing up” years. My appreciation for my family is much richer because of those experiences than it would have been otherwise.

Two Focuses of the Daniel Haston Family Association

The Backward Focus:

The backward focus is genealogical; it’s researching and recording our Haston (Hiestand) FAMILY’s ancestral roots. That’s uncovering the story of where we came from in Europe and early America 100s of years ago. But it’s also working together to weave together the stories of all of our singular branches back to our common ancestor–Daniel Haston (c. 1750-1826).

The Current Focus:
Strengthening the family relationships within and between the various branches of our Haston FAMILY. This is where family reunions are so very important. And this is where many of you can help us.

Two Levels of Haston Family Reunions

All-Hastons Family Reunions

Such as this July 2022 Reunion in White County, TN

The next ALL Hastons Family Reunion will be held in 2024 – Details to come later.

Regional Haston "Mini-Reunions"

In a meeting of our Daniel Haston Family Association CORE Team, the idea of promoting Haston family “mini-reunions” around the country. These could be regional and/or could be built around a specific branch of the Haston family. Here are some of the ideas we have in mind:

We would need a host or hostess, or a team of them, who would take the lead in organizing the reunion–selecting the site, and choosing the date, etc.
Members of our Daniel Haston Family Association would provide some input regarding things we have learned about organizing such events.
We would promote these reunions in the Heritage of Daniel Haston Facebook Group, as well as by other means available to us.
Some of the core members of the Daniel Haston Family Association would (if at all possible) attend the mini-reunion and introduce the reunion participants to our Family Association, its goals, future events, etc.
I (Wayne Haston) am willing to attend these mini-reunions (again, if at all possible) to make The Story of the Daniel Haston Family book available, as well as (if requested) do a presentation on the history of our Haston family, both the overall history and the history of specific branches of the family represented at the reunion.
We just want to do whatever we can do to help make these reunions possible and successful.
NOTE: If your branch of the Daniel Haston FAMILY already has reunions, please let us know so we can help you in any way we can.

Our First Official DHFA Regional Haston (and other surname spellings) Mini-Reunion

September 28-30, 2023, Carol Haston and Kathleen White will host a regional reunion of Haston-Hasting-Hastings-Hastain-Hastin descendants of Daniel Haston.

The plan now is for Wayne Haston and other members of the Haston Family Association to be at this reunion. The Story of the Daniel Haston Family book will be available. And Wayne will do a couple (or so) of brief presentations on the history of the Daniel Haston family, with special emphasis on the Isaac Hastings and Jeremiah Haston lines–maybe other lines, if requested.

September (Thursday evening) 28 – (Saturday) 30, 2023 in Portland, Oregon

Location: Wichita Avenue Evangelical at 9491 S.E. Wichita Ave. Milwaukie, OR 97222

Residents of other areas of the USA and any family lines are certainly welcome to attend this Haston mini-reunion.

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Slicker War in Missouri

The Slicker War of Missouri

And the Family of Isham Bradley, Friend of the Haston Family

"Isham Hobbs was a noted character, and probably the worst desperado ever on the borders."

Isham Hobbs (probably born in White County, TN) was the namesake grandson of Isham Bradley, a very close friend of the Daniel Haston family. Isham (Isom) Hobbs was the person who pulled the trigger, from an ambush, in the scene above.

Some Background Information

Isham Bradley’s relationship to the Daniel Haston family can be traced back (at least) to the turn of the 19th century in Knox County, TN. Isham was the bondsman for David Haston’s May 5, 1800 marriage to Peggy Roddy in Knox County. But before that, David Haston had been the bondsman for Isham Bradley’s marriage to Susana Matlocks on May 13, 1798, in Blount County, TN. Isham was one of the original four Big Spring settlers in pre-White County, TN, along with Daniel and Joseph Haston, and Daniel’s son-in-law Jacob Mitchell.

As far as I now know, there was no family connection between Isham Bradley to the Haston family–but there is one possibility I will mention in a footnote later in this article. Isham may have just been a close friend of David Haston and liked the Hastons so much that he just blended in with the rest of the Haston family. Whatever the relationship was, it was strong enough for Isham Bradley to travel to the wilderness of middle Tennessee in order to settle adjacent to the Haston family (even before his bondsman-buddy, David, arrived in the area). Isham’s name was on the July 22, 1806, petition to create White County, TN, but he seems to have struggled to settle down in White County. He purchased 50 acres on the Haston Big Spring on August 28, 1807. But he sold that tract to Charles Mitchell, just a year and a half later.

In 1811, David Haston named his third son “Isham Bradley Haston,” who ended up living near where Isham Bradley lived in central Missouri. And that was not the only time the first and middle names “Isham Bradley” appeared through the Daniel Haston family line. David Haston’s son Isaac T. Haston also had a son he named “Isham Bradley Haston.” I think it’s safe to say, Isham Bradley was well-liked among the Hastons (at least in his earlier years around them), even though he seems to have been a bit unsettled.

It appears that Isham Bradley moved around the county some, but in 1824, Isham Bradley and “Lady” were employed to superintend the business of Bell Tavern in Sparta. Their credentials were described as: “long experience which they have had in this line of business, and the high reputation which they generally sustained with their friends and the public….” But that employment didn’t seem to work out long for some reason. And one time he was selected by the county court to be the keeper of the courthouse in Sparta, but the next day that decision was reversed for some reason.
Source: The Sparta Review, Wednesday p.m., September 15, 1824.

He moved back east, to Monroe County, TN before 1830 and stayed there for about ten years. One Monroe County court record* stated that by 1840 Isham Bradley had “left the country” (probably referring to that local area) with his son-in-law, Henry Hobbs. According to the 1840 Polk County, Missouri census, Isham Bradley lived adjacent to Henry Hobbs, in Polk County, Missouri. The wife of Henry Hobbs was Juriah Bradley** Hobbs. One of Henry and Juriah Bradley** Hobbs’s sons (and a grandson of Isham Bradley) was Isham/Isom Hobbs–probably born in White County, TN, and named for his grandfather. Grandson Isham Hobbs was a desperado, a bold and dangerous criminal.

*Monroe Chancery Court Record, #124, Joseph Donohoo v. Charles K. Gillespie, Will Forester, Alexander Webb, and William Wooden

**According to the 1850 Census Juriah Bradley Hobbs was 56 years old. If that is accurate, she was born about four years before Isham Bradley married Susana Matlocks. Was Susana his second wife? Was Isham Bradley married previously to one of Daniel Haston’s daughters who gave birth to Juriah, but died prior to Isham’s May 13, 1798 marriage to Miss Matlocks? Was that Isham Bradley’s connection to David Haston and the Daniel Haston family?

In northern Polk County, MO (that became southern Hickory County, MO in 1845), Isham Bradley and Hiram Turk purchased land (on the same day) adjacent to each other. Hiram Turk and his family were a bad bunch! And the Henry Hobbs family was not much better.

The Slicker War of Central Missouri

A personal brawl that occurred on August 3, 1840, in County, Missouri escalated into a feud similar to that of the later Hatfields and McCoys feud back East. Under the pretense of enhancing law enforcement in the area, Hiram Turk (a quarrelsome and violent man with some rough, tough, and mean sons) assembled a vigilante group that became known as “Slickers.” Think of a de-barked (slicked) hickory branch as you look at this drawing and you will have an idea as to how night-riding “slickers” punished men they believed (or asserted) were guilty of breaking laws in their neighborhoods.

But, the Slickers were even worse than the men they were slicking! So, a group of “Anti-Slickers” formed and a regional civil war resulted which lasted for five years. It wasn’t long until the animosities led to much greater acts of violence, including murders, some of which were in the form of cowardly bushwhacking.

Isham Bradley, the very close friend of the Haston family had recently (c. 1839) moved to central Missouri, along with the Hiram Turk family and Isham’s son-in-law Henry Hobbs. The Hobbs and Turks families were neighbors back in East Tennessee, near Isham Bradley. In fact, Henry Hobbs apparently married Isham Bradley’s daughter, Juriah, while they were living in White County, TN.

Isom Hobbs, Isham Bradley’s grandson (already reputed to be a dangerous man, even a murderer), joined the Turk’s “Slickers” as a close friend of Tom Turk, Hiram’s son. Isom Hobbs and Tom Turk conspired to kill Abraham Nowell, a respected Baptist man who had killed James Turk, Tom’s brother, in self-defense. Isom Hobbs (with Tom Turk) ambushed and killed Nowell.

As it turned out, Isom Hobbs accused Tom Turk of chickening out in the ambush of Nowell and letting Isom Hobbs do the deadly deed and face the consequences of the murder. The scene at the top of the page depicts what ultimately happened. Isom Hobbs, who no doubt grew up playing with Daniel Haston’s grandkids in White County, TN, ambushed and killed his former friend, Tom Turk.

Isom Hobbs fled to Holly Springs, Mississippi to avoid prosecution for the murder. He again was involved in some kind of violence and captured by a posse. He tried to flee and was riddled with bullets.

Where the Slicker War Was Fought

In 1845, after the Slicker War ended, Hickory County, Missouri (area of the main war zone) was formed out of southern Benton County and northern Polk County, Missouri. In 1842, in the middle of the Slicker War, David and Polly Haston’s son, Isham Bradley Haston (named after David’s good friend, Isham Bradley) move to what became Hickory County. Isham Bradley Haston was a Van Buren County, TN Justice of the Peace prior to his move to Missouri. David and Polly Haston’s son Daniel McComiskey Haston was already living in Henry County, just west of Benton County, when the war occurred. Sometime between 1860 and 1870, Daniel McComiskey Haston moved to Warsaw in Benton County, Missouri where he owned and operated the hotel where the Turks “Slickers” had used for their meeting place.

In all of the accounts I have read about the Slicker War, I have found no mention of Isham Bradley as a participant in the war, even though (apparently) he was living right in the middle of the war zone. Nor have I found any mention of a Haston/Hastain as a participant. I wonder what their thoughts were concerning the war, particularly the thoughts of Isham Bradley whose namesake grandson was the worst of the worst.

Read the Story of the 1840s Turk-Jones Slicker War of Missouri

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Haston FAMILY Highlights of 2022

Looking Back at our 2022 Daniel Haston Family Association Highlights

1. July 22-23 Haston Family Reunion

Our first-ever Daniel Haston Family Association all-Hastons reunion was a remarkable success. About 150 registered from 17 states–all across the USA. Saturday was an unusually hot and humid day, even for July in Tennessee, but the Fellowship Hall where we met was comfortable. We had 10 interest centers set up around the room, enjoyed an excellent Tennessee country meal, and I (Wayne) gave a 50 minutes overview of our Hiestand-Haston FAMILY history. In spite of the heat, most everyone toured some of the main historical Haston sites in the area.

2. Publication of The Story of the Daniel Haston Family Book

More than 20 years of research and writing culminated in the publication of The Story of the Daniel Haston Family. The book was officially released at our July Haston Reunion, with about 100 copies sold in the day and a half of the reunion.

The book covers our family history from its beginning on the south side of Lake Zürich in Switzerland to the little Rhineland village of Ibersheim in what is now southwestern Germany, to Pennsylvania, Virginia, Tennessee, and all across the United States–especially the pioneering years in Missouri, Texas, California, and Washington State, etc. There are thirty-one chapters in the book, consisting of 474 very colorful pages with lots of photos, maps, graphs, and charts.

3. Posted 70+ new articles

David Haston’s Transfer of Land to Son Wm. Carroll Haston

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David Haston’s Spencer Town Lots

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Major General Terry “Max” Haston – Part 1

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Caney Fork of the Cumberland – Book

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The Haston Homeland

February 23, 2024 1 Comment

July 26-27, 2024 All-Hastons Family Reunion

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Murder of Grace Haston Rittenour

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EARLY is the Time To Get Children Started in Family History

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4. Approved as a 501 (c) (7) Non-Profit "Social Club"

The Daniel Haston Family Association is now an IRS-approved 501 (c) (7) organization, a kind of “social club.”

Social clubs may be exempt from federal income taxation if they meet the requirements of section 501 (c) (7) of the Internal Revenue Code. Although they are generally exempt from tax, social clubs are subject to tax on their unrelated business income, which includes income from nonmembers. In addition to being taxed on unrelated income, a social club may lose its exempt status if it receives too much unrelated income.

Tax donations to a 501 (c) (7) are not tax deductible for the donor, but the Daniel Haston Family Association is not required to pay taxes on expenditures.

5. NEW connections to several branches of the Daniel Haston FAMILY

The Daniel Haston FAMILY is much like a huge and complex tree, with descendants of our pioneer Haston ancestor, Daniel Haston, scattered all over the USA, in most if not all states–as well as some non-USA countries.

One of the main goals of the Daniel Haston Family Association (DHFA) is to connect to as many of the FAMILY branches as possible. I wish I could give you an accurate number of new branches of our Haston FAMILY that connected to our DHFA this year. I can’t do that, but I can tell you that it was a very good year in terms of new connections. And every branch has its own network of Hastons and Haston-related family members.

Please help us make many more connections to other branches of the Haston FAMILY tree.

Next year (2023) we will begin to work with these family branches to help them organize their own mini-reunions if they don’t already exist. And we want to participate in some of the mini-reunions as representatives of the Daniel Haston Family Association to help them understand the value of connecting to the entire Haston FAMILY.

6. Core Team has expanded significantly this year

Going into 2022, the group that expressed a serious interest in helping to preserve the history and heritage of the Daniel Haston FAMILY was small–only about six or seven people. But as the year progressed some family members joined our Core Team, filling some significant roles. Others joined the Core Team toward the end of the year and in 2023 we hope to find slots where they can be most productive in helping us reach the goals of this Association.

But we need more committed Core Team members! Please check it out.

7. Initiated the Legacy of Service to honor military veterans from our FAMILY

We can be proud of the many ways our Haston kinfolk have served to protect our country over many years. Many of them served heroically in the heat of battles. Others, though not in combat, stood ready to defend our flag and the country it represents if or when the need arose.

This past year (2022) we launched the DHFA (Daniel Haston Family Association) Legacy of Service to honor military veterans from our extended Haston FAMILY.

If you, a member of the extended Haston FAMILY), served in the military or have (or had) a relative who served, we encourage you to register in the Legacy of Service Honor Gallery.

8. Swiss historians, Dr. Peter Ziegler and Dr. Nicole Billeter

It is 4,080 miles from where I live in Pennsylvania to where our ancestors originated in Zürich, Switzerland. And the documents needed to conduct research on our early Swiss Hiestand family are all written in German. So how could I provide reliable historical information about our Swiss ancestors?

I have been very fortunate to have become acquainted (via. email) with two outstanding Swiss historians who have helped me with research and reviewing my writings about our Swiss ancestors. Dr. Nicole Billeter is from Richterswil and Dr. Peter Ziegler is the official historian for Wädenswil, two locations where our earliest Swiss Hiestand ancestors lived. Throughout 2022, these two eminent Swiss historians provided essential guidance, historical insights, translation, and proofreading for my research and writings about Swiss Hiestands from 1401 and beyond.

Here are seven articles that Dr. Ziegler and I co-authored. He provided much of the content which I organized and designed for publishing as blog articles. They are published in German as well as in English, in an effort to help connect us in the USA with some of our current relatives in Switzerland and Germany.

9. A VERY Big Accomplishment that You Will Learn About Very Soon!

10. Planning for the June 2023 Hiestand-Haston European Heritage Tour

Although the tour happens in June 2023, much work was done in 2022 in promoting and planning this tour to sites of special interest to Hiestands/Hastons and other families with similar family roots and historical interests.

But it is more than a history tour, it’s also packed with very popular tourism sites, including a scenic boat ride up the Rhine River with castles along the hillsides, a night high in the Alps, and breakfast in the rotating restaurant where a James Bond movie was filmed, a tour of downtown Zürich and Bern, etc.

And you won’t beat the features and price of this tour anywhere!

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Help Finding Your Place in the Daniel Haston Family

Help Tracing You Back to Daniel Haston

If you are a “Haston” or related to a Haston, chances are you are a member of the Daniel Haston FAMILY, that is scattered in all or most all of the United States. I have to add the “chances are” caveat because there are some American Hastons that descend (apparently) from Scotland or Ulster (Northern) Ireland. But MOST Americans who carry the Haston name, or are related to Hastons, descend from one early American pioneer–Daniel Haston.

Daniel Haston was the youngest son of a Swiss Mennonite, Henrich/Henry Hiestand, who emigrated to Pennsylvania in about 1727 and settled a few years later near what is now Luray, VA. Henry came from a little village (Ibersheim) on the Rhine River near Worms, Germany where he was born. But his family’s original nationality was Swiss. His ancestors (probably grandparents) were driven out of Zürich Switzerland in the mid-1600s because of their Anabaptist (Mennonite) faith.

When Daniel’s father’s will was settled in 1783, Daniel moved his young family from the northern Shenandoah Valley of Virginia to what was formerly western North Carolina, but Tennessee since 1796.

One of Henry’s grandsons stated that his grandfather had 13 children. We have identified nine of those. What happened to the others, we do not know currently but hope that they can be identified at a later time.

Many of you who read this article already know where you fit into the Daniel Haston FAMILY. But we often receive requests wanting to know how someone fits into the family, particularly which branch of the Daniel Haston family is his or her line and specifically how he or she is linked back from generation to generation to Daniel Haston.

No promises, but there is a good chance that some of our researchers can help you with that.

If you would like us to help you determine how you fit into this BIG Daniel Haston FAMILY, contact us. What we will need of you is what you know about your Haston or Haston-related ancestors–parents, grandparents, and more if you know farther back.

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The Message of the 1706 Hiestand Coat of Arms

The Message Behind the 1706 Hiestand Coat of Arms

Augmentation of arms is a term describing an addition to a coat of arms at a later date, after the original coat of arms was created. Historically, augmentations were issued by a monarch as either a mere mark of favor or a reward or recognition for some meritorious act. But in more recent times, families have created augmentations on their own initiatives. Why and when the augmentation of the 1706 Hiestand coat of arms was created is unknown.

Every coat of arms carried a message of some sort. Was the 1706 Hiestand coat of arms a simple message about the Snönau line of Hiestands–that they were steadfast? Or, was it a “Don’t tread on me!” and “Make my day!” warning to nosey “Anabaptist hunters” and others who trespassed on their remote farms on the southeast border of Canton Zürich?

There are several existing Hiestand coats of arms, each carrying a message to represent a branch of the Hiestand family.

For Example:

There are several variations of this (anchor and stars) Swiss Hiestand coat of arms. These seem to be connected to families who lived near the Lake of Zürich. It carries a visual message of being anchored, stable, settled, etc.

The 1706 coat of arms was created by a Hiestand who lived in Schönau, a remote area across the Sihl River, east of Hütten. At the time it was created, the families in that area were being harassed by government and church officials.

Jacob Hiestand's 1706 Schönau Hiestand Coat of Arms Message

Contrary to what is commonly believed, a surname group (a Family, all of which carried a common name) generally did not have a single coat of arms that always represented the entire family for all locations, generations, and family lines. Some branches of a family created their own to represent their particular uniqueness or unique circumstances. Living when and where he did, Uli and Barbara’s son Jacob was making a statement–perhaps a warning–to remind intruders (such as harassing “Anabaptist hunters” and common thieves) that he was a Hie-stand.

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FrÃ¼he Schweizer TÃ¤ufer Hiestand im deutschen Rheinland

Frühe Schweizer Täufer Hiestand im Deutschen Rheinland

Co-Autoren: Dr. Peter Ziegler (Zürich, Schweiz) und Dr. Wayne Haston (Pennsylvania, USA)

(Einschließlich bedeutender Forschungsdaten von Kent Douglas Hiestand)

Serie: Frühe Schweizer Hiestand

Aus meiner (Wayne’s) Sicht in Pennsylvania, USA, nahm ich, als ich anfing, etwas über Hiestands in der Schweizer Täuferbewegung zu lernen, einfach an, dass die meisten, wenn nicht alle, Schweizer Hiestands Täufer waren. Diese Annahme beruhte auf der Tatsache, dass alle Hiestand-Familien in den Vereinigten Staaten, die ich kannte, Mennoniten waren, entweder jetzt oder ursprünglich, als sie nach Amerika kamen. Aber ich lernte bald, dass meine Annahmen falsch waren – sehr falsch!

Ich (Wayne) war überrascht und ein wenig enttäuscht, als ich erfuhr, dass fast hundert Jahre des Täufertums in der Schweiz vergingen, bevor es irgendeinen dokumentierten Beweis für einen Hiestand gab, der “schuldig” war, ein Täufer zu sein. Und dann erfuhr ich, dass nur eine sehr kleine Zahl von Schweizer Hiestands Täufer wurden und auf diesem Glaubensweg ausharrten. Viele blieben in der Schweizerischen Reformierten Kirche und andere wurden Katholiken. Ich bin sicher, wenn wir zu dieser Zahl die Schweizer Hiestands des 16. bis 18. Jahrhunderts hinzufügen, die mit ihren täuferischen Verwandten und Nachbarn sympathisierten und sie in gewisser Weise unterstützten, erhöht sich die Zahl erheblich. Dann gab es wahrscheinlich viele Schweizer Hiestands, die in die Bewegung hineingetauft (oder “wiedergetauft”) wurden und später aufgrund von sozialem Druck und politischen oder kirchlichen Verfolgungen widerriefen.

Viele der Schweizer Täufer (ich bezeichne sie jetzt als “Mennoniten”), die aus ihrer Heimat vertrieben wurden, liessen sich in oder in der Nähe des Dorfes Ibersheim westlich des Rheins in der Nähe von Worms nieder. Und viele der Mennoniten, die später nach Amerika reisten und dort Wurzeln schlugen (insbesondere in Lancaster County, PA), stammten aus diesen Schweizer Auswandererfamilien aus dem Rheinland.

Zwei Fragen zur Auswanderung der Schweizer Hiestand-Täufer/Mennoniten

Die in den drei vorangegangenen Abschnitten dargestellten Tatsachen werfen zwei Fragen zu den täuferischen Hiestands auf:

Aus welcher der Hiestand-Familien der Schweiz stammten die Hiestand-Mennoniten, die sich im deutschen Rheinland niederliessen, insbesondere die Hiestands, die sich in oder in der Nähe des Dorfes Ibersheim niederliessen?
Von welchen Hiestand-Familien aus der Gegend um Ibersheim stammen die Hiestand-Mennoniten, die sich in Pennsylvania niederliessen, insbesondere die in Lancaster County, PA?

Glücklicherweise liefert Kent D. Hiestand’s erstaunliche Breite und Tiefe der Forschung über die Hiestand Familie gründlich recherchierte und dokumentierte Antworten auf diese Fragen. Vieles von dem, was folgt, basiert auf Kents jahrelangen mühsamen Recherchen in der Schweiz, in Deutschland und an vielen Orten in den Vereinigten Staaten.

Der Richterswilerberg Weiler Hasslen (heute Haslen)

Der Grossvater von Henrich Hiestand (1704-1779) und der Vorfahre ALLER kolonialen Hiestand-Einwanderer wurde auf dem Hof Haslen in Richterswil geboren.

Kent Douglas Hiestand

Hasslen (heute Haslen) und Feldmoos/Veldmoos (heute Fälmis) sind zwei Weiler, die vor Jahrhunderten an der Pilgerstrasse entstanden, die von der Stadt Zürich nach Einsiedeln im Kanton Schwyz führte, dem Standort der Benediktinerabtei, die im 10. Jahrhundert gegründet wurde. Die beiden Weiler lagen nur etwa einen halben Kilometer voneinander entfernt. Kent Douglas Hiestand stellte die Theorie auf, dass der 1401/1402 erwähnte Heini Hiestand, die erste bekannte Person mit dem Nachnamen Hiestand, in oder bei Fälmis lebte. Wir wissen, dass bereits 1439 eine Familie Hiestand auf einem Bauernhof in Fälmis lebte.

Schweizer Hiestands in der Niederpfalz im deutschen Rheinland

Wir wissen mit Sicherheit, wer die täuferischen Hiestands sind, die Richterswil in der Schweiz verliessen und sich spätestens 1662 in Rheinhessen [Region südlich und westlich des Rheins] niederliessen.

Kent Douglas Hiestand - Die grosse Chronik der Familie Hiestand

Anna Lüthold – die Täufer-Grossmutter

Es ist erstaunlich, wie viel geistigen Einfluss ein Grosselternteil (in diesem Fall eine Gromutter) auf ihre Enkelkinder und deren Nachkommen haben kann. Anna Lüthold, die Heini Hiestand heiratete, wurde eine täuferische Matriarchin in der Familie Hiestand. Ihr Einfluss durchdringt noch heute die Zweige vieler Hiestand- und Hiestand-verbundener Familien.

Welche mennonitischen Nachkommen von Anna Lüthold Hiestand gingen in das koloniale Amerika?

Die Väter der amerikanischen Hiestand-Einwanderer aus der Kolonialzeit sind nicht eindeutig, und es ist reine Spekulation anzunehmen, dass es eine Verbindung zwischen ihnen geben könnte. (paraphrasiertes Zitat)

Kent D. Hiestand

Ich stimme zu, dass es zum Zeitpunkt dieses Schreibens unmöglich ist, irgendeinen kolonialen amerikanischen Hiestand-Einwanderer definitiv mit seinen Eltern in Ibersheim oder einem anderen Ort im deutschen Rheinland in Verbindung zu bringen. Ich stimme jedoch nicht mit Kent überein, dass es “reine Spekulation” ist, dies zu versuchen, zumindest für den Henrich Hiestand (geboren 1704), der sich um 1730 in der Gemeinde Hempfield niederliess.

Zwei mennonitische Paare aus Ibersheim, die (theoretisch) die Eltern der Hiestand-Immigranten aus dem Rheinland um 1700 gewesen sein könnten

Heinrich Hiestand heiratete Barbara Mollinger, 25. November 1694
Hans Heinrich Hiestand heiratete Maria Gochnauer am 6. Februar 1695.

Es gibt genügend Anhaltspunkte dafür, dass Maria Gochnauer wahrscheinlich die Mutter des Henrich Hiestand aus den frühen 1730er Jahren war.

Sowohl Henry Heistant (Hiestand) als auch Joseph Gochanour (Gochnauer/Gochenaur) kamen vor Oktober 1727 in Amerika an, als Passagierlisten in Pennsylvania gesetzlich vorgeschrieben waren. Möglicherweise kamen sie mit demselben Schiff an, obwohl wir den Namen des Schiffes oder das Ankunftsdatum nicht kennen. Auf der Einbürgerungsurkunde von 1728 stehen ihre Namen dicht beieinander.

Henry und Joseph liessen am selben Tag, dem 20. Mai 1735, benachbarte Grundstücke in Hempfield vermessen. Dies waren die einzigen beiden Vermessungen in der Gemeinde Hempfield, die an diesem Tag durchgeführt wurden.

Henry Hiestand liess sich später im nördlichen Teil von Virginia nieder, ebenso wie Jacob Gochanour, vermutlich der Bruder von Joseph Gochanour. Als das Testament von Jacob Gochanour am 30. November 1771 errichtet wurde, wurde Henrys Sohn Peter Hiestand zum Mitvollstrecker von Jacobs Nachlass (zusammen mit Jacobs Frau) ernannt. Obwohl die Hiestands in der gleichen Gegend lebten, waren sie nicht unbedingt enge Nachbarn. Und Jacob Gochanour hatte Söhne, die als Mitvollstrecker hätten eingesetzt werden können.

Ich stelle die Theorie auf, dass Heinrich Hiestand, der Maria Gochnauer am 6. Februar 1695 in Friedrichstadt, Deutschland, heiratete, die Eltern von Henrich Hiestand waren, der 1727 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ankam und später in das Shenandoah Valley in Virginia zog. Und aufgrund dieser Theorie glaube ich, dass Henrich Hiestand ein Cousin ersten Grades von Joseph und Jacob Gochanour war. -Wayne Haston

Haslen - Fämis - Samstagern in der Neuzeit

Heute (2022) sind Haslen und Fälmis mit je rund 50 Einwohnern kleine Ortsteile am Rande von Samstagern. Im Jahr 1877 wurde in Samstagern ein Bahnhof an der Strecke Wädenswil – Einsiedeln eingerichtet, was zum Wachstum führte. Die Einwohnerzahl von Samstagern liegt heute bei rund 3’000 und nimmt rasch zu.