| Walter Walker | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: 11 MAY 1892 deat: 22 OCT 1972 plac: Huntsville, Madison Co AR marr: | |||||||||||||||||
| Dewell Walker | |||||||||||||||||
| Living | |||||||||||||||||
| Joseph M. Herriman | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: 6 JUL 1826 plac: Warren Co TN deat: 2 SEP 1913 plac: Madison Co AR marr: | |||||||||||||||||
| John Wilson Herriman | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: 10 OCT 1856 deat: 25 NOV 1903 plac: Madison Co AR marr: | |||||||||||||||||
| Elizabeth Henderson | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: deat: marr: | |||||||||||||||||
| Dollie B. Herriman | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: 28 NOV 1900 plac: Aurora, Madison Co AR deat: 14 APR 1969 plac: Whorton Creek, Madison Co AR marr: | |||||||||||||||||
| Miles Spurlock | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: 8 MAY 1804 plac: Knox County, Kentucky deat: 1886 plac: Aurora, Madison County, Arkansas marr: ABT. 1822 plac: Warren County, Tennessee | |||||||||||||||||
| William J Spurlock | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: AUG 1823 plac: Warren County, TN deat: 1902 plac: Aurora, Madison County, AR marr: 30 APR 1848 plac: Cannon County, TN marr: ABT. 1859 plac: TN | |||||||||||||||||
| Susan Sewell | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: 1803 plac: North Carolina deat: 1879 plac: Aurora, Madison County, Arkansas marr: ABT. 1822 plac: Warren County, Tennessee | |||||||||||||||||
| Elizabeth Jane Spurlock | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: 6 MAR 1857 plac: TN deat: 23 OCT 1921 plac: Venus, Madison Co AR marr: | |||||||||||||||||
| John Ferrell | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: BEF. 1775 plac: VA (?) deat: BEF. 1838 plac: DeKalb County, Tennessee marr: BEF. 1790 | |||||||||||||||||
| Enoch Ferrell | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: 1797 plac: TN deat: 1869 plac: Cannon County, TN marr: 1821 plac: Warren Co TN | |||||||||||||||||
| [-?-] Unknown | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: deat: marr: BEF. 1790 | |||||||||||||||||
| Malinda Ferrell | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: 1831 plac: Warren County, TN deat: 1865 plac: Cannon County, TN marr: 30 APR 1848 plac: Cannon County, TN | |||||||||||||||||
| Clairborne Gunter | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: 1765 plac: NC deat: AFT. 1855 plac: Pickens County, AL marr: | |||||||||||||||||
| Mary Gunter | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: 1804 plac: NC deat: 10 OCT 1893 plac: Cannon County, TN marr: 1821 plac: Warren Co TN | |||||||||||||||||
| [-?-] Unknown | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: deat: marr: | |||||||||||||||||
| Wilma Walker | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: deat: | |||||||||||||||||
| Lily Faye Shipp | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: deat: marr: |
| Walter Walker | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: 11 MAY 1892 deat: 22 OCT 1972 plac: Huntsville, Madison Co AR marr: | |||||||||||||||||
| Alma Walker | |||||||||||||||||
| Living | |||||||||||||||||
| Joseph M. Herriman | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: 6 JUL 1826 plac: Warren Co TN deat: 2 SEP 1913 plac: Madison Co AR marr: | |||||||||||||||||
| John Wilson Herriman | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: 10 OCT 1856 deat: 25 NOV 1903 plac: Madison Co AR marr: | |||||||||||||||||
| Elizabeth Henderson | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: deat: marr: | |||||||||||||||||
| Dollie B. Herriman | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: 28 NOV 1900 plac: Aurora, Madison Co AR deat: 14 APR 1969 plac: Whorton Creek, Madison Co AR marr: | |||||||||||||||||
| Miles Spurlock | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: 8 MAY 1804 plac: Knox County, Kentucky deat: 1886 plac: Aurora, Madison County, Arkansas marr: ABT. 1822 plac: Warren County, Tennessee | |||||||||||||||||
| William J Spurlock | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: AUG 1823 plac: Warren County, TN deat: 1902 plac: Aurora, Madison County, AR marr: 30 APR 1848 plac: Cannon County, TN marr: ABT. 1859 plac: TN | |||||||||||||||||
| Susan Sewell | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: 1803 plac: North Carolina deat: 1879 plac: Aurora, Madison County, Arkansas marr: ABT. 1822 plac: Warren County, Tennessee | |||||||||||||||||
| Elizabeth Jane Spurlock | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: 6 MAR 1857 plac: TN deat: 23 OCT 1921 plac: Venus, Madison Co AR marr: | |||||||||||||||||
| John Ferrell | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: BEF. 1775 plac: VA (?) deat: BEF. 1838 plac: DeKalb County, Tennessee marr: BEF. 1790 | |||||||||||||||||
| Enoch Ferrell | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: 1797 plac: TN deat: 1869 plac: Cannon County, TN marr: 1821 plac: Warren Co TN | |||||||||||||||||
| [-?-] Unknown | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: deat: marr: BEF. 1790 | |||||||||||||||||
| Malinda Ferrell | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: 1831 plac: Warren County, TN deat: 1865 plac: Cannon County, TN marr: 30 APR 1848 plac: Cannon County, TN | |||||||||||||||||
| Clairborne Gunter | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: 1765 plac: NC deat: AFT. 1855 plac: Pickens County, AL marr: | |||||||||||||||||
| Mary Gunter | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: 1804 plac: NC deat: 10 OCT 1893 plac: Cannon County, TN marr: 1821 plac: Warren Co TN | |||||||||||||||||
| [-?-] Unknown | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: deat: marr: |
< Martha E. Shipp birt: deat: < Edmon Newton Shipp birt: 5 JUN 1894 plac: Japton, Madison Co AR deat: 9 MAY 1970 plac: Japton, Madison Co AR marr: 8 AUG 1915 plac: Japton, Madison Co AR |
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| James Carter Shipp | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: 1866 deat: Mary Elizabeth Witt marr: birt: 1867 deat: |
| Samuel Dennis | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: deat: | |||||||||||||||||
| Henry Dennis | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: 17 MAY 1771 plac: Maryland deat: MAR 1863 marr: 1808 plac: Temperance Hall, Wilson Co, TN | |||||||||||||||||
| Sarah Lamar | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: deat: | |||||||||||||||||
| William Dennis | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: 15 MAY 1815 plac: Cannon Co Tennessee deat: 24 FEB 1886 plac: Aurora, Madison Co AR marr: 15 MAY 1839 plac: Cannon Co Tennessee | |||||||||||||||||
| Lafatia Parker | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: 1794 plac: North Carolina deat: APR 1863 plac: Gassaway, Cannon Co, TN marr: 1808 plac: Temperance Hall, Wilson Co, TN | |||||||||||||||||
| Matthew Dennis | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: 1842 plac: Tennessee deat: Susan J. Marcum marr: birt: deat: | |||||||||||||||||
| Margaret Higgins | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: ABT. 1825 plac: Cannon Co Tennessee deat: Madison Co AR marr: 15 MAY 1839 plac: Cannon Co Tennessee |
| Samuel Dennis | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: deat: | |||||||||||||||||
| Henry Dennis | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: 17 MAY 1771 plac: Maryland deat: MAR 1863 marr: 1808 plac: Temperance Hall, Wilson Co, TN | |||||||||||||||||
| Sarah Lamar | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: deat: | |||||||||||||||||
| William Dennis | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: 15 MAY 1815 plac: Cannon Co Tennessee deat: 24 FEB 1886 plac: Aurora, Madison Co AR marr: 15 MAY 1839 plac: Cannon Co Tennessee | |||||||||||||||||
| Lafatia Parker | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: 1794 plac: North Carolina deat: APR 1863 plac: Gassaway, Cannon Co, TN marr: 1808 plac: Temperance Hall, Wilson Co, TN | |||||||||||||||||
| Caly A. Dennis | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: 1845 plac: Tennessee deat: Kahal Hollingsworth marr: birt: deat: | |||||||||||||||||
| Margaret Higgins | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: ABT. 1825 plac: Cannon Co Tennessee deat: Madison Co AR marr: 15 MAY 1839 plac: Cannon Co Tennessee |
| Samuel Dennis | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: deat: | |||||||||||||||||
| Henry Dennis | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: 17 MAY 1771 plac: Maryland deat: MAR 1863 marr: 1808 plac: Temperance Hall, Wilson Co, TN | |||||||||||||||||
| Sarah Lamar | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: deat: | |||||||||||||||||
| William Dennis | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: 15 MAY 1815 plac: Cannon Co Tennessee deat: 24 FEB 1886 plac: Aurora, Madison Co AR marr: 15 MAY 1839 plac: Cannon Co Tennessee | |||||||||||||||||
| Lafatia Parker | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: 1794 plac: North Carolina deat: APR 1863 plac: Gassaway, Cannon Co, TN marr: 1808 plac: Temperance Hall, Wilson Co, TN | |||||||||||||||||
| John N. Dennis | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: 1848 plac: Tennessee deat: 1875 plac: Madison County, AR Martha N. Grizzle marr: 14 NOV 1869 plac: Cannon Co TN birt: deat: | |||||||||||||||||
| Margaret Higgins | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: ABT. 1825 plac: Cannon Co Tennessee deat: Madison Co AR marr: 15 MAY 1839 plac: Cannon Co Tennessee |
| Samuel Dennis | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: deat: | |||||||||||||||||
| Henry Dennis | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: 17 MAY 1771 plac: Maryland deat: MAR 1863 marr: 1808 plac: Temperance Hall, Wilson Co, TN | |||||||||||||||||
| Sarah Lamar | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: deat: | |||||||||||||||||
| William Dennis | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: 15 MAY 1815 plac: Cannon Co Tennessee deat: 24 FEB 1886 plac: Aurora, Madison Co AR marr: 15 MAY 1839 plac: Cannon Co Tennessee | |||||||||||||||||
| Lafatia Parker | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: 1794 plac: North Carolina deat: APR 1863 plac: Gassaway, Cannon Co, TN marr: 1808 plac: Temperance Hall, Wilson Co, TN | |||||||||||||||||
| Mary J. Dennis | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: 1849 plac: Tennessee deat: AR Alfred Marcum marr: 14 NOV 1869 plac: Cannon Co TN birt: deat: | |||||||||||||||||
| Margaret Higgins | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: ABT. 1825 plac: Cannon Co Tennessee deat: Madison Co AR marr: 15 MAY 1839 plac: Cannon Co Tennessee |
James Dennis birt: deat: < Polly Dennis birt: deat: marr: 29 NOV 1848 plac: Cannon Co TN < Charlotte Dennis birt: deat: < Eliza Dennis birt: deat: Emaline Dennis birt: deat: Samuel Dennis birt: 1828 plac: Cannon Co TN deat: Craig County, Indian Territory, OK Patsy Dennis birt: 1835 deat: < William Dennis birt: 15 MAY 1815 plac: Cannon Co Tennessee deat: 24 FEB 1886 plac: Aurora, Madison Co AR marr: 15 MAY 1839 plac: Cannon Co Tennessee < Matthew Nathan Dennis birt: 19 SEP 1820 plac: Cannon Co TN deat: 8 MAY 1893 plac: Madison Co AR marr: 8 FEB 1844 plac: Cannon Co TN < Henry Dennis birt: 17 OCT 1838 plac: Cannon Co TN deat: 15 MAY 1915 marr: Cannon County, TN |
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| Samuel Dennis | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: deat: | |||||||||||||||||
| Henry Dennis | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: 17 MAY 1771 plac: Maryland deat: MAR 1863 Lafatia Parker marr: 1808 plac: Temperance Hall, Wilson Co, TN birt: 1794 plac: North Carolina deat: APR 1863 plac: Gassaway, Cannon Co, TN | |||||||||||||||||
| Sarah Lamar | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: deat: |
(Note- In early April of 1997, I passed by this area and found that there had been a massive tornado come through the area just prior ( perhaps a wek or two) and caused a gread deal of dammage to this area. The house refered to (I think) above was hit qute hard with large sections of the roof were missing.)
HISTORICAL FACTS ON CANAL CREEK AND PLEASANT RIDGE BY RUFUS A. DENNIS
Date: ? copied from Kiger papers
I have been asked many times if I knew anything of the beginning of the Pleasant Ridge. Pleas Higgins, an old Negro, built a small log cabin about where the Melton Cemetery now is, and father told me that was why the hill is called Pleasant Ridge. Pleas Higgins was never a bonded negro. It seems he was born free. He died and was buried on the ridge some where.
Henry Dennis was a soldier in the War of 1812. When discharged he drew two land Warrants for his pay for serving as a soldier. Henry Dennis' home was on Canal Creek. The George Melton family owns it now. Henry Dennis' land warrants were granted him about 1815. One was 300 acres and the larger one was 400 acres. The 300 acres, warrant was on Pleasant Ridge around where the graveyard now is. Three counties joined about where the Sam Dennis home now is. The Warren Co. line came by Short Mountain running with the meander of the ridge and going west to the head of Lox Creek where Warren Rutherford and Wilson counties joined. Smith Co. and Wilson Co. were on the north side of the Warren Co. line. Part of Sycamore and all of Canal Creek were in Smith Co. Some of Sycamore and all of Hurricane Creek were in Wilson Co.
Henry Dennis had a son William Dennis. He built his son Bill (as he was called) a log house where Sam Dennis now lives, and Bill Dennis was the first person that lived at the Sam Dennis place on Pleasant Ridge.
Henry Dennis gave the Methodists permission to put up a Methodist Church house on the ridge about 1818. The Higgins, Melton, Nokes, Tittles, Prestons, Rigsbys, Milligans, Crabtrees, Teasleys, Thompsons, Gilleys, Stones, Neelys, Barretts, Cox, Hindons, Bonds, Mullenix, Womacks and many others were affiliated with the Methodist way back in that remote place and time.
Henry Dennis was a peculiar and droll man, but was easy and pleasant to meet. He was well-to-do and was counted wealthy in his day. He came from Maryland to Tennessee about 1798. He married Lafatia Parker and they reared a large family. Many of his descendants are scattered over the country about here: the Hollandsworths, Gammons, Higgins, Murpheys, Patricks, Nichols, Davenports, Milligans, Grooms, Elledges, Fusons, Powells, and many more.
Somewhere about 1828 to 1832 Henry Dennis went to Nashville in the month
of
August to buy salt, sugar, coffee, and other staples. On the way to
Nashville down below Lebanon is, or used to be, a camping place for
wagoners.
Henry Dennis stopped there late in the afternoon to spend the night. There
was plenty good water and room for his oxen at that place called ScottŐs
Hollow. The proprietor told Dennis there would be preaching at the school
house back of the thicket that night and invited Mr. Dennis to attend. He
went to the services and at the close invited the minister to some up in
Smith County and preach for the people. He readily accepted and set the
time
as 2nd Sunday in Sept. When he returned home he notified the people of
the
time set for the big meeting. The people got busy and built a brush
arbor
where Eulah Powell's barn now stands.
James Dennis birt: deat: < Polly Dennis birt: deat: marr: 29 NOV 1848 plac: Cannon Co TN < Charlotte Dennis birt: deat: < Eliza Dennis birt: deat: Emaline Dennis birt: deat: Samuel Dennis birt: 1828 plac: Cannon Co TN deat: Craig County, Indian Territory, OK Patsy Dennis birt: 1835 deat: < William Dennis birt: 15 MAY 1815 plac: Cannon Co Tennessee deat: 24 FEB 1886 plac: Aurora, Madison Co AR marr: 15 MAY 1839 plac: Cannon Co Tennessee < Matthew Nathan Dennis birt: 19 SEP 1820 plac: Cannon Co TN deat: 8 MAY 1893 plac: Madison Co AR marr: 8 FEB 1844 plac: Cannon Co TN < Henry Dennis birt: 17 OCT 1838 plac: Cannon Co TN deat: 15 MAY 1915 marr: Cannon County, TN |
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| Lafatia Parker | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: 1794 plac: North Carolina deat: APR 1863 plac: Gassaway, Cannon Co, TN Henry Dennis marr: 1808 plac: Temperance Hall, Wilson Co, TN birt: 17 MAY 1771 plac: Maryland deat: MAR 1863 |
| Samuel Dennis | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: deat: | |||||||||||||||||
| Henry Dennis | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: 17 MAY 1771 plac: Maryland deat: MAR 1863 marr: 1808 plac: Temperance Hall, Wilson Co, TN | |||||||||||||||||
| Sarah Lamar | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: deat: | |||||||||||||||||
| Matthew Nathan Dennis | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: 19 SEP 1820 plac: Cannon Co TN deat: 8 MAY 1893 plac: Madison Co AR marr: 8 FEB 1844 plac: Cannon Co TN | |||||||||||||||||
| Lafatia Parker | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: 1794 plac: North Carolina deat: APR 1863 plac: Gassaway, Cannon Co, TN marr: 1808 plac: Temperance Hall, Wilson Co, TN | |||||||||||||||||
| Elizabeth Dennis | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: 1845 plac: Cannon Co Tennessee deat: | |||||||||||||||||
| Jeremiah Turner Reeves | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: 20 OCT 1794 plac: VA deat: 28 MAR 1861 plac: Jackson Creek, Madison Co AR marr: 9 NOV 1820 plac: Smith County TN | |||||||||||||||||
| Salena Reeves | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: 11 SEP 1823 plac: Wilson Co TN deat: 15 FEB 1883 plac: Madison Co AR marr: 8 FEB 1844 plac: Cannon Co TN | |||||||||||||||||
| Elizabeth Powell | |||||||||||||||||
| birt: ABT. 1795 plac: TN deat: 18 JAN 1884 plac: Drakes Creek, Madison Co AR marr: 9 NOV 1820 plac: Smith County TN |