Page 131
"SCIOTA E. LONGMIRE, wife of J. A. FOSTER; born Feb. 23, 1883; died Jany. 20, 1905".

Page 240
"CUNNINGHAM MARRIAGES
SAMUEL B. CUNNINGHAM to ANN A. D. FOSTER, January 21, 1846.
By  Rev. R. B. McMULLEN (Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Knoxville)". 


Page 244
"REV. STEPHEN FOSTER, Professor of the Ancient Languages in the College of East Tennessee, a faithful minister of the Gospel; born ANDOVER, Mass., Feb. 15, 1798; died January 16, 1835, aged 37 years."

Page 414
All of the above marriages took place in GOOCHLAND COUNTY, while the marriage of WILLIAM MADDOX and MARY ELLIS occurred in HENRICO COUNTY & who moved to GOOCHLAND or CUMBERLAND afterwards. Another WILLIAM MADDOX married AGGIE FOSTER in Buckingham County, Virginia in 1775.

Page 511
"GEORCE W. FOSTER was born in POLX Co. the son of William S. Foster and Mary Handley. The parents were from Virginia, but died in Benton in Polk Co. Tennessee. GEORGE FOSTER married Julia HOGE, daughter of Solomon Hoge."

Page 463
In 1823 ??ARD McDONALD and his wife ELIZABETH FOSTER brought their three sons and settled in RHEA COUNTY, and bought lands at Garrison's BLUFF from JAMES and ROLAND KYLE, near what is now Dayton.

Page 280
MARY(MECKLEN) MORROW left a will in ABBEVILLE DISTRICT, August 12 1822, in which she names three children: JAMES MORROW, GEORGE MECKLEN MORROW and MARGARET BROWN and Margaret's daughter. This appears to indivate that she was a second wife. If this is true, the children of the first marriage would have been HUGH, JOHN, JANE and MARY ANN MORROW. JANE MORROW married a man named JAMES COUPLES FOSTER, and had many children.

Page 625
The FOSTER and McLEAN families were the first to settle on DRAKE'S LICK in Wilson County, and one of the books say that the heads of these two families were WILLIAM McCLAIN and a JOHN FOSTER. Also that the first white child born in WILSON COUNTY was JOSIAH McCLAIN, who became the County Court Clerk of Wilson County, which office he held for more than forty years.


Page 417
The last will of SAMUEL HENDERSON is dated December 1, 1818, and was probated at the April term of Court of Caswell County, North Carolina, in 1819.

To the son JAMES S. he gives the land "I live upon"; to HARRI??T "land BENJAMIN CRAVES lives on"; to MINERVA a tract on Lick Creek adjoining THOMAS FOSTER; LUDOLPHUS land North side of Moons Creek, and to FRANCES A. land on Lick Fork "I bought of ZACHARIAH HOOPER".


Page 752
OTHER PIONEER ANCESTORS OF GIBSON WHO WERE BORN IN VIRGINIA
Samuel Foster m. Nancy James, both from Brunswick Co. Va.

Page 626
In 1799, the year WILSON COUNTY was established, JOHN FOSTER appears to have removed from Drake's Lick to the SPRING CREEK settlement described as being SOUTHEAST of the site of LEBANON, where he was joined by WILLIAM DONNELL and ALEXANDER BARCLAY, but the following year they were joined by Martin Talley, William Sherrill, Purnel Hearn, JOHN JONES, JAMES CANNON, Benjamin Motley, Henry Chandler, ADAIR HARPOOL and GREGORY JOHNSON, so that there was quite a crowd in the settlement. At the other SPRING CREEK settlement described as being eight or nine miles SOUTH of Leban??, DAVID MAGATHEY, FOSTER and JOHN DOAK, ALEXANDER BRADEN (BREEDEN?) and a family by the name of DONNELL settled. The Donnells were perhaps from the GUILFORD COUNTY, North Carolina family of that name.

Page 613
FAMILIES BURIED IN THE OLD FRANKLIN CEMETERY, WILLIAMSON COUNTY
Farrington 1830, Ferguson 1857, Figures 1836, Fisher 1839, Foster 183??, Fry,(Dr. Joseph).

Page 227
MARRIAGES IN KNOX COUNTY, TENNESSEE BEFORE 1800.
ALEXANDER FOSTER to PATSY PLUMLEY, November 29, 1799.

Page 671
LIST OF PERSONS MENTIONED IN FIRST COURTS OF THE SETTLEMENT

 The Courts beginning in 1783, in JANUARY were called "Of Cumberland District", NORTH CAROLINA. Besides those persons already mentioned - were the following, March 4, 1783:

GASPER MANSCO summoned as a garnishee. 
HUMPHREY HOGAN sued STEPHEN RAY, & 
   also JOHN BROWN 
ANDREW KELLER sued JOHN DUNHAM on 
   a contract, with JOHN BUCHANAN 
   as a witness. 
JOHN BUCHANAN, HUMPHREY HOGAN,JOHN 
   CASTILLO, SR. and JOHN TUCKER - 
   witnesses for JAMES FOSTER. 

Page 722
JOSEPH PURVIANCE, NATHAN GREEN, JOHN FOSTER, DANIEL MURPHY, JOHN ANDREWS & CAPT. WILLIAM NEAL, of North Carolina, (d.1830 aged 90) all revolutionary soldiers, lived in HENDERSON COUNTY, Tenn.

Page 566
CANNON COUNTY was cut off out of lands lying East of BEDFORD, and Warren, Coffee, Wilson and Rutherford counties each furnished part of the territory for CANNON,which was established January 21, 1836. Although it joins BEDFORD on the East the Bedford Territory was not disturbed, as it was at that time. DANVILLE was the name of the County seat until the name was changed to WOODBURY. Most of the land belonged to HENRY McBROOM and his brother at the time, and HENRY WILEY had a store there. Later the McBrooms built what was called the DILLON HOTEL, which was burned in 1907.

  The first meeting of the County court was held in McBroom's Tavern in May, 1836. Present as magistrates were the following persons:

Thomas Powell 
Joseph Simpson 
Isaac Finley 
ISAAC W. ELLEDGE 
I. M. Brown 
F. L. Turner 
John Melton 
William Bates 
William B. Foster 
Martin Phillips 
REUBEN EVANS 
Peter Reynolds 
Joel Cheatham 
Allen Haley 
Blake Sedgley 
Jas. L. Essary 
John Pendleton 
Elijah Stephens 
C. C. Evans 
Samuel Lance 
John Martin 
John Frazer 
LEMUEL MOORE 
James Goodwin 
James Batey 
Jonathan Fuston 

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