THE WEAKS FAMILY
The surname Weaks is believed to have originated in the vicinity of Hastings, England.
However, the precise locality from which it was derived is unknown. Guaterus Diaconus, the
ancestor of the family of De Hastings, Lord of the Barony of Hastings, held a knights fee in
Wikes at the making of the Doomsday Book. He was believed to have been instrumental in the
origin of the Weaks name. Several of the variations of the name were Weeks, Weekes, Wick,
Wikes, Wykes and, Wix. Wike was a Saxon term used from 350-1000 AD for a farm or a
group of huts. The Doomsday Book was commissioned by King William (the Conqueror) in
1066. This book was a feudal statement giving the identities of the tenants-in-chief (landholders)
who held their lands directly under the crown and of their tenants and under tenants. There was
no single hide nor a yard of land, nor indeed one ox nor one cow nor one pig which was there left
out. However, no records have been uncovered that document the Weaks, Weeks, Wick, etc.
families or provide information about their immigration to the New World. This lack of
information has confined the writing of this series of biographies to the descendents of William
C. Weaks, Sr., who was born in North Carolina, lived for a time in Virginia, and eventually
moved on to Tennessee during the late eighteenth century.
William C. Weaks, Sr., is believed to have been born between 1760 and 1770 in Hertford
County, North Carolina, and died in 1838. The range of births of William’s children (over a
period of 50 years) plus their birth patterns suggest that he had at least two and possibly three
wives. His first wife, Sarah Ferguson, was a daughter of Elizabeth Davis Standifer and John
Aaron Sr. Ferguson (1). Sarah was born between 1760 and 1770 in Franklin County (formerly
Henry County), Virginia, and died sometime before 1830 in Stewart County, Tennessee (Dawn
Morrill, Elko, NV). She is thought to have been the mother of the first eight of William’s
eleven children.
William and Sarah lived for a time in Franklin County, Virginia (near the Appalachian
Mountains), where their first son, Henry, was born in 1785 (1850 U.S. Census Report; Franklin
County 1786 Tax List). The 1786 Franklin County, Virginia Personal Property Tax List
(Transcribed by Jeffrey C. Weaver, July 26, 1998) lists William Weeks (Weaks) as owning six
head of cattle, two horses and one slave who was over sixteen years of age. After several years,
the Weaks family moved roughly 200 miles back east to Hertford County, North Carolina
(1790 United States Federal Census Report). After living there for approximately one year, they
moved to Halifax County, North Carolina, where their daughter Rebecca was born. In the year
1796, the family had returned to Hertford County, North Carolina. Halifax County is located
approximately 60 miles northeast of Raleigh, and Hertford County is located about 30 miles east
of Halifax County. Both counties border on the North Carolina-Virginia state line. The frequent
moves that this family made over a period of several years suggests that whatever they were
searching for in life they never managed to find in either Virginia or North Carolina. Perhaps
they were stricken with the wanderlust that was commonplace in the young and restless of their
day. In any case, they eventually made a bold decision to move beyond the mountains and closer
to the excitement of the frontier. But they were unlike many of the land-hungry whites who
pressed the frontier and waited for an opportunity to encroach on Indian land. William and
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Sarah evidently had greater respect, or perhaps fear, of the Cherokee nation and were more
interested in relocating to a relatively safe area that had been legally opened to settlement.
Having heard glowing reports about the new state of Tennessee that had only recently been
declared reasonably safe from hostile Indians, William and Sarah were obviously determined to
relocate to this uncrowded, fertile land. The Cherokee nation had previously claimed possession
of all of Tennessee except for that part west of the Tennessee River. The Chickasaws claimed
that portion of the state which lay between the Tennessee and Mississippi Rivers. Around the
year 1798, William and Sarah along with their children made the long trip to middle Tennessee.
The route that the Weaks family traveled as pioneers to the new land to the west can be
established with reasonable certainty. They likely traveled the same route that most other
settlers bound for middle Tennessee took through Cumberland Gap and Kentucky or over the
newly built wagon roads across the Cumberland Plateau. It is highly likely that the group
traveled at least part of their journey on toll roads that had been recently constructed through
middle Tennessee. Many early settlers with destinations in eastern and southern parts of the
state came by flatboat or keelboat down the Tennessee River.
The earliest pioneers who chose the water route faced death and destruction at the hands of
the treacherous and determined Cherokee Indians who vigorously attacked them along much of
their way. After the defeat in 1794 of Dragging Canoe, Cherokee chief of the Lower Towns
(Chickamauga), by 550 mounted men under Major James Ore, the trip down the Tennessee River
was somewhat safer. However, it was far too long and difficult for settlers like William and
Sarah who were going to Middle Tennessee. This excessively long water route was largely
abandoned years earlier following the voyage by Colonel John Donelson’s party that left east
Tennessee in December 1779 and floated for four months over a thousand miles before reaching
their destination at French Lick (Nashville).
An unsupported family legend has persisted for many years that the William C. Weaks, Sr.
family, while living in Virginia, was attacked by Indians from the Overhill Cherokee Towns that
were located nearby in the mountainous south-west section of the state. According to this story,
their barn and store of corn was burned, and the family was taken captive. About six months
later, a body of Virginia militia was organized in the area. The Indians were tracked down and
attacked, and around thirty were killed. The family was rescued. Assuming that this scenario
actually occurred, it is speculated that the terror that the family experienced may have been a
factor in William and Sarah’s decision to leave Virginia for a new life in eastern North Carolina
(Halifax and Hertford Counties).
A move of approximately 200 miles back east to the comforts and security of civilization
was definitely out of character for adventurous pioneers like William and Sarah who by their
record of frequent relocations undoubtedly yearned for the excitement of the frontier. But using
only the faint paper trail that they left behind for genealogical researchers to follow, what
actually happened to this family while living in Virginia is obviously poorly understood. This
translates into an admission that the authenticity of Indian capture of William and Sarah
Weaks has not been confirmed. In conclusion, it is readily apparent that most of the details
during this period in the lives of this family are lacking and should be researched in greater depth
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before the account of an Indian attack should be accepted as truth. What is known with certainty
is that William and Sarah Weaks left the frontier in western Virginia, moved to more civilized
locations in eastern North Carolina, and came to Montgomery County, Tennessee, between 1796
and 1798. William Weaks, Sr., was listed on the 1800 Montgomery County tax list but was not
included on an assigned Justice List, which suggests that he was a new person in the county.
In the year 1803, William C. Weaks, Sr., bought 640 acres of land in Montgomery County
for $160 from Arthur Perce. This large track of river bottom property was located on the south
side of the Cumberland River and approximately two miles below Red River. In 1804 he
purchased 228 acres of hill land for $228 on the north side of the Cumberland River and two
miles below the mouth of Red River. The Weaks home was built on this second tract that now
lies within the town of New Providence (formerly Cumberland), Tennessee. The Weaks family
was living at this location when the 1820 United States Federal Census was taken. This census
listed William Weaks, Sr., as owning five slaves. Two of these were males of fourteen and
under twenty-six years of age. The other three were females, two under fourteen, and one
between twenty-six and under forty-five years of age. William Weaks, Jr., was listed as owning
one female slave under the age of fourteen.
After living in the Cumberland area for more than 20 years, William Weaks, Sr., sold all of
his property in Montgomery County. The Weaks family relocated to a tract of 388 acres on Cub
Creek that was approximately eight miles east of Dover and in Stewart County. This land was
purchased from James Atkins on February 27, 1821. An additional 50-acre tract was later
purchased that adjoined the original tract on the north-east boundary. This smaller tract
included Duck Spring. William constructed a home on the larger tract (near an un-named
feeder branch of Cub Creek and close to the Weaks Cemetery) and lived at that location for the
remainder of his life. The Weaks farm was located about three miles north of the Cumberland
River, which offered opportunities for the transport of farm products (corn, tobacco, hay, hogs,
cattle, etc.) to markets downstream in the Paducah, Kentucky, area. In addition, the tobacco
ports of Cumberland and Clarksville were within hauling distance. But it is not known if
William exploited these markets. However, it is known that some farmers in his area regularly
transported farm products by log raft to Paducah.
By farm standards of the year 2004, prime cropland is almost nonexistent in Stewart
County. Most of the farmland is too hilly and with such broken topography that row-crops are
rarely grown today. However, the reader should keep in mind that in the early nineteenth
century, the first settlers were looking for much more than good cropland. A dependable supply
of potable water; a stand of quality hardwood timber; easily worked building stone close at hand;
good hunting, fishing, and trapping; and desirable building sites on the property were all
probably considered by William Weaks, Sr., when the family made the decision to relocate to
Stewart County. But above all else, they searched for an area that offered a good and safe
environment for raising a family. William and Sarah had all of these things at their location on
Cub Creek and were undoubtedly very happy in their choice of this place to live out their lives.
Sarah is believed to have been buried along with William in the Weaks Cemetery near Cub
Creek in Stewart County, Tennessee. To locate this cemetery go to Dover and follow State
Route 76 north to Indian Mound Road (approx. 7 mi.). Go south on Indian Mound Road about
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one mile to Tracy Road. The Weaks Cemetery is approximately one-third mile south of the
junction of this road with Tracy Road. The cemetery is on a wooded, south-west facing slope,
approximately seventy-five yards from Indian Mound Road, and is marked with a metal sign
(Weaks Cemetery). Around twenty-three graves are in this cemetery. Only one is marked with
an engraved monument. Most of the other graves are marked with fieldstones. Following
Sarah’s death, William married Mary R. Weatherford who was born in 1796 in North Carolina.
Two and possibly three children were born to this union.
The children born to William C. and his two wives, Sarah Ferguson and Mary Weatherford
were:
1. Henry H. Weaks - born July 22, 1785 and died December 22, 1852. He married Anna
Smith in 1808. She was born April 25, 1790. After her death in 1835, he married Johanna
Weaks, widow of William C. Weaks, Jr., in 1837.
2. William C. Weaks, Jr. - born between 1786-1789 and died 1826. Married Johanna __?_.
Children were Eliza Ann and Mary Clemintine.
3. Charles Weaks- born before 1790. Married Elizabeth_?__
4. Rebecca Weaks- born December 23, 1791 in Halifax County, N.C. She married Abner
Pearce. Rebecca was buried at Morehouse Parish, La.. Her brother Charles and his wife
Elizabeth probably took her children at her death.
5. John F. Weaks- born December 25, 1796, in Hertford Co., N.C., and died March 18, 1838,
in Stewart County, TN. He married Delilah Gatlin. Children were Nancy Caroline,
William Carrol, Ephrian, James Henry, Eliza, Polly Jane.
6. George Milburn Weaks- born January 8, 1798 in TN and died on November 11, 1850. He
married Jane Cinthelia Caldwell in 1828 and was buried in Morehouse Parish, La.
7. Thomas E. Weaks.- born July 9, 1803 at Montgomery Co, TN. He had a son named
William.
8. Mary Weaks- born 1804-1824 in TN.
Married William T. Barnes.
9. Washington Lee Weaks-born 1825. His father deeded the home place to him in 1830.
This farm was sold in 1849 or 1850. Washington married Dorcas Brunson.
10. Fanny Ann Weaks- born in 1828 in Stewart Co, TN. Married William T. Barnes who
was the widower of her sister Mary. They were married in Stewart County in 1845 and
moved to Fulton County, Ky.
11. Elmira Weaks- born Sept. 1835. Died after 1900.
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The first son, Henry, was born in Virginia (probably Henry County). When his parents
moved to Montgomery County, Tennessee, he came along with them. Following his marriage
to Anna H. Smith, the couple purchased a tract of land in Clarksville that included what later
became known as Riggins Hill.
The 1820 United States Federal Census listed Henry as owning one female slave that was
between the ages of fourteen and twenty-six years. On December 20, 1825, Henry purchased a
tract of farmland from his wife Anna’s parents (3). The couple sold their farm in Clarksville
and moved to this property that was located mostly in the Little Elk drainage area of Stewart
County. They established their home on this land where they were to reside the remainder of
their lives. This property was adjacent to the Francis Smith plantation, which surrounded the
Lowery (formerly Smith) Cemetery located in the Little Elk drainage. The sales transaction is
described as follows:
December 20, 1825—Francis Smith sold to Henry H. Weaks 222 ½ acres of land for
$1000. Beginning at Elliot’s Ferry, Wm. Bayliss upper corner, S 26 degrees W. 125 p. to Bird’s
corner S. 320 p., East 80 poles N. 26 degrees East 125 poles, thence down river to beginning.
Witnessed by J. Land Rufus MCD Smith
On October 9, 1837, Henry Weaks bought from Lewis and Richard Boyd 50 acres of Little
Elk Creek bottomland for $50. This property started at a sweet gum tree on Weaks Spring and
running west to Little Elk Creek, down it to Big Elk Creek and down it to the boundary line of
the Old Fawn Survey. Thence east to Weaks NW corner. Thence south to the beginning.
The properties owned by Henry Weaks, Francis Smith, and Joseph Gray were formerly
portions of a land grant issued to Captain William Fawn of North Carolina, for his services in the
Revolutionary War. During the lives of Smith, Weaks, and Gray, a heavy majority of all
agriculturists owned their land. Already the North, gulled by journalists, politicians, and
crusading clergymen, was quite wrongly dividing all people of the South, and with it the people
of the Tennessee country, into three tight classes: planter aristocrat, poor white, and Negro slave.
If this was a valid classification, Henry Weaks was classed as a planter aristocrat simply because
he owned several hundred acres of land. However, as he produced little that could be sold
beyond his immediate community, he could probably more accurately be classed as a subsistence
farmer. The 1850 United States Federal Census reported Henry as owning real estate with a
value of $1200.
Henry, like most farmers in middle Tennessee, adopted highly diversified agricultural
practices. Cattle, hogs, tobacco, and corn were the principle farm products in Stewart County
for many years. Livestock was not confined but was allowed to roam free to browse and root the
fields and woods of any farmer who didn’t have his property fenced. Tennessee had what was
known as a ―no fence law‖ until sometime in the early twentieth century. This made it
necessary for the farmer to surround his crops with rail fences to keep out the hungry livestock
that could be counted on to lay waste to the entire crop once they worked their way through the
enclosure.
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Henry probably never grew more than a few acres of corn each year, in major part, because
of the high labor input that was required for clearing new-ground, building rail fences, and
raising a crop with hoe and mule-drawn equipment. An equally important problem that could not
be overcome was the lack of a good market for farm products. His land was located down river
from Clarksville and Nashville, which made transportation of farm products to those cities costly
in both time and effort. Although the demand was high for corn and hay in those two cities
where many people owned horses, cows, and hogs, Henry probably never seriously considered
those markets.
In addition to corn, most farmers in the area also grew several acres of wheat each year
mainly for their own use. Water powered mills in the area did custom grinding of corn into
meal, and some had the more costly equipment for grinding and bolting wheat into flour. Just
about everyone, including the women, either chewed, smoked or dipped, so many farmers also
grew a small crop of dark-fired tobacco for home use. A very good market for dark-fired tobacco
was eventually established in Clarksville that some farmers in Stewart County took advantage of
even before the advent of river packets and the railroad. Unlike corn, tobacco leaf was not
bulky to transport by wagon. A few farmers tried growing cotton, but the lack of a nearby market
and a too short growing season quickly discouraged them in this area of Tennessee. Wild game
was also considered a farm product and was largely used to fill a family’s need for meat.
Most early settlers during Henry’s time were passionately fond of hunting, and there were
still low populations of several species of big game to hunt (i.e., bear, deer, turkey). When the
big game disappeared because of over-hunting and habitat destruction, small game (i.e., ground
hogs, opossum, rabbits, raccoons, squirrels) kept tables well supplied with fresh meat. Trapping
also ranked high among the pleasurable activities available to farm families of Henry’s time. The
selling of furs and herbs dug from the woods were two of the several ways that the children of a
farm family could earn a little spending money.
The children of Henry and Anna Weaks were:
1. Francis S. Weaks- born February 27, 1811, died December 23, 1842, and was buried in the
Lowery Cemetery.
2. Mary E. Weaks- born September 18, 1815. Died July 21, 1836, and was buried in the
Lowery Cemetery. She married Mitchell Slade Allen.
3. William Barney Weaks- born August, 12, 1813, and died February 5, 1897. He married
Nancy Emily Gray. William was buried in the Weaks Cemetery on Elk Creek.
4. Henry H. Weaks, Jr.- born on September 1, 1818, and died June 6, 1886, in Groves County,
Kentucky. He married Margaret E. Marshall (b. August 8, 1818, and died July 27, 1890). Henry
went to Arkansas and brought the children of Finis home with him to raise (information
contributed by Carolyn Milner of Bardwell, KY). Henry was a merchant at Cumberland City in
1860.
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5. Finis E. Weaks- born November 8, 1827. Married Belle Morris. Both died in Arkansas.
They had a daughter, Sarah Ada Weaks, who married a Mathis. This couple had a son named
James Morgan Mathis who had a son named Herbert Mathis ([email protected]). A
nephew of Herbert’s, Phil Mathis ([email protected]), is currently (2005) employed at Middle
Tennessee State University.
6. George Dodd Weaks- born September 26, 1822, and died August 7, 1878. He married
Margaret Jane Hunter on July 16, 1846.
7. John Samuel Weaks- born April 29, 1820, and died in Arkansas. He was a bachelor.
8. Tabitha Ann Weaks- born June 7, 1825, and died in childbirth on August 13, 1842.
She married Peter F. Gray.
9. Frances Jane Weaks- born in 1830. She married a Cross and lived in Nashville.
10. E.R. Weaks- born August 1, 1832, and died October 21, 1832
Anna died on July 22, 1835, and was buried in the Lowery (formerly Smith) Cemetery.
Henry then married Johanna Weaks, widow of his brother, William C. Weaks, Jr., in 1837.
The date of Johanna’s death is not known. Henry Weaks died on December 22, 1852, and was
also buried in the Lowery Cemetery. Two of his sons, William B. Weaks and John S. Weaks,
were the administrators of his estate (Dec. 19, 1854, Stewart County Court records).
John F. Weaks, the fifth child of William and Sarah Ferguson Weaks was born on Christmas
Day 1796 in Hertford Co., NC, located in the heart of the Albemarle region of North Carolina.
He was the youngest of the children when his parents made their decision to move their family
to Montgomery Co., TN. In Tennessee, John grew up on the Weaks farm and soon followed in
the family tradition of farming. It was in Stewart Co., TN, that John met and married his wife
Delila Gatlin, a native of the county. At the time of their marriage on December 15, 1825, John
was farming and in the mercantile business in Dover. Stewart County Tax Records for the year
1837 indicate that John Weaks owned 561 acres of land valued at $1,216.
Delila Gatlin was born January 1, 1806, in Stewart Co., TN. She was the daughter of Rev.
Ephraim Gatlin (b. March 4, 1785 in NC, d. Aug 23, 1837 in Stewart Co. TN) and Elizabeth
Bruton Gatlin (b. Apr 13, 1786 in NC, d. after 1850 in Stewart Co. TN). The Gatlin and Bruton
families were early settlers of Stewart County, both arriving in the area from North Carolina
around the year 1800. Ephraim Gatlin was a farmer and early Free Will preacher of the Liberty
Baptist Church, a democrat in politics who was sent as a delegate from Tennessee to consider the
Missouri compromise, and a veteran of the War of 1812. Ephraim and Elizabeth Gatlin were
married June 20, 1805, in Stewart County, TN, and both are buried at the Gatlin Cemetery in
Stewart Co., TN.
The children of John and Delila Weaks were:
1. William Carroll Weaks
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2. Ephraim Parsons Weaks – Born Jan 10, 1829, Stewart Co., TN. Died Nov 29, 1906,
McCracken Co., KY. Married Mary Jane Elizabeth Acree Jan 27, 1853. Their children
were Elizabeth, John Plennie, William Bringham, Caroline Lee and Sarah Alma.
3. Nancy Caroline Weaks – Born Feb 6, 1831, Stewart Co., TN. Died Feb 20, 1897.
Married Christopher Brandon Jr. Jul 30, 1849, Stewart Co., TN.
4. Elizabeth Parisade Weaks – Born Sep 16, 1832, Stewart Co., TN. Died Sep 1, 1903.
Married William C. Stubblefield Nov 16, 1852, Stewart Co., TN.
5. James Henry Weaks – Born Dec 12, 1835 Stewart Co., TN. Died 1913 Stewart Co., TN.
Married Martha Woods Robertson Feb 21, 1861, Stewart Co., TN. Their children were
Lillie, Charles Henry, Bessie and Lulu Sara.
6. Polly Jane Weaks - Born Dec 5, 1837, Stewart Co., TN. Died 1846 Stewart Co., TN.
Sadly, the children lost both parents at a young age. John F. Weaks died March 18, 1838 (the
same year that his father William Weaks, Sr., died), and Delila Gatlin Weaks died just three
years later on August 6, 1841. At the time of John F. Weaks’ death, he was farming on a large
scale and owned nine slaves (Weaks Martin, Stewart County Heritage, Dover TN, Vol. One,
1980, pg.466). The will of John F. Weaks was proved April 1838, leaving his estate to his wife
and six children (Stewart County Settlement Bonds Vol. D June 1836-June 1840). The three
sons were to become active leaders in business and the Stewart County Community; all three
starting their careers in the mercantile business suggests that the father was a great influence in
the beginning of his children’s lives and also future generations of this Weaks line. Goodspeed
History of Stewart County has recorded Biographies for the three sons of John F. Weaks.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnstewar/gsbio5.htm
William Carroll Weaks, the oldest son, was born Sep 17, 1826, in Dover, Stewart Co., TN.
William started his career as a clerk in a store and later entered into merchandising on his own.
He married three times: (1) Emily Helbon Wall on Nov 27, 1855, in Stewart Co., TN; (2) Harriet
Louisa A.Tucker on Nov 10, 1859, in Stewart Co., TN; and (3) Martha F. Brandon in 1882 in
Stewart Co., TN. The second wife, known as Louisa, was the mother to William’s children. It
is believed that there were ten children, although only eight are known at this time, and only five
known living to adulthood.
Harriet Louisa A. Tucker was born Nov 3, 1843, in Rockingham Co., NC. She was the
daughter of Pascal G. Tucker and Rebecca W. Ellington Tucker. It is unclear how William and
Louisa met, but it is believed that after Louisa’s father died in 1848, her mother remarried and
the family moved to TN and later Calloway Co., KY.
At the time William and Louisa were first married, they were living in Dover and William
was working as a dry goods merchant. In late 1860-1861, just before the outbreak of the Civil
War, William and Louisa made the decision to move to New Concord, Calloway Co., KY,
located just 25 miles west of Stewart Co., TN. The couple settled in this area for several years
and started their family. William continued in his line of work as a dry goods merchant.
Between 1870-1872, William decided to move his family back to his hometown of Dover,
Stewart County, TN. William also made another decision to change careers, running for the
office of Stewart County Registrar. He was elected to this office in 1874 and served several
terms. Harriet Louisa A. Tucker Weaks died May 21, 1880, in Dover, Stewart Co., TN.
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William married again in 1882. According to the 1900 US Census for Dover, Stewart Co., TN,
William C. Weaks was a widower again and living in the home of his daughter May Weaks
Brandon. William Carroll Weaks died Jun 23, 1908, in Dover, Stewart Co., TN. Both William
and Louisa Weaks are buried in the Community Cemetery in Dover, Stewart Co., TN.
The Children of William and Louisa Weaks were:
1. Emmett Ephraim Weaks
2. John Pascal Weaks – Born Aug 29, 1863, Calloway Co., KY. Died Nov 9, 1899. Married
Mary Phippen Jun 6, 1889, Stewart Co., TN. Their Children were James P. and Allie
Bristol.
3. Adilia Delila Weaks – Born Mar 7, 1867 Calloway Co., KY. Died Jun 7, 1954 Stewart Co.,
TN. Married (1) Thomas T. Sensney Feb 12, 1893 Stewart Co., TN (2) Dr. C. R. Acree.
Their child is Bessie Sensney.
4. Mary (May) William Weaks – Born May 1, 1868, Calloway Co., KY. Died Sep 9, 1926,
Stewart Co., TN. Married William Wesley Brandon Aug 29, 1889, Stewart Co., TN.
Their children were Earl W., Russell N. and Ethel M.
5. Caroline J. Weaks – Born Feb 2, 1870, Calloway Co., KY. Died Feb 6, 1875, Stewart Co.,
TN.
6. William H. Weaks – Born Apr 27, 1872, Stewart Co., TN. Died Apr 19, 1875, Stewart Co.,
TN.
7. Rebecca E. Weaks – Born Sep 25, 1874, Stewart Co., TN. Died Feb 9, 1875, Stewart Co.,
TN.
8. Carrie Tharpe Weaks – Born Oct 5, 1879, Stewart Co., TN. Died Aug 31, 1969, Stewart
Co., TN. Married Thomas James Martin Nov 2, 1899, Stewart Co., TN. Their seven sons
were Carl, Weaks, Joseph, Fred W., Thomas R., Harold and Frank.
Emmett Ephraim Weaks was born Dec 8, 1861, the year the American Civil War broke out.
He was born in New Concord, Calloway Co., KY. Emmett was about age ten when the family
moved back to Dover, and by age eighteen he was working as a clerk in a store in Dover and
later traveling as a salesman. Between 1888-1890 he was living and working in Evansville,
Vanderburgh Co., IN, when he met Kathryn (Kate) C. Henson.
Kate was born Aug 16, 1867, in Stringtown, Vanderburgh Co., IN. She was the daughter of
George Washington Henson and Lydia Frances Hopkins Henson. Emmett and Kate married on
Oct 1, 1892. To this marriage was born one child, a son Carroll Francis Weaks, born Apr 20,
1894, in Evansville, Vanderburgh Co., IN.
On June 10, 1898, Emmett enlisted with the First Regiment of Tennessee Infantry Volunteers,
a Private of Company H. of Dover, TN, to serve in the Spanish American War. His company
was mustered out Nov 23, 1899.
The Emmett Weaks family settled and lived for several years in Chicago, Cook Co., IL. In
1927 Emmett and Kate retired and moved to Tujunga, Los Angeles Co., CA., seeking a drier
climate for Emmett’s health. Emmett died Nov 27, 1940, in Tujunga, Los Angeles Co., CA.
He is buried at Sawtelle Soldiers National Cemetery, Los Angeles Co., CA. Kate died Jan 11,
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1948, in Burbank, Los Angeles Co., CA, and is buried at Valhalla Mem. Park, No. Hollywood,
CA.
Carroll Francis Weaks married on Dec 16, 1922, in Du Page Co., IL to Marjory Ruth
Cleveland (b. Sep 5, 1897, Cook Co., IL. d. Jul 9, 1950, Los Angeles Co., CA), the daughter of
Willard Reuben Cleveland and Clara Duckham Cleveland. The children of Carroll and Marjory
were Kent Cleveland, Marjory Carol and Rowland Henson. Carroll Francis Weaks died Jul 8,
1971, in Long Beach, Los Angeles Co., CA. Carroll and Marjory Weaks are both buried at
Valhalla Mem. Park No. Hollywood, CA.
Washington Leee Weaks was the youngest son of William C. Weaks.
W.L. Weaks is listed in the 1860 census of Fulton Co, Ky
With a son listed as Wm. F. Weaks. His wife is listed
as Dorcas in that census.
He was born in 1825. 1
The 1870 census of Fulton Co, Ky list the family as follows:
W.L. Weaks, head of house, age 45
Dorcas,
wife, age 41
Fannie A. Weaks, daughter, age 15
Geo. W. Weaks, son, age 14
Mary J. Weaks, daughter, age 16
Tabitha, daughter, age 12
Lizzie Bell, daughter, age 8
Thomas, son, age 2
The next family in the census listing is the Hampton Family
with a daughter, Sarah P. Hampton, age 20.
RESEARCHER'S NOTES:
It should be noted that the death certificate for William Finis WEAKS
shows his father was George Washington WEAKS. I suspect this is
in error. Both Finis' brother and father were named Washington WEAKS
and I suspect the family, over the years confused the names or actually
though Washington Lee WEAKS' correct name was George Washington
WEAKS and his son by that name was a Junior. There is much speculation
on this. I have decided to accept the evidence provided in the census
as proof of parentage.
He married Dorcas Brunson, married 22 Oct 1845 in Stewart Co, Tn.,2 b. ___ 1829.3
Children:
3.
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William Finis Weaks b. 25 Nov 1848.
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Fulton Co, Ky, 1870 census.
Stewart Co Tn marriage records. via Cynthia Fulcher < [email protected] >.
Stewart Co Tn marriage records. and the Fulton Co, Ky census of 1870.
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Mary J. Weaks, b. ___ 1854.4
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Fannie A Weaks, b. ___ 1855,5 census 1870 in Fulton Co,
Ky, census 1880 in Obion Co, Tn in house with brother William F.
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George Washington Weaks, b. ___ 1856.6
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Tabitha Weaks, b. ___ 1858.7
4.
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Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bell Weaks b. ___ 1862.
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Thomas Weaks, b. ___ 1868.8
Third Generation
3. William Finis Weaks, (2.Washington2, 1.William1) b. 25 Nov 1848 in Ky,9 d. 27 Jan 1938
in Hornbeak, Obion Co, Tn,10 buried Jan 1938 in Hornbeak Cem.,
Obion
Co, Tn, occupation Blacksmith, census 1880 in Obion Co, Tn, page
192b,
Enum. Dist. 113.
1880 census, Obion Co, Tn house 321/341, page 192B, District 113
W.S. Weeks, age 31, Blacksmith, Tn, Tn, Tn
Sarah WF 30. House Keeping, Tn,Tn,Tn
J.L. Weeks, WM 7, son,
W.H. Weeks, WM5, son
J.W. Weeks, WM1, son
Fannice Weeks, WF31, sister
_______________________
1900 Census Obion Co, Tn
Finnis Weaks WM, NOV 1858, 7 years this marriage, Tn, Tn, Tn, Farmer
Maggie E., wife, MAR (?) 1868, 7,4,3, Tn, Tn, Tn
James, son, WM, 1878, single
Alva R, daughter, AUG 1881, single
Alta , WF , daughter, SEP 1886,
Samuel C. , son, NOV (?) 1895
Mona M, daughter, OCT 1897,
Zill, daughter, FEB 1900
_______________________
Dates of death and birth for William Finis Weaks confirmed with a copy
of Tennessee Death Certificate # 1373 for the year 1938.
The place of birth on the death certificate shows to be Ky. His father
was listed as George W. Weaks, born in Ky. His mother's name is shown
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Fulton Co, Ky, 1870 census.
Fulton Co, Ky, 1870 census.
Fulton Co, Ky, 1870 census.
Fulton Co, Ky, 1870 census.
Fulton Co, Ky, 1870 census.
Tn Death Certificate #1373 from 1938 for William F WEAKS.
Obion County Library Cemetery records.
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as "Do Not Know". The person providing and signing as the informant
on the death certificate was S.C. Weaks of Hornbeak, Tn. Finis Weaks' occupation
was listed as Blacksmith in Hornbeak, Tn. His wife was listed as Maggie Clemmons.
It should be noted that the cemetary records on file in the Obion Co Library
show his date of birth was 25 NOV 1849 (this is from his headstone) but
the official death certificate shows his date of birth was 25 NOV 1848.
The following is a transcribed copy (including misspellings) of the obituary
notice published on January 28, 1938 in the Union City Daily Messenger.
W.F. WEEKS
DIES AT AGE OF
EIGHTY NINE
Aged Resident Of Hornbeak
Will Be Buried Tomorrow
HORNBEAK -William Finis Weeks, age 89 years, died at eleven o'clock
Wednesday morning at his home in Hornbeak. He has been a resident
of Hornbeak for thirty-five years and was next to the oldest person in Hornbeak.
Mr. Weeks had been ill since Thanksgiving when he injured himself in a fall.
He was a member of the Hornbeak Methodist church.
He leaves his wife and the following children: Lee Weeks of Flint, Mich., Henry
Weeks of Arkansas, Jim Weeks of Marston, Mo., Mrs. I. W. Kimball of Clinton,
Ky., Calvin Weeks of Hornbeak, Mrs. Mabel Griffin of Mayfield, Ky., Mrs. Mora Egbert of
Detroit, Mich., Mrs. Vella Johnson of Hornbeak, Mrs. Lelia Heavener of Detroit, Mich., Mrs.
Bess Cartwright of Tiptonville, also several grandchildren and a number of great
grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements have not been completed pending arrival of some of the
children, however services will be held sometime tomorrow at Hornbeak.
He married (1) Sarah P. Hampton, married 9 Feb 1871 in Fulton Co, Ky,11 b. ___ 1850.12
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Children:
Jerry Lee Weaks, b. 7 Jan 1872.13,14
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James "Jim" Weaks, b. ___ 1878 in Tn.15
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FULTON COUNTY, KENTUCKY Marriages, April, 1870 - January, 1874 as indexed on RootsWeb by
Kim Mitchell [email protected].
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Fulton Co, Ky, 1870 census.
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Obit Notice for Maggie Clemmons and W F Weaks.
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1900 census for Obion Co, Tn.
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iii Alva Rilla Weaks, b. Aug 1881 in Tn.16
She married Richard Washington "Washey" Kimbell, married Nov
1901, b. Dec 1878 in Hickman Co, KY,18 (son of James Benjamin Kimbell and Elizabeth
"Lizzie" Bell Weaks).
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iv Alta Weaks, b. Sep 1886.19
Alta is listed in the 1900 census.
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Henry Weaks.20
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Obit Notice for Maggie Clemmons and W F Weaks.
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He married (2) Margaret "Maggie" Etter Clemmons,21 married ABT 1893 in Obion Co, Tn
(?),22 b. 2 Mar 1868 in Wilson Co, Tn,23 (daughter of John Houston Clemmons and Matilda
Jane Nokes) d. 17 Oct 1954.24
Margaret: Maggie Clemmons Weaks is listed on Social Security application of Mona Weaks
as her mother.
The following is a transcribed copy (including misspellings) of the
obituary notice published on October 18, 1954 in the Union City
Daily Messenger.
Mrs. Weaks
Succumbs
Rites Tuesday At
Hornbeak Church
Mrs. Maggie Weaks, resident of the Hornbeak community for
many years, died at 9 o'clock Sunday night at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Mable Griffin in Mayfield, Ky.
Services will be at 2:30 Tuesday afternoon at Hornbeak Methodist
church. Officiating will be the Rev. D.W. Anderson, Tiptonville
Methodist minister, assisted by the Rev. F.R. Bell of Hornbeak.
Interment will be in Hornbeak cemetery under the direction of King
Funeral home of Obion.
Mrs. Weaks was the widow of William Finis Weaks, who died
in 1938. Daughter of John H. and Matilda Clemmons, she was born
in Middle Tennessee but had spent most of her life at Hornbeak.
She had resided with Mrs. Griffin in Mayfield since March.
Mrs. Weaks was a member of the Hornbeak Methodist church.
She leaves four other daughters, Mrs. Mora Egbert of Detroit,
Mrs. Vella Johnson of Plymouth, Mich., Mrs. Lelia Schmaus of
Detroit and Mrs. Bessie Cartwright of Tiptonville; one stepdaughter, Mrs. Alvie Kimball of Clinton, Ky.; two stepsons, Jim Weaks
of Sikeston, Mo and Henry Weaks, also of Missouri; one sister,
Mrs. Lou Patterson of Nashville; two brothers, Bomar Clemmons
and Joe Clemmons of Hornbeak.
A son, Calvin Weaks, died several years ago in Nashville.
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Children:
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Mora Weaks, d. in Fern Park, Fl.
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Social Security application of Mona Weaks.
1900 census.
Obion County Library Cemetery records.
Obion County Library Cemetery records.
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She married Marion Price Egbert, d. in Fern Park, Fl.
vii Lelia Weaks.25
Lived in Detriot, Mich for most of her adult life then
moved to near Orlando, Fla.
She married (1) _____ Heavener.26
She married (2) _____ Schmaus.27
viii Samuel Calvin Weaks, b. Nov 1895 in Hornbeak, Tn,28 d. 4
Sep 1951 in Nashville, Tn,29 buried in Tiptonville, Tn.30
He married Lottie Mae Kimbell, b. 22 Jul 1896 in
Fulton, Ky, (daughter of James Benjamin Kimbell and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bell
Weaks) d. 5 Mar 1979 in Austell, Ga.32
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ix Mona Maple Weaks, b. 28 Oct 1897 in Hornbeak, Tn,33 d. 3 Apr 1995 in
Mayfield, Ky, buried in Mayfield, Graves Co, Ky,
Highland Park Cem, occupation Telephone Company.
Mona worked for phone company in Clinton, Ky where
she met Marvin.
SSN/ 403-90-8358.
She married Marvin Griffin, b. 4 Jan 1887 in Hickman Co, KY,34 (son of Robert Britton Griffin
and Sophia Carter) d. 24 Jan 1973 in Mayfield, Ky, buried in Mayfield, Graves Co, Ky, Highland
Park Cem, occupation Railroad Clerk.
Marvin: SSN# 709-05-4149
Marvin owned or worked in a restaurant in Clinton, Ky , then moved to
Covington, Tn when he went to work for the Railroad. He moved his family
to Mayfield about 1923 and continued to work for the railroad until
retirement.
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Obit notice for Maggie Clemmons.
Obit notice for Maggie Clemmons.
Obit notice for Maggie Clemmons.
1900 census.
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Interview with Robert F. Griffin, Sr.
Interview with Robert F. Griffin, Sr.
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Vella Weaks.
She married _____ Johnson.35
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Bess Weaks.
She married _____ Cartwright.36
xii Allibell Weaks,37 d. ABT 1926.
Thought to have committed suicide while she was a
teenager, circa 1926.
4. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bell Weaks, (2.Washington2, 1.William1) b. ___ 1862,38 d. 1917.
She married39 James Benjamin Kimbell.40
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Children:
Richard Washington "Washey" Kimbell, b. Dec 1878 in Hickman Co,
KY.41
He married Alva Rilla Weaks, married Nov 1901,42 b. Aug 1881 in
Tn,43 (daughter of William Finis Weaks and Sarah P. Hampton).
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Lottie Mae Kimbell, b. 22 Jul 1896 in Fulton, Ky,44 d. 5 Mar 1979 in Austell,
Ga.45
Obit notice for Maggie Clemmons.
Obit notice for Maggie Clemmons.
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Bernhard, Joyce < [email protected] >.
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She married Samuel Calvin Weaks, b. Nov 1895 in Hornbeak, Tn,46 (son of
William Finis Weaks and Margaret "Maggie" Etter Clemmons) d. 4 Sep 1951
in Nashville, Tn,47 buried in Tiptonville, Tn.48
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1900 census.
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Bernhard, Joyce < [email protected] >.
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NOTES
(l) John Ferguson married Elizabeth (Davis) Standifer. Elizabeth was b. in 1730 at Pigg River,
Chesterfield County, Virginia. The children of John and Elizabeth Ferguson were:
1. William Ferguson, b. 1749, Franklin County (formerly Henry and Pittsylvania Co.), Virginia;
d. Jan. 1824, Franklin County, Virginia; m. Sarah (---) abt. 1772, Franklin County, Virginia.
2. James Ferguson, b. 1750, Franklin County (formerly Henry and Pittsylvania Co.), Virginia; d.
1837; m. Elizabeth Smith.
3. John Aaron Ferguson, Jr., b. 1753, Franklin County (formerly Henry and Pittsylvania Co.)
Virginia; d. 1823, Franklin County, Virginia; m. Mary Hill, Jan. 21, 1790, Franklin County,
Virginia.
4. Thomas Ferguson, b. 1754, Franklin County (formerly Henry and Pittsylvania Co.), Virginia;
m. Mary Salisbury (or Solsbury), Apr 28, 1802.
5. George Ferguson, b. 1756, Franklin County (formerly Henry and Pittsylvania Co.), Virginia;
d. Apr. 1836, Franklin County, Virginia; m. Mary (Polly) Crump, Oct. 25, 1797.
6. Mere (Mary) Carrie Ferguson, b. 1759, Franklin County (formerly Henry and Pittsylvania
Co.), Virginia; m. Tomas McCarrel.
7. Frances (Fanny) Ferguson, b. Abt. 1760, Franklin County (formerly Henry and Pittsylvania
Co.) Virginia; d. bef. Nov. 1822, Franklin County, Virginia; m. Moses Wade (or Waid), Sept. 29,
1779, Henry County, Virginia.
8. Caroline Ferguson, b. 1763, Franklin County (formerly Henry and Pittsylvania Co.),
Virginia.
9. Sarah Ferguson, b. 1765, Franklin County (formerly Henry and Pittsylvania Co.), Virginia; d.
bef. 1830, Stewart County, Tennessee; m. William C. Weaks, Sr., abt. 1785, Virginia; d. Nov.
1838, Stewart County, Tennessee.
10. Charles Ferguson, b. 1766, Franklin County (formerly Henry and Pittsylvania Co.), Virginia;
d. Nov. 1797.
Source: Various Trees at http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi
The 1786 Franklin County, Virginia Personal Property Tax List (Transcribed by Jeffrey C.
Weaver, July 26, 1998) listed John Ferguson, Sr., as owning forty head of cattle, ten horses, five
slaves under 16, and seven slaves over sixteen years of age. John Ferguson, Jr., was listed as
owning three head of cattle and one horse. William Ferguson was listed as owning ten head of
cattle and one horse.
For a copy of John Ferguson’s will (dated 1789) contact Bushy Hartman
[email protected] or go to: (For a transcribed or original copies of the Will)
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/franklin/wills/frgsn3.txt
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mcguirecuz/documents/john_ferguson_will_17891.gi
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http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mcguirecuz/documents/john_ferguson_will_17892.gi
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(2) Following the death of William Weaks, Sr., in November 1838, Mary Weatherford Weaks
and her daughter, Elmira Weaks moved to Fulton County, Kentucky. There they lived with
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Mary’s daughter, Mary, who was married to William J. Barnes (1850 United States Federal
Census Report). Following the death of Mary Weaks Barnes, William Barnes married her
sister, Fanny Weaks. The 1870 United States Federal Census Report lists William and Fanny as
living in Hickman County, Kentucky.
Mary Weatherford Weaks received three tracts of land from the estate of William Weaks
((Book 11 #304 Sept 25, 1835) and sold them to William H. Cherry (Book 15 #204 Nov. 10,
1843). Mary Weatherford Weaks is believed to have died sometime between 1860 and 1870.
Fanny died in 1871, and Elmira lived until sometime after 1900. In the 1880 United States
Federal Census Report, Elmira was listed as a sister-in-law housekeeper living in the home of
William and Rebecca Barnes located in Hickman County, Kentucky.
(3) When and where Henry Weaks and Anna H. Smith first became acquainted is not known. It
may have been while their families lived in North Carolina, or it could have been after their
families moved to Montgomery County, Tennessee. Anna, who was born in South Carolina,
came with her family to Tennessee (Montgomery County) around 1802 from Halifax County,
North Carolina. The following Montgomery County court record describes in part the property
that the Smiths purchased near William and Sarah Weaks along the Cumberland River:
―William Gilmore of County of Halifax, North Carolina, conveyed to Francis Smith of same
county and state 640 acres of land for $640 located 6 miles below mouth of Red River on north
side of the Cumberland River. This land was conveyed to John Gilmore from Andrew
Armstrong (granted to Armstrong by State of North Carolina) #8331 from John Gilmore to John
Tilbery, from John Tilbery to William Gilmore‖. (Proven and survey by oath of Elisha Willis
1803 p. 633).
The Smith family lived on this property for several years before selling out and moving to
Dover, Tennessee. This practice of buying and selling was employed by many of the early
settlers who came to the Clarksville area. Land was bought, lived on for a few years, and then
sold to newcomers at a profit. They then took their money and moved on to Stewart County
where larger tracts could be purchased at lower prices.
While living in Dover, Francis established a business as a blacksmith and wood-worker.
The family moved sometime before 1814 to a 1650-acre plantation located on the Cumberland
River between Elk and Wells Creeks. The following Stewart County court record describes in
part the property that the Smiths purchased: Aug. 3, 1818- ―Francis Smith bought from Samuel
Curtiss. Begin above Wells Island down river to Elk Creek up creek to Fawn North Boundary
line, thence East with line to point below Crow Field in edge of river bottom there South 666 r.
to stake in Thomas Smith line, East 302 r. to red oak thence north 285 p. to poplar, thence East
84 p. to beginning 1650 acres more or less. $500 Balance Fawn tract (plus)‖.
While Francis and Elizabeth Smith had a total of ten children, information has been located
for only five of them. Those children were:
1. Anna H. Smith- b April 25, 1790; d. July 22, 1835
Married Henry H. Weaks.
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2. Rev. John L. Smith
(a) Married I.S. --- b. Mar. 10, 1800; d. Feb. 6, 1862
(b) Married Hanna DrakeChildren: Elizabeth who married a Grizzard who was born in 1832.
I.K. who was born Oct. 11, 1833.
Dr. John. L. who was born Sept 9, 1835 and died June
14, 1870.
3. Capt Rufus Smith– born 1801 and died May 17, 1852
A son Joel R. Smith was the executor for his estate.
4. Kingher (or Kincher) Smith- b. 1804 and died July 2, 1862
5. Uriah Smith- a Presbyterian minister- b. 1806
Married Caroline and had a child named Elizabeth
Francis Smith died on August 18, 1835, and Elizabeth died on April 26, 1835. They were
both buried in the Lowery Cemetery, located approximately three miles west of Cumberland City
and off a portion of the Old Dover Road. The following tribute to Francis was published in the
Cumberland Presbyterian, a periodic publication of that church:
SMITH, Mr. Francis
Died at his residence in Stewart County Tenn., on the 18th of last August Mr. Francis
Smith, aged 75 years.
He made a profession of religion in the year 1812, and joined the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church. From that period until his bodily strength failed he uniformly manifested strong
confidence in his God accompanied with the joys of salvation.
He possessed an unusual measure of Christian Charity. Sectarian prejudice had no predominance
in his soul. As a father and friend he was very affectionate. With emotions of pleasure the writer
remembers that when in the early days of his ministry, when distant from his father's house, he
found a welcome in the dwelling of his father in Israel, and his holy conversation was precious as
the dew of Hermon. Frequent ministrations of the gospel were the ardent desires of his soul and
he seemed to say Lord send by whom thou wilt only let me hear thy word. In supporting the
gospel he was remarkably liberal, and such was his zeal for the cause of his divine master, that
although he lived in ordinary circumstances, at different times he removed with his family to the
ground of encampment to support the worshiping assembly for days and nights in succession
when there was none to assist him. His labor of love was not in vain. Notwithstanding when he
embraced religion, his children ten in number were all on the road to ruin, seven have since upon
profession become members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and one of them is a
distinguished minister of the gospel. Is there not ground to hope moreover, that his prayers which
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have arisen to God's throne will yet be answered in the salvation of the rest, and will not the sight
of whole families in heaven excite the admiration of saints and angels to all eternity?
[Source: Cumberland Presbyterian, April 8, 1835, page 3]
The following individuals have made major contributions to the content and/or writing of the
above Weaks family history.
Martha Ann Griffin Hughes
9315 E. Shelby Dr
Collierville, Tn 38017
[email protected]
http://bellsouthpwp.net/b/v/bvh
Descending line:
William C. Weaks
Washington Lee Weaks
William Finis Weaks
Mona Maple Weaks
Martha Ann Griffin Hughes
Dawn Weaks Morrill
601 Pinecone Circle
Elko, Nevada 89801
E-mail: [email protected]
Descending line:
William C. Weaks, Sr.
John F. Weaks
William Carroll Weaks
Emmett Ephriam Weaks
Carroll Francis Weaks
Rowland Henson Weaks
Marjory Dawn Weaks Morrill
Hazel Weaks Vaughn (deceased)
Cumberland City, Tennessee 37050
Descending line:
William C. Weaks, Sr.
Henry H. Weaks
William Barney Weaks
Joseph Henry Weaks
Henry Clinton Weaks
Hazel Arteny Weaks Vaughn
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Thomas E. Weaks, Jr.
P.O. Box 141
Cumberland City, Tennessee 37050
E-mail: [email protected]
Descending line:
William C. Weaks, Sr.
Henry H. Weaks
William Barney Weaks
Andrew Jackson Weaks
Thomas Elton Weaks, Sr.
Thomas Elton Weaks, Jr.
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