Francis Marion OLIPHANT

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• _UID: A49CE3E772E5428B99AC55D2199B224FBF8B

Family/Spouse: Lucy HARDGRAVE. Lucy was born on 14 Nov 1869 in Arkansas; died on 16 Apr 1928. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Frances Lloyd OLIPHANT and died.
2. Elmer Ernest OLIPHANT was born on 3 Dec 1888; and died.
3. Mae OLIPHANT was born on 18 Dec 1890; and died.
4. Truman OLIPHANT was born in 1897; and died.

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• FamilySearch ID: L6GS-RZR
• _UID: A90D827B991F46269321CBE9265EBA8805BD

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Census: August 27 1850
Greene County, Tennessee
9th division E., page 147A
August 27

Samuel Oliphant 38 Tennessee Farmer $700
Serina 32 Tennessee
Thomas W. 9 Tennessee
Randolph B. 8 Tennessee
John E. 1 Tennessee
Elizabeth Lewis 50 Tennessee

Alt Name:
Samuel H. Oliphant

Samuel married Serena DODD on 13 Mar 1840 in Jefferson, Tennessee. Serena (daughter of Willliam DODD and Mary PIERCE) was born on 25 Dec 1818 in Greene County, Tennessee; died on 12 Mar 1905. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alt Name: Serina Dodd
• _UID: E78197A4AEE14A68A14F7E299934F3ED28B9

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See Fathers Will for more connections.

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• FamilySearch ID: GQP1-ZGD
• Occupation: Tennessee; wheelwright, carpenter
• Residence: Rutherford, Tennessee; District #3 Hart Springs
• Residence: Rutherford, Tennessee; Hart's Spring and LaVergne
• _UID: 669A4F3D2AEB42B58F954DB28F940EDECA98
• 157 acres: 20 Jul 1804, Rutherford, Tennessee; Bought From Samuel oliphant
• Residence: 1810, Old Jefferson, Rutherford, Tennessee
• Residence: 1820, Rutherford, Tennessee
• Residence: 1840, Rutherford, Tennessee
• Will written: 1 Jan 1849
• Will Proved: 9 Mar 1849, Rutherford, Tennessee

Notes:

James Oliphant/Oliphint was born in about 1774 in North Carolina. He was married in Davidson Co Tennessee to Polly Compton on 1 Sep 1797. In 1804, he purchased 157 acres from Samuel Oliphant for $314 which was a part of Samuel's 1801 purchase listed above. James appears in the 1810, 1820, and 1840 censuses of Rutherford County, and his will was written and proved in Rutherford County in 1849.

Incorrect assumptions and connections primarily made in the 1980's by other researchers confuse this James Oliphant with another who married Jane Rankin. It is clear through Census records and other facts, that there were TWO lines, distinct and seperate.

James Oliphant of Rutherford County and Mary Polly Compton had ten children, viz.: Samuel, Amelia, Harriet, Presley Ward who married Mary Leanne Fitzhugh and from whom I descend, Isaac, Andrew, William, James, Franklin, and Martha. The following will and add-ons apply:

Will of James Oliphant
The will, taken from the Rutherford County, Tennessee Court Records, Book 15, reads as follows:
I James Oliphint of the county of Rutherford and State of Tennessee do make and
publish this my will and testament hereby revoking and making void all former wills by me at any time heretofore made. First, I direct that my body be decently intered in a manner suitable to my condition in life in the burying ground on my own plantation by the side of my beloved wife; As to such worldly estate as it has pleased God to intrust me with; I dispose of the same as follows. First, I direct that all my debts and funeral expenses be paid as soon after my disease as possible out of any monies that may come into the hands of my Executor; Second, I direct that all my property both real and personal not otherwise disposed in this will be sold at public sale by my Executor, the land all together or in lots as may be thought most advisable by my Executor; Third I give and bequeath to my daughter Harriet N. Oliphint one good bed and furniture, one cow & calf this she never recd & my other children have; Fourth, I give to my Grand children Harriet Smelage, Frances Smelage & William Smelage fifty dollars each; Sixth, I reserve one half acre of ground including the burial ground, and I direct that fifty dollars out of any monies that may come into the hands of my Executor be appropriated to puting a good inclosure around the graves; Seventh, all the balance of my estate I give and direct
to be equally divided among my children I.E. Samuel H. Oliphint, Prestley W. Oliphint,
Isaac N. Oliphint, Hariet N. Oliphint, Andrew J. Oliphint, James M. Oliphint, Franklin
M. Oliphint and William C. Oliphint; Not considering my daughter Harriet N. Oliphint in a situation suitable to transail her own business I wish and direct that Prestley W. Oliphint be appointed her Guardian and that he take charge of her & her estate. And I do hereby make ordain and appoint my neighbor & friend John F. Blair Executor to this my last will and testament written on one sheet of paper, in witness whereof I James Oliphint the said testator have to this my last will set my hand and seal in the year of our Lord one thousand and eight hundred and forty nine and January the first day.
Signed sealed & published
in presence of us
I. N. Oliphint James Oliphint (Seal)
A. J. Oliphint
James W Blair
J. C. Gooch

The will was recorded 9 Mar 1849 by witnesses Blair and Gooch
John F. Blair notified that James Oliphint was deceased and he was appointed Executor,
dated 10 Mar 1849.
An inventory of the property of James Oliphint sold was dated 20 Mar 1849, and recorded 18 Jul 1849.
An additional return of the property of James Oliphint was recorded on 7 Mar 1851.
Final settlement recorded 26 Jun 1851.

GOOD INFO Found at http://www.jsscott.com/tennesseeheritage/html/I1383.html to help clarify false assumptions.

Summary of events:
1783 - Davidson County formed
1796 - Tennessee becomes state
1797 - James marries Polly
1803 - Rutherford County formed from Davidson County
1804 - James named in first meeting of the court of Rutherford Co to the first grand jury.
1804 - James purchases 157 acres in Rutherford County from Samuel Oliphant.
1810 - James in 1810 census for Rutherford Co.
1820 - James in 1820 census for Rutherford Co. as James Olivent
1840 - James in 1840 census for Rutherford Co. as Jas. Oliphint
1849 - James' will written in Jan, proved in March

James married Mary "Polly" COMPTON on 1 Sep 1797 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of William COMPTON and Charity LEIPER) was born on 1 Sep 1776 in Culpepper County, Virginia; died about 1845 in Rutherford County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: L6NV-RCW
• Name: Polly
• Residence: Boone, Kentucky
• Residence: Culpeper, Virginia
• _UID: 3562A44B71C14D27AAAEABB45E50C373C7C6

Notes:

It is believed that two of the Compton girls, married two James Oliphant.
Mary Compton married James Oliphant
Polly Compton married James Glass Oliphant in Sept 1979.
TWO distinct and DIFFERENT Oliphant family lines, often confused by researchers as one line with overlapping offspring of impossible proportions.

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• _UID: FE8AE043D2044552894DB41514CCA0AEE5DB

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The Will and Inventory of William Dodd, deceased



Recorded Monday, 1 Apr 1861, minute book 23, page 330: proven by subscribing witness Benj. F. Bell. Copied from Will Book #1, page 527, Greene County, TN, Courthouse.

I, William Dodd, being of sound mind, do this day make my last Will and Testament, and revoking all former wills and bequeaths, do by this will and bequeath as follows, to wit: 1st, I will that all my just debts be paid. 2nd, I will that those of my heirs who at this time reside upon the farm where I now live, shall live upon said farm as long as I live if they choose to do so, and at my death I will and bequeath the farm whereon I now live, jointly named of my children to be equally divided To Wit, Mary Dodd, John Dodd, Massa Henry, Sarah Campbell, Elizabeth Dodd, Serena Oliphant, Adam Dodd, Margaret Ann Oliphant, Lucinda Bell. 3rd, I will and bequeath to my daughter above named, Elizabeth, one bay mare named Tibs. 4th, I will to my daughter, Lucinda Bell, one Bay mare named Julia and her sucking colt. 5th, I will and bequeath also to my daughters Mary, Elizabeth, & Lucinda Bell equally to be divided between the three, all of my household and kitchen furniture, except the cupboard in the house, which I wish sold with all of my family utensils and the proceeds to be divided equally between Mary Dodd, Elizabeth Dodd, Margaret Oliphant and Lucinda Bell. 6th, I will and bequeath that whatever money or effects I may now, or may hereafter have not specified in this, shall be sold, and equally divided, or if money divided, among the above named nine children. 7th, I will and bequeath to Edward Dodd my son, the horse and ten dollars in money which I gave him some years ago, that being all the effects of my estate which I intend for him to have, and I further will and bequeath to my son Rudolphus Dodd, the two horses which I, sometime ago gave to him, they being all the effects of my estate that I intend for him to have. 8th, I will and appoint that Joseph Henry and John Dodd be the executors of this will. All erasures made before signed, whereunto I set my hand and seal this the seventeenth day of April 1856. William (his mark) Dodd Attest Benjn. F. Bell Thomas K. Alexander
(Note: Joseph Henry was actually Joseph Hendry, husband of William's daughter Massey Dodd Hendry.)

An inventory of the estate of Mr. Dodd dec'd. under his last will and testament at his late residence on 25 May 1861.
William Dodd dec'd. 6 Jun 1861. M 23, p 351.

1/2 of a chest, 1 clock, 1 iron, 1 pot, 1 pair of chairs, 1 drawing knife, 1 pair of steelyard (?) to Elizabeth Dodd...$5.74

2 chests, 1 hocke sold to Thomas Thomason...$2.(?)

1 pair of geese, 1 saw, fork, and gauge to Samuel Oliphant...$8.(?)

The foregoing is all the property that have come to my hands to be sold under the last will and testament of William Dodd dec'd and which is a true inventory by the same. May the 29th 1861. Signed Joseph Henry, Executor The Will & Testament of Wm. Dodd, Dec'd. (Note: Thomas Thomason was Lucinda Dodd Bell's second husband. Samuel Oliphant was the husband of Serena Dodd Oliphant. Elizabeth Dodd was William Dodd's daughter.)

Willliam married Mary PIERCE. Mary and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 6925B0640B614505A67F2A9E5DAD11FD5D52

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• FamilySearch ID: KC6Z-DFS
• _UID: 44C9817C9518400AA98DC6481D3E1217C9D7

Notes:

English colonial settlement of North Carolina came to the Carolinas, starting in the coastal areas, where settlers migrated south from Virginia. Explorers and fur traders were the first to reach the Piedmont, paving the way for eventual settlers. Rowan County was formed in 1753 from the northern part of Anson County. It was named for Matthew Rowan, acting governor of North Carolina from 1753 to 1754. It was intended to incorporate all of the lands of the Granville District that had previously been included in Anson County.

A house several miles west of present-day Salisbury in "the Irish settlement" served as the first courthouse starting June 15, 1753. Daniel Boone's father Squire Boone served as one of the first magistrates. By mid-1754 a new courthouse site was selected near "the place where the Old Waggon Road (crosses) over Grant's Creek."

We don't know why or how Robert Oliphant died so young two years (1785) after his young wife died (1783 - probably in childbirth).

A firm connection to the Robert Oliphant fromm the Carolinas who served in the light dragoons under Samuel Martin, Lt COl. Polk, and General Sumter during 1781 cannot be established at this time.

Robert married Rebecca CLAYTON on 7 Feb 1770 in Rowan County, North Carolina. Rebecca (daughter of George CLAYTON and Sara Ann DODSON) was born in 1747 in Rowan County, North Carolina; died in 1783 in North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LVFW-YMD
• _UID: 9CBCAEBA67584D25B1A514EA440E68706F34

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May have died in child birth with Lambert.

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• FamilySearch ID: GJNJ-SZY
• MilitaryService: ; soldier in the American Revolutionary War
• Residence: Maryland, British Colonial America
• Residence: Boone Station, Kentucky
• Residence: Culpeper, Virginia
• _UID: 1859ACEE4DE746AD815F415A2EDFE556F5ED
• Moved: 2 Jul 1767, Kentucky
• Residence: 1782, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee

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William Compton
Sex: M
Birth: ABT 1740 in Culpepper Co, Virginia
Death: ABT 1791 in Boones Station, Kentucky
Burial: ABT 1791 Boones Station, Kentucky
Occupation: Farmer/carpenter Religion: Protestant Marriage 1 Charity Leiper
Married: ABT 1760
Children
John Compton
Walter Compton
Thomas Compton <
William Compton b: 25 DEC 1767 in Culpeper County, Virginia
Mary (Polly) Compton Compton b: ABT 1776
James Compton b: ABT 1778
Henry Compton b: 1 MAY 1784 in Boon's Station Kentucky
Juliana Compton b: ABT 1790

William married Charity LEIPER about 1761 in Culpepper County, Virginia. Charity was born about 1741 in Culpepper County, Virginia; died in 1788. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: 9HV7-T5R
• LifeSketch: ; COMPTONS OF CULPEPPER COUNTY, VIRGINIA,
• Residence: Culpeper, Culpeper, Colony of Virginia, British Colonial America
• _UID: E87DDB0DA4C0472D9DA78194659C62F3D443

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COMPTONS OF CULPEPPER COUNTY, VIRGINIA,
KENTUCKY
AND DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE:


William Compton (b. before 1750, d. after 1766) was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and a farmer in Culpepper Co, VA.

He married Charity Leiper (b. before 1753, d. after 1767) before 1768. Children:
1. William Compton,
b. 25 Dec 1767, Culpepper Co, VA,
d. 1845, Davidson, TN.
At age 10 he went to KY with Captain John Gordon. He was a soldier for 7 years under General Mad Anthony Wayne. He came to Nashville, TN, about 1782 and rented land from Captain John Raines. He was a farmer. He m. 7 Dec 1799, Davidson Co, TN, to Susan Mullen (b. 17 Oct 1776, NC, d. 27 Jul 1860, probably Davidson Co, TN). They had 7 ch.
2. Henry Compton
3. Julianna Compton m. John Cartwright