Martha Ann "Mattie" STEWART

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• FamilySearch ID: LCT2-5LW
• Residence: Whites Creek, Tenn
• _UID: 951194DD7DC74293BB4CC85916BE8D46FF13
• Residence: 1860, 5th Civil District, Cheatham, Tennessee
• Residence: 1870, Tennessee
• Residence: 1880, District 2, Lauderdale, Tennessee
• Residence: 1920, Browning, Franklin, Illinois

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Second Wife

Elijah W. Carney died young at age 49. After his death, his cousin John Spencer Carney helped out Marth Ann "Mattie" get by without the income lost due to Elijah's early death. Robert S. Carney writes to me in May 2021:
"I went through an odd assortment of paper scraps left by our great grandfather John Spencer Carney. I found a few tax receipts ~1895 where he had paid land taxes for a Mrs. E. W. Carney who owned 40 acres."

Martha married Elijah Wilson "E.W." CARNEY on 25 Nov 1869 in Cheatham County, Tennessee. Elijah (son of Joshua "Poke" CARNEY and Sina Paralee BINKLEY) was born on 17 Jun 1835 in Davidson County, Tennessee; died on 4 Mar 1885 in Lauderdale County, Tennessee; was buried in Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. "Mary" Ellen Medora CARNEY was born on 11 Nov 1870 in Ashland City, Cheatham County, Tennessee; died on 7 Nov 1950 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee.
2. Matilda "Til" White CARNEY was born on 27 Sep 1874 in Ashland City, Cheatham County, Tennessee; died on 19 Feb 1962 in Whites Creek, Davidson County, Tennessee; was buried in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee.
3. Pamly CARNEY was born on 18 Oct 1875 in Ashland City, Cheatham County, Tennessee; died on 3 Dec 1962 in Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee.
4. Jesse R. CARNEY was born on 26 Oct 1877 in Ashland City, Cheatham County, Tennessee; died on 17 Jun 1894 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee.
5. James Henry CARNEY was born on 7 Jul 1880 in Lauderdale County, Tennessee; died on 18 Oct 1935 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee; was buried on 19 Oct 1935 in Spring Hill Cem, Nashville, Davidson, TN.
6. Rebecca Etta CARNEY was born on 10 Apr 1883 in Ashland City, Cheatham County, Tennessee; died on 5 Mar 1919 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee.

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• FamilySearch ID: ML9D-BTC
• _UID: BC7A7D2EC4C84B079AF79ECE50A43771585D
• Residence: 1840, Davidson, Tennessee

Edward married Evelyn "Evaline" SPEIGHT on 20 Aug 1851 in Dickson County, Tennessee. Evelyn (daughter of Jesse M. SPEIGHT and Milley Ann HARRIS) was born about 1832 in Dickson County, Tennessee; died in 1898. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LTRF-FNK
• _UID: C630D3BC721046FEB38A28093072B5CBDBBE
• Residence: 1860, 5th Civil District, Cheatham, Tennessee
• Residence: 1860, 5th Civil District, Cheatham, Tennessee

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• FamilySearch ID: 9KBT-PYR
• _UID: 9A1EDC3B80B349A681BEABA2F2E23CDC69F2

Edward married Nancy SHORT on 2 Dec 1813 in Roane County, Tennessee. Nancy (daughter of Aaron SHORT and Ann FORBES) was born in 1795 in Vienna, Johnson, Illinois; died in Jan 1870 in Madison County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: 9KBT-PYT
• _UID: 33DF1B3076394CE38EEBA175904B895C8A94

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DNA Connection on Ancestry

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• FamilySearch ID: GJSD-ZDZ
• _UID: 1F6D8BD56E8A4EAFABC13EEBBD58913E5A0D
• census 1830: 1 Jun 1830, Dickson County, Tennessee

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This location would have to be just down the road from the Mitchell, Joslin, and Rooker families. Jesse is listed next door to his brother Albert and just down the road from Alsey. Also listed on the same page is Shaderick Bell and James Robertson. Robert Duke and Burwell Jackson are shown living in the same neighborhood. Sources say that Jesse and Sarah had some eight children.

In the 1840 Dickson County Census Jesse M. Speight is listed as head of a household consisting of 1 male 30 to 40, 2 females under 5, 2 females 5 to 10, and 1 female 15 to 20. His first wife, unk Harris died in 1840.
In the Dickson County Census of 1850, Jesse M. Speight, 45, farmer, and his second wife Sarah, 40, are listed as having nine children, viz.: Julia - 19, Evaline - 18, Almyra - 15, Guilford - 14, Matilda - 12, Jesse - 8, Edithy - 6, Nancy - 4, and Elizabeth - 2.

In the 1850 Slave Schedule, Jesse M. Speight is listed right under Moses Parker, with Jesse owing 6 Slaves, 4 adults, 2 children.

Jesse M. Speight's obituary was printed in the Nashville and Louisville Christian Advocate, Thursday, July 22, 1853, and reads as follows:
Died, at his residence in Dickson county, Tenn, May 19, 1852, Mr. Jesse M. Speight, in the 47th year of his age.
Brother Speight was for fifteen years an acceptable member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, which he has left to join the church triumphant on high.
Methodist preachers, as well as those of his own communion, received at his house a hearty welcome and were kindly and hospitably entertained and cared for.
His last illness was short, though severe; but he bore it with Christian fortitude and resignation, and met the last enemy with the courage of the true soldier, saying to weeping friends in his last hours, that he was not afraid to die, and that he was ready for the change of worlds.
He has left behind a bereaved widow, (sister of Rev. L. C. Bryan of Tennessee Conference,) and nine children. May God administer comfort in this dark hour, and enable them, by his grace, so to pass the waves of this weeping world, as ultimately to meet their loved and lost in the climes of light and love.

census 1830:
The listing is: Spright, Jessee 00001-1001, page 342. This
location would have to be just down the road from the Mitchell,
Joslin, and Rooker families. Jesse is listed next door to his brother
Albert and just down the road from Alsey. Also listed on the same page
is Shaderick Bell and James Robertson. Robert Duke and Burwell Jackson
are shown living in the same neighborhood.

Jesse married Milley Ann HARRIS in 1828. Milley (daughter of Silas HARRIS and Mary JACKSON) was born in 1808 in North Carolina Or Tennessee; died in 1840 in Dickson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: L6DN-3GG
• _UID: 3422DDC80D1F4208894218021486EEA07E57

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1st wife of Jesse.

Information on Milley Harris is circumstantial and 'best prospect' or 'most likely' without documentation. This lineage is a compilation from unrelated research by others and sorted for errors as best as possible.

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• FamilySearch ID: GJS6-31T
• _UID: 97A7DA24642142A2A2EA70A578E526BA833E

Edward married Nancy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: GJTK-1DR
• _UID: 73E3DECE5A5B4DAAAABB22E3DC3500487133

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• FamilySearch ID: LH2W-VVN
• _UID: 45717EAD064B44BD88F46F0C1E40BE206600

Aaron married Ann FORBES. Ann was born in in Roane, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KLQH-FN8
• _UID: 5BA42C799CBD490CA6862EDFCD238EBDC64D

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• FamilySearch ID: MY5B-BNG
• _UID: 9B1907A0FFF24D55B29C007EDE7D538DF56E

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William Speight was born est 1778, in NC. His first born was Albert, born in Wake County in 1800. William then moved to Dickson County TN where the remaing three of his sons were born. (Jesse, William, Arthur). Two fellow researchers have said his wife's name is Mary Berton (or Benton), or Sally Bish. I have found a William & Sally Bish, but cannot prove them this is the only marriage or relative of mine. I have found little info on Mary Berton (or Benton).

WILLIAM SPEIGHT settled in Dickson County from Wake County NC around 1800 or a little after. An old biography written by Tom Speight's great uncle said William settled on the "Westside of the Harpeth River around 1800". He had a son, Albert S. born around 1800. His other sons: Jesse M. b. 1805 Dickson, John T. (Alsey) b.abt 1807 Dickson, William D. b. 2-15-1811

William married Sarah "Sallie" BURT on 16 Sep 1799 in Wake County, North Carolina. Sarah (daughter of John BURT, Jr. and Priscilla SENTER, Hardy) was born in 1778 in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina; died on 16 May 1846 in Dickson, Dickson, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: MY5B-BNF
• Name: Sallie
• _UID: A47C4EFA78C84C7EAFDEE072C94DE962B25B

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Named in her father's will as "daughter Sally Hunter" (second husband).

Surname variation: Bish, Burt, Birt

I believe that Sarah and her children are living in the household of Washington Hunter in the 1820 census. Washington Hunter was made guardian of her 2 youngest boys.

Marriages and Lineage Proof:
Abstract from The SOUTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE 1838-1846
By Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith
Copyright, Jonathan K. T. Smith, 2003
JULY-DECEMBER 1846
(Page 77)
July 3, 1846
SARAH HUNTER wife of Washington Hunter, esq.; born Wake Co., N.C.; daughter of John Burt; married William Speight and moved to Dickson Co., Tenn.; he died and she married Hunter; She died May 16, 1846.

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• FamilySearch ID: 9HQZ-GZL
• _UID: 9BC974FBBAC24CB08FF4DAEB1FE3E98F0D21
• Residence: 1850, District 22, Christian, Illinois

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in 1850 Census, District 22, Christian, Illinois

Confirmed birth place, 2nd wife deceased and living with:
(William) Britton Harris, age 30, born about 1820, male born Tenn
Benjamin Harris, age 28, male born Tenn
Edwin Harris, age 26, male born Tenn
Tippe (Tippo) Harris, age 24 male, born Tennessee
Elisabeth Harris, age 6 born about 1844, female, born Illinois

See fathers will for supporting documentation.

Some of the supporting trees on this family line are included here;
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~markfreeman/mahoney.html <
Inherited 1 slave from father in will.




http://ourextendedfamily.googlepages.com/i102.htm#i17234 <>
There are many, many more of course, but these are just some of the documented and interwoven files with evidence that is much more supportable

Silas married Mary JACKSON in 1807. Mary was born in 1790 in Virginia; died about 1818 in Christian, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LH65-Z65
• _UID: DB807EBA7CC443A391CE7199F01BC02B18A4

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Many researchers have incorrectly place all children under Mary, who died around 1818 and Silas remarried Tabitha Chappell.