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Joseph Rogers Relevant Links

1. Father: Reuben (Major Reuben) Rogers
2. Children: Elihue Rogers
3. Samuel Rogers
4. Siblings: Samuel Rogers
5. Minerva Rogers

1. State VS Samuel & Reuben Rogers
2. Battle At Guilford Court House

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Joseph Rogers

Born: Abt. 1814 in Washington County, Tennessee
Died: Aft. 1882

Mother: Bathsheba Haile
Father: Reuben (Major Reuben) Rogers

Married: Rachel Lowrance 01 September 1833 in Washington County, Tennessee. She was born Abt. 1815 in North Carolina, and died Bet. 1855 - 1860 in Tennessee

Children:

1. Minerva
   m. George Hollifield, 1853
2. Margaret Elizabeth
   m. Nathaniel Jackson Smith, 1867
3. Joseph
4. Eveline
5. Mary J.
6. Elizabeth
   m. Joseph Henley
7. Elihue
   b. 18 June 1834
   d. 10 March 1911, Washington County, Tennessee
8. Samuel
   b. November 1838, Washington County, Tennessee
   d. Aft. 1900, Jefferson County, Tennessee

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Sources and Additional Information:

Subject: Re: Reuben Rogers
Date: 03/11/99 2:15:51 AM GMT Standard Time
From: Bigham-IL@worldnet.att.net (Carol Bigham)
Reply-to: Bigham-IL@worldnet.att.net
To: JRogers722@aol.com, Loratindal@aol.com

An article on Reuben Rogers from "History of Washington Co TN 1988", published by WAG.

Reuben, supposedly a son or grandson of Benjamin, was born 1780-90 in Blount Co TN. In 1799 he enlisted in the Blount Co Militia. The 1830 census lists him as Major Reuben Rogers. Nov 14, 1812, he married Bathsheba Haile. They had six children. Four are listed in the settlement of his estate: Samuel, Minerva, Carloine and Joseph. Reuben died April 19, 1867, Washington Co TN.

Joseph, son of Reuben, was born 1813 in Washington Co TN. Sept 1, 1833 he married Rachel Lowrance. According to the census they had nine children:

Elihue, Minerva, Samuel, Elizabeth, Margaret, Reuben, Eveline, Joseph and Mary.

In the article there is more info on Elihue, son of Joseph listed above, and his children if anyone is interested in these names please let me know.

Does this article shed any light on which Reuben he is, I thought he was the son of John the Powder Maker since he was born in Bount Co and listed as Major in 1830 census.

Carol,

History of Washington County Tennessee 1988, Compiled by the Watauga Association of Genealogists, Upper East Tennessee pg 465

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ROGERS

Rogers was a common name in Europe meaning Red Spear. When William the Conqueror invaded England from Normandy in 1066 he brought 27 men named Red Spear has his compandants. Their descendants were soon scattered over England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales.

John Rogers - 1555, was the first Protestant to be burned at the stake during the reign of Mary I because of his religious preaching was anti-Catholicism. He, along with several others edited the English translation of the Bible published in 1537, called the Thomas Matthew Bible. According to notes in old family Bibles, William and Benjamin Rogers, great-great-grandsons of Martyr, emigrated to America in the early 1700's. William settled in Pennsylvania and Benjamin settled in Charleston, South Carolina, but soon migrated to Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee.

Reuben, supposedly a son or grandson of Benjamin was born 1780-1790 in Blount County, Tenessee. In 1799 he enlisted in the Blount County Militia. The 1830 census lists him as Major Reuben Rogers. November 14,1812, he married Bathsheba Haile. They had six children. Four are listed in the settlement of his estate: Samuel, Minerva, Caroline and Joseph. Reuben died April 19, 1867, Washington County.

Joseph, son of Reuben, was born 1813 in Washington County. September 1, 1833, he married Rachel Lowrance. According to the census they had nine children: Elihue, Minerva, Samuel, Elizabeth, Margaret, Reuben, Eveline, Joseph and Mary.

Elihue, June 18, 1834, married Ist on July 2, 1853 Mary Kidd. They had four children: Rachal, Benjamin, Louisa Jane and Joseph. He married secondly, Jane Huskins, July 30, 1864. They had nine children: Samuel; Florence Surena; George; William; Reuben; Eveline; Virgie; Molly; James and John. Elihue died 10 March, 1911, Washington County.

Joseph David, son of Elihu, (November 17, 1859) married September 10, 1882, Rebecca Jane Huskins. They lived Embreeville, Tennessee (Bumpass Cove). They had 15 children: (3 children stillborn); James; Samuel; Thomas; Rosa (Richardson); Ida (Starnes); Harry; Eliza Jane (Ricker); Joseph (still lives Embreeville); Pearl (Taylor) - lives Erwin, Tennessee; Jenny (Blevins); Mary (Hensley) and Verge (Jones) lives Erwin, Tennessee. There is an estimated 500 descendants of the above 12 children in Unicoi, Washington and Carter Counties, Tennessee.

Rosa, the first daughter of Joseph was born November 27, 1889, married December 20, 1913, Robert Roy Richardson. They lived Bumpass Cove where Roy worked for the Emery Ore Mine. Later, they moved to Erwin where he worked for Clinchfield Railway Company. They had four children and helped to rear a niece's daughter: 1. Woodrow (stillborn). 2. Johnny (May 1915 - November 1916). 3. Vada Bell (November 14, 1914 - November 20, 1987) married James Blevins children: Bobby (August 11, 1934 - January 31, 1982); Jimmy (February 20, 1937) married Josephine Buckles, and Janie (February 27, 1944) married first David Williford, married secondly Clark Gentry. 4. Sada Mae (May 2,1921) married Bill Bailey - child: Debbie Bailey (February 1, 1954) married first Terry Shealy - one child: Jason Shealy (April 27, 1973); married secondly Steve Broyles. 5. Barbara Jean (December 3, 1931) married Herman Huskins - children: Jim (August 3, 1955) married Donna Lemon - one child: Heather (1987). Jeff Huskins (September 30,1958). Submitted by Debbie Broyles, Route 2, Box 155, Unicoi, TN 37692

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THE BENJAMIN ROGERS FAMILY

Benjamin Rogers was born circa 1804 and was married to Artamesa Rodgers in Washington County, Tennessee, in 1828. Artamesa, born circa 1808, was the daughter of Joseph Rodgers. Benjamin and Artamesa had nine children: Elizabeth (1830--1865), married Davis Henley; Mary M. (19 July 1833 - 5 November 1918), married William M. Henley; Eliza (1835 - ); Sabra M.(I February 1837-22 Februarv 1917)-married Thomas J. (Doc) Sliger; Sarah J. (1840- ); Nancy Jane (22 May 1841 - 12 April 1904), married Harrison Salts; Albert (1843 - ) Amanda (1847 -), married Harrison Salts; and James Knox P. (15 Janu ary 1849 - 28 February 1922), married Mary Elizabeth Williams (6 April 1851 - 28 February 1920).

James Knox P. and Mary Elizabeth Williams Rogers had twelve children: George Alexander (6 April 1869 - 5 December 1908), married Mary Matilda Browning; Melissa Emmaline (Lissie) (29 April 1871 - 17 May 1929), married William Tilden (Will) Garvin; Hattie Belle, married John C. Conley; James Benjamin, married Felicia Brown; Verdie Alice (Birdie), married William N. Ford; William Penn, married Katherine Marie Miller; Viola, died in infancy; Roy Elbert; Lora Maisie (I June 1891 - 23 February 1981), married Charles M. Nelson; Anna Lee (27 August 1895 - 18 November 1900); and two sons who died at birth.

Melissa Emmaline (Lissie) Rogers married William Tilden (Will) Garvin (16 May 1876 - 19 March 1957) 29 October 1896. William was a son of James Theodore and Phenettie Elizabeth Scott Garvin. Will and Lissie had five children: Rosetta Jane (4 June 1898 - 11 January 1971), married Garrett Devies Bailey; Ada Mae (I November 1901), married Alva Burney Kyker; James Rogers (I August 1905 - 7 November 1971), married first Ola Pruitt and second Helen Darby; William Franklin (5 October 1907 - 21 February 1983), married first Georgia Kyker and second Alma Morstad; and Mary Lillian (I May 1911 - 20 April 1982), married Leo Harry Bruner. James Rogers Garvin and William F. Garvin served in World War 11.

Ada Mae Garvin married Alva Burney (Al) Kyker (4 August 1901 - 11 November 1970), 15 May 1924. He was the son of Andrew Johnson and Mary Elizabeth Stepp Kyker. They had seven children. Mary Mae remained single and resides with her mother at the family homeplace. Emma Eilene married Sherrill Edward Grubbs; they live in Florida and have two children and three grandchildren living in Michigan. Cecil Vernon married Virginia June Leonard; they live in Florida and have two children and one grandchild. William died at birth. Leona Ruth married China Gorman Mashburn; they had two children and two grandchildren. After China's death, Leona married Walter Wayne Ewing and they live in Texas. Norman Alva remained single and died at the age of twenty-six. Maurice Hoyle married Judith Ann (Judy) McCracken; their children are: Connie Frances, Jeffrey Hoyle (killed in an automobile accident in 1980), Melissa Annice, and Stephen Bradley.

Connie Frances Kyker married Gary Wayne Jeffers. Their children are: Dustin Heath (killed in an automobile accident in 1983), Nicholas Brandon and Whitney Diona.

Submitted by Mary M. Kyker, RL 1, Box 427, Telford, TN 37690

Reference: Family records; Washington County records; cemetery records; TN Cousins, by Worth Ray.

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