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John Turnbull Rogers
Born: February 01, 1869 in Washington
County, Tennessee
Died: 31 March 1943
Burial: Carter Cemetery, Jefferson County, Tennessee
Mother: Eliza Rogers
Father: Samuel Rogers
Married: Carline Henson in Jefferson County, Tennessee.
Burial: Carter Cemetery, Jefferson County, Tennessee
Child:
- Jesse Kesterson
b: 6 December 1891
d: 29 July 1952 - Charlie
b: 21 September 1893
d: 26 February 1972 - Harvey Monroe
b: 23 May 1896
d: 22 January 1936 - Frank
b: 18 October 1898
d: March 1979 - Mabelle
b: 1910
m. William Cecil Burchfield
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Subject: Re: John Turnbull Rogers
Date: 07/30/2000 2:49:39 AM GMT Daylight Time
From: kristin108@hotmail.com (Kristin Whitson)
To: JRogers722@aol.com
Dear Jerry,
I'm sorry I was confusing in my previous message. Let me try to get it right this time:
John Turnbull (a.k.a. J.J., Jack) Rogers was born February 1, 1869 in Washington County, Tennessee to Samuel Rogers and Eliza Rogers. This was information from my grandmother, still living at the age of 90. John Turnbull Rogers married Carline Henson in Jefferson County, Tennessee in 1890. John Turnbull's parents, Samuel and Eliza are both buried in Carter Cemetery in Jefferson County in unmarked graves.
According to my grandmother, her father moved to Jefferson County from Washington County around 1890 and several family members, including siblings and parents came with him. John Turnbull Rogers's siblings were named Benjamin Elihue (a.k.a. Lihu) Rogers, Sarah Ann Rogers, Joseph A. (a.k.a. Joe) Rogers (illegally changed his last name to Lee and moved to Kentucky), James F. (a.k.a. Tip) Rogers, and Mary J. (a.k.a. Molly) Rogers. Samuel and Eliza are listed as parents on the death certificates of their children.
These children are all listed on the 1880 census of Washington County with Samuel and Eliza.
John Turnbull Rogers's father Samuel Rogers is listed on the 1880, 1870, and 1860 censuses of Washington County as being born in 1838.
In the 1860 census, he is in the household of his father, Joseph Rogers.
Samuel Rogers married Eliza Rogers on January 26, 1861 in Washington County according to marriage records. Their first son was born about 11 months later. Eliza Rogers on the 1870 census is listed as born in 1835 (and in 1860, in the household of her uncle Reuben Rogers as 1836).
According to the 1860 and 1850 censuses and marriage records of Washington County, Samuel's parents were Joseph Rogers and Rachel Lowrence. Samuel's other siblings were Elihue, Elizabeth (m. Joseph Henley in 1857), Reuben, Manerva (m. George Hollifield in 1853), Evaline, Margaret Elizabeth (m. Nathaniel Jackson Smith in 1867), Joseph, and Mary J. My grandmother remembers writing letters for her father to William Henley, his first cousin through Elizabeth that married Joseph Henley.
Joseph Rogers who married Rachel Lowrance was the son of Reuben Rogers as evidenced by Reuben's estate settlement recorded in 1867. Joseph's parents were Reuben Rogers and Bathsheba Haile. The other children of Reuben Rogers listed in his estate settlement are Samuel, (whom I think moved to Missouri), Manerva (m. James Ellis), and Caroline (m. Samuel Salts). Reuben Rogers was the son of Joseph Rogers who lived on Dry Creek in Washington County and died around 1824.
To go back a little, John Turnbull Rogers's mother was Eliza Rogers. She was born in 1835 according to the 1870 census. In 1860, she is found living with her uncle Reuben Rogers (her aunt Bathsheba had died a few months earlier and Reuben had no other children at home.) In 1850, however, Eliza is living with her parents Benjamin and Artemesa Rogers. It is a little confusing because she does have a sister, Elizabeth, who married Davis Henly and whom I believe A. J. Dykes descends from. Their 1850 census lists Benjamin, 47, Artimacy, 42, Elizabeth, 20, Mary M., 16, Eliza, 15, Sabre, 13, Sarah J., 10, Nancy J., 10, Albert, 8, James R., 5, Amanda, 3. My grandmother said that her grandmother Eliza was related to the Salts. Nancy J. and Amanda both married the same man, Harrison Salts, and he was listed as a witness at the marriage of my grandmother's uncle Benjamin Elihue.
Artemesa was the daughter of Joseph Rogers of Dry Creek in Washington County as listed in the deed to her brother Reuben Rogers, deeding her share of the estate to Reuben. Benjamin is the son of John Rogers of Claiborne County as evidenced by the deed in 1831 from Benjamin Rogers of Washington County to William Rogers deeding his share of the estate of his father John Rogers to William Rogers. And as I have learned from both Mr. Dykes and you, both John Rogers of Claiborne County and Joseph Rogers of Washington County were the sons of Benjamin Rogers, the immigrant.
I'm sorry to say that I don't know anything about another Samuel born in 1838 that had a son John Franklin and moved to Missouri. Could this Samuel possibly have been the son of Reuben and Bathsheba Haile? I also noticed on your spreadsheet that you list a Benjamin Rogers born to John Rogers of Claiborne County in 1782. I was wondering if this was a different Benjamin then the one who married Artemesa Rogers in Washington County?
Kristin Whitson
Subject: [ROGERS-BEN] Re: My Line
Date: 4/26/2001 4:39:21 PM GMT Daylight Time
From: kristin108@hotmail.com (Kristin Whitson)
To: ROGERS-BEN-L@rootsweb.com
Dear Michael, Jerry, etc.
To answer your questions, here is my line: Benjamin (the Immigrant) Joseph (b. ca. 1758) Reuben (b. ca. 1786) - Reuben states that he was born in Tennessee on the censuses. I don't know if that's true or not, it very well could have been Virginia. The death date you have for him in your information is actually the date of the final estate settlement for him. His death date is actually in 1865. It was listed in his pension application when his son Joseph applied for the pension payments that Reuben did not receive during the Civil War because he lived in a Confederate state. I don't have it here with me now but I'll find it and send it back to you. But I digress...Joseph (b. ca. 1813) Samuel (b. November 1837) - as you said, this exactly coincides with his uncle's trial and imprisonment. I think Joseph and Samuel certainly were close.
John Turnbull Rogers (b. 2/1/1869) - aka JJ Rogers - John Turnbull Rogers was the name he was given at birth as he told his daughter, my grandmother. On the 1870 census he is listed as John, and the 1880 as J. T. This all fits OK. As you know, Jack is a common nickname for John. He was commonly known in his community in Jefferson County as Jack (also it was listed on his marriage license and the 1900 census - by the 1910 census he was listed as Jackson J. Rogers!). I think John and Jack got shortened into J.J. This was the name he used for business purposes and as a merchant in the latter years of his life.
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