Husband: Joel Commons [I4656]
                Born: 30 Nov 1791 in Orange Co., NC 1 2
             Married: Jan 1817 in Lincoln Co., TN 10 11
                Died: 14 Mar 1870 in Fayetteville, Lincoln, TN (at home) 4
              Father: 
              Mother: 
             Spouses: 
      Cause of Death: Pneumonia 3
          Occupation: Blacksmith
            Religion: Quaker 5
Moved to Lincoln Co., TN: 1815 Lincoln Co., TN 6
           Residence: 30 Aug 1877 Home to be demolished; Fayetteville, Lincoln, TN
                      LANDMARK - Another landmark is disappearing. The Joel Commons house, a few yards north of the Methodist Church, this place,  is being demolished, to make room for a modern residence. The old house was one of the first erected in fayetteville, being 

                Wife: Sarah Gray [I4657]
                Born: 1800 in NC 7
                Died: 10 Nov 1875 in Fayetteville, Lincoln, TN 9
              Father: 
              Mother: 
             Spouses: 
      Cause of Death: After long illness 8
Children
01               (F): Malinda Commons [I5001]
                Born: Oct 1820 in Lincoln Co., TN 12 13
                Died: about Apr 1857 in Lincoln Co., TN 14
             Spouses: Neal Ramsey
02               (M): Samuel V. Commons [I4658] 15
                Born: 1829 in TN 16
                Died: 08 May 1853 in Lincoln Co., TN 17
             Spouses: 
          Occupation: Blacksmith
03               (F): Sarah Commons [I4659]
                Born: 1835 in TN 18
                Died: 10 Sep 1862 in Lincoln Co., TN (at father's home) 19
             Spouses:

Additional Information

Sarah Gray:

Notes:
REF: 2AP
Household #2, page 191

(02) Samuel V. Commons:

Notes:
REF: 2P
Household #2, page 191

(03) Sarah Commons:

Notes:
REF: 2P
Household #2, page 191
Lincoln Co., TN Pioneers Vol. VII, No. 2, page 24.
Listed as Mrs. Sarah Roberts.

Footnotes

  1. 1850 US Federal Census Lincoln Co., TN transcription [33].
  2. Lincoln Co., TN Pioneers Vol. XVI, No. 2 [156], page 48 for date and place.
  3. Ibid., page 48.
  4. Ibid., page 48.
  5. Ibid., page 48.
  6. Ibid., page 48.
  7. 1850 US Federal Census Lincoln Co., TN transcription [33].
  8. Lincoln Co., TN Pioneers Vol. XIII, No. 2 [148], page 54.
  9. Ibid., page 54. In this place thought to mean Fayetteville, Lincoln Co., TN - Needs research.
  10. From annotation to 1850 Lincoln Co., TN Census [65], page 191.
  11. Lincoln Co., TN Pioneers Vol. XVI, No. 2 [156], page 48 for month and place.
  12. 1850 US Federal Census Lincoln Co., TN transcription [33].
  13. Lincoln Co., TN Pioneers Vol. III, No. 2 [114], page 30.
  14. Ibid., page 30. Died at father Joel Commons house.
  15. Lincoln Co., TN Pioneers Vol. I, No. 4 [104], page 71 for middle initial.
  16. 1850 US Federal Census Lincoln Co., TN transcription [33].
  17. Lincoln Co., TN Pioneers Vol. I, No. 4 [104], page 71.
  18. 1850 US Federal Census Lincoln Co., TN transcription [33].
  19. Lincoln Co., TN Pioneers Vol. XII, No. 2 [146], page 24.

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