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Richard Terrell Meriwether1,2,3,4,5

#2075, (1792 - 1840)
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Key Events:

  • Richard Terrell Meriwether was born on 11 May 1792 in Goochland Co., Virginia.1,6
  • Richard married Elizabeth Edmunds Rivers, daughter of Capt. Thomas Rivers and Elizabeth Edmunds Jones, in 1813 in Tennessee.7,8,9
  • Richard died on 7 Dec 1840 in Madrid Bend, Tennessee, at age 48.10,11,12

Children with Elizabeth Edmunds Rivers:

  • Elizabeth Meriwether+
  • Martha Baxter Meriwether+
  • John Thomas Meriwether
  • Margaret Douglas Meriwether+
  • Jane Rivers Meriwether
  • Robert Rivers Meriwether+

Citations

  1. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998.
  2. Meriwether, Minor, Meriwethers and Minors, pg 19.
  3. Anderson, W P, Early Descendants of Wm. Overton & Elizabeth Waters, pg 116.
  4. "Douglas - Meriwether Family", shows name as Richard.
  5. Fenker, Richard M. Jr., Family File "Fenker.FTW," 29 Sep 1998, shows name as Richard Brockman.
  6. Meriwether, Minor, Meriwethers and Minors, pg 64, citing Parson Douglas' own handwriting in his Bible, printed in Edinburgh, 1762, by Kincaid; shows date.
  7. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows year and state.
  8. Meriwether, Minor, Meriwethers and Minors, pg 19, shows year.
  9. Anderson, W P, Early Descendants of Wm. Overton & Elizabeth Waters, pg 116, shows year.
  10. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows date and state.
  11. Meriwether, Minor, Meriwethers and Minors, pg 19, shows date, town, and state.
  12. Anderson, W P, Early Descendants of Wm. Overton & Elizabeth Waters, pg 116, shows date, town, and state.

Garrett Minor Meriwether1,2,3

#2076, (1794 - 1851)
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Parents

Key Events:

  • Garrett married Mary Ann Minor, daughter of Dabney Minor and Lucy Herndon, on 28 Sep 1819 in "Woodlawn", Orange Co., Virginia, at the home of her father.4,5,6,7
  • Garrett died on 26 Sep 1851 in "Cabin Row", Christian Co., Kentucky, at age 57, at his home.8,5,9
  • He was buried in "Cabin Row", Christian Co., Kentucky.10

Children with Mary Ann Minor:

  • Lucy Ann Meriwether
  • Lucy Ann Meriwether+
  • Dabney Minor Meriwether
  • Louisa Minor Meriwether
  • Minor Meriwether+
  • Niles Meriwether+
  • Robert D. Owen Meriwether

Citations

  1. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998.
  2. Meriwether, Minor, Meriwethers and Minors, pg 20.
  3. "Douglas - Meriwether Family", shows name as Garret.
  4. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows date.
  5. Meriwether, Minor, Meriwethers and Minors, pg 20, shows date, place, county, and state.
  6. Anderson, W P, Early Descendants of Wm. Overton & Elizabeth Waters, pg 116, shows date and place.
  7. "Douglas - Meriwether Family", shows married.
  8. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows date and state.
  9. Anderson, W P, Early Descendants of Wm. Overton & Elizabeth Waters, pg 116, shows date.
  10. Meriwether, Minor, Meriwethers and Minors, pg 100.

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