John Richard Street

Notes:

There is a John Richard Street buried in the family plot Oak Grove Sec 44 Lot 15. There is no Funeral home listed and I checked with Roth and they have no record so possibly it was Harris Merryman.
CENSUS: 1880 TN, Hardin ED 44 dist 4 pg 5
John age 7, son, at home
CENSUS: 1900 KY McCracken nothing
CENSUS: 1900 TN Hardin John A son born July 1873 age 26 single occ pilot
CENSUS: 1910 KY McCracken 127 Fountain Ave, Paducah, John R Street, head age 26 (must mean 36) single occ (looks like "none") very hard to read.
OCCUPATION: Sternwheel Towboat "Russell Lord" John Street, pilot 1903. Per Way's Steam Towboat Directory.

David married Sarah Priscilla Morrow on 24 Nov 1863. Sarah was born on 14 Sep 1845 in Savannah, Hardin County, TN; died on 27 Jul 1897 in Savannah, Hardin County, TN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Jackson, TN; Lawyer

Notes:

Col. DAVID A STREET, of Lunenburg county, VA, who first settled in Jackson, TN, after leaving VA, was the first classical teacher at Purdy. He was a fine scholar, wholly given up to books and teaching. He was very fond of his scholars, and entertained them at his house in the most hospitable manner. He died in Savannah, TN to which place he removed with all of his children-two boys - Thomas and D T, and two girls. His eldest son now resides in Savannah.

"Reminiscences of the Early Setlement and Early Settlers of McNairy County, TN by Marcus J Wright "Footprints on the Sands of Time" Commercial Publishing Co. 1882.

CENSUS 1840 TN Hardin - nothing
CENSUS 1850 TN Hardin STREET, David A. 43, lawyer born VA & David T, 20, Merchant born VA, Hd-22-387
CENSUS: 1860 TN Hardin Nothing on David A Street (possibly deceased); D T Street Age 29 & J T Street age 24, both clerks and born VA. Boarding with S M Thomas.

Per Ed Street blacknet@tedgebbs.is.net - b & d dates and middle name - "graduated Washington College 1827 where he studied law with Judge Creed Taylor. Rem to Jackson TN Oct 18 1843, rem to Purdy, then to Savannah in 1846.

David married Mary Graffenreid Woodson on 25 Oct 1828 in Cumberland County, VA. Mary (daughter of Tscharner de Graffenreid Woodson and Lucy Micheaux) was born on 27 Nov 1804 in Cumberland County, VA; died on 30 Dec 1849. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!Per Ed Street blacknet@tedgebbs.is.net
BIRTH & DEATH: the Street Genealogy by Henry A Street 1895
CONFLICT: History of the DeGraffenried Family by Thomas P Degraffenried 1925 & The Woodsons and their connections by Henry Morton Woodson 1925, pp. 202 states birth date as 1803

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 15 Oct 1829, Cumberland County, VA
• Probate: 26 Oct 1829, Cumberland County, VA.

Notes:

For several years until 1788 while father was clerk, was deputy clerk of Cumberland Co., VA. T.P. Degraffenreid, History of the Degraffenreid Family, p. 183.

Valentine Papers pg 1847 Tschaner Woodson from Archer E Anglea 160 acres in Cumberland Co. Jan 3, 1797 Tscharner Woodson from John Holcombe 46 acres in Cumberland Co July 5, 1797. pg 1848 Tscharner Woodson of Cumberland Co to John Wright; 300 acres in Cumberland Co Jan 1798. Pg 2067 July 11, 1795

Tscharner Woodson appointed Justice of the Peace for the county of Mechlenburg. Tscharner Woodson appointed Justice of the Peace for the county of Cumberland June 12, 1802.

BIRTH & DEATH: "History of the deGraffenried Family from 1191-1925" by Thomas P deGraffenreid 1925
CONFLICT: birth dates from 1767-1778 I tend to believe the former because of the ages of the children.
"Genealogies of Virginia Families vol IV"
Woodsons and their Connections by Henry Morton Woodson 1915 p 124

Tscharner married Lucy Micheaux on 8 Sep 1788 in Mecklenburg County, VA. Lucy (daughter of Jr. Jacob Micheaux and Sally Neville) was born in 1771 in Cumberland County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]