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An inventory of the estate of James Roddy deceased was returned to
the Knox County, TN Court by the Administrators. |
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James
Roddy
An
inventory of the estate of James Roddy deceased was returned to
Court by the Administrators to wit
7
Notes of hand payable in corn amount 131 bushels; 3 notes of hand
for cash amounting to 37 dollars 75 cents; 5 head of horses, 8 head
of cattle; 3 head of hogs, 2 Rifle guns; 1 silver watch; 1 sett of
Plough Irons; 1 falling ax; 1 foot adj; 1 small auger; 2 chissels; 1
wooden wheel carriage; 10 lb Iron; 1 Saddle & saddle bags; 4
crocks; 2 tea kettles; __ gallon, 9 del__ plates; 3 pewter plates; 3
tin cups; 2 pots; 1 dutch oven; 1 dr_per, fire bell_; 1 pr. shoe
leathers; 1 bed & bed stead; 2 Jackett patterns; sundrie
cloathing. 2 smoothing Irons, 2 cedar piggins. One 1/2 pint bottle;
some shoemakers tools; 1 spinning wheel; 2 kegs; 2
chairs.
BOOK
ACCOUNTS: William Gilliam $1.50. John Heron sin
(Harrison?) $1.66. John Wood
(Maryville) $1.32. John Singleton 33 cents. Nathaniel
Hays, balance 88 cents; Michael Foster 62_ cents; Thomas
Anderson, 70 cents. John Rhea 79 cents; John Litster
$1.21; Samuel Lindsey $2.60; Thomas Hamilton
$1.62_; John Hankins 20 cents James Mitchell (Blue)
$1.87 1/2; William Tipton 25
cents; Andrew Richey 13 cents; John Millar (Butcher)
$1.25; James Rodgers Jun. 73 cents; David Clark
$3.06: Note: There are some notes or bonds in the hands
of Dennis Thomey the amount not known.
Ordered
that the said estate be sold as the Law directs.
Source:
Page 77 of Knox County, TN Estate Settlements, Reel # 1
(Volume 1, July 1792 - October 1811) |
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Notes:
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From the January 1800 court record, the
administrators mentioned here would have been Daniel Haston
and Elizabeth Roddy.
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We have not found any evidence (land deeds or tax records) indicating
that this James Roddy owned land. Perhaps he rented land from
John Wood of Maryville, TN...as did Daniel Haston (as per the "timothy
lot" court case record).
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James Roddy had book accounts,
but it isn’t clear if this is what he owed or what people owed him.
Most likely, these are amounts owed to other people, such as John
Miller, a butcher in Knoxville, and John Wood, a land owner in
Maryville.
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Some of the people of interest on this list:
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John Wood of Maryville:
The “timothy lot” that Daniel & Joseph Haston’s hogs trampled was
supposedly leased or subleased from a John Wood.
"South of the Holston, opposite Knoxville" (where the "timothy
lot" was) would have been toward Maryville. William Tipton, who
put up security money for this estate settlement, was known to have
lived down in the south Knox County area, toward Maryville.
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Nathaniel Hays:
David Haston cut the tails off of
cows owned by
Nathaniel Hays, who apparently lived near the Daniel Haston and
the Phillip Roddy families.
Thus:
It would appear that this James Roddy was a neighbor of Daniel
Haston, as well as a neighbor of the Phillip Roddy family.
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William Tipton: (probably
"Fighting Billy" Tipton)
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Jane
Roddy (some people have suggested that she may have been a sister
of Margaret Roddy; others think that she was perhaps a cousin) married an Abraham Tipton on April 29, 1806.
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William Tipton was also involved in the settlement of James
Roddy’s estate, in that he put up bond money for the settlement
process.
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Abraham Tipton, in an 1815 final settlement of a James Roddy
estate, was the administrator of the estate.
(Daniel Haston had moved on to White County, TN ten years or so prior
to this time.) This may have been a different James
Roddy.
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