Nancy R. Johnson and Jesse Crosswhite

      Nancy R. Johnson (1807- ?) was the first born to Thomas H. Johnson and Susannah Wright Johnson, his third wife. Nancy married Jesse Crosswhite (18 April 1804-5 April 1848) about 1825/6 in Carter County, Tennessee. This famly settled in the Shady Valley area of what is now Johnson County, Tennessee.

      Nancy and Jesse had nine children, which are listed below, along with their year of birth and death, the name of their spouse(s), and year of marriage.

(1) Thomas J. Crosswhite	(1827-1912)	Rebeckah J. Donnelly (1851)
(2) Landon C. Crosswhite	(1829-1892)	Caroline Buckles (1856)
(3) Sarah Crosswhite	(1831- ?)
(4) Solomon S. Crosswhite	(1832-1916)	Nancy Lowe (1865)
(5) Mary Ann Crosswhite	(c. 1833-1917)	(1) William Underwood (1857) (2) Albert Clark (3) Moses Friddle (1868)
(6) Susannah Crosswhite	(1835- ?)	William Adams (1872)
(7) William L. Crosswhite	(1837- ?)	(1) Jane Adams (1858) (2) Unknown
(8) Nancy C. Crosswhite	(1845- ?)	Alexander H. McQueen (1866)
(9) Eliza A.C. Crosswhite	(1847- ?)

The following covers the families of each of the above nine children:


      (1) Thomas J. Crosswhite (13 February 1827-8 January 1912) married Rebeckah Jane Donnelly (2 October 1829-12 April 1909) on 29 October 1851, in Johnson County, Tennessee. Thomas was a Christian minister and moved about the area conducting religious services.

      Rebeckah Jane Donnelly was the daughter of William and Sarah (McQueen) Donnelly. Her father had died by the time she was married. Thomas and Rebeckah had eight children, which are listed below, with the year of birth/death, name of spouse(s), year of marriage, and the number and names of children, if known:

John Alexander Crosswhite	(1853-1858)
Sarah Parlee Crosswhite	(c. 1856- ?)	J. Elbert Lewis (1882 or 85)(3 ch)
Jessie A. Lewis	(1885- ?)	James Andrew Wilson (1903)(2 ch)
Rebecca D. Lewis	(1885-1930)	Robert L. Gentry (1906)(3 ch)
Bertha Lewis	(1888- ?)	John "Wesley" Gentry (1906)(2 ch)
Alfred T. Crosswhite	(1858- ?)	(1) Martha Millard (1879)(3 ch) (2) Martha Johnson (c. 1886)(5 ch)
Worley Thomas Crosswhite	(1880- ?)
Willie P. Crosswhite	(1882- ?)
Samuel T. Crosswhite	(1885-1919)
Carrie J. Crosswhite	(1887-1890)
Donnelly J. Crosswhite	(1888- ?)	(?) Edna M. Fritts (1912)
Joseph Crosswhite	(1890-1890)
Faw Crosswhite	(1892- ?)
Nancy Loretta Crosswhite	(1860 - ?)	Marian L. Fritts
Eliza Eveline Crosswhite	(c. 1862- ?)	(2 ch)
Samuel T. Crosswhite	(c. 1885- ?)	Estella Jenkins (1915)(2 ch)
Joseph Turney Crosswhite	(1896-1978)	Sarah E.A. Phillips (2 ch)
Robert Lincoln Crosswhite	(1865- ?)
Thomas Grant Crosswhite	(1871-1928)	Florence V. Smith (1898)(4 ch)
Nellie B. Crosswhite	(1899-1928)	Wallace C. Barry (1917)(6 ch)
Margie L. Crosswhite	(1906- ?)
B. (dau) Crosswhite	(1911- ?)
Benjamin J. Crosswhite	(1913- ?)
Donnelly J. Crosswhite	(c. 1875- ?)	(?) Edna M. Fritts (1912) (See Edna Fritts above)

      (2) Landon C. Crosswhite (28 January 1829-1 December 1892) married Caroline Buckles (22 June 1835-21 January 1925) on 2 March 1856 in Johnson County, Tennessee. Landon was a farmer that lived on Little Doe Creek. Caroline was the daughter of Edward and Susan (Gentry) Buckles. To this marriage were born six children, which are listed below, with the year of birth/death, name of spouse(s), year of marriage, and the number and names of children, if known:

Susan Elizabeth Crosswhite	(1858- ?)	Alexander Wright (8 ch)
Cassandra E. Wright	(c. 1880- ?)	(1) Amos Bryant (1900) (2) William E. Bishop (1901)(3 ch)
Laura W. Wright	(c. 1882- ?)
William T. Wright	(c. 1886- ?)	Lizzie Nelson (1906)
Eliza C. Wright	(c. 1888- ?)	David A. Jones (1905)(2 ch)
Lillie B. Wright	(c. 1891- ?)
Robert F. Wright	(1892-1962)	Cora (Unknown) (1 ch)
Pearl M. Wright	(c. 1896- ?)	David Mylas (1912)
Hobart M. Wright	(c. 1898- ?)
Nancy Margaret Crosswhite	(1859-1881)	William K. Blevins
Elva Loretta Crosswhite	(1861-1936)	Cyrus Hamilton Cole (8 ch)
Carrie E. Cole	(c. 1881- ?)	John C. Ward (1902)(5 ch)
Robert E. Cole	(c. 1883- ?)	Ettie R. David (1900)
William H. Cole	(c. 1884- ?)
Nathaniel "Nat" J. Cole	(c. 1886- ?)
Hugh H. Cole	(c. 1887- ?)
Wyatt S. Cole	(c. 1893- ?)
Myna L. Cole	(c. 1899- ?)
Joseph S. Cole	(c. 1900- ?)
William Thomas Crosswhite	(1866- ?)	Sarah "Sallie" Jones (1891)(4 ch)
Alice Crosswhite	(c. 1891- ?)	(1) Greer Wright (2) W.H. Hughes (1907)
Clyde C. Crosswhite	(c. 1898- ?)	Trula Blevins (3 ch)
Winnie Gaye Crosswhite	(c. 1902- ?)
Phillip Robert Crosswhite	(1870-1961)	(1) Sufona Stout (1892)(4 ch) (2) Cora E. Harmon (1931)
Margaret Caroline Crosswhite	(1893- ?)	(1) Frank Jones (1913) (2) Burl L. Sluder (1915)
Stacy Williams Crosswhite	(1895-1989)	Rosa Elthel Sluder (1915)(6 ch)
Elva Parlee Crosswhite	(1897- ?)	(1) Jerry Harper (1913) (2) Rosco F. Miller (1951)
Charlie Sherman R. Crosswhite	(1900-1984)	Nellie B. Harper (1924)(6 ch)
Jesse E. Crosswhite	(1873- ?)	Nannie R. Wilson (1896)(4 ch)
C. Maude Crosswhite	(c. 1898- ?)
Ramey F. Crosswhite	(c. 1901- ?)
Stacey H. Crosswhite	(c. 1903- ?)
Mina Crosswhite	(c. 1907- ?)

      (3) Sarah Crosswhite (1831- ?). No further information available.


      (4) Solomon S. Crosswhite (26 March 1832-22 March 1916) married nancy Lowe (18 October 1840- ?) on 25 November 1865 in Johnson County, Tennessee. Nancy was the daughter of Abraham Lowe and Nancy (Crosswhite) Lowe. To this marriage were born six children, which are listed below:

Sarah L. Crosswhite	(c. 1867- ?)	James Stout (1900)
Mary E. Crosswhite	(c. 1868- ?)
John M. Crosswhite	(c. 1870- ?)	Sarahfine C. Stout (1897)(1 ch)
Ellen B. Crosswhite	(1898- ?)
Eliza J. Crosswhite	(c. 1872- ?)
Ellen M. Crosswhite	(c. 1878- ?)	(1 ch)
Raymond Crosswhite	(c. 1894- ?)
James Crosswhite	(c. 1879- ?)

      (5) Mary Ann Crosswhite (c. 1833-1917) married three times, first to William Underwood on 13 September 1857 in Johnson County, Tennessee. Mary was widowed and married Albert Clark. To this marriage were born three children, which are listed below. Mary Ann's third marriage was to Moses Friddle on 28 November 1868 in Johnson County. She was also widowed by Moses.

Margaret Clark	(c. 1864- ?)
Catherine Clark	c. 1868- ?)
Roby Clark	(c. 1869- ?)

      (6) Susannah Crosswhite (1835- ?) married William Adams on 3 November 1872 in Johnson County, Tennessee. William was previously married and had two children. There were no children born to this marriage.


      (7) William L. Crosswhite (1837- ?) married twice, first to Jane Adams in February, 1858 in Johnson County, Tennessee. We are unaware of the name of his second wife and we have no further information on this family.


      (8) Nancy C. Crosswhite (1845- ?) married Alexander H. McQueen on 11 October 1866 in Johnson County, Tennessee. There was one son born to this couple in the 1870 Johnson County census. However, the family is not found in the 1880 census, so we believe they moved elsewhere.

John B. McQueen

(1868- ?)

      (9) Eliza A.C. Crosswhite (1847- ?). No further information available.


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