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Note: In trying to establish the ancestral line of William Harrison Wallace and his parents William Wallace and Grace Harrison, the following data has been collected. Some of it may not be applicable to the particular lines being researched, however working back in time from the Wallaces being traced is hindered by not knowing exactly what particular data is applicable. Hopefully this research will eventually lead beyond the borders of the U.S. back to the country of origin of this line of Wallaces. http://www.copies1918.com/sullivan1.html
Sullivan County, Tennessee Vol. 1: 1775-1789
Register of Deeds: Volume: 1-2: May 1775-1796:
Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN
42 Wallace, Joseph deed: 23 Oct 1782, State of NC to JW, 280 acres 4 Wallace, William deed: 23 Oct 1782, State of NC to WW, 300 acres [This was sold to Jacob Miers [Myers?] on 10 Jan 1784 (DB 1-183)] 78 Wallace, William deed (this may be the sale of the 300 acre tract) 257 Wallace, William indenture
258 Wallace, William indenture
230 Wallace, William indenture
[Note: The description of William and Joseph's parcels indicate they were adjoining lands since both include "beginning at a B (black) oak on (along) John Coxes line". http://www.copies1918.com/sullivan2.html
Sullivan County Vol. 2: 1788-1796
Register of Deeds: Volume: 1-2
Date: May 1775-1796
Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN
90 Wallace, William indenture [no date given]
1780: The act to form Sullivan County NC was passed in October 1779, and in February 1780 the county court was organized at the house of Moses Looney, at which time a commission was presented appointing as justices of the peace Isaac Shelby, David Looney, William Christie, John Dunham, WILLIAM WALLACE, and Samuel Smith [the latter two appear below in a subpoena). Sullivan County included all the part of Washington County lying north of a line formed by the ridge dividing the waters of the Watauga from those of the Holston, and extending from the termination of this ridge to the highest point of the Chimney Top Mountain. Being appointed a Justice of the Peace indicates this William Wallace was likely not a young man, but more likely between 35-50 years old at the time. http://www.tngenweb.org/greene/state-of-frank/ch-5.html
William Wallace was a delegate from Sullivan County to the 1784 convention regarding the establishment of the State of Franklin. The following statement from the cited webpage is interesting: "Your committee are of the opinion and judge it expedient, that the counties of Washington, Sullivan and Greene, which the cession bill particularly respects, form themselves into an Association and combine themselves together, in order to support the present laws of North Carolina, which may not be incompatible with the modes and forms of laying out a new State." The appointment as a delegate also indicates an older man. The two citations below indicate Joseph Wallace, who apparently is William Wallace's brother, was in Sullivan County in 1791-1796. http://www.etsu.edu/cass/archives/Collections/afindaid/a18g.html
WASHINGTON COUNTY COURT RECORDS, 1780-1965
Folder 7, #62. Joseph Wallace, Samuel Smith of Sullivan County; subpoena issued for, case of William Blevins vs. Henry Colpack (Kulback); issued 1791. [Wallace and Smith were apparently being called as witnesses in the case.] http://www.anamericanfamilyhistory.com/TennesseeFamilies&Places/WebbFamily.html
...[She] States further that she was married to the said George Webb in Sullivan County, state of Tennessee in the 16th day of october 1796 by Joseph Wallace J.P. [and] that her name prior to thereto was Elizabeth Spurgin [and] that she knows of no public or private record of her said marriage as being in existance,... Note: As shown below there were two grants in Washington County in 1776 to John Wallace. A few years later, on 18 Apr 1783, Greene County was formed from the original Washington County NC. The 1783 Greene County TN tax list contains only one Wallace: Samuel Wallace. http://www.tngenweb.org/revwar/counties/greene/1783.html
Historical Note: Washington County (1777) had originally been formed as Washington District (1776) of North Carolina and encompassed all the territory that later would become the state of Tennessee. Other counties were split off over the years and at one point the region became the "Southwest Territory" or "Territory South of the Ohio". There also was a brief attempt to form the State of Franklin from eight of the western NC counties between 1784 and 1789, however that "state" was never officially recognized by the U.S. The region eventually became the State of Tennessee on June 1, 1796. Often you'll see data from a county in what was actually NC at the time, but is referred to as being in TN. Some data may also refer to the "Southwest Territory" or "Territory South of the Ohio" or "State of Franklin", so it helps to be aware of the history of the region. See the interactive county formation map for Tennessee at http://tngenweb.org/maps/county-ani/tn-maps/tn-cf.html
http://www.tngenweb.org/records/washington/land/nc_grants_washington.html
North Carolina Land Grants in TN 1778-1791
Washington County, 1776: 10 grants, two of them to John Wallace. Sullivan County, 1782: Joseph Wallace; 1784: Thomas Wallace Davidson County, 1789: William Wallace
Also note the following 1783 Greene County land grant (Greene County was formed from Washington County on 18 April 1783). http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/19883929/photo/EEeab4BvyEafEgjtyEE6VzP4kb1WgQubs_ocOkEiCH0wMvbfoW1!bH3WEpqExz00
21 Oct 1783 land grant to William Wallace for 200 acres on the North side of the French Broad River in Greene County NC. [Warrant #144] http://www.copies1918.com/greene3.html
GREENE COUNTY, TENNESSEE: REGISTER OF DEEDS: VOLUME 3
Vol.: 3-4 Sep 1787 - May 1802
420 Wallace William deed
Grant 322 Matthew Wallace 1787 200 acres Little Gap Creek If William Wallace was 21 when he bought the 200 acres in Greene County in 1783, although he likely was slightly older, would place his birth year about 1762 or earlier. If he was 21 at the date of his marriage to Grace Harrison in 1791, as shown below, he would have been born about 1770 and, thus, would be only 13 in 1783, which is too young to purchase land. Based on the above observations, the William Wallace in 1783 Greene County and the one who married Grace Harrison in 1791 may be different people, perhaps father and son. Joseph Wallace and William Wallace in Sullivan appear to be sons of Matthew Wallace based on other researchers' observations not included here, while William in 1783 Greene County is likely the son or brother of the above John Wallace of Washington County, who later appears in Lawrence County AL. The 1791 handwritten Greene County NC (later TN) marriage bond for William Wallace and Grace Harrison was found on Ancestry.com with a substantially clearer copy was found on FamilySearch.com. Its transcription follows, with parenthetical text added for clarity. Know all men by these presents that we William Wallace & Daniel Nelson of Greene County are bound to [his] excellency Wm Blount Esquire and to his Successors in office in the sum of five hundred pounds to be void on condition if there be no just cause or lawful impediment to obstruct the marriage of the said William to Grace Harrison-- given under our hands & Seals the 13th day of June AD 1791 [note: all 1’s look like vertically extended S’s on this and the next marriage bond in the court record.] Signed, Sealed, & Acknowledged before Dan Kennnedy CGC [Clerk of Greene County] Willim Wallis (seal)
Danil Nilson (seal)
The bondsmen's signatures indicate their spelling was somewhat fluid, although the county clerk correctly spelled their names in the document. While the above cites the bond, the following cites the marriage. http://tngenweb.org/greene/marriages/wpa-w.htm
This shows that William Wallis [Wallace] married Grace Harrison in Greene County TN on 13 Jun 1791. Since the date of the bond and marriage are the same, Grace must have lived fairly near the court's location. If Grace were 18 at the time of her marriage, she would have been born about 1773. http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/4495231/person/-1594618806
This site provides the names of Grace's parents as Jeremiah Harrison and Catherine Donnell Adams, which appears to be correct based on documents published online by other researchers (see below). This database shows her husband William Wallace with his supposed parents Hugh Wallace and Hannah Davis, however I am unsure of the accuracy of the data regarding those parents since William did not name any of his known children after either of them. Some of the information below comes from the online genealogy file of Bruce Brown. http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/19883929/person/864267908
William Wallace was one of three witnesses to the last will and testament of Jeremiah Harrison, his father-in-law, in Greene County TN on 15 Sep 1793. The will lists Jeremiah's wife as Catherine and names several children, the last of whom is Grace, who was married to William Wallace. William Wallace was a witness to a deed of conveyance for 150 acres in Greene County from Samuel Harned to Isaiah Harrison, Grace's brother, on 4 Oct 1794. Since Isaiah Harrison and Samuel Harned were both executors of Jeremiah Harrison's estate, Harned may be a son-in-law of Jeremiah Harrison. Brown proposes that William Wallace is in Rutherford County in central TN in 1810 since William Wallace (age 26-44) is listed near [6 houses from] Daniel Nelson (age 26-44) and a man of that name had signed the bond for William's marriage in Greene County in east TN. Because there was a district-wide loss of census records for Tennessee in 1810, it is impossible to firmly state that the William Wallace in Rutherford is the one who married Grace Harrison since, as shown below, William Wallace appears Sullivan County in 1812 and Sevier County in 1813. Note that Greene, Sullivan, and Sevier Counties are all in eastern Tennessee, while Rutherford is in central Tennessee. 1812 Sullivan County TN tax list
William Wallace
1813 Sevier County, TN
William Wallace signed a Petition to the TN Legislature
Hopefully further research will help resolve the issues identified here. Nevertheless, the following shows that William and Grace Wallace appear in Lawrence County AL as early as 1822, although William died in 1826. This is the specific Wallace line we focus on in this database.
26 Dec 1822
Lawrence County, AL
William Wallace test. for Mortgage of Parker Alexander loan to Lewis Tully.
1 Sep 1823
Lawrence County, Alabama, USA
Deed: Wm Wallace, representing the firm of (William) Wallace & (Parker) Alexander, sold to Daniel Love of Maury County TN a slave for $925. Deed Book "B" pg 173-4.
1823-1824
Moulton, Lawrence County, AL
William Wallace, resident - Deed Book B page 304
2 Jan 1824
Lawrence County, AL
Mortgage: James Seward sells to William Wallace and Parker Alexander (merchants and partners trading under the firm name of Wallace & Alexander) a female slave named Molly aged 14. pg 213-214
28 May 1824
Moulton, Lawrence County, AL
Deed: Wm Wallace purchases Moulton town lot #82 from John M. Jackson. pgs 282-3. Death of William Wallace
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/4495231/photo/U4BfxrXiG5hacvUoXAerc85fbvxaM!lSyk0cQBaCbmRfcj_e3tT3vPcxpXrAdoUe
Lawrence County AL Orphans Court, May Term 1826
Gracy Wallace and James Wallace apply for and are granted administration of the estate of William Wallace, deceased. John Wallace, William McGaughy, and Samuel Gregg as bondsmen. [This would seem to indicate John was Grace/Gracy's brother-in-law since she did not have son named John.] http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/4495231/person/-1594618807/media/2?pgnum=1&pg=0&pgpl=pid%7cpgNum
Lawrence County AL Orphans Court, May Term 1826, [May 8 per estate inventory] David Dodd, Jeremiah W. Walker, George W. McGaughey, Charles Evans, and Cyrus McWhorter appointed to appraise the personal estate of William Wallace late of said county deceased. Inventory of William Wallace's estate
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/4495231/person/-1594618807/media/4?pgnum=1&pg=0&pgpl=pid%7cpgNum
Gracy Wallis [Grace Wallace] is listed as head of household in 1830. 1830 Lawrence County AL census
Gracy Wallis
Males: 20-29: 2, 30-39: 1
Females: 50-59: 1 (If born in 1773, as calculate above, she would be about 53) Slaves: Females 10-23: 1
[Note: Assuming son William Harrison Wallace was counted as being 20 in 1830, since censuses were taken at different times during a census period, would place his birth year about 1810. This might then place him in the 20-29 category in the 1840 census as shown below.] 1840 Lawrence County AL census
Wm H Wallace
Males: <5: 2, 20-29: 1
Females: <5: 1, 20-29: 1
Free colored males: 10-23: 5
William Wallace's parents have not been determined. One researcher has proposed that William's parents were Hugh Wallace and Hannah Davis, both of whom were supposedly born in Scotland, but provides no details about how the family link was determined. http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/6886114/person/964322591
Because documented evidence is lacking, I have not entered Hugh and Hannah as William's parents in this database, but include the information here solely for future researchers to prove or disprove. However I will note that William's proposed birth year of 1775 there conflicts with my estimated birth year of 1760, which I calculated based on his 1783 land purchase at a minimum age of 21 and more likely age of 23.
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