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Note: . Born in Wilkes Co. NC. * Zachariah could not write. (See his marriage record to Elizabeth Bruce, where he signed with an "X".) *MARRIAGES: source Wilkes Co. NC marriage records, under Zachariah Milton (sic) to Elizabeth Bruce. (Bondsman: David A. Bruce) North Carolina, Index to Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868 Name Zachariah Milton Gender Male Spouse Elizabeth Bruce Spouse Gender Female Bond date 2 Dec 1807 Bond # 000166609 Level Info North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868 County Wilkes Record # 02 176 Bondsman David A Bruce Witness B McQuin Household Members NameAge NameZachariah Milton NameElizabeth Bruce * Marriage To Tracey Billington ,21 Oct 1842 (Marshall Co TN Marriages, p. 62) *ca 1809: ZM moved to Sumner Co. TN along with father-in-law, James Bruce. Settled near the town of Cairo, TN (ZM-1). *1811: ZM listed in Sumner Co. TN Tax Lists *CENSUS: 1820 TN..not listed; however, there was a listing for Zachariah Nettles in Bedford Co. TN, who lived near James Bruce, father-in-law of ZM. Probably not ZM. *CENSUS: 1830 Bedford Co. TN, p 205: 1110001-113211., age 40-50. * 1836 Bedford Co TN Tax list; Dist. 12: 100 acres. Value $500. Tax: 50 cents. 1 poll. *CENSUS: 1840 Marshall Co. TN. Males L5>1,5-10>1,10-15>1,15-20>1,50-60>1. Females 5-10>1,15-20>1,40-50>1. The males in order were prob. John, Thomas, Andrew, James W., and ZM. The females were prob. Nancy, Martha, and Elizabeth. * A John Laws, born abt 1802 in NC. Left Chapel Hill, NC settled early in Marshall Co TN, and was responsible for naming the town as Chapel Hill, TN. He was a school teacher & started the first school there. His first wife was a MINTON, no doubt a daughter of Zachariah Minton. She lived only a year after their marriage, and he remarried 2nd, a Cathey & 3rd a Frances M. Allen Dazey, daughter of George Hunt Allen. * On Jury of Inquest, 20 Jun 1848 (Marshall Co Court Minutes)(MIN024) * Divorce from Tracey (Billington) Minton, 15 Sep 1849 (Marshall Co TN Minute Book "A", p. 418-420) * Sale of land in Coffee Co TN, Zachariah, and wife, Jane, 11 Nov 1849 (Coffee Co TN) *CENSUS: 1850 Marshall Co. TN: Zachariah 68, Jane 43, John Minton 10, Margaret Austin 9, Jno Austin 5 (MS-548-130) Lived next door to his daughter, Rhoda Forrest & children. *CENSUS: 1860 Marshall Co. TN: Zachariah 80, Jane 53, Margaret A. 18, John 14 (MS-110-55) * Marshall Co TN marriages of Minton females ( ZM's children): Elizabeth M. Minton to Grant Allen, 13 Dec 1838 Martha Minton to Berry C. Joyce 22 Dec 1841, at Chapel Hill Presbyterian Church. Nancy Minton to H. D. Hays..license issued 17 Jan 1842 (NP40(1)) * Zachariah sold 50 acres of land to William P. Forrest (Nathan Bedford Forrest's father, in Bedford Co TN. In 1830 census, they were living 2 doors apart.
Note: *BIRTH: ca 1780 determined by census records..shows age 68 in 1850 TN, and age 80 in 1860 TN
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