The family record below was found in the effects of Helen Bartlett Crawford, the daughter of Alfred and Zona
Bartlett, after her death. Alfred always said he was raised by Mrs. Bartlett on the farm he later owned, but Mrs. Bartlett
wasn't his mother. It's possible that his parents died and he was orphaned. The only thing that is certain is that he
was raised by James and Elizabeth Bartlett and that he bought the farm soon after her death.
This record of deaths lists James Bartlett, his son Joseph Bartlett, and his wife Elizabeth Bartlett. On the right is Alfred
Herman Bartlett, Alfred and Zona's son who died young from rheumatic fever.
On the back side of the paper the records start with the marriage of Alfred and Zona followed by the birth dates of all of
their children as well as their grand-children.
Bartlett
Partial Family Tree
Mr.
Bartlett
+ Mrs.
Bartlett
Nathan
Bartlett born 1751 VA - died 20 Apr 1837 Dry Valley, Overton Co. TN (See Note
1 below)
+
circa 1796 Peggy Hunter in KY (See Note 2 below)
?
Bartlett
+
William Turner
Nellie
Bartlett born circa 1797 Jessamine Co. KY - died 1833 White Co. TN
+ 1820
her uncle Joshua's son, Joseph Bartlett
Five
children (listed below)
Elijah
Bartlett born circa 1798 Jessamine Co. Ky - died 1815 White Co. TN
Polly
Bartlett born circa 1799 Jessamine Co. Ky - died ?
+
Joseph Pryor
William
Bartlett born 1801 Jessamine Co. KY - died 1864 MO
+
circa 1827 Margaret C. Roberts TN
Joseph
A. Bartlett born 3 Jan 1802 Jessamine Co. KY - died 3 May 1880 Oakville, Live
Oak Co. TX
+
circa 1824 Betsy/Elizabeth Bartlett
+ 22
Jun 1874 Mary Ann McWhorter Live Oak Co. Tx
Isaac
Bartlett born circa 1806 TN
James
Bartlett born 9 Mar 1809 TN - died 21 Mar 1885 Putnam Co. TN
+
after 1830 Elizabeth "Lizzie" Verbal in TN (born 4 Oct 1816 NC -
died 17 Mar 1911 Putnam Co. TN
Nathan
Bartlett born circa 1830 TN
Joseph
D. Bartlett born 2 Sep 1834 Putnam Co. TN - died 14 Aug 1891 Putnam Co. TN
Matilda
Bartlett born circa 1811 TN - died ?
+ 1825
Nathan Bartlett
Henrietta
Bartlett born circa 1813 - died ?
+ 1813
Nathaniel R. Marchbanks
Joseph
Bartlett born circa 1765 VA - died 1838 Overton Co. TN (See Note 4 below)
+
circa 1785 Sarah? Sims in Henry Co. VA
James
Bartlett born circa 1786 Henry Co VA - died Jul 1815 Dry Valley, White Co.,
TN
+ 1806
Nancy ?
Thompson
Martin Bartlett born 1802 Caswell Co. NC - died ?
+ 19
Jun 1826 Susan Moore in Caswell Co. NC
John
Bartlett born after 1809 - died ?
John
Bartlett born circa 1788 Henry Co. VA - died 27 Jan 1848 Claiborne Co. TN
+ 23
Dec 1808 Nancy Mason in Claiborne Co. TN
Sarah
(Sally) Bartlett born circa 1790 Henry Co. VA - died 8 Dec 1808 Caney Fork,
White Co. TN
+ 1
Dec 1806 Abner Hill in Caney Fork, White Co. TN
+
circa 1796 Millicent Rice in Hawkins Co. TN
Isaac
B. Bartlett born circa 1799 Hawkins Co. TN - died 22 Mar 1857 Iconium
Village, Appanoose Co. IA
+
before 1814 Nancy Jobe/Job in Jackson Co. TN
Nathan
Bartlett born circa 1799 Hawkins Co. TN - died 1862 Appanoose Co. IA
+ 1821
Amanda ? Jackson Co. TN
+
after 1825 Matilda Bartlett
+ 2
Apr 1843 Keziah Graves IA
Jesse
Bartlett born 24 Dec 1801 Hawkins Co. TN - died 20 Nov 1861 Daviess Co. MO
+1828
Eleanor Smith in Jackson Co. TN
+ 12
Nov 1848 Adaline Venderelle or Venable in Daviess Co. MO
William
Bartlett gorn 17 Jan 1804 Hawkins Co. TN - died 26 Nov 1871 Putnam Co. TN
+ 1824
Hester or Easter Lynn in Jackson Co TN
Betsy/Elizabeth
Bartlett born circa 1805-6 Hawkins Co. TN - died before 1855 Henderson Co. TX
+ 1824
Joseph A. Bartlett in TN
Evan
Bartlett born circa 1806 TN - died after 1880
+
circa 1826 Mariah Maxwell in TN
Mary
(Polly) Bartlett born 1808 TN - died 1865 MO
+ 1824
Josiah Marchbanks in TN
Joshua
Bartlett born 4 Feb 1811 White Co. TN - died 16 Sep 1881 Buffalo Valley,
Putnam Co TN
+ 1833
Anna Meador Anderson in Buffalo Vall, Putnam Co. TN
Joseph
Bartlett, Jr. born 1814 White Co. TN - died ?
Elisha
Bartlett born 1816 TN - died ?
Henry
Bartlett born 1817 Overton Co. TN - died 1875 MO
+ 1836
Sarah Roberson Overton Co. TN
+ 1838
Julia Wood Overton Co. TN
+ 1838
Eleanor Terry Overton Co. TN
Joshua
Bartlett born 1768 NC - died before 14 Jul 1828 White Co. TN (See note 5
below)
+ 1798
Winnie Williams in Madison Co. KY (born 1767 or 1768 - died 11 May 1852 White
Co. TN at age 84)(buried Brown Mill)
Rebecca
Bartlett born circa 1800 Cumberland Co. KY - died ?
+
circa 1821 Thomas Randolph Cumberland Co. KY
Perdine
or Penelope Bartlett born circa 1802 Wayne Co. KY - died 1839
+ 1820
Thomas Bohannon White Co. TN
Daniel
Bartlett born 28 Sep 1803 Wayne Co. Ky - died 1 Apr 1892 Harrison Co. MO
+ 1824
Virginia England
+1836
Barsheba England Beadles
Dorcus
Bartlett born circa 1805 Wayne Co. KY - died Jun 1823 White Co. TN
+
William Whitacre in Wayne Co. KY
Nathan
Bartlett born 1806 Wayne Co. KY - died 30 Sep 1841 Tippah Co. MS
+ 3
Feb 1828 Narcissa (Naughsisse) Suttle in White Co. TN
Edith
(Cadey) Bartlett born circa 1808 Jackson Co. TN - died ?
+
after 1826 Pleasant Randolf in Jackson Co. TN
Nancy
Bartlett born circa 1810 Jackson Co. TN - died ?
+ 1830
William Bullock in Jackson Co. TN
Hester
Bartlett born 7 May 1812 White Co. TN - died 26 Dec 1889 Putnam Co. TN
+ 14
Nov 1842 Jesse Graham in White Co. TN
+
circa 1846 John Sau Watson in White Co. TN
+ 8
Sep 1850 Hiram Brown in White Co. TN
+ 31
Jan 1794 Winnifred Herring in Clard Co. KY (born 1768 Boonesboro, Madison Co.
Ky - died before 1798 probaby in KY)
Joseph
Bartlett born 1796 Boonesboro, Clark Co. KY - died 14 Mar 1876 Dumas, Tippah
Co. MS
+
circa 1835 Martha Thomas in Overton or White Co. TN
+1820
Nellie Bartlett in White Co TN ( born circa 1797 Jessamine Co. KY - died 1833
White Co. TN)
Elizabeth
Bartlett born 19 Aug 1821 White Co. TN - died 1 Nov 1885 Harrison Co. MO
+
married 15 Apr 1849 in White Co. Tn to John Irwin Wood
Nathan
Bartlett born 24 Jun 1826 White Co. TN - died 1 Apr 1901 Tippah Co. MS
+
circa 1854 Mary Jane Bartlett in White Co. TN
Hester
Bartlett born 7 Jun 1829 White Co. TN - died 1900
+ 26
Nov 1856 Mattison Buck
Peggy
Bartlett born 1833 White Co. TN - died 1843
William
Bartlett born 8 Jan 1824 White County TN - died 1891 White Co. TN
+ 6
Mar 1847 Arnella (could be Arzella?) Robinson
Note
1:Nathan BARTLETT was one of the
earliest settlers in the Dry Valley, his grants being a little older than those
of his nearest neighbor, Joseph HUNTER.
Note 2:Peggy HUNTER
was a sister-in-law of Sarah BOONE, who married Peggy's brother, William
HUNTER. Sarah BOONE was the daughter of Edward "Ned" BOONE and the
niece of the famous "Daniel BOONE", her fathers brother. Nathan and
Peggy are both buried in the BARTLETT Graveyard in Eastlake Subdivision on
Bartlett Road, Cookeville, Putnam Co., TN. From 1947 correspondance received
from Mrs. B. K. Mitchell, Clerk & Master of Chancery Court, White County:
"...I did find the graves of one Nathan and his wife, which proved to be
the Nathan whose estate was settled in 1837 to 1840. These two graves are
marked with heavy slabs of mountain stone set roof style over them and with the
following inscriptions: 'Here lies the body of Nathan BARTLETT, Decd April 20,
1837, aged 86.' "
Note 3:[Note:
Putnam Co., TN was formed 1842 from White County, the formation declared
unconstitutional and abolished, then re-established in 1854. Prior to 1842, Dry
Valley was located in what was then White County.]
Note 4:In 1791 the
family moved to Hawkins Co, TN where the mother died about 1793-94. Joseph, not
knowing what to do with the three children, placed them in the custody of their
Grandmother SIMS. Also helpful with the children was their Aunt Lucy CHISHOLM.
By 1796 Joseph had married Millicent RICE and started a second family. About
1810 Joseph and his family moved from Hawkins County to White Co., TN,
remaining there through at least 1815 [Tax lists-land on Phillips Crk]. From
May 1824 through Feb 1836 Joseph and Millicent were members of the Spring Creek
Baptist Church (Overton/Jackson Co., TN).
Note 5:Joshua is
buried in an unmarked grave on the Joshua BARTLETT Farm, South of Falling
Water, Putnam Co., TN.His Will was
dated Sep. 23, 1823 and proven July 4 or 14, 1828, White Co., TN. Winifred
WILLIAMS BARTLETT is buried in Brown's Mill or Hiram Brown Cemetery, Putnam
Co., TN.
From the Early History of Putnam County, Tennessee , by W.
S. Mcclain, 1925:
Joshua BARTLETT and wife (Winnie, nee WILLIAMS) moved from
Boonesborough, KY with their eight children about the year 1808 and built a
cabin on the south bank of Falling Water, near the location of the concrete
bridge on the new highway through there.
Later Mr. BARTLETT erected a larger and better residence
(now occupied by Dudley FARLEY) near the original cabin, which was then used
for several years as a church and school house, but was finally abandoned for a
new building on the north bank of Falling River, the site of the present
Brown's Mill Church. The BARTLETT children were named Daniel, Nathan, Joseph,
Edith, Rebecca, Dorcas, Nancy and Penelope. Another daughter, Hester, was born
in their new home in 1812, and was the grandmother of Claude BROWN, who gave us
this information. Mr. BROWN's mother, widow of the late Hyram BROWN, now in her
87th year, remembers clearly the details of the capture of Daniel BOONE's
daughters by the Indians, in a raid on Boonesborough, as related by her mother.
The original entry of land by Mr. BARTLETT embraced 360 acres on Falling Water,
the bottom land thickly covered by tall cane.
[Ref: (1). White Co, TN Wills and Settlements. (2). War of
1812 Pensioners - Joshua, Winney, no pension, srv Capt. HOLLOWMAN's TN Mil,
BLW#88729-40-50. Reference Number for service record is 154162 and Bounty Land
Warrant No. is 88729, issued under an Act passed Sep. 28, 1850, to his widow
Winnie Williams BARTLETT. Her Application for Bounty Land, dated Jan. 31, 1852,
was accepted Nov. 17, 1852.]