Elizabeth Anthony

Ezekiel married Mary Jane Arnold about 1852 in Texas. Mary was born in 1834 in Mississippi; died after 1870 in Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1860, San Augustine, San Augustine Co, Texas
• Census: 1880, San Augustine, San Augustine Co, Texas

Notes:

Moved to San Augustine County, Texas around 1831. In 1880 he is in the San Augustine census (age 75) with a wife named Lucy [?] and a 50-year old daughter named Sarah McIntosh. He consistently gave his own birthplace as North Carolina.

He received a portion of the settlement of the 24th District property, but sold his interest in the 25th District property in 1875 to Layton J. Anthony.
(Rootsweb Family Tree - Sandra)

m 1 - Cynthia Brown abt 1805 in South Carolina.
Children: Sarah, Jane and William.
m 2 - Lucy


Census:
1850 San Augustine county, San Augustine, Texas, United States
Rildy Anthoney M 45 North Carolina
Sintha Anthoney F 45 Tennessee
Catharine Anthoney F 23 Tennessee
Samuel Anthoney M 18 Tennessee
Savilla Anthoney F 16 Tennessee
Elvira Anthoney F 14 Texas
Sintha Anthoney F 12 Texas
William F Anthoney M 8 Texas

Census:
age 75, wife Lucy and 50 y-o dau named Sarah McIntosh. Gave his birthplace as North Carolina

Died:
Find A Grave Memorial# 19568911 San Augustine, Aug. 11.-Another one of the veterans of 1836, Rod Anthony, died at his home three miles northeast of this place on the 7th inst. He was born on the 14th of April, 1805, moved with his parents to Bedford county, Tennessee, when quite a boy, and moved from there to San Augustine in 1832, where he has continuously resided since that time. He married Cynthia Brown in Tennessee when only eighteen years of age, by whom he was father of ten children, all of whom survive him, but the youngest is now forty-seven years of age. "Uncle Rod" as he has been called familiarly for many years, was always on the side of law and order. Once county judge, twice sheriff, he filled both positions creditably.
Source: Fort Worth Daily Gazette, Fort Worth, Texas, Monday, August 18, 1890; Pg. 5

Nimod married Synthia J. Brown on 14 Apr 1805 in Graham, Alamance Co, North Carolina. Synthia was born in 1805 in Tennessee; died in 1879 in San Augustine Co, Texas; was buried in Antioch Cem, San Augustine Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Ethnicity: German
• Census: 1850, Dist 25, Bedford Co, Tennessee
• Will: 1859, Bedford Co, Tennessee

Notes:

By the late 1850s, in his late 70s, he was suffering from some form of dementia. In September 1858 a jury was appointed "to examine the lunacy of Nicholas Anthony".[7] In October the jury reported he "was a lunatic and unable to take care of his business," and the court appointed his son Laton J. Anthony as his guardian.[8] Nicholas, who would have been about 78 at this time, died within a year, as his will was proved at the October court 1859, with the widow Sally Anthony and Laton J. Anthony appointed as his administrators.[9] The will itself no longer exists, but later court records make it clear that he left one piece of property to his children and his home place property to Sally during her lifetime with reversion to his children at her death.

The widow, Sarah, appears in the 1860 and 1870 censuses in the household of her son Laton J. Anthony. She evidently died sometime in 1873. A statement filed by George T. Anthony on 1 October 1872 states that his father Nicholas Anthony died in 1858 and his widow still resided on the property where he died.[10] An offer to auction the home place land date 4 February 1873 also mentions the land ?on which his widow resides.?[11] But a document dated 29 September 1873 speaks of the ?estate of our grandmother Sallie Anthony?, implying she was dead.[12] The settlement of her estate by her son Laton J. Anthony occurred after Nicholas Anthony?s death.[13] I failed to note the date.

At his death, Nicholas owned two pieces of property: 114 acres on Thompson's Creek in the 24th Civil District of Bedford County, and the home place of 198 acres in the 25th Civil District in Roseville. The 1860 and 1870 censuses show Sarah Anthony living in the 25th Civil District, and his children later stated that Nicholas (and later Sarah) lived on that property in Roseville. Nicholas Anthony?s lost will must have left the 114 acre tract in equal shares to his children, for they engaged in a protracted court case over the distribution of that land in the 24th District. Six of the children wanted to sell the property and divide the proceeds, while the rest preferred to partition the land. The records of this case clearly show the children (or their heirs) were splitting the property 13 ways because, before the case was settled, several shares and parts of shares were sold, in each case the shares being 1/13. For example, Henry Anthony sold his 1/13 share to George Thomas Anthony prior to settlement.[14] The case was in court before 2 November 1869 because on that date the court acted on the recommendation of a commission it had appointed to consider a partition of the property. The commission laid out a 2/13 partition for George T. Anthony (19 1/2 acres), who owned his own share and Henry Anthony?s share, and recommended the remaining 94 1/2 acres be sold.[15] The land was then sold to William Shofner for $3,780 and the proceeds divided 11 ways -- $341.39 apiece after expenses. George T. Anthony then immediately sold his 19 1/2 acres to the same William Shofner, completing the transfer of all 114 acres.[16] The case was settled on 1 September 1873 when the court clerk recorded that he was holding the money for each of the heirs.[17]

After Sally Anthony?s death (probably in 1875), the division of the 198 acre home place in the 25th District prompted a similar protracted court case, with the petition filed 4 November 1875. It stated that the land contained ?the home in which Sally Anthony had resided at her death and for years before.? Again, some legatees wanted to partition the land and others wanted to sell it and divide the proceeds. This time around, the children traded their shares beginning in 1870, with some shares changing hands more than once. By the time the petition was filed, Layton J. Anthony had acquired the interests of Frederick, Roddy, Mary, Jacob, Elizabeth, and Young Anthony, giving him a 7/13 share, and argued for a partition.[18] He eventually succeeded and ended up owning the family home which he apparently had never left. Note that there were a smaller number of litigants in the 1875 case, with only three of the Anthony children participating.

From Bob's Genealogy Filing Cabinet II:
(Rootsweb Family Tree - Sandra "My Ancestors and Kindred Families" sansgenmail@gmail.com)

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From Bob's Genealogy Filing Cabinet II: A statement filed in Bedford County on 16 November 1870 by Riley E. Stubblefield and wife Sarah E. Stubblefield stated that Sarah E. Stubblefield was a granddaughter of Nicholas and Sally Anthony and one of the surviving children of William Neese and his deceased wife Betsey Anthony.

A similar statement filed 3 August 1872 stated L. W. Yates, M. C. Yates, Mellissa Neese, and Cornelia Neese were grandchildren of Nicholas Anthony and children of William and Elizabeth Neece, both deceased.

A William and Elizabeth Neese appear in the 1850 census of Henry County, Tennessee with Elizabeth age 43 and children named Sara E., Margaret, Mary C., Rebecca, Melissa, Jasper J. Bathara, Eliza, and Emily

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=sans%5Fancestry&id=I55015


Census:
Nicholas Anthony Age 70 farmer 3500 NC
Sarah, 67 f NC
Katharine 27 f TN
Loten (sp) 24 m TN
Jasper 21 m TN

(Jacob Anthony two doors prior)

Will:
October Court 1859, widow Sally Anthony and Laton J Anthony appt administrators. Will no longer exists but later court records make it clear that he left one piece of property to his children and his home place property to Sally during her lifetime with reversion to his children at her death.

Nicholas^ married Sarah^ "Sally" Nicholson about 1803 in Orange Co, North Carolina. Sarah^ was born in 1783 in Almance, Orange Co, North Carolina; died in 1870 in Shelbyville, Bedford Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Ethnicity: German
• Census: 1850, Bedford Co, Tennessee

Notes:

Possibly Sarah and Elizabeth are one and the same. However, since Archibald Nicholson left to grandson Young Anthony, named his daughters, indicates Elizabeth, mother of Young, was already deceased in 1821 and Sarah was a different wife. But Sarah was not a named mentioned in Archibald's will; so prob not a sister to Elizabeth; in fact, not sure were researchers even found her name to be Nicholson.