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Thomas Redding was married to a daughter of Charles and Deborah Murrie. The daughter's first name may have been Telia. The couple and their children were living in Henry County, TN at the time of Thomas' and Telia's deaths in the late 1830s. Four of the their orphans are named in this document. They are Mary Ann, Sarah Jane, Tabitha and Thomas. The youngest daughter Deborah is not mentioned in this document. There was also an older daughter. Some researchers think she was Lexey Redding. It is more likely that she was Arbelia Redding. Many Henry County documents of the period show the family spelling their last name Redden rather than Redding. It is known that the young Thomas Redding was raised by Deborah Murrie. The other orphans may have been with her and other relatives in Henry County. All grew to adulthood. Some stayed in TN while others moved to IL. In the 1860s Thomas Redding and his sister Sarah Jane Redding Carson and her familly, moved to KS.
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