Numbers in brackets [ ] refer to page number in the 1830 Roane County, Tennessee census.
* Numbers refer to endnotes.
All surnames have been capitalized for easier viewing.
p.
3-1 April 1830
Ordered by the Court than John
BROWDER[54] be overseer of a 1st
class road from BLAIR’s ferry to the four Mile post on the North side of Tennessee river, and that
all the hands in the following bounds (except Hugh MOORE*1 John PARKS[53]) do work thereon towit, all the hands South of MOORE’s ferry road, up
to the four Mile post North of the river and also to include Jefferson ELDRIDGE*2, George ERWIN*3, and
the widow WARREN’s land*4. James WELLS[50], John DAVIS[52,58,62,63],
Levi GALLOWAY[48], John TUMMONS[50] or those living where they do.
p.
11-1 April 1830
Ordered by the court that George
MOORE[46, 53(2)] overseer have in addition to
the hands he already has the two following ones, towit Hugh MOORE*1 & John PARKS[53].
Ordered by the court that the Second
Class road from the river at the mouth of Holston into BLAIR’s ferry road be discontinued.
p.
18-2 July 1830
Ordered by the Court that Samuel
NAIL*5 be continued overseer of the road from
PRIGMORE’s [?]*6 old house to the Monroe County
line, and that the hands in the following bound do work thereon viz. all the
hands above a line commencing at the black oak ridge and running to PARKS’ Mill so as to include Sergant
James MURPHY*7, James STULTS[60], Saml BURNETT[26]
& Joseph
PARKS[25A*] &
all the hands above a line running from PARKS’ to the head of Steekee.
p.
21-4, finishing on p. 22 July 1830
Ordered by the court that Gimeral
GOOD[35] be continued overseer of a 1st
Class road from the bridge on Caney creek to the fork near the Post oak spring
and that the following hand for such as may live where they do, do work thereon
towit, Allison
HOWARD[35],
Robert PARKS[35],
John
ENGLAND[35], Elijah ISHAM[42], Wm. SMITH[3, 5, 34, 64],
John HEADRICK[34] & Wm. S. COLEMAN[34].
p.
34-3, finishing on p. 35 October 1830
On the Petition of sundry citizens
of this County it is ordered by the court that David PATTON[36], Henry BROWN[44(2)],
Andrew DERRICK[43], John MOORE[35, 53, 58], George PARKS[43], Gray HAGGARD[67], Samuel MARGRAVE[43]
& George ARNOLD[60] or any five of them
after being sworn be a jury of View to view the road which lies between
Theoderick GREENs[44] & James DEARMOND[62] crossing Big Emory at Samuel F. TONYs [?] and
report to next court.
p.
43-1 Jan 1831
On the petition of sundry citizens
of this County it is ordered by the court that Robert CANNON[25A], Wm. C. JULIAN[25A],
James
PARKS[25A], Josiah BLAIR*8, Thomas STEPHENS[26], Barnard FRANKLIN[26]
& John W. ROBESON[25, 27] or any five of
them after being sworn for that purpose be a jury of View to view & mark a
way for a third class road “leaving the road that leads from BLAIR’s ferry to Madisonville at the
first hollow above Wm. NEW’s to PARKS mill & JULIAN’s wool carding machine & that they report to
next court.
p.
47-1 April 1831
Ordered by the court that George
IRWIN[49] be overseer of a public road from
where it leaves BLAIR’s ferry road to George MOORE’s[46,
53(2)] ferry on Tennessee river and that all the following hands to work
thereon towit, all the hands living on Jesse ELDRIDGEs[49]
place and on the plantation with George MOORE[46,
53(2)], Saml STARKEY[53], Wm. MOORE[53], Jacob PARKS[25], Hu (?) MOORE*1 & John PARKS[53].
p.
51-1 April 1831
Ordered by the court that Joseph
MOORE[54] be overseer of a 1st class
road from BLAIR’s
ferry to
the four mile post on the North side of Tennessee river, and that all the hands
in the following bounds except Hu (?) MOORE*1
& John
PARKS [53] do work thereon towit, All the hands South of MOOREs ferry road up to
the four mile post north of the river, and also to include Jefferson ELDRIDGE*2, George ERWIN (crossed through)[49], & the widow WARRENs*4
hands, James WELLS[50], John DAVIS[52,58,62,63], Levi GALLOWAY[48]
& John TUMMONS[50] or those living where
they do.
p.
53-1 April 1831
Ordered by the Court that Allison HOWARD[35] be overseer of a 1st
Class road from the bridge on Caney creek to the fork near the post oak springs
and that the following hands or such as may live where the men so ordered in
July 1830 do work thereon to wit, Allison HOWARD[35], Robert PARKS[35], John ENGLAND[35], Elijah ISHAM[42],
William SMITH[3,5,34,64], John HEADRICK[34], Wm. S. COLEMAN[34]
& Elbert SEVIER[not found].
p.
55-1 April 1831
Joseph BLAIR*8be
appointed overseer of a third class road as viewed & marked by the Jury of
View appointed at the last term of this Court, leaving the road that leads from
BLAIRs
ferry to
Madisonville at the first hollow above William NEWs[26]
to PARKS
mill
& JULIAN’s
wool carding machine And that the following hands work under him for the purpose of cutting
out (illegible) said road, towit, all the hands on James[25A] & Joseph PARKS’[25A*] land, Nat BOSWORTH [?]*9 land, Jeremiah STONEs[25A]
land, Col. LOVE’s[26]*10 land, Robert CANNONs[25A] land all the hands on the land BAGWELL[26]*11 lives on, David FAIN[26]& the hands on the land
he lives on, & all on Josiah BLAIRs*8 land,
SHELTONs[no SHELTON found in Ro. Co.], Joseph BRITTAIN[25A], & JULIANs[25A], & LOSSER [?] DAVIS
[?].
p.
69-1 July 1831
On the petition of a number of
citizens of this county, it is ordered by the court that John W. ROBERSON[25, 27], James PARKS[25A], Thomas CHILTON[not found], Jeremiah STONE[25A],
Wm. C.
JULIAN[25A], Joseph ROBERSON[25], & Joseph PARKS[25A*] or any five of them after
being first sworn for that purpose be a jury of View to view a way for a 2nd
Class road from John W. ROBERSON’s [25,27]
passing PARKS’
mill
& JULIAN’s
wool carding machine and intersecting BLAIR’s ferry road at some place near Monroe
County line & report to next Court.
p.
79-2, finishing on p. 80 October 1831
The jury appointed at the last term
of this Court to view a way for a 2nd Class road from John W.
ROBERSON’s [25,27] passing PARKS’ mill & JULIAN’s wool carding
machine &
intersecting BLAIR’s ferry road at some place near Monroe County line made the
following report to wit “We the jurors of View having been duly sworn have
proceeded according to the within order and believe there can be a useful road
and have viewed and marked the same. W. C. JULIAN[25A], Joseph ROBERSON[25], James PARKS[25A], John W. ROBERSON[25,27], Thomas CHILTON[not
found], Jeremiah STONE[25A], Joseph PARKS[25A*]—which said report is by the
Court Confirmed. It is therefore
p.80-1 October 1831
Ordered by the Court that William C. JULIAN[25A] be overseer of a 2nd
Class road from John W. ROBERSON’s [25,27]passing
PARKS’
mill
& JULIAN’s
wool carding machine intersecting BLAIR’s ferry road the way viewed & marked by the jury who
reported to this Court And that he have the following hands to open said road
to wit the hand of Josiah [?] BLAIRs*8 road
& the hands of his road making a straight line from Capt. BACON’s[24-*12] muster ground to the Monroe County line
taking Wm. GILLESPIE[27].
p.
97-1 April 1832
Ordered by the Court that John BLAIR[18,27] be overseer of a 1st Class
road from BLAIR’s
ferry to
the four mile post on the North side of Tennessee river and that all the hands
in the following bound except Hu (?) MOORE*1
& John
PARKS[53] do work thereon to wit all the hands south of MOOREs ferry road up to
the four mile post north of the river and also to include Jefferson ELDRIDGE*2 & the widow WARREN’s*4
hands, James WELLS[50], John DAVIS[52,58,62,63], Levi GALLOWAY[48]
& John TUMMONS[50] or those living where
they did in April 1831.
p.
105-1 April 1832
Ordered by the Court that William
REYNOLDS[26] be overseer of the road from
PRIGMORE’s*6 old house to the Monroe County line
and that the hands in the following bounds do work theron to wit, all the hands
above a line commencing at the black oak ridge and running to PARKS’ mill so as to include(Earl) SHUGART[28],
James MURPHY*7, James STULTS[60], Saml BURNETT[26]
& Joseph
PARKS[25A*] and all the hands above a line running from PARKS’ to the head of Steekey.
p.
121-2 October 1832
Ordered by the Court that Jacob PARKS[25] be overseer of a 2nd
Class road from MOORE’s ferry to James JOHNSTON’s[25A],
the way that was reviewed and that all the hands in the following bounds do
work thereon to wit Beginning at John HARRISON’s[25]
and including all the hands on his land & then up the river (?) to George
REYNOLDS’*13.
p.
129-2 January 1833
Ordered by the Court that Capt. Hugh
MOORE*1 be overseer of a 1st Class
road from BLAIR’s
ferry to
the four mile post on the North side of Tennessee river and that all the hands
on the following bounds, except Hu MOORE*1 &
John
PARKS[53] do work theron to wit, all the hands south of MOORE’s ferry road up to
the four mile post North of the river and also to include Jefferson ELDRIDGE*2 & widow WARREN’s hands*4,
James WELLS[50], John DAVIS[52,58,62,63], Levi GALLOWAY[48]
& John TUMMONS[50] or those living where
they did in April 1831.
p.
142-1 April 1833
Ordered by the Court that Thomas L.
DOUGLAS[38] be overseer of a 2nd
Class road from John W. ROBERSON[25,27] passing PARKS’ mill & JULIAN’s wool carding
machine
intersecting BLAIR’s ferry road the way viewed & marked by the jury who to
October Session 1831. And that the hands in the following bounds do work theron
to wit Beginning at John W. ROBERSONs[25,27]
hence (?) up Sweetwater creek opposite Tho L DOUGLASs[38]
leaving DELLEARELY [?] out, thence to his house including him thence from his
house a direct line to Jacob MESSANIEREs [?] including him thence south to the
Monroe line to where said road intersects with the BLAIR’s ferry road then to the beginning
including T. SHELTON[not found].
*1—No Hugh Moore found in 1830 Ro. Co. census, but did find:
Moore, David-59
Moore, George-46, 53(2)
Moore, James-33, 52, 56, 59
Moore, John-35, 53, 58
Moore, Joseph-54
Moore, Joshua-41
Moore, Nimrod-49
Moore, Thomas-33
Moore, William-53
*2—No Jefferson Eldridge found in 1830 Ro. Co. census, but did find:
Eldridge, Benjamin –54
Eldridge, Jesse-49
Eldridge, Simeon-54
Eldridge, Westly-53
*3—Found George Irwin-49
*4—Found Ailsey Warren-53
0-000000001
*5—No Samuel Nail found in 1830 Ro. Co. census, but did find:
Nail, Alexander-60
Nail, Andrew-60
Nail, Jane-65
Nail, John-65
*6-Only Prigmore found in 1830 TN census is:
Prigmore, Thomas-McMinn Co.-132
0000001-003400101
*7-No James Murphy or Sergant James Murphy found in 1830 Ro. Co.
census, but did find:
Murphey, Benjamin-4
Murphey, Elizabeth-26
Murphey, Obediah-24
Murphy, Silas-39
*8-No Josiah/Joseph Blair found in 1830 Ro. Co. census, but did
find:
Blair, Jane-27
Blair, John-18, 27
Blair, William-25, 54
*9-No Nat Bosworth found in 1830 Ro. Co. census, but did find:
Bosworth, Nathaniel Knox
Co.-p337 120141-20001
*10-p26-Love, Robert 001001-20001
p43-Love, Hezekiah
200001-020001
Only Loves in Ro. Co. 1830 census
*11-p26-Bagwell, Thomas
00001001-000200001
*12-Bacon, Allen S. p24
2101201-0102001
Bacon, Washington
p50 000001-20001
*13-No George Reynolds found in 1830 Ro. Co. census, but did find:
Renalds, Susanah p25A 0-20001
widow of George Reynolds?
[25A*]-Joseph Parks not head of household in 1830, son of William
Parks [25A], living with parents at time of census. Joseph Parks married Margaret Fain (probably daughter of Messer
Fain[25] ) on 6 Dec 1830.