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The County of Hickman was created in 1807 from Dickson County, Tennessee.  The County of Dickson was created in 1803 from Montgomery and Robertson County, Tennessee.   Montgomery and Robertson County both were created in 1796 and were part of the original County of Tennessee created in 1788 and surrendered the name when the State of Tennessee was created in 1796.    North Carolina ceded Tennessee [Washington County 1777] to the United States in 1784 to secure federal protection in the area.  After the federal Government refused to acknowledge cession, the people of Tennessee organized the State of Franklin, which lasted only 4 years when NC again gained control of the area in 1789.   They again ceded the area to the United States in 1789, thereby forming the Southwest Territory in 1790.


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QUICK VIEW OF TAX & DEED RECORDS
1836 TAX LIST         DEEDS


1820 CENSUS

1820 Census - Hickman County, Tennessee.   [Transcribed by Birdie Totty McNutt, 1820 Tennessee Federal Census, Roll 122 - Bedfor, Davidson, Harden, Hickman, Humphreys, Montgomery, Overton, Perry, Warren, Wayne, White & Wilson Co's.]

Robert TOTTY
011101-01000 <#  of free white persons in hh:   5

MALES
under 10 years      = 0
of 10 and under 16 = 1    [1804-1810]   this is Lewis Perkins Totty born 1807
between 16 and 18 = 1    [1802-1804]   who is this Totty son?  born between 1802-1804??
of 16 and under 26 = 1    [1794-1804] this is Robert Totty, Jr. b 1796
of 26 and under 45 = 0
of 45 and up          = 1        [1775 and up]   this is Robert Totty, Sr. b:1774

FEMALES
under 10                 = 0
of 10 and under 16 = 1    [1804-1810] this is Matilda Sandal Totty [later Grinder]
of 16 and under 16 = 0
of 26 and under 45 = 0
ages 45 and up       = 0
NOTE:  Sandal Andrews TOTTY is NOT living in hh according to this transcriber's copy of census, she has most probably died before 1820. Unless some one has documentation that she was alive after 1820, if so please let us know, Thanks.  Nancy Totty was married on Oct 16, 1816 and is no longer living in hh of her father, and son's Matthew and William had died in war of 1812.
ADDENDUM:  According to the below transcription by Caroly Welch her copy of the 1820 record shows 1 female listed in the age 45+ line which would make Sandal (Andrews) TOTTY wife of Robert TOTTY, Sr. still living.
                                                          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1820 Census Records transcribed by TOTTY Researcher Carolyn Welch as follows

The first page of the Hickman Co, TN census records

Matilda ESTES - Matilda is widowed & married Robert W. Totty, Jr. about 1821
    1 male -10        Mansfield @ 8
    5males 16-26    Unknown - siblings or nephews  or other?
    1 male 26-45    Robert (her husband @ 30 - is he ill for the head of household to be in her name?)
    1f -10                Louisa    @ 8
    1f 16-26            Matilda    @ 25
also 1 male slave -10
        1 male slave 26-45
        5 female slaves -10
        1 female slave 10-26
         1 female slave 26-45

next door is Armstead ESTES - who is this?
    1male 26-45
    2 females -10
    1 female 16-26
also 1 male slave 10-26
    1 male slave 26-45
    1 female slave -10
    1 female slave 26-45

Three doors down is Matilda (Easley's) brother:

Millington EASLEY  (I have he was born @ 1790 - no other info)
    1 male -10
    1m 26-45        Millington about 30?
    1 female 16-26    his wife
    6 involved in Agriculture
also 5 slaves male -10
    1 male slave 26-45
    5 female slaves -10        (might be '2' - difficult to read)
    1 female slave 10-26
    1 female slave 26-45
 

Next page of census records:  The number 72 is marked out at the bottom of this page.
William Easley    (parent of Matilda Easley ESTES & Millington mentioned above)
    1 male -10        William Benson    @ 6
    1 male 16-26    John Gowan         @ 22
    1 male 45+        William M.          @ 53
    2 females -10     Sarah G.             @ 8
                               Pennelin             @ 3
    2 females 10-16    Minerva            @ 10
                                Mary 'Polly'       @ 12-13
                                Elizabeth            @ 15
    1 female 16-26    Alice                   @ 18    or is she married?
                                Mahulda             @ 20    or is she married?
    1 female 26-45    Kindness             @ 28
    1 female 45+        Sarah (wife)        @ 46
5 engaged in agriculture
has 21 slaves

1820 (page 86 at bottom right hand corner or page 187 at top)
Robert Totty/Tolly
    1 male 10-16    Lewis Perkins    @ 13
    1 male 16-18    Unknown        who is this?  is this an error?
    1 male 16-26    Robert Jr.        @ 24          Is Robert living somewhere else & this the same as male aged 16-18?  Or was Robert Jr. younger that we currently think?
    1 male 45+        Robert Sr.        @ 45-46
    1 Female 10-16    Matilda Sandal  9-10
    1 female 45+        Sandal            45-55
Total family members is '5'
Four engaged in agriculture
1 slave male -10
    2 male slaves 10-26
    2 female slaves -10
    1 female 10-26
    1 female 26-45
Total Slaves is '7'

some others listed on this page were (parts are unreadable)
Thomas H. Totty
John Harvell/Harwell
_____ Baird
_____ Truett
Henry Tucker
Ephraim Norris
William Reeves (next door to Robert Totty
Joseph Baird
Harrison Totty

Ephraim Norris
         1 male 10-16
         1 male 16-26    (since 16-18 does not have an entry - this person would be 19-26)
         1 male 26-45
         3 females -10
         3 females 10-16
         1 female 26-45
Total free white persons is '10'
3 are engaged in agriculture
No slaves marked

David Coleman (9th from bottom and next door to Ephraim)
        1 male 16-18        This person & has to be the same when you look at the total # persons)
        1 male 16-26        This person is same as above and must be 16-18
        1 male 45+
        1 female 26-45
Total free white persons is '3'
2 persons are engaged in agriculture
No slaves marked

Transcribed by TOTTY researcher Carolyn Welch



1830 CENSUS

1830 Hickman Co. Tn
Edwin M. Baird HH
1 male under 5 yrs
2 males of 5 & under 10
1 male of 30 & under 40    (Edwin M. Baird)
2 females under 5 yrs
1 female of 5 & under 10
1 female of 30 & under 40  (Jane his wife)

1830 Hickman Co, 258
    Robert Totty, Jr.
    1m 30-40    Robert    34
    1f 30-40      Matilda     35
    2m 10-15    M. W. Estes and Robert Estes (step-sons)
    1m 5-10    William C. Totty  7
    2m -5        Francis M.    3
                      John E.  infant
Note:  Step-daughter Louisa Estes married James E. Sheegog before 1830.



1836 Tax List
Hickman Co., TN
[transcription from microfilm with my comments in brackets. Birdie Totty McNutt]

DISTRICT #1                 ACRES     POLL

Grinder, A. S.                       250           1
[BTM] Albert Storey Grinder Husband of Matilda Sandall Totty]

Grinder, Priscella                 250           0
[BTM][Albert's mother]

Grinder, Robert E.                   0           1
[BTM][Brother of Albert Storey Grinder]

Totty, Barnett                         0           1
[BTM][son of Thomas H. Totty

Totty, Edward Jr.                    0           1
[BTM][son of Edward  Totty]

Totty, Harbert                         0           1
[BTM][son of Thomas H. Totty]

Totty, Polly                          Lot           0
[BTM][wife of Asa?/dau of  ?]

Totty, Zachariah                 141           1
[BTM][son of  Thomas Hill Totty]

Warren, James S.              117           0
[BTM][father of Malinda Warren wife of Zachariah Totty]

Wilson, Aaron B.              30             0
[BTM][possible bro of John G. Wilson?, he is found in 1820, & 1830 TN census]

Wilson, Baby G.                                 1

Wilson, Benjamin             Lot              0
[BTM][possible son of John G. Wilson]

Wilson, Benjamin B.         Lot              0
[BTM][possible son of Aaron B. or J. G. Wilson]

Wilson, John G.               136              1
[BTM][Father of Lucy Ann Wilson, wife of Edward Totty, Jr.]
 

DISTRICT #2               ACRES       POLL
Baird, Albert's heirs            81           1
[BTM][Father of Samuel M. Baird, Sr.]

Baird, Edwin M.                  76            1
[BTM][bother in law of Sarah Sandal Totty, dau of Robert Totty Jr.]

Baird, Samuel M.                40            1
[BTM][Father in law of  Sarah Sandal Totty, dau of Robert Totty Jr.]

Davis, John                       130            1
[BTM][father of Betsy Davis, wife of Barnet Totty]

Harvell, John                     100            0
[BTM][Gr g-father of  John Harvill, s/o James E. Harvill]

Martin, Armisted              101            1
[BTM][brother of George W. Martin, Jr.]

Martin, George W. Jr.      138            0
[BTM][husband to Louise H. Totty, dau of Wm Harrison Totty]

Martin, George W. Sr.     250            0
[BTM][father of George W. and Armisted Martin]

Spradling, Leonard              0            1
[BTM][Son of David Spradling, ½ brother of Rhoda Spradling Totty]

Spradling, Obadiah              0            1
[BTM][Son of David Spradling, ½ brother of Rhoda Spradling Totty]

Tarkington, Burwell W.  100             1
[BTM][brother to John G. Tarkington, uncle of Mary Pillow Totty] >TX

Tarkington, John G.        100             1
[BTM][father of George Washington Tarkington, h/o Mary Pillow Totty]

Tarkington, Joshua A.       61            1
[BTM][brother of Burwell and John Tarkington above]

TOTTY, Harrison               20            1
[BTM][father of Louisa H. Totty Martin above]

TOTTY, Lewis P.             109             1
[BTM] [son of Robert Totty, Sr. and Sandal Andrews Totty]

TOTTY, Robert                    0            1
[BTM] [son of Robert Totty, Sr. and Sandal Andrews Totty both deceased by 1836*]

DISTRICT #8                        ACRES             POLL

Arnold, Jesse                                0                  1
[BTM][husband of Elizabeth Totty d/o Edward O. Totty]

Arnold, Joseph                           80                  1
[BTM][possible father of Jesse Arnold? husband of Elizabeth Totty]

Huddleston, Howell                     0                  1
[BTM][husband of Mahulda Warren, dau of James Steward Warren b-i-l of Zacariah
Totty]

Easley, John                              600                  0
[BTM][John Gown Easley, brother of Matilda Easley Estes TOTTY, wife of Robert
Totty, Jr.]

Estes, Armsted                         122                  0
[BTM][How is he related to Robert Estes & Matilda Easley Estes Totty?]

Shegog, J. E.                                  0                  1
[BTM][husband of Lousia Estes, dau of Matilda Easley Estes TOTTY, s/d of Robert
Totty, Jr.]

Shegog, Robert                       5900                  1
[BTM][brother of J. E. Shegog, b-i-l of Lousia Estes, dau of Matilda Easley Estes

TOTTY's Heirs                            50                  0
[BTM] [of Willliam Totty? or Robert Totty Sr.? cousins ]

TOTTY, Lucy                         Slave                 0

Transcribed by Birdie (Totty) McNutt



1840 CENSUS
1840 Hickman Co, TN page 195
    Robert Totty
    1m 40-50    Robert         44
    1f 40-50    Matilda          45
    1m 15-20    William C.   17
    2m 10-15    Francis        13
                        John E.         10
    1f 5-10    Sarah S.            8
    1m 5-10    Persy               5
    1f -5        Elizabeth C.       3

1840 Hickman County, TN Census, page 25
Robert TOTTY 0121001000000 males
                        1100001000000 females

1840 Hickman Co, TN page 195 (next door to SPRADLING)
    John PARKER    (from 1850 census relationship)
    1m -5    Benjamin    (4)
     2m 15-20?? William - 12, Daniel - 10    (should this have been 10-15??)
    1m 40-50    John -self    41
    1f -5    Indiana    2
    1f 5-10    Hannah    8
    1f 15-20    unknown
     1f 30-40    Orpha? age 37
Transcribed and Submitted by Carolyn WELCH

1840 Census    Hickman Co., TN Census
Name              males                  females
page 5
Barnet TOTTY       1013001000000  2120001000000
[BTM] son of Thomas Hill and Sarah TOTTY

page 7
Robert EASLEY    2121001000000  1111010100000

page 10
Daniel PARKER    2100001000000  1200100000000
[BTM]  Likely s/o Moses (1773-1852) and Unk Parker.  Moses Parker is listed by another researcher  as s/o Daniel Parker and unknown Parker.  Daniel Parker was married to Mary Ann Easley in 1781 in Halifax Co., VA as documented on our Halifax web page.  Who was the first? wife of Daniel or the name of Moses Parker's mother?   Was he a son of Daniel or maybe some other kinship?  Research still in progress.    This was most likely the same Moses who was Administrator to Daniel PARKER's estate as shown below.

Page 12
Milligan EASLEY   0121000100000  3120001000000

Robert SHEGOG   1110010000000  1100010000000
[BTM] s/o William SHE(E)GOG, b/o James E. and Louisa M. (Estes) SHE(E)GOG, d/o Matilda (Easley Estes) TOTTY

Page 15
William TOTTY      0100001000000  2110010000000
[BTM] This could likely be William s/o Thomas Hill and Sarah TOTTY? h/o Jane A. ________

Page 23
Lucy TOTTY         0000000000000  0000000100000
[BTM] Could this be the widow of William TOTTY, s/o Francis TOTTY & Prescilla?

Page 25
Mansfield ESTES  0000100000000  1000100000000
[BTM] s/o Matilda Easley and Robert ESTES, s/s of Robert TOTTY

Lewis TOTTY        0000010000000  1000100000000
[BTM] s/o Robert and Sandal (Andrews) TOTTY

Harrison TOTTY    2111000100000   2001010000000
[BTM] s/o ???

Robert TOTTY       0121001000000  1100001000000
[BTM] s/o Robert and Sandal (Andrews) TOTTY.  This shows that Robert & Matilda TOTTY could NOT be the parents of Matilda ______ ANDERSON, married to Joe B. ANDERSON.

Daniel C. TOTTY   1000100000000  1000100000000
[BTM] s/o Harrison and Patsy (Johns(t)on) TOTTY

David SPRADLIN  2200010000000   1000010000000
[BTM] s/o David SPRADLING Sr.

Page 26
Lenard SPRADLIN   110001000000   1200010000000
[BTM] s/o David SPRADLING Sr.

David SPRADLIN Sr 000000001000   0200000100000
[BTM] h/o Susannah (Parker Spencer),  f/o Rhoda & Susan (Spradling) TOTTY

Edward TOTTY        000000001000   0000000000000
[BTM] Edward TOTTY grandson of Thomas TOTTY.   He was listed as grandson in the will of Thomas dated July 9, 1771. as follows;  Source: Extracted from Will " I also give and bequeath to my Grandson Edward Totty one Negro girl named Agge to him and his Heirs forever."

Asa TOTTY             110010000000   1100100000000
[BTM] s/o Thomas Hill and Sarah TOTTY

Page 27
Zachariah TOTTY    0100001000000  3221010000000
[BTM] s/o Thomas Hill and Sarah TOTTY

Harbert TOTTY        0000010000000  3100010000000
[BTM] s/o Thomas Hill and Sarah TOTTY

Free White Males/Females
# Digit   age
1          under 5
2          of 5 and under 10
3          of 10 and under 15
4          of 15 and under 20
5          of 20 and under 30
6          of 30 and under 40
7          of 40 and under 50
8          of 50 and under 60
9          of 60 and under 70
10        of 70 and under 80
11        of 80 and under 90
12        of 90 and under 100
13        age 100 and up



TOTTY, Francis M.
Co. 'A', 1 Tennessee Infantry
(Mexican War)
Private / Private

1846 June to August 31st  Military Records 1 Tennessee (better known as 1st TN)[Transcribed by Carolyn Welch]
Francis M. TOTTY, Pvt., Capt. WHITFIELD'S Co. 'A', 1 Reg't Tenn. Inf.
        (Mexican War)
Company Muster Roll
for June 1 to Aug 31, 1846
Joined for duty and enrolled:
When      May 31, 184___.
Where ____________
Period   1   year
Roll Call:    Present
Remainder is blank
Signature at bottom is Palmer, Copyist



1846 June 1st  Military Records  1 Tenn.  [Transcribed by Carolyn Welch]
Francis M. TOTTY, Pvt., Capt. WHITFIELD'S Co., 1 Reg't Tenn. Inf.
Age ____   years
Company Muster-In Roll  dated
________ (not dated) , 184 __.
Muster-In to date  June 1, 1846.
Joined for duty and enrolled:
When  June 1, 184 __.
Where  Nashville, T.
Period _____ years.   Twelve months
Remainder is blank
Signature is Palmer, Copyist


1846 September and October  Military Records  1 Tenn. [Transcribed by Carolyn Welch]
Francis M. TOTTY, Pvt., Capt. WHITFIELD'S Co. 'A', 1 Reg't Tenn. Inf.
     (Mexican War)
Company Muster Roll
for   Sept  & Oct   1846.
Joined for duty and enrolled:
When:        May 29, 184 __.
Where      Centreville  <sic>
Remarks:  Discharged at Carmargo, Mexico Sept 12, 1846 on Surgeons
Certificate.
#  Mustered in at Nashville, T
#  Added by A. H.    April        10.97
Signature at bottom is Palmer, Copyist


1846 September 12th   Military Records 1 Tenn.  [Transcribed by Carolyn Welch]
Francis M. TOTTY, Pvt., Capt. WHITFIELD'S Co. 'A', 1 Reg't Tenn. Inf.
    (Mexican War)
Age ______  years
Company Muster-Out Roll dated
New Orleans, May 23, 1847
Muster Out Date:  ______
Last paid to "No Information rel. to pay."
Remarks:  Discharged at Carmargo, Mex. Sept 12, 1846 on Surg's. Certificate
of disability.
Signature at bottom Scherich, Copyist.  (Note:  could be Schesich)


1850  CENSUS
[MF#  M432-884 Hickman Co. Reel#:  M432-884  Pg:  1a Enumerated on 26th day of August 1850 by Edwin M Baird Transcribed by Birdie Totty McNutt]
HH#1/1
Totty,  Robert         54    M   Farmer         600       N Carolina
Matilda            55    F             S Carolina
John E          20    M             Tenn
Lewis Percy    15    M             Tenn
Elizabeth C     13    F             Tenn
Notes:  [BTM]  Daughter Nancy Anna C. TOTTY married William Steele REEVES and they migrated to Crawford County, AR. ca 1834.  John Easley Totty married Elizabeth Caroline SMITH, d/o Johy Young Smith and Mary Erwin Anderson.  Elizaeth Caroline TOTTY married Monroe Stacy STEPHENS, s/ William Anderson STEPHENS and Mary STACY.

HH#2/2
Totty, Lewis P., Sr. 42    M     Farmer         1,200     N Carolina
Athelia        28    F    Tenn
Cook, Elizabeth      14    F             Tenn              attended school
Nancy S       9     F    Tenn              attended school
Medora        7     F    Tenn              attended school
Sarah S.       5     F       Tenn            attended school
Infant         4/12   F      Tenn
Notes:  [BTM] Lewis Perkins TOTTTY married Athelia BAIRD.   Daughters in census above were Nancy Salina, Medora Jane, Sarah Sandal and Infant Mary Pillow TOTTY.

HH#3/3
Totty,  Harrison       62    M    Farmer       1,000     Virginia
Matilda        32    F    Tenn
Sarah A        29    F    Tenn
Marcus L     24    M    Farmer         Tenn
Sam'l M        19    M    Farmer         Tenn
Martha         13    F      Tenn
Ephriam H.     8     M    Tenn
Jonathan N.   6     M    Tenn
Nancy E         3     F    Tenn
Elizabeth C     1     F    Tenn
Notes:  [BTM] Harrison was married 1st to Martha Patsy Johnston/Johnson and had Sarah Ann (m: James Garrett); Marcus Lafayette (m: Elizabeth Cook); and Samuel Moore TOTTY (m: Ruthy Unk) listed above. By above Matilda NORRIS his second wife, he had Martha J.(m: William G. Grinner); Ephriam H.; Jonathan Norris (m: Charlotte Harbin); Nancy Emaline (m: John W. Woods); and Elizabeth Caroline TOTTY listed above.

HH#4/4
Ferguson       Sarah          75    F             S Carolina
Nancy          39    F             Tenn

HH#5/5
Thornton       Mary           47    F    Farmer  S Carolina
Notes: [BTM] Family with Mary Thornton was Henry Golden 25, Martha Thornton 21, Mary Ann 17, and Sarah Thornton 13.

HH#6/6
Williams       Marcus Sr.     75    M    Farmer         675       Virginia
Williams       Jane           60    F    S Carolina
Notes:  [BTM] Father of Marcus Lafayette Williams Jr. who had a son named Timothy Earnhart Williams (m: Jinny Lind TOTTY d/o Harrison and Matilda (Norris) TOTTY.

HH#7/7
Harbin         Telitha        53    F    Farmer  N Carolina
Anna           26    F    Tenn
Margurett      22    F    Tenn
Beldo D       21    F   Tenn
Nancy          19    F     Tenn
James          18    M    Farmer    Tenn
Rebecca        16    F    Tenn
Telitha        14    F    Tenn
Charlotte      13    F    Tenn
Ruthey         11    F    Tenn
Notes:[BTM] Rebecca Harbin was one of the wives of Williford "Jones" TOTTY. The middle name of James was Daniel. Daughter Charlotte Harbin later married Jonathan Norris TOTTY, s/o Harrison and Matilda (Norris) TOTTY.

HH#8/8
Totty         Francis M       23    M    Farmer         75        Tenn

Page 1b HH#8/8 continued  Enumerated on August 26, 1850 by Edwin M. Baird
Totty, Rhoda          25    F  Tenn
Sarah L         5     F    Tenn
John W         2     M    Tenn
Nancy AC  1/12  F    Tenn
Notes: [BTM] Capt. Francis Marion TOTTY married Rhoda SPRADLING, their children were Sarah Louisa (m: Benjamin A. Gage); John Whitfield (m: 1)Martha Ann Walker 2)Sarah Ellen Yandell); and Nancy Anna Carolina TOTTY (m: John E. Harville). John Whitfield TOTTY was my great grandfather. The family migrated by wagon train 3 years later in Oct of 1853 to Cooke Co., TX.

HH#9/9
Spradling      Elijah M       25    M    Carpenter   Tenn
Sarah            21    F    S Carolina
Francis M      3     M    Tenn
Martha I       2     F    Tenn
George C       3/12  M    Tenn
Notes: [BTM] Elijah Monroe SPRADLING b: 8-18-1824  married Sarah Jane WILLIAMS, d/o Marcus Lafayett WILLIAMS, Jr. and wife Margarette Foster.

HH#10/10
Spradling      David          79    M    Farmer         600       Virginia
Susanah        66    F    S Carolina
Racheal        54    F    Farmer         100       N Carolina
Joseph C       21    M   Farmer    Tenn
Notes: [BTM] David SPRADLING was married to Susannah PARKER-SPENCER possibly in Warren Co., TN. He was born Jan. 27, 1771 according to the Diary of Rhoda SPRADLING, his daughter. Susannah PARKER was likely the daughter of Daniel and Mary Ann EASLEY PARKER. Racheal is most likely a daughter of David and 1st wife Telitha (Thompson) Spradling. Joseph C. Spradling was born in 1809 before Telitha committed suicide in Wilkes Co., NC.

HH#18/18
Parker         John           51    M    Farmer         200       Georgia
Orpha          47    F   Tenn

Page 2a HH#18/18 continued  Enumerated on August 26, 1850 by Edwin M. Baird
Parker,  Wm S  22    M    Farmer    Tenn
Daniel            20    M    Farmer      Tenn
Hannah         18    F    Tenn
Benjamin H  14    M    Tenn
Indiana         12    F    Tenn
Joseph A       8     M    Tenn
John M          5     M    Tenn
Notes: [BTM] John Parker is most likely the brother of Susannah PARKER SPENCER SPRADLING in the previous HH.

HH#19/19
Totty,  Johnson H      26    M    Farmer   Tenn
Susan             28    F    Tenn
Wm W             5     M    Tenn
Margarette P   2     F    Tenn
Mary L         10/12 F    Tenn
Notes: [BTM] Johnson H. Totty was married to Susan SPRADLING the daughter of David and Susannah SPRADLING and the sister of Rhoda SPRADLING TOTTY.

HH#20/20
Williams,  Macey L. Jr.     40    M    Farmer         S Carolina
Margarette     40    F    S Carolina
Robert            18    M    Farmer         S Carolina
William          15    M    Tenn
Marcus L.      12    M    Tenn
Nancy A        12    F    Tenn
Margarette A   10    F    Tenn
Mary A           8     F    Tenn
Williams,  Saml F         6     M    Tenn
Williams,  Timothy E      1     M    Tenn
Notes: [BTM] The eldest daughter Sarah Jane WILLIAMS, married Elijah Monroe SPRADLING found in HH#9/9 above. Son Timothy E. later married Jinny Lind TOTTY, d/o Harrison and Matilda Norris TOTTY.   Marcus Layfayette Williams was listed as Macey L. in this census record.

Page 2b   enumerated on August 26, 1850 by Edwin M. Baird
HH#27/27
Totty          Wm C           27    M    Farmer         Tenn
Malina         22    F    Tenn
Sarah J        3     F    Tenn
Lewis H        1     M    Tenn
Notes:  [BTM] William C. TOTTY was the s/o of Robert and Matilda Easley Estes TOTTY. He married Malena Jane TUCKER. Sarah Jane (m: James A. Mathis); Lewis Henry (m: Louisa Jane WHEELER). William and Malena migrated to Montague Co., TX.

HH#28/28
Martin         George W Jr    75    M    Farmer         900       Virginia    Blind
Sophia         71    F    S Carolina
Notes:  [BTM] George Washing Martin Sr. was the father of George Washington Martin Jr who married Louisa H. TOTTY, d/o Harrison and Patsy (Johnson/Johnston) TOTTY.

HH#29/29
Hassell        James          18    M    Farmer      Tenn 18  29   29
Hassell        Sarah          20    F    Tenn
Notes:  [BTM] James Hassell was the brother of Zebulon Hassell who married Nancy Salina TOTTY, d/o Lewis Perkins and Athelia (Baird) TOTTY.{CKW - James HASSELL - wife Sarah is supposed to be a MARTIN and sibling of Geo W. Jr. who is listed below.}

HH#30/30
Martin         George W Jr    34    M    Farmer         700       Tenn
Louisa         33    F    Tenn
James          13    M    Tenn
Armsted       11    M    Tenn
Matilda         9     F    Tenn
Katherine      4     F    Tenn
Lavica M      2     F    Tenn
Danl L         5/12  M    Tenn
Notes:  [BTM] Louisa H. TOTTY was the daughter of Harrison and Patsy TOTTY. see notes on HH 28 above.

HH#31/31
Totty          Daniel C       31    M    Farmer         Tenn
Ruthy          28    F    Tenn
Miles          11    M    Tenn
Albert W    10    M    Tenn
Patsy L         8     F    Tenn
Sarah S        4     F    Tenn
Minerva J    1     F    Tenn
Notes:  [BTM] Daniel C. TOTTY was the s/o Harrison and Patsy (Johnson/Johnston) TOTTY. Patsy's father was Miles Johnson aka Johnston. Miles was named for his grandfather Johnston aka Johnson.

HH#32/32
Truett         Henry          36    M    Farmer         400       Tenn
   Temperance                36    F    Tenn
   Daniel                         17    M    Tenn
   Emily L                       15    F    Tenn
   Henry B                       13    M    Tenn
   Lany L                           7     F    Tenn
   Mary A                       10    F    Tenn
   Ezekiel                          3     M    Tenn
   Thomas                       8/12  M    Tenn
Notes: [BTM] Henry Truett was the brother of Sarah Truett who married James E. Harvill. James and Sarah (Truett) Harvill had a son John E. Harvill who married Nancy Anna Caroline TOTTY, d/o Capt. Francis Marion and Rhoda (Spradling) TOTTY

Page 3a
HH#36/36
Truett         James M        32    M    Farmer         Tenn
   Caroline       24    F    Tenn
   Sarah J           8     F    Tenn
   Mary A         5     F    Tenn
   Lany M         2     F    Tenn
Notes:  [BTM] James M. Truett was the brother of Henry M. Truett and Sarah A. Truett Harvill above.

continued from page 3a Enumerated on August 27, 1850 by Edwin M.Baird
HH#37/37
Estes          Manfield W     33    M    Farmer         Tenn
   Elizabeth      34    F    Tenn
   Levica C       11    F    Tenn
   Louisa         7     F    Tenn
   Matilda        5     F    Tenn
   Robert H       3     M    Tenn
   John M         1     M    Tenn
Notes:  [BTM] Mansfield W. Estes was the s/o of Matilda Easley Estes and step son of Robert TOTTY. He married Elizabeth "Betsy" TUCKER d/o Henry TUCKER. Daughter Matilda TOTTY married John C. Roberts and they are found in Montague Co., TX.

page 3b
HH#39/39
Tucker        Henry          73    M    Farmer         1,200     N Carolina 7   39   39
Tucker         John            17    M    Farmer         Tenn
Notes:  [BTM] Father of Elizabeth "Betsy" TUCKER and Malena Jane TUCKER TOTTY who married William C. TOTTY in HH#27/27.

HH#39/39
Willey         Reuben T       29    M    Farmer         Tenn
   Arvenia        24    F    Tenn
   Mary I         5     F    Tenn
   Ruthey A       2     F    Tenn
   Nancy E        1/12  F    Tenn
Notes: {CKW - Believe Arvenia is also a TUCKER}

HH#40/40
Tucker         Samuel         38    M    Farmer         Tenn
   Elizabeth      28    F    Tenn
   Josephina      13    F    Tenn
   Louisa             8     F    Tenn
   Elizabeth        6     F    Tenn
   Philip D         5     M    Tenn
   James D      4/12  M    Tenn
Notes:  [BTM] Possible brother of Malena Jane TUCKER TOTTY and Elizabeth Betsy TUCKER TOTTY.

HH#41/41
Martin         James H        30    M    Farmer         280       Tenn
   Lavica         28    F    Tenn
   Elizabeth      8     F    Tenn
   George W       6     M    Tenn
   Sarah A        5     F    Tenn
   Ruthy C        1     F    Tenn
   Barnhill       Thomas H       11    M    Tenn
Notes: [BTM] Brother of George Washington Martin. Husband of Louisa H. TOTTY.
{CKW - Lavica is also most likely a TUCKER sibling}

HH#42/42
Harrington     Calvin         30    M    Farmer         Tenn
   Sarah          31    F    Tenn
   Ruthy          9     F    Tenn
   Elizabeth      8     F    Tenn
   Malinia A      5     F    Tenn
   Miles H        4/12  M    Tenn
Notes:  [BTM] Miles H. Harrington is a interesting name.  I wonder if this family is connected to the family of Miles Johnston/Johnson and his wife Mary Ann TOTTY, daughter of Francis and Priscilla TOTTY.

HH#43/43
Tucker         James          36    M    Farmer         Tenn
   Amanda A       32    F    Tenn
   Sarah F           11    F    Tenn
   James H           8     M    Tenn
   Solomon W     7     M    Tenn
   Sophia C         1     F    Tenn
   George W       4     M    Tenn
Notes: [BTM] Possible brother of Malena Jane and Elizabeth Betsy TUCKER.

HH#44/44
Tucker         Gill           21    M    Farmer         1,000     Tenn
   Elizabeth      18    F    Tenn
   Athena A       9/12  F    Tenn
Notes:  [BTM] Another possible brother of Malena Jane and Elizabeth Betsy TUCKER.

HH#53/53
Springer       Nathan W       45    M   Farmer         800       Kentucky
   Susun               45    F    N Carolina
   James G W      16    M    Farmer         Tenn
   Josiah T           12    M    Tenn
   Susan P            10    F    Tenn
   Jane C               8     F    Tenn
   John W             5     M    Tenn
Notes:  [BTM] Is this family connected to the family of Franklin Anderson SPRINGER father of Mary Elizabeth Springer TOTTY, who married Francis Marion TOTTY Jr.?   Franklin Anderson SPRINGER was the son of Mary and Aaron SPRINGER.  Nathan Waller SPRINGER married Mary Ann Mayberry and they named a son Aaron Harbert Springer along with a son Nathan Jasper Springer.  Nathan W. Springer (b:10-1-1804 KY) and Aaron Springer (1801 SC) are near same age as to be possible brothers.

Enumerated on 29th day of August 1850 and Enumerated by Edwin M. Baird
Page 6a
HH#82/82
Spradling      Elizabeth      40    F   Tenn
   David          21    M    Labourer       Tenn
   Mary           17    F    Tenn
   Saml           14    M    Tenn
   Rhoda         10    F    Tenn
Notes:  [BTM] Elizabeth was the wife of her deceased husband Obediah Spradling, s/o David and Telitha (Thompson) SPRADLING. Obediah was a half brother to Rhoda, Susan and Jesse SPRADLING.

Page 6b
HH#86/86
Tarkington     John G         42    M    Farmer         9,000     Tenn
   Rebecca        39    F    Tenn
   Margarett      16    F    Tenn
   Elvira           10    F    Tenn
   John H C        7     M     Tenn
   George W      5     M    Tenn
   Mary F           2     F    Tenn
   Delilah         11    F    Tenn
Notes:  [BTM] Son George Washington Tarkington later married Mary Pillow TOTTY, d/o Lewis Perkins TOTTY and wife Athelia BAIRD. John G. Tarkington was married to Rebecca Hunter.

HH#91/91
Anderson       Wm             45    M    Farmer         N Carolina
   Abigal R       35    F    Tenn
   Joseph B       19    M    Tenn
   Matilda        15    F    Tenn
   Edwin C        11    M    Tenn
   Wm S           9     M    Tenn
   Dorcas         6     F    Tenn
   Sarah E        4     F    Tenn
   Tempy A        1     F    Tenn
Notes: [BTM] William C. Anderson m: Roena/Rowena Abigal BAIRD, sister of the enumerator Edwin M. Baird and daughter of Samuel M. BAIRD. Son Joseph B. Anderon married Milligan M. Savage d/o Asa and Amanda (Jones) Savage who was later found in Montague Co., TX census records. Another son William Samuel Anderson m: Mary A. Baker; and dau. Sarah E. Anderson married Joe Ferguson.

Enumerated on 4th day of September1850 and Enumerated by Edwin M. Baird
Page 11a
HH#147/147
Totty Wm W 49 M Carpenter Virginia
Jane 41 F Tenn
James 18 M Farmer Tenn
Sarah 16 F Tenn
Ruthy 15 F Tenn
Page 11b
HH#147 continued
Totty Elizabeth 12 F Tenn
Bolling 7 M Tenn
Notes:  [BTM] William W. TOTTY was the son of Thomas Hill and Sarah "Sallie" TOTTY. The surname of Jane has not been identified yet. Son James E. TOTTY was later found in the Benton Co., TN records with wife Josephine Curd

Enumerated on the 11th Day of September of 1850 by Edwin M. Baird
Page 27a
HH#372/372
Totty Barnett 59 M Farmer 200 Virginia
Elizabeth 50 F Virginia
Cordelia 17 F Tenn
John 12 M Tenn
Sarah 8 F Tenn
Notes: [BTM] Barnett TOTTY was the son of Thomas Hill and Sarah "Sallie" TOTTY. He was married to Elizabeth "Betsy" Davis d/o John and Dorcas (Bell) Davis. Their son John Whitfield TOTTY married Sarah Unknown. Dau. Sarah m: Samuel G. Barnes.

HH#373/373
Gregory        Wm T           25    M    Farmer         Tenn
Martha         22    F    Tenn
David          8     M    Tenn
Eliza          3     F    Tenn
Sarah          1     F    Tenn

HH#374/374
Totty Jones 25 M Farmer Tenn
Narcissa 28 F Tenn
Burnham, Sarah E 12 F Tenn
Notes:  [BTM] This is Williford Davis aka Dorris TOTTY, he went by name of "Jones" TOTTY. He was married to Narcissa Adaline REED. Sarah E. Burnham's relationship has not been placed with Jones and Narcissa yet.

Enumerated on the 25th Day of September of 1850 by Edwin M. Baird
Page 34a
HH#475/475
Totty Harberd 45 M Farmer Virginia
Elizabeth 42 F Tenn
Sarah 17 F Tenn
Elizabeth 12 F Tenn
Milly 9 F Tenn
Notes:  [BTM] Harberd TOTTY was the son of Thomas Hill and Sallie TOTTY. Elizabeth's surname has yet to be identified.

Enumerated on the 26th Day of September of 1850 by Edwin M. Baird
Page 35a
HH#487/487
Totty Zachariah 52 M Farmer 200 Virginia
Malinda 48 F N Carolina
Amantha 27 F Tenn
Catherine 22 F Tenn
Annise 20 F Tenn
Thomas 17 M Farmer Tenn
Sarah 15 F Tenn
Sina 13 F Tenn
Mahalda 10 F Tenn
Nania 10 F Tenn
Maya 8 F Tenn
Martha 4 F Tenn
George 3 M Tenn
Notes:  [BTM] Zachariah TOTTY was another son of Thomas Hill and Sallie TOTTY. He was married to Malinda Warren dau of James S. Warren and wife Catherine Waggoner. Dau. Annise m: Pleasant B. Nicks, Don Thomas S. TOTTY married Tennessee J. Duncan. Son George married Sarah Coleman. Malinda's sister, Elizabeth Warren m. James Daniel Easley, sister Mahulda m. John W. Huddleston, sister Annise M. William S. Satterfield, and sister Sina married Jude P. Walker. Malinda'a brother David B. Warren married Nellie Perry.

Enumerated on the 26th Day of September of 1850 by Edwin M. Baird
Page 35b
HH#496/496
Totty Asa 49 M Labourer Virginia
Mary 38 F Tenn
Sarah 15 F Tenn
William 12 M Tenn
Louisa 11 F Tenn
Nancy 10 F Tenn
John 7 M Tenn
Dallas 5 M Tenn
Claibourn 1 M Tenn
Notes:  [BTM] The surname of Asa TOTTY's wife Mary "Polly" is unknown at this time. Their son William H. TOTTY married Sarah S. TOTTY d/o Daniel C. and Ruthy (Unk) TOTTY. Son John H. TOTTY married Mary P. Martin; and son James Claibourn m: Elizabeth Wadkins.

1850 Census Year [MF# M432-884 Hickman Co. Reel#: M432-884 Enumerated on 26th day of September
1850 by Edwin M Baird
Page 35b continued
HH#497/497
Hibbs Nancy 55 F Virginia
Carroll 20 M Labourer Tenn
James 15 M Labourer Tenn
Nancy 13 F Tenn

Page 36a Enumerated on 26th day of September, 1850 by Edwin M Baird
HH#498/498
Malugin Wm F 23 M Labourer Tenn
Mary 25 F Tenn
John 7 M Tenn
Notes:  [BTM] Neighbor of the TOTTY families.

HH#499/499
Stewart Samuel F 59 M Wagon Maker 175 N Carolina
Penelope 13 F Tenn
Hiram 10 M .Tenn
TOTTY Harberd 16 M Wagon Maker Tenn
Rachell James 24 M Wagon Maker Tenn
Rachell Catherine 17 F Tenn
Notes:  [BTM] I have Harberd as the son of Harbert TOTTY and grandson of Thomas Hill and Sallie TOTTY. Evidently he was living in HH of Samuel Stewart learning the trade of Wagon Making.

Page 39b
HH#551/551
Grinder Matilda 39 F 1,000 N Carolina
Berthenea 16 F Tenn
Lewis 14 M Tenn
William 12 M Tenn
Caroline 8 F Tenn
Howe Rebecca 63 F Virginia
Notes:  [BTM] Matilda Sandal TOTTY Grinder was the widow of Albert Storry GRINDER who committed suicide by hanging himself due to depression. Son Lewis Perkins Totty GRINDER m: Narcissa F. Darden. Son William G. GRINDER married Sarah J. Ledbetter. Her oldest daughter Priscilla Sandal Grinder married Socrates Martin, s.o George Washington MARTIN and wife Sophia. Socrates Martin's brother George W. Jr. married Louisa H. TOTTY, d/o Harrison and Patsy (Johnson aka Johnston) TOTTY. Matilda Sandal TOTTY was the daughter of Robert and Sandal (Andrews) TOTTY.

1850 Census Year [MF# M432-884 Hickman Co. Reel#: M432-884 Enumerated on 8th day of October
1850 by Edwin M Baird
Page 48a
HH#674/674
Sheegog James E 43 M Merchant Ireland
Louisa 38 F Tenn
Bolivar 19 M Clerk Tenn
Edward 17 M Student Tenn
Robert 14 M Tenn
James 10 M Mississippi
John 8 M Mississippi
Armah 6 F Mississippi
Ricahrd 4 M Mississippi
Lewis 2 M Texas
Notes:  [BTM] James E. Sheegog married Louisa ESTES, daughter of Matilda Easley and Robert Estes and step-daughter of Robert TOTTY. Their son Edward m: Elizabeth MENASCO mentioned in the Indian Raids of Cooke and Montague Co.'s TX. Son James m: Sarah Witt and dau. Armah married W. B. Graham. James and Louisa migrated to Cooke and Montague Co. TX.

1850 Census Year [MF# M432-884 Hickman Co. Reel#: M432-884 Enumerated on 10th day of October
1850 by Edwin M Baird
Page 50a
HH#705/705
Baird Edwin M 50 M Farmer 1,000 N Carolina
Jane 50 F Tenn
William 28 M Farmer Tenn
Samuel 24 M Carpenter Tenn
Joseph 18 M Farmer Tenn
Albert 16 M Farmer Tenn
Sarah J 13 F Tenn
Sarah S 18 F Tenn
Notes:  [BTM] Edwin M. Baird was the enumerator of the 1850 census. He was the son of Samuel M. and Dorcas Campbell. He married Jane Clampitt her sister Sallie Clampitt married Henry Truett. Son William Campbell Baird m: Mattie Young; son Samuel McClearen Baird m: Sarah Sandal TOTTY, d/o Robert and Sandal (Andrews) TOTTY. Son Joseph Arnett Baird M; Matilda Reeves d/o Nancy Anna Caroline TOTTY and William Steele REEVES. Nancy was another d/o Robert and Sandal TOTTY. Son Albert Galatin Bairdm: Elvira Tarkington, Elvira's relationship to George W. Tarkington is not known yet. Edwin M. Baird's brother James Perry Baird m. Icey E. TOTTY d/o Millard Franklin(g) TOTTY and Sarah Emily Maddox TOTTY. Millard was the s/o Johnson Harrison TOTTY and Susan SPRADLING TOTTY d/o David and Susannah SPRADLING and also sister to Rhoda SPRADLING TOTTY, author of the Diaries. Another brother Samuel McClaren Baird Jr. m: Sarah G. Norris; Sister Matilda Baird maried Jacob Fite and sister Roena Abigal Baird m: William C. Anderson in hh#91/91.

Page 51b
HH#720/720
Sheezog Wm 75 M none Ireland
Henry 15 M Student Tenn
Edward 3 M Tenn
Easley, Sarah 76 F S Carolina
Notes:  [BTM] William Sheegog was the father of Edward Sheegog, Robert Sheegog m: Mary Polly Easley; James E. Sheegog m: Louisa M. Estes; Annah Sheegog m: William B. Easley Jr. William B. Easley was also the brother of Matilda Easley Estes TOTTY. I show that Henry and Edaward above were likely the children of Annah Sheegog. Sarah GOWAN EASLEY was the mother of Matilda Easley Estes TOTTY living in HH of William Sheegog.

1850 Census Year [MF# M432-884 Hickman Co. Reel#: M432-884 Enumerated on 16th day of October
1850 by Edwin M Baird
Page 53b
HH#754/754
Totty Wm H 29 M Farmer 2,000 Tenn
Elisa 31 F Tenn
Felix 6 M Tenn
Amanda 3 F Tenn
James 1 M Tenn
Notes:  [BTM] William Harrison TOTTY was married to Elizabeth Simmons. Son Felix Leonidas TOTTY m: Narcissa C. Taylor; son James Bizell TOTTY m: Nncy C. Wilkins. Other children in my data base were; Robert M., William Henry, Josephine, Sophia Davis TOTTY m: Issac Carter Spence; Delphenia Ann m: Unk Pruitt; Samuel Houston m: Mary Cates; Bellfield C.; Mary J.; and Henry TOTTY.

Page 56a
HH#792/792
Peppers Racheal 49 F S Carolina
Daniel 22 M Tenn
Ransom 20 M Tenn
Mary 22 F Tenn
Notes:  [BTM] Not sure if this Racheal Peppers is connected to the John PEPPER mentioned in the Will of Francis TOTTY (1727-1808), but interesting to find the surname PEPPER(s) in Hickman Co., TN where children of Francis migrated.

Page 85b
HH#1219/1219
Crosslin John 21 M Farmer Tenn
Easter 26 F Tenn
James 3 M Tenn
John 1 M Tenn
Notes:  [BTM] The CROSSLIN family is connected to my husband's side of the family.
Transcribed by Birdie (Totty) McNutt



[Spence, Spence's History of Hickman County. Tennessee,  (Reprinted by Edward & Olgia Dotson 1981[source used with permission]), pg 33.]        John Davis pioneer surveyor........."One of the many proofs of the high regard which those who dealt with him had for him is the fact that a granddaughter of the pioneer, William TOTTY, of Sugar Creek, was named Sophia Davis, this being the name of one of the pioneer, Davis' daughters who in 1815, married Joseph W. Horton, of Davidson County.   Davis was a tall, slender man, possessing wonderful powers of endurance.  He could subsist for days on parched corn when out surveying.  John Davis, son of Frederick Davis and Fannie (Grieves) Davis, was born in North Carolina on July 30, 1770.  He came to Davidson County in 1788; in 1791 he was with the party that buried Edwin Hickman; in February 1794, he was out under Capt. Thomas Murray in an expedition against the Indians near Muscle Shoals, and later in the year was with Nickajack expedition.  His last service against the Indians was in January, 1795, when he was out with a detachment of mounted infantry.  In 1789 he married Dorcas Gleaves and became the father of ten children.  His wife died in 1851, and he, at the age of eighty-three, died suddenly and peacefully in 1853.  He was not ill, and was lying down waiting for breakfast when the summons came.  He lived and died in Davidson County, but there are few districts in Hickman County where his name is not met with in connection with its early history."


1860 Mortality Schedules Index for Hickman County, Tennessee
Year                     1860
Surname       TOTTY
Given Name      Sally
Age                      24
Sex                       Female
Month of Death    February
State of Birth        Tennessee
Cause of Death    Dropsy


1860 CENSUS
Work in progress





1869 January 5th Tuesday Court Record  [Hickman County, Tennessee Quarterly and Monthly Minutes 1867-1878 Compiled by Olgia Dotson 1984, page 41]
BILLS OF COST:  State vs Pomp TOTTY & Cary Gray, gaming in 1866.



April 2, 1866 Monday Morning   Court Record  [Hickman County, Tennessee Quarterly and Monthly Minutes 1867-1878 Compiled by Olgia Dotson 1984, page 3]
Jurors called for Circuit Court for July, 1866 = First District:  Robert E. GRINDER and Stephen G. WARREN (2) Johnson H. TOTTY and Jesse Hunter (3) Henry G. Cummins and Christopher C. Nichols (4) James Irwin and Jacob Jenkins (5) Meredith Gossett and Jno. P. Beasley (6) Hardy Petty and Wm H. Woods (7) Asa D. Thompson and Jos. Webb (8) Wm. H. Brown and Jno. Blackwell (9) Jno. R. Cunningham and Jonathan Arnold (12) Luther Whiteside (13) Joseph Weems (14) James R. Knott and (15) Wm. Anderson


1869 October 26th  WILL of Lewis Perkins TOTTY from ["Hickman County Tennessee WILLS 1866-1982 Compiled by: Olgia Dotson, Rt 1 Box 64, Nunnelly, Tennessee 37137." page 19]
LEWIS P. TOTTY
WIFE:  Athelia
CHILDREN:  Lewis P.; Wm. C.: Lena R.; Viola & Cora L. TOTTY; Salina
Hassell, deceased; Madora J. Hall; Sarah S. TOTTY and Mary P. Tarkington.
                                                                     Lewis P. TOTTY
EXECUTOR: Y. J. Harvill
Dated: October 26, 1869


1870 CENSUS
[1870 Tennessee Federal Census, Microfilm M593 - 1538:  Henry and Hickman Counties, Tennessee. Transcribed by Birdie (Totty) McNutt]

Centerville PO  Taken 8th Day of  July 1870 by J H. Puckett

HH#182/182
TOTTY, Tempie 39  MB  Renter  300  Tennessee
M. M                    26 FW   house keeper  Tennessee
Reubin                   9 MB   none     Tennessee
W. E.                      6 MM  none   Tennessee
Leona                    3 FM    none  Tennessee
Barrito              2/12 MM   infant(Nov)  Tennessee
 

2nd Civil District Centerville Twp, taken 29th Day of June 1870  by J. N.
Puckett
HH#1/1
TOTTY, S. N.   26, MW Farmer, Tennessee
Charlotte           34, FW  keeping house, Tennessee
T. H.                     2, MW
L. A.                  6/12 Infant(Dec), Tennessee
[JCT] this family I read as J.N., Charlotte, J.H., and L.A. I think this is Jonathan "Dick" Totty son of Harrison.

HH#2/2
HARBIN, T.     22 FW, Keeping House, NC
Rebecca            36 FW, Keeping House, Tennessee
[BTM] This is Rebecca Harbin, soon to be wife of Williford D. TOTTY married Sep 11, 1870

HH#3/3
TOTTY, W. H. 36 MW  Farmer 100 Tennessee
Sarah S.            24  FW   Keeping house, Tennessee
D. A.                   8  FW   Tennessee
G. L.                  11  MW  Tennessee
Wm. C.               2  MW  Tennessee
A. F.                 8/12 MW (Nov) Tennessee
[BTM]  This is William Harrision TOTTY married Sarah S. TOTTY in Lewis Co., TN 2-27-1861.  William is the s/o Asa and Polly TOTTY.  Sarah S. is the daughter of Daniel & Ruthy TOTTY.   D. A. is D. Tennie A. born 5-17-1862; G.L is G. Lee TOTTY; Wm C is WIlliam C.

HH#4/4
TOTTY, Harland  61 MW Farmer Virginia
E. A.                       63  FW keeping house Tennessee
Emily                      29  FW  Tennessee
[BTM]  This Harland TOTTY and family are unidentified in my data base.   Anybody know who his parents were?

HH#5/5
NICKS, C. E.         36 FW  Keeping house  Tennessee
J. W.                      10 MW Tennessee
Franklin                  7 M W Tennessee
[BTM]  I show this to be Catherine TOTTY NICKS, widow of Felixz NICKS who died in the Civil War.  J. W. is John Will NICKS and Franklin NICKS are both children of Felix and Catherine TOTTY NICKS.  Felix was the son of Pleasant B. and Julia McGraw NICKS.

HH#6/6
HOWE, Rebecca 85 FW Keeping House Virginia
[BTM] Could this be Rebecca TOTTY daughter of Thomas Hill and Sarah TOTTY??

HH#7/7
TOTTY, Matilda  52 FW Keeping House Tennessee
Martha                  31 FW  Seamstress, Tennessee
Mary C.                 17 FW Tennessee
L. B.                       15 MW Farm Laborer Tennessee
Levisa                   16 FW Tennessee
TOTTY, Zack       7  MW farm Laborer Tennessee [that's what it says]
[BTM]Matilda Naomi (Norris) is the widow of Harrison TOTTY, with children Martha J.; Mary Jane Coleman TOTTY, Littleberry Barry;  Levisa and "Zack" Zollie Coffer R. TOTTY.

HH#8/8
GARRETT, Jennie 19 FW Keeping house Tennessee

HH#9/9
TOTTY, Pamelia 30 FB Keeping House Tennessee
I.S.                        15 MB farm laborer  Tennessee
W. H.                   16 MB farm laborer  Tennessee
M. J.                     11 MB farm laborer  Tennessee
Amanda                 6 FB Tennessee
Lewis                     8 MB Tennessee
M.                          4 FB  Tennessee
V. S.                       2 FB Tennessee
Alvin?                   60 FB  Tennessee
[BTM] Family is unidentified in my data base. Can anyone identify her maiden name or who her husband was?

HH#13/13
MARTIN, G. W. 54 MW Farmer 1500/200 Tennessee
Lou                       53 FW  House wife Tennessee
D. L.                      20  MW Farm laborer  Tennessee
P.                           15 FW Tennessee
F.                           13 FW Tennessee
[BTM]  This is George Washington MARTIN and wife Louisa H. TOTTY d/o Harrison & Patsy Johns(t)on TOTTY.  D. L. is Daniel L. Martin

HH#14/14
TOTTY, J. H.     62 MW Farmer 200/200 Tennessee
Susan                 48  FW house wife  Tennessee (Susan Spradling)
S. M.                   18 MW Tennessee
R. A.                   16 FW Tennessee
F. M.                   16 MW Tennessee
H. J.                      8 MW Tennessee
SPRADLIN, Susan 90 FW Virginia (?) This is widow of David SPRADLING and mother of Susan
TOTTY, L. N.    17 MW Farm laborer Tennessee
Sarah L.              17 FW house keeper Tennessee
[BTM] This is the family of Johnson Harrison TOTTY and Susan (SPRADLING) TOTTY.  Johnson is the son of Harrison & Patsy Johns(t)on TOTTY. with their children: Samuel M. who married Rebecca C. TOTTY; Rhoda Angeline m: Zachariah Coleman; Millard Frankling m: Sarah Maddox; Henry Jackson m: Mary F. Scott.   Most important, to me, is living in their household is the widow of David SPRADLING, Susannah my 3rd Greatgrandmother.   This records shows that she lived a number of years after her husband David who died before 1857 according to court records.   Susannah (Parker) Spencer SPRADLING was evidently deceased before the late 1870's when Johnson and Susan TOTTY migrated to Missouri.

HH#15/15
HINES, Wm.     78 MW Farm Laborer Tennessee
Mary H.           66  FW Keeping house Tennessee
Elizabeth          42 FW Tennessee
Parthena          39 FW Tennessee
Sarah                30 FW Tennessee
[BTM]  Can you tell us who this HINES family is?

HH#19/19
TOTTY, M. L. 67 MW Farmer 100 Tennessee
Eliza                  37 FW House wife Tennessee
M. S.                16 FW    Tennessee
J. W.                13 MW  Tennessee
E. B.                   8 MW  Tennessee
F. C.                   6 MW  Tennessee
L. H.                  3 MW  Tennessee
[BTM] This family is unidentified in my data base.
[JCT] this is Marcus Lafayette son of Harrison

HH#22/22
WADKINS, Jno 53 MW Farmer 2000/150 NC
F. J.                 27 FW Keeping house Tennessee
Eliza                20 FW Tennessee
Paraler?          15 MW Tennessee
M.                   11  MW Tennessee
Sm'l                 11  MW Tennessee
Ann                  1  FW   Tennessee
TOTTY, Claiborn 21 MW Farm Laborer Tennessee
Eliza                20 FW Tennessee (listed in hh twice)
LOFTIN, Jno 22 MW Mail Contractor Tennessee
Mary              24 FW house wife Tennessee
J. H.               3/12 MW (march) Tennessee
[BTM] This is the father and family of Elizabeth WADKINS TOTTY wife of James Claibourn TOTTY, s/o Asa and Polly TOTTY.

HH#24/24
TOTTY, L. P.   62 MW Farmer 1600/428 Virginia
A.                     50 FW House wife Tennessee
P.                      17 MW farm laborer Tennessee
W. C.               15 MW Tennessee
Z. K.                 12 FW Tennessee
Viola                10 FW Tennessee
C. L.                  8 FW Tennessee
[BTM] This is Lewis Perkins TOTTY, son of Robert and Sandal (Andrews) TOTTY, who was married to Athelia BAIRD.  Shown here with son P. ie. Lewis Perkins TOTTY m: Addie Anderson; W. C. ie. William C. m: Mary E. Hassell;  Z. K. ie Zeniar K. m: William W. Colemna; Viola Vida; Cora Lee m: David Carothers.

HH#25/25
GRINER, L. P.  33 MW Farmer 1600/200 Tennessee
Narcissa        27 FW House wife Tennessee
Matilda            12 FW Tennessee
Priscilla             6 FW Tennessee
Nancy               4 FW Tennessee
A.C.J.            2 MW Tennessee
[BTM]  This is Lewis Perkins Totty GRIN(D)ER, s/o Albert Story and Matilda TOTTY GRIN(D)ER, d/o Robert and Sandal TOTTY.  He married Narcissa Frances Darden.

HH#26/26
TOTTY, Mary  33 FW Keeping house  Tennessee
Sam                  19 MW Farm laborer Tennessee
Rebecca          17 FW  Tennessee
NEELY, Albert 26 MW Farm Laborer Tennessee
Leona               5 FW Tennessee
[BTM] This family is not identified in my data base.  This may be the widow of Asa TOTTY

HH#27/27
HOLDERFIELD, W and family

HH#28/28
HARVILL, Y. J.  68 MW  Farmer  3000/400 Tennessee
M. J.               36 FW House Wife Tennessee
F. M.              17 MW Farm Laborer Tennessee
W. A.            15 MW Farm Laborer Tennessee
A. J.                 11 MW Tennessee
M. E.             11 FW Tennessee
F.                    9 MW Tennessee
Frank             7 MW Tennessee
Susan            5 FW Tennessee
M. M.            3 MW Tennessee
M. J.              2 FW Tennessee
[BTM] The is Young James Harville who married Margaret Jane Anderson, with their children F. M.; William Anderson m: Alice W. Hobbs; Archibald James m: Mary F. Boehms; Mary Elizabeth m: William E. Gray; Younge Fletcher m: Fannie Williams; Franklin Gill m: Mattie Green; Susan Matilda m: George M. Hite; Moody M. m Mary H. Duke; and  Margaret Joshphine HARVILL.

HH#29/29
FERGUSON, J.   26 MW Farmer Tennessee
Sarah            23 FW House wife Tennessee
W. E.            11 MW  Tennessee
Charlotte     15 MW  MO
Rena             1  FW  Tennessee

HH#34/34
TOTTY, J. N.  24 MW Farmer Tennessee
Mary            16 FW House wife Tennessee
[BTM] This is John N. TOTTY s/o Asa and Polly TOTTY who married Mary Polly Martin.

HH#38/38
TOTTY, George  23 MW  Miller Tennessee
Sarah          22 FW house wife Tennessee
COLEMAN, Nancy 64 FW Tennessee
[BTM]  I show this to be, George TOTTY, s/o Zachariah and Malina (Warren) TOTTY.  He married Sarah Coleman.

HH#39/39
HARBIN, J. D.  39 MW Farmer Tennessee
Tabitha        32 FW House wife Tennessee
M. A.            11 FW Tennessee
J. C.                4 MW Tennessee
S. J.                 1 FW  Tennessee
[BTM]  I believe this is James David HARBIN, can anyone identify who his wife is or the names of their children?  He could most likely be the grandchild of  of David and Telitha (Thompson) SPRADLING through their daughter Telitha SPRADLING who married (William??) Harbin.

HH#46/46
TOTTY, W. W.  23 MW Farmer /100 Tennessee
Eliza           23 FW keeping house Tennessee
M. H. B.      3 FW  Tennessee
[BTM]  This is William W. TOTTY s/o Johnson Harrison TOTTY and wife Susan (Spradling) TOTTY.  The child is show as M. H. B., I show in my data  M. N. Brown TOTTY.

HH#55/55
ANGLIN, John 36 MW Farmer Tennessee
Nancy         31 FW Keeping house Tennessee
M. A.          12 FW Tennessee
C.                 10 FW Tennessee
Nancy          5 FW Tennessee
J. N. A.         3 MW Tennessee
S. L.              2 FW Tennessee
Leona          7/12 FW (Feb) Tennessee
TOTTY, Sarah  50 FW Seamstress Tennessee
[BTM]  Can anyone place this family?  Was Nancy a TOTTY?  could this be her mother Sarah TOTTY in HH?

Misc. from 3rd Civil District Hickman County  taken 17 day August 1870 by J. R. Puckett Centerville PO

Pg 9 - HH#54/54
TOTTY, E. C.  39 FW Keeping house  1000/400/ Tennessee
J.C. G?        19 MW farm laborer Tennessee
Susan         13 FW Tennessee
David          4 MW  Tennessee
[BTM] This is the new widow, Elizabeth Caroline (Smith) TOTTY late of Texas where her husband John E. TOTTY was killed by Indians.  In household is her dau Susan Langdon TOTTY m: Samuel A. Church; and David Easley TOTTY m: Pokie Ann Thornton.   Who is the above J. C. G? TOTTY?   John E. TOTTY was the son of Robert and Matilda (Easley Estes) TOTTY.  Elizabeth Caroline (Smith) TOTTY was the daughter of John Younge and Mary Erwin (Anderson) Smith.

Misc. from 5th Civil District Hickman County taken 13 June 1870 by Thos A.
White
Pinewood twp

Pg 15 HH#121/119
TOTTY, Zacharia  75  MW Wagon maker?  30 Virginia
Katherine      41 FW Tennessee
Hulda            28 FW Tennessee
Nona             28 FW Tennessee
Margie          26 FW Tennessee
[BTM] This is Zachariah TOTTY, widower of Malinda (Warren) TOTTY.   He is the son of Thomas Hill and Sarah (unk) TOTTY.

Pg 17 HH# 125/125
TOTTY, Thos. S.   35 MW Worker at Cotton Mill   Tennessee
Tennie J.          23 FW Keepin house Tennessee
Priest? F. E.    25 MW Farm   Tennessee
Lewis Thos S. 19 MW Worker Cotton mill  Tennessee
[BTM] Thomas S. TOTTY is the son of Zachariah and Malinda (Warren) TOTTY.  He married Tennessee Jennie Duncan March 8, 1868.

Misc from 7th Civil District Hickman County taken 10th Day of June 1850
taken by Thos. A. Stiles
Vernon Twp
HH#31/31
ESTES, Robert  45 MB Farmer 600 Tennessee
Lucinda   40 FB house keeper Tennessee
Mary J.    22 FB Tennessee
Allen       21 MB farm laborer  Tennessee
WILSON, Bob 15 MB farm laborer Tennessee
CARSON, Charles 21 MB  farm laborer Tennessee
[BTM] Family is unidentified in my data base.

Misc from 8th civil District Hickman County taken 26th Day of June 1870 by Thos. A. Stiles
Harringman? twp
Page 3/546
HH#20/20
TOTTY, Naoma  70 FW Keeping house  100/100 Tennessee
[BTM] This is Widow Naomi Whitson wife of William W. TOTTY, s/o William W. and Edith (Andrews) TOTTY.

HH#21/21
TOTTY, Eliza  35 FW Keeping house  400/7700  Tennessee
Josephine      13 FW at school Tennessee
Sophia D.       11 FW at school  Tennessee
Delphia            9 FW  Tennessee
Samuel             7 MW Tennessee
Belfield            5 MW Tennessee
Henry              3 MW Tennessee
TOTTY, Manda J. 23 FW at home Tennessee
James B.        21 MW Farm   200 Tennessee
Wm A.          19 MW Farm Tennessee
Robert M.     15  MW Farm Tennessee
TOTTY, Mary J. 5 FW Tennessee
[BTM] This is Elizabeth (Simmons) TOTTY, widow of William Harrison TOTTY.   Shown is their children Josephine; Sophia D. m: Isaac Cass Spence; Delphia Ann m: Pruitt; Samuel Houston m: Mary Cates; Belfield C.; Henry; Amanda J.; James Bizell m: Nancy C. Wilkins; William H; Robert M. and in hh is also Mary J. TOTTY her parents are not stated.  Since she was listed after the older children, she was most likely a child of one of them.



1880 CENSUS
[compiled by Edward Dotson, Hickman Co., TN  historian and Submitted by Lesli Guzman with permission]

House No. 244, Centerville
Pauline Totty   64,  widow
Nancy Vinyard   54, widow
              half sisters
Note: 1880 census -HH #34/34 house 244   from: Wanda Gayden <wfgayd@yahoo.com>
Maiden name was Ratliff , they had another sister Rebecca who married William L. Armstrong of Perry Co.
Pauline Totty   ( widow of Asa Totty), Nancy Vineyard (widow of  ?) sons Thomas, Elijah, Riley, Wash. My grandmother thought  the father was Wash. But I have not been able to confirm.  They had a brother that ran a store on Haley's creek . A Jemima Ratliff  married William Lewis,  Not sure if she is connected at this time.

House No. 310, Totty's Bend
William H. Totty   35
   Elizabeth Totty   33
   M. Brown Totty   13
   Mabel L. Totty   6
   Mary F. Totty   6 mon.
 

House No. 312, Totty's Bend
A. Dal Totty   32
   Polly Totty   33
   Maggie Totty   13
   William A. Totty   10
   J.Henry Totty   4

House No. 316, Totty's Bend
Matilda    62
   Martha J. Totty (dau)   41
   Zolicoffer Totty (son)   18
 

House No. 317, Totty's Bend
E.C. Nix   42
   E.A. Totty (mother)   75
   F.A.Totty (sister)   19

House No. 318, Totty's Bend
J.N. "Dick" Totty   36
   Lottie Totty (wife)   42
   J. Hill Totty   12
   Lou A. Totty   10
   Willie Totty   8
 

House No. 320, Totty's Bend
Sallie Totty (widow)   54
 

House No. 325, Totty's Bend
Lewis P. Totty   72  b: VA
   Athelia Totty   62
   Viola Totty   20
   Cora L. Totty   18
   Edgar S. Totty (Grandson)   6
 

House No. 326, Totty's Bend
Will C. Totty   24
   Mary E. Totty   28
 

House No. 327, Totty's Bend
L.P. Totty, Jr.    27
   S.A. Totty   24
   J. O'Connor Totty   3
   Becehiel Totty   1

House No. 340, Totty's Bend
M. Lafayete Totty   52
   Elizabeth C. Totty   45
   J. Albert Totty   23
   E.B. Totty   18
   Tempy C. Totty   15
   Louis H. Totty   13
   Atmestead C. Totty   8
   Mollie Totty   2
 

House No. 354, Totty's Bend
John Totty   34
   Mary L. Totty   26
   Armsteas E. Totty   5
   L. Briner Totty   1

House No. 366, Totty's Bend
J. Berry Totty   24
    Mary W. Totty   29
   Mollie Mays (stepdaughter)   10

House No. 1336, Pinewood
Zachariah Totty   90  b:  N.C.
   Nona Totty (dau)   38
   Hulda Totty(dau)   38
   Fannie Totty (dau)   35
   Dannie Sage (dau)   32

House No. 1508
Robert Totty   25
   Eliza J. Totty   21
   Williams S. Totty   5
   Sarah E. Totty   2
   Felix L. Totty   2 mon.
   Harry D. Totty   12
   Samuel Totty   1
   Mary J. Totty (niece)   15

House No. 1519
Eliza J. Totty   6
In the home of Clement Wilkins   55
and wife Elizabeth Wilkins  53
 

House No. 1654, Coble
T.S. Totty   50
Tennessee Totty   32
   Anna J. Totty   6
    William C. Totty   3

House No. 2038, Blue Buck
Samuel Totty   28
   Mary F. Totty   28
   Alabama Totty   6
   Ida L. Totty   3
   Babe   7 mon.

House No. 2052, Blue Buck
Jones Totty   57
Rebecca Totty   46

page 21 HH #291
Turman PARKER    40    TN
    Lavinia                        17
    Tir??????cara??(f)      15
    Simeon??        (m)      13
    Emiline                       10
     Angeline                    10
    Josephine                     8
    Rebecca                       6
    Dubra??? (f)                 1

page 21 HH #292
Rebecca PARKER    70    GA
    Permelia                     38    TN

page 22 HH 298
Daniel PARKER    51    GA    $800    farmer
    Nancy                    43    VA
     Mary                     22    TN
    Susan                      20
    Elizabeth                 18
    Moses                    17
    Thomas                  15
    Daniel                     13
    William                     9
    Annah                       4
    Martha                      2

HH#299
    John REEVES    50    KY
    Jane                    50    VA
    Helen                  15    TN
    Ophelia                14
    Leonidas (m)        11



1900 CENSUS
1900 Hickman County, Tennessee Census - ONLY twp, Eight Civil District.  [Enumerated by W. L. Pinkeston 8th June 1900. ED 256; ED 45; Sheet No. 5; transcribed by Birdie Totty McNutt]
HH# 98/98
TOTTY, William  Head  WM Oct 1876 23 M Sin  TN TN TN
     Nettie              wife    WF  June 1879  21 M Sin TN TN TN
     Roy                 son    WF? Apr 1900 2/12 S  TN TN TN
[BTM] This is the son of Robert M. and Eliza J. [Brown] TOTTY.  Roy is listed on the census record as son but sex is listed as white female.
 

1900 Hickman County, Tennessee Census - ONLY twp, Eight Civil District. [Enumerated by W. L. Pinkeston 8th June 1900. ED 256; ED 45; Sheet No. 5; transcribed by Birdie Totty McNutt]
HH# 98/98
TOTTY, Robert  Head     WM  Oct 1854  45 wd Farmer TN TN TN 4 yes yes yes Rent F81
    Sallie             daughter WF  Jan 1878  27 S TN TN TN
    Lorazo*{sp}   son        WM  Apr 1880  20 S TN TN TN
    David             son         WM Jan 1885  15 S TN TN TN
    Lizzie            daughter WF  Apr 1890  10 S  TN TN TN
    Jesse             son         WM Apr 1883   7 S   TN TN TN
*may be Felix Leonidas TOTTY
[BTM] This is Robert M. TOTTY widower of Eliza J. [Brown] TOTTY.   His son was most likely named after his brother Felix Leondias TOTTY.  Both sons of William Harrison and Elizabeth (Simmons) TOTTY.

1900 Federal Census Record, Hickman County, Tennessee page 118A, Civil District 7, Enumerated 16th June 1900 by William W. Duncan.  SD 256, ED 44, S 16. Transcribed by Birdie Totty McNutt
HH#276/88
TOTTY, Sam H.  Head  WM NOv 1865 34 M8  TN TN TN Farmer yes yes yes R-H
   Annie M.          wife    WF  Sept 1879 25 M8 3-2 TN TN TN
  William H.        son    WM  Oct 1892 7 S TN TN TN at school 5 2
  Emma L.   daughter    WF  Dec 1895 4 S TN TN TN
BTM]  Samuel Houston TOTTY was married to Annie Mary Cates on Jan 3, 1892, Hickman Co.   He was the son of William Harrison and Naomi (Whitson) TOTTY.



1910 CENSUS
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1920 CENSUS
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1930 CENSUS
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Deeds

1810 February 27th  Warrant  [Records of Hickman County Tennessee No. 6143]     Know Ye, that by virtue of part of Certificate No. 57 dated the 27th day of February 1810 issued by the Register of West Tennessee to William P. ANDERSON, and entered on the first day of April state of Tennessee unto Robert TOTTY assignee of the said William P. ANDERSON.  A certain tract or parcel of Land, containing nineteen acres lying in Hickman County in the first District on the waters of Dry Creek of Duck River.  Beginning at a small black oak in the North boundary line of a tract of one hundred acres which was granted to Thomas HUBBS, and at the South West corner of a tract of fifty acres granted to Asa Shute, running North with said SHUTE's line forty poles to a poplar and white oak thence West seventy six poles to a large beech, thence East to said HUBBS, line and with his line in all seventy six poles to the Beginning.  Surveyed the 15th day of August 1811 by B. G. STEWART, D. S.   This was signed at Nashville, Tennessee on the thirteenth day of Octobert 1814 by Willie BLOUNT, governor of Tennessee.



1810 March 4th  Deed [ Hickman County, Tennessee Deed - Copied from Deed. Book A., pages 234-235-236, transcribed by Birdie Totty McNutt]
William TOTTY, July 23rd 1810
THE STATE OF TENNESSE NO: 2055
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME GREETING:    Know ye that in consideration of Military Service performed by James ROBERTSON to the State of North Carolina Warrant No. 1068 dated the 30th day of May 1784 and entered on the 26th day of August 1809, by No. 3838.    There is granted by the said State of Tennessee unto William TOTTY assignee of Peter Raney assignee of the said James ROBERTSON a certain tract or parcel of land containing seventeen and one half acres part of said warrant lying in Hickman County in the first District, on Sugar Creek of Duck River.
BEGINNING in the west boundary line of a tract of forty acres which was entered in the name of John Stump twenty four poles north of the south west corner of said tract at a white ash and sycamore on the north bank of Sugar Creek running south twenty four poles to an ash and iron wood said Stumps south west corner thence south sixteen poles to a poplar and dogwood thence west eighty two poles to a poplar and black oak; thence north twenty two poles crossing Sugar Creek in all forty poles to a sugar tree and hornbean thence east crossing said Creek twice sixty two poles to the beginning, surveyed 30th of September 1809 by Dawsey Hudson D.S. with the heriditaments and appurtenances.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said tract or parcel of land with its appurtenances to the said William TOTTY and his heirs forever.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF Willie Blount, Governor of the State of Tennessee hath hereunto set his hand and caused the Great Seal of the State to be affixed at Knoxville on the twenty fourth day of March in the year of our Loard one thousand eight hundred and ten and of the Independence of the United States the thirty fourth.
      By the Governor                             Willie Blount
      R. Houston, Secretary
Recorded in the Registers office on West Tennessee May 25th 1810.
                                                               D.M. Gavock, Reg.
William TOTTY is entitled to the within mention tract of land.
                                                               D. M. Gavock, R W T
STATE OF TENNESSEE }
                                          }  July Term 1810
HICKMAN COUNTY     }  I hereby certify that the State Tax  on the within
is paid, so let it be registered.
                                                               Millington EASLEY, D. C.
Transcribed and Submitted by Birdie (Totty) McNutt


1810 March 24th   Deed [Hickman County, Tennessee Deed - Copied from Deed. Book A., pages 237-238-239, transcribed
by Birdie Totty McNutt]
William TOTTY
Registered July 23rd, date of 1810
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME GREETING:    Know ye that in consideration of Military Service performed by James ROBERTSON to the State of North Carolina Warrant No. 1068 dated the 30th day of May 1784 and entered on the 3rd day of October 1809, by No. 3976.    There is granted by the said State of Tennessee unto William TOTTY assignee of Peter Raney assignee of the said James ROBERTSON a certain tract or parcel of land containing seventeen acres part of said warrant lying in Hickman County in the first Disctrict on Sugar Creek of Duck River.
BEGINNING at a white walnut in the west boundary line of an entry of seventeen and one half acres of said TOTTYS sixteen poles south of his north west corner, running north sixteen poles to said corner of sugar tree and hornbean; thence east crossing said creek at twelve poles and at thirty poles in all forty poles to a beech; thence north twenty poles to a poplar and hornbean; thence wet ninety three poles and one third of a pole to an ash and hickory; thence south thirty six poles to the beginning surveyed October 8th 1809 by Dawsey Hudson D. C., with the heriditaments and appurtenances.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said tract or parcel of land with its appurtenances to the said William TOTTY, and his heirs forever.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF Willie Blount, Governor of the State of Tennessee hath hereunto set his hand and caused the Great Seal of the Ste of be affixed at Knoxville on the twenty fourth day of March in the yar of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ten and of the Independence of the United States the thirty fourth.
     By the Governor                                Willie Blount
     R. Houston, Sectretary
Recorded in the Registers office on West Tennessee May 25th 1810.
                                                               D. W. Gavock, Reg.
William TOTTY is entitled to the within mentioned tract of land.
                                                               D. W. Gavock
Register of West Tennessee
STATE OF TENNESSEE  }
                                            }  July term 1810
HICKMAN COUNTY      }  I hereby certify that the State Tax on the within grant is paid so let it be registered.
                                                               Millington EASLEY, D. C.
Transcribed and Submitted by Birdie Totty McNutt


1810 July 7th  Deed [ Hickman County, Tennessee Deeds - Copied from Deed. Book A., pages 231-232-233-234, transcribed by Birdie Totty McNutt]
William TOTTY
July 23rd. day, 1810
THIS INDENTURE made this seventh day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ten between Asa Shute of Davidson County and State of Tennessee of the one part and William TOTTY of the County of Davidson and State of Tennessee of the other part Witnesseth:   that the said Asa Shute for and in consideration of the sum of on hundred and forty dollars to him in hand paid by the said William TOTTY that receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, hath given, granted bargained, sold aliened conveyed and confirmed unto the said William TOTTY his heirs and assigns forever a certain tract of Parcel of land situated lying and being in the County of Hickman and State of Tennessee on both sides of Sugar Creek of Duck River, Granted to Asa Shute Grant No. 2053.
BEGINNING at a white oak running south sixty four poles to an ash and ironwood crossing Sugar Creek at thirty eight poles; thence east one hundred poles to a poplar and dogwood; thence north sixty four poles to a Sugar Tree and ironwood; thence west fourteen poles crossing Sugar Creek at twenty and at forty poles in all one hundred poles to the beginning containing forty acres, Also one other tract or parcel of land lying in the same State and County and on the same Sugar Creek of Duck River also granted to said Asa Shute, Grant No. 2054, containing thirty acres.
BEGINNING at a Sugar Tree and ironwood the north east corner of an entry of forty acres in the name of John Stump his lower tract on said creek, running east ninety eight poles to a sugar tree and sycamore on the south bank of said creek; thence south forty nine poles to a white oak and dogwood; thence west ninety eight poles to a hickory; thence north forty nine poles to the beginning.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the aforesaid land with all and singular the rights, profits, emoluments, hereditaments and appurtenances of in and to the same belonging or in anywise appertaining, to the only proper use and behoof of the said William TOTTY his heirs and assigns forever and the said Asa Shute for his heirs executors and administrators does convenant and agree to and with the said William TOTTY his heirs or assigns that the before recited land and bargained premises he will warrant and forever  defend against the right title interest or claim of all and every person or persons whatsoever.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the said Asa Shute has hereunto set his hand and affixed his seal the day and year above written.
SIGNED, Sealed and delivered
In presence of:                                                 Asa  Shute (Seal)
Will Lytle Jun.
James Donnegan
STATE OF TENNESSEE  }
                                             }  The within deed of conveyance was duly acknowledged in open court
HICKMAN COUNTY SS }   July Session 1810 by Asa Shute to his act and deed for the use and purposes
                                                 Therein contained, and ordered to be registered.  So let it be done.
                                                                        William Stone  C. C.


1810 July 23rd  Deed [ Hickman County, Tennessee Deed - Copied from Deed. Book A., pages 234-235-236, transcribed by Birdie Totty McNutt]
William TOTTY, July 23rd 1810
THE STATE OF TENNESSE NO: 2055
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME GREETING.
Know ye that in consideration of Military Service performed by James ROBERTSON to the State of North Carolina Warrant No. 1068 dated the 30th day of May 1784 and entered on the 26th day of August 1809, by No. 3838.
There is granted by the said State of Tennessee unto William TOTTY assignee of Peter Raney assignee of the said James ROBERTSON a certain tract or parcel of land containing seventeen and one half acres part of said warrant lying in Hickman County in the first District, on Sugar Creek of Duck River.
Beginning in the west boundary line of a tract of forty acres which was entered in the name of John Stump twenty four poles north of the south west corner of said tract at a white ash and sycamore on the north bank of Sugar Creek running south twenty four poles to an ash and iron wood said Stumps south west corner thence south sixteen poles to a poplar and dogwood thence west eighty two poles to a poplar and black oak; thence north twenty two poles crossing Sugar Creek in all forty poles to a sugar tree and hornbeam thence east crossing said Creek twice sixty two poles to the beginning, surveyed 30th of September 1809 by Dawsey Hudson D.S. with the heriditaments and appurtenances.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said tract or parcel of land with its appurtenances to the said William TOTTY and his heirs forever.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF Willie Blount, Governor of the State of Tennessee hath hereunto set his hand and caused the Great Seal of the State to be affixed at Knoxville on the twenty fourth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ten and of the Independence of the United States the thirty fourth.
     By the Governor                             Willie Blount
     R. Houston, Secretary
Recorded in the Registers office on West Tennessee May 25th 1810.
                                                              D.M. Gavock, Reg.
William TOTTY is entitled to the within mention tract of land.
                                                              D. M. Gavock, R W T
STATE OF TENNESSEE   }
                                              }  July Term 1810
HICKMAN COUNTY        }  I hereby certify that the State Tax  on the within is paid, so let it be registered.
                                     Millington EASLEY, D. C.


1810 July 23rdDeed [ Hickman County, Tennessee Deed - Copied from Deed. Book A., pages 237-238-239, transcribed by Birdie Totty McNutt]
William TOTTY July 23rd, dat of 1810
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME GREETING:
Know ye that in consideration of Military Service performed by James ROBERTSON to the State of North Carolina Warrant No. 1068 dated the 30th day of May 1784 and entered on the 3rd day of October 1809, by No. 3976.
There is granted by the said State of Tennessee unto William TOTTY assignee of Peter Raney assignee of the said James ROBERTSON a certain tract or parcel of land containing seventeen acres part of said warrant lying in Hickman County in the first Disctrict on Sugar Creek of Duck River.
Beginning at a white walnut in the west boundary line of an entry of seventeen and one half acres of said TOTTYS sixteen poles south of his north west corner, running north sixteen poles to said corner of sugar tree and hornbean; tnece east crossing said creek at twelve poles and at thirty poles in all forty poles to a beech; thence north twenty poles to apoplar and hornbean; thence west ninety three poles and one third of a pole to an ash and hickory; thence south thirty six poles to the beginning surveyed October 8th 1809 by Dawsey Hudson D. C., with the heriditaments and appurtenances.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said tract or parcel of land iwth its appurtenances to the said William TOTTY, and his heirs forever.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF Willie Blount, Governor of the State of Tennesse hath hereunto set his hand and caused the Great Seal of the Ste of be affixed at Knoxville on the twenty fourth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ten and of the Independence of the United Staes the thoirty fourth.
    By the Governor                                Willie Blount
    R. Houston, Sectretary
Recorded int he Registers office on West Tennessee May 25th 1810.
                                                              D. W. Gavock, Reg.
William TOTTY is entitled to the within mentioned tract of land.
                                                              D. W. Gavock Register of West Tennessee
STATE OF TENNESSEE  }
                                           }  July term 1810
HICKMAN COUNTY      }  I hereby certigy that the State Tax on the within grant is paid so let it be registered.
                                     Millington EASLEY, D. C.


1811 August 3rd   Deed [Hickman County, Tennessee Deed Book, Copied from Deed Book B., Pages  144, transcribed by Birdie Totty McNutt]
Deed Book B. Page 144
Robert ESTES
2 lots 1 acre. Piney River
Vernon, Registered September 21st 1813
THIS INDENTURE made this 3rd day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eleven an between the undersigned Commissioners of the town of Vernon an the County of Hickman and State of Tennessee of the one part and Robert ESTES of the County and State aforesaid of the other part:
WITNESSETH:  that they the said Commissioners aforesaid for and in consideration of the sum of Ninety Nine Dollars to them in hand paid the receipt is hereby acknowledged hath this day granted, bargained, and sold and by these presents do grant, bargain and sell unto Robert ESTES and his heirs forever two lots of land, lying in the town of Vernon, known and designated by No. 1 and 19 which said lots were purchased on the 26th of July 1800 by Wm. EASLEY and Robert ESTES agreeable to an act of Assembly by authorizing the Commissioners of the twon aforesaid to sell and dispose of said lands within the limits of said town to him the said Robert ESTES his heirs and assigns forever and the said Commissioners do warrant and defend the aforesaid lots of land with the appurtenances thereunto belonging unto the said ESTES his heirs and assigns against the title, claim or demand of all person whatsoever.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF they have hereunto set their hands and seals that day and year first above written.
Signed, Sealed and delivered in presence of us:
Wm. EASLEY                                     Ezekiel Thomas (Seal)
Millington EASLEY                            Robert Bowen Senior (Seal)
Joseph Linn                                          Joseph Willson (Seal)
                                                              Jones Mercer (Seal)
On the back of the foregoing deed was written:
STATE OF TENNESSEE       }
                                                  }  July term 1813
HICKMAN COUNTY SS       }  The foregoind deed of conveyance was proven in open court, by the oaths of Millington EASLEY and Joseph Linn, subscribing witnesses thereto to be the act and deed of said commissioners and ordered to be registered.
                                                             William Stone Clk.
                                                              By: Robt. EASLEY


1812 March 10th  Deed [Hickman County, Tennessee Deed Book, Copied from Deed Book B., Pages 85, 86, 87, transcribed by Birdie Totty McNutt]
Robert TOTTY
Deed 204½ acres
Duck River
Registered Sept. 29th 1812
THIS INDENTURE made this 10th day of March one thousand eight hundred and twelve between Asa Shute of the County of Davidson and State of Tennessee of the one part and Robert TOTTY of the County of Hickman and State aforesaid of the other part:
WITNESSETH:  That the said Shute for and in consideration of the sum of six hundred and twelve dollars to him in hand paid the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged and himself fully satisfied contented and paid hath bargained, sold, aliened, enfeeoffed, conveyed and confirmed unto said TOTTY his heirs and assigns forever a certain tract or parcel of land situated, lying and being in Hickman County on the North side of Duck River.
BEGINNING on two box elders on the north bank of Duck River fifteen poles above the mouth of Dry Creek the beginning corner of Grant No. 858 running up the meanders of Duck River one hundred and seventy eight poles to a large black walnut and hackberry on the bank of said river the upper corner of said Grant No. 858.  and the lower corner of a grant of fifty acres granted to a Asa Shute; thence up the meanders of said river to the upper corner of said fifty acre tract ot an elm; the lower corner of Grant No. 3322 which was fourteen acres granted to Asa Shute running up the meanders of said river fifty poles to a white oak and sugar tree; thence north twenty seven poles to an ash; thence west thirty seven poles to a white oak on the east boundary line of fifty acre tract that was granted to said Shute; thence north with the line of said fifty acre tract to the north east corner of said tract; thence west with the line of said tract to a poplar and white walnut the south east corner of Grant No. 3319 thence west with the line of said grant forty nine poles to an ash the corner of said tract; thence south sixty six poles to a beach in said Shutes line on his fifty acre tract thence west with the line of said fifty acre tract of the northwest corner of said fifty acre tract; thence south with the line of said fifty acre tract to the southwest corner of said fifty acre tract on the north boundary line of a one hundred acre tract granted to Thomas HUBBS by Grant No. 853; thence west with the line of said one hundred acre tract to a hickory the north West corner of said tract; thence south with line of said one hundred acre tract to an ash the beginning corner of Grant No. 3773  running west sixty poles to a hickory an white walnut on the east side of a branch; thence south sixty four poles to a sugar tree the south west corner of a twenty four acre tract; thence east with the line of said tract sixty poles to a stake; thence north four poles to the beginning, containing two hundred and four and one half acres which said tract or parcel of land the said Shute for himself, his heirs and etc. do convenant to the within said TOTTY his heirs and assigns to warrant and forever defend said tract or parcel of land unto them with all and singular the benefits and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining to said TOTTY his heirs etc.  from the lawful claim and defend of all and every person or person whatever.  In Testimony wherof I hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal the date before written.
In presents of:  Garret Lowe, James Davis.                              Asa shute (Seal)
On the back fo which deed was written:
STATE OF TENNESSEE }
                                       }  July Term 1812
HICKMAN COUNTY SS   }   The foregoing deed of conveyence was duly
acknowledged in open court. By Asa Shute to be his act and deed for the use
and purposes therein contained and ordered to be registered.
                                                                   William Stone Clk.
                                                                   By Robt Estes, Deputy
Transcribed and Submitted by Birdie Totty McNutt


1820 December 16th  Bill of Sale   [Hickman County, Tennessee Deed Book E, page 273, transcribed by Birdie Totty McNutt]
Eli B. HORNBEAK Copied from Deed Book "E", page 273
Bill of Sale
Registered
March 23rd 1821.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS That I, Etheldred BALLARD of the County of Humphreys and State of Tennessee have and by these presents doth bargain and sell unto Eli B. HORNBEAK of the County of Hickman and State aforesaid One Negro Woman named Caty of the age thirty three ......., years old or there about said negro woman Caty I do by these presents bind myself my heirs etc. to be sound of limb body and mind as far forth as my knowledge extendeth and also do convenant and agree to and with the said Eli B. HORNBEAK his executors administrators and assigns to warrant and forever defend the title to the said negro Caty to him the Eli B. HORNBEAK to be good, valid and undisturbed by and .........  against all person or persons whatsoever it being for and in consideration of the sum of three hundred dollars paid by him the said
Eli B. HORNBEAK to him the said Ballard the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledge.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the said Esteldred BALLARD hath hereunto set his hand and seal this 16th day of December 1820.
WITNESS:
Robert TOTTY Jeret
James HORNBEAK Jeret

On the back of the foregoing bill of sale was written:
STATE OF TENNESSEE          }
                                                   } January Term 1821
HICKMAN COUNTY COURT}
I, Certify that the above bill of sale was exhibited in open Court and due execution there of proven by the oaths of Robert TOTTY, Jr. and James HORNBEAK subscribing witnesses and ordered to be Certified.
Attest:    S. Sebastian, Clerk
of Hickman County Court



1821 May 25th Deed    [Hickman County, Tennessee Deed Book E, page 299]
Hornbeak & Others  (Copied from Deed Book "E", page 299)
1400 acres
Registered
May 25, 1821
THIS INDENTURE made the fourth day of January in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight Hundred and twenty one between James R. McMean, guardian of the heir of Thoms PORTER, deceased, and the State of Alabama, Dallis County of the One part and Eli B. HORNBEAK, Thomas W. EASLEY, Nemrod Murphree, Robert TOTTY and John Rutherford, all of the State of Tennessee and Hickman County of the other part
WITNESSETH:     That for and in consideration of the sum of Fourteen Hundred and twelve Dollars to me the said James R. McMean, Guardian of the heirs of the said Thomas Porter, deceased, in hand paid by the said Eli B. HORNBEAK, Thomas W. Easley, N. Murphree, Robert TOTTY and John Rutherford the receipt is hereby fully acknowledged, I have this day bargained and sold and by these presents have given, granted, bargarined and sold unto the said Eli B. HORNBEAK, Thomas W. Easley, Nemrod Murphree, Robert TOTTY and John Rutherford, their heirs and assigns forever a certain parcel of land lying on the north side of Duck River Part of an old Entry Granted to James Counsel by the State of North Carolina and all the land the said Survey contains on the North side of Duck River and bounded as follows to-wit:
     BEGINNING at a large white oak and Poplar, in the forks of Duck and Pine Rivers, said Counsels original beginning, running east with his old line to Duck River at or near whats called the Logg Shoal, then down the meanders of the River to the beginning including the plantations, where John PATTEN and Benjamin Herrin formerly lived and likewise whats called the mounts which piece of land is supposed to contain eleven hundred and fifty acres.
     Also One other piece or parcel of land joining on the East boundary line in whats called Peacock Bend including the place and improvements where John Peacock now lives suprosed to contain one Hundred and fifty acres.  Also one other piece or parcel of land lying in the lower end of Shipp Bend and in the South east corner of said Counsel tract including the plantation whereon the widow HUDDLESTON now lives and by estimation in the whole of each piece or parcel to  contain fourteen Hundred acres be the same more or less.
     With all and singular the premises with every part and parcel thereof and with all the appurtenances belonging or in anywise thereunto to the use and benefit of the said Eli B. HORNBEAK, Thomas W. EASLEY, Nemrod Murphree, Robert TOTTY and John Rutherford their heirs and assigns forever, and the said James R. McMean, Guardian of the heirs of the said Thomas PORTER deceased the title of the above described land and premises unto the said Eli B. HORNBEAK, Thomas W. EASLEY, N. Murphree, Robert TOTTY, and John Rutherford their heirs and assigns will warrant and defend form the heirs and assigns of the said Thomas PORTER, deceased, or any person or persons claiming by virtue of their title.
     IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF:  I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and date first above written.
Signed sealed and delivered
in the presence of:
John HUGHLETT                                                                   James R. McMean (Seal)
Warham EASLEY   Guardian of the heirs
    of Thomas PORTER, deceased.
On the back of the foregoing deed was written.
STATE OF TENNESS }
   }   Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions 1821
HICKMAN COUNTY  }
 I Samuel Sebastian, Clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter Session for said County do hereby certify that the due execution of the foregoing deed was acknowledged in open Court by James R. McMean, Guardian of the heirs of Thomas PORTER, deceased and ordered to be  Certified.                                                                                                S. Sebastian, Clerk
[transcribed by TOTTY researcher Birdie (Totty) McNutt]


1825 October 20th   Deed  [Hickman County, Roll #96, Book 3, Page 197, Type Record LG or L6 (not sure, think it is L6), Tennessee State Library and Archive.]
The State of Tennessee...No. 1889
To All To Whom These Presents Shall Come---Greeting:
Know ye, That for and in consideration of the sum of twelve and one half cents per acre, paid into the office of the Entry-taker of Hickman county, and entered on the 7th day of September 1824, pursuant to the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of said state, passed on the 22 day of November, 1823, by No. 102     There is granted by the said State of Tennessee, unto William Totty A certain tract of parcel of land, containing fifty acres by survey bearing date the 17th day of November 1824, lying in said county, on the South side of Duck River and bounded as follows to wit beginning at a Poplar and Red Oak the south east corner of Henry Ammons 78 acre tract and south west corner of said Tottys 33 acre tract and north east corner of William Ragsdales 160 acre tract runs east with the line of the said 33 acre tract sixty eight poles to a Hickory the south east corner thence south with said Tottys 30 acre tract sixty two poles to a Red Oak the southwest corner thence east with the same twenty four poles to a Cherry and Sugar tree in the west boundary line of a 20 acre tract.  Thence south with said line 41 3/10 poles to a stake thence west ninety two poles to a stake in William Ragsdale's east boundary line thence North one hundred and three and three tenth poles to the beginning.   With the hereditaments and appertenances.  To Have and To Hold the said tract or parcel of land, with its appertenances, to the said William Totty and his heirs forever.
In witness whereof, William Carroll Governor of the state of Tennessee, hath hereunto set his hand, and caused the great seal of the state to be affixed, at Murfreesborough on the 4th day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five and of the Independence of the United States, the 50th.
By the Governor: (signed) Wm. Carroll
(signed)  Daniel Graham  Secretary.
(transcribed by TOTTY researcher Lesli Guzman)


1829 April 8th  Indenture  [Hickman County, Tennesse Deed Book G, page 456, transcribed by Birdie Totty McNutt]
Copied from Deed Book "G", page 456
Reeves A. HUDDLESTON
Deed 100 Acres
Registered Octobert 28th 1834
THIS INDENTURE Made this 8th day of April in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty Nine between Eli B. HORNBEAK, of the One Part and Reeves A. HUDDLESTON of the other part both of the Sate of Tennessee and County of Hickman.
WITNESSETH: that the said Eli B. HORNBEAK for and in consideration of the sum of Three Hundred Dollars to me in hand paid by the said Reeves A. HUDDLESTON the receipt of the same I hereby acknowledged and myself fully satisfied, I have this day bargained, sold, remised quit claimed and by these presents doth bargain, sell, remise and quit claim unto the said Reeves A. HUDDLESTON, his heirs and assigns forever a certain tract or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in Hickman County and State aforesaid in the lower end of Shipp's Bend on the north side of Duck River and adjoining the polace whereon the widow HUDDLESTON now live and in the south east corner of a three thousand eight hundred and forty acre tract Granted by the State of North Carolina to James COUNCIL, it being my part of the land included i said COUNCIL's Tract, purchased by myself, John RUTHERFORD, Robert TOTTY, Thomas W. EASLEY and Nimrod MURPHEY of James R. MCMEAN as Guardian of the heirs of Thomas PORTER, deceased bounded as follows to wit:
Beginning where the second line of said COUNCIL's tract crosses Duck River, the last time at an elm and hornbeam on the bank of Duck River including part of the plantation whereon the widow HUDDLESTON now lives, runing south One Hundred and Fifty poles with said COUNCIL's line to the South East corner of said Tract, thence West Seventy Two poles to the bank of Duck River, thence down the meanders of said river to the beginning, containing One Hundred acres, be the same more or less according to a division made by Myself, John RUTHERFORD, Robert TOTTY, Thomas W. EASLEY and John RUTHERFORD agent for Nemrod MURPHEY.
Together with all and singular the hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appurtaining to the only proper use and behoof of him the said Reeves A. HUDDLESTON, his heirs and assigns forever. And I the said Eli B. HORNBEAK doth hereby for myself my heirs executors and administrators shall have the same recorse that I would or could have on James R. MCMEANS under whose title as Guardian of the heirs of Thomas PORTER, deceased I hold for the said One Hundred Acres of land if said land should be taken by any better title than mine. And I do warrant and defend the title of said One Hundred acers of land from myself, my heirs executors and administrators or assigns to the Only use and benefit of him the said Reeves A. HUDDLESTON his heirs and assigns forever.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and date above written.
William BAIRD                                                    Eli B. HORNBEAK (seal)
T. P. HEADSTREAM
STATE OF TENNESSEE             )
HICKMAN COUNTY COURT   )
Personally appeared before me, Samual Sebastian, Clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions for said County the within bargainor, with whom I am personally acquainted and who acknowledged that he executed the within deed for the purposes therein contained.
Witness my hand at office on this 15th day of June A.D. 1833
S. Sebastian, Clerk
By W. K. Sebastian
Search Words: HUDDLESTON, HORNBEAK, COUNCIL, RUTHERFORD, TOTTY, EASLEY, MURPHEY, MCMEANS, PORTER, BAIRD, HEADSTREAM
Transcribed & Submitted by Birdie (Totty) McNutt & Posted by Birdie (Totty) McNutt  on Mon, 15 Feb 1999


1858 February 3rd  Will [Harison Totty, Hickman Co., TN court record]
HARRISON TOTTY'S WILL
I, Harrison Totty of the County of Hickman & State of Tennessee do make and establish this my last will and testament and do
hereby revoke all former wills by me made at any time.
1st I bequeath to my Dear wife Matilda Totty all my lands of which I am seized and possessed of also two mules named Kit
and Beck and one mare called (Prip) One yoke of oxen & wagon and all my stock of cattle, hogs & sheep. All my household
and kitchen furniture and farming utensils also all of my present crop of corn, fodder, oats, wheat, ??? Except so much as ?
sufficient to pay my present debts. Also all the poultry consisting of chickens, geese, ducks ?? to have and to hold the above
named property during her life as widowhood & at her death I wish the property to be sold and the proceeds equally divided
between the heirs of her body Only I wish to leave the 16 3/4 acre tract of land which came in to my possession by present wife
at her discretion, to sell at any time if she should think proper.
   2.It is my wish that all the balance of my property be sold and the proceeds divided as follows (to wit) To Catherine Perret
     - five dollars to Louisa Martin twenty-five dollars to Daniel C. Totty five dollars to Johnson H. Totty twenty five dollars
     Sally Ann Totty twenty five dollars Marcus L Totty five dollars, Samuel M. Totty five dollars It is my wish that Sally Ann
     Totty live with the family if it be her desire so to do
   3.I give to my son Ephram H. Totty our mare (Teinty) and one saddle bridle
   4.I hereby constitute and appoint my wife Matilda Totty and George W. Martin my executors to this my Last will &
     Tesstament
In testimony where of I have here unto set my hand and seal this the third day of February 1858.
                 signed:     Harrison Totty
Signed & Sealed in presence of Lewis P. Totty & ??
submitted by Totty Researcher Lesli Guzman


NEWS ARTICLES
1876 December 8th  News Article  [Columbia Herald and Mail. Article submitted by TOTTY researcher Lesli Guzman]
COAT OF LEWIS TOTTY
A few days since we saw at the residence of Col. Lewis Totty, in Totty's Bend, a coat which the Colonel wore just thirty years ago in the old Mexican War -- of course it was made on the old claw hammer style and was once almost covered with beautiful brass buttons, but these are all gone. The goods out of which the coat was made, however, was bought of Messrs. W.G. and Horatio Clagett, in the spring of 1846. The coat was at the battle of Monterey and Mexico City. The colonel also showed us an ambrotype of himself, which was taken by an artist in the city of New Orleans in May 1846. He paid the artist five dollars in gold for the picture….


1886 November 12th  New Article [Hickman Pioneer Newspaper, article furnished by Edward Dotson, 4131 Dodd Hollow Road, Nunnelly, TN 37137.  Submitted by Totty researcher Lesli Guzman]
OLD SCHOOL DAYS

Hickman Pioneer - 12 Nov. 1886

Talking about "old times in Hickman" reminds me of my old school days. I remember the first school I ever attended. It was taught by Mr. William H. Carr. One day was as much as I could stand. He called some of us boys up to whip us for some of our meanness, and I got a good chance at the door and I emptied myself of that building and made my way home in a kind of a double quick.
My next "education" came under a teacher by the name of Harris. I remember one day my brother gave me an india rubber ball and I was busy showing it to one of my mates and telling him of the fun we would have at playtime when all at once "thrash" went something just at out feet. I looked down and there lay a six-foot hickory switch and we were told by the teacher to each catch hold of an end of the switch and bring it to him. We obeyed, and I got one of the worst beatings I ever had. Harris, our teacher, wore a striped lindsey waistcoat with stripes running round the body. He used to sit and knit gloves on a "bone," and sometimes he would look through his fingers when resting from his knitting; he would pick up "fly flap" and amuse himself by killing flies; then he would take a short nap and was ready to hear a lesson. The class would reach across the house; sometimes some of us would fail to spell loud enough and would drive us out of the house and make us form a class about 30 yards from the door and he would stand in the door and give out our lesson to us.
This is only a portion of my experience in going to school thirty years ago.
I know our directors' names were Harrison Totty, Louis Totty, and Edwin Baird. Hoping to hear more from I.X.L. and others, I will also try to be jovial too. Signed EPH. Totty's Bend Tenn.



1904 September 1st  News Article [MAURY COUNTY COUSINS, Bible & Family Records, comp. By Maury Co. Hist Soc., written my T. E. Williams.  Submitted by Totty Researcher Lesli Guzman]
Totty's
As this is my first writing, I think it best to speak of the locality in which I live, and to say something about the people that used to live here as well as those that live here at present. Totty's Bend derives its name from a family of people that came from Virginia and settled in this party of the county. The family was first or among the first of the old settlers of Hickman. It is said the Totty's became so numerous if one met a man he did not know just call him Totty and it would be all right. As time went on other people moved in and Totty's bend became thickly settled. The good old men of that day put up log cabins to live in, some of which perhaps are still standing. The more successful early settlers built hewed log houses. Framed houses were unknown, as there was no sawmill to cut the lumber. The only lumber they had was cut with a whip saw, and the floors were mostly made of puncheons, as they were called. These industrious men cleared their land and made their living at home, while their wives and daughters made their clothes by spinning the thread on wheels and weaving it into cloth on looms. There were no good sewing machines nor cooking stoves in the county, consequently the good women did their cooking in the fireplace or on the hearth.
They made all their clothes with needle and thread with their fingers, a thimble being placed on one finger to force the needle through the goods. In those days the men had log rollings, house raisings and corn shuckings, while the women had quilting and at night they had what we call a Kentucky breakdown, in which all joined, and the pleasure was shared by all alike, while the fiddler sat in the corner and played such tunes as "Stump-tail Dog" "Little Billy Puppy" and "The Devil's Dream" etc., and if anyone was sick in the neighborhood everybody was ready to administer to their wants, let it be day or night, cold or hot, and if
they died a place was selected to dig their grave and they were buried with much solemnity and grief. The men would plow their ground the first year with what they called a jumping coulter, and if the 2nd or 3rd year perhaps they would break the land with a bull tongue and the crop was cultivated with a bar share, bull tongue and weeding hoe, and the wheat was cut with a sickle, better known a reap hook, and threshed out over a poll… (17 Nov. 1904, Hickman News). Sorghum was introduced into Totty's Bend about 50 years ago by E.M. Spradling. Her brought a small sack of what was known as the black head sorghum cane seed which grew very tall and slender and was very productive, but there was no way of manufacturing I into molasses.
He was a wood workman and made all kinds of furniture used in that day. He turned rollers in a turning lathe which was run by horse power and put up what was called a hand sorghum mill, and attached a crank to each and the running of the mill was by two hands to turn while a third the feeding. An old gentleman by the name of Depriest came to Totty's Bend to make up a writing school which he did without any trouble, and as steel pen points were very scarce he told his pupils to bring a lot of goose quills the first day of school. The old gentleman furnished every one with a pen made from quills of the old grey goose.
He wrote them copies and put them to work and such a noise was never heard before in the old log school in Totty's Bend.
These things may not interest everybody, but they show how the people lived and did away back in the forties and fifties.
Signed: T.E. Williams.


1958 August 14th [Hickman Times News Paper, Hickman County, Tennessee, submitted by TOTTY Researcher Lesli Guzman]
TOTTY FAMILY HISTORY GIVEN
Robert TOTTY was one of the early settlers of Hickman County. He left Virginia for Davidson County in 1809, and in 1810 came to Hickman where he remained until his death. He accomplished that pioneer migration with wagons and teams. The face of the county when first viewed by the hardy pioneers was beautiful to behold. The woods stretched into vast forests of Poplar, Hickory, Oak and Ash timber, while in the river and creek bottoms the cypress and tall cane were seen. The woods abounded with deer bear, wolves, catamounts, panthers, wild turkey and the smaller game, and upon these the first settlers were, to a
great extent compelled to subsist, as food was indeed a scarce article. He purchased a large tract of land on Duck River and the settlement in that neighborhood was know as "Totty's", being named for him. He was a son of Francis TOTTY, and grandson of William TOTTY of Chesterfield County, Virginia, who, in his will of 1758 names wife Mary, and children John, Francis, Abner, Thomas, Elizabeth, and Mary. When Robert Totty came to Hickman County the cooking was still done by the fireplace, and he and other members of the family were dressed in homespun made by the women of the household. He, with his slaves, began the practical work of clearing a farm and the industry which made him independent and one of the prosperous citizens. The slaves assisted about the house and in cultivating the land. He reared two sons: Lewis P. ToTTY, and Major Robert TOTTY, Jr. who was born in 1796 in Virginia. One of the children of Major Robert Totty Jr. was John E. TOTTY, born in 1830. (U.S. Census, 1830 Hickman County.)

John E. TOTTY, at the age of twenty-two, served as Clerk of the Circuit Court. He was married in 1852 to Elizabeth Caroline Smith who was born in Hickman County on Feb. 22, 1833, a sister of Richard Smith, a planter with extensive lands in the County. Her parents were John Y. and Mary (Anderson) Smith. Mary was a daughter of Richard and Margaret (Craig) Anderson. Richard Anderson was born in North Carolina, moved to Bedford County and then settled in Kettle Mills, Maury County. After a few years John E. Totty moved his family to Texas and settled on the Red River where he served in the Militia and died in 1866 at the age of thirty-six, from a wound received while fighting the Indians. His son, David Easley TOTTY, was [this info in [...] not from original article but says David E. Totty was born in Texas on July 20, 1866 after his death. Mrs. Totty being left with ? small children and the infant, David, and being confronted with unfavorable conditions arising from constant trouble with the Indians returned to Hickman County in the same manner in which they had migrated to Texas - the covered wagon. She died on Oct. 13, 1914] …reared and died in the Shady Grove community. He owned extensive lands and was one of the leading and progressive planters of the County. He was very strong man, good natured, and well liked by all who knew him. He was a member of the Christian Church, and was deeply interested in the welfare and progress of the Church, schools and other public institutions for the betterment of the county which he served as magistrate for several years. He died on Jan. 3, 1923 on his plantation, "Mayberry Farm", on Duck River in the third district. On Dec. 4, 1884 he was married to Polkie Ann Thornton. She was born on Dec. 2, 1866, daughter of William J. and Martha Jane (Alderson) Thornton who were life-long residents of the Shady Grove community where Mr. Thornton operated a blacksmith shop for many years. Mr. Thornton was born on Aug. 26, 1833, married on Dec. 1865, and died on Dec. 14, 1887. Mrs. Thornton was born in 1840 and died in 1912. Mrs. David Easley Totty died on April 8, 1941. Mr. and Mrs. Totty were the parents of six children: John Walker Totty, born on Aug. 3, 1886; Annie Sue Totty (Mrs. Brown Shelby), on Nov. 12, 1889; Mary Lelia Totty (Mrs. Edward G. Baker), born on Aug. 14, 1894; unnamed twins born on Dec. 2, 1899, the daughter died on Jan. 4 and the son Jan. 7, 1900; and Gladys Brown Totty (Mrs. James F. Russell), born Aug. 22, 1903.

John Walker Totty attended the local schools and was graduated from Columbia Military Academy. The early years of his manhood were passed in farming and teaching school. In 1916 he was elected to represent Hickman County in the Legislature.
[While he was a member of the House of Representatives he volunteered and served in World War I. Upon return to civilian life he moved to Washington, D.C., where he was Secretary to U.S. Congressman Eslick who represented the 7th Congressional District. Later he was Secretary to U.S. Senator Cordell Hull of Tennessee. He then became Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Senate with his desk on the Democrat side of the Senate floor where he enjoyed the most cordial relationship with all Senators, both Democrat and Republican, until he retired after twenty-one years of faithful service.] He was married on June 4, 1919 to
Martha Lucinda Carothers who was born in Hickman County April 23, 1886. She was a daughter of William Dennis and Huldah Elizabeth (Shouse) Carothers, and a student at Ward- Belmont College in Nashville [She is an active member of such patriotic societies as the Daughters of the American Revolution and the colonial Dames of America.] They have one daughter, Martha Jane, born on Feb. 2, 1921 in Hickman County and reared in Washington, D.C., where she graduated from Holton-Arms Junior College. She was married to Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Clarendon Smith Jr., (U.S. Marine Corps) of Washington, D.C. on Jan. 24, 1942. He was born on July 27, 1918. They have three children: Carolyn Carothers, Marian Toulson, and Arthur Clarendon Smith III.



1993 December 6th  News Article  [Hickman County Times, Hickman Co.,TN, written by Edward Dotson and submitted by Totty researcher Lesli Guzman]
THE TOTTY'S, OF TOTTY'S BEND

YESTERYEAR, by Edward Dotson

As stated in a previous article, most of the river bends along Duck River in this county were named for the pioneer settlers in the area. In many of the bends of the river we no longer find descendants of those hardy pioneers who cleared the fields, built the first homes, schools, churches and primitive roads. This month as I continue my imaginary journey down Duck River I will again stop at Totty's Bend, which received its name from Robert Totty.
Totty, who was born in Virginia, came to Davidson County, Tenn. In 1809 and came on to this county the following year. He first settled at the mouth of Morgan's Creek and lived a few weeks in a wagon, which bought his family across the mountains of East Tennessee into this area, and then lived in a tent for several months while building a house.
Totty and his wife, Sandal Andrews Totty, brought four sons and two daughters with them. Two of their sons, Matthew and William, served in the War of 1812. They received a land grant in Totty's Bend. They both died in 1815, and their farm was inherited by their brother, Robert Totty, Jr. . Robert Totty Sr. entered a tract of land in Totty's Bend in 1810 and moved there in 1815.
Lewis Perkins Totty, the other son of Robert Totty, Sr., inherited his father's land. Spence wrote that Lewis P. Totty, "was highly esteemed by his neighbors, and was recognized by all who knew him as a prominent citizen of the county." When Capt. John W. Whitfield raised the first company of volunteers in Tennessee for the Mexican War, Lewis P. Totty enlisted as a lieutenant.
In the early years of Hickman County's history the county's unit of the State Militia played a prominent role in military affairs prior to the establishment of the federal National Guard. Totty's Bend residents played a prominent role in the local state militia. In 1821 Robert Totty served as Major. In 1823 Edward M. Baird served as captain and James Baird as ensign. In 1829 Alfred Darden was major and Lewis P. Totty served as captain. In 1834 Alfred Darden served as Colonel and Lewis P. Totty as Lt. Colonel. In 1836 Totty served the unit as colonel. The state militia law expired in 1853, but was reorganized in 1861 for a short time. The old state militia was the forerunner of our present Tennessee National Guard system. In the early days militia was used for protection against Indian raids and later in case of civil disobedience or other emergencies.
Citizens of Totty's Bend have played a prominent role in developing better roads for this county. In 1859 the Tennessee General Assembly enacted a law that granted a charter to the Nashville and Centerville Turnpike Co.. Two of the incorporators of this company were Lewis P. Totty and James M. Baird of Totty's Bend. The Turnpike Co. was to build a toll road from Nashville to Centerville. This turnpike never became a reality due to the Civil War, which started within a few months.
The Hickman County Court in 1916 approved a $225,000 bond issue to build roads from the leading communities of the county to Centerville. In 1920 the county issued charters to a few companies to build toll roads in the county. This project proved unsuccessful and the county court in 1921 issued $240,000 additional bond issue to complete the county road building started in 1916.
In 1920 the county court elected Lewis N. Totty as superintendent of all county pikes east of Centerville and he was re-elected in 1922. In 1923 a road law was passed creating a Highway Department for Hickman County. Prior to 1923 the Quarterly County Court had charge of the road building and upkeep in the county. Under the road law of 1923 road commissioners were elected and the commissioners elected the road superintendent. Totty served a few years as county road superintendent.
William C. Totty, brother of Lewis N. Totty, and his partner, the late John Hickman, opened the first garage to work on automobiles in this county at Centerville.
The leading occupation of Totty's Bend has always been agriculture. The area is blessed with much scenic beauty. The fertile river bottoms and rolling hills blend in with the picturesque bluff and wooded hills across the river. This area has produced some of this county's most progressive and successful farmers. Many new homes have been built and several of the old farm houses have been restored and modernized.
In 1904 Timothy E. Williams who operated a store n Totty's Bend, wrote an article in the old Hickman County News that outlined some of the primitive conditions endured by the early settlers in Totty's Bend. Williams was the father of William H. Williams, who many of us remember as "Uncle Bill" a veteran of the Spanish-American War.
I will take you back in time and copy some of his article, which was entered in "Garrett's Historical Sketches of Hickman County." As he stated:
"These things may not interest everybody, but they show how people lived and did in olden times. As this is my first writing, I think it best to speak of the locality in which I live, and to say something about the people that used to live here as well as those that live here at present. Totty's Bend derives its name from a family of people that came from Virginia and settled in this party of the county. The family was first or among the first of the old settlers of Hickman. It is said the Totty's became so numerous if one met a man he did not know just call him Totty and it would be all right. As time went on other people moved in and Totty's bend became thickly settled. The good old men of that day put up log cabins to live in, some of which perhaps are still standing.
The more successful early settlers built hewed log houses. Framed houses were unknown, as there was no sawmill to cut the lumber. The only lumber they had was cut with a whip saw, and the floors were mostly made of puncheons, as they were called.
These industrious men cleared their land and made their living at home, while their wives and daughters made their clothes by spinning the thread on wheels and weaving it into cloth on looms. There were no good sewing machines nor cooking stoves in the county, consequently the good women did their cooking in the fireplace or on the hearth. They made all their clothes with needle and thread with their fingers, a thimble being placed on one finger to force the needle through the goods. In those days the men had log rollings, house raisings and corn shuckings, while the women had quilting and at night they had what we call a Kentucky breakdown, in which all joined, and the pleasure was shared by all alike, while the fiddler sat in the corner and played such tunes as "Stump-tail Dog" "Little Billy Puppy" and "The Devil's Dream" etc., and if anyone was sick in the neighborhood everybody was ready to administer to their wants, let it be day or night, cold or hot, and if they died a place was selected to dig their grave and they were buried with much solemnity.
Mr. Williams gave a good account of conditions, but he failed to mention the old custom in which the young man who found the red ear of corn got to kiss the young girl of his choice at the dance that followed the corn shucking.
The land settled by Robert Totty, Sr. in Totty's Bend in 1810 is still in the hands of the Totty family. Cecil Totty, a fifth-generation Totty in this county, owns part of the land and Judith Totty Field, a sixth-generation Totty in the county, owns the other part.
Next month I will mention a family from Totty's Bend, that contributed more to the educational system of Hickman County and Tennessee and more to county and state government over a long period of time than any other family in the county's history.
Edward Dotson.

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