Bartlett Gentry (abt. 1761 - abt. 1857)

Born about 1761 in Albemarle County, Virginia

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Died about 1857 at about age 96 in Bellefonte, Jackson, Alabama, USA

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Son of Robert & Judith Joyner Gentry - Married Elizabeth Whitman 1 Feb 1790 in Greene County, TN - Parents of Sallie, Robert, John, Joyner, Jesse, Jennie, Elizabeth, Mary, Katie & James Bartlett - Bur Bellefonte Cem, Bellefonte, Jackson, AL

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TN State Marriages - 1840 US Federal Census - US Indexed Early Land Ownership & Township Plats (1823, AL) - General Land Office Records - Findagrave # 50262633

Findagrave # 50262633 Includes Bio Information on Wife & Children

Among the British soldiers who did not return to England (after Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia) was Nicholas Gentry, 21 years old at the time of the rebellion (born 1655).He settled in New Kent County, Virginia, married (wife's name unknown), and fathered at least five children.

The fourth child of the immigrant Nicholas Gentry was also named Nicholas.He signed his name Nicholas N. Gentry and also Nicholas N. Gentry, Junior.He was christened May 3, 1697, at St. Peters Parish, New Kent County, Virginia.Land records indicate that Nicholas N. Gentry was married to Jane Barrett and had 9 children.

Robert Gentry, 5th child of Nicholas N. Gentry, Jr., was born in 1730 in Hanover County, Virginia.In Albemarle County, he married Judith Joyner, daughter of Philip Joyner (Youner in some records).After all their 8 children were born, the family moved to the Tennessee territory. On November 10, 1784, he received a 375-acre land grant from the state of North Carolina on Little Limestone (creek or river) in Washington County.Some time later he received 475 acres in Greene County at the head of Kelsey's Mill Creek.He sold the first parcel in 1789.He deeded 230 acres in Jefferson County (created from Greene County) to his son Jesse in 1793 and sold off other Jefferson County parcels throughout the years from 1795 to 1804.He signed a deed with Bartlett Gentry and Sarah Gentry Randolph in 1804 and deeded 82 acres to his son Martin in 1805.It is recorded that he served on Jefferson County juries eight different times between 1792 and 1804.

By 1786, Robert Gentry owned a plantation in present-day Sevier County, Tennessee, created in 1794 from Jefferson County.His home was located on the French Broad River about 4 miles north of Dandridge.He was an original member of the French Broad Baptist Church, established in 1786 by Jonathan Mulkey.Other members mentioned in church records were his children Tabitha, Elizabeth, and Charles Gentry. Both Robert Gentry and his son Bartlett paid taxes in Jefferson County in 1800. A widower by 1804, Robert married Rachel West on November 13 of that year.He died ten years later on July 14, 1814.

Bartlett Gentry was the third son of Robert Gentry and Judith Joyner Gentry.He was born in Albemarle County, Virginia, about 1761, then moved with his family to the Tennessee territory.In Greene County, on February 1, 1790, Bartlett married Elizabeth Whitman, who was born about 1772.In 1793, he received a land grant of 100 acres in Jefferson County.Active in civic affairs, Bartlett Gentry served as roads supervisor in 1800 and served on juries in Jefferson County in 1794, 1797, 1798, 1801, and 1802.He was appointed executor for the estate of his brother-in-law James Randolph, and was also guardian for four of the Randolph children.In 1805-1806, Bartlett sold his land in Jefferson County.He is next mentioned in the records of White County, Tennessee, as security for Edward Wade, constable, in 1808.White County is near the center of Tennessee.Both White and Jackson Counties were formed from Smith County.Later, Overton County was created from Jackson County.Once again, the family probably moved around much less than the census and other records seem to indicate.According to The Gentry Family in America, in his old age, Bartlett moved to Jackson County, Alabama to be near some of his children, including sons John and Bartlett, Jr. Robert Gentry, named for his grandfather, was the oldest known child of Bartlett Gentry and Elizabeth Whitman Gentry.He is listed in the 1840 census of Jackson County, Tennessee, as the head of the family, 41-50 years old, making his birth between 1790 and 1799.It was probably closer to 1790, because his widow Nancy was listed as 60 years old in the 1850 census, indicating that she was born in 1790.Her birthplace was Virginia.Robert appears as the head of a family in Jackson County, TN in 1820, 1830, and 1840 and as a landowner and taxpayer in both Smith County and White County.In addition, he had land surveyed in present-day Putnam County in 1826.His land was on the middle fork of Mine Lick River and the waters of Martin Creek.18Putnam County was established in the 1850s from parts of Overton, White, and Jackson Counties.

(2)Bartlett Gentry b. Mar 16, 1770 Boone Co., MO. d. 1857 Belfant, AL. m. [1] Elizabeth Timberlake, dau. of Richard Timberlake and Sarah Dougherty. m. [2] Elizabeth Whitman Feb. 1, 1790 Green, TN. They had 5 children. !. Nicholas his mother was Elizabeth Timberlake.

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