William Tabler (1792 - 1874)

Born 7 Nov 1792 in Frederick, Maryland, United States

Husband of Ann (Eversole) Tabler — married 15 Apr 1830 in Madison, Alabama, United States

Descendants

Died 12 Jan 1874 at age 81 in Warrenton, Marshall, Alabama, United States

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Biography

William was born in 7 November 1792 in Frederick County, Maryland. His parents were John Michael Tabler and Anna Maria Roberts. William relocated to Knox County, Tenneessee about 1800 with his parents and five of his nine siblings: Catherine, John, Adam, Charlotte and Alfred Newton. William volunteered in the War of 1812. William moved with his parents to Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama in the late 1820s. William married Ann Eversole on 15 April 1830 in Madison County, Alabama. In the early 1850s, William and his family moved to Warrenton, Marshall County, Alabama. He died on the 11th or 12th January 1874.

Research Notes

Obituaries

WILLIAM TABLER born Frederick Co., Md. Nov. 7, 1792, died Warrenton, Ala. Jan. 12, 1874, moved with family to Knox Co., Tenn. in 1800, soldier in War of 1812, settled in Huntsville, Ala. from whence he moved about 20 years ago to Warrenton.^[1]

William Tabler, who recently died in Marshall county, was a volunteer of 1812 ^[2]

Died in Alabama. In Marshall county, 11th ult, William Tabler.^[3]

Tablers in West Tenneessee

Catherine Tabler Watlington (1790-1865) and Tablers in West Tennessee ^[4]

[...] Through searching for Catherine Tabler's family we have new clues as to where he may have gone in Alabama. [...] Catherine Tabler (Dobler in German) was the daughter of John Michael Tabler (1761-1841) of Berks Co., Penn. and Frederick Co., Maryland, where he married (2) Anna Maria Roberts (ca. 1770-ca. 1840). Her paternal grandparents were John Melchior Tabler (1725-1804) and Catherine Elizabeth Dorhn (Dorin) of Frederick Co., Maryland. Melchior had accompanied his parents (Lehnhardt and Anna Maria) to America in 1732 on the ship Samuel as a minor child. They were Lutherans of a Palatine ``Free state in Germany, and sailed from Rotterdam.

Catherine and George W. Watlington were married in Knox Co., Tenn., July 4, 1814, and lived there until 1828, where several of their children were born. Among her siblings were:

• John Tabler, who married Isabell Lowery in 1825 in Alabama, and was in Henderson Co., Tenn., in 1830 census;
• Adam Tabler, who is believed to have been in Hardin Co., Tenn. in 1830;
• Charlotte Tabler (b. ca. 1801) who married Meredith Harris in 1818 in Knox Co., Tenn. and was in Henderson Co., Tenn. in 1840. She is believed to have m. (2) Sampson Edwards and had children in both marriages;
• Alfred Newton Tabler, M.D., (1806-1859) a younger brother who was born in Jefferson Co., Tenn., Jan. 16, 1806 and died in Henderson Co., Tenn., May 30, 1859. He is remembered as one of the early physicians in Henderson Co., Tenn. He was in Huntsville, Alabama prior to 1830 and in Henderson Co., Tenn. in 1840. In the meantime he found and married Joanna White McCorkle on May 10, 1837. His daughters married Hardeman, McCully, McDougall, and McGee.

Thus we see that of the nine children of John Michael Tabler, five of them came to West Tennessee. [...]

We believe that Catherine's father, John Michael, moved to Madison Co., Alabama, near Huntsville in the late 1820's. We know that his son William lived there and that Catherine's father, John Michael, died there at the home of William on May 16th, 1841. William later moved to Marshall Co., Alabama, where he lived in 1870. It is more than likely that these other Tablers may have spent some months if not years in Madison Co., Alabama, on their way to West Tennessee in the newly opened Chickasaw Purchase. [...]

Middle Name Michael?

Unsourced genealogies that indicate William's middle name is "Michael". May have originated from family records of Jerrine Blackard Fitzhugh.

Sources

1. ↑ Christian Advocate (Nashville, Tennessee), 7 March 1874, page 7; Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith. DEATH NOTICES FROM THE CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE, NASHVILLE TENNESSEE 1874-1876, 2000 (https://www.tngenweb.org/records/tn_wide/obits/nca/nca5-02.htm : Accessed 17 Dec 2021).(
2. ↑ The Times-Argus (Selma, Alabama), Friday 6 February 1874, p. 3, col. 3; Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/image/355757420 : Accessed 17 Dec 2021).
3. ↑ The Times-Argus (Selma, Alabama), Friday 6 February 1874, p. 3, col. 3; Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/image/355757420 : Accessed 17 Dec 2021).
4. ↑ Elton A. Watlington. "Catherine Tabler Watlington (1790-1865) and Tablers in West Tennessee", 1997; Watlingtons of West Tennessee (http://watlington.homelinux.org:8000/watlington/online/wwtnnode5.html : Accessed 18 December 2021).

• "Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VZVC-RPL : accessed 02 Apr 2014), Wm Tabler and Ann Emrol, 15 Apr 1830; citing Madison County; FHL microfilm 1305696.