Andrew Tribble (1741 - 1822)

Born 22 Mar 1741 in Caroline, Virginia Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Ann (Burris) Tribble — married 1768 in Orange County, Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Died 22 Dec 1822 at age 81 in Madison, Kentucky, United States

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Rev Andrew Tribble performed Patriotic Service in Virginia in the American Revolution.

Andrew Tribble is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A115083.

Biography

ANDREW TRIBBLE, born 22 Mar 1741 in Caroline County, Virginia, was one of the leaders of the Baptist movement in both Virginia and Kentucky. He the son of George Tribble, a respectable farmer of Caroline county, Virginia who was of Welsh extraction. No reliable records have been located to confirm the name of his mother. Andrew passed away on 30 Dec 1822 in Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky, United States and was buried at Tribble Cemetery Terrill, Madison County, Kentucky, United States. ^[1][2]

On 22 March 1768 Andrew Tribble married Sarah Ann "Sallie" Tribble in Orange, Virginia ^[3] Sarah Ann "Sallie" was born on Sept. 30, 1753 in Orange, Virginia and died in 1830.

Known children of Andrew Tribble and Sarah Ann Burris include:

The earliest record of Andrew Tribble in Orange county, Virginia is dated 22 June 1769. It was ordered "that an Information be lodged against him." The reason for this presentment is not stated but it may pertain to the fact that he was one of the early Baptists in VA. He "was often heard to remark that he was the 53rd Baptist on the north side of the James River." Until 1766, the Episcopal Church was the state church of VA, but the Baptists were known in Caroline county as early as 1744.

Andrew was among the first converts to the Baptist faith in his part of Virginia and was often heard to remark that he was the fifty-third Baptist on the north side of James river. He commenced preaching soon after he was converted, and about the same time that the Craigs, Waller, Childs and others began their meetings in Elijah Craig's tobacco barn. He was probably baptized by James Read, and at the time that Elijah Craig and others went to North Carolina and induced him to come to Orange and some of the neighboring counties to baptize the first converts to the Baptist faith in that part of Virginia.

He was, for a time, a member of Goldmine church in Louisa county, from which he was sent as a messenger to the first Meeting of the General Association of Virginia, in May, 1771. After this he accepted the pastoral care of a church in Albemarle county. It being near the residence of Thomas Jefferson, that statesman frequently came to Mr. Tribble's meetings.

The Virginians, and especially the able and learned R.B.C. Howell, assert that Mr. Jefferson conceived the idea of a popular government for the American States, while observing the business transactions of the little Baptist church, of which Mr. Tribble was pastor.

Andrew served in the Revolutionary War and moved to Kentucky about 1782 and settled near the Dix river in 1783, but soon afterwards moved to what is now Clark county. In Kentucky he preached at the Tates Creek Church of Separate Baptists in 1786 in Madison county. At one time, this was one of the largest churches in Kentucky. The Baptists represented the first religious denomination in the county, with the Tates Creek Baptist Church being organized between 1783 and 1785 by Andrew Tribble.

Andrew Tribble, purchased over 300 acres of land in Kentucky and in 1794, from chestnut logs built his large two story parsonage to accommodate wife, twelve children, and servants. The Tribble Parsonage was the scene of the great wedding of Dr. Jacob White to daughter Martha “Patsy,” October 5, 1812, attended by all of Madison County society.

In 1810 Andrew and family were living in Madison, Kentucky, United States. ^[4]

Weddings were performed in the parsonage until Tribble’s death in 1823. Son, Dudley, expanded the farm to 1200 acres, remained in the parsonage all of his life. After Dudley Tribble's death it was reduced to half the size for tenant farmers. Sold out of the family and moved to this location in 1967 by Nathan Amster whose plan was a museum to honor Daniel Boone. Amster died while working on the roof. The Parsonage sold and became a Trading Post for frontier souvenirs.

There are connections between the Tribble family and the Boone family of KY. The following information was copied from pages 35-40 of the Rozendal book:

Timeline

By 1768, there was wholesale arrest for unorthodoxy and neglect of worship. Many early Baptists were jailed and fined for assembling themselves as preachings. (John Burris, Jacob Burris, Thomas Terrell, Robert Woolfolk, and many others.)

12 May 1768 (Grand Jury presentment) Wepresent John Burris for illegal preaching, Also Jacob Burruss for Suffering the same to be performed at his house in St. Margaret's Parish. Wedo present Phillip Tinsley for suffering such preaching at his house in Drysdale Parish. Wedo present John Thompson, James Gatewood, Thomas Terrell, Robert Chandler, George McNeils, William Blades, Christopher Terrell, Robert Woolfolk son of Joseph Woolfolk, Thomas Burke, Martha Noden, Rachel Terrel, Henry Terrel in St. Margaret's Parish and William Tinsley of Drysdale Parish for assembling themselves at such preaching. 10 Jun 1768 Ordered that information be filed against John Burrys for preaching unlawfully and that the other defenders for assemblying* themselves and that the person at whose house the same was performed be discharged.

25 May 1769 in Orange County, Va. a Grand Jury Presentment was made against “Andrew Tribble and Thomas Master for preaching the Gospel from place to place contrary to Lawand without License within twelve months past." This is the earliest record of AndrewTribble in Orange County (Orange Order Book 1769-77, p 1).

22 Jun 1769, it is ordered “that an Information be lodged against him“ (Orange Minute Book 1764-74, p 226). The reason for this action is not stated but it may pertain to the presentment for preaching the Gospel contrary to Law and without License. He "was often heard to remark that he was the 53rd Baptist on the north side of the James River" ^[5]

Carolina Book entries (Colonial Caroline, by T. E. Campbell, 1954, p 201):

11 Jul 1771 John Burrus came into Court and acknowledged that he had preached the Gospel without Episcopal ordination and contrary to a license granted him by the General Court and contrary to the Act of Toleration. It is ordered he be committed to the Goal (jail) of the county and there remain til he give security, himself in the sum of twenty pounds, to his securities in the sum of ten pounds each for his good behavior twelve months and a day.

8 Aug 1771 Lewis Craig by virtue of a warrant from under the hand and seal of Anthony Thornton being committed to the Goal of the county and now brought before the Court acknowledged that he had preached the Gospel without Episcopal Ordination and contrary to a license granted him by the General Court. It is ordered he be remanded back to the Goal of this county and there remain till he gives security

And from the Spotsylvania County Order Book for which some of the page is torn and missing:

4 Jul 1768 Upon the petition of Lewis Craig, Jas. Chiles, and John Waller Junr. petition is as follows appearing to the Court that the petitioners are prisoners and disturbed the peace and committed for refusing to give Security by Order of last Court good behavior the court are of the opinion until they comply with the said order of Court.

Interestingly, Andrew Tribble and the three petitioners in the above Spotsylvania Order Book entry were witnesses to a deed in Spotsylvania County on 16 Oct 1770 (Spotsylvania DBG, pp 513-14) indicating Andrew Tribble's acquaintanceship with the petitioners who were also Baptists. At the time of the Spotsylvania petition, Andrew Tribble was in Orange County being married to Sarah Burrus within that year, otherwise he might have been in jail with the three petitioners.

Andrew Tribble (age 31) purchased land in Orange county on 19 Nov 1770 and he lived in Orange until 1773. when he purchased land in Louisa county.

He was a member of David Thompson's Baptist Church (Goldmine) in Louisa and was sent as a delegate to the first session of the Virginia Separate Baptist Association at Elijah Craig's meeting house in Orange county in May 1771. Here he was married with three children.

On 9 Dec 1777. Andrew Tribble purchased land in Albemarle county. He became the pastor of a Baptist Church in Albemarle variously known as Albemarle Buck Mountain and Chestnut Grove. The church was near the residence of Thomas Jefferson who frequently came to Andrew Tribble's meetings. The Virginians assert that Jefferson conceived the idea of a popular government for the American States while observing the business transactions of the little Baptist church of which Andrew Tribble was pastor. Jefferson believed that pure democracy was found in the business meetings of the Baptist Church. The land purchased in Albemarle was sold in Sep 1785, about a year after Andrew Tribble settled in Kentucky.

The interesting aspects of the division of the Baptists in KY between Pastors Tribble and Elkin may be found in Spencer's book, "A History of Kentucky Baptists from 1769-1886."

In 1892, Andrew Tribble had moved from Fayette county to Madison county, KY. He lived in Madison county until his death."

Burial

Place

Tribble Cemetery, near Richmond, Madison, KY

The Tribble cemetery is about 3 1/2 miles from Richmond, KY on a farm owned by (in 1952) Mrs. Mary (Tribble) Neal. According to Rozendal (page 81), the graveyard is located on the Elmstock farm 4 miles north or Richmond, KY on the Lexington Access Road, adjacent to I-75. The property is owned (1966) by Margaret D. Neal and James J. Neal, Jr., linal descendants of Andrew Tribble. The graveyard is still enclosed by the original stone fence and is close by the old Tribble homestead built in 1794. In 1980, the Tribble graveyard where Rev. Andrew Tribble and his wife are buried was visited by Mrs. Katy Barr. "The graves were covered with green moss, the graveyard was overgrown with thistles, cane, etc. They had cut down some of the trees and Mrs. Durbin, the new owner, said they were getting into the wires, but they just let limbs and logs fall into the graveyard. All of the upright stones had been knocked over; all of them were face down except Dudley's wife's. Fortunately, Sally's and Andrew's were not bothered. Mrs. Durbin said she would like to clean it but hated to burn it and turn the stones black but she didn't know what else to do. It isn't very large and doesn't seem to my husband and me that it would take long to clean it without burning it. I guess there is not anyone that lives close enough to care any longer." (Copied from page 633-634 of the Rozendal book).

Summary Notes

Grand Jury 25 MAY 1769 Preaching without License, Orange Co., VA Purchased 19 NOV 1770 Orange County Purchased 9 DEC 1777 175 acres in Co. of Albemarie, for 195 pds. Receives 12 MAY 1788 200 Acres on Southside of Cumberland River Surveyed 30 MAY 1780 500 Acres, By Daniel Boone, the Pioneer Certificate 11 MAY 1782 For 88lbs bacon to guards for prisoners Purchased 4 FEB 1784 2195 Acres on the waters of Ky. River Sold SEP 1785 For 175 pds, 174 3/4 acres of land Acknowledgement JAN 1807 He had been dancing, excluded from Society Leader Early Baptist movement in Virginia Moved To Ky. after Rev. War Minister of Baptist Church Member David Thompson`s Baptist Church, Louisa Co. President Thomas Jefferson attended his Church Will: 9 FEB 1817 Probated 1/6/1823 Census: 1790 Fayette County, Kentucky Tax List 1800 Madison County, Kentucky Census: 1810 Madison County, Kentucky Census: 1820 Madison County, Kentucky

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74767215/andrew-t-tribble
2. ↑ ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 Samuel Moody Grubbs, a descendant of the Boone Family. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2016.
3. ↑ Kentucky Pioneers and Their Descendants, by I. E. Fowler, 1967, pp 209­ and 216),
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1810", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2P-8FK : Sat Mar 09 14:38:53 UTC 2024), Entry for Andrew Tribble, 1810.
5. ↑ A History of Kentucky Baptists from 1769-1885, by J. H. Spencer, 1886, pp 128-30).

• See also: * https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/KFB6-LNV/andrew-tribble-1741-1822
• https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A115083
• Tandy Kinsman, page 130.
• Orange County Virginia Families, III, pages 133-134.
• Brockman Scrapbook, pages 59-63.
• Bluegrass Roots 1:37.
• Comp. Am. Geneal., 4:77, 5:389.
• DAR 48:407-408 (1904) and 99:310-311 (1913).
• Kentucky Pioneers and their Descendants by Ila E. Fowler, Madison County, Tribble. pages 209-214 (1988). Clark County, Ky Bios posted at: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/ ~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/ClarkBios/re History of Kentucky Baptists, pages 129-130.
• Madison county, KY Will Book C, page 301.
• The Boone Family by H.A. Spraker (1922),
• The Burris and Tribble Families, pages 513-515. Rozendal, John K. (1986)
• The Tribble Family. LDS Microfiche #6087593.
• Hawthorne, Bess L. Rev. Andrew Tribble, Pioneer.
• Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society, pages 187-190.

WFT 94:571, information from Freida B. Smith, 231 South Vincent Ave., Salem, IL 62881. WFT 97:1466, information from Jeanie B. McNees, 901 Helen Dr., Tuscumbia, AL 35674.

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