Joseph Gentry (1741 - 1835)

Born 15 Dec 1741 in Hanover, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Winifred (Oliver) Gentry — married about 1776 in Carter, Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Died 22 Sep 1835 at age 93 in Laurel Bloomery, Johnson, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Joseph Gentry was a Virginia colonist.

Joseph Gentry was part of a Southern Pioneer Family.

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Research Notes

Death

Death:

Date: 22 SEP 1835

Place: Johnson Co TN

Source: #S493

Reference

Reference: 0376

Burial

Burial:

Place: Johnson Co TN

Source: #S494

Note

Note: @N3686@

@N3686@ NOTE

"Joseph Gentry, Early Pioneer," in History of Johnson County, Tennessee, 1986, p 260. Joseph came to this area of Tennessee in the 1770s, before Tennessee became independent, when the area was part of North Carolna. He paid taxes, and helped found the Roans Creek Church of Christ in 1794. His parents are not known [sic], but the county history book above cited says he probably came to Tennessee from Hanover Co VA by way of Lunenburg Co VA.

See also Jeffrey L Carrier, Upon a Lonely Hill: The Cemeteries of Johnson Co Tennessee. Cited in 1988 letter I received from Neva Stout Bryant, Sierra Vista AZ.

Joseph Gentry paid property tax in Washington County, North Carolina in 1778 and up until Tennessee became a state in 1796. He helped organize and support the first Roans Creek Church in the area (1792) before Tennessee became a state. He sold out his property and iron ore forge site to Nat Taylor in 1805 per the Johnson County Deed book and moved to Rogers Creek, Wards Forge where he purchased 500 acres from land agent William Cunningham in 1802 per the 1802 Johnson County Tennessee Deed book. The area became known as Gentry's Creek and Laurel Bloomery, Tennessee. He remained there until his death shortly after 1830. He gave his land as follows: in 1811, Benjamin 126 acres and William 181 acres and in 1829 to David 193 acres, his last official act.

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Date: 28 JAN 2010

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Marriage

Husband: Joseph Gentry

Wife: Winifred Oliver

Marriage:

Date: 1760

Place: Hanover Co VA

Source: #S493

User ID: DBFEA4DF29074BA3873618D7033D66CA968D

Child: John Gentry

Child: William Gentry

Child: Joseph Oliver Gentry

Child: Benjamin Gentry

Child: David Gentry

Child: Delartha Gentry

Sources

Source S493

Text: E-mail from Danny Gentry (<dannygentry@kih.net>) to Kathy Patterson, 31 Mar 1999, copying information he received from Mindy L Kratzer.

Source S494

Text: Upon a Lonely Hill: Cemeteries of Johnson Co TN, by Jeffrey L Carrier.