Jonathan Reno Sr. (1780 - 1838)

Born 30 Sep 1780 in Tennessee USA

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Susannah (Rogers) Reno — married 27 Dec 1800 in Carter, Tennessee

Descendants

Died 11 Feb 1838 at age 57 in Springfield, Greene Co, Missouri USA

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Biography

Jonathan Reno, Sr. was born on 30 Sep 1780 in Elizabethton, Carter County, Tennessee to Charles Reno (Reneau) and Alice Elizabeth Tipton.^[1]

He married Sarah Rogers on 27 Dec 1800 in Carter County, Tennessee.^[2]

Jonathan was commissioned as a captain in the 18th regiment of the Tennessee Militia on June 13, 1811 and went on to fight in the War of 1812. (Tennessee Historical Quarterly, June 1946, p. 186) He was believed to be one of the Tennessee Squirrel Hunters, so called because of their accurate firing with a rifle.^[3]

From History of Schuyler Co, IL, Jonathan Reno, native of Tennessee, came in the fall of 1825 to Schuyler county, and settled first in Bainbridge township, where he lived a year. He next settled on section 16 of Rushville township, and in the year 1830 moved to McDonough county. After the lapse of some time he returned to Schuyler county, and remained about three years. He finally went to Missouri, where he died.^[4]

In early 1838 Jonathan was stabbed in the throat and killed during a fight instigated by a proprieter of a general store. Living in Greene County, Missouri, he went into the small town of Springfield one Saturday morning to the store, where liquor was sold. Someone accosted Jonathan on the street and told him four or five men were inside making a nuisance of themselves. Asked to help, Jonathan responded and the first man he seized (Randolph Britt) plunged a knife into him, causing immediate death. He was 58 years old. The knife wielder was tried and sent to Missouri Penitentiary for manslaughter, but was released in a couple of years. (from History of Greene Co., MO, p. 189, 1883)^[5]

Research Notes

1820 Jackson County, Tennessee Census; Page: 155; NARA Roll: M33_123; Image: 89, Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820.
Jonathan Reno (Sr.)
Males: 5 under age 10 (born 1810-1820 Charles, Jonathan Jr, Francis, Andrew, William); 1 age 10-15 (born 1805-1810 Joseph); 1 age 26-44 (born 1776-1794 Jonathan Sr).
Females: 1 under age 10 (born 1810-1820 Sarah); 1 age 10-15 (born 1805-1810 Polly); 1 age 26-44 (born 1776-1794 Sarah).
Slaves: 0

1830 Miscellaneous Townships, Schuyler County, Illinois Census; Series: M19; Roll: 23; Page: 92; Family History Library Film: 0007648.
Jonathan Reno (Sr.)
Males: 1 under age 5 (born 1825-1830 James); 1 age 5-10 (born 1820-1825 John); 2 age 10-15 (born 1815-1820 Andrew, William); 1 age 15-20 (born 1810-1815 Jonathan Jr); 1 age 50-60 (born 1770-1780 Jonathan Sr).
Females: 1 under age 5 (born 1825-1830 Louisa); 1 age 5-10 (born 1820-1825 Adeline); 1 age 15-20 (born 1810-1815 Sarah); 1 age 40-50 (born 1780-1790 Sarah)

Sources

1. ↑ Mrs. John Bennett Boddie, Historical Southern Families, Volume XX (Baltimore, Maryland, USA: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1975), Pages 74-75. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/48289/images/SouthernFamiliesXX-007681-74?pId=279152. Ancestry.com.
2. ↑ "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNZ3-KZM : 4 December 2014), Jonathan Reno and Sarah Rodgers, 27 Dec 1800; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/5250750:1169, 2008); citing p. , Carter, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
3. ↑ Tennessee Historical Quarterly (https://tennesseehistory.org/publications/tennessee-historical-quarterly/, Tennessee Historical Society), June 1946, p. 186.
4. ↑ Combined History of Schuyler and Brown Counties, Illinois, 1882, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Page 61. http://livinghistoryofillinois.com/pdf_files/History%20of%20Schuyler%20and%20Brown%20Counties,%20Illinois,%201882.pdf
5. ↑ History of Greene County, Missouri (St. Louis, Missouri, USA, Western Historical Company, 1883), Google Books, https://books.google.com, Page 189. https://www.google.com/books/edition/History_of_Greene_County_Missouri/p9EyAQAAMAAJ?gbpv=1.