Frederick Franks Sr. (abt. 1773 - abt. 1837)

Born about 1773 in Wake, North Carolina

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Died about 1837 at about age 64 in Hardin, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Frederick was born about 1773. He passed away about 1837 in Hardin County, Tennessee. Jerry Murphey, a Hardin County, Tennessee Historian, who has done extensive research on this family, writes that Frederick is the oldest son of Jacob Franks, Frederick Franks moved to Tennessee as did many of the people of that area of North Carolina. He was listed on the 1812 Warren County, Tennessee tax list. His brother, Jacob Franks, appears to be residing in Bedford County, Tennessee in 1820. Many of Bedford County's early deeds mention Cabarrus County, North Carolina, and indicates that as the place of origin for several of its settlers.

Frederick Franks next appears in Hardin County, Tennessee in 1830. Also listed were his sons. His apparent children were: Jacob Franks (b. ca 1795); Joseph Franks (b. 1801) married 1st _________, 2nd Elizabeth Benson; Frederick Franks, Jr. (1803-1859) married Nancy Harrison; William Franks (1807-1866) married Margaret House; John Jackson Franks (1809-1877) married Elizabeth Gallimore; there were other children. It isn't known who Frederick Franks married although both were apparently deceased before 1840. Frederick's brother, Jacob, arrived in Hardin County, Tennessee before 1840 and was a neighbor of Frederick's sons on the 1840 census. Jacob Franks, Jr. died in Hardin County between 1850 and 1860.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Jacob Frank of Rowan, Mecklenburg and Cabarrus Counties, North Carolina By Jerry W. Murphy. Copyright 2003. Free Pages at Rootsweb.com.[1].

• "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHP9-SHK : 7 September 2017), Fred Franks, Hardin, Tennessee, United States; citing 399, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 176; FHL microfilm 24,534.