Lucy J. D. (Hester) Fields (abt. 1804 - 1843)

Born about 1804 in Weakley, Tennessee, United States

Wife of Absolom Fields — married 26 Dec 1824 in Williamson Co., TN

Descendants

Died 1843 at about age 39 in Weakley, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

"The wife of Absolom Fields was a native of Weakley Co., TN and died in Weakley Co., TN in 1843 at the age of 35." ^[1]

If this is true it casts doubt on this Lucy Hester's relation to the Hesters of Granville Co., NC, and since at the time of her birth, Weakley Co. was Chickasaw Indian Territory, it leads one to wonder if she were not part native-american. (Weakley Co. in land not ceded by the Chickasaw until 1818; Weakley did not become a county until 1823; adjacent to Weakley Co. were lands of dual occupation by white and native from 1805. I suspect that Lucy could have been born in NC and later of Williamson Co., TN where she married Absolom Fields. However, if she was born in the lands which became Weakley County this might indicate she was of native american ancestry. Oral tradition of the Logan-Fields family is that the sisters Martha and Matilda were 1/4 Indian. The land in Weakley Co. TN was in the name of Lucy and not Absolom Fields, suggesting she had inherited it from her parents.

"Reuben Edmonston and his brother-in-law, John Bradshaw and family were the first settlers of Weakley County. The year was 1819 when these families came to Weakley settling along Mud Creek which is about six miles west of the present day, Dresden. They built the first log cabin in the county. Mr. Bradshaw raised the first patch of corn." ^[2]

Weakley Co. TN Tax Records

Fields, Lucy

1842 Weakley Co. TN Tax book, 80 acres, valued $220

Fields, William (this may be Lucy's brother in law)

1842 Weakley Co. TN Tax book, 25 acres, valued $100 1 slave, valued $300 1 poll taken

1843 Weakley Co. Tax Records (the year Lucy died) Weakley Co., TN

Fields, L. , 1843 Weakley Co. TN Tax book, Civil District 2/Administered by William Fields/80 acres, valued $220

Fields, William, 1843 Weakley Co. TN Tax book, Civil District 2/25 acres, valued $75/1 slave, valued $300/Listed as administrator for L. Fields:/80 acres, valued $220

1844 Weakely Co, TN Tax Book

Fields, William Sr., 1844 Weakley Co. TN Tax book, Civil District 2/25 acres, valued $100

1845 Weakely Co, TN Tax Record

Fields, Lucy, 1845 Weakley Co. TN Tax book, Civil District 2/Listed as Lucy Fields heirs/80 acres, valued $200

1846 Weakley Co. Tax Records

Fields, J. G., 1846 Weakley Co. TN Tax Book, Civil District 2/1 poll taken (this is Nelson's son, John Henry Green Fields)

Fields, Lucy, 1846 Weakley Co. TN Tax book, Civil District 2/Listed as Lucy Fields heirs/W. Fields, agent/80 acres, valued $240 (Lucy is Absolom's Fields's wife, deceased 1843)

Fields, Nelson , 1846 Weakley Co. TN Tax Book, Civil District 2/559_ acres, valued $1000

Fields, W., 1846 Weakley Co. TN Tax book, Civil District 2/Agent for Lucy Fields

Fields, William , 1846 Weakley Co. TN Tax book, Civil District 2/1 slave, valued $30 (Nelson, Jr. and Absolom Fields's brother)

1848 Weakley Co. TN Tax Records

Fields, A. P. 1848 Weakley Co. TN Tax Book, Civil District 2/40 acres, valued $200/1 poll taken (Ambrose Peter Fields, son of Robert Nelson P. Fields, Jr.)

Fields, J. G., 1848 Weakley Co. TN Tax Book, Civil District 2/1 poll taken (John H. Green Fields, son of Robert Nelson P. Fields, Jr.)

Fields, Lucy, 1848 Weakley Co. TN Tax book, Civil District 2/Listed as Lucy Fields heirs/80 acres, valued $240 ( dec. 1843, wife of Absolom Fields)

Fields, William , 1848 Weakley Co. TN Tax book, Civil District 2/200 acres, valued $400/2 slaves, valued $700 (brother of Robert Nelson, Jr. and Absolom Fields)

Fields, Wm J., 1848 Weakley Co. TN Tax Book, Civil District 2/1 poll taken (Wm Johnson Fields, son of Wm and Nancy Fields)

Sources

1. ↑ History of Southeast Missouri, pub. 1888.
2. ↑ Weakley Co., TN History