David Martin Rector (abt. 1810 - 1848)

Descendants

Died 15 Mar 1848 at about age 38 in Molino Del Ray, Mexico City, Mexico

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Biography

Private David Rector served with the United States Army during the Mexican-American War
Service Started: Oct 7, 1847
Unit(s): 4th Tennessee Infantry
Service Ended: Mar 15, 1848

David was born about 1810. He passed away in 1848. David was a participant and casualty of the Mexican-American war ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ “TNGenes Genealogy - Pension Transcriptions.” TNGenes, 3. Accessed 1 Dec. 2023. https://tngenes.net/index.php/military/pension-transcriptions/212-rector-david-m-mexican-war-widow-s-application-5816

• "United States Mexican War Index and Service Records, 1846-1848", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLX7-SHBH : 13 March 2018), David M Rector, 1848.

• "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSVJ-Z6F : 1 March 2021), Davie Recter in entry for Pollyan Jones, 19 Feb 1923; Death, Sumner, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.

• "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N956-LX5 : 23 February 2021), Davy Rector in entry for Christine Gipson, 24 Aug 1932; Death, Jackson, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.

Research Notes

https://jerrymilojohnson.com/ancestryproject/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I9839&tree=mytree collected: 11Aug2023 states:

Roane County, Tennessee Chancery Court Minutes, Roll #39, Book , Pages 725-729

Date: Dec 10, 1833

William C. Kington and wife Rhody, David Summer and wife Charlotte, Matthew Williams and wife Sally, and Isaac England and wife Rebecca VS David M. Rector

On July 11, 1830, Martin Rector executed a deed to David M. Rector. On the same day, he executed a bill of sale to David M. and Polly Ann Rector for a Negro boy named Bob and a Negro woman named Lucinda. The Plaintiffs maintain that the Bank of Tennessee called in a loan to Martin Rector. In an effort to prevent the Bank from taking everything, he deeded all his lands and property to his children David and Polly Ann with the intent that when he settle with the Bank he would cancel the deed and the bill of sale. Before being able to do so, he fell sick. He called David to his bedside and requested that David produce the bill and deed so that he could cancel them, because Martin wanted all his children to inherit in his estate. Rather than producing the deed and bill, David took off. He returned a few hours before Martin died, but he never produced the bill and deed. The plaintiffs contend that they should rightfully share in the property. The Judge ruled in favor of David and Polly Ann. The plaintiffs planned to appeal the decision in the Supreme Court of Errors and Appeals in Knoxville on the 2nd Monday in July next (1834).

Morgan County, Tennessee Deeds, Roll #18, Book C, Pages 104-106

Date: Apr 18, 1834

David M. Rector relinquishes his claim on the property of his father and gives it to his sister Polly Ann. The property being one Negro woman Sindy and her two children Reuben and Eliza.

Morgan County, Tennessee Deeds, Roll #18, Book C, Pages 121-125

Date: Jan 20, 1835

James Gilbreath (of Anderson County) had loaned David M. Rector $290 and $55.83. David bargained and sold 410 acres of land in Morgan County to James. The land was from what Martin sold to David and several Land Grants to David (January 31,1831 - Morgan County - Grants 16590, 16593, 16594, 16595, 16596).

Morgan County, Tennessee Deeds, Roll #18, Book C, Pages 262-265

Date: Apr 4, 1837

David M. Rector sold four tracts of land in Morgan County to James Galbreath (of Anderson County).

Morgan County, Tennessee Deeds, Roll #18, Book C, Pages 266-270

Date: Apr 4, 1837

David M. Rector sold five tracts of land in Morgan County to James Galbreath (of Anderson County).

David Rector and his mother Sarah Rector moved to Jackson County, TN about 1841.

[Sarah Rector v. Bryson Hood]

Jackson County, Tennessee Chancert Court Minutes, Roll # , Volume A - 1840-1851, Page 95

Date: Mar 25, 1843; May Term

Brison Hood VS Sarah Rector and David M. Rector AND David M. Rector VS Brison Hood

Brison Hood gets the Negro Boy Charles and $200. Sarah and David M. Rector get the Negroes Cinda, Reuben, Eliza, & Tom. Sarah and David M. have to pay court costs. Sarah also releases and discharges said Brison from all and any obligation that he is under to support and entertain her.

David M. Rector was a Private in Company B. 4th TN Infantry; Captain John Scantland; Colonel Richard Waterhouse. Brigade: TN Foot Volunteers. Mustered: October 7, 1847.

Jackson County, Tennessee Chancery Court Loose Records Roll# 87

Johnson-Kieth, S. Vol. 1839-1915

Case: Leonidas Jones et al VS R. P. Brooks 1872-1874

David M. Rector was listed as a blacksmith. He was also a drunkard and spendthrift. David would go to town and buy himself a bottle of whiskey. He would then stay drunk for 3-4 days at a time. Afterwards, he would sober up and work properly for 3-4 weeks. Then he would do it again.

David, mother Sarah, and wife Sarah all lived at a house owned by Richard Preston Brooks. The plaintiffs contend that while on a drunken spree, R. P. Brooks bought David the slaves for an extremely low price. The plaintiffs are David's two daughters Polly Ann Rector who married Leonidas Jones and Christine Rector who married Pinkney Gipson.

https://jerrymilojohnson.com/ancestryproject/genealogy/pedigree.php?personID=I9839&tree=mytree has ancestors of David M. Rector as:

Martin (1768-1832), son of Jacob (1747-1779), son of John (1711-1774) and Anna Fischbach (1715-1789), son of Hans Jacob Rector (1674-1729), son of Christophel Rector (1685-1713), son of Johannes Rictor (~1610), son of Jacob Richter (~1575)