Richard Tankersley witnessed will of Charles Teboe, 2/3/1704-10/3/1705 (VA County Records, 1910 Vol 7)
Reuben Tankersley and Sarah Ann Beverly, his wife, came to America during the reign of Queen Anne and settled in King George Co, VA c1708, where they acquired large landed estates by grant from the Crown, by marriage or by purchase. (Genealogy of the Tankersley Family in the United States, by Charles W Tankersley, 1895, NY, NY, p1)
Reuben Tankersley, son of George Tankersley and Mary Longley, was lost at sea, in a wreck of his own vessel which he commanded in a trading journey to the West Indies (Genealogy of the Tankersley Family in the United States, by Charles W Tankersley, 1895, NY, NY, p15)
King George Co, VA: The following were the names of vestrymen between the years 1723 and 1779:-John Grimsley, Joseph Murdock, Joseph Jones, George Tankersley, Thomas Jett, Thomas Hodges, George Marshall . . . etc. Whether all these belonged to Hanover parish I think doubtful. ("Old Churches, Ministers, and Families of Virginia" by Bishop Meade Article LXIII - Parishes in King George County p 186)
October 16,1742 - Council held at the Capitol - Inspectors Appointed: George Tankersley - Gibson's Warehouse, King George Co, VA (VA Historical Magazine, Vol 15. p388)
George Tankersly is included in a list of voters in 1752. (p.7)
Military Appointments for County Officers 1752 George Takersly - Captain of a Company of Foot (the list of officers was taken from Court Order Book #3, pp. 64, 96, 116, 126)(p.8)
Public Service Claims, King George County - Reg. C5558 October 12, 1781 Among many listed is Tankersley, George (p.159) (King George Co, Virginia 1720-1990 by Nancy E. Harris. 1990, printed for Clearfleid Co., Inc. by Genealogical Publishin Co., Inc Baltimore, MD, 1994.)
George Tankersley operated the ferry over Rappahannock River, succeeding William Taliaferro at The Mount, above present Rappahannock Academy in Caroline County. The ferry cross to land of Joseph Berry near Dogue Creek in King George County. Taliaferro had been a magistrate of Caroline in 1735. Tankersley was a vertryman (1723-57) of Hanover Parish, King George, and tabacco inspector at John Moore's tobacco warehouse opposite Port Royal. Tankersley's will was proved in King George in 1758. (“The Diary of Robert Rose - A View of Virginia by a Scottish Colonial Parson - 1746-1751”, Edited & Annotated by Ralph Emmett Fall, Port Royal, Virginia, 1977.p. 174 note #222)
King George Geo. 1758 will (“Virginia Wills and Administrations 1632-1800” compiled by Clayton Torrence. 193-, reprinted: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1995 p. 413)
John Tankersley was born in 1757-58 in Port Royal, Caroline Co, VA and died 3/14/1840 in Marshall Co, TN. He married Frances Muse in Port Royal, about 1790.
While living in Caroline Co, VA en enlisted sometime in the month of Oct 1778, as a marine, on board the man-of-war called “Tartar” under the command of Commodore Richard Taylor. Later he was transferred to the “Temptest”, under the command of Commodore Travis and continued to cruise about Hampton Roads In the vicinity of Norfolk. After a 12-month tour of duty with the Navy, he served as a substitute in the Virginia Militia for William Parr, under the command of Captain John Tayler, Lieutenant Kelvin Tyler and Colonel Matthew. He marched to Williamsburg where he was drafted fro another 3-month tour in the same regiment. His last tour he served as a substitute for his brother George Tankersley fro 3 months.
He received a pension until his death and then his wife, Frances was pensioned until her death in 1846.
He lived in Caroline County until about 1813 when he moved to Bedford Co, TN; later he moved to Lincoln County where he was a resident at the time of his pension application in 9/17/1833. He died, however 3/14/1840, in Lewisburg, near Rock Creek.
John and Frances Tankersley were buried in a family cemetery, now destroyed, on the Verona Road, about 6 miles north of Lewisburg, near Rock Creek. (Revolutionary War Patriots of Marshall Co, TN, Compile by Jane Wallace Alford; American Bicentennial Publication of Robert Lewis Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution 1976)
Apr 4, 1782 Court - "Persons whose property was impressed or taken for public use in King George Co, VA. Furnished horses and other aids to the American Revolutionary Army: George Tankersley (Tyler's Quarterly & Historical Magazine 9VA) Vol. 5 p.56)
John Tankersley, Lincoln Co; Marine; Ship - "Tarter"; $70.00 Annual Allowance; $210.00 amount received 1/13/1834 pension Started
Franklin Pierce Tankersley was a Christian minister and as such was called upon to perform a great many wedding ceremonies. He was, it seems, "very careful to check the county in which a marriage license was issued when young couples came to him to be married. His house was built almost on the county line. If the license was from Maury Co he invited the couple into his home where he performed the cermony. If the license was issued in Marshall Co, he took them across the road and 'did the job' beneath the 'marrying tree'." (Marshall Co Historical Quarterly, Vol IX, 1978, p 87 - Hardison & Allied Families, Fred L Hawkins & Dorothy Westmoreland Gilliam, Columbia, TN 1992 p251)
HISTORY OF THE BEREA CHURCH OF CHRIST, by Ralph D Whitesell
The Berea Church of Christ has it’s beginning in late 1860 or early 1870 in a small log house located on the farm owned by Mr Tommy Martin (no owned by Jewell Wayne Martin).
The congregation soon outgrew their building and it became necessary to build a new church. A deed in the Register’s Office a the Marshall Co Court House shows that Newton McQuiddy on the 2/12/1877 . . “for the love and interest in the cause of Christianity, gave granted and conveyed to David Tankersley, A B Stilwell, J A Little, F P Tankersley and myself (Newton McQuiddy), 3 1/4 acres of land lying in the 16th Civil District of Marshall Co, TN, on the west bank of Rock Creek and the east side of the Verona-Caney Spring Rd, Commissioners of the Christian Church organized for worship at what shall be called the Verona Church.”
Signed: Newton McQuiddy
Witness: J J Elliott, H C McQuiddy, F P Tankersley
The deed was recorded 1/21/1890
The church building was erected sometime in the 1880’s - the date was on the front of the church at one tie but has long since been painted over. Sometime in the early 1900’s the name was changed from the Verona Christian Church to the Berea Church of Christ.
The membership of the church has grown in numbers and now the descendants of the founding Elders and Deacons worship there. Today the church, which is located about 1 mile north of Verona, has a well kept building and church yard. Rooms have been added for the Bible Study Classes and the building has all the modern conveniences and comforts of a rural church.
The cemetery, located on the north side of the church, too, is well kept. Many people who have worshipped at the Berea Church now rest in the Berea Cemetery. Charley Cook, a blind man, was the first person to be buried there. His grave is unmarked. He was a craftsman, producing some of the finest cedar buckets ever to be made. IN the 1850 census, he was listed as being 35 yrs old and living in the household of John Tankersley.
Source of information: Interview with members, Marshall Co Deed Book F-2, pp 116-117. The church has no records. (Marshall Co Historical Quarterly, Vol III, No III, Fall-1972)
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