Documents and Documental Evidence

U.S. Census Reports

See separate sections on George Watlington (page ), Michael C. Watlington (page ), and Mack Rob Watlington (page ).

Marriage Records

• Geo. W. Watlington to Catherine Tabler, July 2, 1814, Knox Co.
• Elisabeth Waddleton (sic) to Patrick Sauls, 1843
• John R. Watlington to (1) Sarah Jane Gravit, 1859
• John R. Watlington to (2) E. L. Parrish (widow) Chester County
• Serena Wadlington (sic) to B. S. Davis, 1903, Chester County
• U. A. Watlington to Jennie S. Hammond, August 28, 1907, Madison County

Land Deeds

Too numerous to mention all. Incomplete records at Lexington, Henderson County, and Henderson, Chester County. Madison County records are quite complete after 1845 but original land grants are recorded only in State Archives in Nashville, Tennessee.  

• Deed (Bill of Sale) of slave from Geo. W. Watlington to M. C. Watlington in 1851, Madison County
• Deed of about two hundred and eighty acres of his land from Geo. W. to M. C. in 1851, Madison County
• Deed of Sale of land of M. C. by M. R. Watlington and other heirs to John R. Watlington, Madison County
• Geo. W. Watlington witnesses gift of slave from Sally Spain to sister Frances, 1811, Knox County, Tenn.

Nashville Archives, Madison Co.

• Joel Chappell, purchase from Jesse P. Bruton, Aug. 9, 1838, Book 6, #578
• James McCorkle, relative of Joanna White McCorkle (Mrs. A. N. Tabler), Land Grant 885, one hundred acres, Jan. 21, 1828, Madison Co., Book 1, p. 867 (This is earliest known relation to secure land in West Tennessee. The Daniel Family was on land earlier in Madison Co.)   
• Joel R. Chappell, Land Grant 1956, July 24, 1846, Book 3, p. 116
• Geo. W. Watlington purchased land from James Doherty, Book 9, #576, part of Grant #17205, March 22, 1845. Deed witnessed by W. T. Watlington. (This is the oldest known land deed to Geo. Watlington in Madison County or elsewhere.)
• James Parchman (Parchment), Land Grant #14522, Book 19, p. 24, July 1, 1853
• Deed of sale of land of James Parchman (Parchment) by Michael C. Watlington and other heirs in 1874, in Henderson Co.  
• Deed of sale of land by Andersons to John R. Watlington

Madison Co. Land Owners, 1877

The Beers Map of 1877 [10] reveals lands of:

• S. M. Watlington
• R. W. Daniel
• Mack Harvey Watlington
• W. T. Watlington (Geo. Watlington Homeplace)
• Dr. J. R. Watlington
• Andersons, etc...

School Children Lists

In a School Children List, 1838, for Madison Co., Tenn., Geo. Wallington (sic) appears on the list of parents or guardians who have children of school age, with three children indicated.

Information from Grace Peal Foy, in a letter dated July 12, 1974. This is the earliest known document to reveal the presence of Geo. and Catherine in Madison Co.  

Court Records and Wills

• Poll Tax lists, 1810-28, Knox County, Tenn.
• Federal charge against George W. Watlington, ca. 1817, for operating a ``tippling house'' without license, in Knox County, Tenn.
• Joel R. Chappell, Register, Madison Co., 1866-70.
• Patrick Sauls' Will, Madison Co., 1871. This document also shows that Frank W. Watlington was a Notary Public in Madison County by 1871.   
• Josiah C. Winningham was a Notary Public in Chester County in 1899. (See Deed, J. G. Butler, 1899, Chester Co.)  
• O. W. Hammond's handwritten Will.

Tombstones

              

Cemetery County Families

Big Springs Madison Many, various families

Hollywood Madison A. E. Watlington, Stephens, Threadgill, Hammond

Holly Springs Chester Watlington, Winningham

Ebenezer Madison U. A. Watlington family

Henderson Chester Winningham, Tabler

Mt. Pleasant Madison Halbert & wife Iva Diamond

Hamlett-Trice Chester Mack Harvey Watlington

Newbern Dyer Joseph Frank Watlington

Pinson Madison Houston, Watlington, McGill

Lester's Chapel Madison Hammond, Stephens

Middlefork Chester Claude Watlington Mason Wells (Old Sauls Farm, Pioneer Cem.)

Madison Patrick & Eliza W. Sauls

Tabler Chester Dr. A. N. Tabler