David Echols^{[1, 2]}

1776 - 1808  (32 years)

• Name	David Echols  [2]
  Birth	1776	, , Virginia, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	1808	, Wilson, Tennessee, USA
  Person ID	I55853	Master
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Joel Echols,   b. 1752, , Halifax, Virginia, USA d. 1824, , Wilson, Tennessee, USA (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth “Polly” Mabry,   b. 1770, , , Virginia, USA d. 1809, , Wilson, Tennessee, USA (Age 39 years)
  Marriage	27 Feb 1789	, Amelia, Virginia, USA   [3, 4]
  Family ID	F12518	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Wynne,   b. 1780, , , Virginia, USA d. , Wilson, Tennessee, USA
  Marriage	11 Feb 1797	, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
  Children	1. Elizabeth Echols + 2. Abner Echols,   b. 1796, , Madison, Tennessee, USA d. Mar 1870, , Fort Bend, Texas, USA (Age 74 years) + 3. John Echols,   b. 1797, , Sumner, Tennessee, USA d. 1860, Gonzales, Gonzales, Texas, USA (Age 63 years)   4. Martha D Echols,   b. 1804, , Wilson, Tennessee, USA d. 20 Jul 1876, Fairfield, Freestone, Texas, USA (Age 72 years)   5. Champness Terry Echols,   b. 23 Feb 1804   d. 30 May 1878, , Freestone, Texas, USA (Age 74 years) + 6. David Terry Echols,   b. 1805, , Wilson, Tennessee, USA d. 19 Jan 1859, , Williamson, Illinois, USA (Age 54 years)
  Family ID	F11960	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Dec 2024

  
  

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  Birth - 1776 - , , Virginia, USA Marriage - 11 Feb 1797 - , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Death - 1808 - , Wilson, Tennessee, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  David Eckols (d. c. 1808 Wilson Co., TN) Arriving at the conclusion that the David Eckols whose estate was administered in Wilson Co., TN., in 1808 took some time. Descendants of the commissioner and state representative John William Eckols (d. 1903) of Gonzales Co., TX. know that his father was Noah R. Eckols and that his mother was Isabella Wilson Harris from family Bible information and from Noah's will (1856/ Gonzales Co., TX). From a trip to the Harris Chapel Cemetery you would know that Noah was born in Aug. 1816 and died in 1856. Additionally, the partition suit that was filed in Gonzales Co., TX., c. 1930 following the death of John's widow clarified that John was a son of N.R. Eckols. The deed records of Gonzales Co. also reflect land transactions occurring between A.T Eckols and N.R. Eckols. A.T Eckols (Anderson Taylor Eckols) was the brother of Noah Eckols. How do we know--because Noah's will referred to a possible inheritance he would receive from his grandfather Wiley Harris's estate in Madison Co., TN. The estate records emanating from the death of Wiley and his widow Elisabeth Harris clarify that Noah and Anderson were brothers and heirs of the Harrises through their mother Sarah. In addition, we learn the names of other heirs of Wiley and Elisabeth Harris--like Isham V. Harris among others. A.T. Eckols, incidentally, is buried in the Harris Chapel cemetery in addition to a child whose last name is Wheaton. Noah Eckols appears on the 1840 census in Madison Co., TN. I believe the marriage date for Noah and Isabella is derived from a family bible which also set forth the dates of birth for their three sons and daughter Sarah. The marriage occurred in Madison Co., TN. Wondering who may have preceded Noah in Madison Co., the 1830 census reflects the presence of John and Abner Eckols. In 1850, households headed by John and Abner Eckols appear in Ft. Bend Co., TX. Both of them were born in TN. Among the members of John's household is one named Andrew. The marriage bonds for Ft. Bend Co. reflect that A.T. Eckols first had a bond to marry Rebecca in the late 1840s. Then he marries Mary Wheaton (the widow of John Wheaton). In 1860 A.T. Eckols is in Gonzales Co., as is D. W. Eckols and John Eckols. The Andrew and David of John Eckols' household in Ft. Bend in 1850 are the A.T. and D.W. Eckols who were living / listed right by Noah's widow's family (I.W. Eckols) in the 1860 census listing for Gonzales Co., TX. Mary Wheaton, it turns out, had married John Wheaton in Harris Co., TX., under her maiden name: Mary Eckols. She was the daughter of Abner Eckols and Abner was also the father of Rebecca Eckols. Prior to Abner's death in Ft. Bend Co., in 1870 (he does appear in the mortality census for 1870) he named his children and Mary was indeed one of them. Obviously the John and Abner Eckols's households were familiar with each other. We may infer that Andrew/Anderson/A.T. was the son of John and we know that Anderson was Noah's brother...ergo, Noah and Anderson were the sons of John Eckols and his wife Sarah/Sally Harris. Where then was Noah born in 1816? Madison Co., TN., was still Indian land until 1819. In both the 1850 and 1860 censuses, John and Abner are both listed as having been born in Tenn. John would have been born about 1797/8. Abner, from the 1870 mortalisty census, was born in Tenn. in 1800. In the late 1790s and early 1800s, we find that members of the Eckols/Echols family were then living in Sumner and Wilson County, Tennessee. Wilson had originally been part of Sumner Co. up until about 1800 following a petition to divide the county. The 1820 census lists a number of Eckols households in Wilson Co. From Tennessee Tidbits, we learn that Abner Eckols of Lebanon was born in May 1800 and was apprenticed to Smith Hansbro. We also find a household headed by a John Eckols near that of John Bradshaw. The significance of that is that David Eckols married Lytsy (Lettice) Branshaw in 1823. I would contend that David had been living in that John Eckols household at the time. Also, I would contend that Abner Eckols was also a part of that household. I am referring to the John Eckols household that is situated in the Lebanon, Wilson Co., TN., area as opposed to the other John Eckols who had already started a family from his marriage about 1806. Additionally, we know that members of the Wiley Harris family were in Wilson Co., TN., at about the time Noah was born. For instance, Allen Fuller married Wiley and Elisabeth's daughter Nancy in Wilson Co. I believe that Duke Harris, another of their children, also was present. Since Wilson Co., TN., marriage bonds are now photographed and available, I see that a Sally Harris married a John Nichols c. 1821. However, in looking at the minister's return, I read John Nichols as John Acles and would contend that that is our ancestors John Eckols and Sarah/Sally Harris. David Eckols (husband of Lytsy Bradshaw), from the 1850 census for Wilson Co., TN., was born in TN., about 1805. His family remained in Wilson Co., and then moved to Illinois where his widow is listed on the 1860 census. John and Abner Eckols both moved to Madison Co., TN. sometime in the mid 1820s. I checked the tax lists to verify that. Of course, from Texas records we know that Abner moved to Texas c. 1832 and was involved in the Texas War of Independence. The family of Richard A. Eckols (son of Elkaneh Eckols) also settled in Madison Co., TN. (apparently following Richard's death. I believe they wer living in Henderson Co., TN, from the 1830 census listings.) I believe Richard's sister Sally Wynne, widow of Isham Wynne and daughter of Elkaneh Eckols) also was in Madison Co., TN. at about the same time. If we assume that John, Abner, and David were brothers--how do we arrive at the conclusion that the David who died in c. 1808 was their father? I reached that conclusion when I noticed what appeared to be a group migration from Sumner Co. to Wilson Co. The nexus was the family of Abner Spring. In about 1800, we learn that Abner Spring and David Eckols both purchased land from a common source in Sumner Co., TN. They also appear on a petition from about that time that bolsters the idea of their physical proximity. Also appearing on that petition was John Bradshaw. The 1820 census for Wilson Co. indicates that both members of the Springs and Eckols family moved into Wilson Co. I think they were the same families that were living by each other in Sumner Co. They moved as a common unit to Wilson Co. Substitute John/Abner/David for the David who died in 1808 and it makes sense. I think it also explains why the John Eckols who was born about 1797/8 named his third son David--he named him after his father. Further, in the larger context, I would contend that David Eckols who d. 1808 was a son of Joel Eckols who arrived in the Sumner County area when it was the Cumberland Settlement of N.C. in 1788 and who was wounded by Indians near Ziegler's Station and who I believe settled near Castalian Springs. Also, I believe Joel's other children were John Eckols and Clarinda /Claudia Eckols who married Thomas Dorris (although sometimes mistranscribed as Thomas Davis). David served on juries in Sumner Co. in the 1790s. He was a witness to a deed c. 1798 along with Moses Eckols. John and Clarinda were both married in the first decade of the 19th century and in Sumner Co. Joel was the brother who had the greatest apparent interaction with Sumner Co. after it split with Wilson Co. We also know that Joel was the brother of Elkaneh Eckols who died in Wilson Co., TN., in 1805 because he named him as his brother in his will. From the will of William Eckols II of Pittsylvania Co., Virginia, we learn that Joel, Elkaneh, Moses, John, and Larkin were brothers--all of whom moved to the Sumner and Wilson Co., TN., area. There was a sixth brother of course--William Eckols III but he didn't settle in TN. And there were at least two daughters whose married names were Brown. We find the first generation of Eckols in the Sumner and Wilson Co., TN., area interacting with men named Brown in deed transactions. Larkin Eckols, the youngest of the brothers, married and had a daughter. Elkaneh named his three children in his will: Joel, Sally, and Richard A. Joel's orphans were specifically named in records from Hopkins Co, KY, following his death c. 1828. Likewise, Richard married Abagail Brown about 1823 and his children appear in subsequent census listings. I'm only mentioning this to excluse Larkin and Elkaneh as possible direct ancestors of John/Abner/and David. The John Eckols who I believe married Sally Compton c. 1806 in Sumner co. His children are pretty well reflected in the 1850 census. They moved to Illinois. As for the brothers Moses and John Eckols (sons of William II), John died in the early 1820s and his estate was administered in Wilson Co., TN. A Moses Eckols does appear in the 1820 census I believe in Maury Co., TN. At one time I thought Moses was the father of John/Abner/David because he apparently lost money and I could find no land record involving John/Abner/David in Wilson Co. However, the proximity to the Springs and being orphaned at the death of David Eckols in 1808 appears to be a likelier explanation. John and Abner apparently didn't own any land in Madison Co., TN., either. Then we come to the elder Joel Eckols who was a landholder as early as 1792 in Sumner Co. I could never find that proof positive naming any wife nor any children. And then, with the internet up and running, I came across an excerpt of an obituary of the widow of Joel Eckols on the net: from Reported Deaths in the Southwestern Christian Advocate: March 28, 1845: ELIZABETH ECHOLS, daughter of Seth and Elizabeth Maberry [Seth and Elizabeth Seawell Mabury/Mabry ]; widow of Joel Echols; born N.C.; reared in Sumner Co., Tenn.; died Jan. 10, 1845 in her 54th year of age. My conclusion--she was a later wife. Otherwise, how do we explain David, John, and Clarinda Eckols of Sumner Co., TN? I believe they were Joel's children by an earlier marriage. I believe in May 1800 David and John Eckols even registered their cattle marks in Sumner Co., Tn. and I don't think that that was a coincidence. Also, the Eckols/Springs family connection even carried on in Illinois when a David Eckols was involved in a matter with Nancy Marks nee Springs--a descendant of Abner Springs. some supporting notes: Sumner County, Tennessee, deed abstracts--- [55] Page 172 "A Lease for Land" 1 Jan 1798 MOSES ECKOLS to JAMES C HODGES 60 acres joining Big Highland Pond where he (Hodges) now lives S side Cumbeland River, Barton's Crick, term being 7 years. Wit: DAVID ECKOLS, WILLIAM BROWN. [124] Page 479 Deed 31 Dec 1803 THOMAS MURRY to DAVID ECKOLS, $60.00, tr on W side of waters of Second Creek, beg on S bdy line of JESE HAINS, and abutting W bdy of SPILSBY COLEMAN. Wit: ABNER SPRING, ABRAHAM KING. [124] Page 481 Deed 31 Dec 1803 THOMAS MURRY to ABNER SPRING, $120, tr on W side Second Creek, 40 acres. Wit: DAVID ECKOLES, ABRAHAM KING. p. 92 Deed. 27 Jan. 1806. DAVID EKOLS, Smith Co TN to Henry McAden--20 a on Cumberland R on W side Second Cr, $130. Benjamin White. Samuel Ferguson. (Smith Co. is to the east of Sumner Co.) (in an effort to locate Abraham King) [79] Page 453 Indenture 13 Aug 1799 THOMAS MURRAY to DAVID KING, 132 acres, beg W of STEPHEN PELLIS SW cor. Wit: THOMAS STOUBELFIELD, Jurat. 1820 census: Tennessee: Wilson County: Lebanon-- p. 368 (409): focus: JOHN ECHOLS [some cross-ref. to Deed Books C-M Wilson Co., TN] Isaac Moore John Clippel Joseph Lippet Sarah Steel John Gregory John Bell James Bell Enoch Davis Basdell Davis Elisha Schapern William Gill Hezekiah McChincy Jesse Donnell James Jones Benjamin Coats Daniel Massey [p. 114--Thos. Grissom conveys land on Cain Creek to Daniel Massey in 1817] Benjamin Grisham William (?) Terry William Manner John Bell Tilden Bell Thomas Grisham [Cain Creek 1814] James Grisham Hugh Hervey JOHN SPRING [AARON SPRING Sale. Among buyers: Rachel Spring, Abner Spring, and John Spring. Joseph Fouse, administrator. Recorded 24 August 1815. (Pp. 75-76)--infer John and Abner Spring are from same family. John Echols in 1820 nexus to prior proximity betweeen David Eckols and Abner Spring household. Therefore, John son of David Eckols.] Samuel Henry MOSES SPRING [1824: Benjamin Spring conveys land to Moses Spring on Round Lick Cr.] JOHN BRADSHAW [Lytsy Bradshaw m. David Eckols 8/8/1823] [1806: in Capt. Branch's Dist.: Thomas Bradshaw--Round Lick][David Ackols & Lytsy Bradshaw, August 8, 1823. John Foster, BM][Obediah Spradlin & Lucinda Cockran, March 21, 1816, by Daniel Perdue, JP. John Foster. BM] Spencer Morris Neel Thompson John Coonrod James Woods Nathan Goings Niggel Broose JOHN ECHOLS [1 free white male: 10 to 16/ 1 free white male: 16-20] Moses Grisham George Migget Milney Culral Charles Henry William Harris [(102) F: Sheriff Thomas Bradley conveys 5 acres on Cedar Creek to William Harris. 29 July 1817 (511)][F: Sheriff Thomas Bradley conveys 148 acres on Round Lick Creek to William Harris. 29 July 1817. (492-3)] P(Phineas?) Pace Neel Migget Jerry Brood Robert Oneel [Robert Oneel conveys land on Caney Fork to Wm. Waters in 1827] Mary Robertson James Wood John Mitchell Senr [90: Allen Dockings conveys land on Round Lick Creek to John Mitchell Senr. in 1816][183. John Mitchell conveys land on Round Lick Creek to James B. Taylor. 1822] John Mitchell Jr. Thomas Rogers [Wm. Harris conveys land on Kitchin Creek to Thos Rodgers in 1821] Mary Robertson Shelby (or Shelah) Waters Elizabeth Cartwright Wyatt Jinkins Ezekiel Bass John Lawrence *Etheldred Bass [38. Theophilus Bass and E Bass convey land on Cedar Lick Creek to Henry Cooke. 1811][19: Jos. Thomas conveys land on Cedar Lick to EB in 1809][72. Pillow to Dread Bass. 1814][73: Dread B to Theophilus B--Hurricane Creek] David Beard ------------------------------------------------------------------ DB F: Martin Tally to Wily Harris 100 a in Wilson Co. 17 Mar 1817 (314) --------------------- Sumner Co., TN., marriage bonds-- Abraham King and Penelope Todd, Feb. 8, 1804. Julias Jones, BM. ------------------------------------ with respect to the apparent proximity of the John Eckols household to Round Lick Creek, note that in 1817, Abner Eckols was apprenticed to Smith Hansborough. Further, there is a nexus of Round Lick Creek to Smith Hansborough-- William Barton and Rebecca Marshall, Feb. 18, 1816. Smith Hansborough, BM. Smith Hansberry and Sally Marshall, March 5, 1816. Thomas Bradley, BM. in the 1803 tax lists of Wilson Co., TN, we find listed in Ezekiel Bass's District: James Marshall--274 a. on Round Lick. in 1804--Solomon Marshall had 121 a on Spring Creek. with Alexanders in the 1804 tax list: Capt. Wilee Cherry's Dist., we find: John Echols, Alex. Eason, David Marshall, Obed. Spradlin, Thos Bradley--Spring and Suggs Cr. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Ansearchin' news‎ - Page 169 Tennessee Genealogical Society, Memphis Genealogical Society - History - 1993 list of names appearing to have been torn from the bottom of another copy of the petition concerning the Sumner County, Tennessee, county seat from 1801-- significance--notice the common names appearing on it and on the 1820 census for Wilson Co., TN., near the listing for John Eckols then. Did a group of people actually move as a group from Sumner Co. to Wilson County, TN., or was there a change in the boundary and they were all living in the same location? The lists are grouped in the columns going from left to right. James Haynie William King/Ring Frederick Slagle John Shaver Ja's Graham Henry Ellison Charles Brown Jonathan Badgett John Stuart James Davidson? Wm Thompson John Roe Samuel Stuart Booker Bradford Ab'r King Tho's Wallace Henry Harrison William Smith Robert White Zebush Fisher Zeduck Bannet Jacob Bernard Jno Bodine John Hunt Henry Palmer Josiah Giles? William Mohr? Cornelius Herndon Daniel Zimerman William Palmer James Williams Tho's Murrey Wm Read John Swayney? David Eckols Abner Spring Henry McAden Moses Evins John Spring John Bradshaw Lewis Smith Richard Rowton Ric'd Graham Arthur Exum Joseph Exum William Exum Henry King David King A Stubblefield George Stubblefield W Stubblefield Tilman Stubblefield Clemmon Stubblefield Jno Exum James Graham James Haney William Fisher Daniel McConnell James White Nicoles J King Bennet Lane Rees Porter Sr Robert Dalton Jacob Seflaintson? (esp. re beginning Sef) David Bigs Moses Spring Wm Burton William Greenhaugh Randal Webster Jessey Haynie Jona'th Hannum Ja's Hart Francis Locke Da'd McGibony Sam'l Casey Will Alexander Wm L Alexander R Alexandere Alex? Kennedy William Cathey Alexander Cathey Alexander Cathey [sic] John Cathey William Sanders Robert Sanders Richard Sanders Daniel Sanders Benjamin Ellis Iasaac Ellis Abraham Ellis James Ellis James Ellis Champness Madding Jonathan Greenhaw Wm Greenhaw Pursley Ellis Cloudsberry Greenhaw Benjamin Spring William Roe Sm'l Gibson Alex'r Chambers Jms Ginkins (?) John Moore/Moone John Sanderson Littleberry Dickson Aaron Lambert Sampson Prowell Henry? Cockran? James Martin Jacob Stinkert Edward Braley J P Chambers Joseph Tenneson Patrick Hamilton Will Norton Jno Bradley *Tho's Parker John Jones Henry Cockerham Leroy/Terry Dickeson James Wright Jr John Norton James Walker William Reynolds Hezekiah Jones John O'Guin Wm Cage *Tho's Bradley --------------------------------------------------------------- William Doughty & Betsy Springs Bondsman: David Echols Sept.8 1829 (shows close family ties even after death of David Eckols in 1808) ---------------------------------------------------------------- from: Wilson County, Tennessee, Wills. Books 1-13, 1802-1850. compiled by Thomas E. Partlow. AARON SPRING Sale. Among buyers: Rachel Spring, Abner Spring, and John Spring. Joseph Fouse, administrator. Recorded 24 August 1815. (Pp. 75-76)

  
  

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