Rule: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

Generation: 1

1. Rule (child of Robert Rule and Mary Isabel Burnett).

Generation: 2

2. Robert Rule was born 20 Oct 1853 (son of John Rule and Nancy Hood); died 7 Jun 1878; was buried Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Robert — Mary Isabel Burnett. [Group Sheet]
3.
Mary Isabel Burnett (daughter of Rev. William M. Burnett and Letitia Sharp).
Children:

Rule

1. Rule

Generation: 3

John Rule was born 3 Dec 1802, Virginia (son of George Rule, Jr. and Mary Menker); died 21 Mar 1868; was buried Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 328.

John married Nancy Hood 3 Aug 1826, Knox County, Tennessee. Nancy (daughter of Aaron Hood and Anna) was born 1806, Tennessee; died 14 Sep 1890; was buried Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Nancy Hood was born 1806, Tennessee (daughter of Aaron Hood and Anna); died 14 Sep 1890; was buried Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 328.

Children:

Joshua Rule was born 3 Dec 1827; died 24 Jan 1922; was buried Stock Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.
Margaret "Peggy" Rule was born 23 Oct 1829, Tennessee; died 5 Nov 1913; was buried Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Samuel A. Rule was born 10 Feb 1832, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 17 Apr 1917; was buried Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
George J. Rule was born 4 May 1835; died 6 Mar 1898; was buried Woodlawn Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
Catherine "Katie" Rule was born 15 Mar 1838, Tennessee; died 16 Nov 1891; was buried Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Rev. Caleb Rule was born 2 Jul 1840, Tennessee; died 7 Jun 1913, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Anna Rule was born 19 Dec 1842, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 5 Oct 1920; was buried Alder Branch Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
John Rule was born Abt 1845; died 27 Apr 1865.
Aaron Rule was born 20 Aug 1847, Knox County, Tennessee; died 25 Oct 1919; was buried Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
2. Robert Rule was born 20 Oct 1853; died 7 Jun 1878; was buried Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Rev. William M. Burnett was born 10 Jun 1814, Tennessee; died 14 Apr 1881; was buried Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1850, Sevier County, Tennessee

William married Letitia Sharp 15 Mar 1839, Blount County, Tennessee. Letitia (daughter of Alexander Sharp and Susana Maxwell) was born 11 Oct 1821, Tennessee; died 13 May 1896; was buried Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Letitia Sharp was born 11 Oct 1821, Tennessee (daughter of Alexander Sharp and Susana Maxwell); died 13 May 1896; was buried Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1850, Sevier County, Tennessee

Children:

3. Mary Isabel Burnett
Rev. John Alexander Burnett was born 5 Jan 1840, Blount County, Tennessee; died 29 Jan 1922, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 30 Jan 1922, Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Benjamin F. Burnett was born Abt 1840, Tennessee.
Susan Jane Burnett was born 26 Oct 1842, Blount County, Tennessee; died 19 Aug 1910; was buried Bethlehem Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
Sarah A. Burnett was born Abt 1844, Tennessee.
James A. Burnett was born Abt 1846, Tennessee.

Generation: 4

George Rule, Jr. was born 1775 (son of George Frederick Rule and Rosanna Shipley); died 1857; was buried Haynes-Rule Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 328.

George married Mary Menker 26 Mar 1799, Augusta County, Virginia. Mary (daughter of Henry Menker) was born 1777; was buried Haynes-Rule Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Mary Menker was born 1777 (daughter of Henry Menker); was buried Haynes-Rule Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.

Children:

Rosanna Rule was born 16 Feb 1801, Virginia; died 18 Sep 1872.
4. John Rule was born 3 Dec 1802, Virginia; died 21 Mar 1868; was buried Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Christiana Rule was born 14 Feb 1804, Virginia; died 24 Apr 1863.
Jacob Rule was born 8 Feb 1806, Virginia; died 26 Nov 1889.
Henry Rule was born 30 Jun 1808, Virginia; died 15 Mar 1868; was buried Rule Cemetery, Clay County, Indiana.
Samuel Rule was born 1 Jul 1811, Virginia; died 22/22 Oct 1880/1889.
George Rule, III was born 2 Jan 1814, Virginia; died 6 Dec 1883; was buried New Salem Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
Catherine Rule was born 26 Dec 1817, Knox County, Tennessee; died 25 Oct 1885.
Mary "Polly" Rule was born Abt 1823, Knox County, Tennessee; died Aft 1857.

10. Aaron Hood
Aaron — Anna. [Group Sheet]
11.
Anna
Children:

5. Nancy Hood was born 1806, Tennessee; died 14 Sep 1890; was buried Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

14.	Alexander Sharp was born 10 Jul 1793, Virginia; died 17 Jul 1839; was buried Clarks Grove Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee. Alexander married Susana Maxwell 10 Sep 1816, Blount County, Tennessee. Susana (daughter of Robert Maxwell and Sarah Clark) was born North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

15.

Susana Maxwell was born North Carolina (daughter of Robert Maxwell and Sarah Clark).

Children:

Thomas Boyd Sharp was born 8 Dec 1818, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 3 Sep 1901; was buried Chilhowee Cemetery, Seymour, Sevier County, Tennessee.
7. Letitia Sharp was born 11 Oct 1821, Tennessee; died 13 May 1896; was buried Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Mary T. Sharp was born 11 Nov 1823; died 25 Feb 1894; was buried Centennial Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
Ann White Sharp was born 3 Feb 1830, Tennessee; died 16 Aug 1908; was buried Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
Boyd Alexander Sharp was born 1832, Blount County, Tennessee; died 26 Jan 1914, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried 28 Jan 1914, Stock Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Knox County, Tennessee.