Ausberry Stinnett

Notes:

Religion: Baptist.

Ausberry Stinnett was returning home after taking corn to the mill to be ground when he was stopped by Rebel soldiers. When he tried to get away, they shot and wounded him. He hid from them among the rocks at the swimming hole on Dunn's Creek where his family found him. He died a short time later.

Tombstone has no inscription.
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Reference:
Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.

Notes:

Alexander was eleven or twelve years old at the time of his mother's second marriage. He was his mother's favorite child and when she gave him the family farm it caused an uproar in the rest of the Stinnett family. The other children later caused trouble over this and it must have gone on for quite a while. There are court records where they paid monetary sums to several of his children to cover their inheritance from John. As late as 1874, Elizabeth appeared in court and swore she had made and signed a deed for fifty acres of land to Alexander in 1866.

From the Minutes of the New Salem Baptist Church:
"...Took up a case against Brother Alexander Stinnett for fornication and finding no proof he was acquitted for the same."

Baptist farmer.
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Reference:
Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 148.

Alexander married Elmina Ball Mar 1830, Cocke County, Tennessee. Elmina (daughter of Ausburn Ball and Martha "Patsey" Thomason) was born 31 Oct 1812, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 19 Jun 1893, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Stinnett Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Donald B. Reagan lists name as Elmira McKissick.

Religion: Baptist.

Elmina's birth place is not confirmed. She is said to be a Native American. She lived the rest of her life on the Stinnet farm.
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Reference:
Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 148.

Notes:

It is beleived McKissick was killed in the Indian wars about 1812 while his wife
was expecting.
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Reference:
Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.

— Elizabeth Wilkerson. Elizabeth was born 1794, South Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Housewife
Baptist
Buried in Henry Cemetery.

It was said that "Old Betts" as she was called, was ruler of the roost and a hellcat on wheels. It is believed that Betts was married first to a McKissick and he was killed in the Indian wars about 1812. She was expecting a child at that time. Alexander was eleven or twelve at the time of his mother's marriage to John Stinnett.

From the minutes of the New Salem Baptist Church On the fourth Saturday in April 1863; The New Salem Baptist Church of Jones Cove met in business session and brought a charge of fornication against Elizabeth Stinnett, and cited her to the next business meeting to defend herself against the charge. In the next meeting she had a witness that testified for her and she was cleared of the charge by a vote of the body present and restored to full fellowship. There was no mention who the third party was. It probably was Thomas Stinnett, a son of John by a previous marriage. He came to Tennessee and lived for a while. He was listed in the 1860 census as living in the Stinnett household. He either died or moved before the next census. There is a Thomas Stinnett buried in the Number one Henry Cemetery in Old Henry Town.

Elizabeth is not listed in the 1870 census of Sevier County, but in 1874 she made an appearance at the County Court Clerk's Office at Sevierville, Tennessee and gave a sworn statement to the clerk that she had made and signed a deed for fifty acres of land to Alexander Stinnett in 1866. She is next found living with her daughter, Margaret and Thomas Wilkerson in Wear's Valley, District No. 6, Sevier County, Tennessee. She is ninety years of age and she probably died there. No one knows where she is buried, possibly in Wear's Valley or maybe in the Stinnett Cemetery. Alexander was the favorite child and she gave or sold him the farm that belonged to John. It must have caused trouble with their other children and there was a court action over this.
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Reference:
Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.

Other Events:

• Also Known As: Osborne Ball

Notes:

Misty Spinelli lists given name as Asborn.

On the GRS CD ROM # CD 229 Marriage Records for the Southern States an Osbourne Ball married Patsey Thomason on 26 September 1803 in Grainger County, Tennessee.

1830 Cocke County, Tennessee Census lists Asbern Ball next to Royal Ball.

1850 Cocke County, Tennessee Census lists given name as Osborne, age as 71, occupation as Farmer and value of land $200.
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Reference:
Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.
Misty Spinelli
http://www.liberty.com/home/hannibal/censusb.txt.

Ausburn married Martha "Patsey" Thomason 26 Sep 1803, Grainger County, Tennessee. Martha (daughter of George Thomason and Rachel Hudspeth) was born 18 Apr 1785, Virginia; died 1860, Taylorsburg, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried Ball Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Misty Spinelli lists surname as Thompson.

1850 Cocke County Census lists age as 64 unable to read or write.
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Reference:
Misty Spinelli
Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.

Edward — Elizabeth Osborne. [Group Sheet]

George — Rachel Hudspeth. [Group Sheet]