Sumner County, Tennessee

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We have a Waller researcher interested in Sumner County. Her name is Shirley Wicker Hendrix and she is a descendant of one of the Joseph Wallers who shows up in the documentation listed below. That's assuming the Josephs listed below are not all the same man.

For Waller researchers, Sumner County should prove to be one of the more interesting Tennessee Counties. Wallers were settled in the area as early as 1792. This is a good ten years before Col. George's sons migrated to Roane County. It is even more surprising when you look at the geography. Roane County is in the eastern part of the state and it is logical it would be settled early. Sumner County however is located in the middle of the state which at that time was considered extreme western Tennessee.

To put it in perspective, Daniel Boone was 58 years old in 1792. Prior to this work I thought the only things in middle Tennessee in 1792 were trees, Indians and bears. These Wallers are going to be fun to research. Sumner County is in the northern part of the state and chances are good they came south out of Kentucky.
Partly because of the lack of good census data around 1790-1820 we grasp at any data that will place individuals. Both a Joseph Waller and a Richd. Waller were in Sumner County in 1792.
source: Sistler, "Index to Early Tennessee Tax Lists" see Mormon microfilm #1697905, item 5. This is strengthened by marriages listed below with very early dates.
Listed below are Waller marriages of record in Sumner County. If you can add to this list with a documented marriage please Email Ali.

Oct 18 1800 Richard Waller married Salley Harrison
Feb 12 1803 Lydia Waller married John Hoover
Mar 13 1794 Thomas Waller married Elizabeth Pierce
Nov 21 1804 Joseph Waller married Elisabeth Railey
Jan 16 1849 Lucy Mary F. Waller married William L Wood



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