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Information on Locke line posted by ninalight on ancestry.com Born in Rutherford, Gibson Co. Tenn. He was a telegrapher when he grew up, and his father was the depot agent of the Mobile and Ohio. He is often listed as "Lee" Locke or R.L. His wifes name is Rhoda Panther Newell. Her name is spelled differently in every text. I am wondering if she had a southern accent, and they recorded it how she sounded. I have seen it Rhodie or (Brodie!) Locke, maybe a nickname. In some of the census in the 1900s, it shows four children, she must have lost two. Roberts father was Thomas Dewes Locke, B. 1829 in N. Carolina. If you go to Gibson Co. Tenn., site, you can find family history of his early store T.D. Locke and son., it was Locke & Wyatt before the war. (Trading is a long family profession, George, Thomas' father had a store, Matthew and his brother Francis brought goods from Pennsylvania on the old Carolina Road and traded with native Americans). He was in the Civil War under Gen.Bragg. Thomas had a small plantation. His first wife was Mary (Mollie) White Thomas. Father was George D. 1842, he married Fannie Mccay (daughter of famous Salisbury N. Carolina attorney Spruce McCay) on Dec. 21, 1822 in Warren Co., North Carolina. He was born and raised in Salisbury North Carolina. Her father taught law to Andrew Jackson and others. They were married in Warren Co., North Carolina. After George died, Fannie was beside herself with grief and took Thomas and walked for two years! I don't know who was taking care of the other children. She lived with Thomas later in life, and her daughter Elizabeth Clements (Mrs. B. W. Clements) during the Civil War along with her younger children, some lived with her other grown daughter. also married to a Simeon Clements . Thomas sister, Ann Montgomery (teacher) also lived with him, then with his son Robert after Thomas D. Locke died. I found a John Montgomery who died in the Civil War. I haven't confirmed if that was her husband. Thomas D. Locke's first wife was Mary (Mollie)White. They had a child, Mary (listed with Thomas in 1850 census). Mollie died after childbirth, along with her child. In the 1880 census, Thomas is married to Susan E. McCrary, listed is Lee and Allice 23 yrs. I am trying to determine if Allice was little Mary listed in 1850. Allice Mary or Mary Allice. I have not determined what became of her. There is a listing for a marriage register with Bascom Wright, but it appears that they didn't go through with the marriage. George's father was Richard Locke (born 1763, died 1815). He married Jeanette Robinson (1755-1829). I know little about him. Richard's father was a legendary figure, Matthew Locke (born 1730, died 1801). He married Elizabeth Brandon (his half sister, then in the last few years of his life, he married Elizabeth Gosteloe . If you look up Revolutionary War General Matthew Locke you will find all kinds of information There are pictures of his grave, waymarkers along the roadside, etc. He was a planter and had extensive land holdings (alot of that was payment for serving in the Revolutionary War or for serving in government). His niece, Effiegene Locke Wingo was the first woman to serve in the house of representatives. Matthew's father was John Locke (1706-1743). His mother was Mary Patton. Matthew had numerous bothers and sisters, and he and his siblings had large families. Since Matthew and his brother Francis were so well revered, many descendants named their kids after them or their children, so in Tennessee there are so many Richards and Fannys and Matthews that it takes awhile to sort it out. By the way, Matthew's daughter, Jane married Sen. Robert Weakley and they went on one horse to Tennessee, so that he could survey for the government. Eventually he was given enough land to build her a property called Lockeland Springs (you can find pictures on Ancestry.com. Their portraits on on the Tennessee genweb project. Just for fun look up Sweetwater Plantation in Florence, Alabama. That was Jane and Robert's daughter's home. Their daughter died and passed it on to their daughter who married the governor of Alabama. Anyway, there are videos on YouTube and the tv show Paranormal State did an investigation there. The story online is the most accurate. It shows all of the photos of their son, and ghosts. I have copies of letters from the Library of Congress from Henry Laurens to Matthew Locke asking him to find a horse for the Marquis De Lafayette! And, could he get skins from native Americans to make boots for the troops? When George Washington did his tour of the southern states, he was going to Salisbury where Matthew and his brother Francis, Spruce Mccay lived,etc. They were all going to meet him. He ended up stopping at Matthew's daughters house! The parents had gone to Salisbury, so Betsy was asked by Washington to fix breakfast for him and his men. That is a famous story. There are so many. I don't want to overwhelm you. |