Pope County Illinois, William and Mary (Haggerty)Thaxton Family birth Submitted by: Mary Hudson © Compiled from research by Betty Porter and Karra Porter 1998 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************ From Betty Porter, a Thaxton Researcher bporter@vii.com at this date July 27, 1998 her research sent to me is showing. William born Feb. 1848 in Tennessee and married Mary Ann Heggerty was the son of James, born between 1800 and 1810, death between 1840 and 1850 in Smith/Jackson Co. TN. and the wife of James is Cynthia. From Karra Porter, a Thaxton Researcher shewho@vii.com Karra information she had on hand and or speculated to be the truth. The information below points to origins in Jackson Co., Tennessee. Karra at this time was working on the Theory that William Thaxton of Pope County - and at least 3 others there - were children of Cynthia Thaxton of Jackson Co., Tennessee, who may have been the widow of James Thaxton. William Thaxton Married Mary Ann Haggerty, and settled in Hardin & Pope Counties, Illinois. Possible siblings are: * Flora Bell Thaxton born ca. 1832, married James Matthew Dennis * Blake Thaxton b. May 13 1837 d. Aug. 27, 1878, married Nancy Craig * Rhonda Thaxton, who may have married Richard Dennis abt 1858 and remained in Tennessee * Martha Thaxton, b. March 27, 1854 d, April 30 1900, married Isaac Pierce Lentz Some of these records of Karra Porter's are from original records and some are from transcripts. 1850 Census of Jackson County, Tennessee 550/550 Cyntha Thaxton - age 35 - born, Tennessee * Flora, age 16 born Tennessee * Meradith, age 15, born Tennessee * Blake, age 13, born Tennessee * Rhonda, age 7 born Tennessee * Delia, age 5 born Tennessee * Uriah, age 2 born Tennessee [Note: Obviously, William is not named in this entry. The 1900 census suggest a birth date of Feb. 1848 for William; birth records of his children suggest 1849. Cynthia could not be located in the 1860 census which would have helped resolve this issue.