Nicholas^ Anthony

Male 1780 - 1858  (78 years)


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  • Name Nicholas^ Anthony 
    Born 1780  Orange Co, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Dist 25, Bedford Co, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Nicholas Anthony Age 70 farmer 3500 NC
      Sarah, 67 f NC
      Katharine 27 f TN
      Loten (sp) 24 m TN
      Jasper 21 m TN

      (Jacob Anthony two doors prior)
    Ethnicity German 
    Died 1858  Bedford Co, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Will 1859  Bedford Co, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • October Court 1859, widow Sally Anthony and Laton J Anthony appt administrators. Will no longer exists but later court records make it clear that he left one piece of property to his children and his home place property to Sally during her lifetime with reversion to his children at her death.
    Notes 
    • By the late 1850s, in his late 70s, he was suffering from some form of dementia. In September 1858 a jury was appointed "to examine the lunacy of Nicholas Anthony".[7] In October the jury reported he "was a lunatic and unable to take care of his business," and the court appointed his son Laton J. Anthony as his guardian.[8] Nicholas, who would have been about 78 at this time, died within a year, as his will was proved at the October court 1859, with the widow Sally Anthony and Laton J. Anthony appointed as his administrators.[9] The will itself no longer exists, but later court records make it clear that he left one piece of property to his children and his home place property to Sally during her lifetime with reversion to his children at her death.

      The widow, Sarah, appears in the 1860 and 1870 censuses in the household of her son Laton J. Anthony. She evidently died sometime in 1873. A statement filed by George T. Anthony on 1 October 1872 states that his father Nicholas Anthony died in 1858 and his widow still resided on the property where he died.[10] An offer to auction the home place land date 4 February 1873 also mentions the land ?on which his widow resides.?[11] But a document dated 29 September 1873 speaks of the ?estate of our grandmother Sallie Anthony?, implying she was dead.[12] The settlement of her estate by her son Laton J. Anthony occurred after Nicholas Anthony?s death.[13] I failed to note the date.

      At his death, Nicholas owned two pieces of property: 114 acres on Thompson's Creek in the 24th Civil District of Bedford County, and the home place of 198 acres in the 25th Civil District in Roseville. The 1860 and 1870 censuses show Sarah Anthony living in the 25th Civil District, and his children later stated that Nicholas (and later Sarah) lived on that property in Roseville. Nicholas Anthony?s lost will must have left the 114 acre tract in equal shares to his children, for they engaged in a protracted court case over the distribution of that land in the 24th District. Six of the children wanted to sell the property and divide the proceeds, while the rest preferred to partition the land. The records of this case clearly show the children (or their heirs) were splitting the property 13 ways because, before the case was settled, several shares and parts of shares were sold, in each case the shares being 1/13. For example, Henry Anthony sold his 1/13 share to George Thomas Anthony prior to settlement.[14] The case was in court before 2 November 1869 because on that date the court acted on the recommendation of a commission it had appointed to consider a partition of the property. The commission laid out a 2/13 partition for George T. Anthony (19 1/2 acres), who owned his own share and Henry Anthony?s share, and recommended the remaining 94 1/2 acres be sold.[15] The land was then sold to William Shofner for $3,780 and the proceeds divided 11 ways -- $341.39 apiece after expenses. George T. Anthony then immediately sold his 19 1/2 acres to the same William Shofner, completing the transfer of all 114 acres.[16] The case was settled on 1 September 1873 when the court clerk recorded that he was holding the money for each of the heirs.[17]

      After Sally Anthony?s death (probably in 1875), the division of the 198 acre home place in the 25th District prompted a similar protracted court case, with the petition filed 4 November 1875. It stated that the land contained ?the home in which Sally Anthony had resided at her death and for years before.? Again, some legatees wanted to partition the land and others wanted to sell it and divide the proceeds. This time around, the children traded their shares beginning in 1870, with some shares changing hands more than once. By the time the petition was filed, Layton J. Anthony had acquired the interests of Frederick, Roddy, Mary, Jacob, Elizabeth, and Young Anthony, giving him a 7/13 share, and argued for a partition.[18] He eventually succeeded and ended up owning the family home which he apparently had never left. Note that there were a smaller number of litigants in the 1875 case, with only three of the Anthony children participating.

      From Bob's Genealogy Filing Cabinet II:
      (Rootsweb Family Tree - Sandra "My Ancestors and Kindred Families" sansgenmail@gmail.com)

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      From Bob's Genealogy Filing Cabinet II: A statement filed in Bedford County on 16 November 1870 by Riley E. Stubblefield and wife Sarah E. Stubblefield stated that Sarah E. Stubblefield was a granddaughter of Nicholas and Sally Anthony and one of the surviving children of William Neese and his deceased wife Betsey Anthony.

      A similar statement filed 3 August 1872 stated L. W. Yates, M. C. Yates, Mellissa Neese, and Cornelia Neese were grandchildren of Nicholas Anthony and children of William and Elizabeth Neece, both deceased.

      A William and Elizabeth Neese appear in the 1850 census of Henry County, Tennessee with Elizabeth age 43 and children named Sara E., Margaret, Mary C., Rebecca, Melissa, Jasper J. Bathara, Eliza, and Emily

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    Person ID I19283  Roots
    Last Modified 21 Jun 2013 

    Father Jacob^ Anthony, Sr (immigrant),   b. 01 May 1745, Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Dec 1833, Orange Co, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Mother Mary Magdalena^ Shoffner, (immigrant),   b. 1757, Frankford, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Mar 1827, Orange Co, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Married Abt 1773 
    Family ID F7077  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth Nicholson,   b. Abt 1780, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1821, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 41 years) 
    Married 21 Oct 1800  Orange Co, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • bondsman Jacob Anthony
    • bondsman Jacob Anthony
    Children 
     1. Young Anthony,   b. Abt 1801, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1875  (Age ~ 75 years)
    Last Modified 10 Feb 2011 
    Family ID F7075  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Sarah^ "Sally" Nicholson,   b. 1783, Almance, Orange Co, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1870, Shelbyville, Bedford Co, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Married Abt 1803  Orange Co, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Nimod Roderick "Roddy" Anthony,   b. 14 Apr 1805, Almance, Almance Co, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1890, St. Augustine, St Augustine Co, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
    +2. Henry A Anthony,   b. 1806, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1870, Lawrenceburg, Lawrence Co, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
    +3. Elizabeth Anthony,   b. 1807, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1870  (Age 63 years)
     4. Mary Anthony,   b. Abt 1808, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1852  (Age ~ 45 years)
    +5. Frederick Anthony,   b. 06 Mar 1810, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1870  (Age 60 years)
    +6. Margaret "Peggy" Anthony,   b. 06 Mar 1810, Bedford, Bedford Co, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Aug 1894, Bedford Co, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
    +7. Jacob Anthony,   b. 1812, Dyer, Gibson Co, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1875, Dyer, Gibson Co, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
    +8. William Horace^ Anthony,   b. 06 Aug 1819, Thompson's Creek, Bedford Co, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1884  (Age 64 years)
     9. Kathleen Anthony,   b. Abt 1822, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1860  (Age ~ 38 years)
    +10. George Thomas Anthony,   b. Abt 1824, Bedford Co, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1880, Bedford Co, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 57 years)
    +11. Laton J Anthony,   b. 01 Dec 1826, Bedford Co, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jan 1880, Bedford Co, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years)
     12. Peter Anthony,   b. Abt 1827, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1850  (Age ~ 23 years)
    +13. Jasper N Anthony,   b. Abt 1829, Bedford Co, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1862  (Age ~ 33 years)
    Last Modified 21 Jun 2013 
    Family ID F7076  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart