Jackson Maynard - Margaret Yates

After Jackson Maynard's first wife Rachel Barnett died, he married Margaret Yates.  Margaret is my great-grandmother.  They were married June 2, 1885 in Monroe County, Tennessee by Rev. Arthur B. White - related to Jackson through the Barnett marriage. 

This is a picture of Jackson and Margaret that was sent to me by Lolita Burchfiel Austin (a descendant of Jackson's). 

Jackson and Margaret had three children:

• Samuel Edgar Maynard  born January 1, 1887
• Charles H. Maynard born December 31, 1888
• Margaret E. Maynard (Maggie) born August 8, 1891

Jackson Maynard - Rachel E. Barnett

Jackson Maynard's first marriage was to Rachel E. Barnett April 27, 1865 in Monroe County, Tennessee by Rev. Andrew King.  Rachel had previously been married to Alexander B. Lindsey which we will cover in another post later.

Jackson (John Maynord) and Rachel are recorded on the 1870 Monroe County, Tennessee Census.  Living with the familiy are Mary and Alicend (Lindseys).  We will mention these children with Rachel on another posting.  This is the only document that we have found Jackson mentioned as John - not sure why.

Jackson (Mayner) and Rachel are also recorded on the 1880 Monroe County census.   Living with them are Rachel's mother - Louisa Barnett and Tennessee (Lindsey) Tate being divorced.  Not completely sure about why Tennessee is living with the Maynard family.  (We will touch on Tennessee on another posting).  This census is two parts - he is listed at the bottom of the first page and continued on the top of the second page.

Jackson and Rachel had nine children:

• William Nelson Maynard (Will)  born January 31, 1866
• John H. Maynard  born December 10, 1867
• Joseph C. Maynard  born February 14, 1870
• Louisa Josephine Maynard (Josie)  born 1871
• Matilda Caldonia Maynard (Donie)  born May 12, 1874
• Thomas Newton Maynard (Tom) born August 5, 1876
• Isaac M. Maynard (Ike) born January 30, 1878
• Ella S. Maynard  born May 5, 1880
• Henry Dugan Maynard (Dougie)  born June 14, 1882

This picture is a photo taken from a tin-type that was sent to me by Colleen Murphy Paggi.  Pictured are sitting Jackson holding Ella, Isaac standing, Rachel is sitting holding Henry. Second row is Josie, Tom, Donie, and Joseph.  Back row is Will and John.  This picture was probably taken about 1884.

Jackson Maynard - Civil War

Jackson Maynard was a private in the  Company D, Third Tennessee Mounted Infantry joining August 5, 1864 Loudon County, Tennessee under the name of Jackson Mainer.  His muster-in date was August 10, 1864 Loudon County, Tennessee and the muster-out date of November 30, 1864 Knoxville, Tennessee.  Jackson did receive a pension (Number XC2700829) for his service for rheumatism and disease of the heart and throat.  His third wife, Julia Yates Maynard, received this pension until her death in 1961 - 100 years after the Civil War started.  One of Jackson's descendants told me that Julia was one of the last 25 people to receive a Civil War pension.  Thanks to Colleen Murphy Paggi, a descendant, for sending me all the pension records for Jackson (over 160 pages).  The pension papers state that Jackson Mainer and Jackson Maynard are the same person and that the soldier did not know how to spell his last name.

Below is a description of Jackson Maynard from his pension file - 5' 9", blue eyes, dark hair.                        

                

Jackson Maynard

Jackson Maynard, my great-grandfather, was born September 22, 1844 in Monroe County, Tennessee.  He is first mentioned on the 1850 Monroe County Census with his mother Matilda Maynard (Manor) born about 1823 in Tennessee and a sister, Susan Maynard born September 22, 1846.  They are recorded as living with the William and Frances LAND Gray family that was originally from Wilkes County, NC.  Thanks to my cousin Lynette for sending me this great copy of Jackson's picture that hung in our grandparents house forever.

We do not know the real reason that Matilda is living with this Gray family; but, Debbie Lee, a descendant in California, shared with Colleen Murphy Paggi, another descendant, in an email January 2011:

"Speaking of memories.
 I don't know the validity of this but I clearly
remember Grandma Mae telling me a "family legend" about a Maynard female
getting pregnant by and having a shotgun wedding with a male from another
family. She thought the last name was Grey. Then for some reason the Maynard
female came back to the Maynard family and raised her son as a Maynard.
Grandma thought the husband (Grey) died ether before or just after the baby
was born. Again I have no proof but I remember asking Grandma to retell the
story when I had a family history project in high school."

We have not been able to validate this story or of a marriage between Matilda Maynard and a Gray.  But, Debbie told us this before she knew anything about her ancestry.  Therefore, could this be the reason the Maynard's are living with the Gray family?  We have researched into the Gray family and can not figure out which of the Gray brothers could have been the father - even if the story is true.

We have been not able to find Matilda, Jackson or Susan on the 1860 Census; as a matter of fact, we are unable to find any other information on Matilda Maynard after the 1850 Census - but, I do have theories.
We have also not been able to determine who Matilda's parents were.

Welcome

My name is Eddie Maynard a descendant of many families from Monroe County, Tennessee.  Finding out about my family history and genealogy, researching has now become a hobby (and yes, I use that term lightly).  I,  by no means, consider myself a genealogist but a researcher about my family.  You may email me at rem5393 at aol dot com.

This blog is to document and to share with others the family history of the Maynard, Bivens, White, McLemore, Henry, Barnett, and Millsaps families.  With the research help of family and friends, we have been able to prove and document these families through many generations not just in Monroe County, Tennessee but even before they brought their families here. 

I am also using this blog to document information of the Soak community of Vonore/Madisonville before TVA built the Tellico Dam that encompassed that community.  The Soak Community will never be the same as before the dam and I am trying to gather as much information on the area that I can.

Oh, by the way, I have been told by my cousin,Colleen Murphy Paggi from California, that I do not have a family tree....mine makes a WREATH  because it goes around and around and around.  She learned about family wreaths while attending a genealogy conference last August 2010 in Knoxville, Tennessee.

The above picture is a view of the Tellico Lake from Fort Loudoun in Vonore, Tennessee that my friend Whitney Smithers photographed while we were attending a reenactment at the Fort in 2007.  We shared the day with my cousin Gwen Bivens Holloway and two of her grandchildren at the Sequoah Museum and the Fort.

                     ANCESTRY FOR EDDIE MAYNARD

  1. Parents, 2. Grandparents, 3. Great Grands, 4. GG Grands, 5. GGG Grands, 6. GGGG Grands

    1.  Ralph Tiller Maynard
         2.   Charles H. Maynard
                3.   Jackson Maynard
                    4.   Matilda Maynard
                3. Margaret Yates
                    4.   Samuel Yates
                    4.   Elizabeth Kinnaman
         2.   Sallie Ann McLemore
                3.  William McLemore
                    4.   William McLemore
                              5.   Archibald McLemore
                                  6.   John McLemore
                                  6.   Sarah Carnes
                              5.   Sarah Plumlee
                     4.   Rebecca Gentry
                              5.  Pleasant Gentry
                                   6.  Allen D. Gentry
                              5.  Jane Cottrell
                3.  Margaret White
                       4.   James B. White, Jr
                              5.   James B. White, Sr
                              5.   Elizabeth Ann Hicks
                        4.  Sarah Henry
                              5.  Fielding F. Henry
                              5.  Emeline Tucker
                                    6.  Henry Tucker
                                    6.  Sarah Meyers
    1.  Freida Gene Bivens
         2.   Jake Warren Bivens
                3.  Benjamin Franklin Bivens
                        4.  Joseph Pulliam Bivens
                               5.  James Bivens
                                     6.  Benjamin Bivens
                                     6.  Polly Carney
                               5.  Parthenia Turner
                        4.  Easter Burris
                3.  Millie Millsaps
                        4.  Ransome Millsaps
                               5.   Andrew Millsaps
                                      6.  Jesse Millsaps
                                      6.  Mary Hyder
                        4.  Julianne Katherine Johnson
          2.  Esther Theodoshia White
                3.  William Charles White
                        4.  Allen Newton White
                               5.  James B. White, Sr
                               5.  Elizabeth Ann Hicks
                        4.  Easter Rebecca Barnett
                               5.  William Barnett
                                      6.  Michael Barnett
                                      6.  Dina Campbell
                               5.  Elizabeth Louisa Treadway
                  3.  Rebecca Jane Henry
                         4.  Fielding F. Henry
                         4.  Emeline Tucker
                               5.   Henry Tucker
                               5.   Sarah Meyers