Person:Holden Shanks (1)

Greene County, Tennessee

Greene County, Tennessee - Will Book I

Page 407 Indenture 10 Aug 1795

John Gibson and Holdon Shanks, both of Greene Co, TN, 226 pounds paid, tr on headwaters of west fork of Holly's Creek, part said land being tr 200 acres granted Gibson by Patent of 16 Feb 1789, other being 26 acres 40__ of David Robinson tr on which he now lives by purchase from Gibson, tr adjoining David Smelcer and William Ross.

Witness: Joseph Lusk, David Russell.

Page 210 Indenture 25 Jan 1808

Holden Shanks and Robert Rankin, Greene Co, TN, $1100 paid, tr on headwaters of west fork of Holley's Creek, part of said land being tr of 200 acres granted to John Gibson by patent dated 16 Feb 1789, the other being 26 acres, part of David Robertson tr whereon he now lives, Gibson having bought 226 acres adjoining Jacob Smelser and William Ross.

Witness: William Bell, James Oliphant. Registered 22 June 1808

Greene County, Tennessee - Tax List

TAX LIST: 1805; TN; Greene Co; published in EARLY E. TN TAXPAYERS by Polyanna Creekmore; E.TN Hst. Society, pub. #33; 1961

p. 180 (3rd column)

Henry Earnest

Giles Parman

Valentine Callihan

James Gibson

Reuben Biggs

Thomas Kennedy

Holden Shanks

Blount County, Tennessee

Blount County: County Court Clerk: Wills: Vol. 1: 1795-1869

Reference: Roll #139: County Clerk: Wills: Volume: 1-3: Date: 1795-Mar 1934: Tennessee State Archives

No. 165 Holden Shanks http://mountainpress.com/books/tn/details/blount_wills.html

1.   Sawyer, Wilna Powell. James Lewis French: His Ancestors and Descendants with Allied Lines. (FamilySearch, 1973).

   THE SHANKS FAMILY
   
   James Shanks, father of Holden Shanks and James Shanks, Jr., lived in Augusta County, Virginia and North Carolina. Both sons born in Augusta County, and both were in the Revolutionary War from North Carolina. James Shanks, Sr. died in Green County, Tennessee.
   
   Holden Shanks married 1st, Elender Sample in 1784. They had five children. (See copy from Shank’s Bible, below.) He married 2nd, Jane Campbell in 1797. Elender had only been dead a short while and he had three children: Adam C. Shanks, Pegg Shanks, and Sally Shanks.
   
   HOLDEN SHANK’S BIBLE RECORD
   
   Holden Shanks, born March 22, 1757
   Elender Shanks, born Dec. 6, 1758
   
   Children:
   
   Martha Car. Shanks, born Sept 1785
   Jane Crothers Shanks, born Dec 3rd, 1787
   Moses Sample Shanks, born July 9th, 1789
   James Shanks, born June 9th, 1791
   Elender Shanks, born June 18th, 1795
   
   This Bible record was copied by Mrs. Z. R. Peterson for the DAR from the Henshaw family at Waco, Texas. It is recorded in files from the Michigan Book Bible Records.
   
   Early Tennessee Taxpayers, Washington County 1787, No. 680
   Holden Shanks – 1 white poll
   
   Greene County, Tennessee Minutes of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions 1785-1796. Page 409
   
   One other from John Gibson to Holden Shanks dated August 10th, 1795 for two hundred and twenty six acres of land was duly sworn. Proven by oath of David Russell and admitted to record.
   
   THE SAMPLE FAMILY
   
   Samuel Sample, Augusta County, Virginia, will dated 1776. Wife’s name Ann - - - -.
   
   Moses Sample, born 1736/37, son of Samuel and Ann Sample, was in the Revolutionary War from Augusta County, Virginia. As a patriot, he furnished supplies. He married Ruth Wood, daughter of William Wood. Moses Sample died Jefferson County, Tennessee in 1824. The children of Moses and Ruth (Wood) Sample were:
   
   (1) Elender Sample, b. 6 Dec 1758, m. 1784, Holden Shanks
   (2) Ruth Sample, m. Samuel Norwood
   (3) Polly Sample, m. Mr. Kirkpatrick
   (4) Agnes Sample, m. Mr. Kirk
   (5) Ann Sample, m. Mr. Blackburn
   (6) Elizabeth Sample, m. Jacob Crider
   (7) Matthew Sample
   (8) William Sample
   (9) daughter married a Mr. Roberts
   
   William Woods, father of Ruth Woods, who married Moses Sample, died 1779 in Augusta County, Virginia.