Person:Thomas Essman (1)
Thomas Essman
b.Abt 1758
d.1824 McMinn Co., Tennessee
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Benjamin Ishmael, Essman - 1822
  2. Joseph Ishmael
  3. Thomas EssmanAbt 1758 - 1824
Spouse and Children
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  1. Priscilla Essman
  2. John J. Essman, Sr.Abt 1778 - 1846
  3. Margaret Essman1780 - 1854
  4. Esther EssmanAbt 1785 - 1857
  5. Benjamin Essman, Sr.Abt 1787 - Bef 1841
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Facts and Events
Name Thomas Essman
Gender Male
Birth[1] Abt 1758
Marriage to Unknown Phances
Residence[3] From 1780 to 1783 North Carolina
Residence[4] From 20 Sep 1787 to Sep 1788 Greene Co., Tennessee
Residence[6] From May 1794 to Nov 1794 Greene Co., Tennessee
Other[5] 1794 Greene Co., Tennessee200 acres on Lick Creek Land Purchase
Residence[7] May 1796 Greene Co., Tennessee
Other[5] 1798 Greene Co., Tennessee200 acres on Lick Creek Land Sale
Residence[8][9] From 17 Dec 1807 to 3 Sep 1810 Greene Co., Tennessee
Census[2][10] 1820 Monroe Co., Kentucky
Residence[11] 1821 McMinn Co., Tennessee
Will[12][13] 1824 McMinn Co., Tennessee
Death[2] 1824 McMinn Co., Tennessee
References
  1. ↑ Renee or Gary Henry. Personal Knowledge.

    Guess based on guess of birth date of John and age as reported in 1820 Kentucky census.

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Various. Essman GenForum. (genforum.genealogy.com)
    Message #12, 14 Nov 1998.

    Posted by: Gene Essman

    In Reply to: Re: Charles Edward Essman Family by Barbara Caine

    I've done a little research on the Essman's in TN and have some information. There were four Essman marriages between 1795 and 1805 in Greene County, TN. One was a boy named Benjamin who married a girl named Darkis Cross. The father of these folks seems to have been a Thomas Essman who died in 1824 in McMinn County, TN. John Essman, who is in the 1830 census in McMinn County, TN was assigned to dispose of Thomas' personal property by court order, of which I have a copy.

    Benjamin seemed to disappear from McMinn County, TN and I have been wondering if that is not how the Alabama branch came to be. The Thomas YOU refer to was about the right age to have been the son of this Benjamin. John and William who was also in McMinn County, TN in 1830 both left there. In 1840 William was in Roane County, TN and John went to MO. He died there in 1846. Thomas and John, as mentioned above, were both in KY in the 1820 census. They seem to be either brothers or, more likely, father and son. I am descended from John who would be my ggg-gftr. Please feel free to contact me and I;ll share whatever else I have that might be of interest to you.

  3. ↑ Everett Spitzner. Everett Spitzner's Ancestors - World Connect Project. (everettspitzner@mediaone.net).

    I believe the author is wrong in naming the county as Warren. I think the man died in McMinn County not McMinnville per Gene Essman.

  4. ↑ North Carolina Land Grants Recorded in Greene Co., TN
    p. 20, 104.

    (p. 104) No. 544 pg. 82: thomas Ishmael gets 200 acres adj. to John Francisco on 20 Sept 1787.

    (p. 20) No. 579 pg. 155: 50 shillings per 100 acres to Thomas Bailey for 320 acres in Greene Co. on Little Gap Creek incl. watery branch by Thomas Ishmael on 1 Sept 1788.

  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Various. Essman GenForum. (genforum.genealogy.com)
    Message #117, 17 Nov 2000.

    By Gene Essman

    There was a Thomas Ishmael in Greene County, TN in 1794. He was awarded 200 acres of land for service in the Rev War. The description of the land was "200 acres on Lick Creek" that butts up to John Francisco's land. Four years later, a Thomas Essman sold 200 acres with exactly the same description. Any guesses?

  6. ↑ Greene Co., Tennessee County Court Minutes, 1783-1796
    p. 333, 351.

    p. 333 Thomas Ishmael served on Jury Jas Robinson vs. John Brumley, May 1794.

    9. 351 Thomas Ishmael is on jury for James Stuart vs. Thomas Gillis, Esq. Nov. 1794, Second Monday.

  7. ↑ Greene Co., Tennessee County Court Minutes, 1783-1796
    p. 437.

    May 1796: Thomas Ishmael hath leave to record his ear mark to with a crop of the left ear and a slit in the crop and a hole in the right ear. 12 c. paid.

  8. ↑ Greene Co., TN Deed Abstracts, 1785-1810
    p. 130.

    Deed Bk. 1, pg. 182: Indenture 17 Dec 1807 Thomas Essman is a witness. Stephen Tunnell & Jacob Bruner, $494 paid for 247 acres on Lick Creen adj. tract of Christopher Houts. Wit.: Christopher Houts, Thomas Essman. Registered 4 Jun 1808.

  9. ↑ Greene Co., TN Deed Abstracts, 1810-1822
    p. 12.

    Deed Bk. 2, pg. 194: Correction Deed, 3 Sept 1810 Thomas Essman and Daniel Keller, both of Greene County, TN. $630 paide for tract on Little Gap Creek. Deed is given to correct deed of 15 Jan 1808. Wit.: William Shields, Jacob Keller, Godfrey Saylor.

  10. ↑ 1820 Monroe County Kentucky Federal Census. (http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/census/monroe1820/1820mon_census.html).

    Thomas Essman: 1 male 45+; and 1 woman 45+.
    193 71 Essman John 210010 20010
    193 61 Essman Thomas 000001 00001

  11. ↑ Various. Essman GenForum. (genforum.genealogy.com)
    Message #15, 6 Apr 1999.

    By Linda Prickett

    I am looking for info on Esther Essman who married John Tunnell 9/8/1807 in Greene Co., TN. She was born ca. 1785 in KY and died 11/13/1857 at Athens, McMinn Co., TN. She and John settled in McMinn Co. 1821. Would appreciate your checking your records to see if you have this person. THANKS.

    This assumes that the father moved at the same time as Esther and John Tunnell.

  12. ↑ David Hollowell. E-mail Correspondance Hollowell to Henry. (USGenMan@cs.com)
    14 Jun 0001.

    McMinn Co., TN records show where the will of Thomas Essman was probated 10 Dec 1824 and that John Essman was the administrator.

  13. ↑ Gene Essman. E-mail Correspondance Essman to Henry
    11 May 2001.

    I dug what they had (in the McMinn Co. Courthouse) back in 1985 and that's when I found the court order commanding John to dispose of old Thomas' property upon his death on Dec. 10, 1824.

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