Abstract of Welcome Ussery's Will - Hardeman County, Tennessee
(Usry Bul 74) Book 5, page 94, 10 Nov 1858
Funeral and just debts to be paid.
Wife and 3 youngest children, William C., Wincey E., James S Ussery, the negroes Nap and Emily and her children (7), Grandison and Martin and Delia and George the son of Rose and Bowser and Louisa, and my girl Mary Ann.
To son James, the negro boy Tom
All my land to the youngest children of Wincey E. and James S and and my wife. To son William, land bought of T.D. Dammouls. To son John and Frances and Sarah I. Cantwell, rest of the negroes. Have given John and Frances.
Family Data Collection - Individual Records Name: Welcome Ussery Spouse: Lucy Gross Parents: William Ussery, Sarah Bayes Birth Place: Montgomery Co, NC Birth Date: 1752 Marriage Place: North, NC Marriage Date: 1774 Death Place: Jackson Clay Co, TN Death Date: 6 Jan 1835 [Ancestry.com]
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Welcome was born about 1752, either in Virginia or Anson Co., NC. About 1770, he married Lucy Gross, daughter of Edmond Gross and Sarah Childress. The marriage took place, possibly, in Anson Co., NC or maybe in Jackson, TN.