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The Little Family of Sullivan County, Tennessee |
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Thomas Little (1704) married Mary Denton in New York. They moved to Shenandoah County, Virginia with the Denton family and other families who settled in Sullivan and Washington Counties. It was Frederick County when they lived there. Thomas and Mary's children included: In 1755, Jonah Little witnessed the will of John Denton in Frederick County and his mother Mary, who was a widow, was an executor. George Little signed the 1777 petition of men living on the north Holston River complaining about the division of Fincastle County. They felt the line was not equitable and the court house was too far away.
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Jonas Little (1735) was the son of Thomas Little and Mary Denton. He married Rebecca Tipton in 1759. Their children included: |
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These kinsmen settled in Piney Flats, Sullivan County, Tennessee (was North Carolina) before 1771. Andrew, George, and Matthew Little were on the list of tithables taken by Walter Crockett in 1771. Matthew could be Mathias. In 1774 Valentine, George, Andrew and Mathias Little were in Looney's Company during Lord Dunmore's War. In 1776, Andrew Little was in the Cherokee Expedition. In 1778 George and Thomas Little took the oath of allegiance in what would become Washington County, Tennesee. In 1778
In 1782 George Little received a land warrant in Sullivan County. At that time it was in North Carolina. In 1788 Mathias Little sold Nathan Lewis 200 acres in Washington County. In 1788, Mathias received a warrant for land in Sullivan County, Tennessee. At that time it was in North Carolina. George Little married Mary Jobe on January 26, 1791 (bond Isaac Tipton) In 1794 a Thomas Little was on the 1794 Washington County Poll Tax-(Capt. Carriger's Company) in the part that became Carter County. Mathias and Valentine Little appeared on the pay roll for Captain Jacob Womack's militia company in 1782 stationed at Womack's Fort in Fincastle County, Virginia which became Sullivan County, Tennessee. Mathias and George Little were with the men who laid out the road from Shoats Ford on the Holston River to the Virginia border.
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Valentine Little was born about 1744 in Lincoln County, North Carolina. His children included: In 1774 Valentine was in Looney's Company. In 1776, Valentine Little was in the Cherokee Expedition. On October 23, 1782 Valentine Little purchased 100 acres in Sullivan County, Tennessee (then North Carolina) for 50 schillings for every hundred acres. The land was on the south side of the Holston River. Valentine died in 1788.
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| Martin Little (1780-1818, married Mary Polly Russell) | ||||||
Mathias Little was born about 1761. His children included: On October 23, 1782 Mathias Little purchased acres in Sullivan County, Tennessee (then North Carolina) for 50 schillings for every hundred acres. The land was on the north side of th Holston River. On July 10 1788, Matthias Little purchased 100 acres in Sullivan County, Tennessee (then North Carolina) next to Solomon Smith Mathias died in 1841 in Sullivan County, Tennessee. |
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Valentine Little was born about 1780 in Sullivan County, Tennessee. Valentine married Arry or Ory. She was not Ora Sams who was married to someone else and living in North Carolina. His children included: In 1814, during the War of 1812, Valentine Little was on Captain William King's muster. In the 1830 census, Valentine and William Little was in Piney Flats. In 1850 Ora/Arry was listed with Valentine in the census. Ora had died between the 1850 census and an 1858 land hearing. Arry Little was laid to rest in Riley Cemetery. The 1858 land bounty hearing was for Elizabeth Lewis, widow of Emphrain Lewis. It was attended by Martin Little (1809) and Elizabeth Lewis (daughter of Elizabeth and Emphrain Lewis). They testified that widow Elizabeth Little had married Valentine. In the 1860 census, Valentine was living with Martin and his wife Sarah. |
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George Little, Sr. was born about 1763. On October 23, 1782 George Little, Sr. purchased 240 acres in Sullivan County, Tennessee (then North Carolina) for 50 schillings for every hundred acres. The land was on the north side of the Holston River next to Samuel Smith and William Wallace. In 1786 George Little signed the Petition for Division of Sullivan County. George, Sr. died in 1794. On April 27, 1819 George Little Jr. registered ? acres next to John Smith. George Little appeared in the 1796 and 1812 tax lists of Sullivan County. In 1840 George Little was in the Jonesborough area.
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Andrew Little was born about 1765. On October 23, 1782.Andrew Little purchased acres in Sullivan County, Tennessee (then North Carolina) for 50 schillings for every hundred acres. The land was on the south side of the Holston River directly across from his brother George. The western point of his Andrew's deed included that island on the Holston at the entrance to Indian Creek. In 1776 Andrew Little was in the Chreokee Expedition.
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