Notes for 4 George Kimbro
Sources: Kimbro Cemetery Bedford County Tennessee Early Tennessee Tax Records page 112
George Kimbro of Giles Co. is listed twice as paying taxes in 1812.
Source: Bedford County, Tennessee Land Records 1814-1840
Jenkins/ Whiteside to George Kimbro
Source: Deed 1822 Book P page 65
Jno. Wortham to George Kimbro
Source: Deed 1829 Book AA page 100
Jessie Burette to George Kimbro
Source: Deed 1833 Book ?? page 157
George Kimbro to Daniel Hooser
Source: Deed 1835 Book EE page 246
George Kimbro to Daniel Hooser
Source: Deed 1840 Book JJ page 430
Living next to George and Rachel is his daughter and son-n-law Daniel Hooser age 49 and Franky Hooser .
Source: Census Records 1820
George Kimbrough Bedford County, Tennessee age 41 3 males and 3 females 10 or under 2 males between 10-16 1 male between 18-26 1 male between 26-45 1 female over 45
1830 George Kimbro Bedford County, Tennessee pg. 036 age 51 1 male between 5-10 1 male between 10-15 1 male and 1 female between 15-20 1 male between 20-30 1 male and 1 female between 50-60
1840 George Kimbro Bedford Co Tennessee pg. 099 age 61 1 male between 20-30 1 female between 50-60 1 male between 60-70
1850 George Kimbro Bedford County, Tennessee pg. 269 age 71 George age ( ) sex M color ( ) profession Farmer R. estate $2500 birth NC Rachael age 75 sex F color ( ) profession ( ) R. estate ( ) birth NC
Source: R. Blanks “Burrow Family History” c 1986 Page 4
(Note: This record shows 12 Phillip Burrow #6 interactions with 4 George Kimbro.)
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
A bounty land file and application at the National Archives (No. indicates that Phillip Burrow (1) was a participant in one of the associated with the War of 1812. The event which led to Phillip’s service was the massacre of settlers at Fort Mims Alabama on August 3 a thousand Creek warriors; known as Red Sticks. More than 500 men, women and children were slain at the Fort which was located on Tensaw Lake 20 miles north of Mobile.
The massacre appalled and aroused the frontier bordering country. Militia from Georgia and Mississippi Territory mounted drives against the hostiles, but it was Andrew Jackson with Tennessee volunteers supported by the Creek and Cherokee allies and a regiment of U. S. Infantry, who sustained the all-out conclusive campaign against the Red Sticks.
Jackson mounted two campaigns against the Creeks. The first began in September of 1813 second began in January of 1814. Jackson’s decisive victory occurred on March 27, 1814 at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend on the Tallapoosa River in the eastern-central part of Alabama. Jackson’s army consisted of approximately 2,000 infantry, 700 cavalry, and 600 Indian allies (Cherokee and Creeks) included the Tennessee volunteers and a regiment of U. S. Infantry.
Approximately 900 hostile Creeks were killed in this battle, and the losses in Jackson’s army were 49 killed and 154 wounded. Phillip Burrow’s bounty land application contains a total of four declarations which attest to his service in the Creek War.
One declaration is by Phillip and dated September 20, 1855. The other three declarations were made by his fellow soldiers; John Casteel, James Harris, and George Kimbro all residents of Bedford County Tennessee, and were made in 1855 and 1857. The declarations are somewhat contradictory as to Phillip's service; however, it appears that he was a volunteer for both of Jackson's campaigns against the Creeks for a total service of about six months, and that he was at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. He was mustered into service at Fayetteville, TN and was discharged at Shelbyville, TN on April 13, 1814
Source: a book on cemeteries in Tennessee pg. 270 #3 Kimbro Cemetery map 12
This cemetery is located near Three Fork bridge George Kimbro, Born in N.C. Apr. 11, 1779 & died in Bedford County, Tennessee July 17,1859 "Having consecrated his heart to God, connected himself with the Baptist church in 1803 & remained a consistent member until God called him home" Rachel Kimbro Dec. 1775 Aug. 3, 1857.
The following is the Will of George Kimbro. The original will was lost when the court house was burned during the war. Therefore they had to list every member of the family that could lay claim to George's estate. Because of this it provided the one document that links Berry to James and James to George. Until I received this, I only had a partial copy of the will and that only left questions.
Source: Mrs. Betty Major Tullahoma, Tennessee (February 23, 1991)
Bedford County Tennessee Rule Docket 1855 - 1866 (page 618 )
Alexander Kimbro, Exr. (son) : of George Kimbro :
Original Bill Filled : December 28, 1865
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Franky (Frances Kimbro daughter) Hooser & Others :
To the Honr. Jno. P. Steele, chancellor, presiding at Shelbyville.
The Bill of Complaint of Alexander Kimbro, Exr.(son) of George Kimbro, deceased, respectfully shows to your honor that George Kimbro died in Bedford County, Tenn. in August 1860 having previous made his last will and testament, in which your orator was nominated as executor thereof, and at Sept. Term 1860 of the County Court of Bedford your Orator caused said will to be proven and admitted to record in said County Court, and Complainant gave bond and security, and qualified as executor thereof. In the most important provision in said will was one by which the executor thereof was directed to sell his real estate consisting of a valuable tract of land on Duck River in said County.
Your Orator proceeded to the execution of the will and sold said land to one said Hooser (Frances his sister) for $6,740.25 and took his note for the purchase money and gave his bond for title when the purchase money should be paid. Thus the business stood when the Civil War between the North and South of the United States broke out, and during its progress and while the town of Shelbyville was occupied by the Army of the Confederate States, the Court House of Bedford County was burned together with nearly all of the public records - - - and with records thus consumed was lost the original will, probate, and enrolled copy thereof, of Geo. Kimbro, and your Orator is not aware that any office copy of it remains. The only evidence of its contents being the memory of the witnesses now living.
Complainant has caused a copy of the will to be made by the Rev. Wm. Jenkins (the same one on the Shofner side of the family) who wrote the original will. This copy made from the memory of the said Jenkins is believed to be the substance of the original, and is herewith filed as exhibit ("A"). (See decree following for the exhibit.) The widow, children and grandchildren, heirs at law of said George Kimbro, are Elizabeth Kimbro, (his second wife - his first, Rachel died 2 years earlier in 1857) his widow who resides in Bedford County: Franky (Frances) Hooser and Mary Williams, daughters of the Testator, who also reside in Bedford County: Sally Cully a daughter of the Testator who lives with her husband Thomas J. Cully in Indiana: Neely Kimbro, a son of the Testator who lives in Gibson Co., Tenn. : Thomas Kimbro who lives in Arkansas. Margaret Holland who lives with her husband Wm. B. Holland in Bedford County, Tennessee, the said Thomas and Margaret being children of Benjamin Kimbro who was a son of the Testator: Berry Kimbro and William Kimbro who lives in Texas, the four (only two) last named being children of James Kimbro who was a son of the Testator.:
The Testator had another son named William Kimbro who died many years ago in Texas and left a widow and a son and a daughter. The daughter Martha died before the Testator George Kimbro without issue, and the son Benjamin died after the Testator without issue, leaving as next of kin Sadie Kimbro, his mother who resides in Texas. The said Testator's son Benjamin and James died in the lifetime of the Testator, as did also another son named Allen Kimbro. Allen Kimbro left a widow, Mary Kimbro and five sons, namely Alexander Kimbro, Thomas Kimbro, Benjamin Kimbro, George Kimbro, and Richard Kimbro, all of whom reside in Bedford County, Tennessee, except Thomas who died in testate and without issue since the death of the Testator.
The premises considered your Orator prays your honor to make Defendants to this bill, said Elizabeth Kimbro, Franky Hooser, Mary Williams, Sally Cully and Thomas J. Cully, Neely Kimbro, Thomas Kimbro, Margaret Holland, Wm. B. Holland, Mary Kimbro, Alexander Kimbro, Benjamin Kimbro, George Kimbro, and Richard Kimbro, Sadie Kimbro, Berry Kimbro, Rachel Kimbro , Wiley Kimbro, and William Kimbro. And Complainant prays your honor to order that proof may be taken and perpetuated of the fact that said paper filed, as Exhibit ("A") is the last will and testament of said George Kimbro. And Complainant prays for general relief in the premises.
Signed R. B. Davidson, Sol State of Tennessee, Bedford County.
R. B. Davidson personally appeared before me, L. Tillman, Jr. Dep. Clerk of the Chancery Court at Shelbyville, and made oath that the defendant described in said bill as non-residents of the State of Tennessee, reside in their states respectively as stated in the Bill. Complainant therefore prays for an order of publication against them Sworn to and subscribed before me 28 Dec. 1865.
Signed Lewis Tillman, Dep. C&M Alex. Kimbro, Exr. and others:
Answer of Mary Kimbro
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Filed May 4, 1866 Franky Hooser and others:
The answer of Mary Kimbro, (Allen Kimbro's widow) Guardian of Benjamin Kimbro, George Kimbro, and Thomas Kimbro, to the Bill filed against them and others in the Chancery Court at Shelbyville by Alexander Kimbro Exr. of George Kimbro, dec'd This Respondent says she believes the paper made out by Wm. Jenkins is a substantial copy of the will of said George Kimbro, dec'd but not intending to admit anything that might or could prejudice the rights of her said children and wards, she prays that the court will protect their rights and that strict proof be made of the destruction of the original will, and of the paper mentioned as a copy of it. Having fully answered, etc.
signed Mary L. Kimbro
Page 621
Alexander Kimbro, Exr, and others:
Decree, May 1866
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Franky Hooser and others:
Be it remembered that this case was heard by the Hon. John P. Steele, Chancellor on the 29th day of May 1866 upon the Bill, answer and pro confesso order, and proof and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that George Kimbro died in Bedford County, Tennessee in August 1860, having previously made his last will and testament of which Complainant was nominated as Executor, and at the September Term 1860 of said County Court of Bedford, said will was duly proved and Complainant was duly appointed, qualified and gave bond as Executor thereof. All of which was duly entered of record in said Court. It further appearing to the Court that in March 1863, The Court House in Shelbyville was burned and with other public records, the said will of George Kimbro and the record of its probate and qualification of Complainant as Executor thereof was consumed by fire and no Office Copy of it is in existence. But it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that the paper filed with the bill and marked exhibit ("A") is a substantial copy of said will. Said paper is in words and figures as follows:
Exhibit A Substance of George Kimbro's Will:
1.To the widow (Elizabeth), all the household stuff which she brought when they married, and also a child's part of the estate of which her died possessed.
2. To Benjamin Coble (who ?), a Negro boy to be paid for at the valuation price placed upon him by disinterested persons chosen for said purpose.
3. To Mary Williams (daughter), a family of Negroes consisting of the mother and her two children upon the same terms as the one above to B. Coble.
4. To Mary Williams $100.00 above that of a child's part for extra services in ministering to the wants of her mother during her illness, and for attention to him during his declining years.
5. To Alexander Kimbro (son), $100.00 extra from a child's part for services rendered in removing his slaves to Texas.
[Also,] To Alexander Kimbro the amount which he had to pay for Benjamin Kimbro as security (the amount is thought to be $140.00), which sum is to be deducted from the part that the heirs of Benj. Kimbro will be in titled to in the general division and to be paid to Alexander Kimbro.
6. All of his (George's) property, whether personal or real is to be sold to the highest bidder at a public sale, except the Negroes above. And to be divided, share and share alike, between each of his children and his widow, having respect to the gift to Mary Williams, and Alexander Kimbro already mentioned.
7. Appointment of Alexander Kimbro as his executor. The above is the substantial copy of the will of George Kimbro, deceased as I now can recollect it.
Signed Wm. Jenkins
It is therefore ordered adjudged and decreed by the Court that said paper is a copy of the said last will and testament of George Kimbro, and that the same be set up and established as his will, and that Complainant proceed to the execution of the same. It is further ordered by the Court that Complainant pay the cost of this suit and that he have a credit for the same in settlement of his account of the administration of said George Kimbro's estate.