Elizabeth Gist

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Elizabeth Gist formerly Belew aka Springer

• Born 14 Dec 1787 in Union, Union, South Carolina, United States
• Daughter of Zachariah Belew and Mary (Bullington) Belew
• Sister of Sarah Belew, Reuben Belew, Rennie Raney Belew, James Perry Belue, James Perry Belew, Mary Hannah (Belue) Robinson, Thomas Belew, Susannah (Belew) Springer, Hosea Belew, Samuel Belew, Jacob Belew, Zachariah Calvin Belew and Jane (Belew) Springer
• Wife of John Springer — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
• Wife of William Joseph Gist Sr — married 7 Jan 1816 in Barren, Kentucky, United States
• Mother of Ruth Springer, Jesse W. Springer, John Lawrence Springer, Belew Gist and Marinda (Gist) Eubank
• Died 1866 at about age 78 in Monroe, Kentucky, United States

Biography

ELIZABETH “BETSY” BELEW, daughter of Zachariah Belew and Mary Bullington; born 14 December 1787, Union District, South Carolina;[1] died 1866, Barren County, Kentucky; she may have been buried in Mill Creek Church Cemetery.[2] She married (1) JOHN SPRINGER; mother of Jesse and Ruth Springer and probably another son and another daughter; married (2) 7 January 1816, Barren County, Kentucky, JOSEPH GIST; mother of Belew, Merinda, and James Monroe Gist (born 3 July 1826); marriage bond 3 January [surety: John O. Morrison]; mentioned in settlement for John Springer, Barren County, Kentucky, not dated [1816]; in 1850 she was living in her daughter Merinda (Gist) Eubanks’s household in Monroe County. She was perhaps the Elizabeth Springer, received by letter, who became a member of the Mill Creek Baptist Church, in November 1813.[3] According to Vaughn she received a widow’s pension in 1853; had a Springer son in 1808 and a Springer daughter in 1810;[4] the last assumption is based on the fact that a young boy and a young girl in those age ranges were listed in Joseph Gist’s household in 1820—none of Joseph’s children by his first marriage were living with him, and they were much older than the pair who are believed to be children of Joseph’s wife by her first marriage. So two children of John (III) Springer and Elizabeth Belew. This girl is the right age to be Matilda Springer, while the boy might be the young John Springer who appeared later in Monroe County.
NOTE ON JOSEPH GIST

GIST, Joseph—s. of Benjamin Gist & Mary ______ [Jarrett or Wright]; m. (1) Hannah Breed; father of Sarah, William, Mary, Christopher, Amy, Priscilla, Joseph, and Anna Gist; married (2) Elizabeth “Betsy” (Belew) Springer; f. of Belew (b. 10 Nov 1818, Barren County, Kentucky; d. 16 Apr. 1896, Clay County, Tennessee; bur. Green Cem., Celina, Clay Co.;[5] m. 31 Dec. 1846, Jackson County, Tennessee, Nancy C. Davis; Cs. 1880: Dist. 6, Clay Co., Tenn. 73), Marinda (b. 29 June 1824, Kentucky; d. 14 Feb 1858; m. Willis Branceford Eubanks) & James Monroe Gist (b. 3 July 1826, Ky.); [6] born 27 August 1751, Virginia; Kentucky Indian spy for Sevier’s North Carolina Regiment, Revolutionary War; m. 1st 25 Jan 1773, Union Co., S.C.; fl. 1778 Washington Co., Tenn. [with Benjamin Gist]; Tax list 1778: Washington Co., Tenn.; fl. 1788-99 MC, Ky. [list of members Mill Creek Church]; March Court 1801, Barren County: Joseph Gist is entitled to 200 acres as pr entry satisfactory proof being made it ord[ered] to be certyfed;[ ] tax lists of Barren Co. 1800-14; m. bond 3 January [surety: John O. Morrison]; m. 2nd 7 Jan. 1816, Barren Co., Ky.; mentioned in settlement of John Springer in Barren Co. [1816]; Rev. war pensioner; d. 31 Aug 1844, MC, Ky.; bur. Mill Creek Church [Old Mulkey] Cemetery.

RECORDS OF JOHN SPRINGER'S ESTATE

• November Court 1815, Barren County: On Motion of Benjamin Rush & John Howard Certificate is granted them for obtaining letters of Administration of the Estate of John Springer Deceas’d whereupon they took the necessary Oath and together with James Harrison & Mich’l Chism their Secureties enterd into bond in the penalty of $500 Conditioned as the Law directs the wife of the said Springer being in Court & having resigned her right to the Administration of said Estate.
• Ordered that Gideon Mayfield Thos Wiley Nich’s Howser & James Rush or any three do appraise in Current money the personal Estate & Slaves if any of John Springer Dec’d & report to the Court.[7]
• February Court 1816, Barren County: Inventory & Appraisement & Sale of the Estate of John Springer Dec’d ret’d & OR.[8]
• July Court 1817, Barren County: Ordered that George Chism James Chism Giddian Mayfield & James Harrison or any three do adjust & Settle the accounts of John Howard & Benjamin Rush Admrs of the Estate of John Springer Dec’d and report thereof to the Court.[9]

CENSUSES WITH NOTE ON BIRTHDATE OF ELIZABETH BELEW

Please note that the age assigned to Elizabeth (Belew) (Springer) Gist in all the following censuses is in the range of 1787, not 1769 (the date that is included in the Christopher Gist book).Sears-5927 15:00, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

John Springer, Junr., 1810 U.S. census, Union Dist., S.C., p. 30 handwritten (between John Springer and Dennis Springer with no interventions), line 28 (NARA M252, roll 61)

   1 free white male under 10 (Jesse),

   1 fwm 26-45 (John, Jr.);

   1 free white female under 10 (Ruth),

   1 fwf 26-45 (Elizabeth). 

Joseph Gest household, 1810 U.S. census, Barren Co., Ky., p. 88 [immediately following Ezekiel Springer, John Mulky, Benja Rush, James Rush, all in a row], line 11 [followed by Ezekiel Springer] (NARA M252, roll 5)

• 1 free white male 45 & up (Joseph);
• 1 free white female under 10,
• 1 fwf 45 & up (Hannah);
• 1 slave.

Joseph Gist household, 1820 U.S. census, Monroe County, Kentucky, p. 195, line 22 (NARA M33, roll 25)—

• 1 free white male under 10 (Belew Gist),
• 2 fwm 10-16 (Jesse Springer & possibly another Springer son: John),
• 1 fwm over 45 (Joseph);
• 1 free white female under 10 (possibly another Springer daughter—it could be Matilda),
• 1 fwf 10-16 (Ruth Springer),
• 1 fwf 26-45 (Elizabeth).

Joseph Gist household, 1830 U.S. census, Tompkinsville, Monroe County, Kentucky, p. 392, line 21 (NARA M19, roll 39)

• 2 free white males 10-15 (Belew & ?),
• 1 fwm 70-80 (Joseph);
• 1 free white female 5-10 (Marinda),
• 1 fwf 40-50 (Elizabeth),
• 1 fwf 50-60 (?).

Joseph Gist household, 1840 U.S. census, Monroe Co., Ky., p. 238, line 18 (NARA M704, roll 120)—

• 1 free white male 10-15 (James Monroe),
• 1 fwm 20-30 (Belew),
• 1 fwm 80-90 (Joseph);
• 1 free white female 15-20 (Marinda),
• 1 fwf 50-60 (Elizabeth).

In 1840 Joseph Gist (living in his own household) was listed as a pensioner, age 89, in Monroe County, Kentucky.[10]

Willis Eubanks household, 1850 U.S. census, Monroe County, Ky., p. 387, dwelling 261, family 278; 10 Aug. 1850 (NARA 432, roll 213).

Willis Eubanks 33 Farmer $400 Va.
Merinda 26 Ky.

• Musadore 6 Ky.
• Lorenzo 5 Ky.
• Joseph 4 Ky.
• Elizabeth 2 Ky.

Elizabeth Gist 62 $1000 S.C.

Richd Hammer household, 1860 U.S. census, Monroe Co., Ky., p.o. Tompkinsville, p. 9, dwelling 57, family 57 [same page as Aaron Rush, another Richard Hammer, and Kissiah Hammer (age 76)] (NARA M653, roll 388).

Richd Hammer 46 Black Smith --- 100 Ky.
Ellen 28 Tenn.

• Mary 7 Tenn.
• Nancy 4 Ky.
• John 1 Ky.
• Wm. 1 Ky.
• Louisa 6 Ky.

Elizabeth Gest 72 Farmer 3200 700 S.C.

CHILDREN

Children of John, Jr., and Elizabeth (Belew) SPRINGER:[11]

RESEARCH NOTE ON THE CHILDREN

Stan Garner in “The Garner Connection” (2007) lists the children of John Springer, Jr. and Elizabeth Belew as Jesse, Ruth, John (b. ca. 1810, Ky.), Susannah (b. ca. 1814, Ky; m. James Harlan on 23 Oct. 1834, Wayne Co., Ind.), and Thomas Springer (b. ca. 1815, Ky.; m. 1 May 1839, Wayne Co., Ind., Polly Ann Thompson). I checked marriages of Wayne County and found neither of these marriages in that county—and I didn’t find them anywhere else either. I located James and Susannah Harlan on the census for Wayne County, Indiana, and they were clearly not settlers from Kentucky. Sears-5927 16:19, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

• i. JESSE SPRINGER, b. Union District, S.C., 1804/5; m. SARAH HARLAN.
• ii. RUTH SPRINGER, b. Union District, S.C., 2 Apr. 1805; d. nr. Tompkinsville, Monroe Co., Ky., 8 Mar. 1888; m. (1) GEORGE HARLAN & (2) WILLIAM FRAIM.
• iii. possibly JOHN SPRINGER, b. 1800-4; living in Tompkinsville, Monroe Co., Ky., 1820 & 1830.

John Springer household, 1820 U.S. census, Monroe Co., Kentucky, p. 215, line 44 (NARA M33, roll 25)—1 free white male 16-26 (John); 1 free white female 16-26 (wife?).

John Springer household, 1830 U.S. census, Tompkinsville, Monroe Co., Ky., p. 387, line 16 (NARA M19, roll 39)—1 free white male under 5, 1 fwm 5-10, 1 fwm 20-30 (John); 1 free white female under 5, 1 fwf 5-10, 1 fwf 20-30.

• iv. possibly MATILDA SPRINGER

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NOTES ON JOSEPH GIST

JOSEPH GIST, born 27 August 1751,[12] Lunenburg County, Virginia; died 31 August 1844, Monroe County, Kentucky; buried Mill Creek Church [Old Mulkey] Cemetery; son of Benjamin Gist and Mary ______ [Jarrett or Wright]. He married (1) 25 January 1773, Union County, South Carolina, HANNAH BREED, born 1755, died 14 May 1815, Barren County, Kentucky, daughter of Joseph and Priscilla (Avery) Breed. Joseph married (2) 7 January 1816, Barren County, Kentucky, ELIZABETH “BETSY” (BELEW) SPRINGER, widow of John Springer, Jr. Their marriage bond was dated 3 January with John O. Morrison acting as surety.

Joseph and Hannah “moved from the Fairforest Creek settlement in present Union County, South Carolina, in 1776 with his parents, Benjamin and Mary (Jarrett) Gist, to Washington County, North Carolina, where, in 1777, he enlisted, serving as an Indian spy in the regiment commanded by Col. John Sevier;” his military career continued with several “different enlistments until 1780 under Col. Sevier, Majors Jesse Walton and Jonathan Tipton, and Capt. James Stinson (his brother-in-law).[13] tax list 1778: Washington Co., Tenn. [Benjamin Gist was also on the list].

In 1783 when Greene County was organized from Washington County, the home of the Gists was in the new county.[14] On 23 August 1784 Joseph Gist was a delegate from Greene County to a convention to consider forming a new state, to be called Franklin, organized from Washington, Sullivan, and Greene Counties.[15]

“Joseph Gist owned several tracts of land in Greene County, North Carolina (now Tennessee), some of which he sold in 1795 and 1796.”[16] About 1801 he and his family moved to Barren County, Kentucky, rejoining Hannah’s sister, Priscilla (Breed) Howard, and her brothers, Avery and Nathan Breed. Their names appear on the membership list of the Mill Creek Baptist Church in 1801.[17] At the July Court 1801 in Barren County, Kentucky, Thomas Gist, Joseph Gist, and Nathan Breed were ordered to view the nearest and best way for a road from the state line near Capt. Gist’s to near Thomas Flippen’s, and report to the court.[18] tax lists of Barren County, 1800-14; mentioned in settlement of John Springer in Barren County [1816]; In 1819 Joseph Gist was appointed an executor of the will of his brother-in-law, Avery Breed.”[19]

Joseph Gist was an uncle of Levi Gist, father of the Gist women who married two sons of Matilda (Springer) Morrow. If Joseph Gist was Matilda’s stepfather these interconnections would be reasonable.
Tax lists of Barren County, Kentucky:[20]

• 1800: 15 July, Joseph Gest, 200 acres, Barren Co., Line Creek, 1 white male over 21, 1 white male over 16 and under 21, 5 horses.
• 1801, 19 Mar., Joseph Giss, 200 acres, Barren Co., Line Creek; 1 white male over 21.
• 1802, 7 Aug., Joseph Gist, 196 acres, Barren Co., Coles Creek, 1 white male over 21, 1 slave, 3 horses, 1 stud horse.
• 1804, 2 May, Joseph Gist, 196 acres, Barren Co., Mill Creek; entered: Cole; surveyed: Cole.
• 1805: 4 May, Joseph Gist, 180 acres, Mill Creek.
• 1806: Joseph Gist.
• 1807: Joseph Gist.
• 1808: Joseph Gist.
• 1809: Joseph Gist.
• 1810: Joseph Gist.
• 1811: Joseph Gist, Sr.
• 1812: Joseph Gist, Sr.
• 1813: Joseph Gist.
• 1814: Joseph Gist, Sr.

CHILDREN OF JOSEPH GIST AND HIS TWO WIVES

Children of Joseph and Hannah (Breed) GIST:[21]

• i. SARAH GIST, b. 13 Nov. 1773; m. DAVID HARDIN.
• ii. WILLIAM B. GIST, b. 25 Sept. 1775; m. 21 May 1801, Barren Co., Ky., by Rev. John Mulkey to MARY WOOD.[22]
• iii. MARY GIST, b. 24 Oct. 1777; m. JESSE HARRISON (fl. Union Dist.); m. of Elizabeth Harrison; fl. Union Dist., South Carolina; fl. 1798, Barren Co., Ky.
• iv. CHRISTOPHER GIST, b. 1 Dec. 1779, NC; d. bef. 1850, Henderson Co., Tenn.; m. 11 Jan. 1801, Barren Co., Ky., by Rev. John Mulkey to ELIZABETH WOOD[23] (b. 1788); f. of Joseph Breed, Eliza A., Laura, Betsy, Hannah, Frances, Nancy, Irene, Christopher & William Gist; tax list 1801: Barren Co., Ky.; prob. the Christopher who witnessed William Morrow’s will in Smith Co., Tenn., 1816.
• v. AMY GIST, b. 15 Apr. 1782, NC; m. 23 Jan. 1800, Barren Co., Ky., by Rev. John Mulkey to JOHN HARDIN/HARDING.[24]
• vi. PRISCILLA “PRISSY” GIST, b. 20 Nov. 1785; m. 31 Mar. 1803, Barren Co., Ky., by Rev. John Mulkey to HOWARD MERCER.[25]
• vii. JOSEPH GIST, JR., b. 14 Feb. 1789, Tenn.; d. 1835, Darke Co., Ohio; he & his wife bur. Bethel Cem., Wayne Co., Ind.;[26] m. 25 July 1810, Barren Co., Ky., SARAH “SALLY” MEANS, b. 24 Sept. 1789, d. 1853, Darke Co. Joseph appeared on Barren Co. tax lists 1810-14.
• viii. ANNA “ANNY” GIST, b. 12 Mar. 1791, Tenn.; d. 23 June 1872, Wayne Co., Ind.; she & her husband bur. Bethel Cem., Wayne Co.;[27] m. [bond] 23 Apr. 1810, Barren Co., Ky., with Joseph Gist bondsman—m. by Rev. John Mulkey to ELIHU HARLAN on 9 May 1810;[28] he was the son of James & Edith (Howard) Harlan, b. 16 Mar. 1789, S.C., d. 8 May 1872, Wayne Co. Anna and Elihu were the parents of Lucinda, Edith, Hannah, Joseph Gist, John, Mary, Elizabeth, Margaret, Nathan, Stephen & Anna Harlan.[29]

Children of Joseph and Elizabeth (Belew) (Springer) GIST: [30]

Please note that the mistaken birth date for Elizabeth (Belew) (Springer) Gist (1769) would surely disqualify her to be the mother of these children with her second husband: 55 when her daughter Marinda was born, 57 when James Monroe Gist was born. Sears-5927 15:50, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

• ix. BELEW GIST, b. 10 Nov. 1818, Ky.; d. 16 Mar. 1896, Clay Co., Tenn., aged 77; bur. Green Cem., Celina, Clay Co.;[31] m. 31 Dec. 1846, NANCY C. DAVIS, b. 25 Oct. 1824, d. 11 Oct. 1888. Their children, all b. in Jackson, now Clay, Co., Tenn., Joseph R., Isaac, William B., Vance, Sarah L., Ezel, Martha “Mattie” Belle, Robert L. Gist. [32] Cs. 1880: Dist. 6, Clay Co., Tenn. 73.
• x. MARINDA GIST, b. 29 June 1824, Monroe Co., Ky.; d. 14 Feb. 1858, MC, Ky.; bur. Mill Creek Cem.;[33] m. WILLIS BRANCEFORD EUBANK/EUBANKS, b. 1817, Va. Children: Musadore, Lorenzo, Joseph, Elizabeth.
• xi. JAMES MONROE GIST, b. 3 July 1826.

Elizabeth Belew was born in 1769 in South Carolina. She originally married John Springer. After John passed away, she married Joseph Gist on 7 Jan 1816. Joseph and Elizabeth had three children: Belew, Marinda (Gist) Eubank, and an unnamed son.[34]

She passed away in 1866.

notes

Place of burial might be Old Mulkey Church Cemetery, Tompkinsville, Monroe County, Kentucky, United States.

comments

Birth surname has also been reported to be:

• Belue
• Springer (which is the surname of her 1st husband)

Date and place of birth have also been (erroneously?) reported to be 1769 in South Carolina (unattested, conflicts with her Find A Grave memorial).

Date and place of marriage to Joseph have also been (erroneously?) reported to be January 7, 1816 in Boone County, Kentucky, United States (unattested).

• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jun 6 2022, 23:45:44 UTC