Elizabeth Spencer

biography

From page 300 of Historic Sumner County, Tennessee: With Genealogies of the Bledsoe, Gage and ... By Jay Guy Cisco

Thomas Sharp Spencer, called the "Chevalier Beyard of the Cumberland Valley," was a native of Virginia, and a bold, daring hunter .....in April, 1794, he was shot from ambush by Indians, at what is now called Spencer's Hill, in Van Buren County. The seat of justice of that county was so named in his honor. So, also, were Spencer's Creek and Spencer's Lick. After the death of Spencer, the body of land containing 640 acres, lying one mile south of Gallatin,and known to this day as "Spencer's Choice," passed to the ownership of his brother, William, and his sister, Elizabeth. The latter purchased her brother's interest, and then sold the entire tract to David Shelby, who, in 1798, built the stone residence still standing and occupied by A. P. Howisson, the present owner.

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• Elizabeth Spencer In the Tennessee, Early Tax List Records, 1783-1895 Year: 1790 Residence: Sumner, Tennessee link

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