James Wilburn Wallace, Sr.

Migration to Tennessee : http://www.tn.gov/sos/bluebook/05-06/40-history.pdf http://jowallace.com/pdfs/WallaceDescendantReport.pdf

Once the threat of Indian warfare had subsided, the pace of settlement and growth in Tennessee quickened. A brisk business in public lands arose from the continued issue of North Carolina military warrants, which Tennessee agreed to honor with grants within its boundaries. After 1806, the state also began to dispose of its public domain by selling off unclaimed land for a nominal fee. Cheap public land and the circulation of so many old claims had the desired effect of attracting settlers from the East. Even more favorable for immigration were the various cessions of Indian land negotiated between 1798 and 1806. Treaties signed with the Cherokee and Chickasaw during that period resulted in the acquisition of much of south-central Tennessee and most of the Cumberland Plateau, finally removing the Indian barrier between the eastern counties and the Cumberland settlements. Tennessee now had jurisdiction over contiguous territory from east to west, which made it easier for westward travelers to reach Middle Tennessee. With so much fresh land— some of it quite fertile—opening for settlement, the state experienced a very rapid rate of population growth. Between 1790 and 1830, Tennessee’s growth rate exceeded that of the nation, as each successive Indian treaty opened up a new frontier. Between 1790 and 1800 the state’s populace tripled. It grew 250% from 1800 to 1810, increasing from 85,000 to 250,000 during the first fourteen years of statehood alone. By 1810, too, Middle Tennessee had moved ahead of the eastern section in population. With the opening of former Indian lands, and the heavy migration into the state, the period from 1806 to 1819 was one of prosperity and rapid development in Tennessee. Thirty-six of Tennessee’s 95 counties were formed between 1796 and 1819. Raw, isolated settlements developed quickly into busy county seats, and the formerly beleaguered outpost of Nashville grew into one of the leading cities of the Upper South. Still, with 80 percent of its people engaged in agriculture, Tennessee retained an overwhelmingly rural character. Although most farmers worked simply to supply the food needs of their families, income could be made from selling certain “cash crops.” Cotton and tobacco were commercial crops from the beginning. They were profitable, easily transported, and could be worked on large farms, or plantations, with slave labor. Tennessee farmers also converted corn, the state’s most important crop, into meal, whiskey, or (by feeding it to hogs) cured pork and shipped it by keelboat or flatboat to Natchez and New Orleans. Land-locked as they were an

http://www.tngenweb.org/stewart/1860census2.htm

   I found James and Martha Wallace on the 1850 census for Stewart County, TN, the first child is listed as Abithal Wallace, then Philander, next Ludy ( which should be Lidy or Lydia according to the wedbite of Christy Amos. The next child listed is James and then George.

   Almost all of the ages are wrong on this census report but it seems to be the correct family. A very interesting fact is that there is another Abithal Wallace, perhaps a brother of James, and his family living next door. Was their first child, Abithal, named after a brother?

   From Woodrow W. Hammond <woodyhammond_@hotmail.com> 5 Dec 2005

   James is the oldest son, named along with Samuel Ross and M.L. Stance as for his younger siblings, Alexander, John, and Harriet.

   1850 census, Stewart Co., TN

   WALLACE Parents James & Martha

   Children Abithal

   Philander

   Ludy (Lidy or Lydia)

   James

   George

   1860 census, Cadiz, Trigg Co., KY

   WALLIS James 43 TN Literate Carpentry 200/175

   Martha 40 TN Literate

   A. (m) 22 TN Literate (Abithal)

   J. W. (m) 16 TN Attended school (James W., Jr.)

   Geo. W. (m) 14 TN Attended school (George W.)

   T. H. (m) 12 TN (Thomas H.)

   C. J. (f) 10 TN (Caroline)

   M. S. (m) 2 KY Wm. Monroe)

   Son P. P. Wallis is next door.

   1870 census, Rock Castle, Trigg Co., KY 1 Sep 1870

   WALLIS James 54 TN Farmer 1000/400

   Marthy 52 TN

   Thomas H. W. 18 TN Works on farm (Is this T. H., age 12 in 1870?)

   Caroline 15 TN Works in house (Is this C. J., age 10 in 1870?)

   Munroe S.. 12 KY

   Alvin 9 KY

   Mary C. 2 KY

   Another James WALLIS, age 24 TN, is nearby: Probably their son?

   James Wilburn WALLACE, Sr., died 26 Oct 1879 in Trigg Co., KY

   1880 United States Census -- Bethesda, Trigg, Kentucky

   WALLACE Martha R. Self W Female W 62 TN Farmer NC VA

   Alvin G. Son S Male W 19 KY Works Farm TN TN

   Mary C. Dau S Female W 12 KY TN TN

   I have seen a death date for Martha as late as 1909. That seems highly unlikely.

   OOPS! She really did live past 1909

   See daughter Lydia CUNNINGHAM for 1900 & 1910 censuses.

Change Date: 8 Oct 2007 at 10:45:32