William Riley Blythe, Sr.

Evidence needed to support as son of Jonathan Blythe & Annie Nancy Blythe. Locations seem different and ages don’t work.

In Rhea County in 1809, William Blythe married Nancy Fields, daughter of the prominent Cherokee Richard Fields. Blythe bought a slave woman, Nancy, and her young daughter, along with some cows and horses, from Samuel Carr in 1812. He later transferred a Negro boy Daniel, 8, to Thomas Hopkins for $250. William Blythe was among the Cherokee contingent who went along with Gen. Andrew Jackson in the campaign against the Creek Indians in 1814. He was in Capt. John Brown's Company under Col. Gideon Morgan. Blythe in 1817 was allowed a reservation of 640 acres “in right of his wife.” This was “south of the high Wassee river. . . below what is called Blythe's ferry.” Thomas Hopkins in 1820 was give rights to operate the Blythe's Ferry, then in 1825 Jesse Poe acquired a 1,500-acre tract including "Blythe's Ferry Place." The Hutchesons later operated the ferry. William Blythe is among those in Captain Roark's Company in the list of taxables for 1829. He had 352 acres listed. In 1836, William Blythe - whose property was then within the new Meigs County - sold 310 acres on both sides of Sale Creek to William Clift.

At the time of the Indian removal in 1838, William Blythe went west with his wife's people. James Browder of Meigs County bought “the occupant Right of William Blythe and the Reservation.” A report on the William Blythe family in the Indian records said it included “six quarter bloods. All read English. Thirteen slaves. One white intermarriage. A farm and one farmer. Two weavers and three spinners. They owned a mill and two ferry boats.” At the time of the 1850 census, William and Nancy Blythe were in McDonald County, Mo., living near several other Blythe families.

Children of William and Nancy Blythe are given as John R., Elizabeth who married Ira Gothard, William Jr. who married Fannie Hammontree, Martha Jennie who married Alexander Adam Clingan, Mary who married Andrew Jack- son Tucker, Elijah who married Martha Clingan, James Chastain who married Sarah Matilda Harlan Kell and then Sarah Jemima Rogers, Absalom Ellis who married Mary Jane Millsaps, Nancy Ann who married Arch Henry and then William Ellis Bean, Joseph Riley and Sarah.

John R. Blythe married Justin Cadle, then Malinda Jane Harlan Lane, and then Polina Tucker James. The Alexander Clingans settled on a farm three miles northwest of Cleveland, and he was Bradley County's first sheriff. The William E. Beans moved to Calaveras County, Calif.

Blythe's Ferry in 1982 was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. However, the ferry finally stopped operation after the opening of the Highway 60 bridge.

http://www.tngenweb.org/meigs/blythe_ferry.html

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https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Blythe-239

Born 21 APR 1790. Need a source for this date. Others are using 21 Apr 1780. No one is giving a source for the specific date. Parents are still in question. He is sometimes assigned to Jonathan Blythe and Annie Barnes, but dates become too close together for him to be their son. Jonathan had a brother, John who may be old enough to be his father. John and Jonathan may be getting confused.

From the profile for William Blythe, I

NOTE: I DONT KNOW HOW THIS FITS INTO THIS FAMILY - BUT APPEARS TO BE OF THE SAME FAMILY GROUP )--JUST THOUGHT I SHARE IT . MAY PROVE TO BE INFORMATIVE .

INFO TAKEN FROM 1835 CENSUS ROLL OF HIAWASSEE RIVER, TENN ( Indian Territory

WILLIAM BLYTHE SR. ( 21 April 1780 NC William Riley Blythe, Sr.

FA: Jonathan Blythe b. SC and MO: Annia Nancy Barnes b.c. 1765 NC [NO - wrong dates & locations]

Marr: NANCY FIELDS : ( Nannie) 31 Oct. 1809 Rhea Co, TN )

1. JOHN
2. ABSOLOM E.
3. ELIZABETH / or JENNIE
4. JEMIMA
5. MARY
6.JOSEPH R.
7. NANNIE A.
8. WILLIAM
9. JAMES C.
10. ELIJAH
11. JERUSHA ( 1806 TN )
12. MARTHA J. ( b. 26 Jan, 1812, Bradley Co, TN)

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