Mabry, George Washington state legislator, farmer, was born in West Knox County, the son of Joseph Alexander and Alice Hare (Scott) Mabry.
Joseph Alexander Mabry (1796-1837) while young had come from Westmoreland County, Va., and had settled on a farm, thirteen miles west of Knoxville, near Concord. He was a justice of the peace in the Knox County Court, represented Knox County in the constitutional convention of 1834, and served two terms (1833-37) in the lower house of the general assembly.
George Washington Mabry was educated at Holston College, New Market. In 1846 he married Jeanett L. Hume, daughter of David and Eliza (Sanderson) Hume and a sister of Mrs. Oliver P. Temple (q.v., French Broad-Holston Country). About 1851 George W. Mabry built a large house of brick, made by slaves on his farm of over 3,000 acres.
SOURCE: Heart of the Valley - A History of Knoxville, Tennessee - by The Knoxville History Committee - East Tennessee Historical Society - Edited by Lucile Deaderick, Page 563 & 564. N.B. Joseph Alexander Mabry came from HENRY Co VA, not Westmoreland Co.
(Info Provided by Barbara Guinn #48542018)
Joseph Alexander Mabry (1796-1837) while young had come from Westmoreland County, Va., and had settled on a farm, thirteen miles west of Knoxville, near Concord. He was a justice of the peace in the Knox County Court, represented Knox County in the constitutional convention of 1834, and served two terms (1833-37) in the lower house of the general assembly.
George Washington Mabry was educated at Holston College, New Market. In 1846 he married Jeanett L. Hume, daughter of David and Eliza (Sanderson) Hume and a sister of Mrs. Oliver P. Temple (q.v., French Broad-Holston Country). About 1851 George W. Mabry built a large house of brick, made by slaves on his farm of over 3,000 acres.
SOURCE: Heart of the Valley - A History of Knoxville, Tennessee - by The Knoxville History Committee - East Tennessee Historical Society - Edited by Lucile Deaderick, Page 563 & 564. N.B. Joseph Alexander Mabry came from HENRY Co VA, not Westmoreland Co.
(Info Provided by Barbara Guinn #48542018)
Mabry, George Washington state legislator, farmer, was born in West Knox County, the son of Joseph Alexander and Alice Hare (Scott) Mabry.
Joseph Alexander Mabry (1796-1837) while young had come from Westmoreland County, Va., and had settled on a farm, thirteen miles west of Knoxville, near Concord. He was a justice of the peace in the Knox County Court, represented Knox County in the constitutional convention of 1834, and served two terms (1833-37) in the lower house of the general assembly.
George Washington Mabry was educated at Holston College, New Market. In 1846 he married Jeanett L. Hume, daughter of David and Eliza (Sanderson) Hume and a sister of Mrs. Oliver P. Temple (q.v., French Broad-Holston Country). About 1851 George W. Mabry built a large house of brick, made by slaves on his farm of over 3,000 acres.
SOURCE: Heart of the Valley - A History of Knoxville, Tennessee - by The Knoxville History Committee - East Tennessee Historical Society - Edited by Lucile Deaderick, Page 563 & 564. N.B. Joseph Alexander Mabry came from HENRY Co VA, not Westmoreland Co.
(Info Provided by Barbara Guinn #48542018)
Joseph Alexander Mabry (1796-1837) while young had come from Westmoreland County, Va., and had settled on a farm, thirteen miles west of Knoxville, near Concord. He was a justice of the peace in the Knox County Court, represented Knox County in the constitutional convention of 1834, and served two terms (1833-37) in the lower house of the general assembly.
George Washington Mabry was educated at Holston College, New Market. In 1846 he married Jeanett L. Hume, daughter of David and Eliza (Sanderson) Hume and a sister of Mrs. Oliver P. Temple (q.v., French Broad-Holston Country). About 1851 George W. Mabry built a large house of brick, made by slaves on his farm of over 3,000 acres.
SOURCE: Heart of the Valley - A History of Knoxville, Tennessee - by The Knoxville History Committee - East Tennessee Historical Society - Edited by Lucile Deaderick, Page 563 & 564. N.B. Joseph Alexander Mabry came from HENRY Co VA, not Westmoreland Co.
(Info Provided by Barbara Guinn #48542018)
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Records on Ancestry
Advertisement
