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in 1810 on 1576 acres on Holston River.145 Robert Stone paid taxes in Grainger County, in 1821 in Captain Perrin’s Company on five black polls and 1575 acres.
30. vi. Lydia Everett, born circa 1779, Washington County, North Carolina (now Tennessee), died after 1855, Maury County, Tennessee, married 28 December 1799, Davidson County, Tennessee, to Vincent Ridley,146 born October 1776, died 16 November 1852, Mt. Pleasant, Maury County, Tennessee.147
31. vii. Elizabeth “Betsey” Everett, born circa 1781, Washington County, North Carolina (now Tennessee), married 5 October 1805, Davidson County, Tennessee, to Gray Washington.148
32. viii. Thomas Hardeman Everett, born in 1783, Washington County, North Carolina (now Tennessee), died 29 March 1854, aged 71 years, Davidson County, Tennessee, married 30 October 1810, Davidson County, Tennessee, to Elizabeth Buchanan,149 born 29 December 1795, died 8 May 1875, Davidson County, Tennessee. They are buried in Mill Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County.150 Their daughter, Evalina J. Everett married in 1849.151 Elizabeth Everett lived in Davidson County, Tennessee, in 1860.152
    145 Pollyanna Creekmore, Grainger County, Tennessee, Federal Census of 1810, Population Schedule (Third Census) and County Tax Lists for 1810 (Knoxville, Tennessee, Lawson McGhee Library, 1956), p. 10 and 37. McClung Historical Collection Special Studies No. 1. 1810 Census of Grainger County, Tennessee. Robert Stone: males: 3 under 10; 1 over 45; females: 2 under 10, 1 26/45. 7 slaves.
    146 Whitley, Davidson County, Tennessee, Marriages 1789-1837, p. 62. Vincent Ridley to Lydia Everett, 28 December 1799. Marriage Book 1, p. 235.
    147 Tombstone, Hunter Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant, Maury County, Tennessee: Vincent Ridley, born Oct. 1776, died 16 Nov. 1852, aged 76 years.
    148 Whitley, Davidson County, Tennessee, Marriages 1789-1837, p. 11. Gray Washington to Elizabeth Everitt, 5 October 1805. Marriage Book 1, p. 46.
    149 Whitley, Davidson County, Tennessee, Marriages 1789-1837, p. 15. Thomas H. Everitt to Elizabeth Buchanan, 30 October 1810. Marriage Book 1, p. 64.
    150 Mill Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee. Tombstones: Thomas H. Everett, died 29 March 1854, aged 71 years. Mrs. Elizabeth Everett, born 29 December 1795, died 8 May 1875.
    151 Nashville Christian Advocate, 8 June 1849 issue: married 27 May by Rev. L. H. Bethell, Elmore G. Rowe to Evelina J., daughter of Thomas H. Everett, Esq., all of this county.
    152 1860 U.S. Census, Davidson County, Tennessee, p. 108, Nashville, #148/148. Everett, Elizabeth, age 66, $24,000/$7,000; George, age 33, physician; Seporah, age 29, female; Amanda, age 22; Ellen Everett, age 20; Henry Buchanan, age 46, merchant, $8000. All born in Tenn.