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| Birth: | 1756 in Prince George's County, Maryland |
| Death: | 1834 in Independence, Arkansas |
| Sex: | M |
| Father: | Peregrine Magness Jr. b. 1722 in Probably Prince George's County, Maryland |
| Mother: | Mary Unknown b. ABT 1727 in Maryland |
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Notes:
Source: Latter Day Saints - Family Search
Source: Pedigree Chart compiled by Elizabeth H. Magness, Lufkin, Texas. Copy in files of Lessie (Lee) Upchurch dated 15 April 1989. Photocopy in files of JIM.
Jonathan Magness, also known as John, was born about 1756 in Prince Georges County, Maryland , and is said to have died in 1834 in Independence County, Arkansas. he married about 1779 Patty------, by whom he had several children. She died at age 74 on March 8, 1832, in Independence County, Arkansas. (21) Jonathan married second on June 3, 1832 in Independence County, Rebecca Hammond. The Arkansas Gazette of July 18, 1832, in reporting their marriage mentions that Jonathan was 76 and Rebecca was 20. They are said to have had one daughter Mary Ann, who died young.
Jonathan in 1779 was granted 150 acres on Big Hickory Creek in Tryon County, joining land of his father. He sold this land in 1790, having in 1788 bought 300 acres on Brushy Creek in Rutherford County, which he sold in 1794, it being the Place where said John Magness now lives. (22) He had five more tracts of land, but in the summer of 1796 they were sold by the sheriff at the same time that much of Jonathan fathers land was sold by the sheriff. Apparently this was a result of Jonathan making bond for his brother George in the Rutherford County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in October 1794. When George did not fulfill his obligations, the bond was forfeited, and the sheriff sold the land of both Jonathan and Perrigreen Magness. Both of them had also made bond for Robert Magness with similar results. Jonathan apparently left North Carolina about this time. He may have gone with his father to Warren County, Kentucky, or to Davidson County, Tennessee. A few years later he was in neighboring Wilson County, Tennessee, where on 24 August 1806 he paid $800 for 640 acres near Stones River and the Davidson County line. Witnesses were his sons Perry Green and John. On 3 Sept. 18 07 he paid $640 for another 640-acre tract on Stuart Creek in Wilson County, Tennessee; his sons John and David M. were witnesses. (23)
About this time Jonathan Magness and his sons became involved with a man named Patton Anderson, an involvement which would have a profound effect on their lives for years to come. The precise nature of their quarrel is not known; it is said to have begun in a land transaction. Whatever it was, it developed very strong feelings on both sides, with bitter disputes between Anderson and Magness whenever they met. They met in October 1810 at the Bedford County courthouse, where the case was to be heard. Before the judge arrived, Jonathan Magness and Patton Anderson began to discuss their old grievance, and both became highly excited. Jonathan sons Perry Green and David were standing near, and when Patton Anderson raised his hand with a large knife in it, David Magness drew his pistol and shot Anderson dead. He then gave him self up to the authorities, saying that he did it to save his father from being killed.
The trial was held in November 1810 at the Williamson County courthouse in Franklin, Tennessee. A rather detailed account of the proceedings is given by John B. Cowden in his book Tennessee Celebrated Case, published in 1958. Cowdens basic account is factual, but he had the mistaken idea that the Perry Green Magness involved was Perry Green Magness (1796-1884) of DeKalb County, Tennessee. (Perry Green Magness of DeKalb County was actually a son of George, making him a younger first cousin of the Perry Green Magness involved in this case. See George Magness listing.)
Andrew Jackson was a friend of Patton Anderson, and he vowed that all three Magnesses would hang. Jackson appeared as a character witness for Anderson, but the Magnesses had hired the very able Felix Grundy as their attorney; he would one day be Attorney General of the United States. The trial is said to have lasted two weeks and had dozens of witnesses, but when the verdict was returned, David Magness was found guilty not of murder, but of manslaughter. He was sentenced to eleven months imprisonment and to have his left hand branded with the letter M , which was done.
Jonathan Magness was returned to jail to await his trial, which for various reasons was delayed until May 1812, when he was acquitted by the jury. David then had served his eleven months , but both were still in jail in Nashville. Good lawyers were expensive then, as they are now , and evidently legal charges had taken all the money and property of Jonathan Magness and his sons. When they were required to pay the court costs of some $800, they were unable to do so. They were then held in jail until they should pay. They applied to the Circuit Court to be discharged under the law for the relief of insolvent debtors, but were rejected and so faced the prospect of perpetual imprisonment. On September 9. 1812, both Jonathan Magness and his son David petitioned the Tennessee Legislature to release them. No record of action on these petitions was found in the Journal of the 1813 General Assembly, and exactly when the Magnesses were released is not now known.
Apparently all of them left Tennessee. Jonathan son Perry Green was in Arkansas in 1814, and on January 5, 1815, was appointed a justice of the peace in Independence County. Jonathan son David Magness, who was branded, apparently became a major in the militia in Arkansas, and on July 4, 1822, made an outstanding patriotic speech at the Independence County Grand Jubilee. (24) Jonathan Magness in 1817 was in Lawrence County, Missouri Territory; (25) in 1819 he was still in Missouri. By 1826 Jonathan was living in Independence Co., Arkansas, (26) where he apparently spent the remainder of his life. Little information is available to me on the children of Jonathan Magness and his wife Patty.
Those I have are:
I. David M. Magness, lived in Independence Co., Arkansas.
II. Perry Green Magness, married Mary ----- (possibly Mary Steele in 1807 in Tennessee), had several children, died in 1828 in Independence Co., Arkansas.
III. John Magness, who married and had descendants in White Co., Arkansas.
IV. William Magness
V. Morgan Magness, born December 18, 1796, died September 1, 1871. married first May 14, 1827 Kezziah Ann Elliott, second June 23, 1845 Susan Dunnigan, 5 children.
Thomas G. Webb Records indicate that Jonathan emigrated to Arkansas from Maryland as follows:
- 1779 granted 150 acres on Big Hickory Creek in Tryon County, North Carolina joining land of his father.
- 1788 bought 300 acres on Brushy Creek which he sold in 1794.
- In the summer of 1796 he had five more tracks of land, but they were sold by the sheriff.
- He may have gone with his father to Warren County, Kentucky or Davidson County, Tennessee.
- In 1806 he bought 640 acres near Stones River and the Davidson County line in Tennessee.
- In 1807 he bought another 640 acre tract on Stuart's Creek in Wilson County, Tennessee, with his sons John and David were witnesses.
- In 1810 he was involved with son David at Williamson County courthouse in Franklin Tennessee in the murder of Patton Anderson.
- In May 1812 he was acquitted by the Jury.
- In May 1812 in jail in Nashville until he could pay his legal charges.
- On September 9, 1812 petitioned the Tennessee Legislature for a release.
The date of his release from jail is not known, but apparently Johathan and his family left Tennessee shortly thereafter. Johathan's son Perry Green was known to be in Arkansas in 1814.
- In 1817 he was in Lawrence County, Missouri Territory.
- In 1819 he was still in Missouri.
- By 1826 Jonathan was living in Independence County, Arkansas where he spent the remainder of his life.
Therefore Jonathan emigrated to Arkansas sometime between 1819 and 1826.
Notes:
Source: Latter Day Saints - Family Search
Source: Pedigree Chart compiled by Elizabeth H. Magness, Lufkin, Texas . Copy in files of Lessie (Lee) Upchurch dated 15 April 1989. Photocopy in files of JIM.
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Notes:
Source: Latter Day Saints - Family Search
Source: Pedigree Chart compiled by Elizabeth H. Magness, Lufkin, Texas . Copy in files of Lessie (Lee) Upchurch dated 15 April 1989. Photocop y in files of JIM.
Jonathan Magness, also known as John, was born about 1756 in Prince Georg es County, Maryland , and is said to have died in 1834 in Independence Co unty, Arkansas. he married about 1779 Patty------, by whom he had severa l children. She died at age 74 on March 8, 1832, in Independence County , Arkansas. (21) Jonathan married second on June 3, 1832 in Independenc e County, Rebecca Hammond. The Arkansas Gazette of July 18, 1832, in repo rting their marriage mentions that Jonathan was 76 and Rebecca was 20. Th ey are said to have had one daughter Mary Ann, who died young.
Jonathan in 1779 was granted 150 acres on Big Hickory Creek in Tryon Coun ty, joining land of his father. He sold this land in 1790, having in 178 8 bought 300 acres on Brushy Creek in Rutherford County, which he sold i n 1794, it being the Place where said John Magness now lives. (22) He ha d five more tracts of land, but in the summer of 1796 they were sold by t he sheriff at the same time that much of Jonathan fathers land was sold b y the sheriff. Apparently this was a result of Jonathan making bond for h is brother George in the Rutherford County Court of Pleas and Quarter Ses sions in October 1794. When George did not fulfill his obligations, the b ond was forfeited, and the sheriff sold the land of both Jonathan and Per rigreen Magness. Both of them had also made bond for Robert Magness wit h similar results. Jonathan apparently left North Carolina about this tim e. He may have gone with his father to Warren County, Kentucky, or to Dav idson County, Tennessee. A few years later he was in neighboring Wilson C ounty, Tennessee, where on 24 August 1806 he paid $800 for 640 acres nea r Stones River and the Davidson County line. Witnesses were his sons Perr y Green and John. On 3 Sept. 18 07 he paid $640 for another 640-acre trac t on Stuart Creek in Wilson County, Tennessee; his sons John and David M . were witnesses. (23)
About this time Jonathan Magness and his sons became involved with a ma n named Patton Anderson, an involvement which would have a profound effec t on their lives for years to come. The precise nature of their quarrel i s not known; it is said to have begun in a land transaction. Whatever i t was, it developed very strong feelings on both sides, with bitter dispu tes between Anderson and Magness whenever they met. They met in October 1 810 at the Bedford County courthouse, where the case was to be heard. Bef ore the judge arrived, Jonathan Magness and Patton Anderson began to disc uss their old grievance, and both became highly excited. Jonathan sons Pe rry Green and David were standing near, and when Patton Anderson raised h is hand with a large knife in it, David Magness drew his pistol and sho t Anderson dead. He then gave him self up to the authorities, saying tha t he did it to save his father from being killed.
The trial was held in November 1810 at the Williamson County courthouse i n Franklin, Tennessee. A rather detailed account of the proceedings is gi ven by John B. Cowden in his book Tennessee Celebrated Case, published i n 1958. Cowdens basic account is factual, but he had the mistaken idea th at the Perry Green Magness involved was Perry Green Magness (1796-1884) o f DeKalb County, Tennessee. (Perry Green Magness of DeKalb County was act ually a son of George, making him a younger first cousin of the Perry Gre en Magness involved in this case. See George Magness listing.)
Andrew Jackson was a friend of Patton Anderson, and he vowed that all thr ee Magnesses would hang. Jackson appeared as a character witness for Ande rson, but the Magnesses had hired the very able Felix Grundy as their att orney; he would one day be Attorney General of the United States. The tri al is said to have lasted two weeks and had dozens of witnesses, but whe n the verdict was returned, David Magness was found guilty not of murder , but of manslaughter. He was sentenced to eleven months imprisonment an d to have his left hand branded with the letter M , which was done.
Jonathan Magness was returned to jail to await his trial, which for vario us reasons was delayed until May 1812, when he was acquitted by the jury . David then had served his eleven months , but both were still in jail i n Nashville. Good lawyers were expensive then, as they are now , and evid ently legal charges had taken all the money and property of Jonathan Magn ess and his sons. When they were required to pay the court costs of som e $800, they were unable to do so. They were then held in jail until the y should pay. They applied to the Circuit Court to be discharged under th e law for the relief of insolvent debtors, but were rejected and so face d the prospect of perpetual imprisonment. On September 9. 1812, both Jona than Magness and his son David petitioned the Tennessee Legislature to re lease them. No record of action on these petitions was found in the Journ al of the 1813 General Assembly, and exactly when the Magnesses were rele ased is not now known.
Apparently all of them left Tennessee. Jonathan son Perry Green was in Ar kansas in 1814, and on January 5, 1815, was appointed a justice of the pe ace in Independence County. Jonathan son David Magness, who was branded , apparently became a major in the militia in Arkansas, and on July 4, 18 22, made an outstanding patriotic speech at the Independence County Gran d Jubilee. (24) Jonathan Magness in 1817 was in Lawrence County, Missour i Territory; (25) in 1819 he was still in Missouri. By 1826 Jonathan wa s living in Independence Co., Arkansas, (26) where he apparently spent th e remainder of his life. Little information is available to me on the chi ldren of Jonathan Magness and his wife Patty.
Those I have are:
I. David M. Magness, lived in Independence Co., Arkansas.
II. Perry Green Magness, married Mary ----- (possibly Mary Steele in 180 7 in Tennessee), had several children, died in 1828 in Independence Co. , Arkansas.
III. John Magness, who married and had descendants in White Co., Arkansas.
IV. William Magness
V. Morgan Magness, born December 18, 1796, died September 1, 1871. marrie d first May 14, 1827 Kezziah Ann Elliott, second June 23, 1845 Susan Dunn igan, 5 children.
Thomas G. Webb Records indicate that Jonathan emigrated to Arkansas fro m Maryland as follows:
- 1779 granted 150 acres on Big Hickory Creek in Tryon County, North Caro lina joining land of his father.
- 1788 bought 300 acres on Brushy Creek which he sold in 1794.
- In the summer of 1796 he had five more tracks of land, but they were so ld by the sheriff.
- He may have gone with his father to Warren County, Kentucky or Davidso n County, Tennessee.
- In 1806 he bought 640 acres near Stones River and the Davidson County l ine in Tennessee.
- In 1807 he bought another 640 acre tract on Stuart's Creek in Wilson Co unty, Tennessee, with his sons John and David were witnesses.
- In 1810 he was involved with son David at Williamson County courthous e in Franklin Tennessee in the murder of Patton Anderson.
- In May 1812 he was acquitted by the Jury.
- In May 1812 in jail in Nashville until he could pay his legal charges.
- On September 9, 1812 petitioned the Tennessee Legislature for a release.
The date of his release from jail is not known, but apparently Johathan a nd his family left Tennessee shortly thereafter. Johathan's son Perry G reen was known to be in Arkansas in 1814.
- In 1817 he was in Lawrence County, Missouri Territory.
- In 1819 he was still in Missouri.
- By 1826 Jonathan was living in Independence County, Arkansas where he s pent the remainder of his life.
Therefore Jonathan emigrated to Arkansas sometime between 1819 and 1826.
Notes:
Source: Latter Day Saints - Family Search
Source: Pedigree Chart compiled by Elizabeth H. Magness, Lufkin, Texa s . Copy in files of Lessie (Lee) Upchurch dated 15 April 1989. Photoco py in files of JIM.
Family Notes on Marriage with Martha Unknown:
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Source: Latter Day Saints - Family Search
Source: Pedigree Chart compiled by Elizabeth H. Magness, Lufkin, Tex a s . Copy in files of Lessie (Lee) Churchill dated 15 April 1989. Phot oc op y in files of JIM.[TERRY6.GED]
Notes:
Source: Latter Day Saints - Family Search
Source: Pedigree Chart compiled by Elizabeth H. Magness, Lufkin, Texa s . Copy in files of Lessie (Lee) Churchill dated 15 April 1989. Photoc op y in files of JIM.[MyDataFile2.ged.FTW]
Notes:
Source: Latter Day Saints - Family Search
Source: Pedigree Chart compiled by Elizabeth H. Magness, Lufkin, Texa s . Copy in files of Lessie (Lee) Churchill dated 15 April 1989. Photoc op y in files of JIM.Notes:
Source: Latter Day Saints - Family Search
Source: Pedigree Chart compiled by Elizabeth H. Magness, Lufkin, Texas . Copy in files of Lessie (Lee) Churchill dated 15 April 1989. Photocop y in files of JIM.
Family Notes on Marriage with Martha Unknown:
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Notes:
Source: Latter Day Saints - Family Search
Source: Pedigree Chart compiled by Elizabeth H. Magness, Lufkin, Texa s . Copy in files of Lessie (Lee) Churchill dated 15 April 1989. Photoc op y in files of JIM.[TERRY6.GED]
Notes:
Source: Latter Day Saints - Family Search
Source: Pedigree Chart compiled by Elizabeth H. Magness, Lufkin, Texas . Copy in files of Lessie (Lee) Churchill dated 15 April 1989. Photocop y in files of JIM.[MyDataFile2.ged.FTW]
Notes:
Source: Latter Day Saints - Family Search
Source: Pedigree Chart compiled by Elizabeth H. Magness, Lufkin, Texas . Copy in files of Lessie (Lee) Churchill dated 15 April 1989. Photocop y in files of JIM.Notes:
Source: Latter Day Saints - Family Search
Source: Pedigree Chart compiled by Elizabeth H. Magness, Lufkin, Texas. Copy in files of Lessie (Lee) Churchill dated 15 April 1989. Photocopy in files of JIM.
Family Notes on Marriage with Rebecca Hammond:
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Source: Magness History by Thomas G. Webb, DeKalb County Historian. Copy in Notes for Perrigrine Magness Jr.[MyDataFile2.ged.FTW]
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Source: Magness History by Thomas G. Webb, DeKalb County Historian. Cop y in Notes for Perrigrine Magness Jr.[TERRY6.GED]
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Source: Magness History by Thomas G. Webb, DeKalb County Historian. Cop y in Notes for Perrigrine Magness Jr.[MyDataFile2.ged.FTW]
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Source: Magness History by Thomas G. Webb, DeKalb County Historian. Co p y in Notes for Perrigrine Magness Jr.[TERRY6.FBK]
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Source: Magness History by Thomas G. Webb, DeKalb County Historian. Cop y in Notes for Perrigrine Magness Jr.[MyDataFile2.ged.FTW]
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Source: Magness History by Thomas G. Webb, DeKalb County Historian. Co p y in Notes for Perrigrine Magness Jr.[TERRY6.GED]
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Source: Magness History by Thomas G. Webb, DeKalb County Historian. Co p y in Notes for Perrigrine Magness Jr.[MyDataFile2.ged.FTW]
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Source: Magness History by Thomas G. Webb, DeKalb County Historian. C o p y in Notes for Perrigrine Magness Jr.
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