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William Worsham was probably born in England before 1619. Before 1640 he came to Virginia. He probably had married his wife Elizabeth by 1646. Their children: William Jr., Elizabeth, John, Mary, Charles. William Sr. died about 1660 in Henrico Co., Virginia. After William died, Elizabeth married Col. Francis Eppes II of Henrico Co., Virginia. Elizabeth's will was proved in Oct. 1678.
Charles Woolverton emigrated from England sometime before 1693 and settled in New Jersey. He married Mary in about 1697. They had nine children. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, Virginia, Ohio, Indiana and Michigan.
By: Marcus J. Wright, Pub. 1882, reprinted 2023, 130 pages, Index, ISBN #9781-63914-154-8. McNairy county was created in 1823 from Hardin County, Tennessee. It lies in the western portion of the state just above Tishomingo County, Mississippi on the state line. This book is similar to other county history books of the era with the one exception. This book is filled from cover to cover with mini biographies of these early settlers of the county. Surnames of these early settlers are: Adams (2), Anderson (2), Beard, Beavers, Beck, Bell, Braden, Browder, Brooks, Carter, Cason, Chambers, Chaney, Cloud, Cox, Cross, Crump (2), Denny, Devault, Dorion, Duke, Ferguson, Gooch, Gullett, Hamm, Harwell, Hill, Holt, Hooker, Houston, Huggins, Jackson, Jones, Jopling (2), Kendal, Kincaid, Lorance, Maxedon, McCann, McCuller, McKinney, McKissick, Meeks, Melugin, Newberry, Pace, Perkins (3), Prather, Rains, Randolph, Reed, Riggs, Saunders, Sells, Simonton, Smith, Stovall, Street, Sweat, Tatum, Walsh, Warren (3), Weaver, Wilkerson, Wisdom (4), Worthington, and Wright (4).
Tilman Howell, son of Elijah Howell, was born 13 July 1807 in Laurens County, South Carolina. Tilman married an Mary Elizabeth and had 8 children with her. On 25 Feb 1841, he married Martha Sudduth in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, and they had 13 children. Martha died on 31 Jan 1883 and Tilman died 28 Feb 1895. Both of them are buried in Nevada County, Arkansas. Tilman's descendants have lived in Arkansas and Texas.