Timeline for: William Todd, Jr.

Client: Nancy Todd

Date: July 2016
Goal: To document the father of William Todd, Jr. who was born in 1816 in TN

Date

Event

Place

Source

Bet. 10 Aug. & 5/15

Nov. 1816

Birth

Tennessee

Client's FGR

1820

U.S. Census - right

number of males 10
and under in James
Todd's household to
have William. Also a
William Todd in the
same image with a spot
for William, Jr. (May be
why he was called Wm,
Jr. whether father or
not.)

Murfreesboro,
Rutherford, TN

Client supplied

1830

U.S. Census - no male Rutherford County, TN

right age for William in
James household.
Working elsewhere?
Not in William Todd
household on same
sheet either. (Wm
looked to be younger
than James.)

Client supplied

30 Aug 1831

James receives land Rutherford County, TN

grant for 100 acres on
Horse Spring Fork of
Stone River. Adjacent
property owners Joshua Vasper, Charles
Ready

Client supplied
document

21 June 1839

Marriage to Sarah
Ewell (b. 1825-27 TN;
d. after 1880 in
Granby, Newton, MO)

Cannon County, TN

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Client's FGR. Client

supplied images of the
marriage register
which contained both
the marriage license

and the certificate of

marriage.
1840

US Census - Wm Todd,
Jr. (20-30) & female
(20-30). Enumerated
directly before-James
Todd, Sr. (50-60) with a
younger family near
the same age as Wm.

Cannon County, TN

Client supplied

28 Aug 1842

Birth of son, James Cal

Todd

TN

Client's FGR

12 Dec 1843

Birth of daughter, Mary

J. Todd

TN

Client's FGR

29 June 1846

Birth of son, William A.

Todd

Cannon County, TN

Client's FGR

Oct 1847

Birth of son, Ransom2

Todd

TN

Client's FGR

8 February 1848

1849
9 Sept 1850

William Todd, Jr. buys Carson's Fork, District Client's FGR narrative
35 acres from B.L.
4, Cannon County, TN
and viewed by
McFerrin.
researcher. Eventually
bought back by
McFerrin family.
Birth of son, Robert A.
Todd

TN

U.S. Census - Wm (32)

Brady's Rock, 4th
& Sarah (25)
District, Cannon, TN
w/children James C.(8),
Mary J.(5), Wm A. (4), Ransom1 Todd lived
Ransom2 (2), and
with James in same
Robert A.(1)
location.

Client's FGR
Client supplied

Abt. 1850

Birth of daughter, Flora

A. Todd

TN

Client's FGR

Abt. 1852

Birth of son, Joseph T.

Todd

TN

Client's FGR

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21 November 1852

Ransom1 Todd married

"Martisa Duncon"

Cannon County, TN

Client's records

About 1853

Birth of Ransom1's 1st

child, Roxanah

TN

1860 census

Abt. 1854

Birth of daughter,
Cynthia C. Todd

TN

Client's FGR

Bet. 1854-1857

Migration from TN to MO using children's ages from census

Abt. 1856

Birth of Ransom1's 2nd

child, Benjamin

Arkansas

1860 census

Bet. 1857-1861

Birth of daughter,
Elizabeth Todd

Missouri

Client's FGR

Bet 1857-July 1860

1860

14 July 1860

Migration from MO to AR using children's ages from census.

Could have used the Butterfield Overland Mail Route. (Wikipedia
w/map)
Migration for Ransom1 family was between 1853 and 1856 using the
children's birthdates and the 1860 census. The time frame for
migration was 1855 to 1859 using the children's birth years and the
1870 census. The family could have followed the same migratory path
as the William Todd, Jr. family.
"Ransom Todd (James' Madison County, AR
documented son) and
wife Melissa and Wm
Ransom1 was
Todd own land in close enumerated in War
proximity." Both have Eagle, Madison, AR:
land grants.
post office was
Huntsville.

Client's notes

U.S. Census-Wm (43),

& Sarah (33) w/
children from before
except Robert A, plus
Flora A. (10), Joseph T.
(8), Cynthia C. (6), and
Elizabeth (3). All b. TN
except Elizabeth b.
MO.

Client supplied

Richland Township,
Madison, AR
Post office: Wesley

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November 1863

Civil War Draft

Benton Township,
Registration - Ransom1
Dade, Missouri
Todd, white, farmer, 35 (southwest corner of
yrs. old, b. TN
MO)

Ancestry (citation in
Source Chart)

1865

Birth of daughter,
Sarah E. Todd

Arkansas

Client's FGR

1868

Ransom2 (20 yrs.)

married Elizabeth Uln.

Arkansas?

Client's FGR

July 1870

20 February 1873

U.S. Census-Wm (54), Richland Township,

Sarah (45), Flora (17), Washington, AR (p. 6)
Cynthia (15), J.T. (13),
E. (9), & S.E. (5) b. AR Ransom Todd1 also in
Richland Township.
W.A. on next page with Washington, AR (p. 2)
wife, J. (p. 7)
Ransom Todd2 in
For associates from
Prairie, Madison, AR
claim below in 1870:
W.H. Sherod-b.1820,
TN, Clear Creek, p.23.
James A. Todd-no
standout.
Alfred R. Quinton-b.AR,
West Fork, p. 10.
Jeff Quinton-b. AR,
West Fork, p. 9.
Samuel Cook-b.TN
1810, Marrs Hill, p. 13.
Lucretia Withe-b.MO
1833, Brush Creek, p.
10.
Southern Claims
Commission Approved
Claim for William H.
Sherrod. Among those
who signed as
witnesses: Ransom1
Todd, William Todd,
and James A. Todd.

Fayetteville,
Washington County,
Arkansas

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Client supplied

Fold3 (citation in
Source chart)

7 June 1880

U.S. Census-Wm (62), Center Street, Granby,

Sarah (53), Sarah E.
Newton, MO
(14).
Wm's father b. NC;
mother b. VA. (Same as
James Todd family in
1850 & 1860 Census.)

Client supplied

16 June 1880

U.S. Census-Ransom1
Dickson Township,
(52) w/wife Melissa
Benton, Arkansas
and children.
(furthest northwest
Ransom1's father b.NC; corner of state; just
mother b. KY.
south of Newton Co.,
MO)

Ancestry (citation in
Source Chart)

Bet. 1885 and 1888

Migration of Ransom2 family from Missouri to Creek Nation, Indian

Territory. (1900 U.S. Census)

After 1880

Death

Client's FGR

June 1890

1890 Veterans
Schedule - Ransom
Todd - 1 or 2?
Ransom1-34 yrs. old;
Ransom2-16 yrs. old.

Erie Township,
McDonald, Missouri

Ancestry (citation on
Source Chart)

Neither William Todd nor Ransom1 Todd have been located in the 1900 United States Federal
census.

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