Isaac TENNISON

1802 - 1870  (68 years)

• Name	Isaac TENNISON
  Born	ca 1802	Rowan Co, North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Died	1870	Prentiss Co, Mississippi
  Buried	Forked Oak Cemetery, Booneville, Prentiss Co, Mississippi
  Person ID	I39	Dennis/Tennison Families | Abosolam, son of John Jr
  Last Modified	18 Feb 2022

  
  

  Father	Benjamin TENNISON     (B: 1772    Edgecombe Co, NC)    (D: 1847    Tishomingo Co, MS)
  Mother	Phoebe TENNISON (Cooper)     (B: 1772    Rowan Co, NC)    (D:     Unk)
  Married	2 Dec 1791	Rowan Co, North Carolina
  Notes
  Family ID	F92	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Susanne TENNISON (Smith)     (B: 1818    Georgia)    (D: 6 Feb 1834    Rowan Co, NC)
  Married	6 Feb 1834	Rowan Co, North Carolina
  Children	1. Mary F RUSHING (Tennison) B: Dec 1835 Salisbury, Rowan Co, NC D: ca 1900 Prentiss Co, MS + 2. Hiram Anderson (Abraham) TENNISON B: 22 Mar 1839 Salisbury, Rowan Co, NC D: 20 Apr 1923 Prentiss Co, MS   3. Robert Franklin TENNISON B: ca 1841 Rowan Co, NC D: 23 Mar 1862 Indiana   4. Martha Loucinda TENNISON
  Last Modified	17 Jul 2019
  Family ID	F46	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Rebecca A. TENNISON (Reynolds)     (B: 1820    Unk)    (D:     Unk)
  Married	1841	David Co, North Carolina
  Children	1. Laura Elizabeth OWENs (Tennison) B: 28 Sept 1851 Mississippi D: 1 Jun 1913 Mississippi   2. Charles Griffith TENNISON B: 11 Jul 1857 Tishomingo Co, MS D: 04 Sept 1912 Mississippi
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2020
  Family ID	F307	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Isaac owned land in Woodleaf, NC (outside Salisbury, NC). Old house was the post office. “ Isaac, Rebecca (2nd wife), and their children, and Suzanne’s children, along with a young Bachelor named Thomas Breedlove were on their way to settle in Texas from Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, when they were stranded in a snow storm in Mississippi. (The area is now called Burton, MS). He apparently pitched his tent and decided to call that Texas).” [fr. Melvin V. Lambert, 1998, correspondents]. State census shows that he was in Tishimingo Co.,MS in 1845 state census. Parts of Tishimingo Co., MS later became Prentiss and Burton Counties. In 1850 Tishomingo County, MS. census Issac Tennison is listed with wife Rebecca and the 3 youngest children: Hiram A, age 12; Robt age 10, and Martha L age 8. Also listed is George Wilkinson age 21. Isaac is buried on On Road” before the Forks Oak Church in Burton’s, MS. Buried in a field on Gerald Tennyson’s farm, His and Rebecca’s graves were destroyed by house construction. 1830 Rowan Co, NC. Bastardized Bonds, reputed father. Elizabeth Cannon, mother. George Baker, second bondsman, May 1830