Re: Tagerts in Alabama
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Re: Tagerts in Alabama
Jay Stein 3/12/02
I have only posted here occasionally & this is certainly a late response, but here goes. John Tagert (Taggart, Taggert,etc.) had a brother (?) Jacob who appears in the public record frequently in Marengo county, AL (Spring Hill)& died in Sumter county, AL (Belmont) on Oct 8th or 10th, 1834. Jacob & John are listed in two books about Methodism in Alabama (they were lay preachers), they were administrators of their father's (?) probate (James Tagert, died circa 1826-1828, widow Sarah McCarty Tagert, daughter of Jacob McCarty, probated 1828-1831 in Marengo county), & they were listed in the 1830 census of Marengo county with wives & young children. John & Jacob & other family members also appear in General Land Office records for Alabama (available online). Other surnames closely allied with this family (in-laws) were Curtis, McCallister & Wells. Brother-in-law Martin Wells, Jr. is listed in the Handbook of Texas Online (Settler in Austin's "Little Colony" 1828). When Jacob died suddenly in 1834 leaving three young sons & a pregnant wife, his widow left for Rankin county, MS (Pearl River) within weeks, settling near the Denson/Ratliff families, who were also part of the old Anson county, NC clan. She eventually remarried to a man named Isaac Cavender (marriage records name her as Susanna Tygret & land records name her as Susanna Tigot). Jacob Tagert was probated in Sumter county, but the probate was turned over to the county sherrif after Susannah defaulted. I have copies of all of those documents, some of which are very bad handwriting & almost illegible. Jacob & Susannah's descendants are now mostly in Mississippi & Texas , & after Jacob's death, I find no evidence (no paper trail) of any further communication between the Marengo county family, whose descendants seem to be mostly in Alabama now. I have never found any clear evidence of Susannahs maiden name. Likely candidates are Collier, Curtis, Denson, Parchman,Ratliff, Renfrow & Wells. Several Curtis researchers have made reference to a Curtis family Bible, which records John Taggert's marriage to Sarah Curtis. Does anyone know who owns the Bible, or if there are any transcripts published? The Tagert patriarch, James Tagert (jr.?), who died circa 1826-1828, was well documented in Stewart county, TN, being a justice-of-the-peace there for many years & serving one term in the state legislature representing Stewart county, before migrating to Alabama circa 1818. An unsigned handwritten note at the Tennessee State Archives names James Tagert (sr.?) as the first settler of Stewart county circa 1784-1785, which seems unlikely considering the constant skirmishing with the local Cherokee at that time. The second settler listed is John Parchman (Parchment), another well documented figure in Stewart county. Anyone interested in this line, I'd like to keep up an active discussion. Dum spiro spero. Patrick Tagert
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Re: Tagerts in Alabama
Susan Abruscato 4/11/11
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Re: Tagerts in Alabama
Susan Abruscato 4/11/11
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Re: Tagerts in Alabama