Jesse Cornelius Tannehill (b. December 30, 1797, d. March 17, 1863)
Jesse Cornelius Tannehill (son of Andrew Jr. Tannehill and Celia Jones)84 was born December 30, 1797 in Kentucky84, and died March 17, 1863 in Fort Prairie, Austin, Texas84. He married Jane Richardson on 1823 in Near Nashville, Tennessee84.
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Jessie was born in Kentucky and married to Jane Richardson. They came to Texas in 1823 and se ttled near Caney in Matagorda County. In the latter part of 1828 or early in 1829, they move d to Bastrop County, locating near the Old San Antonio Road at the river crossing. With the p ioneer families of Stephen F. Austin's little colony they lived for a time in tent structure s of pine poles and buffalo skins. After the town of Bastrop was laid out, Jessie Tannehill p urchased five acres of land and built one of the first houses there. Little is known of the f amily from 1829 to 1836. Tannehill acquired the title of "judge" and records show that on Nov ember 7, 1831, he was defeated by one vote for the office of Sindico Procurador by Moses Rous seau. In the early spring of 1836, when invading Mexican forces threatened the settlements al ong the Colorado, the Tannehills along with other families fled in their wagons along the Ol d San Antonio Road. Afterwards, they lived in Huntsville, then moved to La Grange where the y purchased property and lived there. Tannehill had secured a headright of 4,428 acres (possi bly in the late 1820s ) on the Colorado River above Bastrop in what is now Travis Countyu an d in 1836 Capt Robert M. Coleman built his stockade outpost on the northern part of the surve y. The fort was abandoned in 1838 and the next year, the Tannehills moved onto their headrigh t and built a two-story home of Bastrop sawmill lumber on a rise overlooking the river valley . They used logs from the fort (see FORT COLORADO) for barns and outbuildings. Although the h ouse was moved 200 feet north and east of the original site, it was still occupied in 1971. T annehill was active in the land development of Travis County, and with several others he lai d out the townsite of Montopolis at about the same time Waterloo was selected as the capita l of the Republic of Texas. In July 1839 lots were being sold for the new town, and sites wer e designated for churches, "seminars of learning" and other public buildings. The town did no t develop as expected and the area reverted to farmland. Tannehill sold the east half of hi s league in the 1840s and at his wife's death in 1855 he divided his holdings among his child ren. He probably continued to live in the Fort Prairie settlement outside Austin until his de ath on March 18, 1863. He was buried in the family cemetery near his home and he and his wif e were reinterred in the State Cemetery in 1965.
Jessie received land as a colonist from the Mexican government. He sold it 4 April 1840. He w as a Justice of the Peace in Travis County Texas in October 1845.
Jessie Tannehill was a guard during the Cherokee Trail of Tears. While in the White River Val ley of Missouri or Arkansas, Jessie let a good number of the Cherokee's escape. One of the Ch erokees was his future wife, Jane. They apparently stayed in or around Ozark County, Missouri . His son William served for six weekks in the Missouri Home Guard (Christian County) durin g the civil war. He also served with some Confederate units - Cherokee mounted rifles. This s tore related by Greg Tannehill
More About Jesse Cornelius Tannehill: Baptism (LDS): SUBMITTED.84 Burial: Texas State Cemetery, Travis County, Austin, Texas.84 Endowment (LDS): SUBMITTED.84 Record Change: August 15, 200184 Sealed to parents (LDS): SUBMITTED.84
More About Jesse Cornelius Tannehill and Jane Richardson: Marriage: 1823, Near Nashville, Tennessee.84 Sealed to spouse (LDS): SUBMITTED.84
Children of Jesse Cornelius Tannehill and Jane Richardson are:
+William J. Tannehill, b. 1837, Bastrop, Texas, USA84, d. Abt. 1870, Springfield, Missouri, USA84.
Jesse Cornelius Tannehill (b. December 30, 1797, d. March 17, 1863)
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