John M Billingsley: Robin's Roots

1805 - 1883 (77 years)

TNG Ancestor Charts

Graphical formats

"Standard" charts have a lovely graphical format that shows the name and birth/death years in a box for each person's box. Additional data for each person can be pulled down from that box. They are in the shape of a standard pedigree chart, with empty boxes for ancestors that are not present in the tree.. Unfortunately, they generate so much whitespace that they require a lot of scrolling to read, and are virtually impossible to print. (But see the "PDF" chart below.)
"Vertical" charts are also lovely graphical charts. These flow down up instead of across the page. Since vertical charts do not use blank boxes for ancestors who are missing from the database, they are more compact than the "Standard" charts. But you cannot pull down additional data from each box. And depending on the number of ancestors in the tree, they can be too wide to print.
"Compact" charts are like "Standard" chart in their shape, but their boxes are much smaller because they contain only names.
"Box" charts are like "Standard" chart in their shape, but their boxes are bigger because they contain some of the data that is pulled-down from the "Standard" chart boxes. As a result, they are even more unweildy than the "Standard" charts.
"Fan" charts are remarkable. All I can say is "try one".
"PDF" chart are variants of "Standard" chart. They create a one-page PDF file that can hold up to six generations of data.
Most PC's these days can generate PDF printouts of any web page, but PDFs are distinctive because they control the page margins and page breaks,
The "Map" is not a chart. Rather, it is, well, a map. The places of ancestors' birth, marriage, and death are shown as pins on the map. It's pretty remarkable - you should give it a try, though the map would be easier to interpret if the pins were colored or numbered to represent generations.

(The graphical charts' connecting lines sometimes disappear at certain zoom level. When they are missing, you can use you mouse scroll wheel or hit control-plus or control-minus to change the zoom level.)

Text formats

"Text" charts are shaped just like the "Standard" charts, with lines drawn from person-to-person. They just don't put each person's data into graphical boxes.
"Text+" charts are quite distinctive, and unique to TNG. They are kind of a cross between the graphical and text formats. They are much more compact than the text charts, partly because they do not leave blank space where ancestors are missing. The ancestor tree extends to the right like typical charts, stretch vertically rather than horizontally, and can includes upwards of 15 generations in the width of one printed page (albeit sometimes with legal-length paper in landscape mode). They are also much more flexible than the other formats, with several (perhaps too many) run-time options.
"Ahnetafel" charts follow a standard genealogical text format that is descriptive - more like prose than a 'chart'. They contain almost all of the data that I have for each person, including free-form notes. But they don't give the kind of visual overview of the family tree that the other charts give.
"Media" charts are not focused on media, and they don't actually show pictures; they just indicate whether each ancestor's record has media item attached to it. (They don't distinguish between photos, scans of documents, and other types of media.) Their presentation of ancestors is very simple, and easy to read and print.

Less detail

Generation: 1

John M Billingsley was born on 19 Nov 1805 in Barren County, Kentucky, USA (son of Samuel Billingsley, Jr and Nancy Howard Mulkey); died on 16 May 1883 in Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Town Cemetery, Spencer, Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1838, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA
Residence: 1840, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA; Age 30-30; Two males( presumably sons whose names I do not know) aged 10- 14; no females. He married again in 1843. I'll assume that his first wife Millie Metcalf died before 1840.
Residence: 1850, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA; One son; wife Hannah
Residence: 1860, Spencer, Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA
Residence: 1870, Bone Cave, Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA
Residence: 1880, Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA; District 4

John married Millie Metcalf about 1830. Millie died before Oct 1840 in Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Billingsley book says "prior to 1839", but the 1840 census lists two males between 10 and 14 in the household, so I'm guessing that it was more like 1825

John married Hannah Davis Myers on 19 Nov 1843. Hannah (daughter of John Blackburn Moyers and Mary Snoddy) was born on 23 Dec 1814 in Long Creek, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA; died on 9 Apr 1867 in Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Cyrus Billingsley was born on 13 Dec 1839 in Tennessee, USA; died on 21 Apr 1867 in Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Sparkman Cemetery, Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA.
William Newton Billingsley was born on 9 Nov 1853 in Pikeville, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA; died on 26 Mar 1912 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA.

John married Mariah L Dickerson after 1867. Mariah was born about 1842 in Virginia, USA; died after 1920. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
His wife Hanna died in April 1867; dau Virginia born in Nov 1868

Children:

Virginia M Billingsley was born on 21 Oct 1868 in Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA; died in May 1969 in Spencer, Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA.

Generation: 2

Samuel Billingsley, Jr was born on 9 Apr 1775 in Guilford County, North Carolina, USA (son of Samuel Billingsley and Mary Griffith); died on 29 Apr 1857 in Cold Spring, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Smyrna Cemetery, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1830, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA

Notes:

Buried:
GRid=5570961; Above-ground crypt with stone walls and roof. Inscription in one of the mud-mortared stones in the wall. Photos of crypt show vista from cemetery.

Samuel married Nancy Howard Mulkey in 1798 in Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA. Nancy was born on 9 Apr 1780 in North Carolina, USA; died on 4 Sep 1850 in Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Smyrna Cemetery, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nancy Howard Mulkey was born on 9 Apr 1780 in North Carolina, USA; died on 4 Sep 1850 in Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Smyrna Cemetery, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1850, Eastern District, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA

Children:

1. John M Billingsley was born on 19 Nov 1805 in Barren County, Kentucky, USA; died on 16 May 1883 in Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Town Cemetery, Spencer, Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA.

Generation: 3

Samuel Billingsley was born in Jun 1747 in St Mary's, St Mary's County, Maryland, USA (son of James B Billingsley and Elizabeth Crabtree); died on 10 Jun 1816 in Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Smyrna Cemetery, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1779, Onslow County, North Carolina, USA; Granted 300 acres of land on both sides of 2nd Creek
Military: 1781, North Carolina, USA; Captain J. Sharpe's Company, Colonel Francis Locke's Light Horse Service
Residence: 9 Aug 1787, Tennessee, USA; Sullivan Co, NC
Residence: 1803, Jackson County, Tennessee, USA

Notes:

Buried:
GRid=142050533; long bio with info about children; no photos

Died:
At home

Samuel married Mary Griffith in 1773. Mary was born on 1 Sep 1753 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, USA; died on 1 Sep 1838 in Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Smyrna Cemetery, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary Griffith was born on 1 Sep 1753 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, USA; died on 1 Sep 1838 in Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Smyrna Cemetery, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA.

Children:

James Billingsley was born in 1772 in Baltimore County, Maryland, USA; died about 1772 in Baltimore County, Maryland, USA.
Mary Billingsley was born in 1773.
2. Samuel Billingsley, Jr was born on 9 Apr 1775 in Guilford County, North Carolina, USA; died on 29 Apr 1857 in Cold Spring, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Smyrna Cemetery, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA.
William Billingsley was born on 16 Jan 1779 in Guilford County, North Carolina, USA; died in Pontotoc, Pontotoc County, Mississippi, USA; was buried in Martin Cemetery, Pontotoc, Pontotoc County, Mississippi, USA.
Jeptha Billingsley was born in 1780 in Onslow County, North Carolina, USA; died on 25 Oct 1863 in Cedar Creek, Bastrop County, Texas, USA.
John Billingsley was born on 10 Sep 1781 in Onslow County, North Carolina, USA; died on 25 May 1856 in Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Smyrna Cemetery, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA.
Thomas Billingsley was born on 30 Dec 1782 in Onslow County, North Carolina, USA; died in 1849 in Pontotoc, Pontotoc County, Mississippi, USA.
Amanda Billingsley was born about 1783 in Onslow County, North Carolina, USA.
Elijah Billingsley was born in 1786 in Onslow County, North Carolina, USA; died in 1853 in Galveston County, Texas, USA.
Sarah Billingsley was born about 1788 in Tennessee, USA.
Nancy Billingsley was born about 1790 in Tennessee, USA.

Generation: 4

James B Billingsley was born in Apr 1726 in St Mary's County, Maryland, USA (son of William Billingsley, Jr. and Mary Emily Sumner); died on 25 Jan 1776 in Guilford County, North Carolina, USA.

Notes:

Died:
Hung by Tories. GRid=163525229; no photos or story.

James married Elizabeth Crabtree about 1747 in Maryland, USA. Elizabeth was born on 5 Nov 1726 in St Johns Parish, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA; died on 5 Nov 1839 in McMinn County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Short Creek Baptist Cemetery, McMinn County, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth Crabtree was born on 5 Nov 1726 in St Johns Parish, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA; died on 5 Nov 1839 in McMinn County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Short Creek Baptist Cemetery, McMinn County, Tennessee, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1820, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA

Notes:

Buried:
GRid=163525414; no photos

Children:

4. Samuel Billingsley was born in Jun 1747 in St Mary's, St Mary's County, Maryland, USA; died on 10 Jun 1816 in Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Smyrna Cemetery, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA.
James Billingsley was born in Oct 1749 in Maryland, USA; died in 1809 in Guilford County, North Carolina, USA.
Elizabeth Billingsley was born in 1751 in St Mary's County, Maryland, USA; died in 1781.
John Billingsley, Sr was born on 17 Aug 1753 in St Mary's County, Maryland, USA; died on 19 Sep 1844 in Warren County, Kentucky, USA; was buried in Old Union Baptist Church Cemetery, Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky, USA.
Claranna Billingsley was born in 1756 in Maryland, USA; died in 1781.
William Henry Billingsley was born on 11 Oct 1758 in Baltimore County, Maryland, USA; died in Jul 1820 in Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA.
Martha Billingsley was born on 3 May 1760 in Baltimore County, Maryland, USA; died in Jan 1786 in Guilford County, North Carolina, USA.
Walter Billingsley was born on 14 Jul 1761 in Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA; died after 1840 in Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Triplett Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA.
Bazil Billingsley was born on 2 Jun 1764 in Baltimore County, Maryland, USA; died in 1831 in Richmond County, North Carolina, USA.


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