Our Star Wars Lineage

My mother and George Lucas are 6th cousins. This info was shared with me by a Binkley cousin. I don't know if the Lucas side is correct. This is fun whatever the case.

No.	My Leedy Ancestors	George Lucas Leedy Ancestors
1	John Leedy [abt. 1715 - abt. 1760] spouse - Elizabeth ? [abt. 1720 - abt. 1769]	John Leedy [abt. 1715 - abt. 1760] spouse - Elizabeth ? [abt. 1720 - abt. 1769]
2	Johanna Jacobina Leedy [1744-after 1801] spouse - John Binkley [1743 - abt. 1801]	Abraham Leedy [1751 - 1834] spouse - Catherine Long [1754 - 1838]
3	Frederick Binkley [1774 - 1857] spouse - Adeline Shackleford [1789 - 1868]	John Leedy [1779 - 1851] spouse - Elizabeth Keith [ 1789 - 1870
4	Joseph Shackelford Binkley [1810-1887] spouse - Martha Buchanan Steele [1811-1859]	Samuel Keith Leedy [1816 - 1853] spouse - Margaret Whitnah [1821 - 1903]
5	Mary Binkley [1834 - 1881] spouse - Samuel Summerfield Steele [1821 - 1903]	Henry C. Leedy [1852 - 1936] spouse - Phoebe C. Boston [ 1851 - 1926]
6	Alexander Martin Steele [1853 - 1933] spouse - Lola Matley Dickson[1862 - 1934]	Maud Esther Leedy [1878 - 1948] spouse - Walton H. Lucas [1880 -1929]
7	Wilmoth Alexander Steele [1892 - 1966] spouse - Minnie Mai Hunt [1899 - 1936]	George Walton Lucas, Sr. [1913 - 1991] spouse - Dorothy E. Bomberger [ 1913 - 1989]
8	Lola Mae Steele [1919 - 1983] spouse - Ernest G. Oeser, Jr. [1917 - 1983]	George Walton Lucas, Jr. [b. 1944]
9	Deborah Oeser Cox (me)	Children of George Walton Lucas [b. 1944]

Wilmoth "Pat" Alexander Steele

My Pawpaw, Pat Steele, had 12 children and 36 grandchildren. Our grandmother Minnie passed away when the youngest child was five weeks old. Pawpaw and the older girls, Lola Mae and Neva, raised them the best they could with an abundance of love. The great-grandchildren, the great great's and great great great's are too numerous to count in a hurry. They have lived all across the US. Some have spouses from different parts of the world. The family represents many cultures and ethnic groups. They now live in many different states and some in other countries. Together we all share a kinship and a loving family connection. Some of us have never met in person. We have had in-laws and outlaws (maybe one or two lol), divorces, deaths, and great distances to separate us. And yet we are all together, the family of Pat and Minnie Steele. We all share in the love that those 12 children of Pat and Minnie had for one another.

Wilmoth "Pat" Alexander Steele

Wilmoth "Pat" Alexander Steele

Wilmoth "Pat" Alexander Steele

1017 Meridian Street. Nashville, TN. Metro Nashville Assessor

Early marriages in the Cumberland Settlements.

Civil law was put in place in the Cumberland Settlements very soon after the first settlers arrived. A constitution, the Cumberland Compact, was signed by many of the settlers.  Justices were appointed from the established stations or forts to oversee legal matters. The first marriage known to have taken place in what is now Davidson County was the union of James Lieper and Susan Drake in 1780. The ceremony was performed by James Robertson, as head of the "government of the Notables." Robertson likely issued a license to the couple. There was no regular minister in the settlement until the arrival of Thomas B. Craighead, a Presbyterian minister, in 1785.

Marriage bonds were probably issued by the court in Davidson Co., beginning with the county's formation in 1783. The earliest date of an extant bond for Davidson County is December 13, 1788.

The bond was a guarantee or promise that the couple had a legal right to be married. That is to say, the couple was of age, that neither was already married to someone else and that there was no other reason why they could not be married according to law. In the early days, the bride was required to be a resident of the county in which the marriage license was applied for.

The bond was usually signed by the groom and by another person who had obligated themselves to pay the bond if it became necessary to do so. This person, often a relative of the bride or groom, sometimes a friend, has been commonly referred to as the bondsman. There is sometimes, more than one bondsman and there are instances in which the groom did not sign the bond, only the bondsman. The bond was not to be paid unless the couple's marriage was in violation of law. There was most likely a fee for the license but the amount is unknown.

In the early marriage records for Davidson County, there is often only a bond and no license, as the person performing the marriage was not compelled by law to return the license to the court. In about 1816, the licenses began to be returned to the court with regularity. Davidson County marriage bonds and licenses do not give names of parents of the couple. There is sometimes a letter of consent attached that was signed by a parent but this is a rare find. Birthdates are not given on the records. Beginning in 1838, TN law required each County Clerk to record the issuance of a marriage license and the return of the license, in an official "marriage book." In the early 1900's the ages of the couple and a place of residence began to be recorded in the marriage books.

Below is a transcription of a marriage bond for my ancestors George Sugg Allen and Ferebe Pharaba Russell from Davidson County records from the year 1803. The bondsman, Andrew Lucas, was married to Pharaba aunt, Nancy Gower. The language sometimes varied but the substance was the same.

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Know all ye men that the I Andrew Lucas of the county of Davidson and state of Tennessee, are held and firmly bound unto the governor of the said state, for the time being, in the sum of 1250 dollars, to be paid to his said excellency, his successors in office, or assigns. To which payment well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators, each and every one of us and them, both jointly and severally, firmly by these presents.

Witness our hands and seals this 21 day of Nov 1803

The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas George Allen has this day prayed and obtained a License to Marry Ferebe Russell now if the said Ferebe Russell be an actual resident of the aforesaid county, and there shall not hereafter appear any lawful cause why the said Geo Allen & Ferebe Russell should not be joined together in holy Matrimony, as husband and wife, then this obligation to be void and of non effect, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.

Andrew Lucas (Seal)

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Below is a scan of a Davidson County marriage license from 1789. The original marriage bonds and licenses are in the holdings of Metro Nashville Archives. The marriage book are also in the archives collections.

Marriage bond issued to Joshua Harbin to marry Mary Smith, 1789

They Have Served Their Time In Hell.

Awhile back I found a poem about soldiers in the 25th Division serving in Korea. It was in some papers that had belonged to my parents. I googled and found that it is one of many variations of a poem that dates back to at least WWI. The original title was Our Hitch in Hell. It was published in 1916, in a book titled American Soldier Ballads. There are men who fought in later wars who sincerely believe that they wrote the poem. The poem was revised many times and used from WWI to Vietnam and likely after. Sometimes it is about Marine's, sometimes all soldiers are included. Daddy had two brothers who served in Korea. Perhaps one of them sent it to him. Corky served in the 25th Division but I don't know about Peanut.

This is the version that I came across. It is quite different from the original but follows the theme.

The_Tennessean_Wed__Jun_18__1952_oeser brothers

Herbert D. "Corky" Oeser

John Paul "Peanut" Oeser

My uncle Corky Oeser is in the back center in uniform. This was 1950.
I believe Daddy and others were delivering Corky to camp.

Ollie Cox - Robertson County

Ollie Cox was my husband's grandfather. He died in 1970, not long after we were married. The photo was made a tobacco barn in Robertson County.

Robert Davis Oeser April 28, 1919 -June 16, 1999

I think I may have dreamed about my Uncle Robert and my Daddy last night, because I woke up thinking about them. I sure miss both of them. Robert would turn 99 this year and Daddy 101.

Robert and I were phone buddies. We talked often and had long conversations. We laughed and we argued and we shared a lot of good stories. Robert was born before Daddy turned two and they were close all of their lives. All ten of the siblings were close but the two oldest brothers had a special bond. Two little growing up together with three little sisters. It was not until 1928 that another boy was born it the family.

Robert Oeser and Ernest Oeser.

Robert Davis Oeser was a self admitted Mama's boy. He spent time with his grandmother learning to crochet when the others were out playing. He was a good student and the only of one of the ten children to have graduated from high school. He was in the East Nashville High School class of 1939. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U. S. Army in Italy and Africa.

Robert Oeser and his little brother Ronnie Oeser.

Robert got married in 1951 to a beautiful young woman named Millie Marshall. He was a hard worker and enjoyed working outdoors. Robert built a beautiful home, from the ground up, for his family in the new Bellshire subdivision in the 1950's. He and Millie were parents to two daughters, Janice and Cheryl. He loved his family, and doted on his grandchildren.

He was a smart man, a proud man, stubborn and opinionated. I loved him and I miss him.

Papa Oeser, and nine of his ten children. Front Row, Robert, Papa and Ernest. Middle, Peanut, Ruth, Margaret and Corky. Back,  Jimmy, Orville and Ronnie. Dorothy is the child that was not present.

Buchanan family notes.

North Carolina Grant to Archibald Bucchanan (Buchanan)

Archibald was listed in The Preemptors Middle Tennessee's First Settlers by

Irene M. Griffey, as Archibald Robinson. It is not known if this is Ms. Griffeys,

mistake or it was listed that way in the commissioner's book. There is no doubt

in reading the description of the land that it is Archibald Buchanan. Archibald

Robinson obtained a pre emp of 640 acres of land on the West side of Stones River

to join the river and include the place called the Clover Bottom whereon the old

Station stood.

It is listed with the certificates given on March 10, 1783. We know this land was

originally claimed by John Donelson and perhaps Archibald purchased the preemption

right from the Donelson family.  Son in law, Andrew Steel, received a certificate

on Jan. 18, 1783, for a 640 acre tract near the junction of the Cumberland and Stones

River. It is possible that Archibald could have come earlier than 1787 and returned

to Virginia for a few years. It is possible that he had a representative here to

claim land for him.  Perhaps his son James Steele, the son in law Andrew Steele or

one of his Bowen in laws, who were here early.  The land was not surveyed for Buchanan

until 1788.

There is no evidence that Archibald Buchanan was living in Davidson County, prior to 1787,

when he appears on a tax list, along with his son in law, Andrew Steele. The first mention

of Archibald in court minutes is April 10, 1788, when he and Andrew Steele are among the

hands, ordered to help lay out a road from Mansker's Station to John Walkers. On July 10,

1788, Archibald is named a juror in the county court.  He was chosen as a grand juror on

October 6, 1788.  On October 7, 1788, Archibald is given ferry rights on Stones River. This

was likely the same location as the Hoggett's Ferry in later times.

For many years it has been believed by descendants of Archibald Buchanan that his

home was the Blue Brick that was located in Donelson. Plats of the land of Archibald

Buchanan show the land where there old Blue Brick stood was outside of the property

lines of Buchanan. It is very sad to me to learn that this was not him home. I cannot

find any source earlier than the 20^th century that said this home belonged to Archibald   Buchanan. The only source I know of is Miss Anna Whitworth who was a Buchanan

descendant.  She stated in 1937 that the Blue Brick was Archibald's home. She believed

his land was a Revolutionary grant but we know it was not.

Plat showing land of Archibald Buchanan. Platted by Steve Rodgers THC

North Carolina Grant to Archibald Bucchanan (Buchanan) Clover Bottom tract.

Davidson County, TN

Deed Book B, p. 224

State of North Carolina No. 583.  To all to whom these presents shall cause

greeting.  Know ye that we for and in consideration of the sum of ten pounds

foe every hundred acres hereby granted paid into our treasury by Archibald

Bucchanan, have given and granted and by these presents do give and grant unto

Archibald Bucchanan a tract of land containing six hundred and forty acres

lying and bing in our County of Davidson on the waters of Stones river

including the place called clover bottom.  Beginning at a double white oak and

[illegible] a bluff of the river about twelve poles above the mouth of a small

branch.  Running South one hundred and twenty eight poles to a dogwood and

sugar tree, West two hundred and seventy poles to a corner in James Todds

line.  Thence with his line North twenty five poles to said Todds corner at the

mouth of his spring branch, up Stones river according to it's course meanders

to the beginning.  With all [illegible] waters and [illegible] minerals hereditaments

and appurtenances to the said land belonging or appurtening.  To hold to the said

Archibald Bucchanan his heirs and assigns forever.  Which land was surveyed for

the said Bucchanan June 6, 1788 by Daniel Smith agreeable to an entry dated Dec.

11, 1784.  The grant signed Samuel Johnston with seal of the State affixed and dated

Nov. 26, 1789. Countersigned James Glasgow Sec Andrew Ewing D. R.

Notes Archibald Buchanan and the Bowens

Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia

Volume I

AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT RECORDS.

ORDER BOOK No. VII. 

p. 90 MAY 20, 1761.

(9) Lilley Bowen qualifies admx. of Moses Bowen.

p. 159  OCTOBER 19, 1769

(32) George and William Mathews and John Maury appointed guardians

of John, Moses, William, Ann and Elizabeth, orphans of John Bowen.

ORDER BOOK No. VII. 

Page 89 MAY 19, 1761.

(3) Agnes Buchanan qualifies admx. of her late husband, James

McFarron, decd., now wife of Archibald Buchanan.

page 91  AUGUST 18, 1761.

(53.2) John McFarron qualified admr. of his son, John, Jr.

Archd. Buchanan appointed guardian to John McFarron, orphan

of James McFarron.  In consideration of this appointment Archd. 

agrees to educate, clothe and bring up at his own expense the

orphan, and when of age pay him the estate with lawful interest.

[most people list May 19, 1761 as a marriage date for Agnes and

Archibald but it just the earliest known reference to them as a

married couple. I have not found the actual marriage date.]

Page 239.--18th

August, 1761. Archibald Buchanan's bond (with Jno. Maxwell, Chas. Hays), as

guardian (appointed) to Jno. McFerrin, orphan of James McFerrin.

MARCH, 1769 (B).

Buchanan's Administrator vs. Sayers.—Bill filed 14th January, 1767.

Archibald Buchanan, administrator of Walter Buchanan, late of County of

Chesterfield, merchant, orator. In 1764 Alexander Sayers, now deceased,

owned land in Dunkar's Bottom, on New River, and on Red Creek, at Fort

Chiswell, and mortgaged the same to Walter Buchanan on 21st January, 1764.

Alexander died 1765 intestate, leaving son Robert, eldest son and

heir. Walter Buchanan died 1766. Archibald is brother of Walter. Robert

Breckinridge was guardian of Robert Sayers, May 1767. The mortgage was

proved before the General Court, 28th April, 1764, by John Skelton, Robert

Donald and Marty Handly, witnesses. John Fleming and Joseph Maynard were

also witnesses.

Page 154.--19th March, 1753. Borden, etc.,

to John Walker, Jr., 302 acres of 92100. (Back Creek?); corner Joseph Culton,

Moffets Cr., Robert Culton. Delivered: Alexander Walker, October 2d, 1775,

Archibald Buchanan. Teste: James and Wm. McCoskry, Alexander McMullen.

Page

134.--7th November, 1762. Borden's executors, to Archibald Buchanan, £5, 406

acres, part of 92,100, crossing McCowns Run; Robert Christian'scorner; white

oak by a warm spring, on Hays' (Nays?) Creek. Teste: Robert King, John Lawrance,

John Lawrance, Jr. Delivered: Wm. Buchanan, August, 1769.

Page 119.--18th May, 1768. James Rutherford's will was presented by Wm. Buchanan,

one of the executors, who refused to execute. It is proved that Margaret, the

widow, likewise refuses. Will is proved, by William Buchanan (another witness,

James Buchanan, being dead). The other witness, Archibald Buchanan, is ordered

summoned. Administration granted Alex. Walker.

    

Page 379.--9th June, 1761. James Buchanan's will--To son Alexander Buchanan;

to son Archibald Buchanan; to son John Buchanan; to sons Wm. and Robt. Buchanan;

to wife Mary Buchanan; to sons Geo. and David Buchanan; to daughter Rebecky

Buchanan. Executors, wife Mary and son Alexander. Teste: Daniel Nerrity, Jas.

McCown, Wm. Scott. Proved, 19th March, 1765, by Daniel Harrison and Wm. Scott.

Executors qualified, with Jno. Wallace, Jno. Buchanan. (Mary's mark).

Page 35.--18th August, 1769. Archibald Buchanan and Agness to William Buchanan,

£45, 406 acres, part of Borden's 92,100 acres, crossing McCason's Run; Robert

Christian's Corner, oak by a Warm Spring, north branch of Hays' Creek.

Ghosts in the house

Mama was a great storyteller but she was also truthful. Her ghost story was something she remembered and also something that was told to her many times. In the late summer of 1926, when Mama was seven years old, two birds got into their house. The same week her mother saw two shooting stars. Old wives tales said these were both signs of upcoming death in the family. 

On Sept. 15, Mama's fourteen-month-old baby sister died. Three days later on Sept. 18, Mama's grandmother, who lived in the same house with them, died. Soon after the family hired a live-in housekeeper and cook to help Mama's very pregnant mother with her chores. One morning at breakfast the housekeeper said she could not sleep the night before because of a blue-eyed baby girl who kept looking in the door at her. But when she got up to check the baby was gone. The little baby that had died had bright blue eyes. The next youngest child had brown eyes so it could not have been her looking through the door. A few days later the housekeeper said that when she was sleeping the night before an old woman came to her bed. The old woman said, "This is my bed and my feet are cold and you need to move over." The old woman disappeared. 

The housekeeper announced she was quitting and would not be back. The bed had belonged to the grandmother who had recently died. And she always complained of cold feet and would warm bricks by the fire to put at the bottom of her bed. Wish Mama was here to tell me that story one more time.

Frank Bolles of Nashville

This is information on the family of Frank Bolles of Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn. I am not related to the Bolles family and I have no additional information. 

Abstract from “Davidson County, Tennessee Naturalizations 1803-1906”, Mary Sue Smith, 1997 - Criminal Court Div. 1, MB W p292 Bolles, Frank – {Naturalized}a native of Oldenburg, Germany; born in the city of Damina on 2 Feb 1848; immigrated to the United States in 1866, landing in New York, being then 18 years of age; has been his intenetion for more than three years to become a citizen;  renounces his allegiance to the Prince of Herseg.  –upon the foregoing petition and the fact that he came to this country prior to being 18 years old…decree he be admitted to citizenship, 12 June 1878.

1880 Census for Tennessee, Davidson County page 225A

Bolles, Frank  age 32

Bolles, Sophia age 22

Bolles, Minnie age 1

Bolles, Sophia age 3

Frank Bolles and Sophia Boehler were married May 25, 1875, bondsman was Fred Hosse and ceremony was performed by Joseph Uphause, M.G.  Davidson County original marriage licenses and bonds – Metro Archives

Junius Ruth and Wilhelmina Bolles were married August 14, 1911.  The ceremony was performed by J. Francis McCloud, rector of St. Andrews Episcopal Church Davidson County original marriage licenses and bonds – Metro Archives

 (1911 Nasvhille city directory – St Andrews listed at  49^th Ave SE corner of Michigan Ave.)

Junius Ruth was not listed in the 1911 city directory.  Minnie Bolles was living with her mother Sophia at 1216 3^rd Ave. N.  This address was between Madison and Monroe Streets. 

Annual Report of the Public Schools of Nashville, Tennessee 1896-1897

page 15,  Annual Commencement of the Fogg High School at Theater Vendome, Wednesday Evening, June 2, 1897.

List of Graduates

Wilhelmine Bolles – Graduated with high scholarship. 

Annual Report of the Public Schools of Nashville, Tennessee 1893-1894

page 83,  Grammar Department Graduates.  Fogg School, January. Bolles, Wilhelmina.

Annual Report of the Public Schools of Nashville, Tennessee 1901-1902

page 5, List of Teachers, Miss Wilhelmine Bolles.

page 51, Elliott School, Miss Wilhelmine Bolles, Assistant, Fourth-A Grade.

Annual Report of the Public Schools of Nashville, Tennessee 1902-1903

page 5, List of Teachers, Miss Wilhelmine Bolles.

page 47, Elliott School, Miss Wilhelmine Bolles, Assistant, First Floor, Fourth-B Grade.

Annual Report of the Public Schools of Nashville, Tennessee 1903-1904

page 5, List of Teachers, Miss Wilhelmine Bolles.

page 60, Elliott School, Miss Minnie Bolles, Assistant, Fourth Grade.

Annual Report of the Public Schools of Nashville, Tennessee 1904-1905

page 5, List of Teachers, Miss Wilhelmine Bolles.

page 46, Elliott School, Miss Minnie Bolles, Third-A Grade.

Annual Report of the Public Schools of Nashville, Tennessee 1905-1906

page 5, List of Teachers, Miss Wilhelmine Bolles.

page 59, Elliott School, Miss Minnie Bolles, Fourth-B Grade.

Annual Report of the Public Schools of Nashville, Tennessee 1906-1907

page 5, List of Teachers, Miss Wilhelmine Bolles.

page 51, Elliott School, Miss Minnie Bolles, Fourth-A Grade.

Annual Report of the Public Schools of Nashville, Tennessee 1907-1908

page 5, List of Teachers, Miss Wilhelmine Bolles.

page 35, Elliott School, Miss Minnie Bolles, Fourth-B Grade.

Annual Report of the Public Schools of Nashville, Tennessee 1908-1909

page 5, List of Teachers, Miss Wilhelmine Bolles.

page 51, Elliott School, Miss Minnie Bolles, Fourth-A Grade, Organist.

Annual Report of the Public Schools of Nashville, Tennessee 1909-1910

same as 1908-1909

Annual Report of the Public Schools of Nashville, Tennessee 1910-1911

same as 1908-1909

Annual Report of the Public Schools of Nashville, Tennessee 1911-191

page 6, List of Teachers, Miss Wilhelmine Bolles.  Resigned.

The original Ninth Ward School was established in 1865 and was located at the corner of Madison and N Cherry streets.  The building The Ninth Ward School was built in 1873 at the corner of Jefferson and Norht High Streets.  The name of the school was changed  to Elliott School at the beginning of the 1890-91 school-year.  The name change was in honor of George B. Elliott who died in April of 1890.  Mr. Elliott was the Principal of Tarbox School at the time of his death.