John Anderson married Ann Clark

1758-1836

Robert B. Anderson married Elizabeth Mothershed

1789-

Laura Ann Anderson married John Luther

1824- 1820-

Aris Bowden Luther married Eudora Thompson

1858-1926 1858-1935

Horace Norman Luther Sr. married Nellie B. Jordan

1889-1960 1890-1983

Horace Norman Luther, Jr. married Marjorie Elizabeth Neal

1913-1989 1916-1984

Joseph Neal Luther

1943-

John Anderson was born 30 July 1758 in Frederick County , Virginia . In 1777, he joined Captain Farran's Company as a Private in the Virginia Line. This Revolutionary War service earned him a pension, #W884. According to these pension papers, his war service included guarding German prisoners at Fort Frederick , Maryland and delivering supplies to South Carolina . On 3 August 1784 , he married Ann Clark, probably in South Carolina where he moved after the war. They then moved to Logan County , Kentucky for three years, and then to Davidson County , Tennessee . John Anderson owned property in Davidson and Williamson Counties , Tennessee and lived along the Brush Creek and Turnbull Creek areas following the Davidson/Williamson County line. John Anderson died 12 March 1836 in Davidson County . His will may be found in Davidson Co TN Will Book 11, page 21. Ann Clark Anderson died in 1838 in Davidson Co TN.

1. Benjamin Clark Anderson: born 13 Oct 1785 . His daughter Emmerline married James Landrum. Jim Landrum of Poplar Bluff , Missouri is a descendant of this line.

2. John Anderson, Jr.: born 3 Oct 1787 . Gary W. Anderson of Belleville , Illinois is a descendant of this line.

2A. Elizabeth Anderson, born 1820; married 31 Dec 1834 in Dickson Co TN to Jacob Luther, son of George and Mary (Bowden) Luther. Elizabeth Anderson Luther died in 1878 in Graves County , Kentucky . For more on this family, please refer to the Luther Family History.

3. Robert B. Anderson: born 26 Jan 1789 ; married 10 Apr 1815 in Davidson Co TN to Elizabeth Mothershed, daughter of John Jett Mothershed. Children included:

3A. Laura Ann Anderson, born 1824; married on 27 Aug 1838 in Williamson Co TN, to John Luther son of George and Mary (Bowden) Luther. For more on this family, please refer to the Luther group.

11. Merium (Marianne) Anderson : born 21 Jan 1805 . Married 1st William Linton; married 2nd, Benjamin Thompson, descendant of the Neil Thompson line. See the Thompson group.

In 1834, Ann Clark Anderson applied for continuance of John's pension. The will of John Anderson was proven in June 1836. Ann Clark Anderson was placed on the West Tennessee Pension Roll under the Act of 1838 and the Act of 1843 (W884).

Summerfield Anderson married John Hannah, son of Joseph and Betsey Hannah. John Hannah's sister, Susannah, married first William Kellam and married second, Allen Thompson, also a descendant of Neil Thompson. Other sisters also married close neighbors: Patsy Hannah married John Exum and Ann Hanna married Thomas Scott. All are related by later marriages of their children. Aris Bowden Luther was the son of John and Laura ( Anderson ) Luther and married Eudora Thompson, granddaughter of William and Mary (Scott) Thompson, brother and sister of Allen Thompson and Thomas Scott. All of these families resided in the Turnbull Creek drainage in the vicinity of Kingston Springs or in the Brush Creek drainage extending south into Williamson County .

There were several land sales between these Anderson and Thompson families in the Turnbull/Brush Creek area. These also involved the Landrum property that was also located near Kingston Springs.