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James W. LOCKE, farmer of Lawrence County, Tenn., is a son of Walter Locke, of North Carolina, who was one of the pioneer settlers of Giles County, Tenn. He was farmer and married Rachel Ross, of Kentucky. He died about 1852, and the mother six years later. James W. Locke was born in Giles County September 13, 1813, and attended the primitive log schoolhouse of his boyhood days. At the age of twenty-one he began farming in Giles County, and at the death of his father purchased his farm. In 1861 he bought and located on his present place, where he has been a prosperous farmer and stock raiser. In 1835 he wedded Asenath C. McCreary, who died in 1842, leaving four children, three now living: Nancy C. (deceased), Eliza M. (Mrs. James Carter), John S, and Martha A. (Mrs. James Brownlow). In 1846, Mr. Locke married Elizabeth A. Braly, and nine children are the result of their union: Nathaniel H., William M., Sarah F. (who died in 1881), Ephraim C., Robert N., Mary A. (Mrs. J.W. Cross), Asenath C. (Mrs. James Spreegle), Walter S. and Cora E. Mr. Locke is neutral in politics, and himself and family are leading members of the Christian Church. (Lawrence County Goodspeeds Biography)
Walter LOCK is on the 1812 Giles County Tax List See also McCallum's History of Giles... re Walter Lock of Campbellsville, and Lawrence County, TNGenWeb Goodspeed Biographies for more biographies from that county. No Tennessee marriage record has been located for Walter Lock and Rachel Ross. One Walter Lock married 19 Mar 1805, Williamson County, TN to Sally BELL (Williamson County marriage index). Did Walter marry twice or is this a second Walter Lock?
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