Individual Details

Telitha married Jordan Middleton before 1830 when they are found in Carroll Co, TN, living next door to the widowed Nancy Goodman and Ephraim & Nancy Goodman Comstock. He was probably kin to Catherine Middleton, wife of Lemuel Goodman.

1830 Census. Carroll Co, TN
Jordan Middleton, 1m under 5 [Haywood], 1m 20-30 [Jordan], 1f 15-20 [Telitha]

1840 Census. Wayne Co, TN. Living next to her brother Lemuel Goodman.
Jordan Middleton, 1m -5 [William], 1m 5-10 Caswell], 1m 10-15 [Haywood], 1m 30-40 [Jordan] 1f 5-10 [Emily], 1f 20-30 [Telitha]

1850 Census. Perry Co, TN, p.136, Hh 176 Nancy Goodman Comstock, widow, was also in Perry Co in 1840.
Jordan Middleton, age 39. Telitha, age 36
William 18. Emily C. 15. Harris 14. Campbell [or Caswell] age 9. Anderson age 7. Myra A. 4. John W. age 5 months.

Wayne Co, TN County Court Minutes. Tues. Feb 8th 1853
Empanel a Grand Jury for Wayne County. Includes Jordan Middleton.


1860 Census. Wayne Co, TN, Hh 1180
Jordan Middleton, age 55, b. SC. Telitha age 45.
Caswell 18. Anderson 16. Mira A. age 14. John 10. Mary E. 7. Isabella 5. Emily age 24.
Slave Schedule shows 5 slaves.
James Brogden, age 27 was two households away with children Sarah I. age 6 and John W. age 5, and Nicy Sutherland, age 53, b. KY.

1870 Census. Hardin Co, TN
Jourdan Middleton, age 64, b. SC. Delitha, age 50, b. TN
Emla age 28 [probably Emily]. Myra A. 22. John 19. Mary 15. Bell 13.

1880 Census, Hardin Co, TN Hh 50
Tilitha Middleton, age 61
Emily age 38, dau.
Hh 51
Haywood Middleton, age 46. Nancy J. 39. Woodney age 10, John L. age 7.

20 Jun 1898. Estate Settlement Case #484. Box VWY, Folder 20 [82 pages]
Plaintiff was Belle White of Wayne Co TN.
Defendants:
William Morris and wife Emily, formerly Emily Middleton,
Robert M. White
Ance Middleton of Texas
J. H. Middleton
John Middleton
Frank, Ed, and Nona Printess, all minors.
Belle White and Robert M. White were married 1880, in Wayne Co where she has lived ever since. They lived together until Sept 1892, when he deserted her going to the state of Texas, leaving her with three children to raise. Her father Jordan Middleton died in 1878 seized of 5 tracts of land. [Anderson Middleton was administrator of his father's estate.]
Jordan Middleton's lawful children were
1. Belle White
2. Miria Roach
3. J. H. Middleton [James Haywood]
4. John Middleton
5. Ance Middleton [Anderson]
6. Emily Morris
7. Mary Prentiss, who died in 1884, leaving heirs - her husband Riley Printess and Frank, Ed, and Nona Printess.
[three children from the census records must have died without heirs - Harris, Caswell and William]
Jordan Middleton left a widow who lived on the land until her death in 1896.
William & Emily Morris claim that Belle White's undivided 1/7 interest is theirs by a deed purported to have been executed by Belle and Robert M. White.
Complainant asks for a guardian ad litem for the minor defendants and that the bonds of matrimony uniting complainant and Robert W. White be dissolved.
Indenture dated 21 Nov 1885 between S. H. Sinclair and J. H. Middleton and his sister Emily Middleton sold to Sinclair, a tract in Wayne Co, on Indian Creek.
6 Jan 1879, 3/7 in trust sold by sheriff of Hardin Co TN. [mortgage? or back taxes?] 1/7 the property of J. W. Middleton, and 2/7 the property of J. H. Middleton. J. H. Middleton redeemed his two shares, paying in full, 25 Dec 1880.
19 May 1884. N. D. Gillis to J. H. Middleton and his sister Emily Middleton, tract on Indian Creek, part of 3/7 interest in tract sold by Sheriff of Hardin Co and sold 6 Jan 1879.
Complainant moved to dismiss her bill as far as seeking a divorce.
R. A. Haggard was appointed guardian ad litem to the minor heirs.
25 Nov 1898.
Deposition by Samuel Sinclair, age 59. Stated he conveyed to J. H. Middleton and Mrs. Emily Morris [then Emily Middleton], 85 acres out of 114. Frank, Ed & Nona Printess each own one third of one seventh in the five tracts. Land is only adapted to farming.
Andrew Mulery, age 41. J. H. Middleton & Mrs. Emily Morris and the Printess children own the land. John and Ance Middleton, Mrs. Mirah Roach and Mrs. White, sold their interest to J. H. Middleton and Mrs. Morris.
27 Mar 1899. Decree of sale to highest bidder. Four tracts were struck off and sold to J. H. Middleton.

Birth	1814	Tennessee
Marriage	Ca 1828	Jordan Middleton
Death	Ca 1896	Wayne County, Tennessee

Spouse	Jordan Middleton (1811 - )
Child	James Haywood Middleton (1829 - 1900)
Child	William Middleton (1832 - )
Child	Emily C. Middleton (1835 - )
Child	Harris Middleton (1836 - )
Child	Campbell/Caswell Middleton (1841 - )
Child	Anderson Middleton (1843 - 1933)
Child	Mira Ann Middleton (1846 - 1917)
Child	John W Middleton (1850 - 1936)
Child	Mary E. Middleton (1853 - 1884)
Child	Isabella Middleton (1855 - )

Father	Abraham GOODMAN (1775 - 1825)
Mother	Nancy [Goodman] (1770 - 1840)
Sibling	Hosea GOODMAN (1798 - 1857)
Sibling	Abisha GOODMAN (1800 - )
Sibling	Mahala GOODMAN (1804 - 1870)
Sibling	NANCY GOODMAN (1805 - 1855)
Sibling	Manerva GOODMAN (1806 - )
Sibling	Lemuel Oliver GOODMAN (1813 - 1874)
Sibling	B. Ervin GOODMAN (1817 - 1870)