Individual Details

1880 Census. District 10, Jackson Co, TN, Hh 1
Josiah Bean, 25. Born TN, father b. NC, mother b. TN
Nancy, wife, 29. Born TN, both parents born NC [I believe she was even older as she was age 5 in 1850 - should have been about 35]
Samuel H. 18, son [I believe this is Nancy's son by her first husband, Moses Paul - see her notes]
John W., 6, son
James A., 3, son
Henry M., 2, son
Hh 2
Wiley Night, age 73, b. NC parents b. NC (may be Nancy's father]
Hh 7 is LeeRoy & Mary A. Dennis with Minda 12, Jennie 9, and Isibelle, age 2.

1900 Census. Dist 10, Jackson, TN, Hh 46
Joseph Bean, b. Sep 1853, age 46, married 27 years
Nancy Jane, wife, b. Jun 1858, 42, 6 children - all living (that would seem to be those children beginning with Amanda -this is a second wife also named Nancy.)
Henry Morgan, son, b. Jan 1878, 21
Wiley, son, b. Jun 1882, 18
Amanda, dau, b. May 1886, 14
Thomas, son, b. Mar 1888, 12
Nancy, dau, b. May 1891, 9
Celey A., dau, b. Feb 1895, 4
Robert, son, b. sep 1896, 3
Lidie Ann, dau, b. Dec 1897, age 2

Married Susan Rector, 2 Jul 1903, Putnam Co, TN

1910 Census. Dist 10, Jackson, TN, Hh 53
Joseph Bean, 56, married 3 times - this time for 5 years
Susan, wife, 30, married once, for 5 years [Susan Rector - m. 2 Jul 1903]
Morgan, son, 30
Nancy, 18
Ceiley, 16
Robert, 15
Lidda, 13
William 11
Nelly, 4
Sarry, 2
Hirum, age 8 months

1920 Census. Dist 10, Jackson, TN, Hh 21, Creek Road
Joseph Bean, 64
Susie, 42
Morgan, son, 42
Nancy, dau, 25
Celie, dau, 23
Lyddie, dau, 22
Willie, son, 19
Nellie, dau, 14
Sarah, dau, 12
Mary, dau, 8
Hattie, dau, 6
Frank, son, 2 years, 2 months
Avo, dau, 2 years, 2 months [Social Security - Lena Avo Bennett born 6 apr 1918 in Cookeville, Jackson, TN, died 16 June 2002. Parents, Josie Bean and Susie O. Rector]



Chancery/Circuit Loose Records Index
A - D
Source: Jackson County, TN,
Microfilm: Roll #43
Chancery/Circuit Loose Records
Index 1839-1915
1898 Bean, Albert vs Bean, Joseph & Jno Clinton [Night, Wiley]
1905 Bean, Joseph Grdn of Bean, Morgan
1903 Bean, Morgan vs Garrison, J. H.
1875 Bean, Nancy M. vs Bean, Josiah

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BEAN, NANCY M. VS. BEAN, JOSIAH [JOSEPH].
CHANCERY, 1875.
THE BILL OF COMPLAINT OF NANCY M. BEAN AGAINST JOSIAH [JOSEPH] BEAN, both of Jackson Co. TN.
18 June 1875.
. . . she and the defendant were intermarried in Jackson Co. TN on or about the [blank] day of [blank] 18 [blank], something more than two years ago. She states that shortly after their marriage the defendant became very abuseful to her and on several occasions slapped and whipped her and would threaten that if she told it he would kill her . . .
She further charges that on the 14th of June 1875, being last Monday morning, he knocked her down and threatened that if she done anything with him he would kill her. He also slapped over their child, a little boy hardly two years old . . .
. . . your complainant had him arrested on a Peace Warrant . . . he was committed to jail where he is now.
. . . they have but one child, a boy upwards of 12 months named John Whitley . . .
She asks for divorce. [NOTE: they did not divorce but had three more children before her death]

ALBERT BEAN VS. JOSEPH BEAN & JOHN CLINTON.
CHANCERY, 1898.
NOTE: There are several different cases included in this folder that impinge on the above case. Anyone researching this family should get this film and read it in it's entirety, because there is a lot of interesting material about the family dynamics that I have not extracted to post on the internet. -bp.
THE BILL OF COMPLAINT OF D. W. HAWES, A CITIZEN OF GAINESBORO, JACKSON CO. TN AGAINST MARRY HARRIS & NANCY PAUL, CITIZENS OF JACKSON CO. TN & GEO. H. MORGAN OF GAINESBORO, ASSIGNEE IN BANKRUPTCY OF WILLIE NIGHT.
6 May 1869.
. . . Willie Night [Wiley Knight], a citizen of Jackson Co. TN became indebted to your orator in the sum of about $150 prior to the 5th day of Sept. 1866 . . .
. . . for many years preceding that time said Willie Night [Wiley Knight] was the owner of a valuable tract of land containing about 500 acres in Jackson Co. TN . . .
. . . on the 5th day of Sept. 1866 said Willie Night [Wiley Knight] conveyed said land, 520 acres, for no valuable consideration, to his daughters, Marry Harris and Nancy Paul . . .
. . . more than six months from said date the said Willie Night [Wiley Knight] has been declared a bankrupt on his own petition in the District Court of the U. S. and that Geo. H. Morgan is his assignee . . .
PETITION OF DEFENDANTS in the Case of Albert Bean et. al. vs. John Clinton et. al.
26 June 1900.
. . . the land in controversy after the death of Joseph Bean, under and by a deed made from Wiley Night [Knight] to Nancy M. Bean.
The defendants aver the facts to be that many years ago and many years before the deed from Wiley Night [Knight] to Nancy Bean, the said Wiley Night [Knight] executed and delivered to Mary Night [Knight] or Mary Harris a deed to the land in controversy in this cause and the same was used and occupied by Mary Night [Knight] from then up to the present by her heirs and the same was never conveyed by Mary Night [Knight] to the said Wiley Night [Knight], hence he had no title to said land to vest Nancy Bean with and her deed is null and void and a fraud upon the rights of Mary Night [Knight] or Mary Harris' heirs as her assignee.
NANCY PAUL VS. MOSES PAUL.
Dep. taken: 13 June 1868.
DEPOSITION: RUBEN WHITSON.
Aged about 40 years.
I understand that they [Moses and Nancy Paul] married in Jackson Co. They lived together, I know, as husband and wife, for some year or two. I think he has been living apart from his wife, the complainant, for about five or six years. After he had left complainant I saw Moses Paul with another woman, and they passed as husband and wife and they bedded together and that was about the latter part of the summer or fall 1866.
I do not think he left her [complainant] anything at all. They had one child.
/s/ Reuben Whitson
Deposition taken: 3 Aug. 1868.
DEPOSITION: JOHN HARRIS.
Aged 42 years.
Defendant has heretofore abandoned complainant and refused to provide for her. He left her about four years ago. I saw him after that time. He had been, as he said, to KY. He had another woman with him at that time and claimed her as his wife and said he was married to her.
John Harris (his mark)
THE PETITION OF NANCY M. PAUL of Jackson Co. TN against Moses Paul, of the State of KY.
Filed 9 Nov. 1867.
. . . about eight years ago she intermarried with defendant in the County of Jackson TN . . . after about two years . . . defendant . . . abandoned her.
Defendant has been guilty of divers acts of adultery . . .
Petitioner further shows your Honor that of said intermarriage was born a child named Samuel Harrison Paul. Petitioner further shows your Honor that her maiden name was Nancy M. Night [Knight] . . . been supported by her father, Wiley Night [Knight], with whom they still live.
Asks for divorce, restoration of her name to Nancy M. Night [Knight] and custody of the child.
THE BILL OF COMPLAINT of Albert Bean, J. W. Stafford and W. W. Draper against John Bean, Morgan Bean and Wiley Bean, all of Jackson Co. TN.
No date.
Complainants Albert Bean and defendants John, Morgan and Wiley Bean are the joint owners of the following described tract of land , to wit, lying and being in the 10th Civil District of Jackson Co. TN on the waters of Blackburn's fork of Roaring River . . . P. M. Wassom's northwest corner . . . around to Elijah Wassom's north boundary line . . . to Wm. Bean's west boundary line . . . to Jas. Night's [Knight's] south boundary line . . . to Wm. Sliger's west boundary line . . . to M. C. Garrison's line . . . John Clinton's south boundary line . . . James Stult's south boundary line . . . Lafayette Garrison's east boundary line . . . John L. Bean's east boundary line . . .Elijah Wassom's east boundary line . . . P. M. Wassom's north boundary line . . .
Each of the parties above named own one quarter undivided interest in said land subject however to an estate for and during the natural life of Joseph Bean therein and which will terminate at his death.
. . . [Albert Bean] charges that the three shares of his brother's, to wit, John, Morgan and Wiley Bean . . .
ALBERT BEAN ET. AL. VS. JOHN CLINTON, ET. AL.
Deposition taken: no date.
DEPOSITION: JOSEPH BEAN.
[Nancy M. Bean] is dead. She died in May 20, 1884. She was a wife of mine.
Quest. Give the names of her children who now survive her.
Ans. John Bean, Albert Bean, Morgan Bean and Wiley Bean.
Quest. When were you and Nancy M. Bean married?
Ans. In 1873.
Quest. How long after the date of the deed until Wiley Night [Knight] died?
Ans. It wasn't very long. He deeded it in Feb. 1884 and died 26 March following.
We had stayed there and waited on him [Wiley Knight]. He was old and helpless and had been for ten years.
Quest. Was he much or little trouble to look after and wait upon?
Ans. It was a heap of trouble.
Quest. How long did you and your wife stay with the old man and wait on and attend to him?
Ans. About six years.
He had to have help. His thigh was broke. He was down about ten years.
Quest. Give the ages of Nancy M. Bean's children at this time.
Ans. They were all small when their mother died. There is three of them of age now. I can't give their exact ages.
Quest. Were all these children born to you and your wife after your marriage to her?
Ans. Yes, Sir. These four spoken of in this deposition.
/s/ Joseph Bean
THE BILL OF COMPLAINT of Albert Bean who sues in his own individual right and as next friend of Morgan Bean and Wiley Bean, minors under the age of 21 years, citizens of Jackson Co. TN against Joseph Bean, John Bean, Mary Burgess, Dow Burgess, James Robinson, Florence Robinson, Belle Burgess, Lou Burgess, Della Burgess, Rutha Burgess, Effie Burgess, John Clinton, all of Jackson Co. TN [blank] Night [Knight] of the State of Missouri, heir of Wm. Night [Knight], deceased.
30 April 1898.
Your orators charge that upon the death of Nancy W. Bean the complainants and defendant John Bean became the owners of said lands subject to the life interest of Joseph Bean, the husband, who upon the death of his wife became tenant by courtesy absolute or consummate.
They charge that on the [blank] day of [blank] 1884 defendant Joseph Bean by a pretended Deed to Mary Night's [Knight's] heirs attempted to convey absolutely these lands and under and by virtue of said pretended, fraudulent and void Deed one John Harrison John Clinton pretended to take possession of said lands and held same until conveyance from Garrison to Hite Burgess about two years thereafter. The heirs of Hite Burgess have likewise pretended to hold same until the present time. The said John Clinton has held about ten acres of same ever since said conveyance and now holds same.
Your orator's charge that said conveyance from Joseph Bean was fraudulent, void and a nullity.
They charge that the purchasers under said void Deed are now claiming said lands absolutely in fee simple and are hauling off and destroying the valuable timber on said land.
Defendant Mary Burgess is the widow of Hite Burgess, deceased. Dow Burgess, Florence Robinson, Belle Burgess, Lee Burgess, Della Burgess, Rutha Burgess [&] Effie Burgess are the children of Hite Burgess and are minors under the age of 21 years without general guardian. James Robinson is the husband of defendant Florence Robinson. Defendant [blank] Night [Knight] of the State of Missouri is also a minor under 21 years without general guardian.
Complainant Albert Bean is now 21 years of age, will be 22 years of age on June 16, 1898. Complainant Morgan Bean was 20 years of age 12 of Jan. 1898. [Both of these years are clearly 1898 in the original document -bp.] Wiley Bean was 16 years of age on 17 Jany. last. They have no general guardian.
THE DEFENDANT'S Dow Burgess, Lou Burgess, Della Burgess, Ruth Burgess, Belle Burgess, Effie Burgess & Florence Robinson of the State of TN & [blank] Night [Knight], heir of William Night [Knight], a minor . . . resides in the State of Missouri, for JOINT ANSWER . . .
. . . they admit that on the 14 Mch. 1873, Nancy M. Bean intermarried with Joseph Bean . . .
They admit that on the [blank] April 1884 Nancy M. Bean died.
Deposition taken: no date.
DEPOSITION: JOSEPH BEAN.
Quest. Did you know Mary Night [Knight] or Mary Harris as she is called by some? Is she living or dead? When did she die?
Ans. Yes, I knew her. She is dead. To the best of my knowledge she died in 1874-5.
Quest. Give your reasons for knowing that she died about 1874 or 5.
Ans. The reason is that I was married in 1873 to Nancy M. Bean that summer to the best of my recollection. She ran away with another man. She, Mary Knight, ran away in the fall to the best of my recollection. She went in the fall and she came back in the fall. She didn't live very long after she came back, three or four months I reckon.
Quest. When did you and your wife move to Wiley Night's [Knight's] to live and how long did you live there prior to Wiley Night's [Knight's] death in March 1884?
Ans. We went there in 1877 or 8. I stayed with him until he died.
Quest. When did he die?
Ans. In 1884.
Quest. Was Mary Night [Knight] living when you and your wife moved there?
Ans. No, Sir.
Quest. Who claimed, used and controlled the land in controversy from the date of Mary Night's [Knight's] death up to the time the Deed was made by Wiley Night [Knight] to your wife Nancy M. Bean?
Ans. Wiley Night [Knight] himself.
Quest. Was Mary Night [Knight] or Mary Harris ever married, if so, is her husband living or dead?
Ans. She was married and he is dead.
Quest. When did her husband die?
Ans. He died about the close of the Civil War.
Quest. Did she or not live a single woman all the time after her husband's death until she died in 1874 or 5.
Ans. Yes, Sir.
Quest. Is it not a fact that the claim that Hite Burgess' heir's claims in said land came from purchase of Mary Night's [Knight's] heir's interest in said land?
Ans. That's my understanding.
Quest. Did not the interest John Clinton claims come from the same source?
Ans. Yes, Sir.
Quest. How much property did you own at the time you married Nancy Bean?
Ans. I had none.
Quest. You speak in your cross-examination that you and your wife signed the deed to Mary Night's [Knight's] heirs . . . Did your wife sign said deed willingly?
Ans. No, Sir, she didn't much want to sign it. I begged her about two weeks before she signed it.
Quest. Did or not others threaten her and you with a law suit unless she signed the deed?
Ans. Yes, Sir.
Quest. Are you the same Joe Bean that was in jail in this county once for abusing your wife?
Ans. Said to be the fellow.
Quest. After you was in jail for abusing your wife, how long was it before your wife died?
Ans. I don't remember.
Quest. How long did you stay in jail?
Ans. Twelve days as I recollect.
/s/ Joseph Bean
Depositions taken: 24 Feb. 1900.
DEPOSITION: G. W. BEAN.
My brother, Joseph Bean . . .
/s/ G. W. Bean
DEPOSITION: W. A. NIGHT [KNIGHT].
/s/ W. A. Night
DEPOSITION: LEROY DENNIS.
Quest. What relation are you to Complainant John Bean?
Ans. I am his father-in-law.
L. W. Dennis (his mark)
Depositions taken: no date.
DEPOSITION: SAM MATHENY.
/s/ M. S. Matheny
DEPOSITION: R. E. JOHNSON.
/s/ R. E. Johnson
DEPOSITION: HARRISON CLINTON.
Quest. Did you ever hear him [Wiley Knight] say anything about making a deed to Mary Night [Knight] to the lands in controversy? If so, please tell all you know about it.
Ans. Yes, I have heard him talk about it. He had made the girls and Jim a deed to it so he could take the bankrupt law. After the records at Gainesboro got burned he told the girls he wanted to see their deeds, that there was something in it he wanted to fix that was not fixed right. They went and got their deeds and he threw them on the fire and said that was the part that wasn't fixed right and burned them up. And he tried to get Jim's deed to do the same way, but he was too smart for him.
/s/ S. [?] H. Clinton
DEPOSITION: JOHN GARRISON.
/s/ J. T. Garrison
DEPOSITION: JOHN CLINTON.
/s/ J. A. Clinton
DEPOSITION: SID NIGHT [KNIGHT].
[Wiley Knight] was my grandfather.
/s/ S. S. Night
DEPOSITION: JOHN CLINTON.
Quest. How long was this [that the deed was made] before Wiley Night [Knight] died?
Ans. . . it might have been two weeks or more.
. . . Jim Night's [Knight's] widow, Polly Night [Knight] . . .
/s/ J. A. Clinton
Deposition taken: 2 March 1900.
DEPOSITION: J. M. MORGAN.
/s/ J. M. Morgan
DEED.
5 Sept. 1866.
I, Wiley Night [Knight], in consideration of the love and natural affection that I have for my two daughters Mary and Nancy have this day given, granted and do hereby transfer and convey unto my two daughters Mary Harris and Nancy Paul and their heirs forever a certain tract or parcel of land in the State of Tennessee, County of Jackson, District No. 10, containing 520 acres more or less . . .
One tract containing 300 acres by Survey bearing date the 1st day of March 1834 on the waters of Blackburn's fork of Roaring River . . . Moses McBride's north boundary line running north crossing one prong of said creek . . . north boundary line of John Bean's 100 acre tract . . . said Bean's northeast corner of his 20 acre tract . . . excluding out of the above boundary 100 acres that I have conveyed to the heirs of William Night [Knight].
One other tract containing 150 acres by Survey bearing date the 2 day of June 1836 . . . the northeast corner of the above named tract . . . with John Bean's north boundary line . . . near the Overton County Road . . .
Another tract of 170 acres . . . corner of Burket Kinnaird original tract . . . John Bean's north boundary line . . . a conditional line made [by] Aaron Bean and James Bean . . . Richey Bean's north boundary line . . . Moses McBride's east boundary line . . .
s/s Wilie Niet

NEW: BEAN, JOSEPH, GRDN. OF BEAN, MORGAN.
REPORT.
31 July 1903.
. . . the said Morgan Bean is of unsound mind and not capable of taking care of himself and property. He has been a idiot from his infancy and has no property in his own right. He is 25 years of age and has no wife or children.

NEW: BEAN, MORGAN ET. AL. VS. GARRISON, J. H.
CHANCERY, 1903.
FINAL DECREE.
10 Dec. 1903.
It is therefore ordered, adjudged and decreed by the Court that all of the right, title, claims and interest in and to the reversion or remainder in said tract of land as described in said report be directed out of the Complainants and Defendants and vested in the purchaser, J. H. Garrison, who upon [?] the falling in of the life estate of Joseph Bean will take the entire fee in said tract of land and the Clerk and Master is directed to make to said J. H. Garrison deed to said tract of land should he desire it upon the payment of the fees for same.
It is further ordered and adjudged by the Court that the parties will pay the Cost herein in the ratio of their interests in the subject matter of this litigation . . .
THE BILL OF COMPLAINT of Morgan Bean in his own proper person and by his Guardian Joseph Bean, who are citizens of Jackson Co. TN against John H. Garrison, who is a citizen of Jackson Co. TN.
No date.
. . . complainant Morgan Bean and John H. Garrison, the defendant, are seized and possessed in fee; and are tenants in common in the following described tract of land, lying in the 10 Civil District of Jackson Co. TN on the waters of Blackburn's fork of Roaring River . . . Polly Knight's northwest corner . . . Leroy Dennis's west boundary line . . . John H. Garrison's south boundary line . . . John Clinton's south boundary line . . . G. W. Pointer's south boundary line . . .
The defendant John H. Garrison owns absolutely 4/5 of the fee in said undivided tract of land and complainant Morgan Bean owns 1/5 of the fee in said tract of land and that this 1/5 undivided interest is encumbered with the life estate of Joseph Bean.
. . . complainant's ward is 25 years of age, is a non compus mentis and must be cared for and supported. The proceeds derivable from a sale of his interest in said tract of land being all he can look to for said purpose.
Depositions taken: Sept. 1903.
DEPOSITION: SIMEON PIPPIN.
I am about 70 years old. I live in the 10th District of Jackson Co.
I live in about 1 1/2 miles of it [the land in dispute.]
/s/ Simeon Pippin
DEPOSITION: JOHN H. CHAFFIN.
I am 58 years old. I live at Gainesboro and am County Court Clerk.
/s/ J. H. Chaffin

Birth	25 Sep 1853	Jackson County, Tennessee
Marriage	14 Mar 1873	Jackson County, Tennessee - Nancy Amanda Knight/Night
Death	19 Feb 1923	Jackson County, Tennessee

Spouse	Nancy Amanda Knight/Night (1845 - 1884)
Child	John Whitley Bean (1874 - 1947)
Child	James Albert Bean (1877 - 1934)
Child	Henry Morgan Bean (1878 - 1951)
Child	Wiley Bean (1880 - 1973)