Isaac Tennison parents are BENJAMIN TENNISON. He was born Abt. 1772 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, and died Abt. 1847 in Tishomingo County, Mississippi. He married PHOEBE COOPER. A Descendants report of Benjamin Tennison is bottom of page.
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Isaac Tennisson in the North Carolina, Index to Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868

Name: Isaac Tennisson
Gender: Male
Spouse: Susanna Smith
Spouse Gender: Female
Bond Date: 6 Feb 1834
Bond #: 000129759
Level Info: North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
ImageNum: 007446
County: Rowan
Record #: 02 424
Bondsman: Robert Ervin
Witness: Wm Locke
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Issac was married two times 1. Susannah Smith; 2. Rebecca A. Reynolds Born Aft. 1820.
Children of ISAAC TENNISON and SUSANNAH SMITH are:
MARY F TENNISON, b. Dec 1835, Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina; d. 1900, Prentiss County, Mississippi.
HIRAM ABRAHAM TENNISON, b. 22 Mar 1839, Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina; d. 20 Apr 1923, Prentiss County, Mississippi.
ROBERT FRANKLIN TENNISON, b. Abt. 1841, Rowan County, North Carolina; d. 03 Mar 1862, Indanapolis, Marion County, Indiana.

Second Rebecca A. Reynolds child Laura Eliza Tennison, Margaret Tennison Woodruff, Charles Griffith Tennison
LAURA ELIZA TENNISON, b. 28 Sep 1851, Mississippi; d. 01 Jun 1918, Mississippi, she married Russell Bean Ownes,
MARGARET TENNISON, b. 1851; d. 1935, she married Pall T. Woodruff and Bud Rushing,
CHARLES GRIFFITH TENNISON, b. 11 Jul 1857, Mississippi; d. 04 Sep 1912, Mississippi, he married Narcissa Carolina Gray.

All are buried at Forked Oaks Baptist Church Cemetery, Prentiss County, Mississippi.
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His son
Pvt R. F. Tennison
Full Name is Robert Franklin Tennison born 1841 in Rowan County, North Carolina. He died in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. He is buried in Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana.

His mother is Susannah Smith born 1818 Georgia, died 1840. Grave site is unknown.
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Isaac Tennison owned land in Woodleaf, North Carolina (Outside Saulsbury). Old house was the old post office. Isaac, Rebecca and their children and Suzanne's children, along with a young bachelor named Thomas Breedlove were on their way to settle in Texas from Salsbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, when they were stranded in a snow storm in Mississippi.

The area is now called Burton, Mississippi). He apparently pitched his tent and decided to call that Texas.

He is buried on "On Road" before Forked Oaks Church in Burton, Mississippi. Buried in field on Gerald Tennyson's farm His and Rebecca graves were destroyed by house construction.
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August 22, 1836 - Isaac Tennison bought land from John Boston on Fourth Creek, 160 acres. A witness to the deed was George Baker, a brother-in-law. (Rowan Co., NC DB 22:274, Rec. May 1837)

February 23, 1842 - Isaac Tennison sold Robert G. Wilson a tract of land on waters of Little Beaver Dam which emptied into south fork of Yadkin River and on both sides of Wilkes Road, 116 1/2 acres. Isaac Tennison sold Silas Phifer 160 acres on north side of Fourth Creek. (DB 36 pp 372-373, Reg. May 1843)

The family emigrated to Tishomingo Co., MS from Rowan Co., NC before 1845 because they appear on the 1845 State census, p. 11, Col. 2, with reading of 3 males and 3 females in the household.

May 23, 1855 - Isaac Tennison bought 80 acres from Franklin and Emiline Owens in Tishomingo Co., MS. (DB 5 p.103)
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Isaac Tenison in the Mississippi, State and Territorial Census Collection, 1792-1866
Name: Isaac Tenison
Census Date: 1845
County: Tishomingo
LINE: 62
Roll: v229_3
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Isaac Tennisson in the U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
Name: Isaac Tennisson
Gender: Male
Birth Place: NC
Spouse Name: Susannah Smith
Spouse
Birth Place: GA
Spouse Birth Year: 1818
Marriage
Year: 1834
Marriage State: NC
Number Pages: 1
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Isaac Tennisso in the North Carolina, Index to Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
Name: Isaac Tennisson
Gender: Male
Spouse: Susanna Smith
Spouse Gender: Female
Bond Date: 6 Feb 1834
Bond #: 000129759
Level Info: North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
ImageNum: 007446
County: Rowan
Record #: 02 424
Bondsman: Robert Ervin
Witness: Wm Locke
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Isaac Tennison in the 1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Isaac Tennison
Age: 48
Birth Year: abt 1802
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1850: Southern Division, Tishomingo, Mississippi, USA
Gender: Male
Family Number: 744
Household Members:
Name Age
Isaac Tennison 48
Rebecca A Tennison 30
Hiram A Tennison 12
Robt F Tennison 10
Martha L Tennison 8
George Wilkirson 21
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Isaac Tenison in the 1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Isaac Tenison
[Isaac Tennison]
Age: 58
Birth Year: abt 1802
Gender: Male
Birth Place: North Carolina
Home in 1860: Tishomingo, Mississippi
Post Office: Jacinto
Dwelling Number: 2046
Family Number: 2046
Occupation: Farmer
Real Estate Value: 700
Personal Estate Value: 500
Household Members:
Name Age
John W Long 28
Prudence Long 23
Isaac Tenison 58
Rebecca Tenison 38
Hiram Tenison 20
Robert Tenison 19
Martha L Tenison 17
Louisa Tenison 8
Margaret Tenison 4
Charles Tenison 3
William Breedlove 9
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Descendants of Benjamin Tennison

Generation No. 1

1. BENJAMIN6 TENNISON (ABRAHAM5, ABSOLOM4, ABRAHAM3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born Abt. 1772 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, and died Abt. 1847 in Tishomingo County, Mississippi. He married PHOEBE COOPER 02 Dec 1791 in Rowan County, North Carolina. She was born Abt. 1772 in Rowan County, North Carolina, and died Aft. 1830 in Rowan County, North Carolina.

Children of BENJAMIN TENNISON and PHOEBE COOPER are:
i. RUEBUN7 TENNISON, b. Bef. 1795; d. Bef. 1895.
ii. SAMUEL TENNISON, b. Bef. 1798.
iii. ISAAC TENNISON, b. Abt. 1802, Rowan County, North Carolina; d. Abt. 1870, Burton, Prentiss County, Mississippi; m. (1) SUSANNAH SMITH, 06 Feb 1834, Rowan County, North Carolina; b. 1808, Georgia; d. 1849; m. (2) REBECCA A. REYNOLDS, 20 Jul 1841, Davie, North Carolina; b. 1818; d. 1850.
iv. ELIZABETH A. TENNISON, b. 02 Jan 1804, Rowan County, NC; d. 25 Jan 1873, Hardemon County, TN; m. GEORGE BAKER, 19 Sep 1825, Rowan County, NC; b. 18 May 1801; d. 07 Dec 1871.
v. HIRAM TENNISON, b. 1805, Rowan County, North Carolina; d. 1863, Tishomingo County, Mississippi; m. (1) SARAH BAUDER, Alabama or Tennessee; b. Abt. 1814, Tennessee; d. 09 Sep 1870, Mississippi; m. (2) SARAH W. VAWTER, Bef. 1834; b. 1815, Tennessee; d. 19 Sep 1870, Iuka, Tishomingo County, Mississippi.

Notes for HIRAM TENNISON:
Hiram Tennison or (James Franklin) married Sarah W. Vawter. She was born in Tennessee. she died about 1870 in Iuka, Mississippi.
After separation from Sarah he took a Common-law wife, which was a Cherokee Indian, no children.
This is the 1850 Tishomingo County Census
Tennison, Hiram 45 Farmer N.C.
Sarah 35 Tn.
James H. 15 "
Lucinda J. 13 Al.
Nancy E. 11 "
Cynthia E. 9 Ms.
Hiram F. 7 "
Alleghany 6 "
Martha E. 3 "

1860 Tishomingo County, Cartersville P.O.
Tennison, Hiram 56 Farmer N.C.
Sarah 46
Hiram 18 Farm Laborer
Nancy 21
Synthia 19
Martha 12
Alexander 7
Mary 5

Alleghany Tennison died 14 March 1860 in Tishomingo county of pneumonia.
Hiram Tennison died 1863 in Tishomingo County.

1870 Tishomingo County Cartersville
Tennison, Sarah 57 farm Tn.
Alexander 19 Ms.
Mary D. 15 Ms.

Died after wife, Sarah Bauder. Common law wife Cherokee. Moved to Payden, Ms. in 1837. Sarah Bauder and H. F. T. had separated, probably during or after the Civil War. He disowned all his children and wife, left in his will all he had to third generation.

Notes for SARAH BAUDER:
Lucinda Jane Tennyson born in Ala. Came to Payden, Miss with husband in 1837.
Died on way to visit her parents in Mississippi.

vi. JANE TENNISON, b. 1806, Rowan County, North Carolina; m. ROBERT ERWIN, 25 Feb 1825, Rowan County, North Carolina; b. 1800, Rowan County, North Carolina.
vii. JAMES ROBERT TENNISON, b. 1808, Rowan County, North Carolina; d. 1907, Prentiss County, Mississippi; m. CATHERINE MOCK, 23 Nov 1832, Rowan County, North Carolina; b. 1813, North Carolina; d. 1913, Prentiss County, Mississippi.
viii. SUSANNAH TENNISON, b. 1807, Rowan County, North Carolina; d. Deceased; m. JACOB SEAGRAVES, 08 Apr 1825, Rowan County, North Carolina; d. Deceased.
ix. ELVIRA TENNISON, b. 1813, Rowan County, NC; d. Deceased; m. DANIEL WILHELM, 04 Mar 1835, Rowan County, NC; b. 1806, NC; d. Deceased.
x. LUCINDA TENNISON, b. 1817; d. Bef. 1845; m. VALENTINE GARVER, 08 Dec 1835, Rowan County, NC; d. Deceased.