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Jonathan Webster

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Jonathan Webster

Birth
Wilkes County, Georgia, USA
Death
25 Apr 1845 (aged 77)
Maury County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Hampshire, Maury County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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Jonathan Webster, born in Wilkes County, Georgia, 17 May 1767, enlisted in the militia of his home state during the Revolutionary War. Little is known about his wartime service but he later married Mary Williams and they produced three children, Mary Elizabeth, John Green and Robert P. Mary died before 1805 for on 9 May of that year he was married to Sarah Jossey in Wilkes County. This family migrated to Maury County, Tennessee in 1807 where they had eight additional children: Mary Jossey, James Henry, George Pope, Felix Grundy, William Johnson, Carolina Sarah, Albert Jonathan and Rowena Christina. Jonathan acquired a large section of land near what later became known as Cross Bridges. For many years the neighborhood was known as “Websters” or “Webster’s Mill.” Several of Jonathan’s sons became wealthy farmers, merchants and millers and constructed some of the best examples of ante-bellum houses in Maury County. Jonathan’s home was located on Highway 421, about a mile west of the Cross Bridges Methodist Church. He died on 25 Apr 1845, being one of the last surviving Revolutionary War soldiers in the county, and is buried here beside the brick house he built and inhabited for so many years. (from Maury County, Tennessee Cemeteries by Fred Hawkins, page 683)
Jonathan Webster, born in Wilkes County, Georgia, 17 May 1767, enlisted in the militia of his home state during the Revolutionary War. Little is known about his wartime service but he later married Mary Williams and they produced three children, Mary Elizabeth, John Green and Robert P. Mary died before 1805 for on 9 May of that year he was married to Sarah Jossey in Wilkes County. This family migrated to Maury County, Tennessee in 1807 where they had eight additional children: Mary Jossey, James Henry, George Pope, Felix Grundy, William Johnson, Carolina Sarah, Albert Jonathan and Rowena Christina. Jonathan acquired a large section of land near what later became known as Cross Bridges. For many years the neighborhood was known as “Websters” or “Webster’s Mill.” Several of Jonathan’s sons became wealthy farmers, merchants and millers and constructed some of the best examples of ante-bellum houses in Maury County. Jonathan’s home was located on Highway 421, about a mile west of the Cross Bridges Methodist Church. He died on 25 Apr 1845, being one of the last surviving Revolutionary War soldiers in the county, and is buried here beside the brick house he built and inhabited for so many years. (from Maury County, Tennessee Cemeteries by Fred Hawkins, page 683)

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