Tenness was the mother of Turner, John Ross and Elizabeth. Her husband was John A.Bynum he died in Mississippi prior to removal. She was daughter of Maj James Colbert & Susan James aka Susanna James. Tenness is a sister to James Colbert. The photo you see here is a Large family monument. I put it back together this month 12/05/12. This monument has small markers surrounding it. the Chickasaw tribe removed brush + Trees and fenced this cemetery 5/01/13
Will of John A. Bynum
Oct/14/1833 , Monroe County Mississippi
MONROE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI - WILL BOOK 1 WILL OF JOHN A. BYNUM
beloved wife Tenness - one negro woman Kisnader and her four children: Emaline, Isaac, Charles and Rebecca; household and kitchen furniture.
Beloved sons Turner Bynum and John R. Bynum - negro man Jeffery, man Isaac, woman Amy and her daughter Jane, a girl Patience, boy Booker, boy Josiah. To wife and sons - land whereon I now live; all other land wife to have free and entire use of house and cleared lands, horses, cattle, etc. to sons. Exrs: Friends, Thomas Colbert, Joseph Colbert, William D. Bynum and wife Tennessee.
Wit: W.D. Bynum, Thomas C Stuart D.H. Morgan, clerk Recorded: Book No.3 p.15, 4 Feb 1836 A United States postoffice was created at Pontotoc, MS, on October 14, 1833, and John A. Bynum was named postmaster.
Will of John A. Bynum
Oct/14/1833 , Monroe County Mississippi
MONROE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI - WILL BOOK 1 WILL OF JOHN A. BYNUM
beloved wife Tenness - one negro woman Kisnader and her four children: Emaline, Isaac, Charles and Rebecca; household and kitchen furniture.
Beloved sons Turner Bynum and John R. Bynum - negro man Jeffery, man Isaac, woman Amy and her daughter Jane, a girl Patience, boy Booker, boy Josiah. To wife and sons - land whereon I now live; all other land wife to have free and entire use of house and cleared lands, horses, cattle, etc. to sons. Exrs: Friends, Thomas Colbert, Joseph Colbert, William D. Bynum and wife Tennessee.
Wit: W.D. Bynum, Thomas C Stuart D.H. Morgan, clerk Recorded: Book No.3 p.15, 4 Feb 1836 A United States postoffice was created at Pontotoc, MS, on October 14, 1833, and John A. Bynum was named postmaster.
Tenness was the mother of Turner, John Ross and Elizabeth. Her husband was John A.Bynum he died in Mississippi prior to removal. She was daughter of Maj James Colbert & Susan James aka Susanna James. Tenness is a sister to James Colbert. The photo you see here is a Large family monument. I put it back together this month 12/05/12. This monument has small markers surrounding it. the Chickasaw tribe removed brush + Trees and fenced this cemetery 5/01/13
Will of John A. Bynum
Oct/14/1833 , Monroe County Mississippi
MONROE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI - WILL BOOK 1 WILL OF JOHN A. BYNUM
beloved wife Tenness - one negro woman Kisnader and her four children: Emaline, Isaac, Charles and Rebecca; household and kitchen furniture.
Beloved sons Turner Bynum and John R. Bynum - negro man Jeffery, man Isaac, woman Amy and her daughter Jane, a girl Patience, boy Booker, boy Josiah. To wife and sons - land whereon I now live; all other land wife to have free and entire use of house and cleared lands, horses, cattle, etc. to sons. Exrs: Friends, Thomas Colbert, Joseph Colbert, William D. Bynum and wife Tennessee.
Wit: W.D. Bynum, Thomas C Stuart D.H. Morgan, clerk Recorded: Book No.3 p.15, 4 Feb 1836 A United States postoffice was created at Pontotoc, MS, on October 14, 1833, and John A. Bynum was named postmaster.
Will of John A. Bynum
Oct/14/1833 , Monroe County Mississippi
MONROE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI - WILL BOOK 1 WILL OF JOHN A. BYNUM
beloved wife Tenness - one negro woman Kisnader and her four children: Emaline, Isaac, Charles and Rebecca; household and kitchen furniture.
Beloved sons Turner Bynum and John R. Bynum - negro man Jeffery, man Isaac, woman Amy and her daughter Jane, a girl Patience, boy Booker, boy Josiah. To wife and sons - land whereon I now live; all other land wife to have free and entire use of house and cleared lands, horses, cattle, etc. to sons. Exrs: Friends, Thomas Colbert, Joseph Colbert, William D. Bynum and wife Tennessee.
Wit: W.D. Bynum, Thomas C Stuart D.H. Morgan, clerk Recorded: Book No.3 p.15, 4 Feb 1836 A United States postoffice was created at Pontotoc, MS, on October 14, 1833, and John A. Bynum was named postmaster.
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