Adam Gardenhire is best described in "Prominent Tennesseans," by William S. Speer, 1888, on p. 17. The information is included in a biography of his son, Erasmus Lee Gardenhire. "Adam Gardenhire, was born August, 1792, in Knox County, was a successful farmer, a man of strong good sense and business judgement, amassed an estate of seventy-five thousand dollars, and was a careful, vigilant, economical, money-making man, leaving nothing undone, who never had a lawsuit on his own account, was liberal and hospitable, and a Methodist for forty years before he died, 4 August, 1851"
Adam Gardenhire was born on August 4, 1794, in Kingston, (now Roane Co.) Tennessee to Jacob and Margaret Thompson Gardenhire. He was the sixth child and fourth son.
He married Ailsey Tippett on 24 December 1813, in Roane, Tennessee. Adam and Ailsey had eight children in 10 years. Ailsey Tippett was the daughter of Erasmus and Lucy Bierling Tippett.
By 1819 he was living in Overton Co. Tn. He is found there in the following US Federal Census records for Overton Co., Tn.
- 1820 for Overton Co., Tn by name, as a male 26-44 years of age, with his wife, and 3 male and 1 female children under the age of 14, one person engaged in agriculture.
- 1830 for Overton Co., Tn by name, as a male 40-49, with female (wife) 30-39, six children under 20, and 9 slaves
- 1840 for Overton Co., Tn by name, as part of 3 white persons 20-499 (wife), with 5 free white persons under 20 (children), 17 persons engaged in agriculture, 22 slaves, for a total of 30 persons
- 1850 for Overton Co., Tn by name with his wife, Alcey, and his daughter, Margaret Hinds and her daughter, Almira (Valina) age 3, and his grandchildren: Erasmus Lee Holford age 14,and Almira Holford age 12.
Adam Gardenhire is also found in the source, "History of Overton County, Tennessee by the Overton County History Book Committee," 1992 p. 65. "About the year 1808, Adam, John, and George Gardenhire moved from Virginia and settled in the vicinity of Oak Hill. Adam located on the farm now known as the Frank Gilliland farm, owned presently by Mr. and Mrs. Bill Cooper. Mr Adam Gardenhire erected the dwelling and barn which presently is where Mr. and Mrs Cooper live. Adam Gardenhire died August 1852, Alice Gardenhire, his widow, died 17 April, 1873."
This home can also be documented in the source, "Upper Cumberland Historic Architecture," by Dickinson, Birdwell, and Kemp, 2002, page 24. "The Frank Gilliland Home at Oak Hill in Overton County was an early dogtrot structure built by Adam Gardenhire about 1800. It was originally a story-and-a-half double-pen dogtrot with twenty-four-by-eighteen pens. The poplar log kitchen, with its huge cooking fireplace still in excellent condition today, was located in a separate building behind the house. Log barns still exist on the property, but the slave houses have disappeared."
There are many official documents recording the purchase and transfer of property by Adam Gardenhire.
He died on August 4, 1851, in Overton, Tennessee, at the age of 57, and was buried there.
- compiled by Gaynelle Hobt Morton
- revised June 2018
- revised Feb 2019
- revised Aug 2023
Adam Gardenhire was born on August 4, 1794, in Kingston, (now Roane Co.) Tennessee to Jacob and Margaret Thompson Gardenhire. He was the sixth child and fourth son.
He married Ailsey Tippett on 24 December 1813, in Roane, Tennessee. Adam and Ailsey had eight children in 10 years. Ailsey Tippett was the daughter of Erasmus and Lucy Bierling Tippett.
By 1819 he was living in Overton Co. Tn. He is found there in the following US Federal Census records for Overton Co., Tn.
- 1820 for Overton Co., Tn by name, as a male 26-44 years of age, with his wife, and 3 male and 1 female children under the age of 14, one person engaged in agriculture.
- 1830 for Overton Co., Tn by name, as a male 40-49, with female (wife) 30-39, six children under 20, and 9 slaves
- 1840 for Overton Co., Tn by name, as part of 3 white persons 20-499 (wife), with 5 free white persons under 20 (children), 17 persons engaged in agriculture, 22 slaves, for a total of 30 persons
- 1850 for Overton Co., Tn by name with his wife, Alcey, and his daughter, Margaret Hinds and her daughter, Almira (Valina) age 3, and his grandchildren: Erasmus Lee Holford age 14,and Almira Holford age 12.
Adam Gardenhire is also found in the source, "History of Overton County, Tennessee by the Overton County History Book Committee," 1992 p. 65. "About the year 1808, Adam, John, and George Gardenhire moved from Virginia and settled in the vicinity of Oak Hill. Adam located on the farm now known as the Frank Gilliland farm, owned presently by Mr. and Mrs. Bill Cooper. Mr Adam Gardenhire erected the dwelling and barn which presently is where Mr. and Mrs Cooper live. Adam Gardenhire died August 1852, Alice Gardenhire, his widow, died 17 April, 1873."
This home can also be documented in the source, "Upper Cumberland Historic Architecture," by Dickinson, Birdwell, and Kemp, 2002, page 24. "The Frank Gilliland Home at Oak Hill in Overton County was an early dogtrot structure built by Adam Gardenhire about 1800. It was originally a story-and-a-half double-pen dogtrot with twenty-four-by-eighteen pens. The poplar log kitchen, with its huge cooking fireplace still in excellent condition today, was located in a separate building behind the house. Log barns still exist on the property, but the slave houses have disappeared."
There are many official documents recording the purchase and transfer of property by Adam Gardenhire.
He died on August 4, 1851, in Overton, Tennessee, at the age of 57, and was buried there.
- compiled by Gaynelle Hobt Morton
- revised June 2018
- revised Feb 2019
- revised Aug 2023
Adam Gardenhire is best described in "Prominent Tennesseans," by William S. Speer, 1888, on p. 17. The information is included in a biography of his son, Erasmus Lee Gardenhire. "Adam Gardenhire, was born August, 1792, in Knox County, was a successful farmer, a man of strong good sense and business judgement, amassed an estate of seventy-five thousand dollars, and was a careful, vigilant, economical, money-making man, leaving nothing undone, who never had a lawsuit on his own account, was liberal and hospitable, and a Methodist for forty years before he died, 4 August, 1851"
Adam Gardenhire was born on August 4, 1794, in Kingston, (now Roane Co.) Tennessee to Jacob and Margaret Thompson Gardenhire. He was the sixth child and fourth son.
He married Ailsey Tippett on 24 December 1813, in Roane, Tennessee. Adam and Ailsey had eight children in 10 years. Ailsey Tippett was the daughter of Erasmus and Lucy Bierling Tippett.
By 1819 he was living in Overton Co. Tn. He is found there in the following US Federal Census records for Overton Co., Tn.
- 1820 for Overton Co., Tn by name, as a male 26-44 years of age, with his wife, and 3 male and 1 female children under the age of 14, one person engaged in agriculture.
- 1830 for Overton Co., Tn by name, as a male 40-49, with female (wife) 30-39, six children under 20, and 9 slaves
- 1840 for Overton Co., Tn by name, as part of 3 white persons 20-499 (wife), with 5 free white persons under 20 (children), 17 persons engaged in agriculture, 22 slaves, for a total of 30 persons
- 1850 for Overton Co., Tn by name with his wife, Alcey, and his daughter, Margaret Hinds and her daughter, Almira (Valina) age 3, and his grandchildren: Erasmus Lee Holford age 14,and Almira Holford age 12.
Adam Gardenhire is also found in the source, "History of Overton County, Tennessee by the Overton County History Book Committee," 1992 p. 65. "About the year 1808, Adam, John, and George Gardenhire moved from Virginia and settled in the vicinity of Oak Hill. Adam located on the farm now known as the Frank Gilliland farm, owned presently by Mr. and Mrs. Bill Cooper. Mr Adam Gardenhire erected the dwelling and barn which presently is where Mr. and Mrs Cooper live. Adam Gardenhire died August 1852, Alice Gardenhire, his widow, died 17 April, 1873."
This home can also be documented in the source, "Upper Cumberland Historic Architecture," by Dickinson, Birdwell, and Kemp, 2002, page 24. "The Frank Gilliland Home at Oak Hill in Overton County was an early dogtrot structure built by Adam Gardenhire about 1800. It was originally a story-and-a-half double-pen dogtrot with twenty-four-by-eighteen pens. The poplar log kitchen, with its huge cooking fireplace still in excellent condition today, was located in a separate building behind the house. Log barns still exist on the property, but the slave houses have disappeared."
There are many official documents recording the purchase and transfer of property by Adam Gardenhire.
He died on August 4, 1851, in Overton, Tennessee, at the age of 57, and was buried there.
- compiled by Gaynelle Hobt Morton
- revised June 2018
- revised Feb 2019
- revised Aug 2023
Adam Gardenhire was born on August 4, 1794, in Kingston, (now Roane Co.) Tennessee to Jacob and Margaret Thompson Gardenhire. He was the sixth child and fourth son.
He married Ailsey Tippett on 24 December 1813, in Roane, Tennessee. Adam and Ailsey had eight children in 10 years. Ailsey Tippett was the daughter of Erasmus and Lucy Bierling Tippett.
By 1819 he was living in Overton Co. Tn. He is found there in the following US Federal Census records for Overton Co., Tn.
- 1820 for Overton Co., Tn by name, as a male 26-44 years of age, with his wife, and 3 male and 1 female children under the age of 14, one person engaged in agriculture.
- 1830 for Overton Co., Tn by name, as a male 40-49, with female (wife) 30-39, six children under 20, and 9 slaves
- 1840 for Overton Co., Tn by name, as part of 3 white persons 20-499 (wife), with 5 free white persons under 20 (children), 17 persons engaged in agriculture, 22 slaves, for a total of 30 persons
- 1850 for Overton Co., Tn by name with his wife, Alcey, and his daughter, Margaret Hinds and her daughter, Almira (Valina) age 3, and his grandchildren: Erasmus Lee Holford age 14,and Almira Holford age 12.
Adam Gardenhire is also found in the source, "History of Overton County, Tennessee by the Overton County History Book Committee," 1992 p. 65. "About the year 1808, Adam, John, and George Gardenhire moved from Virginia and settled in the vicinity of Oak Hill. Adam located on the farm now known as the Frank Gilliland farm, owned presently by Mr. and Mrs. Bill Cooper. Mr Adam Gardenhire erected the dwelling and barn which presently is where Mr. and Mrs Cooper live. Adam Gardenhire died August 1852, Alice Gardenhire, his widow, died 17 April, 1873."
This home can also be documented in the source, "Upper Cumberland Historic Architecture," by Dickinson, Birdwell, and Kemp, 2002, page 24. "The Frank Gilliland Home at Oak Hill in Overton County was an early dogtrot structure built by Adam Gardenhire about 1800. It was originally a story-and-a-half double-pen dogtrot with twenty-four-by-eighteen pens. The poplar log kitchen, with its huge cooking fireplace still in excellent condition today, was located in a separate building behind the house. Log barns still exist on the property, but the slave houses have disappeared."
There are many official documents recording the purchase and transfer of property by Adam Gardenhire.
He died on August 4, 1851, in Overton, Tennessee, at the age of 57, and was buried there.
- compiled by Gaynelle Hobt Morton
- revised June 2018
- revised Feb 2019
- revised Aug 2023
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