Notes
- The name Isom appears in the forms Isham, Ison, Isson, Edom and othrs. Some take the base form to be IUsham.
"In tracing family history, I have info that I am a relation to Gardner Green through Esom Franklin, born 26 October 1772. [From the birth date, probably a son of Esom/Isom Frnalkin who was father of Lucretia Franklin, who married Meshack W Green.] Unsure as to whether Esom was a son or a nephew. ... Esom was called a 'half-breed' by the local sheriff in McMinn County TN."
-- Tom Katstin, Ancestry Discussion Group, 05 September 2010
1790 Federal Census, Pendleton County, South Carolina
Isham Franklin
Free White Persons - Males - Under 16: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females: 3
Number of Household Members: 6
"Isom Franklin is living in Greenville SC in the late 1700's. His land is well into Cherokee territory, and is associated with Henry Sizemore, Meschack Green, Gardner Green, Thomas Franklin, and Ephraim Franklin. I believe Isom's daughter to be Lucretia Franklin that married Meshack Green." (Troy Sims is a genealogical researcher on the Green familiy line among the various Native American tribes of Virginia and the Caroinas, and a descendant of Meshack W Green and Lucretia Franklin of Pendleton District, South Carolina.)
-- Troy Sims, Ancestry Discussion Group, 22 September 2011
"In tracing family history, I have info that I am a relation to Gardner Green through Esom Franklin, born 26 October 1772. Unsure as to whether Esom was a son or a nephew. ... Esom was called a 'half-breed' by the local sheriff in McMinn County TN."
-- Tom Katstin, Ancestry Discussion Group, 05 September 2010
The following researcher provides information that suggests that Isham (Esom, Isom) Franklin Sr's wife was a daughter of Gardner Green.
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It's theorized that my gggg grandfather, Esom Franklin (b. 1772) may have been a grandson of Gardner Green. The hardest evidence I have for a connection is a SC plat record for an Esom Franklin that shows Gardner Green as a neighbor.
Here is what I have from other sources:
SCMAR, Vol. X, Summer 1982, No. 3, p.137
Book 3, page 483. 29 October 1772
The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research
SCMAR, Volume X
Number 3, Summer, 1982
Some Migrations from Virginia to South Carolina (Continued from Vol. X, p.77)
SCMAR, Vol. X, Summer 1982, No. 3, p.137
John Busby of the Province of South Carolina [no county given] to William Sizemore of Mecklenburg
County Province of Virginia consideration: 100 lbs current money of VA land: in Mecklenburg on both sides
Great Buffalo Creek beginning on Henry Greens line to William Griffins line crossing Great
Buffalow Greens corner to beginning [containing] 200 acres Witnesses: Gardner Green, Edward (Me) Ware, John (I) Sizemore recorded 9 November 1772
From Pendleton Co. SC deeds: Book B, p. 253. 4 Nov. 1793. John Pickens to Edward Ware for £50. 100 acres on Branch of Great Rocky Cr. bd. on NE by Wm. Thompson, on SW by Samuel Houston, on SE by GARNER GREEN; granted to Pickens by William Moultrie.
(This land was again sold later on to John Martin. Garner [Gardner?] Green is still listed as bounding the land on the SE.)
-- Richard Heyduck, Ancestry Discussion Group Gardner Cherokee Green, 28 January 2001
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"My grandmother always had said that there was Cherokee Indian in her line. We have never been able to prove that. However as I research the Franklin line I hear many references to that same mystery. Easom and Luvina Forrester are parents of Esom Franklin (1817) who married Susan Collier. Their daughter Mariah Franklin (1850) married John Baptiste Dorway who is my Great Grandfather. My grandmother Violet Dorway was the one who always told us that she was part Cherokee."
-- "tlm002200," Ancestry Discussion Group, 08 January 2011
Sources
- 1. Ancestry Discussion Boards
- 2. 1790 Federal Census, Pendleton County, South Carolina
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