Notes for John R. Bittick
John R. Bittick and Cintha Rentrow [Rakestraw] were married on 21 December 1814.
Bond, 21 Dec 1814. Bondsman: Robert , McCraken Wit. N? P
[www.tngenweb.org/williamson]
The date of 21 December could be the date of license. Cynthia's War of 1812 Pension Application states they married on 25 December at John's home and this was a second marriage for John.
Based on census records, John R. Bittick was born between 1770-1780, place is unknown but probably in North Carolina. His parents are also unknown at this time. He is not the son of John Bittick/Biddix and Hannah Blount/Blunt or Francis Bittick and Mary Stanfield. He died on 8 January 1837 in Giles County, Tennessee. His age at death is unknown.
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John R. Bittick served in Capt. James Cowan's Company, Tennessee Militia in the War of 1812. Enlisted on 11 November 1813 at Fayetteville as a substitute for Moses Holder. Served against the Creek Indians. Discharged on 19 March 1814.
[Index to War of 1812 Pension Applications; Widow's Pension Application, War of 1812, Cynthia Bittick, WC-3896, and National Society of United States Daughters of 1812, application for membership of Mrs. W. J. Caldwell. Nat'l #4764, TN #68, courtesy of Dorothy Miller.]
The Bounty Land Application for the War of 1812 in the National Archives of Robert Bittick, Hempstead County, Arkansas, 4 August 1852 contains the statement of Robert Bittick that he "also served a three months tour, under Capt. Isaac Hammond in 1813, as a substitute, in the place of John Bittick or Biddix". Are these men brothers or closely related?
John R. Bittick, Pvt. [no other information]
Robert Biddix, Pvt., Col. Robert Dyer, Capt. Ribert (sic) Evans, Volunteer Mounted Gunmen
[Tennesseans in the War of 1812 by Bryon Sistler & Associates, Nashville, TN, courtesy of Dorothy Miller.]
War of 1812 Service Records on ancestry.com show John R. Bittick as private in Capt. Cowan's Company, Mounted Rangers, Tennessee Militia. Rank when inducted was private and also when discharged. They also show John R. in the Rangers Company, United States Volunteers, also a private at induction and discharge.
[Roll Box 18, Roll Exct: 602 National Archives and Records Administration.]
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January 1815 - Tennessee
State vs. John R. Bittick for assault and battery.
Williamson County, Tennessee
Court Record, p249
5 April 1815
Bond
James R. Biddick and John R. Biddick to the Chairman of Williamson Count Court for the support of Ruth Biddick, an object of charity.
[Note: in the original court record, James R. Biddick is written "& (?) John R. Biddick" inserted above the line. courtesy of Dorothy Miller]
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Said to have been born in North Carolina. John R. settled in the vicinity of Nolensville, Williamson Co, TN moving before 1830 to Pulaski, Giles Co, Tennessee.
In 1809 a John Bittick was listed by Indian Agent Meigs as an intruder on Cherokee lands living on Battle Creek.
[Raulston and Livingood: Sequatchie, A Story of the Southern Cumberlands. FHL 976.87 H2]
Meigs wrote the intruders on 7 June 1809, telling them they had to move or they would be forcibly evicted.
[Note: A petition of President James Madison, dated Mississippi Territory, Elk River Simms'es Settlement, 5 September 1810 from Intruders on Chickasaw Lands, included a 'John Bidell' as well as Rosson and Shannon names. Could this be the John Bittick listed in 1809 by Indian Agent Meigs?
Ref: The Territorial Papers of the United States, Vol. VI, The Territory of Mississippi, rootsweb.com?~tngiles/hist/jpg, courtesy of Dorothy Miller]
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John was probably a farmer but no record has been found. Two notes in Giles County, Tennessee in 1833, list property offered as security. It included such items as his wife's loom and a blind mare, plus household items.
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In 2003, Rollie J. 'Pete' Bittick, of LaGrange, Georgia told of a conversation with a 'Helen' Bittick of Shelbeyville, Tennessee. She was a retired school teacher who said that her GG Grandfather was John R. Bittick. She also said that both he and his brother, Samuel F., traded in horses. They either shipped or trailed them to the Southern states to sell. [Note: There is no proof of John R. and Samuel F. being brothers at this time.]
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The 1800 Census was enumerated as of 04 August 1800, the 1st Monday. 9 months were allowed to complete.
1800 Salisbury District, Stokes Co, North Carolina, p621, line 03:
John Bittick - 00010/00100/0/0
1m 26-44 c1756-84 = John Bittick
1f 16-25 c1775-85 = Lydia Willis
[John Bittick & Lydia Willis married 26 Sep 1799 Stokes Co NC. This is likely the John R. Bittick who married Cynthia Rakestraw 21 Dec 1814 in Williamson Co, Tennessee. 1810 whereabouts unknown. 1820 found in Williamson Co, Tennessee. It was known that John R. was married before Cynthia Rakestraw and had a daughter, Martha Charlotte or Charlotte Martha, who named a daughter, Lydia. However there is no hard evidence connecting the John who married Lydia Willis to the John R. who married Cynthia Rakestraw.]
Census began on 7 August 1820 - no ending date in Williamson Co, Tennessee
1820 Williamson Co, Tennessee, p178: 200001/1111/01
John R. Biddex
2m -10 c1810-20 = Hiram c1816 & Green c1818
1m +45 c -1775 = John R. c1775 or earlier
1f -10 c1810-20 = Elgina c1820
1f 10-16 c1804-10 = Charlotte Martha c1806
1f 18-26 c1794-1804 = Margaret c1794-1802 sister of John? who?
1f 26-45 c1774-94 = Cynthia c1775-1794
1m 14-26 = slave
[Note: John R. was married prior to Cynthia Rakestraw in 1814. The name of the first wife is unknown, but their daughter is the female child, 10-16 b c1804-10. This child is Charlotte, who married John Wall. In the 1850 census, Charlotte states her age as 44, born c1806.]
1830 Census - taken between 1 June and 8 December 1830
1830 Giles Co, Tennessee, page 141, line 9: 13100001/001001
Jno R. Biddie
1m -5 c1825-30 = Isaac N. c1826
3m 5-10 c1820-30 = Jerome c1824, Absolem c1822 & Green c1818
1m 10-15 c1815-20 = Hiram c1816
1m 50-60 c1770-80 = John R. c1775
1f 10-15 c1815-20 = Eglina c1820
1f 30-40 c1790-1800 = Cintha c1795
Widow's Pension App War of 1812 #3263
War of 1812, Tennessee Militia 1813, Pvt.
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