John Appleby 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 21 Dec 1778 - Cumberland Co., Pa
    Christening: 
          Death: 6 Apr 1863 - Marshall Co., Tn 2
         Burial: in Bethbirei Cem, Lewisburg, Marshall Co., Tennessee
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: William Appleby (Abt 1752-Abt 1808)
         Mother: Agnes McKeehan (1742-Bef 1787) 3
Spouses and Children 
1. *Sarah Bell (8 Jan 1772 - 8 Dec 1852) 1 
       Marriage: 17 Mar 1800 - Jackson Co., Georgia 1
       Children:
                1. James Appleby (1801-1869)
                2. Nancy Appleby (Abt 1803-1889)
                3. William Appleby (1806-1878)
                4. Samuel Bell Appleby (1808-1887)
                5. Benjamin Appleby (1810-1891)
                6. John Appleby (Abt 1814-1858)
                7. Margaret Catherine "Peggy" Appleby (      -Abt 1885)
Notes
General:
CENSUS:

<pre>1830 Bedford Co., Tennessee; pg 13
John Appleby 00021101 -- 00010011; no slaves
male female
< 5
5-10
10-15
2 15-20 1
1 20-30
1 30-40
40-50 1
1 50-60 1 </pre>

He is living next to his eldest son James Appleby and not far from his half-brother David Appleby.

<pre>1840 Marshall Co., Tennessee
John Appleby 000000001 -- 001000001; 1 in agriculture; no slaves
male female
< 5
5-10
10-15 1
15-20
20-30
30-40
40-50
50-60
1 60-70 1 </pre>

He is living next to John Appleby, Jun.

<pre>1850 Marshall Co., Tennessee, District No 11; Sept 23
309/309
Jno Appleby 70 Pa $1400 Far
Sarah " 70 NC
Henry Michel 11 Tn </pre>

In 1860 John Appleby (82, Pa) is living in Marshall Co., Tennessee in District 11 in the household of his son Samuel B. Appleby.

BEDFORD CO., TENNESSEE:

On January 21, 1819 William Legget of Maury Co., Tennessee sells to John Appleby of Bedford Co., Tennessee for $200 a tract of 47 acres, more or less, in Bedford Co. on the south side of Duck River and on the waters of the west fork of Rock Creek. The metes and bounds description begins at the NE corner of Lot No 2. Witnesses are Jas Ewing and Allen Leeper. The deed was proved in open court by the oaths of the two witnesses October 15, 1819. (L309, film # 476353, image 617/1474)

For more details see notes under John's half brother David Appleby.

BETHBIREI CHURCH and CEMETERY:

The following is from http://appleby.rootsweb.com/Bethbirei%20Church%20&%20Cem.%20%20TN_page%201.htm

Bethbirei Presbyterian Church is the oldest church in Marshall County, Tennessee. It is about five mile north of Lewisburg. The oldest part of the Cemetery, is across the road from the church. When I was there in the summer of 1981, a hot, humid day, the weeds were head high and very dry. I ventured into the weed jungle, to try to locate a headstone. There were sunken areas designating old graves, but no stones. There may have been some, although doubtful, but none were found that day.

The Church, Church yard and newer Cemetery were lovely and well-kept. At that time, there were several locked, glass show cases in the foyer of the Church, containing mementos of the Church's history and of the former Pastors. Several Dysarts, over a span of years, were Bethbirei pastors.

Samuel Argyle Appleby, his wife, Ann Rebecca (Ewing) Appleby and two of their children are buried in the newer cemetery. This cemetery seems to be more for the Ewing, Leeper, Dysart families, intertwined in life, closely, with the Applebys.

Appleby Family records, indicate that John Appleby and his wife, Sarah (Bell) Appleby and his wife are buried in the older section of the Cemetery (across the road). They are surrounded by their friends and, possibly, some close family members, from those days of long ago.

There are several unmarked graves across the road in front of the church, but impossible to count. Also, there is a colored cemetery to the southwest of the early graves. (church records)

"A marble slab bolted to a huge native stone in NW corner of Churchyard bears the inscription: "June 1, 1810. On this spot was preached by Rev. Samuel Finley the first and organization sermon of Bethbirei Church, from "Upon this Rock, I will build My Church." (from Appleby Newsletter, Oct 1981.)

Information from the Presbyterian Historical Society of Philadelphia, sent the following information in 1981.

The first church organized in Marshall County, Tennessee, was "Bethbirei, House of My Creation" on June 1, 1810 with 26 members. In 1815, she had 144 members and in 1818, she had 183, the greatest number in her history. Bethberei is the "mother" of five churches. In 1819, she gave of her members to organize the Cumberland Church of Farmington; in 1840, to Bethel and to Round Hill; in 1847, to the first Prebyterian Church of Lewisburg and in 1896, to South Berlin. At times, in her first 50 years she had more black members than she had white ones.

Bethberei has occupied two buildings. The first, a log one which was replaced with the present one in 1882.
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Sources

1 Dorothy (Dee) Appleby Turner, Appleby Heritage Association, http://appleby.rootsweb.com.

2 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 59377381.

3 Bessie P. Douglas, "The Families of Joshua Williams of Chester Co., Pa & John McKeehan of Cumberland Co., Pa with Some Allied Families," Augsburg Press, Minneapolis, 1928, pg 289.

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