James Davis Billingsley: Robin's Roots Test

1819 - 1877 (57 years)

TNG Descendant Charts

Please note that you don't have to depend on these descriptions; you can quickly try out each of the chart types.

Graphical formats

"Standard" charts have a marvelous graphical format and show a fair amount of data for each person, but they generate so much whitespace that they tend to be wider than the screen (or a printed page) They tend to be hard to read and almost impossible to print if you generate more than three or four generations of data.
"Compact" charts have similar graphical layout, and are easier to read and print, but don't display any data other than each person's name.
Note that if you want to print a "Compact" chart with more than three or four generations of data, you should probably specify "Landscape" orientation when you print.
The "PDF chart" is kind of a cross between the standard and compact formats, generated as a PDF. On most computers, any web page can be printed as a PDF, but this PDF format handles page breaks for specific paper sizes, wheras PDF printouts of web pages just run the text through the page breaks

(The graphical charts' connecting lines sometimes disappear at certain zoom level. When they are missing, you can use you mouse scroll whell or hit control-plus or control-minus to change the zoom level.)

Text formats

"Text" charts follow a standard outline-style format that provides more (i.e. denser) data than the graphical charts do.
"Text+" charts are kind of a cross between the graphical and text formats. They can display much more data in less space than graphical charts or the "Text" chart. (That's good news and bad news). In particular, they requires much less horizontal scrolling, and can accommodate large charts in one printed page width (albeit sometimes with legal-sized paper in landscape mode). They are also much more flexible than the other formats, with several (perhaps too many) run-time options.
However,
- The process of printing a Text+ chart can be a bit daunting, and
- When you are looking at just a few generations, and when enough data is visible on the screen, the graphical charts tend to be easier to read.
"Register" charts are detailed descriptive reports. They contain almost all of the data that I have for each person, including free-form notes. But they aren't really 'charts' in the normal sense, and don't give this kind of overview of the family tree that the other charts give.
"Count" charts don't list descendants at all; they just show how many descendants a person has, broken out by generation.

Less detail

Generation: 1

James Davis Billingsley was born on 27 Oct 1819; died on 24 Sep 1877.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1860, Pikeville, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA
Residence: 1870, Pikeville, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA; Post Office:

Notes:

Buried:
GRid=5570925; fairly small, well-worn stone

James married Mary Blackburn Myers on 9 Oct 1845. Mary (daughter of John Blackburn Moyers and Mary Snoddy) was born on 25 Oct 1823; died on 7 Jan 1895. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

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2. David Malancthon Billingsly was born on 28 Apr 1851; died on 13 Aug 1921.
3. Mary A J Billingsly was born about 1854.
4. Samuel Alva Billingsley was born on 31 Oct 1856; died on 5 Sep 1899.
5. James Davis Billingsley, Jr was born on 5 Oct 1859; died on 13 Jan 1896.
6. Nancy Jane Billingsly was born on 6 Jul 1846; died on 18 Jan 1898.
7. Martha Evelyan Billingsley was born on 27 Oct 1848; died on 25 Jul 1925.

Generation: 2

David Malancthon Billingsly

(1.James¹) was born on 28 Apr 1851; died on 13 Aug 1921.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1860, Pikeville, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA
Residence: 1900, Rhea County, Tennessee, USA
Residence: 1920, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA; Living with daughter Elizabeth Reynolds

David married Sarah Ann Hinds on 28 Dec 1882. Sarah was born on 29 Aug 1850; died on 10 Apr 1911. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary A J Billingsly

(1.James¹) was born about 1854.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1860, Pikeville, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA
Residence: 1870, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA

Notes:

Birth:
A lot of people think that she is Mary Anzanettie (Nettie), married Leroy H Payne (1850-1920), and died in Chattanooga in 1925, but I've not seen evidence.

Samuel Alva Billingsley

(1.James¹) was born on 31 Oct 1856; died on 5 Sep 1899.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1860, Pikeville, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA

Notes:

Buried:
grid=158813210; small stone that does not match husband's at all, though she died 48 years later

Samuel married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

5.	James Davis Billingsley, Jr (1.James¹) was born on 5 Oct 1859; died on 13 Jan 1896. Other Events and Attributes: Residence: 1860, Pikeville, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA Residence: 1870, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA

Nancy Jane Billingsly

(1.James¹) was born on 6 Jul 1846; died on 18 Jan 1898.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1860, Pikeville, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA
Residence: 1870, Pikeville, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA
Residence: 1880, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA

Nancy married Jasper Sylvester Acuff on 18 Aug 1865. Jasper was born on 19 Aug 1841; died on 15 Oct 1893. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

8. Living
9. Edward Ealam Acuff was born on 9 Mar 1889; died on 22 Mar 1889.
10. Emma L Acuff was born on 21 Apr 1883; died on 4 Jun 1920.
11. Living
12. Living
13. Living
14. Mary Matilda (Nettye) Anzie Acuff was born on 24 Aug 1873; died on 6 Jul 1926.
15. Living

Martha Evelyan Billingsley

(1.James¹) was born on 27 Oct 1848; died on 25 Jul 1925.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1860, Pikeville, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA
Residence: 1900, Van Buren County, Tennessee, USA
Residence: 1910, Knox County, Tennessee, USA
Residence: 1920, Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee, USA

Martha married Samuel Henson in 1871. Samuel was born in Dec 1843. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Generation: 3

8. Living (6.Nancy², 1.James¹)
9. Edward Ealam Acuff (6.Nancy², 1.James¹) was born on 9 Mar 1889; died on 22 Mar 1889.
10. Emma L Acuff (6.Nancy², 1.James¹) was born on 21 Apr 1883; died on 4 Jun 1920.
11. Living (6.Nancy², 1.James¹)
12. Living (6.Nancy², 1.James¹)
13. Living (6.Nancy², 1.James¹)

14.	Mary Matilda (Nettye) Anzie Acuff (6.Nancy², 1.James¹) was born on 24 Aug 1873; died on 6 Jul 1926. Other Events and Attributes: Residence: 1880, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

15. Living (6.Nancy², 1.James¹)
Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]