Residents of the Settlement of Tennessee Hollow, Harrison County, Iowa

Residents

The settlers were originally members of Shirts' Camp, later called Smith's Camp and then finally Tennessee Hollow. Many of the early settlers were from the South. If they were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, they attended Shirts' Branch.

The following families were specifically mentioned in the Tennessee Hollow history.

1850 U. S. Census

John Reynolds(John Houston Reynolds) (born 1821) (see Dwelling #1186)
Marry Reynolds(Martha M. Smith Reynolds) (born 1821) (wife)
Jane Reynolds(Elizabeth Jane Reynolds) (born 1838)
Sary E. Reynolds(Sarah Ann Reynolds) (born 1842)
Thomas Reynolds(born 1848)
Brigham Reynolds(Brigham R. Reynolds) (born 1849)

Other family members not listed
Joseph S. Reynolds (born 1845)

The family moved to Boyer, Harrison County and then to Woodbine, Harrison County.

Charles W. Smith(Charles Washington Smith) (born 1820) (see Dwelling #1188)
Smith, Robert (age 7)(William Robert Smith (born 1843)
Smith, Jackson (age 6)(James Jackson A. Smith) (born 1844)

Other family members not listed
Mary Canady (born 1821) (died 1850)

Charles married Margaret Ann Stephens in 1850, and they stayed in Harrison County, Iowa.

Dwelling #1189
Adam Steaphens (age 45)(Adam Smith Stephens)
Polly Steaphens (age 39)(Mary "Polly" Reynolds Stephens)
Peggy Steaphens (age 23)(Margaret Ann Stephens)
Jane Steaphens (age 23)(Jane Stephens)
Hezzedkiah Steaphens(Hezekiah Moses Stephens)
Wm. Steaphens(William Cornelius Stephens)
John Steaphens(John Paul Stephens)
Catherine Steaphens(Catherine S. Stephens)
Geo. Steaphens(George Washington Stephens)
Fanny Steaphens(Fanny L. Stephens)
Lucinda Steaphens(Lucinda Stephens)
Rachel Steaphens(Rachel Stephens)
Caroline Steaphens(Caroline Stephens)

Adam and Polly both died in Pottawattamie County, Iowa.

William Mangum(born 1811) (see Dwelling #1166)
Sarah Mangum(Sarah Ada Adair Mangum) (born 1816) (wife)
Caroline Mangum(Armelia Caroline Mangum) (born 1834)
Siras Mangum(Cyrus Mangum) (born 1840)

Other family members not listed
Thomas Jefferson Mangum (born 1835) (died 1839)

Came west with the William West Lane Company in 1852.

John Mangum(born 1817) (see Dwelling #1190)
Mary Ann Mangum(Mary Ann Adair Mangum) (born 1822) (wife)
Rebecca F. Mangum(Rebecca Frances Mangum) (born 1843)

Other family members not listed
William Perry Mangum (born 1841) (died 1849)
Laney Ann Mangum (born 1846) (died 1846)
Marinda Elizabeth Mangum (born 1848) (Listed as Martha on the census)
Joseph Eslem Mangum (born 1850)
John Wesley Mangum (born 1852)

Came west with the William West Lane Company in 1852.

Other listed in Tennessee Hollow History

William Smith(born 1792)
Dysee Smith(Laodice Dicey Parrish Smith) (born 1792) (wife)

Other family members not listed
Dicey Smith
Leah Smith
Malinda Smith

There is no evidence that they went west.

George Lawrence(born 1822) (born in Kentucky) (see Dwelling #483 on 1860 U. S. Census, Magnolia, Harrison County, Iowa)
Rebecca Smith Lawrence(born 1820) (born in Alabama)
Elizabeth Lawrence(born 1845) (born in Tennessee) (married Hugh Olin)
James William Lawrence(born 1847) (born in Tennessee) (married Artena Roenna Stephens)
Bennet Lawrence(born 1848) (born in Tennessee)
Charles Lawrence(born 1849) (born in Missouri)
Mary Jane Lawrence(born 1856) (born in Iowa) (married Samuel A. Howard)

George stayed in Magnolia, Harrison County.

Robert McGavren(born 1821)
Elizabeth Rebecca Kirkland McGavren(born 1826)
James Kirkland McGavren(born 1846)
George William McGavren(born 1849)
Mary Elizabeth McGavren(born 1853)
John Samuel McGavren(born 1861)

Stayed in Harrison County. Both Robert and Elizabeth are buried in Oak Grove Cemetery.

See the Residents of the Settlement of Shirt's Camp for a complete list of those living in that area.