NAME JOSIAH FRANKLIN
BORN 1803
BIRTHPLACE HALIFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA
DIED 1877
PLACE OF DEATH McNAIRY COUNTY, TENNESSEE

FATHER GEORGE FRANKLIN or WILLIAM FRANKLIN
MOTHER (MAIDEN NAME) UNKNOWN

WIFE FRANCES PHILLIPS
MARRIAGE DATE BEFORE 1832
PLACE OF MARRIAGE PROBABLY VIRGINIA

CHILDREN MARTHA A. FRANKLIN, b. 1832, VIRGINIA
ELIZABETH FRANKLIN, b. 1834, VIRGINIA
· HARRIET J. FRANKLIN, b. 1836, VIRGINIA
JAMES F. FRANKLIN, b. 1838, VIRGINIA
WILLIAM FRANKLIN, b. 1840, VIRGINIA
JOSIAH FRANKLIN, b. 1841, VIRGINIA
JOHN FRANKLIN, b. 1844, VIRGINIA
CATHERINE FRANKLIN, b. 1847, NORTH
CAROLINA
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, b. 1849, TENNESSEE

Updated: September 29, 2003
REMARKS:
1850 Tennessee census, Madison County, Image 313 (District # 1). His occupation is farmer, and the value of his property is $600
1860 Tennessee census, Madison County, District 1, Image 11, gives his occupation as a farmer with a value of $700.
1860 Tennessee census, Madison County, District 1, Slave Schedules, Image 16, indicates he owned 3 female and 4 male slaves.
Story about this family in FFRU, Volume 11, pages 36 & 37. They migrated to western Tennessee in 1847 together with his brothers John and David Franklin.
His brother John shows up in the 1860 Tennessee census, Madison County, District 1, Image 11