After the Revolution and in the first few decades of the 1800s, lands in our new Country kept opening in an ever westward trend. After 1800 as the need for new lands to provide for new and growing families grew, the next generations of Putmans from North and South Carolina began to press westward into Tennessee.
This section reflects this movement. Most of the families that went into Tennessee have been covered in the North Carolina and South Carolina sections. I will not repeat this information here. Rather I will try and trace these families as they come into and move around Tennessee.
The first Putmans to come to Tennessee were all from South Carolina. Two sons of James and Joice Putman, DANIEL and JABEL came to Williamson County in the early 1800s and were in Tennessee before 1820. Daniel Putman received his first land grant in Williamson County in 1818. The other early Putman family was that of JOHN and Mary Putman, John being a son of Daniel and Sarah Putman. John settled in Lincoln County, Tennessee by 1820.
During the 1820s, three more sons of James and Joice Putman went to Tennessee to join their brothers. These families were those of JESSE PUTMAN, JOSEPH PUTMAN and AMOS PUTMAN. They settled in nearby Bedford County.
Also during the early 1820s, we get our first group of North Carolina Putmans headed by WILSON and REBECCA PUTMAN. Wilson was a son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Putman. Wilson Senior died in the middle 1820s so by the 1830 census we find Rebecca and the families of her sons BENJAMIN, MORRIS and WILLIAM. They settled in Rhea County for a short period and then moved on into Alabama in the 1830s. More on this family is in the ALABAMA section of this history.
During the 1830s, several of JOSEPH PUTMAN'S sons went into Wilson and Davidson Counties.
Also during the 1830s, two sons of the Reverend John Putman of South Carolina came to Tennessee. They were HIRAM PUTMAN and SIMEON PUTMAN and they settled in Hamilton County for a short period before moving to southern Kentucky. More on these families is found in the KENTUCKY section.
By the 1840s, some of the families continued their westward migration. Amos and several of his sons moved to Weakley County.
After 1850, several families moved out of state and by then new ones came and old ones spread out. After 1850 we find them all over the middle portion of the state. If you refer to the following section on TENNESSEE CENSUS RECORDS, you can see the spread of these families around the state.
There was also another group of Putmans and Putnams in the eastern part of the state, first in Jefferson County and then in adjoining counties. These were families that came from Virginia into Guilford County, North Carolina and then into east Tennessee. This is a family that I mentioned back in the VIRGINIA section as possibly coming from our line, descending from Thomas Putman IV in eastern Virginia. They followed the movement of the Quakers from New Garden in North Carolina to Deep River in Tennessee. It does not appear they were Quakers, except for Josiah, but they had some sort of connection. I will include what I know about them in this section.
I am now going to list a few of the families that remained in Tennessee, at least for a long time if not for all their lives. You will have to refer back to earlier sections to get more information on their parents who are previously covered in the North and South Carolina Sections.
JAHU PUTMAN of Wilson County
AMOS PUTMAN of Williamson County
JABEL PUTMAN of Williamson County
MARTIN PUTMAN of McNairy County
CHARLES & FRANCIS PUTMAN of McNairy County
HENDERSON GRIGGS PUTMAN of Dyer County
FLEMMING PUTMAN of Moore County
JOHN COVINGTON PUTMAN of Maury & Coffee Cos.
THE PUTMANS of Jefferson County
Early Tennessee Marriages
