William Franklin Worthington

Abt 1805 - 1896  (~ 91 years)

• Name	William Franklin Worthington  [1]
  Born	Abt 1805	Tennessee   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Alt. Birth	Tennessee   [6]
  Alt. Birth	26 Feb 1805  [1]
  Name	Big Spring Bill  [1]
  Name	William W. Worthington  [6]
  Name	William Worthington  [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Occupation	28 Sep 1850	Bledsoe County, Tennessee   [2]
  	farmer
  Occupation	13 Jun 1860	Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee   [3]
  	farmer
  Occupation	18 Aug 1870	Bledsoe County, Tennessee   [4]
  	farmer
  Occupation	3 Jun 1880	Bledsoe County, Tennessee   [5]
  	farmer
  Died	12 Oct 1896  [1]
  Buried	Worthington Cemetery, , Bledsoe, Tennessee   [1]
  Person ID	I127120	If the Legends Are True...
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2016

  
  

  Father	Samuel Worthington
  Mother	Mary Hodge Murphy
  Family ID	F46859	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Margaret Brown,   b. Abt 1809, Tennessee ,   d. 1853  (Age ~ 44 years)
  Census	25 Sep 1850	Bledsoe County, Tennessee   [7]
  	Eastern Division, Page 383B, Line 33, Dwelling 448, Family 448: The household consisted of William Worthington, 45, male; Margaret, 41, female; James, 21, male; Jess C., 20 male; Francis, 18, female; Samuel, 17, male; William, 15, male; Reuben, 13, amle; Kitturah, 10, female; Murphy, 7, male; David, 5, male; Sarah, 3, female; and John, 1, male. William is a farmer and declared $5,000 real estate.  According to MeasuringWorth.com, in 2015 the relative worth of $5,000 from 1850 was: -----$1,130,000, using the unskilled wage -----$2,500,000, using the Production Worker Compensation -----$2,510,000, using the nominal GDP per capita
  		Census of 1850 - Tennessee, Bledsoe County Eastern Division, Sheet 383B
  		Census of 1850 - Tennessee, Bledsoe County Eastern Division, Sheet 384A
  Children	1. James Worthington,   b. Abt 1829, Tennessee ,   d. Yes, date unknown + 2. Jesse C. Worthington,   b. Abt 1830, Tennessee ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Francis Worthington,   b. Abt 1832, Tennessee ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Samuel Worthington,   b. Abt 1833, Tennessee ,   d. Yes, date unknown + 5. William Worthington, Junior,   b. Abt 1835, Tennessee ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Reuben Worthington,   b. Abt 1837, Tennessee ,   d. Yes, date unknown + 7. Kitturah Worthington,   b. Abt 1840, Tennessee ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Murphy Worthington,   b. Abt 1843, Tennessee ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. David Worthington,   b. Abt 1845, Tennessee ,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. Sarah Worthington,   b. Abt 1847, Tennessee ,   d. 6 Aug 1927, Bells, Grayson County, Texas  (Age ~ 80 years)   11. John W. Worthington,   b. 27 Jun 1849, Bledsoe County, Tennessee ,   d. 22 Jan 1939, Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee  (Age 89 years)   12. Martin Worthington,   b. Abt 1853, Tennessee ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2016
  Family ID	F46860	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Mariah Hutcheson,   b. May 1821, Jackson County, Tennessee ,   d. 1 Feb 1902, Ninemile, Bledsoe County, Tennessee  (Age ~ 80 years)
  Census	13 Jun 1860	Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee   [3]
  	Page 12, Line 7, Dwelling 87, Family 87: The household consisted of William Worthington, 55, male; Mariah, 36, female; Murphy, 16, male; David, 14, male; Sarah, 12, female; John, 14, male; Martin, 7, male; Thomas, 4, male; Richard, 3, male; and Evaline, 2, female. William is a farmer and declared $12,000 real estate and $8,540 personal estate.  According to MeasuringWorth, in 2015 the relative worth of $20,540 from 1860 was: -----$3,820,000, using the unskilled wage -----$8,150,000, using the Production Worker Compensation -----$8,230,000, using the nominal GDP per capita
  		Census of 1860 - Tennessee, Bledsoe County Pikeville, Page 12
  Census	18 Aug 1870	Bledsoe County, Tennessee   [4]
  	District 4, Page 13, Line 13: The household consisted of Wm. Worthington, 65, male; Mariah, 40, female; John, 20, male; Martin, 17, male; Thomas, 14, male; Richard, 12, male; Evaline, 9, female; Emaline, 7, female; Franklin, 6, male; and Robert E., 5, male. Wm. is a farmer and declared $4,000 real and $1,000 personal esatate.  According to MeasuringWorth.com, in 2015 the relative worth of $5,000 from 1870 was: -------$654,000, using the unskilled wage -----$1,350,000, using the Production Worker Compensation -----$1,420,000, using the nominal GDP per capita
  		Census of 1870 - Tennessee, Bledsoe County District 4, Page 13
  Census	3 Jun 1880	Bledsoe County, Tennessee   [5]
  	District 2, Page 2, Line 25, Dwelling 4, Family 4: The household consisted of Wm. Worthington, 75, head; Maria, 55, wife; Thomas, 22, son; R. J., 21, son; Evaline, 18, daughter; Franklin Junior, 16, son; Robert, 14, son; and Anna J, 16, granddaughter.
  		Census of 1880 - Tennessee, Bledsoe County District 2, Page 10
  Children	1. Thomas Worthington,   b. Abt 1856, Tennessee ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Richard J. Worthington,   b. Abt 1857, Tennessee ,   d. Yes, date unknown + 3. Evelyn Worthington,   b. 12 Jan 1858, Bledsoe County, Tennessee ,   d. 6 Jan 1949, Bledsoe County, Tennessee  (Age 90 years)   4. Emaline Worthington,   b. Abt 1863, Tennessee ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Franklin Worthington, Junior,   b. Abt 1864, Tennessee ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Robert E. Worthington,   b. Abt 1865, Tennessee ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2016
  Family ID	F46861	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S531] Find-A-Grave, (www.findagrave.com), Memorial: 43660786, "William Franklin 'Big Spring Bill' Worthington" (Reliability: 3). [S171] Census, U. S. Federal Government, (HeritageQuest), 1850, Tennessee, Bledsoe County, Eastern Division, Sheet 383B (Reliability: 4). Eastern Division, Sheet 383B [S171] Census, U. S. Federal Government, (HeritageQuest), 1860, Tennessee, Bledsoe County, Pikeville, Page 12 (Reliability: 4). Pikeville, Page 12 [S171] Census, U. S. Federal Government, (HeritageQuest), 1870, Tennessee, Bledsoe County, District 4, Page 13 (Reliability: 4). District 4, Page 13 [S171] Census, U. S. Federal Government, (HeritageQuest), 1880, Tennessee, Bledsoe County, District 2, Sheet 10 (Reliability: 4). District 2, Page 10 [S84] International Genealogical Index, FamilySearch, (Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc.), "Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1955", John W. Worthington; citing Arnett Cemetery Cemetery, Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, cn 2227 | https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NS91-4XF (Reliability: 4). [S171] Census, U. S. Federal Government, (HeritageQuest), 1850, Tennessee, Bledsoe County, Eastern Division, Sheets 383B-384A (Reliability: 4). Eastern Division, Sheet 384A