ARTERBERRY FAMILY HISTORY compiled by Annette Goodwin in 1995

Dicey Arterberry married William Grissom most likely in Tennessee. Records from Jackson Co., TN were burned during the 1860's. The 1850 census in Jackson Co., TN taken on Oct. 16 shows William age 60, Dicy age 30, Levi 10, Polly 12, Will 8, Moses 6, Thompson 2, and Nancy 19. William was born in VA and Dicy in TN. From this we can take Dicy's approximate birth year and place of birth.

"The History of Monroe Co., KY 1820-1988" compiled by Dayton Birdwell has on pages 164-165 the biographies of Moses, Thompson, Moses Alexander, James Harvey, and William Tyre Arterberry. Moses Arterberry came to the McFarland Creek area of Kentucky by 1811. He had sold land in Chester County, SC, which had been left to him by his father, Nathan, and had moved after the 1800 Census of that county. Gov. Thomas Metcalfe granted Moses seventeen acres of land in the early 1800s, and before a boundary change it was located in Tennessee. There were a number of other land grants secured by members of the Arterberry family on McFarland Creek. Moses' grant is mentioned as being located on Arterberry's Branch and was included in those south of Walker's Line.

Moses fought in the War of 1812 in Capt. James Bennett's company of the Infantry in Col. Robert Steele's Regiment of the Tennessee Militia. He collected eight dollars per month for taking part in the war.

Birth records are not exact, but census records show that both Moses and his wife, Mary, were born between 1775-1780. Both died about 1840.

Moses and Mary had a large family, possibly 10 children. Known were Thompson, Wiley, Bennett, George, Moses, Nancy, and perhaps Martha and Dicey.

Thompson was born 19 Mar 1806 probably in North Carolina. He married a neighbor girl and had 13 children. Thompson received several grants of land in county court orders on McFarland Creek near the Cumberland River and purchased many more acres. The Arterberry farm was beautiful and very productive. At one time there had been an indian village located on this farm.

Bennett Arterberry's biography is very interesting. It can be found in "Through the Orchard" by Nova A. Lemons 1989. He was born in Jackson Co., TN ca. 1830. His Civil War record is amazing. He was forced to join the Confederacy, captured by the Union, joined the Union, captured & released the next day by the Confederacy, furloughed, captured by the Rebels and escaped, and was in the battles at Atlanta, Nashville, and in North Carolina.

The Arterberrys were known to be tall, even the women.

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