THE PINKERTON FAMILY
By John D Pinkerton

Joseph Pinkerton, born 1764, a Revolutionary War veteran, moved to Davidson County about 1795. He and his wife had three children: Eleanor, born 1801; Joseph, born 1803; and Mary, born 1805.

James Pinkerton, grandson to Joseph Pinkerton, was born in 1826. He married Elizabeth Priscilla Brown in 1847, daughter of William and Catherine Brown. (See Brown.) They had 10 children:

1 William F Pinkerton married Callie Crabtree.

2 Samuel Pinkerton married Tennessee Taylor.

3 John C Pinkerton married Mary Elizabeth Smotherman. They had six children:

a Evie Pinkerton married Houston Smotherman
b Nathaniel Taylor Pinkerton married Clara Bowen
c John C Pinkerton, Jr married Maude Justice
d Sally Pinkerton married Summer Smotherman.
e Molly Pinkerton married J.W. Gentry.
f Joseph Marion "Jose" Pinkerton married Florence Whitworth in 1903. They had nine children:
(1) Alma Ruth Pinkerton married Russell Neal. Two children: Russell Neal, Jr and Joe Neal.
(2) James M Pinkerton married Nell Faith. One child: James Whitworth Pinkerton.
(3) Whitworth Pinkerton married Robbie Reed. One child: Jerry Pinkerton.
(4) Willie Mai Pinkerton never married.
(5) John D Pinkerton married Frankie Nance. Four children: Sylvia Pinkerton, John N Pinkerton, Martha Jane Pinkerton, Judy Pinkerton.
(6) Herbert Pinkerton married Rothwell Lamb. Three children: Betty Pinkerton, Jean Pinkerton, Joan Pinkerton. Herbert Pinkerton married Maybelle_____. Five children: Roger Pinkerton, David Pinkerton, Pat Pinkerton, Cheryl Pinkerton, Dennis Pinkerton.
(7) Nathaniel Pinkerton married Emalyn Jackson Pinkerton (her second).
(8) Clay Pinkerton married Emalyn Jackson. Two children: Clay Jackson Pinkerton, Linda Pinkerton. (9) Leslie Pinkerton, never married.

4 Jose Marion Pinkerton married Julia Estes.

5 Catherine Pinkerton married Frank Rutledge.

6 Parthenia Pinkerton.

7 Rainey Pinkerton.

8 William Pinkerton.

9 Robert Pinkerton.

10 Samuel Oscar Pinkerton.