Does anyone on the DC list know where the Morgan-Claxton school was located. I found a notice in a 1958 Camden Chronicle of the sale of the property to the highest bidder and just wandered where it was located in Benton County. Any other details know about the school would be appreciated also. Thanks Brenda Griffith

DJ: I'm sorry, but I do not have any info on the Deets/Deats Family. I'll copy this to our Danville Crossing List. Maybe someone there can help. Dan Martin Nashville, TN ------------------- AngelfetGM@aol.com wrote: > Looking for any grain of information on the John Thomas Deets (Deats) family. > I know they lived in Carroll and Henry co. I seem to loose the children in > 1860 when John moves to AR. Names of the kids are Elbert, Bryant, Frederick, > James H. Green, Martha, and Nancy. Children born in 1840s. John born abt 1819. > > Thanks > DJ -- Have I, therefore, become your enemy, because I tell you the truth? Gal. 4:16 Jesus said: "I am The Way, The Truth And The Life, and nobody comes to the Father but by Me" John: 14:6 Christian Exchange, Inc: http://home.earthlink.net/~dlmartin2/cei/ggm.html God Bless America: http://www.wwd.net/user/sjackson/america.htm

In a city like Jacksonville, with over a milion people, the County still runs a canning kitchen, where people take their jars, rings, lids and bushels of food, and spend a day canning! Cacky

Hello all, For better accuracy in our cemetery listings and for more readability, we decided to create our own web site for you to browse our middle TN cemetery listings. The way we were doing things before wasn't working very well for us or for other people either, because it meant us having to check our cemetery listings multiple times in multiple places, and also others were having to code our data into a format for the web when time was very short for them. So we decided to do the coding ourselves and to have it in one place for others who were interested to link to. Here is our new web site! http://members.aol.com/fireseeker/Default.htm Following are cemeteries now listed on the site: DICKSON COUNTY: Keele Cemetery Parrott Cemetery Street Cemetery (shows as Hamilton Cemetery on maps) MONTGOMERY COUNTY: Baggett Cemetery Harvey Cemetery STEWART COUNTY: Dinkins Cemetery Be sure to check the site regularly for updates--there will be many to come! Hope this is of help to you. : ) Vanessa Slea & Stan Magnesen

Oh, my, you guys are simply great! I still can and love doing it. I work full time and have no garden but my friends do and they bring me their stuff to can. That way we share food and work together. I get some food out of it and they get their canning done for free plus a lot of time sharing our friendships. My mother canned all the time and I learned from her. By the way, if you want to leave your old cookbooks to someone, maybe place it in your will where to distribute them or give them to the County Extension office of your counties. Just a thought! Your friends in genealogy, Larry and Sue Reeves lands@apex.net If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door so it can.

Ohh... that is sad... I collect old recipe books.. and the ol dirty finger printed ones are the best! I do wonder about when I die.. and who will want the books.. right now I dont see any prospects... so I guess I will just have to hang around a while longer!! Cher -----Original Message----- From: Roxanne Bynum <bynum5@apci.net> To: DanvilleCrossing-L@rootsweb.com <DanvilleCrossing-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, August 22, 1999 12:33 PM Subject: canning and receipes >Speaking of canning and recipes handed down generation after generation, a >sad thing happened to me on Friday. I work in a library and someone brought >in 21 Boxes of donations from an elderly lady who passed away. Upon opening >a box I discovered an old pine box. The box was tongue and groove design, >appeared homemade and was well used. Inside were handwritten copies of >recipes. The box was full of old cookbooks, too. I asked the young man who >delivered all the boxes if he knew what was in them and was he sure ALL the >boxes were supposed to go to the library??? He said it was junk from his >aunt's old place and nobody wanted ANY of it. > >Roxanne Bynum >Baa_Roxanne@vax.lcls.lib.il.us >bynum5@apci.net >Illinois, USA > > >==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== >My genealogy software won't accept "spaceship" >as a "Place of Birth"..... Now What ???? > >

Raymon, Bet you had enough squash to feed Tennessee that year!! Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: Raymon Lindsey <gabbie@aeneas.net> To: <DanvilleCrossing-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 22, 1999 10:33 AM Subject: Re: Pride of a job well done > > HI Cher: > I liked your garden & canning story: it brought back memories of my > childhood! > I had to plow and help my mother get the garden ready to plant every spring > and had to plow it when it needed it. > I always had to help pick the vegies and can them : I thought I knew how > to garden:: but when I retired in 1978 and came back to TN. I had to learn > it over > because my mother did ALL the brain work.( I will tell you the story in > detail > when I see you: but for now one short note,( I planted 4 rows of squash 75 > ft. > long the first year!! ) enough said.gabbie > At 09:52 AM 8/22/99 -0400, you wrote: > > > >. When I pull out my large kettles I get to musing..... I don't 'can' > >because I 'need to' to put food in the pantry......I do it to feed my soul.. > >To do it is a pure labor of love.. It centers me. I have been 'puttin up' > >ripe tomato relish the past couple of days--can't get it in stores.. and we > >love it with pintos or northerns... > > > >For generations the women of my family were responsible for the family > >vegetable garden.. The men worked the fields for crops to market or to feed > >livestock through the winter... But, mamas and yungins grew and prepared > >the vegetables and fruits for the long winter. > > > >Planting a garden******* > >There is a great satisfaction from growing your own garden, working the > >soil, making straight rows for the seeds to be planted. Covering them > >...and either waiting for the next rain or watering them in..... to get > >them started faster. I love watching the vegetables grow, tend the soil. > >Smelling the mingled aromas of earth and plants is one of the best > >medicines! to cure what ails you. Such a simple thing.. to just take a hoe > >and go into the garden early in the morning...(while dew is still on the > >grass and the shadows are still long)...... and chop out real or imagined > >weeds... walking backwards down a row.. in a slow relaxed rhythm~ listening > >to the day wake up..... it truly the best time to reflect on people, ideas, > >problems... life problems seem to get a balance to them.... The muscles get > >tired, you get dirty, sweaty~ but, you loose the knitted brow line. The > >tension knot between your shoulders relaxes while you gain insight on your > >thoughts........ > > > >Harvest time ******** > > > >I love to go out to the garden and harvest my hard work... to take it to the > >house or under a shade tree to snap the beans... or shuck corn . While it > >is time consuming, it is so rewarding to see the perfect vegetables in my > >clean sparking jars. To have them sitting on the counter .. and listening > >for the ping of the lids to seal as they cool. Smiling privately when you > >hear it! Yup! There is another good jar! <bg> Paramount cannot touch my > >pickle recipes..or relish recipes... Smuckers? Naw, my black raspberry jam > >puts em to shame. Some of the recipes that I have are generations old.. > >not even written.. they were just taught from one homemaker to another down > >the line... There is a palpable connection with my grandmothers when I > >garden, and can..... I am doing the same work they did... using some of the > >techniques and materials they used and taught me....These ladies knew > >work...hard work. They were practical and quite poor with not time for > >frivialities. But, they had the spirit of creativity in their hearts,,, it > >showed in their daily lives, in their quilting, gardening and canning . > >Storing food for the long winter was a necessity for my fore mothers. > >Whether the food was stored carefully and lovingly was the difference in > >vegetables and fruit would not survive until December in the cellar.. or > >whether the jam turned to sugar . Sure, food could be 'put up' with less > >attention. But, I like to believe the extra care in their stirrin and > >tastin and fussin make a difference.... and it showed in their work and and > >I hope shows in mine. > > > >Time to stir my pot..... Thanks for listening... > >Cher > > > > > > > > > > > >==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== > >My family tree must have been used for Firewood !!! > > > > > > > ==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== > GENEALOGY is like Hide & Seek: > They Hide & I Seek !! > > > > >

HI Cher: I liked your garden & canning story: it brought back memories of my childhood! I had to plow and help my mother get the garden ready to plant every spring and had to plow it when it needed it. I always had to help pick the vegies and can them : I thought I knew how to garden:: but when I retired in 1978 and came back to TN. I had to learn it over because my mother did ALL the brain work.( I will tell you the story in detail when I see you: but for now one short note,( I planted 4 rows of squash 75 ft. long the first year!! ) enough said.gabbie At 09:52 AM 8/22/99 -0400, you wrote: > >. When I pull out my large kettles I get to musing..... I don't 'can' >because I 'need to' to put food in the pantry......I do it to feed my soul.. >To do it is a pure labor of love.. It centers me. I have been 'puttin up' >ripe tomato relish the past couple of days--can't get it in stores.. and we >love it with pintos or northerns... > >For generations the women of my family were responsible for the family >vegetable garden.. The men worked the fields for crops to market or to feed >livestock through the winter... But, mamas and yungins grew and prepared >the vegetables and fruits for the long winter. > >Planting a garden******* >There is a great satisfaction from growing your own garden, working the >soil, making straight rows for the seeds to be planted. Covering them >...and either waiting for the next rain or watering them in..... to get >them started faster. I love watching the vegetables grow, tend the soil. >Smelling the mingled aromas of earth and plants is one of the best >medicines! to cure what ails you. Such a simple thing.. to just take a hoe >and go into the garden early in the morning...(while dew is still on the >grass and the shadows are still long)...... and chop out real or imagined >weeds... walking backwards down a row.. in a slow relaxed rhythm~ listening >to the day wake up..... it truly the best time to reflect on people, ideas, >problems... life problems seem to get a balance to them.... The muscles get >tired, you get dirty, sweaty~ but, you loose the knitted brow line. The >tension knot between your shoulders relaxes while you gain insight on your >thoughts........ > >Harvest time ******** > >I love to go out to the garden and harvest my hard work... to take it to the >house or under a shade tree to snap the beans... or shuck corn . While it >is time consuming, it is so rewarding to see the perfect vegetables in my >clean sparking jars. To have them sitting on the counter .. and listening >for the ping of the lids to seal as they cool. Smiling privately when you >hear it! Yup! There is another good jar! <bg> Paramount cannot touch my >pickle recipes..or relish recipes... Smuckers? Naw, my black raspberry jam >puts em to shame. Some of the recipes that I have are generations old.. >not even written.. they were just taught from one homemaker to another down >the line... There is a palpable connection with my grandmothers when I >garden, and can..... I am doing the same work they did... using some of the >techniques and materials they used and taught me....These ladies knew >work...hard work. They were practical and quite poor with not time for >frivialities. But, they had the spirit of creativity in their hearts,,, it >showed in their daily lives, in their quilting, gardening and canning . >Storing food for the long winter was a necessity for my fore mothers. >Whether the food was stored carefully and lovingly was the difference in >vegetables and fruit would not survive until December in the cellar.. or >whether the jam turned to sugar . Sure, food could be 'put up' with less >attention. But, I like to believe the extra care in their stirrin and >tastin and fussin make a difference.... and it showed in their work and and >I hope shows in mine. > >Time to stir my pot..... Thanks for listening... >Cher > > > > > >==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== >My family tree must have been used for Firewood !!! > >

I think canning is becoming a lost art. I don't know too many people that still can, except people raised in the South. My mom and I have been canning together since I got married, but she has done it all of my life. I told her the other day just how glad and thankful I was that she was willing to show me how and to help me. My kitchen is not big enough to can at home, so I take everything to her house and then we share what we've done. It makes for a long hard day, but the closeness of our conversations and remembering is well worth the long hard day. Ronda

AMEN! A job well done. Dorothy Cher wrote: >. When I pull out my large kettles I get to musing..... I don't 'can' >because I 'need to' to put food in the pantry......I do it to feed my soul.. >To do it is a pure labor of love.. It centers me. I have been 'puttin up' >ripe tomato relish the past couple of days--can't get it in stores.. and we >love it with pintos or northerns... > >For generations the women of my family were responsible for the family >vegetable garden.. The men worked the fields for crops to market or to feed >livestock through the winter... But, mamas and yungins grew and prepared >the vegetables and fruits for the long winter. > >Planting a garden******* >There is a great satisfaction from growing your own garden, working the >soil, making straight rows for the seeds to be planted. Covering them >...and either waiting for the next rain or watering them in..... to get >them started faster. I love watching the vegetables grow, tend the soil. >Smelling the mingled aromas of earth and plants is one of the best >medicines! to cure what ails you. Such a simple thing.. to just take a hoe >and go into the garden early in the morning...(while dew is still on the >grass and the shadows are still long)...... and chop out real or imagined >weeds... walking backwards down a row.. in a slow relaxed rhythm~ listening >to the day wake up..... it truly the best time to reflect on people, ideas, >problems... life problems seem to get a balance to them.... The muscles get >tired, you get dirty, sweaty~ but, you loose the knitted brow line. The >tension knot between your shoulders relaxes while you gain insight on your >thoughts........ > >Harvest time ******** > >I love to go out to the garden and harvest my hard work... to take it to the >house or under a shade tree to snap the beans... or shuck corn . While it >is time consuming, it is so rewarding to see the perfect vegetables in my >clean sparking jars. To have them sitting on the counter .. and listening >for the ping of the lids to seal as they cool. Smiling privately when you >hear it! Yup! There is another good jar! <bg> Paramount cannot touch my >pickle recipes..or relish recipes... Smuckers? Naw, my black raspberry jam >puts em to shame. Some of the recipes that I have are generations old.. >not even written.. they were just taught from one homemaker to another down >the line... There is a palpable connection with my grandmothers when I >garden, and can..... I am doing the same work they did... using some of the >techniques and materials they used and taught me....These ladies knew >work...hard work. They were practical and quite poor with not time for >frivialities. But, they had the spirit of creativity in their hearts,,, it >showed in their daily lives, in their quilting, gardening and canning . >Storing food for the long winter was a necessity for my fore mothers. >Whether the food was stored carefully and lovingly was the difference in >vegetables and fruit would not survive until December in the cellar.. or >whether the jam turned to sugar . Sure, food could be 'put up' with less >attention. But, I like to believe the extra care in their stirrin and >tastin and fussin make a difference.... and it showed in their work and and >I hope shows in mine. > >Time to stir my pot..... Thanks for listening... >Cher > > > > > >==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== >My family tree must have been used for Firewood !!! >

. When I pull out my large kettles I get to musing..... I don't 'can' because I 'need to' to put food in the pantry......I do it to feed my soul.. To do it is a pure labor of love.. It centers me. I have been 'puttin up' ripe tomato relish the past couple of days--can't get it in stores.. and we love it with pintos or northerns... For generations the women of my family were responsible for the family vegetable garden.. The men worked the fields for crops to market or to feed livestock through the winter... But, mamas and yungins grew and prepared the vegetables and fruits for the long winter. Planting a garden******* There is a great satisfaction from growing your own garden, working the soil, making straight rows for the seeds to be planted. Covering them ...and either waiting for the next rain or watering them in..... to get them started faster. I love watching the vegetables grow, tend the soil. Smelling the mingled aromas of earth and plants is one of the best medicines! to cure what ails you. Such a simple thing.. to just take a hoe and go into the garden early in the morning...(while dew is still on the grass and the shadows are still long)...... and chop out real or imagined weeds... walking backwards down a row.. in a slow relaxed rhythm~ listening to the day wake up..... it truly the best time to reflect on people, ideas, problems... life problems seem to get a balance to them.... The muscles get tired, you get dirty, sweaty~ but, you loose the knitted brow line. The tension knot between your shoulders relaxes while you gain insight on your thoughts........ Harvest time ******** I love to go out to the garden and harvest my hard work... to take it to the house or under a shade tree to snap the beans... or shuck corn . While it is time consuming, it is so rewarding to see the perfect vegetables in my clean sparking jars. To have them sitting on the counter .. and listening for the ping of the lids to seal as they cool. Smiling privately when you hear it! Yup! There is another good jar! <bg> Paramount cannot touch my pickle recipes..or relish recipes... Smuckers? Naw, my black raspberry jam puts em to shame. Some of the recipes that I have are generations old.. not even written.. they were just taught from one homemaker to another down the line... There is a palpable connection with my grandmothers when I garden, and can..... I am doing the same work they did... using some of the techniques and materials they used and taught me....These ladies knew work...hard work. They were practical and quite poor with not time for frivialities. But, they had the spirit of creativity in their hearts,,, it showed in their daily lives, in their quilting, gardening and canning . Storing food for the long winter was a necessity for my fore mothers. Whether the food was stored carefully and lovingly was the difference in vegetables and fruit would not survive until December in the cellar.. or whether the jam turned to sugar . Sure, food could be 'put up' with less attention. But, I like to believe the extra care in their stirrin and tastin and fussin make a difference.... and it showed in their work and and I hope shows in mine. Time to stir my pot..... Thanks for listening... Cher

just be thankful the library was the recipient, not the town DUMP!

Hi, Anybody have an opinion on how complete the Fischer and Burns Marriage Books are? ( I've looked in the 1861- 1888 vol and the later vol which goes from 1888 to 1900 I think) I'm looking for several EDNEY marriages that I'm fairly certain took place in Humphreys Co in the 1870's & 80's. I found some but am wondering if I'd be likely to find the others if I went to the courthouse. Any advice or suggestions on other sources? SueB

The e-mail address for the library to Linda Wyatt is: <lwyatt@mail.state.tn.us> She is the one who keeps the database for the library. Brenda G. At 01:44 AM 08/21/1999 -0400, you wrote: >Still need e-mail address for Benton County Library. Thanks, Glenda > > > >==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== >My family tree must have been used for Firewood !!! > >

Still need e-mail address for Benton County Library. Thanks, Glenda

This is a handy site.. ck it out. Cher http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi

I thought this was a very interesting addy.. It shows examples of old handwriting and helps ya 'cifer' it. Cher http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mahudson/ole-hw.htm

Ancestry.com has a free database as follows: Dickson County, Tennessee Marriage Records, 1850-1870 Situated a short twenty-five miles west of Nashville, Dickson County, Tennessee was created in 1803 and boasted a population of nearly 10,000 in 1860. This database is a collection of marriage records from the county between 1850 and 1870. Each entry includes the names of both bride and groom along with their marriage date. In addition, researchers will find the date the marriage license was issued for the couple. It contains the names of over 3000 men and women. Also included is a list of over 200 officiators who performed marriages in the county and the date range they performed these ceremonies. Taken from a larger work by Byron Sistler, this can be a tremendous aid to those seeking ancestors from west-central Tennessee in the middle of the nineteenth century. Bibliography: Sistler, Byron. "Dickson County Marriages." Preston, Paula, ed. [Database online] Orem, UT: Ancestry, Inc., 1999. To search this database, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/search/3937.htm

Could be Linda...I have Hoopers in Humphrey Co. Anyway I can get a list of who is in this cemetery? jan ----- Original Message ----- From: Linda G. Hayes <lhayes@aeneas.net> To: <DanvilleCrossing-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 20, 1999 4:01 AM Subject: Cemetery Preservation > Hello Dave, Cacky, Everyone, > > I have recently returned from a trip and found much discussion on the list > about cemetery preservation. I applaud all of you. We need to save our > cemeteries. I heard a story last year of a Thompson Cem. in Perry Co. that > was pushed over with bulldozers because the land owner wanted to drill a well. > > Personally, I am interested in preserving the Hooper Cem. on Turkey Creek > in Humphreys Co. It is so over grown that it can easily be missed even by > those on foot. There are Hoopers, Thompsons, Horners, Garlands, others > buried there. > > I for one would be willing to contribute time, funds, etc. Is there anyone > else on the list with connections to this cemetery? > > Have a great day! > > Linda H. > > > ==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== > My family tree must have been used for Firewood !!! >

Hello Dave, Cacky, Everyone, I have recently returned from a trip and found much discussion on the list about cemetery preservation. I applaud all of you. We need to save our cemeteries. I heard a story last year of a Thompson Cem. in Perry Co. that was pushed over with bulldozers because the land owner wanted to drill a well. Personally, I am interested in preserving the Hooper Cem. on Turkey Creek in Humphreys Co. It is so over grown that it can easily be missed even by those on foot. There are Hoopers, Thompsons, Horners, Garlands, others buried there. I for one would be willing to contribute time, funds, etc. Is there anyone else on the list with connections to this cemetery? Have a great day! Linda H.