John, I'm so glad to hear that you are coming south.  I know you and your wife will enjoy it.  A few months ago, I met a Davidson cousin from Evansville IN that did the same thing after taking their daughter to a conference in Gatlinburg, TN.  We had a wonderful afternoon together visiting Davidson sites.   I would love to meet you in person after all these years of Davidson discussions.  I live about 5 miles from Centre.  My phone number is 704-663-5227 (h) and 704-881-3170 (c) if you would like to go around Iredell together.  Centre Church, Hopewell and Davidson College are good spots.  Let me know if I can help you when you get in Iredell.   Take care, Tina Davidson Buie --- On Sun, 9/7/08, John Lisle <davidson@tqsi.com> wrote: From: John Lisle <davidson@tqsi.com> Subject: [DAVIDSON] Travelling to Tennessee and North Carolina To: davidson@rootsweb.com Date: Sunday, September 7, 2008, 5:19 AM Hi list members, No DNA or list etiquette in this message! My wife recently retired, and we decided to "celebrate" by taking a bit of a tour to some of my Davidson ancestral places in Tennessee and North Carolina. Although I have been an avid researcher of the Davidson families in these areas for many years, I have never actually visited these places that my grandmother's ancestors lived. My projected itinerary has us in Nashville during the weekend of 11-14 September and in Atlanta area during the following weekend. In between Nashville and Atlanta and the week after Atlanta, we plan to stop in sites in the Bedford/Coffee Co., TN; Buncombe/Transylvania Co., NC; and Iredell Co., NC, with a somewhat fluid schedule. If anyone has any specific suggestions for places to visit or any special events during that time period, I would like to hear of them. Thanks, john. Nashua, NH ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DAVIDSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message