In regards to where persons live versus where their mail is sent or delivered from, this is still the same today in some areas. I have an Uncle who lives in Bradley County TN, but their delivery and listing for their address is Benton, TN which is in Polk County. However, they're just a few miles (if that) from the county line of Bradley & Polk Counties. It makes for a little confusion, but this still happens today. In the past their mail use to come from another town within Bradley County. In fact our family cemetery is listed in both Bradley and Polk County cemetery books since it's so close and persons from both counties are buried there. My grandmother lived just over the line in Bradley, and her sister (about a 1/4 of a mile down the same road) lived just inside Polk County. So it is best to check all local areas esp if county lines are currently close or were in the past. ----- Original Message ----- From: "George W. Durman" <GermannaResearch@comcast.net> To: "GERMANNA COLONIES" <GERMANNA_COLONIES@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 7, 2008 12:10:59 PM (GMT-0500) America/New_York Subject: [GERMANNA] Greene Co., TN, vs. Washington Co., TN I've been inputting data on East Tennessee Germanna descendants into the database and have run across something that I think should be cleared up. Many researchers have births, marriages, deaths, etc., as being Chuckey, Greene Co., TN, when the actual places were in Washington Co. Lest we confuse other future researchers, we should be careful about "places" in our databases. YES, the "mailing addresses" of these people were/are Chuckey, TN, which is in Greene Co.; however, it's just a quirk of the U.S. Postal Service that mail to that part of SW Washington Co. is delivered from Chucky, rather than from Limestone, which IS in Washington Co. There are hundreds of Germanna descendants in the Liberty Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery in Washington Co., and the majority of them were born in, were married in, and died in Washington Co. The church and cemetery is usually referred to as being "at Chuckey, Greene Co., TN". That is an error that should be corrected. Just because it's mailing address is 91 Guy Brown Rd., Chuckey, TN, does not mean it is actually located in Greene Co. It may be a small point to some, but when future genealogists try to find historical records on their "Washington Co." ancestors in Greeneville, Greene Co., they will have little luck. The records will be in Jonesborough, Washington Co., TN. As to where the church and cemetery is located, I input it as "in the Liberty Community, Washington Co., TN". BTW, the same thing applies to the Mauk Family Cemetery in Washington Co., on Bill Mauk Rd. People buried there are listed in databases as having died at Chuckey, Greene Co., TN. Same problem with mailing addresses. Regards, Sarge ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANNA_COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message