Hi: I found this while browsing. Note that Rhea County is next to Roane Co. Quite a few HInds did business with him. Regards Nan 71532.734@compuserve.com ======================== Found at: http://www.tngenweb.org/rhea/archives.htm RHEA COUNTY FAMILY ARCHIVES This section of the Rhea County Page will feature documents of interest to family historians and researchers of the county. Diaries, letters, newspaper articles, obituaries and church records are some of the possibilities. Materials submitted must UN-copyrighted and of general interest. ACCOUNT LEDGER OF ASA NEWPORT, BLACKSMITH Asa Newport (1802-1876) was a Minister and Blacksmith. He was the son of Richard Newport and Hannah Hinds. He married Elizabeth Rogers in Rhea County and eventually bought the Rogers farm and lived there for the rest of his life. The names recorded in this journal reflect people who worked for him, had work done at his blacksmith shop, or owed him money. The people listed could have been residents of Rhea or Roane County since Asa Newport lived on the Roane side of White's Creek, then moved to the Rhea side of the creek (White's Creek is the dividing line between Rhea and Roane). Where dates are listed, they represent a range of time during which folks did business with Mr. Newport and does not necessarily mean they appeared in every year listed. Two additional notes are listed:. 1) In the journal he made note after the name John Hayes "went to Van Buren, Decalb Co." 2) after Mary Parkins he entered time spent settling estate of Lewis Parkins, detailed day by day but no year. James Abel 1838-1840 John Abel 1834-1841 Joseph Abel 1831-1834 Short Adam 1845-1846 David Alley Abel Bacon Thomas Bean 1831-1834 A.J.Bolinger F.Bolinger Frederick Bolinger 1841-1842 Burrel Boxley 1844-1845 Thon Boyd 1843-1844 Aaron Brady 1842-1845 Evan Breeding 1831-1845 James Briggs Nathan B. Briggs Daniel Brown Franklin Brown 1845-1846 Isaac Campbell Benjamin Cates 1830-1838 Baley Chastain 1841-1842 Elijah Chastain Baley Chastean Baley A.Y.Chastean 1843-1844 John Chastean Joseph Chastean 1842-1845 Frances Clark John Clark 1831-1836 John M.Clark 1838-1840 William Cox Wm. Cox 1838-1841 Robert Craven 1831-1840 Robert Cuvins 1842-1844 William Day Bird Detherage 1838-1844 Michael Dorrick Abner Dotson John Dotson Nathan Dotson 1844-1845 Samuel Dotson Thomas Dotson 1841-1845 Samuel Edmondson John Ellis William English Jessee Ervin 1840-1845 Ervin 1837-1839 Dimmon Ford 1830-1837 John Ford 1841-1844 Alfred Garrison Garrison Nathaniel Gibson 1841-1842 William Gibson Thomas Gillispee 1842-1847 Nathaniel Gillum 1831-1846 George Gordon W. B.Gordon 1843-1845 William B.Gordon 1832-1841 Moses Greer Samuel Grigsby 1836-1840 Thomas Guilim no date Reece Gullet James Hagens Allen Haley Haley William Hammons no date Absalom Hankins 1834-1840 Harner 1830-1834 Daniel Harner Dausin Harris 1837-1839 John Hayes 1836-1843 Edmond Hensley 1831-1841 Carter Hickey 1843-1846 John Hickey Wm.Hickey Ambrose Higgins 1831-1834 Daniel Higgins Joseph Higgins Abigail Hinds 1836-1839 Asa Hinds 1836-1839 Calvin Hinds 1838-1841 Eli Hinds 1830-1831 James Hinds 1830-1846 James P.Hinds James R.Hinds 1838-1842 John Hinds 1831-1846 Joseph Hinds 1831-1845 Levi Hinds 1841-1845 Shanus Hinds 1836-1838 Silvanus Hinds 1831-1844 Hardy Homes James Ingram Henry Johns 1830-1838 David Lambert 1842-1843 Cravins Lincoln Joel Long 1831-1846 Nicholas Long no date Benjamin Longacre 1830-1831 Charles Lowery Tatton MacCarrol Reuben Mainar 1836-1840 Reuben Mainard 1842-1844 Larkin Majors Peter Majors 1842-1843 Rector Majors Martin Andrew McCalep Andrew McCalles 1845-1846 Alexander McCulley W.McKeedy 1840-1843 William McKeedy`1843-1845 Isekiah McPherson Mary Mcpherson 1830-1840 William McPherson no date John Mea 1830-1834 Alexander Montgomery 1845-1846 John Montgomery 1830-1845 Joshua More 1834-1838 William Morgan 1843-1845 Blunt Morris 1843-1844 John Nash 1839-1844 Asa Newport Calvin Newport 1831-1832 Robert Parkes David Parkins Lewis Parkins 1831-1836 Mary Parkins 1841-1844 Lewis Perkins 1839-1841 Lieven Pioark William Preston 1842-1843 Edward Pritchet John Pritchett Randolph Pross 1830-1831 James Qualls Francis Ray Charles Rector Cumberland Rector 1842-1844 Haden Rector William Roberts 1836-1844 John Robinson Anna Rogers 1839-1845 James Rogers 1830-1834 Randolph Ross 1830-1831 Washington Short 1843-1844 Benjamin Smith 1843-1844 James Smith Thomas B.Swan 1836-1839 Ednibd Tredaway Balden Underwood George Underwood deceased Pleasant Underwood Sinthey Underwood 1838-1839 Thomas Underwood Samuel Walson Nathaniel Watson Benjamin White 1834-1844 Charles White 1834-1836 John White James Winton Richard Woolard