The Travis and Beaty Cemeteries are very close to each other. That is probably where the oldest members of each family would be buried. Gary D. Norris > From: TAROCKLEIN@aol.com > Reply-To: KYCLINTO-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 13:33:59 EDT > To: KYCLINTO-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [KYCLINTO] Re: HAYS & TRAVIS > Resent-From: KYCLINTO-L@rootsweb.com > Resent-Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 11:34:06 -0600 > > Hi Tom and Jim, > I don't know for sure about the family of Elizabeth Travis, but this might > be a clue for you to follow. My Travis connection is Catherine Travis born > 1779 in Baltimore Co., MD. She married Alexander Beaty in Dec 1801 in > Sullivan > Co., TN and they settled in Clinton Co., KY. They are the parents of James > Beaty b. 1810 who married Emaline Hays b. 1821. > > I have not been too successful documenting Catharine's ancestors, but I'm > pretty sure her father is Thomas Travis who died 5 Jun 1837 in Travisville, > Overton Co., TN. I know she had a brother William born abt 1783 who died in > 1860 in Fentress Co., but suspect there are other siblings. > > The Revolutionary War Pension application that Thomas Travis submitted in > 1833 when he was 96 is a little confusing, but it gives the following info: > -- He was born and raised in Baltimore Co., MD. > -- after the RevWar, he continued to live there "don't recollect precisely > how long and then moved to Wiks County South Carolina some few years [I think > this must be Wilkes Co., GA which is very near the SC border] > -- He then moved to Washington County Georgia and stayed there ten years [I > think this is Washington Co., VA -- Catharine was married at the Beatys farm > in a part of Sullivan Co., TN that was thought to be part of Washington Co., > VA until the state line was surveyed.] > -- He then moved to Green County, TN and lived there about four years. [I > think he would have been here about 1799 when your Elizabeth was married > there.] > -- he then moved to Overton Co., TN to the part that in 1823 became Fentress > Co., and in 1833 he had lived there "upward of thirty years" > > I hope this helps in your research. I would like to share info on these > families with you. > > Nel Rocklein > Newnan, GA > > > > ==== KYCLINTO Mailing List ==== > Please keep your messages limited to Clinton County, KY genealogy related > topics. Everyone will appreciate it! > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >