This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DUNNING, SPEAR, SAVAGE, ATCHLEY, BURNETT Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/oAB.2ACE/2491.3 Message Board Post: Sheri and others: I haven't read every message in this thread but would like to introduce myself into the discussion. My grandmother was Mary Myrtle Spear, daughter of Samuel J. & Permelia Burnett Spear. She was born May 28, 1886 in Clay County and died in Davidson County December 17, 1972. My grandfather was William "Willie" Martin Savage, son of Andrew J. & Maud (Mary O.) Atchley. He was born December 8, 1885 in Clay County and died (hanged himself) in Davidson County TN April 27, 1943. All of the above are buried at New Hope Cemetery near Moss in Clay County, as is Carmack Dunning Savage. I have some information on her and am acquainted with a granddaughter still living in Clay County. Carmack is buried beside her husband Charlie Edgar Savage who was a younger brother of my grandfather. I will try to contact the granddaughter today for more information since I need it for my records also. I would like to correspond with you privately about other SPEAR and SAVAGE family connections in Clay County. jminatra@bellsouth.net