My friends - We are going to round out this week's data posts with another in the Skills Puzzler series. We have done several of these Puzzlers recently which used, as their basis, interpretation of the population schedules of the federal census records. Because census records are the most used, and yet the most underutilized, of items in the genealogist's "tool kit", we are going to do one more of these census puzzlers, and then we'll move on to another area for awhile. Our scenario is this: we have, in the 1850 census(county and state is irrelevant) a listing for a John Boatswanger, age 32, born NC. Besides himself, his household shows a wife, Penelope, age 26, born KY, and two children, George, age 6, and Mary, age 4, both born KY. Also in the household is Joseph Boatswanger, age 77, born VA. In addition, there is a 24 year old farm laborer(born KY) named Asa Jones in this household. In 1860, we look again for this family - they are gone. There are no Boatswangers in the county in which they lived in 1850, nor in any of the surrounding counties. We suspect that they may have moved west in the decade between 1850 and 1860. But they did not do so, and our task is to find them again in 1860, using *only* the census record - we can assume that we have a "burned county" where no other records are available. What steps, then, should we take - again, using only the census - to find out where they went or what happened to them? If you would like to pass along your thought processes on this one, please feel free to do so, either to the List or to me. I'll be back before the weekend is over with the solution. As is customary, there will be no data posts per se over the weekend, but I expect to be back with either a land grants text file or a cemetery file or two. -B ============================================================

Can someone refer me to some books that would give me an idea of what happened in Hickman County during the Civil War. I know that Columbus was occupied by Confederate Troops early on, but I'd like to find a resource that would give some insight into what happened to the townspeople during this period. Thanks, Phyllis Solter

Please forward Graves Co. snippet for Oscar Neall. Thanks!

Don't know if it is your JP line but Ezra Bloominburg was married to Lucy May Frizell - DOB: 31 May 1901, DOD: 8 Sep 1926, David A. Gardner was married to Polly Frizell - DOB: abt 1833, DOD abt 1899.

I want to do a genealogy for my grandson,I have limited information go on. I think what I will end up doing is disapproving a verbal history that his mother's family passes around. His mother say he is kin to Geronimo. Where to start? Alicia

anyone have any suggestions on how to figure out a death date for a Dora JONES? we have been told she died in KY and was laid out in her home in Hickman (Fulton County). we can notfigure out an exact death date, and the on line death records do not match up to our info-either the age is wrong, or the year and there is no Dora JONES listed as having died in Fulton county. we think she died in the 1960s. Dora's maiden name was BEECHAM, and at some e point she married a Lum JONES. We do not know where Lum was from or where he ended up. Dora's parents were Sally and John BEECHAM. Dora's family was supposedly from the Bold Springs area of TN, and we cannot figure out why she ended up in KY. any info greatly appreciated! Sally Rowe Livonia, MI

Dear Bill-- Please send information for J. E. Albritten from your October 7 post, "Graves County - Early Newspaper Snippets - Part 3." Continuing to appreciate your very valuable contributions. Robert ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.

Earlier today I mentioned seeing a notation on the Civil War indexes in Series 4. I just found another notation on the SouthEast Tenn list of some indexes .....maybe this will help someone. Jane -----Original Message----- From: TATE1899Shells2@webtv.net <TATE1899Shells2@webtv.net> To: SE-TN-L@rootsweb.com <SE-TN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, October 07, 1999 12:28 PM Subject: Re: [SE-TN] Re: "War of the Rebellion" INDEX If you go to the last few pages of each volume, you will find an index. You may have to hunt a little bit, but I was able to find who I was looking for that way. Just enter the page # in the space for that. If it doesn't take you to that page he first time, just do it again. Tate1899Shells2@webtv.net Please visit my web site: http://community.webtv.net/AmericafayeII/Reflections0 ______________________________

My friends - Today, we are returning to our review of snippets from the early newspapers in Graves County - in this case, the Mayfield Monitor, in the period from 1877 to about 1900. If you see your family's name in the list below and you would like the full text of the snippet connected with that name, let me know and I will get it to you. The list will be fairly short in this segment, as some of the snippets are somewhat lengthy. The content of these snippets varies from nothing more than a notice that someone is visiting someone else on up to marriage notices and death notices and obituaries, as well as criminal activities and other such newsworthy items. As always, your assistance in not resending this entire message back to me with your request is greatly appreciated. We will close out this week's data posts tomorrow with another in the Skills Puzzler series. -B ============================================================ Graves County - Early Newspaper Snippets - Part 3 Moore, Vernon Moore, J.E. Turnbow, J.T. Webb, J.T. Brisendine, Kate Neall, Oscar A.A.Boswell Breckenridge, J.V.E. Ashbrook, Emma Wright, Bobbie Slayden, Luther Allbritten, J.E. Atkins, Mrs. Emma McCord, J.M. Cummins, Annie Harris, T.B. Sheridan, Alice Caldwell, James A. Johnson, Pernecia Felts, Jones Gilbert, John Gilbert, George Gillum, George Evans, Major Joe Dalton, W.J. ~to be continued~ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

My friends - It has been brought to my attention that there *is* an index to the War of the Rebellion series that I mentioned in an earlier post today. I have checked it, and the Index does appear in Series 4, at the bottom of the web site page. That makes that publication much easier to work with. -B ============================================================

Hi Bill, Please send me marriage record of Joseph Griffith and Nancy Ann Ford, Calloway County part 33. Thaks a mil. Pat

I read on the Weakley Co. Tenn list that the " Indes (Alphabetized) is in Series 4 .....very last volume in the set. So just go all the way down the bottom of the page, right side, and index is in that book" Jane

My friends - I am dropping by, pursuant to my pledge to keep you abreast of valuable new web sites, to let everyone know(if you do not already)that the two huge official records of the Ware Between the States have been placed on-line, in their entirety, by Cornell University. They can be found here: http://moa.cit.cornell.edu/MOA/MOA-JOURNALS2/WARO.html The only drawback is that there is no index. However, most public libraries have at least the Index part of these works and the volume and page numbers can be located there, and then used in conjunction with the on-line volumes. I'll be back later with today's data posting. -B ============================================================

My friends - Today, we are returning to the very popular series covering early marriages in Calloway County. In the prior 32 installments, we have covered the years 1823 to 1840. In this post, we will finish 1840 and begin on 1841. If you see a marriage of interest, and you would like the complete data set for that record(which usually includes the dates of license and marriage, who performed the ceremony and the consents if required), let me know and I will forward that information on to you. Tomorrow, we will return to our look at early newspaper snippets in Graves County. -B ============================================================ Early Calloway County Marriages - Part 33 Sperry, Vincent Groves, Nancy Smith, Tilford Taylor, Nancy Ford, G.B. Clark, Martha Ann Orr, William J. Lassiter, Peggy Arant, Perry Littlejohn, Louisa Philips, Leroy Ellison, Malinda Simmons, John Richardson, Polly Smith, B.P. McNabb, Margaret M. Jones, James L. Johnston, Elizabeth P. Riley, James Fulton, Minta Smalley, Nathan Barnett, Elizabeth Cannon, Elijah F. Fooks, Annie J. Stice, John D. Satterfield, Celia Price, Benjamin J. Darnell, Nancy Jane Gray, George M. Kaylor, Elizabeth Myers, William Fare, Elizabeth Dees, Andrew G.H. Bell, Mary C. Brandon, Thomas St. John, Eliza S. Chandler, James Wade, Mary Jane Hamby, John R. Hiett, Lucinda F. Ward, Soloman Mallory, Nancy E.A. Walters, Isaac Davis, Cyntha Ann Wade, Robert Hardy, Mary Ann Heath, William E. Cole, Nancy E. Cope, William Pace, Mary Pace, George W.L. Nichols, Emily Vancleave, John M. Culver, Nancy Smith, Thomas S. Lynch, Julia Ann Griffith, Joseph Ford, Nancy Ann Riley, Aaron Schroader, Emeline ~to be continued~ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Hi Bill- Please send along info on the Price/Darnell marriage, and Hamby/Hiett. I think we've hit paydirt! Thanks so much. Cherilyn Trusty

Bill, Would you be kind enough to forward the Smith Land Grant file. I now have a little more family information. Also ran across William Utterback in the 1870 census. Was this your granddad? Donna Petkus Eagle River, WI

Bill Utterback wrote: > > My friends - > > I am going to have to be away from the computer most of this evening, which > will prevent a data post for today. > > I do plan to try to respond to the pending requests that I have before the > day is over. > > Until tomorrow.......... > > -B > ============================================================ > > ==== KYJacksonPurchase Mailing List ==== > Check out the Jackson Purchase Images Page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygraves/temp/JPL.htm > for landowner survey maps of portions of the Jackson Purchase, plus other images. Check it often - it changes as new material > is added. ruth doesn't use this email

My friends - I am going to have to be away from the computer most of this evening, which will prevent a data post for today. I do plan to try to respond to the pending requests that I have before the day is over. Until tomorrow.......... -B ============================================================

There was an "R.L. Nanny Teaching school at Unity (Marshall Co) in 1894

Thanks I found 2 Landon entries.