Today I wish to include 3 books that we sale to help others to find their lost family members. 1.School Census Early 1900's Indexed, Price $8.00, shipping $1.00 & Ky res. $.48 sales tax. 2. Marriage Records Sept.1887-Dec.1893, 96 pages indexed, Price $10.50, sh.$2.00, Ky res. add $.63. 3. Marriage Records Jan.18,1894-May 1899, 115 pages indexed, Price $10.50, shipping $2.00 & Ky res. add $.63 sales tax. To place your order send check to: Graves Co. Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 245, Mayfield, Ky 42066-----the order will be shipped the next day. Corresponding secretary, Jean Ann McCormack --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search presents - Jib Jab's 'Second Term'

On 20 Feb 1845 William Pee married Elizabeth Jane Smith in Calloway Co. with concent of guardian Thomas Lapsley Smith (The marriage record book by Don Simmons does not give age of William nor Elizabeth). William would have died after the birth of their 2nd child, a daughter Adelia in 1846. Their first child was W. M. Pee. (W may be for William like his father). Elizabeth Jane was married to my G-G-grandfather, Joseph Jonathan Landon, before the Calloway Co. census of 1850 (I only have the Calloway Co. marriage book for 1823-1846) but do not have data on their marriage. Just the genealogy information written by their son, William Edward Landon. He indicates that Elizabeth died about Jul 1865. I have not been able to find where she is buried. Maybe with William Pee? Any help appreciated. Mike Landon

I need to contact a member of the committee for the Calloway County book that is due out soon. Please email me off-list. Thank you, James R. (Jim) Dunn

Hello List, My Grandmother, Lala Ivie Watson was a school teacher for 40 years in Calloway County and I was wondering if there was anyone out there that might have some of her class pictures. I lost mine in flood damage. I'm quite sure she was at Faxon, Pottertown and Center Ridge. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you Lynn Ellen Ivie Watson

My friends - We have, over the past two years, been reviewing the little essays which Dr. Gordon Wilson, a native of Calloway County, wrote about life in the New Concord area during the time that he grew to manhood there. Today, we are beginning another series, dedicated to the memoirs of Col. Evitte Dumas Nix, born in Calloway County on 19 Sept 1861 as the son of Simpson Socrates("Crate") Nix and his wife, Rebecca Elizabeth Holland(daughter of William Marion Holland and Mary Jane Miller). Colonel Nix(who was awarded a commission as a KY Colonel in 1888 and was, ever after, known as "Colonel Nix")became, in 1889, the United States Marshall for the Oklahoma Territory and was present to start the famous land rushes about which much has been written. Col. Nix married, in 1885, to Ellen Felts of Fulton County. He died 4 Feb 1946 and his ashes were interred in Oak Grove Cemetery in Paducah. Although he never returned to the Jackson Purchase to live after he left for Oklahoma, he had many relatives in the JP region and in Calloway County and visited there often. He came back to stay when his remains were buried in Paducah. He left his memoirs in the form of a work known as "Oklahombres". The late Tom Holland had these memoirs reprinted in a limited edition some years ago. Our first extract is Col Nix's recollection of early funerals. -B ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "I remember a number of these funerals where the deceased was buried in a homemade casket lowered into the grave with lines taken from the harness of the team which had drawn the hearse(farm wagon) to the cemetery. ... When I reached the bereaved home, all the mourners were there - uncles, and aunts, cousins, brothers, sisters, parents and neighbors. It was about 11:00 in the morning, but the funeral was not to be held for three hours yet. The neighbors had brought pots of chicken and dumplings, pies cakes and potato salad galore. Everybody gorged themselves on this food, exchanged neighborhood gossip, spoke now and then of the dead and milled around until the funeral hour came. Then they gathered around the casket which stood on a pair of wooden sawhorses, draped in black. After the reading of the funeral service and the discourse by the minister, the casket was put in a farm wagon and the procession wended its way two or three miles over a country road to a rural cemetery. As the piney casket was taken from the farm wagon and placed, ready to be lowered into the grave, the dead youth's father, a bearded old farmer from Tennessee who, until then, had borne his grief with dignified calm, went to the head and began to shriek in a loud voice, 'Oh! My boy! My boy!' He shouted it over and over and his voice rose louder and louder until it drowned out the minister intoning the final prayers. At each wail he raised and lowered his right arm like a pump handle. No one paid particular attention to the old man. The pallbearers went ahead with the lowering of the casket. When it rested on the bottom of the grave, the old man ceased his wailing as abruptly as he began and stood silently by as the early was shoveled in. His wailing had been only the customary tribute to the dead. Loud mourning was expected. It was called, 'takin' on'. If the chief mourner didn't 'take on', people questioned whether his grief was sincere. When it was all over, I heard the deceased older sister say to her husband, 'Brother had a good funeral, and plenty to eat for all, and I never did hear anybody take on better'n Paw. I was right proud of him.'" +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Looking for information about the business partnership of Budke/Carter Mercantile Store in Mayfield, KY around the early 1880's. I also understand that Budke operated a drug store in Mayfield, KY.

Hello Everyone, Does anyone know the parents of John & Sarah Jones-Peterson in Marshall County? I found were they married on November 20, 1822 in Todd County, KY But moved to Humphreys Co.,Tenn. by 1830 then on to Marshall County. As far as dates for them all i have is John Peterson died before 1850 and Sarah was living in Marshall County by 1850 and is shown to be born about 1802 in South Carolina. That's what caught my eye. My ancestor James C. Jones was born in South Carolina on February 06, 1793. He is said to be the son of Burrel Jones & Sarah? Was wondering if they could be siblings. I've been trying to put these Jones together but need alittle help :) I'm also a descendant of Edward Jones b. 1772 in VA or SC (seen both) d. December 31, 1857 in Marshall Co. son of D. Jones Then there is a Sarah Jones b. 1764 in SC who married Nicholas Copeland she died April 24, 1855 in Marshall Co. dau. of Edwards Jones Then there is a Henry Burrell Jones b. January 28, 1809 in NC (buried next to my James C. Jones) Then there is a Sarah "Sally" Jones who married John Hiett in Calloway County on August 21, 1834. I'm sure there are alot more but does anyone have any idea how they all fit together? Don Howell

Hello Everyone, Here is a list of old photos i purchased off of Ebay and just received today: Johnny Holmes (older man) Leva,Lottie,Mary Holmes Nadine Waggoner Clint Clark Walter Waggoner & wife with daughters Mary, Charlie, Willard, Nadine Willard, Mozelle,Charlie,Nadine, Nedra? Eddie Clark Walter & Lina? Waggoner at home in Wingo Herman & Mary Choate Ernest & Nadine Pat & Mary Johnson Ernest & Nadine Weaks There are about a hundred more but with no names on them. Does anyone know this family? If anyone would like a scan of a photo just let me know . Don Howell

Can anyone tell me where Edward Curd, Sr. is buried? He was born in the 1760s and died in Calloway Co. KY in 1838. His wife was Catherine. His will is recorded in Calloway Co. Will Book B, p.154. He was probably the brother of Edmund Curd. However, I do not know where he was buried. I would greatly appreciate help. Thank you, Dennis Smith.

I¹m researching the Bazzell family of Calloway and Graves county (and anywhere else !). Recently I was contacted by a Burkett family researcher. He is trying to locate some evidence of what happened to Sarah Louise Burkett, who was about 13 in the 1870 census records. According to family history, she married a ³Rick Bassel² She disappears from the records by 1880. This information led him to my family tree, with my Richard AJ Bazzell, who is a single man in 1870 and by 1880, a widower with two young sons born in 1876 and 1878. Also, a sister and a brother of Richard AJ Bazzell married into the same Burkett family. So the evidence is strong for Sarah Louisa being the first wife of Richard. Also, Richard later migrated to Bollinger county Missouri, along with siblings of Sarah Louisa. He married 2 more times and had a total of 14 children. I would love to find a marriage record for Richard Bazzell ­ Sarah Louisa Burkett, circa 1875 ­in Calloway county. Do such records exist? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks for all past help! -Beryl Reid

Thanks to all of you who sent me info on the Belk-Settles store. I certainly appreciate it. Daryl Garrison

I am listing a few of our publications as follows: Graves County Family History Book Volume I, it is a hard bound book with gold embossed Wooldridge Monument on the front. A very nice book to add to your collection. Cost $65.00 plus KY residents add $3.90 sales tax and $6.00 shipping and handling. Mail check to Graves Co. Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 245, Mayfield, KY 42066. Checks are to be made out to Graves Co. Genealogical Society. Also our newest Cemetery Update Volume VII includes Antioch Church of Christ,Bennett Family, Bethlehem Methodist,Bowden, Burnetts Chapel,Chapel Hill, Cuba Baptist, Farmington, Hardmoney Baptist, Hocker-Russell, Hopewell Baptist, Lebanon Church of Christ, Lynnville Baptist, Mt. Pisgah Baptist, Mt. Pleasant Church of Christ, New Liberty Baptist, Old Bethehem, Pilot Oak Baptist, and Pinnegar. Cost is $10.00 plus $2.50 shipping & handling, KY resid. add $.60 sales tax. Make check payable to Graves Co. Genealogical Society and ! send to P.O. Box 245, Mayfield, KY 42066. The book will be put in the mail the next day. Also anyone wanting to submit a community or family history for the Vol. II book, can do so by sending the history too the same address. A picture was be an asset to the story. Thanks, Corresponding secretary, Jean Ann McCormack --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less.

A great big thanks to Sandi. I have always read these land measurements and had NO idea how to determine my familys' land. SO...now I can do that. It is info such as this that is so helpful with us genealogists. I figured a "pole" was a wooden fence post which was no longer there or the creek or river was at the edge of the property. Susie Pollock TN

My friends - In the last 24 hours, our good friend, Sandi Gorin, has posted an excellent tutorial on platting metes and bounds surveys on her KYResearch List. Some of you may also subscribe to it. We are fortunate, in that, in the Jackson Purchase region of Kentucky, we have the rectangular survey system. However, the rest of Kentucky, from which many of our JP people left to come to the JP, has always used the metes and bounds survey system, and most of us will have occasion to work with metes and bounds surveys at some point. With Sandi's permission, her tutorial is reprinted here. -B ======================================================================== BEGINING AT A WHITE OAK OR SOME KIND OF A TREE! I must admit that platting your ancestor's land in Kentucky can be downright confusing. Unlike other northern states (and likely a lot others), the old deeds in Kentucky can be confusing to read. Everything is based on trees which are no longer there, rocks, poles .... there's no way you say to even figure out what your ancestor's land looked like! Everything is based also on the nearest waterway - which might be some distance away, and neighbor's lands as the "lines" on all sides of the deed. For this tip, I want you to get a pencil, a calculator, a ruler and if possible, some graph paper. I'm going to try to teach you how to draw the plat of a pretend ancestor and then you can dig out your Kentucky deeds and try your hand. First of all - the old deeds mention poles and links, not inches and feet. So, note down on a piece of paper somewhere that 1 inch equals 126 poles. Thus, if we divide the poles shown in the description of the land by 126, we know how long to draw each side. We are most familiar likely with what is known as 15 minute maps which mean that 1 mile equals 1 inch. (Some other maps use a 7.5 minute map which means 1 cm equals .25 km. ) On a 7.5 minute map we can convert 1 inch to equal 320 poles. Don't get confused now, it'll all work out! On your graph paper draw an arrow off in the corner pointing north (always pointing at the top of the map). Jot down the scale you're using and we'll stick with the 15 minute map. Draw an arrow showing the direction you're going. And along the lines you'll be drawing write the call. The call? What's that? Let's take a minute to learn some terns that aren't in our vocabulary unless we use them daily. beg means beginning - where we're going to start Call means the line or the boundary cor means corner fk means a fork ln means line - the path we'll be following p means pole/perch, rods - all are equal to 16.5 feet rd means road (not too many of these in the earliest days!) Since a lot is based on trees, I think you can figure out their abbreviations such hick for hickory, wo or w/o for white oak, ro or r/o for read oak; most of the times the type of tree is written out or abbreviated enough to be recognizable. But, their spellings are varied! And, as a little refresher of measurements ... An acre is 160 square rods, 43,560 square feet or 1/640 square mile A chain, with which they measured, is a constant 80 chains for each mile. Each chain is 66 feet long and has 100 links. A degree - back to high school math, is 1/360th of the distance around a circle. A link was 1/100th of a chain (see above) and was 7.92 inches or 25 links or 1 rod long. Metes and bounds is the way the survey was taken with the measurements being the metes and the Boundary markers being the bounds. Stick with me and you might print these definitions off so you can refer to them later! Now let's look at Samuel Stickinthemud's deed. See if you can work with me through this. Samuel Stickinthemud lived in Swampland County (you know I'm making this up I hope!) The property is shown "on Stinky Creek" and here is the description of the land: Beginning on a read oak. Thence due west 120 poles to a white oak and a dying elm Thence due north 160 poles to a hickory Thence north 80 degrees east, 300 poles to a poplar Thence due south 200 poles to a marked rock Thence South 65 degrees west 160 poles to 2 scrub brush trees on the bank of a pond Thence north 60 poles to the beginning. You've marked a starting point somewhere on the paper so we'll begin right on that dot which you have labeled "red oak" Step 1 - due west 120 poles to a white oak and dying elm. Take that 120 poles and divide by 126 (refer back to the paragraph "First of all..." and that will give us .95 inches. Lay your ruler on the paper and draw a line straight west going approximately .95 inches. That line ends on a white oak and dying elm, draw a dot at the end of the line you've just drawn and write in beside it "white oak and dying elm". Step 2 - due north 160 poles to a hickory. Divide the 160 by that good old 126 and that will give you 1.27 inches. Lay your ruler at the point you marked in step #1 and extend the line north 1.27 inches. At the end of the line write to the side "hickory". Step 3 - north 80 degrees east, 300 poles to a poplar. Zero degree always means due north and south. So this is 80 degrees towards the east of north and south. Divide the 300 poles by 126 giving you 2.38 inches slightly north east (you can use a compass or other device to make this exactly 80 degrees off of north). At your dot at the end of this line indicate "poplar" Step 4 - South 200 poles to a marked rock. Divide 200 by 1.26 giving you 1.59 inches. From your last point draw a line 1.59 inches due south and at the end of this line put a dot and mark to the side "marked rock." Step 5 - South 65 degrees west 160 poles to the scrub brushes at the bank of a pond. Again, from your last line's ending angle south approximately 65 degrees and how long will be it? Yes 160 divided by 126 and this line will be 1.27 inches long. Step 6 - north 60 poles to the beginning. I think you're ahead of me now, 60 divided by 1.26 indicates .48 inches and you hopefully will be close to the beginning. Now - look at your deed again and see if property lines are mentioned. If for example on step 2 it mentions John Jumpinghigh's line being there, write his name above that line. Fill in as many names as you can. It may help you physically locate the land on a topo map. Now - there are glitches along the way. Due to surveying errors (or inability to survey part of the property due to physical obstacles) some property lines won't close up or match. Some land plats come out looking very strange indeed. You're blessed if the land comes up to a river or some well known landscape feature which may still exist today. This is one reason that the county surveyor had to go out and re-survey many of the plats (also called processioneering): the trees had died or been cut down; a rock moved or the neighbor thought that good old Sam was moving in on his property. At the death of a land owner lands had to be re-surveyed also to distribute equally to the heirs (if so noted in the will) so that everyone had about the same amount of land, all had access to the waterway or roads. This is just a simple overview of platting; I know there are software programs that will do this in a jiffy, but for those of us who do not have these programs, it's fun to learn how to do it ourselves. Tracing your ancestor's property is complicated as land was divided up so many times. The ancestor might have started out with 3,000 acres and over his life, gave some to his children, sold part of it, forgot to record some of it ... never mentioned houses most times . But the only way to tackle it is to start at the beginning and plat it out. It makes a lovely addition to your family history to include a plat map. Many times, we have to work backward starting with the current owner and it's description. Find out who they bought the land from. Find that deed in the deed book and find out who they bought it from and work backwards as far as you can. Sometimes the researcher can go back several generations - sometimes they'll get stuck because of all the divisions of the land. Good luck! (c) Copyright 20 January 2005, Sandra K. Gorin

Originally, we were told that we would have our book by December. We met with Turner staff a few weeks ago. It now appears that the book will be ready for distribution in about four months. Several events slowed down the publishing of the book. First, the Turner person assigned to our project left the company in September and there was a transition period which slowed down the process a lot. Unfortunately, we weren't aware that work on our book had stopped until we started making phone calls looking for our proofs. We realized by the beginning of November that we would not have the books in December but were still hoping that they'd be ready by the end of Jan. Second, our book has more material than Turner originally anticipated. Therefore, it took longer for all the inputting, editing, etc. We've proofed all 150+ pages of the family histories and 34 pages of the histories of the communities, etc. We're now waiting for the next batch of proofs. The first batch had very few corrections to be made so that shouldn't slow down the process. After we finish proofing, Turner tells us that the indexing of the book will take approximately two weeks. CCGS hopes to have everything approved and ready so that Turner can send the project to the printer by the beginning of March. Of course, this all hinges on Turner getting us the rest of the proofs in the very near future. After it's sent to the printer, It will take 6 to 8 weeks for the printing to be completed so that takes us into May. I am sorry about the delay but after looking at the family histories, I can tell those of you who ordered books that it will be well worth the wait. Sue O'Neill

There is a Salem Cemetery at the Salem Methodist Church in Hickman Co., Ky on HY 307 north east of Clinton. All outgoing mail checked by Norton AntiViris ----- Original Message ----- From: Rudy D. Burd <burdman@bright.net> To: <KYJacksonPurchase-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 8:38 PM Subject: Re: [KYJP] Salem cemetery > James, > There is another Salem Cem in Graves County. It was commenced as a burial > plot for the little Bapitst Church started there by the same name. Rev Wiman > (W.T. I believe), was the founder and very highly respected in the > community. This is located approximatel 7 & 1/2 miles due West of Mayfield > and due North of the intersection of Rudy Road and Lewis Road, by about 150 > yards on private property. The cem is in a grove of trees and I fenced it > several years ago for the family but I understand now that the fence is > mostly gone. There was also an active school there by the same name until > the late 30's or early 40's. My family attended there, and my grandfather > was trustee over the school at one time. The last time I was over to the cem > years ago there were several markers still standing. There is an old white > oak log which came out of the old church in a nearby tobacco barn built by a > cousin of mine back in the 1940's. It is as solid as the day he pulled it > over there with a team of horses. Rudy Burd Cridersville, Ohio. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "james dunn" <jimdunn1804@worldnet.att.net> > To: <KYJacksonPurchase-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 12:13 PM > Subject: Re: [KYJP] Salem cemetery > > > > Dear Rudy and List, > > > > I do not find a Salem Methodist Church Cemetery in the KYJP area, but I > > do find three "Salem" cemeteries in the area. One is in the town of > > Salem, > > in Livingston County, on US 60. A second is on the McCracken Boas Rd, in > > Graves County, about 1.4 miles south of State Route 849, and the third is > > about ten miles SSE of Hickman in Weakley County, Tennessee, about 5 miles > > NW of Union City. > > > > If anyone wishes more specific directions to any of these cemeteries, > > feel free to email me. > > > > Jim Dunn > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <Wazzabugg2@aol.com> > > To: <KYJacksonPurchase-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 12:38 PM > > Subject: [KYJP] cemetery > > > > > > Does anyone have a information for Salem Methodist Church cemetery in > > Hickman? I would like to check and see if my ggggrandparents, James and > > Rebecca Bugg, > > are listed in that cemetery. Is there a book for the cemetery that is for > > sale? > > Thanks for any help > > Rudi > > > > > > > > ==== KYJacksonPurchase Mailing List ==== > > "The True Genealogist Can Never Really Own, But Only Gather and Preserve, > > For All Who Love Them, The Treasure of Their Family Heritage." > > > > > ==== KYJacksonPurchase Mailing List ==== > Check out the Rootsweb searchable mailing list archives at: > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=KYJacksonPurchas e-L >

There is a Salem Methodist Church and Cemetery in Hickman County. It is located on Hwy 307. I would say it is probably 2 miles north of Fulgham. It is an old established church and cemetery.

James, There is another Salem Cem in Graves County. It was commenced as a burial plot for the little Bapitst Church started there by the same name. Rev Wiman (W.T. I believe), was the founder and very highly respected in the community. This is located approximatel 7 & 1/2 miles due West of Mayfield and due North of the intersection of Rudy Road and Lewis Road, by about 150 yards on private property. The cem is in a grove of trees and I fenced it several years ago for the family but I understand now that the fence is mostly gone. There was also an active school there by the same name until the late 30's or early 40's. My family attended there, and my grandfather was trustee over the school at one time. The last time I was over to the cem years ago there were several markers still standing. There is an old white oak log which came out of the old church in a nearby tobacco barn built by a cousin of mine back in the 1940's. It is as solid as the day he pulled it over there with a team of horses. Rudy Burd Cridersville, Ohio. ----- Original Message ----- From: "james dunn" <jimdunn1804@worldnet.att.net> To: <KYJacksonPurchase-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 12:13 PM Subject: Re: [KYJP] Salem cemetery > Dear Rudy and List, > > I do not find a Salem Methodist Church Cemetery in the KYJP area, but I > do find three "Salem" cemeteries in the area. One is in the town of > Salem, > in Livingston County, on US 60. A second is on the McCracken Boas Rd, in > Graves County, about 1.4 miles south of State Route 849, and the third is > about ten miles SSE of Hickman in Weakley County, Tennessee, about 5 miles > NW of Union City. > > If anyone wishes more specific directions to any of these cemeteries, > feel free to email me. > > Jim Dunn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Wazzabugg2@aol.com> > To: <KYJacksonPurchase-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 12:38 PM > Subject: [KYJP] cemetery > > > Does anyone have a information for Salem Methodist Church cemetery in > Hickman? I would like to check and see if my ggggrandparents, James and > Rebecca Bugg, > are listed in that cemetery. Is there a book for the cemetery that is for > sale? > Thanks for any help > Rudi > > > > ==== KYJacksonPurchase Mailing List ==== > "The True Genealogist Can Never Really Own, But Only Gather and Preserve, > For All Who Love Them, The Treasure of Their Family Heritage." >

Dear Rudy and List, I do not find a Salem Methodist Church Cemetery in the KYJP area, but I do find three "Salem" cemeteries in the area. One is in the town of Salem, in Livingston County, on US 60. A second is on the McCracken Boas Rd, in Graves County, about 1.4 miles south of State Route 849, and the third is about ten miles SSE of Hickman in Weakley County, Tennessee, about 5 miles NW of Union City. If anyone wishes more specific directions to any of these cemeteries, feel free to email me. Jim Dunn ----- Original Message ----- From: <Wazzabugg2@aol.com> To: <KYJacksonPurchase-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 12:38 PM Subject: [KYJP] cemetery Does anyone have a information for Salem Methodist Church cemetery in Hickman? I would like to check and see if my ggggrandparents, James and Rebecca Bugg, are listed in that cemetery. Is there a book for the cemetery that is for sale? Thanks for any help Rudi

In response to CCC, my father, Lendon R. Riddle, from Carlisle County went out West to the CCC camps. He was born 1923 and died 1978. After his death I ran across a few small souveniers with the CCC logo on them and his paperwork. I would have to look them up to find out info on which group he went out of. He did go West and stayed awhile there working for the camp. Susie Pollock TN