Thanks Dwain, That makes perfect sense. That would put the tree around the Crossland Area. Who are YOUR Wilsons. My Wilsons are from Hazel. Glad to share info. Marsha -----Original Message----- From: kdjames <kdjames@phoenix.net> To: KYJacksonPurchase-L@rootsweb.com <KYJacksonPurchase-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, September 25, 1999 9:10 AM Subject: Re: [KYJacksonPurchase-L] Early Calloway Co. Marriages >Morning, the old marrying tree that is spoken about here was located just north of Tenn. hwy. 140, this is the road that runs >east & west between Puryear and Jones Mill. The location would be about 3 miles south of the Ky. & Tn. state line. This was an >Oak Tree not a Chestnut Tree as has been reported. This tree was also a meeting place for young folks of that area. My >grandparents, Sam L. Wilson and Jemima Paschall were wed there in 1920. According to my mom, Grace Wilson James, the tree is no >longer there. >Dwain James, Galveston Co. Tx. > >Donna Carol Browning wrote: > >> Hi, everyone and Ann too, the idea of a Marrying Tree is intriguing, my >> grandparents were married beneath a huge tree in the old town of Columbus, >> KY in Hickman co. It seems that the tree was important, does anyone know >> how this tradition got started? Donna >> >> On Thu, 23 Sep 1999, Ann Watson wrote: >> >> > Supposedly there was an Old Marrying Tree in Henry County, KY. The TN >> > border starts on the western boundary of Hazel, KY. Many couples from >> > Calloway County went there to get married. That is why so many Calloway >> > residents have marriages listed in TN. >> > >> > Ann Watson >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: GramyAnn@aol.com <GramyAnn@aol.com> >> > To: KYJacksonPurchase-L@rootsweb.com <KYJacksonPurchase-L@rootsweb.com> >> > Date: Thursday, September 23, 1999 9:34 PM >> > Subject: [KYJacksonPurchase-L] Early Calloway Co. Marriages >> > >> > >> > >My WATERS, THORNTON, BOAZ relitives were married in: >> > >Charles Co. MD >> > >Pittsylvania Co. VA >> > >Caswell Co. NC. >> > >They came to Calloway Co. KY about 1846. >> > > >> > >My early McKEEL's were married in Beaufort Co. NC & Perry Co. TN. >> > >They came to Calloway Co. KY about 1877 >> > > >> > >So my ancesters were not there as early as Donna's were. >> > >But I looked in vain for the marriage of my Grandpa McKeel & Grandma Waters >> > >marriage. >> > >They were married in 1895. >> > >They were married at the popular wedding place that was called "The Old >> > >Chestnut Tree". >> > >I do not know how long before this date, that this was a popular wedding >> > >place. >> > >I saw one write up on it, in a history periodical. >> > >It said the place was East of Hazel in Calloway Co. KY. >> > >But, my Grandma's Bible stated they were married in TN. >> > >It was in the Henry Co. TN records, that I found their marriage. >> > >It took some digging since the marriage was incorrectly listed as W.H. >> > McKeel >> > >the groom and the bride Eula Walters instead of Waters. >> > >Always check Henry Co. TN and also beware of misspellings. >> > > >> > >>Hi, everyone, looking at these early marriages reminds me of a question >> > >>regarding folks who ened up in Calloway but for whom there is no marriage >> > >>record. Are there any ideas about the main areas from which people >> > >>migrated to Calloway before the 1830's? My set of ancestors were in the >> > >>area from at least 1827 on but their first child was born in Missouri >> > >>before that time. My supposition is that this might relate to river >> > >>travel in the area since the general direction of migration was east to >> > >>west not west to east in most cases. Anyone have any ideas about where I >> > >>should begin to search for marriage records on these early Calloway >> > >>residents? I looked at all the Calloway records that were available at the >> > >>Pogue Library in Murray to no avail. Donna >> > > >> > > >> > >==== 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. >> > > >> > >> > >> > ==== KYJacksonPurchase Mailing List ==== >> > Check out the Rootsweb searchable mailing list archives at: >> > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=KYJacksonPurchase-L >> > >> >> ==== 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. > > >==== 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. >