Pat, The tombstone inscriptions at the Sanatorium Graveyard are listed in Lawrence County, Missouri, Tombstone Inscriptions, Vol. 2, pp. 65-66. There are over 100 names but also several with markers only. What was your sister's name? If you know the year she died or within five years, you can order her death certificate from the Missouri State Vital Records Office in Jefferson City. The Missouri State Sanatorium which was first opened for TB patients in 1907 has undergone name changes in the last thirty two years: Missouri State Chest Hospital in 1971, then Missouri Rehabilitation Center with space leased to Missouri Veterans' Home, and a Federal VA medical facility at times. Contact information was posted some time ago. I contacted them but never received a reply. There was a short History of the Sanatorium published in the 1950s, but it is not indexed. Ross Cameron >>> [email protected] 03/31/03 05:50PM >>> How does someone get to look at or enquire about the death records from the Sanatorium at Mt. Vernon, Mo? My Dad's sister died there in the 1930's and I would like to know exactly when she died and whether she was buried by them or if I need to look elsewhere. Do I have to be a relative to enquire about someone that was a patient there? Pat Miller Dallas, TX ==== MOLAWREN Mailing List ==== More Lawrence County information can be found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~molawre2/ ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 *

Researching my great grandmother's family of American Indian ANDERSONs...once residing along Shipman's Creek in Bedford County, TN. I have bits and pieces and will try to post the most relevant at this time in order to give any info that might assist anyone knowledgeable of this family. My great grandmother was Elizabeth (ANDERSON) SHIPMAN. She was most definitely of American Indian ancestry. To friends and family (my own father included) she wasknown as "Claypipe." Although I do not have her picture I do have that of her sister Sarah ANDERSON and quite obviously she is American Indian. Both sisters married SHIPMAN brothers as well as another sister (Mary Ann ANDERSON).I know that in the early 1800s her family (the Richard ANDERSON) family left Bedford County and seemingly migrated with at least portions of the SHIPMAN,McNUTT (later changed to NUTT) and Landers families to the Barry/Lawrence/Newton counties of southwest MO. I am not at this time needing any assistance listing Elizabeth's family members/siblings,etc. I pretty well have that I think. My purpose in posting is an effort to try to focus upon the American Indian link. I would like to know if anyone who researches the ANDERSON family knows anything fairly firm regarding their path of migration into southwest MO. The SHIPMAN family was mistakenly listed (by a censustaker who perhaps had partaken of too much whiskey?) in the 1830 Bedford Co. census as Chisum. My great grandfather (Daniel SHIPMAN) who married ELizabeth "Claypipe" ANDERSON would have been a child at the time of the census. The two were married about 1846 in Lawrence Co. Missouri. Does anyone's research indicate through dates or anything else (oral history acceptable at this stage) that the Richard ANDERSON family FIRST went to the Heavner, OK Choctaw Nation area BEFORE they went into Missouri? Just trying to piece things together as are allllll of you! Thanks for reading this lengthy post! Deb (SHIPMAN) ROWE __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com

Deb, I will look at the records of who came to Lawrence County with the McNatt family from Bedford County Kentucky. I really hadn't thought about McNatt's being called McNutt, but that would be my ancestors. I'll check what I have. Pat, Deb Rowe wrote: >Researching my great grandmother's family of American >Indian ANDERSONs...once residing along Shipman's >Creek in Bedford County, TN. I have bits and pieces >and will try to post the most relevant at this time in >order to give any info >that might assist anyone knowledgeable of this family. >My great grandmother was Elizabeth (ANDERSON) SHIPMAN. >She was most definitely of American Indian ancestry. >To friends and family (my own father included) she >wasknown as "Claypipe." >Although I do not have her picture I do have that of >her sister Sarah ANDERSON and quite obviously she is >American Indian. Both sisters married SHIPMAN brothers >as well as another sister (Mary Ann ANDERSON).I know >that in the early 1800s her family (the Richard >ANDERSON) family left Bedford County and seemingly >migrated with at least portions of the SHIPMAN,McNUTT >(later changed to NUTT) and Landers families to the >Barry/Lawrence/Newton counties of southwest MO. > >I am not at this time needing any assistance listing >Elizabeth's family members/siblings,etc. I pretty well >have that I think. My purpose in posting is an effort >to try to focus upon the American Indian link. > >I would like to know if anyone who researches the >ANDERSON family knows anything fairly firm regarding >their path of migration into southwest MO. The SHIPMAN >family was mistakenly listed (by a censustaker who >perhaps had partaken of too much whiskey?) in the 1830 >Bedford Co. census as Chisum. My great grandfather >(Daniel SHIPMAN) who married ELizabeth "Claypipe" >ANDERSON would have been a child at the time of the >census. The two were married about 1846 in Lawrence >Co. Missouri. > >Does anyone's research indicate through dates or >anything else (oral history acceptable at this stage) >that the Richard ANDERSON family FIRST went to the >Heavner, OK Choctaw Nation area BEFORE they went into >Missouri? > >Just trying to piece things together as are allllll of >you! > >Thanks for reading this lengthy post! >Deb (SHIPMAN) ROWE > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. >http://search.yahoo.com > > >==== MOLAWREN Mailing List ==== >Visit the Lawrence County Query, Biography, Obituary, Will, Deed, Bible, Pension, etc., Boards at: >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.lawrence > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >

Deb, Richard Anderson is my great great grandfather. I am descended from his youngest son, Zacharia Taylor Anderson. I have spent considerable time researching this family. While I don't have all the answers, what I do have can be viewed at my website: http://azstrong.tripod.com/jd_letha (there is an _ between jd and letha). Unfortunately, you will not find anything there regarding possible Indian ancestry in the Anderson family. No such evidence has come to my attention; indeed, you are the first Anderson descendant I've met to even have a family story about Indian ancestry. I suspect this belief probably originated in the fact that many in this family moved from Lawrence Co., MO to Indian Territory and became assimilated into the Choctaw Nation. You may want to contact the descendant of Sarah (Anderson) Shipman noted on my website, who I believe will confirm that regardless of the photograph you've seen, she was not of Indian descent. I have also seen photographs of Green Berry Anderson and he does not appear to be of Indian descent. As you will see at my website, Richard's parents were Philip Anderson and Polly McNatt. You are correct that the Anderson and McNatt families moved together from Bedford/Lincoln Co., TN to Barry/Lawrence Co., MO. I've long suspected the Shipmans moved about the same time. There is no evidence that I am aware of that shows they first went to the Choctaw Nation -- the Choctaws themselves were just beginning the Trail of Tears from Mississippi. While I've seen the name McNatt rendered McNutt in some transcriptions of records, I have never seen just the Nutt version. Hopefully we can be of help to each other in other ways. Did you know that there was yet another Anderson daughter who married a Shipman? Sophia married Isaac. I do not have much information about your Anderson ancestor and her family. I would appreciate a list of children with accompanying detail. I will be glad to add you as a contact person for this line to my website if you will provide me with the necessary contact information. I'm sorry not to be of any help in your quest to find Indian ancestry. My grandmother, Tilitha Anderson, married John DeWitt Bowers in Indian Territory. Our family story has always been that his mother, Polly Majors, was half Cherokee. I have been fortunate to have found some supporting evidence. Her mother was a member of the Leffew family of Grainger Co., TN and Rockland Co., NC before that. After the death of the partriarch of the family about 1800, the children started being enumerated as "free other" in the censuses. While there are other possible explanations for this classification, it is at least consistent with our family stories and the family stories of collateral Leffew lines. You are to be congratulated for attempting to prove a family story and I expect you will continue the quest. I ask only that you remain open to the possibility it is just a story. Robert Strong Scottsdale, AZ

Deb, I reread your post this morning and remembered that there is a big old book called the "History of Lawrence County" that would probably tell you some information about the Andersons. If I can make myself remember to see if my mother's sister still has her copy, I'll look for you. We're going to Aurora for memorial day . Pat Deb Rowe wrote: >Researching my great grandmother's family of American >Indian ANDERSONs...once residing along Shipman's >Creek in Bedford County, TN. I have bits and pieces >and will try to post the most relevant at this time in >order to give any info >that might assist anyone knowledgeable of this family. >My great grandmother was Elizabeth (ANDERSON) SHIPMAN. >She was most definitely of American Indian ancestry. >To friends and family (my own father included) she >wasknown as "Claypipe." >Although I do not have her picture I do have that of >her sister Sarah ANDERSON and quite obviously she is >American Indian. Both sisters married SHIPMAN brothers >as well as another sister (Mary Ann ANDERSON).I know >that in the early 1800s her family (the Richard >ANDERSON) family left Bedford County and seemingly >migrated with at least portions of the SHIPMAN,McNUTT >(later changed to NUTT) and Landers families to the >Barry/Lawrence/Newton counties of southwest MO. > >I am not at this time needing any assistance listing >Elizabeth's family members/siblings,etc. I pretty well >have that I think. My purpose in posting is an effort >to try to focus upon the American Indian link. > >I would like to know if anyone who researches the >ANDERSON family knows anything fairly firm regarding >their path of migration into southwest MO. The SHIPMAN >family was mistakenly listed (by a censustaker who >perhaps had partaken of too much whiskey?) in the 1830 >Bedford Co. census as Chisum. My great grandfather >(Daniel SHIPMAN) who married ELizabeth "Claypipe" >ANDERSON would have been a child at the time of the >census. The two were married about 1846 in Lawrence >Co. Missouri. > >Does anyone's research indicate through dates or >anything else (oral history acceptable at this stage) >that the Richard ANDERSON family FIRST went to the >Heavner, OK Choctaw Nation area BEFORE they went into >Missouri? > >Just trying to piece things together as are allllll of >you! > >Thanks for reading this lengthy post! >Deb (SHIPMAN) ROWE > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. >http://search.yahoo.com > > >==== MOLAWREN Mailing List ==== >Visit the Lawrence County Query, Biography, Obituary, Will, Deed, Bible, Pension, etc., Boards at: >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.lawrence > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >