Hi Carol,nominate me for sainthood! I have found some of your ancestors! Headstone data: John Alexander Harris b. 21 may 1877 d. 6 jan 1958 s/... & Martha ... Nella Ethel Harris b. 28 aug 1906 d. 28 apr 1941 both are buried Ashe county, NC in the Scott-Blevins Family cem. est. 1803 also known as Mt. Pleasant Baptist or Shelter Bapt. Church cem.A large cem. of 651 graves, in Walnut Hill TWP. I found a Coller Testerman b. 189? d. 19?? headstone unreadable. Buried in Ashe county Roberts, James P. family cem. Piney Creek TWP. I have the locations of these cemeteries if you need it. All data came from "Ashe County Cemetery Records" compiled by Russel Hamilton. Ralph Faded Genes wrote: > > I am getting totally desperate. Have been helping or trying to help my > daughter worked on this family for 5 years and have made absolutely no > progress. Am doing this for the grandchildren, or would have already given > up. > My grandchildren's other grandmother was Nina HARRIS, married second to > Zealous LOGGINS. She passed away in 1994 at age 60-63. Her parents were > Nellie Ethel TESTERMAN and John Alexander HARRIS. Nellie had 14 children - > she married very young [I was told about age 14] and died in the 1930s. > HARRIS was much older than she was. Both are buried in the Scott-Blevins > Cemetery in West Jefferson. My daughter went to the cemetery, saw the > headstones and copied the dates. However, in the very messy divorce that > followed, she lost that paper. So one of my problems is I need the dates > from those two headstones. I am not able to travel due to health problems. > Now for the rest of the problem. Nellie's parents were Coller [that is the > way it was pronounced but have no idea of the actual spelling] TESTERMAN and > Sarah/Susan PARSONS. They are buried somewhere in West Jefferson. It was > late when my daughter was there and she was told she would be taken to the > cemetery the next day, but something happened and she didn't make it. I > would just about sell my soul for the information on those two tombstones. > We have looked EVERYWHERE under every spelling for Coller we could imagine > for information on him. Have sat for HOURS in front of the microfilm > reading going on over Ashe county census returns for something that remotely > resembles his name and cannot find it. > As I said, there were 14 of Nellie Ethel TESTERMAN and John Alexander > HARRIS. The ALL as far as I know went by the name HARRIS. However the > daughter of one of the sons [her last name was HARRIS] found her dad's birth > certificate by accident one day and it gave his name as BLEVINS. > > If ANYONE can shed some light on this for me, I will personally nominate you > for sainthood!! > > Carol > Don't let another child be hurt by ignorance, educate yourself about > Tourette Syndrome. > www.tsa-usa.org > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.226 / Virus Database: 108 - Release Date: 1/7/01