DATABASE OF THE DAY (Free for 10 Days!) <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> ============================================================ TENNESSEE MARRIAGES, 1851-1900 (Update) Becoming the sixteenth state in 1796, Tennessee was home to over one million residents before the American Civil War. This database is a collection of marriage records from the state between 1851 and 1900. This update adds marriages from Warren County between 1852 and 1900. Researchers will find the names of both bride and groom along with the marriage date. The county where the ceremony was performed is also provided. Containing over 64,000 records and the names of about 132,000 men and women, this collection can be a tremendous aid to those seeking ancestors from the area. Bibliography: Dodd, Jordan R. "Early American Marriages: Tennessee, 1851 to 1900." Orem, UT: Ancestry, Inc., 1999-2000. To search this database, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4125.htm

The following was posted by peggy dixon <[email protected]> on Fri, 25 Feb 2000 on the Surry County GenConnect Query Forum: - -------------------------------------------------------------------- Surname: MELTON, MILTON i am searching for my g-g-grandfather,and his wife,stephen melton,born around 1830, found a marriage to temperance,in 1850,surry co. she could be the mother of my g-grandmother,rebecca,born in 1858,died in 1924,union co,tenn. 1890,found stephen and temperance in person co. does anyone know information,need 1860 census for surry co. - -------------------------------------------------------------------- Any replies should be sent to the Surry County GenConnect Query Forum [<http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Surry>] unless it is personal or involves live people addresses etc. when it should be sent to peggy dixon <[email protected]>. --

I have a James Boyles married to Emily Fulk. Emily, b. 1841 and d/o Jacob Fulk and Tabitha Ashburn Fulk. Who were the parents and sibs of James? Thanks. John Speight

Looking for the death date of Martin A. Harris or any other info available. He is not listed on the 1900 Census. However, I've been told that he is listed in a book about Surry County Civil War Soldiers. He enlisted in Surry Co and returned there after the war. Does anyone have access to this book? Mary E. Collins

The following entry appears on the 1850 Surry Census, p. 282: DAVID POOL - age 50, farmer, born NC, property $175 Nancy - wife age 45 Bethania - female 24 Makaly (?) - fem. 22 Mary - fem. 20 Nancy - fem. 18 John - male 15, laborer I am searching for the 1850 whereabouts of my ancestor DAVID POOL (b. NC between 1800-1810-d. 1867Rowan). By 1860 he was a farmer in Rowan Co., and he and ANGELINE BULLEN/BOLEN/BULLAND (etc) had the following children: Isabella Clayton W. (b. 1848) - my ggrandfather Abraham Mary Clayton W. Pool married Susan Isabella Julian, and Abraham married a Laura (?)--both lived next door to one another in Salisbury Rowan Co. NC. Mary Anne Poole, daughter of Clayton and Susan Pool, was my grandmother (m. Charles Wakefield Pace Sr.). Her siblings were: Walter, George, Roxanne (m. Charles Mowery), and Hartwell/Harton Poole. Does anyone know any thing about this 1850 David Pool in Surry Co., NC? The David Pool in 1850 Montgomery Co., NC never left there to go to Rowan. I am hoping that the 1850 David Pool in Surry did migrate to Rowan Co., NC, where he died in 1867. Family tradition says that our David Pool was of the line of Jacob Van Pool, the old Dutchman of 1759 Rowan Co. Betty Pace ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Hi, all, Just subscribing briefly to this list to search for descendants of William JENNINGS, who d. 1856 in Ashe Co. I believe he was recorded in both Grayson Co., VA and in NC. He had at least a son named Thornton JENNINGS who patented land there in 1838 & 1858. William named his son-in-law, John CARSON in his will. Either William's sons or grandsons, William [b. 1826], Martin [b. 1829], and John [b. 1834] were recorded in Alleghany Co. in 1860. In 1870, Martin was recorded in Cherry Hill Twp., Alleghany Co., apparently not far from John JENNINGS, and his apparently widowed sister-in-law was living next door to him: 47. Jennings, Cynthia 49 Keeps House Mary 23 At Home Johnson 21 At Home Smith, Isaac 15 Dom. Servant VA --- 48. Jennings, Martin 40 Farmer NC Frances 36 Keeps House Martha 18 At Home Calvin 17 At Home Susan 14 William 12 Jane 10 Mary 8 Andrew 4 Ellen 2 [Rosa Ellen Jennings] Mildridge 1 Sometime after that, Martin moved to Surry Co., where he d. 1915, and his wife in 1892. They are both buried in Zephyr Baptist Community Cemetery. The daughter, Martha Jennings, apparently never married? She is also buried there. My husband's ancestor was Ellen (Rosa Ellen), who married, as his second wife, Dabner Caldwell SMITH. What happened to the rest of Martin and Frances' children? Where are John JENNINGS and William JENNINGS descendants? Please reply directly to me at the address below, rather than posting to the list. Thanks! Pam [email protected]

Good day to my fellow rooter's, I am new to this list. I am looking for dates and places for my Dickerson Roots in NC. I come across a letter to my Isaisah Dickerson in Roane County Tenn census of 1840 from a relative in Surry county N.C. I hope that someone will have this name in their files. Possible son named John Henry, who married Margaret Ann Smith and was in Roane County through 1870 when my grandfather James Melvin Dickerson was borne on July 2, 1872. James had two brothers and a sister Mattie was the sister name, and one of the brothers was called Bill, the third brother name is unknown. If anyone of these names are in your files please get in contact with me. this has been a brick wall for me for some time. Thanks John Dickerson

In the late 1700s, Christopher ISBELL married an Elizabeth KING probably in Surry Co, NC. Christopher was Elizabeth's second husband, James King was her first. After Christopher died in 1811 in NC, she applied for a pension from her first husband's service. In that pension we find that Elizabeth and Christopher had two children, Elizabeth b 1780 and Littleton b 1789. Also, from the Surry Co Deed Book, Christopher Isbell give his son "Littleton EASBEL" land. Littleton died in October 1823. There is a petition in court for his widow Caron/Karon (11-11-1823) and his children are listed: William Christopher Elizabeth (married William HOLDER) John (married Martha HAYNES) Richard (of whom i found a bastardy bond when he in 1859 with Martha/Mary POTEAT - then later he marries Julia STILLWELL) Mary/Polly (married Benjamin WEEKS) Nancy (married Jethro MORGAN) I have not located anything further about Wm and Christopher. I know that Caron/Karon died after 1860 but i do not know her parentage or her surname. John Isbell died in October 1862 "in a horrible affray" with a gunshot wound that killed in on the spot. Apparently he got into a fight with a J.C. Neal (who was probably about 18 years old). I've found a brief paragraph in an 1862 newspaper about this and have searched the Neal family a little. I don't know if they were dueling or just having an argument. Obviously, John lost. I haven't found a tombstone for him - although family "story" claims it says he "died during the civil war" (note -he didn't die IN it - he did not fight in it) Martha then moved from NC to IL. Children of Martha and John: Arrister H. (married Clementine STEELE) Buena Vista (died in Il abt age 21-22) Alphonso H. (married Mary Lillian BROWN) Eldorado (married Wm. WILLEY) Nevad (married Sam MITTEN) Minster (died in infancy) Anna (married William BARD) infant (died in infancy) All these children were born in Marion, McDowell Co, NC. Is anyone related to any part of this line? Elaine Kahler

The following was posted by Nancie <[email protected]> on Tue, 15 Feb 2000 on the Surry County GenConnect Query Forum: - -------------------------------------------------------------------- Surname: Wright, Franklin, Baugus Looking for info on Daniel Wright b/1788 NC d/abt 1875 in Surry Co. wife was Patsy Franklin. Son [James or Richard or both] married Susan Baugus - -------------------------------------------------------------------- Any replies should be sent to the Surry County GenConnect Query Forum [<http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Surry>] unless it is personal or involves live people addresses etc. when it should be sent to Nancie <[email protected]>. --

First, a big thank you to Gene Sears for all his wonderful information. With regard to the person with the old negatives. I don't know what is considered "expensive," however we have a camera shop here called "Wolf Camera." I took several 50 year old negatives into them and they sent them to their plant in Atlanta. The pictures came back great and I think they were about 50 cents each. I have discovered a roll of film that is probably as old or older than that in my mother's things. I am going to see if they can develop that. pjv

Another laminating response. This thread was initially about color photos, fading or not. Documents have been discussed at some length and all of it applies to photos printed as black and white on acid free paper (as previously stated in this thread). The reason for printing multiple copies and distributing them is for permanence. As is noted below the technology changes, how many of us can still play an 8 track tape cartridge? If we get sidetracked and forget, or die and our families aren't as committed as we are, the files may be lost or unretrievable. The ones printed on paper should be useable 50 - 100 years from now, with luck even longer. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 12:40 PM To: Gene Sears Subject: Re: [RowanRoots] FW: Preservation of documents... I bet Maryland laminated copies for the public to handle. Lamination can't be undone! Archives only use reversible processes -- archival tape and other materials that can be removed in the future if necessary. If you want to protect paper materials, use sheets of mylar. Mylar is an inert plastic that doesn't turn yellow and cause damage to your valuables. Sheets of mylar can bought from art supply shops. For copies you want to keep for the next generation, always use acid-free, archival paper. There is also an de-acidification spray that will keep newspaper articles, pages of books and other paper memorabilia from turning brown and becoming brittle. I also make sure I save certain files on disks so I can make copies, if needed. When the technology changes and these become outdated, then the files will have to be saved onto the advanced disks. Rose Johnson Gene Sears wrote: > A laminating response. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Fred Merrick [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 12:15 PM > To: Gene Sears; [email protected] > Subject: Re: Preservation of documents... > > At 12:00 PM 2/16/00 -0500, Gene Sears wrote: > >3- I have an ink jet printer, what do you think of laminating the photo's > >for protection? > > > >RESPONSE > >I don't know much about the laminating materials currently available. My > >own experience with laminating is limited to some laminating I did about 25 > >years ago with terrible results. Perhaps someone on the list with more > experience will share with us. > > > The Maryland state archives in Annapolis has all the original wills from > the 1700s laminated. If there is a question about varying quality of > materials, you might ask them what they use. > > Fred

At 12:00 PM 2/16/00 -0500, Gene Sears wrote: >3- I have an ink jet printer, what do you think of laminating the photo's >for protection? > >RESPONSE >I don't know much about the laminating materials currently available. My >own experience with laminating is limited to some laminating I did about 25 >years ago with terrible results. Perhaps someone on the list with more experience will share with us. > The Maryland state archives in Annapolis has all the original wills from the 1700s laminated. If there is a question about varying quality of materials, you might ask them what they use. Fred

I have received three queries of general interest and a note of clarification. Thank you all, you have made me think of some other points that are in the notes at the end. I hope the answers and responses are useful. 1- i have an another problem. i have about 200 old negatives. some are at least 60 years old. i know that there might be a real treasure in there some where. could you suggest how i can see these negatives good enough to pick out some i would want to print? the local film store [Walmart] told me it would cost a lot of money to have them all printed. of course i would not want but a small number of them. any suggestion will be appreciated. tom cheek walnut cove NC ANSWER Black & white negatives can be scanned too, you'll have to tinker with the lightness/darkness settings so write them down before you start. Anytime you're tinkering with any settings it should be with ONLY ONE SETTING AT A TIME. That way you will always know which change had the HORRENDOUS result and you can then change it back. <grin> To begin with, change the lightness setting to be about 25% lighter than normal. After you've scanned one you can invert the page (that is to change all the black to white and white to black [see notes below]). If it is too dark/light, change the setting another 25% and repeat. You'll quickly see which is the right direction for a given negative. 2- I hate to bother you but you may be able to help me with a problem. I have a visioneer scanner also, how do I save the .max file that is created in .jpg format? Thank you! Sarah Goodman ANSWER Not bothered. This answer is specific to Visioneer 5.2 software but the features mentioned should be implemented in most scanner software. Highlight or view the photo as a page; Click on "File" in the menu bar; Click on "Export" in the dropdown menu; When the dialog box comes up look just below the block where you put the file name. There is a block there labeled "Save as type:", it has a down pointing arrowhead at the right end. Click on the arrowhead, a dropdown list will appear. Click on the one labeled JPEG image files (.JPG). You may be asked about resolution, anything less than 100% saves disk space, but gives up clarity in the image. You will see that there are a number of other file types supported, I use the JPEG format because it is supported in every piece of graphics software of note, and I've always had good results with it. Not so with some of the others. 3- I have an ink jet printer, what do you think of laminating the photo's for protection? Ruth Campbell RESPONSE I don't know much about the laminating materials currently available. My own experience with laminating is limited to some laminating I did about 25 years ago with terrible results, the drivers licenses we all have, and obituaries laminated by/for funeral homes. The DLs and obits seem to hold up well, but I don't know if their process financially reasonable. Perhaps someone on the list with more experience will share with us. 4- Most graphic software will convert a color scanned photo to black & White so you won't have to re scan your photos. Bryce L Hager RESPONSE That is correct, I did not mean to imply that re-scanning was necessary. NOTES: On my scanner software the "Page Invert" button is on the lower right side of the screen when viewing a given negative. The icon is two pages one white on black, the other is black on white with a red double ended arrow between them. You can scan color negatives too, but as black & white, if scanned as color they look really weird when you invert them. Whether you export them to files or not scanning images uses a lot of disk space, higher resolutions and/or larger images increases the disk space used dramatically. When I mentioned scanning photos in groups previously, I forgot to say that you should consider separating them before saving them permanently as files (this is after you've done the printing for posterity). This reduce the file size and makes them much easier to view or manipulate. This can be done by "Duplicate"ing the scanned image select the first photo and crop off the rest of it. Repeat this for as many photos as there are in the group. I have scanned almost all of my "old" (from when color was not available or was expensive and my parents didn't buy it). Of more recent photos, I pick and choose carefully. Few of individuals, unless I don't have them in a group from the same time frame, or they are not clear in the group, or the group photo is uncomplimentary to them. Few of places unless the place is special in a definable way. When you view group photos of the same people over time they tell a story of their own. One of my goals is to obtain a Video Capture card so I can create photos from family video tapes. Now that CD writers and rewriters are not tremendously expensive, we now have the opportunity to create family photo CDs for distribution within the extended family (be sure to offer to include their photos as well).

Hello , Does anyone have the Tax list for Surry county during the years of 1818 to 1822 that would be willing to do a lookup for me? Appreciate your help! Katie

I have been following a list discussion on this and haven't seen the following mentioned. I know, that doesn't mean it hasn't been. If you have, or have access to a scanner consider this. 1- Pick out the color photos in your, or your families collection you believe will be most memorable and useful at some point in the future. This is why you should require a group photo at each family gathering. 2- Scan them as black and white photos, make sure you have extra white space at the top or bottom of each. Use at least 300 dpi resolution, more than 600 is probably a waste of time and disk space. If you arrange the photos in groups on the scanner (remember the white space) it will be easier to print them later. 3- Annotate each one in the white space with names, date, location, what is important about the photo, and last but not least who you are. The scanner software should have this capability, if it doesn't, I know that the Visioneer software does. 4- Print them on acid free paper, use a laser printer if possible, but don't give this up as a project if you don't have a laser printer. Print at least 2 copies of each. Give a set to one or more other family members who understands and agrees with the importance of your project (also consider whether they live in a flood plain or not). Other notes: ** Laser printed documents can often be recovered if wet, bubble or ink jet printed documents are near impossible to recover. ** If you have high quality, small photos that you would like to have a larger copy of, you can use MS Photo Editor and some other varieties of graphics viewing or editing software to print an image of any size as a full or near full page. The reference to "high quality" is significant, a fuzzy or indistinct small photo makes an even more fuzzy or indistinct large photo. In this case 600 -1200 dpi scanning resolution is appropriate. Glossy finished photos give the best scanning and printing results. ** I know that you can buy special paper to print photos on using bubble/ink jet printers. I didn't mention it above because I don't know anything about its service life. ** If your scanner uses a sheet feeder the grouping might be too difficult to do. There is software that you can use to create groups with after the image has been scanned and saved, but none that I know of is cheaper than a scanner. ** All the scanner software that I know of will (and encourages you) let you create something of a library of images. This is very convenient, but I experienced a problem with a particular piece of it and was unable to access any of the scanned images. After that I first save them as a .JPG file, then delete the image from the scanner library (otherwise it would take up disk space twice). If I wish, I can pull them back into the scanner library. Since I also back them up to CD or other disk, they would now survive a disk failure. ** If your interest is only in documents and you are still reading, all of the above applies except use the black and white document setting instead of the photo (AKA gray scale) setting. I'm sure I forgot something, but this ought to get you started if you're interested. Any information you can provide is greatly appreciated. I will be glad to share any relevant information. Thanks, Gene Sears

I have an ancestor named Jeston Lowe b. May 7, 1848 in Surry Co. I've noticed that this name seems to have been rather common in Surry Co. Does anyone know of others named Jeston, Jestin or Jesten? Any theories on who she may have been named after? Jeston married Charles Goodson and is buried in Surry Co. at Fisher's Gap cemetery. I'm having trouble tracing this ancestor and any help would be appreciated. Jeanene

I would like to correspond with any descendants of Mr. A.E. Tilley (Arthur Edgar) b 1880 d 1947 in Mt. Airy. According to his death certificate he was an attorney, and the informant on his father' Hugh Tilley's death certificate was "Judge Tillley" so he may have been a judge. My husband is descended from his sister Martha Ellen Tilley Miller. She remained in Ashe County where her parents and grandparents moved to Mt. Airy, and her descendants have not retained any information regarding her father's ancestry. Does anybody out there know anyone that could be his descendant? Thanks Karen Worley

The following was posted by Kathy <[email protected]> on Mon, 14 Feb 2000 on the Surry County GenConnect Query Forum: - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Surname: HOLMAN, HOLEMAN, HALLMAN, MADDEN, SWAFFORD While trying to trace my HOLMAN-HOLEMAN-HALLMAN line, I've run across three men (listed below) with the middle name Pearson. Are there others (male or female)? Does anyone know after whom or what these folks might be named -- hopefully a common link. Appreciate any feedback. 1. William Pearson Holman b. 1811 Lincoln Co., TN, s/o Isaac Holman b. 1779 Surry Co. NC. 2. Daniel Pearson Holman b. 11 Jan 1821 NC, s/o Unknown Holman and Rachel (NC). 3. (my line) Enoch Pearson "Put" Holman b. 20 Mar 1821 AL, parents unknown though possibly born NC. Mother's name possibly Ruth. Thanks! Kathy - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Any replies should be sent to the Surry County GenConnect Query Forum [<http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Surry>] unless it is personal or involves live people addresses etc. when it should be sent to Kathy <[email protected]>. --

The following was posted by Richard Bate <[email protected]> on Sat, 12 Feb 2000 on the Surry County GenConnect Query Forum: - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Surname: Stone Searching for the father Ezekiel Stone, b. 1776 in Surry, Co., N.C. Ezekiel later moved to Floyd, Co., Ky. and then to Lewis Co., Ky. - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Any replies should be sent to the Surry County GenConnect Query Forum [<http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Surry>] unless it is personal or involves live people addresses etc. when it should be sent to Richard Bate <[email protected]>. --

Thank you for telling us about the book, Len. However, the current bid is $61. The book is still in print, available from Southern Historical Press for about $35 or less. I just bought it in late '99. Amy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leonard Chapel" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2000 9:50 PM Subject: [NCSURRY] Wilkes & Surry North Carolina Early Genealogy > > EBAY.COM has the aforementioned book for sale is anyone is interested at: > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=254690462 > > Len > > PS: I have nothing to do with the book. I found it while surfin'. > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com >