Gordon, Is your Obed a Swearingen/Swayngim?? Judy ---------- > From: Gordon Owen <gowen@onestone.elsinore.klever.net> > To: NCTRANSY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: Wood and Bracken (Linda's response) > Date: Saturday, July 18, 1998 5:42 PM > > Everyone: > > Wow! A succinct query from Phil, and Linda responds with a detailed > answer including descendants, inter-relationships, geographic details > and - at no extra charge - the tale of a double murder. I'm already > impressed beyond words (and jealous to boot) when I realize that she has > topped it off by demonstrating the scholarly instinct to point out the > one or two areas where her research leads to an ambiguity or where her > knowledge is less than comprehensive. As we say here in California, I'm > totally blown away! > > Linda, your humor adds wonderful zest to these e-mails, but what you've > got packed away between your ears is absolutely priceless. As one of the > ancestor-challenged (not enough great great grandparents to go around), > I agree that being related from two or three directions is sufficient; > but, just as Phil is "not allowed" to be related to the rest of us from > a fourth or fifth direction, you are hereby required to live forever. > Either that, or we'll have to arrange to have your brain hooked up to a > computer so that we can continue to access your data. > > Thoughts/queries: > > * I'm getting used to situations like having relatives named Obed where > it turns out that there was no discernible intent to refer to Obediah of > the Bible, but since our common ancestors grew up within a few miles of > Mt Pisgah (you know, Moses being allowed a glimpse of the promised land > from atop the mountain even though he wasn't allowed to enter), what do > you - any of you - figure are the odds that Ninive refers to the Ninevah > where Jonah was sent? > ** BTW, tracing it backwards, 11th edition Britannica speculates that > Ninevah, capital of the Assyrian empire, may itself have been named > after a district of the earlier Babylonian city of Lagash. > > * Another spelling problem: one of Sherry's sites has an old narrative > indicating that certain Galloways were members of the "ceceder" church. > Any ideas here? Had they seceded (withdrawn) from some previous > affiliation? > > * A bit tangential, but who else could I ask?: I'm up to speed on > "laurel" = rhododendron and "ivy" = mountain laurel, but what are > "he-balsam" and "she-balsam"? > > * Any sources (electronic or otherwise) on the rugged individualist whom > the Plott Balsams (mountains) and Plott hounds are named after? > > Responses on any of the above would be appreciated (even from > non-cousins or those I'm only related to once or twice). As > non-genealogical, any responses on the last two should probably be > direct rather than through the list. > > Thanks to all, > > Gordon Owen > > > > Linda Raxter wrote: > > > > Dearest Cousin Phil, > > You are not allowed to be descended from these folks - you and I are already so > > related you're at the top of my list if I ever need a kidney transplant - right > > next to Judy & Shawna. > > > > Rachel is the dtr of Thomas Bracken(1800-1880) & Elizabeth Kitchen (1808-?). > > Her folks are buried at Bracken Cemetery. Rachel was born 27SEP1834 and died > > 13JUN1910, is buried at Wood cemetery in Gloucester and her cemetery record in > > Montieth's book is wrong (imagine that), so use mine. > > > > John was born in 1848 and I have yet to figure out which Woods he came out of. > > Family Bible records show that he was murdered with his son 19FEB1900. Had to > > do a little door knocking to find the specifics. There are several different > > versions of the story but basically, John & son "Mess" went to Tennessee > > (Either to escape person looking to kill son or to find work). Someone came to > > the house and killed "Mess". John was caught in the crossfire and received a > > bullet in the knee and died from the resulting infection soon after. Both are > > buried in Tennessee. Some rumors suggest Mess had irritated someone over a > > Civil War issue. But, the murderer was a previously convicted murderer who was > > fresh out of prison for killing the last guy. J.B. McCall actually went to > > Tennessee to get the specifics and found the grave, name of murderer, court > > records etc. > > > > Daughter Mary Loucinda married Baxter Owen in Ninive - They are buried at Mtn > > View Bapt Church in Gloucester. Their dtr Margaret married James Estes Hoxit > > (Starting to sound familiar). Margaret & Estes are my great grandparents and > > are buried at holly Spring Baptist Church in Henderson County. > > > > Son Thomas married "Bell" Hoxit. Thomas was a hugh man known to appreciate his > > liquor a bit much. He had one of the first pick-up trucks in the area. > > Grandpa got a ride with him once and says the bed of the truck was about the > > size of a wheelbarrow. Thomas & Bell are buried up at Wood cemetery, too. > > > > BTW - Do you know where Ninive is? Didn't think so. It took me three months > > of roaming Gloucester to find someone old enough to remember. Keitha Reid, > > postmistress and general matriarch of Balsam Grove couldn't even tell me, > > though she did mention that someone else had once asked about it. Emmett > > Moore, the oldest man in the community at age 88 was able to tell me. He also > > remembered Baxter Owen, as Baxter was "the first dead person I ever saw". > > Ninive was a small community on Tannassee Gap Road almost to the Jackson County > > line. > > > > Philip Sheppard wrote: > > > > > Evening Rooters, > > > > > > I need the stats (birth/death/places/cemetery) on John B. Wood and his wife > > > Rachel Bracken, parents of Mary Lucinda Wood (b. 1863) and Thomas J. Wood > > > (b. 1872). > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Philip Sheppard > > > Beaufort, South Carolina > > > > -- > > > > Linda Hoxit Raxter > > lraxter@citcom.net > > See Indexed Western North Carolina Cemetery Surveys > > http://www.geocities.com/~alextreehouse > > > > related to at least half the county - at least once ; )