Thanks so much to all who helped to help Ruth -- it really does pay to 'hang out' together. Linda Merle ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ruth McLaughlin" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, March 8, 2010 7:32:33 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [S-I] a "profession" of a Scotch-Irish inhabitant of Sullivan Co., Tennessee The replies from all of you, you included Ann, fit together so beautifully giving a glimpse into TN with which a northern researcher wouldn't be familiar. Why I am always telling researchers to subscribe to this List!! Thanks Ann Ruth Ottawa On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 1:53 PM, Ann Heinz <[email protected]> wrote: > > The iron furnace and forge business up until around 1850 used charcoal > to melt the iron ore. A charcoal burner or collier was a man who made > charcoal from wood. Small furnaces and forges used charcoal as fuel longer > than the big furnaces which switched to coal. > Those workers were also referred to as "coalers" in business records. > After the general use of coal as fuel the word "collier" became > synonymous with coal miners. A perfectly good word so why waste it? > Ann > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ruth McLaughlin" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 11:49 AM > Subject: [S-I] a "profession" of a Scotch-Irish inhabitant of Sullivan > Co.,Tennessee > > > Having difficulty trying to figure out the "profession, occupation or > trade" for the father in an 1880 Sullivan County Census record for > James & Sarah M. Smith and their 7 children. They are part of a > Scotch-Irish family in TN under heavy scrutiny right now. The > census-taker's handwriting is pretty clear and dark, but that still > doesn't seem to help! It reads "Cole Coluer." Any ideas? One > suggestion of something to do with coal was ruled out by a local who > tells us there was no coal mining in that area of eastern Tennessee. > The closest coal mining would be a 2-hour drive under modern > conditions. > > The Y-DNA of this man's Smith family matches 37- for 37-markers > (67-marker results espected any day) with several males (and one in > particular) from a well-researched Smith family which was part of 1718 > Scotch-Irish migration from Ulster, settling first in Chester, New > Hampshire and ultimately New Boston, NH. DNA has contributed the first > hint of a southern connection, despite decades of work. > > Any thoughts you might have on the significance of this 37 for 37, > Linda or others, and ow far back, as well as ideas as to James Smith's > "profession" would be appreciated. I have a feeling I may be back with > more questions. Tennessee research is a new field for me, but I know > not so new to many of you. > > Ruth > Ottawa > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature > database 4925 (20100308) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4925 (20100308) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message