Sounds like a great project! Mero and Washington were the two districts which made up TN in the late 1700s. Mero comprised Davidson, Sumner and Tennessee cos. The cos. of Washington, Green, Sullivan and Hawkins made up the Wash. District. (The word Mero comes from the name of a governor of the then-Spanish lands to the south who was actually named MIRO.) Bledsoe's Lick is now Castalian Springs. It's lick springs were discovered by Isaac Bledsoe in the 1770s. It is in Sumner Co. just east of Gallatin. There are historical ass'ns and other sites related to the place and to Bledose's Station or fort online. Smith Fork (the stream) and Smiths Fork (the town) are or were in Hardin Co. TN, east of Savannah. Not sure the town still exists. I believe the mouth of the Red River (if that is what Red River Mouth is referring to)is in Ky. A "trace" was a trail or path or road, so "new trace", lower case, may have just referred to any path that was new at the time. There was a Craft's Mill in Scott Co. VA (Rye Cove) in the 1880s. Don't know how long, or if that could even be yours. Godwin, in Maury Co., used to be known as Duck River Station but the Duck River is in Humphreys Co. TN. The Duck River Suck is in Benton Co. and there is a Duck Branch in Carter and Cannon Cos. There is a Greenfield Bend and a Greenfield Island in Maury Co. There is a Greenfield dam and a reservoir in Weakley Co. I assume the Sumner Courthouse is the County courthouse for Sumner Co., TN. The county seat is Gallatin. Tons of geographical info on all sorts of places (cemeteries, rivers, schools, etc.) is available at the wonderful USGS GNIS web site at http://geonames.usgs.gov/ I highly recommend it to anyone doing geographic or genealogical research. --- BJMarkland@aol.com wrote: > ... The districts covered were > Mero? and Washington... > Some geographic names mentioned that I am > totally unfamiliar with (and hoping > someone can bail me out!) are: Bledsoe's Lick, > Smith's Fork, Red River > mouth, "new trace", Craft's Mills, Duck, > Greenfield ( I think both are in Maury > county) & Sumner Court House. Most of the > streams seem to have been tributaries > of the Cumberland River as that is mentioned > often. If someone who knows how > the old districts in TN were laid out while it > was still a part of NC would > email me that information, I would be grateful. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com

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--WebTV-Mail-8623-879 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Eddie, Change to MSN as it is the best and you can have plain text and html as your preference. Libby --WebTV-Mail-8623-879 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Message-Info: yilqo4+6kc5EphfOmtiZcG/5vSaIIC9o Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com ([207.40.200.41]) by mc6-f18.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5600); Thu, 2 Oct 2003 04:28:20 -0700 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id h92B4WeY012266; Thu, 2 Oct 2003 05:04:32 -0600 Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2003 05:04:32 -0600 Message-Id: <200310021104.h92B4WeY012266@lists5.rootsweb.com> From: SW_VA-D-request@rootsweb.com Subject: SW_VA-D Digest V03 #83 X-Loop: SW_VA-D@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <SW_VA-D@rootsweb.com> archive/volume03/83 Precedence: list MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" To: SW_VA-D@rootsweb.com Reply-To: SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com Return-Path: SW_VA-D-request@rootsweb.com X-OriginalArrivalTime: 02 Oct 2003 11:28:21.0199 (UTC) FILETIME=[48C995F0:01C388D8] ------------------------------ Content-Type: text/plain SW_VA-D Digest Volume 03 : Issue 83 Today's Topics: #1 [SW_VA] AOL HTML email ?? [Swvaroot7@aol.com] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from SW_VA-D, send a message to SW_VA-D-request@rootsweb.com that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. PLEASE DOUBLE CHECK THE SPELLING OF THE WORD: UNSUBSCRIBE ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #1 Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 18:41:17 EDT From: Swvaroot7@aol.com To: SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <50.22d0fb14.2cacb20d@aol.com> Subject: [SW_VA] AOL HTML email ?? Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Hi, Sorry to resort to the List for a technical problem but this is a rather unique situation. PLEASE REPLY TO THE LIST SO I DO NOT GET 500 REPLIES. How do I change my AOL email from HTML to plain-text email format? I have AOL 8.0+ ?? I need to send plain-text email from an aol account. Thanks. -eddie -------------------------------- End of SW_VA-D Digest V03 Issue #83 *********************************** --WebTV-Mail-8623-879--

Hi, Sorry to resort to the List for a technical problem but this is a rather unique situation. PLEASE REPLY TO THE LIST SO I DO NOT GET 500 REPLIES. How do I change my AOL email from HTML to plain-text email format? I have AOL 8.0+ ?? I need to send plain-text email from an aol account. Thanks. -eddie

While at the National Archives this past week, I was spotted a brochure with information I thought all would find interesting. The National Archives, in partnership with US NEWS and The History Channel, are sponsoring a vote by "we, the people" to determine what we think are the most significant documents in American history! They have selected 100 documents from American history, some of which I had never heard of, and transcribed them as well as put the actual images on-line. It is a breath-taking endeavor and very well put together! The home page with many background articles can be found immediately below: http://www.usnews.com/usnews/documents/document_main.htm For those of us who want to "cut to the chase" and view the documents themselves, that link is below: http://www.ourdocuments.gov/ Once at the above site, on the right side of the screen is a Navigation bar with the second item the link for the documents themselves. You will notice they have done some very neat stuff with the actual images. If you know any teachers please be sure to get these links to them. I think they will appreciate it. Best of wishes, Billy

I have just uploaded scanned copies of newspaper articles from 1773 reporting on the James Boone Massacre. I also uploaded a photo of the highway marker and an article from the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. Thanks to Charles and Michael for leading me to these sources. This information identifies the Drake boy as Samuel Drake son of John Drake (probably of Yadkin Valley NC) I am waiting for depositions contained in the Thomas Gage papers which also describe the event as well as a "narrative" by Daniel Boone from the 1 Dec 1773 issue of the Cape Fear Mercury. I also uploaded 20 pages from the McNish Gambill book Kith and Kin of Cpt. James Leeper and His Wife Susan Drake. For Paul: Since this book is out of print, am I violating copyright laws by publishing those 20 pages (10% of the book) on my site? I do give a complete reference for the material. You can access these items at my website below. Follow Family History form the home page and then Other Related Articles and Documents. Thanks all, Waiting for Isabel Don -- Donald E. Drake Moyock, NC http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~drakerobinson/index.htm

I found this a few minutes ago and thought that many would be interested. It is from the National Oceanic & Atmosphere Administration. The main NOAA web site is: www.noaa.gov The link to the charts is under Charting & Navigation from the main page or this URL: http://chartmaker.ncd.noaa.gov/csdl/ctp/abstract.htm Click on Image Catalog to get a Search window. WARNING, many of these files are large and require Mr. Sid to view but, boy, they are nice. By the way, there are other neat things at the main NOAA site also. For those keeping an eye on hurricane Isabelle, here is a site I have used in the past to get an idea of how things are closer to hurricanes. It is the National Data Buoy Center and that URL is: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/ Click on the square you wish to zoom to and it will pull up all the weather buoys in that region. Pretty cool stuff. Have fun, Billy

Hello everyone, The Daughters of the American Revolution is trying to organize a chapter in Clintwood. This is an organization dedicated to preserving our history and helping to teach children about this history, the constitution and patriotism. So much of our history is slipping away from us. Whether it is a battlefield, a home built in the 1750's or our local historical records, it is slowly slipping away, unnoticed to many. This includes not only history of the Revolutionary War, but also history of the Civil War. History is history, no matter what period of time. Just by joining the DAR you are preserving your personal family history, for your children and grandchildren. Only 2% of the women in the US are eligible to join is prestigous group. As time goes by, it gets harder to prove the lineage. For more info contact me. Peggy C Fuller Keen Organizing Regent Sandy Basin Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Old Bones Website: www.peggykeen.com

ED 117. 1910 Virginia WASHINGTON GLADE SPRING Series: T624 Roll: 1651 Page: 21 MILDON ALFRED W 42 M W CANA VA WASHINGTON GLADE SPRING 1910 They were living on "street of the Railroad at Emory". He was md. once for 6 yrs, wife Minnie had had 3 ch., 2 living. He was with Minnie 31?, and daus Gertrude? 5, and Dorothy? 1. They were all b CAN, except Dorothy?, b VA. He came to US in 1900, al (alien?, as opposed to naturalized, I think), and was a college teacher. Can't read his parents' birthplaces, father's might be Ireland? Can't read when she immigrated, but she was N(aturalized?). --- marg mcfarlane <mmcfarla@telusplanet.net> wrote: > Am wondering if anyone can please tell me which > ED the town of Emory > in Washington County was in for the 1910 > Federal Census. > > Am looking for Alfred William Milden, professor > at Emory and Henry, > and his family. I am not at all familiar with > the geographical area > and assume that they would have lived in Emory. > > I have looked on Ancestry.com but for > Washington County, they only > separate out the census for Abingdon and all > the rest of the County is > lumped under Other Townships. I can't see how > to figure out from the > description of those townships, which one would > include Emory. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com

Hi: Am wondering if anyone can please tell me which ED the town of Emory in Washington County was in for the 1910 Federal Census. Am looking for Alfred William Milden, professor at Emory and Henry, and his family. I am not at all familiar with the geographical area and assume that they would have lived in Emory. I have looked on Ancestry.com but for Washington County, they only separate out the census for Abingdon and all the rest of the County is lumped under Other Townships. I can't see how to figure out from the description of those townships, which one would include Emory. Thank you very much! Marg in Sunny Alberta, Canada

Good morning, I have been out of town for a week, mixing business and pleasure (seeing my grand daughter and a UT Vols football game) and doing some research on my Robinson side and looking for documents relating to the James Boone massacre of 1773. BOONE MASSACRE Thanks to Charles Drake and Michael for leading me in the right direction. I now have copies of a Virginia Gazette article from 1773 reporting on the event and a transription of a PA Chronicle article. I hope to have a copy of that article this week. The PAC article identifies the Drake boy killed in the massacre as a son of Mr. John Drake. I will be ordering copies of depositions given to General Thomas Gage, who was working for the British Department of Indian affairs in the 1770s, from the library at the University of Michigan this week. Those depos are supposed to give the Drake boy's name as Samuel Drake. As soon as I get all of this together, I will post a brief description of the event and the scanned documents on my web site below. REV. JOHN DRAKE DNA We recently received the results for two descendants of Rev. John Drake of NJ and had exact matches! But not with its other!?? As my daughter would say, "whats up with that?" One donor gives his line of descent as John Drake, Joseph Drake, Ebenezer Drake, Ebenezer Drake. This test matches the Carter County Benjamin line exactly. The second donor gives his line as Cpt. Francis Drake, Rev. John Drake, Benjamin Drake and his test matches the Isle of Wight Drakes exactly. Problem is, they differ from each other on six of the twelve markers. I have corresponded with FamilyTreeDNA and there is no way that both donors are descended from Rev. John Drake of NJ. Here is what we need to help straighten this out. We need donors who are descended from as many of Rev. John Drake's sons as possible. When those results are in, we should see them matching one (hopefully) of the two current JD donors. This is something we really need to get worked our so please, if you are descended from Rev. John Drake or know of someone who is, then please help us out. Thanks, Don Drake -- Donald E. Drake Moyock, NC http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~drakerobinson/index.htm

Edie, Here are a few quotes: Katie John C. Breckinridge (1821 - 1875) Vice President under James Buchanan March 4, 1857 until March 3, 1861 <http://bioguide.congress.gov/bioguide/photo/b/b000789.jpg> Library of Congress BRECKINRIDGE, John Cabell, (grandson of John Breckinridge, father of Clifton Rodes Breckinridge, and cousin of Henry Donnel Foster), a Representative and a Senator from Kentucky and a Vice President of the United States; born at ?Cabell?s Dale,? near Lexington, Ky., January 16, 1821; attended Pisgah Academy, Woodford County, Ky.; was graduated from Centre College, Danville, Ky., in 1839; later attended the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University); studied law in the Transylvania Institute, Lexington, Ky.; was admitted to the bar in 1840; moved to Burlington, Iowa, but soon returned and began practice in Lexington, Ky.; major of the Third Kentucky Volunteers during the Mexican War in 1847 and 1848; member, State house of representatives 1849; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1855); was not a candidate for renomination in 1854; was tendered the mission to Spain by President Franklin Pierce, but declined; elected Vice President of the United States in 1856 on the Democratic ticket with James Buchanan as President; unsuccessful candidate for President in 1860; elected to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1861, until expelled by resolution of December 4, 1861, for support of the rebellion; entered the Confederate Army during the Civil War as brigadier general and soon became a major general; Secretary of War in the Cabinet of the Confederate States from January until April 1865; resided in Europe until 1868; returned to Lexington, Ky., and resumed the practice of law; vice president of the Elizabethtown, Lexington Big Sandy Railroad Co.; died in Lexington, Ky., May 17, 1875; interment in Lexington Cemetery. - - Biographical Data courtesy of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. *************** The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume I A Breckinridge, Joseph Cabell page 397 BRECKINRIDGE, John Cabell, vice-president of the United States, was born at Cabell's Dale, Ky., Jan. 16, 1821; son of John Cabell and Mary C. (Smith) Breckinridge, grandson of John Breck-inridge, U.S. district attorney, and a nephew of John and Robert J. Breckinridge , distinguished Presbyterian divines. He was graduated at Centre college in 1838, and in law at Transylvania university in 1840. He began the practice of his profession at Frankfort, Ky., then removed to Burlington, Iowa. He returned to his native place in 1843 and opened an office at Georgetown, removing in 1845 to Lexington, where he speedily acquired a lucrative practice. On the breaking out of the war with Mexico he served as major of a regiment of Kentucky volunteers, and also as attorney for General Pillow in his numerous litigations with his fellow officers. On returning to his home he was elected to the lower house of the Kentucky legislature, and in 1851 and '53 [p.397] to the United States house of representatives, where he served in the 32d and 33d congresses. In 1856 he was nominated and elected vice-president of the United States. Before the expiration of his term as vice-president he was elected to the United States senate by the legislature of Kentucky, and nominated by the southern wing of the Democratic convention, which convened at Charleston, S.C., in 1860, as their candidate for the presidency of the United States. In the election that followed he received seventy-two electoral votes, against one hundred and eighty cast for Mr. Lincoln, thirty-nine for John Bell and twelve for Stephen A. Douglas. He took his seat in the United States senate on March 4, 1861, where he announced the election of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency before both houses of Congress, spurning a proposition made by southern members that he should join in a plot to prevent the counting of the electoral votes, defended the course of the people of the southern states in protecting their property, and then left the senate to join the Confederate army. In September, 1861, he went to Richmond, Va., where he was appointed brigadier-general, and on November 16 assumed command of the 1st Kentucky brigade. On March 2, 1862, he was placed in command of a division of Gen. A. S. Johnston's army, and led it in the battle of Shiloh, for which he was advanced to the rank of major-general. He commanded the Confederate troops at the battle of Baton Ronge, Aug. 5, 1862. He participated in the engagements at Stone River, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain and Mission Ridge. In February, 1864, he was sent to Virginia, and on May 15 fought against General Sigel at New Market. He was with General Early during his campaign in Maryland, and at Monocacy, Cold Harbor, and Bull Gap. In March, 1865, President Davis appointed him secretary of war, and after the surrender he assisted the president in his flight and accompanied by a few friends escaped in an open boat to Cuba, whence he sailed for England. He remained in Europe till 1868, when he returned to the United States and resumed the practice of the law at Lexington, Ky., in which he continued until his death on May 17, 1875. _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail

Hi List The mailing address to swvaroot@swva,net did not work as the letter I sent did not go through??? per Mail Administrator. Dave Hicks

<<< Did he not also run for Pres in 1860 on the Democratic ticket to represent the pro rebellion  south? >> Jim, Yes, he and Douglas both ran as a Democrat splitting the Demo vote handing the election to the future Dictator. Breckenridge came in 2d, but they stayed in the senate until Lincoln tried to illegally arrest him like he did many others. B_ridge fled to the South. -eddie

Did he not also run for Pres in 1860 on the Democratic ticket to represent the pro rebellion south? Jim > [Original Message] > From: Yvonne <yvonne@monmouth.com> > To: <SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 9/2/2003 11:39:27 AM > Subject: Re: [SW_VA] Civil War personalities > > > John C. Breckinridge > > > (1821 - 1875) > > > Vice President under James Buchanan > March 4, 1857 until March 3, 1861 > > > http://www.virtualology.com/virtualmuseumofhistory/hallofusa/usvicepresident s/JOHNCBRECKINRIDGE.COM/ > > > > Swvaroot7@aol.com wrote: > > >Volks, > > > > Anyone have info on Gen. John C. Breckenridge, former Pres. candidate, who > >was the last Scry of War for the CSA?? Also, Wm. Preston JOHNSTON an aid to > >Jeff. Davis, Pres. CSA ?? Breckenridge worked in SW VA some time during the > >war. I'm not sure where. Johnston may be from VA also. > >-eddie > > > > > >==== SW_VA Mailing List ==== > >#1 When you have a new email address please UNSUBSCRIBE from the > >old BEFORE you lose it; and SUBCRIBE from the NEW address as soon > >as you get access to it. If you fail to do this please send the > >old and new address to: swvaroot@earthlink.net and the Mailing List name > >-sysop > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== SW_VA Mailing List ==== > #5 It is YOUR responsibility to know how to SUBSCRIBE & UNSUBSCRIBE. It is done > by computer. Put the word SUBSCRIBE in the body of the message with nothing > else. The address is sw_va-l-request@rootsweb.com . or -d- for DIGEST mode. > All this is in the Welcome statement I ask you to save. -sysop

John C. Breckinridge (1821 - 1875) Vice President under James Buchanan March 4, 1857 until March 3, 1861 http://www.virtualology.com/virtualmuseumofhistory/hallofusa/usvicepresidents/JOHNCBRECKINRIDGE.COM/ Swvaroot7@aol.com wrote: >Volks, > > Anyone have info on Gen. John C. Breckenridge, former Pres. candidate, who >was the last Scry of War for the CSA?? Also, Wm. Preston JOHNSTON an aid to >Jeff. Davis, Pres. CSA ?? Breckenridge worked in SW VA some time during the >war. I'm not sure where. Johnston may be from VA also. >-eddie > > >==== SW_VA Mailing List ==== >#1 When you have a new email address please UNSUBSCRIBE from the >old BEFORE you lose it; and SUBCRIBE from the NEW address as soon >as you get access to it. If you fail to do this please send the >old and new address to: swvaroot@earthlink.net and the Mailing List name >-sysop > > > > >

Eddie, there was a Camp Breckinridge near Owensboro, Kentucky, up through the 1950s, named for General Breckinridge (for what that's worth) and my paternal grandmother was named after him as well -- Willis Breckinridge Carter (would you believe even with a name like that she won a beauty contest when she was 16).She told me she was named after the general but I never asked why. She was born and raised in Jackson County, Tennessee, but her Carter family was originally from Scott County, Virginia. Pat -----Original Message----- From: Swvaroot7@aol.com [mailto:Swvaroot7@aol.com] Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 10:14 PM To: SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SW_VA] Civil War personalities Volks, Anyone have info on Gen. John C. Breckenridge, former Pres. candidate, who was the last Scry of War for the CSA?? Also, Wm. Preston JOHNSTON an aid to Jeff. Davis, Pres. CSA ?? Breckenridge worked in SW VA some time during the war. I'm not sure where. Johnston may be from VA also. -eddie

Volks, Anyone have info on Gen. John C. Breckenridge, former Pres. candidate, who was the last Scry of War for the CSA?? Also, Wm. Preston JOHNSTON an aid to Jeff. Davis, Pres. CSA ?? Breckenridge worked in SW VA some time during the war. I'm not sure where. Johnston may be from VA also. -eddie

OUR LINE OF MORRIS-COOPER HAS A BREAK WHICH WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO CLOSE IN 15 YEARS OF SEARCHING. ELIAS MORRIS,SR. AND HIS FAMILY CAME FROM MONTGOMERY COUNTY, NC EVIDENTLY THROUGH CARTER COUNTY, TN SINCE THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT THE LAST CHILD WAS BORN HERE IN TN. ELIZABETH MORRIS , DAUGHTER OF ELIAS SR. WAS BORN IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, NC IN 1811. IN THE 1850 CENSUS FOR LEE COUNTY, VA ,ELIZABETH MORRIS COOPER, OUR GRGRGRANDMOTHER IS LISTED AS HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD WITH SON GEORGE 20. DAUGHTERS WERE MARTHA 17, CATHERINE 15 ( OUR GRGRANDMOTHER ), AND MARY 12. NO HUSBAND-FATHER IS LISTED. BEFORE THE CENSUS OF 1860, ELIZABETH HAS DIED OF FEVER. GEORGE COOPER HAS MARRIED. THE DAUGHTERS ARE LIVING WITH MORRIS RELATIVES OR BENEVOLENT FRIENDS. IN SUBSEQUENT MARRIAGES, THERE IS NO MENTION OF A FATHER. ELIZABETH IS LISTED AS MOTHER. ALL FOUR LIST VA AS PLACE OF BIRTH. THOSE OF US INTERESTED IN FINDING OUR COOPER LINK ARE SEEKING THE ANSWERS FROM OUR SW-VA FRIENDS ? ROBERT COOPER MARSHALL,SR BOB

I just discovered this morning that the State Archives of Missouri has put several searchable databases on-line. This includes Birth & Death prior to 1909, WW I Military Service cards, and the Provost Marshall Index. The URL follows, within the brackets: [http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/bdrecords.asp#project] Best of wishes, Billy