Can you be more specific about which notes? Are they under a certain person's name? Thanks, Sherry At 10:41 PM 2/4/2004 EST, you wrote: > >Sherry, > >Where and what kind of Church is the one that you found records on the King >family that you have on you GEDCOM on rootsweb? > >Also have you every found out anything on RUFUS KING of Massachusetts b. >24-March-1755 at Scarboro, Mass. (now Scarborough, Maine) and died 29-April-1827, >at New York, interment: Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery, Jamaica, New York. >Wonder if he is part of our KING family. > >RUFUS KING represented Massachusetts in the Constitutinal Convention. > >A good write up on RUFUS at www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/RevWar/ss/king.htm > >Julia > > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > >--- >Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.577 / Virus Database: 366 - Release Date: 2/3/04 > Jesus is my rock! If you would like to know him also, visit: http://www.godssimpleplan.org/gsps.html Visit my webpage! http://www.sorrellsgenealogy.com Middle TN Cousins visit: http://www.chestnutridgecousins.org Our hobby: http://www.indiancreekproductions.com Searching East TN families: ALEXANDER,ANDERSON,BRADBURN,BROOKS,BUIE,CLARK,CLAIBORNE, COLEMAN,CRONDAS,DICKSON,ELLEDGE,EVANS,FARMER,HODGE/S, INGLE,JAMES,LINN,LORD,McGHOILL,McINTIRE,McLEAN,MORECROFT, PAINE/PAYNE,RANDLES,RHODES,SANDRIDGE,TEAGUE,and THURMAN Searching Middle TN families: ALEXANDER,ALLEN,ANDERSON,BLALOCK,BOURLAND,BRENTS,BROWNE, BURNES,CLAYTON,CONNALY,CONWELL,CORDING,COX,CREIGHTON, CRITTENDEN,DAVIDSON,DAWSON,DEAL,FREEMAN,GALLAGHER, GILBERT,GLIDEWELL,GRAHAM,HARRELL,HAWKINS,HAYES,HILL, HOLLAND,KING,LAMBERT,LANDIN,LISTON,MARSH,MAXWELL, McADAMS,McCANDLESS,McKNITT,McWHORTER,MEALER,MILLINGTON, NASH,REDD,REESE,ROBERTS,RUSSELL,RYALLS,SCOTT,SIMPSON, SMITH,SORRELL/S,TOLLY,TRENT,WAGSTER,WALLACE, WHITE,WHITLOW,WHITSETT,and WILSON

Cousins: I thought that I would pass this announcement on from the Tennessee Historical Society. It may be of interest to some of you that live within the area. Bobby Prosser prossergenealogy@comcast.net ----- Original Message ----- From: THS Membership To: kellyw@tennesseehistory.org Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 2:30 PM Subject: Stones River Symposium Dear THS Members: Below is an announcement from Antoinette van Zelm of the Tennessee Civil War Heritage Area about an upcoming symposium. See associated websites for more information. Robert Gudmestad, whose article on Isaac Franklin was featured in the latest _Tennessee Historical Quarterly_ , will be presenting along with Gary Edwards of the University of Memphis, Linda Wynn of the Tennessee Historical Commission, and Charles Dew of Williams College. Kelly Wilkerson Director, Membership and Programs Tennessee Historical Society Ground Floor, War Memorial Building Nashville, TN 37243 (615) 741-8934 (phone) (615) 741-8937 (fax) membership@tennesseehistory.org www.tennesseehistory.org SYMPOSIUM ANNOUNCEMENT A symposium entitled "The Legacy of Stones River: Slavery and the Civil War in Tennessee" will be held in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on Saturday, March 6, 2004. The symposium will combine scholarly perspectives and public programming. In the morning, on the campus of Middle Tennessee State University, four speakers will discuss the relationship between slavery and the war. The presenters include Charles B. Dew of Williams College, Gary T. Edwards of the University of Memphis, Robert H. Gudmestad of Southwest Baptist University, and Linda T. Wynn of the Tennessee Historical Commission and Fisk University. In the afternoon, tours and presentations will take place at Fortress Rosecrans and Stones River National Battlefield. More details and a registration form are available at http://histpres.mtsu.edu/tncivwar (under What's New) , http://www.nps.gov/stri (under Special Events), or http://www.mtsu.edu/~tah. The symposium is sponsored by the National Park Service, Eastern National, the Tennnesee Civil War National Heritage Area, the Center for Historic Preservation at MTSU, the Department of History at MTSU, and Teaching American History: Cumberland River Valley Consortium Project. Antoinette G. van Zelm Interpretive Specialist Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area Center for Historic Preservation Middle Tennessee State University Box 80 Murfreesboro, TN 37132 (615) 898-2637 avanzelm@mtsu.edu ----------------------------------------------------------- Event announcements are provided to members of the Tennessee Historical Society as a benefit of membership. If you do not wish to receive further editions of this electronic newsletter, please send an email requesting removal from the list to membership@tennesseehistory.org. Please feel free to forward this email to anyone who may be interested in the activities of the Tennessee Historical Society.

Sherry, Where and what kind of Church is the one that you found records on the King family that you have on you GEDCOM on rootsweb? Also have you every found out anything on RUFUS KING of Massachusetts b. 24-March-1755 at Scarboro, Mass. (now Scarborough, Maine) and died 29-April-1827, at New York, interment: Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery, Jamaica, New York. Wonder if he is part of our KING family. RUFUS KING represented Massachusetts in the Constitutinal Convention. A good write up on RUFUS at www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/RevWar/ss/king.htm Julia

BOBBY PROSSER AND JOHN FOSTER I believe some time back you two put out posts on the two above. Have you seen messages 2109, 2144, 2162 and 10273 on the Genealogy.com, Foster Family message board? Julia

CRC ANNUAL REUNION Date: June 11-12, 2004 Place: Lynchburg, TN Lodging: Lynchburg Country Inn www.LynchburgCountry Inn.com (931) 759-5995 Rates: $62.00 plus tax per night Only 6 rooms left Cancellation policy: 48 hours REUNION REGISTRATION FEE: $10.00 per family Bring your old photos, so others may help you identify. Bring your old family Bible with dates to share with others. Bring your Great-great grandpa's Civil War gun, so others my see. Bring Great grandma's reticule and anything that may be of interest to other family members, so they may appreciate also. Event: Friday evening Welcome and Get Acquainted Reception with Barbecue Welcoming: from Mr. Bill Thomas Place: Masonic Lodge, near town square, Lynchburg, TN Time: 6:00 p.m. until (Please note, that is the arrival time, not the serving time.) Cost: $10.00 per person Event: CRC Annual Business Meeting with speaker, Russell O'Neal Family Line Genealogy workshop immediately following speaker Place: Masonic Lodge, near town square, Lynchburg, TN Time: 9:00 a.m. until noon On Saturday afternoon, we have tried to allow as much daylight time as possible for you to clean cemeteries, tour the area, shop, visit churches and cemeteries, or work on genealogy. This would be an excellent time to get those cemeteries cleaned, while help is available!!! Event: CRC Annual Dinner with speaker, Dr. Patricia West Place: Masonic Lodge Time: 6:30 p.m. arrival time. Dinner will be served at 7:00. Cost: $16.00 per person includes gratuity For those who have never been to Lynchburg, Miss Mary Bobo's Boarding House Restaurant will serve lunch at 1:00p.m. on Saturday for approx. $12.00 per person. Reservations must be made in advance by each individual by calling (931) 759-7394. Please do not call between 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., as they are busy serving lunch;Reservations should be made as soon as possible, as they book 3 months in advance. Jesus is my rock! If you would like to know him also, visit: http://www.godssimpleplan.org/gsps.html Visit my webpage! http://www.sorrellsgenealogy.com Middle TN Cousins visit: http://www.chestnutridgecousins.org Our hobby: http://www.indiancreekproductions.com Searching East TN families: ALEXANDER,ANDERSON,BRADBURN,BROOKS,BUIE,CLARK,CLAIBORNE, COLEMAN,CRONDAS,DICKSON,ELLEDGE,EVANS,FARMER,HODGE/S, INGLE,JAMES,LINN,LORD,McGHOILL,McINTIRE,McLEAN,MORECROFT, PAINE/PAYNE,RANDLES,RHODES,SANDRIDGE,TEAGUE,and THURMAN Searching Middle TN families: ALEXANDER,ALLEN,ANDERSON,BLALOCK,BOURLAND,BRENTS,BROWNE, BURNES,CLAYTON,CONNALY,CONWELL,CORDING,COX,CREIGHTON, CRITTENDEN,DAVIDSON,DAWSON,DEAL,FREEMAN,GALLAGHER, GILBERT,GLIDEWELL,GRAHAM,HARRELL,HAWKINS,HAYES,HILL, HOLLAND,KING,LAMBERT,LANDIN,LISTON,MARSH,MAXWELL, McADAMS,McCANDLESS,McKNITT,McWHORTER,MEALER,MILLINGTON, NASH,REDD,REESE,ROBERTS,RUSSELL,RYALLS,SCOTT,SIMPSON, SMITH,SORRELL/S,TOLLY,TRENT,WAGSTER,WALLACE, WHITE,WHITLOW,WHITSETT,and WILSON

Does anyone know if our ancestors in "The Ridge" were affected by the 1833 cholera outbreak? It was a disaster in Bedford County. Bobby Prosser prossergenealogy@comcast.net

Bobby, I am sure you were thrilled to find the cemetery, yet probably a bit sad to find it in in need of such care. If you browse the Johnston cemetery again, please look for my Joel/Joe/James Ambrose Norris who was shot and killed in 1849. We just may find out one day that he is connected to Orphia afterall. No, I never found out any more about Orphia, even after enlisting Margaret Shutt's help. You and I have corresponded several times over the past 3+ years. My Norris has no apparent connection to Ezekiel either. I did find that my Norris went to Lincoln County, TN probably around 1833 from Wilkes/Ashe Co., NC and that he was distantly related to those Norrises in White Co., TN as well. Can't remember if you ever looked into those White Co., TN Norrises, but they were quite elusive - no apparent connection to Ezekiel with them either. So, if you haven't done so, look at Wilkes/Ashe counties, NC and/or White Co., TN. Don't look too far at those Norrises in Fentress Co, TN - those are mine and I think have already looked for Orphia there. There were some Norrises in Cocke Co., TN as well - can't remember if I had a connect with them or not. The key to finding out more about Orphia might be through her siblings, but if I recall, I don't believe you had any of that info. Keep digging! I am still trying to find out if you and I connect on through the Paynes. Our Paynes were Quakers too. Did you ever find any more on the ancestors of your Elizabeth Payne who married Jesse Brown in 1801? If you run into any more locals, ask about my dearly departed. He was on the Mortality Index attached to the 1850 Lincoln Co., TN census (Chestnut Ridge area) - showing he was shot and killed in October of 1849 (as if anyone on this list needs to be reminded - I have only posted this about 100 times). Oh well, just keep my inquiry a permanent member of the brick wall list at your reunions. Thanks! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Prosser Genealogy - Comcast" <prossergenealogy@comcast.net> To: <TN-CHESTNUTRIDGECOUSINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 8:41 AM Subject: [TN-CHESTNUTRIDGECOUSINS] LOCATED ONE OF MY OLD LOST CEMETERIES > I finally located the Howel JOHNSTON cemetery yesterday and I was delighted. I found a local man in the Booneville area that knows those hills and hollows like the back of your hand. Let me say that he was my personal guide with the locals. The invitation was extended for me to come back for more in which I hope to do soon before the spring weather gets here. Well, it was like I was expecting, abandoned and the rock fence was broken in many places. There was one stone that I could read and it was of the son Stephen JOHNSTON and this was proof to me that I was at the right place. I still want to work on our abandoned cemeteries somehow and I was hoping to get started this month, but I am trying to take care of a 90 year old father that takes up a lot of my time, in which I am glad to do. We will get it started someday though. > > Howel JOHNSTON married Orphia NORRIS. I am still wanting to know more about Orphia, was she related to Ezekiel NORRIS that sold the land to the first government for the development of Fayetteville? The headwaters of Norris Creek are within close proximity also. Ellen Norris if you are still on this list are you familiar with any of this NORRIS family? > > I am excited about our upcoming CRC reunion in Lynchburg, June 11 and June 12, we are in for a treat. This is where our ancestors walked and there is so much to discover. > > > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

I finally located the Howel JOHNSTON cemetery yesterday and I was delighted. I found a local man in the Booneville area that knows those hills and hollows like the back of your hand. Let me say that he was my personal guide with the locals. The invitation was extended for me to come back for more in which I hope to do soon before the spring weather gets here. Well, it was like I was expecting, abandoned and the rock fence was broken in many places. There was one stone that I could read and it was of the son Stephen JOHNSTON and this was proof to me that I was at the right place. I still want to work on our abandoned cemeteries somehow and I was hoping to get started this month, but I am trying to take care of a 90 year old father that takes up a lot of my time, in which I am glad to do. We will get it started someday though. Howel JOHNSTON married Orphia NORRIS. I am still wanting to know more about Orphia, was she related to Ezekiel NORRIS that sold the land to the first government for the development of Fayetteville? The headwaters of Norris Creek are within close proximity also. Ellen Norris if you are still on this list are you familiar with any of this NORRIS family? I am excited about our upcoming CRC reunion in Lynchburg, June 11 and June 12, we are in for a treat. This is where our ancestors walked and there is so much to discover.

Cousins: The Moore County Heritage Book is in the process of being put together for publication. I have submitted an article to them about our Chestnut Ridge Cousin organization. I have also submitted an article about our pioneer Prosser Family. Moore County is a small county in area and population. Many of our Chestnut Ridge roots were from this county. It is not to late to submit family information to the committee for publication. They are needing to sell 350 books and at this time they have just around 125 to 130 odd book orders. If you can help these people out, please do so. We will be having our next cousins meeting there [Lynchburg / County Seat] June 11 & June 12. I am getting feedback from their local people that they are interested in our organization. We are still in the process of putting together our program for the meeting. At this time we have two committed speakers. Dr. Patricia West [one of our cousins] will be speaking to us. You may view her web site at: www.websitewiz.com. Among the surnames that she has ties to us are: KING, HARKINS, SORRELLS, SMITH, ROBERTS lines. We have also ask Mr. Russell O'Neal to speak to us. Mr. O'Neal was past president of the Lincoln County Genealogical Society and he has some knowledge of the settling of "The Ridge". We have also discussed putting together some type of individual family displays for each to visit. We urge your support and suggestions in our endeavors. Let us get excited about the June event. If I can get out of the house today I plan to go down to Lynchburg and do some scouting. Below is an announcement about the Moore County book. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jewel Casey" <jcasey@cafes.net> To: <TNLINCOL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 7:00 PM Subject: [LCT] Fw: [TNMoore] Welcome 2004! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jewel Casey" <jcasey@cafes.net> > To: <Gammon7@aol.com> > Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 2:58 PM > Subject: Re: [TNMoore] Welcome 2004! > > > > Thanks for the reminder. Moore County is doing a Heritage Book and we > > really need all the help we can get. The deadline has been extended to > Feb. > > 14th, but that will be here before we know it. If the readers have Moore > > County, TN roots, please do a family article, military article and better > > still send in an article on a community, church or cemetery. Please order > > your book or books when sending in your articles because we can't promise > > there will be any extra books printed. If you pick up your book the cost > is > > $54.50 including tax, but if you would like to have the book shipped to > you > > the cost is $61.50 which includes $7.00 for shipping. If interested > Please > > contact us at jcasey@cafes.net or (931) 455-5487. Better still, go to our > > Heritage Book site at MooreCoBook@aol.com and read all the info and > please, > > please get involved!!!! >

Bobby, thanks.... and wishing you all the best too! Bob Tobin At 04:57 PM 12/24/2003 -0600, you wrote: >Cousins: > >I would like to tell each of you that I hope each has a Merry Christmas >and a Happy New Year. I look forward to seeing each of you in June. It is >my hope that we can move forward with some of our objectives in the coming >year [especially our cemetery restoration project]. Hopefully after the >fifteenth of January we can get started on this, if in some way we can put >together some helpers either physically and /or monetarily [to hire some >labor]. > >Thanks for all of your friendships! > >Bobby Prosser >prossergenalogy@comcast.net > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Cousins: Below are my Holly's. Edith Emaline was a Wright, daughter of James Wright and Rebecca Renfro. Edith was my grandfather, James Franklin Wright's sister. Can anyone connect my Holly's to the Holly/King families? On the 1870 census Edith and family were living next to her parents on Chestnut Ridge, am guessing but believe living very close to the Kings. James Wright may have bought his property from the Kings. William King, son of Ephraim, is a witness to my great grandfathers will. Julia Generation No. 1 1. DAVID1 HOLLY was born Abt. 1791 in Tennessee. He married MARGARET. Children of DAVID HOLLY and MARGARET are: i. POLLY2 HOLLY, b. Abt. 1825, Tennessee. ii. MARGARET HOLLY, b. Abt. 1828, Tennessee; m. JAMES DAVES, November 21, 1851, Lincoln CO,. Tennessee. 2. iii. THOMAS HOLLY, b. Abt. 1834. iv. REBECCA HOLLY, b. Abt. 1835, Tennessee. v. BENJAMIN F. HOLLY, b. Abt. 1838, Tennessee; m. MARY ANN SIMMONS, May 29, 1859, Lincoln CO,. Tennessee. vi. SHEDRICK HOLLY, b. Abt. 1840, Tennessee; m. MAHALA F. SIMMONS, December 10, 1859. vii. CATHARINE HOLLY, b. Abt. 1843, Tennessee; m. W. B. PROSSER, December 24, 1865, Lincoln CO,. Tennessee. viii. HOWELL HOLLY, b. Abt. 1846, Tennessee. Generation No. 2 2. THOMAS2 HOLLY (DAVID1) was born Abt. 1834. He married EDITH EMALINE WRIGHT July 06, 1856 in Lincoln County, Tennessee, daughter of JAMES WRIGHT and REBECCA RENFRO. Children of THOMAS HOLLY and EDITH WRIGHT are: i. JEFFERSON3 HOLLY, b. Abt. 1862. ii. JOHN HOLLY, b. Abt. 1869.

Cousins: I would like to tell each of you that I hope each has a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I look forward to seeing each of you in June. It is my hope that we can move forward with some of our objectives in the coming year [especially our cemetery restoration project]. Hopefully after the fifteenth of January we can get started on this, if in some way we can put together some helpers either physically and /or monetarily [to hire some labor]. Thanks for all of your friendships! Bobby Prosser prossergenalogy@comcast.net

Dear Bobby: THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, WHAT A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS PRESENT. In one of the Petersburg Newspapers Obit, from the site you just sent, was the obit of my great aunt Mary Julia Wright Foster, CRC John Foster uncle's wife. She has been missing since she left TN after her husband, Rev. Foster passed away. John and I did not know which niece or where in TX she went. I do not know this niece, but now maybe we can find out. What a wonderful day!!!!!!!!! To all of my Chestnut Ridge Cousins have A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS AND A HEALTHFUL HAPPY NEW YEAR. Julia Foster Funeral services for Mrs. Julia Wright Foster, 80, a native of Petersburg, wife of the late Rev. J. W. Foster, who died at the home of her niece, Mrs. L. B. Thornton, Slaton, Texas, Sunday, were conducted at the home there Monday. Mrs. Foster was a member of the Petersburg Cumberland Presbyterian Church, which her husband served as pastor for a number of years. She left Petersburg about seven months ago to make her home with her niece in Texas. Lincoln County News - July 15, 1937

CRC: Tennessee Rootsweb has made an addition of interest to our area. The post that features Lincoln County is on - 13-19 Dec., 2003. Especially interesting to me is the Petersburg Post. You may see these at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tn/recent-uploads/recentuploads.htm. I hope you enjoy these. Bobby Prosser prossergenealogy@comcast.net

Thank you Bobby. I looked and looked at that page and could not find it but looked again and it all became clear. Forgive me for ADD and Dyslexia hits me every once in a while. Sherry was kind enough to send me the story by attachment as well. Julia

--=======250361F======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-5E7513B3; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Here are all the BRENTS in that area that I know of. He surely belongs to one of these guys. Descendants of John BRENTS Page 1 29 Nov 2003 1. John BRENTS (d.Abt 1819-Green Co.,KY) sp: Elizabeth DEAL 2. Elizabeth "Betsy" BRENTS sp: M. George Wolfskill (WOOLSKILL) 2. John BRENTS Jr. (b.3 Feb 1761-Prince Edward Co.,VA;d.8 May 1787-Nelson Co.,KY) sp: Hanna WRIGHT 2. Anna BRENTS sp: Thomas LOWERY (m.22 Jan 1790) 2. James BRENTS sp: Ann HURLEY (m.25 Dec 1790) 2. Peter BRENTS (b.1771-NC;d.Btw 1841-1850) sp: UNKNOWN 2. Thomas BRENTS Sr. (b.3 Sep 1773-NC;d.12 Jul 1841-Marshall Co.,TN) sp: Elizabeth CLARK (m.27 Dec 1796;d.Btw 1806-1808) sp: Jane "Jenny" Margurett MCWHORTER (b.6 Jan 1786;m.5 Jan 1808;d.Dec 1842-Marshall Co.,TN) 2. Solomon BRENTS (b.1775-NC) sp: Elizabeth "Betsey" MCWHORTER (m.21 Jun 1802) 2. Samuel BRENTS (b.30 Jul 1777;d.14 Jun 1833-Green Co.,KY) sp: Elizabeth MARSHALL (m.29 Oct 1804) 2. Joshua BRENTS (b.1 Mar 1780-NC;d.4 Aug 1863) sp: Rebecca WORLEY (b.20 Feb 1795;d.24 Dec 1873) 2. Rebecca BRENTS (b.1782;d.1859) sp: John B. MARSHALL At 10:33 PM 11/29/2003 EST, you wrote: > >Sherry, > >I found the 1860 census record of the James Brent that I wrote about earlier >and he was 60 years old at the time the census was taken. That would make him >born in or around 1800, and it showed his state of birth as North Carolina, >and his occupation as a farmer. This was in District 11, Petersburg area. I >think they may have been living on farm that his wife Stacy inherited from her >first husband, James Ellis. > >Joyce Park Riggs > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > >--- >Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.545 / Virus Database: 339 - Release Date: 11/27/03 > Jesus is my rock! If you would like to know him also, visit: http://www.godssimpleplan.org/gsps.html Visit my webpage! http://www.sorrellsgenealogy.com Middle TN Cousins visit: http://www.chestnutridgecousins.org Our hobby: http://www.indiancreekproductions.com Searching East TN families: ALEXANDER,ANDERSON,BRADBURN,BROOKS,BUIE,CLARK,CLAIBORNE, COLEMAN,CRONDAS,DICKSON,ELLEDGE,EVANS,FARMER,HODGE/S, INGLE,JAMES,LINN,LORD,McGHOILL,McINTIRE,McLEAN,MORECROFT, PAINE/PAYNE,RANDLES,RHODES,SANDRIDGE,TEAGUE,and THURMAN Searching Middle TN families: ALEXANDER,ALLEN,ANDERSON,BLALOCK,BOURLAND,BRENTS,BROWNE, BURNES,CLAYTON,CONNALY,CONWELL,CORDING,COX,CREIGHTON, CRITTENDEN,DAVIDSON,DAWSON,DEAL,FREEMAN,GALLAGHER, GILBERT,GLIDEWELL,GRAHAM,HARRELL,HAWKINS,HAYES,HILL, HOLLAND,KING,LAMBERT,LANDIN,LISTON,MARSH,MAXWELL, McADAMS,McCANDLESS,McKNITT,McWHORTER,MEALER,MILLINGTON, NASH,REDD,REESE,ROBERTS,RUSSELL,RYALLS,SCOTT,SIMPSON, SMITH,SORRELL/S,TOLLY,TRENT,WAGSTER,WALLACE, WHITE,WHITLOW,WHITSETT,and WILSON --=======250361F======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-5E7513B3 Content-Disposition: inline --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.545 / Virus Database: 339 - Release Date: 11/27/03 --=======250361F=======--

----- Original Message ----- From: <Jmolitz@aol.com> To: <TN-CHESTNUTRIDGECOUSINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2003 12:49 PM Subject: [TN-CHESTNUTRIDGECOUSINS] "Old Peter Luna" HELP111 > BOY DO I FEEL LIKE A DUMMY! Cannot fine any on the web site of the Johnson > family, no Leroy W. Tilton or Peter doc!! What am I doing wrong? On what do I > click on first on this web page? > > Julia > . > You may view it at: http://home.flash.net/~johnsonl/ Julia: After you clink on the web above and then you see the Leroy W. Tilton's Manuscripts and click on it, down in part 6 there will be peter.doc click on it. If you do not get it brought up from there let me know and I will help you. Bobby Prosser prossergenealogy@comcast.net > Click on Leroy W. Tilton's manuscripts (Eight Parts) > It will be about the 12th page that it gets down into the Marshall / Lincoln > County people. I looked in our archives, but I was unable to locate where we > had our discussion about Luna Cemetery and "Old Peter". > > > Additional notes down below where you need to click on Peter.doc > > Sorry about the omission. > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Sherry, I found the 1860 census record of the James Brent that I wrote about earlier and he was 60 years old at the time the census was taken. That would make him born in or around 1800, and it showed his state of birth as North Carolina, and his occupation as a farmer. This was in District 11, Petersburg area. I think they may have been living on farm that his wife Stacy inherited from her first husband, James Ellis. Joyce Park Riggs

I do not know if this is the James Brents that you are looking for, if not disregard. This is from the biography of Dr. T. W. Brents that I have. Thomas Brents, Sr. 1775-1837, wife Margurett McQuirter {McWhorter} had the following children : Alpheus; William; James, wife Rhoda Davis Cowden; Elizabeth, husband, Steven Talley; Mary Lucinda, husband, Hill; Jane, husband, Fleming; Matilda, husband, Brooks; and Thomas Wesley {Thomas Wesley, was Dr. T. W. Brents}. Thomas Wesley Brents Sr. and Margaret {Jane} McWhorter were born in Kentucky. Dr. T. W. Brents was born in Marshall County. His son Dr. T. E. Brents md. Orphia Prosser my great aunt. This family descends from Hugh Brents, 1642 of England > Virginia > Kentucky > Tennessee. I found the abandoned cemetery where Thomas Brents and Jane McWhorter are buried in the Talley Station Community within 1 mile of the farm that my great grandfather Jonathan Prosser had. Tom Brents that lives in Fort Worth is a descendant. Mr. Hulen Horton from Quitman, TX. that attended our 1st Chestnut Ridge Cousins reunion has done a lot of research on this family. Mrs. Horton now deceased was also a descendant. Bobby Prosser ----- Original Message ----- From: <Markbruce@aol.com> To: <TN-CHESTNUTRIDGECOUSINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2003 9:33 PM Subject: Re: [TN-CHESTNUTRIDGECOUSINS] BRENTS > Sherry, > > I found the 1860 census record of the James Brent that I wrote about earlier > and he was 60 years old at the time the census was taken. That would make him > born in or around 1800, and it showed his state of birth as North Carolina, > and his occupation as a farmer. This was in District 11, Petersburg area. I > think they may have been living on farm that his wife Stacy inherited from her > first husband, James Ellis. > > Joyce Park Riggs > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Sherry, Thanks for your reply to my post about the Brents cemetery marker. I should have done my homework a little better. In doing all the many searches for this James Brent that is my mystery man I have run across this James Monroe Brents and Rhoda a number of times. I should have looked before I wrote that post. However, maybe someone will pick up on it and send something about the man I can't find. I have corresponded with you briefly before. There are several family connections posted on your web pages that are connected in some way with my family. Do they call it collateral lines? I am sort of a novice at all this. Also, I have enjoyed reading all the posts about the CHESTNUT RIDGE COUSINS activities. Carolyn Crowley is one of my new friends that I have made in my genealogy pursuits. We have met and she keeps me informed about a lot of new of Lincoln County. I never lived there but my father was from there and I was lucky enough to have made many, many trips to Fayetteville as a girl and then as an adult until about 1980. I have been back a few times since I have been on this genealogy jag and hope to go again. My Brent is James Brent who married Martia Stacy Douthit Ellis in 1854. They were living in the Petersburg area in the 1860 Census. I have searched for them in the 1880 Census and cannot find either but Stacy was still alive as I have seen her tombstone in the Buchanan Cemetery. I also have a Mary (Polly) Brents who married James Clift. They were my gr gr grandparents and were living in Lincoln County in th 1850 Census and possibly 1860. They were both born in early 1800--about 1805-1810 from ages shown on census. I have seen a Civil War Pension application for one of their sons and he shows his mother as Brents b. NC. I know that she must have been related in some way to some of the other more well known Brents in Lincoln and Marshall Counties around the same time frame, but just cannot find out the connection. I am also up a tree with her husband, James Clift, even though there were a number of Clift people in the area during the 1800s. I know several other people who are also looking for these Brent/s with no luck. You seem to have the most information on Brents of anyone that I have seen. Maybe one of these days some new person will see one of these posts and join in with some new information. Thanks for your reply and keep me posted if anything seems to fit. Joyce Park Riggs