Julia: I have not received mine yet either. I hope to have it in hand next week. I know a lot of Lincoln County folks and folks with heritage are happy. I am glad they were able to finish it without anymore delays, because some were getting a little upset. I saw Don Tuesday night and he indicated it was 904 pages the largest that they had produced weighing in excess of eight pounds. I do not have roots here but I have lived here 28 plus years and I am now involved with the book for this county. I am co-chair of the book here. We are just getting started and it should be announced soon. I appreciate Jack and June for all the hard work that they did in the Lincoln County Book. The question that I had posed here gives another route to look. Is the ONE WORLD TREE off of Ancestry.com and only available to Ancestry.com subscribers? Bobby Prosser prossergenealogy@comcast.net -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Julia Molitz" <jmolitz@cox.net> > Bobby, > > I went to Ancestry to look at their ONE WORLD TREE. Someone submitted James > and Frances and that a William (no other info on him) was James father. > Could this have been Katy Lindstrom? > > Will Johnson on his rootsweb site does not have a father but that James was > married once before (no name of 1st wife) before he married Frances. John > Duke and Jonathan Edward were children by James first unknown wife. Will > got his info from E.L.M. Wright elbet@brick.net I do not know who this > person is or when he gave Will the info. But wonder if he is a descendent > of the Joel/Joseph and Margaret Jane Prosser line? > > About the states that our ancestors were born in. My great grandfather > James Wright was born in both NC and TN. I just think that with the states > changing so much back then and so many were born close to the state lines > they just did not know which state they were born in. > > Enjoy your Heritage book everyone. I have as yet to receive mine.:-( > Bummer!!!! > > Julia > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 8:01 PM > Subject: [TN-CHESTNUTRIDGECOUSINS] A VISIT TO STATE ARCHIVES / BRINGS A NEW > TWIST > > > > After visiting grandparents day today, I had some time to kill. I stopped > by downtown at state archives to do a little browsing. In recent days I have > had a need to prove that my Jonathan PROSSER (great grandfather) was a > brother to Mark PROSSER. I will not go into those reasons here. I had copies > of James Prosser's will where in article 3 James mentions his son Mark, so > this is clear. I have the three volumes of Land Deed Genealogy of Lincoln > County Tennessee that the Marsh's had transcribed. In volume 1; 1809 - 1818 > there is reference to deed book "B" page 316. I had made interpetation of > what was said in this trascription but I wanted Ms. Marylin Hughes of the > archives staff to read it and give me her interpetation. She read the > transcription and it made me feel good to understand that I had interpeted > it the same way she did. She is very knowledgeable of old documents and she > can read through the old documents without a pause. After doing this I > decided that I wanted to ! > > go and pull the microfilm and get a copy of the original document that > shed some more information. This was a piece of property that Nicholas Burns > was selling to Jesse F. Prosser, property that James Prosser had possessed > said interests being the interest of Jonathan E. Prosser and P. G. (Perry > Green) Prosser. Originally Jonathan had sold it to Burns and in return Burns > was selling it to Jesse F. Prosser. So this had to be property that James > Prosser had left to his son Jonathan. > > > > I decided to continue with my research for the day. I pulled the 1880 > Marshall County census microfilm roll and this is where it became > interesting. Through the years I had always looked at the 1850 Lincoln > County census. That census states that the place of birth for James Prosser > was North Carolina. In the process I was reading microfilm that was not of > the best quality. An employee came by and said we have Ancestry.com why > don't we go look at that census over there. I had subscribed to Ancestry.com > over the years but had not felt it was worth the money. We look at that > census on Ancestry.com and out came something entirely different from the > Marshall County 1880 census and the 1850 Lincoln County census. I am looking > at the Jonathan Prosser household and on header 25 it ask the birthplace of > father and it very clearly states that James was born in Georgia. Header 26 > ask the birthplace of mother (Frances Richardson) and it states South > Carolina. This may be the reason that! > > we have been hitting a brick wall in going back on our James Prosser > line over the years. Does anyone have any thoughts? > > > > Bobby Prosser > > prossergenalogy@comcast.net > > > > > > ============================== > > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http:/ > /www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >

Yes, Bobby you have to be a member of Ancestry. The only problem unlike, World Connect, you do not know who submitted the info. You can go to a list of the many members that may be interested in a particular name but to me it is very confusing. Good luck on the new book you are working on. Is it Davidson CO? You have a job ahead of you. Boy I wish I could get through that Renfrow brick wall for I believe my Renfrow's were in the area before 1800 and then went back to Cumberland, NC. Would love to write an article but as yet I have no proof. Julia ----- Original Message ----- From: <prossergenealogy@comcast.net> To: <TN-CHESTNUTRIDGECOUSINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2005 2:29 PM Subject: Re: [TN-CHESTNUTRIDGECOUSINS] A VISIT TO STATE ARCHIVES / BRINGS A NEW TWIST > Julia: > > I have not received mine yet either. I hope to have it in hand next week. I know a lot of Lincoln County folks and folks with heritage are happy. I am glad they were able to finish it without anymore delays, because some were getting a little upset. I saw Don Tuesday night and he indicated it was 904 pages the largest that they had produced weighing in excess of eight pounds. I do not have roots here but I have lived here 28 plus years and I am now involved with the book for this county. I am co-chair of the book here. We are just getting started and it should be announced soon. I appreciate Jack and June for all the hard work that they did in the Lincoln County Book. > > The question that I had posed here gives another route to look. Is the ONE WORLD TREE off of Ancestry.com and only available to Ancestry.com subscribers? > > Bobby Prosser > prossergenealogy@comcast.net > > > > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: "Julia Molitz" <jmolitz@cox.net> > > > Bobby, > > > > I went to Ancestry to look at their ONE WORLD TREE. Someone submitted James > > and Frances and that a William (no other info on him) was James father. > > Could this have been Katy Lindstrom? > > > > Will Johnson on his rootsweb site does not have a father but that James was > > married once before (no name of 1st wife) before he married Frances. John > > Duke and Jonathan Edward were children by James first unknown wife. Will > > got his info from E.L.M. Wright elbet@brick.net I do not know who this > > person is or when he gave Will the info. But wonder if he is a descendent > > of the Joel/Joseph and Margaret Jane Prosser line? > > > > About the states that our ancestors were born in. My great grandfather > > James Wright was born in both NC and TN. I just think that with the states > > changing so much back then and so many were born close to the state lines > > they just did not know which state they were born in. > > > > Enjoy your Heritage book everyone. I have as yet to receive mine.:-( > > Bummer!!!! > > > > Julia > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: > > To: > > Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 8:01 PM > > Subject: [TN-CHESTNUTRIDGECOUSINS] A VISIT TO STATE ARCHIVES / BRINGS A NEW > > TWIST > > > > > > > After visiting grandparents day today, I had some time to kill. I stopped > > by downtown at state archives to do a little browsing. In recent days I have > > had a need to prove that my Jonathan PROSSER (great grandfather) was a > > brother to Mark PROSSER. I will not go into those reasons here. I had copies > > of James Prosser's will where in article 3 James mentions his son Mark, so > > this is clear. I have the three volumes of Land Deed Genealogy of Lincoln > > County Tennessee that the Marsh's had transcribed. In volume 1; 1809 - 1818 > > there is reference to deed book "B" page 316. I had made interpetation of > > what was said in this trascription but I wanted Ms. Marylin Hughes of the > > archives staff to read it and give me her interpetation. She read the > > transcription and it made me feel good to understand that I had interpeted > > it the same way she did. She is very knowledgeable of old documents and she > > can read through the old documents without a pause. After doing this I > > decided that I wanted to ! > > > go and pull the microfilm and get a copy of the original document that > > shed some more information. This was a piece of property that Nicholas Burns > > was selling to Jesse F. Prosser, property that James Prosser had possessed > > said interests being the interest of Jonathan E. Prosser and P. G. (Perry > > Green) Prosser. Originally Jonathan had sold it to Burns and in return Burns > > was selling it to Jesse F. Prosser. So this had to be property that James > > Prosser had left to his son Jonathan. > > > > > > I decided to continue with my research for the day. I pulled the 1880 > > Marshall County census microfilm roll and this is where it became > > interesting. Through the years I had always looked at the 1850 Lincoln > > County census. That census states that the place of birth for James Prosser > > was North Carolina. In the process I was reading microfilm that was not of > > the best quality. An employee came by and said we have Ancestry.com why > > don't we go look at that census over there. I had subscribed to Ancestry.com > > over the years but had not felt it was worth the money. We look at that > > census on Ancestry.com and out came something entirely different from the > > Marshall County 1880 census and the 1850 Lincoln County census. I am looking > > at the Jonathan Prosser household and on header 25 it ask the birthplace of > > father and it very clearly states that James was born in Georgia. Header 26 > > ask the birthplace of mother (Frances Richardson) and it states South > > Carolina. This may be the reason that! > > > we have been hitting a brick wall in going back on our James Prosser > > line over the years. Does anyone have any thoughts? > > > > > > Bobby Prosser > > > prossergenalogy@comcast.net > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > > > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http:/ > > /www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >

I would like to know just what area theChestnut Ridge covers. I had folks in Green, Blount, Lincoln, Gradford, Marshall, White Counties. My lines were Bigham/ Bingham of several counties, Moses and Wilson Garrett of Bedford, William (Cedar Billy) of Bedfrd Copunty. What County does this book cover and what do I order on if it covers any of my family and area? Howard Bigham