Hello Lea, While at the State Archives last week, we looked for Mr. Head in the following places: Clay County Cemetery book Jackson County Cemetery book We could not find a reference to Mr. Maligned Head in either book. We did find several references to the HEAD family. There is a CALEB "DOC" HEAD Cemetery near Moss Tenn., in Clay County. This cemetery has only two graves in it, which are shown below. 1. Margaret HEAD b. Feb. 25, 1835, d. ca. 1910 2. Caleb "Doc" HEAD, b. 1827, d. Sep. 1, 1906 In the TURNER-CHERRY cemetery, about 1 mile from Moss, there is one HEAD family member buried. 1. S. M. HEAD, wife/B. F. b. Sep 3, 1866, d. Oct. 16, 1908 It is important to point out to you that Mr. Head disappeared from Jackson County after the 1870 census. Clay County was formed in 1870 from parts of Jackson and Overton counties. Perhaps Mr. and Mrs. Head did not move away, but the new county of Clay formed around them, making that their home rather than Jackson County. Since Mrs. Mary Head was laid to rest in Clay County, perhaps Mr. Head is there too. Thanks for being part of the ROOTWALKER family. Sincerely, Stan Magnesen ROOTWALKER site/list coordinator ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In a message dated 1/28/01 5:46:48 PM Pacific Standard Time, lhead@netexas.net writes: > Subj: [ROOTWALKER] Maligned HEAD > Date: 1/28/01 5:46:48 PM Pacific Standard Time > From: lhead@netexas.net (Lea Head) > Reply-to: TN-ROOTWALKER-L@rootsweb.com > To: TN-ROOTWALKER-L@rootsweb.com > > I've got to know where the name Maligned HEAD came from!! I know we've > all > seen some unusual names but that one is special. Additionally, I would be > very interested to know who her parents were and whether there is any > family oral history to explain the name. In the meantime, I'm still > pursuing the Heads of Jackson Co. ......John in particular, brother of > Isaac, Nathaniel, etc., son of Benjamin and Fanny Speer from Surrey Co, > NC. I'm unable to locate any documentation of his death. He did not > reappear in the 1880 Jackson Co. census and I presume that he died between > the 1870-1880 censuses. I would be thrilled to find out the whereabouts of > his grave and that of his 2nd wife, Mary Carter, which is in Celina > according to her death cert. Any help very appreciated on that. Thanks. > >