Good morning Bill, I'll see if we can find an obituary for you from newspapers from the area in 1851 during an upcoming visit to an archives or library that will have papers from that area. Thanks for being part of the ROOTWALKER family. "This Land Is Our Land!" Stan Magnesen ROOTWALKER site/list coordinator ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In a message dated 3/10/03 12:01:28 AM Pacific Standard Time, misterbill@pdq.net writes: > Subj: Re: [ROOTWALKER] Spencer W. TALLEY - Reply to Bill. > Date: 3/10/03 12:01:28 AM Pacific Standard Time > From: <A HREF="mailto:misterbill@pdq.net">misterbill@pdq.net</A> > Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:TN-ROOTWALKER-L@rootsweb.com">TN-ROOTWALKER-L@rootsweb.com</A> > To: <A HREF="mailto:TN-ROOTWALKER-L@rootsweb.com">TN-ROOTWALKER-L@rootsweb.com</A> > Sent from the Internet > > > > Hi Stan, > > The lady in Wilson County believes Spencer W. TALLEY and his wife Araminta > EDDINGS are buried > under fieldstones in the Talley cemetery outside of Statesville in Wilson > County. > > The only "will" she could find was an inventory of his estate sale in 1851. > > The problem of identifying Spencer W. TALLEY's parents or siblings is > compounded by finding 4 > Spencer TALLEYs in Wilson County. The one that married Elizabeth Webb, had > 10 children and > died there in 1818 isn't mine. The one born in 1828, married Aceneth H. > Williams there in 1850 > and moved to Wabash Co., Illinois isn't mine. The one born in 1841 and > served as a Lieutenant > in the TN 28th Infantry isn't mine. My GG-grandfather was born in VA about > 1800 (1850 U.S. > census), married Araminta EDDINGS in Wilson County in 1829 and died there > in 1851. > > Bill Allen <misterbill@pdq.net> >