Hi Peggy, Yes, this is the Martha Evaline King who married David Armstrong. This is my line. Martha had been a widow for a long time. She was living with her daughter and son in law Willie Etta Armstrong Wright & James Franklin Wright, my grandparents, in Paducah, KY which was news to me. Martha may have needed care when she got older but it could also be that my grandmother Willie Etta was sick for many years with a kidney infection which of course they could not treat back then & she needed help. Willie Etta & James Franklin (both born, lived next to each other & married at Chestnut Ridge) were in Huntsville, AL in 1900. They then went to Paducah., KY but were in Florence, AL in 1917 (per my fathers WW1 Registration Card, he was still in Paducah). By 1920 they were back in Paducah, KY. I do not know when Martha went to live with them. It came as a big surprise to me. Julia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peggy Coleman" <graciepmarvel@bellsouth.net> To: <tnbedfor@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 7:25 PM Subject: Re: [TNBEDFOR] Martha Evaline King Armstrong death cert. > Is this the Martha who married David M. Armstrong (son of Rhina Deal and > David A. Armstrong)? If so I now have her date of birth and death, place > of > death, and cause. Why did she go to Kentucky? I need info on this > family. > When I started this hobby I concentrated on my direct line but want to > fill > in all the blanks on the other members of the families. > > Peggy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Hall, Lisa" <lisa.hall@pgnmail.com> > To: <tnbedfor@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 5:52 AM > Subject: Re: [TNBEDFOR] Martha Evaline King Armstrong death cert. > > >> Hey, no problem here. I like hearing that something turned out so well >> for one of us! >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: tnbedfor-bounces@rootsweb.com >> [mailto:tnbedfor-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Julia Molitz >> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 9:58 PM >> To: tnbedfor@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [TNBEDFOR] Martha Evaline King Armstrong death cert. >> >> >> Dear List, >> >> I have no idea how this post got to this list. It was suppose to go to >> the >> Lincoln CO., TN list as it also did. Please excuse. >> >> Julia >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Julia Molitz" <jmolitz@cox.net> >> To: "Lincoln CO., TN" <tnlincol@rootsweb.com>; "Bedford CO., TN" >> <TNBEDFOR@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 6:53 PM >> Subject: [TNBEDFOR] Martha Evaline King Armstrong death cert. >> >> >>> List, >>> >>> I ask Ginny where she got the below information. She sent to me a >>> copy of >>> Mrs Martha E. Armstrong's death cert. >>> >>> GINNY THIS IS A REAL BREAK THROUGH! This is Martha Evaline King, dau >>> of >>> Andrew Jackson King & Isabella Mitchell King. Low & behold Martha (my >> >>> great grandmother) was living with her dau Willie Etta Armstrong >> Wright & >>> her son in law James Franklin Wright (my grandparents). James F. >> signed >>> the death cert. I did not have a death date for Martha, thanks to >> Ginny >>> now I do. Also I had no idea she even went to Paducah, KY much less >> died >>> there. She was buried at Petersburg, LCT 27 July 1914. >>> >>> Ginny, I cannot stop looking at this death cert. for I am truly >>> amazed. >>> Thank you, thank you, thank you. >>> >>> Julia >>> >>> Misc. In searching I found this someone might be interested in: Mrs. >>> Martha E. Armstrong b 5 May 1840 LCT, died 25 July 1914 McCracken, >>> Paducah, KY Buried; Petersburg, Paducah, KY. >>> Informant was; >>> J.W. Wright of Paducah, KY >>> Her father was John King of TN and Ebbie Mitchell of TN. >>> She died of pulmonary TB. >>> ** >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> TNBEDFOR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> TNBEDFOR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> TNBEDFOR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNBEDFOR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Shelbyville Gazette - Sunday, August 24, 1947 Horse Mountain is Colorful Center of Bedford History By Mrs. T.E. Fisher The Gazette takes pleasure in presenting another historical article on Bedford County by Mrs. T.E. Fisher, who recently entertained readers with her :History of Skull Camp Bridge." In 1776, when the territory of Franklin was made the State of Tennessee, we are told that the people came flocking into Knoxville in covered wagons and on horseback as rapidly as they could travel over uncompassed roads, anxious to get in on the ground floor of the new state. They made it difficult however for the small village, for at that time, Knoxville had only one street and a limited supply of food. The pioneers came principally from Virginia and North Carolina. The Revolutionary War was fought and won. All were happy. These fine brave men had been awarded land grants of thousands and thousands of acres of land in Kentucky and Tennessee, for their services in routing the Red Coats and freeing us from tyranny and the threats of Major Patrick Ferguson at the Kings Mountain, where he lies beneath a huge pile of rocks thrown at his grave as if they were chasing a vicious dog. The strong brave men who founded Tennessee had already laid the foundation for the building of America, the greatest nation in the world, the one which all other nations look up to. They admire her thrift, respect her Democracy and fear her strength and strategy. On the northwest side of the state, following the Cumberland River was a dense wilderness of virgin timber and canebrake. All boats coming up the Ohio River brought passengers to Kentucky, all up the Cumberland River came to Tennessee, stopped at (French Lick) Nashville. From there they branched out into the wilderness seeking their portion of land. Many carried axes and chopped out a road. They seemed to drift toward Horse Mountain. Its height gave them vantage in location the richer lands by the growth of the timber and cane. Many risked all, brought their families along. They would camp on this hill until they could build a cabin. Many of the pioneers lost their lives traveling the Indian trails but these brave men and women, with iron wills and dauntless courage had a purpose, that purpose was to conquer the wilderness, "rule or die", care a civilization second to none, establish homes, schools and churches suitable to rear their families and make Tennessee an outstanding state, to add her bit toward developing America. Men with executive ability, character and understanding like James Robertson, John Sevier, Sam Houston, Andrew Jackson and countless others planted their feet as firmly on Horse Mountain as did the Pilgrim fathers of Plymouth Rock. Why was this hill called Horse Mountain? Many legends have been handed down. None worth repeating, fantastic and unreasonable. The most plausible story was told to the writer by the late Mr. Will Arnold, a native Bedford Countian. He said his great grand father and mother came to Tennessee from North Carolina in early days in a covered wagon drawn by horses. Mr. And Mrs. Elijah Arnold camped on this hill. After a few nights, Mr. Arnold decided not to tether his horses but to let them graze at will. To his consternation the following morning his horses were gone. He realized at once what had happened. A deep friendship existed between these pioneers, a bond of the fellowship. They assured Mr. Arnold that they would protect his family to the best of their ability while he was gone after his horses. A walk to North Carolina over Indian trails with the county infested with hostile Indians and ferocious animals could not be called a pleasure trip. Mr. Arnold waded shallow streams and swam the swollen ones. When at last he reached his old home, footsore and weary, he found his horses will and contented. It is said that it took him six weeks to make the trip. On is return to his family he found that several new families had arrived during his absence. When they heard the story of the "prodigals" they thought it a great joke and began calling this hill "Horse Mountain". Mr. Arnold also told a most interesting story about his great grandmother. As time went on, the pioneers erected a log room for a place of worship, which later became a Methodist Camp Ground, where camp meetings were conducted by different ministers each summers, lasting six weeks. Services were held each day with dinner on the ground. Mrs. Elijah Arnold made a profession of the religion, but refused to be baptized until she could return to North Carolina and be immersed in a certain creek by a certain minister. This she promptly attended to, after their return they bought one hundred and fifty acres of land at fifty cents per acre. They reared a large family and their descendants are legion. Many historic traditions are associated with this old hill. Lieutenant William McGuire settled in Bedford County soon after the Revolutionary War, about two or three miles northwest of Wartrace. The location of his old home must have been about two miles of Horse Mountain, believed to be owned by the John Pruitt heirs. There is a family tradition that the wife of William McGuire was one of the courageous women who helped mold bullets and joined in the fight at the Saratoga, New York, where she and her husband were captured and carried prisoners into Canada. While being held there, their second son, Thomas, was born. It is not known definitely whether they escaped or were released. However while trying to make their home, they were forced to stop in a cemetery and lie between graves to avoid being seen. The mother place the tiny baby inside her clothing, buttoned her coat over it, to save it from freezing. The older child froze to death. The father and mother scooped out a shallow grave and with broken hearts, they had to leave his body there. Thomas McGuire (the little baby) came to Tennessee with his father when a small boy. He was the father of Susan McGuire, who married Don Shriver, son of Abraham Shiver who lived and died at the northern base of Horse Mountain. He operated one of the first nurseries in this section of Tennessee. It is said that the first fruit trees planted in Bedford County and most of this section of the county were propagated by Thomas McGuire. His nursery covered a large portion of the northern side of the hill. The home built by Don Shriver on this same tract of land, still stands in a good state of preservation. It is now owned by Mrs. George Bragg. William McGuire sleeps in the grave of a hero on Horse Mountain. A few years ago his grave was marked by one of the D.A.R. chapters of Nashville. During the war between the state, the Federal and Confederate Armies had signal stations at different times on this hill where they wig-wagged messages to their armies many miles away. Today two church building, a Methodist and a Christian, stand and are used occasionally. There is a fairly well kept cemetery near the churches. The Cabins are all gone. The spring is almost hidden from the road by two log spring houses now used by private owners. This wonderful fountain of water was a godsend to the early settlers of Middle Tennessee, where the red men and pioneers have slaked their thirst alike.

Shelbyville Times Gazette - November 16, 1947 Mrs. Josephine Lynch Dies at Bell Buckle Mrs. Josephine McKee Lynch, 90, died Wednesday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Queenie Bingham, in Bell Buckle, after a short illness. Funeral services were held at the Bingham home at 2 p.m. with Clyde Gleaves, minister of the Chrch of Christ, officiating. Burial was in Hazelwood Cemetery at Bell Buckle. Mrs. Lynch, widow of James Sim Lynch, was a member of the Mount Carmel Baptist Church. Mrs. Lynch is survived by six sons, Jim and L.W. Lynch, Chattanooga; G.C. Lynch of Nashville, A.T. Lynch, Atlanta, Georgia, R.W. Lynch, Augusta, Ga.; Jack Lynch, Bell Buckle; three daughters, Mrs. Dera Beachboard, Bell Buckle; Mrs. Lizzie White, Christiana, Tenn., and Mrs. Bingham; 13 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.

Hello Everyone, We had our regular meeting Tuesday night of the Marshall Co. Heritage Book Committee. There were 22 interested people in attendance. I am delighted to inform you that the deadline date has been extended until APRIL 8th. This will definitely be the last date for articles, pictures and orders (at the price of $55.00). This date will guarantee a 2008 delivery of the book. Thank you so much for your participation and hopefully now you will have time to submit even more articles. We are hoping for an informative and interesting book that will be of help to our generation and future generations. With your help that will be possible. Below is the website if you need any further information. www.county-heritage.com/tn/marshall Thank you in advance. Ruby and Jim Thomas

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ritaelmore01 Surnames: Sutton, Blackburn and Elmore Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.tennessee.counties.bedford/180.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am trying to find infomation on Elizabeth Blackburn Born 1821, daughter of Robert and Lucy Blackburn. Elizabeth married William Sutton marriage date unknown. Elizabeth and William had a daughter Elizabeth who married William R. Elmore 1 Aug 1881. I am trying to find information on Sutton, Blackburn and Elmore Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Hey, no problem here. I like hearing that something turned out so well for one of us! -----Original Message----- From: tnbedfor-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:tnbedfor-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Julia Molitz Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 9:58 PM To: tnbedfor@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TNBEDFOR] Martha Evaline King Armstrong death cert. Dear List, I have no idea how this post got to this list. It was suppose to go to the Lincoln CO., TN list as it also did. Please excuse. Julia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julia Molitz" <jmolitz@cox.net> To: "Lincoln CO., TN" <tnlincol@rootsweb.com>; "Bedford CO., TN" <TNBEDFOR@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 6:53 PM Subject: [TNBEDFOR] Martha Evaline King Armstrong death cert. > List, > > I ask Ginny where she got the below information. She sent to me a > copy of > Mrs Martha E. Armstrong's death cert. > > GINNY THIS IS A REAL BREAK THROUGH! This is Martha Evaline King, dau > of > Andrew Jackson King & Isabella Mitchell King. Low & behold Martha (my > great grandmother) was living with her dau Willie Etta Armstrong Wright & > her son in law James Franklin Wright (my grandparents). James F. signed > the death cert. I did not have a death date for Martha, thanks to Ginny > now I do. Also I had no idea she even went to Paducah, KY much less died > there. She was buried at Petersburg, LCT 27 July 1914. > > Ginny, I cannot stop looking at this death cert. for I am truly > amazed. > Thank you, thank you, thank you. > > Julia > > Misc. In searching I found this someone might be interested in: Mrs. > Martha E. Armstrong b 5 May 1840 LCT, died 25 July 1914 McCracken, > Paducah, KY Buried; Petersburg, Paducah, KY. > Informant was; > J.W. Wright of Paducah, KY > Her father was John King of TN and Ebbie Mitchell of TN. > She died of pulmonary TB. > ** > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNBEDFOR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNBEDFOR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Feb. 4 and 5 meetings - All are invited to attend! Heritage of Putnam County Feb. 4, 6:30 PM Shoney's 880 S. Jefferson St., Cookeville www.county-heritage.com/tn/putnam/ Heritage of Marshall County Feb. 5, 6:30 PM Tenn. Tech Center 218 W. Commerce St., Lewisburg http://county-heritage.com/tn/marshall/ ************** Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp003000000025 48)

Dear List, I have no idea how this post got to this list. It was suppose to go to the Lincoln CO., TN list as it also did. Please excuse. Julia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julia Molitz" <jmolitz@cox.net> To: "Lincoln CO., TN" <tnlincol@rootsweb.com>; "Bedford CO., TN" <TNBEDFOR@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 6:53 PM Subject: [TNBEDFOR] Martha Evaline King Armstrong death cert. > List, > > I ask Ginny where she got the below information. She sent to me a copy of > Mrs Martha E. Armstrong's death cert. > > GINNY THIS IS A REAL BREAK THROUGH! This is Martha Evaline King, dau of > Andrew Jackson King & Isabella Mitchell King. Low & behold Martha (my > great grandmother) was living with her dau Willie Etta Armstrong Wright & > her son in law James Franklin Wright (my grandparents). James F. signed > the death cert. I did not have a death date for Martha, thanks to Ginny > now I do. Also I had no idea she even went to Paducah, KY much less died > there. She was buried at Petersburg, LCT 27 July 1914. > > Ginny, I cannot stop looking at this death cert. for I am truly amazed. > Thank you, thank you, thank you. > > Julia > > Misc. In searching I found this someone might be interested in: > Mrs. Martha E. Armstrong b 5 May 1840 LCT, died 25 July 1914 McCracken, > Paducah, KY > Buried; Petersburg, Paducah, KY. > Informant was; > J.W. Wright of Paducah, KY > Her father was John King of TN and Ebbie Mitchell of TN. > She died of pulmonary TB. > ** > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNBEDFOR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

List, I ask Ginny where she got the below information. She sent to me a copy of Mrs Martha E. Armstrong's death cert. GINNY THIS IS A REAL BREAK THROUGH! This is Martha Evaline King, dau of Andrew Jackson King & Isabella Mitchell King. Low & behold Martha (my great grandmother) was living with her dau Willie Etta Armstrong Wright & her son in law James Franklin Wright (my grandparents). James F. signed the death cert. I did not have a death date for Martha, thanks to Ginny now I do. Also I had no idea she even went to Paducah, KY much less died there. She was buried at Petersburg, LCT 27 July 1914. Ginny, I cannot stop looking at this death cert. for I am truly amazed. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Julia Misc. In searching I found this someone might be interested in: Mrs. Martha E. Armstrong b 5 May 1840 LCT, died 25 July 1914 McCracken, Paducah, KY Buried; Petersburg, Paducah, KY. Informant was; J.W. Wright of Paducah, KY Her father was John King of TN and Ebbie Mitchell of TN. She died of pulmonary TB. **

List Members, Does anyone know the family history of the MOORE family in Blue Stocking Hollow? The Moore Chapel Cemetery would probably be named after this family. Some members of the old BLEDSOE family are also buried there. I believe I have also read that there was a church located there at one time. It seems that it may have been a Methodist Church. There are also two other cemeteries within the area. Bradshaw Cemetery is within a quarter mile of it and it was the site of the old Blue Stocking or New Providence Presbyterian Church. Also close on Sandusky Road is Evans Cemetery. In identifying the location of the cemeteries they are identified as being within a certain distance of Moore Chapel. Was Moore Chapel a community also or is this within distance of Moore Chapel Cemetery / Church? I would like to know more about the MOORE family, particularly J. H. MOORE and his wife Frances. Was her maiden name BLEDSOE? Thank you for your time? Bobby Prosser Dickson, TN. prossergenealogy@comcast.net www.chestnutridgecousins.org -------------------------------

Bobby, What was the J.H. Moore name? I think we have spoke about this before, but can't remember. My John Allen who was married to Nancy Carr or Karr, lived in 1840 Blue Stocking area. Their daughter Nancy Allen married Thomas Moore. Another daughter Mary S. Allen married Nathaniel White. From what I understand Nathaniel White and Robert Bradshaw gave the land for the Blue Stocking Hollow Presbyterian Church, which is the same as New Providence Presbyterian Church of Bedford County, Tenn. Thomas Moore's father was Randolf Moore and Elizabeth Stansill of Johnson Co, N.C. Their children were: Elizabeth, Stansill, Nathan, John, James, Thomas, Silpha, Celia, Rebecca and Piety. My Peterson Epps family went to the same church where he married Abegail Allen another daughter of John and Nancy Allen. Peterson and Abegail Epps had daughter Mary S. who married William M. Nichols, from the Moses Nichols line. Gay Nix prossergenealogy@comcast.net wrote: List Members, Does anyone know the family history of the MOORE family in Blue Stocking Hollow? The Moore Chapel Cemetery would probably be named after this family. Some members of the old BLEDSOE family are also buried there. I believe I have also read that there was a church located there at one time. It seems that it may have been a Methodist Church. There are also two other cemeteries within the area. Bradshaw Cemetery is within a quarter mile of it and it was the site of the old Blue Stocking or New Providence Presbyterian Church. Also close on Sandusky Road is Evans Cemetery. In identifying the location of the cemeteries they are identified as being within a certain distance of Moore Chapel. Was Moore Chapel a community also or is this within distance of Moore Chapel Cemetery / Church? I would like to know more about the MOORE family, particularly J. H. MOORE and his wife Frances. Was her maiden name BLEDSOE? Thank you for your time? Bobby Prosser Dickson, TN. prossergenealogy@comcast.net www.chestnutridgecousins.org ------------------------------- ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNBEDFOR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

What: Historic Preservation Society of Tullahoma Meeting When: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 Time: 7:00 p. m. When: Harton House, 300 Jackson Street, Tullahoma, TN The Historic Preservation Society of Tullahoma will meet on Tuesday, January 22nd, 7:00 p.m. at the Harton House, 300 South Jackson Street, Tullahoma. After a short general business meeting, local railroad historian and Tullahoma resident, Lee Yoder, will provide the evening's program by bringing a fresh perspective of the history of Tullahoma and the railroads and a brief study of the history of cabooses on the railroads. Bring a friend - introduce them to Tullahoma history! Questions - contact Kathryn Hopkins <kathopkins@yahoo.com> --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.

I am looking for a Zoe, Claude or Taylor Climer James Manson Climer was born 1858 I am looking for his birth place and his parents I can find him in Macon Co as a Labor. However been unsucceful in find him at birth or as a young child with parents any hellp appreciated Jeannie Happiness keeps You Sweet, Trials keep You Strong, Sorrows keep You Human, Failures keeps You Humble, Success keeps You Glowing, But Only God keeps You Going!

I have two deeds in 2/1837 & 1/1838 re land on the East Fork of Rock Creek which refer to it being near where James HARBIN "once lived". I believe the land was in what is now Marshall County, but would like to know if there is any way to find out if he died or simply moved somewhere else. In 1823 he witnessed a deed for someone for land on Sinking Creek but have no other indication of his presence there. Can someone help, please. Thank you so much! Joan Marie in Oregon

Will, My husband's line comes from Dabney Elliott and Pheobe Baugh,of Simpson County, KY. Dabney's mother was Tabitha Cheatham hence my interest in the Cheatham line. I have information from that point backwards, but off the internet, not researched by me. I don't have a Modecai Elliott. But that could be because I haven't done descendants beyond children on lines that I am using Internet sources for yet. Teresa Ghee Elliott --http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rutherfordcemetery/ -----Original Message----- From: tnbedfor-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:tnbedfor-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of W. D. Smith Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 7:53 AM To: tnbedfor@rootsweb.com Subject: [TNBEDFOR] Elliotts Teresa, How far back do you have the Elliotts? My wife descends from the Elliotts of Chowan/Perquimans County, NC: Mordecai Elliott and wife Lydia Smith (I think. Or Rebecca Barber..) Mordecai Elliott's daughter, Jemima Elliott, married Noah Speight Jr. in Perquimans County, NC in 1815. Noah Speight was my wife's direct maternal ancestor. Will Teresa Elliott <Cheasa@bellsouth.net> wrote: I really wish you guys would stop. My father and my mother-in-law are already related, and you guys are close to proving my father and my father-in-law are as well. (On the line I had originally thought I would prove my mother and father-in-law were related at some point.) Got to find time to add all my notes from the postings. Teresa Ghee Elliott --http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rutherfordcemetery/ -----Original Message----- From: tnbedfor-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:tnbedfor-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Arline Sudberry Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 8:38 PM To: tnbedfor@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TNBEDFOR] Need transcript of Thomas Cheatham will - c. 1858 Thanks Marty! Documented proof is exactly what we need, whoever it is. > You know I have to add my notes. > _________________________________ > > Nashville Christian Advocate > January 19, 1878 > > > MALINDA PUCKETT widow of Caswell Puckett dau of James and Elizabeth > Cooper, > born Smith Co., Tenn., April 30, 1814; moved to Bedford Co., Tenn. 1818; > married Oct. 15, 1840 and moved to Rutherford Co., Tenn.; died Aug. 17, > 1877. > > ___________________ > Bedford County TN County Court Minute Book 1852 - 1855 > page 207 - 208 > > Melinda Puckett by her own free will had the court pay over to Casewell > Puckett the proceeds from the sell of slaves of James Cooper dec'd. > Monday, > Jan 30, 1854. > > __________________ > > Later, > Marty ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNBEDFOR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNBEDFOR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message *************************************************************** "You should always do your duty in all things. You can do no more. You must never be willing to do less." ---- General Robert E. Lee --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNBEDFOR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I think Jeff was talking about my ancestors...we have a grandfather way back that married 2nd his granddaughter...eeewwww! -------------- Original message -------------- From: "W. D. Smith" <tenn_wolfman1978@yahoo.com> > LOL...like Jeff Foxworthy says, "If your family tree doesn't branch out, you > might be a redneck! . That makes me a redneck big time, LOL...One of my > great-great-grandfathers in Putnam County married his son-in-law's SISTER after > his first wife had died, hahahahaha!!!! > > Arline Sudberry wrote: That's ok! Don't we all > have that if our people settled here early enough! > Isn't genealogy fun?????? > > > > > > >I really wish you guys would stop. My father and my mother-in-law are > > already related, and you guys are close to proving my father and my > > father-in-law are as well. (On the line I had originally thought I would > > prove my mother and father-in-law were related at some point.) > > > > Got to find time to add all my notes from the postings. > > > > Teresa Ghee Elliott > > --http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rutherfordcemetery/ > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNBEDFOR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > > > > *************************************************************** > > "You should always do your duty in all things. You can do no more. You must > never be willing to do less." > ---- General Robert E. Lee > > > > --------------------------------- > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNBEDFOR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message

This reminds me of a song I heard when I lived in the Bahamas, "Your Papa ain't your Papa but your Papa don't know." Might be a problem with a DNA project. I have heard of a couple of instances where DNA resulted in some problems. One where a cousin turned out to be the father. I still plan to start a BOBO DNA project this year. Chuck BOBO, great grandson of Starling SCRUGGS and Mary MULLINS. Charles H. (Chuck) BOBO, Coordinator BOBO Family Assn. 3101 Thurman Rd., No. H-22 HUNTSVILLE, AL 35805 E-Mail: ChuckBobo@aol.com or FamilyBobo@aol.com Interactive Web Site: _www.Bobo-Family-News.info_ (http://www.bobo-family-news.info/) The new BOBO Family CD is ready with more than 20,000 individuals. Contact Chuck for details. **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489

A friend of mine is trying to find out who the "I. W." Clary is who died, apparently during the Civil War, in Franklin County, and is buried in Winchester. I find an "I. W." Clary who married Martha Ogilvie in 1864. I also find a Dr. John W. Clary family in Bedford County. He was a physician, and has a son, Erwin, in his household in 1880. I'm just wondering if the "I. W. Clary" in Franklin County may have been John's brother? I find an I. W. Clary and an N. R. Clary in the 38th TN infantry (8th Looney's TN Reg't) listed on the Civil War soldier's and sailor's system. John W. Clary apparently born North Carolina. He died between 1880 and 1890. I show a year of 1888 for year of death. Any info would be helpful. Thanks, Will *************************************************************** "You should always do your duty in all things. You can do no more. You must never be willing to do less." ---- General Robert E. Lee --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.

My tree didn't branch out much either. My step great grandfather and blood grandmother were first cousins. All their daughters were considered "slow". But it really showed up in these daughter's children, they all had at least one to two retarded children, there was a dwarf too, and several "slow" ones. My mother was descended from the great grandmother from a child she had before she married her first cousin/husband. ----- Original Message ----- From: <johnnylumen@comcast.net> To: <tnbedfor@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 8:14 AM Subject: [TNBEDFOR] and Jeff Foxworthy said.... >I think Jeff was talking about my ancestors...we have a grandfather way >back that married 2nd his granddaughter...eeewwww! > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: "W. D. Smith" <tenn_wolfman1978@yahoo.com> > >> LOL...like Jeff Foxworthy says, "If your family tree doesn't branch out, >> you >> might be a redneck! . That makes me a redneck big time, LOL...One of my >> great-great-grandfathers in Putnam County married his son-in-law's SISTER >> after >> his first wife had died, hahahahaha!!!! >> >> Arline Sudberry wrote: That's ok! Don't we all >> have that if our people settled here early enough! >> Isn't genealogy fun?????? >> >> >> >> >> >> >I really wish you guys would stop. My father and my mother-in-law are >> > already related, and you guys are close to proving my father and my >> > father-in-law are as well. (On the line I had originally thought I >> > would >> > prove my mother and father-in-law were related at some point.) >> > >> > Got to find time to add all my notes from the postings. >> > >> > Teresa Ghee Elliott >> > --http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rutherfordcemetery/ >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> TNBEDFOR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in >> the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> *************************************************************** >> >> "You should always do your duty in all things. You can do no more. You >> must >> never be willing to do less." >> ---- General Robert E. Lee >> >> >> >> --------------------------------- >> Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> TNBEDFOR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in >> the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNBEDFOR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

You want to be careful about that. It was widely believed (and actually published) that a 4G-grandfather of mine in Logan County, KY, had married his first cousin. It turned out that she wasn't his first cousin after all. His aunt was married to his wife's father, which is what everyone was going by, but his wife was a child of her father's first marriage--my 4G-grandfather's aunt was her stepmother and not her mother. On Jan 14, 2008, at 7:14 AM, johnnylumen@comcast.net wrote: > I think Jeff was talking about my ancestors...we have a grandfather > way back that married 2nd his granddaughter...eeewwww! > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: "W. D. Smith" <tenn_wolfman1978@yahoo.com> > >> LOL...like Jeff Foxworthy says, "If your family tree doesn't >> branch out, you >> might be a redneck! . That makes me a redneck big time, LOL...One >> of my >> great-great-grandfathers in Putnam County married his son-in-law's >> SISTER after >> his first wife had died, hahahahaha!!!! >> >> Arline Sudberry wrote: That's ok! Don't we all >> have that if our people settled here early enough! >> Isn't genealogy fun?????? >> >> >> >> >> >>> I really wish you guys would stop. My father and my mother-in-law >>> are >>> already related, and you guys are close to proving my father and my >>> father-in-law are as well. (On the line I had originally thought >>> I would >>> prove my mother and father-in-law were related at some point.) >>> >>> Got to find time to add all my notes from the postings. >>> >>> Teresa Ghee Elliott >>> --http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rutherfordcemetery/ >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> TNBEDFOR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in >> the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> *************************************************************** >> >> "You should always do your duty in all things. You can do no more. >> You must >> never be willing to do less." >> ---- General Robert E. Lee >> >> >> >> --------------------------------- >> Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> TNBEDFOR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in >> the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNBEDFOR- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > Beverly Peavler bp@peavler.org