Hello All: Thanks to the tremendous efforts of Mr. Charles Reeves, the Bedford County surname List has been updated again. This list has an incredible 1,255 surnames and/or researchers. This update is a little longer than usual. As most of you know, the server was down for quite some time and the updates just kept growing. Names added this time were: ALLEN BATES, BLACKWELL, BLEDSOE, BURLISON, BURNETT CLINTON, COOPER, CONNOR DAVIS, DYER, DEAN (2), DIXON GAMMILL, GARRETT, GUNTER, GILBERT HELTON, HODGE (2) IVEY JENNINGS LOWE, LOWORN MARTIN, MCDANIEL(S), MOBLEY/MOBERLY/ETC. NEAL (3) PIERCE, PRICE, PRINCE, PRESSGROVE RAINEY (2), RAY, ROBERTS, ROWLING/ROWLING/ETC. SULLIVAN, SANDERS, SMITH, SMOTHERMAN (2), STEM, STEPHENS TAYLOR (2), TEMPLES, THOMPSON, TAPLEY, TITUS WADE, WARNER, WILHOITE (2), WILSON, WOODWARD, WHITE, WILLIAMS In addition, we have a few email address changes. So, go check out the new, as well as the old (scroll to about 1/4 from the top of the page). You never know who you might find. <A HREF="http://www.tngenweb.org/bedford/surname.htm">Bedford County Surname List</A> or, if the hyperlink won't work for you, then copy the below address into your browser line: http://www.tngenweb.org/bedford/surname.htm As usual, good luck in your research. May you find all your elusive ancestors and may your find some "new" current-day relatives, Lucy Minden, Nevada (researching in Bedford County: CHAMBERS, CRUTCHER, DIXON, DUNAWAY, GALBREATH, GORDON, HALL, KING, MCKAMEY, RICE, and SHARP)

Please add Parker to the list of surnames. If anyone discovers anything new, I am interested. Looking for descendants of Joseph Parker who moved to Bedford County, TN ca 1825. I have located some descendants but would like more. He moved there from Union County, South Carolina. Below are some of the names I have proven as descendants. 8-William Parker b. 1829 8-Isaiah Parker b. 1830 Lincoln Co., TN, farmer and stock raiser, owned 1200 acres of land, firm Democrat, Postmaster of Lincoln County, Justice of the Peace and also was Col. Tennessee Militia in 1858. 9-Charles Parker 9-G. Parker 9-B. Parker 9-A.F. Parker 9-Edward Parker 9-Joseph Parker 9-Lizzie Parker 9-Dora Parker 9-Willie Parker 8-Elizabeth Parker b. 1834 8-Rachel Parker b. 1836 8-John or Benjamin Parker b. 1837 (census- John 1850 and Benjamin 1860) 8-Sarah Parker b. 1838 8-Rhoda Parker b. 1842 8-Cundes Parker (f) b.1844 8-James Parker b. 1848 8-Frances Parker b. 1849 8-Fany Parker b. ca. 1850 8-Joseph Parker b. ca. 1852 8-Finetta Parker b. ca. 1853 Thanks. Peggy D. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Looswhl@aol.com> To: <TNBEDFOR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 5:06 PM Subject: [TNBEDFOR] Update to Bedford County Surname List > > Hello All: > > Thanks to the tremendous efforts of Mr. Charles Reeves, the Bedford County > surname List has been updated again. This list has an incredible 1,255 > surnames and/or researchers. > > This update is a little longer than usual. As most of you know, the server > was down for quite some time and the updates just kept growing. Names added > this time were: > > ALLEN > BATES, BLACKWELL, BLEDSOE, BURLISON, BURNETT > CLINTON, COOPER, CONNOR > DAVIS, DYER, DEAN (2), DIXON > GAMMILL, GARRETT, GUNTER, GILBERT > HELTON, HODGE (2) > IVEY > JENNINGS > LOWE, LOWORN > MARTIN, MCDANIEL(S), MOBLEY/MOBERLY/ETC. > NEAL (3) > PIERCE, PRICE, PRINCE, PRESSGROVE > RAINEY (2), RAY, ROBERTS, ROWLING/ROWLING/ETC. > SULLIVAN, SANDERS, SMITH, SMOTHERMAN (2), STEM, STEPHENS > TAYLOR (2), TEMPLES, THOMPSON, TAPLEY, TITUS > WADE, WARNER, WILHOITE (2), WILSON, WOODWARD, WHITE, WILLIAMS > > In addition, we have a few email address changes. > > So, go check out the new, as well as the old (scroll to about 1/4 from the > top of the page). You never know who you might find. > <A HREF="http://www.tngenweb.org/bedford/surname.htm">Bedford County Surname List</A> > or, if the hyperlink won't work for you, then copy the below address into > your browser line: > http://www.tngenweb.org/bedford/surname.htm > > As usual, good luck in your research. May you find all your elusive > ancestors and may your find some "new" current-day relatives, > Lucy > Minden, Nevada (researching in Bedford County: CHAMBERS, CRUTCHER, DIXON, > DUNAWAY, GALBREATH, GORDON, HALL, KING, MCKAMEY, RICE, and SHARP) > > > ============================== > 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 > >