GEORGE WASHINGTON WEBSTER, b: 1790 and ELIZABETH 'BETSY' HUBBARD b: 1793. They married in Columbia Maury co TN in May 1817. Joann Higgins Coleman ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Jackson" <jackson@cafes.net> To: <TNBEDFOR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 10:20 AM Subject: Re: [TNBEDFOR] Jennings- Phillips Collection of Early Bedford County TN records soon to be available for interlibrary loan from Tennessee State Library and Archives > No, I am sorry they are all spoken for but I am making a list of people who > want one and reprint if there is the interest to do that. they were 25.00 > and 2. book rate shipping....let me know if you want on the list...are you > near a library? email me with your family names and I can get back with you > on which of them are in the index. > > a very early buyer emailed to say she saw there was not one in the Linebaugh > Library in Murfreesboro and she has placed hers there in the research > section which I thought was so nice of her. > > Let me know your names as i can get back to you on that today. > Linda Jackson > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Beverly Peavler" <bp@peavler.org> > To: <TNBEDFOR-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 9:54 AM > Subject: Re: [TNBEDFOR] Jennings- Phillips Collection of Early Bedford > County TN records soon to be available for interlibrary loan from Tennessee > State Library and Archives > > > > Mercy! Do you still have the five left to sell, and how much are they? > > Beverly Park Peavler > > > > At 04:33 PM 2/16/02 -0600, you wrote: > > > > >Hello List. This is Linda Jackson in Tullahoma, TN. In 1998 Judy Henley > and > > >I published a family collection of over 5500 papers that were in a little > > >cupboard called a safe. Most of the bundles of papers appeared to be > intact > > >from the time that they were bundled and placed in the safe. > > > > > >the first Jennings Records included in the Collection were from Robert > Cross > > >Jennnings b. 1789 and were his dealings in Wilson County Tennessee.deeds > > >ect. These papers will be of some interest to Jennings relatives in the > > >Wilson county clans. These records are from 1812 to the late 1830's. > > > Robert was the son of William Jenning b. 1763 in Va..and Elisabeth ? > Cross > > >Jennings) > > > > > > Robert moved to Bedford County with his wife Chaney Word ( b. 1789 > about > > >1838 where he continued to keep his records to his death in 1875 and > pass > > >them to his son Samuel Thomas Jennings ( b. 1841) who married Lou Vicie > > >Phillips. Some records for Edmond W. Jennings, b. 1818 to Robert Cross' > > >Jennings first wife Mary Word, were also included, and some of Emmet > Cross > > >Jennings ( b. 1841), son of Robert Cross Jennings and third wife, Mariah > > >Wheeler. > > > > > >Lou Vicie Phillips ( b. 1845) was the daughter of Garrett > hillips( b.1815) > > >, who was a sherriff of Bedford County in the Civil War. Civil records > of > > >Garrett including court dockets and many cases, were in the cupboard. > This > > >means there are many records of Bedford County doings involving many > > >citizens. > > > > > >Garrett Phillips' wife was Charlotte White ( b. 1816) who was the > daughter > > >of Joshua White. Originally the cupboard also contained papers of Joshua > > >White( b.1785). Copies of his letters are in the book. > > > > > >Also in the cupboard, and maybe in some ways the most wonderful, were the > > >papers of Matthew Phillips (b. 1770 in Surry County NC), one of the > pioneer > > >citizens of Bedford County. He was a justice of the peace, and had > bundles > > >of his cases, and records of citizens that came to his cotton gin > > > hundred's listed), and that he sold liquor to from his LEGAL STILL! > > > > > >Also there are records of the El Bethel Baptist Church of Christ starting > in > > >the mid-1820's and then later on when it became El Bethel Baptist to the > > >Early 1900's...bits and pieces as my ancestors were often serving in the > > >church and conference keeping some records...both Jennings and Phillips. > > > > > >Samuel Thomas Jennings ( b. 1841 d.1907) added his own papers, store > > >accounts, letters, tax records ect records to those of Robert Jennings, > > >Joshua White, Matthew and Garrett Phillips. From there the papers were > > >passed to his son, Robert Harrison ( RH) Jennings b. 1872- 1937 He was > the > > >last contributor to the safe. > > > > > >They were carefully transcribed for genealogical information with all > > >letters and deeds being fully transcribed. There is a 29 page first name > > >index was prepared by Judy Phillips. The book was finally printed in > 1998. > > >The papers were broad in scope and included so many Bedford county > citizens > > >from the early days of the county. Bedford County Tennessee has had 3 > court > > >house burnings so the records tend to be sketchy. The book is in the > Bedford > > >County Library but filed under the family section ( either Jennings or > > >Phillips) so that I dont think most people find it to see if their > ancestors > > >are in it. > > > > > > > > >The papers were organized into 501 files ( some were too big but that is > > >hindsight!). They were prepared and then microfilmed at the Tennessee > > >State Library and Archives. The microfilm can be viewed at the Tennessee > > >State Library . It is on 3 reels. Mf. 1571. I think they can be > purchased > > >but the TSLA has had a copy of the book and is in the process of > purchasing > > >a second book so that they can then loan one out on Interlibrary loan, or > I > > >think the book then can be used to reference the film. There will be > some > > >lapse time while they hardbind it, ect. IT is in about 16 other > libraries. > > >I can post this to the list if someone wants that information. > > > > > >I really just wanted to let you know it will soon be available for > > >InterLibrary loan! I have an email in to the cataloger to see how long > it > > >will take before it is ready to be loaned out. > > > > > >thanks, Linda Jackson > > > > > > > > >(I only have 5 left to sell afterwhich I can reprint if there is a call > > >for it.) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >============================== > > >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 > > > > > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > > > > ============================== > 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 > >