Bill Grieves: Notice you have RUSHING in your surnames for research. Do you have anything on a Dorsey Rushing b. 1870 Benton Co. Tn. d. 1962 Benton Co., TN. His parents are: Marion Jasper Rushing & Mary L. Hall. Doris Lewis clewis@tstar.net TNBENTON-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > Subject: > > TNBENTON-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 7 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Re: [TNBENTON] (TNBenton) Roll Cal [ACSmithRN@aol.com] > #2 [TNBENTON] roll call ["Melton, Will" <wmelton@jaguar.mid] > #3 [TNBENTON] George Family [Zojea@aol.com] > #4 Re: [TNBENTON] ROLL CALL [Zojea@aol.com] > #5 [TNBENTON] Melton [Zojea@aol.com] > #6 [TNBENTON] TNBENTON Roll Call [Bill Gleaves <gleavew@peak.org>] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from TNBENTON-D, send a message to > > TNBENTON-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: [TNBENTON] (TNBenton) Roll Call > Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 09:00:00 EST > From: ACSmithRN@aol.com > To: TNBENTON-L@rootsweb.com > > James, do you have any connections to Philemon Bradford? His daughter, > Sarah, is my ancestor. Anne > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [TNBENTON] roll call > Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 09:39:21 -0500 > From: "Melton, Will" <wmelton@jaguar.middlebury.edu> > To: TNBENTON-L@rootsweb.com > > My family lines: Melton (Cooper), Holland (Whit), Pierce (Harvey), Vester > (Peggy) > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [TNBENTON] George Family > Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 15:24:18 EST > From: Zojea@aol.com > To: TNBENTON-L@rootsweb.com > > Hi Pat: > > My GEORGE line is as follows: > Britton GEORGE (1792-1857) wife 1) Janie: > Robert King GEORGE (1831-1904) & 2) wife Lucinda Caroline > CAPLINGER (1844-1928). > Ellen Drucilla GEORGE (1871-1951) & George Washington BEASLEY > (1863-1952). > Zotha BEASLEY (1899-1987) & Charles McMills WILSON (1898-1949). > Me - Zotha Jean WILSON (1933- ) md George William > STRINGHAM. > > I know some of my GEORGE line went to OK & TX, some MO - I don't have a > Joseph G. GEORGE but I do have a Joseph I. GEORGE in this line. Britton > GEORGE was born in Spartanburg, SC, md 1) Janie, had three children (that I > know of), Marion, Cynthia Ann, & my Robert King GEORGE, bn near Vandalia, > Fayette Co, Illinois, but Marion & Cynthia died very young, as did his wife > Janie, (this in Illinois) so he then took Robert King down to TN and married > again to a Martha 'Mattie or Matthew' COLLIER (1814 - aft 1859), had a family > of 8 children by her: > 1) William J. GEORGE (1838 -?) md Harriet ?; > 2) David GEORGE (1840 TN - ?) also md a Harriet; > 3) Mary Ann Francis GEORGE (1842 TN -?) may be the one who married 1 May 1864 > Henry BARKER; > 4) James GEORGE (1844 TN-?); > 5) Martha Ann GEORGE (1847 TN - ?); > 6) Andrew Jackson GEORGE (1850 TN -?); > 7) Margarett GEORGE (1851 TN - ?); > 8) John GEORGE (1855 TN - ?) md 30 Apr 1880 Elizabeth REED ; two children of > my knowledge: Sadie & Andrew. > > Now about about Britton GEORGE. There was another, older Britton (or > Brittain) GEORGE (abt 1762 Botetourt Co, VA - 1827 Humphreys Co, TN), who was > married to Sarah NATIONS RIDEL (abt 1762 Catawba Nation, VA - abt 1850TN). > his Britton is buried in the same burying ground as the younger Britton > GEORGE, but I can establish no relationship between the two. here is a bible > record of the children of the elder Britton, and it gives no Britton Jr. > This Britton GEORGE was also known as 'Catawba GEORGE'. He fought in the > Revolution under George Washington for seven years. In the bible record it > lists these children for Britton George, Sr.: Jeremiah, Anthony, Polly, > William Frank, Mary, Nancy, James, Joseph. > The wife of Britton GEORGE Sr was Sarah or Sally NATIONS. She was half > Cherokee & half Catawba, born on the Catawba reservation, as was Britton. > She was a daughter of King HAGLER/HAGER. Here is what the Bible record of > this family recorded: "Bible Record written by James William George, "Sarah > Ridel was born in the Catawba Indian Nation in 1762 she was the daughter of > King Hager, her mother was a Cherokee Indian, her sister was Mary Nations. > After King Hager death the Boston Bess Family raised her until 6 years old. > The Charles Ridel Family adopted her. She married Breton George on April 11, > 1785. Date of Death was in the 1850's. Buried in George and Nations Cemetary > in Missouri". So that is why she is Sarah (or Sally) NATIONS RIDEL. Now, I > don't know , it maybe should read Sarah HAGER instead of NATIONS, I'm not > sure how that was recorded. > I do have a small amount of further information on these children, but > the record is far from complete, and it still leaves me wondering who was > Britton Jr's father and what is the connection between the two Brittons??? > I have not done an extensive amount of research on these ancestors of > Robert King George, but I do have a goodly amount of information on his > descendants, if you are interested. Happy to share what I have, and ANY lead > you may have on this family I would very happily welcome - it has been, and > is, a real dilemma to me. > Thanks for your response to the roll call..anything further I can help you > with I would be happy to do so - let me know if you find a connection, ok? > > Jean Stringham > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: [TNBENTON] ROLL CALL > Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 15:29:37 EST > From: Zojea@aol.com > To: TNBENTON-L@rootsweb.com > > Karla: > > Do you have a connection between Martha Jane Atchison and Jesse Loyd > Atchison (1908-1981) who md 1939 Mavis Ethel Bomar in Benton County? Mavis > fits into my Caplinger line - would be happy to share info with you if so. > > Jean Stringham > > In a message dated 01/13/2000 09:25:26 PM US Mountain Standard Time, > EverettKA@aol.com writes: > > << William S Barger (b. 3-Jan-1834) married Martha Jane Atchison (b. abt > 1842) > in Benton County. 17-Jun-1860. > > Divorced in Paducah, McCracken Co., KY 9-Oct-1868 AND 13-Jan-1869. (He > divorced her, then she divorced him.) > > Is anyone researching Martha Jane Atchison? I'd love to know what happened > to her. Have divorce papers. > > Karla Butler Everett >> > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [TNBENTON] Melton > Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 15:38:09 EST > From: Zojea@aol.com > To: TNBENTON-L@rootsweb.com > > James: > > Do you know who the parents of Mary MeLTON1891 Benton Co, TN - 1954 > Michigan) who md Earnest G. FLORENCE were? I don't believe they had > children. His parents were George Washington FLORENCE and Lee Ada ELMORE. > Would appreciate knowing who her parents were. Thanks. > > Jean Stringham > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [TNBENTON] TNBENTON Roll Call > Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 17:43:44 -0800 > From: Bill Gleaves <gleavew@peak.org> > To: TNBENTON-L@rootsweb.com > > Researching: GLEAVES, LINDSEY, LOWRY, RUSHING, DOTY, DOWDY, > RUMLEY, WARREN, YARBROUGH, WEBB, BEACHAM,BUCHANAN. > > Bill Gleaves