I am the 2nd great grand niece of Nancy Jane Gaylor. Thomas and Susan Gaylor are my 3rd great grandparents! I have been to their gravesites many times. We are related!!! Here is my connection to them: Thomas and Susan Gaylor Thomas and Sarah Isabella Slover Mary Hattie Gaylor (married Lee Roy Richardson) THEN (in case there are Richardson's here) Lee Roy Richardson Judson Beeler Richardson (married Thelma Florence Duncan) Kenneth Kyle Richardson (married Carolyn Jane Irvin) Donna Lynn Richardson -me! (married Stephen Lynn Fletcher) And, Millie, I am checking into your question about Fletchers...my husband's side...I don't have as much from them but they mostly seem to be from Russell County and Scott County, Va. I will let you know by tomorrow....thanks! ----- Original Message ----- From: <Warden1224@aol.com> To: <tncampbe@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 7:36 PM Subject: Re: [TNCAMPBE] Story: Sharp/Massengale--Logging/Ghost Story > Donna, You must be a cousin!!! I descend from Nancy Jane Gaylor and Lewis > Duke Reed. Nancy's parents were Thomas Gaylor and Susannah Harmon. > Susannah > Harmon was the daughter of John Harmon and Sarah Sharp.I also descend from > Newberry Dunkin and Winifred Brickey. The Macedonia church was my nanny > Daisy Reed > Wilson's home church. Many of my ancestors, cousins, aunts, and uncles are > buried at Macedonia. > > Who knows might be like me and Jenn, double cousins LOL. > Debbie Wilson Fehr > > > > **************Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL > Home. > (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15?ncid=aolhom00030000000001) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNCAMPBE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Cora: I am looking for information on a Chic (Mote) Carroll who married Margaret Reynolds. Margaret was born 5/20/1868. She was a sister to my grandfather, Daniel Reynolds. I am hoping to find some descendants of Chic and Margaret who may be able to add to my research on my Reynolds family. At present I don't have any information at all on any of their children, if they had any. I tried unsuccessfully to find them on Tennessee census records. I don't know if Chic was his given name or not. Jan Wilson Kings Mills, Ohio In a message dated 3/20/2008 8:36:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time, JCARROLL13@woh.rr.com writes: Hi Gerald,My husband's family are the Carrolls who Sarah Bowman 2nd wife of Fielding Lowe was married to Morton Carroll,Sr originally from Anderson County,Tenn. Fielding Lowe was in the Rev. War I think and the government paid him in land 5,000 acres for his service. This land is on Stinking Creek Road 2nd exit after you come up Jellico Mountain. Regards, Cora Carroll jcarroll13@woh.rr.com **************Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home. (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15?ncid=aolhom00030000000001)

My Grandmother, Sarah Perry (Christian) Asbury was born in Hilham, TN. She saucered and "blowed" her coffee too. But the thing I want to tell is that when I was very young, she told a group of relatives that "before I die, I want to go back to the Old Country." I said, "Why, Grandma, I didn't know you were from overseas!" She said, "I'm not! I mean Tennessee!" She was a lovely lady and loved her Tennessee. Velda Wittenbrink Moore vel_chick@verizon.net http://www.larrett.com/velda/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilrcgs/

When/Where? Will an announcement be put out to the mailing list? Jan Wilson In a message dated 3/21/2008 10:16:32 AM Eastern Daylight Time, slim@jellico.com writes: Hello Gene, Are you planning to attend the Lay Family Genealogical Association this June? http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/8896/ Certainly Hope So!! --Gerald **************Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home. (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15?ncid=aolhom00030000000001)

Debbie: I am looking for some info on a Mary Duncan who married John D. Lay. They lived in Campbell County, Tn. They were the parents of Stacy Lay who married my great grandfather, Elias Reynolds. Mary Duncan was born probably between 1795 and 1800. Also in my Reynolds line is a Barbary Hatmaker who married William Baird. They were the parents of Rachel Baird (Beard) who married my grandfather, Daniel Reynolds, son of Elias. Any info you could add would be greatly appreciated. Jan Wilson Kings Mills, Ohio In a message dated 3/19/2008 3:14:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Warden1224@aol.com writes: I wish I could be of more assistance on this one. The majority of my Adkins information is in relationship to how they tie into my Wilson and Dunkin/Duncan, Harmon, and Hatmaker lines. Debbie Wilson Fehr **************Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home. (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15?ncid=aolhom00030000000001)

Jenn, Where did you find the information that John Sonny Reed was a minister? I know that his son John Wiley was a prominent minister in his time. Thanks, Debbie **************Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home. (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15?ncid=aolhom00030000000001)

Donna, You must be a cousin!!! I descend from Nancy Jane Gaylor and Lewis Duke Reed. Nancy's parents were Thomas Gaylor and Susannah Harmon. Susannah Harmon was the daughter of John Harmon and Sarah Sharp.I also descend from Newberry Dunkin and Winifred Brickey. The Macedonia church was my nanny Daisy Reed Wilson's home church. Many of my ancestors, cousins, aunts, and uncles are buried at Macedonia. Who knows might be like me and Jenn, double cousins LOL. Debbie Wilson Fehr **************Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home. (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15?ncid=aolhom00030000000001)

Jenn, If the church burned before 1892 then her grandpa William F.Stansberry Sr. might have helped. He passed away in 1892. I am certain that her Great Grandpa John Sonny Reed did not help. He passed in 1883. I know that my nanny told me that her dad James Franklin Reed and her Grandpa Thomas Gaylor helped to rebuild the church. She also mentioned Isaac Sharp her cousin's husband helped. Esther's grandpa Sharp might have helped also. I am not certain as nanny never mentioned him. If I have my wires straight... Esther was my nanny's second cousin. They shared the same great grandparents John Sonny Reed and Mary Elizabeth Witt. Have you ever seen any documentation on who actually owned the land that Macedonia Church was built on? I recall hearing that the land was either donated by the Harmon or Gaylor family. That land was either donated for the church or cemetery. I can not remember which. Debbie **************Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home. (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15?ncid=aolhom00030000000001)

We recently had a "High Tea" at our church, & each table had a hostess who brought in her own china & teapots. One hostess had a lovely set of china with a small round saucer abt the same diameter as a coke can. She was using them for lemon slices & I thought they might have been butter pat dishes, but she said no, her grandmother had explained that 's where yu put your teacup when you were drinking the spills out of the regular saucer! (I think she said her grandmother was Dutch). Pat H. ----- Original Message ----- From: <genefricks@comcast.net> To: <tncampbe@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 10:04 AM Subject: Re: [TNCAMPBE] Coffee from the saucer > > Drinking coffee (or tea) from the saucer is an old cultural trait still > occasionally seen among oldsters in Ireland, the north of England and the > border of Scotland. I seem to recall reading years ago that it dated from > when only small plates were available but no cups back before Shakespeare. > May have been a case of "we've always done it that way." > > Gene Fricks > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNCAMPBE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

That is the neatest story! Wish I had kids / grandkids of egg-dying age, as I would definitely try this method. Maybe blueberries for blue, carrots for orange, etc.? When I was working at a reconstructed *pioneer* village, we dyed raw muslin cloth with natural dyes. Mulberries from our mulberry tree, beets, onions, tea leaves, strawberries - and other stuff that we experimented with. Of course, my teen-age docents had to dump all the dyes together when they were done. A "lovely", dark, murky color came out. My daughter also dyed raw wool with natural products for an art class and ended up with some really lovely pieces. Thanks for sharing this story - just in time for Easter egg coloring. Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: <JennH13@aol.com> To: <TNCAMPBE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 1:27 PM Subject: [TNCAMPBE] Story: Dyeing Easter Eggs; Sharp, Harness Family > When I was little, I used to spend a lot of time with my paternal > grandmother, Esther Mae Sharp Harness Johnson, who was named after a > neighbor that lived > down the road from her named Esther Parker or Esther Parks (I think that > is > the name). As a child, they lived in Jacksboro near Macedonia Baptist > Church. > My Granny lived on Main Street in Lake City after being widowed by her 2nd > husband, Hugh Johnson, a miner. > > One Saturday before Easter when I was about 7 or so (this would be about > 1979 > I guess) I was spending the day/night with my Granny. When I called home > to > see what everyone was doing (which I frequently did because I was nosey) I > found out that my sister and brother were dyeing Easter eggs. I was VERY > upset > because I had foregotton we were supposed to do that. I was so upset, > that my > Granny took out some eggs from her refrigerator and told me that we would > dye > some together. We got out some greens that she had put up in the freezer, > pickled beets, and onions. We put 2 eggs in a pot with the onions and > boiled > them. We put 2 eggs in with the greens and boiled those. We placed 2 eggs > in > with the pickled beets that she had put up the previous summer. I ended > up with > 2 yellow eggs, 2 mint green eggs, and 2 pink eggs. She told me that is > how > she had dyed eggs as a child. At the time I wasn't too impressed with > that > because I was used to dipping eggs in mugs filled with dye and vinegar. > It wasn't > until I got older that I came to appreciate the simplicity of dyeing eggs > 'the old way'. > > Jennifer Harness Ayers > Chattanooga, TN > >

Where in MI Nancy? We are from the Adrian area...Ann Arbor if you're not familiar. You're getting a lot of snow?? How much for the weekend? My parents are driving up there from TN for a funeral. Tina On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 2:39 PM, Nancy Keith <keithnancy@t-one.net> wrote: > > Oops, I forgot that part! YES! "Story - TRAMMELL", for example. The > name > will catch more attention, then. > > I, for one, intend to read every story to gain more information about how > my > families lived "in the olden days" - and maybe make my own genealogy > information more interesting and *human*. The little story about coffee > in > the saucer brought forth responses (on line and off) that stirred other > memories. Genealogy definitely is more than names and dates - it's about > people who lived interesting lives! > > So, bring them on! > > Nancy > in Michigan, where it's snowing again today! I NEED SUN!!! > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "AF FireWife" <affirewife@gmail.com> > To: <tncampbe@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 1:53 AM > Subject: Re: [TNCAMPBE] Stories > > > > Right Nancy...but at least put the surname mentioned in the story in the > > subject line as well so people don't just delete what they think is a > > "useless" story on their part. > > > > Tina Armes Pieplow > > > > On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 3:40 PM, Nancy Keith <keithnancy@t-one.net> > wrote: > > > >> > >> I'm thinking that some of us already are subscribed to *enough*(!) > lists, > >> and I really don't see that there should be a problem with adding > stories > >> to > >> our postings on this list. The stories will be specific to Tennessee, > so > >> would be within the rules for this list. > >> > >> And, let's face it, there won't be millions of stories posted. I think > >> that > >> a separate list for stories would just die out for lack of attention. > >> People would be more likely to share on a more active list, like this > >> one. > >> > >> As several of us have said, use the title "STORIES", don't send junk, > and > >> DELETE if you're not interested. Could hardly be simpler. > >> > >> Nancy > >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNCAMPBE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- ~ Tina ~ In God We STILL Trust

Does anyone have a list of marriages for the 40's or 50's? I'd like to find the marriage date for my Granny's second husband, Hugh Johnson. Jennifer Harness Ayers Chattanooga, TN **************Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home. (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15?ncid=aolhom00030000000001)

_Index - Sketches of Tennessee's Pioneer Baptist Preachers (Burnett, 1919)_ (http://www.knoxcotn.org/tnbaptists/index.html#L) Has preachers from all counties, just about! Jenn **************Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home. (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15?ncid=aolhom00030000000001)

My granny (Esther Mae Sharp Harness Johnson) told me that during the 1930's when the dams were being build and it became necessary to move the graves up from the water line, that she and several other families of Macedonia would pack a picnic go spend the day in the cemetery in order to make sure that the graves were moved and that the stones were placed where they were supposed to. She told me that she relived a lot of memories of the people buried there as she would watch to make sure that their bodies and stones were moved and settled into their new grave. She told me about one 'friend of the family' that had had a glass-topped coffin that you could look down into. She said she remembered looking down into it after it had been dug up (I guess she was just curious) and was shocked to see how the lady's fingernails and hair had grown while in the ground. She said that both the hair and nails were much longer than they had been at the time she had been buried. She said another casket was opened while she was there. I was never clear as to why it was opened, but I remember she told me this in conjunction with a mentioning of grave robbers. Anyway, she said that there were nail marks on the top of the coffin lid where the deceased had not really been deceased and had tired to get out. She said she had remembered being at this particular person's funeral and how sad she had been and that she was horrified to now know that the lady had not actually been dead. If she mentioned the person's name, I have foregotten it. Jennifer Harness Ayers Chattanooga, TN **************Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home. (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15?ncid=aolhom00030000000001)

Do you know where and who the FLETCHER family were, Donna? One of my gr-grgr-grandmas was MARTHA FLETCHER , daughter of JOHN GOLDSMITH FLETCHER and wife of JAMES WELCH of the top of my head from Grainger or Claiborne County Milly WARD Piros My Mind Is Like Lightning....One Brilliant Flash and Poooffffffffffffffffff, It's Gone **************Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home. (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15?ncid=aolhom00030000000001)

My Great-grandmother, Martha Jane Stansberry/Stansbury (both spellings have been used) was the daughter of William Stansbury (a veteran of the union army and member of Longfield Baptist Church) and his wife Elizabeth Reed (referred to as Betty Elizabeth by my Granny, Esther Sharp Harness Johnson). Elizabeth was the daughter of Rev. John "Sonny" Reed who had started and pastored a number of churches in the Campbell and Anderson County areas. Martha Jane was born 5-6-1864 in Campbell County. She met and courted Isaac Peter Sharp and he asked for her hand in marriage. William, Martha's father, told him no (I was never given a reason as to why). So Isaac and Martha snuck out one night in 1881 (not sure of the exact date) and went to Anderson County to be married. Isaac would later tell his kids that Martha was the 'only piece of meat I ever stole'. They loved each other a great deal and together had 7 children: Lee <married to Tennie LNU>, Sammy (died at birth), Alice <wife of John Massengale>, Bertha (pronounced Berth-ee) <wife of John Day>, Delas <husband to Clay LNU>, Dave <had 2 wives, not sure of names>, and Esther <wife of James Earl Harness Sr. and Hugh 'Hudy' Johnson>. They all farmed the land together. During the early part of 1919, Martha suffered from a lot of pain with her teeth. She finally decided to submit to going to a dentist and had all of her teeth pulled. This caused her a lot of pain and probably also caused a lot of infection. Shortly after having her teeth pulled she took to her bed. On Feb. 3rd, she requested that her youngest daughter, Esther, bring her a dish of peaches with cream, claiming that she was the hungriest she'd ever been. This was her last meal as she passed way sometime during the night on Feb. 4, 1919. Her husband, Isaac, was filled with grief, as were the children, especially her youngest, Esther who said she 'felt empty after the death of my mama.' However, if you look at the census records for 1920 Campbell County, you will find Martha listed as living with her husband, Isaac, and daughter, Esther <called Easter>. Apparently, Isaac could not deal with the fact that his wife was dead and he must have reported her as living to the census record. Isaac died 6 years later in 1926 and was known to be senile. Perhaps his senility had started by the time his wife died. Note: Once, my Granny took me to Norris Dam and we walked along the dam, out to the very middle. She pointed to the tallest tree to the left of the lake and told me that was her favorite tree and the tree she had played with her dolls under. Apparently a good portion of the lake near the dam is the site of her farm. I'm sure that tree would be hard to pick out now though. Jennifer Harness Ayers Chattanooga, TN **************Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home. (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15?ncid=aolhom00030000000001)

Dear Gerald: Fielding Lowe is my husband's 5X great grandfather. That cairn of rocks is the grave of his second wife, not him, as Miller McDonald's book says. Fielding built it. I found her headstone, but it is in a place in the cairn that if I tell it, someone might tear it down trying to see it. It has her date of death on it. I also took a chance of getting eaten up by a rattler, sticking my hand, with a flashlight, back into that hole. Fielding is buried on the left side of that cairn of stones, if you are standing at the bottom of the grave. The headstone of Fielding Lowe that the descendant was holding in that picture in McDonald's book was Fieldings. BUT, it did not come from off the cairn. It had fallen over on the ground from his burial place beside the cairn, and someone years ago placed it on top of it. That is where the confusion began. Everyone thinks that cairn of stone is his grave, but it is not. He owned many hundreds of acres of land on what is now Hickory Creek, Rock Creek, Stinking Creek, Lowe Branch (which got its name from him) and also Louse Creek. Louse Creek was originally named Lowe's Creek, but since Fielding pronounced his name "Lough", instead of "Low", like we do now, the name of the area got corrupted over the years into Louse Creek. Libby Bunch Smiddy Campbell County, TN -------------------------------------------------- From: "Gerald Lay" <slim@jellico.com> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 9:22 PM To: "Debra Rookard" <mscongeneology@yahoo.com> Cc: "Scott County TN List" <TNSCOTT-L@rootsweb.com>; "Campbell County TN List" <tncampbe@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [TNCAMPBE] TNCAMPBE Felding Lowe > Debra, > > I would be glad to get that info as a future reference. If only to help > someone else. > > I understand, and I am not for sure but I believe Fielding Lowe to be > buried in basically a unmarked grave. For you people familiar with > Stinking Creek TN, At I believe Hickory Creek road where it meets the new > road north of the Hall cemetery ( towards highway 25 w ) directly on the > hill up the bank of the new road is a cemetery. Me and Dave Neely was > told about it so we found it and there is a grave with stacked rocks on > it. Stacked up, at one time I am sure they were neatly stacked, This > grave looks similar to the one in a story about Fielding Lowe in one of > Miller McDonalds books on Campbell County. There was a picture with one > of Fielding Lowe's descendants standing there and it looked like the same > grave. There was also some Carroll's buried there I believe. If one did > not know where it is you could not find it. I think it is on the > Fielding Lowe tract of land. > > Just thought I would pass that on. > > Gerald > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Debra Rookard > To: slim@jellico.com > Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 8:50 PM > Subject: TNCAMPBE Felding Lowe > > > Hi Gerald, > > I know a litle about ol' Fielding. He maried BOTH of the sisters, > (Margaret & Mary), of > my ancestress Sarah SWOPE d/o John SWOPE & Nancy MILLER. > > My Sarah 'Sally' SWOPE m John BRANHAM ~1837 s/o James BRANHAM & Sarah > ETHRIDGE b 1818 > CCTN d aft 1860 CCTN. Their daughter Eliza Jane b May 1838 d 29 Apr 1904 > m Lewis > ROOKARD b 16 Jun 1835 Grainger Co d 30 Jun 1910 CCTN. > > I can send you what I know on Fielding, > Debra > > Gerald Lay wrote: > > > Jenn, > > > > I am not related but do you have anything on a Felding Lowe who lived > in Stinking > > Creek TN. He was a pioneer settler I think? > > > > --Gerald > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNCAMPBE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Jennifer, my ggrandfather, Lee Roy Richardson lived near Macedonia Baptist (he is buried there now along with his wife's parents and grandparents) and he had the same job...taking the logs down the Clinch River to Chattanooga. I have been at that little church numerous times....my dad's initials are carved in one of the trees on the path behind the church going down to the lake. I love reading these stories because I know the area. Relatives of mine that lived in the area...Richardson, Gaylor and Duncan. Donna Fletcher ----- Original Message ----- From: <JennH13@aol.com> To: <TNCAMPBE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 1:51 PM Subject: [TNCAMPBE] Story: Sharp/Massengale--Logging/Ghost Story > My great-grandfather, Isaac Peter Sharp, and his sons (Lee, Delas, and > Dave) > and son-in-law (John Massengale, husband of Alice Sharp Massengale) would > cut > timber from their farm and sell it in Chattanooga. My granny (Esther Mae > Sharp Harness Johnson) said that they would use the timber to build rafts > and they > would all float down the river (I'm assuming this would be the Clinch but > I've never really thought about this and then on to the Tennessee) to > Chattanooga > where they would sell the timber and then return home. She never talked > about how they got home. Maybe they took horses with them on the raft?? > > One particular time, it started to rain heavily while they were gone. The > rivers started to run high and the men didn't return when they had > projected > that they would. All of the family got very worried as they waited days > more > than they had planned. > > The night before the men returned, my granny's sister, Alice, and her were > sitting on her porch, hoping that her husband would walk in at any moment. > Granny said that Aunt Alice's house stood near the corner of the cemetery > farthest > from Macedonia Baptist Church and close to where the road going by the > cemetery is. She was staying with Aunt Alice that night because she was > afraid to > stay by herself. It must have been early in their marriage because they > didn't > have any children yet. > > Granny said that as they sat there, a silvery mist formed over the grave > yard > and formed the shape of a woman in a long dress. She said that they both > watched in silence as the figure walked along the edge of the grave yard > and then > disappeared. Needless to say they both went inside for the night because > they were scared to death. > > The next morning, the men returned from their trip safely. Granny said > that > Aunt Alice claimed that the figure in the graveyard must have been telling > them that everything was alright. > > Jennifer Harness Ayers > Chattanooga, TN > > > > > **************Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL > Home. > (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15?ncid=aolhom00030000000001) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNCAMPBE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Drinking coffee (or tea) from the saucer is an old cultural trait still occasionally seen among oldsters in Ireland, the north of England and the border of Scotland. I seem to recall reading years ago that it dated from when only small plates were available but no cups back before Shakespeare. May have been a case of "we've always done it that way." Gene Fricks

My great-grandfather, Isaac Peter Sharp, and his sons (Lee, Delas, and Dave) and son-in-law (John Massengale, husband of Alice Sharp Massengale) would cut timber from their farm and sell it in Chattanooga. My granny (Esther Mae Sharp Harness Johnson) said that they would use the timber to build rafts and they would all float down the river (I'm assuming this would be the Clinch but I've never really thought about this and then on to the Tennessee) to Chattanooga where they would sell the timber and then return home. She never talked about how they got home. Maybe they took horses with them on the raft?? One particular time, it started to rain heavily while they were gone. The rivers started to run high and the men didn't return when they had projected that they would. All of the family got very worried as they waited days more than they had planned. The night before the men returned, my granny's sister, Alice, and her were sitting on her porch, hoping that her husband would walk in at any moment. Granny said that Aunt Alice's house stood near the corner of the cemetery farthest from Macedonia Baptist Church and close to where the road going by the cemetery is. She was staying with Aunt Alice that night because she was afraid to stay by herself. It must have been early in their marriage because they didn't have any children yet. Granny said that as they sat there, a silvery mist formed over the grave yard and formed the shape of a woman in a long dress. She said that they both watched in silence as the figure walked along the edge of the grave yard and then disappeared. Needless to say they both went inside for the night because they were scared to death. The next morning, the men returned from their trip safely. Granny said that Aunt Alice claimed that the figure in the graveyard must have been telling them that everything was alright. Jennifer Harness Ayers Chattanooga, TN **************Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home. (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15?ncid=aolhom00030000000001)