Jess, You got it! I hope your right about the snakes! :) Haven't seen any on my property yet. I'll let ya know Bobby

Merideth, I just checked the 1910 Census, and I have John & Florence in Woodbury, TN with two sons, Lebran, and Raymond. It's showing John being 28, and Florence being 21. Same ones? Bobby Lykins -----Original Message----- From: Meri Allen [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 7:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [TNCANNON] searching for info on Allen and Travis I am searching for info on John Ervin Allen and Florence Travis. I have a birth for John as being 1882 (this is on his grave marker) and death as 1952 (grave marker). For Florence I have B:29 Oct 1884 D: 1 Sep 1949 ( I got the years from the grave marker and the day and month from family). Here is part of my dilema. I found a 1930 census that has them listed with their children in Cannon Co. so I know it has to be them but their birth years are listed as being three years later. Why would that be and who should I trust for this info for record keeping purposes? I can not seem to find either of these people in a census with their parents. I have the names of Florence's parents as Sampson B. Travis and Minerva Emiline Hays. That is as far back as I have gotten but now I am all messed up over the dates. As far as I know the Allens and Travis' have been in Cannon for quite awhile. Any info or suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks, Merideth K. Allen --------------------------------- Blab-away for as little as 1¢/min. Make PC-to-Phone Calls using Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. ==== TNCANNON Mailing List ==== To subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Cannon Co. list, send mail to.. [email protected] ,with subscribe or unsubscribe in the subject line. NOTHING ELSE. ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx

Bobby, Good luck and have fun, on your trek. The woman at the house near the existing St.John Cemetery might be able to your search, a bit (she lived there in 2001) She was vaguely familiar with where the old house site was, and confirmed that there was a small family cemetery there. However, I believe that she hadn't actually been there herself. Maybe her father. been a while & I don't remember all the details. I certainly would be interested in anything you find, including pics. A little early for many snakes, so maybe you will have a successful trip. Jess Lewis

Sorry if this was meant for me, you were asking when I went to the old St. John cemetery to take some pics. I did on one this evening, but I didn't get to the other one with the old homestead. It was starting to get dark and my friend who knows exactly where it has permission to go through the locked gate. He says he'll take me up there this weekend. He also says the home is really going down fast, what a shame. His wife who is related to the St. John's says there may only be one or two actual headstones and the rest are like Jess says, just fieldstones. If anyone is interested in the pics I have now just let me know. The surnames are: ST. JOHN, BOWEN, and TODD. Bobby Lykins -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 6:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Re: [TNCANNON] Found Cemetery What are we talking about? Please refresh me. Thanks Connie > > From: [email protected] (m m) > Date: 2006/04/12 Wed PM 01:35:18 GST > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [TNCANNON] Found Cemetery > > Connie glad you were on line and saw the post,.I forwarded the post to > Eric when I saw it > > > > > ==== TNCANNON Mailing List ==== > To subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Cannon Co. list, send mail to.. > [email protected] ,with subscribe or unsubscribe > in the subject line. NOTHING ELSE. > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > In God we Trust ==== TNCANNON Mailing List ==== Post or search Cannon Co. area Genealogical Queries at... http://www.bellsouthpwp.net/C/a/CanCofHist/cannon/canqry.htm ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

Try www.savingraves.com This site has links to preservation steps, state laws, agencies etc. listed state by state. They were a lot of help to my family when we needed to figure out what to do. Good luck to you and yours. DON MARKUM <[email protected]> wrote: I have a question about cemetaries that have grown up . Can anything be done about them . I have a gg grandfather and wife and his mother buried at Craddock cemetary, it is badly over grown.lot of tombstones are broken or lieing on ground. Maybe Jess Lewis can answer this question. I would like to see it in a better state of repair. What can be done ? --------------------------------- New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Call regular phones from your PC and save big. ==== TNCANNON Mailing List ==== To subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Cannon Co. list, send mail to.. [email protected] ,with subscribe or unsubscribe in the subject line. NOTHING ELSE. ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx

I am searching for info on John Ervin Allen and Florence Travis. I have a birth for John as being 1882 (this is on his grave marker) and death as 1952 (grave marker). For Florence I have B:29 Oct 1884 D: 1 Sep 1949 ( I got the years from the grave marker and the day and month from family). Here is part of my dilema. I found a 1930 census that has them listed with their children in Cannon Co. so I know it has to be them but their birth years are listed as being three years later. Why would that be and who should I trust for this info for record keeping purposes? I can not seem to find either of these people in a census with their parents. I have the names of Florence's parents as Sampson B. Travis and Minerva Emiline Hays. That is as far back as I have gotten but now I am all messed up over the dates. As far as I know the Allens and Travis' have been in Cannon for quite awhile. Any info or suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks, Merideth K. Allen --------------------------------- Blab-away for as little as 1¢/min. Make PC-to-Phone Calls using Yahoo! Messenger with Voice.

Connie, I'd be happy to send you pictures of whatever I may find. Would you also like for me to take photos of the old homestead Jess was speaking of? This also goes for anyone else that would be interested. Bobby Lykins

I have a question about cemetaries that have grown up . Can anything be done about them . I have a gg grandfather and wife and his mother buried at Craddock cemetary, it is badly over grown.lot of tombstones are broken or lieing on ground. Maybe Jess Lewis can answer this question. I would like to see it in a better state of repair. What can be done ? --------------------------------- New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Call regular phones from your PC and save big.

Connie glad you were on line and saw the post,.I forwarded the post to Eric when I saw it

Bobby If you find anything at the Old St. John Cemetery I would be interested. My ggrandmother was a St.John and lived in that area. If you take any pictures I would love it you could email them to me. Thanks Connie Douglas

Jess, I believe I might just have to take a walk or horse ride down in the hollow and have me a look this weekend!! I'll let ya know what I find!! Thanks again Bobby

Bobby, If you are out walking, sometime, go on up the Hollow (away from Hill Creek Rd.) until you come to the St. John Cemetery back off the left side of the road about 150 feet and behind a house (a St. John Family lived there a few years back). Almost across the road from the cemetery, on the South side of the road, is a small dirt lane that leads back into some small hollow. About 1 to 1.5 miles back down this lane, is supposed to be an old St. John abandoned home place, with a small family cemetery. I never went back far enough to find it, as it was reported to be only fieldstones. But, who knows, 'till someone looks at them closely. Folks sometimes in a hurry, overlook small details. Jess

Jess & List, I'd of never thought anyone would've found this one!! You're a good researcher Jess!! :) By the way Mr. Parker says if anyone wants to get it cleaned up have at it!! I may just that, any suggestions on cleaning up on the old limestone markers?? Bobby -----Original Message----- From: Jess Lewis [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 11:50 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TNCANNON] Found Cemetery Bobby, Is this the old "Todd" cemetery? Todd #3 in our Cannon Co. Cemetery Book. Leaving Woodbury, go South on Hill Creek Rd. then turn East on St. John Hollow Rd. go about 1/2 mile and cemetery is on your right (South side of road, across a small creek). I found several stones there, but only 4 stones with names on them. Two "Pulliam" and two "Todd" Jess Lewis ==== TNCANNON Mailing List ==== Several people subscribe and unsubscribe from the list each month. You are encouraged to resubmit your queries once or twice per year to reach new listmembers. ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx

Bobby, Is this the old "Todd" cemetery? Todd #3 in our Cannon Co. Cemetery Book. Leaving Woodbury, go South on Hill Creek Rd. then turn East on St. John Hollow Rd. go about 1/2 mile and cemetery is on your right (South side of road, across a small creek). I found several stones there, but only 4 stones with names on them. Two "Pulliam" and two "Todd" Jess Lewis

Hi All, I was out looking at some land today, and noticed a small cemetery ( 50' X 50' ) and asked the owner if I could take a look. I don't know if this one is listed in the county books or not, I'm still waiting to find out. But if anyone is interested, there were 36 total marker stones, of those 6 only had initials on them, 4 I was able to get etchings off of and the rest were plain ole flat marker rocks. There were only 2 different surnames; Todd, and Pulliam. I have the other info if this interests anyone. Bobby Lykins

Anybody on the list researching the desc. of Thomas WILLIAMS (b. Apr 1853) & Nancy Isabell SPRY (b. Oct 1855). They are in the 1900 Cannon USC w/ their 10 kids, but we have nothing on them since then and the 4-5 subsequent generations are therefore being deprived of knowing they are SISSOM desc. via Nancy's mother Melissa. In the meantime, if you happen to run across a Sissom desc. we have missed, holler. At our website http://dfc.cc you will find in addition to more Sissoms than you might have thot were, a lot of Parkers, Taylors, Dukes, Simmons, Coopers, etc., that might help you tie something together. Joe Sissom, Irving

A phone call w/ cousin Kokomo John Sissom made me aware of FOUR near contemporary Calvin Dukes vs. the 1 I was carrying as the father of Horace, son of William Parham Duke & Cynthia Morgan. I am not sure I have the right Calvin. This brings into question whether the line of Mordecai > Epps Duke or Wm. Green Duke is involved. I am also concerned about the line of Gideon, b.1822 who also produced some Sissom desc. Who wants to help me sort out this multitude of Dukes? To add to the interest, the Wm. Parham > Wm. Green line owned property adj. to that of Thomas SissoN, the progenitor of the SissoMs in TN, in Brunswick Co., VA. Further, this Tom was appointed guardian of a PARHAM minor and we have long suspected that his wife is a Parham. Coincidnce???? Nah -- don't believe in 'em. Joe Sissom

Linda, et al, FYI, I have Wm. P. Duke & Cynthia Morgan in my d/b at http://dfc.cc and their line downstream to their connection w/ the SISSOM family. This includes lots of Dukes, Parkers, Swnagers, et al. Further connections w/ Sissom decs. via any connection are gratefully requested. Joe Sissom

Linda, Hilery Parker's line to William P. Duke is Robert L. Parker and Myrtle Swanger-John Mathias Parker and Martha Ann Duke-William Monroe Duke and Sarah C. Lynn-William P. Duke and Cynthia Morgan. Carl ----- Original Message ----- From: "L Brewster" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 11:06 AM Subject: [TNCANNON] Stories of Mr. Hilery Parker > Back in the early 1990s, someone was doing interviews with Mr. Hilery > Parker. I had the pleasure of meeting him at the Ivy Bluff Homecoming in > May of 1993 (I think that was the date). Anyway, a young woman was taking > notes and stories from him for preservation. Does anyone know if a book > ever came to fruition from these efforts? Mr. Parker was related to my > Duke family, only I don't remember through whom as I don't have his > ancestory. > > Any info would be most appreciated, as he was the one who told me how to > find the grave site of Cynthia Morgan Duke, wife of my GG Grandfather > William P. Duke. > > Linda Duke Brewster > Rocky Face, GA > Researching in Cannon Co: Duke/Edward(s)/Haley > Morgan/Philips/Smithson/Allmon > > > ==== TNCANNON Mailing List ==== > To subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Cannon Co. list, send mail to.. > [email protected] ,with subscribe or unsubscribe > in the subject line. NOTHING ELSE. > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >

Back in the early 1990s, someone was doing interviews with Mr. Hilery Parker. I had the pleasure of meeting him at the Ivy Bluff Homecoming in May of 1993 (I think that was the date). Anyway, a young woman was taking notes and stories from him for preservation. Does anyone know if a book ever came to fruition from these efforts? Mr. Parker was related to my Duke family, only I don't remember through whom as I don't have his ancestory. Any info would be most appreciated, as he was the one who told me how to find the grave site of Cynthia Morgan Duke, wife of my GG Grandfather William P. Duke. Linda Duke Brewster Rocky Face, GA Researching in Cannon Co: Duke/Edward(s)/Haley Morgan/Philips/Smithson/Allmon