This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: genbrat Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.tennessee.counties.carter/146.4/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Does anyone have a list of the towns/cities associated with the various Civil Districts that were used in the census records for Carter Co., TN? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Rosenstern Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.tennessee.counties.carter/1147.2.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I just found an awesome one, totally FREE: !!! http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Rosenstern Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.tennessee.counties.carter/1147.2.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: One site I have found useful is the VA's grave locator: http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/j2ee/servlet/NGL_v1 It's only helpful if the person died in combat, however. And if you have relatives that might have lived in NC at the time: http://www.censusdiggins.com/nc_civilwar.html And last, a paysite: http://go.footnote.com/records/civil-war/?xid=319 Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jackiepeters11 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.tennessee.counties.carter/146.2.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Turkey Town is on Tennessee Highway 400 between Watauga and Elizabethton. There is some nice farm land in this area. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: SandyNewburn61 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.tennessee.counties.carter/146.2.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Anybody know where Turkey Town was? It is listed as having had a post office from 1877-1894. Is it in the hills or could people farm there? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: SandyNewburn61 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.tennessee.counties.carter/277.2.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you for the info on the wonderful book about Carter Co cemeteries. I am going to make a trip to East TN sometime as I have hit the wall on my internet research, and this certainly sounds like a good place to start. My great grandmother, Nellie Swiney, was born in Carter Co, and her father John and grandfather James were both married in Washington Co. John had a brother Noah who moved to Sullivan Co (Bristol) so I bet I still have a lot of distant relatives in the area. Sandy Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: SandyNewburn61 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.tennessee.counties.carter/1147.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thanks for the info on the book. I didn't realize East TN was so interesting until I found out my great grand parents were from there. Wish I'd known that on our way back from Gettysburg last year. We spent a lot of time in Confederate cemeteries, so we could have spent some looking for my people. *sigh* I guess I'll just have to make a trip back there and see for myself. Sandy Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: gksheffield Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.tennessee.counties.carter/1177.1.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I do note a John Stout on dwelling 55 just below George Sheffield on 1850 census. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: gksheffield Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.tennessee.counties.carter/1177.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thanks for the update! I could most certainly be at error since I just recently started working this line and they are all running together trying to sort everyone out! It looks like on the 1850 census for Alfred: 11th District on 11 of October dwelling: 50 Alfred, Hila and William S are at the bottom of the page Then I see for same 1850 census a continuation which states district 1 a continuation for dwelling 50 that list: John C age 11 Elizabeth M Martha E Fanny Nancy J Eliza Amanda on this same page dwelling 53 is Wiley Cooper with Martha Shuffield who I highly suspect is George & Alfreds mother Same page dwelling 54 is George and Elizabeth Shuffield which has John listed as age 13 Again thanks for your help! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: JerryStout99 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.tennessee.counties.carter/1177.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Glenn: My information is not the same as yours. You may be correct about John C. Shuffield, but I'll send you what I have on him. If you find I've confused this John with another let me know. The reason I have worked on Shuffield/Sheffield is their connection to the STOUTs. But because they are not my direct line, no doubt I don't have all the information that you have. So here is how I have this particular John listed: JOHN C. SHUFFIELD/Sheffield [son of George b.1805]b. 1837 d. 1907 Carter Co. TN buried with 2nd wife Sheffield Cemetery, Carter Co. TN m. 1st a Miss SHELL before 1858 m. 2nd abt. 1863 Nancy Jane KINNICK b. 1 Nov 1838 Washington Co. TN d. 12 Oct 1918 Carter Co. TN. Sources for John C. Shuffield: 185j0 Census Carter Co. TN; 1870 Census Washington Co. TN; 1880,1900 Census Carter Co. TN-4th Civil Dist.; "Watauga Reservoir Cemeteries, TVA Grave Removal Records" by James L. Douthat; Carter Co. TN Will Book 2 pp 254 dated 12 Mar 1907 pvd Apr 1907. Sources: for Miss SHELL: her daughter's death cert. Carter Co. TN [Daughter: Malinda Josephine SHUFFIELD 1858-1917 w/o Richard C. WHITE, Jr. Sources for : Nancy Jane KINNICK, dau. of John KINNICK & Mary SHUFFIELD: 1850 & 1870 Census Washington Co. TN;1880-1900-1910 Carter Co. TN Census; "Abstracts of TN Death Records for Carter County 1908-1925" by Eddie M. Nikazy; "Watauga Reservoir Cemeteries, TVA Grave Removal Records" James L. Douthat. Per 1900 census Nancy Jane had been married 37 years, 7 children/7 living. Nancy Jane's children from census, etc: John H. b. ca 1864; Willard b. ca 1867; Mary E. b. 1869 w/o Andrew LYONS; Robert Hayes Sheffield b. 1872; Alice An b. 1875 w/o Alfred S. WARD; Oscar Boyd Sheffield b. 1877 and Dayton Hunter SHeffield b. 1883. Jerry Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: gksheffield Surnames: Sheffield Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.tennessee.counties.carter/1177.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Jerry, Thanks a million for posting! Good data indeed! John C. Sheffield was son of Alfred Sheffield and Hila Woodby. John was 11 on the 1850 census for Carter Co district 1. My 3rd great grandmother Mary Jane Snider born Dec 1797 was born in Carter Co. I am certain that her husband Whitney Sheffield was born there too. I have the following as probable brothers & sister to Whitney born 1801 George born abt 1804 Carter Co TN Alfred born abt 1812 Carter Co TN John D. born 1793 North Carolina Elizabeth born abt 1807 Carter Co TN I am certain that since Martha Shuffield born 1778 is their mother and James Sheffield who is in same county and same area born abt 1774 was their father. I just recently made the connection and highly interested in all Sheffield data. Thanks again, your efforts are most appreciated! Glenn Sheffield Louisville KY Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: JerryStout99 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.tennessee.counties.carter/1177.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Here is the will of one John SHUFFIELD of Carter County, TN Carter Co. TN Wills Vol. 2, (transcribed by Jerry Ann Stout from Microfilm, Roll No. 101 Carter Co. -County Clerk Wills) page 254, April Term 1907. I, JOHN C. SHUFFIELD do make and publish this as my last Will and Testament hereby revoking and making void all others by me at anytime made. First - I direct that my funeral expenses and all my debts be paid as soon after my death as possible out of any that I may die possessed of or may first come into the hands of my executor. Secondly I give and bequeath to Malinda White, John H. Shuffield, Alice Ward, Oscar Shuffield and Dayton H. Shuffield all money that I may die possessed of shall be equally divided between the above named my three sons and two daughters. If there be any valuable minerals found on any lands that I may die possessed of, I direct that sd minerals shall be divided equal or the proceeds of the same between my seven children to wit- Robert H. Shuffield, Mary E. Shuffield, Malinda White, Alice Ward, Oscar Shuffield, J. H. Shuffield, and Dayton H. Shuffield. Lastly I do nominate and approve Robt. H. Shuffield and Oscar Shuffield to be my Executors. In witness whereof I do to this my Will set my hand, This 12 day of March 1907. signed: John C. Shuffield Signed and published in our presence and we have subscribed our names hereto in the presence of the testator, This 12 day of March 1909. W. L. Clark, F. H. Cook I hereby certify that I was present and saw the sd. J. C. Shuffield sign the within Will and that he did make it with his own free accord and full understanding, In witness hereof, Witness my hand and seal this Apr. 8, 1907. F. H. Cook, Notary Public. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: carol03711 Surnames: Sheffield, Douglass, Bunton, Purdue, Potter Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.tennessee.counties.carter/269.1.1.1.2.2.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Yes, and she is living next door to a Potter. Nearby are lots of Sheffield/Shuffield families. My theory is that, when William R.'s wife died, she went to Fayette County, TN to help him with his four children (one of whom was my grandfather). She shares a tombstone with William R.'s wife, Mollie Johns Sheffield (d. 1893), and their daughter Minnie Sheffield (d. 1905). Her side of the stone reads Lurana Purdue, mother of W. R. Sheffield (19 Feb 1829 - 5 May 1905). Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: gksheffield Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.tennessee.counties.carter/269.1.1.1.2.2.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I see Lurana on the 1880 census in Carter at Elk Creek. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: gksheffield Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.tennessee.counties.carter/269.1.1.1.2.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Well this is getting better all the time! I have submitted my DNA also and Carl has the results, so please let me know when your brother has completed and has the results, hopefully this will prove positive match. In regards to Potter: Interesting I see a Mary Potter age 24 living with George Sheffield and family Carter County, there is also an Elizabeth Potter age 1 on same listing. 2bd Division Duggaes Ferry. 11-July-1860 I have recently been working on the Sheffield clan in Carter as I am 99% certain that they are my line. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: carol03711 Surnames: Sheffield, Douglass, Bunton, Purdue Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.tennessee.counties.carter/269.1.1.1.2.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: This is very encouraging! My Lorraine/Lurena Douglass Sheffield Pardue/Purdue lived in Carter and Johnson counties of Tennessee prior to the Civil War. She is listed as Lurana Sheffield, age 20, born TN, livng with a widow named Sarah Ann Bunton. Sarah's maiden name was Sheffield. The 1860 census of the 10th district of Johnson County, TN, found Sarah remarried and widowed again, now a Potter. Living nearby was Lourana Sheffield, age 31, with two children - my great-grandfather, William R., age 8, and Martha A., age 5. William R. Sheffield, according to his death certificate, was born 6 December 1851 in Carter County, TN to Lorraine Douglass and Marion Sheffield. This is the only mention I have ever found of Marion Sheffield. My brother, a direct-line male descendent of William R., has just completed the DNA testing with Family Tree DNA and we are waiting for the results, hoping that it will open some doors for us. Carol Sheffield Anderson Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: chopkins425 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.tennessee.counties.carter/1172.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: There were at least TWO NC born Richard Holden's in the Confederate army from NC.(One from the coast and one from Franklin County.) One was killed and I forget if the other made it through or not. But "my" Richard Holden was in the UNION army. He was born in NC around 1820 but was in Tennessee by 1863 where he joined the UNION army. I was trying to find him in the Confederate lists and then I went back to the record I had found on ancestry and there it is stated plain as day UNION. He was in company G of the 13th Tennessee Calvary. I knew there were southerners who fought for the North but this is the first one I've come across in specific research. I know he survived because he applied for a pension. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Joyce1812va1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.tennessee.counties.carter/1172.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I found the enlistment for Richard Holder for the CW. this richard holder was born in 1820 nc... enlistment was march 1. 1863 in Henderson Co. Nc. but... it says he died in 1964 of disease while in the war. You have it he was sitll alive in 1890 in Carter Tn. Not too many Richard Holders 1820 NC floating around. do you have any other info? marriage? children? when where? dates Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: gksheffield Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.tennessee.counties.carter/1177/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Anyone working these lines? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: gksheffield Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.tennessee.counties.carter/269.1.1.1.2.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Douglas / Sheffield connection: I just found in the Carter Co TN Deed Books A-B a record for James Douglas 100 Acres to James Sheffield. 14-Dec-1797 Registered on 11-Jan-1802. Witnesses include Frances Douglas, and Sarah Sheffield Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.