This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EeB.2ACE/381.1 Message Board Post: I checked a book of Carter County Marriages, by Goldene Fillers Burgner, and did not find the marriage record you are looking for.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EeB.2ACE/381 Message Board Post: Could someone do a quick marriage lookup to see if you have a Pleasant E Bowman and Sarah Raser/Rajer c. 1825? Thanks so much. valerie boman

Thanks everyone for writing! I am trying to find out his parents names.Benjamin Drake had at least 4 sons & probably more children. Those known so far are: Issac,Jacob,Elijah & Abraham Drake.I believe his children were born in PA. before coming to Carter Co.,TN. Benjamin Drake was born in NJ.in 1729. Thanks to the DRAKE DNA Project(my cousin gave his sample) I have found out my branch of the Drake's are strongly connected to this Benjamin Drake who died at 98 in 1827.It's amazing to me he lived that long in the early 19th century! I'm trying to find out,for sure,who his wife was also. Thanks again! Sincerely, Pam Drake in IN. [email protected]

Can someone please tell me if Benjamin Drake & his family are listed in this book? He died there in 1827. Thanks for your help! Sincerely, Pam Drake in IN. [email protected]

I now have the info I was looking for. Thanks so much to those who responded. I really appreciate it. Blessings, Julia Julia Williams Kodak Researching Adams, Anderson, Baker, Bedsaul, Bonham, Brannock, Caudill, Creed, Dickens, Franklin, Golding (Golden), Gollehon, Goodson, Johnson, Musser, Norman, Rowland, Suit, Scott, Sturgill, UpChurch, Williams and Wymer in SW VA and WNC and residents of Shell Creek, Carter Co., TN. "The Gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Romans 6:23

I just read about this new database. http://www.thebattery.org/castle/castlegarden.html The Battery Conservancy is preparing to launch CastleGarden.org on August 1, 2005 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the opening of the immigrant depot at Castle Garden on August 1, 1855. The electronic database project is led by Dr. Ira Glazier, former Director of The Center for Migration Research at The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies and Immigration. CastleGarden.org will be a vital resource for the general public and for scholars interested in the history of immigration through the Port of New York. The historical records used by Castlegarden.org are held by and available for research at the U. S. National Archives and Records Administration, New York City. ============================== Click here: ObitsArchive.com - newspaper obituary search - archive of obituaries and death notices from hundreds of newspapers Can't get on unless you pay but does tell you the "paper and date." Which is very helpful! ObitsArchive.com http://oa.newsbank.com/oa-search/we/Archives/?p_action=keyword&s_search_type=keyword&p_product=OBAR&p_theme=obar&s_sources=location&s_place=&f_clearSearch=yes

Is there anyone who has a copy of "Carter County Tennessee And It's People" that would mind to do a look up for me? I'm looking for Family 880 Charles Gordon Oaks submitted by Frances Story, page 469. I'm interested in all the article contains but especially to what info it gives on Thomas Shell, spouse of Charlotte Oaks. You are greatly appreciated! Julia Julia Williams Kodak Researching Adams, Anderson, Baker, Bedsaul, Bonham, Brannock, Caudill, Creed, Dickens, Franklin, Golding (Golden), Gollehon, Goodson, Johnson, Musser, Norman, Rowland, Suit, Scott, Sturgill, UpChurch, Williams and Wymer in SW VA and WNC and residents of Shell Creek, Carter Co., TN. "The Gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Romans 6:23

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EeB.2ACE/59.2 Message Board Post: Possibly same family. Don't know anything about the Civil War but would like to know more lines if you have them. Like their parents. They were my Great Great Grandparents.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EeB.2ACE/380 Message Board Post: I can make copies of Carter County Wills at the Tennessee State Library and Archives. If you are interested send me your information at [email protected] Kristi Moffitt

Mr. Leach: The following contains some info you all ready have but perhaps the obit might contain contact info you can use. This is all I can find on them at the moment. From "More History of Carter County" by Frank Merritt: Page 28, July 1984 Dead: Pauline W Pinson age 93, long time reporter for Knoxville, JC, and Elizabethton newspapers; Mrs. Dr. Murrell Pinson. Elizabethton Star Archives: April 4, 2002 Roberta P. Bashor Roberta Pinson Bashor, 87, died Sunday, March 31, 2002, in Atlanta, Ga., after a brief illness. Mrs. Bashor was a native of Atoka, Okla., and the daughter of the late Dr. Murrell Pinson and Pauline Wrenne Pinson. Mrs. Bashor lived most of her life in Elizabethton. She was on the faculty of East Tennessee State University for many years prior to her retirement, and her move to Atlanta in 1991. Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Deborah Bashor Ledford and John Ledford, Elizabethton; two sons and daughters-in-law, Dr. David P. Bashor and Pamela Harrison Bashor, Charlotte, N.C., and Dr. Mark M. Bashor and Kathleen Wolcott Bashor, Atlanta, Ga.; five grandchildren and a spouse, Michael Archer, Jonesborough, Rebecca Archer Fox, Asheville, N.C., Melissa Bashor Marshall and her husband, Richard Marshall II, Alexandria, Va., Ryan Wolcott Bashor and Jessica Wrenne Bashor, both of Atlanta, Ga.; and three great-grandchildren, William, Shannon and Timothy Fox, all of Asheville, N.C. Tetrick Funeral Home, 211 North Riverside Drive, Elizabethton, (423) 543-4917, is in charge of arrangements. Visit our Web site at www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick BASHOR -- Funeral services for Roberta Pinson Bashor, 87, who died Sunday, March 31, 2002, in Atlanta, Ga., will be conducted at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 5, in the Chapel of Peace of Tetrick Funeral Home with the Rev. Buford Hankins officiating. Graveside services and interment will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 6, at Happy Valley Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 5, in the Chapel of Peace of Tetrick Funeral Home. Friends may also call at the residence of a daughter, Deborah Ledford, 1219 Ledford Street, Elizabethton, at any time. Those who prefer in lieu of flowers may make donations to First United Methodist Church of Elizabethton, Children's Ministry, 325 East E. Street, Elizabethton, TN 37643 or to the American Cancer Society, 209 S. Riverside Drive, Elizabethton, TN 37643. Condolences may be sent to the family via e-mail address [email protected] Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton, is in charge of arrangements. Julia Julia Williams Kodak Researching Adams, Anderson, Baker, Bedsaul, Bonham, Brannock, Caudill, Creed, Dickens, Franklin, Golding (Golden), Gollehon, Goodson, Johnson, Musser, Norman, Rowland, Suit, Scott, Sturgill, UpChurch, Williams and Wymer in SW VA and WNC and residents of Shell Creek, Carter Co., TN. "The Gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Romans 6:23

Dr. Murrell Pinson was born in Texas abt 1887. He married Pauline Wrenne, from Nashville, Tennessee, about 1913. 1920 census shows them living in Atoka, Oklahoma, where he had a general practice of medicine. 1930 census shows them living in Elizabethton, Carter County, TN, where I assume he had a medical practice. Mrs. Pinson (Pauline) died in Memphis in 1984. I am unable to find any record of Dr. Pinson's death. They had two daughters, Roberta and Margaret (Polly). Roberta married a Mr. Bashor and lived in Elizabethton, TN; later moved to Atlanta, where she died in 2002. Unable to find records on other daughter. Hoping one of you can help me find more data on this family. Charles A. Leach [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EeB.2ACE/379 Message Board Post: I am looking for a copy of Tennessee Smithology by Emma Barrett Reeves... does any one have a copy to sell or know how i can obtain one....

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EeB.2ACE/378 Message Board Post: Does anyone know where this cemetery is located and/or know of a transcription of the tombstones? Thanks Alice

Here are some Oaks marriage records from Carter Co, TN. My line includes Oaks, Lacy's, Simerly's, Grindstaff's, Baker's, and Hampton's from this area near Limestone Cove, Tn (now Unicoi Co). These Oaks are thought to descend from John or Joshua Oaks of Toe River Valley area of Burke, Co, NC. Maybe they are related to your Jemima Oaks although I find no record of that name. Hope this helps Jacque Baker Oaks, Fanney married Petree, Adam on 08 Jan 1808 in Carter County, Tennessee Oaks, Nancy married Jacob Miller June 6, 1800 in Carter Co, TN

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HILL BANNING LYONS MULLINS COWAN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EeB.2ACE/376.2.1 Message Board Post: Thank you so very much for this reference informtion and the referral to Herman Hill. I doubt I can return the favor to you (don't know enough), but I will play it forward to others. Thanks again, Fran Hill <[email protected]>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ENGLISH, OAKS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EeB.2ACE/377 Message Board Post: Henry English (b. 1773) is said to have been born in Pennsylvania and moved to TN abt. 1797 and then on to N.C. Henry married Jemima Oaks. I don't know if Henry found her in PA or in TN. Since Henry lived close to Carter Co. (Yellow Mountain area of WNC), I am posting to this site. Also Henry's son, William English, was born in Carter Co. in 1799. If anyone knows of a Jemima Oaks in East TN. or her family, I would appreciate your contacting me.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EeB.2ACE/376.2 Message Board Post: This record is cited by Frank Merritt in his Early History of Carter County l760-l86l, page l23. He cites an article by Harry C Wagner as his source.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EeB.2ACE/376.1 Message Board Post: That church was a Christian Church for all the people you cited were Christian ministers or church members. Fisher's Old Field was located somewhere between Hampton and Roan Mountain near the Doe River. Herman Hill of Hampton, Tn is working on the Hill family history.His phone #423-725-3372. His postal address is ll0 Brown's Branch Road, Hampton, TN. Robert Nave

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HILL, HAYNES/HAINS. HALL, WRIGHT, SNYDER, TIPTON, GRINDSTAFF, CAMPBELL Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EeB.2ACE/376 Message Board Post: I was given a 1-page transcription of a church document (believe the church is Baptist, but that's only a guess based on family affiliations elsewhere). The document says: the congregation was first organized at the home of W. M. SNYDER, the 1st preaching at the home of John HILL (b. 1802 in Burke Co., NC--my 3rd great-grandfather), and the lst pastors were Bro. D. T. WRIGHT and Jas. I. TIPTON. After these meetings in the homes of WM SNYDER and JOHN HILL ( in April, 1842) the congregation built a church and called it Mount Pleasant. Preachers included T.J. Wright [sic], with aid of other ministers as helpers: S. H. MILLARD, A. CAMPBELL, John WRIGHT, Jas. I TIPTON, and R. ELLIS. From Mount Pleasant church moved to Fisher's old field "where the church grew rapidly for a season." First families of this church congregation included the Michael Grindstaff family, sons of the Campbells, Hills, Snyders, Halls, probably some Lacys, Simerlys, and others...." according to personal interviews with Lyde Hall, John Campbell, and others conducted in May, 1950. I am looking for any info on the location(s) of this church (Hampton, Elizabethtown, etc.?), church records. etc., as well as any suggestions as to which libraries, church associations, or county records I might contact. In particular, the 1-page transcription I have (but no source name for the book in which it appears or the earlier record from which it is copied) references the meeting when "John Hill and his father 'confessed Christ' followed by others...." This is the ONLY reference I have to John Hill's father--a brick wall for me and multitudes of other Hill researchers. I believe John's father is old Swinfield Hill from Burke Co., NC, and hope there might be a reference to John's father and/or brothers (esp. any Absolom Hill ) in early church records. In April, 1842 John Hill was probably a widower with 7 children ranging in age from 7-21. He will soon marry Elizabeth Haynes/Hains somewhere in Carter Co. around 1843 and later moves (1846?) to McMinn Co., TN wher! e he dies 21 Mar 1877. Please contact me if you have information or can suggest where I might look further. With many thanks, Fran Hill [email protected]

If there are any Birchfield researchers out there I could use some help with something... From information on the Internet it looks like most researchers/compilers are giving the father for John Birchfield who married 1)Angeline Baker and 2) Luvenna Brewer as Rueben Birchfield and Celia Hughes. The following is the obit for this John Birchfield: BURCHFIELD, John “Elizabethton Star,” Monday, May 3, 1937 CENTENARIAN DIES SUNDAY [photo] Death Sunday ended the long life of John Burchfield, Shell Creek rural route, who produced Bible record to substantiate his claim that he was 103 years old last March 15. The centenarian died at the home of his son about eight miles from Shell Creek. Mr. Burchfield, who gained statewide recognition on his 103rd birthday this spring, was born in North Carolina in 1834. Most of his life has been spent in Carter county. He is survived by one brother, Davie Burchfield, Glenair, N. C., and nine children, Sam, Tom, Dave, John, Jr., Nath and Wilson, Mrs. Vada Buchanan, Miss Vastie Burchfield, Mrs. Maggie Perry. All the children, with the exception of Mrs. Perry, who resides at Minneapolis, N. C., lives in or around Shell Creek or Roan Mountain. Funeral services were to be held this afternoon at the Hampton Creek Cemetery at two o’clock Now what I don't understand is there are only three John Birchfield's on the 1850 Carter County Census. One is age 5 and belongs to Rueben. One is age 5 and belongs to William. The other is age 4 and is living in the household of James Tipton. If the above John Birchfield was born in 1834 he would have been 16 in 1850. Where is he and why would Rueben name two sons John? John Birchfield and wife Angeline is found in Bakersville, Mitchell Co., NC in 1880. He lists his age as 35. Perfect age for one of the 5 year olds on the 1850 census. I would buy that then he is the child of Rueben but what about the obit saying he has Bible proof he was born in 1834? Rueben would have been old enough to have children that old. The obit lists a brother named Davie. Does anyone know if Rueben had a son named Davie? I have only the children listed on the 1850 census and he isn't one of those but I realize if he's still living would have been born later. I may be missing something that's right in front of my face but I'm puzzled. If someone can straighten me out I'd appreciate it. Julia Julia Williams Kodak Researching Adams, Anderson, Baker, Bedsaul, Bonham, Brannock, Caudill, Creed, Dickens, Franklin, Golding (Golden), Gollehon, Goodson, Johnson, Musser, Norman, Rowland, Suit, Scott, Sturgill, UpChurch, Williams and Wymer in SW VA and WNC and residents of Shell Creek, Carter Co., TN. "The Gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Romans 6:23