From The Knoxville News Sentinel 17 Dewc 2004 DAVIS, MR. JOSEPH ROY - age 76, of Tazewell, passed away suddenly Thursday morning December 16, 2004 at his home. Preceded in death by: brothers: Jack, Doc, Bill and Mont Davis; parents: Jim and Molly Davis; sister: Pearl Haynes. Survivors include: wife of 48 years: Margie Pauline Davis of Tazewell; children: Joseph Larry "Joey" Davis of Rutledge, Robert Wayne "Bobby" Davis of Tazewell, Melissa Dawn (Missy) Fleeman of Tazewell; grandchildren: Christopher Allen Fleeman, Felicia Jo Fleeman, Robert Wayne Davis, Jr., Jessica Lee Greer, Trena Renee Davis; great grandchild: Austin Wayne Greer; sisters: Irene Arp of Maryville, Zelma Brooks of Tazewell; a host of nieces, nephews and friends. The family will receive friends from 5-7 pm Friday at the Claiborne Funeral Home. Funeral services will be conducted at 7 pm Friday in the Claiborne Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. George Walker officiating. Music will be provided by the Liberty Quartet and Barbara Hatfield. Graveside services will be conducted at 10 am Saturday in the Irish Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers: Jerry Davis, Don Davis, Clinton Davis, David Arp, Robert Davis, Chris Fleeman. Honorary Pallbearers: J.T. Venable, Hollis Venable, Phil Greer. Claiborne Funeral Home is in charge. =========================================== SUPPORT OUR TROOPS---FLY THE FLAG "Genealogy is like playing hide and seek. They hide I seek!!! www.byrge.com/genealogy/ Searching: BYRGE/BUNCH/DAUGHERTY/DUNCAN/KENNEDY/ PATTERSON/PHILLIPS/SEIBER/TACKETT/WARD

There were many settlers in the Claiborne County area, that came between 1794 and 1806, that could not get clear titles to their land until 1806 or afterward. Clearly there were earlier settlers in the northeast and southern parts of the counties that came from the Holston Valley and upper Powell Valley even before then. Title problems were due to legal hold ups in the new state of Tennessee, formed in 1796, regarding the Indian land and the price that had to be paid for it, due to existing Federal laws. Most of this was not cleared up by the state laws until 1806. Many researchers don't realize this and when they see the 1806 dates on the deeds, they confuse this with the year of migration to the county. It can clearly be established they were here sometimes ten years, or more, before receiving a clear title to the land they lived on. This was true especially with the Henderson Grant lands in the lower part of Powell Valley and Clinch Valley. Although the land was granted and surveyed in 1786 from North Carolina for the Richard Henderson company, the United States would not recongize the grant as being legal because of conflicts with existing Indian treaties. The original survey was shown to be in HAWKINS County, North Carolina; and is among some of the more curious documents I have attained on the early county formations. The Indian line fell in Claiborne County and many of the new settlers were considered outlaws by the Feds because they lived on the wrong side of the line. There were attempts to remove them, even if it had to come thru force from the US Army. Their descendants are still there today, thanks given to the skillful negotiations of Gov. John Sevier. There was also some confusion to exactly where the Virginia and Tennessee line was to be established on the part of the county east of Cumberland Gap. I have heard that there were some people confused as to where the state line fell. I have also viewed maps that indicated this problem. This was cleared up before Tennessee because a state when North Carolina and Virginia sent a survey crew to extend their lines thru to the Cumberland Gap. The line was supposed to be a perfect straight line from the Atlantic to the Pacific, but when you look at the border between Tennessee and Kentucky/Virginia, you see their were several compromised made to satisfy the boundary surveyors. Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Spradling, A Thomas" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 8:42 PM Subject: FW: [TNCLAIBO-L] Re: Maps of Powell's Valley? > Steve: this is great information below. I have some ancestors and nearby > families I've been tracing and trying to connect together that moved from > Henry Co. VA to Lee Co. Va ca 1796...both families ended up in Mulberry > Gap > area of Claiborne Co. TN ca 1803-5....original deeds for them on Mulberry > Creek signed 1806-8. > > I wonder if you might know if Mulberry Gap area was ever considered to be > in > Lee Co. vA. I've read in some places that the VA/TN boundary line was > adjusted several times...so I'm wondering if they might have been living > in > the same location the entire time, just recorded on different county tax > lists and county deed records, due to the boundary changes....? > > Thanks, > > Tom Spradling > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Steve Smith > Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 1:24 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [TNCLAIBO-L] Re: Maps of Powell's Valley? > > > Gary, > Powell Valley is the first valley in the Greater Tennessee Valley area, > east of the Cumberland Mountains. The range lies along the Cumberland > Mountain and begins on the north end at Big Stone Gap, Wise County, > Virginia and travels in a Southwest direction down along the mountain > range > thru Lee County, Virginia and then into Claiborne County, Tennessee until > it > > stops at the Cross Mountain near Caryville, Campbell County, Tennessee. > The > > Powell Valley is approximately 100 miles long and varies in width, maybe > an > average of 3 to 7 miles wide, depending on what you define as it's > boundaries. The Powell river runs thru most of it in the Virginia area > and > is separated from the main valley floor in Tennessee by the Dividing > Ridge. > If your ancestor was moving there in 1794, most likely he was moving into > the upper valley area in Virginia. Most of the Tennessee part of the > valley > > was still under Cherokee ownership until 1798. There were some settlers > on > the Tennessee side around the Cumberland Gap area, but it was a very > dangerous area until the 1798 treaty with the Cherokee. I would check > with > the tax records of LEE County, Virginia, formed in 1794. Before that date > it was RUSSELL County. Wise County was formed much later. Claiborne > County, Tennessee was formed in 1801, from Grainger, which was formed in > 1796 from Hawkins. It should be easy to find maps on the internet of the > Powell Valley, but as you can see from the size of it, you would need to > know an approximate starting point to look. Most everyone living in the > Powell Valley in 1794 and before was located near a fort of some type for > protection against the Indians. > Steve Smith > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gary Brown" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 1:35 PM > Subject: [TNCLAIBO-L] Re: Maps of Powell's Valley? > > >> Dear Claiborne researchers, >> >> I am trying to locate the land of an ancestor, Henry Sumper, >> in hopes of finding his burial site. >> I recently received a deposition he gave in Virginia, circa 1794, >> where he states he was moving to "Powell's Valley." Anyone have >> information on this area? Advice on where to find maps, etc.? >> Your assistance would be greatly appreciated. >> >> Stacey Brown >> >> >> >> ==== TNCLAIBO Mailing List ==== >> Please leave Roll Calls up to the discretion of the listowner!! >> Please visit the CLAIBORNE COUNTY PIONEER PROJECT at: >> http//freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ccpp/pioneer/index.htm >> >> --- >> [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] >> >> >> > > > > ==== TNCLAIBO Mailing List ==== > If you are having any difficulties with the list please contact the list > owner Pamela Burnette at: [email protected] > Visit the CLAIBORNE COUNTY PIONEER PROJECT at: > http//freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ccpp/pioneer/index.htm > we have over 95,000 folks from the county identified and waiting for you > to > find them. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Notice: This e-mail message, together with any attachments, contains > information of Merck & Co., Inc. 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Gary, Powell Valley is the first valley in the Greater Tennessee Valley area, east of the Cumberland Mountains. The range lies along the Cumberland Mountain and begins on the north end at Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Virginia and travels in a Southwest direction down along the mountain range thru Lee County, Virginia and then into Claiborne County, Tennessee until it stops at the Cross Mountain near Caryville, Campbell County, Tennessee. The Powell Valley is approximately 100 miles long and varies in width, maybe an average of 3 to 7 miles wide, depending on what you define as it's boundaries. The Powell river runs thru most of it in the Virginia area and is separated from the main valley floor in Tennessee by the Dividing Ridge. If your ancestor was moving there in 1794, most likely he was moving into the upper valley area in Virginia. Most of the Tennessee part of the valley was still under Cherokee ownership until 1798. There were some settlers on the Tennessee side around the Cumberland Gap area, but it was a very dangerous area until the 1798 treaty with the Cherokee. I would check with the tax records of LEE County, Virginia, formed in 1794. Before that date it was RUSSELL County. Wise County was formed much later. Claiborne County, Tennessee was formed in 1801, from Grainger, which was formed in 1796 from Hawkins. It should be easy to find maps on the internet of the Powell Valley, but as you can see from the size of it, you would need to know an approximate starting point to look. Most everyone living in the Powell Valley in 1794 and before was located near a fort of some type for protection against the Indians. Steve Smith ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Brown" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 1:35 PM Subject: [TNCLAIBO-L] Re: Maps of Powell's Valley? > Dear Claiborne researchers, > > I am trying to locate the land of an ancestor, Henry Sumper, > in hopes of finding his burial site. > I recently received a deposition he gave in Virginia, circa 1794, > where he states he was moving to "Powell's Valley." Anyone have > information on this area? Advice on where to find maps, etc.? > Your assistance would be greatly appreciated. > > Stacey Brown > > > > ==== TNCLAIBO Mailing List ==== > Please leave Roll Calls up to the discretion of the listowner!! > Please visit the CLAIBORNE COUNTY PIONEER PROJECT at: > http//freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ccpp/pioneer/index.htm > > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > > >

Dear Claiborne researchers, I am trying to locate the land of an ancestor, Henry Sumper, in hopes of finding his burial site. I recently received a deposition he gave in Virginia, circa 1794, where he states he was moving to "Powell's Valley." Anyone have information on this area? Advice on where to find maps, etc.? Your assistance would be greatly appreciated. Stacey Brown

Is there anyone (male) on the list who is a descendant of David Cain (1755-1835), or one of his sons, Jesse (1781-1863), Nathaniel, etc., who would be interested in participating in a DNA project? (OF course sisters, aunts, and cousins can recruit their male relatives to participate) There is a Cain DNA project organized which has at least one rather surprising result. It would be good if someone with our Claiborne County roots would participate. Contact me for details. Thanks. Bev Nelson

I've recently discovered that Susanna Walker (b. 5 November 1809, daughter of Edward Walker and Jane Horn) married Thomas F. Jones and moved to Greene County, Indiana, between 1832 and 1834. They raised a family, and I believe they both died there, Thomas between 1860 and 1870, and Susanna between 1870 and 1880. Three questions: 1. Does anyone know this particular family? 2. Does anyone else have a migration from Claiborne County to Greene County, Indiana, during that time frame? Although I have strong evidence of the connection, I haven't really found a group that moved at the time. 3. I'm also reasonably certain that this Thomas is Thomas Fitzgerald Jones, son of John Jones and Mary Fitzgerald. Can anyone fill in any details on them or know of any reason not to believe it? I've matched census entries, and John and his sons Thomas and Moses were right next to Edward Walker in the 1833 tax list, among other things. Thanks. -- [email protected]

I know this is a silly question but I am just not sure. I assume Powells Valley is in Claiborne County Tennessee. If I am right and some one was said to have been married in Powells Valley wouldn't they be listed in the Claiborne County Tennessee marriage book? If not where than would I look.? I am looking for Richard Davis married to Biddie Watson Dec. 25, 1907 I appreciate any help you can give. I would love to get a copy of their marriage license Margaret

Darrell could you please put Wanda's obit. on our site relatives in Calf. want it. Thanks Joyce In the Claiborne Progress Wed. Dec. 8,2004 Wanda Wallen Hodges passed away as the result of an automobile accident Saturday, November 27, 2004. A memorial service will be held for Wanda 6: 30 p.m. Saturday, December 11 at Dogwood Heights Baptist Church, Tazewell. In lieu of flowers, you may make donations in Wanda's memory to the American Diabetes Association at 900 East Hill Avenue, Suite 240, Knoxville, Tn. 37915, phone:1-865-524-7888

Margaret, I would be interested in your Watson genealogy. Please email me and view http://www.guppiarts.com/genealogy/jalbum.html Louise Johnson Kohl At 01:06 AM 12/10/2004 -0700, you wrote: >Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 11:57:10 EST >From: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: Watson Cemetrery > > >Does any one live near the Watson Cemetery located on or near Watson Lane >that has a digital camera or regular camera that would be willing to take >pictures of the >grave stones of the Watson, Teague and Sowder families. > >The names I am interested in are >G.H. Watson, Eliza J. Watson, Martha Watson, Otize Z. Watson, James >Clarence Watson, David Watson, Lillie Watson, Joseph Watson, Sarah E. >Watson, > A. H. Watson, Candus (Candis) Watson, Henry Harrison Sowder, Eva Watson >Sowder, Joshua Teague and Nancy Teague. > >I am willing to pay for the film, development and you time and trouble >I appreciate any help you can give. >Margaret in Michigan

Does any one live near the Watson Cemetery located on or near Watson Lane that has a digital camera or regular camera that would be willing to take pictures of the grave stones of the Watson, Teague and Sowder families. The names I am interested in are G.H. Watson, Eliza J. Watson, Martha Watson, Otize Z. Watson, James Clarence Watson, David Watson, Lillie Watson, Joseph Watson, Sarah E. Watson, A. H. Watson, Candus (Candis) Watson, Henry Harrison Sowder, Eva Watson Sowder, Joshua Teague and Nancy Teague. I am willing to pay for the film, development and you time and trouble I appreciate any help you can give. Margaret in Michigan

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Hello All, I received word this evening that the New Heritage Book WILL NOT be ready in time for Christmas. Because of the several delays on the publisher's end, they were forced to subcontract much of their work in order to attempt to get caught up with all of the customers they serve. As you can most likely guess by all the luck we've been having, our order was one of those that was sub-contracted out, to another publisher in Mississippi. The publisher there has promised for over three weeks to send the last draft to Joyce for finalization so it can be sent to on the printers, and as this date, Joyce has not received anything from them. Based on this, and the late stage in the game that we are faced with, it will not be logistically possible to have the books turned around from a publishing standpoint and ready in time before Christmas. I know how frustrating this is, and again I can assure you that Joyce, along with everyone else who has worked on getting this book completed, is just as frustrated as everyone else, but I guess this is how things go in the publishing business. I'm pretty sure however, that the finished product will make it worth the wait. Unfortunately, just as we can't change the forces of nature, we also can't change the slowness of those who currently have our book either. Regardless of this scrooge-like message, I do want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!! Darrell G. Waddell - (Chief Fry Cook and Bottle Washer)

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I need an obit from a Knoxville paper for 11/30/04 (I think) or after. The name is John(nie) Poore. Thanks! Debbie Frantz CERIAS Account Clerk 656 Oval Drive West Lafayette, IN 47907 Phone: 765-496-6758 Fax: 765-496-3181 [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Chapman Kim [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 2:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [TNCLAIBO-L] FW: Obit From The Knoxville News Sentinel 29 Nov 2004 Hi, I saw this obit on the Claiborne Co. List, and he appears to have been one of our HILL family descendants. His lineage: William HILL > James M HILL > Louisa HILL (m. George NOAH/NOE) > Joseph NOAH > Clifford Shelby NOAH Kim -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 11:14 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Obit From The Knoxville News Sentinel 29 Nov 2004 >From the Knoxville News Sentinel 29 Nov 2004 NOAH, MR. CLIFFORD SHELBY - age 91, of New Tazewell, passed away Sunday, November 28, 2004 at the Claiborne County Hospital. He enjoyed farming and horse- trading. He was a member and Deacon of Midway Baptist Church. Preceded in death by: wife, Eddith Noah; son, Shelby Carson Noah; parents, Joe and Louisie Noah; brothers, Tilton Noah, Paul Noah; sisters, Cleo Payne, Gracie Boggess. He is survived by: daughter, Lois West and husband Tilmon of New Tazewell, TN; granddaughter, Shelia West of New Tazewell, TN; grandson, Rick West and wife Donna of New Tazewell, TN; great grandsons, Todd Bryant of Knoxville, TN, Travis Bryant of New Tazewell, TN, Justin West of New Tazewell, TN, Andrew West of New Tazewell, TN; great granddaughters, Bailey Bryant of New Tazewell, TN, Brittany Marcus of Knoxville, TN; great great grandson, Jeff Marcus of Knoxville, TN; brothers, Rev. Ira Noah of Tazewell, TN, Joe and wife Ruby Noah of New Tazewell, TN, Eual and wife Henrietta Noah of Morristown, TN; sisters-in-law, Edna Noah of New Tazewell, TN, Lizzie Noah of New Tazewell, TN; Ruth Hickman of New Tazewell, TN, Evelyn McCreary of LaFollette, TN, Ella Penn of Clyde, OH, Kay Kitchen of Washington State; brother-in- law, J.D. Kitchen of Washington State. The family will receive friends from 5:30-7:30pm Monday, November 29, 2004 at the Claiborne Funeral Home. Funeral services will be conducted at 7:30pm Monday in the Claiborne Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Ronnie Pressnell and Rev. Mike Parker officiating. Music will be provided by The James Cosby Family. Graveside services will be conducted at 11am Tuesday, November 30, 2004 in the Fairview Cemetery. Pallbearers: Andy Duncan, J.E. Duncan, Billy Wayne Poore, Eual Noah, Jr., Douglas Noah, Eddie Ogan. Claiborne Funeral Home is in charge. =========================================== ==== TNCLAIBO Mailing List ==== Please remember....NO FLAMES, NO SOLCITING, VIRUS WARNINGS, JOKES, POLITICS, ATTACHMENTS, PRAYERS, etc., should be posted to the list. We are here strictly for exchanging information and genealogy research on our folks from Claiborne County.

Is it my server or is it that there is just no one sending out mail from Claiborne County Tenn?? I don't receive anything from Claiborne County Tenn. any more Margaret in Michigan

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