<PRE>Thanks Freda, It sounds like a good idea. But I would have trouble telling them how to find the cemetery. I have a cousin in Shelbyville who was going to clean up the portion of Mt Hebron that my relatives are in, but my directions were not exact enough. I need someone from Coffee County to give me good directions to this cemetery (such as mileage, and landmarks ) so that I can follow your suggestion. I am not sure that it is okay to drive across the property and there was no one there to ask when we visited last summer Thelma

Thelma, I was faced with the same problem several years ago and got wonderful results. I called the Probation office for the county and told them of the needed cleanup. They have people on probation who must do community service as a requirement of their probation. They had the cleanup on a Saturday and it came out great. The officer said they would schedule it for two times a year and I was very grateful. Hope this helps and perhaps other people can call and get the older cemeteries in good shape. Regards, Freda

You can find it at www.familysearch.org -- thank the LDS for providing it. Not too difficult to use. Another researcher, Billie R. McNamara [billie@tnhillbillie.net] actually brought this to my attention. As she says, you still have to go to the microfilm to see the actual return, but that's your responsibility as a researcher anyway! <g> Jess Lewis http://www.cafes.net/jlewis/ http://www.cafes.net/jlewis/cannon.htm

<PRE>Dear List, On my last two trips to Coffee County I visited Mt. Hebron Cemetery near Beechgrove. However, I was not able to get past the gate because of the overgrowth of weeds and brambles. I wanted to show my grandson my great grandfather Jeff Gullett's grave which is right by the fence, but we could not even see the headstone from outside the fence. Is there anyone that I could contact to make arrangements to have the weeds cleared? Can anyone tell me who owns the property where the cemetery is located? There was a large white house with people living there until recently, but the house is gone and there is no one available to get permission to go onto the property. Any information about how to access this cemetery and how to get it cleaned up would be very helpful. Thelma Phillips

On Ebay: Trousdale County, A Constitutional County (100th Birthday edition) History of the county =by J.C. McMurtry, his native county. This book is a hardback with 332 pages. It lists Trousdale County, TN. Veterans (as shown of office, August 1969)~~WWI, WWII, WWII, Korean War and Vietnam Conflict Casualties. It has pictures scattered throughout. Refers to churches, schools, (Trousdale County High School's graduating classes~1920 through 1964; Ward High~1952 through 1966~~~Also students from colleges: TT, Vandy, UT, Milligan, University Of the South. Listed on Ebay

Would like to make everyone aware that a transcript of the 1880 United States census, with an every-name index,.is online at familysearch.org (The LDS site) Happy hunting! Bonnie Schwarz

If you are researching any of the following TN families of Bedford and Coffee Counties (or surrounding counties) please get in touch. Maupin, Blanton, Brown, Muse, Lawson, Givens, Daniel, Weaver, Caruthers, North Carolina Vance descendants Also Johnson (Hamilton County - roots in AL)

Looking for information on the families of Peter & Nancy "Jane" EARP ARNOLD. Peter & Jane were married in Rutherford Cty, TN in 5/17/1835. Jane named is spelled "HARP" on Rutherford Cty, marry page. They had one son named William A.(possibly "A" for ARNOLD). They took back Earp name. By the 1840 CCTNC, Jane is living next to her brother Jefferson ERP(EARP) without Peter. But her mother Nancy Earp is living with her & William A. William married Mary WINFREY, daughter of James & Milky (SMOTHERS) in Coffee Cty TN on 3/3/1859. They moved to Carroll County MO in the 1860 in the MO Census. After the death of William. Mary & the girls moved back to CCT. They had 3 daughters Sarah/Sally is believe to have married James "Jim" T. FORD in Cannon Cty. Evalena "Lena" who was suppose to have married a Wiley DRAKE but in a legal document her married name is spelled DUKE. Will Ann married J. W. MORGAN. Later would marry William J. "Bill" FORD. Bill & Jim were brothers. The sons of James W. & Jermina "Beckie" (TODD) FORD . Any information would be appreciated. Spelling of names may vary. Thanks in advance. Jackie --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses at TNWEB LLC]

Does anyone have any information on Matilda Wyninger who married Edward Fletcher on October 10, 1872 in Coffee County? In particular, I would like to know where they were from and who their parents were. Thanks for any help you can give me!

Just placed a book on Ebay: History and Genealogy of Families in Pickett County, TN. This book has 1190 pages, with pictures throughout. Book was compiled by Pickett County Book Committee in 1989 & in good condition.

All family trees sent to Ancestry.com are free to view. Actually the trees sent to them have been combined with those sent to Rootsweb's World Connect and can be viewed at another site at no charge. Rootsweb's World Connect site is much easier to use in that filters can be used to narrow possible matches: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi Maggie

>Please be advised that the "look up" opportunity listed below is worthless >unless you want to join Ancestry for their going rate. Guess what upsets >me the most is that if you sent your family tree to them ever so many >years ago, they will now charge you to look at it! Buyer beware! Carmen McDaniel Forbes > >This is from another list I am on. >Thought this might be of interest to us TN researchers. >----- Original Message ----- >From: Bill Cribbs <cribbswh@tbi-set.org> >To: <NEW-GEN-URL-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 11:19 AM >Subject: [NEW-GEN-URL-L] Tennessee Marriages Search Engine > > > > Hi all, > > Genlookups.com http://www.genlookups.com has just placed the Tennessee > > Marriages Index online at http://www.genlookups.com/tn_marriages/ > > This search tool indexes Tennessee marriages from across the web for >varying > > time frames. This is not an all-exhaustive index but includes hundreds >of > > thousands of marriages that have been placed online. > > Hope this helps. > > > > My other Tennessee tools: > > Tennessee Obituary Links http://obit.obitlinkspage.com/tn.htm > > Tennessee GenLookups http://www.genlookups.com/tn.htm > > Tennessee CemSEARCH http://www.obitcentral.com/cemsearch/tn-cem.htm > > Tennessee Historical & Genealogical Societies > > http://hs.obitlinkspage.com/tn.htm > > > > Bill > > > > > > ==== NEW-GEN-URL Mailing List ==== > > No commerical url please. > > > > > > >==== TNCOFFEE Mailing List ==== >To subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Coffee Co. list, send mail to.. >TNCOFFEE-L-request@rootsweb.com ,with subscribe or unsubscribe >in the subject line. NOTHING ELSE. > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Just this week I discovered I have an ancestral line going back to Reuben George, b. 1776, and his wife, Nancy Hodge. Does anyone with information on this family know anything about a daughter, Susan/Susannah who married (1) Gideon Green and (2) to Samuel Gray? She may have married a third time to a Reuben Harrell in 1854. Joan Pruett Nashville, TN

I am looking for information on the sons of James and Milky "Smothers" Winfrey. There were the following males in this family: George (bn. 1832), Henry Clayborne (1836), John Winfrey (1847), Samuel "Polk" (1848), and James (1858) Winfrey. All the children were born in Tennessee possible some in Sumner County and the rest in Coffee County. I know that Samuel and James would move to Carroll and Saline counties in Missouri. The girls all moved to this same area of Missouri. The girls names were Mary, Martha, Jane and Nancy Rebecca, Their spouses last names were Earp (2), Arnold, Norvell, and Pate. James may have married a women named Annie. Samuel I believed never married. and was living at one time with his sister Mary Arnold. She was to become blind at some point in her later years. She was still alive at least in the 1920 to 30's She was the first born around 1831. Any information on this family and the sons would be appreciated. Spelling of names may vary, Thanks in advance. Jackie --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses at TNWEB LLC]

This is from another list I am on. Thought this might be of interest to us TN researchers. ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Cribbs <cribbswh@tbi-set.org> To: <NEW-GEN-URL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 11:19 AM Subject: [NEW-GEN-URL-L] Tennessee Marriages Search Engine > Hi all, > Genlookups.com http://www.genlookups.com has just placed the Tennessee > Marriages Index online at http://www.genlookups.com/tn_marriages/ > This search tool indexes Tennessee marriages from across the web for varying > time frames. This is not an all-exhaustive index but includes hundreds of > thousands of marriages that have been placed online. > Hope this helps. > > My other Tennessee tools: > Tennessee Obituary Links http://obit.obitlinkspage.com/tn.htm > Tennessee GenLookups http://www.genlookups.com/tn.htm > Tennessee CemSEARCH http://www.obitcentral.com/cemsearch/tn-cem.htm > Tennessee Historical & Genealogical Societies > http://hs.obitlinkspage.com/tn.htm > > Bill > > > ==== NEW-GEN-URL Mailing List ==== > No commerical url please. > >

Dawn asked; Would the father of A.B. McMichael, William, be the brother of Caroline McMichael who married Andrew Jackson Uselton? I have Caroline's parents as John McMichael and Ruth A. Whitworth. Yes, John and William were brothers. This is what I have on the McMichaels. Robert McMichael b. Ireland bef 1756 d. 14 Jul 1802 Abbeville Dist., S.C. m. Margaret ______ b. Ireland 1760 d. 10 Jun 1846 Coffee Co., Tn. Children were: Martha b. 3 Jul 1792 S.C. d. 10 Mar 1873 Coffee Co., TN Alexander b. 1 Jun 1793 S.C. d. 30 Nov 1871 Coffee Co., TN John b. 18 Feb 1794 S.C. d. 12 Jun 1836 Pike Co., MO Jane b. 24 Jul 1796 S.C. d. 5 Feb 1872 Bedford Co., TN James b. bet 24/30 Sep 1800 d. 8 May 1857 Coffee Co., TN William b. 1 May 1801 Coffee Co., TN d. May 1880 Coffee Co., TN Mary b. 7 Sep 1804 Coffee Co., TN d. 3 Jun 1889 Pike Co., MO John married Ruth A. Withworth 3 Oct 1822 Jane married Andrew Vannoy 11 Jan 1821 William married Sophronia Ross 12 Dec 1833 Mary married Nathan Day Vannoy bef 1828 Jack

I believe that the A.B. McMichael that you refer to is Absalom Bonham McMichael born 31 Aug 1844 in Coffee Co. TN. He was the son of Wm. McMichael and Sophronia Ross. He was named after his great grandfather Absalom Bonham (on his mother's side). This Absalom B. McMichael moved to Sebastian Co., AR with some of his mother's people and bought 40 acres of land in Sebastian Co., Ark on 25 May 1885. Sorry, I have nothing on his wife or her family. I do have more on the McMichaels and Ross families if you think this is the right A.B. McMichael. Best wishes, Jack

The Coffee Co. Historical Society meeting will be held this evening, 9/24/2002, at 6:00 PM at the old Reynold's Family Home at 220 E. Main St., in Manchester. This a turn of the century, Victorian Style Home, that is being restored. Part of the program will be about the home, and a tour will be included. Everyone is invited to come by and participate, member or not. Jess Lewis http://www.cafes.net/jlewis/

Jackie Johnson asks... looking for info on... >A.B. McMicheal to L. C. Anderson: lisence, November 18, 1868: Surety >February 4, 1857. by W. P. Ford, J.P. > >Does anyone know anything about any of these people? From the 1870 Coffee Census (CD #3) it looks like it could be Absalom McMichael (age 25) and Louisa C. McMichael (age 19). They are not in the Coffee 1880 census. In the 1850 Coffee Census, (CD#1) Absalom's (age 6) parents are William & Suffrony McMichael. In a Coffee County Court Case, on Nov 12, 1880 (case #13), a deed from William McMichael to his children & grandchildren is included. The deed was written on Jan 17, 1875. Basically a division of his property to his descendants. Part of it was given to A.B. McMichael. The location is along the Noah Fork Creek, a tributary of the Duck River, in (old) Civil District #3. This is where the old McMichael Farm was located. You can still see part of it, including an ancient Cemetery, from Interstate Hwy 24, as you cross over the creek (about mile marker #101). Several McMichael burials are there, but alas, no William or A.B., or Absalom. Several of the stones are missing or damaged, however, so they possibly could be buried there. The farm was right on the Coffee / Bedford Co. line and part may actually have been in Bedford Co. You might check the 1880 Bedford Census. Jess Lewis http://www.cafes.net/jlewis/

I recently found this marriage in the Coffee County Tennessee Marriage book when I was in Coffee County. I was wondering who these two people were? It said: A.B. McMicheal to L. C. Anderson: lisence, November 18, 1868: Surety February 4, 1857. by W. P. Ford, J.P. Does anyone know anything about any of these people? Any information would be appreciated. Spelling of names may vary. Thanks in advance. Jackie --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses at TNWEB LLC]