-----Original Message----- From: Dock1952@aol.com <Dock1952@aol.com> To: TNDAVIDS-L@rootsweb.com <TNDAVIDS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, February 08, 1999 5:54 AM Subject: FRONTIER FORTS OF SW VA Thanks, Debie, for posting the address for Frontier Forts. Great source! I have printed the entire 28 pages for my records. Do no know if the Davidson Fort is directly related to my Davidson line (James Davidson b 1816 and married Harriett Lokey dau of James Lokey). Jean jpasmore@bscn.com >FRONTIER FORTS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA >http://www.rootsweb.com/~varussel/other/forts.html > >Debie > >______________________________

I was hoping someone on the list would come forward with a good answer for you about poor people's burial grounds. I know a little and that's probably what its worth. In the old Nashville City Cemetery, there was a section loosely designated something like "Potter's Section" or "Potter's Field" for poor folk. The old caretaker (who is no longer there and no one replaced him) called it that when my mother phoned and spoke with him a year or two ago. The index that I have seen on this cemetery does not list these individuals in a seperate section, you would have to know the surname you are searching and they would be listed in alphabetical order with all others. I feel there is a need to have the cemetery indexed by sections or grave owner plots, but as far as I know (and I have talked to Metro Archives), this has never been done. One more thing to keep in mind...potter's field would not have been near the center of the cemetery but probab. off to one side...and from what I believe I have been told, some of the interments in this cemetery were moved to Mt.Olivet cemetery when they put a railroad line alongside it in order to make room for the railroad tracks. Jeanne Johnson (researching BOSWORTH & RYMAN)

Kathy, Try the Metro Nashville Archives. They have records on Nashville and Davidson County from 1784-1995. Their address is: Metro Archives, 1113 Elm Hill Pike, Nashville, TN 37210. Phone 615-862-5880 fax. 615-862-5724. Also, see their Friends Group web page at: www.geocities.com/heartland/plains/4661 Ken Fieth Metro Archives ************************** Original Message ************************* From: EBernardi1@aol.com Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 18:49:20 EST To: TNDAVIDS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Question on County Poor House I have a family member that was listed on the 1880 census of Davidson County living in a institution.. he is listed as a "Pauper" along with many other people. My question is.. was there a special cemetery these individuals would have been buried in if they died and where would one write to find out if any other information could be obtained ?? It looks like it could have been the County Poor House.. Thanks Kathy KBernardi1@aol.com ==== TNDAVIDS Mailing List ==== TNGenWeb's Davidson County Page http://www.rootsweb.com/~tndavids/nashgene.htm

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I got this from one of my other lists and thought it might benefit someone else out there Kristina dolfinmom4@aol.com << There has been recent success in locating the mass graves of Confederate Soldiers who died at the Grand Hotel Hospital in Point Clear, Baldwin County, Alabama. Pepper Bryars, the son of one of the Bonnie Blue Flag Chapter of the UDC's most active members, recently wrote an article for the "Mobile Register" which described recent activities which have been successful in locating the actual grave sites in the Confederate Rest section of the Point Clear Cemetery. Mr. Bryar's wrote: Alex Smith and John Rather, two Civil War historians in Baldwin County, used radar equipment in March to scan the "Confederate Rest" section at Point Clear Cemetery. They found evidence of three large trenches they believe are the final resting places of about 150 Confederate soldiers, mostly Missourans injured during the bloody Vicksburg, Miss., campaign in 1863. Since the publication of this headline story in the Mobile Register, several additional soldiers have been identified. The entire article is located at: www.al.com/news/mobile/Jan1999/3-a200532a.html Smith and Rather hope to dedicate CSA grave markers in August 1999 during the National Convention of the Sons of Confederate Veterans which will be held in nearby Mobile, Alabama. Please alert your fellow Confederate descendants to this search so that as many soldiers as possible may have names on gravestone. If you have any questions or need additional information, contact me directly. Your Obedient Servant, D. A. Bass-Frazier "Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should never wish to do less." Robert E. Lee

I believe someone very recently posted to the list that they were researching the DAVIDSON surname. The site of frontier forts which Debie Cox just posted is a large document and "Davidson's Garrison" can be found just past the halfway point. Here it tells about the Davidson family, which consisted of at least three sons named William, Joseph, and Andrew. FRONTIER FORTS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA http://www.rootsweb.com/~varussel/other/forts.html

I have a family member that was listed on the 1880 census of Davidson County living in a institution.. he is listed as a "Pauper" along with many other people. My question is.. was there a special cemetery these individuals would have been buried in if they died and where would one write to find out if any other information could be obtained ?? It looks like it could have been the County Poor House.. Thanks Kathy KBernardi1@aol.com

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Someone sent this web site URL to another list I am on. The names of many Tennessee pioneers are here. A good number of the men mentioned later came to Davidson and Sumner counties in Middle Tennessee. FRONTIER FORTS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA http://www.rootsweb.com/~varussel/other/forts.html Debie

Floreda, it is nice of you to offer to do lookups for us. Would you check the census for a Ralph and/or Mary L. M. Shivers? I would appreciate any information. Thanks, Jeannette Scott - jas1112@epix.net

I have added a few new things to the Metropolitan Archives of Nashville and Davidson County, TN web site. The Friends of Mill Creek Baptist Church Graveyard have supplied a history of the the the church and cemetery. This includes a listing of those known to be buried in the cemetery. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/3661/index.html Debie

Would like to contact anybody researching the CHRISTOPHER surname in Nashville after 1889. Specifically I am researching William Christopher, believed to be the son of Daniel John and Mary Jane Christopher. William Christopher married Maude Weller in 1890 and had a son, Paul Omohundro Christopher born in 1891. I believe that William Christopher and Maude Weller may have divorced 1892-1894. Tim

Hello all. Still looking for James N. Corbett b. abt. 1823 Tn. He was in Nashville, Tn. in 1850 to at least 1870. His wife was Sarah M. Bayliss b. abt. 1829 Kentucky. Children were Egene b. abt. 1850, Willie b. abt. 1852, Macey b. abt. 1857, Newton b. abt. 1859, Frances b. abt. 1861, Robert b. abt. 1864, Susan L. b. abt. 1865. If you can help I would love to hear from you. Thank you, Barbara

Looking for further info on Elizabeth (Lizzie) BRADFORD .. she was born 13 April 1851 and died 9 January 1917. I believe her father was named Malcome. She married Henry CUZZORT on 1 December 1865 in Davidson Co. They had 5 children: Jessie Cuzzort - married Elizabeth Bingham Frank Cuzzort - Single John Cuzzort - Single Clara Elizabeth Cuzzort - married Henry Brennan Henrietta Cuzzort - married John A. Ackerman Elizabeth went to St. Joseph, MO. and eventually lived with her daughter Clara Brennan. Thanks Kathy

Looking for further info on Mary Jane FOREHAND. B: 4/12/1840 D: 4/28/1916 - Davidson Co. Buried.. Springhill Cemetery Parents: Green B. Forehand and Matilda McDaniel She married: George W. Cuzzort on 20 Oct. 1864 They had seven children: Olden/Olduine Cuzzort John William Cuzzort - married Lula Pace Walter Cuzzort Florence Cuzzort Green B. Cuzzort Martha M. Cuzzort George W. Cuzzort Thanks Kathy

Looking for further information on Thomas TURNER b: 1838 in TN he died 29 Oct. 1873 in Davidson Co. He married Clarinda SMITH and they had two children: Eleanora Turner James Turner Clarinda married William FAUCETT in 1863. Kathy KBernardi1@aol.com

Cheatham County (according to Handy Book for Genealogists) was formed 1856 from Davidson, Dickson and Montgomery Counties). I have a printed 1880 Cheatham County census and will be happy to look up your ancestor. Floreda

-----Original Message----- From: Lincurrie@aol.com <Lincurrie@aol.com> To: ARNOLD-L@rootsweb.com <ARNOLD-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, February 05, 1999 5:13 PM Subject: [ARNOLD-L] Fwd: Just heard the news -- wanted to let everyone know! Here is another good tid bit that just came my way. Linda >LDS CHURCH GENEALOGY WEBSITE TO GO ONLINE >See http://newsnet.byu.edu/noframes/show_story.cfm?number=8836 > <a >href=" http://newsnet.byu.edu/noframes/show_story.cfm?number=8836 ">Link > >A project is underway to make genealogical data from the Church available >via the World Wide Web. "The ancestral files of the LDS Church will most >likely be accessible from the site, said Craig Foster, a spokesman for the >family history center's public affairs projects." The project is >confirmed to be underway, but no completion date has been announced. > > >

My Great grandmother ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON m: WILLIAM CARGILL DEC. 03, 1856 in Nashville, Tennessee. If anyone has information on this family I sure would like to hear from them. Teen

-----Original Message----- From: P. Bailey Francis <bfran02@emory.edu> To: PASCHUYL-L@rootsweb.com <PASCHUYL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, February 04, 1999 8:09 PM Subject: [PASCHUYL-L] Seventy Years in the Coal Mines, continued "We were increased in numbers so that we could hold services in Welsh, with Welsh singing. The country people were well pleased to hear the Welsh singing of gospel hymns. Welsh children were often invited to sing at other churches around on Sundays. There were always crowded houses to hear them sing. There were many good voices and all loved to sing. And also there were many musicians among the men and women with good voices. It was a real singing camp, making good cheer to all who loved music. High class music like "Heaven Are Telling" and "Hallelujahs", choruses, and many other songs, quartettes and solos would be sung in competition with Knoxville Welsh singers who were very good in music. There were many Welsh singers in Knoxville in the years 1880 to 1900. When I left Pennsylvania, I came with the intention of following my usual occupation of coal mining in case I should find conditions agreeable. If not, I would move on to the territory of Washington State, where new coal mines were being developed. Many miners from Mahanoy City had gone there. Although mining in Tennessee was quite different from that of Pennsylvania mining. Anthracite coal mining is done by blasting, but in Tennessee by pick mining. Mining here was less hazardous. <clip> Knowing that my wife had not made up her mind to move here, I wrote her that now I would have to stay here and that if she could not feel like moving from Mahanoy City, I would provide for her wants and would make a trip to see her as often as I could get off. In our correspondence my wife wrote me that she had decided to come to Tennessee. In the fall of 1884, she arrived in Jellico with the children, Maggie, Louis, and Mary. The families of LEWIS, WYNN, and LEYSHON, lived on each side of us, all from Mahanoy City, acquaintances of my wife, making it easier for all of us in our new surroundings. A schoolhouse was built close by, then church and Sunday School services were held regularly in both languages, English and Welsh, all striking for better conditions." From, "Seventy Years in the Coal Mines", by Philip Francis, published in 1943. This ends the first half of th book. The remainder of the book takes place in Kentucky and Tennessee and would be of little interest to Schuylkill County. I'll continue to post some additional excerpts from the beginning of the book that I didn't post initially. ==== PASCHUYL Mailing List ==== Please Support Rootsweb you can contact list owner at judjack@rocketmail.com or judjack@hotmail.com Rules for list at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/1006 click on Mailing List. Visit the PaGenWeb Schuylkill County Page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~paschuyl/schuylki.htm or Schuylkill County Genealogy Ties at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/4280