Looking for further information on William CUZZORT and his wife Martha (?). They were born ca 1805 possibly in VA according to census records. They had 6 children that I am aware of. My great-grandfather Jesse CUZZORT born ca 1840 in Jackson Co., Alabama and was in Davidson County, TN. in 1861 when he enlisted in the civil war. He married my great-grandmother Paralie CARLISLE in 1862 in Davidson County, TN. Siblings of Jesse were: James - married Elizabeth CARLISLE-WRIGHT in 1851 - Davidson Co., TN Emaline - married Thomas COLLINS in 1850 - Davidson Co., TN George - married Mary Jane FOREHAND in 1864 - Davidson Co., TN Henry - married Elizabeth BRADFORD in 1865 - Davidson Co., TN William "Buck" - never married

Hi fellow Rooters - Having been stonewalled for some time I have only recently learned some new details about about my paternal grandmother, Bessie TURNER, b. 13-Oct-1864 in Tennessee, who married Thomas A. Price 19-Sep-1883 in Tennessee and died 23-Nov-1941 in Abilene, TX. Several rooters suggested that I send off for her death certificate, which I finally did, but learned only one thing not previoulsy known, that her mother's maiden name was TRIBUE. That may be either a later spelling, or even a misspelling, because I have learned of the TRABUE family of Huguenots who fled France in the late 1600's to escape religious persecution, possibly stopping first in Holland. Antoine Trabue, the patriarch of that line then settled in what is now Powhatan Co., VA about 1700. On down the line a few generations, one of his grandsons, Henry Trabue, fought in the Revolutionary War, settling in Versailles, Woodford, Co., KY in 1785, moving to Adair Co. KY in 1795. --> Another line was prominent in business, medicine and politics in Tennessee, --> Charles Trabue being the mayor of Nashville in 1830-32. I don't know either of my grandmother's parents given names, so I'm hoping someone has some records of the Tennessee TRABUES and could search your files to see if you have a TURNER male, born possibly 1837-1844 who, probably before 1863, married a TRABUE (or TRIBUE) female born possibly 1840-1844, and had a daughter named Bessie, or possibly Elizabeth, in 1864. Will appreciate any assistance, and as always, will be happy to share. John E. Price Ft. Worth, TX

Searching for information on many surnames with Davidson County ties. I have information to exchange. Surnames include AKIN, BADACOUR/BADICA, BARNES, BARTON, BAUGH, BAYNE, BIESE, BOSWORTH, BOWERS, BRAZIL, BROOKS (Florence), BUCHANAN (James, Mary), CARELL/CARROL, CASTLEMAN, CAULFIELD, CLIGER, DAILY, DOBBINS, FLETCHER, FELTS/FELTZ, GAVIN, GREEN, HILL, HUDNALL/HUDNELL, LAMBERT, LEE, LYNCH, MANSFIELD, MATHEWSON, McPHERSON, MILLER (Thomas m. 1860); MITCHELL, MOODY, MOORE (Virgil), MYERS, OLIGER, ORTMAN, PARKS, PAYNE, PENN, REDDICK/REDDIT/REDDICH, ROSETTA/ROSETTO, ROUNDTREE/ROUNTREE, RYMAN, SANDERS/SAUNDERS, SIMMONS, SIMS/SIMMS, SMITH (Rufus), WHITE, WILE, WRIGHT. Contact Jeanne Johnson (jj@tampabay.rr.com)

Please visit the Metropolitan Archives of Nashville and Davidson County, TN web page at: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/3661/ Check out the look-ups page. I work at Archives part time and I maintain the web site. Debie Cox

-----Original Message----- From: MoonsWish2@aol.com <MoonsWish2@aol.com> To: TNDAVIDS-L@rootsweb.com <TNDAVIDS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, March 13, 2000 5:05 PM Subject: Re: Governor William Carroll ><<This is probably cute, but what does it have to do with Davidson Co. >genealogy?>> >If Bill had bothered to think before writing he would have seen some basic, >very helpful information on Governor William Carroll at the linked that was >included with my email. I for one, found good, supplementary information on >Col./Sen. James Edmund Bailey and on Newton Cannon. As a very serious >researcher I feel what I would consider a moral imperative to help other >researchers and not spend my time writing mean spirited email. I have to >admit -- mea culpa -- that the individual she was researching was not from >Davidson County. Are we that parochial? Davidson county was erected as early as 1783 by the state of North Carolina, and then included "all that part of this state lying west of Cumberland mountains and south of the Virginia line, beginning on the top of Cumberland mountains, where the Virginia line crosses, extending westward along said line, to the Tennessee River, thence up said river to the mouth of Duck river, thence up Duck river to where the line of marked trees run by the commissioners for laying off land, granted the Continental Line of this state intersects said river, (which said line is suppose to be in 35 degree 50' north latitude), thence east along said line to the top of Cumberland Mountain, thence northwardly along said mountain to the beginning. > >