Does anyone know where I can access a map of Nashville as it was in 1900? Through their death certificates, I've been able to locate where my gr-grandparents lived/died in Nashville (in 1895 & 1917) and I wanted to find the location and see the area. I'm sure the street names and lcoations have probably changed over the years and wanted to find them on a map of Nashville as it was in 1900. Thanks! Sherri _________________________________________________________________ Find a local pizza place, movie theater, and more….then map the best route! http://maps.live.com/?icid=hmtag1&FORM=MGAC01

There is an Arrington Creek in Williamson County near the community of Arrington. You can use the Geographic Names Information System to search for geograhic features. I have found the less information you put in the better the results. I just typed in Arrington in the Feature Name field and chose TN in the State field. If you get too many hits you can narrow the search by choosing a County and/or a Feature Type. A link to this site and many other helpful sites can be found on the Friends of Metro Archives website. http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~nashvillearchives/links.html <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.

No I do not.....perhaps you can find the reference. I only put the Rule name down cause they married into the Turney family. Sumner County TN Probate Data 1787-1808 Abstracted by Gale W. Bamman and Debbie W. Spero July term 1789 page 26 Will of Henry Rule, dec'd proved by Edward Jones; and Catherine Rule and John Rule qualified as exec. Peter Rule married Mary Hancock who must have been born in 1790s....this Hancock family married into Turney, Adams, Turner, Spurlock families living along Clear Forks in Smith Co TN....later it would be Dekalb and Cannon counties. Jasper Rule married Rebecca Turney born 1811 along Clear Fork d/o George Turney and Catherine Barger.....1861 Jasper Rule is administrator on estate of Rachel Turney Bogle the daughter of his wife Rebecca Turney Rule. that is about all I have....try to find the Marshall Co TN reference. Mary Turney Miller ----- Original Message ----- From: "jj" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 5:16 PM Subject: RE: [TNDAVIDS] Arringtons Creek & Commissioners Guards > > Mary - Do you have the names of the two RULE individuals? RULYE/RULE is one > of the surnames that I am researching. My ancestor, Susanna Rule (Rhyle, > Rulye,etc.) married in 1810 in Davidson County. I'm having a difficult time > finding her parents. There were RUYLE families in nearby Sumner Co. but I've > viewed deeds and estate records and cannot connect Susan/Susanna to them. > Any help that you can offer would be greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Jeanne > M. Johnson, Tarpon Springs, FL > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Mary Miller > Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 2:16 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [TNDAVIDS] Arringtons Creek & Commissioners Guards > > the commissioners's guards were the men sent out with the survey team to > protect them from attack..... > > LAND DEED GENEALOGY OF MARSHALL COUNTY TENNESSEE > 1836-1840 Vol I > by Timothy R & Helen C. Marsh > copyright 1998 by Southern Historical Press, Inc. > ISBN # 0-89308-704-1 > page 1-4 > Spring of 1783....Duck and Elk river country that includes the counties > of Bedford, marshall, Lincoln and eastern strip of Giles...large part of > frontiersmen, a contengent of the Commission guard, a group recruited by the > Commissioners Absolum Tatum Isaac Shelby, and Anthony Bledsoe who had been > commissioned by the North Carolina General Assembly of 1782 to lay off the > lands in Middle Tennessee that had been appropriated for the officers and > soldiers of the NC Continential Line of the AM Rev...list reads like a whow > who of the first settlers of the Cumberland. > LIST OF COMMISSIONERS AND GUARDS -1783 > Robert Looney - chain carrier > Peter Turney - surveyor > James Lea - chain carrier > Maj. Daniel Smith - surveyor > Samuel Barton - surveyor > Samuel Barton - surveyor > Henry Hoover - chain carrier > also includes Bledsoe, many Shelby men, Blair, two Cox, Greer, Hay Kasper > Mansker of the Cumberland Station where I think my Henry Turney was, > Benjamin Pettit, James and Mark Robertson, two Ramsey, two Rule, John > Shannon, and others. > > my note - I am of course now sorry I did not copy the entire list.....as I > remember there were guards, a cook, a blacksmith.......I wanted this as > proof that Peter Turney was a surveyor in early TN......Peter Looney had > land next to my Henry Turney which was listed in 1783 and now is part of > Springhaven. One of Henry Turney's daughters married a John Looney. > > Perhaps you can find the entire list from the info. > > Mary Turney Miller > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 10:48 PM > Subject: [TNDAVIDS] Arringtons Creek & Commissioners Guards > > > > Two deeds registered Davidson Co. in 1788, surveyed in 1785 > > related to tracts of land on both sides of Arrington's Creek, an east > > branch of Big Harpeth River. One deed was for 640 acres purchased; the > > other for 320 acres 3 1/2 miles above the mouth of Arrington's Creek > > was by an Act for the relief of the Officers and Soldiers of the > > Continental Line, in consideration of the services of William McGuaioh > > (McGavock/McGaugh), one of the commissioner's guards. > > Where is Arrington's Creek located? > > What were Commissioner's Guards? > > Thanks in advance for any help on these two frustrating questions! > > Nona > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > AOL now offers free email to everyone. 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The Metro Archives has many, many photos. Maybe they can help. <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Miller" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 2:16 PM Subject: Re: [TNDAVIDS] Arringtons Creek & Commissioners Guards > the commissioners's guards were the men sent out with the survey team to > protect them from attack..... > > LAND DEED GENEALOGY OF MARSHALL COUNTY TENNESSEE > 1836-1840 Vol I > by Timothy R & Helen C. Marsh > copyright 1998 by Southern Historical Press, Inc. > ISBN # 0-89308-704-1 > page 1-4 > Spring of 1783....Duck and Elk river country that includes the counties > of Bedford, marshall, Lincoln and eastern strip of Giles...large part of > frontiersmen, a contengent of the Commission guard, a group recruited by the > Commissioners Absolum Tatum Isaac Shelby, and Anthony Bledsoe who had been > commissioned by the North Carolina General Assembly of 1782 to lay off the > lands in Middle Tennessee that had been appropriated for the officers and > soldiers of the NC Continential Line of the AM Rev...list reads like a whow > who of the first settlers of the Cumberland. > LIST OF COMMISSIONERS AND GUARDS -1783 > Robert Looney - chain carrier > Peter Turney - surveyor > James Lea - chain carrier > Maj. Daniel Smith - surveyor > Samuel Barton - surveyor > Samuel Barton - surveyor > Henry Hoover - chain carrier > also includes Bledsoe, many Shelby men, Blair, two Cox, Greer, Hay Kasper > Mansker of the Cumberland Station where I think my Henry Turney was, > Benjamin Pettit, James and Mark Robertson, two Ramsey, two Rule, John > Shannon, and others. > > my note - I am of course now sorry I did not copy the entire list.....as I > remember there were guards, a cook, a blacksmith.......I wanted this as > proof that Peter Turney was a surveyor in early TN......Peter Looney had > land next to my Henry Turney which was listed in 1783 and now is part of > Springhaven. One of Henry Turney's daughters married a John Looney. > > Perhaps you can find the entire list from the info. > > Mary Turney Miller > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 10:48 PM > Subject: [TNDAVIDS] Arringtons Creek & Commissioners Guards > > > > Two deeds registered Davidson Co. in 1788, surveyed in 1785 > > related to tracts of land on both sides of Arrington's Creek, an east > > branch of Big Harpeth River. One deed was for 640 acres purchased; the > > other for 320 acres 3 1/2 miles above the mouth of Arrington's Creek > > was by an Act for the relief of the Officers and Soldiers of the > > Continental Line, in consideration of the services of William McGuaioh > > (McGavock/McGaugh), one of the commissioner's guards. > > Where is Arrington's Creek located? > > What were Commissioner's Guards? > > Thanks in advance for any help on these two frustrating questions! > > Nona > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free > > from AOL at AOL.com. > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > >

----- Original Message ----- From: Mary Miller To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 2:17 PM Subject: Commissioners and guards in other words, this was the group who made the first official survey of NC land in what today is TN..... Mary

the commissioners's guards were the men sent out with the survey team to protect them from attack..... LAND DEED GENEALOGY OF MARSHALL COUNTY TENNESSEE 1836-1840 Vol I by Timothy R & Helen C. Marsh copyright 1998 by Southern Historical Press, Inc. ISBN # 0-89308-704-1 page 1-4 Spring of 1783....Duck and Elk river country that includes the counties of Bedford, marshall, Lincoln and eastern strip of Giles...large part of frontiersmen, a contengent of the Commission guard, a group recruited by the Commissioners Absolum Tatum Isaac Shelby, and Anthony Bledsoe who had been commissioned by the North Carolina General Assembly of 1782 to lay off the lands in Middle Tennessee that had been appropriated for the officers and soldiers of the NC Continential Line of the AM Rev...list reads like a whow who of the first settlers of the Cumberland. LIST OF COMMISSIONERS AND GUARDS -1783 Robert Looney - chain carrier Peter Turney - surveyor James Lea - chain carrier Maj. Daniel Smith - surveyor Samuel Barton - surveyor Samuel Barton - surveyor Henry Hoover - chain carrier also includes Bledsoe, many Shelby men, Blair, two Cox, Greer, Hay Kasper Mansker of the Cumberland Station where I think my Henry Turney was, Benjamin Pettit, James and Mark Robertson, two Ramsey, two Rule, John Shannon, and others. my note - I am of course now sorry I did not copy the entire list.....as I remember there were guards, a cook, a blacksmith.......I wanted this as proof that Peter Turney was a surveyor in early TN......Peter Looney had land next to my Henry Turney which was listed in 1783 and now is part of Springhaven. One of Henry Turney's daughters married a John Looney. Perhaps you can find the entire list from the info. Mary Turney Miller ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 10:48 PM Subject: [TNDAVIDS] Arringtons Creek & Commissioners Guards > Two deeds registered Davidson Co. in 1788, surveyed in 1785 > related to tracts of land on both sides of Arrington's Creek, an east > branch of Big Harpeth River. One deed was for 640 acres purchased; the > other for 320 acres 3 1/2 miles above the mouth of Arrington's Creek > was by an Act for the relief of the Officers and Soldiers of the > Continental Line, in consideration of the services of William McGuaioh > (McGavock/McGaugh), one of the commissioner's guards. > Where is Arrington's Creek located? > What were Commissioner's Guards? > Thanks in advance for any help on these two frustrating questions! > Nona > ________________________________________________________________________ > AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free > from AOL at AOL.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

Two deeds registered Davidson Co. in 1788, surveyed in 1785 related to tracts of land on both sides of Arrington's Creek, an east branch of Big Harpeth River. One deed was for 640 acres purchased; the other for 320 acres 3 1/2 miles above the mouth of Arrington's Creek was by an Act for the relief of the Officers and Soldiers of the Continental Line, in consideration of the services of William McGuaioh (McGavock/McGaugh), one of the commissioner's guards. Where is Arrington's Creek located? What were Commissioner's Guards? Thanks in advance for any help on these two frustrating questions! Nona ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.

You might try the Nashville Electric Service, the sucessrs to the TEP. I do not have an address. The Nashville Public Library might be able to help

In response to questions: 1) The Library Edition of Ancestry contains MOST of the content available through individual subscriptions, but there are some things not available in the Library Edition. What those things are have not spelled out to us. There are over 3500 databases in the Library Edition. I have had a bit of experience in the regular internet version, and there's nothing that's jumped out at me as being missing in the Library Edition. 2) If you are from outside of Davidson County, TN, the only way to get a non-resident library card is to make a trip to Nashville to get a card and pay the $40 non-resident fee. Some people have decided that it's worth it when compared to their own personal subscription fees, some folks have decided that it's not. If you're in another state, I would encourage you to see if there's a library nearer to you that might offer the same service. But if you do decide to make the trip and get an NPL card, you would be able to access the database from anywhere you can connect to the internet. Thanks, Aimee B. James, C.A. Manager, Special Collections Division Nashville Public Library 615 Church Street Nashville, TN 37219 Phone: (615) 862-5842 Fax: (615) 862-5838 Email: [email protected]

My great grandfather was a streetcar operator in Nashville for the Tennessee Electric Power Co in the early 1900's. I have some pictures of him taken in his uniform and he is with someone else who I cannot identify. Does anyone know if there is a place or publication I might get that would have names and possibly pictures of the operators. Thank you Sharon ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com

You might check with your Colorado libraries. We live in Texas and have the same ability but we can only access it in Texas. Paula -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brenda Bolton Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 8:06 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TNDAVIDS] NPL Adds Ancestry Library Edition That is great that you have the library with the Heritage Quest? In your note, you mention that you can access the library databases "anywhere" with a Nashville Public Library card. I would so love to be able to do that as most of my ancestry search is in that area. My Mother and other family members were from Nashville and surrounding area. But, alas, I live in Colorado. I looked at the online application and it states that you must come in to the library to activate the card. Is there some way that I could access documents and files from here? Thanks, Brenda Bolton Broomfield, CO

That is great that you have the library with the Heritage Quest? In your note, you mention that you can access the library databases "anywhere" with a Nashville Public Library card. I would so love to be able to do that as most of my ancestry search is in that area. My Mother and other family members were from Nashville and surrounding area. But, alas, I live in Colorado. I looked at the online application and it states that you must come in to the library to activate the card. Is there some way that I could access documents and files from here? Thanks, Brenda Bolton Broomfield, CO -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of James, Aimee (Library) Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 7:43 AM To: '[email protected]'; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: [TNDAVIDS] NPL Adds Ancestry Library Edition In addition to HeritageQuest, the Nashville Public Library is pleased to announce that we now also have Ancestry Library Edition, and both databases may be accessed from anywhere with a Nashville Public Library card! There will soon be links to the databases in a variety of places, but for right now, the easiest way to access both databases is here: http://www.library.nashville.org/research/res_databases.asp#genealogy. If you don't have an NPL library card, see http://www.library.nashville.org/card/crd_getcard.asp for information about how to obtain one. If you have a card and have not already set up a PIN number, you will be prompted to do so. Thanks, and happy searching! Aimee B. James, C.A. Manager, Special Collections Division Nashville Public Library 615 Church Street Nashville, TN 37219 Phone: (615) 862-5842 Fax: (615) 862-5838 Email: [email protected] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Aimee, Does the library edition include the entire Ancestry site? Sara Binkley Tarpley On 3/1/07, James, Aimee (Library) <[email protected]> wrote: > > In addition to HeritageQuest, the Nashville Public Library is pleased to > announce that we now also have Ancestry Library Edition, and both > databases may be accessed from anywhere with a Nashville Public Library > card! > > There will soon be links to the databases in a variety of places, but > for right now, the easiest way to access both databases is here: > http://www.library.nashville.org/research/res_databases.asp#genealogy. > If you don't have an NPL library card, see > http://www.library.nashville.org/card/crd_getcard.asp for information > about how to obtain one. If you have a card and have not already set up > a PIN number, you will be prompted to do so. > > Thanks, and happy searching! > > Aimee B. James, C.A. > Manager, Special Collections Division > Nashville Public Library > 615 Church Street > Nashville, TN 37219 > Phone: (615) 862-5842 > Fax: (615) 862-5838 > Email: [email protected] > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

In addition to HeritageQuest, the Nashville Public Library is pleased to announce that we now also have Ancestry Library Edition, and both databases may be accessed from anywhere with a Nashville Public Library card! There will soon be links to the databases in a variety of places, but for right now, the easiest way to access both databases is here: http://www.library.nashville.org/research/res_databases.asp#genealogy. If you don't have an NPL library card, see http://www.library.nashville.org/card/crd_getcard.asp for information about how to obtain one. If you have a card and have not already set up a PIN number, you will be prompted to do so. Thanks, and happy searching! Aimee B. James, C.A. Manager, Special Collections Division Nashville Public Library 615 Church Street Nashville, TN 37219 Phone: (615) 862-5842 Fax: (615) 862-5838 Email: [email protected]

Sharon - Mount Olivet is one of the easiest cemeteries to locate interments in. Contact the staff there because they are very helpful - they will look up the interments and provide you with a plot map and also cemetery map so you can locate the section when you visit: http://www.mountolivet.com/ Jeanne M. Johnson

I have visited Mt Olivet several times and the office there is very helpful. I believe its the office of a funeral home that is out front of the cemetary. They have copied contents of the burial record for me which helped greatly and I'm sure they were the ones that steered me to the graves I was searching for. > > From: <[email protected]> > Date: 2007/02/26 Mon AM 08:15:09 EST > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: [TNDAVIDS] Mahlon Jones/ Mt Olivet Cemetery > > > > > > Looking for info on newspaper published in 1899 in Nashville Tn. I finally have a death record. He died in April 1899 of pneumona. And is supposed to be buried in Mt Olivet Cemetery. > Metro Archives does not have an interrment card, so there is no way of knowing where in the cemetery he is. > I am hoping to find someone who can search the microfilm for a possible obit. His first name is not spelled correctly on the death record but all the other info matches. > > Question # 2 Mt Olivet is a very large cemetery. Does anyone know how to find out how large this cemetery was in 1899? I am hoping it was smaller then and there might be maps showing the area in use then. I am going try to come to Nashville this summer and look for his grave. > Thanks > Sharon > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

> > Looking for info on newspaper published in 1899 in Nashville Tn. I finally have a death record. He died in April 1899 of pneumona. And is supposed to be buried in Mt Olivet Cemetery. Metro Archives does not have an interrment card, so there is no way of knowing where in the cemetery he is. I am hoping to find someone who can search the microfilm for a possible obit. His first name is not spelled correctly on the death record but all the other info matches. Question # 2 Mt Olivet is a very large cemetery. Does anyone know how to find out how large this cemetery was in 1899? I am hoping it was smaller then and there might be maps showing the area in use then. I am going try to come to Nashville this summer and look for his grave. Thanks Sharon

Hi Sharon, All you have to do is call the cemetery. They are very helpful, and have given me much information about my family buried there. They even gave me a map of the plot with those buried in it, dates of burial and all. The workers there are very nice, and have even trekked into the cemetery to help me find a grave that didnt have a tombstone. The number to the cemetery is 615-255-4193. I have called with the name and death date and they had tons of info for me! Good Luck, Gina in Nashville [email protected] wrote: > > Looking for info on newspaper published in 1899 in Nashville Tn. I finally have a death record. He died in April 1899 of pneumona. And is supposed to be buried in Mt Olivet Cemetery. Metro Archives does not have an interrment card, so there is no way of knowing where in the cemetery he is. I am hoping to find someone who can search the microfilm for a possible obit. His first name is not spelled correctly on the death record but all the other info matches. Question # 2 Mt Olivet is a very large cemetery. Does anyone know how to find out how large this cemetery was in 1899? I am hoping it was smaller then and there might be maps showing the area in use then. I am going try to come to Nashville this summer and look for his grave. Thanks Sharon ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Regina Duncan TN Volunteer for Random Acts Of Genealogical Kindness http://www.raogk.org --------------------------------- Access over 1 million songs - Yahoo! Music Unlimited.

Thank you so much, Debie. That's very helpful. I will search these sites. Thanks again. Molly -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 5:12 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [TNDAVIDS] death certificate for Emily Elizabeth DRAKE Molly There are 3 different sets of early Nashville - Davidson death records. The index to the Davidson County death records 1908-1912 is online at the TSLA site - http://state.tn.us/tsla/history/vital/death2.htm The index to the Davidson County death records 1900-1913 is online at Metro Archives site - http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~nashvillearchives/deathscounty.html The index to the Nashville death records 1874-1913 is not online. You may write to Metro Archives and request a lookup for the 1874-1913 death records and other indexed records. There is no charge for a lookup. The research policy for Metro Archives provides information on requesting an index search - http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~nashvillearchives/researchpolicy.html Female death records are sometimes listed with a husband's name, i.e. Mrs. John Smith, so it will helpful if the name of a spouse is given is the female was married. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Molly Pere" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 2:08 PM Subject: Re: [TNDAVIDS] John B. Brown Death Certificate 1861-1930 > Hi Melissa > Thank you for offering to do lookups. Would you please check to see if a > death certificate is listed for Emily Elizabeth DRAKE who died in > Nashville > on Nov 11, 1911 ? Thank you so much. > Molly > <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message