Still interested in McCormicks and Listons. Jeanetta Sharp ----- Original Message ----- From: "Renea Burkholder" <grburk@cpomail.net> To: <TNDECATU-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 10:59 PM Subject: [TNDECATU] Test > I've been testing email addresses for Decatur County surnames. If you got a > "test" message more than once, I apologize - that just means you are listed > with duplicate surnames. All emails that "bounced will have both the surname > and the name of the researcher removed. I will try to finish this by > tomorrow. > Renea > TNGenWeb sites: > Decatur Co http://www.netease.net/decatur > Perry Co http://www.netease.net/perry/ > War of 1812 http://www.tngenweb.org/1812war/ > List mom-Decatur, Henderson, Perry Counties, TN > List mom- High, Listen, Liston, Stigall, Rains > > > > ==== TNDECATU Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe send message unsubscribe to > TNDECATU-L-request@rootsweb.com > >

I'm still here for Brown, Selph, Hill, etc. Lynn Neill

I've been testing email addresses for Decatur County surnames. If you got a "test" message more than once, I apologize - that just means you are listed with duplicate surnames. All emails that "bounced will have both the surname and the name of the researcher removed. I will try to finish this by tomorrow. Renea TNGenWeb sites: Decatur Co http://www.netease.net/decatur Perry Co http://www.netease.net/perry/ War of 1812 http://www.tngenweb.org/1812war/ List mom-Decatur, Henderson, Perry Counties, TN List mom- High, Listen, Liston, Stigall, Rains

Renea, thank you, you have given me some things to consider that I didn't know about. Linda

I think the confusion of dates and county name may come from the fact that obtaining land by grant was a process that could and often did take a number of years. Your document is giving dates of all transactions and stating Decatur Co because it was Decatur County by the time the process was finalized. 1st step - Make an entry (locate) the land, there would be a description of it 2nd - A survey would be made of the land and this survey and a plat would be recorded 3rd - After all financial and legal requirements met, a grant would be issued by the state. When consulting all steps (when documents are available), you may find that one person made the initial entry, but "sold" it to someone else before survey was completed and it could have been sold again any number of times before that actual grant is issued to the latest possessor of the land. My thoughts - anyone else have a different idea ? Renea ----- Original Message ----- From: <LFLENT@aol.com> To: <TNDECATU-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 10:37 AM Subject: [TNDECATU] 1845 Decatur Co. >

Renea or anyone, I have some questions about use of DECATUR COUNTY name before 1845. First, my questions, then below the section I find confusing from a West Tennessee District Grant, dates in the Grant range from 1833 to 1846. QUESTIONS: If Decatur County became a county in 1845, why would name DECATUR COUNTY have been used in GRANT recorded by "Entrytaker of Decatur County" in 1833? Since it was 1833, shouldn't the county be PERRY? Under witness section of the GRANT was date 28 AUG 1846 and signed by Governor Aaron Brown and Secretary of State [TN] Jno. Young Was the person applying for grant of land not legally entitled to the LAND until State of TN passed the act in 1842? The section of the GRANT that I find confusing: GRANT # 2132 Know ye, that for and in consideration of the sum of Twelve and one-half cents per acre, paid into the Office of the Entrytaker of DECATUR COUNTY and entered on the 17th day of OCTOBER 1833 pursuant to the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of said State, passed on the 11th day of JANUARY, 1842, by No. 2601 THERE IS GRANTED by the said State of Tennessee, unto Thomas Hay a certain tract or parcel of land.............[it goes on] Thank you. Linda

If you have a surname listed on the Decatur Co TNGenWeb site, please check for accurate email address. I will be sending out "test" messages to all and then deleting surnames whose addresses "bounce". Will also be checking web sites. Thanks! Renea TNGenWeb sites: Decatur Co http://www.netease.net/decatur Perry Co http://www.netease.net/perry/ War of 1812 http://www.tngenweb.org/1812war/ List mom-Decatur, Henderson, Perry Counties, TN List mom- High, Listen, Liston, Stigall, Rains

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wilkins Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JeB.2ACE/610 Message Board Post: I am looking for information on John M Wilkins. He was the son of Charles William and Charolette Wilkins. He is listed in the 1860 and 1870 Census for Decatur County, living in Decaturville. He was a Blacksmith and farmer. In the 1870 Census his wife is listed as Martha, and he has two sons, Charles and Jeramiah. Thanks....

Have you checed the online cemetery list for Decatur County?? You might find them there, Marie -----Original Message----- From: jgwilkins@hotmail.com Sent: Jan 15, 2005 7:20 AM To: TNDECATU-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TNDECATU] Need Information on John M Wilkins This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wilkins Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JeB.2ACE/610 Message Board Post: I am looking for information on John M Wilkins. He was the son of Charles William and Charolette Wilkins. He is listed in the 1860 and 1870 Census for Decatur County, living in Decaturville. He was a Blacksmith and farmer. In the 1870 Census his wife is listed as Martha, and he has two sons, Charles and Jeramiah. Thanks.... ==== TNDECATU Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe send message unsubscribe to TNDECATU-L-request@rootsweb.com

----- Original Message ----- From: Katheryne Cowan To: Renea Burkholder Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 5:58 PM Subject: National Genealogical Society is coming to Nashville Please post on the Perry County site: The National Genealogical Society is making big plans for their 2005 annual Conference to be held in Nashville June1-4, 2005. It will be four days of back to back seminars, lectures, demonstrations, and the very latest in genealogical research techniques, including the latest on DNA research. Make your plans now to attend. Our website: http://www.mtgs.org has links for you convenience. Local organizations, businesses, and societies are invited to apply for booth space in the Exhibition Hall at the Conference. Booths rent for $250 for businesses and $195 for historical groups. For more information check out the NGS web site http://www.ngsgenealogy.org and click on "exhibitor signup." And last, but also very important: Volunteers are needed to help with various tasks that make the Conference run smoothly. To be a volunteer click on "call for volunteers" on the NGS web site http://www.eshow2000.com/ngs/ or contact local volunteer coordinator Shirley Wilson at swilsonTN@aol.com. Katheryne Cowan MTGS Webmaster

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JeB.2ACE/609.3.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: You left the "i" off my last name. the address should work now.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JeB.2ACE/609.3.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I tried to e-mail you at the following address: luannlewandowsk@yahoo.com but it bounced back. Please send the accurate address.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JeB.2ACE/609.3.1.1 Message Board Post: Angie, What specific info are you looking for regarding the Taylors and Dowdys? I can snail mail my entire file if you are interested. Maybe you can shed some light on the children/spouses of Martha Taylor/Jospeh Dowdy. I also have a Martha Jane Dowdy b 2/14/1860 married to Elijah R. Gulledge 10/24/1887 in Caruth, Mo. Smith Taylor's children are: James Thomas, Mary Ann, Joseph S., John William, Martha C(your Martha), Margaret SC Taylor, G.W., Sarah Jane, Lillie (?), Serena Isabel (my Serena) and Anna Ellen Taylor (Aunt Anner). Parents of Smith Taylor are Thomas S. Taylor and Rebecca C. Powers. Contact me privately if you want me to send you my file> LuAnn

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: TAYLOR - DOWDY Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JeB.2ACE/609.3.1 Message Board Post: Thanks for the info. Have a good day.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JeB.2ACE/609.3 Message Board Post: According to the Early Marriage Records *1869-1921) of Decatur County, TN by Fred & Margie Alexander; Joseph Dowdy & Martha C. Taylor applied on Jan. 6, 1886 but was never registered.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DOWDY TAYLOR Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JeB.2ACE/609.2.1 Message Board Post: Thanks for the info Mark. I'll see if I can find a listing of the census you mentioned. Thanks Again. Angie

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JeB.2ACE/609.2 Message Board Post: 1870 Census: Decatur Co., Tennessee District:12 Page:9 1880 Census: Decatur Co., Tennessee District:12 Page:18b This should help with the Matha Taylor...

Thanks, LFLENT@ for the photos. I lived in Decatur Co until I was 10. Tom Goodman

Below website has photographs of Hwy 201 in Chester, Henderson, Decatur counties. http://7lakes.250free.com/201.htm <A HREF="http://7lakes.250free.com/201.htm">Highway 201</A> This website has photographs of Shiloh Cemetery http://www.civilwaralbum.com/ <A HREF="http://www.civilwaralbum.com/">Civil War site photos, maps and official records reports</A>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: TAYLOR - DOWDY Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JeB.2ACE/609.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi LuAnn, I think I seen your page at rootsweb. Any help would be wonderful. My Dad, Ralph Morton, remembered Serena. I talked to him last night. He was born in 1942. I was only about 6 months old when Serena passed away. Thank you & I am looking forward to hearing from you. Angie