Kathy, Ebenezer Erskine Larkins, born 27 Nov 1812; died between 1870-1880, is the son of James M. Larkins and Mary McAdoo; grandson of John Larkins and Sarah McAdoo, all early settlers in Dickson Co. James M. and Mary McAdoo Larkins had 6 children: 1. Margaret, born 22 June 1811; died 15 Oct 1898; married Robert McNeilly 2. Ebenezer E.; married Elizabeth Alice Dickson and Mary Jane Good 3. Dorcas, born 26 Aug 1814; died 31 Dec 1892; never married 4. James Calvin, born 9 Aug 1816; died 21 Sept 1878; married Susan Gatewood 5. John McAdoo, born 15 June 1819; death date unknown 6. Felix Alexander, born 14 May 1826; died 9 July 1827 The following text is from Robert Corlew's "History of Dickson County": Professor Ebenezer Erskine Larkins, who devoted nearly a half century to teaching in public and private institutions of Middle Tennessee, was one of the best known of the early faculty members of Tracy Adademy in Charlotte. Born and reared in what is now Houston County (Dickson Co. then), Larkins came as a young man during the 1830's to take charge of Tracy, and for the most of the next half century served either as teacher or principal. It's tragic to me that a person so well-respected and influential lies in an unknown grave in the Town Cemetery in Charlotte. Public records show that as his place of burial, but anyone who knew the spot has long since died. Charlotte

Lenora -- Can you give me any more information about this Sarah McAdoo? What is the date of the document Sarah is a name that appears in our family regularly. Of course, Sarah may be the wife of a McAdoo rather than a McAdoo herself. At any rate, there are several McAdoo lines in Kentucky. John McAdoo, Sr., "originally" of Botetourt County, VA, came to Barren County with his daughter, Martha Allen, and died there in 1801. He had several sons, and there is a lot of uncertainty about where they wound up. Also, several McAdoos out of the Pennsylvania lines moved into and out of Kentucky at various times. The Pennsylvania lines also includes one that "started" in Maryland. There also were descendants of Barnett McAdoo, my ancestor, who settled in Kentucky, although the one on which I have the most information is his daughter Rhoda McAdoo, who married William Taylor Malugin and lived in Calloway County, Kentucky. By the way, I put "" around "originally" and "started" because those are the first documents we have for these lines. Anyway, with a little more info, especially the date of the document, I may be able to be more informative. Cousin Cathy in Wichita ----Original Message Follows---- From: LAnde12781@aol.com Reply-To: TNDICKSO-L@rootsweb.com To: TNDICKSO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TNDICKSO] McAdoo--- Mitchell Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 10:42:57 EDT Sorry this computer is not behaving nicely today....My grandmother had a piece of property that she sold to her son W. R. Mitchell which was listed in Trigg, KY, at the time, before the separation, and the names beside hers at the bottom was Sarah McAdoo no explanation as to why her name was included.. and it was nt listed as witness Have you ever seen a Mitchell connection to these McAdoo's? Lenora ==== TNDICKSO Mailing List ==== http://www.rootsweb.com/~tndickso/index.htm Join our sister list DICKSONDIGGERS@topica.com Search your tree if you want deep roots! ============================== Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 Source for Family History Online. Go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

The following new message has been posted on Forum at <http://www.tngenweb.org/dickson/webbbs/queries/index.cgi>. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#41) John ETHERIDGE <http://www.tngenweb.org/dickson/webbbs/queries/index.cgi?rev=41> AUTHOR: Del Wise DATE: Wednesday, 24 October 2001, at 2:53 p.m. Seeking any info on ggg grandfather John Etheridge who migrated from Tn. to Madison Co. Illinois in 1830.He was in Bond Co. Illinois in the 1840's.Two of his sons were named John and Peter. believe there were other children. Please e'mail me at delw@crn.org with ANY information. Thank you. Del Wise *************************************************************************** This is an automatically-generated notice. If you'd like to be removed from the mailing list, please visit Forum at <http://www.tngenweb.org/dickson/webbbs/queries/index.cgi>, or send your request to 53154@bellsouth.net. If you wish to respond to this message, please post your response directly to the board. Thank you!

Sorry this computer is not behaving nicely today....My grandmother had a piece of property that she sold to her son W. R. Mitchell which was listed in Trigg, KY, at the time, before the separation, and the names beside hers at the bottom was Sarah McAdoo no explanation as to why her name was included.. and it was nt listed as witness Have you ever seen a Mitchell connection to these McAdoo's? Lenora

The following new message has been posted on Forum at <http://www.tngenweb.org/dickson/webbbs/queries/index.cgi>. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#40) SELF family <http://www.tngenweb.org/dickson/webbbs/queries/index.cgi?rev=40> AUTHOR: Daniel McCarthy DATE: Wednesday, 24 October 2001, at 4:35 a.m. Dickson County TN SELF family descendants: The 5th annual National Gathering of SELF family researchers will be held on April 27, 2002 in Gadsden, AL. Meet with over 80 Self researchers from all over the USA in this all day affair. This year the research group at the Self Family Newsletter, in conjunction with the North East Alabama Genealogical Society will be having a "you can't miss it" event. See http://www.self-family.com/self2002.htm for more details. Link: Self Family Newsletter URL: <http://www.self-family.com> *************************************************************************** This is an automatically-generated notice. If you'd like to be removed from the mailing list, please visit Forum at <http://www.tngenweb.org/dickson/webbbs/queries/index.cgi>, or send your request to 53154@bellsouth.net. If you wish to respond to this message, please post your response directly to the board. Thank you!

The Larkins family has been closely associated with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church since its founding, by virtue of intermarriages of nieces and nephews of Samuel McAdoo with Larkin or Larkins young men and women. Can you give me a little more ancestry on Ebenezer Erskine Larkins? I might be able to link him up with some of the Larkins who came to Hickman County in the period 1795-1815 or thereabouts. Cousin Cathy in Wichita ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Susan Knight Gore" Reply-To: TNDICKSO-L@rootsweb.com To: TNDICKSO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TNDICKSO] Stockard - Larkins Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 10:04:34 -0500 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------B9A96CED8B617996862A82C5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Researching: Rev. Alexander Craighead Stockard wife: Mary Jane Larkins [daughter of Ebenezer Erskine Larkins and Elizabeth Alice Dickson] Please view his web page and send additions/corrections http://www.cumberland.org/HFCPC/minister/StockaAC.htm Thanks, Susan --------------B9A96CED8B617996862A82C5 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="skg.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Susan Knight Gore Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="skg.vcf" begin:vcard n:Gore;Susan tel;fax:901-272-3913 tel;work:901-276-8602 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:http://www.cumberland.org/hfcpc/ org:Historical Foundation of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America;Director, Historical Library and Archives version:2.1 email;internet:skg@cumberland.org title:Archivist adr;quoted-printable:;;1978 Union Avenue=0D=0A;Memphis;Tennessee;38104;USA fn:Susan Knight Gore end:vcard --------------B9A96CED8B617996862A82C5-- ==== TNDICKSO Mailing List ==== http://www.rootsweb.com/~tndickso/index.htm I am my own double first cousin! Now that is scary!~ To submit your SURNAMES go to this site and fill out the form: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tndickso/sursubmit.htm ============================== Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 Source for Family History Online. Go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------B9A96CED8B617996862A82C5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Researching: Rev. Alexander Craighead Stockard wife: Mary Jane Larkins [daughter of Ebenezer Erskine Larkins and Elizabeth Alice Dickson] Please view his web page and send additions/corrections http://www.cumberland.org/HFCPC/minister/StockaAC.htm Thanks, Susan --------------B9A96CED8B617996862A82C5 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="skg.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Susan Knight Gore Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="skg.vcf" begin:vcard n:Gore;Susan tel;fax:901-272-3913 tel;work:901-276-8602 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:http://www.cumberland.org/hfcpc/ org:Historical Foundation of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America;Director, Historical Library and Archives version:2.1 email;internet:skg@cumberland.org title:Archivist adr;quoted-printable:;;1978 Union Avenue=0D=0A;Memphis;Tennessee;38104;USA fn:Susan Knight Gore end:vcard --------------B9A96CED8B617996862A82C5--

Thanks Sandy for the verbal pictures of the lay of the land. I certainly am trying to get to TN one of these years!!!! Sounds like my kind of country already. Love Lenora

Lenora, You really need to check www.tngenweb.org and you can find all of the TN counties you need. If you look at a map of Tennessee and follow the Cumberland River, it runs from Eastern KY and "dips" into Middle Tennessee before leaving TN in Stewart Co and going back into KY and "emptying" into the Ohio River near Paducah. The Cumberland River was (and still is) very important for transportation in the "Upper Cumberland" area. Overton County is in the upper eastern portion of Middle Tennessee in an area we call the "Cumberland Plateau". This is "hill country"--my granddaddy called them "knobs" because they weren't as large as the mountains further east. The lay of the land wasn't very suitable for travel by wagon. Even today, you can travel many of the old roads--there is no "interstate highway" although they are almost finished with a nice, new road in Clay County--and they have finished the road in Overton County. The old roads are narrow and full of curves---up, down, and around those hills! The Obey River runs into the Cumberland very near the KY state line. There is a little town (smaller than Dover) there by the name of Celina---used to be known as the "Strawberry Capital of the World" before Portland! Celina is the county seat of Clay County and where Dale Hollow Dam is located. Your Mitchell Creek isn't too far from the dam--maybe 3-5 miles by water. It runs from Overton County into Clay County and into the Obey River (Dale Hollow Lake). Depending on the time period, you may be looking for records in Jackson, Overton, or Clay Counties in Tennessee! Since Mitchell Creek runs into the Obey River in Clay County, I think I'd start looking there but I wouldn't count Overton County out! Oh---this area is where the family I was researching (last year) lived. Mitchell Creek isn't far from "Hunter's Cove"---settled by my step-mom's ancestors. It's also not far from the cemetary I told you about where John Sevier's daughter is buried. It's beautiful country! (I keep telling you to come to Tennessee---the invitation still stands!) Sandy Ellis

Thank you Lenora. Bette

Thanks for the Norris info.. I know that William W. Mitchell and Arabella were on tax list in Humphries county in 1838-40 list.. they had several children there and next appear in 1850 in Dickson. It appears that they lived in almost the same area all their lives until William died in Civil War Prisons in Illinois in 1863.. Now that we know there were Norris,, despite repeatedly being told there were none!.. so Arabella must be found somwhere with one of these families....Perhaps in a will of one of these persons?? Much to do.. Now to find the sources that I can search for these/ Thanks you so much Lenora

Thanks Caroline.. I think if I can connect my grandmother Arabella NORRIS Mitchell to parents it might open a lot and maybe connect us even more.. Lenora

Thanks Sandy.. I wrote Obed as thats the way the book wrote it.. Mitchells Creek must have been important in its day as it was frequently mentioned , as a measurement of lands surrounding it The MItchell names are still carried down to this day!. If I could finally get info on their pppparents etc I might have an open door to the rest and connection all. Interesting to note that Norris was for two women. I have searched for years for Norris in the Dickson area and none were to be found by me or anyone alse for that matter. It would be a big help to those searching for Norris who have written over the years. Where is this Mitchell Creek in comparison to where Dickson lives in actual traveling distance I mean. Do you ahve the web site for Overton??? Hope you are having a good weekend.. I am needing to take a breather this weekend myself. Lenora

Tennessee Genealogy and History By Mountain Press P.O. Box 400 Signal Mountain TN 37377-0400 Best to telephone: 1-423-886-6360 Ask for their Catalogs...they are wonderful sources of information that they gather all the time and reproduce.. Tell them, if you want that Lenora Anderson sent you, as I have used their sources for years. I have suggested this several times to other members, but its one of those things you put offf when someelse suggests it.. Those that have started write and tell me how helpful it has been.. It also has other States and Records...the Issue above was Vol 5 numbers 1-2 in particular for Dickson and surrounding areas. Good luck Lenora

TN Tidbits, Vol. 1, p. 284: Norris, Robert, d. before 5 July 1819 when the administratrix, Susanna Norris, made a settlement (Di TN, Co Ct. Min, 2/ no #) Lidia B. Norris, d. before Oct 1842 when the adminstrator, Alford B. Norris was cited for failing to administrate (Di TN, Cir Ct. Min. A/560) Di Co Handbook, p. 79: Inventory of estate of Robert Norris, deceased, Susannah Norris admx. Also accor of sale, Some buyers were William Norris, Michael Molton, Wm. Peacock, Ezekiel Norris and Elis Hubbord. Years's provision for widow was made 27 April 1816; p. 82...Settled with Susannah Norris, admr. of Robert Norris, deceased filed July 1827 Family Search submission: Sussannah Bush m. Robert Norris, on 13 Oct 1810, Di Co TN. her parents were Daniel Bush, b. abt. 1789 in VA, d. 26 Feb 1801, Franklin Co., GA, son of John Bush and Margaret Bruce, and Elizabeth Freeman. Daniel m. 1. to Elizabeth Toney, b. 16 Dec 1755, VA. [this is not documented by me, but might be interesting to pursue.]

Don't know if this will be new to you, but I found this in TN Tidbits, 1778-1914, Vol. I, compiled by Marjorie Hood Fisher: p. 129: Fox, George, was an orphan child at the November term, 1807, when was bound to James Gilmore. (Blo, TN, Co Ct. Min, B/391) At the August term 1808, an indenture binding him to Samuel Lane was made null and void (Ibid C/88) He was bound to Robert Wilson (Ibid 278) p. 144 Gilmore-1 July 1822, George Davidson mad oath that Matthew Gilmore, William Gilmor, John Gilmore, James Gilmore, James McCrory and his wife, Jan, George Davidson and his wife Elizabeth, Abr. (?) Scott, Alex Scott and his wife Mary are the legal heirs of Margaret Conn of the State of Delaware (Dic TN, Co Ct. Min, 2/no #) [the ? appears in the notation, not added by me] Gilmore, Charles, d. before 12 Oct. 1794 when the widow, Mary Gilmore and Lansford Long, guardians of Charles Gilmore, infoant of the deceased, made a dee to Henry Hide (Dav TN, Co Ct. Min, B/282) Gilmore, Josephu, d. before August 1842 when Nathaniel was appointed administrator ( Hum TN, Co Ct. Min, no #/35) p. 145: Glass, Sumel, was an orphan when he made choice of James Gilmore as his guardian at the August term 1806 (Blo TN, Co Ct Min, B/236) p. 347: Smith, Charles, was bound 14 Dec. 1797 to Mathew Wallace until age 21 to teach him the shoemakers trade. Charles was 5 years old last August (Blo TN, Co Ct Min, 1/35) August term 1802, he was released from indenture and on the same day was bound to John Gilmore (Ibid A/346-7) >From my own notes: Willie Powell Sensing b, 28 Feb 1841 [source not noted, drats!] d. 7 Jan 1930, souce Rootsweb World Connect Project. Willie found on 1850 Di Co TN Census with parents McKendrie Gardner Sensing and Drucilla B. Powell, at family # 675 Lucy Brown Gilmore, b. 1 Jan 1841, this date submitted to the Rootsweb World Connect Project Found W.P. Sensing and wife Lucy on 1880 and 1900 Di Co TN Census. Found death certificate for L.M. Sensing, b. 20 Dec 1862, Vanleer TN, d. 14 Apr 1922, Di Co TN, father was W.P. Sensing, b. TN, mother Lucy Gilmore, b. Vanleer TN, informant was H.G. Sensing, Dickson TN Found rec. of obit in Di Co TN Cem. rec. Vol., 2, p. 165, from newspaper of 28 May 1937 for Miss Ara Sensing, 69, b. 6 Nov 1871, d. Friday in Clarksville; also for W. E. Sensing, 65, d. 4 Mar 1937 a son of W.P Sensing of Vanleer Found Manoa Taylor and wife Nancy C. on 1880 Di Co TN with adopted child A.S. Hasley, age 7. For Robert Matthew Gillmore who m. Lettitia Taylor, sister of Manoa Taylor, I have a death date of 1917, source Primal Families of the Yellow Creek Valley. You have probably already looked for his death certificate to confirm his parents as James Madison Gilmore, and Elizabeth Balthrop [I believe you (gildent@msn.com) sent me info on this couple]. Regards, Carolyn Nelson

The Cemetery Books says it it located on Montgonery Bell Property.. MOllie ----- Original Message ----- From: <Bhhtn@aol.com> To: <TNDICKSO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2001 12:45 PM Subject: [TNDICKSO] Hall Cemetery near Burns Tn. > Would like to find overseer of Hall Cemetery for information only. > > > ==== TNDICKSO Mailing List ==== > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tndickso/index.htm > Join our sister list DICKSONDIGGERS@topica.com > To submit your SURNAMES go to this site and fill out the form: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tndickso/sursubmit.htm > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com >

We don't have it online yet.. Janet does the typing for me and then I put it on the pages.. Hopefully won't be long.. Mollie ----- Original Message ----- From: <PBooks4U@aol.com> To: <TNDICKSO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2001 10:59 AM Subject: [TNDICKSO] Cemeteries > Mollie, did anyone ever transcribe the Collier cemetery in Charlotte? I > would like to see that listing if it has been done. > Charlotte > > > ==== TNDICKSO Mailing List ==== > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tndickso/index.htm > Join our sister list DICKSONDIGGERS@topica.com > Search your tree if you want deep roots! > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB >

May I ask what booklet you are talking about? I have Spicer /Luttrell/Litrel/Litteral in Dickson in those times. Just can't connect. Thank you Bette