From: Willie R Beaty <wbeaty@twlakes.net> "And this week is our Fentress County Historical Society History Week and Roundup, and have been busy with that..." Do you have more details about the Round-up. I talked with some who did not know about it or the date. How about giving more details on this site.

Linda (and others who may not have heard about the Fentress County History Week Roundup), The History Week and Roundup is sponsored by the Fentress County Historical Society in April of each year. This year is is April 2-8, with the Roundup on Saturday the 8th from 9 am to 3 pm. The Roundup is held in the cafeteria of the York Agricultural Institute on North Main Street in Jamestown. YAI is on the left about a mile from the courthouse square. A theme is selected for the Roundup each year, and this year it is the Civil War. There will be displays pertaining to the Civil War and the war era. We have a couple of re-enactors coming dressed in the Union and Confederate dress of the period. A cannon will be brought to the lawn outside the cafeteria and it will be fired at 12 noon. Geneologists will be there with their books and related items for sale and display. An annual feature of the Roundup is an heirloom display. Always interesting. A copy machine will be made available for those who want to make copies of displayed books and papers. Some of our displays will identify Civil War Prisons where Fentress Countians were imprisoned. A display of locations where Civil War skirmishes or incidents occured. And others (can't remember them all). Food and refreshments are available for everyone who attends the Roundup. Bruce York, who has compiled a huge database of names of people who have lived in or had relatives living in Fentress County from its founding in 1823, will be present with his computer to assist those interested in looking up ancestral information. Bruce is also scheduled to speak to the group. One candidate will be given her certificate of First Families of Fentress County. This is given to anyone who can prove that they had ancestors living in Fentress County before 1823. We have quite a few members of First Families of Fentress County already. My own display at the Roundup is about Grist Mills of Fentress County from 1823-1950. I have had fun with this and could not possibly do justice to what I found in a display. So I decided to print a small booklet containing my research and offer it for sale on a cost recovery basis. I will donate a portion of each sale to the Historical Society. A local businessman and craftsman has built a "not-to-scale" model of a grist mill for me to display on my table, and his very meticulous and precise detail will be interesting for everyone, I'm sure. After the Roundup, we plan to place the Grist Mill model in the museum as it represents a significant and essential industry in so many communites in Fentress County during the first 125 years of our county's existence. I also believe that Gary Norris is going to bring an old millstone to display outside the YAI cafeteria (if he can get it loaded into his truck). Throughout the week, anyone wishing to take a driving tour particularly of Civil War sites of interest may pick up a brochure at the library on South Main Street in Jamestown and following the map and instructions. Please observe the rules about walking around on private property. I hope this is helpful information for some of you, and hope to see you there. Willie Beaty Jamestown, TN 879-7622 wbeaty@twlakes.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Clark" <lindab1@highland.net> To: <TNFENTRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 5:51 PM Subject: [TNFENTRE-L] Re: Round-up > From: Willie R Beaty <wbeaty@twlakes.net> > > "And this week is our Fentress County Historical Society History Week and > Roundup, and have > been busy with that..." > > Do you have more details about the Round-up. > > I talked with some who did not know about it or the date. > > How about giving more details on this site. > > > > > > ==== TNFENTRE Mailing List ==== > Fentress County List has the best, most helpful and friendly people on any > List...You ALL are the greatest..... > To See Previous Posts http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/tnfentre > >

I'm finally able to make it to the Round-up this year and I hope to meet everyone that I've e-mailed throughout the years! And watch out....I might even wear my hoop skirt! Everybody be on the lookout for the Southern Belle from Virginia! Tami Ramsey Fentress County TNGenWeb Host