I AM HAVING A HARD TIME FINDING ANYTHING ON MY GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER SAMUEL SMITH. HE WAS BORN 1842 IN TN. ALL I REALLY KNOW IS HE MARRIED MALVINA STEEL AUG 24 1870 IN DEKLAB ALABAMA, AND HAD TWO SONS JAMES WILLIAM SMITH, AND NOAH SMITH. THEY LIVED IN SEVERAL COUNTIES IN TENNESSEE, MAINLY MARION COUNTY. THERE ARE NO RECORDS I CAN FIND ON HIM.YET....I HAVE HEARD A COUPLE OF STORIES OF HIM BEING MURDERED IN TENNESSEE SOMETIME AROUND 1911. I KNOW HE LIVED IN THE MOUNTAINS....BUT THERE IS NO OTHER INFORMATION. MY QUESTION IS DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY ADVICE ON HOW I MAY ABLE TO FIND OUT ABOUT A MISSING PERSON OR A MURDER BACK IN THE YEAR 1899 TO SAY 1911??? I LIVE IN IDAHO.... THANK YOU JENNY
Jenny, First of all , on what census records did he appear and where? This would give us a better idea of where to look and a little bit about him. Anna Bertram abertram@heartoftn.net phone 615-765-535 ----- Original Message ----- From: JENNY SMITH pinkpanther7@peoplepc.com To: TNFENTRE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 7:54 PM Subject: [TNFENTRE-L] MISSING PERSON QUESTION I AM HAVING A HARD TIME FINDING ANYTHING ON MY GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER SAMUEL SMITH. HE WAS BORN 1842 IN TN. ALL I REALLY KNOW IS HE MARRIED MALVINA STEEL AUG 24 1870 IN DEKLAB ALABAMA, AND HAD TWO SONS JAMES WILLIAM SMITH, AND NOAH SMITH. THEY LIVED IN SEVERAL COUNTIES IN TENNESSEE, MAINLY MARION COUNTY. THERE ARE NO RECORDS I CAN FIND ON HIM.YET....I HAVE HEARD A COUPLE OF STORIES OF HIM BEING MURDERED IN TENNESSEE SOMETIME AROUND 1911. I KNOW HE LIVED IN THE MOUNTAINS....BUT THERE IS NO OTHER INFORMATION. MY QUESTION IS DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY ADVICE ON HOW I MAY ABLE TO FIND OUT ABOUT A MISSING PERSON OR A MURDER BACK IN THE YEAR 1899 TO SAY 1911??? I LIVE IN IDAHO.... THANK YOU JENNY
THE ONLY RECORDS IVE FOUND OF HIM WERE THE 1880 CENSUS IN DEKALB ALA, AND THE MARRIAGE RECORD IN DEKALB ALA. I DID HAVE SOME NEWSPAPERS CLIPPINGS SENT TO ME FROM MARION TN THAT SAID SAM AND MALVINA WERE IN MARION TN 1899. IM PRETTY SURE ITS THE SAME SAM.BUT I CANT FIND ANY CENSUS RECORDS FOR SAM OR MALVINA AFTER 1880, OR FOR SAM BEFORE THEN ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anna Bertram" <abertram@heartoftn.net> To: <TNFENTRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 7:11 PM Subject: [TNFENTRE-L] Re: SMITH -- MISSING PERSON QUESTION > Jenny, > > First of all , on what census records did he appear and where? This would > give us a better idea of where to look and a little bit about him. > > Anna Bertram > abertram@heartoftn.net > phone 615-765-535 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: JENNY SMITH pinkpanther7@peoplepc.com > To: TNFENTRE-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 7:54 PM > Subject: [TNFENTRE-L] MISSING PERSON QUESTION > > > I AM HAVING A HARD TIME FINDING ANYTHING ON MY GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER > SAMUEL SMITH. HE WAS BORN 1842 IN TN. > > ALL I REALLY KNOW IS HE MARRIED MALVINA STEEL AUG 24 1870 IN DEKLAB > ALABAMA, AND HAD TWO SONS JAMES WILLIAM SMITH, AND NOAH SMITH. THEY LIVED > IN SEVERAL COUNTIES IN TENNESSEE, MAINLY MARION COUNTY. > THERE ARE NO RECORDS I CAN FIND ON HIM.YET....I HAVE HEARD A COUPLE OF > STORIES OF HIM BEING MURDERED IN TENNESSEE SOMETIME AROUND 1911. I KNOW HE > LIVED IN THE MOUNTAINS....BUT THERE IS NO OTHER INFORMATION. > > MY QUESTION IS DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY ADVICE ON HOW I MAY ABLE TO FIND OUT > ABOUT A MISSING PERSON OR A MURDER BACK IN THE YEAR 1899 TO SAY 1911??? I > LIVE IN IDAHO.... > THANK YOU > JENNY > > > > > > ==== TNFENTRE Mailing List ==== > Does Anyone Ever Read the Taglines ??? Just Curious..Also, Please change > your Subject Line. We all tend to forget that.Self included. > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/tnfentre > >
You might check Franklin County, Arkansas. My Edgin and Conatser families moved from Fentress County to DeKalb County, Alabama during the 1830's or 1840 and moved on to Franklin County, Arkansas in the early 1850's. Eldon J. Edgin 14908 Woodbriar Drive Dallas, Texas 75248 Phone: (972) 991-4891 eedgin@sbcglobal.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anna Bertram" <abertram@heartoftn.net> To: <TNFENTRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 8:11 PM Subject: [TNFENTRE-L] Re: SMITH -- MISSING PERSON QUESTION > Jenny, > > First of all , on what census records did he appear and where? This would > give us a better idea of where to look and a little bit about him. > > Anna Bertram > abertram@heartoftn.net > phone 615-765-535 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: JENNY SMITH pinkpanther7@peoplepc.com > To: TNFENTRE-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 7:54 PM > Subject: [TNFENTRE-L] MISSING PERSON QUESTION > > > I AM HAVING A HARD TIME FINDING ANYTHING ON MY GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER > SAMUEL SMITH. HE WAS BORN 1842 IN TN. > > ALL I REALLY KNOW IS HE MARRIED MALVINA STEEL AUG 24 1870 IN DEKLAB > ALABAMA, AND HAD TWO SONS JAMES WILLIAM SMITH, AND NOAH SMITH. THEY LIVED > IN SEVERAL COUNTIES IN TENNESSEE, MAINLY MARION COUNTY. > THERE ARE NO RECORDS I CAN FIND ON HIM.YET....I HAVE HEARD A COUPLE OF > STORIES OF HIM BEING MURDERED IN TENNESSEE SOMETIME AROUND 1911. I KNOW HE > LIVED IN THE MOUNTAINS....BUT THERE IS NO OTHER INFORMATION. > > MY QUESTION IS DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY ADVICE ON HOW I MAY ABLE TO FIND OUT > ABOUT A MISSING PERSON OR A MURDER BACK IN THE YEAR 1899 TO SAY 1911??? I > LIVE IN IDAHO.... > THANK YOU > JENNY > > > > > > ==== TNFENTRE Mailing List ==== > Does Anyone Ever Read the Taglines ??? Just Curious..Also, Please change > your Subject Line. We all tend to forget that.Self included. > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/tnfentre >