William Gann (my ggg granfather) and his family joined a wagon train from Tennessee to Texas in 1836. This wagon train was led by Davy Crockett. After reaching Texas, Davy Crockett left the train headed for San Antonio and William led the train to Nacogdoches, arriving March 1, 1836. William was accompanied by his brother, Solomon, and sister Mary Ann (Polly) Gann, (Mrs. George Massingill) with their families. William Gann lost his right arm in the battle of Erie in 1814. William and his family settled in an area that later became Angelina Co., TX and his son, John Delaney Gann, (my gg grandfather) was elected as the first Clerk of Court in the newly formed county in 1846. Randy Martin Pasadena, Texas jrmartin@pdq.net <http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/7746/>

I have a Crawford Carlton listed in my database . He was the son of Thomas Carlton b. 1788, d. 1863 and Anna Nancy Wade. This Crawford was a brother of my ggg grandmother Casa (Carlton) Patterson. I don't have any more information on him. Randy Martin ----- Original Message ----- From: Vicki <TnGibson@worldnet.att.net> To: <TNGIBSON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 1999 1:36 PM Subject: [TNGIBSON-L] Fw: pike carlton > Can anyone help this lady? > Vicki > ----- Original Message ----- > From: glenda walker <glenda46@netdoor.com> > To: <RockyTaco@worldnet.att.net> > Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 1999 3:32 PM > Subject: pike carlton > > > > Can you tell me who Pike Carlton of Gibson Co. was? I think he might be > > my G>G>G> grandfather. My g.g.grandfather was crawford Carlton. > > > > > >

This is a great URL! Try it! http://waltonfeed.com/old/default.htm Vicki

Hello- I am new to the Gibson County list, and this is my first post to the list. I am looking for information on the names WADE and FERRIS. Specifically, Lewis Wade (1803 - ?) and Francis (sic) Ferris (1807 - ?) both of whom died, I believe, in Gibson County in the mid 1800s. I have a copy of a book called "The Wades - The History of a Family" by Zada Wade Beadles, which traces the genealogy of Zachary and Mary Hatton Wade (circa 1627 - 1697). Their descendants moved to Gibson County around 1800, and there were a great many of them. I have developed an index to the book. In addition to several hundred Wades, there are also about 250 related surnames (those who married Wades). I am willing to do lookups for anyone who thinks their kin married my kin. Be patient if the response is not immediate. Contrary to what my husband may think, I DO have a life away from this computer! Nancy Wade Wilson California

The railroads were built to most of the towns in Gibson County around 1860. They were used by both sides during the Civil War. Lots of the tracks and bridges were destroyed during the war, but were soon rebuilt after it was over. Some of my kin from Alabama came to Arkansas by train around 1870. I don't know if there was a bridge across the Mississippi River at this time, maybe they had to ferry across. In the 1830 to 1850 period people from the Gibson Co. area would take a flat boat north on the Tennessee River to Paducah, Kentucky, then on the Ohio River to Cairo. If they were going to North Arkansas, they would go overland from there. They would go down the Mississippi to Memphis for the central part of Arkansas. Some would go on down the Mississippi to Helena and then up the Arkansas River to the Little Rock and Fort Smith areas. It was a round-about-way to get there, but the river travel was a lot better that trying to cross all the swamps and rivers where there were no b! ridges. Red Anthony no bridges. Red Anthony

Come on Diane, Eddie Clark just had a letter dated 1854 where the railroad ran through her farm. IN Gibson Co. yet Roy -----Original Message----- From: DSHopmann@aol.com <DSHopmann@aol.com> To: TNGIBSON-L@rootsweb.com <TNGIBSON-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, June 30, 1999 1:59 PM Subject: [TNGIBSON-L] Train >George White Moore sent his younger children in 1878 via a train (railroad) >to meet their older brother, Jesse Thomas Moore in Hood Co., TX, according to >family tradition of a descendent. He lived in the Rutherford area. I have >never followed up to see if trains really did exist at that time. > >Diane > > ________________________________________________________ NetZero - We believe in a FREE Internet. Shouldn't you? Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html

Can anyone help this lady? Vicki ----- Original Message ----- From: glenda walker <glenda46@netdoor.com> To: <RockyTaco@worldnet.att.net> Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 1999 3:32 PM Subject: pike carlton > Can you tell me who Pike Carlton of Gibson Co. was? I think he might be > my G>G>G> grandfather. My g.g.grandfather was crawford Carlton. > >

George White Moore sent his younger children in 1878 via a train (railroad) to meet their older brother, Jesse Thomas Moore in Hood Co., TX, according to family tradition of a descendent. He lived in the Rutherford area. I have never followed up to see if trains really did exist at that time. Diane

Here is a portion of a letter about the other kind of train. St Francis Ark, Oct 5th 1896 Dear Father and Mother, Brother and Sister ...... Martin wants to send Hannah and me and him stay hear but I an to big a cowered and I haven't the nerve to start on the train by our selves but I think Martin will come to but we cant come till we get out our cotton and see where we are going to move to. Martin is talking about renting over in Mossouria. I dont no yet where we will move to. ...... Her parents lived about 3 miles from Troy. I don't know where the train crossed the River. Cairo??? -----Original Message----- From: Vicki <TnGibson@worldnet.att.net> To: TNGIBSON-L@rootsweb.com <TNGIBSON-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, June 30, 1999 10:47 AM Subject: Fw: [TNGIBSON-L] Wagon Trains > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Milton Webb <mwebb@iswt.com> >To: Vicki <TnGibson@worldnet.att.net> >Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 1999 8:59 PM >Subject: Re: [TNGIBSON-L] Wagon Trains > > >> Vicki, >> I bet they didn't get to a wagon until they got to St. Louis. The only >road >> west out of Gibson Co. was the Turnpike Levee Rd and it went to Hickman on >> the Missippi River. Most all traffic in Gibson Co. was by water as we >have >> an abundance of small rivers. The difficulties of planning and going on a >> trip must have been great. I bet they travelled by water to St. Louis or >> Memphis then joined a wagon train. The rivers here were not deep enough >for >> the large steam boats but the small ones and flat boats were many. Most >all >> of the towns heres before the railroad had a river connection. Bluff >> cemetery(the destroyed one) was on the river outside Rutherford because if >> it was muddy they could still get to it by boat. >> Milton >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Volunteer of "Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness" >> at http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnraogk/index.htm >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Vicki <TnGibson@worldnet.att.net> >> To: <TNGIBSON-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 1999 4:14 PM >> Subject: [TNGIBSON-L] Wagon Trains >> >> >> > My family left Rutherford, Gibson Co. TN ca 1876 on a wagon train and >> moved >> > to Texas. (according to an old family story) >> > Do any of you have any stories, documents or tales about wagon trains >and >> > the county??? >> > >> > I think this would be very interesting to everyone. Can anyone share? >> > >> > Vicki >> > CC Gibson Co. TN >> > >> > >> > >> > > >

----- Original Message ----- From: Milton Webb <mwebb@iswt.com> To: Vicki <TnGibson@worldnet.att.net> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 1999 8:59 PM Subject: Re: [TNGIBSON-L] Wagon Trains > Vicki, > I bet they didn't get to a wagon until they got to St. Louis. The only road > west out of Gibson Co. was the Turnpike Levee Rd and it went to Hickman on > the Missippi River. Most all traffic in Gibson Co. was by water as we have > an abundance of small rivers. The difficulties of planning and going on a > trip must have been great. I bet they travelled by water to St. Louis or > Memphis then joined a wagon train. The rivers here were not deep enough for > the large steam boats but the small ones and flat boats were many. Most all > of the towns heres before the railroad had a river connection. Bluff > cemetery(the destroyed one) was on the river outside Rutherford because if > it was muddy they could still get to it by boat. > Milton > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Volunteer of "Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness" > at http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnraogk/index.htm > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Vicki <TnGibson@worldnet.att.net> > To: <TNGIBSON-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 1999 4:14 PM > Subject: [TNGIBSON-L] Wagon Trains > > > > My family left Rutherford, Gibson Co. TN ca 1876 on a wagon train and > moved > > to Texas. (according to an old family story) > > Do any of you have any stories, documents or tales about wagon trains and > > the county??? > > > > I think this would be very interesting to everyone. Can anyone share? > > > > Vicki > > CC Gibson Co. TN > > > > > > >

My family left Rutherford, Gibson Co. TN ca 1876 on a wagon train and moved to Texas. (according to an old family story) Do any of you have any stories, documents or tales about wagon trains and the county??? I think this would be very interesting to everyone. Can anyone share? Vicki CC Gibson Co. TN

Hi, thought I would pass this along. As we know, there has been a lot of talk about the telephone companies trying to get Congress to agree with them about making Internet calls Long Distance. Well, they were stopped for a while in Washington:-) BUT!!! Heed this-- June 26, 1999, by (AP) San Francisco, State Utilities Regulators have rejected a proposal that could have led to higher telephone charges for some Internet users. The state Public Utilities Commission on Thursday voted 3-2 to reaffirm current rules that treat calls to Internet service providers as local calls. The dissenters had proposed reclassifying the calls as long-distance but softened their stance, under public pressure, to propose instead that the issue be reopened and investigated with PUBLIC COMMENTS!!! Internet callers would not have to pay long distance fees. This change is for Pacific Bell. So they do not have to pay out $50 million in connection fees to some carriers of Internet calls. Critics warned that the result would be higher Internet charges and reduced access. Pacific Bell countered that its customers (you & I) are being forced to pay unfair subsidies. (???) But who gets these subsidies okayed through the state PUC? The phone companies. And we never know about it until after the fact. No Wonder we are paying $20-25 for basic service-- All I am saying, is to watch out for you State PUC regulators and make them accountable to this sham from the phone companies.

Someone requested this a while back and thought I'd just send it to all of you: >From the Milan Exchange Jan 3 - Dec 26, 1878 (taken from Gibson Co. TN Newspaper Extracts Vol 5 by Emily b. Walker) Come South Young Man! The Best and Cheapest Lands and the "Best Shipping Point in America." West Tennessee, embracing all of the state west of the Tennessee river, has an area of about 10,000 square miles. In 1870 Gibson county, had out of her population of 25,666, 6865 negroes. In 1870, this county had 132,669 acres of improved land, and although there were fourteen counties in the State with larger quantities, she ranked second in value of all farm productions; having $3,327,523 worth, against $4,169,342 in Shelby....Carroll county, adjoining us on the east, has 127,515 acres of improved land, worth $3,007,511, and the value of her farm products in 1870 was $1,791,796. Her population that year was 19,447, of which 4799 were negroes...The health of this county is good. Chills and fevers, which were common here in the early settling, have almost disappeared. We have some typhoid fever and pneumonia, ....As for cholera, yellow fever and other epidemics, we are free from them all, never having seen visited by any of them. ....Milan, in Gibson county, is situated at the junction of the Memphis & Louisville and Chicago, St. Louis & New Orleans and the prospective Tennessee Central railroads, ....It is on high, well drained land, remote from swamps...The first house was built in Milan in 1859; the first business in 1861. But little progress was made in building the town until the year 1866, ...From a mere way-station, it has grown to a point of very great importance; has, it is claimed, about two thousand inhabitants; is, in dimensions, one mile square; has over fifty business houses, three hotels, two livery stables, a first-class college male and female; ...Besides Milan, there are other flourishing towns in the county. Trenton and Humboldt are large; prosperous towns, and have good schools, churches and society. Dyer Station, Rutherford, Pickettville, Medina, Bradford and other villages, near us are prosperous, growing places. In Carroll county, Huntingdon and McKenzie are the largest towns, and are thriving, live places. Trezevant, McLemoresville, Atwood and Lavinia, also in Carroll, are growing towns and fine locations for settlers. We will receive men with capital to invest heartily, and do all in our power to make them feel at home.

We have a new church history posted to the Gibson pages thanks to Charles McCollum. Charles also submitted a great photo of the church. You can see it at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tngibson/Churches/clearcreek.htm There are lots of names here and I've reindexed Pinpoint to pick them all up! Enjoy it! Vicki Gibson CC

I am serching for any Hubbard,Brandon or Phillips Family that may be found in Gibson County from 1866 to 1877. I have been able to document one Hubbard Marriage and one Brandon birth.Can anyone be of help with these surnames. It is believed that James or John Brandon and Isaac B. Phillips fought in the Civil War and may have died in Gibson County. All assistance willl be appreciated. Walter R.Hubbard R.Hubbard

Can anyone help? Vicki ----- Original Message ----- From: Jane Ogden <janeogden@worldnet.att.net> To: <tngibson@worldnet.att.net> Sent: Monday, June 28, 1999 8:12 PM Subject: Bennett and Midyett > My husbands grandmother was Lillie Mae (Bennett) Ogden. Her mother was > Emily (Midyett) Bennett. Emily had Lillie Mae and Charles and Mr Bennett > died. She remarried a Mr. McLeod or Mccloud who raised them. There is > mention in the family of a brother named Enloe. Will appreciate any > help. Jane Ogden Newport News, Va. > > >

Anyone able to help this lady? Vicki ----- Original Message ----- From: Elkinclan <elkinclan@postnet.com> To: <RockyTaco@worldnet.att.net> Sent: Monday, June 28, 1999 12:45 PM > Hello my names is Brandy Hollis. I am looking for any hollis' prior 1890. My > great grandfather was born in Kenton, TN. around 1887 if you can Find any > information on him or any hollis' please let me know. > > Thank-you > Brandy Hollis > > >

Researching Annie Wade HILL b. 13 Feb 1889 Humboldt, TN d. 22 July 1954 while visiting Fayetteville, AR m.(1) James Lemuel "Lem" Cyrus Tyree 1 Dec 1907 (2) George Washington Spencer in late life. Annie was the daughter of Stephen Clinton "Clint" HILL b. 1 Nov 1850 Trenton TN d. 17 Apr 1926 Humboldt TN m. 1 Nov 1876 to Emma Eve LOVE b. 23 Apr 1854 Trenton TN d. 13 Dec 1892 Humboldt TN. Clint was the son of John S. "Squire" HILL b. ca 1800 and his wife Maria or Mariah Elizabeth Landis (one source has a Davidson surname in there ??) Seeking information on my HILL ancestors. Any help will be appreciated. Annie and Lem were my grandparents. Judy Bean judy_bean@juno.com EXCEPT attachments and very long files must go to dontodd@prodigy.net ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.

I am researching Lucy Love LEWIS b. 18 Sept 1858 Madison Co., TN d. 22 July 1915 Trenton Gibson Co., TN buried Oakland Cemetery Trenton TN. She was the daughter of James Wilson Lewis and Malissa Mays, and the granddaughter of Aaron Lewis. (Would like more information on any of these folks. I can get no further back) Lucy married William Charles TYREE on 21 Dec 1876. Their children: Charles Russell m. Mattie Gaylor Birdie Love m. 1) Hiram M Boyd 2) John Russell Wade James Lemuel Cyrus m. Annie Wade Hill (my line) Frank Wilson Nanny Eunice m. Lloyd Vernon Blackmon Lula Lois m. Harry H. Wade II Willie Frank Annie Lewis m. Joe Emmett Wade Mary Rebecca I can remember as a child visiting in Trenton with Aunt Annie Lewis and with Aunt Lula and Uncle Harry. I vaguely remember a lovely white house with a big front porch, but don't remember whose house it was. Will appreciate any help. Judy Bean judy_bean@juno.com EXCEPT attachments and very long files must go to dontodd@prodigy.net ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.

Vicki, Sure hate to let you know that I am so dumb, but here goes. Maybe lord willing you will never meet me. I posted a querie on Gibson for Moore family, (Mary Moore) yesterday. This a.m. I received an email saying it automatically was telling me I had a response this morning. GREAT! Only thing, I can't find my querie or their response. It is driving me buggy. Been at it for hours. Sure have looked over your webpage better than ever before. It is great. I am so anxious cause the Moore line is a dead end line for me. HELP???? I have done this okay for months but. Madelon -----Original Message----- From: Vicki <TnGibson@worldnet.att.net> To: TNGIBSON-L@rootsweb.com <TNGIBSON-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, June 28, 1999 10:41 AM Subject: [TNGIBSON-L] Cemeteries in the Archives >Mike DeLoach uploaded some more cemeteries to the archives for me recently. >Apparently there were two cemeteries that the submitter was not identified. >These were >#1 Bluff Springs >#2 Vaughn's Grove > >Mike used my name as the submitter. I want to correct this. Could the >submitter's of these cemeteries please contact me so we can credit YOU for >the transcription? > >Thanks, Vicki > >