Thank You Glen A. Sedrick http://sedricksgenealogy.com -----Original Message----- From: Roger Reynolds [mailto:sqdancer@midsouth.rr.com] Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 12:06 AM To: TNGIBSON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Tngibson] Joe Stout Joe is on the Weakley County site fairly regularly, I am sure if you post a message for him there he will contact you. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glen A. Sedrick" <gsedrick@mycitycable.com> To: <TNGIBSON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 10:47 PM Subject: [Tngibson] Joe Stout > Does anyone on this list know how I can contact Joe Stout? > I remember him as being very knowledgeable about Western Tennessee and > need to contact him for some information. > > > Glen A. Sedrick > http://sedricksgenealogy.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Max A Crocker [mailto:max.crocker@uky.edu] > Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 10:05 PM > To: TNGIBSON-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Tngibson] Re: Idlewild pictures and map > > Follow UP from Max Crocker: > > I found some dates for these three properties at Idlewild. They fit with > the dates described by Daniel Reynolds. > > Crocker, R.C. to Mt. Pisgah Bap Church DEED (Book) 19 (Page) 76 9-4-1882 > Crocker, R.C. to Schood Directors 22nd Civil Dist. DEED Book 13 Page195 > 4-17-1882 > Miss. Cent. RR Co. from Crocker, R.C. DEED Book 5 Page 648 4-5-1873 > > Max Crocker > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Max Crocker" <max.crocker@uky.edu> > To: <TNGIBSON-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 4:40 PM > Subject: [Tngibson] Re: Idlewild pictures and map > > >> Re Idlewile School, >> >> My ancestors, R C and Martha Crocker gave the land for the Mt. Pisgah > Church and Cemetary in the 1870's. I assume this was on their land. > There > is a plaque on the front of the Mr. Pisgah Church listing this. >> I can not put my hands on my files about this right now but I have a copy > of the deed from RC & Martha giving the land to the church. >> I also have a copy of the deed to one acre (I think) sold to the school > board for the Mt. Pisgah School about the same time as the church. I > think > it must have been adjacent to the church but have not found a record of > the > place. >> >> I also have a copy of the deed where RC & Martha Crocker sold the >> railroad > right-of-way to the Mississippi etc railroad about the same time, listing > 100 feet right of way and totaled 3 or 4 acres, so must have gone across > his > farm there. It is only maybe a half mile from Mt. Pisgah church to the > railroad there. >> >> I had found these in the Gibson County Court House in Trenton several > years ago. >> >> My Dad said he was born in the Bradford-Idlewild area, have not been able > to find the spot. They were at Fowlkes in Dyer County in the 1910 census, > and that is where I was born. >> >> My anscestors: George Ethelbert Crocker, Thomas Fred Crocker, Thomas > Monroe Crocker and Rufus Coleman Crocker, and Mark Crocker. >> >> Max Crocker >> Lexington KY >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <danielreynolds78@yahoo.com> >> To: <TNGIBSON-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 12:17 PM >> Subject: [Norton AntiSpam] [Tngibson] Re: Idlewild pictures and map >> >> >> > 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/ReB.2ACE/2786.1.1.1 >> > >> > Message Board Post: >> > >> > hello shar i have done some research on idlewild it was established in > 1873 as a rail road station i just talk to my dad he was born just down > the > road from idlewild and he said that it was never a real town there was > only > a store , post office and rail road station also you ask some time ago > about > what school that the children of idlewild attened i found a letter by a > carlos l thetford on the history of skullbonia and in the letter he said > that there were four one room school houses in the 22nd district of gibson > county for the towns of bradford,idlewild and skullbone they were mulberry > grove , mt pisgah , caney grove and smith academy so i would think that > the > school the children of idlewild attened would be mt pisgah since mt pisgah > church and cemetery are in idlewild i hope this information helps you out > i > was also just down in tennessee and went by your grandmothers house i > don't > if anyone has told you but it has been sold >> > >> > >> > daniel reynolds >> > >> > >> > ==== TNGIBSON Mailing List ==== >> > Gibson Co TN Genealogy Pages http://www.rootsweb.com/~tngibson/ >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> >> ==== TNGIBSON Mailing List ==== >> Gibson Co TN Genealogy Pages http://www.rootsweb.com/~tngibson/ >> >> >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.12.6/151 - Release Date: >> 10/28/2005 >> >> > > > ==== TNGIBSON Mailing List ==== > Gibson Co TN Genealogy Pages http://www.rootsweb.com/~tngibson/ > > > > ==== TNGIBSON Mailing List ==== > Gibson Co TN Genealogy Pages http://www.rootsweb.com/~tngibson/ > > > ==== TNGIBSON Mailing List ==== Gibson Co TN Genealogy Pages http://www.rootsweb.com/~tngibson/