Hello all, Here's a new site you may find interesting. http://www.wksr.com Regards, Marilyn

Hi, I am transcribing the 1850 Giles County for US GenWeb and also for Dave to put on the Giles County website. District 2 is now finished off to Dave for proofreading. District 3 will be finished by this weekend. I am needing someone to volunteer to proofread District 3 and 4 when they are finished being transcribed. I can scan a copy of the microfilm census that I am transcribing from. If you would like to volunteer to help in the transcribing or proofreading, please reply to my e-mail address. This is a valuable service that can be very helpful to those who do not have access to the census books that are published or to the microfilms of the original census. Thanks in advance for any help that anyone can give to us in this endeavor. Jennifer Fuqua Researching the Warren, Thomas, Crowder, Conway, Marbut, Dobbins, Hendrix, Roper, Mills, Miller, and many more lines.

Hi, Does anyone know anything about Martha CROWDER, b 1844/46 Giles Co TN - dau of Bluford A. CROWDER. She may have married someone named TACKER or TACKETT, around 1859, when she would have been only around 15 years old. Would appreciate a marriage look-up on those names -- or any other tips. Thanks, Janis Walker Gilmore jgilmore@sccoast.net

Does anyone have access to this census, to look up the following: Bluford A. CROWDER + Jane Eveline TIDWELL Children: Martha TACKETT or TAYLOR or CROWDER Joshua CROWDER Elizabeth CROWDER Faithy M. CROWDER Phoebe Tennessee CROWDER Thank you so much. Janis Walker Gilmore jgilmore@sccoast.net

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Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Jan in Arizona " the words to the invitation for the very first Thanksgiving dinner 375 years ago. It still hold true 375 years later for the generations of the 1900s. TO ALL YE PILGRIMS Inasmuch as the great Father has given us this year an abundant harvest of Indian corn, wheat, beans, squashes, and garden vegetables, and has made the forests to abound with game and the sea with fish and clams, and inasmuch as He has protected us from the savages, has spared us from pestilence and disease , and has granted us freedom to worship God according to the dictates of our own conscience; now, I your magistrate, do proclaim that all ye Pilgrims , with your wives and little ones, do gather at the meeting house on the hill between the hours of 9 and 12 in the day time, on Thursday November the 29th of the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred and twenty three, and the third year since ye Pilgrims landed on the Pilgrim Rock, there to listen to your Pastor, and render thanksgiving to our almighty God for all His blessings. William Bradford Governor of Plymouth Colony, 1623

Who can help with any of the following PARKER folks??? Will share info. Thanks much. Mary ellen@airmail.net Descendants of John Alfred Parker 1 John Alfred Parker b: 1796 in NC d: Unknown .. +Harriett HOOKS b: 1806 in Giles Co. Tn d: Unknown m: Abt. 1823 in ? Father: Curtis Hooks ... 2 James L Parker b: January 08, 1825 in Giles Co. Tn d: August 23, 1892 in Hunt Co. Tx Fact 1: or died Nov 5 1898,per Ann Conley 4-8-98 Fact 2: brd.McWright Cem.Hunt Co.Tx. ....... +Emily C MILLER b: June 27, 1818 in Tn d: April 10, 1858 in Giles Co. Tn m: September 11, 1844 in ? Father: Henry Miller, Jr Mother: Nancy Susan SIMMONS ........ 3 John H Miller Parker b: June 22, 1845 d: August 23, 1905 ............ +Sarah L WOOD m: July 08, 1865 ........ 3 Zacharah David Parker b: August 1846 d: December 11, 1846 ........ 3 Zacharah Stevenson Parker b: September 25, 1847 in Campbellsville, Tn d: January 27, 1869 ........ 3 Harriet N Parker b: January 25, 1849 in Campbellsville, Tn d: March 17, 1928 in Hunt Co. Tx ............ +James D GAINES b: 1844 in Tn. d: 1908 in Hunt Co. Tx m: September 03, 1865 in Giles Co. Tn. Fact 1: brd.Scatterbranch Cem.Hunt Co.Tx. ........ 3 Lovetta Izora A. Parker b: October 1850 in Tn. ........ 3 Susan Virginia Elizabeth Parker b: September 04, 1851 d: September 05, 1852 ........ 3 Sarah Rebecca Parker b: December 14, 1852 in Giles Co. Tn. d: September 28, 1892 in Scatter Branch, Tx Hunt Co. ............ +Oliver Massey HARPER b: February 18, 1852 in Columbia, Tn Maury Co. d: February 06, 1918 in Hunt Co. Tx m: December 24, 1874 in Tn Father: Jess W Harper Mother: Elizabeth Stoddert PRIM ........ 3 James Benjamin Parker b: October 1854 in Tn ........ 3 Mary Catherine Frances Parker b: May 07, 1856 in Tn ........ 3 Charles Thomas Parker b: November 14, 1857 ... *2nd Wife of James L Parker: ....... +Mary A. ? b: Abt. 1840 in Tn m: Abt. 1859 in ? ........ 3 Alfred Jacob H Parker b: Abt. 1860 ........ 3 Laura E Parker b: Abt. 1864 ........ 3 Edward Parker b: Abt. 1868 d: June 1870 ... 2 Angeline Parker b: 1837 ... 2 Alfred F Parker b: 1837 d: Unknown ....... +Rebecca A Shuler b: Unknown m: December 03, 1866 ... 2 Frances Parker b: 1843 ... 2 Sallie Parker b: 1848 http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/l/e/d/Mary-E-Ledford/

May you all have a Happy Thanksgiving =)

There is an error in the 1860 Giles Co TN census: 115/115 Wm C Massey should be Wm C Poarch, 36 (b Nov 20 1822) Farmer Massey is Lucinda's maiden name Lucinda C 25 (Lucinda Caroline Massey Poarch b Dec 27 1830) Mary A 12 ( Mary Ann b Dec 28 1852 m A J McGaugh) John 9 (John Massey Poarch b Jan 24 1852) W N 7 (William Newton Poarch b Feb 15 1854) Henry ? 4 (Henry Leroy Poarch b Mar 3 1856) Alonzo 2 (Morgan Alonzo Poarch b May 14 1858) They were living next door to Wm C Sanders and his wife, Mary Ann Poarch Sanders, Wm C Poarch's sister. If you don't agree, please let me know why. I may be wrong, but names and dates fit Wm C Poarch family. Virginia Poarch virginia@isgroup.net

For those who didn't get Rootsweb Review: <http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tn/giles/census/1920>

This might help someone. 1880 Census, Obion Co TN, Dist 6, (cd109-10) Coggins, Joshua, w, m. 25, farm laborer, born AL, father b. AL, mother b. TN living in Obion Co household of Edward Dumas I believe he is of the Diana Giles Co Coggins family of Elisha and Eliza Kersey Coggin. And I think everyone in Giles and Obion County are "kissing kin" --- so remember to look in Obion Co if you can't find your ancestor in Giles Co. Jane

Brenda, Where is the 1920 census for Giles County located on the Rootsweb? I have looked, without success. By the way, if you should have any info on the Baugh's, Grigsby's or Beaty's, please let me know. Thank You, Edward E Smith edeng113@mindspring.com

Here's a find for someone. Hope it's someone on our list. Jan in Arizona ******** :In a message dated 11/14/98 8:13:17 PM Pacific Standard Time, :JWick@compuserve.com writes: : :<< This was posted on another list. I have posted it here FYI. I would : suggest that those of you who belong to other groups might pass it on. : I would be devastated if I missed something like this regarding one of : my ancestors. : : Subject: Mark Crosby Jr Discharge paper Civil War : From: "Richard H. Greene" <rhunterg@ix.netcom.com> : Subject: [Fwd: [OHMARION-L] Found: Original Civil War Discharge Paper] : Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 14:39:24 -0800 : : I don't know how to get this posted nation-wide. But, I would like to : see this original document returned to a member of the original : family. My mother-in-law bought a picture frame at an estate sale in : Tucson, AZ. When she took the picture out and removed the cardboard : from behind it, a very delicate, old, and yellowed piece of paper fell : out. This is a summary of what was written and readable on the paper: : =========================================== : Civil War Discharge Paper : For: Mark CROSBY, Jr. : Private, Company B, 16th Regiment : Union Army : >From Yarmouth, Massachussetts : Entered service in 1860 and left service 1864 : Marked Paid and signed by B. McCONNELL : Description: : 5 ft. 3 inches, gray eyes, dark curly hair. : He was a clerk in the Union Army. : Entered in the Auditors records on July 26, 1870 : This document bears the Union Crest. : ================================================= : Help me post this for others to read. If you know someone who might : be interested in this document, please E-Mail a reply to my inquiry. : A life is not lost when it is known to future generations. Help me : keep Mark CROSBY, Jr. alive for his family. : Forward this message to anywhere you think might help. : Happy Hunting! : Nancy J. Smith : n-smith1@ti.com :

Is anyone researching these interrelated families? Vincent Carter and Elizabeth Rose, her father Francis M. Carter, and Daniel Cutbirth and Elizabeth Coleman pre 1850 Regina Roper

Hi, Does anyone have an Isabella CURTIS b. 1846-1847 in Giles Co., TN?? It seems she always went to Giles Co., TN to have her children. But nothing on the Census for 1870 or 1880 for this Isabella (CURTIS) KING or her Husband John H. KING b. 1847 Madison Co., AL. Kathy in Humboldt

I need a look up for a divorce record - probably in Giles or Lawrence Co TN. for sometime probably just before 1850. Jonathan McMasters from Rebecca Frances Yancey McMasters. Also a cemetery look up for the same Rebecca Frances Yancey McMasters - sources say she died in 1885. The following 1850 Giles County Census record: p. 391B, district 18, house 16: Alferd M. Yancey 61 M farmer $350 NC Lucy A. 57 F " Margaret C. 24 F TN Joel C. 4 M Mary F. 1 F Francis McMasters 26 F TN I believe that Mary F (may be S as she was known as Sallie) was the child of Rebecca Frances Yancey McMasters and possibly Joel C was the son - does anyone connect or help me with this????!!! This is sort of a "black sheep" kind of story. Family here in Tishomingo County had always been told that Frances died and her two older sons and husband, Jonathan, came to Tishomingo county. He married Eliza Poteet and they had a family here in Tish Co. However, I have discovered that not only did Frances not die (then anyway!) but that "they" had Sallie and now possibly Joel C.!! The two boys I mentioned above that came with their father to Tish Co were Alexander Uriah (my ancestor) and William David - who left tish co sometime after 1870 census -anyone have anything on his whereabouts?? I have come into ownership of a handwritten document by Francis I suppose - that lists her Yancey family and was entitled "Grandfather and Grandmother of Alexander Uriah and William David McMasters" - the Yancey and Moore families - very good documentation - I am willing to share if anyone recognizes any of this! Thanks for any help! Brenda in Iuka

Didn't find any Blanton family in 1850 census - however, i did find someone who matches your james a tucker. 1850 Tishomingo County MS Census - Northern Part - House 525 TUCKER M 42 TN Susan 37 TN Martha 22 TN Elizabeth 20 TN Mary 16 TN James 15 TN Mahaley 13 AL America 10 AL Susan 8 MS Emily 5 MS Sentha 3 MS Thomas 1 MS >From James' marriage, the surety was Thomas Ham. Hint: Blanton is TN and Alabama name. Looks like they moved from TN to AL to MS. I am posting my answer to the Tishomingo co MS, Giles, Hardin, McNairy county Tn lists as well as Lauderdale County list. List folks, please respond to Chuch to his personal email. Hope you find some answers, Chuck! Brenda ---------- From: C9364213@aol.com Sent: Saturday, November 14, 1998 7:11 PM To: brendaw@tsixroads.com Subject: RE:Lookup Hello, I am looking for info on my gggrandparents marriage. Would their parents be listed any place. James A. Tucker to Rhuhamey Catherine Blanton, 9/22/1858 in Tishomingo County, MS. Thank you, Chuck Floyd

What does this mean? Brenda ---------- From: Worsham Sent: Saturday, November 14, 1998 4:02 PM To: TNGILES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TNGILES-L] Fw: 1920 Giles County Census icq#4202467

I need help to solve a mistery of my missing gggrandfather John L. Hardy b. 1810 d. 1884 in Giles TN. I have a church record that gives John's death date. John's wife Martha is buried in Good Billy Brown Cemetery but he is not. I was told he is buried in the Case Cemetery with his father Coleman and mother Lucy but he is not lised in the Giles cemetery book. I have a service record that shows a John L. Hardy enlisting in Co. K, 1 Reg Tennessee in 1861 but John is not listed in the recent roster of the company on the web page. My record shows him becomming an Ensign in 1864 in 1 Reg TN Infantry. I would really like to find John's grave and any information about his military service but he doesn't seem to show up anywhere. Has anyone seen John? Any help will be appreciated. Beth McMurry Clarke Web page:http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/bethmc

Yes S&K is getting the credit for the donation --- but the cost comes out of the original purchasers pocket --- with no credit and nothing tax deductible --- Obion Co. 1870 and 1880 cost $437.50. And they have all the rights of resale. Granted, I would not want to stand there and scan that many pages, but there does seem to be some inequity here. Or has it been a long hard week? Jane -----Original Message----- From: Worsham <worsham@ave.net> To: TNGILES-L@rootsweb.com <TNGILES-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, November 14, 1998 3:05 PM Subject: [TNGILES-L] Fw: 1920 Giles County Census > >icq#4202467 > >-----Original Message----- >From: Javan Michael DeLoach <javan@paonline.com> >To: Worsham <worsham@ave.net> >Date: Saturday, November 14, 1998 9:39 AM >Subject: Re: 1920 Giles County Census > > >>At 08:16 AM 11/14/98 -0800, you wrote: >> >>>These are great. Are there plans to load other census years online?? >> >>Hi Dave, >> >>S-K Publications is donating these census files to the USGenWeb whenever >>any person purchases an original set from them. The only problem with what >>they are doing is that they do not include the index, which is part of the >>original set. So, I suppose we will continue to see more of these popping >>up. It's too bad that they just recently started this program, because I >>had bought several of their census publications in the past. >> >>Take care. >> >>Mike >> > > >==== TNGILES Mailing List ==== >Looking for specific Surnames??? Let me know your surnames and I will add them to the Surname Registry. >mail to: Giles@tngenweb.org > >