My messages to this post keep bouncing back. Please contact me. Leland Carter [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 4:57 AM Subject: [TNGILES] Dunnavants, Garrett, Brownlow, Minatree, Clark - Giles Co, TN to Texas > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Dunnavanat, Garrett, Brownlow, Minatree, Clark, McKay > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/SeB.2ACE/564.2 > > Message Board Post: > > I have the Brownlow-Dunnavant connection from Giles Co TN to Ellis Co TX > from a chart compiled by Beth Nannie Bryan Minatra a descendant of these > two Giles County families. Early generations spelled the name Minatree > and Menetree. > > I am interested in learning more about all of the above surnames and will > share what I have on these families. Write me at --j m i n a t r a > @bellsouth.net-- > > > ==== TNGILES Mailing List ==== > Giles County TN History and Genealogy > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tngiles/ > What's new in Giles Co. TN > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tngiles/whatsnew.htm > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > > >

I'd very much like to compare the data I've collected with information you have. In particular, I'm interested in seeing records compiled on descendants of MayDay Dunnavant and George Hastings. MayDay's descendants, who have seen her Bible claim her name was spelled Maida not MayDay. They say that Maida was pronounced "Maidee". That whenever she told anyone her name was Maidee, the person receiving that information (census taker, family historian, etc.) would generally spell her name MayDay. Maida (or MayDay as her name is now most commonly spelled) was the great-granddaughter of Peter Dunnavant and Mary Marriott Mitchell. I can't begin to tell you how many hours I've spent trying to identify and locate descendants of George and Maida. Living descendants are estranged and not particularly interested in getting to know their cousins. Most can not even recall the names of their first cousins, much less those removed by more than one generation. Some of George and Maida's g-grandchildren did not even know the names of their grandparents much less great-grandparents. All did know that most of their grandparents and perhaps g-grandparents were buried in a cemetery at Wiley, Dallas Co., TX. Most could only recall being to the cemetery once or twice in their lives. I am a descendant of Able Burton Dunnavant and Sarah Marriott Mitchell through their oldest child, Elizabeth "Betsy" who married Ezekiel "Gid" Hastings. Expanding on research initially compiled by Loraine Story, I have compiled an extensive documented record on Ezekiel and Betsy's descendants. Expanding upon research initially compiled by Nellie Smith, I've collected an extensive documented record Able's daughter, Sarah Ann "Sallie" Dunnavant who married Joseph "Joe" Hastings. Intermarriages between descendants of both girls have not been uncommon. Intermarriages between descendants of both girls with descendants of Able Burton Dunnavant's siblings have not been uncommon; -- as evidenced by marriage between MayDay and George. Some information found in their records has been either disproved or changed simply because there are records available to me that were not readily available to either Loraine or Nellie. Having their records certainly made my research efforts much easier. It will be interesting to compare the data you have with the data I've collected, especially pertaining to MayDay and George. Ruth P.S. Some of MayDay and George's descendants lived in the east Texas areas affected by Hurricane Rita's flooding. -----Original Message----- From: Leland or Nancy Carter [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 6:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TNGILES] Dunnavants, Garrett, Brownlow, Minatree, Clark - Giles Co, TN to Texas My messages to this post keep bouncing back. Please contact me. Leland Carter [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 4:57 AM Subject: [TNGILES] Dunnavants, Garrett, Brownlow, Minatree, Clark - Giles Co, TN to Texas > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Dunnavanat, Garrett, Brownlow, Minatree, Clark, McKay > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/SeB.2ACE/564.2 > > Message Board Post: > > I have the Brownlow-Dunnavant connection from Giles Co TN to Ellis Co TX > from a chart compiled by Beth Nannie Bryan Minatra a descendant of these > two Giles County families. Early generations spelled the name Minatree > and Menetree. > > I am interested in learning more about all of the above surnames and will > share what I have on these families. Write me at --j m i n a t r a > @bellsouth.net-- > > > ==== TNGILES Mailing List ==== > Giles County TN History and Genealogy > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tngiles/ > What's new in Giles Co. TN > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tngiles/whatsnew.htm > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&ta rgetid=5429 > > > ==== TNGILES Mailing List ==== Giles County TN History and Genealogy http://www.rootsweb.com/~tngiles/ What's new in Giles Co. TN http://www.rootsweb.com/~tngiles/whatsnew.htm ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx