> From: Gladys Shannon <gshannon@Ardmore.Net> > To: TNGILES-L@rootsweb.com > > Julia > > Have been researching since our visit, and more and more convinced my > Martha Minatree, m-William Colston (1850-Giles Co., TN census) is sister > to William Henry Minatree, b-1825. > What do you think? > Let me hear from you 'folks'. > gladys > > >Julia Minatra said: > > > >Have any of you Giles County MINATRA searchers looked into > >the > >possibility below on Ann MINITREE? > > > > I'm wondering if our OLD David MINITREE might have come > >to middle Tennessee because of his familial relationship to Ann above. Do ANY of you know a > >particular reason that brought him to finally settle in > >Giles County > >except wanderlust? > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Always plays a big part, thank > >goodness, or we would not be here! I've read and agree > >"Without my ancestors, I would be nothing." > >My data: > > > >David Minitree B. abt 1785/1795 in TN, married an Elizabeth > >?. Children are: > > William H. Minitree B. abt 1827 Tn > > Andrew Jackson Minitree B. 1828 and D. 1 Mar 1912 > > Dewitt G. Minitree B. 1829 > > Elizabeth Minitree B. abt 1834 > > George W. Minitree B. abt 1828/1836 > > Nancy Minitree B. abt 1836 > > David Minitree B. 1840 > > > >I have Minitree, Minatree and Minatra in this family line. > >Interesting you are looking for Minitree and spell your name > >Minatra, too. The Minatra's I knew lived in San Angelo, Tx > >in the 30's and 40's. > > > >My maternal grandmother was Sarah Josephine > >Minitree/Minatra. She married William Stephen Garrett. > >Connected to the Giles Tn list due to majority of Garretts > >came from Va. to Giles County, TN, etc. > > > >Write me if you care to discuss. > >If there is connection, I will exchange info with you, or > >anyone else. I am really surprised there is no activity on > >the Garrett list. I've found many Garrett files in the > >past. But not one message in a month. > > > > > >John Mikeska > Gladys, I read again a copy of "The Minitrees of Virginia Prepared by James H. Bailey, Ph.D. at the request of Mrs. Thomas B. Minetree September 1, 1995". This work is available in the Giles Historical Society's Minatra file at the library in Pulaski, TN. Some references to the Christian name "Martha" -- none the Martha we're looking for but interesting in light of family naming patterns: Page 4 John Minitree and Martha Denton were issued their license to be married on August 23, 1808 (Marriage Register 1784-1865, Clerk's Office, Hustings Count, Petersburg, Va.). Page 14 Martha Batte Minetree Fitts, born 1873, daughter of Joseph Powhatan Minetree (there's that swamp again) Page 15 Martha Fitts, born 1910, daughter of Martha Batte Minetree and Charles Freeman Fitts. (They also had daughters Josephine Minetree and Elizabeth Peabody.) Page 22 Martha Parish, born 1942, daughter of James lawrence Minetree, JR and Rhoda Blossom. THE SAME CHRISTIAN NAMES REPEAT THROUGHOUT THE MINETREE FAMILY, BUT THESE DON'T APPEAR TO BE OUR ELUSIVE MARTHA. DO YOU KNOW that Louise Warner Minetree, born Washington, D.C. 29 Jan 1907 married Charles Venable Minor, a son of Raleigh ColsTon and Natalie (nee Venable) Minor? This noted on page 22 of the above. And noted on page 28 in Generation V, other Colston names are John Colston Sinclair b. 1961 and Susan Colston Cobb b. 1964. Someone out there has your Martha. AND Re John Mikeska's list of children above, I have information that I believe came from someone's family history database. My copy came from the Old Records at the Giles County Courthouse in Pulaski, TN. It begins with a statement on 'The Minatra Family'...in part..."CARTER'S GROVE PLANTATION, A History by Mary A. Stephenson, prepared for SEALANTIC FUND INCORPORATED by Research Department, Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Virginia..." listing other children of David MINATRA born 1796 and Elizabeth ? born 1803: Elvira - NO BIRTH DATE Josephine - NO BIRTH DATE Mary - NO BIRTH DATE Could there be a Martha? No Dewitt G. is named, but I've seen it in other papers Let's keep in touch. Julia SAVAGE MINATRA Rutherford County TN