Are they any Lett or Weaver listed? Thanks P.J.

Linda Any mention of Chesher/Cheshire in the book? Thank you Mildred Ann Kunkel wrote: > At 09:48 AM 8/27/1999 EDT, you wrote: > ><< Are there any NEWMAN, ALDRIDGE OR BROOKS Bob Newman>> > >There are 8 references to Newman, 1 to Aldridge and 20 including 2 articles > >on Brooks. > > > ><< Any Easterly names in the Grainger book?>> > >There is one reference to the name Easterly...there is a list of surnames > >that married into the Idols family over 9 generations...no first name listed. > > > ><<Linda, are there any MAPLES in the book? Gladys>> > >There were 17 references to Maples including 3 articles. > > > >Thanks so much for the Easterly information.....never heard of an Idols > family???? > Mom was an Easterly from Pickett Co. TN and they went back to Grainger Co. > in the early to mid 1800's: Johnathan Easterly and wife Susannah Ailey. > These Easterlys then went back to Greene Co. TN. > Ann in Wisconsin

Before ordering would like to know if you have any listings for Miller, Layel,Newman and McGoldrick. Thanks for the help--will help me decide if I should order or not. Elaine

Linda, Please check the Heritage Book for Ellis and Lacy. Thanks, Donna I would like to invite you to add a link to your site on GeneaSearch.com. The URL is: http://www.geneasearch.com Hope you will pay us a visit and add a link to your site.

How about Mallicoat and Adkins and Witcher families? Thanks jean

In a message dated 8/27/1999 4:40:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time, sarjas@egyptian.net writes: << Would you please check this book for HAMMACK, Lewis. >> There isn't a surname of Hammack in the Grainger or Hawkins Heritage books. Sorry...Linda

Any SEYMOURS or RITTERS? G Seymour

At 09:48 AM 8/27/1999 EDT, you wrote: ><< Are there any NEWMAN, ALDRIDGE OR BROOKS Bob Newman>> >There are 8 references to Newman, 1 to Aldridge and 20 including 2 articles >on Brooks. > ><< Any Easterly names in the Grainger book?>> >There is one reference to the name Easterly...there is a list of surnames >that married into the Idols family over 9 generations...no first name listed. > ><<Linda, are there any MAPLES in the book? Gladys>> >There were 17 references to Maples including 3 articles. > >Thanks so much for the Easterly information.....never heard of an Idols family???? Mom was an Easterly from Pickett Co. TN and they went back to Grainger Co. in the early to mid 1800's: Johnathan Easterly and wife Susannah Ailey. These Easterlys then went back to Greene Co. TN. Ann in Wisconsin

Would you please check this book for HAMMACK, Lewis. I appreciate your kindness. Thank You. Stella Volunteer of Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness at http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnraogk/

Are there any NEWMAN, ALDRIDGE OR BROOKS Bob Newman

<< Are there any NEWMAN, ALDRIDGE OR BROOKS Bob Newman>> There are 8 references to Newman, 1 to Aldridge and 20 including 2 articles on Brooks. << Any Easterly names in the Grainger book?>> There is one reference to the name Easterly...there is a list of surnames that married into the Idols family over 9 generations...no first name listed. <<Linda, are there any MAPLES in the book? Gladys>> There were 17 references to Maples including 3 articles.

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Thanks, Linda, for looking it up. I'm going to get a check in the mail for my order. Also enjoyed the Dodson tales attached. I could add a few to these on my Samuel David Dodson. Elaine Dodson Thomas. LRHogan@aol.com wrote: > Elaine, > With your surnames I think it would be worth it to get the book. > There is 28 references to Malicote, Malicoat, Mallicoat...and there is a > feature article. There are 18 references to Nash, Dodson 10, Dotson 15 > > Had your Dodson/Dotson been in Johnson County? > Subj: Re: TNJOHNSO-L: Does it look familiar? I hope so :-) > Date: 8/26/1999 8:22:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time > From: joe@ncta.net (Joe Wilson) > Sender: owner-tnjohnso-l@rootsquest.com > Reply-to: <A > HREF="mailto:tnjohnso-l@rootsquest.com">tnjohnso-l@rootsquest.com</A> > To: tnjohnso-l@rootsquest.com > > Hi Jack: I suppose I could figure out for absolute certain which one of the > cousins it was if I were home with the data, but I'm not. It certainly was > not the oldtimer, then in his 90s, famed for his comment that he'd "...lived > in four states, but never moved, and am living in the house I was born in." > (They'd thought they were in Virginia when they first came to Trade, then > learned they were in colonial North Carolina, then came the abortive State > of Franklin, then finally the State of Tennessee. Of course he could have > added the Territory South of the Ohio River, the designation the US Congress > gave the area while in transition from North Carolina to the State of > Tennessee.) The later lads named Reuben are named for him. He was a son of > George Dotson whose will was probated under the laws of the Territory South > of the Ohio River in 1794 (?), shortly before Tennessee became a state. > > Anyway, Okla McGlamery told me a story he got from his father who was around > when this happened. He said that when Jeff May hanged Dan Shepherd in the > Wallace Settlement the rope broke. So Jeff took his bridle reins from his > horse and strangled Shepherd in the road. It was in the fall of the year or > winter, and Shepherd had chestnuts in his pockets. So Reuben Dotson ate > Dan's chestnuts while the leather reins were twisted on his throat and he > writhed his dance of death and Jeff May screamed, "Die, you > son-of-a-bitch!". This was revenge for Shepherd's Confederate home guard > hanging of Jeff's 14 year old son. > > Another story about this Reuben came from my uncle, Alfred Wilson. Reuben > had helped with a hog killing, and was to get some meat from the several > hogs slaughtered, but the farmer-neighbor was stingy and gave nothing. So > Reuben, a strong man, took one of the hogs from the rack where they were > cooling, and carried it home on his back. Uncle Alf would salute this bit of > bold theft and raw strength with a sly line tossed in during one of his > fiddle tunes (and always aimed it at a relative): > > "Heigh-oh Sally, > Hear that crack > Yonder comes Reuben > With a hog on his back. > > The Dotsons were honest and hardworking, and the event - and Alf's humor -- > did not amuse all. Alf was the son of Julia Belle Dotson Wilson and she was > the daughter of Alfred A. Dotson of Trade, a grandson of old Reuben, and > great-grandson of George. Got it? > > Be a good boy, and do honor to that name you bear .And if an old dude of > good size climbs out of your family tree and asks for a chestnut, humor him > with as many as you can find. Joe Wilson > > ---------- > >From: "Jack Dotson" <jdotson@informix.com> > >To: <tnjohnso-l@rootsquest.com> > >Subject: RE: TNJOHNSO-L: Does it look familiar? I hope so :-) > >Date: Thu, Aug 26, 1999, 10:46 AM > > > > > Joe- > > Do you know which Reuban Dotson it was that was with Jeff May? > > > In a message dated 8/26/1999 1:31:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > erthomas@nm.net writes: > > << Subj: Re: [TNGRAING-L] Grainger County Heritage Books > Date: 8/26/1999 1:31:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time > From: erthomas@nm.net (erthomas) > Reply-to: <A > HREF="mailto:TNGRAING-L@rootsweb.com">TNGRAING-L@rootsweb.com</A> > To: TNGRAING-L@rootsweb.com > > Hi Linda: > > Thought maybe I should make sure my family is in the book before sending a > check. Any reference to Thomas Dotson (in Grainger until 1819), his son, > Samuel > W. Dotson, (who married Frances Nash), Thomas Nash, or Dicey Mallicoat Nash? > > Elaine Dodson Thomas > >>

Hi Everyone, Is anyone out there researching Harris's? I'd love to hear about your line. I'm looking for the parents of John E. Harris(b.1866). He married Dollie Hays, a Hancock County girl, in 1897. Does anyone have access to the 1870 Grainger Cty. census to look up a 4 year old John E. Harris? Many thanks in advance. Any help or commiseration would be welcome ;-). Laura Harris

Linda, are there any MAPLES in the book? Gladys

Elaine, With your surnames I think it would be worth it to get the book. There is 28 references to Malicote, Malicoat, Mallicoat...and there is a feature article. There are 18 references to Nash, Dodson 10, Dotson 15 Had your Dodson/Dotson been in Johnson County? Subj: Re: TNJOHNSO-L: Does it look familiar? I hope so :-) Date: 8/26/1999 8:22:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time From: joe@ncta.net (Joe Wilson) Sender: owner-tnjohnso-l@rootsquest.com Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:tnjohnso-l@rootsquest.com">tnjohnso-l@rootsquest.com</A> To: tnjohnso-l@rootsquest.com Hi Jack: I suppose I could figure out for absolute certain which one of the cousins it was if I were home with the data, but I'm not. It certainly was not the oldtimer, then in his 90s, famed for his comment that he'd "...lived in four states, but never moved, and am living in the house I was born in." (They'd thought they were in Virginia when they first came to Trade, then learned they were in colonial North Carolina, then came the abortive State of Franklin, then finally the State of Tennessee. Of course he could have added the Territory South of the Ohio River, the designation the US Congress gave the area while in transition from North Carolina to the State of Tennessee.) The later lads named Reuben are named for him. He was a son of George Dotson whose will was probated under the laws of the Territory South of the Ohio River in 1794 (?), shortly before Tennessee became a state. Anyway, Okla McGlamery told me a story he got from his father who was around when this happened. He said that when Jeff May hanged Dan Shepherd in the Wallace Settlement the rope broke. So Jeff took his bridle reins from his horse and strangled Shepherd in the road. It was in the fall of the year or winter, and Shepherd had chestnuts in his pockets. So Reuben Dotson ate Dan's chestnuts while the leather reins were twisted on his throat and he writhed his dance of death and Jeff May screamed, "Die, you son-of-a-bitch!". This was revenge for Shepherd's Confederate home guard hanging of Jeff's 14 year old son. Another story about this Reuben came from my uncle, Alfred Wilson. Reuben had helped with a hog killing, and was to get some meat from the several hogs slaughtered, but the farmer-neighbor was stingy and gave nothing. So Reuben, a strong man, took one of the hogs from the rack where they were cooling, and carried it home on his back. Uncle Alf would salute this bit of bold theft and raw strength with a sly line tossed in during one of his fiddle tunes (and always aimed it at a relative): "Heigh-oh Sally, Hear that crack Yonder comes Reuben With a hog on his back. The Dotsons were honest and hardworking, and the event - and Alf's humor -- did not amuse all. Alf was the son of Julia Belle Dotson Wilson and she was the daughter of Alfred A. Dotson of Trade, a grandson of old Reuben, and great-grandson of George. Got it? Be a good boy, and do honor to that name you bear .And if an old dude of good size climbs out of your family tree and asks for a chestnut, humor him with as many as you can find. Joe Wilson ---------- >From: "Jack Dotson" <jdotson@informix.com> >To: <tnjohnso-l@rootsquest.com> >Subject: RE: TNJOHNSO-L: Does it look familiar? I hope so :-) >Date: Thu, Aug 26, 1999, 10:46 AM > > Joe- > Do you know which Reuban Dotson it was that was with Jeff May? > In a message dated 8/26/1999 1:31:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time, erthomas@nm.net writes: << Subj: Re: [TNGRAING-L] Grainger County Heritage Books Date: 8/26/1999 1:31:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time From: erthomas@nm.net (erthomas) Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:TNGRAING-L@rootsweb.com">TNGRAING-L@rootsweb.com</A> To: TNGRAING-L@rootsweb.com Hi Linda: Thought maybe I should make sure my family is in the book before sending a check. Any reference to Thomas Dotson (in Grainger until 1819), his son, Samuel W. Dotson, (who married Frances Nash), Thomas Nash, or Dicey Mallicoat Nash? Elaine Dodson Thomas >>

Hi Linda: Thought maybe I should make sure my family is in the book before sending a check. Any reference to Thomas Dotson (in Grainger until 1819), his son, Samuel W. Dotson, (who married Frances Nash), Thomas Nash, or Dicey Mallicoat Nash? Elaine Dodson Thomas LRHogan@aol.com wrote: > There are 20 references to the Bunch family but no Sally or Joseph. > This book is very hard to do look ups in....unlike the Carter or Johnson > County Heritage books. > Some of these heritage books indexes are arranged like this. > > Hicks, 2, 4, 6, 8, 20, 22, > (one book had 3 columns of references to the Hicks family...a real nightmare > to try to find anything). > > And two of the heritage books that I have just has the page number....at > least Grainger put numbers on each article and that does make it a little > easier to do look up. > However, Carter County and Johnson County did it this way: > Hicks: > Mary 2, 5; Joe 5, Sarah 6, > > Having the first name makes it so much easier for the person doing the > lookups. They tell me the publishers made them do this themselves by hand > but these books are for all times and really are a lot nicer with this first > names in the index. Hope I did not offend anyone...it's just my opinion. > Linda

There are 20 references to the Bunch family but no Sally or Joseph. This book is very hard to do look ups in....unlike the Carter or Johnson County Heritage books. Some of these heritage books indexes are arranged like this. Hicks, 2, 4, 6, 8, 20, 22, (one book had 3 columns of references to the Hicks family...a real nightmare to try to find anything). And two of the heritage books that I have just has the page number....at least Grainger put numbers on each article and that does make it a little easier to do look up. However, Carter County and Johnson County did it this way: Hicks: Mary 2, 5; Joe 5, Sarah 6, Having the first name makes it so much easier for the person doing the lookups. They tell me the publishers made them do this themselves by hand but these books are for all times and really are a lot nicer with this first names in the index. Hope I did not offend anyone...it's just my opinion. Linda

In a message dated 8/25/1999 3:39:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time, SDu8068894@aol.com writes: << I have Fredrick Wyrick/ Wirick---Alexander Wyrick. And Andrew Rogers--wife Sarah. >> There are 2 Wyricks in the book but neither are your given names but they may descend from your Wyricks but there is no lineage with them and they were both born in the 1960s. There is no Andrew or Sarah Rogers listed but there are several Rogers...also the same problem with some of them....like one guy married Mary Rogers. Period.... nothing else is said about her. Sorry, but I do not think you'd be able to relate your two surnames with the book. Linda

Bruce, The LDS has a lot of Grainger Co TN records. It has been a while, but I have used the following microfilms: 0024657--item 1 Court Minutes 1756-1802 item 2 Letters of Administration 1842-1854 item 3 1838-57 Marriage Records item 4 Tax list 1814-1815 item 5 Court Minutes 1812-1816 0024658--Tombstone and Bible Records Marriage Records 1796-1837 0024659--item 1 Court Records 1802-1812 item 2 Wills and Settlements 1833-1842 0464104--Probate Records 1796-1831 0464105--Tax Lists 1797-1837 (but 1817-1827 missing) 0968579--Administrators bonds and letters 1831-1910 0968594--Inventory of Estates & Wills 1833-1852 0968595-- Inventory of Estates & Wills 1852-1917 I believe there were others that I didn't use. Dale Grant ___________________________________________________________________ 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.