Hi, If you are the Lynn who mailed me the copy of Benjamin's will I am, as I said, endlessly grateful. The Nancys are fairly difficult though. It does seem as if every Grainger County Ivey family included a Nancy. I just thought Baxter might be a possibility. I do think I have seen the marriage as Vinyard/Guy or Ivy marriage as Ivy in different extractions. Since you actually live in Tennesssee it should be possible for you to get films of the orginal bonds through interlibrary loan or view them at the McClung. Once again Sharon to the rescue. I had thought I would take my microfilm copy to my neighbor's and look for C. J. on the tax lists. They have finally put in a dirt temporary bridge. My DH has gone over the "bridge" and Iona came over it when we went to "keep" our genealogy society library on Thursday. However, as I said it finally rained and I am not that desperate for acess to a microfilm machine. Pretty desperate though... When I was a little girl my cousin had a raft built out of boards and barrels. Although I didn't help build it, I can remember the construction very clearly. After all Sherrod Mayes operated a ferry. It's probably in my blood. :) Gail Gail ----- Original Message ----- From: <MOwens9494@aol.com> To: <TNGRAING-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 01, 1999 12:20 Subject: Re: [TNGRAING-L] Ivy/Owens > I have been reading with interest the notes on C. J. and Nancy Ivy Owens. > These are my husband's gggrandparents. We had found them in the 1840 census > in Knox County, the 1850 census in Claiborne County, and the 1860 census in > Union County. > In 1848 he would have had three school aged children between the ages of > 6 and 21 which would match the information on the 1848 school list. He > served as bondsman for the marriage of Wilson Ivy to Eliza Beard on March 05, > 1844 in Grainger Co., TN --- and the marriage of Isham N. Guy (or Ivy) to > Nancy Vineyard on October 25, 1846 in Grainger Co., TN. We had not, however, > found records that he actually lived in Grainger Co. > We have found a C. J. Owens buried in the National Cemetery in Knoxville > who died in the Civil War on the Union side. I have written for information > to see if this is"our" C. J. On documents we found in Union Co., we know his > name was Charles J., but he signed his name as C. J. > SSSOOO, does any of this sound familiar to anyone? This is as far back > as we have been able to go on the Owens family so, naturally, we would be > interested in help!!! Margaret Lynn Weaver Owens Maryville, Blount > Co.,TN > >