Hi, I would say that being on the school Commissioners and having children enrolled in that school dist is pretty good proof of residence....for that C. J. Owens.....in 1848. anyway. Several IVY kids were bound out as apprentices, and one early one was a Nancy and her sib's Hamilton and Jenny, in 1813, bound to Henry Howell............ in 1821 a Nancy Ivy age 14 bound to Nathaniel Smith ...and in 1850 a Nancy & Sally Ivy (ophans) ordered bound out according to law, Sheriff to bring them in. Dec. 2... none of these are probably yours but thought they might be of interest........Sharon ......................................................................... .................................................................... On Sun, 1 Aug 1999 13:20:25 EDT MOwens9494@aol.com writes: > 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 > >