Bill that was good, only one problem (and this happens all the time in the old days) Mariah Majors married John D (Daniel) Mallicoat not James... this is my line so the name is John... but hey they spelled names in different ways back then. Sandy in Tucson ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Waller <billiam@usit.net> To: <TNGRAING-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 1:27 PM Subject: Re: [TNGRAING-L] Majors in Mickey's Marriage Books > Robert: In the Kennerly printed Grainger Co TN marriage books. > Book one 1796-1837 there is only ONE listed: > Dicey Majors to Elisha Eaton 19 Apr 1824 bondsman David Majors > Book two 1838-1866 there are several: > Abb Majors m E Satterfield 17/18 Oct 1855 Isaac Beeler JP > Daniel A Majors m Sarah Branson 2 May 1859 Isaac Beeler JP > James Majors m Sarah Dyer 1/2 Jan 1857 bondsman John Wolfenbarger, Isaac > Beeler JP > James Preston Majors m Marian Nash 18 Aug 1856 bondsman Alfred Leffew > Preston Majors m Polly Jones 26 Feb/4 Mar 1858 bondsman Wm Wolfenbarger B > Bronson JP > Thomas Majors m Pheba Farmer 27 Aug 1838 bondsman Reas Williams, John > Robertson JP > Polly Majors m John Bowers 2/3 Jan 1857 bondsman John Wolfenbarger, b Branson JP > Sarah Majors m Joseph Leffew 16/19 Apr 1839 bondsman James Kerby, John > Robinson JP > Mariah Majors m James D Mallicoat 1 Dec 1860 bondsman Daniel A Majors, Henry G > Kitts JP > Margaret Majors m J W Satterfield 3 Jan 1866 bondsman V D A Majors > Hope that helps.--Bill > > > Robert Strong wrote: > > > > I saw Mickey's reply to cousin Sandy regarding the familiarity of the > > surnames mentioned in her message. I am particularly interested in > > following up on the Majors surname. > > > > Sandy and my earliest known Majors ancestor was Thomas Majors, born > > about 1811 in TN. He married Phebe Leffew, who had previously been > > married to John Farmer, on 27 Aug 1838 in Grainger Co., TN. It's > > possible Thomas may have been previously married since two of the > > children listed in the 1850 census (James and Daniel Absalom) seem to > > have been born before Thomas and Phebe married, assuming the census > > records are accurate. (I guess the other possibilities are that they > > were Phebe's children by her prior marriage who took the Majors name, or > > the marriage date was not correctly transcribed.) > > > > Since Mickey's marriage books only cover the period from 1796-1829, I'm > > intrigued by her statement the Majors surname was one of several > > mentioned by Sandy that she had seen over and over. Could Mickey or > > someone confirm that there are Majors marriages in these books (and > > Leffew and Bowers for that matter). If so, I'll certainly want to buy > > them. I'd rather buy them than just get a lookup so as to help further > > Mickey's work. > > > > Robert Strong > >