Dear list members, Please excuse me if this letter appeared on the list. I don't find it in my Grainger list folder. I have no idea where it went <grin> for I never got it back > Dear Sheri, > > You said: > > "It appears that Nancy, Sherrod's daughter, was born in VA in All siblings > born prior to Nancy were born in VA, and the siblings born after Nancy were > born in TN." > > Not necesarily. Some researchers list my third great grandmother Jane Mayes > Ivy's birthplace as Virginia. The 1850 census says she was born Virginia. > The 1860 census has the irritating feature of only listing the birthplace of > the HOH which I am sure most of you already know. <grin> I actually once > sent Selena DuLac a long and (and perhaps boring <grin>) exposition on the > fact that later census information (both for her and her surviving children > on the 1870 Grianger County census and for the children on the 1880 Hamblen > county census) list Tennessee as Jane's birthplace. > > However, in once again plowing through the 1900 census about a year ago I > noticed that Manson Ivy's census entry listed his mother's birthplace as > Virginia. William Manson Ivy lived long enough to have a Tennessee death > certificate. I probably should order a copy of this document OTOH I > seriously doubt that the information given by some "informant" about the > birthplace of the deceased's mother 125 years after she was born could be > regarded as definitive. <smile> > > William Manson Ivy's entry in the Weifaring index BTW says that Benjamin Ivy > was born in Virginia and Jenny Mayes was born in Tennessee. (Benjamin Ivy > was born in North Carolina so I could say that perhaps the entry was in > error. However, after some experiences in which I thought the Weifaring > index might be wrong and hoping to find better information on the actual > death certificate and then discovering the actual certificate did list the > same information as Weifaring's I wouldn't make a bet on this. <smile>) > > The earliest information listing Sherrod Mayes in East Tennessee dates from > about 1795 so I don't think one can say for a certainty where Jenny Ivy was > born. > > The older children including Nancy are believed to have been born in Henry > County, Virginia since that was where Sherrod and Elizabeth were living at > the time. Priscilla "Ciller" and Jonathon's birthplaces are usually listed > as Tennessee (Sherrod is definitely known to have been in East Tennessee at > the time when Priscilla would have been born.) > > Anyway my own records presently indicate that I am not sure where Jane Mayes > Ivy is born. > > Gail > > > > > > > > > > Information I have states that John and Nancy married in 1805. This would > have made Nancy about 17 years old and John 31 years old. John seems to > have been married before since his son William looks to have been born in > the 1801 area. There may have been other children, but I don't know yet. > > > > It would appear that Sherrod's family came to TN from VA after 1788 but > before 1792 and most likely a young daughter would stay with the family, not > remain in VA. Does anyone know where the marriage between John and Nancy > may have occured? Also would anyone know where any of the children born by > John and Nancy would have been born? I know most ended up in Grainger Co., > TN to marry and die. > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sheri P. Kelly [email protected] ' Genealogy is Perpetual' > > > > VA, NC, TN, & KY: COFFEY-COLLINS-GREEN-HICKS-JONES-JORDAN-PERRY-RUSSELL. > > > > SC & AL: McCOOL-MILLS-McCOOL-SEGREST-THRASHER-WOOD > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more > > > > > > ==== TNGRAING Mailing List ==== > > To UNSUBSCRIBE please send your message to [email protected] > > >