Dedar Sheri, Big John Mayes was the father of these children. <grin> Henry's Nancy was "Big John"'s first wife." <grin> Please reread my correspondence. (I hope I don't sound sharp because I am smiling :) :) I never know how I am coming acrross in my email messages and I do not mean to sound cross or abrupt. (like I said I am a slow typist so I tend to "offend" people by my brevity). I do know that these people can be very confusing. I really have not followed up on Big John and Nancy's children. I believe some of them had left Grainger County. This would be according to either documents connected with the slave case or with documents connected with Big John's estate settlement. (I don't have this information in front of me right now.) You should recheck Larry Hodge's transcriptions of "Big" John's estate settlement at Selena's website. I can check my 1850 census CD sometime because I have meant to see if I can do some follow up work on Big John's and Nancy's children. Also now that I have a census subscription I should be able to track some of them down. One of the children, Greenbery I believe was mentally handicapped or as they put it in those days an "idiot" so he would be most likely living with Big John's 2nd wife Nancy May Mayes or somebody else. I will look at the 1850 census and see what I can figure out. Gail > > To the List, and to Gail: > I need to know if anyone can provide me with the parents and any dates of: > David Mayes 1826-?, Thomas Mayes, Mahala Mayes (married John Oliver), Nancy Mayes (married John Joice), Greenberry Mayes, Pheby Mayes (married Edward Hodges), Martha Mayes (married Marcus Daniel), Elizabeth Mayes, and John Jr. Mayes, and William Mayes 1801-?. > At this current time I have all the above as siblings. I also have them as children of Nancy, daughter of Henry (thanks to Gail). If this is true, I need to know, and I really would like to know who the father was of these children, if they are sibs. If not sibs, I need help with who they should be assigned to. > Thanks for any help or suggestions. > > > Gail Roorda <[email protected]> wrote:Dear Shar, > > I can try to find Phebe. However, the 1870 Grainger County census is about > the worst census that ever was. Years ago when I first started researching > I was trying to read it on my neighbor's microfilm reader and I kept running > into where she was calmly working on some of her genaealogical projects > yelling, "I can't BELEVE this census!" In the end I only extracted my > immediate ancestors and very close collateral kin. > > I have begun going through this census again (very sloooowly) My > genealogical society in St. Joe has a copy of the 1870 Grainger census and > one day I decided to try to read it on the society's really great > reader/printer and found out I can read it when usiing this machine.. > However it has been months since I have been able to get to St. Joe! I am > really hoping to go soon so I can order in film at the FHC and get a copy of > this Edwad Mayes heirs document. > > One can't expect Ancestry.com censuses to be better than the original > microfilm especially since they are scanned images, but I will try to find > Phebe in the next couple of days. Apparently Ancestry was experiencing some > trouble this weekend, but I didn't try the site so I wouldn't know. (Unless > Tina comes through in the meantime . I am sure we all really > appreciate your help, Tina!) Maybe the census for that section of the county > is better. Most of my folks lived in that part of Grainger County which > became Hamblen County in 1870. However, I think Edward and your Roaches and > all those folks lived in what is PRESENT day Grainger County. > > Bye for Now, > > Gail in MO > > > > > > > ==== TNGRAING Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBSCRIBE please send your message to [email protected] > > > > 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! Web Hosting - establish your business online > > > ==== TNGRAING Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBSCRIBE please send your message to [email protected] > >

Gail, all is ok. What I now need help on is this Big John's approximate birth date as well as any children born to the John & Nancy marriage. I have corrected my data to read Nancy as a daughter of Henry already. Yes, the children attributed to John and Nancy, most did leave Grainger Co., as a 6 to 8 wagon train with several neighbors. I have names the neighbors names somewhere as well as the approximate date. This group passed through Stewart Co., TN and onto Trigg Co., KY, where descendents live today. I have noted that very little information has been seen on Big John Mayse. At this point I do not know who his father, mother, sibs were but if the birthday someone provides me is what I think it to be, then he's a Virginia born Mayes. Any help appreciated by anyone on this list. Also I must tell the list how much I appreciate their help and input to this Mayes research for me. This is not my ancestor, I am helping another do this research because he does not have a computer and lives in Missouri. We correspond by snail mail at this point. I hope to be able to provide him and his family an as correct as I can get it, family. I also will be sending all printed out emails and other documents to him for his use in continuing his research. Sheri 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! Web Hosting - establish your business online