Hello J.B. Cooper: I don't know if you ever received a reply to your question about gaining access to records of your ancestors who were, or might have been, Masons. Did you? On June 8th you wrote: <<

Greetings! I have a Pauline Snellgrove:no dates or info: who was a wife of Archibald Gammill:b. March 25, 1825 in Bedford Co.TN and died March 5, 1893 in Hardin Co. TN. His second wife was Elizabeth Long, a widow. I have nothing else on Pauline Snellgrove. Heather

Wallis HAYS was born ca. 1792 probably in Wilkes Co., NC. He married about 1818 place unknown and name of wife unknown. First wife died about 1845 in either Lauderdale Co.,AL or Wayne Co. TN and Wallis remarried to a widow, Mrs. Lucinda CANTRELL COCKBURN in Wayne Co., TN 13 March 1850. By 1860 they were in Hardin Co., TN and Wallis died in Hardin Co., TN 23 July 1877 and is buried in the Gant Cem (599) north of Savannah. Lucinda died 30 July 1895 in LAuderdale Co., AL and is buried at Wesley Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery near the Central Community. Am trying to locate descendants of Wallis' children. He had ten known children by first wife or wives: 1. Susan Hays, d. bef. 1881, m. Levi R. SEATON. 2. Mary Polly Hays, b. ca. 1823, m. 13 Oct 1842 to James WESSON. 3. Nancy Hays, b. 1825/6, m. ______HUNT. 4. Elizabeth Hays, b. 1826, m. Samuel LAWSON. 5. Lawson Hays, b. 1828, d. 1863, m. Calista L. CANTRELL 6. William Berton "Bert" Hays, b. 2 July 1836, killed 2 June 1868, m. Teresa Emily CANTRELL on 28 Mar 1855 Hardin Co., TN. 7. Sara Amanda Hays, b. 1838, d. bef. 1881, m. John COCKBURN, son of Lucinda and her first husband, Canny COCKBURN Jr. 8. Abigail Hays, b. 1841, m. John COLE. 9. Louisa Paralee Hays, m. D. M. JONES 10. Margaret "Maggie" Hays, b. 1847, m. Azariah Isiah DAVIS on 27 Jan 1867 Hardin Co., TN. Would like to hear from anyone who has information on these people. I have information on some of the children of the sons, but little about the daughters. Edgar Edgar D. Byler, III edby3@netease.net Editor, Wayne County Historian Wayne County, Tennessee, USA Co-Coordinator Wayne County Web Page: http://www.netease.net./wayne

Am trying to locate descendants of Elizabeth Hays, b. 1826, TN, dau. of Wallis HAYS, married ca. 1845 to Samuel LAWSON. Only two children listed on 1850 Wayne Co., TN census: 1. Thomas W. LAWSON, b. 1846 2. Amanda LAWSON, b. 1847 Edgar Edgar D. Byler, III edby3@netease.net Editor, Wayne County Historian Wayne County, Tennessee, USA Co-Coordinator Wayne County Web Page: http://www.netease.net./wayne

Listers: Am trying to locate information on Levi R. SEATON, who married Susan HAYS, daughter of Wallis HAYS. Susan was born about 1821 and the marriage took place either in Hardin Co., TN or Wayne Co., TN about 1840-50. Known children of Levi and Susan: 1. Martha A. Seaton 2. William M. Seaton 3. Amanda E. "Mandy" Seaton 4. Casper D. Seaton 5. James E. Seaton 6. Charles E. Seaton Susan Hays Seaton died befoe 1881 when her husband and children? were living in Fayette Co., Illinois. Anyone know who Levi's father was? Or anything else about this family? Edgar Edgar D. Byler, III edby3@netease.net Editor, Wayne County Historian Wayne County, Tennessee, USA Co-Coordinator Wayne County Web Page: http://www.netease.net./wayne

Hi Everyone! Last week I got into a conversation on the Virginia Roots list about the circuit-riding preacher, Lorenzo Dow. Lots of us have a Lorenzo Dow 'Somebody' in our data. Since I have a lot of information about the 'original' Lorenzo Dow, they asked if I would post a web page about him. He was born in 1777 in Coventry, CT. Well, I ran home from work and put up the Lorenzo Dow page after supper! I hope you find it interesting. He was something! I can just see him jumping out of a church window onto a horse and riding away shouting that he would be back one year from the day! He did, too! The site is: http://www.acun.com/dentons The link to the article about Lorenzo Dow is about half way down the first page. I hope you enjoy the stories! Blessings! Sue Montgomery-Cook

Here are my Hardin County families: Bratton Brown Franks Gillis House Murphy Rich Rose Tilley and probably a few others. Jerry W. Murphy jwmurphy@netease.net Listowner: ALFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com Listowner: TNHARDIN-L@rootsweb.com Listowner: TNWAYNE-L@rootsweb.com Listowner: COCHRAN-L@rootsweb.com Listowner: PATTERSON-L@rootsweb.com Wayne County, Tennessee Web Page: http://www.netease.net/wayne Wayne County Computer Club: http://www.netease.net/waccc

Good morning everyone! This morning I uploaded the E & F World War I Veterans' biographies for Wayne County. Come by and take a look! Edgar Edgar D. Byler, III edby3@netease.net Editor, Wayne County Historian Wayne County, Tennessee, USA Co-Coordinator Wayne County Web Page: http://www.netease.net./wayne

There is a now a mailing list for McNairy Co. TN. To subscribe in mail mode(each message comes separately) TNMCNAIR-L-request@rootsweb.com in the body of the message area type only one word subscribe and nothing else To subscribe in digest mode(several messages will come together) TNMCNAIR-D-request@rootsweb.com in the body of the message area, type only one word Subscribe and nothing else Turn off any signatures and put nothing in the subject line. Thanks Patsy Whitaker Jones (your host) pwjones@centuryinter.net

I am researching Felix PARRISH (1829-dec) who m Margaret Elizabeth with children Betty (1862-dec), Felix G. (1864-dec), James A. (1867-1950) m Emma Dell HELMS (1865-1960), George (1871-dec) and John Valentine (1872-1946) m Mary Hannah SMITH (1880-1964). It's believed they lived in or around Nixon in Hardin County. Also, Harvey D.(or "S") SMITH who m Martha Elizabeth LINDSEY (1859-dec) of Wright or Waterloo in Lauderdale County, AL. Any help would be much appreciated. Gay Parrish

The names that I am researchin in Hardin County Tennessee is WILLIAMSON---TALLEY---COATS

I GUESS I AM A LITTLE LATE, BUT THIS THE NAMES I AM RESEARCHING: DILDINE, GARNER, INGLE, ALLISON, HOLT. HELP!! THANKS AND GOOD LUCK, JIM

Hello to all on the Hardin County list.... I am looking for information about the Bethlehem Cumberland Presbyterian Church near Olive Hill, in North Hardin County. The church is long gone, as I understand, but there is a cemetery left. I was wondering if anyone knew if the church records had survivied the close of the church. Prehaps there is a CP church nearby in Hardin County? Or is there a historical Sketch of the Olive Hill community or the Bethlehem Church? Any suggestions. Main interest was in the family of Alva JOHNSON. He is buried there. Thanks David

Primary research interest: Alva JOHNSON and family Secondary interest: HUDIBURGH family TN Counties of interest: McNairy, Hardeman, Hardin, Chester MS Counties of Interest: Lee, Alcorn, Attala KY County of Interest: Hickman I am trying to locate any information that I can related to Alva Johnson. He died in 1887 and is buried at Bethleham Cemetery, and he was a pastor/teacher with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Alva's daughter was married to Gibson Hardin Hudiburgh, also a CP minister. Alva was also a confederate soilder, with the 27th Tennessee inf. He was in Purdy (McNairy County) before the civil war and was president of Purdy College. Thanks for your help. David Agnew

Sarah contact me, I have a PRATT line in Hardin Co. TN. My email to you was returned. Pat (McNairy Co.TN)

Need Help, Please......Trying to recall an email address of a person I was corressponding with in Jasper, Texas who has been researching the COATNEY/COURTNEY family line. Her email address began with"bitsey.....". I would greatley appreciate any help I can get...... My computer crashed and I had not saved her address.....Soooooo, I need help bad.... Thanks in advance... Tom & Theresa Courtney Tomone@flash.net

http://www.hardincountytn.com/history/ is back on line; no one knows exactly why the password protection occurred. Our ISP, CenturyInter.net was very quick to resolve the problem. (Maybe a bit choked on byte?) Thanks for your concern, and most of all, thank all of you for using our site so much. We hope to soon have a lot more valuable info from Hardin County posted. Bill Hardin County, TN, Historical Society Pages: http://www.hardincountytn.com/history

Submitted for Roll Call: Lauderdale, Blankenship, Swinea(Sweeney), Ferguson, Norwood, Leister, Surber(Serber). William A. & Charlotte L. Gates <gatestothepast@elknet.net> ____________________________________________________________________ Get free e-mail and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1

My Hardin County family is BYRD. The connecting families are ROBERTSON, NICHOLS, CHERRY, MONK

Better late than never, My Hardin County list includes: NESBITT, HARDIN, BAXTER, SANDERS, FUSON, GRIMES GODWIN, COLE, SMITH, BUNDY, WILSON, GRIMES Catherine