Here's an article this morning in the Kingsport Times about the Hawkins Co TN project, we're really all going to benefit from the work of these volunteers, I surely do appreciate all of you who are working on this. Right now they are running on donations, hope they can keep up the pace they are going. Penny Ferguson London, KY Volunteer archivists on treasure hunt through Hawkins County Courthouse Tuesday, February 01, 2005 By JEFF BOBO Times-News ROGERSVILLE - They say that one man's junk is another man's treasure. In Rogersville, there's a treasure hunt going on every day for a group of volunteers who are sifting through the tons of documents dating back into the 1700s which until now have been piled like junk in no particular order in the basement of the 169-year-old Hawkins County Courthouse. The Hawkins County Archival Project has been under way for about three weeks since moving into the former state employment office location at 955 E. McKinney Ave., which is owned by the county. About 30 volunteers sort through the endless boxes of documents as their schedule permits. On Monday, there were about eight people participating in the painstaking process, which involves reading the mostly handwritten records, cleaning the aging paper, recording it by year, and then recording it again by alphabetical order of the principal parties involved. It may sound like tedious work, but volunteers were having a ball Monday, as every new document told a long forgotten tale of what life was like in Hawkins County 150 years ago. For example, volunteer Martha Lane ran across a series of circuit court records relating to a lawsuit over "an iron gray mare" that was taken by Confederate soldiers from a woman named Matilda Shanks in 1864 and "allegedly" wound up in the possession of a fellow named Thomas Gibson several years after the Civil War ended. The court battle must have lasted a long time, because Lane found page after page of subpoenas, motions and affidavits supporting Shanks' claim that the mare was taken illegally and Gibson's contention that he acquired the mare legally. Records indicate it was difficult to prove that Gibson's iron gray mare was the same one taken from Shanks years earlier by the Confederate soldiers. Lane hadn't come across a court decision in the case by midday Monday. But, judging by the stack of briefs in the case, she joked that she'd be surprised if the mare hadn't died of old age by the time the case was settled. Another interesting find Monday involved a petition filed in October 1861 on behalf of a 47-year-old freed former slave named Leland Breeden seeking to "relinquish his free status" and "enter back into servitude" of a man named W.C. Kyle. The petition doesn't offer any reason why Breeden would make such a request, but he sets his own value at $450. The petition was denied by the court. Volunteers were also interested to find another case Monday involving a free black man named Ambrose Hopkins who was ordered by the circuit court in 1858 to leave Hawkins County and the state and never return because he had illegally voted in a Hawkins County election held in 1845. Apparently Hopkins didn't obey the court order, because Hawkins County Archivist Jack Goins found another document from 1863 in which Ambrose's wife was suing him for divorce. The group working Monday also had a laugh over an 1850 court document found by Lane where a man accused of stealing and killing 10 chickens - valued at a total of $1 at the time, according to the records - was fined $1,000 by the court. Lane speculated that $1,000 in 1850 must have been more like $100,000 in modern value, making those 10 chickens among the most expensive in history. Volunteer Albert Parker found a 1860 bank note from the Branch Bank of Tennessee at Rogersville, which he found interesting considering the bank folded during the Great Depression. His wife, Noreeda Parker, came across some promissory notes from 1866 sealed with 10 cent and 25 cent George Washington stamps that would probably make any stamp collector's mouth water. There is evidence, however, that stamp collectors have already raided the courthouse basement at some point, as Noreeda Parker also found an envelope from the same era with the section where the stamp would be neatly cut out. The Hawkins County Commission voted late last year to provide the McKinney Avenue location to the county archivists after the state employment office announced it was moving to another location in Rogersville at the first of the year. A permanent archive location was one of the requirements for a $5,000 state grant awarded to the county last year to help pay for acid-free storage folders, cleaning materials and containers for the old documents. Goins, who was appointed county archivist by County Mayor Crockett Lee, said Monday his volunteers have made a slight dent in the tons of documents stored in the courthouse basement. He estimated that at the group's current pace it will take about two years to sort through everything, index it all in a computer, and file it by year and name. Records will also be photographed and stored on microfilm, with a copy to be sent to Nashville for storage in state archives. By the time they've completed the job, Goins anticipates the McKinney Avenue location will have become a popular tourist attraction in Rogersville for genealogy and history buffs. "We've got documents dating back to 1795, and we're going to archive everything up to 1950," Goins said. "We're trying to do everything in 10-year increments except for 1795 to 1810, which is more rare, so we'll do that batch in 15. There's a lot of history in these old boxes, and right now we've really barely scratched the surface. "By the time we're done, you can give us a name and we ought to be able to point out for you every document here that contains that name. " There will be finds with significant historic value above chicken thievery, Goins said, such as the original Tennessee land grants to Joseph Rogers, the founder of Rogersville, dating back into the 1790s which have already been discovered. In the first three weeks of the project, however, they've mainly been going through circuit court records from the mid-1800s, and most of the finds so far are generally of a more personal nature. For example, Goins was surprised to find a record of one of his ancestors, his great-grandfather's brother's son, John Minor Jr., who was charged with using profanity in a public assembly in the 1850s. More surprising was the fact that the warrant quoted what Minor was accused of saying, which was shocking even by modern-day standards. "That went to circuit court, so it must have been a pretty serious crime," Goins said. "I don't know what they fined him because we haven't gotten that far yet. I found another one the other day for the same charge against the brother to my great-great-grandfather for interrupting a church service with profanity, and what he said was even worse." Goins was quick to point out that he didn't take after that branch of his family tree, at least as far as use of language is concerned. http://www.timesnews.net/article.dna?_StoryID=3463175

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/3215 Message Board Post: oes anyone have the book hawkins county tn court minutes 1830 1837..i need a lookup if at all possible thanks for your time penny

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/3214 Message Board Post: Notes of Interest. 1819-1820 Thomas Johnson vs Jacob Hackney Thomas Johnston/Johnson, waggoner. Moved goods from Baltimore, to Rogersville and on to Augusta, Georgia, Richmond, Co. 1819-1822 John Cocke and John Jack vs Robert McGinnis, adm of the estate of Lawrence Stone. County of Grainger at Rutledge. 1854 Micheal Darter departed this life intestate on 10th day of November 1854, leaving the following heirs at law. Stephen Darter, Azaniah Darter, Jeremiah Darter, Rober Darter who now lives in Australia, Rosanna who marr. Andrew Alynager?, Alvinar who marr Henry J. Jennings, and the children of Mollie Thacher who mar Washington Thacher, Mollie and husband dec.d, leaving children Elizabeth, Rosanna, Delpha Ann, Michael, Robert, Stephen and Azanah all are minors. Micheal died sized of six or seven hundred acres of land on which his widow Catherine Darter now lives. All excepts from Circuit Court of Hawkins Co. TN.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: CROWDER HECK WHITE CRAIG PARVIN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/3209.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I have an Elizabeth Crowder who married a White. Elizabeth was living with her sister Nancy Heck in 1860 Hawkins Co. Tn. With Elizabeth, were her children: William, Charles, James, Henry and Martha White. Children b. between ca. 1846-1856.

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/2072.1.2 Message Board Post: This James Walker had the following family: ELIZABETH1 WALKER was born August 1777. Children of ELIZABETH WALKER are: i. JESSE2 WALKER, b. October 10, 1792; m. ELISABETH ROBESON; b. July 10, 1818. Notes for JESSE WALKER: Thought to be the Jesse Walker jailed in Rogersville for stealig Gabriel McCraw's steer, jumped bail, twice eluded recapture by 2 professional trackers. (According to one family source, Jesse is believed to have settled in Hamilton County and farmed, was on the 1850 census, with wife Elizabeth, and 3 children at home - not proven) Source: Andra Walker Moskowitz Notes for ELISABETH ROBESON: Elizabeth, John, and Nancy Robison were listed at the end of the James Walker Bible, after mother Elizabeth and children from Jesse born 1792 to Charles born 1817. Unsure why it was thought that Elisabeth Robison was the wife of Jesse. The way the children are listed in the Bible, it appears that mother Elizabeth could have remarried to a Robison and had the last three children, with the exception that the first Robison child was born only 10 months after the last Walker child. ii. JOHN WALKER, b. July 24, 1794; m. PATSY HEADERICK, December 12, 1815, Hawkins County, TN. More About JOHN WALKER and PATSY HEADERICK: Marriage: December 12, 1815, Hawkins County, TN 2. iii. NANCY WALKER, b. July 24, 1796; d. March 04, 1850. iv. ELIZABETH WALKER, b. September 14, 1802. 3. v. WILLIAM WALKER, b. July 14, 1805, Hawkins County, TN; d. July 11, 1875. 4. vi. JAMES WALKER, b. July 12, 1808, Hawkins County, White Horn, TN; d. January 06, 1869, Hawkins County, White Horn, TN. 5. vii. ALLEN WALKER, b. December 16, 1813. viii. LOUISE WALKER, b. November 1815. ix. CHARLES WALKER, b. September 02, 1817. Generation No. 2 2. NANCY2 WALKER (ELIZABETH1) was born July 24, 1796, and died March 04, 1850. She married THOMAS CARMICHAEL October 18, 1829 in Jefferson County, TN. He was born Abt. 1810 in TN, and died Abt. 1848. Marriage Notes for NANCY WALKER and THOMAS CARMICHAEL: had 6 children. More About THOMAS CARMICHAEL and NANCY WALKER: Marriage: October 18, 1829, Jefferson County, TN Children of NANCY WALKER and THOMAS CARMICHAEL are: 6. i. LEMUEL JAMES3 CARMICHAEL, b. August 1830, Jefferson County, TN; d. Aft. 1900, TN. ii. KINDRICK CARMICHAEL, b. Abt. 1835. iii. ELIZABETH CARMICHAEL, b. Abt. 1837. iv. WILSON CARMICHAEL, b. Abt. 1840. v. PORTER J. CARMICHAEL, b. Abt. 1843. vi. THOMAS CARMICHAEL, b. Abt. 1845. 3. WILLIAM2 WALKER (ELIZABETH1) was born July 14, 1805 in Hawkins County, TN, and died July 11, 1875. He married ANNA HEADRICK, daughter of JOHN HEADRICK. She was born 1808, and died July 11, 1875. Marriage Notes for WILLIAM WALKER and ANNA HEADRICK: 21-263 6 Sept 1851 Wm Walker & wife Ann X ??? Ann Headrick to Jas W Headrick for $100, all int in land of John Headrick decd. source: Prentice Price files, Hawkins County Library. 1860 Hawkins County Census District 14 419 410 Walker William 55 M " Ann 51 F " Carline 22 F " Candosa 20 F " John 17 M " Capander 15 F " Elizabeth 13 F " Wimma 11 F " Eliot 9 M " John 13 M " Ganes 11 M Children of WILLIAM WALKER and ANNA HEADRICK are: 7. i. NANCY MALISSA3 WALKER, b. 1832. ii. RHODA WALKER, b. 1833. iii. ALICE WALKER, b. 1835. 8. iv. CAROLINE WALKER, b. February 13, 1837, Hawkins County, TN. 9. v. LEANNOR WALKER, b. December 25, 1838. vi. CANDASA WALKER, b. June 16, 1840. vii. VIRINDA WALKER, b. 1842. viii. JOHN BURGOYNE WALKER, b. Abt. 1843; d. September 03, 1864, Hamilton County, Chattanooga, TN. More About JOHN BURGOYNE WALKER: Cause of Death: dysentery Military service: enrolled as Union Soldier at Camp Dick Robinson. Transferred 1863 to D Co., appt. Sergeant. In hospital 8/15/1864 till death. Grave #644, sec. F N Cemetery 10. ix. CAPANDRA WALKER, b. September 23, 1845. 11. x. ELIZABETH WALKER, b. April 23, 1847; d. February 11, 1919. xi. WINNA WALKER, b. 1849. 12. xii. ELIOT WALKER, b. May 23, 1851. 13. xiii. GAINES G. WALKER, b. 1853; d. 1919, Hawkins County, TN. 4. JAMES2 WALKER (ELIZABETH1) was born July 12, 1808 in Hawkins County, White Horn, TN, and died January 06, 1869 in Hawkins County, White Horn, TN. He married ELIZABETH GULLY May 20, 1830 in Hawkins County, TN. She was born May 26, 1812 in Hawkins County, TN, and died Aft. 1870. More About JAMES WALKER: Cause of Death: suicide due to loss of so many sons in the Civil War Occupation: Farmer Marriage Notes for JAMES WALKER and ELIZABETH GULLY: 1860 Hawkins County Census District 14 437 428 Walker James 52 M " Elizabeth 47 F " Marion 23 M " Horey 21 F " Emberson 17 M " Beersheba 14 F " Lucinda 12 F " Maranda 10 F More About JAMES WALKER and ELIZABETH GULLY: Marriage: May 20, 1830, Hawkins County, TN Children of JAMES WALKER and ELIZABETH GULLY are: 14. i. GALE3 WALKER, b. December 17, 1830, Hawkins County, White Horn, TN; d. Aft. 1910. ii. MINERVA WALKER, b. September 17, 1832, Hawkins County, TN; m. (1) JOHN L. HEENY, February 06, 1848, Campbell County, TN; m. (2) HENRY M. COLLINS, 1871; b. Bradley County, TN. More About JOHN HEENY and MINERVA WALKER: Marriage: February 06, 1848, Campbell County, TN Marriage Notes for MINERVA WALKER and HENRY COLLINS: lived in Bradley County, TN in 1871 More About HENRY COLLINS and MINERVA WALKER: Marriage: 1871 15. iii. PRESTON WALKER, b. October 06, 1834, Hawkins County, TN; d. 1915, Hamblen County, TN. iv. HORRY WALKER, b. August 10, 1836, Hawkins County, TN; d. Bet. 1850 - 1870, Confederate Prison; m. KATHERINE POWELL. Notes for HORRY WALKER: 127 Walker, Horry. . . . . Hawkins Co., Ten. do April 19, 1862. Disloyalty. C. S. Military Prison, Salisbury, N. C. 16. v. MARION FRANCIS WALKER, b. November 15, 1837, Hawkins County, TN; d. August 31, 1863, Crab Orchard, KY. 17. vi. ELIZABETH WALKER, b. April 15, 1841, Hawkins County, TN; d. November 10, 1922, Hawkins County, TN. vii. EMBERSON WALKER, b. 1843, Hawkins County, TN; d. Confederate Prison. Notes for EMBERSON WALKER: 131 Walker, Emmet. . . . . Hawkins Co., Ten. do April 19, do do C. S. Military Prison, Salisbury, N. C. More About EMBERSON WALKER: Military service: Union Soldier viii. BEERSHEBA WALKER, b. 1845, Hawkins County, TN; m. AUGUSTUS P. EVANS, 1871; b. Abt. 1845, Cocke County, TN. Marriage Notes for BEERSHEBA WALKER and AUGUSTUS EVANS: Lived in Cocke County, TN in 1871. More About AUGUSTUS EVANS and BEERSHEBA WALKER: Marriage: 1871 ix. LOURINDA WALKER, b. January 05, 1846, Hawkins County, TN; d. January 02, 1909; m. JAMES T. BECKNER, February 27, 1868, Hawkins County, TN. More About LOURINDA WALKER: Name 2: Lucinda Walker More About JAMES BECKNER and LOURINDA WALKER: Marriage: February 27, 1868, Hawkins County, TN x. MARANDA WALKER, b. November 05, 1850, Hawkins County, TN; d. March 04, 1914; m. JOHN SPENCER LONG, September 06, 1866, Hawkins County, TN. Notes for JOHN SPENCER LONG: possible family: 1860 Hawkins County Census District 14 354 350 Long John 39 M " Francis 38 F " Mary 16 F " John 14 M " Susan 9 F " Thomas ? 29 M More About JOHN LONG and MARANDA WALKER: Marriage: September 06, 1866, Hawkins County, TN 5. ALLEN2 WALKER (ELIZABETH1) was born December 16, 1813. He married BARBERRY ?. She was born 1824. Children of ALLEN WALKER and BARBERRY ? are: i. WILLIAM3 WALKER, b. Abt. 1845. ii. MILA WALKER, b. Abt. 1847. iii. ELIZABETH WALKER, b. 1848. iv. MISSOURI V. WALKER, b. 1858.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/XeB.2ACE/2072.1.1 Message Board Post: Join in at our Yahoo group discussing the Walker families of Hawkins County. I can't guarantee success but you'll find 47 people researching this group of Walker. The URL is: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hawkins_Walkers/ Also, our DNA work can be found at: Walker Surname DNA Study (Group GR-18) Regards, Bob Walker Personal Genealogy Page: http://members.aol.com/rwa5352802

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/XeB.2ACE/1085.1145.1164.1171.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Barb, I would be very interested in seeing what you have on Wilson N Davis from TN then moving to Iron County, MO. My ggrandmother was Nancy Ann "Tennessee" Davis ... She was born in Green County, TN, Nov 19, 1853 ... She died in Warrensburg, Johnson County, MO, Mar 18, 1947. Her parents were Wilson N Davis and Martha Jane Vaughn Davis. I have only one sister listed for her - Mary Roseanna Davis ... Born in Knoxville, Knox County, TN on Nov 16, 1845 and dying in Brunot, Wayne County, MO on Jan 26, 1919. Do you possibly have names of other siblings to share? I would certainly appreciate it. I live in mid-MO and have been to Piedmont, MO ... I'm not certain where Brunot is ... Thanks so much. God bless. Mac

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/3209.1.1.1 Message Board Post: No, her mother was either Elizabeth Fry or Elizabeth Sexton, but probably Sexton. Rebecca

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Walker, Werst Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/XeB.2ACE/2072.1 Message Board Post: Do you know any of James Walkers siblings? Do you know if he had a brother John William born in 1797 and a sister Hannah born 1801 who married John West? thank you, Charles Dixon cmiked53@yahoo.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Crowder/White Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/3209.1.1 Message Board Post: Was Nancy Jane White's mother Elizabeth Crowder?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: West, Rutherford, McCullough, Myers Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/3213 Message Board Post: This Wm. West & Mary Rutherford are in my direct line. They are parents of my Nancy West Myers. Nancy married Michael Myers in Green Co/Hawkins Co., TN, Apr 25, 1796. I would love any info you have for this West line.

Tabitha Sizemore daughter of Owen and Elizabeth Bingham Sizemore SR married Aaron Anderson, no children from this marriage, after Aaron died there was a dispute over the land on July 16, 1857 land actually fell to Aaron's mother who was 75 on above date. Tabitha widow of Aaron Anderson married Raliegh Dobson 17 July 1856 .

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McCullough, Myers, Moyers, Meyers, West Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/3212 Message Board Post: I posted my first message before I was finished. Susannah McCullough Long, born abt 1794 (married Jan 9, 1807 Greene Co/HawkinsCo.., TN) is a sister to my William McCullough, b. 1796 TN. Other siblings were: Alexander, James Martin, Nancy, Eleanor, Moses, Thomas, Jr. Does anyone have McCulloughs , Meyers/Myers/ Moyers/ Miers from Hawkins Co./Greene Co., TN that they are researching? I would love exchanging information.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McCullough, Myers, Moyers, Miers, West Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/761.908.1 Message Board Post: Do you have a Susannah McCullough who married a john Long in your family line from Hawkins Co., KY?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/3211 Message Board Post: Could someone with some Hawkins Co. History Books look up the name SEABOLT and see what can be found? Please! My ancestor was LEVI SEABOLT who lived in Hawkins Co. from early 1800's to about 1850's. I don't know if he had relatives there or what, but I know he did have a large family. He moved to Wayne Co., TN later. Is anyone else researching that name? Thanks so much.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/3210.1 Message Board Post: According to Hawkins Co. death records Francis Marion Reynolds b. Dec. 4, 1848 d. Sept. 30, 1925 Father David Reynolds Mother: Sarah Lauderback

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/3209.1 Message Board Post: Rebecca: Nancy Jane White was the daughter of Drury A. White. My ancestor is Alfred White who was Drury's brother. They had several other brothers and sisters. I have been trying to track down some of Drury's descendants to see if anyone was researching this family. He had a daughter that married a Smith and moved to Atlanta, Georgia. He also had a son named Drew White who moved to Georgia. Their father's name was Charles White. He was born in 1796 in North Carolina. He died in Hawkins County in the 1870's. I do not know his wife's name because she died before the 1850 census. The first record I can find of Charles was in 1825 he got a land grant from the state in the Beech Creek area near the Greene County line. Other Whites living near him were an older Drury White (who moved to Indiana) and Willis White. My grandmother said that her grandmother (Alfred White's daughter), who was Jane White McLain (1861-1939), always said she was 1/2 Indian. I king of doubt this, but from their appearance, I would guess that they do have some Indian blood. Doug

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Jackson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/3063.1 Message Board Post: looking for any information on an abraham carter born in north carolina and having moved to tennessee. Had a son named henry carter, born 1856 in tennessee and died in Henderson county, ky in 1938. Are you perhaps linked???

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/2554.2.1 Message Board Post: Melissa, Please contact me at my email address, I have alot of info on the Cook's and Lovin's if you are interested. Pearl Witt was my husbands Aunt. Looking forward to hearing from you. Dee mzorro@webtv.net