This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------2CA8DB088E1892650C8255DC Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------2CA8DB088E1892650C8255DC Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 Message-ID: <36BB54E9.EF0E3E31@usit.net> Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 14:30:33 -0600 From: Melissa Key <melkey@usit.net> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Janie Ridley Bice <jrbice1@airmail.net> Subject: Re: [TNHENRY-L] (Fwd) Henry Co. Cemetery book References: <mR/108dot-0002wnR@mail.airmail.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Janie, Do you know of a John Neal Williams who married Mary Alice Smith in January 1, 1847, Melissa Key "Janie Ridley Bice " wrote: > ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- > From: Self <Single-user mode> > To: TexasRerun@aol.com > Subject: Henry Co. Cemetery book > Send reply to: Janie Ridley Bice <jrbice1@airmail.net> > Date sent: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 23:21:43 +0500 > > Hi, I just noticed your message on the Danville list regarding a cemetery > book of Henry Co. I have several ancestors buried there and have found > several mistakes in previous books regarding their burial places. There > is one obvious error in "Inscriptions in Stone" published in 1989 by the > Paris Genealogical Society regarding a small family cemetery. On the > Elkhorn Nobles Road and known in previous books as the "Thompson > Cemetery." (#196 in their book), was first the the homeplace of early > settler, John McNeill Williams. He and he and several of his children are > buried there today. The home and acreage later was owned by the Thompson > family. I believe this should be labeled in your book the Williams- > Thompson Cemetery so that future researchers will be better able to find > it. I had much difficulty locating it, since I do not live in that area. > My great great grandmother's grave is there beside her father but was left > off entirely in the previous book. Her name is Hannah Hudnall Williams > Ridley. She was the daughter of John McNeill Williams and Lucy Ann Courts > Williams. She was born Nov. 19, 1820 and died March 9,. 1858. Her father > is John McNeill Williams b. 28 Aug 1799 and died 1 July 1863. The cemetery > is located at 1235 Elkhorn Nobles Road. The present owners told me when > they purchased the home and surrounding acreage Hannah's stone was buried > under 3 in. of soil and none of the Williams stones were standing. In > fact, two were broken. Mr. Butler repaired them and cleaned up the small > plot. I have photos as documentation if you would desire. > > I appreciate you including my ancestors in any future publications. Other > family members and children of John M. and Lucy A. Courts Williams buried > there include: > > John M. Williams, Jr. b. 28 Aug 1835 d. 19 Oct 1856 > Edwin R. Williams b. 16 Aug 1840 d. 15 Nov 1860 > Angeline B. Williams McGehee (she was the wife of Elijah A. C. McGehee > who was killed at the battle of Franklin, TN. in WBS) She was b 11 Jan > 1834 and d. 31 Jan 1857 > > The Nathan Williams Cemetery (#327 in previous book) is also my family. It > has been vandalized and is in great need of repair. Some of the stones > there include: > > Nathan Williams b. 26 Dec 1776 d. 14 Jun 1838 > Frances McNeill Williams b. 19 Oct 1781 d. 2 Jul 1843 (These were the > PARENTS of John McNeill Williams Sr. above) Children buried at Nathan > Williams Cemetery: Elizabeth Green Williams b 20 Mar 1803 d. 7 Mar 1863 > (sister to John and dau. of Nathan) married to: Jennings Hudnall Courts b. > Oct 20 1798 and d. 13 Sep 1865 (he was brother to Lucy Ann Courts above) > Nathan Williams Jr. b 7 Feb 1819 d. 9 Oct 1842 Hosea McNeill Williams b > 17 May 1822 d 4 Sep 1837 Isabella M. Williams b 31 Aug 1824 m. William > Blakemore 15 Sep 1840 d. 1 Apr 1858 > > Grandchildren of Nathan/Frances and children of Jennings Courts & > Elizabeth Williams buried at Nathan Williams cemetery: Eunice Courts b. > 26 Dec 1829 d. 18 Nov 1887 Ann Eliza Courts 21 Jun 1820 d. 7 Jun 1849 m. > W. A. Morgan Daniel Jasper Courts b. 21 Feb 1828 d. 30 Oct 1837 Nathan > Williams Courts b. 11 Dec 1831 d. 14 Sep 1844 William H. Courts b 1 > Jan 1838 d. 13 Sep 1865 > > Another tidbit you may find interesting is the Jennings Hudnall Courts > home was called the Elgrove Inn and was built in 1838. It was used as an > overnight stopping place for freight wagons hauling goods to be loaded > aboard steamers on the Tennessee River. The inn might be compared to truck > stops along today's interstates except drivers were teamsters driving > teams of mules and horses pulling wagons loaded with bales of cotton, etc. > It now belongs to the Upchurch family and is in bad shape. I got to see > it a couple of years ago during a visit back to Henry County searching for > ancestors. The old wagon ruts can still be seen in the old trail which > runs in front of the place. The John M. Williams home was called "Hazel > Green" and the Nathan Williams Home was called "Mt. Vista." > > Thank you for doing a new book and I hope I'm not to late to have these > family members i included. Let me know when it comes out so I can > purchase a copy. > > Janie Ridley Bice > jrbice1@airmail.net --------------2CA8DB088E1892650C8255DC--