Dora: Did any of you Wakefield's or Sawyer's marry into a Wright or Stovell family in TX My grandfathers sister Edith Wright Holley/Holly b 1838 married Thomas Holley b 1832 in LCT. Three of their sons went to TX one settling in Italy, Ellis CO., TX Another sister Anna Wright b 1851 married Samuel T. Stephenson. When she died in LCT Samuel went to TX and remarried. His is buried in Commerce, Hunt CO. TX My grandfather James Franklin Wright, sibling to the above, married Willie Etta Armstrong 1883 in LCT. The person that signed the bond for him was J. P. Wakefield. Do not know who that person was? Does any of this ring any bells? We also have a Jane Stovell married a David Wright. David died in 1831 LCT. One of their daughters married a Wakefield. Some of Jane and Davids children went to TX. This is not my line but several of us are researching all Wrights of Middle, TN. Julia In a message dated 1/16/2005 10:57:53 AM Pacific Standard Time, dgreen909h@cox.net writes: << Joyce, The reason I asked about the MCAFEE name: I have in my data base Gaylon M SAWYERS married to Sarah E WAKEFIELD, January 7, 1855, Lincoln Co., TX. They left soon after their wedding and moved to TX, stopping first in Ellis Co.TX, where their first child was born. The Sawyers family stayed in Ellis Co about one year, then moved on into Hill Co., TX. (Their first child, Elizabeth A Sawyers was born December, 1857, in Ellis Co., TX.)She married Will Taylor McAfee in 1876. On the McAfee children I have they were born in TX and the year born. Do you have anything on this Elizabeth and Will McAfee? Thanks, Dortha

Hi Julia, I am sorry to hear about Tom's wife...they just moved not long ago - have they now moved again to Virginia? Do you have his book. I have always meant to send and get it and haven't...should get myself together and do that. Vicki ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jmolitz@aol.com> To: <TNLINCOL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 3:24 PM Subject: Re: [LCT] Ephraim King family > > Dear Jill, > > Tom King's wife is ill and he may not be monitoring this list if he has > not > gotten back to you privately. Not too long ago they moved to VA so they > would > be close to their grandchildren. > > Can Sherry Finchum or I help you. I have James Wyatt WELLS b abt 1860 > married Laura E. KING b 1860. I do not have a date of their marriage. > Could they > have married in Bedford CO., TN? I have their children as Connie b 1882, > Earlie > P. 1884, Beatrice 1886 and Effie May 1888. > > Laura was the only child of William A. KING and Theadocia BURROW. After > William died she Theadocia married Joshua Parks GAMMILL of Bedford CO. > > William KING was a brother to Andrew Jackson KING my 2 great grandfather. > > Theadocia and Joshua GAMMILL had a son Edward Cooper GAMMILL who married > Esabella ARMSTRONG who was my grandmother Willie Etta ARMSTRONG WRIGHT'S > sister. > Their mother was Martha Evaline KING sister to William and Andrew Jackson > KING. > > So Esabella's aunt by marriage became her mother in law. > > The info on Laura's children I got from Tom KING. Do you have any more > info > on them? > > Julia > > > > In a message dated 1/26/2005 5:37:35 AM Pacific Standard Time, > jillc@midmich.net writes: > > << Hello, > > I stumbled across a publication posted by T.J. King about his family. My > husband's grandfather is included in this publication (Earlie P. Wells- > son of > James Wyatt Wells and Laura King Wells) I am hoping to get in touch with > Mr. > King. He has Earlie listed as a female married to a McAffee. I have > information on Earlie I am willing to share. > > Thank you!!!! > > Jill Cleckner > > > > > ==== TNLINCOL Mailing List ==== > Search the USGenWeb Archives: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.htm > Archives Newsletter: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/newsletter/ > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > >

I'll be glad to do name look ups on the Cherokee Rolls. These are the rolls available: Cherokee Rolls: East of the Mississippi Volume I Reservation Rolls 1817: A listing of those desiring a 640 acre tract in the east and permitted to reside there. Emigration Rolls 1817-35: Those who filed to emigrate to Arkansas country, and after 1828 to Oklahoma. Henderson Roll 1835: A census of over 16,000 Cherokee residing in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina who were to be removed to Oklahoma under the Treaty of New Echota (1835). Mullay Roll 1848: A census of 1,517 Cherokee people who remained in North Carolina after the Removal of 1838. John C. Mullay took the census, pursuant to an act of Congress in 1848. Siler Roll 1851: A listing of some 1,700 Eastern Cherokee who were entitled to a per capita payment, pursuant an act of Congress in 1850. Chapman Roll 1852: Prepared by Albert Chapman as a listing of those Cherokee actually receiving payment based on the Siler Census. Swetland Roll 1869: Prepared by S. H. Swetland as a listing of those Cherokee and their descendents who were listed as remaining in North Carolina by Mullay in 1848. Made pursuant to an act of Congress (1868) for a removal payment authorization. Hester Roll 1883: Compiled by Joseph G. Hester as a roll of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in 1883. This roll is an excellent source of information, including ancestors, Chapman Roll number, age, English name and Indian name. Churchill Roll 1908: Taken by Inspector Frank C. Churchill to certify members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Like the Hester Roll, it includes a lot of information, including degree of blood. Rejectees also are included. Guion Miller Roll 1909: Compiled by Mr Miller of all Eastern Cherokee, not Old Settlers, residing either east or west of the Mississippi. Ordered by Court of Claims as a result of a suit won by the Eastern Cherokee. See Guion Miller Roll West for more details. Baker Roll 1924: This was supposed to have been the final roll of the Eastern Cherokee. The land was to be alloted, and all were to become regular citizens. Fortunately, the Eastern Cherokee avoided the termination procedures, unlike their brothers of the Nation to the west. The Baker Roll Revised is the current membership roll of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina. Cherokee Rolls: West of the Mississippi Volume II Old Settler Roll 1851: A listing of Cherokee still living in 1851 who were already residing in Oklahoma when the main body of the Cherokee arrived in the winter of 1839--as a result of the Treaty of New Echota (1835). Approximately one third of the Cherokee people at that time were Old Settlers and two thirds were new arrivals. Drennen Roll 1852: The first census of the new arrivals of 1839. The New Echota Treaty group--"Trail of Tears." The Dawes Roll 1898-1914: The final roll for allotting the land and terminating the Cherokee nation of Oklahoma. Senator Henry L. Dawes was the commission's chairman and consequently, the name Dawes is associated with the final roll. The roll turned out to not be as final as it was expected to be. Upon the reorganization of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma in the 1970's, the Dawes Roll became the only means of certifying membership. -Sherry Jesus is my rock! If you would like to know him also, visit: http://www.godssimpleplan.org/gsps.html Visit my webpage! http://www.sorrellsgenealogy.com Middle TN Cousins visit: http://www.chestnutridgecousins.org Our hobby: http://www.indiancreekproductions.com Searching East TN families: ALEXANDER,ANDERSON,BRADBURN,BROOKS,BUIE,CLARK,CLAIBORNE, COLEMAN,CRONDAS,DICKSON,ELLEDGE,EVANS,FARMER,HODGE/S, INGLE,JAMES,LINN,LORD,McGHOILL,McINTIRE,McLEAN,MORECROFT, PAINE/PAYNE,RANDLES,RHODES,SANDRIDGE,TEAGUE,and THURMAN Searching Middle TN families: ALEXANDER,ALLEN,ANDERSON,BLALOCK,BOURLAND,BRENTS,BROWNE, BURNES,CLAYTON,CONNALY,CONWELL,CORDING,COX,CREIGHTON, CRITTENDEN,DAVIDSON,DAWSON,DEAL,FREEMAN,GALLAGHER, GILBERT,GLIDEWELL,GRAHAM,HARRELL,HAWKINS,HAYES,HILL, HOLLAND,KING,LAMBERT,LANDIN,LISTON,MARSH,MAXWELL, McADAMS,McCANDLESS,McKNITT,McWHORTER,MEALER,MILLINGTON, NASH,REDD,REESE,ROBERTS,RUSSELL,RYALLS,SCOTT,SIMPSON, SMITH,SORRELL/S,TOLLY,TRENT,WAGSTER,WALLACE, WHITE,WHITLOW,WHITSETT,and WILSON

Hello Sherry, There are 2 families that I am looking at. Thomas Jackson, born about 1790, was living in Franklin County Tennessee up to about 1831 and then moved to Lawrence County Arkansas. I have a picture of Thomas's daughter taken about 1904 in Oregon. Several of our family members say she looks like an old Indian woman(not trying to be stereotypical). Rebecca Jackson(listed as half Cherokee) that married a Nathan Williams. Nathan and family were living in Franklin County Tennessee and Rutherford County Tennessee. One source says Rebecca died in Arkansas. I think the best Roll might be Emigration Rolls 1817-1835: Those who filed to emigrate to Arkansas Country. Any help is appreciated. Robert L. Jackson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark & Sherry Finchum" <finchums@usinternet.com> To: <TNLINCOL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 8:44 PM Subject: [LCT] Cherokee Heritage > I'll be glad to do name look ups on the Cherokee Rolls. > > These are the rolls available: > > Cherokee Rolls: East of the Mississippi Volume I > > > Reservation Rolls 1817: A listing of those desiring a 640 acre tract in > the > east and permitted to reside there. > Emigration Rolls 1817-35: Those who filed to emigrate to Arkansas country, > and after 1828 to Oklahoma. > > Henderson Roll 1835: A census of over 16,000 Cherokee residing in Alabama, > Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina who were to be removed to Oklahoma > under the Treaty of New Echota (1835). > > Mullay Roll 1848: A census of 1,517 Cherokee people who remained in North > Carolina after the Removal of 1838. John C. Mullay took the census, > pursuant to an act of Congress in 1848. > > Siler Roll 1851: A listing of some 1,700 Eastern Cherokee who were > entitled > to a per capita payment, pursuant an act of Congress in 1850. > > Chapman Roll 1852: Prepared by Albert Chapman as a listing of those > Cherokee actually receiving payment based on the Siler Census. > > Swetland Roll 1869: Prepared by S. H. Swetland as a listing of those > Cherokee and their descendents who were listed as remaining in North > Carolina by Mullay in 1848. Made pursuant to an act of Congress (1868) for > a removal payment authorization. > > Hester Roll 1883: Compiled by Joseph G. Hester as a roll of the Eastern > Band of Cherokee Indians in 1883. This roll is an excellent source of > information, including ancestors, Chapman Roll number, age, English name > and Indian name. > > Churchill Roll 1908: Taken by Inspector Frank C. Churchill to certify > members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Like the Hester Roll, it > includes a lot of information, including degree of blood. Rejectees also > are included. > > Guion Miller Roll 1909: Compiled by Mr Miller of all Eastern Cherokee, not > Old Settlers, residing either east or west of the Mississippi. Ordered by > Court of Claims as a result of a suit won by the Eastern Cherokee. See > Guion Miller Roll West for more details. > > Baker Roll 1924: This was supposed to have been the final roll of the > Eastern Cherokee. The land was to be alloted, and all were to become > regular citizens. Fortunately, the Eastern Cherokee avoided the > termination > procedures, unlike their brothers of the Nation to the west. The Baker > Roll > Revised is the current membership roll of the Eastern Band of Cherokee > Indians in North Carolina. > > > Cherokee Rolls: West of the Mississippi Volume II > > > Old Settler Roll 1851: A listing of Cherokee still living in 1851 who were > already residing in Oklahoma when the main body of the Cherokee arrived in > the winter of 1839--as a result of the Treaty of New Echota (1835). > Approximately one third of the Cherokee people at that time were Old > Settlers and two thirds were new arrivals. > > Drennen Roll 1852: The first census of the new arrivals of 1839. The New > Echota Treaty group--"Trail of Tears." > > The Dawes Roll 1898-1914: The final roll for allotting the land and > terminating the Cherokee nation of Oklahoma. Senator Henry L. Dawes was > the > commission's chairman and consequently, the name Dawes is associated with > the final roll. The roll turned out to not be as final as it was expected > to be. Upon the reorganization of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma in the > 1970's, the Dawes Roll became the only means of certifying membership. > > -Sherry > Jesus is my rock! > > If you would like to know him also, visit: > http://www.godssimpleplan.org/gsps.html > > Visit my webpage! > http://www.sorrellsgenealogy.com > > Middle TN Cousins visit: > http://www.chestnutridgecousins.org > > Our hobby: > http://www.indiancreekproductions.com > > Searching East TN families: > ALEXANDER,ANDERSON,BRADBURN,BROOKS,BUIE,CLARK,CLAIBORNE, > COLEMAN,CRONDAS,DICKSON,ELLEDGE,EVANS,FARMER,HODGE/S, > INGLE,JAMES,LINN,LORD,McGHOILL,McINTIRE,McLEAN,MORECROFT, > PAINE/PAYNE,RANDLES,RHODES,SANDRIDGE,TEAGUE,and THURMAN > > Searching Middle TN families: > ALEXANDER,ALLEN,ANDERSON,BLALOCK,BOURLAND,BRENTS,BROWNE, > BURNES,CLAYTON,CONNALY,CONWELL,CORDING,COX,CREIGHTON, > CRITTENDEN,DAVIDSON,DAWSON,DEAL,FREEMAN,GALLAGHER, > GILBERT,GLIDEWELL,GRAHAM,HARRELL,HAWKINS,HAYES,HILL, > HOLLAND,KING,LAMBERT,LANDIN,LISTON,MARSH,MAXWELL, > McADAMS,McCANDLESS,McKNITT,McWHORTER,MEALER,MILLINGTON, > NASH,REDD,REESE,ROBERTS,RUSSELL,RYALLS,SCOTT,SIMPSON, > SMITH,SORRELL/S,TOLLY,TRENT,WAGSTER,WALLACE, > WHITE,WHITLOW,WHITSETT,and WILSON > > > ==== TNLINCOL Mailing List ==== > Search the USGenWeb Archives: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.htm > Archives Newsletter: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/newsletter/ > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. 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and a lot of them settled in the Cherokee Land Tract in NW Arkansas - this was open for white settlement about 1835, and I know several families from LCT ended up in the southern section of Boone Co AR by about 1840.....it was free land, no one was there, and many of the families had one spouse with Indian blood..... such as my Gray line. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark & Sherry Finchum" <finchums@usinternet.com> To: <TNLINCOL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 4:59 PM Subject: [LCT] Cherokees in TN 1820 > There would have been numerous Cherokee's on the 1820 TN Census. You just > won't find them listed as "Indian". You might find a listing as "M" for > Mulatto, if the census taker thought that their skin looked dark enough. > Most of them will just be listed as white. > > Of course, this is providing that the 1820 Census of their counties has > survived. Many of the 1820 counties are missing. > > Many of the Cherokee had married into the European families and had > assimilated into the "white" culture. Especially the females. > > The Cherokee Rolls of the same time period were only taken in the strictest > of Cherokee territories. Reservation Rolls:1817 were those wishing to stay > in the east. They, in order to avoid the pressing encroachment on their > lands, had applied for a 640 tract of land in the East that would revert to > the government upon their death. Others on the Emigration Rolls 1817: > filed to emigrate to Arkansas country and then went on to Oklahoma after 1828. > > In 1835, the Henderson Roll lists over 16,000 Cherokee residing in AL, GA, > TN, and NC that were to be removed to Oklahoma after 1838-1839 "Trail of > Tears". Many of those listed, avoided the trip. Some hid in the NC > mountains, others claimed to be white, still others were able to aquire > land through white friends, and never left. > > -Sherry > > >From: "Robert Jackson" <rljddj63650@charter.net> > >To: TNLINCOL-L@rootsweb.com > >Message-ID: <000601c50659$881969b0$0200a8c0@Jackson> > >Subject: Cherokee Indians on Early TN Census? > >MIME-Version: 1.0 > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-72407759 > > > >Does anyone know if full blooded Cherokee Indians would have been listed > on early Tennessee census....1820-1840? > > > >Robert L. Jackson > > > > Jesus is my rock! > > If you would like to know him also, visit: > http://www.godssimpleplan.org/gsps.html > > Visit my webpage! > http://www.sorrellsgenealogy.com > > Middle TN Cousins visit: > http://www.chestnutridgecousins.org > > Our hobby: > http://www.indiancreekproductions.com > > Searching East TN families: > ALEXANDER,ANDERSON,BRADBURN,BROOKS,BUIE,CLARK,CLAIBORNE, > COLEMAN,CRONDAS,DICKSON,ELLEDGE,EVANS,FARMER,HODGE/S, > INGLE,JAMES,LINN,LORD,McGHOILL,McINTIRE,McLEAN,MORECROFT, > PAINE/PAYNE,RANDLES,RHODES,SANDRIDGE,TEAGUE,and THURMAN > > Searching Middle TN families: > ALEXANDER,ALLEN,ANDERSON,BLALOCK,BOURLAND,BRENTS,BROWNE, > BURNES,CLAYTON,CONNALY,CONWELL,CORDING,COX,CREIGHTON, > CRITTENDEN,DAVIDSON,DAWSON,DEAL,FREEMAN,GALLAGHER, > GILBERT,GLIDEWELL,GRAHAM,HARRELL,HAWKINS,HAYES,HILL, > HOLLAND,KING,LAMBERT,LANDIN,LISTON,MARSH,MAXWELL, > McADAMS,McCANDLESS,McKNITT,McWHORTER,MEALER,MILLINGTON, > NASH,REDD,REESE,ROBERTS,RUSSELL,RYALLS,SCOTT,SIMPSON, > SMITH,SORRELL/S,TOLLY,TRENT,WAGSTER,WALLACE, > WHITE,WHITLOW,WHITSETT,and WILSON > > > ==== TNLINCOL Mailing List ==== > Other genealogical mailists and newsgroups: http://www.CyndisList.com/mailnews.htm > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > >

Thanks Joy and Mary. Robert L. Jackson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Miller" <hlm@qtm.net> To: <TNLINCOL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 6:37 PM Subject: Re: [LCT] Cherokees in TN 1820 > and a lot of them settled in the Cherokee Land Tract in NW Arkansas - this > was open for white settlement about 1835, and I know several families from > LCT ended up in the southern section of Boone Co AR by about 1840.....it > was > free land, no one was there, and many of the families had one spouse with > Indian blood..... > such as my Gray line. > > Mary > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark & Sherry Finchum" <finchums@usinternet.com> > To: <TNLINCOL-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 4:59 PM > Subject: [LCT] Cherokees in TN 1820 > > >> There would have been numerous Cherokee's on the 1820 TN Census. You >> just >> won't find them listed as "Indian". You might find a listing as "M" for >> Mulatto, if the census taker thought that their skin looked dark enough. >> Most of them will just be listed as white. >> >> Of course, this is providing that the 1820 Census of their counties has >> survived. Many of the 1820 counties are missing. >> >> Many of the Cherokee had married into the European families and had >> assimilated into the "white" culture. Especially the females. >> >> The Cherokee Rolls of the same time period were only taken in the > strictest >> of Cherokee territories. Reservation Rolls:1817 were those wishing to > stay >> in the east. They, in order to avoid the pressing encroachment on their >> lands, had applied for a 640 tract of land in the East that would revert > to >> the government upon their death. Others on the Emigration Rolls 1817: >> filed to emigrate to Arkansas country and then went on to Oklahoma after > 1828. >> >> In 1835, the Henderson Roll lists over 16,000 Cherokee residing in AL, >> GA, >> TN, and NC that were to be removed to Oklahoma after 1838-1839 "Trail of >> Tears". Many of those listed, avoided the trip. Some hid in the NC >> mountains, others claimed to be white, still others were able to aquire >> land through white friends, and never left. >> >> -Sherry >> >> >From: "Robert Jackson" <rljddj63650@charter.net> >> >To: TNLINCOL-L@rootsweb.com >> >Message-ID: <000601c50659$881969b0$0200a8c0@Jackson> >> >Subject: Cherokee Indians on Early TN Census? >> >MIME-Version: 1.0 >> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; > x-avg-checked=avg-ok-72407759 >> > >> >Does anyone know if full blooded Cherokee Indians would have been listed >> on early Tennessee census....1820-1840? >> > >> >Robert L. Jackson >> > >> >> Jesus is my rock! >> >> If you would like to know him also, visit: >> http://www.godssimpleplan.org/gsps.html >> >> Visit my webpage! >> http://www.sorrellsgenealogy.com >> >> Middle TN Cousins visit: >> http://www.chestnutridgecousins.org >> >> Our hobby: >> http://www.indiancreekproductions.com >> >> Searching East TN families: >> ALEXANDER,ANDERSON,BRADBURN,BROOKS,BUIE,CLARK,CLAIBORNE, >> COLEMAN,CRONDAS,DICKSON,ELLEDGE,EVANS,FARMER,HODGE/S, >> INGLE,JAMES,LINN,LORD,McGHOILL,McINTIRE,McLEAN,MORECROFT, >> PAINE/PAYNE,RANDLES,RHODES,SANDRIDGE,TEAGUE,and THURMAN >> >> Searching Middle TN families: >> ALEXANDER,ALLEN,ANDERSON,BLALOCK,BOURLAND,BRENTS,BROWNE, >> BURNES,CLAYTON,CONNALY,CONWELL,CORDING,COX,CREIGHTON, >> CRITTENDEN,DAVIDSON,DAWSON,DEAL,FREEMAN,GALLAGHER, >> GILBERT,GLIDEWELL,GRAHAM,HARRELL,HAWKINS,HAYES,HILL, >> HOLLAND,KING,LAMBERT,LANDIN,LISTON,MARSH,MAXWELL, >> McADAMS,McCANDLESS,McKNITT,McWHORTER,MEALER,MILLINGTON, >> NASH,REDD,REESE,ROBERTS,RUSSELL,RYALLS,SCOTT,SIMPSON, >> SMITH,SORRELL/S,TOLLY,TRENT,WAGSTER,WALLACE, >> WHITE,WHITLOW,WHITSETT,and WILSON >> >> >> ==== TNLINCOL Mailing List ==== >> Other genealogical mailists and newsgroups: > http://www.CyndisList.com/mailnews.htm >> >> ============================== >> Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >> last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >> >> >> > > > > ==== TNLINCOL Mailing List ==== > Register your first lines in LCT: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnlincol/family.htm > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > >

Robert, You are very welcome. Joy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Jackson" <rljddj63650@charter.net> To: <TNLINCOL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 5:01 PM Subject: Re: [LCT] Cherokees in TN 1820 > Thanks Joy and Mary. > > Robert L. Jackson > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mary Miller" <hlm@qtm.net> > To: <TNLINCOL-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 6:37 PM > Subject: Re: [LCT] Cherokees in TN 1820 > > >> and a lot of them settled in the Cherokee Land Tract in NW Arkansas - >> this >> was open for white settlement about 1835, and I know several families >> from >> LCT ended up in the southern section of Boone Co AR by about 1840.....it >> was >> free land, no one was there, and many of the families had one spouse with >> Indian blood..... >> such as my Gray line. >> >> Mary >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Mark & Sherry Finchum" <finchums@usinternet.com> >> To: <TNLINCOL-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 4:59 PM >> Subject: [LCT] Cherokees in TN 1820 >> >> >>> There would have been numerous Cherokee's on the 1820 TN Census. You >>> just >>> won't find them listed as "Indian". You might find a listing as "M" for >>> Mulatto, if the census taker thought that their skin looked dark enough. >>> Most of them will just be listed as white. >>> >>> Of course, this is providing that the 1820 Census of their counties has >>> survived. Many of the 1820 counties are missing. >>> >>> Many of the Cherokee had married into the European families and had >>> assimilated into the "white" culture. Especially the females. >>> >>> The Cherokee Rolls of the same time period were only taken in the >> strictest >>> of Cherokee territories. Reservation Rolls:1817 were those wishing to >> stay >>> in the east. They, in order to avoid the pressing encroachment on their >>> lands, had applied for a 640 tract of land in the East that would revert >> to >>> the government upon their death. Others on the Emigration Rolls 1817: >>> filed to emigrate to Arkansas country and then went on to Oklahoma after >> 1828. >>> >>> In 1835, the Henderson Roll lists over 16,000 Cherokee residing in AL, >>> GA, >>> TN, and NC that were to be removed to Oklahoma after 1838-1839 "Trail of >>> Tears". Many of those listed, avoided the trip. Some hid in the NC >>> mountains, others claimed to be white, still others were able to aquire >>> land through white friends, and never left. >>> >>> -Sherry >>> >>> >From: "Robert Jackson" <rljddj63650@charter.net> >>> >To: TNLINCOL-L@rootsweb.com >>> >Message-ID: <000601c50659$881969b0$0200a8c0@Jackson> >>> >Subject: Cherokee Indians on Early TN Census? >>> >MIME-Version: 1.0 >>> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; >> x-avg-checked=avg-ok-72407759 >>> > >>> >Does anyone know if full blooded Cherokee Indians would have been >>> >listed >>> on early Tennessee census....1820-1840? >>> > >>> >Robert L. Jackson >>> > >>> >>> Jesus is my rock! >>> >>> If you would like to know him also, visit: >>> http://www.godssimpleplan.org/gsps.html >>> >>> Visit my webpage! >>> http://www.sorrellsgenealogy.com >>> >>> Middle TN Cousins visit: >>> http://www.chestnutridgecousins.org >>> >>> Our hobby: >>> http://www.indiancreekproductions.com >>> >>> Searching East TN families: >>> ALEXANDER,ANDERSON,BRADBURN,BROOKS,BUIE,CLARK,CLAIBORNE, >>> COLEMAN,CRONDAS,DICKSON,ELLEDGE,EVANS,FARMER,HODGE/S, >>> INGLE,JAMES,LINN,LORD,McGHOILL,McINTIRE,McLEAN,MORECROFT, >>> PAINE/PAYNE,RANDLES,RHODES,SANDRIDGE,TEAGUE,and THURMAN >>> >>> Searching Middle TN families: >>> ALEXANDER,ALLEN,ANDERSON,BLALOCK,BOURLAND,BRENTS,BROWNE, >>> BURNES,CLAYTON,CONNALY,CONWELL,CORDING,COX,CREIGHTON, >>> CRITTENDEN,DAVIDSON,DAWSON,DEAL,FREEMAN,GALLAGHER, >>> GILBERT,GLIDEWELL,GRAHAM,HARRELL,HAWKINS,HAYES,HILL, >>> HOLLAND,KING,LAMBERT,LANDIN,LISTON,MARSH,MAXWELL, >>> McADAMS,McCANDLESS,McKNITT,McWHORTER,MEALER,MILLINGTON, >>> NASH,REDD,REESE,ROBERTS,RUSSELL,RYALLS,SCOTT,SIMPSON, >>> SMITH,SORRELL/S,TOLLY,TRENT,WAGSTER,WALLACE, >>> WHITE,WHITLOW,WHITSETT,and WILSON >>> >>> >>> ==== TNLINCOL Mailing List ==== >>> Other genealogical mailists and newsgroups: >> http://www.CyndisList.com/mailnews.htm >>> >>> ============================== >>> Search the US Census Collection. 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Thank you Sherry for this info. This might help me to find some more clues. Robert L. Jackson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark & Sherry Finchum" <finchums@usinternet.com> To: <TNLINCOL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 3:59 PM Subject: [LCT] Cherokees in TN 1820 > There would have been numerous Cherokee's on the 1820 TN Census. You just > won't find them listed as "Indian". You might find a listing as "M" for > Mulatto, if the census taker thought that their skin looked dark enough. > Most of them will just be listed as white. > > Of course, this is providing that the 1820 Census of their counties has > survived. Many of the 1820 counties are missing. > > Many of the Cherokee had married into the European families and had > assimilated into the "white" culture. Especially the females. > > The Cherokee Rolls of the same time period were only taken in the > strictest > of Cherokee territories. Reservation Rolls:1817 were those wishing to > stay > in the east. They, in order to avoid the pressing encroachment on their > lands, had applied for a 640 tract of land in the East that would revert > to > the government upon their death. Others on the Emigration Rolls 1817: > filed to emigrate to Arkansas country and then went on to Oklahoma after > 1828. > > In 1835, the Henderson Roll lists over 16,000 Cherokee residing in AL, GA, > TN, and NC that were to be removed to Oklahoma after 1838-1839 "Trail of > Tears". Many of those listed, avoided the trip. Some hid in the NC > mountains, others claimed to be white, still others were able to aquire > land through white friends, and never left. > > -Sherry > >>From: "Robert Jackson" <rljddj63650@charter.net> >>To: TNLINCOL-L@rootsweb.com >>Message-ID: <000601c50659$881969b0$0200a8c0@Jackson> >>Subject: Cherokee Indians on Early TN Census? >>MIME-Version: 1.0 >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; >>x-avg-checked=avg-ok-72407759 >> >>Does anyone know if full blooded Cherokee Indians would have been listed > on early Tennessee census....1820-1840? >> >>Robert L. Jackson >> > > Jesus is my rock! > > If you would like to know him also, visit: > http://www.godssimpleplan.org/gsps.html > > Visit my webpage! > http://www.sorrellsgenealogy.com > > Middle TN Cousins visit: > http://www.chestnutridgecousins.org > > Our hobby: > http://www.indiancreekproductions.com > > Searching East TN families: > ALEXANDER,ANDERSON,BRADBURN,BROOKS,BUIE,CLARK,CLAIBORNE, > COLEMAN,CRONDAS,DICKSON,ELLEDGE,EVANS,FARMER,HODGE/S, > INGLE,JAMES,LINN,LORD,McGHOILL,McINTIRE,McLEAN,MORECROFT, > PAINE/PAYNE,RANDLES,RHODES,SANDRIDGE,TEAGUE,and THURMAN > > Searching Middle TN families: > ALEXANDER,ALLEN,ANDERSON,BLALOCK,BOURLAND,BRENTS,BROWNE, > BURNES,CLAYTON,CONNALY,CONWELL,CORDING,COX,CREIGHTON, > CRITTENDEN,DAVIDSON,DAWSON,DEAL,FREEMAN,GALLAGHER, > GILBERT,GLIDEWELL,GRAHAM,HARRELL,HAWKINS,HAYES,HILL, > HOLLAND,KING,LAMBERT,LANDIN,LISTON,MARSH,MAXWELL, > McADAMS,McCANDLESS,McKNITT,McWHORTER,MEALER,MILLINGTON, > NASH,REDD,REESE,ROBERTS,RUSSELL,RYALLS,SCOTT,SIMPSON, > SMITH,SORRELL/S,TOLLY,TRENT,WAGSTER,WALLACE, > WHITE,WHITLOW,WHITSETT,and WILSON > > > ==== TNLINCOL Mailing List ==== > Other genealogical mailists and newsgroups: > http://www.CyndisList.com/mailnews.htm > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >

There would have been numerous Cherokee's on the 1820 TN Census. You just won't find them listed as "Indian". You might find a listing as "M" for Mulatto, if the census taker thought that their skin looked dark enough. Most of them will just be listed as white. Of course, this is providing that the 1820 Census of their counties has survived. Many of the 1820 counties are missing. Many of the Cherokee had married into the European families and had assimilated into the "white" culture. Especially the females. The Cherokee Rolls of the same time period were only taken in the strictest of Cherokee territories. Reservation Rolls:1817 were those wishing to stay in the east. They, in order to avoid the pressing encroachment on their lands, had applied for a 640 tract of land in the East that would revert to the government upon their death. Others on the Emigration Rolls 1817: filed to emigrate to Arkansas country and then went on to Oklahoma after 1828. In 1835, the Henderson Roll lists over 16,000 Cherokee residing in AL, GA, TN, and NC that were to be removed to Oklahoma after 1838-1839 "Trail of Tears". Many of those listed, avoided the trip. Some hid in the NC mountains, others claimed to be white, still others were able to aquire land through white friends, and never left. -Sherry >From: "Robert Jackson" <rljddj63650@charter.net> >To: TNLINCOL-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <000601c50659$881969b0$0200a8c0@Jackson> >Subject: Cherokee Indians on Early TN Census? >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-72407759 > >Does anyone know if full blooded Cherokee Indians would have been listed on early Tennessee census....1820-1840? > >Robert L. Jackson > Jesus is my rock! If you would like to know him also, visit: http://www.godssimpleplan.org/gsps.html Visit my webpage! http://www.sorrellsgenealogy.com Middle TN Cousins visit: http://www.chestnutridgecousins.org Our hobby: http://www.indiancreekproductions.com Searching East TN families: ALEXANDER,ANDERSON,BRADBURN,BROOKS,BUIE,CLARK,CLAIBORNE, COLEMAN,CRONDAS,DICKSON,ELLEDGE,EVANS,FARMER,HODGE/S, INGLE,JAMES,LINN,LORD,McGHOILL,McINTIRE,McLEAN,MORECROFT, PAINE/PAYNE,RANDLES,RHODES,SANDRIDGE,TEAGUE,and THURMAN Searching Middle TN families: ALEXANDER,ALLEN,ANDERSON,BLALOCK,BOURLAND,BRENTS,BROWNE, BURNES,CLAYTON,CONNALY,CONWELL,CORDING,COX,CREIGHTON, CRITTENDEN,DAVIDSON,DAWSON,DEAL,FREEMAN,GALLAGHER, GILBERT,GLIDEWELL,GRAHAM,HARRELL,HAWKINS,HAYES,HILL, HOLLAND,KING,LAMBERT,LANDIN,LISTON,MARSH,MAXWELL, McADAMS,McCANDLESS,McKNITT,McWHORTER,MEALER,MILLINGTON, NASH,REDD,REESE,ROBERTS,RUSSELL,RYALLS,SCOTT,SIMPSON, SMITH,SORRELL/S,TOLLY,TRENT,WAGSTER,WALLACE, WHITE,WHITLOW,WHITSETT,and WILSON

You can contact the Cherokee heritage center in Oklahoma. They do have all the records on the Cherokee Nation. It is worth a shot. Here is there link http://www.cherokeeheritage.org/ I did contact them on my Sanders line and was told they have all the records and can search for you for a fee. Good Luck Joy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark & Sherry Finchum" <finchums@usinternet.com> To: <TNLINCOL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 1:59 PM Subject: [LCT] Cherokees in TN 1820 > There would have been numerous Cherokee's on the 1820 TN Census. You just > won't find them listed as "Indian". You might find a listing as "M" for > Mulatto, if the census taker thought that their skin looked dark enough. > Most of them will just be listed as white. > > Of course, this is providing that the 1820 Census of their counties has > survived. Many of the 1820 counties are missing. > > Many of the Cherokee had married into the European families and had > assimilated into the "white" culture. Especially the females. > > The Cherokee Rolls of the same time period were only taken in the > strictest > of Cherokee territories. Reservation Rolls:1817 were those wishing to > stay > in the east. They, in order to avoid the pressing encroachment on their > lands, had applied for a 640 tract of land in the East that would revert > to > the government upon their death. Others on the Emigration Rolls 1817: > filed to emigrate to Arkansas country and then went on to Oklahoma after > 1828. > > In 1835, the Henderson Roll lists over 16,000 Cherokee residing in AL, GA, > TN, and NC that were to be removed to Oklahoma after 1838-1839 "Trail of > Tears". Many of those listed, avoided the trip. Some hid in the NC > mountains, others claimed to be white, still others were able to aquire > land through white friends, and never left. > > -Sherry > >>From: "Robert Jackson" <rljddj63650@charter.net> >>To: TNLINCOL-L@rootsweb.com >>Message-ID: <000601c50659$881969b0$0200a8c0@Jackson> >>Subject: Cherokee Indians on Early TN Census? >>MIME-Version: 1.0 >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; >>x-avg-checked=avg-ok-72407759 >> >>Does anyone know if full blooded Cherokee Indians would have been listed > on early Tennessee census....1820-1840? >> >>Robert L. Jackson >> > > Jesus is my rock! > > If you would like to know him also, visit: > http://www.godssimpleplan.org/gsps.html > > Visit my webpage! > http://www.sorrellsgenealogy.com > > Middle TN Cousins visit: > http://www.chestnutridgecousins.org > > Our hobby: > http://www.indiancreekproductions.com > > Searching East TN families: > ALEXANDER,ANDERSON,BRADBURN,BROOKS,BUIE,CLARK,CLAIBORNE, > COLEMAN,CRONDAS,DICKSON,ELLEDGE,EVANS,FARMER,HODGE/S, > INGLE,JAMES,LINN,LORD,McGHOILL,McINTIRE,McLEAN,MORECROFT, > PAINE/PAYNE,RANDLES,RHODES,SANDRIDGE,TEAGUE,and THURMAN > > Searching Middle TN families: > ALEXANDER,ALLEN,ANDERSON,BLALOCK,BOURLAND,BRENTS,BROWNE, > BURNES,CLAYTON,CONNALY,CONWELL,CORDING,COX,CREIGHTON, > CRITTENDEN,DAVIDSON,DAWSON,DEAL,FREEMAN,GALLAGHER, > GILBERT,GLIDEWELL,GRAHAM,HARRELL,HAWKINS,HAYES,HILL, > HOLLAND,KING,LAMBERT,LANDIN,LISTON,MARSH,MAXWELL, > McADAMS,McCANDLESS,McKNITT,McWHORTER,MEALER,MILLINGTON, > NASH,REDD,REESE,ROBERTS,RUSSELL,RYALLS,SCOTT,SIMPSON, > SMITH,SORRELL/S,TOLLY,TRENT,WAGSTER,WALLACE, > WHITE,WHITLOW,WHITSETT,and WILSON > > > ==== TNLINCOL Mailing List ==== > Other genealogical mailists and newsgroups: > http://www.CyndisList.com/mailnews.htm > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >

"Some people are reluctant to use the Family History Centers." As Bing Crosby once said, "Some people like to wear their shoes in the pool." Don't be shy of the LDS centers/stakes! It pays off. I will give one quick example, not LCT related, but it could just as well have been. I knew who my great-grandfather Wojciech "George" Zielinski was, but NOTHING about his family...and here it was, my own surname...!? It was years before an accidental, surprise letter led me to his niece in Illinois who, lo and behold, had married her cousin in her very later years. HER mom was my g-grandfather's sister, Marja...HIS dad, his brother Stanislaw. Two links with one letter! To this, I had a few pictures that indicated one photo was my g-g's sister, Antonina. Another photo was apparently his brother, Antoni. Lots of good guesswork, and some good info. So, one day I'm tooling around the LDS site, but instead of searching for marriages, etc., I searched for places. And I stuck in Helenków, reputedly my g-g's place of birth, a little village in present-day Ukraine. Do you know there was more than one hit? I mean, this town doesn't even show up on maps! You get the impression it makes Fayetteville look like the Big Apple. But there it is, plain as day. SO OFF I GO to the stake near me. Stakes are rare in this area, but that's the way I like 'em. I order some films. Down the road, they show up. And I find a load of Zielinski's. One....wow...it's my great-grandfather, Wojciech and those, yes, those are the people that should be his folks, based on my records, and wow, it s-a-y-s they are ... including the guy, his dad, who was on the ship that brought him over here. So it reconfirmed my ship records. And they also have a kid named Marja and one name Stanislaw. It's them! The brother and sister. And there's Antoni, also a son, and Antonina, also a daughter...! The supposed, now certain, brother and sister. And there's all the OTHER brothers and sisters, none of which were known to the family we have now in the U.S.! And here's some marriages. And here's some deaths. And in the main village of Kozowa...well, it appears it's the index listing the marriage of my second-great-grandparents, this bunch's folks! Mind you, these were just the indices, but did list parentage on each. Using this, I determined the Antonina Laskowski who wrote Polish letters to my grandaunt in St. Louis must be her Aunt Antonina Zielinski, and there indeed was her marriage to a Laskowski. And there was the birth of their daughter, Anna, who might still be alive, and in her 70's. Well, other letters from the same area in Poland listed an "Anna Chodyko," so I said...that's THE Anna, and she married a guy with that last name. Then I posted these findings on Genforum and the Ancestry message boards. It's a while down the road, but I get contacted by somebody in Poland who's from her city. Come to find out, her grandfather knows Anna Chodyko! He asks her if I can write, and she says yes. Long and short...we've started writing one another. I even got a Christmas card from Poland a month ago, with a little wafer they share that shows the Holy Family in the manger scene! Now I embark, with whomever I can find who is able to translate, on an attempt to find out from Anna what happened to her mom, dad, aunts and uncles, and grandparents... And all because I went to the LDS stake and went through the motions and ordered the film. It can happen to YOU, too........ But not if you never try. - jEz p.s.: And Happy 125th Birthday to W.C. Fields...! >>> Diane Casey <ILuvAZ@cox.net> 1/29/2005 2:40:22 AM >>> Several months ago, someone asked me where to get copies of the Village Messenger newspaper which was published in published: Fayetteville, Tenn. by Ebenezer Hill, [1823-1828]. I apologize that I don't remember who and right at this moment my email program won't let me into my saved messages folder. ARGH! :-) One of the places to see copies of this newspaper is your local Family History Center library. You can order the microfilm sent to your town. http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=398874&disp=Village+messenger+%28Fayetteville%2C+Ten%20%20&columns=*,0,0 (Sort of soapbox): Some people are reluctant to use the Family History Centers. I have been using them fore over 15 years and they have a very comprehensive collection of LCT books and resources. This library is available to all faiths. For instance, I am not LDS but have always been welcomed at these libraries. I wish more people would take advantage of the genealogical holdings there. (end soapbox) Also, if you look in the archives of this list, Linda Parrish submitted tidbits from the Village Messenger. I thought these were online somewhere but can't find the link. Diane ==== TNLINCOL Mailing List ==== Please capitalize SURNAMES in your posts. ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx

----- Original Message ----- From: "Virginia L. (Ginny) Keefer in LasVegas" <ginnykeefer@cox.net> To: <NCROWAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 8:20 PM Subject: Re: [NCRowan] Re: [NCRowan} William Willis > Hi Stella, Took a look at Ancestry.com to see if I could find any clues > for you. Not my line so I have not proven any of this material. > Also looked at Genealogy.com > > Genealogy.com- message from Lonnie Elaine Thompson dated June 5, 2000 E > Mail address then was ethom69057@aol.com > > She has a family tree on Joseph Yerby Willis to share. She states Joseph > is a son of William Willis and wife Cecily Coats. > > Lonnie states; > My Willis: Are Joseph Yerby Willis b 1820 NC married Lettice Williams > married 2/15/1842. They had 10 children. She was dau. of Hugh Williams > and Rachel Post. His father was William Willis and Cecily Coats. They > lived most of their lives in Shelby Co AL. I have a lot going forward but > not much going back. Lonnie mentioned a Willis family reunion in 1999. She > listed her phone #. > ** > Linda Mahan dated May 5, 2000 E Mail then was llmahon@aol.com > Looking for parents of Joseph Yerby Willis born 1820 Rowan Co NC married > Dec 5, 1842 Coosa Co AL to Lettice Ann Williams, Joseph died 1892 Shelby > Co AL. Rachel died 1888 Shelby Co AL. She has considerable info to share > she said. > ** > 1850 Shelby Co AL census > HH 1149 William Willis age 70 farmer b NC > Cecily age 50 b NC > John age 20 b TN > > HH 1144 Hugh M. Williams 60 b SC > Rachael 45 b SC > Sarah 22 [all children b AL} > Ninny? female 16 > Mary 14 > Wiley 12 > Ellen 8 > Rachel 7 > living next door to Hugh was; > > Barnett Williams 55 b SC > Nancy 40 TN? [hard to read] > Hugh 20 [all children b TN] > Tumpkin? male 18 > Sarah 15 > Wiley 10 > William 8 > Samuel 6 > > > Linda said Joseph Yerby Willis b 1820 Rowan Co NC had two brothers; Jim > and Wilburn Willis. > > She listed 9 children of Joseph Yerby Willis as; William M., John Wesley, > David R., George W. , Hillary Columbus, Sarah Ann, Joseph Yerby, William > Jr and Rachel Ellen Willis. > ** > 1880 Hunting Quarter, Carteret North Carolina Census has lots of Willis. > See if any are of interest to your research. Ginny K. > > Ephraim Willis 34 b NC fisherman > Abigail 25 NC wife > Alvaina dau 3 NC > > Joseph S. Willis 43 NC sailor > Armesia wife 35 NC > Sarah Ann 9 NC > > Walter Salter 40 NC > Abigail wife 35 NC > Zack Willis 26 NC both parents b NC > > Francis Mason 34 NC > Mary wife 29 NC > Louisa L. dau 6 [all ch born NC] > Abby J. 3 > Randolph 1 > David Mason, father, 65 b NC farmer > JOSEPH WILLIS other age 60 NC > Joseph Mason brother 31 NC > Elizabeth Mason sister 29 NC > James Mason brother 26 NC fisherman > David L. Mason brother 24 NC fisherman > Warren Mason brother 21 NC merchant > Willis Mason brother 18 NC fisherman > > Joseph Willis 30 NC both parents b NC > Caroline wife 20 NC > Denard L. son 2 NC > > James W. Willis 35 NC both parents b NC fisherman > Mary E. Wife 34 NC > Sabra dau 12 NC > Eli A. Salter son 20 NC fisherman > > Eason T. Willis 64 b NC both parents b NC fisherman > Frances E. wife 58 NC. > > Clifford Mason 79 NC both parents b NC > Willis S. Mason daughter 43 NC > Joseph W. Mason son in law 42 NC > Lydia A. other 19 NC. > > Miriam Willis self 62 NC both parents b NC > Miriam Willis34 NC dau > Elizabeth Willis dau 37 NC > David J. Willis son 25 NC > Moisy A. Willis dau 21 NC > Alice Willis granddaughter 12 NC > James Willis grandson 9 NC > > Reuben S. Fulcher male 30 NC both parents b NC fisherman > Debra wife 31 NC > Ephraim son 6 NC > John H. son 4 NC > Thamar dau 2 NC > James P. Willis father in law age 54 b NC > > Elizabeth Fulcher 49 NC both parents b NC > Isaiah Willis brother 46 NC > Mary Fulcher dau 23 NC > George H. son 18 NC > Britty dau. 17 NC > Martha 15 NC > Elijah Ann dau 12 NC > Mitchell son 8 NC > > Maria Willis 70 b NC, both parents b NC > David Willis son 25 NC > Elizabeth Golding dau. 9 NC > > Mitchell Willis 41 NC both parents b NC > Louise wife 30 NC > Hendrix son 12 [all ch b NC] > Atwell son 10 > Margaret C. 6 > Julia C. 5 > Belville son 2 > > Rosa Smith 42 NC both parents b NC > Elijah son 21 [all ch born NC] > Wallis son 19 > Hetty dau 18 > Kilby son 14 > John L. son 12 > Melissa 10 > Andrew J. Willis other 40 NC fisherman both parents b NC > Augustus Willis age 17 NC other > > >*** Ancestry.com posted by Duane Clark Nov 2001 Amos Merrell b ca 1788 Rowan Co NC, died 1869 Shelby Co AL. son of Jonathan Merrell b 1765 Jersey Settlement, Rowan Co NC and Nancy Elliott b Sept 1772 Potts Creek Section, Rowan Co NC. Amos married ca 1809 Rowan Co NC to Frances Coats b ca 1790 NC. Children; 1. Benjamin b 1811 Rowan Co NC 2. Junior Amos b 1813 " 3. Charles b 1816 " 4. Richmond b 8 May 1817 Rowan Co NC 5. Samuel b ca 1819 " Rowan Co NC 6. Jonathan b 1820 Lincoln Co TN 7. Wiley B. b 9 Oct 1821 Lincoln Co TN 8. Fannie b 13 Dec 1823 " 9. Nancy b 1824 " 10. Lucy b ca 1825 " 11. Azariah b 1826 " 12. Bill b Mar 1828 " 13. Cynthia b ca 1830 Frances Coats died ca 1870 Spring Creek, Shelby Co AL Benjamin Merrell, son of Amos and Frances, born 1811 Rowan Co NC, d bef 1880 Shelby Co AL. married Martha Page b 1814 AL. md ca 1832. Children; 1. Frances b 1834 Shelby Co AL 2. Nancy b 1836 " 3. Matilda Ann b 1838 " 4. Samuel b 1840 " 5. Amos b 1842 " 6. Woot b 1845 " 7. Albert B. b 1848 " 8. Martha b 1850 " 9. William C. b 1852 Junior Amos Merrell b 1813 Rowan Co NC, died bef 1880 Franklin Co AL, Bethlehem Cemetery. Information is given that Amos died in Haleyville, Franklin Co AL. Amos married Betty [Elizabeth?] ___. on 18 May 1834 Shelby Co AL. Children; 1. Jonathan b 1835 Shelby Co AL 2. Paralee b 1838 " 3. Nancy C. b ca 1840 " 4. Sarah Elizabeth b 18 Mar 1842 " 5. Martha A. b 1844 " 6. Green Lawrence b Apr 1845 " 7. Mahalia b 29 Aug 1848 " 8. Alpha J. b 1853 " 9. Sophia b 1857 " 10. Mary J. b 1863 " 11. Bill Cain Charles Merrell b 1816 Rowan Co NC, died Spring Creek, Shelby Co AL, son of Amos and Frances. Married Emily Quinn 20 FEb 1840. No children listed? Richmond Merrell b 8 May, 1817 Rowan Co NC, d 3 Nov 1863 Shelby Co AL, son of Amos and Frances. Married Dorcas E. Williams b 19 Nov 1826 AL< md 5 Dec 1847 Shelby Co AL. Children; 1. Alfred H. b 28 Mar 1849 Shelby Co AL 2. Rachel W. b 6 Mar 1851 " 3. Sarah b 20 June 1858 " 4. Sanders C. b 1856 " 5. Susan MInerva b 6 Sept 1858 " 6. Governor Winston b 11 Dec 1860 " 7. Twin Laurenia F. b 18 Mar 1863 " 8. twin Parthene b 18 Mar 1863 " Samuel Merrell b ca 1819 Rowan Co NC, died 1892 Shelby Co AL, son of Amos and Frances/ Married Polly [Mary?] ___ 3 Aug 1843 Coosa Co AL. Children; 1. Puss 2. Alex b 1848 Shelby Co AL 3. Aunt Nancy b 14 June 1849 " 4. Hugh Mathis b 14 June 1851 " 5. Nelly b 1855 " 6. Board? b 1856 " 7. James C. b 1857 " 8. Amos Jr. b 6 April 1859 " 9. Richmond b 6 June 1866 Shelby Co AL 10. Sally [Sarah?] b ca 1868 Jonathan Merrell b 1820 Lincoln Co TN, son of Amos and Frances, married Lucinda Green on 27 July 1845 Shelby Co AL. Wiley B. Merrell b 9 Oct 1821 Lincoln Co TN, d 28 April 1870 Spring Creek, Shelby Co AL. married Hannah Frances Mason b 18 Sept 1824 NC. Married 3 Sept 1846 Shelby Co AL. Children; 1. Ella 2. David M. b 9 Nov 1847 Shelby Co AL 3.Charles Allen b 28 Mar 1849 " 4. Judge P b 1853 5. Irera Elizabeth b 31 Mar 1854 " 6. Lucy Frances b 21 Dec 1857 " 7. Wiley G. b 19 Nov 1860 " 8. Allen b ca 1864 " Wiley md 2nd Mary E. Gardner md 5 Nov 1868 Shelby Co AL. No children listed. Fannie ___ b 13 Dec 1823 Lincoln Co TN, died 15 Aug 1871 Shelby Co AL. dau of Amos and Frances. Married Samuel Skelly Jackson b 19 March 1831 , married 20 Oct 1853 Shelby Co AL. Children; 1. Verzillia Ann b 16 Aug 1854 Shelby Co AL 2. James Azariah b 27 Oct 1856 " 3. William Andrew b 2 Dec 1858 " 4. Frances Balzora b 8 Sept 1861 " 5. Sammie b 19 June 1860 Shelby Co AL Nancy Merrell b ca 1824, dau of Amos and Frances, married William Lindsey 10 June 1845 Shelby Co AL. No ch listed. Lucy Merrell b ca 1825, dau of Amos and Frances, married Charles Lindsey 31 Mar 1846 Shelby Co AL. No ch listed. Azariah Merrell b 1826 Lincoln Co TN, d 12 June 1855 Shelby Co AL, son of Amos and Frances, married Nancy Autry b 1828 AL md 15 Oct 1851 Shelby Co AL. Children; 1. Mary b 1852 Shelby Co AL 2. Jonathan b 1854 " Bill Merrell b Mar 1828 Lincoln Co TN, died 1902 Shelby Co AL> son of Amos and Frances. Married Wlizabeth ___ b Dec 1843. md 1897. No ch listed. Bill md 2nd Priscilla Williams b 1832 AL, md 15 Mar 1840 Shelby Co AL. children; 1. Airs ? b 28 Mar 1850 Shelby Co AL 2. Alice Ann b 12 April 1854 " 3. Jemima Jane b 18 Aug 1855 " 4. Frances Ann b 10 May 1857 " 5. Rachel b 1859 " 6. Junior William S. b Feb 1862 " Jonathan Merrell b 1765 Jersey Settlement, Rowan Co NC, died 3 Mar 1849 Lincoln, Giles, Bedford or Moore Co TN. Son of BEnjamin Merrell b ca 1727 NC and Jemima Smith. Married 25 Sept 1787 Rowan Co NC to Nancy Elliott. Children; 1. Amos b ca 1788 Rowan Co NC 2. Nellie b 1 Nov 1790 " 3. William E. b 3 Aug 1792 " 4. Jean N. b ca 1794 " 5. Jonathan Junior b ca 1796 " 6. Nancy b ca 1798 " 7. Benjamin b 18 Jan 1802 " 8. Jemima b 18 april 1804 " 9. Mary b ca 1806 " 10. Cynthia b ca 1808 Rowan Co NC. 11. Susan b ca 1812 " 12. Pathenia b ca 1814 " Benjamin Merrell b ca 17278 NC, d 19 June 1771 Hillsboro, Rowan Co NC. married Jemima Smith ca 1747 Rowan Co NC. Children; 1. Samuel b ca 1748 Hopewell , N. J. 2. Andrew b ca 1752 3. William b ca 1754 " 4. Charles b Nov 1761 5. John b 11 Dec 1750 " 6. Penelope b ca 1755 Rowan Co NC 7. Nancy b ca 1762 " 8. Elijah b 1763 " 9. Jonathan b 1765 Rowan Co NC. Andrew Smith married Anne Mershon b 1732 Hopewell, N.J. Anne died ca 1802 Rowan Co NC. One child listed; 1. Jemima Smith above in family. Enough and too much already. I am not related. This is all I have on this family and not proven by me. Ginny Keefer >

Does anyone know if full blooded Cherokee Indians would have been listed on early Tennessee census....1820-1840? Robert L. Jackson

Here's the link for the TN counties that have Goodspeed Bios. My belief is that you should go to the county where your ancestor was living in roughly 1885 or so and look for them there. http://www.tngenweb.org/goodspeed/ Diane

Several months ago, someone asked me where to get copies of the Village Messenger newspaper which was published in published: Fayetteville, Tenn. by Ebenezer Hill, [1823-1828]. I apologize that I don't remember who and right at this moment my email program won't let me into my saved messages folder. ARGH! :-) One of the places to see copies of this newspaper is your local Family History Center library. You can order the microfilm sent to your town. http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=398874&disp=Village+messenger+%28Fayetteville%2C+Ten%20%20&columns=*,0,0 (Sort of soapbox): Some people are reluctant to use the Family History Centers. I have been using them fore over 15 years and they have a very comprehensive collection of LCT books and resources. This library is available to all faiths. For instance, I am not LDS but have always been welcomed at these libraries. I wish more people would take advantage of the genealogical holdings there. (end soapbox) Also, if you look in the archives of this list, Linda Parrish submitted tidbits from the Village Messenger. I thought these were online somewhere but can't find the link. Diane

There appears to be a history of Smithland book. See: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnlincol/biblio.htm Almost to the bottom of the page there is: Smithland : a history of Smithland, Champ, Shady Grove, Warren Hollow, and the 25th District of Lincoln County, Tennessee by: Crawford, Reuben 1986 Try your library's interlibrary loan to see if they can get a copy.

Joy- I am not researching SMITH's in LCT. Please take the information below only as a lead. I really don't have any more info than this. I don't have a total answer to your question. I am going to do a 'brain dump' of everything known about Smithland. LCT Pioneers Vol VIII, No. 2&3, page 49. From Fayetteville Observer May 7, 1885 "The largest store in the County. which was half a mile square, has been destroyed, not by fire which has become so common of late, but by the powers at Washington. We refer to the corporation of George Store and Postoffice that have passed into oblivion, the place now bears the name Smithland." NOTE: This was first known as Arnold's Store, then George Store and in 1885 Smithland. JNJ LCT Goodspeed Biographies, published in 1887. Richard Smith (b. 1827), son of Richard Smith and Elizabeth Arwood Smith; Owned business called Smithland. You can read the Goodspeed Bio for Richard Smith and your Rev. Smith at: http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~pearidger/history/gdlctbio.shtml This may help - my notes in [] In 1878 [Rev.] A. P. Smith entered the Tennessee Conference as a Methodist Episcopal minister, and in 1880 entered the editorial profession, and edited the Upper Cumberland, a Democratic paper, but four years [1884] later disposed of it, and engaged in agriculture. local minister, and delivers many lectures in favor of temperance. And lastly, if you could take a look at my information about Rev. Smith at: http://www.azcaseys.com/lookups/lct1850/index.html and make any corrections that you know of, I'd greatly appreciate it. It is always fun to sort out Smith's! Hope this helps! Diane P.S. to LCT list: If you haven't already looked at this - the Goodspeed Biographies are very helpful. Go to link above and do a 'find' in you browser for your surname. Don't just scroll through the list alphabetically as other surname are embedded within write-up for the different families. These were published for many counties in TN. Not sure when the other counties were published but the LCT one was published in 1887. ========================================================================= "Joy Smith" <joy0420@charter.net> wrote: <mailto:joy0420@charter.net> Can anyone tell me - Did Smithland get it's name from the Rev. Joseph Smith, Methodist Circuit Rider, buried behind Turkey Creek Methodist Church outside Lynchburg, TN? Joy

Patti: Thank you for sending along this web address. It is most helpful and I suggest all on this list check it out. Julia

I'm researching the Vickers/Locke/Mullins/Jones lines of LCT. On the Tax list in 1836-John Vickers, Jeremiah Vickers, Ezekial Vickers and Elijah Vickers. All are on the census in 1840. Than in 1843 John Vicker, Sr. dies. He's sons are in 1850 census. Elijah Vicare 36 Ga, Isabella 35 Tn, Malinda 14 tn, William,12 Tn., Martha, 10 tn, Josuha, 8 tn., J.K. Polk, 6 tn., Lucretia, 3 tn. O.W. H, 1 tn. p. 406 [Martha Ann Vickers md Andrew Jackson Mullins are my ggggrandparents] Ezekial Vicars 50 Ga., Polly 49, Nc. Thomas 20, tn, Elijah 9, Henderson15, Elizabeth 13, Nancy 4, James 8, Zebulan 6, Ezekile Polk 3, p.407 [Where did they go after 1850?????] Zebulon Vickers 31 Tn, Mary {Mullins] 31 Va., Almira 4, Rufus 2. p.397. Another son I believe in Giles Co., Tn . John J Vickers, 44, Tn, Eliza R. 37, Martha J 12, Nancy E., 10, Joseph L 8, Julia E. 6, Mary M. 4, Rebecca F. 1, p. 906. Jeremiah Vickers is missing does anyone know anything about him?? Could Mary Vickers found in LCT census in 1850 be his wife?? Mary Vickars 40 T., Rebecca 22, Jane 20, Sarah 17, John 15, Elijah 11, Emaline 9, William 22, p. 399 If anyone knows anything about any of these people or lines I would appreicate your help. Cindy Cantrell Mears --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search presents - Jib Jab's 'Second Term'

Thank you Julia for the information about how to obtain Settlement records from my Index book. I will send request today. I always used Frances in the past. A lovely lady. Ginny K