I have no need for Elisha Woods Death Certificate but was wondering if you could do a look up for me. My GGgrandfather John Moore Smith b.abt 1823-24 in I believe Wilson Co. Tn.don't have father or mothers name married to a Mary E. Conyers May 3 1845. He and Mary are buried in Rough Creek Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery or so I have been told. (no marker). This is in Allen County Ky. Scottsville area. He lived in New Roe Ky. and in earlier days Sumner Co. Tn.I need a death date and a certificate if possible. Thanks so much for any help that you can give. Please let me know if there is anything more that you need to know before getting the certificate. Grannyangel41@aol.com

I have a copy of the original Tennessee Death Certificate for the following person: Name: Elisha Woods Age at Death: 72 Race: White Date of Birth: April 1, 1859 in Macon County, TN. Date of Death: May 28, 1931 in Lafayette, Macon County, TN. Parents Names: Wesley Woods and Elizabeth Cox If anyone would like a copy of the certificate, please contact me at kaitysmom@peoplestel.net I would be glad to share: In Christ, Melissa Barker Genealogy Researcher/Family Historian RAOGK Volunteer Have Access to Tennessee Death Certificates for Years 1908-1954 for ALL Counties Have Access to Tennessee Birth Certificates for Years 1908-1912 for ALL Counties Will Do Tennessee Document Searches and Some Kentucky Document Searches WILL DO LOOK UPS!!

Hello all, I am pleased to announce the addition to the African/American section of the Macon TNGenWeb Project. Donna Corbin has kindly contributed a letter written to Robert Dotson from his sister, It is dated 1924 and is very interesting. Also the queries have been updated. Shelta Visit Ridge Runner Publications at http://ridgerunnerpublications.50megs.com ___________________________________________________ Try the New Netscape Mail Today! Virtually Spam-Free | More Storage | Import Your Contact List http://mail.netscape.com

I HOPE THAT SOMEONE ON THE MACON COUNTY LIST CAN HELP. Would you have in your possession the death records for Richard Montague Knight b.1854 d. 1933 Macon Co TN Also his wife Nancy Margaret Knight (nee Knight) b.1858 b.1938 Macon Co TN? Thank you. I appreciate any assistance you can provide. Sharon Tabor

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If anyone has a picture of the Williams School that was located on Williams Road, please let me know as I will gladly pay for a copy. Thank you, -- Brenda Knight Edwards Always searching...Adcock,Bandy, Beasley,Bruce,Blankenship,Cliborn, Claiborn,Cope,Dallas,Edwards, Goodner,Gregory,Hargis,Hesson, Jenkins,Knight,Poteete,Rankhorn, Roark,Roberts,Tuck

Hello, I am looking for a picture of Laura Lowetta Simmons and her husband Charles (Charlie) McWhirter. Laura was a daughter of Calvin G. and Gilla H. Hammock Simmons. Charles was a son of Thomas S. and Lucinda Caldwell. Thanks so much! Sandy Simmons Mince

I was wondering if anyone had any information on JAMES SPENCER VAUGHAN/VAUGHN and his wife MABLE GOLLIHER VAUGHAN/VAUGHN. Spencer was born in 1874 in Sumner Co., Tn. and was the son of WILLIAM HENRY VAUGHAN/VAUGHN and S.J. BRAKE VAUGHAN. MABLE GOLLIHER was born in 1890 and died in 1978. They are both buried in the Gallatin Cem. I know they lived in Texas, not sure if they married there or not, but no record in Sumner Co., Tn. They came back to Tennessee as some point and are buried here. Spencer was in the Spanish American War and was a conductor for the Santa Fe Railroad. Thanks for any help! Sandy Simmons Mince

That was fun! He must be related to me!! I have been searching for YEARS for the same Macon ancestor and his parents! No luck!! Sandy >From: "Nita Lawing" <TNAncestor@msn.com> >Reply-To: TNMACON-L@rootsweb.com >To: TNMACON-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [TNMACON] New Year's Resolution >Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 21:16:41 -0700 > >I hope this is appropriate for this list. It's too good to pass up. > > >It is New Year's Eve 1852 and my ancestor sits at his desk by candlelight. >He dips his quill pen in ink and begins to write his New Year's >resolutions. > >1. No man is truly well-educated unless he learns to spell his name at >least three different ways within the same document. I resolve to give the >appearance of being extremely well-educated in the coming year. > >2. I resolve to see to it that all of my children will have the same names >that my ancestors have used for six generations in a row. > >3. My age is no one's business but my own. I hereby resolve to never list >the same age or birth year twice on any document. > >4. I resolve to have each of my children baptized in a different church -- >either in a different faith or in a different parish. Every third child >will not be baptized at all or will be baptized by an itinerant minister >who keeps no records. > >5. I resolve to move to a new town, new county, or new state at least every >10 years -- just before those pesky enumerators come around asking silly >questions. > >6. I will make every attempt to reside in counties and towns where no >vital records are maintained or where the courthouse burns down every few >years. > >7. I resolve to join an obscure religious cult that does not believe in >record keeping and I will not participate in military service. > >8. When the tax collector comes to my door, I'll loan him my pen, which >has been dipped in rapidly fading blue ink. > >9. I resolve that if my beloved wife Mary should die, I will marry another >Mary. > >10. I resolve not to make a will. Who needs to spend money on a lawyer. > > > >==== TNMACON Mailing List ==== >Shelta Shrum and Barbara Hutchinson invite you to -- ><a href="http://www.tngennet.org/macon"> VISIT THE MACON COUNTY, TENNESSEE >WEBPAGE!</A> >

I hope this is appropriate for this list. It's too good to pass up. It is New Year's Eve 1852 and my ancestor sits at his desk by candlelight. He dips his quill pen in ink and begins to write his New Year's resolutions. 1. No man is truly well-educated unless he learns to spell his name at least three different ways within the same document. I resolve to give the appearance of being extremely well-educated in the coming year. 2. I resolve to see to it that all of my children will have the same names that my ancestors have used for six generations in a row. 3. My age is no one's business but my own. I hereby resolve to never list the same age or birth year twice on any document. 4. I resolve to have each of my children baptized in a different church -- either in a different faith or in a different parish. Every third child will not be baptized at all or will be baptized by an itinerant minister who keeps no records. 5. I resolve to move to a new town, new county, or new state at least every 10 years -- just before those pesky enumerators come around asking silly questions. 6. I will make every attempt to reside in counties and towns where no vital records are maintained or where the courthouse burns down every few years. 7. I resolve to join an obscure religious cult that does not believe in record keeping and I will not participate in military service. 8. When the tax collector comes to my door, I'll loan him my pen, which has been dipped in rapidly fading blue ink. 9. I resolve that if my beloved wife Mary should die, I will marry another Mary. 10. I resolve not to make a will. Who needs to spend money on a lawyer.

Nita will you contact me at my personal e-mail address......jstaze@comcast.net Thanks, Joyce On Jan 25, 2006, at 9:26 PM, Nita Lawing wrote: > Joyce, > Have been away from my computer for a long while. I have a lot of > info on the Whitley Family (my husband's grandmother was Della > Maggie Whitley Nixon) of Macon County. Have you obtained any info > from your email? I will be happy to share. > > Nita Lovelady Lawing > Sahuarita, AZ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Joyce Stasel > To: TNMACON-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 10:20 AM > Subject: [TNMACON] West/Whitley > > > Looking for information on the West/Whitley families of Macon Co. > Thanks, Joyce > > > ==== TNMACON Mailing List ==== > Connect to distant cousins! > <a href="http://www.tngennet.org/macon"> VISIT THE MACON COUNTY, > TENNESSEE WEBPAGE!</A> > > > > ==== TNMACON Mailing List ==== > SHARE YOUR MACON COUNTY FAMILY DATA WITH OTHERS AND CONNECT TO > DISTANT COUSINS.... > <a href="http://www.tngennet.org/macon"> VISIT THE MACON COUNTY, > TENNESSEE WEBPAGE!</A> >

Joyce, Have been away from my computer for a long while. I have a lot of info on the Whitley Family (my husband's grandmother was Della Maggie Whitley Nixon) of Macon County. Have you obtained any info from your email? I will be happy to share. Nita Lovelady Lawing Sahuarita, AZ ----- Original Message ----- From: Joyce Stasel To: TNMACON-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 10:20 AM Subject: [TNMACON] West/Whitley Looking for information on the West/Whitley families of Macon Co. Thanks, Joyce ==== TNMACON Mailing List ==== Connect to distant cousins! <a href="http://www.tngennet.org/macon"> VISIT THE MACON COUNTY, TENNESSEE WEBPAGE!</A>

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I am researching Nancy Carver Hughes, She was Nancy Carver before she married John Hughes. Do not know what her maiden name was. I do know they had a daughter around 1840 to 1845 by the name of Nancy Hughes and in the census you can find her listed with her mother Nancy Carver Hughes as Nancy Hughes Staley with 3 children. Are there any records on the Carvers, Staleys in Summner Co between 1838 to 1890 Godspeed Jeannie

Well you I have been off line for almost 20 months. In that time My mother has a massive heart attack and strock. We brought her home and then Dad got sick in Nov. was in the hospital came home for Christmas, Back into Hospital dec 31,2004, He died 02/11/2005 My sister was here and she almost died then. Mother is living with me and on 12/14/2005 the leukemia claimed my sister and she went home to the Lord like dad did on 02/11/2005. Samuel Issac Gregory 10-19-1917 02-11-2005 Sylvia Kathryn Gregory Denkler 05-21-1954 12-14-20 Shelta can you please input this onto the Cassitty, Climer, Kirby, Gregory History for me. I am having trouble with my internet right now. Going to try and get a new computer next month. Jeannie Godspeed

Thanks Mary for checking the Macon Co. census. The info I have is that Jonas was born and reared in Macon Co. but at some point (I don't know when) moved to Smith Co. I have exhausted every avenue I know in Smith Co., and still find no info on Martha T. I have Bro. Cal's books; he gives more information on my branch of the Whitley family than I have found any place else. Still nothing on Martha T. I have the Smith Co. History book. Very little on our family. I have books from Smith and Trousdale Co's if you should need a look up. On Jan 14, 2006, at 8:10 AM, Mary Pryor wrote: > I do not see Jonas Whitley son of Kinchen Whitley in Macon County > census after 1880. We have him listed mistakenly as James in that > census. I do not find a Martha West in that census. Have you > checked Smith County, TN website for marriages? > > Joyce Stasel <jstaze@comcast.net> wrote: Hi Mary, thanks for > responding to my question. My Whitley family > settled in Red Boiling Spgs. Taylor Whitley arrived in Macon Co. in > the early 1800's. Taylor was the s/o Jonas. My line is Jonas, > Taylor, Kinchen and Jonas (my grandfather). My grandmother is Martha > T. West. I have no information on Martha. In the Hoke West book (pg > 288), I find a Martha T. d/o George T. and Josephine Dillard. The > date given for Martha's birth is 1866; the date I have for Martha is > 1867. I think there is a good possibility that this is my > grandmother, however I have no way of tying her in with the > Whitley's. Any information you may have would be greatly > appreciated. Joyce jstaze@comcast.net > On Jan 11, 2006, at 6:06 AM, Mary Pryor wrote: > >> Ask the questions. We'll try to answer them. I have done some >> research on the Whitley family in Macon County. >> >> Joyce Stasel wrote: Looking for information >> on the West/Whitley families of Macon Co. >> Thanks, Joyce >> >> >> ==== TNMACON Mailing List ==== >> Connect to distant cousins! >> VISIT THE MACON COUNTY, TENNESSEE WEBPAGE! >> >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------- >> Yahoo! Photos >> Ring in the New Year with Photo Calendars. Add photos, events, >> holidays, whatever. >> >> >> ==== TNMACON Mailing List ==== >> This list is for sharing Macon County, TN. Genealogy!! >> VISIT THE MACON COUNTY, >> TENNESSEE WEBPAGE! >> > > > ==== TNMACON Mailing List ==== > SHARE YOUR MACON COUNTY FAMILY DATA WITH OTHERS AND CONNECT TO > DISTANT COUSINS.... > VISIT THE MACON COUNTY, TENNESSEE WEBPAGE! > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Photos – Showcase holiday pictures in hardcover > Photo Books. You design it and we’ll bind it! > > > ==== TNMACON Mailing List ==== > Are your Ancestors from Macon County, TN? You may still have some > connections there.... > <a href="http://www.tngennet.org/macon"> VISIT THE MACON COUNTY, > TENNESSEE WEBPAGE!</A> >

I do not see Jonas Whitley son of Kinchen Whitley in Macon County census after 1880. We have him listed mistakenly as James in that census. I do not find a Martha West in that census. Have you checked Smith County, TN website for marriages? Joyce Stasel <jstaze@comcast.net> wrote: Hi Mary, thanks for responding to my question. My Whitley family settled in Red Boiling Spgs. Taylor Whitley arrived in Macon Co. in the early 1800's. Taylor was the s/o Jonas. My line is Jonas, Taylor, Kinchen and Jonas (my grandfather). My grandmother is Martha T. West. I have no information on Martha. In the Hoke West book (pg 288), I find a Martha T. d/o George T. and Josephine Dillard. The date given for Martha's birth is 1866; the date I have for Martha is 1867. I think there is a good possibility that this is my grandmother, however I have no way of tying her in with the Whitley's. Any information you may have would be greatly appreciated. Joyce jstaze@comcast.net On Jan 11, 2006, at 6:06 AM, Mary Pryor wrote: > Ask the questions. We'll try to answer them. I have done some > research on the Whitley family in Macon County. > > Joyce Stasel wrote: Looking for information > on the West/Whitley families of Macon Co. > Thanks, Joyce > > > ==== TNMACON Mailing List ==== > Connect to distant cousins! > VISIT THE MACON COUNTY, TENNESSEE WEBPAGE! > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Photos > Ring in the New Year with Photo Calendars. Add photos, events, > holidays, whatever. > > > ==== TNMACON Mailing List ==== > This list is for sharing Macon County, TN. Genealogy!! > VISIT THE MACON COUNTY, > TENNESSEE WEBPAGE! > ==== TNMACON Mailing List ==== SHARE YOUR MACON COUNTY FAMILY DATA WITH OTHERS AND CONNECT TO DISTANT COUSINS.... VISIT THE MACON COUNTY, TENNESSEE WEBPAGE! --------------------------------- Yahoo! Photos – Showcase holiday pictures in hardcover Photo Books. You design it and we’ll bind it!

Do you have any connection to the Mary (Martha) West that was married to William Mince/Mintz? They lived in Smith Co. Tn. Sandy -----Original Message----- From: Joyce Stasel [mailto:jstaze@comcast.net] Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 8:52 PM To: TNMACON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TNMACON] West/Whitley Thanks so much. The information I need is the family of Martha T. West, that was married to Jonas Whitley. Someone may have information on Martha T. West's (pg 288 Hoke West's book) siblings that would help to tie Martha in to the Whitley family, if in fact this is my grandmother. I do now know the name of any of her siblings. Thanks for responding, and I would appreciate any information you may have. I live in Oregon but I grew up in Pleasant Shade (Smith Co.) Tn. Joyce Whitley Stasel jstaze@comcast.net On Jan 11, 2006, at 5:36 PM, dnyellis wrote: > Joyce, > > I have some info on some of the West in the Hoke West book. I'll > help if I can. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joyce Stasel" <jstaze@comcast.net> > To: <TNMACON-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 10:40 AM > Subject: Re: [TNMACON] West/Whitley > > >> Hi Mary, thanks for responding to my question. My Whitley family >> settled in Red Boiling Spgs. Taylor Whitley arrived in Macon Co. >> in the early 1800's. Taylor was the s/o Jonas. My line is >> Jonas, Taylor, Kinchen and Jonas (my grandfather). My >> grandmother is Martha T. West. I have no information on Martha. >> In the Hoke West book (pg 288), I find a Martha T. d/o George T. >> and Josephine Dillard. The date given for Martha's birth is >> 1866; the date I have for Martha is 1867. I think there is a >> good possibility that this is my grandmother, however I have no >> way of tying her in with the Whitley's. Any information you may >> have would be greatly appreciated. Joyce jstaze@comcast.net >> On Jan 11, 2006, at 6:06 AM, Mary Pryor wrote: >> >>> Ask the questions. We'll try to answer them. I have done some >>> research on the Whitley family in Macon County. >>> >>> Joyce Stasel <jstaze@comcast.net> wrote: Looking for >>> information on the West/Whitley families of Macon Co. >>> Thanks, Joyce >>> >>> >>> ==== TNMACON Mailing List ==== >>> Connect to distant cousins! >>> VISIT THE MACON COUNTY, TENNESSEE WEBPAGE! >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------- >>> Yahoo! Photos >>> Ring in the New Year with Photo Calendars. Add photos, events, >>> holidays, whatever. >>> >>> >>> ==== TNMACON Mailing List ==== >>> This list is for sharing Macon County, TN. Genealogy!! >>> <a href="http://www.tngennet.org/macon"> VISIT THE MACON COUNTY, >>> TENNESSEE WEBPAGE!</A> >>> >> >> >> ==== TNMACON Mailing List ==== >> SHARE YOUR MACON COUNTY FAMILY DATA WITH OTHERS AND CONNECT TO >> DISTANT COUSINS.... >> <a href="http://www.tngennet.org/macon"> VISIT THE MACON COUNTY, >> TENNESSEE WEBPAGE!</A> >> > > > ==== TNMACON Mailing List ==== > Connect to distant cousins! > <a href="http://www.tngennet.org/macon"> VISIT THE MACON COUNTY, > TENNESSEE WEBPAGE!</A> > ==== TNMACON Mailing List ==== List your Macon County, TN. Family Names!! <a href="http://www.tngennet.org/macon"> VISIT THE MACON COUNTY, TENNESSEE WEBPAGE!</A> -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.15/223 - Release Date: 1/6/2006

Edward, I am not doing any research on the Dies/Dias family except to try and figure out why my husband's gg-grandfather Samuel Lamb, was living with David Dyas, age 53, in the 1860 Macon County, Dixon Springs Census. Other family members were Jane, age 53, Louiza, age 28, David, age 20, Jackson, age 15, Samuel Lamb, age 14, and Emiline Satterfield, age 18. Brenda

I have no connection to a Mary Martha West married to Mince/Mintz. Sorry but Mince/Mintz was not a familiar name in my area of Smith Co. when I grew up there (30's & 40's). Joyce On Jan 12, 2006, at 1:15 PM, sandym717 wrote: > Do you have any connection to the Mary (Martha) West that was > married to > William Mince/Mintz? They lived in Smith Co. Tn. > > Sandy > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joyce Stasel [mailto:jstaze@comcast.net] > Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 8:52 PM > To: TNMACON-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [TNMACON] West/Whitley > > Thanks so much. The information I need is the family of Martha T. > West, that was married to Jonas Whitley. Someone may have > information on Martha T. West's (pg 288 Hoke West's book) siblings > that would help to tie Martha in to the Whitley family, if in fact > this is my grandmother. I do now know the name of any of her > siblings. Thanks for responding, and I would appreciate any > information you may have. I live in Oregon but I grew up in Pleasant > Shade (Smith Co.) Tn. Joyce Whitley Stasel jstaze@comcast.net > On Jan 11, 2006, at 5:36 PM, dnyellis wrote: > >> Joyce, >> >> I have some info on some of the West in the Hoke West book. I'll >> help if I can. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joyce Stasel" >> <jstaze@comcast.net> >> To: <TNMACON-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 10:40 AM >> Subject: Re: [TNMACON] West/Whitley >> >> >>> Hi Mary, thanks for responding to my question. My Whitley family >>> settled in Red Boiling Spgs. Taylor Whitley arrived in Macon Co. >>> in the early 1800's. Taylor was the s/o Jonas. My line is >>> Jonas, Taylor, Kinchen and Jonas (my grandfather). My >>> grandmother is Martha T. West. I have no information on Martha. >>> In the Hoke West book (pg 288), I find a Martha T. d/o George T. >>> and Josephine Dillard. The date given for Martha's birth is >>> 1866; the date I have for Martha is 1867. I think there is a >>> good possibility that this is my grandmother, however I have no >>> way of tying her in with the Whitley's. Any information you may >>> have would be greatly appreciated. Joyce jstaze@comcast.net >>> On Jan 11, 2006, at 6:06 AM, Mary Pryor wrote: >>> >>>> Ask the questions. We'll try to answer them. I have done some >>>> research on the Whitley family in Macon County. >>>> >>>> Joyce Stasel <jstaze@comcast.net> wrote: Looking for >>>> information on the West/Whitley families of Macon Co. >>>> Thanks, Joyce >>>> >>>> >>>> ==== TNMACON Mailing List ==== >>>> Connect to distant cousins! >>>> VISIT THE MACON COUNTY, TENNESSEE WEBPAGE! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------- >>>> Yahoo! Photos >>>> Ring in the New Year with Photo Calendars. Add photos, events, >>>> holidays, whatever. >>>> >>>> >>>> ==== TNMACON Mailing List ==== >>>> This list is for sharing Macon County, TN. Genealogy!! >>>> <a href="http://www.tngennet.org/macon"> VISIT THE MACON COUNTY, >>>> TENNESSEE WEBPAGE!</A> >>>> >>> >>> >>> ==== TNMACON Mailing List ==== >>> SHARE YOUR MACON COUNTY FAMILY DATA WITH OTHERS AND CONNECT TO >>> DISTANT COUSINS.... >>> <a href="http://www.tngennet.org/macon"> VISIT THE MACON COUNTY, >>> TENNESSEE WEBPAGE!</A> >>> >> >> >> ==== TNMACON Mailing List ==== >> Connect to distant cousins! >> <a href="http://www.tngennet.org/macon"> VISIT THE MACON COUNTY, >> TENNESSEE WEBPAGE!</A> >> > > > ==== TNMACON Mailing List ==== > List your Macon County, TN. Family Names!! > <a href="http://www.tngennet.org/macon"> VISIT THE MACON COUNTY, > TENNESSEE > WEBPAGE!</A> > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.15/223 - Release Date: > 1/6/2006 > > > ==== TNMACON Mailing List ==== > Shelta Shrum and Barbara Hutchinson want you to > <a href="http://www.tngennet.org/macon"> VISIT THE MACON COUNTY, > TENNESSEE WEBPAGE!</A> >