In a message dated 9/10/02 9:12:26 AM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Can I make a suggestion for the site........ How about placing Bible records > on the Macon County Gen Web site as others have done on the Sumner, Jackson, > Smith County and others? > I think Lorraine's suggestion is a good one. Bible records are not usually considered Vital Records - which are primarily documents and information collected by the local, state, or federal government. Sharon

Lorraine's idea is a good one and I think that if you go to http://www.tngennet.org/macon/hisdoc/hisdoc.html you will find some bibles that we already have. I pull these out and make them more recognisable and can also create a form to perhaps make it easier for others to submit their bibles. What do you think? Shelta _______________________________ For genealogy publications for Northern Middle Tennessee and South Central KY See: Ridge Runner Publications http://ridgerunnerpublications.50megs.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 9:27 AM Subject: Re: [TNMACON] Is There anyone out there? > In a message dated 9/10/02 9:12:26 AM Central Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > > > Can I make a suggestion for the site........ How about placing Bible records > > on the Macon County Gen Web site as others have done on the Sumner, Jackson, > > Smith County and others? > > > > I think Lorraine's suggestion is a good one. Bible records are not usually > considered Vital Records - which are primarily documents and information > collected by the local, state, or federal government. > > Sharon > > > ==== TNMACON Mailing List ==== > <a href="http://www.tngennet.org/macon"> VISIT THE MACON COUNTY, TENNESSEE WEBPAGE!</A>

Thanks Shelta, but when I click on the records..... it does not come up. Am I doing something wrong?? Lorraine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shelta Shrum" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 1:55 PM Subject: Re: [TNMACON] Is There anyone out there? > Lorraine's idea is a good one and I think that if you go to > http://www.tngennet.org/macon/hisdoc/hisdoc.html you will find some bibles > that we already have. I pull these out and make them more recognisable and > can also create a form to perhaps make it easier for others to submit their > bibles. What do you think? > > Shelta > _______________________________ > For genealogy publications for Northern Middle Tennessee and South Central > KY See: > Ridge Runner Publications http://ridgerunnerpublications.50megs.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 9:27 AM > Subject: Re: [TNMACON] Is There anyone out there? > > > > In a message dated 9/10/02 9:12:26 AM Central Daylight Time, > > [email protected] writes: > > > > > > > Can I make a suggestion for the site........ How about placing Bible > records > > > on the Macon County Gen Web site as others have done on the Sumner, > Jackson, > > > Smith County and others? > > > > > > > I think Lorraine's suggestion is a good one. Bible records are not > usually > > considered Vital Records - which are primarily documents and information > > collected by the local, state, or federal government. > > > > Sharon > > > > > > ==== TNMACON Mailing List ==== > > <a href="http://www.tngennet.org/macon"> VISIT THE MACON COUNTY, TENNESSEE > WEBPAGE!</A> > > > ==== 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> > >

Here's a question to those of you living in eastern Macon County. In 1908 at Ketchum, OK a William Benjamin Slate submitted his application (See http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ridge/5103/s42290.html) to the Guion Miller roll for the purposes of being declared a descendant of Cherokee ancestors. In this application he gave a couple of names of his aunts "who lived with the eastern cherokee indians on the devied creak near the old stone fort in Macon County tenisse." I was looking at a topographical map of Macon County recently and noticed Rockhouse Hollow just east of Milltown, south of Red Boiling Springs. In the old days landmarks were often named for peculiar rock formations; thus Rockhouse Hollow may have been named for a large rock outcropping in the area. If there is such a formation in Rockhouse Hollow, might this not also be the "old stone fort" in which the Cherokee (and some of my ancestors) onced lived in or close to? Is there a creek in the area that is, or once was, called Divided Creek? I believe the Cherokee woman, Yellow Bird, mentioned in Slate's application is the wife of my gggg grandfather, Roderick Jenkins (1753-1823). Cal Gregory wrote in his column (August 30, 1956; see http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsmith/ccarticles/Aug30-ABC-1956.htm) that Roderick "made his home on the ridge to the southeast of the present Russell Hill". This is not very far from Rockhouse Hollow. Comments anyone? Alton Jenkins Cincinnati, OH