Betty -- I believe that your husband's sister--who was married to a Roosevelt KILGORE -- may be related to my KING family in the Whitwell, TN area -- they were also miners. Perhaps someone out there can help fill in the gaps in both our families-- {Betty - more pictures of my KING family lsited below are being sent to your site -- you already have the picture of my gg-grandfather, JOHN KING--with his dog-- when he allegedly worked in the circus}. Here is my gg-grandfather's family -- hopefully, there is a connection with either your husband's family or someone else out there. Family of GG-Grandfather: JOHN E. KING and GG-Grandmother(?) NANCY J. MITCHELL: JOHN E. KING (born July 24, 1837 in IRELAND); allegedly came here from Ireland to fight in the Civil War and then apparently deserted -- thus on every census he stated he and his parents were born in PENNSYLVANIA. However, in the 1920 census -- a year before he died on July 25, 1921 at the age of 84 years, he stated that HE was born in Ireland, his mother was born in GERMANY and his father was born in IRELAND. (My brick wall) John King worked as a coal miner in Whitwell, Tennessee and Alabama. The family story was that his children kept trying to get him to go down and get his Civil War pension, and he kept putting them off. (Apparently afraid of prison for desertion). (John King allegedly was also married to a JANE MITCHELL LAYNE -- no proof on this or whether she was the mother of any of the children listed below) GG-GRANDMOTHER (?--no proof positive) NANCY J. MITCHELL -- born July 15, 1836 in Tennessee; died December 21, 1912 at the age of 76 years in Durham, Walker Co., GA picking up coal from the railroad tracks -- hit by train. Unknown parents -- Children of JOHN E. KING and NANCY J. MITCHELL (?): (seven children) 1) MARY KING, born ca 1866 in Tennessee; 2) MARGARET KING, born 1870 in TN; died June, 1938; married on March 10, 1885 a JOHN GRIMES; 3) WILLIAM KING; born 1871 in Sequatchie Valley, Sequatchie Co., TN; died June 28, 1912 in Tracy City, Grundy Co., TN; 4) LONNIE KING, born July 29, 1871 in Tennessee; died Aug. 5, 1956 in Whitwell, Marion Co., TN; married twice: (1) Lucy Edna Maughan and (2) Cora Jordan. Lonnie received a medal from the Tennessee Coal & Iron Company for 40 years of sercvice as a miner in August, 1927 according to the Sasquatch Newspaper. Lonnie's picture will next be uploaded to the Marion County site. 5) ALICE KING, born ca 1867 in TN; married on January 29, 1883 a JAMES KILGORE. They had one child named TOM KILGORE--born ca 1891; died Feb. 25, 1920 in Grundo Co., TN and is buried at the Oak Grove Cemetery in Grundy Co., TN -- IS THIS THE CONNECTION??? 6) IDA BELLE KING, born Feb. 17, 1876 in TN; died Jan. 28, 1955 in Birmingham, Jefferson Co., Ala. married ca 1896 a ROBERT LEE HOOPER. 7) THOMAS EDWARD "ED" KING, born September, 1878, in Petros, Morgan Co., TN; -- MY G-GRANDFATHER -- married my G-GRANDMOTHER, NETTIE MOORE RANKIN (d/o WILLIAM M. RANKIN (1842-1897) and MARY JANE MOORE (1847-?) in Whitwell, Marion Co., TN on March 25, 1900. However, at the age of 36 years, my g-grandfather, "Ed" KING, was killed in a mine explosion in Mulga, Alabama, in 1914 -- where he had taken his family to work another mine traveling from Whitwell, TN. (See newspaper clipping below in the Birmingham, Alabama newspaper on October 5, 1914) -- NOTE: This also has a picture of my g-grandfather being brought out on a stretcher from that mine since he didn't die until a few days later -- if there is anyone out there who could obtain a good copy of that picture and article from the newspaper, I would gladly pay for same). "Sixteen Dead in Mine Explosion" "Ed King, of Whitwell, Victim of Explosion at Mulga, Ala. Monday" "Birmingham, Ala. October 5.-- "Sixteen men are known to be dead and twelve injured as the result of a pocket gas explosion at the Mulga mines of the Woodward Iron company, near Ensley, this morning. Removal of the bodies is proceeding tonight, only nine of the sixteen dead having been brought out p to eight o'clock. "Mine officials state the explosion as purely local and was caused by striking a pocket of gas. What ignited the gas has not been determined. The mine itself was not seriously damaged. Mulga mines had a previous explosion April 20, 1910, when thirty-five were killed. "Three of the dead have been identified: Ike Calsoki, Ed King and Charles Campbell, white miners. "Mr. King was formerly of Whitwell." My g-grandmother, NETTIE RANKIN KING, was now left at age 33 years with three young sons--although in later years she married an AVERY MONELL, a widower--of whom I have a picture but know little about. The three sons were: 1) WILLIAM EMMETT KING, born Jan. 27, 1900 in Whitwell, Marion Co., TN; (married a Milner YOUNG); died Jan. 21, 1953 in Tallahassee, Leon Co., Fla.; 2) ERNEST EDWARD KING (my grandfather), born July 6, 1903 in Petros, Morgan Co., TN; died Jan. 28, 1956 in Homestead, Dade Co., FLA; married my grandmother, SARA MARIE THOMAS on June 2, 1926 in Duval Co., FLA; they divorced ca 1939-1940. Ernest married again a MARGEAN (?) ca 1947. 3) JOHN ELBERT KING, born June 21, 1905, in Petros, Morgan co., TN; died July 1, 1963 in Birmingham, Jefferson Co., ALA; married a MARIETTA LANGLEY. Any and all information and/or pictures on my KING family gladly shared and welcomed. Cheryl Cook Singleton San Diego, CA

If anyone is researching the ROGERS family of Marion County, TN., can you please check to see if you have a Catherine ROGERS born about 1825 TN. Many thanks. Gloria Ghursey2@aol.com

Cheryl thank you . boy the bells are ringing in my head now LOL . I am sorry but my niece that was doing the Kilgore genealogy is no longer on line. Perhaps I can get one of the other nieces or nephews on line to copy this off and send to her. Shirley Kilgore Knight, which hopefully is still on this list and is listed in the surnames of the web page is a cousin to her also. I do believe she does have all of my niece Betty's information as well. That is very interesting information about your family, you can sure tell you have really worked hard on your research. The information, I do have is on the other computer and I really need to transfer it too. Hopefully before long I can and will be able to share then. I do know they were miners among other jobs as well :-). thanks Betty

Hi List, I would like to know if anyone know about the migration of coal miners from Marion County, Grundy County and Dade County. I have a half brother and sister who are Kilgore and I am trying to find out information on their father's family. Their father was Herbert Kilgore and his parents where Herbert Kilgore and Tenny Shrum. My brother states they where from Grundy County but I also found some grave site of Kilgores and Shrums on top of Lookout Mtn very near the old Durham Coal mine. Can anyone give me a history lesson on how these miners migrated. I know that Herbert Sr was a coal miners. Are Mine employee records available to view? Thanks Linda Sue

I would be very interested in hearing the replies to this post . PLEASE hit reply to all when you do post so we can all learn something. Our list does not have the automatic return to the list , as most list do. I think we miss out on a lot , thinking the other person-- whom ever that might be, has already told them, when actually no one has. My husband's sister was married to Roosevelt Kilgore . I don't know that much about the line though. If memory serves me correctly , they were from Whitwell area? Perhaps some one else can help out her. thanks Betty

Hi Everbody! Does anyone know who was the Sheriff of Marion County in 1872 - 1874? Thanks for helping me. I am still researching Marion County Shelton Families. Victoria Toms bluewaterballerina@earthlink.net

Hello My name is William Link Levan I am listed on the Marion County Tn websit as a researcher for surnames: Levan, Teague, O'Neal with email of link_levan@pipeline.com My telephone number has changed from 205-663-9921 to 205-744-7062. My snail mail is currently 217 4th Ave Pleasant Grove, Alabama 35127 I am looking for new housing in my old Pelham, Alabama area or areas south of there and will change the info when it changes again. Thank you William L Levan 205-744-7062 link_levan@pipeline.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <TNMARION-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <TNMARION-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 4:02 AM Subject: TNMARION-D Digest V03 #12

thanks for updating your information Mr Levan . Please if any one else needs to update their information send it to us so we can change it on the sight as well. Also a reminder if you want to reply to some one that has posted on this list , remember to hit reply to all instead of just reply to author. It will come back to the list for all to see. thanks

We have added a Picture Photo Album of the hills and countryside of Marion County for your enjoyment. More pictures are on the way. This will help you to see what the area looks like. If you have photos you would like to add let us know. Surname page has been updated. More cemetery listings are on the way also. More ancestoral pictures too. You are going to have to come back to the site daily to see what all is new. It will be changing just about every day. Many thanks to everyone that are making this growth possible. We could not do it with you. Cheers, Betty and Noel

Just finished uploading the newly updated Surname List for Marion County Researchers. If you are listed on there please check your listing to make sure that any changes that you requested were made in the way that you wanted. If you are not listed and would like to be just let me know. I need your name, your e-mail, and the sirnames (last name only) in Marion County that you are researching. Here is the direct link to the sirname page: http://www.noelm.com/marion/surname.html More new things will be up on the main site today and tomorrow. Keep checking back. You just don't know what we have in store for you!!!! Main Page link: http://www.noelm.com/marion/home.html Cheers, Noel & Betty

We have more great news !! We have part of the new cemetery pages up , along with maps of the cemeteries location. Take a look at http://www.noelm.com/marion/home.html and see all the new changes that are completed. Lots more still to come, so keep checking back and don't forget to turn up your sound.:-) If you would like to volunteer to do look ups , just let us know, please. It doesn't have to be just census , We really need some one that could cover other areas and sources too. Any help will be greatly appreciated by all. Also if any of you have your genealogy on web pages please let us know the link so we can link them to the main page , if you would like to share. We still need more pictures of ancestors and scenery of the area. We would also enjoy hearing about your memories . So please don't hesitate to send them into Noel or Betty. If you have any other great ideas , please don't hesitate to send them to us. Thanks and happy hunting Noel and Betty

I have some very exciting news! Donna has agreed to do census look up for 1920 and 1930 , for Marion County. You may reach her at GenerationsB4us@aol.com . This address will also be added to our web site. . Thank you Donna!! Have you got a chance yet to look at the web sight lately? http://www.noelm.com/marion/home.html Make sure you turn up the volume when you do:-) Noel has been working very hard to get everything up and running. Keep checking back, as he will be putting on more pictures of our ancestors and some scenery pictures as well. There are lots of other new items to be added too. Thank you Noel! Please keep sending in your memories or even just tell us a little bit of what you do know of the area. It does make it so nice for every one that has never been in the area or who has not been able to visit the area in awhile. So please keep the ideas, pictures and memories coming. We are also trying to find a way to connect the family trees , or descendants charts to the web sight. As some of you don't have them on separate servers , while others do. Thanks so much for you patience. Will be looking forward to hearing from all of you . By the way if you do not have a scanner , contact Noel or myself and we will send you our snail mail address to send your pictures to us and we will scan them, and then return them to you. Please, please make sure your address is also inside the envelope as well as outside. thanks again Betty http://www.noelm.com/marion/home.html macbetty@bigskytel.com http://www.geocities.com/macbettyboop/sitemap.html researching McBee, Spence, White, Ward, Barnes, Murray, Rector, Kilgore Holly, Breshears, Flanagan, Stiles, Bradley, Whitenberg,Huff, Lynch,Chitwood,Hanes,Hills to name a few

This one is suppose to better than the last one I sent. http://www.asu.edu/lib/archives/links.htm

Have added two new sections to the Marion County, TN web site. Many thanks to everyone who have submitted the initial photos and information. Much more will be added in the next few days so if your input is not there it soon will be. This is just the first round of these areas. Ancestors of Marion County Picture Photo Album has been added. Only three photos are there right now but we have to start somewhere. More to come in the next few days. Memories and Stories of Life in Marion County is new. Here we will talk about the "Good Old Days" which were not all that good and certainly not very long ago. Also coming is a Picture Photo Album of scenery and the country side of Marion County. This will give you a view at how the area looks. There will also be historic photos here as well. This will be up in a day or two. If you have any photos of your ancestors, or family memories that you would like to add just let us know. Enjoy!! Betty and Noel

here is a sight to give you a you guide for Native American genealogy to search in http://www.asu.edu/lib/archives/genealogy.html <A HREF="http://www.asu.edu/lib/archives/genealogy.html">http://www.asu.edu/lib/archives/genealogy.html</A>

Seeking contacts with descendants of William JOHNSON, b. 1774/77 & d. 15 Jan 1815 at Battle of New Orleans. William m. Sarah UNK @ 1800, prob. TN. There are six known children: 1. Rebecca JOHNSON, b. 1801, unm. 2. Nancy Louisa Jane JOHNSON, b. 1802, m. Medlin Johnson Dunham @1824, Warren Co. TN. Nancy d. 1835, Warren Co. TN. Medlin m. 2nd Elizabeth (JOHNSON?) a cousin or aunt of Nancy. 3. William Perry JOHNSON, b. 15 Aug 1808, Warren or Marion Co. TN. m.Sarah Ann Jones. 4. Francis Justice JOHNSON, b. 23 Feb 1812, Warren or Marion Co. TN. m. Nancy Clark. 5. Aaron JOHNSON, b. 1814, Marion Co. TN, m. Catherine Clark 6. Isaac Johnson, b. 1814, Marion Co. TN, no further info. Catherine Clark and Nancy Clark were sisters. Widow, Sarah JOHNSON shows on 1830 Warren Co. TN census, living near her son in law, Medlin Johnson Dunham. Can't find Sarah in 1840, but in 1850, she is in DeKalb Co. AL with her son, Aaron JOHNSON & family. Members of this family migrated to MO in 1840's and 1850's. William JOHNSON has only one proven sibling, John JOHNSON, b. 1780/90. I have fairly good records on the family of William and John JOHNSON. Would like to connect with others out there. Seeking the parents of these two JOHNSON men. Thank you, Judy in TX

I am happy to welcome you to your new position. :) I will try to get some of my stuff together including pictures of the area. Thank you for helping me. Laura Lynn dixygirl@earthlink.net

thank you , Laura Lynn, and I will look forward to what you send . betty

Here is a site that has the 1880 census search engine for any where --- just need to put in the name and see what comes up -- of course the more information the better. Probably most of you have seen this site, but thought I would just throw it in ,in case you haven't. sure beats hours of microfilm looking :-) FamilySearch Internet - Search or... http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=census/searc h_census.asp betty

I don't know if we have met or not but I publish the SEARCHER which is a quarterly put out by the Marion Co Gen. & Historical group. Let me know if I can help you on this County. Euline