Just a reminder that even though the main web site for ALHN and USGenWeb (and lots of other web sites that are housed on the USGenNet server) are down, you can still get to the Marion Co web site. Here is the address to it: http://www.noelm.com/marion/home.html Cheers to all, Noel

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Many of you have been having trouble in reaching various state and county pages. Also several other genealogical pages and sites are also down. Here is why: Last night, the server that houses the many of the individual county and state web sites (pages) failed completely and finally. It is dead, dead, dead!!! Everything hosted on the USGenNet server is offline and unreachable. This includes almost a dozen domains (including ALHN and TNGenWeb) and over 500 individual website accounts. The USGenNet board has decided to purchase a new server to the tune of about $5,000. This has to be done immediately in order to get all of the various projects back on line. It can't be delayed. Most of the advanced funding has been advanced by Fred Smoot in hopes that the various individuals of USGenWeb, the users like you and me, will make donations to cover this cost. ALHN Marion County, Tennessee and TNGenWeb Williamson County, Tennessee have pledged $100 together towards the new server. If any of you wish to make individual donations towards the new server you can do so by sending your check to: Rhoda Fone, Treasurer USGenNet 999 Bridgeport Way Rio Vista, CA 94571 An added bonus to contributors is that those who have donated $100 or more are considered sustaining members and are entitled to vote in the upcoming USGenNet election, when a new Board of Directors will be elected. All donations are tax deductible, and even $5 or $10 is a gift that USGenWeb would be grateful for, and would be certainlly appreciated at this time. If you have any questions or need additional information please let me know. Cheers to all, Noel

I found the email address below listed at http://www.noelm.com/marion/surname.html for Evelyn Skelton Sell. If this person is still a subscriber to the list, I would really like to correspond with her. I have only done a little research for these lines, but I believe the name Skelton was one of the surnames I came across somehow related to the Robinette Family. Most of the family I research in this area is my husband's lines. Those are surnames BEASLEY, DEAKINS, HALE, HORN(E), MCCLURE, PERKINS, ROBINETTE, SAPP and SMITH, William F (this was his maternal great grandfather). I believe some of my relatives were in this area in the early 1800's though and that would be BURGESS and LYONS. Any help from anyone on the list would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Alma Burgess Beasley Placentia, California ----- Original Message ----- From: Alma Beasley To: esell@inreach.com Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2002 9:08 AM Subject: Researching Perkins Family History My husband's grandfather, George Berry Beasley's sister, Julia Ann Beasley married Sam Perkins. This family of Perkins lived and many of the descendants still live in Marion County and mostly in the Whitwell area, I believe. Could this be the line of Perkins you are researching? If so, I would like to share info with you. Look forward to hearing from you. Thanks. Alma L. Beasley Placentia, California http://home.earthlink.net/~aalalabama mailto:aalalabama@earthlink.net

Looking for a Christmas present for another genealogist? This might be the place. Fun Stuff for Genealogists As the name implies, funstuffforgenealogists.com has some rather unique and interesting items for sale. They sell genealogy T-shirts, sweatshirts, bumper stickers, pedigree charts, jewelry, mouse pads, neckties, and a lot more. The wording on these items is often humorous. http://www.funstuffforgenealogists.com Noel

If anyone needs to do research for the United Kingdom and Ireland here is a good site: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/ It includes England, Ireland, Scotland, Isle of Man, Wales, and the Channel Islands. Also links to other international sites are there. Cheers and Enjoy!! Noel

Is there anyone out there working on the Hollingsworth name?  I have several Hollingsworth's connceted to my Smith's and I would like to connect them together if I can or at least get some more info on them.  I have a Sarah Hollingsworth married Reuben Smith, son of Ransom D. Smith, my 3x great grandfather and Elizabeth 'Betsey' Morse/Moss. I believe she was born in maryland and this is all I know about her.  They married in 1821, Marion Co, TN. They had 6 children.  Rueben Smith was born September 08, 1801, Granville Co, NC. This is all I have on him too.  Does anyone out there know anything about this family.  I am in hopes. Helen L. Smith Hoke

Greetings to all. Sometimes we forget about some of the great FREE links, resources and sites that are available for us to use to search our roots. Here are a few places that you can check for information on where and how to do your family tree. Cindi's List is a very comprehensive listing of just about everything that has to do with genealogy. There are lots of specific links that you can visit. Here is the link to it: http://www.CyndisList.com/index.htm There are also specific categories on each state there listing lots of places where you can go to find information. http://www.CyndisList.com/beginner.htm http://www.CyndisList.com/howtotut.htm Here are a couple more that you will find useful: Tennessee: http://www.CyndisList.com/tn.htm Here is the link to the county genealogy web site for Marion County, Tennessee: http://www.noelm.com/marion/home.html Every county in every state has a similar web site that has various types of information available. It is all done be volunteer labor so is FREE. Tennessee: Tennessee Genealogical Web Project: http://tngenweb.org or http://tngenweb.org/tnlinks.htm Here is the link to the United States Genealogy Web Project or USGenWeb where you can go to each state and then to each county within that state: http://www.usgenweb.org/ The USGenWeb Project also has a real good Help Section for new genealogy researchers. Here is how to get to it: http://www.usgenweb.org/researchers/researcher.html http://www.usgenweb.org/researchers/starting.html This last link is real good in how to really get started in researching your roots and where you came from. Here is the link to the American Local History Network or ALHN where you can go to each state and then to each county within that state (Marion County is a member of ALHN): American Local History Network: http://alhn.org/ Here is the link to another national genealogical network the American History and Genealogical Project or AHGP where you can go to each state and then to each county within that state: American History and Genealogical Project: http://www.ahgp.org/ The above three national genealogical projects should not be look at as competiting networks. Each is different, is run by different volunteers, each has different information about its counties, and all three are great for searching your roots. Visit all three and see what is different about each county listed. You might be surprised at what you find. I hope this type of information will be of help to you. If you have any other great sources or questions let me and the list know. Cheers, Noel Matthews TNMARION Marion County, TN List Manager Marion Co, TN ALHN: http://www.noelm.com/marion/home.html

Here is a list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for the TNMARION Mailing List. As of 1 Nov 2002, the TNMARION list has 145 subscribers. ---------- WHAT IS THE TOPIC OF THE TNMARION MAILING LIST? "TNMARION. A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in Marion County, Tennessee." ---------- WHO IS THE TNMARION MAILING LIST ADMINISTRATOR? The list is administered by Noel C. Matthews, a genealogy hobbyist in Colorado. That's right, I am not located in Tennessee, but wish I was!! You can reach the list administrator (me) by sending email to TNMARION-admin@rootsweb.com or to noelm@noelm.com ---------- HOW DO I POST TO THE LIST? Email your post to: TNMARION-L@rootsweb.com Note: All posts go to the TNMARION-L@rootsweb.com address even if you are subscribed to the -D digest list. You must be a subscribber to the list to post. ---------- IF I SEND A MESSAGE TO THE LIST, WHO WILL SEE IT? Any mail that you post to the list will be forwarded to everyone who has joined all forms of the TNMARION list. The -D subscribers will get it in their next Digest, and the -L subscribers will see it almost immediately as a mail message from you. Please remember not to send anything to the list that you do not want everyone else to see! ---------- HOW LONG WILL MY POST STAY ON A LIST? Posts to the list are sent out almost immediately in mail mode (-L) and saved in the digest (-D) and sent out when the digest size or time limit has been met. Actually, a post does not 'stay' on the list. It is only sent out once in mail mode and once in digest. ---------- CAN I BROWSE THROUGH PAST POSTINGS? Posts to the TNMARION Mailing List are archived by RootsWeb. The archives can be SEARCHED through http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl - put TNMARION in for the name of the list. You can see a complete listing of all messages that have ever been posted to the list by going to http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ - put TNMARION in as the list name (or any other mailing list you are on) and then you can choose a month. This will bring up all the messages that have been posted in each month, starting with June 1999. You can also browse through previous postings to the TNMARION mailing list at http://newsarch.rootsweb.com/th/index/TNMARION ---------- WHERE CAN I GET HELP INFORMATION ABOUT ROOTSWEB MAILING LISTS? Send an email to TNMARION-L-request@rootsweb.com and put just the word HELP in the subject and body of the message. The RootsWeb Mailing List Help File will be sent to you automatically. ----------- WHERE ELSE CAN I POST MESSAGES OR REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION? If you have items to posts like queries etc that you want to remain available so others can see them go to this Marion County board and post your note. The postings stay there for at least a couple of years so they are good for checking by others. Unlike our regular mail list where the postings do not remain in view, these do. Here is the Address: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/board/an/localities.northam.usa.states.tennessee.counties.marion ---------- WHAT IS THE ADDRESS OR LOCATION OF THE MARION COUNTY, TENNESSEE American Local History Network (ALHN) WEB SITE? Here it is: http://www.noelm.com/marion/home.html There is lots of information, resources, links etc on this site so be sure and check it out too. It is in the process of being updated at this time. ---------- Noel C. Matthews TNMARION List Administrator TNMARION-admin@rootsweb.com http://www.noelm.com/marion/home.html

Here is a note that I received about the 1880 Census that is abailable for searching. You can get it down to a specific surname in a specific county. This is great news and is easy to use!! Noel Mormons give roots to online 1880 Census By Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY Folks interested in their roots get a huge boon today when the 1880 U.S. Census — the first searchable, complete Census — goes online. Volunteers from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which is renowned for its genealogical research facilities, spent 17 years inputting the 50 million entries into computers. The result can be found at: http://www.familysearch.org./ The Mormon Church calls this database, the latest addition to the wealth of genealogical data already available via the Net, the easiest way to date of finding ancestors born in the USA. "Censuses are among the most significant of family records," says church spokesman Richard Turley. The 1880 Census is particularly significant, because it is the first online Census to include former slaves, and the second Census in history to record blacks as individuals rather than as pieces of property. That year's Census also is highly regarded "because it's the first one that told us the names and birthplaces of the parents, which give genealogists more data to follow in their research," says Cyndi Howells, who runs the popular Web site Cyndislist.com, which links to some 170,000 pages. Famous names in the Census: writers Mark Twain and Herman Melville, Western star "Buffalo Bill" Cody, tycoon John D. Rockefeller, inventors Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell, educator Booker T. Washington and abolitionist Frederick Douglass. Besides the year of birth and the birth state of his or her parents, entries in the 1880 Census include neighbors. "That's a clue to connect to previous generations," says Turley. "In the 1880s, relatives often lived together in a broad neighborhood." Genealogy is among the most popular online pastimes, thanks to the Net's easy access to databases worldwide as well as to numerous other sources, such as bulletin boards, for leads. While the pay site ancestry.com is the most popular with 3 million visitors a month, according to Nielsen//NetRatings, such free sites as ellisisland.org and the Mormon Church's familysearch.org often are overwhelmed with traffic whenever new databases are posted. Genealogy is a major component of the Mormon religion: The church is known for having the most extensive system of research facilities — 3,700 in all worldwide — open to all. While other commercial sites, such as ancestry.com, heritagequest.com and genealogy.com have bits and pieces of the 1880 Census, they're not searchable. "You have to put in state and country and look through page by page, just like looking at microfilm," Howells says. The Mormon Church previously released the 1880 Census on a set of 56 CD-ROMs. Howells expects familysearch .org "to be bombarded" today. The church expected 100,000 visitors the day in 1999 that it launched the familysearch site. Instead, it ended up with 1 million. "We portioned out quarter-hour segments to users to keep pace with the traffic," Turley says. "This time, we're better prepared."

Can anyone help Sandra out? if so, please contact her. Noel I am trying to find information on my grandparents, Mose Elijah Arledge and Mallissie Jane Adkins Arledge, they were in Marion County in the late 1800's. My dad, Hubert Lee Arledge was born April 27, 1899, Monteagle, Marion County, Tennessee. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Sandra ARLEDGE Turner sam1944@bellsouth.net

Looking for (Cordell) name in south pittsburg and information Tonya

Since my C drive crashed and I lost all my Shorpshire data in June, I am trying to locate the person who shared so much with me about a year or two ago. My husband's oldest known ancester is David Shropshire. His great great grandfather was John Preston Shropshire. He joined to fight in the Civil War in Marion Co., TN. The family ended up in Wright Co., MO. Any help will be most appreciated. And I have learned to back up everything important to me. Sharon Young Jebavy <>< ShaLamont@iwaynet.net

Just a reminder to all, there is a real good On-Line Inventory of Transcribed Census Files at http://www.us-census.org/inventory/ Noel

I'm looking for info on Polly (Mary) HARMON b. abt 1852 so she would be listed as a child of approx. 8 yrs in the 1860 Census. I'd like to find out her parents names and where they were from. Thank you so very much for any help. Brenda Hudson

utoh I hit a wrong button -- I am sorry I was sending it to the Tn Mem List and hit the wrong one __ I am very sorry -- I am in Emmett, Idaho and as I sent that the weather bug hit 118 . I really must have brain melt down . Please forgive me. Promise it won't happen again a very embarrassed betty

Well we just hit 116-- I don't believe I have seen it this hot before -- If I did I was pregnant with one of my girls in Ca. We have broke all records. This 116 is according to the weather bug. ------------ It is so hot it is totally silly . We never never get up above 100 this time of year and never get this hot even in August. Whine whine whine We have even put ice in the swamp cooler to help it cool down. Don't believe we will shut this hummer off tonight. :-) LOL It is even too hot to go out to the car. This stuff will make you sick. whine whine whine We can see a few thunder heads on the horizon which is not good either as it will be dry lighting then. so you guys just appreciate your cool temps and I will send you all some warm weather. betty whining away

In REgard to Ms Betty's names list. I am especially interested in the Kilgores as My Great Grandfather (paternal) James Benjamin Levan/Lavan b:, III [of TN] was first married to Nancy Elizabeth Kilgore, who died abt 1880 (my grandfather James Benjamin Levan b:, IV [of TN] who was sometimes called FATE was abt seven years old then). My Great Grandmother Nancy Elizabeth Kilgore b:Nov 20, 1848 Marion Co., TN d:Jun 14, 1879 buried:bd:Mt Zion Cem, Marion Co.,TN; (On Marion Co.,TN 1870 Census) was the first wife of JBL-III. She had the following children of which I have not been able to find anything about them after the death of Nancy Elizabeth Kilgore Levan: Margaret Maggie Ellen Levan - born abt 1867/1868 Alas (Alice) Levan - born abt 1875/1876 I have not been able to find anything about this part of her family. Also any info on her ancestors would be greatly appreciated. AS I have a little on her family of origin as:Descendants of William Kilgore which are described below my signature line in Outline Descendant Format from my Family Tree Maker software. My great grandfather JBL3 married again to his 2nd wife: Mary Lou "Lula" Sampley with whom he had his 2nd family of 5 girls and 3 boys. He died in 1915 (bd:Mt Olive Cemetery,Marion Co., TN (CivilWar-Union:Co F, 5th Tenn.Cav); Marion#221,MarionCo,TN DeathIndex,)and is buried alongside his 2nd wife at Mt. Olive Cemetery atop the mountain above Whitwell. Nancy Elizabeth Kilgore Levan is buried Mt Zion Cem, Marion Co.,TN; Any help in locating information on or about this family of hers and JBLIII is greatly appreciated, especially on those presently unaccounted for my the info that I have and those persons are: Alas/Alice Levan/Lavan and Mary Margaret (Ellen) Levan. WilliamL William Link Levan 205-663-9921 William L Levan 800 Valleyview Rd, C34 Pelham, Alabama 35124 Descendants of William Kilgore: 1 9812 William Kilgore b: 1824 in B:1823-1830 in Marion Co., Tennessee Burial: bd: Mt Zion Cemetery, Marion Co., TN.; . +9813 Julia A. Lnu b: Nov 20, 1831 in (Maybe was Julia Anderson said born 11-20-1827) ( d: Jun 09, 1886 Burial: Mt Zion Cemetery, Marion Co., TN; Marriage ref. #: 37653 .......... 2 1340 Nancy Elizabeth Kilgore b: Nov 20, 1848 in b:Marion Co., TN.; (Wife of J.B. LevanProb Marion/ Grundy Co.,TN); age 21 fm MarionCo.,TN 1870 Census d: Jun 14, 1879 in bd:Mt Zion Cem, Marion Co.,TN; (On Marion Co.,TN 1880 Census) Burial: Jun 19, 1879 bd:Mt Zion Cem, Marion Co.,TN; (On Marion Co.,TN 1870 Census) .............. +1339 James Benjamin Levan III b: Apr 02, 1844 in Grundy Co.,TN;my g-gf;Moved to Marion Co,TN (Whitwell, Jasper);( Co-F 5th Tenn Cav.) m: Abt. 1865 in wife#1: for JB Levan, III d: May 16, 1915 in bd:Mt Olive Cemetery,Marion Co., TN (CivilWar-Union:Co F, 5th Tenn.Cav); Marion#221,MarionCo,TN DeathIndex, aka: Jas B. Lavan Burial: 1915 bd:Mt Olive Cemetery,Marion Co., TN (CivilWar-Union:Co F, 5th Tenn.Cav); Marion#221,MarionCo,TN DeathIndex, Marriage ref. #: 1051 ...................... 3 1056 William Anderson (Will?) Levan b: Nov 04, 1866 in In Whitwell, Marion Co.,TN.; William A. (Will) Levan; Marion Co.,TN 1870 Census Age 3;1880 Census age 13; d: Jul 23, 1935 in bd: (nicknamed Sweet Apple per Martin Edward Levan of Chatt area on 2/20/2000) Burial: Griffith Creek Congregational Church Cemetery .......................... +1529 Taluluh (Lulu) Lee Phelps b: Dec 06, 1872 in B:Sequatchie Co., TN; Could this be a Lula Lee Kilgore Levan or Telula Lee Phelps or is the name something else See Census data in notes. m: 1888 d: Mar 06, 1952 in Hamilton Co., TN Burial: Mar 1952 bd: Griffith Creek Congegational Church Cemetery Marriage ref. #: 4786 ...................... 3 1066 Margaret Maggie Ellen Levan b: Bet. 1867 - 1868 ...................... 3 [1] 1388 Virginia "Tennessee" Levan b: Abt. 1871 in Marion Co.,TN (Whitwell, Jasper); Marion Co 1880 Census age 9 d: Mar 17, 1939 in Called:Tennie Levan (Tennie& Will) .......................... +3987 George William (Will) Summers b: Oct 16, 1864 m: in Tennie & George Summers divorced around 1905-1907. d: Dec 22, 1905 in bd: Bledsoe Co., TN.; Marriage ref. #: 4540 ...................... *2nd Husband of [1] 1388 Virginia "Tennessee" Levan: .......................... +9362 Eluscious Shoemate b: in Married Virginia "Tennie" Levan in Bledsoe Co., TN in 1919 m: Abt. 1919 in Bledsoe County records as marrying an Eluscious Shoemate. Marriage ref. #: 35720 ...................... 3 847 James Benjamin "Fate" Levan IV b: Aug 23, 1872 in L150:Bn:Victoria,MarionCo,Tn;1880Census Age 6;?LivedWhitwell,TN d: Feb 14, 1960 in bd:NewCanaanBapChCem;Empire, Walker Co.,Al (UncleCecil's houseNearSipsey,AL) .......................... +80 Mollie Teague b: Sep 11, 1883 in Maggie? Mollie Teague;T200:Warrior,JeffersoCo,Al(InHerBible:InPossn of PhoebeCatherine/KittyLevan) m: Abt. Mar 01, 1897 in TN/AL?;lived BledsoleCo,TN in 1900Census d: Feb 06, 1948 in Gorgas,Walker Co, Al;bd:New Cannan Cem.,Empire,ALA 35063 Fact 1: Grandmother of William Link Levan Fact 2: Died in 1950's per Link of TB aka: Maggie Teague Marriage ref. #: 906 ...................... 3 1389 Alas (Alice) Levan b: Bet. 1875 - 1876 .......... 2 9939 Alexander Kilgore b: 1851 in TN.; .......... 2 9940 William Kilgore b: 1858 .......... 2 9941 James Riley Kilgore b: 1861 .......... 2 9942 Abraham Kilgore b: 1863 .......... 2 9945 Franklin Kilgore b: 1864 .......... 2 9943 David Kilgore b: 1868 .......... 2 9944 Isaac Kilgore b: 1870 .......... 2 9946 Mary Kilgore b: 1872 **************************************************************************** ************************ **************************************************************************** ************************ James B. Levan, III (Father of Fate Levan/ JBL-IV.) 1870 MARION CO., TN 1870 CENSUS RECORDS: Names : AGE Sex Occ Acres Place of Birth 67-67. James LAVAN 26 m Farmer /150 TN Nancy E. 21 f (Wife) TN William A. 3 m TN Margaret 1 f TN **************************************************************************** ************************ **************************************************************************** **************************************************************************** ************************************************ OF the children of Nancy Elizabeth Kilgore and James Benjamin Levan/Lavan III: 1880 MARION CO., TN 1880 CENSUS RECORDS: T-T-T 103-105. LEVAN, James 36 h Laborer TN William 13 s Works/farm TN ====> Margaret 12 d TN (est dob = 1867/1868) Virginia 9 d TN James 6 s ** (This sb 7/8 not 6) TN (FATE LEVAN) ** (Our Grandpa James Benjamin (FATE) LEVAN ====> Alas (Alice) 4 d TN (est dob=1875/1876) Elizabeth 47 bdr (single) TN (Sister JBL-III) ===> I wonder what happened to the following two: Margaret and Alice. I have nothing as of early June 2001 on their families. There must be something regarding marriage and or death, etc. Neither is on the 1900 census and the 1890 was destroyed at the Federal level. My guess is that they either went to live with other relatives, had married by 1900 or died by that time... I'll have to do some research on this to try to find out.... **************************************************************************** ************************************ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandie Huffstutler" <sandieh@attbi.com> To: < > Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 1:36 PM Subject: Re: [TNMARION] Hospitals in Marion County? CURTIS/THOMAS > Hi Betty, > I am interested in your surnames, too. Specifically, Huff - Kilgore - White. Many > of the Huffstutler's used (and still use) the surname Huff. I also have Kilgore and > White from Marion county. > Sandie Huffstutler > > > > > ==== TNMARION Mailing List ==== > *********************************************************************** > PLEASE NOTE: This list is for queries and replies, comments, > requests for help, and other genealogical related information > that is of interest to researchers having a connection or a > possible connection to Marion County, Tennessee. > Noel Matthews - tnmarionmail@noelm.com - keeper of the list. > Marion County Web Site: http://www.noelm.com/marion/home.html > *********************************************************************** > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Sandie--- The Huffs are my side (Betty) and as far back as I can go are in Mo. However I suspect they are from Tn originally as I have found al the others leading back there. the Kilgores are Mac (Franks sister Second husband and are from the Sequatchie area. the Whites are also his side. We can only go back to Arch and Mary White . Would love to know where they came from and Mary's maiden name. Betty and Mac (Frank) McBee macbetty@bigskytel.com researching McBee, Spence, White, Ward, Barnes, Murray, Rector, Kilgore Holly, Breshears, Flanagan, Stiles, Bradley, Whitenberg,Huff, Lynch,Chitwood,Hanes,Hills to name a few

Our Whites are Arch and Mary White. , their daughter Nancy married George Wilson McBee my husbands Grandfather. We can't go back any further yet but would love to communicate with you on your Whites. Were they from the area around south Pittsburg. Betty and Mac macbetty@bigskytel.com researching McBee, Spence, White, Ward, Barnes, Murray, Rector, Kilgore Holly, Breshears, Flanagan, Stiles, Bradley, Whitenberg,Huff, Lynch,Chitwood,Hanes,Hills to name a few