I don't think that our ancestors really cared where the state lines were,they were just lines on a map. They used the River like we do a interstate hi-way,and most of them had kin where ever they went on the river or adjacent to it. They were no different than we are ,they went to where the work was,or to where the supply's could be bought,or crops could be sold. One of my kin in the 1870 census list his occupation as "rafting logs on the river",his father would be called a "timber baron " now days. They would buy large tracts of land,for 1/2 to 2 cents a acre,then after the crops were in the ground in the spring ,they would cut tan-bark ,and sell it to the tannery in Chattanooga. The trees died with the bark striped and would dry all summer,then in the fall the crops would be laid-by,and they would then go and cut down the timber,and haul it to the river bank to make up log rafts. If the rafts were made up above Chattanooga they would float them to the lumber mills in Chattanooga,if made up below Chattanooga they were floated to Bridgeport to the mill there. The funny part is the land apparently had no value,after the timber was cut ,the land was generally sold again for back taxes in a year or two. iley ----- Original Message ----- From: "macbetty" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 10:55 PM Subject: Re: [TNMARION] WWI Soldiers > It does make you wonder if our ancestors really didn't know where > the state line was located for sure

Iley what is tan-bark? and what did the tannery do with it? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Iley Thompson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 11:54 AM Subject: Re: [TNMARION] WWI Soldiers |I don't think that our ancestors really cared where the state lines | were,they were just lines on a map. They used the River like we do a | interstate hi-way,and most of them had kin where ever they went on the river | or adjacent to it. They were no different than we are ,they went to where | the work was,or to where the supply's could be bought,or crops could be | sold. | One of my kin in the 1870 census list his occupation as "rafting logs on the | river",his father would be called a "timber baron " now days. They would buy | large tracts of land,for 1/2 to 2 cents a acre,then after the crops were in | the ground in the spring ,they would cut tan-bark ,and sell it to the | tannery in Chattanooga. The trees died with the bark striped and would dry | all summer,then in the fall the crops would be laid-by,and they would then | go and cut down the timber,and haul it to the river bank to make up log | rafts. If the rafts were made up above Chattanooga they would float them to | the lumber mills in Chattanooga,if made up below Chattanooga they were | floated to Bridgeport to the mill there. The funny part is the land | apparently had no value,after the timber was cut ,the land was generally | sold again for back taxes in a year or two. | | iley | | ----- Original Message ----- | From: "macbetty" <[email protected]> | To: <[email protected]> | Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 10:55 PM | Subject: Re: [TNMARION] WWI Soldiers | | | > It does make you wonder if our ancestors really didn't know where | > the state line was located for sure | | | | ==== 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.There is no | soliciting or advertising of any item or service for sale allowed. | Betty McBee - list administrator-- [email protected] . | Marion County Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnmario2/ | *********************************************************************** | | ============================== | 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 | | |

Tan -bark was the bark striped off of hardwood trees in large sheets,they would take a ax and split the bark long ways up the trees and then around the trees , and pry it off in one piece,it then was gathered up and loaded onto a wagon and hauled to the tannery in Chattanooga. There it was soaked in large vats of water to produce a acidic liquid called tannin that was used to processes hides in to "tanned leather". Our ancestors let nothing go to waste,they used every thing until it wore out or was used up. I still have a set of cast iron cook ware that was give to me by my grandmother when I set up house keeping the first time,part of the set was given to her when she set up house keeping in 1916,by her grandmother.I also have a quilt that she made in 1917 out of scraps ,from a old sofa .Quilt making was one of the things you had to learn ,just like how to plant by the "signs",and when to kill hogs and cure the meat,or how to make whiskey. Just things you had to learn. Iley ----- Original Message ----- From: "macbetty" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 1:52 PM Subject: Re: [TNMARION] WWI Soldiers > Iley what is tan-bark? and what did the tannery do with it? > >

I was Wondering if any one knows anything abt the Morgan Family who settled in marion co.tn from North Carolina ? some of them are burried in the LADD cem. marion co.tn i was told... Barlett morgan 1810 and martha Griffen 1813. any infornmation would be greatly appreicated. they had 11 children . thanks steff

Steff, are you sure they "came" from North Carolina or did they already live there when Tn became a state and was renamed Tn from the territory of North Carolina? Have you checked the Ladd cemetery for any markers that might be still be there? thanks Betty ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 12:12 PM Subject: [TNMARION] Morgans |I was Wondering if any one knows anything abt the Morgan Family who settled | in marion co.tn from North Carolina ? some of them are burried in the LADD | cem. marion co.tn i was told... | | Barlett morgan 1810 and martha Griffen 1813. any infornmation would be | greatly appreicated. they had 11 children . thanks steff | | | ==== 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. There is no | soliciting or advertising of any item or service for sale allowed. | Betty McBee - list administrator-- [email protected] . | Marion County Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnmario2/ | *********************************************************************** | | ============================== | View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find | marriage announcements and more. Learn more: | http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx | | |

Steff There are some Morgan's,and some Griffen over in Hamilton county, a lot of the people in Marion early on ended up in Hamilton county in later years. Iley ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 2:12 PM Subject: [TNMARION] Morgans > I was Wondering if any one knows anything abt the Morgan Family who settled > in marion co.tn from North Carolina ? some of them are burried in the LADD > cem. marion co.tn i was told... > > Barlett morgan 1810 and martha Griffen 1813. any infornmation would be > greatly appreicated. they had 11 children . thanks steff > > > ==== 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. There is no > soliciting or advertising of any item or service for sale allowed. > Betty McBee - list administrator-- [email protected] . > Marion County Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnmario2/ > *********************************************************************** > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >