Does anyone know how Ostella was affected when Marshall County was first formed? Two of my Swiney people give their birthplaces as Ostella in Giles County. I'm assuming they were in Giles, going about their business, and without budging an inch, suddenly found themselves in Marshall. Is there an online map that actually shows the boundaries before and after the formation of the county? Hopefully, Barbara Collin

There's a rough idea in Dollarhide's Map Guide to the Federal Census. Marshall was not in existence in 1830, but by 1840 it had been formed, including a small portion of northeast Giles County. The Marshall Co. Historical Quarterly of Spring 1974 Vol. V #1, however, refers to Ostella this way: "Formerly the southwest part of Lincoln Co (est'd in 1809) before Marshall was established by an act of the legislature in 1836, the region was sparsely settled before 1820. "The records of the US Post Office show a post office was established 11 Aug 1849, known as New Hope. A map shows the location to be near Ostella, about Cherry Corner...It was discontinued 5 Dec 1852 and reestablished Dec 1852...discontinued 1867." The author could not pin down the location because it apparently moved around. Looking at Dollarhid's map for 1810, I wonder whether that's an error in the MCHQ article, because it looks as if it would have been the NORTHwest part of Lincoln Co. This isn't an answer to your question, but I hope it gives you some help. Barbara Collin wrote: > Does anyone know how Ostella was affected when Marshall County was first formed? Two of my Swiney people give their birthplaces as Ostella in Giles County. I'm assuming they were in Giles, going about their business, and without budging an inch, suddenly found themselves in Marshall. > > Is there an online map that actually shows the boundaries before and after the formation of the county? > > Hopefully, > Barbara Collin > > > ==== TNMARSHA Mailing List ==== > Visit the Marshall County Genealogy Website at > http://www.tngenweb.org/marshall/index.html > > >

Does anyone have information on how to locate the records of the U.S. Post Office mentioned in the Spring 1974 Historical Quarterly? Would the local Post Office records be in the National Archives? I would like to be able to document those who held contracts to deliver the mail in Marshall Co. and Williamson Counties and the dates for those contracts before and after the Civil War. I am also interested in information on stagecoach lines and routes in Marshall and Williamson Counties during this period. We have family information that Robert Alexander Wilson and his sons of College Grove, Williamson Co., held mail delivery contracts and ran a stagecoach line for some of this time, until he moved to Obion Co. with his second wife and their family, along with some of the Baucoms. Thomas Jefferson and James William Wilson, his sons by his first wife, worked with him before moving to Gibson Co. after the Civil War and then went on to Arkansas. I will appreciate any suggestions on how to find records to document the information we have. Kathryn Schultz kathysschultz@earthlink.net >There's a rough idea in Dollarhide's Map Guide to the Federal >Census. Marshall was not in existence in 1830, but by 1840 it had >been formed, including a small portion of northeast Giles County. > >The Marshall Co. Historical Quarterly of Spring 1974 Vol. V #1, >however, refers to Ostella this way: "Formerly the southwest part of >Lincoln Co (est'd in 1809) before Marshall was established by an act >of the legislature in 1836, the region was sparsely settled before >1820. > >"The records of the US Post Office show a post office was >established 11 Aug 1849, known as New Hope. A map shows the location >to be near Ostella, about Cherry Corner...It was discontinued 5 Dec >1852 and reestablished Dec 1852...discontinued 1867." The author >could not pin down the location because it apparently moved around. > >Looking at Dollarhid's map for 1810, I wonder whether that's an >error in the MCHQ article, because it looks as if it would have been >the NORTHwest part of Lincoln Co. > >This isn't an answer to your question, but I hope it gives you some help. > >Barbara Collin wrote: >>Does anyone know how Ostella was affected when Marshall County was >>first formed? Two of my Swiney people give their birthplaces as >>Ostella in Giles County. I'm assuming they were in Giles, going >>about their business, and without budging an inch, suddenly found >>themselves in Marshall. >> >>Is there an online map that actually shows the boundaries before >>and after the formation of the county? >> >>Hopefully, >>Barbara Collin >> >> >>==== TNMARSHA Mailing List ==== >>Visit the Marshall County Genealogy Website at >> http://www.tngenweb.org/marshall/index.html >> >> > >______________________________

Hello, Barbara. The maps on this web site http://www.segenealogy.com/tennessee/tn_maps/tn_cf.htm are probably too small to help you a lot, but it is really interesting to watch the county boundaries change right before your eyes. Look at the changes in the maps for 1835 and 1836. I just checked my Dollarhide Census map book, and it really didn't show any more clearly than these maps exactly where the changes were. I hope this helps some. Kathryn Schultz kathysschultz@earthlink.net >Does anyone know how Ostella was affected when Marshall County was >first formed? Two of my Swiney people give their birthplaces as >Ostella in Giles County. I'm assuming they were in Giles, going >about their business, and without budging an inch, suddenly found >themselves in Marshall. > >Is there an online map that actually shows the boundaries before and >after the formation of the county? > >Hopefully, >Barbara Collin > >______________________________