Hi all, I haven't posted in a while, nor have I done much genealogy. Too dang busy. However, it looks like I'm going to get my once-in-a-lifetime trip to Maury County at Christmas time. As I'll only have one day there, I want to take pictures and be as efficient as possible with my time. I need some advice on the best way to get from Columbia to Culleoka (Glendale?), especially Pleasant Mount and the Cumberland Presbytarian Church where I believe William B. Murphey and his wife are buried in unmarked graves. Are there any hotels around there? Is that still District 5 by the old designation? What other things to see around there that are old? thanks, Mark Murphy ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.

I was talking about the cemetery records books by Fred Hawkins where Erwin surname is missing page 583 in the index. However, about the link on your site, the historical society was http://maurywebpages.com/mchs/ owned by charter.net, until the historical society started http://historicmaury.org/ a few years ago. Evidently, after 3-4 years of carrying the old site, charter.net finally deleted the /mchs and replaced it with pointers to the new site. The new site was last updated in 2003 or 4 and has little of the stuff that was deleted from the old one. Quite a loss.

Mildred or Gary Actually McCains Cemetery was never on my site (Cemeteries of Maury County Tennessee). With permission and encourgement I linked to the Historic Maury Site which had the History of the McCains Church and a listing of the cemetery. The administrators (whomever they are now) of that site deleted the interim link and also removed the McCains Church History best I can tell. Looks like they scaled down the site when I thought it was growing This naturally caused my link to go bad. Don't ask me why they took the McCains History off. It was under the category of Historic Sites I believe as the 7th item. Maybe someone wanted to publish a book. One thing about the net is one cannot count on anything being there that you saw yesterday since it can disappear nearly at the speed of light. The main index of the Maury County Cemetery site still contains the names of those interred in the McCains Cemetery but no where else. You can still look there for the missing Erwin surname at McCains. There is however no McCains sort anywhere. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~maury/cemetery/Index-Full.E-F.htm Wayne Austin Maury County Cemeteries. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~maury/cemetery/

-----Original Message----- From: Gary Hood [mailto:garyhood@egyptian.net] Sent: Friday, November 25, 2005 1:51 PM To: TNMAURY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TNMAURY-L] Cemetery records index, by Hawkins The surname Erwin is missing page 583 in the index. There are a bunch of Erwins on that page. ==== TNMAURY Mailing List ==== SOUTHERN HERITAGE NEWS AND VIEWS is dedicated to the preservation of Southern Heritage and to defend the honor of our Confederate ancestors. To subscribe send e-mail to: SouthernHeritage-subscribe@topica.com ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx

The surname Erwin is missing page 583 in the index. There are a bunch of Erwins on that page.

Thanks Allen Jeannene

Allen, do you know if these 2 Glover sisters had any brothers or uncles that married a Sarah?? On my 3rd granparents 1870 Census in Maury Co., Tn. there is a Sarah Glover 57 living with them. I have no clue if she is family or otherwise.. I thought she might a sister or sisterinlaw to my grandparent.. My grandmother is listed as 61 and he is 56. My grandmother is listed born in N.C. and so is this Sarah. My granfather born Tn. I had not thought of this in a while til seen the name Glover again. Jeannene

Jeannene I wish I could help, but Sarah's mother is an unknown and I do not know if there were any brothers. Her sister was Christina and her father was believed to be Joseph. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Coylajimk@aol.com> To: <TNMAURY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 7:43 PM Subject: Re: [TNMAURY-L] Thomas GRANT > Allen, do you know if these 2 Glover sisters had any brothers or uncles > that > married a Sarah?? On my 3rd granparents 1870 Census in Maury Co., Tn. > there > is a Sarah Glover 57 living with them. I have no clue if she is family or > otherwise.. I thought she might a sister or sisterinlaw to my > grandparent.. My > grandmother is listed as 61 and he is 56. My grandmother is listed born > in N.C. > and so is this Sarah. My granfather born Tn. I had not thought of this in > a > while til seen the name Glover again. > > Jeannene > > > ==== TNMAURY Mailing List ==== > Researching the following Maury County surnames: BINKLEY - BOOKER - > CASKEY - CRAIG - CRAWFORD - CREWS - DABBS - DANIELS - DEMASTUS - DIAL - > DILLEHAY - DODSON - DOOLEY - DUGGER - HARDISON - JETER - KENNON - > LEWIS - MACK - MAYSE - MILES - MITCHELL - MURPHY - OLIVER - PARK - > PARRISH - RIEVES - ROOK - WELLS - demastus@aol.com > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >

This is a periodic search for anyone who might be related to my gggrandfather, Thomas Grant. Thomas Grant was born about 1778 and died in 1836 in Marshall County, TN. His year of birth was derived from a Marshall County court deposition taken in July, 1838, wherein his age was listed as "60," though it could be in error. Thomas married Sarah Glover, sister of Christina Glover, who married James Davis. They had a number of children: Howard b. abt. 1802 John b. abt. 1805 m. Martha Shannon January 1, 1838, died bet. 1860 - 1870 in Poinsett County, AR Richard G. b. Feb. 22, 1808 m. Adaline Caroline Fowler abt. 1829 - Settled in Coryell County, TX Mary Margaret b. abt. 1810 m. David R. Looney Levinia b. abt. 1814 m. Early Reasonover Jan. 1835 James Davis (my ggrandfather) b. Jan. 6, 1818 m. Sarah Elizabeth Talley Jul. 14, 1840. After her death, m. Tennie Caroline Talley Jan. 6, 1869 - Settled in Robertson County, TX Mary "Mollie" Virginia b. Jan. 27, 1857 m. John M McMillian Jan 27, 1875 Minnesota "Minnie" Talley b. bet. 1859-1860 m. Patrick Taylor Calvert Dec. 22, 1874 Victoria b. Jun. 2, 1862 Steven D. b. Dec. 20, 1864 There have been several stories passed down through time regarding the early life of my Thomas Grant, none of which I can confirm. Perhaps, one of them is true. Because several brothers and parts of the country are mentioned, there may be some other Grant lineages around that may be connected to Thomas Grant. Here is what I have been told by family members: According to information handed down by Talley Grant of Franklin, TX (date unknown), Thomas and two brothers came directly from Scotland. One brother apparently settled in Maine, one in Pennsylvania and the remaining brother moved to Ohio. According to the story, Thomas ended up in Kentucky, possibly as the result of being orphaned and indentured to a farmer to learn the farming trade. Another story circulating through the family is that the three brothers fled Scotland when England took over the lands and took everything the Scots owned, leaving them with only pieces of land to live on. Their traditions and clothing attire were considered treason by the British and the Scots could be thrown in prison for such displays. As a result of the oppression, many Scots fled their country for America. Because they were virtually poor at that point, they indentured themselves for seven years to other families to gain passage to America. Thomas and his brothers were believed to have been indentured. They may have arrived on the Carolina Coast and migrated west, however, most suggest that those coming from Scotland landed around the Upper East Coast. We know that he later moved to Tennessee and settled in Maury County. Recently, I have located some other Thomas Grant's who were in the Revolutionary War and enlisted in 1776 in Massachusetts. One served with his father, Thomas Grant, in his father's Company and John Glover's Regiment. He was married to Lydia Stacy and they lived in Marbleshead, Essex County, MA. Another Thomas Grant, from Noblesborough, Lincoln County, MA, enlisted in 1775 in John Glover, Jr's Company and John Glover (Sr.)'s Regiment. The age of these Grant's make them prime candidates as parents of my Thomas Grant; however, it is only a chance. I have no evidence to suggest the relationship, but am seeking anyone who can confirm or dispute it. I have been participating in a DNA study through FamilyTreeDNA.com, wherein we now have 70 Grant's in the project. We have several matches in the group and I match closely with three of them. The lineage of the other participants is most interesting, however, we have yet to find the common link. I am at a distinct disadvantage in that I can only go back to the 5th generation, while others go back much further. If you have run into a brickwall and can not find any new information about your lineage, and are a male Grant, you might want to consider participation in the Grant DNA study. Who knows, we may be related! Allen Grant <'\\\>< http://home.houston.rr.com/agrant/genealogy/granthis.htm

The below link is to some very old photos made in Columbia Tennessee. These are at least older than 1870 on E-bay. Check them out to see if these are any of anyone's kin on this list. http://cgi.ebay.com/Very-Old-Photographs-Taken-In-Columbia-Tennessee_W0QQitemZ6227458779QQcategoryZ20236QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosti ng Wayne Austin

LDS Family History Library - Family Histories on Internet ==== MASSIE Mailing List ==== _http://archiver.rootsweb.com/_ (http://archiver.rootsweb.com/) This has been making the rounds of the lists and since I haven't been paying attention as to which lists have received notification I figured I'd better send to all the lists I administer. You may run into some delays because lots of folks are investigating this wonderful resource. Be patient! It's worth it! Pat Mount List Admin The LDS Family History Library has announced that it has begun the process of digitizing and making available on the Internet all of the Family History books in their collection. About 5000 books have been digitized and are available, and they have announced that they are adding about 100 titles a week to the on-line collection. Go to the web site of the Harold B. Lee Library at BYU, _http://www.lib.byu.edu/_ (http://www.lib.byu.edu/) From the list of collections that are displayed, choose: "Find Other Materials" "Electronic" "On Line Collections at BYU" Choose the TAB "Text Collections" And, finally, "Family History Archive"

I am seeking any descendants of Early Reasonover, who was born in Tennessee about 1814. He is believed to have moved with the Grant's to Pontotoc County, MS and later to Texas (Rusk County and Sherman County). He married Levinia Grant, daughter of Thomas and Sarah Grant. Early's children included: William - b. abt. 1836 in Tennessee Nancy Jane - b. abt. 1842 in Pontotoc County, MS Many of Levinia's siblings settled in Robertson County, TX, including my ggrandfather, James Davis Grant. Allen Grant <'\\\>< http://home.houston.rr.com/agrant/genealogy/granthis.htm

Thank you for the translation, Heather. Jane Foley NC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Heather" <eponalady@yahoo.com> To: <TNMAURY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 9:09 PM Subject: Re: [TNMAURY-L] Old Letter found Columbia April 9th, 1844 > Here is my best transcription of the letter. Several letters > are superscripts that won't show up in my plain text > transcription. The punctuation in the letter is only one comma > near the end and one period in the author's initial. The two > question marks in there are my own addition indicating that I do > not know what those two words could be. > > *** > > Columbia Ten April 9th 1844 > > Alexr G Abell Esqr > > Dr Sir > > Yours of 25 March is to hand Enclosed please find ten Dollars > for which please send me the amt in copies of the life of Prest > Tyler these I take on my own aso? as awery? to the protracted > and fatal sickness in our town + neighborhood the intercourse > with the country has been in a great measure suspended and no > oportunity [sic] afforded of ascertaining the amt which could be > disposed of here, should further amt be called for I will make > application to you > > very respectfully > your obl servant > H. Langtry VM > > > ==== TNMAURY Mailing List ==== > SOUTHERN HERITAGE NEWS AND VIEWS is dedicated to the preservation of > Southern Heritage and to defend the honor of our Confederate ancestors. > To subscribe send e-mail to: SouthernHeritage-subscribe@topica.com > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >

Thanks Wayne, for your explanation. Jane Foley NC ----- Original Message ----- From: <WayneAL1@aol.com> To: <TNMAURY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 8:30 PM Subject: Re: [TNMAURY-L] Old Letter found Columbia April 9th, 1844 > Jane I find I can read those old letters if I study and compare the > questionable letters and words to each other. In essence learning the > shape of each > letter as I go. I concede that one is a bit tough. I believe a Mr. Abell > or > Isbell was being directed for $10 dollars to send copies of a publication > about a _ > _ _ Tyler and the rest I would have needed more time to make it out > including > the sender of the letter. Sound like the writer was going to distribute > the > copies around for some cause or something. > > Well, maybe I just stirred up someone who will do a more complete task > here > as I am missing plenty. > > > Wayne Austin > > > > ==== TNMAURY Mailing List ==== > SOUTHERN HERITAGE NEWS AND VIEWS is dedicated to the preservation of > Southern Heritage and to defend the honor of our Confederate ancestors. > To subscribe send e-mail to: SouthernHeritage-subscribe@topica.com > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >

Jane I find I can read those old letters if I study and compare the questionable letters and words to each other. In essence learning the shape of each letter as I go. I concede that one is a bit tough. I believe a Mr. Abell or Isbell was being directed for $10 dollars to send copies of a publication about a _ _ _ Tyler and the rest I would have needed more time to make it out including the sender of the letter. Sound like the writer was going to distribute the copies around for some cause or something. Well, maybe I just stirred up someone who will do a more complete task here as I am missing plenty. Wayne Austin

Thanks Rick for the hints. Some of them I had forgotten. I was able to pull up the letter full size. But some of the words I could not read because of the fancy writing. I couldn't make heads or tails out of what he was asking for or even the signature. It didn't look like it was any of my 16 plus lines so I guess I will just forget it. Thanks anyway for trying to help. Jane Foley NC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Gray" <rgray7824@charter.net> To: <TNMAURY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 7:41 PM Subject: Re: [TNMAURY-L] Old Letter found Columbia April 9th, 1844 > Jane, Did you go to the link for the message board post. At the message > board you click on the attachment. It opens the letter. When I ran my > mouse > across the letter, it showed a box in the corner. I clicked on that box > and > the letter enlarged so that I could read it just fine. > > I think you probably know but there may be others who are members of this > list who have forgotten. When someone posts on the message board at > Ancestry.com for Maury County, the posts are gatewayed to the Roots-L > list. > The only way the person sees a reply made at Roots-L is if they are also > members of the Roots-L list. If they are not and we reply to the post over > here and not on the message board they may never see the reply. In essence > all messages posted on the message board show up on the Roots-L archive > but > it does not work the other way. You will find messages on the Roots-L > archive that you will not find on the message board. > > As I said Jane I think you probably know that but I think there are many > others here who do not. > > Rick > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jane Foley" <mjfent@bellsouth.net> > To: <TNMAURY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 6:18 PM > Subject: Re: [TNMAURY-L] Old Letter found Columbia April 9th, 1844 > > >> Don, can't read it. Can you print out the letter? >> >> Jane Foley >> NC >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <LHOWELL@wk.net> >> To: <TNMAURY-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 6:18 PM >> Subject: [TNMAURY-L] Old Letter found Columbia April 9th, 1844 >> >> >> > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. >> > >> > Classification: Query >> > >> > Message Board URL: >> > >> > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0hB.2ACI/527 >> > >> > Message Board Post: >> > >> > I just received this letter in the mail today and thought i'd share it >> > with everyone. >> > >> > Feel free to post it to any other Maury County websites out there. >> > >> > Don Howell >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > ==== TNMAURY Mailing List ==== >> > SOUTHERN HERITAGE NEWS & VIEWS >> > http://lists.topica.com/lists/SouthernHeritage/prefs/info.html >> > >> > ============================== >> > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >> > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >> > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >> > >> > >> >> >> >> ==== TNMAURY Mailing List ==== >> SOUTHERN HERITAGE NEWS & VIEWS >> http://lists.topica.com/lists/SouthernHeritage/prefs/info.html >> >> ============================== >> 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 >> > > > ==== TNMAURY Mailing List ==== > SOUTHERN HERITAGE NEWS AND VIEWS is dedicated to the preservation of > Southern Heritage and to defend the honor of our Confederate ancestors. > To subscribe send e-mail to: SouthernHeritage-subscribe@topica.com > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > >

Don, can't read it. Can you print out the letter? Jane Foley NC ----- Original Message ----- From: <LHOWELL@wk.net> To: <TNMAURY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 6:18 PM Subject: [TNMAURY-L] Old Letter found Columbia April 9th, 1844 > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0hB.2ACI/527 > > Message Board Post: > > I just received this letter in the mail today and thought i'd share it > with everyone. > > Feel free to post it to any other Maury County websites out there. > > Don Howell > > > > > ==== TNMAURY Mailing List ==== > SOUTHERN HERITAGE NEWS & VIEWS > http://lists.topica.com/lists/SouthernHeritage/prefs/info.html > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >

Well, I apologize for not seeing the message board link. I think the publication might have been about Pres Tyler. WayneAL1@aol.com wrote: > Jane I find I can read those old letters if I study and compare the > questionable letters and words to each other. In essence learning the shape of each > letter as I go. I concede that one is a bit tough. I believe a Mr. Abell or > Isbell was being directed for $10 dollars to send copies of a publication about a _ > _ _ Tyler and the rest I would have needed more time to make it out including > the sender of the letter. Sound like the writer was going to distribute the > copies around for some cause or something. > > Well, maybe I just stirred up someone who will do a more complete task here > as I am missing plenty. > > > Wayne Austin > > > > ==== TNMAURY Mailing List ==== > SOUTHERN HERITAGE NEWS AND VIEWS is dedicated to the preservation of Southern Heritage and to defend the honor of our Confederate ancestors. > To subscribe send e-mail to: SouthernHeritage-subscribe@topica.com > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >

Jane, Oh I had trouble reading some of the writing too. I always do. Even after 20 years at this, I still can't get used to alot of the fancy writing - probably won't ever. Good luck, Rick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jane Foley" <mjfent@bellsouth.net> To: <TNMAURY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 6:49 PM Subject: Re: [TNMAURY-L] Old Letter found Columbia April 9th, 1844 > Thanks Rick for the hints. Some of them I had forgotten. I was able to > pull up the letter full size. But some of the words I could not read > because of the fancy writing. I couldn't make heads or tails out of what he > was asking for or even the signature. It didn't look like it was any of my > 16 plus lines so I guess I will just forget it. Thanks anyway for trying to > help. > > Jane Foley > NC > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rick Gray" <rgray7824@charter.net> > To: <TNMAURY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 7:41 PM > Subject: Re: [TNMAURY-L] Old Letter found Columbia April 9th, 1844 > > > > Jane, Did you go to the link for the message board post. At the message > > board you click on the attachment. It opens the letter. When I ran my > > mouse > > across the letter, it showed a box in the corner. I clicked on that box > > and > > the letter enlarged so that I could read it just fine. > > > > I think you probably know but there may be others who are members of this > > list who have forgotten. When someone posts on the message board at > > Ancestry.com for Maury County, the posts are gatewayed to the Roots-L > > list. > > The only way the person sees a reply made at Roots-L is if they are also > > members of the Roots-L list. If they are not and we reply to the post over > > here and not on the message board they may never see the reply. In essence > > all messages posted on the message board show up on the Roots-L archive > > but > > it does not work the other way. You will find messages on the Roots-L > > archive that you will not find on the message board. > > > > As I said Jane I think you probably know that but I think there are many > > others here who do not. > > > > Rick > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jane Foley" <mjfent@bellsouth.net> > > To: <TNMAURY-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 6:18 PM > > Subject: Re: [TNMAURY-L] Old Letter found Columbia April 9th, 1844 > > > > > >> Don, can't read it. Can you print out the letter? > >> > >> Jane Foley > >> NC > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: <LHOWELL@wk.net> > >> To: <TNMAURY-L@rootsweb.com> > >> Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 6:18 PM > >> Subject: [TNMAURY-L] Old Letter found Columbia April 9th, 1844 > >> > >> > >> > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >> > > >> > Classification: Query > >> > > >> > Message Board URL: > >> > > >> > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0hB.2ACI/527 > >> > > >> > Message Board Post: > >> > > >> > I just received this letter in the mail today and thought i'd share it > >> > with everyone. > >> > > >> > Feel free to post it to any other Maury County websites out there. > >> > > >> > Don Howell > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > ==== TNMAURY Mailing List ==== > >> > SOUTHERN HERITAGE NEWS & VIEWS > >> > http://lists.topica.com/lists/SouthernHeritage/prefs/info.html > >> > > >> > ============================== > >> > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > >> > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > >> > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> ==== TNMAURY Mailing List ==== > >> SOUTHERN HERITAGE NEWS & VIEWS > >> http://lists.topica.com/lists/SouthernHeritage/prefs/info.html > >> > >> ============================== > >> 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 > >> > > > > > > ==== TNMAURY Mailing List ==== > > SOUTHERN HERITAGE NEWS AND VIEWS is dedicated to the preservation of > > Southern Heritage and to defend the honor of our Confederate ancestors. > > To subscribe send e-mail to: SouthernHeritage-subscribe@topica.com > > > > ============================== > > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > > New content added every business day. 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Jane, Did you go to the link for the message board post. At the message board you click on the attachment. It opens the letter. When I ran my mouse across the letter, it showed a box in the corner. I clicked on that box and the letter enlarged so that I could read it just fine. I think you probably know but there may be others who are members of this list who have forgotten. When someone posts on the message board at Ancestry.com for Maury County, the posts are gatewayed to the Roots-L list. The only way the person sees a reply made at Roots-L is if they are also members of the Roots-L list. If they are not and we reply to the post over here and not on the message board they may never see the reply. In essence all messages posted on the message board show up on the Roots-L archive but it does not work the other way. You will find messages on the Roots-L archive that you will not find on the message board. As I said Jane I think you probably know that but I think there are many others here who do not. Rick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jane Foley" <mjfent@bellsouth.net> To: <TNMAURY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 6:18 PM Subject: Re: [TNMAURY-L] Old Letter found Columbia April 9th, 1844 > Don, can't read it. Can you print out the letter? > > Jane Foley > NC > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <LHOWELL@wk.net> > To: <TNMAURY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 6:18 PM > Subject: [TNMAURY-L] Old Letter found Columbia April 9th, 1844 > > > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > > > Classification: Query > > > > Message Board URL: > > > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0hB.2ACI/527 > > > > Message Board Post: > > > > I just received this letter in the mail today and thought i'd share it > > with everyone. > > > > Feel free to post it to any other Maury County websites out there. > > > > Don Howell > > > > > > > > > > ==== TNMAURY Mailing List ==== > > SOUTHERN HERITAGE NEWS & VIEWS > > http://lists.topica.com/lists/SouthernHeritage/prefs/info.html > > > > ============================== > > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > ==== TNMAURY Mailing List ==== > SOUTHERN HERITAGE NEWS & VIEWS > http://lists.topica.com/lists/SouthernHeritage/prefs/info.html > > ============================== > 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 >