Thank you for your reply. I will do the same in hopes we will find something to connect. -----Original Message----- From: Bert Paredes <bert@paredes.net> To: TNMAURY-L@rootsweb.com <TNMAURY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, December 31, 1998 9:07 PM Subject: Re: [TNMAURY-L] Roll Call: CROSS, SIMS, TATUM, WINN >I'm afraid that what was in my message is the total of what we have on >TATUM. Good Luck! > >I will hang on to your message in case we do find out anything in future. > > >>You don't happen to have any information on the TATUM family from the Maury >>Co., TN area do you? I am seeking information on the wife of William W. >>PORTER who was born in 1800 and married Charlotte O. TATUM (the Tatum name >>from family history, no proof). I have been trying for years to find some >>clue to her background. They appear to have married in TN because several of >>their children were born there. By 1850 they were in Marshall Co., MS. Any >>help would be greatly appreciated. >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Bert Paredes <bert@paredes.net> >>To: TNMAURY-L@rootsweb.com <TNMAURY-L@rootsweb.com> >>Date: Wednesday, December 30, 1998 10:53 PM >>Subject: [TNMAURY-L] Roll Call: CROSS, SIMS, TATUM, WINN >> >> >>>In Maury County, looking for ANYTHING on: >>> >>>Thomas SIMS, son of George SIMS (died in Maury County about 1818) and >>>Judith CROSS, both originally of Hanover County, VA. George SIMS was a >>>veteran of the Revolutionary war and moved to Maury County after 1808. >>> >>>Thomas SIMS (born in VA about 1785) married Mary WINN (about 1820?) and >>>they had at least 2 sons: Thomas H. SIMS (born 1821), and James W. SIMS >>>(born about 1824). Thomas H. SIMS married Mary TATUM and James W. SIMS >>>married Sarah J. TATUM, who may have been sisters. >>> >>>The only real documentation we have for any of this is the 1850 census of >>>Bedford County, TN, where we found the families of Thomas H. SIMS and James >>>W. SIMS, who is my wife's great-grandfather. (I just love "researchers" who >>>make lots of assertions, then provide zero identification of their sources >>>and absolutely no documentation for their "facts"!) >>> >>>We are trying hard to verify and document this data, and would appreciate >>>any assistance. We have been unable to locate the SIMS-TATUM marriage >>>records or the probate for either Thomas SIMS or George SIMS. >>> >>>Bert Paredes & Kate Blacklock >>>Littleton, COlorado >>> >>><<<< >>>> <<<< >>>> <<<< >>>> <<<< >>>> <<<< >>>> <<<< >>>> <<<< >>>> >>> >>>"Macintosh: we might not get everything right, but at least we knew the >>>century was going to end." >>> - Douglas Adams >>> >>>"Never ask a man what sort of computer he drives. If it's a Mac, he'll tell >>>you. If not, why embarrass him?" >>> - Tom Clancy >>> >>> >>> >>>==== TNMAURY Mailing List ==== >>>To unsubscribe, send the command "unsubscribe" to: >>>TNMAURY-L-request@rootsweb.com (if in mail mode) or >>>TNMAURY-D-request@rootsweb.com (if in digest mode.) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >>==== TNMAURY Mailing List ==== >>To unsubscribe, send the command "unsubscribe" to: >>TNMAURY-L-request@rootsweb.com (if in mail mode) or >>TNMAURY-D-request@rootsweb.com (if in digest mode.) > ><<<< >>>> <<<< >>>> <<<< >>>> <<<< >>>> <<<< >>>> <<<< >>>> <<<< >>>> > >"Macintosh: we might not get everything right, but at least we knew the >century was going to end." > - Douglas Adams > >"Never ask a man what sort of computer he drives. If it's a Mac, he'll tell >you. If not, why embarrass him?" > - Tom Clancy > > > >==== TNMAURY Mailing List ==== >Maury County Historical Society >Contact: Mrs. Alice Algood, President >Address: 804 Athenaeum St., Columbia, TN 38401 >Phone: (931) 388-5373 > >MCHS, founded in 1964, meets every odd month on the third Sunday. A quarterly publication is issued. Membership dues are $10 per year. > >Visit the Maury County Historical Society Web Site at: >http://www.maurywebpages.com/mchs/index.htm > > > > > > > > > > > >