Bernice, Cumberland Shed! I grew up about 1 1/2 miles from the Shed church. It ceased being used when I was a little girl. One of my best friends is researching the Bracketts (part time). It's prob. one of the oldest cemeterys in Polk. Have you been there? It is on Horn's Creek Road about 1 1/4 mi from Hwy 411. Between Ocoee and Old Fort. Turn at the Curbow Bridge. Joyce Gaston Reece Rootsweb mail list minder: Gilbreath, Galbreath, Raper, Knuckles, TN-Meigs, Southeast, TN., Northeast, TN., Shields, Hembree, Hemby. Ancestry Message Board Admin for: Daugherty, Galbreath, Gaston, Gilbreath, Hembree, Hemby, Knuckles, Raper, Reece, Shield, Shields & Polk Co., TN. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bernice Gayle & Anson Raymond" <raymond@desoto.net> To: <TNMCMINN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2003 4:29 PM Subject: Re: [MCMINN] WILLIAM SMITH - 1829 > This is the only William Smith that we have in our Smith tree so far. He > was our G-Grandfather. He died in Polk County & is buried in Cumberland > Shed Cemetery. This does not match the one you describe as having died in > 1829. The counties are so close a person could have lived in one and buried > in another. > An example is my G-Aunt who lives just a few miles from Mount Hermon > Cemetery but she's just over the border of Polk County. So when she's > buried she will be buried at Mount Hermon which is in Bradley Co, and have > lived in Polk. > If you or anyone else are related to the Smiths below, please contact my > sister, Karen Wills (fritzzy@earthlink.net), and myself. > Our website is: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~fritzzy/smith.htm > and the main page is > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~fritzzy/ > > (2) William (Billy) M. Smith*, G Grandfather > |..... bd. 1876 > |..... dd. 1948, polk Co., TN > |..... brd. Cumberland Shed Cemetery Polk Co., TN > |..... & Missouri "Zorri/Zude/Zuda" Polk Brackett, G Grandmother > |..... bd. 3 Apr 1877 > |..... dd. 14 Aug 1906 > |..... brd. Cumberland Shed Cemetery Polk Co., TN > |..... m. 24 Aug 1895, Polk Co., TN > > (2) William (Billy) M. Smith*, G Grandfather > |..... bd. 1876 > |..... dd. 1948, polk Co., TN > |..... brd. Cumberland Shed Cemetery Polk Co., TN > |..... & Louise Agusta Moore > |..... bd. 1880 > |..... dd. 1946, Polk Co., TN > |..... brd. Cumberland Shed Cemetery Polk Co., TN > |..... m. 31 Jan 1907, Polk County, TN > > > Bernice Raymond. > > At 01:13 PM 1/4/2003 -0600, you wrote: > > Is there anyone on this list that lives in McMinn County and > >would be able to see if William SMITH left a will or estate records? He > >died in McMinn Co. 18 Nov. 1829. His wife was Nancy Charles. Also > >trying to learn in which cemetery he and his wife might be buried in. > > > > Thanks > > Jackie > > > > > >==== TNMCMINN Mailing List ==== > >Checkout the other lists being watched over by your List Mom; > >http://mailing_lists.homestead.com/lists.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 > > > > ==== TNMCMINN Mailing List ==== > If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the McMinn Co., TN list, use > TNMCMINN-l-request@rootsweb.com or TNMCMINN-d-request@rootsweb.com if > you are on the Digest list. > > ============================== > 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 >

No, we live in Florida although both sets of grandparents, g-grandparents and my mother and father are all from there. We have so many cousins it's hard to keep up with them. In fact we're double cousins. My husband gave up at the Fisher Reunion this past July in Cleveland. Said he had to keep a scorecard to know who's who. When there in July 2002, my husband and I went to Union Grove & Coghill Cemetery in McMinn Co....both of which are family cemeteries for us. I briefly visited Antioch Cemetery outside of Benton going towards McMinn Co since my grandfather, George Thomas Fisher, was just buried there the previous year. We visited Mount Hermon in 2001 when my grandfather was very ill; we got almost all the way home and got word he had died 3 hours after I had left him. I was in upper GA at the time but no one called me at my uncle's. We also have a Mount Hermon page off of our main page and it has all the listings of all buried there so far. We hope to get to more cemeteries the next time we're up that way. I try to get to family cemeteries and others (another family cemetery being Boanerges), and take pictures of the lands, churches, cemeteries, etc as part of the history to preserve the memory of our ancestors. I have some of Boanerges, Mount Hermon, Union Grove, and Coghill. I would love to see Cumberland Shed. Do you have any good pics of it? If so I'd appreciate one. It sounds like we were close to it when we visited Boanerges. If I'd known that I'd taken time to go. Have your friend email us about the Bracketts since we have quite a few already listed. We are related to the Bracketts via my grandfather James Harrison or Harris Smith and his wife, my grandmother, Leola Hunt Smith. We have been told his name was James Harrison Knox Polk Brackett Smith. Although I think someone just added all his family surnames in there. I never got to know my grandfather very well since he lived away from my grandmother most of the time down in Florida and after she divorced after 20 years, he remarried and lived in Adkins, SC. My g-grandfather & g-grandmother (parents of my grandfather) were Wm. Smith & Missouri "Zuda/Zorri/ Zude" Polk Brackett These are the ones I sent you. But it is through Missouri that we are related to the Bracketts Missouri's parents were: (4) John William Brackett * |..... |..... |..... bd. 23 Aug 1867, Gilmer Co., GA |..... |..... |..... dd. 4 Jun 1909, Polk Co., TN |..... |..... |..... brd. Cumberland Shed Cemetery Polk Co., TN |..... |..... |..... & Ida Christian |..... |..... |..... bd. 25 Dec 1873 |..... |..... |..... dd. 22 Apr 1897, Polk Co., TN |..... |..... |..... brd. Cumberland Shed Cemetery Polk Co., TN John Wm. Brackett's parents were: (3) James K Polk Brackett* |..... |..... bd. 13 Feb 1848, Gilmer Co., GA |..... |..... dd. 4 Jan 1930, Polk Co., TN |..... |..... brd. Cumberland Shed Cemetery Polk Co., TN |..... |..... & Melissa Pierce |..... |..... bd. 23 Oct 1843, Gilmer Co., GA |..... |..... dd. 20 Dec 1906, Polk Co., TN |..... |..... brd. Cumberland Shed Cemetery Polk Co., TN James Knox Polk Brackett's parents were: (1) Thomas Brackett & Betsy/bettie [Brackett |..... (2) Mige Brackett |..... bd. ca 1812 |..... brd. Ball Creek Cemetery, Elijay, GA |..... & Cynthia Hubbard |..... dd. 1848, Gilmer Co., GA We even have a Brackett page. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~fritzzy/brackett.htm Have your friend visit our website, and let us know if she finds a relative or two. And to write us. I'm cc'ing this to my sister, Karen, for her information also. She will be interested in this. Bernice Our surnames: Fisher, Smith, Callahan/Callihan, Pierce/Pearce, Brackett, Cloer, Armstrong, Baker, Bailes, Manis, Mullinax, Hunt, Lawson, Lomex/Somex, Mashburn, Vineyard, Mantooth, Cook, Waldrop and many more. see http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~fritzzy/directory.htm for a list of surnames. but be sure to visit our main site to see other pages also including Mount Hermon, Unknown pictures, Charleston HS Class of 1955, and our Fisher Reunion webpage. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~fritzzy/ Bernice Raymond At 04:45 PM 1/4/2003 -0500, you wrote: >Bernice, > >Cumberland Shed! I grew up about 1 1/2 miles from the Shed church. It >ceased being used when I was a little girl. One of my best >friends is researching the Bracketts (part time). It's prob. one of the >oldest cemeterys in Polk. Have you been there? It is on >Horn's Creek Road about 1 1/4 mi from Hwy 411. Between Ocoee and Old >Fort. Turn at the Curbow Bridge. > >Joyce Gaston Reece >Rootsweb mail list minder: Gilbreath, Galbreath, Raper, >Knuckles, TN-Meigs, Southeast, TN., Northeast, TN., Shields, >Hembree, Hemby. >Ancestry Message Board Admin for: Daugherty, Galbreath, Gaston, >Gilbreath, Hembree, Hemby, Knuckles, Raper, Reece, >Shield, Shields & Polk Co., TN.