Larry, Since I do not know your email address I have to send this to the mailing list. Thank's for sending the info from the "The History of Meigs County" "Rhea County, TN Census, Marriage and Tax Records 1850-1900:" On the Hammel - Hammonds - Hammond surnames. Hopefully I can locate more on the James Hammond that married Mary Brocke, in Rhea Co Mar30, 1871. Although Mary Brocke could not be my grandmother this could "possibly" be my grandfather and his 1st wife who knows. At least you have given me something to work with. My father's brother William who was born in 1905 list his place of birth a Spring City,TN in Rhea Co. Once again Thank's for the info ! Regards, Pat

From The History of Meigs County, in the paragraph about James and Sarah Ford. Their daughter Patricia(b. 1938) married Gray Hammonds and they live in Canton, GA. From Tennessee Cousins; "Members of the Walker family who married in Knox County" Amanda W. Walker to Henry Hammell Jun 19, 1834. From Rhea County, TN Census, Marriage and Tax Records 1850-1900: Marriages: James Hammond to Mary Brocke, Mar30, 1871(same), W>B> Henry JP, 1-#1191 Hope this helps some. Larry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat" <hammon_p@bellsouth.net> To: <TNMEIGS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 3:24 AM Subject: [{Meigs Co., TN}] HAMMOND - HAMMELS etc: and Mary L ? > I'm searching for information on my grandparents who were living in Meigs Co TN in 1910. My grandfather was said to be J.H. HAMMOND but about 4 months ago I was able to locate my father's family in the 1910 Meigs Co TN census, the census index has the surname of my father's family as HAMMELS. According to the 1910 census my grandfather was born about 1838 and my grandmother Mary L (last name unknown) about 1872, This was the 2nd marriage for both. > According to the 1910 census my grandparens had 5 children but only 4 living. My father was the youngest child of my grandparents in 1910. It is next to impossible to be able to tell how the last name was spelled on the 1910 census, so I don't know if the last name is Hammel or Hammond. It is not impossible the last name was Hammel etc: > > My father and his sibling were place in an orphanage in 1914 in GA. This was the last time the family seen each other. I did locate my father's niece's and nephews in 1998 after years of searching. But I would love to know about my grandparents and who my grandmother was beside's just the name Mary. > > My grandparents had been married about 12 yrs according to the 1910 census and this was a 2nd marriage for both of them. > > I'm also interested on information on a Mary L JACKSON b. ca 1872 - 75 in TN and was living in McMinn Co with her parents in 1880. As I located a James & Mary who were living in McMinn Co in 1900 that may possibly have been my grandparents all info on them fits except a little age difference. Once again the 1900 census last name for James & Mary is not clear, and the census index only shows the last name as Han ???? so the person who did the indexing could not read the last name either. > > Also could anyone tell me where in Meigs Co District 3 was in 1910. > > Any information on the above is greatly appreciated. > > > > My grandfather .... > > Meigs Co Tennessee, 1910 > Jake Hammels > Age: 72 > Gender: M > Race: W > Birthplace: TN > State: Tennessee > County: MEIGS > Locale: 3-DIST > Series: T624 > Roll: 1513 > Part: 2 > Page: 48B > > There was also a Barney Hammels a in district 3 as well, but I don't know if he is related to my grandfather. > > Meigs Co Tennessee, 1910 > Hammels, Barney > Gender: M > Race: W > Birthplace: TN > State: Tennessee > County: MEIGS > Locale: 3-DIST > Series: T624 > Roll: 1513 > Part: 2 > Page: 48A > > I did find a Barney Hammel d. 1918 and a James Hamill d. 1914 on the Rhea Co TN death Index. > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

No Problem, Kay, I'm very glad to see that you are working to get the web page up to snuff. All Meigs County researchers will benefit from it. Joyce Gaston Reece > [Original Message] > From: kgsno <kgsno@alltel.net> > To: <TNMEIGS-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 02/18/2004 12:56:08 PM > Subject: [{Meigs Co., TN}] Meigs Co. hompages > > Listmembers, I have been working on the Meigs Co., TNGenWeb Project pages, > trying to get them updated with current information, I'm finding that many > of the homepages linked from the site are no longer working links and will > be taken down. (I suspect this is also true of many of the surname links) > > If you have a homepage and would like it listed please let me know. > > List Mom, I don't intend to use this mail list for an everyday update so if > this is off topic please forgive.... > > mailto:meigs@tngenweb.org > > > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

Can someone tell me how I can locate the area in Meigs Co. district 3 was in 1910 ? Regards, Pat

Listmembers, I have been working on the Meigs Co., TNGenWeb Project pages, trying to get them updated with current information, I'm finding that many of the homepages linked from the site are no longer working links and will be taken down. (I suspect this is also true of many of the surname links) If you have a homepage and would like it listed please let me know. List Mom, I don't intend to use this mail list for an everyday update so if this is off topic please forgive.... mailto:meigs@tngenweb.org

Hello, Kay, welcome. I am the admin for the mail list...but not the message board. Mr. Edward Brown has that. I live just across the 'border' in McMinn County and mangage the ALHN site for McMinn along with Sharon McCormack. I can understand what a job you have taken on. Thank you and I hope you have much success. I also manage the southeast Tennessee mail list which is pretty active so if I can help please let me know. I'll tell you this much. These lists have some of the absolute best volunteers in the world so if you have a major project in mind that will benefit the web site it can quite often be done via these volunteers. Good luck. Joyce Gaston Reece > [Original Message] > From: kgsno <kgsno@alltel.net> > To: <TNMEIGS-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 02/16/2004 11:44:26 PM > Subject: [{Meigs Co., TN}] New Meigs Co. CC > > I am the new county coordinator for Meigs Co. So, if you have a web site > about your Meigs Co. ancestors and would like a link from the Meigs Co. > site or if you are doing research on a Meigs Co. surname, please let me > know and I will be happy to add your information. > > Next, if your information is already on site and is outdated, (old email > address, old homepage URL) please send me a message with the new information. > > Any contributions of data (NO copyright material) please let me know what > you have and we will see if it can be posted on site. > > I'm just getting started updating the web site so keep checking in. > > You can reach me at email: meigs@tngenweb.org please put Meigs Co. in > the subject line. > > Kay > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

I'm searching for information on my grandparents who were living in Meigs Co TN in 1910. My grandfather was said to be J.H. HAMMOND but about 4 months ago I was able to locate my father's family in the 1910 Meigs Co TN census, the census index has the surname of my father's family as HAMMELS. According to the 1910 census my grandfather was born about 1838 and my grandmother Mary L (last name unknown) about 1872, This was the 2nd marriage for both. According to the 1910 census my grandparens had 5 children but only 4 living. My father was the youngest child of my grandparents in 1910. It is next to impossible to be able to tell how the last name was spelled on the 1910 census, so I don't know if the last name is Hammel or Hammond. It is not impossible the last name was Hammel etc: My father and his sibling were place in an orphanage in 1914 in GA. This was the last time the family seen each other. I did locate my father's niece's and nephews in 1998 after years of searching. But I would love to know about my grandparents and who my grandmother was beside's just the name Mary. My grandparents had been married about 12 yrs according to the 1910 census and this was a 2nd marriage for both of them. I'm also interested on information on a Mary L JACKSON b. ca 1872 - 75 in TN and was living in McMinn Co with her parents in 1880. As I located a James & Mary who were living in McMinn Co in 1900 that may possibly have been my grandparents all info on them fits except a little age difference. Once again the 1900 census last name for James & Mary is not clear, and the census index only shows the last name as Han ???? so the person who did the indexing could not read the last name either. Also could anyone tell me where in Meigs Co District 3 was in 1910. Any information on the above is greatly appreciated. My grandfather .... Meigs Co Tennessee, 1910 Jake Hammels Age: 72 Gender: M Race: W Birthplace: TN State: Tennessee County: MEIGS Locale: 3-DIST Series: T624 Roll: 1513 Part: 2 Page: 48B There was also a Barney Hammels a in district 3 as well, but I don't know if he is related to my grandfather. Meigs Co Tennessee, 1910 Hammels, Barney Gender: M Race: W Birthplace: TN State: Tennessee County: MEIGS Locale: 3-DIST Series: T624 Roll: 1513 Part: 2 Page: 48A I did find a Barney Hammel d. 1918 and a James Hamill d. 1914 on the Rhea Co TN death Index.

I am the new county coordinator for Meigs Co. So, if you have a web site about your Meigs Co. ancestors and would like a link from the Meigs Co. site or if you are doing research on a Meigs Co. surname, please let me know and I will be happy to add your information. Next, if your information is already on site and is outdated, (old email address, old homepage URL) please send me a message with the new information. Any contributions of data (NO copyright material) please let me know what you have and we will see if it can be posted on site. I'm just getting started updating the web site so keep checking in. You can reach me at email: meigs@tngenweb.org please put Meigs Co. in the subject line. Kay

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/2hB.2ACI/129 Message Board Post: I am searching for info. on Catherine McKidy/McKiddy who married ?? Rowden about 1825 in Meigs, Rhea, or Roane co. Tn. She may have been connected to Thomas & Catherine "Wilson" McKiddy who had a daughter Eleanor who married James Hornsby & a son William who married a Danby/Danley in Rhea Co. Tn. Any info. on any of the people above will be greatly apperciated, espically Catherine McKidy. Thanks

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ELDRIDGE, MATLOCK, SHAMBLIN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2hB.2ACI/127.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Nailed John B. in Rhea Co. in my 1850 statewide. Will use this as a base to work from. The MATLOCK family is prominent in this area also. On that bunch, it appears that Jason, b. VA, 18 Jly 1769, d. Roane Co., 29 Nov 1848 - first wife not identified in Wells, "History of Roane Co.," c1928, but he had two sons of that union - James and Moore. He m. second, Mary Miller,b. 1783 - d. 2 Aug 1859. They had Absolom, Jane, Malinda, Amanda, Ann, Eveline and Louisa. So, it would appear that Louisa might be a repeated family name. The gentleman who wrote up the article for the "Roane Heritage" book on the family in general, unfortunately died of cancer about 18 months ago. I don't have bunches of references for Rhea, but I DO have abstracts of Deeds. In Deed Book E., dated 29 Jly 1829 0 Registered 17 Sept 1830, Charles MATLOCK of McMinn Co. to Daniel McPHERSON of Rhea Co., for $200.00, 120 Acres in the Hiwassee District, being part of the SE 1/2 section 2, T 1, R 2 W, bounded b! y a conditional linemade betwen William MATLOCK and Daniel McPHERSON. Witnesses: Wm Matlock, James Caroll and Barton McPHERSON. I have done in depth studes of the McPHERSON bunch. Daniel was a Rev. War Soldier, wife Susannah Kincheloe, who settled below modern Rockwood almost on the Roane/Rhea Co. line. His eldest son, Alexander Barton McP, bought land in the Hiwassee District across the TN River - actually just barely in what is now Meigs Co., TN. When they were elderly, Barton moved his parents to a small log cabin on his property, and when they died, he took them back across the river to inter them in what was probably called the McPHERSON Cemetery. Back in the 1930's, Daniel's grave, and that of his son, Henry, were both visibly marked, but when TVA decided to build Watts Bar and embayment of that area started, a survey was done in case graves might have to be removed, etc. At that time, there were indications of some 60 unmarked graves, 1 ABSTON, 4 CLARK, Daniel and Henry McP, a NARRAMORE and a SCOTT. Now nothing is marked, but it is kept mowed, and at least no one has built a house on the ! site!!!! The above doesn't help that much, but the fact that John and Melinda named their oldest son of record William might be a tie in. Their are close ties between old Roane, Rhea and Meigs. I will see what I can find in the next few days. Don't know if I mentioned, but I broke my "pinky" toe on my right foot two days before Christmas, while moving some furniture in my usual barefoot fashion. I did manage to get a shoe on Thursday, long enough to go get a haircut. Maybe I can move about a bit more this next week or so, and come up with more answers. Another clue to watch out for - MATLOCK is also found spelled MEDLOCK. Double checked the 1830 Census for this area. No ELDRIDGE living in Rhea Co., bunches in Roane, and a few in Overton, which I believe we can probably rule out. John B. was b. ca 1812/1813, and would have been about 23 when he married Lorinda/Lorinda, and she would have been ca 16. Jesse ELDRIDGE had a son between 20 & 30 in Roane. Moore MATLOCK was nice enough to make a Will, dated May 1842, but h only names son John, James, Absolum, his "wife", and balance of property to be sold at death of wife, eually divided among other children. That helps lot! I have other resources I can check. Will get back to this later.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2hB.2ACI/127.1.1 Message Board Post: What little I do know about Louisa ELDRIDGE is her parents are John B. ELRIDGE and Lorenda MATLOCK. John was born abt. 1813 and he married Lorenda on aug. 8, 1835 in Rhea Co. They are listed in the 1850 and 1860 Meigs Co. cencus along with their children Sarah Jane, Louisa, William A., Charles M., Leander W. and Floyd. Columbus W. SHAMBLIN did die in Knox Co. on April 15, 1864 during the Civil War. He was born in Walker Co., GA about 1839. He and Louisa were married on Sept. 18, 1860 in Meigs Co. I would appreciate any help if this ties into what you have. I am at a dead end. Thank you for you for your reply. Lynda Gonzales

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ELDRIDGE, SHAMBLIN, SHANBLIN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2hB.2ACI/127.1 Message Board Post: Don't know that I can resolve your question completely, but will try to atttack this one from the ELDRIDGE side of the equation. Everyone in this part of the country is descended from Simeon ELDRIGE, Rev. War soldier, b. 1758 in Frederick Co., VA, s/o Thomas and Cathran or "Katy" TAYLOR ELDRIDGE. Simeon m. Mary BRITTAIN in Guilford Co., NC, d/o William BRITTAIN. Thos. Eldridge was b. ca 1740 - d. after 1810 in Knox Co., TN, at the home of a daughter, so several generations migrated in this direction.Simeon and family wandered around the area including Roane, Rhea, back to Roane to that part now known as Loudon, Loudon Co. - formed in 1870 from Roane, Monroe, and Blount. He finally wound up in McMin Co., dying there 11 June 1851. His children are listed: Benjamin, Thomas, Elizabeth, Nancy, possibly others not identified, and all b. 1700's, and marrying early 1800's. The one that has the most emphasis is Benjamin, s/o Simeon, served in War of 1812, m. Martha "Patsey" Jack! son, 7 Feb 1815, Roane Co. They had 4 children: John Harrison, Simeon who never married, James B. who also never married, and Susan Fuqua who m. a John Taliaferro JONES. Benjamin m. 2. Rebecca Middleton, 14 Sept 1847 in McMinn Co. - 2 more children Theresa who m. a BOYD, and Martha "Mattie" Eliza who m. Joe Smith in McMinn Co. There are no direct connections here for Louisa Ann, but she is bound to have come down through one of the lines from Thomas or Simeon's sons. The SHAMBLIN name is found in Meigs, Sevier, Polk,& McMinn Counties. With a SHAMLIN spelling, we have Meigs and Roane, in the state wide 1850 Census. The latter may hold a clue. Since this couple was married in Meigs, and Meigs abuts Roane, it may be the link that is missing. The alternative view - since Columbus W. d. in Knox Co., the couple may well have lived in that part of Roane that became Loudon in 1870. Roane and Knox Co. shared a line, and there was much interaction of families between Roane and the extreme southern edge of Knox. Maybe a post to the Knox and Loudon Co. sites would stir some activity up on these two surnames. A George Washington SHAMBLIN, age 76, b. McMinn Co., father Jesse SHAMBLIN, mother Ellen FORGEE, both parents b. TN, died in Meigs Co. in 1922, according to the dc abstracts done by Cleveland Public Library. He would have been b. ca 1846. He is probably the s/o the John 38, Hollen, 37, with siblings James, 11; Joel, 9; William, 7; George, 3; found McMinn 1255/626 in 1850. Nowhere do I find a Columbus W., of about 11 years in the 1850 Census as transcribed by Sistler. Books DO have errors, but usually not two ommissions. Any other clues to be found? Did Columbus d. in Knoxville as a Civil War participant? Aha! That is the answer - He is listed in the Union forces, as Columbus W. SHANBLIN, , Pvt. E. Co., E Co., 5th Inf. Have you tried to retrieve a Widow's pension for Louisa, which would pay to support her daughter until maturity or marriage, even if Louisa married again? This is cited from, "Tennesseans in the Civil War", Civil War Centennial Commission, Nashville, T! N, c1965.

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2hB.2ACI/127 Message Board Post: I am searching for the parents of Columbus W. Shamblin. He was born abt. 1839 and died April 15, 1864 in Knoxville, TN. He married Louisa Ann Eldridge on Sep. 18, 1860 in Meigs Co. They had one daughter, Mary Calhoon Shamblin. Any info would be appreciated. Lynda

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