This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Davis Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2hB.2ACI/89 Message Board Post: Hi, If any one has access to the 1840 Meigs Co., Census would you please look up Nancy F. Davis. Thank you very much. Pat

Samuel Bryant and Anna in 1900 census: Samuel age 24; Anna 25 (see Minerva Taliaferro) p. 5-50B-50 Minerva Taliaferro 59 (May 1843-Widow-10 children 7 living) Grace grand dau. age 8, Samuel BRYANT 24 (son in law May 1876 married 1 year); Anna 25 (dau. Nov 1874 m. 1 yr-1 child living) Note: Samuel and Anna were m. 31 Dec 1899, J. C. Chandler Minister of Gospel The 1920 Meigs Co. census is online at www.tngenweb.org/meigs (I don't have an indexed copy) but think I would start looking in District 5 which might narrow the search. There was a Samuel Tallifera age 45 in the 1870 census; wife Minerva 42, John 10, James H. 8, Francis 5, Martha 3, Sarah 1, Eliza 15, Harit 11 p. 7-2-8 This family was not listed in the 1880 Meigs Co. census. Helen

Below is a lookup request that came via a non subscriber....if someone can do the look up please contact them at the "From" address below Thanks. Joyce Gaston Reece Rootsweb Mail Administer for: Meigs Co, TN, South East TN, North East TN, Raper, Gilbreath, Galbreath,Hemby, Hembree, Knuckles Message Board Administrator for: Gaston, Shields, Reece, Raper, Gilbreath, Galbreath, Hemby Hembree, Knuckles, Daugherty & Polk Co., TN ----- Original Message ----- From: <ags1221@aol.com> To: <TNMEIGS-L-request@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2002 10:38 AM Subject: [TNMEIGS-L-request]Meigs/1900 or 1920/African-American BRYANT > I would like a lookup of Samuel Bryant in the 1900 and/or 1920 census. His > wife may have been named Anna (maiden name, Taliaferro). They were > African-Americans. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. > Anita > ags1221@aol.com > >

Thank you so very much for the lookup of Samuel and Minerva Taliaferro and family. I already have the 1870 census info on them, but would greatly appreciate the 1900 census information on John Taliaferro. Anita

From Meigs County TN Census and Marriage Records 1850 - 1900 Taliaferro: 1880 Census - None 1900 Census: Minerva Taliaferro 59 (May 1843 -Wd 10-7), Grace 8 (gd)(Feb 1892), Samuel BRYANT 24 (sl)(May 1876-M 1), Anna 25r (d) (Nov 1874-M 1-1-1) 5-50B-50 (B) Marriages: John Tolifaro to Coela Smith, Ap 28, 1894 (Ap 29), B F Lillard JP 5-80(196) (B) There is a Saml and Minerva in 1870, do you have that info? Also the John mentioned above is in the 1900 census. Hope this helps. Larry ----- Original Message ----- From: <ags1221@aol.com> To: <TNMEIGS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 10:19 PM Subject: [{Meigs Co., TN}] [TNMEIGS]African-American TALIAFERRO/Meigs Co./1880 or 1900 > I am requesting a lookup of Samuel and Minerva TALIAFERRO in the 1880 and/or > 1900 census. Children would have included John, who married Coela/Celia > Smith in 1894. > Any assistance is greatly appreciated. > Anita > > > ============================== > 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 > >

I am requesting a lookup of Samuel and Minerva TALIAFERRO in the 1880 and/or 1900 census. Children would have included John, who married Coela/Celia Smith in 1894. Any assistance is greatly appreciated. Anita

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Guinn Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/2hB.2ACI/88 Message Board Post: Trying to determine the history/naming of Guinn Narrows Road, just North of Decatur, Meigs County, TN. Wondering if this has any relation to the Guinn family, living in and around Decatur from 1814 through the Civil War. Gary

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/87 Message Board Post: David Dye would be married to ARTA Blanton or Elizabeth Lemons, I am related on the Dye side, need info to place David in the family...aslo on children of both wives.

Good links provided below......... From: "cribbswh" <cribbswh@tbi-set.org> To: <SE-TN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 8:36 AM Subject: [{SE-TN}] Helpful research tools > Hi all, > There are two really useful pages added to GenLookups.com > http://www.genlookups.com > > There's a page that has a genealogy newsfeed that shows news items from > newspapers across the country that have to do with genealogy. Today's > listings are particularly interesting. This page is at > http://www.genlookups.com/news.htm > > The other one is the Miscellaneous Lookups page at > http://www.genlookups.com/misc.htm > This one has various types of lookup tools on the web that help you locate > counties, cities, zip codes, genealogical societies, the most accurate time > of day in any time zone, domain/IP converters, etc. > > Hope these help. > Bill > Obituary Central http://www.obitcentral.com > Obituary Links Page http://www.obitlinkspage.com >

Subject: Re: [LO] [IMPORTANT] RootsWeb Upgrading to New Servers > Here's what I've sent to my busiest lists; feel free to steal if you > like..... > ******************** > Starting today (Monday, 6/10) and extending over several days, RootsWeb is > going to be moving the list servers and other machines. > > No messages sent are expected to be lost, but the lists will be down for a > while when it happens; please don't post "why aren't I getting mail" during > that time.....you will when it comes back up, and you don't want half of it > to be everyone on the list asking why aren't they getting mail. <g> > > If you have trouble reaching other RW servers this week, it's probably for > the same reason; try again in an hour or two or three..... > > Thanks! > > --pig, admin > > > ============================== > 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 >

Hi, Does anyone on the list know the location of Mt. Zion Methodist Episcopal Church, South Holeston Conference, Meigs County, Tennessee?? Thanks.. Happy Hunting, Donna in SW GA

Forwarded from the Watson list....interesting reading. To: <WATSON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2002 11:12 AM Subject: [WATSON] Women in the Civil War > Many courageous females wanted to fight and even die for the North and South. > > Back then, gals were forbidden to join the armed forces. But that didn't > stop these intrepid females. They simply bound up their breasts, cut their > tresses and signed up. > > What surprised me the most is that these women did something so unacceptable > to society at that time, but they were so accepted by the men they served in > the ranks with," says DeAnne Blanton, a military archivist at the National > Archives in Washington, DC, and co author of the new book They Fought Like > Demons: Women Soldiers In The American Civil War. > > "On the battlefirle people couldn't afford to indulge in social conventions." > > Blanton's research began when she met Lauren M Cook, who had been > participating in Civil War reenactments. Cook began her quest into the > buried secrets after being kicked out of the Amtietam National Battlefield in > > Sharpsburg, Md. She went there disguised as a man, but then she had to used > the restroom. > > "Someone told a park ranger he saw a soldier coming out of the ladies' room," > > remembers Cook. > > The ranger informed her there were no women soldiers and told her to hit the > road. > > She sued the National Park Service and won. > > During the highly publicized suit, Florida resident Ruth Goodier wrote Cook > to tell her about her g grandmother's older sister Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, who > > had served two years in the 153rd New York Volunteer Infantry as a man named > Lyons Wakeman. Goodier sent a picture and also the letters her g aunt wrote > home before dying in an Army hospital from the effects of chronic diarrhea. > Cook got the fascinating notes published in a tome called An Uncommon > Soldier (Oxford University Press), but still wanted to find others like > Wakeman. > > While at the National Archives, she met Blanton. The two scoured the country > > for letters, diaries, old newspaper clippings and army rosters. They found > 250 women, such as Sarah Edmonds, who fought under the name Franklin > Thompson, and detailed their lives as civilians and as soldiers. > > And that number, they say, is just the tip of the iceberg. Many of the brave > > females were either unmasked immediately and sent home in shame or lasted > until the war's end and returned to become wives and mothers who hid their > battle adventures from a society that would not approve. > > Most satisfying to Cook was the discovery that the park ranger who tossed her > > out was wrong. At least eight female soldiers dressed as men DID serve at > Antietam, where on Sept 17, 1862, 22,000 Union and Confederate troops were > killed in the war's bloodiest single day. > > Five of those who died on the battlefield were women. > > Linda in California > > > AlienWebResearch.com > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Forsythe, Cloer, Curton, Thompson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2hB.2ACI/86.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Patti, I have reached a brick wall trying to research my grandfather (James H. Forsythe) and his first wife (Sirena Curton). They were married in Meigs County, Tenn. on March 10, 1866. The next place I located them was in Williamson County, Ill. in 1880. They had 2 sons, George and John. (This came from census info.) I lost Sirena and the children there. My grandfather later remarried but I have no idea what happen to Sirena and the children. My father came from a later marriage and Forsythe was back in Tennessee. This is about all the information I have but I continue to research. I'm sure there must be many cousins I don't know. Thank you for responding so promptly. If you think I could add anything to your search let me know. Thanks, Jackie

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/86.1.1 Message Board Post: Yes!!!! They had a daughter, Sirena, as well as several other children, including our ancestor, Louisa Curton, who married R. K. O'Bannon. Patti

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/86.1 Message Board Post: Patti, Do you know if they had a daughter named Sirena? Jackie

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Do you have a child interested in family history? Would you like to encourage a child in your family to explore his or her heritage? You can help nurture the budding family historian in your family at this year's East Tennessee Historical Society History Camp. The camp will be held July 8-11, 2002, at the East Tennessee History Center in downtown Knoxville. At the camp, kids will enjoy learning methods to research their family tree, such as talking to older relatives, using original records, visiting cemeteries and libraries, and touring history museums. Each child participant is invited to bring along an adult family member to help them “dig their roots.” The ETHS Family Tree Camp provides families with an activity they can do together not just during the camp, but for years to come. Part of the fun of genealogy is the interaction between generations as young people interview older relatives and hear the stories and events that have become part of a family’s history. Help us plant the seeds of historic interest in tomorrow's generation. For more information about this year's camp and how you and a child in your family can participate together, visit the ETHS web site at www.east-tennessee-history.org Sincerely, Shane Rhyne East Tennessee Historical Society www.east-tennessee-history.org

The East Tennessee Historical Society is hosting its 2002 genealogy conference June 14 and 15 in downtown Knoxville. The conference will be located at the Knoxville Hilton, just a block west of the East Tennessee History Center. Detailed information, including a PDF version of the brochure sent to ETHS members, is now online at the ETHS web site: http://www.east-tennessee-history.org Early bird registration for the conference (entitling registrants to a discount on registration fees for the Saturday workshops) must be postmarked by May 31, 2002. Registration prices and details are available on the PDF brochure found on the ETHS web site. A brief description of some of the activities and sessions included in the conference follows: Saturday, June 15, 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. “Enhance Your Genealogical Research” Conference @ Knoxville Hilton Conference topics include: Melungeons, Scots-Irish research, , Southwest Virginia history, researching on the Kentucky-Tennessee border, East Tennessee pioneer records, the State of Franklin, courthouse research, beginning genealogy, internet research, beginning land platting, early American handwriting, Grand Army of the Republic rosters, Tennesseans in the War of 1812, clues to family research in museums, and more. Guest speakers include Dr. George K. Schweitzer, Mark Lowe, Shelia Steele Hunt, Tom Kanon, Pat Spurlock Elder, Robert D. Jarnigan, staff of ETHS and the Knox County Public Library, and others. Saturday, June 15, 7 p.m. Keynote Lecture & Dinner with Dr. George K. Schweitzer @ Knoxville Hilton Our keynote event is a fun presentation by one of our nation’s foremost genealogy lecturers. His topic, “Was Your Ancestor a Wine Drinking, Beer Drinking, or Schnapps Drinking German?,” will explain the “joyous realization that what our German ancestors drank defined their origin and migration route.” Advance registration for the dinner and lecture is required. The brochure will contain additional details. Activities will also be provided on Friday evening including evening tours of the East Tennessee Historical Society Museum, a bonus Friday evening genealogy workshop for registered Saturday participants, evening walking tours of downtown Knoxville, and research sharing opportunities with other attendees. Details about these events will be uploaded soon to the ETHS web site. The ETHS web site will also include information on special hotel rates at the Knoxville Hilton during the conference. For more information about the ETHS 2002 Genealogy Conference to be held June 14 and 15 in Knoxville, Tennessee, please visit the ETHS web site at www.east-tennessee-history.org

Jackie I'm not sure if they have done a heritage book. You might check www.tngenweb.org/meigs see what's there. Joyce Gaston Reece Rootsweb Mail Administer for: Meigs Co, TN, South East TN, North East TN, Raper, Gilbreath, Galbreath,Hemby, Hembree, Knuckles Message Board Administrator for: Gaston, Shields, Reece, Raper, Gilbreath, Galbreath, Hemby Hembree, Knuckles, Daugherty & Polk Co., TN ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jackie Morgan" <jjm_sa@hotmail.com> To: <TNMEIGS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 6:59 PM Subject: Re: [{Meigs Co., TN}] admin message > Thanks Joyce, appreciate the tip. > I have a question about the Meigs County Genealogy/History Group. Do you > know if they have published any books on the county? I have a Meigs County > Cemetery Book but wondered if there is anything else available. > Thanks. > Jackie Morgan > > > > >From: "Joyce Reece" <jreece@icx.net> > >Reply-To: TNMEIGS-L@rootsweb.com > >To: TNMEIGS-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: [{Meigs Co., TN}] admin message > >Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 17:40:16 -0400 > > > >Please be aware that Family Discover is up to their old tricks. You may > >recieve in a private email an invitation for a 7 day (not so) free trial to > >GENEALOGYEXPERTS.COM You will be required to give a credit card # before > >the free(?) trial will be effective. Please don't make the mistake of > >visiting their page either. They take visitor's addresses and sell them to > >spammers. > > > >Joyce Gaston Reece > >Rootsweb Mail Administer for: > >Meigs Co, TN, South East TN, North East TN, > >Raper, Gilbreath, Galbreath,Hemby, Hembree, Knuckles > >Message Board Administrator for: > >Gaston, Shields, Reece, Raper, Gilbreath, Galbreath, Hemby > >Hembree, Knuckles, Daugherty & Polk Co., TN > > > > > >============================== > >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 > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > > > ============================== > 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 > >