Hi Gayle, The only thing I know about Ambrose Martin is that he was Mary Trotter's husband. Mary was the dtr. of a sister (Eliz. Whitehead md. to Isham Trotter, Jr.) to my 5x great-grandmother, Angelica Whitehead Rook. However, somewhere in the back of my brain has been "noodling" the thought that there was more than one Ambrose Martin. I haven't quite formed a complete thought about it yet as I haven't been able to "nail down" just exactly who Ambose was. But, I do know that his name appears a whole bunch of times in the copies I made of records where my John Rook and his family members were mentioned---nothing substantial, just a line here and a line there---but somewhere in reading about him I began to get the idea that the dates seem to have made him a very old man---or else there was two of them (father and son??). Do you have any ideas about this? I am finally getting around to putting all of my Rook data into my database so right now it is just an unformed idea. Maybe as I go along I will come upon something more. Wish I could have been of more help to you. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 5:24 PM Subject: Re: [TNMONTGO-L] Mary Trotter Hi Jean My name is Gayle and my husband is kin to Ambrose Martin. His daughter Louisa Martin married Moses Yarbrough. My husband is also kin to the Baggetts , Underwoods and the Davis family. Do you know if William is Ambrose Martins father ? Thank you! Gayle ______________________________

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Lee, I have information on the ancestors of William Batte Cocke. I will be glad to share. Margaret

I am searching for information on the ancestors of Felix Whitman Harper, who was born in Rowan Co., NC but migrated to Montgomery Co., TN around 1810-15. He married Elizabeth Irby Cocke, daughter of William Batt Cocke & Ann Harrison on 10 Dec. 1819, in Clarksville. I have a death date of 12 Dec. 1874 in Clarksville. I would like to hear from anyone who may have ancestral information. I have considerable data on his descendants. Lee Ranger [email protected]

I saw a notie that someone was in Montgomery co and could locate wills. Wonder if the will of John Bailey d. Aug 24, 1870 and Thomas H. Smith d. June 8, 1893 might be located for me. Willing to pay copying and postage. Thanks, Deb

Denna, Thanks I got confused, and thought rb meant Robertson Co. I will be able now to go right to it. Thanks again for clearing that up for me. Robbie

What's new in Montgomery County. Drop by our pages at http://www.tngennet.org/montgomery and take a look. Queries: Updated Surnames: Updated Family Histories: Lee Family History- Thanks to Jody Boyd Swain Collection- Outlaw Family Notebook- Thanks to Carroll Ellis and Sandra Stacey Baggett Family Notebook- Thanks to Carroll Ellis and Sandra Stacey Purple and Gold, 1928- Thanks to Tim Pulley and Sandra Stacey Purple and Gold, 1930- Thanks to Tim Pulley and Sandra Stacey Purple and Gold, 1931- Thanks to Tim Pulley and Sandra Stacey Cemetery: Update on Southside Cemetery- Thanks to Allan Workman People and Places- page 1, Sallie Tyson- Thanks to Lugenia Parham-Evans INFO If you are visiting Clarksville and doing family research, don't forget about our wonderful resources- Jill Hastings-Johnson and the Montgomery County Archives. It is open for business Monday thru Friday and is a "MUST SEE" if you are in town. Many of the materials found in the Swain Collection concern folks living in the surrounding counties of Dickson, Cheatham, Stewart, Houston and Humphreys. If you have families in these counties you might want to look at the Swain Collection. Thanks to everyone who is helping us make the Montgomery County pages interesting and informative for fellow researchers with Montgomery County connections. If you have information that you feel would be of interest to others, email me and let's talk. Frances January 14, 2001

Hi Jean My name is Gayle and my husband is kin to Ambrose Martin. His daughter Louisa Martin married Moses Yarbrough. My husband is also kin to the Baggetts , Underwoods and the Davis family. Do you know if William is Ambrose Martins father ? Thank you! Gayle

Ryan, the index listing that you have for John Brodie rb-f-140 means the following Brodie, John, filed in 1830, Record Book F, page 140. This will appears in the Montgomery Co. TN records. Deanna >Also, one more I have, already have it looked up in the index: > >John Brodie, died May 13, 1830, and it was recorded 1830, rb-f-140 (whatever >that means)

Hi Elaine, I suspect you are right about my finding some Trotters around there. If I can ever determine positively that I am desc. from the Trotters and not the Whiteheads I feel like I can go like a house afire! I believe there are almost as many Trotters in our history as there were Clays! Thanks for this tip. I will make note of it in my files. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elaine Oakes" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2001 2:34 PM Subject: Re: [TNMONTGO-L] Re: Trotters You might also look in Rowan Co, NC. There were Trotters there before 1800 (sorry, no details). Part of my Montgomery Co family was from Rowan Co, and one connection married a Trotter there. Elaine Oakes ______________________________

Hi Sharon, Well, this is another route to go. I will keep this in mind when I'm tracking those elusive Trotters. I swear there were a bunch of them!<LOL> Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2001 9:18 AM Subject: [TNMONTGO-L] Re:Mary Trotter Hi dont know if this will help or not we are tracing a Henry Ford have him in Guilford Co. NC. then he is in Montgomery County TN. In Guilford the Trotter's are connected with the Cranor family here is some of what is on a Will there also if you go to Gen Forum and go to Cranor then type in Trotter it will bring up this information.Thomas Cranor's wife was a Trotter. Guilford Co., N.C. Will Abstracts >From Will Book A: A:060 - THOMAS CRANOR - 5 Apr 1795 - Probated May 1796 Wife: Hannah - all my estate as long as she remains my widow Son - Joseph - gun left to me by my father Son - Moses - gun now at Henry Ford's. All my children Exr: Brother Moses Cranor Witnesses: Winsmore Houren, Matthew Macy, Benjamin Trotter Sharon _ *** ( `\( ) * A Prayer to my `> /~\_I COMPUTER ANGELS: (_/ /\/ \ \ Guide my keystrokes, jgs / / Keep my programs alive, \/ Protect me from viruses, ` Back up my drive. Amen.

Hey JC You're such a treat there will never be a trick for you! Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 11:57 PM Subject: Re: [TNMONTGO-L] Fw: An Excellent Trick for Email HEY! Where's the trick? LOL Jay Cee~~ In a message dated 01/12/2001 11:51:37 PM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: << Subj: Re: [TNMONTGO-L] Fw: An Excellent Trick for Email Date: 01/12/2001 11:51:37 PM Central Standard Time From: [email protected] Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected] </A> To: [email protected] ----------------------- Headers -------------------------------- Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from rly-ye04.mx.aol.com (rly-ye04.mail.aol.com [172.18.151.201]) by air-ye04.mail.aol.com (v77.14) with ESMTP; Sat, 13 Jan >> ______________________________

Hi Deanna, Thank you for this information. I will really be interested in reading Ambrose Martin's will. I missed this when I looked at other will books. Again, Thanks, Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Deanna Oklepek" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 11:24 PM Subject: Re: [TNMONTGO-L] Mary Trotter In "Index to Tennessee Wills & Administrations, 1779-1861" there are two Ambrose Martin listings: MARTIN, AMBROSE, 1851 Will Book M, page 174, Montgomery Co. MARTIN, AMBROSE Jr., 1847 Record Book K, page 625 Montgomery Co. For Trotter there are several listings. The following are in Montgomery Co. TROTTER, JOHN, 1840, Record Book H, page 455 TROTTER, MARY ANN, 1859, Record Book P, page 278, TROTTER, ROBERT, 1810, Record Book A, page 247 TROTTER, ELIZABETH, 1831, Record Book F, page 155 TROTTER, ISHAM, 1829, Record Book E, page 406 TROTTER, ISHAM Jr. , 1831, Record Book F, page 256 TROTTER, ISHAM Sr., 1834, Record Book F., page 579 Montgomery Co. Marriages, 1838-1867 shows MARTIN, AMBROSE married FRANCES MOCKBEE, November 2, 1842 Deanna ______________________________

Hi Debbie! No, I know nothing about the Lyons--just that there are umpteen Rooks with Lyon(s) as part of their name and that one of the two John Rook ancestors I'm desc. from was md. either to a Nancy or a Sarah Lyon(s). That is all I know about the Lyon(s). The problem is we have never been able to really nail down which John Rook md. the Lyon(s). We have lots of "clues" but the two Johns (one the father, the other the son) are so closely entangled with the Lyon(s) and the Moody lines that we haven't really been able to sort them out. Mr. Nesbitt states that John (the son) was md. to a Nancy Lyons but we are still not sure this is correct. Of course, in the back of my mind is the thought that Mr. Nesbitt must have "inside" information in that he has talked to people who has known of these folks all of their lives so how would he know the Lyon(s) name if the John who was md. to her was the father when he never settled in Mont. Co.? There are some serious questions but I keep going around and around in circles! Sound familiar?<LOL> Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debbie McMinn" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 9:33 PM Subject: Re: [TNMONTGO-L] Gutheridge Lyons Jean, Do you have a Nathaniel Lyons b. abt 1820's? 2 of his daughters married into my Davis' in Southern IL in the 1850's but the Davis'were born in Mont.Co.? Lucretia Lyons b. 3-8-1845 TN m.Elisha Davis 2-5-1865 Williamson Co. IL d. 2-26-1931 Williamson Co. IL b. Union Grove cemetery Martha Lyons b. 1-11-1841 m. Hezekiah Davis 10-22-1857 Williamson Co. IL d.1-12-1885 b. Union Grove Cemetery I have ordered some Southern IL books if I find out anything else on the Lyons I will let you know. Debbie in Indiana Researching Baggett, Underwood, Biter, Davis >From: "theshadow" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: [TNMONTGO-L] Gutheridge Lyons >Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 17:53:35 -0600 > >Hi Folks, > I am curious about Gutheridge Lyons who was in either Montgomery Co. >or >Dickson Co. somewhere around 1820-1825. The name "Lyon/Lyons" is very >prevalent throughout my Rook line dating as far back as 1735 in Northampton >Co., NC down through late 1880's in Marshall Co., MS. There are several >references to a Nancy Lyon(s) who married John Rook supposedly in TN around >1800 or perhaps a little earlier than that in Northampton Co., NC and then >went to Montgomery Co. with her husband John. > Can anyone give me some ideas about this Lyon(s) line? > Jean Hancock in TX > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ______________________________

Ryan, If I am not mistaken, rb means Robertson Co. Tenn. I work in Nashville, and I can look these up also at the Nashville Archives. I sometime go up there and dig for a hour on my lunch hour. I will let you know what I can find. And when I have finished looking up everyone will get back to you as soon as possible. Robbie Keller

You might also look in Rowan Co, NC. There were Trotters there before 1800 (sorry, no details). Part of my Montgomery Co family was from Rowan Co, and one connection married a Trotter there. Elaine Oakes

Ryan, I live here in Montgomery County Tenn, We have a great Archives where we can look up documents. Like marriage, wills, deeds, & etc. If you could give me some more information. The next time I go to the archives, I will try and look it up for you. They charge 25 cents a page. Robbie Keller

Hi folks Are any of these Brodies related to Martha Brodie who married Mack Ferrin Smith on 10/10/1872 and died on 5/20/1890? Thanks, Larry Smith Concord, CA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ryan Wadleigh" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2001 4:33 PM Subject: Re: [TNMONTGO-L] Montgomery County Wills > Robbie, > > Thanks for your reply. For now would you just look up the following wills: > > Alexander Brodie, died March 19, 1865, his wife: > Mary Brodie, died November 13, 1869 > David Brodie, died January 1, 1871, his wife: > Susan M. Brodie, died August 22, 1854 > > Also, one more I have, already have it looked up in the index: > > John Brodie, died May 13, 1830, and it was recorded 1830, rb-f-140 (whatever > that means) > > Anyway, I don't know if wills exist for any of the individuals above, but > it's worth a try. I am willing to wait for whenever it's convenient for you > and will reimburse your expenses. Thanks! > > Ryan Wadleigh > > > >From: [email protected] > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: [TNMONTGO-L] Montgomery County Wills > >Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 19:16:29 EST > > > >Ryan, > >I live here in Montgomery County Tenn, We have a great Archives where we > >can > >look up documents. Like marriage, wills, deeds, & etc. If you could give me > >some more information. The next time I go to the archives, I will try and > >look it up for you. They charge 25 cents a page. > >Robbie Keller > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

Robbie, Thanks for your reply. For now would you just look up the following wills: Alexander Brodie, died March 19, 1865, his wife: Mary Brodie, died November 13, 1869 David Brodie, died January 1, 1871, his wife: Susan M. Brodie, died August 22, 1854 Also, one more I have, already have it looked up in the index: John Brodie, died May 13, 1830, and it was recorded 1830, rb-f-140 (whatever that means) Anyway, I don't know if wills exist for any of the individuals above, but it's worth a try. I am willing to wait for whenever it's convenient for you and will reimburse your expenses. Thanks! Ryan Wadleigh >From: [email protected] >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [TNMONTGO-L] Montgomery County Wills >Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 19:16:29 EST > >Ryan, >I live here in Montgomery County Tenn, We have a great Archives where we >can >look up documents. Like marriage, wills, deeds, & etc. If you could give me >some more information. The next time I go to the archives, I will try and >look it up for you. They charge 25 cents a page. >Robbie Keller > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Hi Everyone, I posted my question to this list sometime ago, but no one answered. I am trying to find information on how to find wills. Specifically I am trying to find the parents of my ancestor, Ethalinda E. Brodie, 1826-1912. There were 3 BRODIE brothers in Montgomery Co., TN who may be her father. I specifically need wills for David Brodie, who died January 1, 1871 and Alexander Brodie who died March 19, 1865. David was married to Susan Streshley and Alexander to Mary Oldham. I am really interested in any advice someone may have as to finding wills, what indexes there are, how I'd be able to get a copy, etc. Also, if anyone has any information on the Brodie family, I'd greatly appreciate it, connected surnames are: JONES, BOYD, DANIEL, FLETCHER, NEBLETT, TRAHERN. Thanks for any and all help! Ryan Wadleigh Kent, Washington _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com