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    1. [TNMONTGO-L] FW: TN-ALL Fascinating account of pioneer East Tennessee
    2. Frances Osburn
    3. Passing this on to you from another list. Not exactly in the Montgomery area but interesting insight on early life in TN. Frances -----Original Message----- From: owner-tn-all@tngenweb.org [mailto:owner-tn-all@tngenweb.org]On Behalf Of Billie R. McNamara Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 11:09 PM To: Recipient list suppressed Subject: TN-ALL Fascinating account of pioneer East Tennessee I highly recommend this on-line book: Last of the Pioneers: Or Old Times in East Tenn.; Being the Life and Reminiscences of Pharaoh Jackson Chesney (Aged 120 Years): Electronic Edition. Published in Knoxville, 1902. http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/webster/webster.html It's hard to imagine, as you read through this transcript, that the man who dictated it was 120-years-old and lived nearly 3/4 of that time as a slave. What adventures he had, and what he lived through -- how fortunate we are that he had an amazing memory and that someone had the foresight to capture it for posterity! -This is a USGenNet Safe-Site Mailing List - http://USGenNet.Org/

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